The bitter cold wind makes people feel cold in their hearts, as if winter is coming, and the cold is gushing in. Their breath was like hoarfrost, rising in the darkness, pushing the chill to the extreme.

The sound of swords, horses' hooves, shouts, wails, under the night, the horses' hooves raised the yellow sand, and the yellow sand at the border was like thousands of emery flying in the air, obscuring the afterglow of the starlight and enveloping the whole land.

The two groups of people in the dark launched a bloody fight, the blood was like a bursting spark, the flesh and blood of the two groups were intertwined with each other in the night, the world seemed to freeze, and only the cruel fight and the boundary between life and death remained.

No one was willing to retreat from this battle, and until dawn was still fighting, piles of corpses and wounded soldiers had fallen on the ground.

Liu Wuzhou was in a hurry at this time, it was dawn, their actions were easy to be discovered, and if they didn't retreat at this time, they would have no chance.

It's just that there are less than twenty people left on Yang Guang's side, and there are still forty people left on their side, but everyone is extremely tired after a night of fighting, and even if they don't fall, they are exhausted.

Liu Wuzhou was very keenly aware that it would not be possible to drag on any longer, and immediately ordered: "We will retreat." ”

The Turkic soldiers didn't seem to follow his orders, so Liu Wuzhou didn't care about himself and slipped away first, seeing this situation, the other Turkic soldiers had to follow and run first.

Yang Guang watched them retreat, Li Feng beside him couldn't support it and fell, Yang Guang immediately supported him: "Li Feng, are you okay?" ”

Li Feng fought fiercely all night, the armor on his body was cut and damaged, and there were seven or eight knife wounds all over his body, and his own long knife was cut to the ground.

"Li Feng, Li Feng is fine."

Li Feng said weakly: "Your Highness, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, Your Highness, rest assured, I am very strong, this little injury can't die, this damn Liu Wuzhou, if you hold on for a while, the last general may not be able to hold on." ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

Confirming that Li Feng was exhausted, not seriously injured, Yang Guang's was more relieved.

Got up to check the surrounding situation, many of the Great Sui soldiers and Turkic soldiers who fell to the ground were seriously injured, Yang Guang held a knife, and when he saw the Turkic soldiers who were not dead, he killed them with one blow.

When he found the two brothers of the Ma family in the crowd, the two brothers of the Ma family at this time were sitting in a corpse, panting heavily, with a lot of injuries on their bodies.

"Ma Yu, you have worked hard, this time you have a life-saving grace for me, I have this kindness in my heart, I will never treat you badly, tell me what reward you want."

Ma Yu scratched his head a little at a loss: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, we didn't think about it so much, and we didn't see who it was, but we rushed in when we saw the Turks coming up, Your Highness, you are too polite, and our brothers don't dare to ask for any reward, but I heard that Brother Qin Qiong said that Daxing City is extremely prosperous, Your Highness, it would be best if you could reward us with two houses in Daxing City." ”

They have a life-saving grace for themselves, and they can't do it if they don't repay the favor, they directly said the request, which made Yang Guang a lot easier.

"No problem, I will buy your house in Daxing City, and I will also buy you some maids and maids, and you will follow my army in the future, and it can be regarded as a livelihood."

When the two brothers heard that Yang Guang was so generous, they were busy and thanked.

At this time, Yang Guangcai noticed that not far away, the caravan and several carriages led by the Ma brothers yesterday were in the rear, and the carriages were full of weapons and equipment.

The two brothers saw Yang Guang's eyes, and immediately said in a panic: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin forgives the sin, my two brothers saw the heavy casualties outside Shuozhou City, so they took advantage of the night to go out of the city with some people in the city to take off the equipment and weapons on the dead people, most of them were handed over to the quartermaster in the city, that is, the ghost wanted to make some money, and hid a part of everyone to get together and transport it out, His Royal Highness forgives the sin, His Royal Highness forgives the sin, our first trip is also the first time, the money has not been seen yet, and we met you at night." ”

After listening to the words of the Ma Yu brothers, Yang Guang's face was solemn, and the two didn't know what Yang Guang was thinking, but Yang Guang didn't say anything serious to the two.

Shuozhou City soon discovered the situation here, sent people to reinforce, and learned that it was the King of Jin who encountered an ambush, and the people who came to reinforce immediately turned pale, and hurriedly returned to Shuozhou with the injured Yang Guang and others.

Yang Shuang got the news and hurried to Yang Guang's location to visit, Yang Guang had three knife wounds on his body, except for a large one on his back, the other two were not serious.

When Yang Shuang arrived, Yang Guang had already simply treated the wound and put on his clothes.

"How's it going?"

"Uncle Wang, I'm fine, some of the injured soldiers are in serious condition, and they are stepping up treatment."

Yang Shuang put his mind at ease: "Let's talk about it, what is the situation?" ”

Yang Guang told Yang Shuang what happened last night, and Yang Shuang was furious when he learned about it.

