In the second year of Xuande, in October.

Minmen and craftsmen recruited from all over the country arrived one after another, and the construction of the fortifications began. The seven battalions set up camp twenty miles outside the Yongxue Pass and took turns to change their values. The commanders of the seven battalions still did not know the specifics of that fortification.

The ghost city lord did not leave the snow pass.

"No one knows this fortification better than I do, and no one in this world who can read my designs has not yet been born." The Ghost City Lord said haughtily, "I must see it completed with my own eyes." ”

"The day it was inaugurated, it was blown up, and the entire Yongxue Pass would be a battlefield." Chu Shixia said, "Aren't you afraid of death? ”

"Who can not die," said the ghost city lord impatiently, "will you get out?" ”

Chu Zhixia looked at the man's chin with a layer of cyan stubble, and his eyes, which were becoming more and more round and bulging because of his emaciation, said clearly: "Thank you." ”

The ghost city lord looked at her stiffly and said, "Don't thank me. I'm just one life for another, and I'm always indebted to others, and I'm afraid of retribution. If you lose, but you don't die, I don't mind giving you a hand. ”

Chu Shixia had a headache when he heard his words, pointed at him and said, "You better shut up." ”

——

Blue Eagle Division.

The lamb marinated in spices is thinly sliced and delivered to the guests like water. A jar of spirits unveils the mud seal, and the rich aroma of the wine makes people smell intoxicated. The delicate Beidi woman dances barefoot, and the skirt rises and falls between the spins, revealing the graceful calves. The music was like iron, and the loneliness resounded through the grassland night.

Erdan sat in a chair covered with tiger skins in a loose robe, the neckline slightly open, revealing a muscular chest. The other twelve khans sat on the seats on either side of the lower part, and none of them looked at the dancing slave girls.

At the end of the dance, Erdan was the first to applaud.

The applause echoed lonely across the feast, and the nervous crowd turned their heads to stare at him.

"Isn't it pretty?" Erdan said, "I think it's better than the battle of Honghuchuan. ”

Doshu, Sukhbaru, and Battle straightened their backs in unison, their hands groping for the hilt under the table.

"Chu Mingxiu is dead, are you relieved, thinking that I will let you go?"

Erdan stood up, held the golden bottle and slowly walked between the three of them, shaking the wine, "If it weren't for you delaying the military plane, we would have been celebrating in Qingzhou City right now." As I said, the thirteen parts of Beidi are one, one is prosperous, and the other is lost. But you don't want to believe it, you have to watch me die, so that I can annex the Blue Eagle Division. ”

Erdan's hand was placed on Sukhbaru's shoulder, and he said in a long voice: "There is a saying among the people of the Central Plains that 'the heart of the human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant'. You are the snake that was strangled. ”

Duo Shu couldn't hold it back at first, jumped up and pulled out his knife and pointed at Erdan: "Erdan, you don't pretend!" Where's my son? ”

Erdan didn't say a word, just stared at him and smiled, pouring the wine from his glass on the ground.

The corners of his forehead jumped violently, and he kicked over the table and rushed towards Erdan. Erdan threw his glass aside and flashed to the side, grabbing Doshu's wrist and brushing the blade over his throat. Amid the frightened screams of the slave girl, Sukhbaru and Battle retreated from the splattered blood, revealing the knife in their hands.

Erdan put down the corpse of Duoshu and looked coldly at the people who had exposed their weapons.

"As I said, we are all the people of the Immortal Heaven, and we should work together to sweep south and sweep the Central Plains. And you are still calculating the gains and losses of an inch of land, a cow and sheep, and a slave, intriguing on the battlefield, pushing your own people under the butcher's knife of the Central Plains. Erdan carried Doshu's knife, and a drop of blood slowly slipped from the blade.

"You are the sinners of the grassland."

The soldiers outside the tent opened the curtain and rushed in, and the silver sword light and sword shadows shone on everyone's faces.

