Chapter 128: The soldiers are approaching the city and disappearing

The smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the lonely day festival in the north, the new tomb in the barren mound who pays attention, the historian has put pen to paper, and has seen the final scene of the old man, and it is most appropriate to lightly wipe it!

Tonight, the Bohai Customs is exceptionally quiet, it is clear that the soldiers are coming to the city, but the six armies are not dispatched, and the soldiers standing on the city tower can almost hear the sound of the waves of the Bohai Sea crashing on the beach hundreds of miles away.

The enemy camps on the north and south sides were brightly lit, as if they were going to replace the setting sun with their own light in this dark night, which was the same as before, but there was an indescribable difference.

The armies of the two countries have been stationed outside the Bohai Customs for seven or eight days, but they have no intention of attacking the city, they seem to be waiting for something, but what they are waiting for, the soldiers guarding the customs can't think of it, and they don't bother to think about it.

A general in dark purple armor climbed the city tower and looked at the camp tent in the distance, Lu Xiao had to do this more than a dozen times a day, he had been waiting, waiting for them to attack.

The young imperial general had already imagined what he should do when countless kinds of troops came to the city, but he didn't expect that hundreds of thousands of troops would stand still.

Lu Xiao is Xia Lang's most relied on general, otherwise he would not have been allowed to guard the most important pass in Great Xia, he is less than thirty years old and has already been ranked as a general of a country, which is a glory that many people can't get in their lives, but he feels that there is a mountain on his body, and he is out of breath all the time.

Holding the long sword at his waist, he felt a little bitter in his heart, which was given to him by Xia Lang, and his title was engraved on it - Zi Dian, I still remember what Xia Lang said that day, "Lu Xiao, you are my arm, and these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are my blood, the arm should hold a sharp sword, dominate the world, invincible, occasionally shed some blood does not matter, if there is too much blood, then this arm is afraid that it will not be able to hold the long sword!"

Anyone with some brains can understand the meaning of Xia Lang's words, Lu Xiao looked at the stars that appeared and disappeared in the sky, and muttered: "Zidian, Zidian, you have killed thousands of enemies on the battlefield, will you also cut off my head one day?"

A star in the sky corresponds to the life of a person in the world, some stars shine so brightly that they can be seen at a glance in the endless sea of stars, while some stars are gradually fading and slowly fading, as if they have never come.

It is a sad and bright March, the catkins in the south of the Yangtze River have been flying all over the sky, I don't know if the tourists in the south of the Yangtze River will bring a piece of catkins to the battlefield of the three armies to fight for hegemony, sow a hope between the blood and the bones, and pray for a little new green in this barren corner of the city in the coming year.

"Someone!"

Lu Xiao stared at the military camps on the north and south sides for a long time, but he still couldn't let go, so he called a henchman captain.

"What does the general command?"

"Did the soldiers sent out to patrol come back?" Lu Xiao was worthy of being the most effective general under Xia Lang, and he saw the aura of death before the storm in his calmness.

"Back to the general's words, according to the general's orders, patrol six times a day, if in distress, raise smoke and fire at night, those soldiers have just come back to hand over, according to the report, the enemy army has not taken any other actions in the past few days except for training soldiers and horses!"

Lu Xiao nodded, and said: "The patrol still can't be relaxed, I feel that there is a conspiracy, what are they waiting for? Reinforcements are not available, this is the weakest time for Bohai Customs, with the strength of the two countries, it only takes half a day to capture it, but they have waited for eight days!"

"General, could it be that there is a contradiction within them, and they are unwilling to take the lead in sending troops. The captain bowed and spoke.

Lu Xiao was stunned for a moment, and only felt relaxed at the moment when he was stunned, but after this moment, a solemn look resurfaced on his face, shook his head, and said firmly: "Xia Xuehan and Yun Yifan are both very good at commanding their subordinates, and they know the importance of the alliance, and they will definitely not be held back because of the contradictions between the two countries, there must be a conspiracy here, definitely!"

"Pass the order, the patrol soldiers will be changed to eight times a day, and the patrol distance will be widened by ten miles each time, if there is an enemy situation, Pegasus will report it!" The uneasy feeling in Lu Xiao's heart became stronger and stronger.

"Yes!"

The lieutenant was ordered to retreat respectfully, leaving only Lu Xiao alone on the huge city tower, and the evening breeze raised his robe, like a big purple bird flapping its wings in the wind.

He took out a golden hairpin from his arms, this is a purple jade phoenix hairpin, the phoenix eyes are inlaid with two amethysts, and the tassel of the hairpin head flashes with a shallow brilliance, which is his wife's hairpin.

