In late March, Yang Qixuan escorted grain and grass with Jiwen to Shiling Pass.

This is the best season of weather in the north of Jinzhong, the land of Xinzhou was called "Xiurong" in ancient times, and its scenery can be seen. Yang Qixuan couldn't help but think of the past, Li Shiyi Niang often said that one day she would leave Chang'an to come to the northern capital to play.

It's a pity that his current wife is An's, and she is the size of three Li Shiniang.

"What do you think?" Ji Wen slapped him awake from the past and said, "You haven't seen Li Guiren, the main general of the Falling River, yet." ”

"What is the Dragging?"

"The private soldiers carefully selected by the Fujun, the elite of the elite, Li Guiren is the righteous brother of the Fujun, you can't offend him when you see him."

Listening to Ji Wen's narration with bad breath, Yang Qixuan's mind gradually formed an image of a rude, domineering, and murderous Turkic general, which was very scary.

Finally, the team entered An Lushan's camp.

"Look, that camp is the one that drags down the river, and the best armor and horses are used, and our best batch of grain and grass will also be transported over, let's go."

The tents in the camp were very neat, and a group of shirtless giants were wrestling, all with big shoulders and round waists, and the circumference of their arms felt bigger than Yang Qixuan's head, smashing each other, making a loud "bang" sound.

Yang Qixuan didn't dare to look at them, for fear of being pulled over and smashed to pieces.

In addition, there are those who are shooting arrows, the bow used is long and hard, and I don't know how many stones, when they are opened, there is a "creaking" sound, and the scalp is numb when they are heard, and in the sound of "whoosh" breaking the wind, the arrows are shot out, and the arrow target is shattered.

"How?" Gwenn asked.

"He really deserves to be a strong man chosen by thousands of people." Yang Qixuan was cast a shadow in his heart, and said with heartfelt emotion: "With such a strong army, why can't the prince of the government rule the world." ”

While watching these strong men show their strength, while unloading grain and grass, they left the camp of the Luoluo River in fear and went to see An Lushan.

On this day, An Shouzhong happened to be here, chatting with Li Guiren.

"Yang Lang, your father-in-law asked you to go over to see General Li."

"Huh?"

Yang Qixuan was very afraid to see Li Guiren, and entered the partial tent with a nervous mood.

The already small space in the tent has been crowded with two people, An Shouzhong is already very fat, but Li Guiren's figure is still a little bigger. The Turkic man had a dark beard that grew like a weed at the chin and a wolf-like fierce gaze.

"I played ten rounds yesterday and won more than five thousand."

Li Quyren's voice was low and hoarse, and the Chinese dialect had a strong Turkic accent. Seeing someone coming in, he just raised his eyes slightly and continued to talk to An Shouzhong.

Yang Qixuan stood respectfully behind An Shouzhong, and his heart was shocked, secretly thinking that Luohe was really brave, and he could kill more than 5,000 people in one battle.

An Shouzhong shook his head and said, "I'll just plug in the skin, and I will lose a thousand times." ”

"Dugu Wenqing also won, right?" Li Guiren asked.

An Shouzhong said: "He also won a lot. Hey, that kid loses the most, right? ”

He compared the word "seven".

Yang Qixuan listened, thinking that there were many battlefields in yesterday's battle, and each army had victories and defeats, but he was a little puzzled about how Shiling Pass spread out so many troops.

Li Guiren rubbed his chin with his fingers, with a murderous look, and said: "Do a few more rounds in the afternoon, eat dog intestines, and let that kid lose again!" ”

"Okay, kill his sharpness." Ann Shou is loyal and should be peaceful.

This must be talking about Xue Bai, Yang Qixuan touched his lips, feeling the missing front teeth inside, thinking that Xue Bai was really miserable, and he met such a strong enemy as Li Guiren.

"That's right." An Shouzhong said: "This is my son-in-law, Yang, Yang what." ”

He patted his head and complained softly that he had a bad memory, but he didn't bother to continue to think about it, and said to Li Guiren: "My son-in-law's skills are not bad, let him fight with you for two rounds in the afternoon." ”

Yang Qixuan was shocked when he heard this.

He looked at the green tendons on Li Guiren's neck, his eyelids jumped, and he said in fear: "No, no, the kid is not good at the battle formation, and he can't fight with the general!" ”

"Hahahaha."

Li Guiren laughed, and after that, An Shouzhong also laughed. The two laughed, but they didn't even pay attention to Yang Qixuan, and continued to chat by themselves.

"To be honest with you, in the entire Fan Yang Army, in terms of skills, there are few people who can convince me."