"Erdan, what do you want to do?!" Sukhbaru was furious and frightened, and looked at Erdan, who suddenly turned his face, in disbelief.

"In the name of Immortal Heaven, from today onwards, the names of the Chihe Division, the Mosu Division, and the Hada Division will be erased." Erdan thrust his knife into the table and announced coldly.

The second year of Xuande, November. Erdan, the Khan of the Beidi Qingying Division, killed the three Khans of Chihe, Mosu, and Hada at the banquet. The next day, the three nobles pledged their allegiance to him, and the Green Eagle tribe swallowed up all his soldiers, slaves, land, cattle and sheep.

The rest of the departments have different intentions, and they are not convinced.

——

Xuande three years, the first month.

Bronco Fort.

After the Beidi people occupied this military fortress, they relied on the grain and grass in it to survive the winter, and always monitored the movement of the snow pass. The Beidi cavalry is the best at long-distance running, and defending the city is really not sensitive. However, the generals who took over here seemed to be quite familiar with the art of war in the Central Plains, and Yongxueguan sent troops to recover the lost territory several times, but they were all resisted.

At three o'clock, it is the time when people are most sleepy.

There was a rush in the barracks, and the disheveled soldiers were struggling to bang on the door of the hut, and the stench was overwhelming. There are even more people who can't hold back, holding their stomachs directly, excreting in place with a painful expression, unloading their hands and feet, and almost sitting on the ground.

The guard general Hazar held his stomach and rushed out of the tent with a tense expression, seeing this messy appearance, his heart was not good.

At this moment, the soldiers patrolling the city walls suddenly rang the alarm bell. Just one sound, a bell rang, and a feathered arrow pierced his throat.

Khazar hurriedly whipped the soldier in the face with his horsewhip, and scolded fiercely: "There is an enemy attack, get up quickly!" ”

However, the cramping pain in his abdomen made it difficult for him to stand.

A ladder was quickly erected outside the city wall, and the soldiers of the Arakawa Army climbed the city wall with quick movements, and slashed when they saw someone draw their swords.

Chu Zhixia rode on the back of the snow skull, his white hair was tied high, and the ends of his hair were fluttering like snow in the wind. Chu Zhixia took a sip with a pot of spirits, and the blood flowing from the black city wall was reflected in her eyes, like a flowing fire.

"Why didn't anyone resist?" The commander of the Arakawa Army, Chu Jin, muttered.

"Because they can't resist." Chu Zhixia said calmly.

One of the reasons why Wild Horse Fort is difficult to conquer is that it is close to the Snow Pass, and there is a lot of grain and grass stored here. If you rashly attack it with fire, even if you subdue Mustang Fort, you will kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred; If it is flooded, the grain and grass will become moldy due to moisture, and the result will be the same. Moreover, the establishment in the Mustang Fort imitates the snow pass, which is not easy to ignite.

The ferocity and barbarism of the Beidi people make it particularly difficult to climb the city wall every time.

Chu Jin was originally waiting for Yongxue Pass to mobilize the siege baggage, but unexpectedly, Chu Zhixia only brought a team of Yulin Guards to support.

"You poisoned the water?" Chu Jin suddenly realized.

"Water veins, to be exact." Chu Zhixia smiled, quite innocent.

During his days in the clouds, Chu Zhixia went through all the maps treasured in the Zhenbei Palace, including the map of the underground water veins under the Wild Horse Fort. The survey of the underground water vein was extremely difficult, but the drawing was very accurate and perfectly preserved with oil seals.

The inscription under the water vein diagram is the familiar and unfamiliar word "Shen Yu" in Chu Zhixia. When Chu Zhixia stretched out his finger to brush the dust on those two words, his heart stopped beating for a moment, as if it resonated at the same frequency as the woman from decades ago.

Chu Zhixia didn't let anyone approach Mustang Castle, but only ordered Jiu Yousi and Yu Linwei to carry the rotting animal carcasses and the drugs that catalyzed its decay to the underground water veins. For a month, the well water in the Mustang Castle from the underground water veins was completely polluted.

