Chapter Ninety-Six: Moving South to the Valley of the Dead
On the first day of September in the 907th year of the Xuanyuan calendar, Chang'an was pouring heavy rain and thunder and lightning!
Zhou State Che Cavalry General Ye Jin led the Che Cavalry Battalion Cavalry Army to mutiny, and Yan State Iron Cavalry should be combined with the outside, the prosperous Zhou capital Chang'an for thousands of years was finally broken, more than 100,000 Yanyun Iron Cavalry Fish penetrated into Chang'an, Zhou King Zhou Gongming with the new king of the Zhou family, Zhou Tongyu, who was only nine years old, integrated more than 80,000 remnants of the Zhou State to escape from Chang'an, and went south to Qinzhou to defend.
At the same time, the imperial capital of Jinling of Yan State, Empress Yan announced to the world, abolished the name of Zhou State, and the six states of Zhou State were included in the territory of Yan State, and more than 600,000 military horses of Yan State led by Zhao Yanran officially returned to the dynasty, and in Jinling City, there was a big celebration.
At this time, the mighty three-year-long war of Yan and Zhou, Yan successively invested a total of 1.3 million soldiers and horses, including the logistics army, infantry army, and cavalry, and the Zhou State successively invested 1.1 million troops, and finally ended with the defeat of Zhou and the tragic victory of Yan.
When this battle of national fortune, there are veterans who died on the battlefield and the horse leather shroud is returned, and rookies stand out from the battlefield and become the leaders of the new generation of heroes in the East Soil, among which the most eye-catching is the emperor and grandson of Yan State, Zhao Yunqi, a roaring moon knife has made great achievements on the battlefield, so that countless Zhou generals are terrified!
Although the Zhou State was defeated, but in the end Chang'an defended the city, the name of Zhou Shizi Tianbao was also known by the Yan people, and he fought to the death at the head of the city, and even beheaded the three strong men of the Yan Kingdom, and he was brave and strategic, and set a plan to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle, and used the five thousand cavalry of the Tianbao Yun Division to cover the Zhou State Brigade and retreat to Qinzhou, and killed a bloody road in the 100,000 army, in front of the Yanyun 100,000 iron horsemen, the sword pointed at Zhao Yanran, and shouted: "Slut, sooner or later, Lao Tzu will take your life one day!"
Then a horse swept away with dragon dust, and Yan Yun's 100,000 iron horsemen were helpless.
Just after the Yan army returned to the dynasty, Qiu Zhiping, who inherited the title of Qiu Yunlan, the king of Yan, was left behind, and led 100,000 horses to surround Qinzhou, and Xiao Chen, the king of Qi, announced a war against the remaining three states of the Zhou State and sent 300,000 troops to attack Qinzhou.
The beacon fire in the southeast of the east soil is not extinguished, the bloody breath is strong and extensive, the heavy rain on the first day of the ninth month came just right, Qinzhou and Qi and Jizhou in the southeast of Motu are preparing for war, and there is a team of more than 50,000 people on the muddy road of the Motu Mountains, like a long dragon, difficult to advance towards the south of Motu.
This is the last team of the Xiao family Dazhai to move south, the original 36,000 people were divided into three groups by Liu Ruoshuang, the previous two groups of people and horses have arrived in the south of Motu six days ago, less than 100 miles away from the Nanyuan Flame Mountain, the valley is camped, and now this last team includes more than 10,000 Xiao family Dazhai soldiers, plus logistics baggage, a total of more than 50,000 people.
Because there were originally displaced people from the northern part of Motu and the people of Jingzhou who were willing to follow the Xiao family village to move south, and the mountains and rain were hazy, the army that moved south on this last trip was very slow.
And when they arrived here, more than 2,000 people in the long line suddenly separated, but it was the bald Zhou Bao and Zhuang Huandie who took the original Tianbao Yunshi and the 1,000-person cavalry under the command of Zhuang Huandie to Qinzhou.
Zhuang Huandie's face was resolute and said goodbye to her brother, no matter what the war between Qinzhou and Qi was in the end, she must go to that person, she missed that playboy every day, and was willing to be with him even if she wanted to die.
Zhuang Huanyu choked up his words, and gave instructions to his sister, looking at the two thousand horsemen breaking through the rain curtain and heading southeast, he didn't know what to do in his heart.
Jing Ye led the Mo family brothers to open the way in front, so he just saw the cavalry from a distance, and he secretly said in his heart, Tianbao, wait, when I finish the affairs of the Xiao family's Dazhai, I will come to Qinzhou to fight side by side with you!
A few days ago, Xiaopang also left, saying that he was addicted to official affairs, and he should be worried about the senior sister, I don't know if the sloppy master is back, Zizhufeng is too deserted and not good, he must keep an eye on the senior sister and the little junior brother when he goes back, and don't let them sneak around.