"Dugu asks about vulgar skills, but he always likes to win big, no, he has to be Hu when he should be Hu."

"It's not a definite number." Li Guiren shook his head firmly, looking very authoritative, and said slowly in that deep voice: "After fighting with you yesterday afternoon, I also fought with Zhang Tongru and them at night, and won eight hundred, and I can count cards better than those who read books." ”

An Shouzhong leaned over and listened carefully.

"Let's just say that the cards are split, which one do you play for seven or ninety-thousand?"

"Ninety thousand."

"I'm different, I count cards. You ask the whole Fan Yang, how many ...... can win money from Zhang Tongru?"

They spoke with a strong accent, and Yang Qixuan could only understand a rough idea, but as he listened, he gradually realized that this discussion did not seem to be about marching and fighting, but about dominoes?

Yang Qixuan found it hard to believe that a fierce Turkic general could have such a love for dominoes and in-depth study, and suspected several times that he had heard it wrong, but after waiting for a while, An Lushan had not yet come, and the card game had been put on the table.

"Erlang is here, did you bring any money today?"

The young man who walked into the side tent was An Qingxu, who must be the "kid" in their mouths.

An Qingxu obviously just woke up, his eyes were slightly swollen, he waved his hands, and said with a wry smile: "Now that I am stationed here, there is nowhere to transfer money, can I ask my uncle to give me some time?" ”

Li Guiren didn't give An Qingxu face, he still had a powerful complexion, and said: "There are wins and losses on the table, and it's not interesting to rely on the account." ”

An Qingxu was helpless, hesitated for a while, and beckoned his relatives to follow a few words.

Everyone thought that he was sending someone to get the money, but they didn't think that after a while, two beautiful girls were led in.

Yang Qixuan is a person who loves beauty, and his eyes were straight immediately, but they were led to Li Guiren, standing there shyly and timidly, making people feel pity.

"This is the Silla maid I just bought." An Qingxu was a little unwilling, and said: "Trapped here, there is nowhere to spend the money, but they can accompany their uncle to relieve their boredom, and allow me to use them to pay off gambling debts, okay?" ”

Yang Qixuan was greedy, but Li Guiren's big hand had already grabbed the slender waists of the two Silla maids.

"Hahaha, Erlang is still trustworthy, come, fight again."

An Qingxu said: "Let Grandpa know, he doesn't dare to talk to the two uncles, but he must scold me." ”

"In the past, I didn't play much, I waited under this city, and I didn't play dominoes, how could I pass the time?"

Li Guiren once again began to express his dissatisfaction with An Lushan's refusal to listen to his words and storm Shiling Pass, and everyone had to accompany him to play dominoes.

But Dugu hasn't come yet, An Qingxu then looked at Yang Qixuan, smiled slightly, and asked: "Brother Yang is from Guanzhong, presumably his card skills are good, but can he show his hand?" ”

Yang Qixuan secretly glanced at the two Silla maids with his spare eyes, and for a moment he was dizzy, thinking that he might be able to win them from Li Guiren's hands?

"Then listen to Erlang's arrangement."

"Haha, I dare to go to the 'battlefield' now." An Shouzhong laughed and got up and walked to the table first.

~~

Fingers touched the jade warm dominoes, as if there was a sweet spring to moisten the soul, Yang Qixuan finally forgot that he was in the jackal, tiger and leopard, he seemed to return to the prosperous Chang'an, immersed in the card game.

What was a time that was painful has become fleeting.

When it got dark, the two Silla maids obediently lit the candles, took the roast mutton from the soldiers, cut it into small pieces with knives, and distributed it to the four people at the table.

"Yang Lang, please use it."

Yang Qixuan listened to the soft whisper, his heart was about to melt, and he almost touched the handmaid's hand when he reached out to take the chopsticks, but in front of An Shouzhong, he must not dare.

Li Linfu was terrible back then, and An Shouzhong in front of him was even more terrifying.

"Bump."

He retracted his mind, only to see An Qingxu play another card for Li Guiren to touch.

"Huh!"

Yang Qixuan pushed down Li Guiren's card before he could touch it.

He didn't notice that Li Guiren raised his eyes and glanced at them, showing such a terrifying look, just thinking about how many chips he still had. He won a lot today, enough for An Qingxu to send him two more Silla maids.

It's a pity that Li Guiren is also a winner, and today it was An Qingxu who lost the most.

"I'm shy, Brother Yang, can you allow me to go back to Fan Yang and pay you double."

Although Yang Qixuan was stunned, he actually understood that it was impossible to get a beautiful maid in their hands, so he responded gently: "It's okay, it's just playing." ”

"Let's go together."