"When we get here, remove the animal carcasses, and after a few rains, it'll be fine." Chu Zhixia buckled his helmet and visor, raised his spear and pointed at the Wild Horse Fort with the city gate wide open, and said, "General Chu, please give the order to charge." ”

Chu Jin glanced at her, buckled his armor, and said in a loud voice: "Great army, charge with His Royal Highness the King of Zhenbei!" ”

Snowskull took the lead, followed by a flood of roaring armies as they stormed the crumbling Mustang Fort. Fresh blood flowed everywhere on the frosty ground. Knowing what was going on, the Beidi tried to make a final counterattack, lighting torches and throwing them at the granary.

Chu Zhixia shot down the torch that was still in the air with an arrow, and stepped over the head of the Beidi soldier.

The neighing of the war horse was particularly harsh, and Chu Zhixia turned his head to look at the people who were trying to break through the encirclement of the Arakawa army. The man had a beard on his back, his beard was disheveled, his leather armor was in tatters, and he wielded a broadsword to force back the Arakawa army that tried to capture him. Chu Zhixia saw the cyan eagle feather decoration on his waist at a glance - this person had a high status in the Blue Eagle Department.

General of the Blue Eagle Division, Khazar.

Chu Zhixia shot Hazar in the eye, and he actually pulled out the arrow directly, and rode his horse in the direction of the city gate. Several of the Arakawa army were trampled and injured by their horses, and rolled to one side in embarrassment. Chu Zhixia swung his spear and broke the neck of a Beidi soldier and rushed forward to block Hazar's way.

Khazar was headless like a fly, roaring and rushing straight forward. Chu Zhixia let go of his hand slightly, held the position of one-third of the spear, and mobilized his breath to gather on the point where he held the spear. Hazar picked up the big knife and slashed straight at the head of the horse, Chu Zhixia pinched the horse's belly at the same time, and the snow skull raised his hooves and rushed forward.

The spear smashed on the tip of the knife, and Khazar's strength was crooked, and he almost fell off his horse. The tip of the spear hit the ground a little, and it bounced up like a dragonfly, and slashed at Khazar's neck with the force of Chu Zhixia's waist rotation. Khazar flew out like a kite with a broken string, rolled twice in the snow, and struggled to get up.

The East is white.

Chu Zhixia threw down his sweaty helmet and leaned against the city wall to exhale a breath of heat. Snow-white hair stuck to the side of her face, like a touch of residual snow.

In the distance, the Arakawa army had just extinguished a fire in a granary, snatching out two-thirds of the grain. Chu Jin came over with a pot of water, stood a few feet away and threw it to Chu Zhixia. Chu Zhixia raised his hand to take it, drank most of it, and poured the rest on the drinking stream snow to wash the blood of the sword.

"Khazar is dead." Chu Jin said.

"Expected." Chu Zhixia said.

Chu Shixia didn't think that Hazar would survive with that shot, and the overlord gun directly broke Hazar's neck.

"Isn't it necessary to build the fortifications to delay as much time as possible, why not save his life and negotiate with Erdan slowly?" Chu Jin asked puzzled.

"It takes time to build fortifications, which of course is important." Chu Zhixia said lightly, "But Honghu River and Wild Horse Castle, how many people have died before and after?" If I keep Khazar to negotiate, Erdan may not have to pay for him, but ordinary soldiers of our army will not be able to understand what I am doing. It is better to kill him, to appease the anger of the people, in exchange for my prestige in the army. ”

For an army that has just changed its commander, the most important thing is the military spirit.

"What's more, it's not just living people who can be used to negotiate." Chu Zhixia said.

Chu Jin said neatly: "You are not naïve. ”

"This is a troubled time," Chu Zhixia took off his hand armor, stretched his ten fingers, and made a slight popping sound, "The people who survive in the troubled times are not good people, but ruthless people. ”