Chapter 509: The Aftermath of the War (End of this volume)
The sunset is like a burning fireball, but the light it emits is as red as blood, and next to the red fireball is the scattered fireworks, like a drop of blood burning. The sky was red, as if layers of blood had been splashed on the sky.
Night will come, and like this war, it will eventually decide a winner. People who like the night always feel that it comes so slowly, and the anxious mood is as if waiting for a lover to come. And those who hate the night always feel that it came so timely, as if a fun game was about to end but came to an abrupt end. But whether you like it or hate it, it will come as if it had always existed.
Looking at the sunset that was gradually falling, Chai Rong knew that the night was coming, and he also knew that the outcome of this war would soon be known. He suddenly felt an inexplicable excitement in his heart, although he was taking risks in this battle, gambling with his life as the Great Zhou Emperor, but he finally won the bet. He knew that it was not his luck that won this war, but how lucky he was, because in this war, there were countless Great Zhou soldiers who fought bloodily, and they were the protagonists of this war.
The sound of trumpets and war drums sounded together, as if to drive the blood-like sunset down the mountain, and seemed to dispel the blood-red dyeing of the sky. With the sound of trumpets and war drums, the sound of tearing and killing like a raging wave came overwhelmingly, and countless figures and countless roaring war horses launched the final battle under the momentum of shaking the mountains.
The iron sword in Ye Yinfeng's hand swept up the sword light like a mang, his eyes were slightly condensed and the figure was like a phantom, but Zhong Huang, who was fighting with him, had a darker and more gloomy face. After all, he still couldn't get used to holding the sword in his left hand, and his movements still began to stiffen a little, and several times, his body was slashed by the bladeless iron sword, but the iron sword had no edge and no blade, but it couldn't do him any damage.
But all this was enough, Zhong Huangyu's old face no longer had the original blood color, and then Ling Tianyun's shouting made him suddenly have the idea of retreating. The long sword in his hand swayed, but his body swept backwards like a rabbit, and his figure was as chic as it was, but his back was extremely lonely and gloomy.
"Lucky for the two of you, the old man saved the lives of the two of you this time, and he will come back to take it again in the future."
Ye Yinfeng's ears echoed with the cruel words that the old man said before leaving, he didn't take the other party's words to heart, because Zhong Huangyu at this time could no longer pose any threat to him, then, they would be even stronger in the future, and Zhong Huangyu had become a stone staircase for them to step on in their eyes.
"Zhang Aiqing." Liu Yu let out a cry of grief, squeezing out a few tears from his eyes, and despite the dissuasion of everyone, he ordered the Northern Han army to rush towards the Great Zhou army at full speed. As soon as there are those who do not listen to the command, they will be dealt with according to military law, and they should be beheaded, he angrily conveyed this will, and then, he issued such a will It is meaningless for the Northern Han army, the defeat of the Northern Han has become a foregone conclusion, even the Northern Han Emperor Liu Yu cannot change it.
Even if he was unwilling in his heart, the emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty was powerless at the moment, he looked at those powerful Great Zhou troops, and couldn't help but feel a sense of powerlessness in his heart. The retreating Northern Han army began to rout without any discipline, and in the face of the imposing Great Zhou army, they could only flee in embarrassment by throwing away their armor.
Unwilling to roar in his heart, Liu Yu raised his knife and cut down a soldier who was retreating in a hurry, and then his angry shouts did not have any effect. Under the original slope, there was a sound of shaking mountains, but it was another army of the Great Zhou that arrived, and the overwhelming Zhou army rushed towards the top of the original slope. Seeing the momentum of the Great Zhou army, Liu Yu's face became a little gray, he still lost this battle after all, and fought with Guo Wei for a lifetime, but at this time he was still defeated by Guo Wei's righteous son Chai Rong.
"Your Majesty, withdraw quickly, if you don't withdraw, it's too late." Seeing this, the ministers beside Liu Yu couldn't help but shout. They also did not expect that the Northern Han army, which had the upper hand, would be defeated so quickly at this time, and with the death of Zhang Yuanhui, the morale of the Great Zhou army rose to the extreme, while the morale of the Northern Han army was sluggish. Seeing the momentum of the Great Zhou army rushing towards this original slope, the faces of the ministers of the Northern Han Dynasty suddenly changed.
"Where did the Northern Han thieves escape?" A general rushed out of the Great Zhou army, and the general galloped like a bolt of lightning towards the original slope. That general was Zhang Yongde, he led his troops to take advantage of the low morale of the Northern Han army to fight hard, and finally tore the chaotic Northern Han army open, he saw the Northern Han emperor on the original slope and took the lead in sprinting towards the original slope.
Liu Yu was even more shocked in his heart, he didn't expect the generals of the Great Zhou to be so fast, he subconsciously sat down on the reins of the war horse and turned the war horse around. And with his action of turning the war horse around, the other ministers around him also rode their horses and turned around, and they couldn't care about their identity and face.
Zhang Yongde raised his spear, and when the war horse he sat on just rushed up the original slope, he saw an old man in gray blocking his way. He didn't think about it, so he picked up his gun and stabbed at the old man in gray, but to his surprise, the old man in gray only gently pinched his spear with the palm of his hand, and a burning pain immediately came from his tiger's mouth. The pain was so severe that he could barely hold the spear in his hand.
As soon as he put away his gun, he wanted to stab it again, but found that the gray-clothed old man in front of him had disappeared without a trace like a ghost, even the war horse he was sitting on. And the Northern Han Emperor Liu Yu was even more embarrassed to flee with a group of Northern Han ministers, and soon disappeared in front of his eyes.
