Chapter 003: Beacon Flames Rise to the Frontier (Part II)
First of all, I apologize, some sudden things have affected the speed of updates in the past few days, and I despise myself. This time, 3,000 words are added, which can be regarded as compensation for all book subscribers. Apologize again. This month, it only changed by 100,000. Alas, less, less. It must be more than 150,000 next month. Definitely, well, definitely.
**********
In Shanggu County, Youzhou, the people of Gujiazhuang, located ten miles north of Pancheng, began to sit together and chatter about their daily routines after lunch. After a while, I will have to go to the fields and do farm work. Now is the most casual time of their day. Although Xianbei often harassed Shanggu County, it was a hundred miles away from the frontier and was never threatened.
The afternoon sun is slightly hot, making people feel lazy and sleepy. In the shady foothills of the village, you can see gossiping farmers sitting on the ground, chatting happily.
Suddenly, the neighing of horses was heard outside the village. The villagers looked at each other and continued to chat. It seemed to them that the court cavalry was patrolling again. The village chief wanted to go to see what was going on, but was forcibly pulled by several villagers.
"Don't go, if you don't get it to attract them, it's another big meal and drink, isn't it looking for guilt?"
"Some horsemen who can only bully their own people wilt when they see Hu Qi. Fuck, you know how to bully your own people! ”
Several villagers were quite angry, but the village chief was still not at ease, suspecting that there were bandits. "It's better to go and see, and sit and sit."
The chief trotted all the way to the entrance of the village, only to see that the dust was six miles away, and the black pressure was overwhelming, and the Xianbei language could be faintly heard. Unsure, he called out to the villagers. If it is really a bandit, he must immediately summon the strong men of the whole village to take the guys. But none of the villagers came, and they all laughed at him in the shade for being suspicious and guilty again.
His eyes were not good, and he squinted for a while, because of the dazzling sunlight, the wind and sand eyes flowed into tears. In addition, his ears are not good, so he only cares about bowing his head and wiping his tears. After a moment, I looked up again, and I was shocked. A hundred paces away are fierce aliens. Just as he was about to shout, a sharp arrow struck at him, and the village chief fell.
A hundred meters away, Ha Xiao proudly raised the open stone bow, and the knights roared.
When the villagers heard Xianbei's words, they regretted it. Frightened, he threw his legs and went home. "The Hu people have robbed the village! The Hu people robbed the village! ”
Ha Xiao grinned wickedly. "This leader's Chinese is actually not bad, and Lao Tzu understands this sentence."
The seven hundred horsemen laughed when they said this. They never cared about such a village, which had no offensive power in front of the cavalry. The cavalry did not stay any longer, and rushed straight to the village in three ways, washing the entire village in blood in an instant like a flood. The quiet and peaceful Gujiazhuang suddenly turned from heaven on earth to hell, and the sound of horses trampling the earth, the sound of villagers calling for help, the excited roar of knights, and the sound of poultry chirping mixed together, playing a symphony of hell on earth.
Harsh rode his horse over the low wall and came to a wooden door. In front of him was a thatched house. The house was for the newlyweds. He dismounted and kicked open the wooden door, and a kitchen knife slashed down head-on. Ha Xiao turned around quickly and kicked the opponent**. Immediately after that, the scimitar was drawn, and the man's blood splattered on the spot.
The young woman threw herself out and lay on the man in agony. Ha Xiao stretched out his hand to lift the other party's chin and said in impure Chinese: "It's so beautiful." ”
The young woman fell back in fright, her eyes pitiful. Ha Xiao was even more excited, and immediately reached out to untie his trouser belt. In order to preserve her chastity, the young woman slammed her head on the foot of the table and swallowed her breath. Ha Xiao was furious, grinning and saying angrily: "Even if the leader of this is dead, he will get you." ”
Outside the house, Gujiazhuang, where more than 200 people lived, suddenly splashed blood on the village road, and corpses were everywhere. The guide was excited to kill, and ordered that except for the woman, no life should be left. After the Xianbei knight got the order, he shouted and looted the woman hiding in the house.
