Chapter 61: Living and Dying Together
Canglu Yuan has already been white, the black flag was torn apart in the cold wind, whirring, the Liao 200,000 troops are stationed here, the camp tent is dense. The soldiers who came and went to the patrol were full of energy, as if they were living in the spring season, and they were not disturbed by the cold at all.
In the tent of the Chinese military marshal, Yun Yifan leaned on the mink chair, wrapped in thick gauze in his right hand, and held a teacup in his left hand, savoring it carefully, showing his graceful and noble assets, as if he was an innate king.
There are five generals in armor standing under the tent, four men and one woman, all of them are full of energy, that is Yun Yifan's five great generals, galloping on the battlefield for many years, and there is invincible bravery. Yun Yifan's side stood the military advisor Qianlong Mr. Yin Moyan, although it was a snowy winter, he still gently shook the feather fan, with a faint smile on his face.
Yun Yifan took a sip of fragrant tea, his eyebrows were full of heroism, and said: "Xia Xuehan brought the troops out this time is just an excuse for Xia Lang to get rid of him, so even if he doesn't want to fight, Xia Lang will definitely try his best to force him to fight!"
Yin Moyan nodded, crossed the map on the desk with a feather fan, and said: "That's right, Yin Shenglin, the governor of the Xia Kingdom, is greedy and reckless, and he will inevitably let him take Heyang and Nan'an, he has no way to retreat and no reinforcements, at best, there are only thirty or forty thousand soldiers, and he will definitely gather together and break them one by one!"
When the five generals under the tent were secretly amazed by Yin Moyan's deliberation, Yun Yifan shook his head and said: "You all underestimate him, on the contrary, he who likes to use dangerous tactics will definitely divide his troops and take the city, and quickly seize the city with a rapid march, so that we don't have time to rescue." ”
Yin Moyan pondered for a while, and couldn't help nodding, Yun Yifan continued: "The biggest flaw of the rapid march is the lack of food and grass, and the most afraid of siege, there is a first-line gorge ten miles outside Nan'an City, the road is narrow, and there are hundreds of cliffs on both sides. Qinglong General Ren Tianxing, you lead the 20,000 army to prepare more rolling wood and stones, and as soon as the army enters the valley, immediately push the boulders to close the exits on both sides, and don't let one person escape!"
"Yes, general, what if they don't take this road?" Ren Tianxing is tall and big, with a square mouth and a wide face, showing the rugged and heroic appearance of a northern man.
"Don't worry about this, just go and prepare, I have my own way to let them in. Nan'an City is relatively close to Xia, and the city is small and easy to attack, according to Xia Xuehan's temperament, he must be handed over to his henchmen, and he will go to Heyang, which is far away and difficult to attack. So Ren Tianxing, you don't have to worry too much about this!" Yun Yifan pointed to the map and said, "With the speed of Xia Xuehan's rapid march, it will take at most two hours to reach Heyang City, and the other army will reach the first-line gorge for about an hour, so Ren Tianxing, you must trap those people in half an hour, and pass the news over, disturbing Xia Xuehan's mind." ”
"Then who will be stationed over there in Heyang City?" Yin Moyan asked.
Yun Yifan gently put the cup on the table and said, "None of you are Xia Xuehan's opponents, even if you have several times his strength, he is a man who can turn decay into magic, so I will go to this place personally." Vermilion Bird General Ning Xue'er, Xuanwu General Bai Qiuyang and I, Yin Moyan stayed in the camp and handled military affairs with full authority. ”
Yun Yifan stood up, lifted the curtain and walked out, looking at the endless plain white and the curves outlined by the rolling mountains, he took a deep breath and muttered: "If you win, you will have one less opponent who will compete in the world and win the ups and downs! If you lose, I think the pattern of the world will also change!"
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In the Great Xia army, a three-zhang high point general platform has been built early, and the flags planted all over the place are torn apart with the cold wind hunting, and the white armor and silver robe of Xia Xue are cold, like a sword out of the sheath, standing in the cold wind, standing still, and exuding a dignified murderous aura all around.