On the wedding night, he put it on his wife with his own hands, hugged her and said, "Treat me without worry, I will allow you to wander the world!", but it has been three years since he got married, but he has more and more concerns, he can't see the end of this troubled world, and he can't see the end of the world promised to his wife.

Sometimes I really hate myself, I don't keep my promises, why bother to promise, she waits hard at home, and she doesn't cut her heart in half, half tied to her body, and half tied to these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

The emperor has never completely trusted anyone, he likes to believe in himself, trust his instincts, and prefer to hold the fate of others firmly in his hands.

The former emperor sent someone to send this hairpin quickly, and he didn't say a word, but Lu Xiao understood that even though he was the emperor's most relied on general, he had never fully gained the emperor's trust.

"Bohai Customs can't be broken, unless the enemy steps on my corpse!" Lu Xiao roared lowly, holding the phoenix hairpin tightly in his hand, the sharp corners pierced his palm, blood flowed down his fingers, he didn't seem to feel pain, and his eyes stared ahead more and more sharply.

Suddenly, he noticed that there was a fire in the military camp on the north side, moving towards this side, like a red torrent.

The sound of horses' hooves is like thunder, have they finally done it?

"The enemy is coming, the whole city is on alert!"

Lu Xiao woke up the sleepy soldiers with a roar, and in an instant, the drums sounded like thunder, and the entire Bohai Customs was boiling.

"Mobilize 3,000 crossbowmen, the enemy will attack at night, do not know the truth, do not let the enemy enter within 100 steps!

Lu Xiao calmly issued the first military order, still frowning deeply and watching the crimson flow towards the Bohai Customs, the speed is very fast, and the Liaoguo Iron Cavalry is worthy of its reputation!

In the Bohai Customs, only an order was heard, and countless rockets shot out like locusts, converging into a river in the air, perfect to the extreme, wrapped in boundless heat waves, which was shocking.

The lit arrow feathers are like raindrops in the sky, dense, and the firelight drags the long tail wings, which has an inexplicable beauty.

Most of the Liao cavalry who rushed forward were shot off their horses, and countless soldiers were set on fire, screaming and rolling on the ground to extinguish the fire.

After shooting 100,000 feather arrows, after a moment's pause, the Liao cavalry took advantage of the momentum to advance, like a torrent, and arrived at the city of Bohai Customs in just a moment.

The Liao cavalry was good at field duels, and was not suitable for attacking the city, and as soon as they arrived at the city, they were fiercely counterattacked by the soldiers guarding the gates of Great Xia, and for a time the rolling wood and stones poured down like a flood.

"Damn, give it to me, go to the city first to reward a thousand gold, and seal the marquis of ten thousand households!" Qin Lang straddled a green-maned horse, obliquely holding a phoenix-winged gilt boring, glaring angrily at the city pass, and after a loud roar, the three armies suddenly had momentum, and rushed towards the city one after another.

Bohai Customs is worthy of being the world's premier Xiongguan, the city wall is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if tens of thousands of soldiers take their lives to fill, there is no sign of being breached.

After about half an hour, I could vaguely see the blood flowing on the city wall through the light of the fire, so red, so shocking, that it made people feel like they had fallen into hell.

"General, pass on the order of the division general, withdraw the army!"

A herald soldier rode a flying horse to Qin Lang's side and whispered to him.

Qin Lang's eyes suddenly widened, a mouthful of steel teeth was almost crushed, and he roared: "I have died so many sergeants, and I still haven't gained an inch of land, the military advisor wants me to withdraw the army, damn it, tonight is to step on the corpse, I will also climb to the tower of this Bohai Customs City, and I will not withdraw!"

The herald soldier was also taken aback, and said tremblingly: "The general is angry, before leaving, His Majesty ordered that if the general does not withdraw according to the order, the general will be punished to return to Shangjing for one year regardless of victory or defeat in this battle, and alcohol will be forbidden!"

The ferocious Qin Lang immediately vented half of his anger when he heard this, waved his hand helplessly, and said: "The emperor will use this to scare me, or not, this bird will not run away if he stays here, come back another day to get it, give the order, and withdraw the army!"

Tens of thousands of troops retreated in an orderly manner, the rear team became the front team, and the crossbowmen used strong bows to prevent the enemy from pursuing, even if they retreated, the team did not have the slightest confusion, although this Qin Lang was rude, he was also a rare famous general.

"What does this Yun Yifan want to do?"

Lu Xiao stood at the head of the city, looked at the shining firelight, and retreated to the military camp of the Great Liao Kingdom in an orderly manner, if it weren't for the thousands of corpses piled up under the city, he couldn't believe that the army had come to attack.

"General!"