After a burst of shouting and screaming, more than 50 women who were crying because of the loss of their husbands and children were taken to the entrance of the West Village, waiting for Ha Xiao to choose. According to Xianbei custom, the first is the first to choose, then the young and strong warriors, and finally the knights at the bottom.
I don't know how long later, the wooden door of the small hut opened from the inside, and Ha Xiao walked out with his pants up and scolding. The young woman in the room was ** her body, her eyes were wide open, and her lower body was a mess.
When Ha Xiao came to the entrance of the West Village, he saw the village woman surrounded by horses, and counted them slightly.
"Why is it so little?" Ha Xiao dissatisfied. "In a huge village, there should be hundreds of women."
"Leader, this village is too small, with a total population of just over two hundred. It's good to have so many women. Before the guide could finish speaking, he was slapped hard.
"Fuck you!" Ha Xiao squinted.
"Leader Hui, all the searches have been made clear, only these women are left in the village, and the men, the elderly, and the children have all been killed." A knight came over and said.
"Just such a little woman, how can we be enough for our big Xianbei warriors. I ask you, where else are there women around here? Ha Xiao ignored the knight who reported and picked up the guide.
"Pancheng, ten miles away, has a population of more than 10,000, and there must be a lot of women in it." The guide pointed to the faintly visible city wall ten miles to the south.
"Brothers, take these women with you, and let's go around the city. With a population of 10,000, there are three or four thousand women, haha, hahaha. Ha Xiao laughed, and his head was full of lust. He likes women who can move, and he gets angry when he thinks about women who can't move.
"There are Han troops in the city, don't get close." The guide kindly reminded me.
"! What's the use of not being able to come near you and say it!" Although these words made Ha Xiao uncomfortable to hear, it was true. He had to notice this, and looked helplessly at these rough-skinned village women in front of him, full of hatred in his heart.
"You divide these women, this leader is not interested. Han people like to live in groups, there is no ghost where there is no one, and all the places where there are people are people. Look at the west side, it's full of houses. Take them with you, and let's change the village. I'm going to have to make up seven hundred tonight. Ha Xiao glanced around, and said that he was about to rein in his horse and go straight to the west.
"Report!" The reconnaissance sentinels scattered in the south came in a hurry. "Back to the leader, there are Han cavalry five miles to the south, and the number is unknown."
"It's coming pretty fast!" As soon as Ha Xiao finished speaking, another horse flew in and reported: "The cavalry of the Han army is about seventy, and there are more than forty strangely dressed infantry behind the team. ”
The Xianbei sentries had never seen the Han army's errands, and they were only considered particularly powerful infantrymen.
Ha Xiao has always looked down on any Han army, and the number of opponents is so small, he immediately dispatched 400 cavalry to meet the enemy and ambushed outside Gujiazhuang.
……
Wang Zhixian rode his horse on the official road, and saw from a distance that there was no abnormal movement in Gujiazhuang, thinking that Di Bing had left, and did not notice that there were no half farmers in the farmland on both sides. With no experience in leading troops, he still led his men to march towards Gujiazhuang in a leisurely manner, and did not send an outpost.
After hiding behind the grass pile in Gujiazhuang, Ha Xiao was full of excitement after finding out the enemy's situation. Immediately swing the blood-stained scimitar. "It's just some Han Dynasty cowards in front, brothers, carry out a surprise attack with this leader!"
In an instant, four hundred knights rode out of Gujiazhuang, and the narrow village road was crowded with cavalry, and there was a kind of mighty and endless military momentum. Wang Zhixian, who had just arrived at the entrance of the village, heard the shouting of killing, and rolled off his horse in shock. Before he could climb up again, the Xianbei cavalry had already rushed over, and the seventy Han cavalry and forty messengers were immediately beaten on their backs. After a little effort, he was killed cleanly, and only Wang Zhixian was left.
"My lord, let's go!" The last remaining officer was knocked to the ground by a horse's hoof in a bloody hole in his chest after he shouted his last words. A splash of blood spilled right on Wang Zhixian's face.
