This year's winter was a little later than usual, slow and hot, and the cold wind came from the north, and the smell of slaughter hung over the land.

The clouds are getting thicker and thicker overhead, and the loess soaked in the autumn rain has become as hard as iron, and the roads are trickling down, and above the wilderness, the mourning grass is withered and yellow, and herdsmen are driving their cattle and sheep towards the pass not far away.

Among them, there were also some peasant-like people mixed in. The emperor issued an edict, the wall was cleared, and the people of Huaishuo towns were ordered to enter the city to hide, and at the same time, the chiefs of the major clans led the people into the Great Wall. The Great War is coming.

The two fast horses galloped side by side on the road, their hooves on the hard ground, splashing many fine stones, different from the sentry riders in leather armor, carrying military orders in their arms, and strapping longbows and short spears on their backs, these two armorers were serious frontier horses, and they were majestic.

They parted ways at a fork in the road, one went west into Chengguan, and the other continued to gallop south, all the way to the seat of the Emperor of Yanzhou.

The people who were hurrying on both sides only glanced up, then lowered their heads, but silently buried their heads in the road, and from the dawn of the day, they kept seeing sentry horses in groups of threes and twos going south.

Of course, the people who have been in the border land for a long time know what this means, the Turks are coming, and the people of the frontier who have experienced barbaric ravages know how fierce and domineering these barbarians are.

But what can they do? They don't have the power to protect themselves at all, the court comes to collect taxes and is subservient to the court, and the Turks come to plunder and meet the Turks. Half of my life has been plundered!

This year is very different, His Majesty the Emperor finally remembered his suffering people in the northern Xinjiang and sent troops to save them!

They saw it with their own eyes, the mighty army was like a sea tide, heading north to meet the enemy, and countless military fortifications were set up by outposts, claiming that they were coming by the emperor's edict to hang the people and fight crimes.

Countless sons and daughters were inspired by military exploits and resolutely enlisted in the army. The imperial court also sent officials to distribute sufficient dry food to ensure that none of them starved to death on the migration route.

In order to deal with this battle that may expand into a full-scale war, the Northern Qi Dynasty made sufficient preparations, almost exhausted the cangfu of the five border states, and took out the grain reserves of Jinzhou Road, so that the people could escort them north.

In order to make it more convenient to supply military supplies and materials, the road was specially renovated and widened, and the team coming from the south occupied the wide road to the full, with thousands of soldiers guarding the road, and the front of the team would fly the flag, and there were more than a dozen heavy horsemen in armor to lead the way.

Such a lively atmosphere, among the people on the field today, they didn't even have the heart to look down a little, and the old and strong Zuo Xiang was also thick-armored, and walked by with a group of generals without saying a word. When he saw the mighty team of displaced people, he narrowed his eyes, and someone around him said:

"It's been a few months since I moved, and it's not over, there are tens of thousands of people in Huaishuo towns, and it's really not easy to move them all away, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks, and it's not such a cherishing method to cherish the people...... Originally, at this time, we had already fought against the Turkic wolf horsemen, and we were dragged by these people. I didn't dare to move forward, I was really depressed. ”

“…… Your Majesty is extremely lenient and benevolent, and has always been willing to give up power to us, I see, these are all those Han officials clamoring behind their backs, how can there be immortals in war? ”

“…… Hmph, those big officials in the Privy Council, I don't know what to think, the three governors in the east are in full swing with the Turks, and the five prefectures of An, Yan, You, Ying, and Ping have all played out their dog brains, but they left us here to sit on the cold bench, which is really infuriating! ”

At first, Murong Yan listened to it, and being dragged to his feet for so long was already unpleasant, and no one was allowed to complain? When they heard that these bold rough billets began to slander His Majesty and the senior officials of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, they couldn't help but turn their heads and glare angrily, which made everyone stop talking.

Zuo Xiang reined in his horse, arched his hand towards the south, leaned at them, and said: "Your Majesty's actions have their own deep meaning, and you are not allowed to speculate on Your Majesty's intentions, don't you know the truth that trouble comes from your mouth?" You guys are fighting, what are you making noise here one by one? ”

The generals sneered, but they didn't dare to touch the old prime minister's tiger beard, so they had to make a promise.

Murong Yan snorted coldly, turned his face away, and suddenly asked: "There are twenty-seven departments outside the Saiwai, and only nineteen have to move inward, I have issued orders to order them to move inward several times, but I haven't seen them make any moves for a long time, what do you ......say?" What do they want? ”

"Xu yes...... There are too many mundane affairs, and the population is too miscellaneous to pull out? A general said stubbornly. When Murong Yan heard this, he snorted coldly again, and simply ignored him. He'd heard it several times since the beginning of the month.

