December of the fifth year of Zhongping of the Great Han Dynasty (188 AD). ∮ Yan Moxuan ∮ ad-free ∮

Li Hong, the general of Zhenbei, led his troops to rush through Yanshan and slowly retreated in the direction of Guangping.

Due to the civil strife in Xianbei, Murong Feng was forced by the critical situation on the prairie, so he had to give up Yuyang, Lulongsai and a large area south of Yanshan, and withdraw to the territory of Xianbei State. The Han army regained the lost territory very easily, and now as long as the rebellion of the Karasuma people in Liaoxi and Liaodong was put down again, the Battle of Youzhou was basically over. However, the Zhenbei general Li Hong and his soldiers could no longer continue to take advantage of the victory to advance eastward, because the Son of Heaven ordered them to return to Bingzhou with three holy decrees.

At present, there are more and more rebellions in the country, and the situation is becoming more and more tense, and the Son of Heaven urgently needs Li Hong's army to return to the state to prevent accidents. The Son of Heaven said in the holy decree that there were 60,000 main forces of the Yellow Turban Army and 120,000 Yellow Turban Army Tuntian soldiers in Hedong, and if these 180,000 people took the opportunity to rebel, Gyeonggi and Luoyang would be finished. In addition, the Son of Heaven also said that if the ant thief rebellion in the four prefectures of Ji, Yanqing, and Xu could not be quelled in the spring of next year, he would give up the war in the north and let Li Hong lead the iron cavalry south to kill the rebels. Therefore, he ordered Li Hong to lead the army back to Bingzhou in the first month of next year at the latest, even if it snowed.

Once Li Hong's Northern Expeditionary Army left Youzhou, it would be difficult to deter the Karasuma people with Youzhou's current strength, and the difficulty of appeasement would increase immediately, so Youzhou Mu Liu Yu wrote several letters to Li Hong in a row, hoping that he could slow down the withdrawal of troops. Liu Yu said that the matter of appeasing the Karasuma people has progressed rapidly since the Xianbei people withdrew from the Han border, and it is estimated that there will be an accurate response this month. The Karasuma people are currently in a difficult situation, they have lost the ally of the Youzhou ant thief, then they have lost the strong support of the Xianbei people, and now they are facing the threat of tens of thousands of Han troops attacking eastward at any time, so they are anxious to be appeased. The Karasuma people knew that if they could not be pardoned by His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom before this winter, then they would be bloodily slaughtered by the Great Han army next spring.

After Li Hong and Xian Yufu discussed, they decided to formally withdraw their troops in the first month of next year, and at the same time, in order to deter the Karasuma people, Li Hong ordered Pang De to take three thousand black panther Yi Cong to Liaoxi to meet Zhao Yun and Jiang Wu. Li Hong hoped that they would rescue Gongsun Zhan, who was besieged in Guanzi City, in time. In addition, Governor Li Hong asked Liu Yu to send troops north as soon as possible to take over the cities and border passes in various places.

As early as June, Liu Yu recruited 20,000 strong soldiers from the captured rebel soldiers to serve as county soldiers and border troops in Youzhou. Originally, he was going to let these soldiers settle the fields, but later due to the large influx of displaced people, the fields were seriously insufficient, so he had to give up this idea. However, he has never dared to use these people, so he stayed in Zhuojun to train. The soldiers had food, clothing, and a small military salary, and they were all very satisfied, and they regarded Liu Yu as their parents, and they were grateful. Liu Yu was very happy to receive Li Hong's reply. He thought that now that the rebels had been wiped out, and Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun had also run away without a trace, there should be no problem with these soldiers at this time.

Li Hong and Xian Yu stood on the hillside, looking at the neat marching procession in front. Relaxed demeanor.

"Aren't you happy that you didn't go head-to-head with Murong Feng?" Xian Yufu asked with a smile.