Ling Tianyun finally saw Zhong Cangfeng make a move, what he didn't understand was why Zhong Cangfeng didn't kill Zhang Yongde. When Zhong Cangfeng held the spear in Zhang Yongde's hand, he felt a burst of aura burst out from Zhong Cangfeng's body, but in the next breath, it disappeared without a trace. He clearly saw that Zhong Cangfeng glanced at him as he left, and there was a meaning in his gaze that he could not understand. He didn't know why Zhong Cangfeng looked at him before leaving, but he knew that Zhong Cangfeng was by no means kind enough to let Zhang Yongde go.
The Khitan general Yang Gon has always looked at him coldly, he quietly watched the general battlefield, and when he saw the complete rout of the Northern Han army, he let out a long sigh. Thinking of Liu Yu's arrogance and pride, he didn't plan to send troops, the morale of the Great Zhou army at this time was high, and even if he led the Khitan army to join this war, it would be useless. He had no choice but to order the withdrawal of his troops and head north.
Ningjiang Jiedu made Liu Ci's troops finally arrive, and tens of thousands of Great Zhou troops joined the battle. And the Northern Han army was demoralized because of the death of the first brave general of the Northern Han Dynasty, where is still the opponent of the Great Zhou Army like a rainbow, those Northern Han heavy cavalry who rushed to Chai Rong at this time are like headless flies, without Zhang Yuanhui's command, they can't play any strength at all, and the guards of the forbidden army who are arranged in the last line of defense next to Chai Rong's chariot counterattack, they lost hundreds of heavy cavalry at once, and there is no combat effectiveness.
Chai Rong's eyes shot with excitement, he stood proudly in this chariot, and everywhere he fell was the Great Zhou soldiers who were all over the mountains, as well as the Northern Han army that lost its armor and defeated like a lost dog. couldn't help it, there was a surge of pride in his body, and the emperor's power suddenly became like a son, he was the emperor of this land.
The defeat was like a mountain, and the Northern Han army, which fled all over the mountains and fields, became the meat of the Great Zhou army, which was basically slaughtered by others. From time to time, there are also Northern Han soldiers holding white flags and throwing weapons to surrender, their faces have already shown a tired look, facing the momentum of the Great Zhou army, they have long lost the will to fight, just want to save their lives.
Ling Tianyun looked at the figure through the layers of Great Zhou Army, and he gave the other party a bitter smile. They are all still alive, he feels that this is enough, Ye Yinfeng is still alive, Chai Rong is still alive, Zhao Kuangyin is also alive, all the people he feels here are still alive, this is enough.
In the end, the Great Zhou army took advantage of the victory to pursue more than 200 miles north, but was still escaped by Liu Yu. For this result, Chai Rong still has some regrets in his heart, he still knows the result of returning to the mountain, but he didn't expect that with the protection of hundreds of guards, he could escape from the pursuit of tens of thousands of troops, maybe he Liu Yu should not be killed in his life.
The Great Zhou army won a complete victory, and at the end of the war, it was already dark, leaving only a small part of the elite to continue to chase after the Northern Han Emperor Liu Yu, Chai Rong ordered to set up camp. The camp of the Great Zhou army was enshrined in the Naba Gongyuan, where the Northern Han army was originally stationed.
The night was gloomy, the stars were shining, the smoke of gunpowder had not yet dissipated, and the thick smell of blood was blowing in the nose. The wind blew silently, and there was no sound around, as if the morning pig had been frightened away by the thick blood, only the pile of bonfires made a burst of popping sounds.
At a bonfire, two slightly green but mature faces were reflected, and those two were Ye Yinfeng and Ling Tianyun. They were also surrounded by several soldiers of the Great Zhou, and their eyes could not hide the excitement and joy, and those who were able to survive this war were not only lucky, but also true warriors.
No one bothered the two young boys, as if they were cut off from the bustling barracks. It's not that no one doesn't want to talk to these two teenagers who have made great achievements, but the bloody aura condensed on the bodies of these two teenagers makes them shudder, and that kind of chill carries an endless evil aura in it, even ordinary soldiers can't help but tremble when they encounter this breath.
"What is war, a thousand bones are famous, if there is no war in this world, how good it would be!" Ye Yinfeng had already withdrawn the armor on his body, he was lying on the grass next to the bonfire, his hands pillowing his head and looking up at the vast starry sky, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion.
"No one can make war clear, every war has its purpose, and it cannot be said that war is useless. Just like this war, if the Great Zhou is defeated, how many people will be displaced and homeless. If the Northern Han Dynasty wins, then the Khitan iron cavalry will wave south, and the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains will be ravaged and humiliated by barbarians, and the Central Plains will become another Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. ”
Ling Tianyun was born in the military, he knew the cruelty of war, and he also knew the inevitability of this war, so he saw it far more thoroughly than Ye Yinfeng. He didn't know why his father would let him leave Baishui Pass, maybe this was the arrangement of fate in the dark, which made him come to the Great Zhou and made him the righteous brother of the Great Zhou Emperor.
"Don't show off your tricks, to be honest, what did you think in your heart when you killed the Northern Han soldiers. They also have parents, and many of them were forced to come to the battlefield, but their lives were left here forever, no one in the world remembered their names, others only remembered the names of those generals, but the names of ordinary soldiers were not cared for. Do you think this war is fair to them, and why their lives are as cheap as grass? ”