Xinzhou.

When the noise came, Xue Yue was sitting nervously in the restaurant drinking with Li Bai.

"Did you hear that, sir?" He lowered the felt hat on his head, covered his face with his hands, and looked out the window, only to see the merchants and travelers pouring in from outside the city gate, "They are shouting that there is a war." ”

"Let's go."

Li Bai picked up the sword placed on the table and immediately went down to the restaurant.

"Sir, where are we going?"

"Look, I didn't check out."

"Huh?" Xue Yue didn't know why, "Then I'll go and tie it out." ”

Before the words fell, Li Bai had already dragged him into the crowd, he hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw that the men who were protecting Li Bai had been stopped by the restaurant Xiaoer, and he quickly followed him after losing a string of money.

They went against the crowd and walked towards the south of the city with difficulty, all they felt along the way was the panic brought by the war, the world has been peaceful for a long time, even Xinzhou, a city not too far from the border fortress, has no memory of the war, so everyone's reaction is chaotic and sluggish.

When they arrived at the gate of the southern city, the gate had not yet been closed, and the city guards actually wanted to close the gate, but unfortunately they had no experience at all, so they had to shout angrily: "Don't squeeze any more!" Squeeze in again, kill! ”

If he was not allowed to squeeze into the city, Li Bai would squeeze out. This was no easy task, Xue Yue's boots were quickly stepped on, his chest seemed to be squeezed, and for a moment he felt like he was going to suffocate to death in the crowd.

Finally, they squeezed out of Xinzhou City, and after a long sigh of relief, they walked forward for a while, and there was a sound of "bang" behind them, followed by a shout.

"Let us in!"

The gates were shut.

Xue Yue couldn't help but say, "Sir, your companions couldn't squeeze it out." ”

"If they are allowed to follow, how can we still be allowed to go to the battlefield and kill the enemy?" Li Bai said proudly, he still maintained a sense of arrogance and ease, tidied up his clothes, hung the long sword back on his waist, and said, "Let's go." ”

"Where to go?"

"In the army." Li Bai's tone was casual, as if he was saying that he wanted to change a restaurant to drink, "A while ago, we did a big thing to help General Wang of the Yunzhong Army go around to Taiyuan, oh, I won't tell you the specifics, I look at today's situation, General Wang must have won, I plan to go to find him, and recommend myself to the Yunzhong Army." ”

"Huh? Sir, didn't even resign from Hanlin, how could he want to serve in the Yunzhong Army Shogunate? ”

"Whoever knows me is said to be troubled; Those who don't know me say what I want. ”

Xue Yue was ashamed and said: "I mean, we don't have armor and horses, this army is in chaos, if we ......."

"Aren't you a veteran?"

Xue Yue also wanted to say that Li Bai had already walked forward, leaving only a dissolute back, not like a person over fifty years old.

Although it is a very risky thing to say, Li Bai is not reckless, he has already paid attention to the terrain, there is a South Mountain on the side of the prefect road, which can be overlooked. He took Xue Yue up the mountain, and sure enough, he saw dust and smoke coming from afar in the south.

"It's really An Lushan's defeated army, and you should be punished today!"

"The army in the clouds is coming!"

Xue Yue was fascinated and couldn't wait to join the chasing soldiers to participate in the battle and avenge General Xue Zhi.

Suddenly, he seemed to see the reflection of the armor in his peripheral vision, and even a poem came to his mind, which was the sentence "The armor light opens to the sun".

He squinted his eyes and observed the woods on the other side of the official road to the southeast.

"It looks like there's an ambush." Xue Yue's tone was a little hesitant.

"Where?"

Li Bai followed the direction pointed by Xue Yue and looked towards the woods, and after a while, the sun came out of the clouds, and under the sun's rays, the sparkling light came out of the cracks in the trees.

Looking back at the official road, An Lushan's defeated army was rushing under Nanshan non-stop, and it didn't stop for a long time, but the ambush soldiers didn't make a move, so it can be seen that it was the men and horses on Fan Yang's side.

And the officers and soldiers were already about to catch up, getting closer and closer to the location of the ambush.

"Come with me!"

Li Bai immediately ran to the top of the mountain.

~~

In the woods, the war horse lying on the ground snorted and tried to stand up.

A palm was placed on its head, and a gentle rub was rubbed, and the horse was calmed.