"Of course." Li Hong said with relief, "Five years ago, I fought side by side with them, and killed the enemy together, we are friends in life and death, of course, it is best not to fight." ”

"In the future, we will always have a bloody battle, this is destined." Xian Yufu said, "It's been five years, and there are some things that you should forget, and you have to forget them, just like your past memories." ”

Li Hong shook his head and said resolutely: "A friend is a friend, a brother is a brother, I can't forget it." Even if I die under the sword of the handsome man in the future, I will never forget it. After the Great War in Northern Xinjiang, I hope that we will shake hands with the Xianbei people and make peace, and we should live under this blue sky as brothers and sisters. The Huns can live in harmony with us, and the Karasuma people can live in harmony with us, so why can't the Xianbei people? ”

Xian Yufu sighed: "If the Great Han Kingdom can't be strong, if it can't be invincible in the world, the Xianbei people will not stop invading." Although we all want to live in harmony with the Xianbei people, and we all want that there is no war in the northern Xinjiang, we can't decide. Look at the wars of this dynasty for hundreds of years, the Han country is a little weaker, the Hu people invade, the Han country is a little stronger, we will go out to fight the Hu people, this northern Xinjiang land has never stopped the war. ”

"I remember the marshal said to me, he said that for a country, the most glorious thing is to expand the territory, for a soldier, the most glorious achievement is to open up the territory for the country, this is probably the most fundamental reason for the fire on the land of northern Xinjiang for hundreds of years, right?" Li Hong looked at Xian Yufu and asked, "Do you think what Dashuai said is right?" ”

Xian Yufu asked in surprise, "Is this what Murong Feng said?" ”

Li Hong smiled: "Yes, I think what Dashuai said is right." Today, it seems that we must do the same, otherwise, the Xianbei people will never get along with us. Why did the Huns surrender? Karasuma people, Qiang people, why do you bow down? It is because our Han Kingdom is invincible in the world. Only when we occupy their territory and enslave their people will they bow down and live in peace with us, and the war in the north will be extinguished. ”

Xian Yufu stared at Li Hong with a solemn expression, and suddenly said: "The Northern Xinjiang War is only to regain lost territory, not ......"

"Nope." Li Hong waved his hand and said, "I want to lead the army to fight through Yinshan, I want to fight to the sunset plain, I want to drive the Xianbei people to the extreme west of the desert, I want to occupy the vast territory of the Xianbei people, and I want to make the Xianbei people bow down." ”

Xian Yufu looked at Li Hong like a madman, "People, we have been fighting with the Huns for hundreds of years, what is the result?" When Emperor Wu was in power, the general Wei Qing, the hussar general Huo Quai, and countless heroic martyrs, they once beat the Huns to the point of crying wolves and howling, embarrassed, but later? Later, the Huns recovered and came back. If it weren't for the internal division of the Huns more than 200 years ago and the great reduction of their power for the sake of the Great Single, it would have been the Huns who would have fought against us today, not the Xianbei people. The Huns, Karasuma and Qiang people who surrendered to our Great Han Kingdom today did not surrender because we occupied their territory and defeated them, but because they were defeated by the more powerful Hu people on the grassland, and they had nowhere to hide, only to bow down to our Great Han Kingdom in order to get the protection of our Great Han Kingdom and hide in our Great Han Kingdom to continue to live. For hundreds of years, only Emperor Wu of our Great Han Kingdom occupied part of the territory of the Huns in the decades at the peak of his national strength and submitted to the countries of the Western Regions, and there has never been such glory in the future. But we, the descendants, are not angry, and we have long lost all these territories. ”

"Fighting out of the fortress, occupying the prairie, occupying the desert, defeating Zhuhu, and surrendering to Hu, everyone wants to do this, but do we have this force now, do we have this national strength? People, don't be carried away by the victory in the Battle of Youzhou, thinking that our army is invincible. This time, it was not us who defeated Murong Feng, but Murong Feng took the initiative to retreat and returned the territory he had just grabbed to us. You sober up. You are all the general of Zhenbei, and you still do what you want and talk nonsense. ”

