Chapter 660: Heroic Spirit
The best blessing in the world is the words "everything goes well".
But the true wise man understands that a smooth sailing life is always the enemy of the mind.
Because the human will is actually the same as the muscles, and it can only be strengthened by tempering it.
A life that is too smooth will eventually be intimidated by the thief in his heart and become a coward in life.
And there is no doubt that Zhao Yun at this time is undoubtedly such a coward.
In this plane, Zhao Yun's life is too smooth.
He did not experience the difficult period with the Taishan Army, and entered the army as Zhang Chong's brother-in-law at the beginning, and then went all the way with the help and catering of a series of people.
And Zhao Yun's endowment is indeed outstanding, and he has repeatedly made feats on the battlefield.
He has insight and courage, and his benevolence can be said to be a natural general. All of them are elite soldiers, and under such a configuration, ordinary enemies are almost all defeated.
But if you want to become a famous handsome, you still need one thing, that is, the tenacity of insisting on Qingshan not relaxing.
Some people say it's Acura suffering! It is not allowed for others to live a good life.
But if you want to achieve great things and make extraordinary achievements, in addition to having supernatural talents, the most important thing is to have perseverance.
Otherwise, by the time you meet the real enemy, it will be too late. Then you will know how vulnerable you can be.
Why did Zhang Chong take the assault horse to gallop Zhao Yun? Did he really think that Zhao Yun's situation was very dangerous? Or is it because of how important Nalu County is? Must be broken?
All right, but none of them.
In fact, when Zhang Chong successfully entered the Shangdang area with the main force, there was actually no suspense about the belonging of the Shangdang.
With the strength of the Taishan army, the soldiers and horses in the past were not more than 10,000 to run rampant in the world. Repeatedly broke the famous marshals of the Han Dynasty, and even the northern and southern armies were not the opponents of the Taishan Army.
And now, Zhang Chong has raised 50,000 troops, and his strength is several times that of the past.
And is the enemy on the opposite side even more powerful than the two armies of the north and south in the past? Are Liu Chong and He Jin more handsome than Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun?
So the only place where there can be variables in the battle of the Shangdang is the terrain.
But what about now? When Zhang Chong put his eyes on He Jin's side, he was thinking about how to call him out. His beloved general and brother-in-law are determined to die because of the defeat of Luxian?
How does this make Zhang Chong not anxious?
He understood that Zhao Yun was guilty of his own negligence and caused more than 1,000 children to die tragically, and he was also ashamed of his greatest defeat of the Taishan Army, and wanted to use his life to wash it away!
But while these are important, shouldn't it be more important to regroup and make persistent efforts?
Because of the large number of cavalry troops and the speed could not be improved, Zhang Chong was afraid that Zhao Yun would give up on himself, so he immediately asked Guo Zu to take the two rammers first.
He wrote a letter to Zhao Yun from an old man he admired.
Whenever Zhang Chong encounters setbacks and has no obstacles in life, even he feels that this time is over.
It was all these words that encouraged him to see the light from the darkness.
And now he is also going to send this passage to Zhao Yun to help him get out of the haze.
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In Luxian County, the clouds are gloomy.
After experiencing the defeat under the White Bone Ridge, the defenders in the city were not reconciled, and after they received the main general Liu Pet, they chose to attack again, but the final result was no surprise, and they were defeated again.
And this defeat was even more serious than the last time it hit the morale of the city.
In fact, in the morning of the Baiguling offensive and defensive battle, Luxian Ling He Yan had been watching the battle at the head of the city.
Several of them, he ordered troops in the city to rescue Liu Pet in Baiguling.
On the one hand, Liu Chong is both a famous king and his boss. On the other hand, if the skin does not exist, the hair will be attached.
However, as soon as the Luxian soldiers left the city, they saw the enemy's cavalry blocking the line of communication.
So don't look at Baiguling, which is only a few hundred steps away from the moat, but it is like a moat under the watchful eye of the enemy cavalry.
And until Baiguling withdrew an army, Liu Pet was the one who protected it.
Looking at the unconscious Liu Pet, He Yan understood that the Baiguling defense line could not be defended.
And that's exactly what happened.
Not an hour before Liu Pet was sent into the city, the trenches outside the city were all removed, and even the friendly troops on the ridge did not hold it.
A group of Lu County fathers and elders, including He Yan, watched the Hanjiajiang red flag fluttering on the ridge be cut down and replaced with an apricot yellow flag.
As a result, it can be seen that the morale in the city has fallen to the bottom.