Its owner is a middle-aged man with well-defined cheeks and deep Sichuan lines between his eyebrows, which looks deep and resolute. He is the military envoy of Jinglu under An Lushan, Cui Qianyou.

Cui Qianyou seems to be a little withdrawn among the generals of Fanyang, loner, and does not like to talk to others. He doesn't seem to have many friends, so his comrades don't know much about his origins, and can only guess based on his name and conversations that he may have come from the broken portal of the Bolingcui clan.

After all, the name "Qianyou" is too big, and ordinary children often can't hold back and dare not call it. Cui Qianyou's aura can be suppressed, and his ambition is as big as Qiankun.

Today, Cui Qianyou was not ordered to set up an ambush, he came to support An Lushan, and he happened to hear the soldiers report the situation of the battle at Shiling Pass, and temporarily set up an ambush.

Allowing a soldier to enter the woods in an orderly manner in this situation shows his commanding ability.

He squatted in the bushes, only showing a pair of bright and divine eyes, only to see that after the soldiers and horses under An Lushan's command were still formed, they rushed to the rout of the river army.

Cui Qianyou has always looked down on Luoluohe in his heart, and in his eyes, gathering a group of strong men selected by thousands of people and adopting them as righteous sons is not called an army. The army in his eyes is the discipline of abiding by orders, the authority of the commander who can make the soldiers fearless to death with a word, and the army should be cold.

A group of waste ran past in front of him, and then back, the Yunzhong army chased up, led by a spear-wielding general, wearing a full silver helmet, very experienced in chasing and defeating soldiers, and occasionally shot to kill, leading the soldiers to drive away the river army.

"General, that's the king." Cui Qianyou's subordinate general, Neng Yuanhao, stepped forward and whispered, "Shall we kill it?" ”

Cui Qianyou didn't speak, showing that he rejected Neng Yuanhao's proposal. His appetite is even greater, and he wants to completely annihilate Wang Zhonghe's soldiers and horses, not just protect An Lushan.

The shouting and killing on the official road muffled the noise in the woods, and the soldiers of Fan Yang's Jingluo Army had already raised their bows and crossbows, stretched their bows and arrows, and pointed sharp arrows at the soldiers of the Yunzhong Army.

Suddenly.

"Whew-"

A rapid trumpet sounded, and the army in the clouds stopped advancing.

Cui Qianyou was very surprised, and immediately looked at Wang Rare, only to see that Wang Rare had already reined in the reins and turned his head to look in his direction.

"Discovered?"

Cui Qianyou's doubts flashed in his heart, and he ordered without hesitation: "Release the arrow!" ”

~~

"Look!"

"Look!"

On the top of Nanshan, Xue Yue was shirtless and desperately shouting down the mountain, and the shouts echoed between heaven and earth.

Beside him, Li Bai was holding a bamboo pole high and waving it vigorously.

The cloth on the bamboo pole was blown out by the wind and whirred.

"Whew, whew, I can't move."

"I'm coming!"

Xue Yue's voice was hoarse, and he took the bamboo pole from Li Bai's hand and waved it vigorously. Li Bai was so tired that he sat on the rock, wiped the sweat on his face, and accidentally kicked the brush on the ground with his foot.

In the depression of the mountain stone, he used the mountain stone as an inkstone to grind out the ink.

"Sir, can they really see it?" Xue Yue asked.

"Yes!" Li Bai gasped for breath and still hadn't recovered yet.

"I'm afraid it's too far."

Li Bai grinned and said, "I know that there is something in the army, called 'Clairvoyant Mirror', they will definitely be able to see it." ”

"Good!"

Xue Yue then swung harder and harder.

Above his head, there was only one word "Fu" written on the unfurled cloth robe.

~~

In the clairvoyant mirror, the word "volt" flashed, and Xue Bai actually recognized Li Bai's handwriting in an instant.

"There's an ambush!" He shouted loudly and immediately ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

The sound of gold was heard in front of me.

The king looked at the woods and immediately realized the danger.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Loud shouts rang out in the woods, and at the same time, a rain of arrows immediately attacked the army in the clouds.

If at this time, Wang Rare's command was the soldiers of the Heyuan Army, he must be like an arm command, and he could immediately turn around. But when he first came to Yunzhong, his command was bound to be not as smooth as before, and it was okay to fight a smooth battle, but once there was an accident, the soldiers were a little unable to react.

~~

"It's rare to kill the king."