Qi Henghai held an eighty-two pound silver-gray lance in his hand, and stood behind Xia Xuehan in a gray and white battle armor, not angry and arrogant. Thunder held a Xuanhua board axe in his left hand, like an iron tower, standing in the cold wind, and there was no expression on his thick face.
Xia Xuehan took a step forward and looked at the 30,000 pro-soldiers below, all of them were radiant and iron-boned, although some people had sallow faces, they still held their heads tall and refused to lose their sharpness. Xia Xuehan said loudly: "Listen, all the soldiers, this is facing the army of 200,000 tigers and wolves, they are in the northern country, they have long been accustomed to the cold days, and they are skilled in bows and horses, we must die for a lifetime!"
Qi Henghai frowned, he should have inspired the soldiers at this time, but how could he have frustrated his own spirit?
He just wanted to remind Xia Xuehan in a low voice, but when he saw that the soldiers in the audience all had solemn expressions, they did not flinch and panic, and shrank back. Xia Xuehan nodded and continued: "The Tartars invade my borders, kill my people, and plunder my women and children, can I bear this revenge?"
"Can't!"
The 30,000 army roared together, and the murderous aura soared into the sky, scattering all the white clouds in the sky, and the strong wind brought up made the banner whirring.
"A good man should serve on the battlefield, slash the enemy with a sword, and be happy to decide revenge, but he has to return from a hundred battles, and he will rest as soon as he gets drunk!" Xia Xuehan turned around and pulled down a vermilion flag, pointed diagonally to the north, and let the wind tear the flag away.
"I am willing to fight with the general!"
Who is not a hot-blooded man at the station, after hearing these words, the crowd was excited, and they couldn't wait to rush to the camp of Liao State immediately, and they would kill dozens of Liao soldiers before they stopped.
"This battle is a weak attack on the strong, and nine times out of ten, those who go will die or live!" Xia Xuehan swept over the resolute and unyielding faces, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, after today, most people will never see him again, and the hatred for Xia Lang in his heart can't help but be a little more.
"The only child in the family is out!" Xia Xuehan finished speaking, and the 30,000 army looked at each other, not knowing what he meant, but hundreds of people still walked out.
"Those who are not yet married or whose children are under the age of one year will be listed!" Not long after, more than 2,000 people appeared.
"Those who are afraid of the dead are out!" Xia Xuehan's eyes widened, his voice was not very loud, and he was even a little choked, who in this world didn't want to live well? But this time the voice fell for a long time, and no one moved, and he didn't even glance at the group of people who had just left.
"But there are those who are afraid of death coming out, this battle may be difficult to return, and no one will laugh at it now, let alone be punished, ants still spare their lives, let alone people!" Xia Xuehan really hopes that more people will come out, so that fewer people will die, this is a game of three people, they are just poor chess pieces.
But still no one stood up, as if they hadn't heard Xia Xuehan's words, this army has led them since Xia Xuehan's first expedition, and they have also killed in Longxi and recovered southern Yunnan, each of them is a good man who is brave and loyal. Each of them believed only in the white-armored and silver-robed young man on the high platform, for that man had always been the one who rushed ahead of them and retreated behind them. These 30,000 people had already given their lives to that young man, and they believed that one day, that young man would lead them to kill a good man!
Xia Xuehan nodded and said, "Okay, those who have just left the queue will stay, and the rest will go with me!"
As soon as Xia Xuehan finished speaking, he waved the banner, and he was about to order the drum to send troops, not wanting the thousands of people who would go out of the column first to kneel down together, and shouted: "I am willing to fight with the general!"
"You...... You ......"
"Live and die together!"
These four words resounded through the sky, broke through the clouds, and turned into a stream of blood flowing in everyone's blood.
"Okay, I, Xia Xuehan, swear here, the 30,000 people here are the same life as me, and I will do my best to bring you back!" Rao is an iron-blooded man like Xia Xuehan, and he can't help but have a sour nose at this moment, these good men who are in the prime of their lives are going to bury themselves because of Xia Lang's selfish thoughts.