Although He Yan doesn't understand military affairs, he also understands that the military in the city is like this, and it is simply wishful thinking to hold Luxian.
So he came up with an idea of winning a battle, and it didn't take much to kill a few heads, but it could also greatly improve the morale of the army.
It wasn't long before he was surprised to find that the enemy cavalry, which had been roaming outside the city, had suddenly retreated to the southeast.
Although he didn't know why, He Yan didn't let go of this opportunity, scattered the treasury, recruited 3,000 brave soldiers, and went out of the city to fight against the battle.
It did fight well at first, but after the enemy cavalry withdrew, the enemy was much less numerous, not only tired but also responsible for guarding the previous prisoners.
And those prisoners were not willing to be captured, and when they saw the friendly forces attacking outside, they also began to make noise inside.
In the end, Xu Sheng personally killed the most ferocious ones a few times before he was suppressed.
But inevitably, the number of Taishan troops on the front was smaller.
There is another mistake of the Taishan army, that is, they should not fully deploy the Baiguling Lianqi.
A fortification of this magnitude is too large for the number of the Crane Army.
So, for a while, after Zhao Yun left, the Crane Control Army was a little precarious.
But the superiority of the Luxian soldiers did not last long.
Soon, smoke and dust were rising from their rear.
The enemy cavalry, who had thought they were retreating, suddenly came back.
Especially when he was the first general, his forehead was bloody, his murderous aura was solemn, and the bow and arrow in his hand were like beads.
A hundred steps away, several armored soldiers of Luxian County died under the tent.
Then, Zhao Yun continued to take twenty steps, and this time he directly shot a bag of arrows, and the Luxian soldiers in front of him were empty.
At the same time, more than a thousand cavalry behind him also began to shoot at the Luxian soldiers in front of him.
Those Luxian soldiers were besieging the barrier, and there was no formation at all. At this time, it was covered by the rain of arrows from the sudden horsemen, and immediately wailed all over the field.
This time, Zhao Yun didn't shout to stop, and the turks also tacitly began to shoot silently.
Until the last arrow was fired, Zhao Yun held the horse lance and shouted:
"Suddenly!"
So the thousand horsemen held up their horses, like a huge forest, and charged towards the remaining Luxian soldiers.
If the rain of arrows just now covered it was a torrential rain, then the thousand cavalry charge was thunder.
In the rainstorm, people can still find a place to hide. But under the thunderstorm, everything has to be turned into powder.
These Luxian soldiers are all local soldiers, and even many of them are transferred from the Central Plains, how have they ever seen such a scene of shaking mountains.
For a time, the smart and cowardly all followed their instincts and fled in the direction of Luxian.
But they forgot that there was a moat outside Luxian County.
The river that could protect them is now devouring their lives.
At the beginning, the Luxian soldiers who ran to the moat were desperately looking at the moat that was several feet deep and blocked the way back.
But soon more desperate came, as the Taishan army behind continued to drive the remnants of the Luxian rout in the direction of the moat, this place was squeezed smaller and smaller.
Gradually, the Luxian soldiers at the front could only be squeezed into the river.
The spring river is plumbing, but these people can't swim at all, and even many of the officials who were squeezed into the water are still wearing armor.
Things are always like this, beneficial in one environment and fatal in another.
Armor and moats are life-protecting, but they take their lives mercilessly.
While the rest of the robes were still struggling and fluttering, these people had been carried under the water by the heavy armor.
At the head of the city, Luxian Ling He Yiran watched this tragedy.
The original clear moat was full of struggling people, floating corpses everywhere, and the fear and resentment on the faces of those people will never be forgotten for the rest of his life.
He finally understood what war really meant. It really kills.
Thousands of people died because of one of their own decisions.
And I'm so stupid!
The enemy can only make a false retreat to get out of the city, and then be killed by the enemy.
Why should you pretend to be smart and do things that are beyond your ability?
Suddenly, He Yan sighed and said to the left and right:
"Let's go!"
There is a county official from a wealthy family in the county who is unwilling to persuade him:
"County gentleman, you can't ......."
He Yan shook his head helplessly:
"Nothing makes it unacceptable, and now at this point, Luxian is no longer defensible. Instead of the lives in the city, it is better to do something good for them. ”
The other county officials were speechless.
Yes, so far in the war, haven't they killed enough people in Luxian County? Is there still less blood flowing?
The Han family is too great, and it is too far away. There's no need to wipe out a generation of people in Luxian County for those things.
Although they are powerful, they are closely related to the people here in this land. Without children, to whom will they be masters?