"Okay."

It was late at night.

The camp was quiet, and most of the soldiers had already slept.

The two young men left the tent and stayed away from the tent, An Qingxu suddenly lowered his head and smiled, and said, "Brother Yang, don't worry, what you want, I understand, and I will give it to you quietly when the time comes." ”

"Huh?"

When the night wind blew, Yang Qixuan was excited, and the cold hairs on his body stood up, causing goosebumps. He was so frightened that his neck stiffened, and he turned his head to look at An Qingxu, but saw a slightly obscene look, and knew that An Qingxu should send him an outer room.

"Well, thank you, Erro."

"Brother Yang and I hit it off at first sight. Let's go, go to my tent and have a few more drinks. ”

"Okay."

Yang Qixuan felt that An Qingxu's hand on his back was so powerful, and then he reacted, An Lushan's second son was by no means a fool of a loser, on the contrary, he was very scheming.

In fact, Xinzhou can redeem money. When Yang Qixuan came over, the people who were still in Xinzhou and the branch of Fenghui Bank quietly bumped into each other, knowing that there were rich reserves of coins, leather goods, and peppercorns.

An Qingxu deliberately lost his cards and stuffed people around a general like Li Guiren.

This is the most common method in Chang'an officialdom, and Yang Qixuan himself is well versed in this, but An Qingxu's strength lies in his natural and sincere performance.

"Erlang is also a motivated person."

"Motivated?"

"This is a fashionable word in Chang'an officialdom, but it is Xue ......"

"Whoa—"

Suddenly, a dazzling glow bloomed in the northern sky.

An Qingxu saw this scene for the first time, looked up, and immediately fixed there, his pupils reflected the beautiful picture, and muttered: "What is that?" ”

"It's fireworks, you know Xue Bai, right? He ......"

"I know!"

An Qingxu was shocked, and hurriedly turned around and rushed to An Lushan's camp, scolding in his mouth.

"Dog's intestines, his reinforcements have arrived."

"Erlang, what's wrong?"

An Qingxu didn't answer, and in front, An Shouzhong and Li Guiren had already run out of the tent and shouted, "What's going on?!" ”

"North!" An Qingxu shouted with an angry voice: "The fireworks are lit from the north!" ”

"The enemy is behind us?"

"I'm more afraid that they have reinforcements coming."

Yang Qi said: "It may also be that they sent people to the north to set off fireworks." ”

An Qingxu listened to this sudden sentence and glanced back at him, surprised that he could put forward such an idea outside of common sense in this chaotic situation...... What a talent.

Ordinary people really don't react so quickly.

"Also, calm down." An Qingxu said: "Protect my grandfather first." ”

In the distance, there was a commotion, as if it was the movement of the camp in the Luoluo River, and someone was shouting something in nonsense, but I couldn't hear it clearly.

Li Guiren hurried more than ten steps to the north, listened carefully, and gradually, finally heard clearly.

"Enemy attack!"

Li Guiren immediately woke up from alcohol and was furious.

He had already said that he wanted to storm Shiling Pass, and those people had to wait for the imperial court to issue an order to kill Wang Zhonghe. Now, let those waste-like enemy soldiers get the first shot.

"Blow the trumpet! The river army listens to me! ”

"Whew-"

~~

Listening to the sound of the horn, Yan Weiyue couldn't help but think of a poem in his mind.

"The sound of horns fills the sky with autumn colors, stuffed with swallow fat and night purple."

He liked this poem very much, but a doubt flashed in his heart from time to time, the Battle of Yanmen was clearly in spring, but why did Xue Bai write "autumn colors"?

Ahead, a bonfire was reflected in his eyes, Yan Weiyue came back to his senses and stopped thinking about these little things.

It's strange that when it's clearly the most dangerous, there will be some inconsequential thoughts.

"Camp!"

Bands of cavalry threw lasso and hung up on the fence, and pulled their horses backwards, knocking the fence to the ground with a loud bang.

Immediately afterwards, a group of cavalry behind had already rushed towards the camps with long lances.

"Kill!"

Some of the soldiers rushed out of the tent to see what was happening, all of them were tall and strong, and they were fierce, but they were not wearing armor when they rested.

Most of the armor that An Lushan had carefully forged for them was left in the camp at this time.

So, the strong flesh collided with the lance, and blood spilled out.

But the army that was attacked was the Drag, and they were warriors, and some of them were able to dodge the attack of the lance with great agility in such a charge, and fell to the ground, rolled around, and took a dagger from his boot and stabbed it into the belly of the horse.

