However, he had just chased halfway and collided with the bronze horse that had returned alone, and judging from his lonely eyes, he thought that he had not been able to catch up with Li Jing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he saw this, and then slapped the horse straight up, his palms came out of the wind, and he slapped straight towards the copper horse.

Unexpectedly, the bronze horse's eyes were sharp, and when he saw him rushing over, he immediately rolled on the ground and cut off the horse's leg with a knife. When Liu Yu fell from his horse, he fled quickly. Liu Yu watched him run away, and then walked forward for a while, but found no trace of Li Jing, so he had to return to the camp in a huff.

On the way back to the camp, he faintly heard the sound of thunderous iron hooves in the distance, thinking that it was the people and horses of the Xiao clan or the Yelu clan. He listened carefully to the sound of iron hooves, and felt that it was neat and unified, and there was no scattering that the Khitans were common to. When he was wondering, he saw thousands of black-clad and black-armored cavalry coming from the distant horizon, the formation was connected to the front and back, and the military appearance was neat and solemn.

Before he could get aside, the black-armored cavalry had already roared, and the leading general rode out of the formation and rushed towards him. He was shocked in his heart, and he couldn't help but secretly luck in his palms. I saw that the general lifted the boiled copper mask, and it turned out to be Qin Feng, a native of Licheng who had been familiar with him, and the leader of the Fourteen Cavalry of the Central Plains.

General Qin Feng stared at Liu Yu in front of him, only to feel that the young man's face was a little unfamiliar, but the deep sword scar on his right cheek made him very familiar. He ordered the army behind him to stop, turned over and dismounted and walked towards Liu Yu, dismounted and arched his hand: "Your Excellency is Liu Yu's little brother?"

Liu Yu bowed and returned the salute to the general, "The kid is Liu Yu, the general hasn't seen him for many days, I don't know what he is leading the troops here for?"

The goggles on the general's chest glittered in the sun, "Little brother doesn't know that the Tubo people are about to attack the Khitan." If the Khitan is lost, the Tubo people can attack the south and threaten the Central Plains. Therefore, the emperor issued an edict ordering me to lead my troops to the north, and I must not let the tricks of the Tubo people succeed. ”

Liu Yu looked at the general's strong uniform, standing in the wind of the grassland and reflecting the towering mountains, and couldn't help but feel envious in his heart, and said secretly: "As a manly husband, he should be such a heroic town, as for the Tongma gang, although they also belong to the imperial court, they can only intrigue and secretly engage in some conspiracies, which is far worse than such great husbands." ”

He said: "The general doesn't have to worry, the Khitan Khan Yelu Shilu is a very cunning person, and the Tubo people should not be so easy to deal with him." ”

The general held the handle of the waist knife in his hand and sighed: "There is no room for sloppiness in border defense affairs, and the imperial court sent troops north for this time, and took 200,000 yuan of grain from the treasury at a time of dire straits. All this money and food came from the blood and sweat of the people of the Central Plains, and our soldiers should die to serve the country since they received the country's benefits. If you accidentally let the Tubo people enter the Great Wall, you will really have no shame to see Jiangdong's fathers. ”

Liu Yu looked at the back of the team from afar, and saw these Central Plains soldiers standing on horseback, like stone sculptures. The wind of the prairie swept across their faces with high cheekbones, ruffling their tattered single garments beneath their black armor. Even though the men were thin and cold, the knives and axes they held in their hands were wrinkled and shiny in the sun, and there was not a trace of rust.

This army exudes an indescribable sharpness, and from their bodies, Liu Yu seems to have seen the Xuanjia Army that has been submerged in the dust of the history of the Tang Dynasty. It was this army that broke through the Turks in the north and Gaochang in the west, laying the foundation of the Tang Dynasty.

Hundreds of years later, when the descendants of Emperor Taizong gradually indulged in the gentle land, and the important ministers of the court began to form gangs and intrigues, the spirit of this Xuanjia army was never lost. The Xuanjia Army is a selection of poor children of the people, these peasant children have experienced the suffering of the people, and they know the suffering of the people. They joined the army to protect their country, and they went to distant places to protect their hometown.

Compared with those shameless people who camp in the imperial court, these poor people are the backbone of the Central Plains, even if they are chaotic and thousands of miles of beacons, they have never really bowed their heads under the blades and arrows. Now they have once again left their homeland to protect the land left by their ancestors and set sail to this desolate grassland.

Liu Yu saw that the army carried very little baggage, only a few hundred mules pulling grain and grass, so he asked the general: "The army is outside, and grain and grass come first." Since the emperor has sent his generals north to defend against the Tibetans, he should give you more food and grass. I am afraid that this little grain and grass will not last long, and if the enemy deliberately delays during the battle, I am afraid that it will be disadvantageous to the general. ”

The general sighed heavily, he looked up at the flowing clouds in the sky, and said: "Now the situation in the country is difficult, there are thieves everywhere, and the people are already hungry. If we ask the court for money and grain again, then the court will inevitably collect heavy taxes from the people, and then the people will probably have to be eaten. As a soldier, you should put the country's worries first, how can you retreat because of this difficulty. ”

Liu Yu nodded after hearing this, he was a little ashamed in his heart, compared to General Qin Feng in front of him, all he thought about was the honor and disgrace of the rivers and lakes and personal kindness of some petty families. The so-called heroes should be so loyal to the country and take the people as their own lives, so that they can be regarded as living this life in vain.

Thinking about it like this, how many so-called martial arts masters have been drilling for personal gain all their lives. But whenever there are some things to compete for fame and fame on the rivers and lakes, these people jump higher than anyone else one by one. But when the Central Plains was in turmoil and the people were lonely, who among them stood up and did something for the people?

Isn't the "Double Jade and Two Kings" famous, and even their names are widely spread on the rivers and lakes, and those who hear it are terrified. When the Tibetans led their army east to invade Tongguan and the Uighurs burned Chang'an, the four of them should have been in the prime of life, but where did they go at that time?

No matter how high these people's martial arts are, they are just a man of fame and fortune in the red world. In the long history of China, the names of such people will never be left. The so-called chivalrous man should serve the country and the people. If a scholar who has no power to restrain a chicken can ask for the life of the people, he can also be called a chivalrous. And if Taishan Beidou, who has superb martial arts, can only compete for fame and fortune, it is just a thief!

Liu Yu was thinking of these in a daze, and when General Qin saw that he was alone, he asked him to send him a horse and invite him to accompany him. Along the way, he saw that the men and horses led by the general were silent and silent, and there was no offense to the herdsmen along the way. Even to quench thirst, the herdsmen's tents are avoided far away to avoid disturbances.

In the steppe, where there have been endless battles for many years, the herdsmen have never seen such a strict self-disciplined army. A hint of surprise flashed in their eyes, and they all walked out of their tents and bowed to the army of the "Heavenly Khan".

Note: Tian Khan, the honorific title of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, by the ethnic minority people in northern China. Emperor Taizong controlled all directions and shocked the world. Even if the people of the four provinces are all over the world, they are all convinced by the king! (To be continued.) )