With an order from Cui Qianyou, Neng Yuanhao led his troops out of the woods and went on a rampage, intending to split the Yunzhong army into two.

The bushes were trampled down, and the branches and leaves were flying.

The Fan Yang Jinglu Army was not different from the separate battles of the Luoluo River Army, they were well-trained, ruthless, and only knew how to obey commands.

They had sufficient troops, and they were a new force, and they also set up ambushes in advance, so they had the upper hand as soon as they were killed.

The king hurriedly returned to his horse, retreated as a whole army, and soon fell into an encirclement.

Seeing this, Cui Qianyou looked away, glanced at the battlefield, turned on his horse, and prepared to pursue Wang's rare rout in turn.

He is a very ambitious man and is not satisfied with just defeating the Yunzhong Army.

Even if the ambush was reminded to find out, he still thought that he could defeat Wang Zhonghe, and then, he would take advantage of the situation to capture Taiyuan City. Helped An Lushan to capture Hedong and forced An Lushan to raise troops to rebel.

For rebellion, he, like many people in Fan Yang, has a fanatical obsession.

Before he crossed the reins, Cui Qianyou was suddenly stunned, and he caught a glimpse of a picture that surprised him again. He turned his head and saw that Wang had rarely ridden his horse in front of Neng Yuanhao, and the spear in his hand stabbed three times like lightning, stabbing two of his own soldiers to death, and stabbing him heavily on Neng Yuanhao's heart guard.

The heart goggles shattered instantly.

With a single shot, he directly knocked Neng Yuanhao off the horse.

Although he didn't know whether anyone had died, the king's rare bravery stunned the soldiers around him.

"Retreat!" It was rare for Wang to see that Neng Yuanhao was desperately protected, so he did not pursue, but only beckoned the soldiers to take the opportunity to retreat.

Cui Qianyou habitually frowned and personally led his troops to make up for it. In order to defeat the Yunzhong army and realize the tactical intention of driving them to break the enemy.

He could see that the Yunzhong army, including the king's difficulty, had exhausted all of its strength.

If the battle continues, victory will be his.

"General go! I'll break it off! ”

However, suddenly, a veteran led his troops to kill and blocked the Jingluo army with a small number of troops.

This veteran is very experienced, he is not in love with war, he covered the Yunzhong army to get out of the entanglement, and then retreated while fighting, and he simply destroyed Cui Qianyou's tactical intentions.

Cui Qianyou sneered slightly, and chased after him.

At this time, the Yunzhong army retreated to the south, but one of them went up retrograde, holding a spear, and threw it in the direction where Cui Qianyou was.

The two sides were too far apart, and it was obviously impossible for the spear to be thrown in front of him, Cui Qianyou didn't care at all, and sure enough, the spear slid an arc in the air and began to fall, still more than ten steps away from him.

However, the mutation protrusions.

"Boom!"

"General be careful!"

Cui Qianyou felt a splash of water on his face, like rain, and then the horse was frightened, he almost fell off the horse, and hurriedly calmed the war horse, and finally stabilized.

But the fear of the soldiers was not easily suppressed, and only then did they clearly see that one of their comrades had been torn apart by the explosion, and two or three people around were seriously injured and missing arms, and were wailing on the ground.

This is what happened in the end.

Cui Qianyou was furious, and regardless of the possibility of another explosion, he ordered the soldiers to continue chasing. He whipped several people one after another, and when he looked up, he saw that even the broken enemy army was about to flee away.

He then drove forward, snatched a bow, and with his own bow and arrow, shot an arrow at the veteran's back.

The arrow "swished" and nailed heavily to the veteran's back, and the veteran vomited a mouthful of blood and rode away.

Cui Qianyou dropped his bow, glanced around at the soldiers, and ordered the troops to be withdrawn.

The battlefield left a corpse, sand and gravel already stained red with blood. The wounded were groaning, and the sky was full of tired birds, chirping.

~~

On the top of Nanshan Mountain, Li Bai witnessed the battle outside Xinzhou City, with regrets and rejoicing.

When the dust and smoke on the battlefield cleared, he turned around and went down the mountain, but he was in a low mood and did not speak for a long time.

"What is the gentleman thinking?" Xue Yue was not used to such Li Bai, so he couldn't help asking.

"Grief and indignation."

Li Bai only replied with two words.

As it grew dark, they headed south, from dusk until late at night, when they were finally surrounded in front of a camp.

"Who's coming?!" A few scouts rode around them and asked.