"Boom!"

The horse neighed and fell to the ground. It's like a tree in the woods has been cut down and has fallen leaves.

The warriors of the Falling River Army are so powerful that this kind of resistance is no less difficult than cutting down a tree with a dagger. However, this kind of personal bravery does not seem to be sufficient in tonight's attack.

"Poof."

A long lance was handed up from the rear and stabbed to death this one of the best warriors.

The army in the clouds marched in an orderly manner with blood on its feet.

After that, Wang rarely appeared in the firelight, and on the battlefield, there seemed to be an invisible evil aura on his body.

~~

"Who killed it?!"

Li Guiren finally rushed back to the camp of the Luoluo River, and looked up to see that the fire was shining brightly across the tents that were connected together.

Fortunately, the Eight Thousand Falling River did not rout so quickly, and the warriors who had woken up had already begun to put on their armor.

Li Guiren also rushed back to his tent to put on his armor, and at the same time, his secretary Dugu greeted him and replied, "General, it seems to be the army in the clouds." ”

"What? How did the army in the clouds appear here? Did Cai Xide die violently in Yanmen Pass?! ”

Dugu Wenshu was silent for a while, and then responded: "There was a sudden attack, and I didn't have time to investigate." But today, only Ji Wen came from Xinzhou to transport grain, and it is likely that the Yunzhong army followed Ji Wen's team in the name of escorting grain and grass. ”

"Go get it!"

"I don't have proof yet."

"There's no evidence with me." Li Guiren is a general who kills people without blinking, not an official in charge of torture in the court, and he is very rude in handling things.

After a few words of answering, he had put on his armor, and felt a little awkward in his chest, it turned out that there were still a lot of domino chips in his arms, he shook it off, and suddenly remembered something.

"Army in the clouds? What about my son? ”

Dugu asked the vulgar salute and said, "I'm afraid it's ...... Something unexpected. ”

"Plug the skin!"

Li Guiren scolded viciously and walked out of the tent with a knife.

"Warriors! Don't mess around! Ride out and kill your enemies! ”

His command was simple, for every warrior under his command was highly skilled in horsemanship, archery, and bravery. As long as they can calm down in the panic of being attacked, they can reach ten people alone.

The 8,000 rivers are 80,000 troops.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

This side is still calming the hearts of the army, and the stone ridge pass in the south is already beating drums.

Dugu Wenshu's face immediately changed, and he said, "Wang Zhonghei has also been killed." ”

"Good time!"

Li Guiren was not afraid, but sneered: "We can't be defeated with a sneak attack, hold out until dawn, I will kill Wang Zhonghe!" ”

……

The night was filled with chaos of blood and fire.

Li Guiren knew that he was in a state of being attacked on his back, and many of the warriors under his command had died, and the death was not worth it.

But their camp is like a big fat man, and it will not be pushed down by two children running back and forth with punches and kicks.

In short, the losses are, maybe not small, but not too quickly defeated.

One by one, the warriors fell, and after losing an unknown number of lives, a touch of fish belly white finally appeared in the east.

The sun shone on Li Guiren's face, and his face was covered with blood, but he showed a cruel smile.

The sun was on his side, able to dispel the fear that the night raid had brought to the entire camp of the Fan Yang army. In this way, there is no risk of complete rout of the army.

And he can finally let go and organize a counterattack.

"Fight back!"

Li Guiren shouted, and ordered Luoluo River to rush to kill Wang Zhong's heirs first.

Throughout the night, the Luoluo River was the army that received the most attacks, and the Yunzhong Army and the Heavenly Soldier Army formed a front and rear flank attack on it with a tacit understanding.

Because it was in a state of being attacked at night, the other armies under An Lushan's command could not and did not dare to support it, and it was extremely rare to be able to stabilize the army's morale and defend An Lushan in the chaos.

In this way, it is natural that the losses of the towed river army are the greatest.

Li Guiren didn't know that the reason for all this was that his son bragged fiercely in front of Wang Rare, and praised the Luoluo River as invincible in the world, and Wang Rare felt that if he did not annihilate the Luohe, he would not be able to quell the An Lushan rebellion.

By dawn, Li Guiren's collection of the Luohe army was only more than 3,000 people.

While sending people to ask An Lushan to order the whole army to attack the banner of Wang Zhonghei, he was making the final mobilization.

"Warriors! You guys are the best! ”

Behind him, Dugu Wenshu was still struggling to organize the defense line, blocking Wang Rare round after round of charges, and every moment there were warriors falling, but they were indeed the best, and their physique and skills were carefully selected.