"Light!" Wang Zhixian screamed sadly, touched the blood on his face, and fainted in fright.
"Vulnerable!" Ha Xiao rode his horse closer, looking at this victorious battle, his heart was full of pride. "Why are you still keeping him?"
"Judging by what he is wearing, it should be a county order." The guide nodded and said, adding with a wicked smile on his face: "The county order of Pancheng." ”
"What the hell do you have in mind?" Ha Xiao understands that every time the guide has a classic idea, he piles up this smiling face. It's ugly, but Harsh likes it.
"The little one has some understanding of the Han military system. If there is an army in Pancheng, it will definitely be a military general who is here, and it will definitely not be the turn of this civilian official. Coupled with these errand soldiers he brought, it was concluded that Pancheng was already empty and there was no half soldier. As long as the leader leads his troops to raid, he will definitely be able to conquer it in one fell swoop. Then the women of the city will ...... Hey. The guide's face was full of lust and lewdness.
"Hahaha......" Ha Xiao laughed as he looked up to the sky on his horse. The person sent by the 'lord' really has another meaning. , inform the brothers, and go straight to Pan. ”
"Slow down." The guide persuaded.
"What's the matter?"
"We didn't bring siege equipment, if the defenders of Pancheng don't open the city gate, we can also use the county order to earn it. Therefore, Ken pleaded with the leaders to tie up this county order and take it away. ”
Ha Xiao nodded in agreement, seeing that the other party still had something to say, he said impatiently: "Put the words together, don't hide it, don't have this idle effort." ”
"Yes, yes, yes." The guide continued: "There are not only many women in the city, but they also have smooth skin. Compared with the village women behind, the former is the thousand-year-old snow lotus on the Kunlun Mountain, and the latter is the stinky water in the mud pit. Taking them to Pancheng will be a burden all the way, so it's better to ...... them all," and then made a head-killing gesture.
"Well, it's still thoughtful. Ordered, take those village women to sacrifice, so that the Kunlun God Bao You can successfully capture Pancheng. Make the first contribution to the 'adult'! Ha Xiao roared excitedly.
At the sound of an order, dozens of Xianbei knights rode their horses straight to the entrance of the West Village, riding their horses in the women's pile and rampage, instantly mourning all over the field, and after a while, all the flesh and blood were blurred, and they were trampled into flesh and mud. The mouth of the West Village has become a bloody human flesh field.
……
At 14:00, the Xianbei cavalry appeared under Pancheng. Before the guards could close the gates, they were shot from a distance by Ha Xiao's open stone bow. Looking through the city gates, the people of the city panicked and fled for their lives. Standing outside Pancheng, where the city gate was wide open, the cavalry seemed to see the night of romance tonight.
"Drive!" Ha Xiao rode into the city first, and seven hundred horsemen followed closely with shouts, and the abusive carnal desire was rapidly expanding.
Ha Xiao entered the city and saw that the streets in the city were empty, full of messy stalls and sundries. "These cowardly Han Dynasty people only know how to dodge. No one can stop the iron rider of Da Xianbei! ”
"Leader, please give the order, the brethren are no longer able to hold it. The women of the Han Dynasty that I saw through the city gate just now were really different, all of them were watery. The guide smiled lewdly.
"As much as you can grab tonight, this leader will allow you to bring all of them back to the tooth tent." Hahaha laughed.
"Thank you, Leader." The guide's laughter grew more and more lewd. The rest of the cavalry screamed and screamed, like wolves in heat.
"Brothers, let's rob!" Ha Xiao yelled. Before the words fell, a sharp arrow whizzed. With the keen instincts he had trained on the grassland, Ha Xiao lowered his head sideways, and a cavalryman behind him rolled off his horse with an arrow in his face.
"What a quick arrow!" Ha Xiao was surprised. Encountering a surprise attack, the Xianbei cavalry began to stir, and they all secretly sighed that they had been ambushed?
"Hoha...... Hoha......"
