Chapter 496: The Eve of the Great War (I)
Every war is launched with a purpose, and no one will deny the brutality of war. A person who has experienced a brutal war will never want to mention it again, because no matter what kind of war, whether it is a war lost or won, the cruel battlefield, the battlefield full of corpses will make him unforgettable for life.
This is war, and no one wants to go through it, and no one likes it. The war between countries is far from being comparable to the mutual tearing apart of the grievances and grievances of the rivers and lakes, and the large-scale war field is even more tragic and tragic, and the scene of rivers of blood and the tragic scene of corpses everywhere and mountains of corpses cannot be described in words.
Large-scale wars are often relied on by absolute military strength, and the influence of their martial arts cultivation can be said to be minimal, unless it is the kind of supreme master who has reached the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, and will have an impact on a war, the rest of the martial arts cultivation with low realms cannot dominate the victory or defeat of a war.
Chai Rong explained to Ling Tianyun and Ye Yinfeng in the camp tent that there were only a few people in the camp at this time, and Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Shouxin were obviously included. There were many brave generals in the Great Zhou, and Li Chongjin also appeared in the camp, and after he and the East Route Army led by Zhang Yongde and the Middle Route Army led by Chai Rong converged in Zezhou, he divided most of his men and horses and headed towards Luzhou. And he himself stayed in the middle of the Great Zhou Road military camp, and with him was the famous Great Zhou general Shi Yanchao.
Ye Yinfeng didn't have much feeling about Chai Rong's explanation, because he hadn't experienced any major wars, he was just the son of a family in a mountain village. The Ye family suffered a catastrophe, he has always been living on the streets, and finally met Li Xiaoyao, which made him grow his knowledge in the prosperous and luxurious Jinling City.
Ling Tianyun had a deeper view of war, after all, he was the only son of Ling Duo, a famous general of the Northern Han Dynasty. And he also stayed in the Baishuiguan military camp for several years, although the Northern Han and the Khitan formed an alliance, but the army between the two countries often has some blind friction, although there will only be some small but innocuous battles, but he has a deep understanding of the fierceness and barbarism of the Khitans.
The generals of the Great Zhou Army include Shi Shouxin, Li Chongjin, Shi Yanchao and Zhang Yongde, and these famous generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty in this camp are almost all together. Zhao Kuangyin, as the commander of the forbidden army, was of course in this camp, and the guards of the forbidden army led by him were responsible for protecting the Great Zhou Emperor Chai Rong. Since the last time the forbidden army guarding Chai Rong's tent had been killed by the assassins who had infiltrated the barracks, he had to select some more guards from the forbidden army.
This is in a small village in the northeast of Zezhou, where the Great Zhou army is encamped, and the Northern Han and Khitan coalition forces have already appeared and camped on a plain slope outside Gaoping City, only fifty or sixty miles away from the Great Zhou army. Chai Rong ordered to camp here, and to launch an attack on the Northern Han coalition army early tomorrow morning, and the grievances between the two countries would be settled in this battle.
The Great Zhou army only had a few 20,000 or 30,000 people, and the reinforcements of the Great Zhou army were still on the way to Gaoping, and Chai Rong led the lead to send troops first. He wanted to attack the 100,000 people of the Northern Han coalition army with 20,000 or 30,000 Great Zhou soldiers, which shows some ambition and boldness. In this regard, the army has been discussed no less than ten times, but Chai Rong was not moved, still recklessly, after a day of running, the Great Zhou Army and the Northern Han Coalition Army are getting closer and closer.
The night is like the beginning, the wind is quiet, looking at the endless camp tent of the Great Zhou, Ye Yinfeng's heart has some inexplicable feelings. He and Ling Tianyun were temporarily arranged outside Chai Rong's tent to act as guards for this tent. The two of them were already wearing a heavy armor, and although they didn't have any weapons in their hands, the majestic aura exuded by the two of them made people dare not underestimate them.
Around them, there were layers of Praetorian guards wandering back and forth, their weapons tightly clutched in their hands. There was silence everywhere, and the whole military camp was immersed in a long silence, there was no wind, only the night like water was waving around.
"You said that the hook chief hasn't come back yet, and something will happen. Even Fu Jing and others were nowhere to be seen. The four of them won't have anything to do, it stands to reason that the cultivation of the four of them is not weaker than that of the hook chief and the lonely child, but why haven't they come back yet. Ling Tianyun looked at the gloomy night sky and asked Ye Yinfeng.
"How do I know, I'm not a hundred thousand why. If you want to ask, just ask the person who planned this operation, you think that everyone else will be like you, stupid. If people can't even think of this, how can they make such a careful arrangement. I have always suspected that there must be their spies in the Great Zhou military camp. And the identity of that spy is not low, otherwise how would anyone know that your eldest brother is in this barracks. ”
"Don't you say I've really forgotten about it, who do you think will be the spy. I think that the mastermind behind the assassination and the Northern Han coalition army should not be in a group, if it is a gang, the Northern Han coalition army will definitely not give us a chance to breathe, and it will definitely attack in a big way today. ”
"It's hard to say, that person is just the eyeliner of the mastermind behind the scenes, or maybe that person has other purposes. As for why the mastermind behind the scenes did not inform the Northern Han coalition army, it was actually very simple, he just wanted the two countries to tear each other apart, so that he could sit and reap the benefits of the fisherman. As for why he assassinated your eldest brother, it must have been for an ulterior conspiracy. Think about it, if your eldest brother dies, in addition to the fact that this big week will fall apart, what will be the benefit. Why did he send dead soldiers into the camp, why did he only assassinate your eldest brother and your second brother, and not other Great Zhou generals. If he really wants Da Zhou to lose this war, can't he just kill all the generals of Da Zhou, why only assassinate your two brothers-in-law. ”
The doubts in Ye Yinfeng's heart were fully poured out at once, he was a bystander, and the starting point of the problems he saw was indeed different from others. In his heart, this war has nothing to do with him, he is a native of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and his senior brother Li Xiaoyao is a prince of the Southern Tang Dynasty. So he really didn't have any interest in the war between the two countries, what he cared about was that he hoped to follow the Great Zhou army to find Xiao Yujing again.