Seeing that Li Bai didn't speak, Xue Yue had no choice but to report his name and number. It's not that he thinks that his name is of any use, but he is afraid that Li Bai's name is too big and easy to get into trouble.

Unexpectedly, his name is also a bit useful.

"Xue Yue, who claimed to be from Yanmen Pass, went to find his brother."

Faintly, he could hear the scout whispering like this, and Xue Yue couldn't help but look forward to it.

After waiting for a while, a real horse came running in the darkness.

"Erlang?!"

"Brother!"

Xue Song ran to Xue Yue, stretched out his hands to hold his head for the first time, and looked at it carefully.

"It's not hurt, is it?"

"Nope. Brother, let me tell you, this is ...... Li."

"Come with me and see General Yan!"

When they entered the camp, they hurried to a tent, and when they lifted the curtain, they saw many people standing in the tent.

Yan Weiyue was lying there on his side, muttering something in his mouth.

"An Lushan's 8,000 rivers were annihilated by us in a battle, there is nothing to regret, it's worth ......"

"General!"

Seeing this, Xue Yue cried bitterly, threw himself in front of Yan Weiyue, and said, "The last general received the military order, but he didn't invite reinforcements, please deal with it." ”

Yan Weiyue took a while to recognize him in the firelight, smiled with relief, and said, "I'm still afraid that transferring you to Daizhou will hurt you, so I'm sorry for your brother." ”

"The last general asks for orders and takes back Yanmen Pass with the general."

"I can't wait." Yan Weiyue's eyes were a little darker, and he muttered a lot more, and at the end, he glanced out of the tent tiredly, and muttered regretfully: "I haven't talked to Xue Bai yet." ”

"Xue Lang is coming soon." Xue Song responded.

According to some information he heard, the reason why Xue Bai hadn't come over yet seemed to be because Wang Zhonghe's condition was not good. This is not good to say to Yan Weiyue, so as not to worry him more.

Yan Weiyue closed his eyes, and the people in the tent were worried that he would never wake up again, but they listened to him ask.

"Xue Yue, you didn't brag, that poem, was it really given to me by Xue Lang?"

"Yes, really." Xue Yue hurriedly said.

"I want to talk about that poem." Yan Weiyue muttered to himself in a low voice.

He joined the army at the age of fifteen and spent his entire life in the border fortress, and he has seen too much blood and fire in the war. In his last moments, he wanted to talk about something he really liked – poetry.

Because of the border, his only hobby was delayed for sixty years, and when it came, it would be nice if he could put aside the war and immerse himself in the verses.

"General Yan."

Suddenly, someone called in his ear and said, "I'm late because of the delay in official business, don't blame the general." ”

Yan Weiyue tried hard to open his eyes, and in a trance, he saw a young face, which reminded him of his youth.

"Yes...... Xue Lang? ”

"Yes, I've heard about the deeds of veterans for a long time." Xue Bai said, "Today I finally have the opportunity to kill the enemy side by side, fortunately." ”

"I want to ask Xue Lang." Yan Weiyue became weaker and weaker, "That poem, is it really for me?" ”

"Of course."

"But the horn was full of sound...... Why in the autumn colors? ”

Xue Bai leaned his ears over and listened, thinking that Yan Weiyue had something important to say, but he finally heard it clearly, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Then he saw the look in his eyes and immediately understood that this was a very important thing for him.

"Because, when I wrote the poem, it was still in autumn, but it was already spring when I sent it to Yanmen Pass."

Yan Weiyue had a smile in his eyes.

"So that's the case, I'm still afraid that Xue Yue will brag again."

"Nope." Someone next to him said: "Xue Yue, this kid is still real." ”

"I've stayed in Yanmen Pass all my life, and it's enough to see Cui Hao and Xue Bai for a while."

Yan Weiyue muttered and closed her eyes in satisfaction, this time it seemed that she didn't plan to open them...... But suddenly I heard a name.

"And Li Bai, the general can imagine meeting Li Bai."

"Li Bai's poems, really immortal."

"Li Bai is right in front of him, please open your eyes and take a look."

Yan Weiyue didn't believe it, but he still opened his eyes.

He saw a man with three long beards standing there, but he didn't look like Li Bai as he imagined, so he shook his head slightly.

"See the general kill the enemy today." Li Bai said: "I'll write a poem for the general, right?" ”

Yan Weiyue still didn't believe it, his eyelids became heavier, and he was very sleepy, but he could hear two lines of poetry falling into his ears.