The rhythmic shouts shook the sky, and came from inside and outside the city.
"Hoha...... Hoha......"
"Out of town!" Ha Xiao roared and turned his horse around. At this moment, a group of shield soldiers appeared outside the city gate to block the city gate, and the iron shield formed a wall, which was high enough to be a foot high.
"Assault! Scatter the shield edges! Ha Xiao shouted and ordered, with a sense of foreboding in his heart.
The cavalry reined in and turned and charged the shieldmen outside the city gates. Suddenly, dense iron spears flew out of the gaps in the iron shield. The Xianbei cavalry, which had no defensive weapons, was immediately overturned on their backs by the promoted men, and wailed all over the ground. Ha Xiao took a cursory look at it angrily, and there were more than 100 dead and wounded.
"Shield-Gun Array!" Ha Xiao frightened. Immediately ordered to flee through another city gate. Suddenly, a group of shield soldiers appeared behind him, approaching step by step with a very rhythmic pace.
"Hoha...... Hoha......"
The uniform pace and trumpet made the Xianbei cavalry frightened. "It was premeditated!" The cavalry focused on the guide.
"It's none of my business. I didn't know there was an ambush here. Before the guide could speak, the tip of the knife was dripping with blood on his chest.
"You're stupid, the leader of this sect is as stupid as you!" Ha Xiao angrily withdrew his scimitar and looked up at the street behind him.
The wide county street was tightly blocked by 200 shield soldiers. The shield men were followed by two hundred archers with quivers on their backs.
Zhu Jinlong waved the cyan order flag in the shield array, the shield soldiers immediately stopped, and the archers behind drew their bows and arrows, and with Zhu Jinlong's command flag, all the arrows fired in volleys, like a dense rainstorm to the opponent's position.
Although most of the Han soldiers' archery skills were not prepared to attack the opponent's vital points. But two hundred arrows were fired in unison, and the attack was a saturation attack in a small area. Within that range, even the people and horses in the Xianbei array were shot into a hornet's nest.
Ha Xiao dodged this attack, and his heart was horrified. The formation that cavalry feared the most was the shield-bow formation. In such a formation, there is only the part to be restrained. Seeing the confused eyes of his knights, who were less than three hundred people, he raised his hands. The Han Dynasty paid the most attention to benevolence and righteousness, and would definitely not kill himself. In the future, when the righteous brother redeems himself, he will take revenge. Let the whole city of Pan pay the price of blood.
"Misunderstanding! Misunderstand! We're here to hunt! Ha Xiao said in impure Chinese.
"Archer, prepare!" Zhu Jinlong shouted.
All the archers were stunned, and it was the military discipline of the Han Dynasty not to kill prisoners.
"Have you forgotten how they killed our brothers and destroyed our people? Just an hour ago, did they think that the people of Gujiazhuang were not Han soldiers, they were ordinary people, and they couldn't be killed? Did they think of leaving some kindness behind? They are no longer human, they are devils! Zhu Jinlong yelled in the formation.
He Jie echoed: "Military discipline is for people, and there is no need to talk about the devil." "The first arrow was shot, but it didn't hit. Zhu Jinlong snatched the longbow of the archer next to him, and instantly pulled the bow on the wind, the arrow was like a flying locust, and it was in the middle of the door. At the same time, another sword shot by Asako pierced its heart. In an instant, hundreds of arrows were shot out of the archer array.
……
In mid-April, the news of Pancheng's victory reached the court, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, and in order to attract talents, he immediately named Zhu Jinlong Pancheng Marquis in the name of the young emperor and rewarded him with a thousand gold. The whole country rejoices!
……
When the news of Ha Xiao's annihilation in Pancheng reached the Ya Tent (Xianbei capital), Tanshi Huai was furious. Immediately gather 200,000 iron horsemen on the border of Upper Valley County, claiming to avenge Ha Xiao. and presented a letter of state to the court of the Han Dynasty, officially declaring war.
Dong Zhuo ordered Youzhou Assassin Shi and Zhonglang to lead Gongsun Zan to lead his troops to counterattack with a strong posture.