Too much mundane? What can these chieftains, who are no different from horse bandits, have to do business? Is it possible to expect them to govern the people like the officials of the Central Plains? It's obviously just a matter of taking the cattle and sheep and leaving, but they are all pushing back, and it is clear that there are ghosts in their hearts!

It's just that I heard that I want to compile a household registration and count the population, but I'm afraid that the little population at hand and the things that collude with the nobles can't be hidden! What else can there be? Gao Si fortunately hid troops in Shuozhou, and Murong Yan also heard about it!

Thinking of this, Murong Yan's heart became more and more unhappy, his eyes fell on the body of the first lieutenant who was attached to the back, and beckoned: "Decao, what do you think?" Hearing the summons of the left minister, not only the little lieutenant, but also the other generals were also stunned.

That captain is Duan Decao, the son of Duan Shao, the king of the Dazai Plains, he joined the army a little later, before leaving, the iron rooster Duan Shao invited Murong Yan to drink, just to entrust this son, Murong Yan smiled at the time and promised "good, good", and when he turned around, he found a reason to strip Duan Decao's rank of Yunlu all the way to the captain. Duan Shao almost came to him from Jinyang to settle the account, and he was so angry that he scolded the old thief. As a result, they felt that there was a discord between Zuo Xiang and Dazai, so they did not wait to see Duan Dazai's son.

Duan Decao asked, thought about it carefully, and then said: "The last general feels that all reasons are excuses, if they are willing to enter the customs, they will have entered the customs a long time ago, it is because they don't want to enter the customs, so they are pushed back......

Murong Yan sighed heavily, stroked his beard and said, "It's very difficult to do...... The court recruited them, but they did not listen, and they took all the food and money but refused to move, I am afraid that they saw that the Turks were powerful and were ready to collude with the Turks. ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals looked at each other, but no one dared to speak. Murong Yan said again: "Since they don't subdue the king and don't respect the holy decree, then they are the enemies of our dynasty, and I want to get rid of them as soon as possible!" But before they rebelled against the Great Qi, they were still counted as the people of the Great Qi, and without the orders of the imperial court, I am afraid that this matter would be difficult to do. ”

"Zuo Xiang is cautious, if they are really forced to the opposite side, I can't afford to eat together!" The generals were shocked into a cold sweat and tried hard to admonish.

According to the thinking of other important ministers, when Zhuhu rebelled, he would rather sacrifice some more border people than force them to the enemy's side. But this veteran has an unusually strong temperament, and he can't rub sand in his eyes, regardless of these chiefs...... Whether they were ready to rebel, or just riding the wall and watching the wind, he didn't want to tolerate them anymore!

Only Duan Decao was thoughtful and said: "The last general once heard that at the turn of autumn, winter, winter and spring, the grasslands are green and yellow, and the tribes attack each other from time to time. ”

Murong Yan's eyes froze, and he couldn't care about holding up the boss's shelf, and said, "Good idea, this is a good idea!" ”

The Hu tribes on the border often attacked each other, and the methods were extremely cruel, and the defeated side often took all the property and women, and the men were more than the wheels and beheaded. Aren't these tribes planning to turn to the Turks? Then they will plan their way, pretend to be Turks, and slaughter them, as long as they get rid of one or two, then the guys who have secretly taken refuge in the Turks or are hesitating will be frightened, and they will take the initiative to go south without Murong Yan urging them, for fear that they will not run fast enough!

The generals looked at Duan Decao, who was white and thin, and looked like a father, and secretly sighed in their hearts that this little white face was silent on weekdays, it turned out that he was the dog that could bite people, and this trick was really damn damn and poisonous!

Some people couldn't bear it, and retorted: "Won't it be too bad...... It's not like something like a decent teacher like me would do. ”

"Hehe, being too honest is not a virtue for a general." Murong Yan ignored him anymore, and ordered someone to take out the sheepskin map, which was densely packed, and he marked every pass, every defense, and every march route of the Northern Qi in Northern Xinjiang.

Murong Yan is old and strong, with rich experience, and his many years of experience as a horse soldier make him have to understand the terrain and topography everywhere he goes, and constantly deduce the course of the war by comparing the two.

He summoned the generals to besiege the city, and a group of people stared at the drawings carefully, Duan Decao glanced at it silently, only to see the situation in Huaishuo towns burned with a soldering iron on the yellowed sheepskin.