Even the corpses are bigger than the others.

In comparison, the Heavenly Soldiers are stationed in the northern capital and are pampered; The commander of the Yunzhong Army has just been replaced, and his command is not smooth. If it weren't for the sneak attack, they wouldn't have been able to fight the river at all.

"You are the adopted son of the king of Dongping County, and the money spent on each of you can raise ten ordinary soldiers! Now, your adoptive father's worst enemy is in front of you, what should you do?! ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! ”

The Falling River Army finally erupted into an earth-shattering cry.

After being attacked by the night, there was no rout, but they were able to fight back, looking at the world, I am afraid that there are few other soldiers and horses who can still do it.

Like a basin of water being spilled, the warriors rode their horses and poured away the banner of Wang Zhonghe.

"Boom!"

On the battlefield ahead, a loud noise suddenly broke out, and there were galloping warriors of the Falling River Army, and even men and horses were torn apart by the explosives on the ground.

This is another heavy blow to their hearts for them who finally mustered up their courage.

~~

The splattered flesh and blood fell in front of him, Wang Zhongsi pursed his lips, his eyes restrained, and glanced at the banner of An Lushan, measuring whether he could defeat the Luoluo River, and whether he could defeat An Lushan after defeating the Luoluo River.

He admitted that there was a lot of luck in this battle, and if the king had not come, he would have sent people around to the north of the rebel camp to set off fireworks, hoping to frighten the enemy and launch a night attack.

Fortunately, Xue Bai has been making a lot of preparations, and Wang rarely arrived miraculously.

Wang Zhongsi often felt that Xue Bai was a lucky star for him, and if it weren't for Xue Bai, he might have died in a big case a few years earlier.

But even so, his time was running out, the sage's edict was more urgent than the drums of war, and in a day, two days, he had to defeat An Lushan as soon as possible.

This was another aspect of his very bad luck, if according to their original plan, after the arrival of the king, there would have been a process of coordination and preparation, rather than such a hasty blow.

In addition, the combat power of the Heavenly Soldiers Army is indeed far inferior to the soldiers and horses of Shuofang, Hexi, and Longyou, and the northern capital is too important, which makes the garrison lack combat experience.

The battle situation was not ideal, and the rebels were not repelled overnight.

It was dawn, and there was not much time left for Wang Zhonghe.

He endured the itching sensation in his throat, and instead of coughing it out, he raised his long knife high in the air with his sore arm.

Then, with a neat kick in the belly, the horse drove forward.

"Jie Shuai?"

The banner soldiers who were still waiting for Wang Zhonghe's order were stunned.

Xue Bai stepped forward and reminded, "We still have explosives packs. ”

"It's too slow, and the morale can't be slowed down." Wang Zhongji had phlegm or blood in his throat, and his voice was not smooth, so he simply shouted: "Kill the enemy with me!" ”

Now is the time when the morale of the Celestial Soldiers is at its highest, but when the deterrent effect of explosives has passed, there will no longer be any means to boost morale. He must strike while the iron is hot and get results as soon as possible.

Fighter planes are fleeting, and there is no room for hesitation.

This is the famous general's keen sense of the battlefield.

Xue Bai was late for a moment to react and followed the horse.

"Kill the enemy with the commander!"

The flag-bearer hurriedly followed with the flag. So, under the excitement of the heavenly soldiers, they forgot about the gap in their own combat strength, followed the banner, and met the dragging river army that was killing them.

The words "Hedong Jiedu Envoy" on that flag are actually no longer worthy of the name, but Wang Zhongsi is still the same person when he was concurrently serving as Hedong, he is much sicker, but he is even more fearless.

I still remember that in the twenty-first year of Kaiyuan, Wang Zhongsi was transferred to Hexi and led hundreds of people to attack the Tubo army, but he happened to meet Tubo Zampu training in Yubiaochuan. At that time, everyone advised Wang Zhongsi to retreat temporarily, but Wang Zhongsi didn't know what to think, so he rushed to the tens of thousands of Tubo army with his sword......

That was exactly twenty years ago.

Wang Zhongsi misses his demeanor 20 years ago.

"Kill!"

He shouted loudly, looked at the enemy army opposite, and thought that it was the most elite army under An Lushan, and his heart was boiling. He likes to face the most powerful enemies.

The two sides are facing each other, and the dust is flying.

~~

At the same time, the official road south of Shiling Pass is also full of dust.

The messenger galloped across his steed, shouting loudly.

"Five hundred miles expedited!"

This is the second document to recall Wang Zhonghe, and dozens of miles away, there are third and fourth ......

(End of chapter)