When he left, the snow-white monk's clothes were spotless, frank and swaying, and Youji cried into tears, but he didn't look back, Ding Dong looked at the master and went away, patted his chest and said, My Buddha has his own freedom!
Ding Dong didn't leave, stayed by his aunt's side, and wanted to follow his aunt to see the scenery of Motu, or maybe he was still trying to find an opportunity to recite the scriptures to that person, and it was good to recite them all night, but unfortunately the master left, but he didn't pass on his set of scriptures.
Jing 13 was taken to Yuxu Palace by Mo Jiuzhuan, preparing to be the groom official for the first time in his life, and two days later, many people in the Xiao family Dazhai would go to Yuxu Palace to drink happy wine.
Zhao Yishuai resigned from the official position of the country, brought out three thousand wolf tooth cloud masters, and arrived in the Valley of Liren with the second group of people six days ago, and now he must be preparing to camp with Xiao Lin.
Liu Ruoshuang and Xiao Qi are still stationed in Jingzhou, and they will not leave until they finish drinking Jing Shisan's wedding wine.
The clouds are misty, the rain is vast, and the end of the world is far away, so why bother to be young and not frivolous, and get drunk with spirits, and live up to the country.
After parting, cherish each other, every year Mo Tuhua is still the same, day by day colorful clouds waiting for the sunset, horses gallop 30,000 miles, a neighing Dazhai East.
Gathering and scattering sometimes, Jing Ye turned around, drove the Xuanlong to continue south, almost dusk, the sky was clear, the rainbow cloud bridge across the sky, and in a green basin like the sea, you can vaguely see the high erection of the word 'Xiao' flag, through a section of winding wild roads, and finally look forward to the rising smoke, the newly built wooden houses are one after another.
To the south of Motu, from the Valley of the Humans, arrived.
Jing Guo's three-day long journey, with the arrival of the follow-up teams one after another, bursts of joyful cheers sounded in the huge valley, and this is the new home of the Xiao family.
Jiang Luoying and Bai Zhantang had already arrived in advance, and began to receive the follow-up soldiers and horses and arrange accommodation, Jing Ye didn't have time to rest, and immediately called the generals of the Xiao family Dazhai to discuss many matters related to the stability of the Liren Valley at the moment.
Qianshui sleeves are the first batch to go to the Liren Valley, when they come, there are snake people arranged by Youji to lead, in addition to the demon snake tribe also sent a lot of food, they live in the mountains and forests around the Flame Mountain, there are a lot of people, when they came before, there were no clue, there were more than 300 people in the snake tribe led by a snake young man, who helped them plan to camp in the Liren Valley.
Listening to Qianshuichong and Du Qingfeng, those snake people are very easy to deal with, and they know everything about the environment, customs and customs of Motu's generation, and they are introduced to the grass and papaya fruits that can be picked and eaten in Liren Valley.
Jing Ye finished discussing with everyone, Qianshui sleeve said to him, saying that the leader of the snake clan Na Yijie wanted to see him, Jing Ye came out of the temporary military tent, but the person who came was not the Yiji, but a very handsome snake descendant, Jing Ye was the first time to see the snake man, the person was one zhang tall, the upper body was no different from the human race, but the lower body was a snake body, and the arms and body were attached with cyan lines.
This snake man said that the words of the human race were very blunt, and when he saw Jing Ye, he bowed down and said: "Guests from afar, the head of my family heard your name from Lord Youji, and specially invited you to take the guests of the Xiao family village to our tribe to participate in our banquet."
Jing Ye thought that since he was a subordinate of his aunt, and Jing Shisan's wedding date was the day after tomorrow, it would be too late to rush back to Jingzhou tomorrow, so he didn't refuse, and took more than a dozen people from the Xiao family's Dazhai to the snake tribe.
Twenty miles away, out of the valley of the people, Jing Ye saw the majestic volcano from a distance, towering under the clouds, the snow on it was faintly visible, his heart suddenly trembled, is that the Flame Mountain? It was there that my father met his mother, and then there was a later story.
Listening to the snake people, the Flame Mountain is now controlled by the heavy troops of the demon clan, and outsiders are not allowed to enter the mess, Jing Ye dispelled the mind of going to the Flame Mountain to take a look, and when he arrived at the snake tribe, he couldn't help but make Jing Ye a little more surprised.
In Jing Ye's impression, the demon clan lives in the wild land of Nanyuan, is not educated, and should be like a savage, the living environment is extremely harsh, and most of the demons drink blood and kill, fierce and domineering.
How do you know that this snake tribe, it turned out to be a peaceful and peaceful scene, snake people multiply, no different from the human race, but also built rows of houses, the old and young are respectful and orderly, there are many snake people who are about the same height as the human race, I think it should be the children of the snake tribe, they are curious when they see the Jing Ye, shaking their heads and scrambling to peek first, some adults are scared for a while, and then they scatter and escape.
Not long after, a group of tall snake people surrounded a man in brocade robes rushed over, and Qianshui Sleeve whispered in Jing Ye's ear, saying that the person who came was the translator.