"The wind blows and frosts and the seaweed withers, and the muscles are dry and strong."

These two sentences are average, not quite like Li Bai.

But the man continued to chant the poem, his tone was gloomy and full of grief and indignation, and then the grief and indignation gradually turned to passion, passion and heroism, and gradually reached the point of radiance.

"There are 300,000 soldiers of the Han family, and the general is also the leader of Huo Yao."

"The meteor white feather is inserted in the waist, and the sword flower autumn lotus light is out of the box."

“……”

Yan Weiyue finally opened his eyes and stared at Li Bai's face, his face regaining vitality.

He didn't expect that at the last moment of his life, he would still see Li Bai composing poems, and they were written to him in person, and it was such an ambitious poem.

"The enemy can be destroyed, the head is destroyed, and the intestines of the beard are involved in the blood!"

Li Bai saw the situation of killing the enemy on the battlefield today, and his emotions were excited.

Yan Weiyue couldn't wait to sit up and read this poem with him.

Poetry and ambition, he practiced his ambition with actions all his life, but too many emotions were stuffed in his chest and never spoke, and he wanted to use Li Bai's poems to express his aspirations.

So, after Li Bai finished the poem, he chanted it a second time. This time, Yan Weiyue was finally able to follow along.

Their voices grew louder and louder, until the last sentence.

"But the song is flying, and the warriors are guarding the Quartet!"

"Hahaha!"

Li Bai's heart was depressed, and he only felt happy and laughed.

"Eight thousand rivers were wiped out in a battle, it was Hu Wuren, Han Daochang! It is Li Bai's luck to get acquainted with the generals today, and he is very fortunate that he should be drunk with the general, thinking that the general is celebrating! ”

"Bring the wine." Xue Bai looked at the smile on Yan Weiyue's face, and didn't want to ruin their interest, so he made an exception and ordered.

Li Bai was overjoyed, turned to another person in the tent, and said loudly: "There is a scene in front of me, and Cui Hao's inscription poem is above." Therefore, today I will write a poem first, throw bricks and lead jade, and ask Brother Cui to make a masterpiece. ”

Cui Hao was also a surprise to meet Li Bai here tonight, but he never had the opportunity to meet him. Since Yan Weiyue likes poetry, he is not stingy, and immediately said: "Okay! Today's victory and defeat of the enemy should be celebrated. I will dedicate an ugly poem, and then ask Xue Lang to compose a poem. ”

Xue Bai also smiled in response.

Cui Hao groaned slightly, and immediately opened his mouth.

"The young man has the courage to regain his chance."

"Go out with a sword, and the lonely city will be surrounded by ......"

After only two sentences, he was stunned and stopped.

Everyone followed his gaze and saw that the smile on Yan Weiyue's face was still there, but it was already stiff.

Cui Hao's thoughts immediately went into chaos.

He thought of his young Dengke, Meng Lang was frivolous, and he wasted half of his life in the prosperous era of singing and dancing. Now, the veteran who has guarded the border for the prosperous era all his life is gone, and the prosperous era seems to be gone...... He had this hunch.

"Kill people on the water, go to the fishery."

Reluctantly recited another sentence, and the poem that had been brewed could no longer be recited.

Cui Hao then waved to everyone and said ashamedly: "That's it, I can't say it in my heart, Li Bai inscribed a poem on it." ”

There were tears in Xue Yue's eyes, and he stretched out his hand, wanting to close Yan Weiyue's eyes, but he couldn't bear it.

He would rather let the old general talk with these poets for a while, so he didn't dare to break the atmosphere, and smirked twice to cheer for Cui Hao.

"I didn't know that poetry was such a good thing."

~~

Deeper nights.

Xue Bai walked out of the tent and took a deep breath.

He thought to himself, this battle hit An Lushan's private soldiers hard, and he held Taiyuan Mansion, so he must be able to prevent the Anshi Rebellion from happening, right?

There are probably two possibilities, one is that An Lushan's vitality is greatly damaged, so he does not dare to rebel, then the most important thing is to deal with the criticism of the imperial court; The second is that An Lushan officially raised troops after this battle, so it is easy to explain to the imperial court, and he will go all out to respond to the battle.

But I don't know how An Lushan will choose? He also doesn't write poetry, which makes it difficult for Xue Bai to guess his ambitions.

(End of chapter)