"What? That Zhou Wu's big-eyed kid actually rebelled? During this period of time, I saw that kid was a manufacturable material, but I didn't expect it to be Liu Kuang's son, and regardless of the country's righteousness, he rebelled against the Turks, and designed to ambush you. ”

"Uncle Wang, Liu Wuzhou and his people are brave and strategic, the sneak attack on me has not succeeded, there is no chance to get close to us now, Qin Qiong is in his hands, I want to exchange hostages with him, and exchange Liu Kuang for Qin Qiong."

At this time, Yang Shuang's face was solemn: "I don't agree to exchange hostages, this is tantamount to showing weakness to the enemy, our army is now like a rainbow, we can't break this morale, is Qin Qiong so important in your heart?" ”

"I do value Qin Qiong very much, but I haven't said that I will exchange him for military information, but a decision made according to the instructions issued by my father."

Knowing that Yang Guang was not acting impulsively, Yang Shuang felt a lot more relieved, so he asked, "What do you think?" ”

"My father wants the whole army to attack the Turks, but the time is set for the beginning of spring next year, and now there are nearly three months before the beginning of spring, and we are already fighting here, Uncle Wang, let's imagine that we will win this battle, and it is better to run it back to the grassland, or delay the time, and drag it out as much as possible until it is impossible to get out."

Yang Shuang's face was solemn and fell into deep thought, Yang Guang continued: "The grassland is vast, they go back, we don't know where they are going at all, where they will appear next on the battlefield, how many troops will be gathered, in the bitter cold of the deep winter, even if we win, the result is still poor, and we can't kill it in the real sense." ”

"On the contrary, if we have a way to keep them near here, at least the strength of their large army will be exposed to our sight, and now the troops and weapons in Taiyuan and other places are being gathered, and we will definitely have the strength to exterminate them in the spring of next year."

"But it's not easy to hold them back."

Yang Guang then said his plan: "First of all, I will pretend that I was touched by this ambush and want to exchange hostages with them, and then take the opportunity to propose to talk with them, and then release rumors that I have a bad relationship with Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang advocates fighting against the Turks, and I advocate seeking peace, just like the court ministers are arguing with the main warlord, and I suppress Uncle Wang in the name of Da Sima, which makes Uncle Wang dissatisfied." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Guang paused, and said with a fierce look in his eyes: "The Turks know that they know that the commander of our army has a disagreement between the two, and they will definitely try their best to provoke the relationship between us and make us internal chaos, so that they can have a chance." ”

Yang Shuang stared at Yang Guang: "What you said is simple, but it is very difficult to gain the trust of the Turks, will the Turks really be willing to drag on?" ”

"Uncle Wang, don't forget what the Turks are attacking this time?"

"Famine."

"Yes, Uncle Wang, they haven't snatched anything from our territory this time, how can they be willing to leave? Even if it is a risk, they want to continue to steal food from us. ”

Yang Shuang pondered for a long time: "In order to act like something, there are contradictions between you and me, only you and me, including a few henchmen, can know, I have to tell a few of my subordinates, otherwise they think that I really have a conflict with you, and I can do anything irreconcilable." ”

"Me too."

After saying these things, Yang Shuang asked curiously: "Do you think Liu Wuzhou has such a great ability to make the Turks answer that Liu Kuang should be exchanged for Qin Qiong?" ”

"Liu Kuang is already connected with the Turks, Liu Wuzhou's ability to gain the trust of the Turks so quickly may have something to do with the fact that he is Liu Kuang's son, Qin Qiong is just an ordinary big-headed soldier for them, but I used him by design, Liu Wuzhou is a filial son, now that he has gained the trust of the Turks, he exchanged Qin Qiong for his father, in his opinion, they should still earn it."

"Filial son?"

Yang Shuang couldn't help but laugh when he heard this adjective.

"Filial son? Liu Wuzhou, a person who betrayed the Great Sui, had no father and no king, how could he be said to be a filial son. ”

Yang Guang's face was expressionless: "I don't think what Liu Wuzhou did before was pretending, it's just that in front of Dayi and the small family, he chose the small family, Uncle Wang looked down on him, and so did I." ”

"But those who look down on can also take advantage of it."

Yang Shuang looked at the back of Yang Guang leaving at this time, and suddenly there was a shadow of looking at his imperial brother.

Yang Jian, who was extremely kind and benevolent in front of him and played the role of a father when he was growing up, compared with Yang Yong, it seemed that Yang Guang was more like Yang Jian, they were all ruthless.

This kind of ruthlessness is not Yang Yong's superficial ruthlessness, but the ruthlessness that is usually invisible, hidden under the appearance, and does not give up in order to achieve the goal.

Yang Shuang couldn't help but smile: "Sure enough, he is a good son of the emperor's brother, this scene is accompanied by the king to watch you, if you can really exterminate the Turks, it can be regarded as a great achievement that can be recorded in history." ”

"I, too, want to ride the horse grassland."

(End of chapter)