If so, there is no objection.
So, Lu County surrendered to Zhao Yun outside the city in such a dramatic way.
Until Luxian ordered He Yi to surrender with the seal ribbon and Yutu in white, Zhao Yun didn't believe that the peak loop would turn so quickly.
In fact, it is yourself who should be desperate! It's yourself who is surrounded!
But things changed dramatically.
After that, Zhao Yun took all the children of the Crane Army into Lu County, and took the seal ribbon of the Shangdang Taishou to pass the pot, and let Xie Bi, who was in the mouth of the mouth, enter the Shangdang.
In this way, when Guo Zu traveled day and night, he saw this scene when he ran to Lu County non-stop.
Looking at the apricot yellow banner hanging high at the head of Lu County, he didn't expect that Zhao Yun had already taken Lu County.
Doesn't it mean that the mountains and rivers are exhausted?
With doubts, Guo Zu reported his identity, and then the drawbridge was lowered, and he went straight to the city with two tired rampagers.
Not long after, when Zhao Yun took the letter sent by Guo Zu and looked at the above paragraph, his eyes moistened.
But I saw that on the letter, Zhang Chong wrote a vernacular:
"Do not be intimidated by the ferocity of the enemy, do not be discouraged by the difficulties that you can endure, and do not be discouraged by momentary defeats. The road is tortuous, the future is bright, the darkness is about to pass, and the dawn is just around the corner. Strong conditions and active recovery arise from the effort to persevere. ”
Reading these simple words, Zhao Yun felt an infinite power.
He whispered in the direction of the three vertical posts:
"Gentlemen, are you okay in the Yellow Sky? The clouds miss you! ”
At this point, Zhao Yun burst into tears, and there was no hardness outside, and he was choked up and couldn't cry for a while.
All along, outsiders have seen that he is smooth sailing, and who knows how many nights he tossed and turned.
He knew what outsiders thought of him, and he knew that his efforts might prove in vain.
He also understands his own abilities. Rushing through the horizontal formation, he has confidence, but the two formations are due, he has no confidence.
But various factors have convergated to push him to his current position, and he can't retreat.
The sister needs herself in the palace, and the little nephew also needs herself.
So even if he was beyond his ability, Zhao Yun still gritted his teeth and insisted. He patrolled the camp during the day, sharing weal and woe with the brothers. In the evening in the military tent, he studied the book of war and the battle strategy compiled by the king.
trembling like this, walking on thin ice, until a three-vertical post defeat.
To be honest, he was indeed a little in a state of mind at the time, and he doubted whether he was really not suitable to be a general.
But it wasn't until he saw the king's letter that Zhao Yun was relieved.
He knew what the king meant, that if a person could not accept failure, he would not succeed. If a person has never failed, then he has never really stepped into success.
As the king said, "The road is tortuous, but the future is bright." This heart is towards the light, even if the process is tortuous, will it definitely reach the front?
If this battle is like this, isn't it the same with our great cause of the Yellow Sky?
Especially that last sentence:
"Strong conditions and active recovery arise from perseverance."
Yes, how many people can see through the end, and this final victory is to grit their teeth and persevere in difficult times.
In this battle, he was exhausted, but he insisted on it with the power of anger.
And the Luxian Ling on the opposite side obviously had the advantage, but he was shocked by the cruelty in front of him, he was not defeated by himself, but lost to his own heart.
At this moment, Zhao Yun wiped away his tears and looked at the direction of Mount Tai:
"Gentlemen, please watch from the heavens, watch us build that yellow heaven world, we will finally realize that ideal! Inevitable! ”
After that, Zhao Yun carefully wrapped the letter in a bag and placed it on the inner lining.
After doing this, Zhao Yun gathered his clothes, confident and calm, and shouted outside the hall:
"Summoning the generals in!"
When the words fell, rows of soldiers shouted:
"Summoning the generals in!"
The sound spread farther and farther, and soon the generals collided and entered the festival hall together.
Xu Sheng and Han Dang led the way on the left and right, and led the generals to hug their fists towards Zhao Yun at the top:
"I've seen the Warlord!"
At this time, Zhao Yun's face was serious, he stood up, drew his saber, and shouted:
"The blood debt of my Taishan army will be paid with blood!"
At this time, the anger in Zhu Taishan's hearts was ignited by these words, and they all drew their sabers and swore an oath:
"Blood debt and blood payment!"
This killing intent soared into the sky, and the southeast sky suddenly brightened, as if it was really those heroic spirits responding.