In early May, Gongsun Chan led 100,000 cavalry and defended with the cooperation of 180,000 infantry. However, because the troops were dispersed to the 11 counties under Youzhou, the troops were too scattered and scattered. Finally, in early July, it was concentrated by Tanshi Huai and broke through each other. The 180,000 infantry were wiped out, and only more than 1,000 of the 100,000 cavalry fled back to Ji (Youzhou Zhishu). The main general, Gongsun Zhan, was almost captured. At this point, the government and the opposition were shaken, and the whole country was shocked.
Under such circumstances, the Manchu civil and military forces decided to follow the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and take the initiative to strike, penetrate deep into the enemy's territory, and burn the battlefield to the enemy's territory. However, Dong Zhuo, under Li Ru's suggestion, adopted a policy of harmony and proximity and tried his best to protect his position.
In order to strive for reconciliation. Dong Zhuo was pretentious and arrested Zhu Jinlong, the Marquis of Pancheng, the captain of Shangtun, and sent him to prison. On the one hand, he sent a messenger to apologize to Tanshi Huai, and Xu Ruo named Tanshi Huai as "Emperor Zhong", and married the princess of Wannian with a gold million taels as a dowry. And secretly agreed to put Youzhou under the rule of Xianbei ten years later.
In this regard, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
In mid-July, the holy decree was issued to Youzhou, and Gongsun Zhan saw that he did not condemn himself in the holy decree, and he was grateful to Dong Zhuo. personally went to He Mansion to arrest Zhu Jinlong.
The master of He Mansion was once a member of the He Jin clan, and after He Jin fell, he was suppressed by other forces. He Zulong, the former captain of the Northern Army, took the initiative to resign in order to avoid a power struggle. Now at home. In short, the current He Mansion is no longer the He Mansion of the past. So Gongsun Chan didn't care if he broke through or not, and he came in with the guards.
At this time, He Jie pulled Zhu Jinlong in the front yard to talk about the extermination of the yellow scarf. Just as he was talking about Liu Bei leading troops to rescue Fangcheng, Gongsun Zhan arrived. Seeing the guards on the left and right lined up, Zhu Jinlong already understood a little in his heart.
"Zhu Jinlong takes the order!" Gongsun Chan changed his previous kindness and shouted.
Zhu Jinlong and He Jie knelt down and shouted long live.
"When I first ascended to the great treasure, I was shallow in talent and morality, and I counted on the peace of the world and the friendly coexistence of neighbors. Donghu in the north has always been friendly and non-aggression with each other. However, Zhu Jinlong, the captain of Shangtun, transferred troops to shoot the generals of friendly countries in Shanggu County without authorization, dividing the diplomatic relations between the two countries and angering the whole country, which is a heinous crime. The impunity of this crime is not enough to outrage the people and not enough to justify it. He was specially ordered to assassinate Shi Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, and he was arrested and brought to justice. When he arrives with his team, he will go to the dental tent and hand it over to him. Chin this! ”
He Jie's face was full of doubts, obviously to protect the family and defend the country, how did it turn into a wedge between the two countries? It was obviously the whole country jubilating, but when did it become the anger of the whole country? There is no mention of Gongsun Zhan's defeat, which is really unreasonable.
"It's not fair!" He Jie stood up and roared.
"Bold!" Gongsun Chan roared violently.
"I'm sorry adults, He Jie is young and ignorant, please forgive me." Zhu Jinlong pulled He Jie aside.
Gongsun Chan sighed: "You are Ben Shuai's favorite general, and now that you have suffered such a catastrophe, it is already the emperor's grace to not affect your family, don't do anything disobedient and let your family suffer." ”
Gongsun Zhan waved his hand, Zhu Jinlong was handcuffed by the guards, and followed the team out of Hefu. Occasionally, when he turned around, his wife He Xiang stood in the corridor and saw her off in tears. Zhu Jinlong nodded, comforted the other party and waited for him to come back, and was calmly escorted away.