"Yuxing, this time we have an army of more than 100,000, if you add the Huns, Karasuma people, and Qiang people, we have at least 200,000 troops. We also have His Majesty's Wanjin Hall, and the money in His Majesty's Wanjin Hall can allow us to fight for at least a year or two. However......," Li Hong said helplessly, "now there are many rebellions in the country, and they cannot be extinguished repeatedly, and this is the biggest obstacle for us to attack Hu in the north." ”

"The expedition to Xianbei not only requires His Majesty's Wanjintang, but also needs enough grain, grass and ordnance, a stable, prosperous and powerful Han State, and a concentric court." Xian Yufu said, "This year, the floods in the seven counties of the three prefectures of Hebei and Yanqing have reduced grain production, coupled with the people's riots and Xiliang rebellion that began last month, we will not be able to buy food even if we have money next year." If the rebellions in various places are not conducive to suppression, the situation in the Great Han Kingdom will be very critical next year, not to mention the expedition outside the Saiwai, even the four northern counties may not be able to recover. However, it is Luoyang that is most worried. ”

"Now that the Northern Army is out of Beijing and the general has left the court, His Majesty has made all preparations for the matter of imperial unification, and is waiting to solve the general." Xian Yufu patted his hand with a horsewhip and said worriedly, "If the general strikes back, ......"

"So we're in a hurry to get back to the state." Li Hong said, "Your Majesty has urged again and again, and he has his own reasons. Luoyang can't be chaotic, Your Majesty can't have an accident, whoever dares to endanger Sheji and His Majesty will be killed. ”

"Your Majesty will not have an accident." Xian Yufu said, "It's you, don't add an expedition to kill the Xianbei people outside the fortress to the strategy of the Northern Xinjiang War." You can think about this, and you can also say that you have talked about it, but it can't be used as the overall strategy of the Northern Xinjiang War. If this strategy annoys His Majesty, the Great War in Northern Xinjiang may not be fought. The situation is here, and it's too difficult. But if this strategy is used by Shangshutai and those ministers with ulterior motives in the court, it is a trivial matter for us and hundreds of thousands of soldiers to die outside the fortress, dragging down the Great Han Kingdom, and defeating the Great Han Kingdom is a big deal. This matter cannot be a child's play, especially when the Emperor Fu has left Luoyang, we have no way of knowing the true intentions of His Majesty and the imperial court, and it is possible that it will be used by others, and it will be the culprit of harming the country and the people in the future. ”

Li Hong asked with a smile, "Do you think it is possible for Your Majesty and the imperial court to agree to our expedition?" ”

"Once the imperial rule is established, once the rebellion is quelled, and once the border counties are recovered, the Great Han Kingdom will gradually embark on the road of stability and rejuvenation, at that time, who will pose the greatest threat to the Great Han Kingdom?" Xian Yufu said with a little uneasiness, "Zimin, at that time, only you were the biggest threat to the Great Han Kingdom, do you know? ”

Li Hong laughed, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he whispered to himself: "In this way, the expedition is still very promising. ”

Xian Yufu glanced at him dissatisfied, and said: "The Xianbei people are now in internal turmoil, and the various departments are fighting each other, and their strength has been greatly damaged, so it is indeed the best opportunity to expedition outside the Saiwai. But on the other hand, our Great Han Kingdom is not as good as the Xianbei people at this time, so you must not take risks. ”

Li Hong agreed, he pointed to the north and said, "Brother Yuxing, you say, what is Murong Feng doing now?" ”

"Probably helping the leader clean up the Bullet Sweat Mountain." Xian Yufu smiled slightly, "This southward invasion, the Xianbei people have suffered heavy losses, and in order to preserve their strength, Murong Feng and Tuoba Feng will definitely die down and return to their territories to recuperate." If they lose both, it will only be better for us, and there will be a good place for the western Xianbei Luoluo. Both of them are the heroes of the Xianbei Kingdom, and since they have judged the situation and made the most beneficial choice for the tribe, they will not waste their strength for a court that exists in name only. Now that the division of Xianbei Country has become a fact, the two of them can't save it even if they try their best. But the split of the Xianbei Kingdom has the benefit of splitting, and the biggest beneficiaries are actually the four adults of their Xianbei tribes, so as soon as Murong Feng arrived at Danhan Mountain, the war was over. ”