The army set out, without a clear banner or a horn to the sky, but like 30,000 wild wolves running on the snowfield, stepping on the ankle-deep snow, running forward like a bolt of lightning. After a rapid march of about twenty miles, they suddenly split into two groups, each running in different directions, as if pre-arranged, without any delay on the way.
On the tower of Heyang City, Yun Yifan, who was dressed in a black brocade robe, did not wear battle armor, just like a person who came to see a play. If Xia Xuehan is a lotus flower from the silt, not stained with dust, then Yun Yifan is a bright peony, extraordinary, and Xia Lang is an epiphany, ordinary in the daytime, but in the dead of night at midnight, behind the crowd, he shows his beauty.
Yun Yifan raised his eyes and looked at the snow in the distance, the silver-white armor seemed to merge with the snow, and rushed towards this side, originally only a figure the size of a grain of rice, but it was the size of a soybean in a few breaths.
Ning Xue'er, the female general next to Yun Yifan, was wearing a blood-red soft armor, outlining a perfect curve, and her delicate face had a little more boldness that ordinary women did not have, and a handful of hair was dyed red by something, and she was wantonly putting it on her smooth forehead, showing her sassy and heroic appearance. She is like a phoenix born of fire, extremely proud, but it does not match her name.
And the Xuanwu general Bai Qiuyang is much more ordinary, it is difficult to find him out in the crowd, the black armor is a little old, and there are some dark red blood stains on it, but I don't know if it is the enemy's or his own.
The army of Great Xia is getting closer and closer, only five miles away from the city, I thought that they would attack the city tower in one go, but I didn't want to stop suddenly, and it was far away from Heyang City. Yun Yifan frowned, for some reason, there was always some faint worry in his heart, and he said in a deep voice: "Bai Qiuyang, you take three thousand cavalry to rush and kill, if you encounter stubborn resistance, immediately retreat!"
"Yes!" Bai Qiuyang immediately turned around and rushed out with three thousand black-armored cavalry, and the sound of horses' hooves "rumbled" like thunder.
"Kill!"
Bai Qiuyang was the first to rush in front of the Great Xia army, and the people who came from Great Xia this time were all infantry troops, and where could they withstand the elite cavalry of the Liao Kingdom, which was famous for its cavalry, and immediately opened a gap, allowing Bai Qiuyang to pass through the middle of the army.
Before Bai Qiuyang could come to his senses, the 20,000 Great Xia soldiers immediately changed their formation, surrounded the 3,000 cavalry in the middle, and did not take the initiative to attack after the encirclement, but withdrew two zhang away.
"Hmph, in the face of absolute strength, any trick is in vain!" Bai Qiuyang snorted coldly, and led the cavalry to rush over when he saw the direction.
But before his order fell, the 20,000 Xia soldiers took out a crossbow machine from behind their backs, mounted arrows and shot them out in unison. The 20,000 sharp arrows were as dense as raindrops, shooting at the Liao cavalry from all directions, Bai Qiuyang was shocked when he saw this, and shouted: "Brothers, kill closer, then the crossbow machine will not be useful!"
As he spoke, more than ten arrows shot at him, Bai Qiuyang slapped on the horse's back, flew away from the horse's back, and the big knife in his hand was danced by him like a windmill, and those arrows fell to the ground one after another. That Bai Qiuyang is worthy of being one of the five great generals under Yun Yifan's seat, and he is very good at kung fu, just in the space of the few breaths where the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom exchanged arrows, he had already rushed to the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom with people.
With a wave of Bai Qiuyang's big knife, he saw blood splashing, and immediately a human head rolled down, and the red blood sprinkled in the snow-white snow looked so dazzling. When Bai Qiuyang was about to attack the second knife, a white light flashed, and he only heard the sound of "dang", and the big knife in Bai Qiuyang's hand was bounced back, and even his whole person was almost shocked off the horse.
When Bai Qiuyang came back to his senses, there was already a general of Xia Guo standing straight in front of him, the cold wind ruffled his long hair, and he looked at Bai Qiuyang without blinking.
"Are you...... You...... You don't ......" After Bai Qiuyang saw this person, he forgot that he was still on the battlefield, and suddenly not only the voice, but even the hand holding the big knife trembled a little.
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