He Jie watched his brother-in-law being escorted away and couldn't do anything, turned around and ran to the backyard, and saw that his eldest brother He Zulong was playing against his father, and willfully lifted the chessboard. "My brother-in-law has been arrested, and you still have the heart to hide here and play chess. Hurry up and figure it out. ”
Father He was helpless, sighed and went back to the house. I regret in my heart that I shouldn't have married my daughter to this son-in-law who loves to get into trouble.
"Don't make a fuss. What about your sister? He Zulong grabbed He Jie.
"Hide in your room and cry."
He Zulong is most distressed by his sister. Immediately strode to the room, saw He Xiang preparing Bai Aya, and immediately took the comfort: "Sister, you can't do stupid things." ”
"Husband, do you want to come back? I'm going with him. He Xiang has become a tearful person, as if he has seen through everything, and his words do not have a trace of intonation.
"This ...... This...... Maybe there is a way. He Zulong was anxious to persuade him, and he said nonsense for a while.
"Big brother, don't be comforting me. The husband has long said that if the court blames it, there is only one way to die. Fortunately, it didn't affect you, otherwise, your husband would not be able to feel at ease when he died. ”
Hearing his sister say this, He Zulong's heart was dripping blood. Ashamed of the marriage that had prevented them from doing so. "There's really a way." He Zulong thought nervously in his mind. "Liu Bei, brother-in-law used to be his subordinate. And he trusts his brother-in-law very much, and he is a descendant of the royal family, plus he once saved Dong Zhuo, maybe he has a way. ”
When He Jie outside the door heard this, he turned around and left.
……
Xianbei tooth tent, sandalwood acacia and the eastern, central and western leaders of the discussion. Their issue is whether to accept and kiss, for them, a princess, no matter how beautiful and moving, is not as good as the vast land and wealth of the entire Youzhou.
Since only the east borders Youzhou, the army attacking Youzhou is mainly in the east. Therefore, this meeting in the east is very important to Tanshi Huai, and the eastern leader has been pondering. The leaders of the two Chinese and Western tribes thought that even if they worked hard to conquer Youzhou, they would not benefit themselves at all, so they kept silent. So there was no sound in the huge conference hall.
"I heard that this Wannian princess is very capable, and she once acted as an agent for the emperor of the Han Dynasty. If I can use such a woman to assist me, it will definitely make my great Xianbei stronger. ”
"Can a princess compare to the entire Youzhou?" The Eastern Chieftain questioned. In his opinion, the princess is married to you, not to me. You are lying in the gentle township and happy, and I am watching the saliva of Youzhou's fat and gluttony. What's more, the Han Dynasty no longer had an army in Youzhou, and it could be captured in an instant.
"Of course it can't be compared." Tan Shihuai touched the falcon ring on the middle finger of his right hand and said indifferently.
"Since it can't be compared, I am willing to ask the 'adult' to focus on the great cause of Xianbei. Abandoning Youzhou for the sake of a woman, even if our people can not care, the Kunlun God will be angry. Because only a fool can do such a stupid thing. The Eastern Chief's tone was aggravated, revealing his attitude between the subtext.
"Hahaha...... The Eastern Chieftain was right. But for this princess of ten thousand years, I am full of curiosity. How can you find another woman who can compare with that princess, I will stop kissing. ”
The eastern leader was dumbfounded, and said helplessly: "Since this is the case, let the Kunlun God make the decision." This means that the will of the Kunlun god is used to ask for sacrifice, which is tantamount to a referendum.
"Don't bother the Kunlun God. I've got an idea in mind. The sandalwood locust smiled evilly.
"Please show me." The leaders of the eastern, middle and western divisions jointly asked for instructions, and it would be best if they could have the best of both worlds.
"The frontier army continues to build. When we arrive at the tent, let's find a reason to take Youzhou. Isn't it a beautiful thing that the beauty and the territory can be obtained at that time? Sandalwood squinted and laughed.
"In the words of the Han Dynasty, it is the best of both worlds." The three leaders looked at each other and laughed.