Outside the scope of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the river across the land of China turned a bend hundreds of miles away in the southwest, and there was a west bend to the north, Shayuan drew a circle, Hongnong drew a circle, and Yubi also drew a circle...... To the south, a river flows forward, flowing east to the sea, and Jiankang City is under the direct command of the soldiers!

Iron painting silver hook, Guanshan natural danger, Jin Ge iron horse swept thousands of miles!

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The sky was overcast, and a few eagle chirps came from high in the sky, and the falcon of the divine horse spread its wings and soared, overlooking the earth.

In the wilderness, there were men on horseback to hunt wolves, a group of brocade-clad warriors rode wildly, gray and black shadows rushed through the half-man-high wild grass like lightning, and on the periphery of the hunting ground, vigorous warriors waved whips to drive the beasts together. The emperor went to Yanmen and invited the princes to hunt.

Cushman dressed no different from the chieftains who could hunt, fur and mink hats, and pulled his bow and arrows on his own. The emperor liked to fiddle with his bow and arrows, and practiced hard every day, and it was no longer an embroidered pillow that he didn't know anything, and the strength of his arms and waist and legs was also boiled out, and he pulled a few bows that were either too soft or too accurate, and finally the chamberlains were out of line, and presented the horn bow and iron tire bow from the treasury.

He picked up a horned bow casually, and found that this bow was quite heavy, it was the type that Gao Wei liked, and Shen meant that the explosive power was fast, and hunting it was the most thrilling to express the violent side. It is a truth that people in later generations like gunfight games, long-range, and long-distance hunting, which will give people a safe psychological effect, and at the same time have a god-like feeling of controlling the overall situation, and aiming is a one-hit kill.

“…… I like to collect this kind of good bow, and I don't like other things, dancing knives and guns. He narrowed his eyes slightly, buckled the bowstring, stretched the bow like a full moon, and aimed at the bull's-eye, "This bow was given to me by Uncle Rencheng Wang, and the materials are excellent, better than those paid by Su Mo...... I heard that Aiqing is also quite good, turn around, I give Aiqing a hand? ”

Fu Fu opened his mouth and just wanted to thank him, but he heard the emperor's tone quite lazy and conniving: "...... It's not that you're bored and want to hunt, why are you unhappy when I took you out to hunt? "A tall girl in a hunting costume was still standing on one side, with a complexion like snow, a high nose, and a pale blue eye, which was quite amazing. Fu Fu only glanced at it and looked away, as if it was arrogant to look at it more.

At this time, she pouted angrily, held the quiver without saying a word, and said angrily: "The concubine wanted to hunt, but His Majesty asked the concubine to hold the quiver." ”

Gao Wei said again: "I asked you to hold the quiver because I like you, otherwise why don't I call someone else?" Aren't you sick and still well?

“…… It's for your good not to let you get on the horse, and it's the same to be an audience after it's enjoyable. ”

His Majesty said that he liked her and was good for her, but there was no pampering and pity in his expression.

"The concubine just wants to go." Her stubborn temper came up, and she was unyielding, which was a precursor to Spour.

Gao Wei only replied: "Then didn't you lie to me when you were sick for a few days before?" ”

She just wanted to quibble, Gao Wei swept over with a glance, and his dark eyes looked quite sharp in his quiet eyes, as if he had seen everything, Namu Zhong shrunk his neck, and didn't dare to say more, so he had to continue to hold the quiver aggrievedly.

Fu Fu lowered his head and pretended to be an ostrich like a personal chamberlain, as if he hadn't heard anything, Lu Ran laughed secretly in his heart, isn't this scene in front of him a copy of the mother's lesson to Princess Baoqing? Princess Baoqing is too lively and active, and often causes trouble, and Niangniang punishes her like this every time. Namu Zhong is smart and clever, but the children who grew up on the grassland are somewhat wild and untamable, and His Majesty is clearly teaching her a lesson.

Gao Wei fired four or five arrows in a row, rested for a while, and saw her holding the quiver while twisting and pinching, and found that he immediately stood up straight again when he saw it. Gao Wei felt that it was necessary for her to have a good time, and the heart that had planned to open up the net was also light, so he asked her to continue standing until dark.

Fu Fu saw that the emperor had a vacancy, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are waiting for Your Majesty to summon you...... It is said that the Turks are menacing, and when His Majesty arrives at Yanmen, he cannot go further north, and further north is Quang Ninh Peace City. Also, Tang Shangshu participated in the impeachment of Yang Yan and Gao Baoning, and participated in the impeachment of the left minister for indiscriminately killing border people......"