A soldier stood behind him and called Lu Xiao, but he didn't dare to speak, Lu Xiao frowned slightly, a little angry, and said in a deep voice: "If you have something to say, say it!"

"Yes, General Qiyu, the last general just found it when he sent someone to dispose of the body...... Found...... The soldiers who just besieged the city were all soldiers who surrendered to our country when Great Xia was at war with Liao......" The soldier who came to spread the word was a little blushing, after all, the surrender was disgraceful, and now he was used as a spear by others.

Lu Xiao's eyebrows raised slightly, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face, but he didn't care whether it was the soldiers of the Xia Kingdom or the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom who died, he just muttered: "Is this just a simple temptation?"

After a long time, he sighed and said: "The order goes down, the people standing guard give me a twelve-point spirit, don't relax, if you make a mistake, then the jade will be burned!"

"Yes!"

Let's say that when Qin Lang led the army to attack Bohai Customs, two armies of 3,000 people in the south and north quietly crossed the Bohai Customs from the path, touching the sentinels in the open and in the dark all the way, and the 3,000 elite soldiers were like 3,000 hungry wolves sneaking in the night, rushing towards the hinterland of Great Xia.

They knew that it would be the tomb of hundreds of thousands of troops in Great Xia, and it would also be the battlefield where they became famous in a battle, and each of them unreservedly believed in the radiant man behind him, believing that as long as they followed him, they would create immortal feats and follow the fame through the ages.

Out of Luoyang City, Xia Yu led the 100,000 infantry army as the vanguard, leading a hundred miles, all the way to the mighty one.

On the tall horse, the king of Yi Xia Yu obliquely held the spear of the eight snakes, majestic, the year before Yangping Pass was defeated by Xia Xuehan, the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops, since then he has been closed at home, day and night to study the book of war, in order to one day be able to take revenge.

Now Xia Yu is a little more restrained than in the past, and there is a cold color between his eyebrows, maybe now, he deserves the title of "General of Blood Rain", if it is not enough, it will stir up the world as soon as it comes out, bloody wind and rain!

"What's the boundary ahead?"

Xia Yu raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the mountains were continuous, the trees were abundant, and there was a tendency to cover the sky and the sun, and there were tens of thousands of years of ancient trees and old vines growing on the cliffs, and the noisy birdsong came from the secluded dense forest, which faintly made Xia Yu feel uneasy.

"General Huiyu, there is Tiger Leaping Gorge in front of you, which is known as the first dangerous place from Luoyang to Bohai Customs!" replied respectfully to the guide officer next to him.

Xia Yu looked far away, more than ten miles ahead, a mountain peak seemed to have been split in half by an axe of a god, leaving only a gap of three or four zhang wide in the middle, the cliffs on both sides were afraid that there were hundreds of ten zhang high, ancient trees were circling, and strange rocks were craggy.

"If it is really a dangerous place, if there is an elite army ambushed here, my 100,000 army will definitely not be able to recover!"

Xia Yu just looked at the Tiger Leaping Gorge in front of him, and a trace of cold sweat oozed from his vest, dangerous, Jedi, more like a burial ground!

"Guide officer, if you go around this Tiger Leaping Gorge, do you know the way?" Xia Yu's uneasiness became more and more intense after seeing the Tiger Leaping Gorge.

"General, you are embarrassed by your subordinates, this road subordinates naturally know, but if you go around, you have to go around from the back of this canyon, I am afraid that there are four or five hundred miles of mountain roads, and it will take three or four days to walk, if you get to Bohai Customs, won't it be a mistake?" The guide officer was also shocked when he heard Xia Yu asking him, he didn't have Xia Yu's eyesight, and he couldn't figure out Xia Yu's thoughts.

"That's right, general, Bohai Customs is already an urgent need, but it can't be delayed, besides, this Tiger Leaping Gorge is also the territory of my Great Xia Kingdom, how can they pass through many checkpoints to come here to ambush!"

After all, the guide officer has been in a hurry for many days, and he is tired, so he is naturally willing to do more than less, and immediately echoed: "Yes, general, as long as you pass through this Tiger Leaping Gorge, there are still three or four hours of effort to get to Bohai Customs, if you make a detour, it will take several days, you must know that saving soldiers is like fighting fire!"

Xia Yu was also said to be moved, although he was extremely unwilling, but he also had a trace of luck in his heart, this Tiger Leaping Gorge is my territory of Daxia after all, forgive him Xia Xuehan and Yun Yifan's hands can't reach so far!

"The whole army obeys the order, pass through the Tiger Leaping Gorge at full speed, you can't delay for a moment, and you can rest after the Tiger Leaping Gorge!" Xia Yu raised his spear high and passed down the most wrong military order in his life!

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