"What you said is not unreasonable, think about my eldest brother, even I didn't expect him to hide a master. That time really scared me to death, but my eldest brother never mentioned it to us in the first place, not even the slightest hint. Could it be that in this barracks, he really has any concerns? Or maybe he doesn't trust everyone, including me and my second brother. Although we can't make vigorous things like Liu, Guan, and Zhang, I think it's a blessing to recognize these two righteous brothers. ”
"Maybe you're thinking too much, it's just an imperial technique. It's not that your eldest brother doesn't trust you, maybe he just has his own troubles. Isn't that Mr. Feng still in the barracks, you can ask him when you have time, with Mr. Feng's ingenuity, you should be able to find out who the spies in this barracks are. ”
Ye Yinfeng didn't know why, an elegant and innocent figure flashed in his mind, it was that Mr. Feng Xiaogang. Fengshen's handsome appearance reveals a little hidden in the city's indifferent fame and fortune, but his body also exudes a trace of fortitude and tenacity, which makes him a little interested in this Mr. Feng.
"Mr. Nafeng is in my second brother's tent, and he has never taken a step out of that tent. My second brother didn't take him out, even my eldest brother didn't often see that Mr. Feng, and I don't know what my second brother was doing with him. But my eldest brother didn't seem to see it, which is really puzzling. By the way, how do you know that this Mr. Feng will definitely be able to find out the spy, we haven't seen this Mr. Feng's talent yet. ”
"It seems that your second brother doesn't want people to know about Mr. Feng's existence, with Mr. Feng's intelligence, he will definitely not be an unknown person. Don't forget, how did we break through the Tianjing Pass, all of this was Feng Xian's strategy, if it wasn't for Mr. Feng's strategy, I'm afraid we would still be spinning around the Tianjing Pass at the moment. Ye Yinfeng glanced at Ling Tianyun and told him about the Tianjing Pass.
"I heard that there would be a military advisor in the army in the past, and you said that my second brother let Mr. Feng accompany the army, which means to act as a military advisor. But about the position of this military advisor, I really haven't met it, and they all say that Zhuge Kongming was clever and brilliant in his strategy during the Three Kingdoms, but that is just a legend. Do you say that Mr. Nafeng is that kind of person, give advice to my second brother, and then my second brother will convey it to my eldest brother. Ling Tianyun suddenly asked.
"There is this possibility, don't you think that your second brother's position in this Great Zhou military camp is becoming more and more stable now, it seems that you still have to work hard, don't drag down your two righteous brothers." Ye Yinfeng joked with a smile, he vaguely felt that Mr. Nafeng lurking in Zhao Kuangyin's camp was not as simple as Ling Tianyun imagined. Although Zhao Kuangyin is Chai Rong's brother-in-law, but after all, there are many generals in the Great Zhou Kingdom, and every general is more famous than Zhao Kuangyin, and every Great Zhou general is loyal to the Great Zhou Emperor.
"I don't want to be like them, trapped in this world for the rest of my life. What I want is not this kind of life, what I want is a life of riding horses and galloping the world, and fighting for righteousness in all directions. Like the Wind Love Knife Hero, how good it is to be a hero admired by the world, so happy. Ling Tianyun's eyes flashed with a gleam and retorted disapprerovingly, a bright smile on his face, as if the ideal he had in mind could be touched.
"It's good to be happy and free, and it's good to be carefree, but the current situation in the world is like this, where countries in the world are in constant discord, and the people have no place to live. If there really is a majestic and strategic monarch who can lead the heroes to dominate the world, it is also a beautiful thing. It's just that we are all small people, and we have neither the ambition of your eldest brother nor the compassion of the common people like the wind hero. What we can do is to live in this troubled world, maybe one day, we can get a glimpse of the true foundation of this martial art, and shattering the void in one fell swoop is also a good choice. ”
This is the first time that the two have talked about their ideals in life, but this conversation has made them resonate more intensely. This also allowed them to find the direction of their lives, they were like two weak ants in the mud, just to climb over the mud one after another, they only kept crawling like this, they may one day climb the highest mountain in the world, that is, the limit of the martial arts shattered void.
Neither of them could have imagined that a conversation they had on the eve of the Great War would lead them down a completely different path from that of outsiders. In the dark, they all felt in their hearts, and there must be a certain connection in them, and this feeling has been there since the first time they met. It's not family affection, it's not friendship but it's better than friendship, it's a kind of resonance, maybe it's because the two of them have Buddhist exercises, or maybe it's the secret they hide.
"There will be a big battle tomorrow, are you afraid?"
"I haven't experienced it, so I don't know what it means to be afraid."