"I know," Gao Wei said, pointing at the falcons hovering in the sky, "Before the end of the war, I won't go to Yanmen, so they can rest assured." Tang Shangshu was too worried, how could everything in the world fulfill people's wishes? ”

"I don't think there's anything wrong with Yang Yan and Gao Baoning, how can a big husband be in the world? The act of guarding the corpses by the mountains and the sea is not what I want, I am a great Qi, and there is no reason to be afraid of barbarians, even though Zhuhu is fierce and reckless, but as far as I am concerned, if they do not integrate into my Daqi, sooner or later they will just have hundreds of thousands of ambushed corpses! ”

He let go of his grip on the string, and with a miserable eagle chirp, a black dot fell straight from mid-air. "Your Majesty is really good at archery." Fu Fuzan arrived, Gao Wei could hear that he was not complimentary, and he was also very happy, and several chamberlains hurriedly ran to pick it up with lacquer plates. When Gao Wei stopped to watch, he saw that the desolate mountain scenery and the snow were intertwined, and it seemed to be a ......

"Picturesque......" he sighed. The girl secretly glanced over, and saw that the emperor was motionless, looking up at the mountains and rivers, as if she was a little stupid.

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The fine snow melted on the ground, and the ground was muddy and merged with the blood.

Black smoke covered the village, mud walls toppled to the ground, wooden beams were mostly charred, the rest was still burning, the dying flames glowed blue, horses' hooves were messy, corpses were everywhere, some were nailed to the ground with a spear, some were split in half by a scimitar, the scimitar slashed down from the shoulder blades to the abdomen, and the organs slipped out of the abdominal cavity......

There was a young girl in the corner of the entrance to the village, who had been dead for a while, her dress torn and her breasts exposed, bloody and blurred with her teeth. Gao Yanzong squatted down and closed her clothes, then stood up.

Dense soldiers stood around, as quiet as this snow.

"Dudu, there are wolves riding ahead, no less than a thousand horses." A sentinel came to report.

Gao Yanzong held down the handle of the knife and slowly turned his head, his eyes flashing with crazy blood. After a while, he slowly exhaled a breath of white steam, the murderous intent was still there, but there was only a terrible calm, he ordered: "Bypass them, don't startle the snake......"

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When the snow fell, on the banks of the Laoha River, a felt tent was connected together, like a flock of sheep. The flames were blazing in the felt tent, and the fragrance was waving in. The fat lamb rack with autumn fat was roasted on the fire, sizzling, and the Turkic people gathered together to drink and have fun. The Turkic leader said, "Are you sure they will take refuge?" I always thought it was weird there. ”

"You are always suspicious," the other man gnawed on the leg of mutton and said: "Those Khitans dare not lie to us, if they dare to tell half a lie, my Turkic wolf can kill them in an instant!" ”

"These dog minions of the Khitan Eight Divisions, do you think that if you take refuge in the Qi people, you have found a backer? Hmph, when they are obedient, I will have to temper them well, so that they know what will happen if they betray the Turks and betray the Great Khan! Persistence bit the lamb bones with a clattering sound.

"It's really cold this weather, it's not even ...... December" The status is low, and people who can't eat good things can only shrink in the corner, shivering, watching the nobles eat and chew unbridledly, and suddenly someone broke in excitedly, "The Khitan people are here." ”

Zhi Sili took a group of nobles and his subordinates and rode out on horseback. The heavy snow was like mist, enveloping the Khitans, and they could only see some vague shadows, which were not very real. Zhisili pulled the reins of the horse and drove it forward, wanting to see it carefully, the surrounding Turks pointed at the opposite side, sneering at the spineless Khitans, and their posture was very high, they came to accept the Khitans to defect, just like the master accepted the dogs.

The figure in front of him gradually became clearer, and a Turkic nobleman smiled at Zhisili, stepped forward, opened his arms and shouted in Khitan dialect: "My brothers, welcome you back to the embrace of the wolf god!" His figure froze suddenly, and a feathered arrow rushed through the middle of his throat, bringing up a scoop of blood. Seeing his companion fall from his horse, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he shouted loudly to the back, "Enemy attack!" ”

Before the horses of the Turks could run, the cavalry on the opposite side swooped down like a tidal wave, drowning the Turks in the torrent, and when the cavalry dispersed, the ground was covered with tattered corpses and fell to the ground.

There was only one charge on the opposite side, and all the Turks were killed.

Persistence lay on the ground, his chest cavity collapsed, his sternum shattered, his head twisted to the back of his head at a strange angle, a pair of eyes stared at the sky hollowly, and the snow fell from the sky, covering his body, accumulating thicker and thicker...... The accumulation is getting thicker and thicker......