The snake man who was the leader was dressed in a long robe, if it weren't for the snake tail exposed on the ground, he really looked like a human race man, and when he saw Jing Ye, he bowed down and said: "Under the snake Tang, the patriarch of the translation branch has seen the son of the holy woman, and has admired the name of Jing Ye for a long time.
Jing Ye hugged his fists and saluted back, this person's sentence of the son of the saint has invisibly narrowed the distance between the two, and then the two walked side by side first, Jing Ye was even more surprised, this snake is extraordinary, and is even more articulate, and for the human race, the Eastern Land Region has a good opinion, like a knowledgeable bachelor.
In the center of the snake tribe is the residence of the patriarch of the Yi Ji, the house is built very majestic, like a small palace, Jing Ye with a thousand water sleeves everyone enters, the long couch that has been prepared in the main hall is a few people, everyone sits down, with the Yi Ji waving his hand, the beautiful snake woman offers exquisite fruits and wine, and after a while, I saw the maids enter the hall with fragrant delicacies.
Jing Ye was deeply surprised, this snake tribe had exactly the same diet and living as the human race, and he communicated with Na Yiji, and found that although this person was full of knowledge, he was humble and polite, even if Jing Ye didn't know how many years younger than him, he was also very humble.
And the snake people in his tribe are even more enthusiastic and upright, there is a saying, after three rounds of wine, everyone is already very familiar, more than a dozen people such as Qianshui sleeves brought by Jing Ye have become one with the major leaders of the snake tribe, and suddenly heard strange songs and rumors outside, and then saw a beautiful woman in exotic clothes in the main hall walked in.
Jing Ye couldn't help blinking her eyes, and looked carefully at this woman was Chi Huan, the wife of Zhao Gangyi of the Xiao family, at this time, Chi Huan was wearing a short skirt of animal skin, and her bronze crystal arms were exposed at the vest on her upper body, and she came in and bowed to Jing Ye and said: "Lord of the village, you have come to our demon land, you should follow the customs, and please go outside to dance with my demon clansmen, and wish us a long friendship."
After listening to Chi Huan's words, Jing Ye remembered that this woman was originally the witch of the Chiyiqiu tribe of the demon clan in the Mo soil, it is said that the body is still a female leopard, and under the graciousness, Jing Ye couldn't help but stand up, how do you know that Chi Huan is very bold, walked over and grabbed Jing Ye's hand and went out, followed by only laughter, but a group of snake girls meandered in, called up the guests who sat down, and went out together.
Na Yiji smiled very heartily and followed a group of female dependents out, and when he got outside, he saw a blazing bonfire around the square, and there were snake people drinking and laughing around, and there were many snake tribe purple emperors singing and dancing, twisting their waists, waving their palms, and enjoying themselves happily.
Qianshuisleeve and the others were also pulled into the campfire by the snake girl to dance checkers, and then looked at Zhao Gangyi's old face flushed, but this dancing ability is really not bad, and Du Qingfeng danced in the center.
Jing Ye's face was flushed, where would he dance, he refused to step forward, Chi Huan let go of Jing Ye's palm, and finally took a step closer to Jing Ye at this time, holding a wine bowl in his hand, after a while, he couldn't recognize the matter, and said: "Chi Huan, there is one thing, and I hope that the owner of the village will be fulfilled!"
Jing Ye was stunned for a moment and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it."
Chi Huan was slightly stunned, she didn't expect this young village owner who looked so handsome to speak, so she told everything that was going to happen in the demon tribe in the near future, Jing Ye smiled slightly: "What else should I do, don't worry, when the time comes, I will personally accompany you and your wife over."
Chi Huan was suddenly overjoyed, a burst of joy appeared on her face, and suddenly she stretched out her hand and grabbed Jing Ye again, and said, "Village master, let's go dance too."
Jing Ye was still waiting to refuse, but Chi Huan had already pulled him over, everyone saw that Jing Ye was coming, and they all made way out, Jing Ye was red in the moment, and she was embarrassed, but Chi Huan jumped up by herself, while also pointing out to Jing Ye how to twist her waist and how to start, and she danced in front of Jing Ye, like a dream.
Jing Ye was stunned and stunned, Chi Huan's jade arms were stretched, her toes were on tiptoe, and her beautiful and moving dance posture seemed to be the growth power that penetrated the vicissitudes of life and inherited the unquenchable growth, and it was also like the most primitive world, the scene of the survival of the demon race, between the graceful dances, the joy and sorrow of the revelator, the growth and apoptosis, the high-spirited growth that did not go out, the empty mountain leaves falling with the waves, and the inhibition and frustration, almost poured out a complete life from beginning to end.
Jing Ye followed and asked, "What kind of dance is this?"
Chi Huan danced happily and said with a smile: "Village master, this is the dance of life that our demons have passed down from generation to generation, dancing for heaven and earth, and singing the song of life."