"The marshal doesn't want to lose his troops to attack Tuoba Feng, and probably also thinks that we will take advantage of the victory to recover the border counties." Li Hong said with a smile, "We have more than 100,000 troops along the Great Wall, how can we not fight in the face of the Xiongnu rebels of the Marquis of Xubu and the territory occupied by Tuoba Feng?" If you don't fight, there will be no heavenly reason. As long as I kill Tuoba Feng, I can force the big man out, and then we will fight him to the death. ”

"Aren't you reluctant to fight against Murong Feng?"

Li Hong waved his hand and smiled: "If you don't defeat Dashuai, how can my Han Kingdom dominate the prairie?" ”

Tan Nu urged the horse forward and whispered, "My lord, Lord Gao's rear camp has gone far. ”

Li Hong looked down the slope, turned to Xian Yufu and said, "Let's go......" He looked up at the majestic mountain behind him, and suddenly his face changed.

On the wooded mountain in the distance, a man dressed in white like snow, standing on a horse, the white big sword fluttering with the wind, like a fairy out of the dust. Li Hong's heart was suffocated, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he couldn't help but tremble all over his body.

The black panther Yi who was scattered around urged the war horses and surrounded Li Hong and Xian Yufu tightly in the middle.

"My lord, that's a native of Buyeo, maybe an assassin." Tannu shouted, "Brothers, escort the two adults and leave quickly, quickly, quickly, ......"

Xian Yufu shook his hand at Tannu, "Don't panic, that's the general's friend." ”

Li Hong watched for a long time, his heart ached and bitter, and he was stunned. Since the last time he met him from afar in Gushui River, Li Hong knew that Fengxue had returned to Xianbei safely, and the worry in his heart had been reduced a lot, but the longing in his heart was getting stronger and stronger. Now that the two countries are fighting each other, friends and brothers are all in the past, what can you say even if you see the wind and snow?

Xian Yufu groaned for a moment and said in a low voice: "Zimin, go see her." In the world, there are some things that must be lost, and some things that must be forgotten. ”

Li Hong shook his head, "Forget it, it's better not to see it." ”

Xian Yufu reached out and patted him on the back, and whispered, "After you see it, you will know." Losing and gaining are actually just a thought. ”

Li Hong smiled bitterly, "Let's go, let's go." ”

Xian Yufu raised his hand and whipped it the black panther's buttocks. The panther was in pain, hissed, and galloped away.

Tan Nu exclaimed, and the horse was about to catch up, but was stopped by Xian Yufu in a loud voice, "Stop me." ”

"Adults are in danger......"

"There is no danger."

Fengxue looked at Li Hong, who was rushing wildly, and couldn't stop the pain in his heart anymore, and tears slowly flowed down his cheeks.

When Li Hong saw the wind and snow, his heart was full of joy and excitement, and the pain just now disappeared in a blink of an eye. He suddenly understood the meaning of Xian Yufu's words, losing pain and gaining joy was actually in his own thoughts. I have no intention of life and death but am obsessed with love and righteousness, life is short, why do you have to bind yourself and others in a painful world? Life and death are already unintentional, are you still stingy with happiness?

Li Hong stretched out his hand to gently wipe away the tears on Fengxue's face, and said with a smile: "It's been more than four years, are you okay?" When did you talk back about Tsukitani? ”

Feng Xue smiled reluctantly, those intoxicating blue eyes looked at Li Hong motionlessly, and her cherry red lips trembled for a long time, but she didn't say a word after all.

"Are you from Tanyue Valley?" Li Hongfei dismounted, approached Fengxue and said, "I saw you last time in the Living Water River, and I am very happy to know that you have come back safely." When you see me leading an army against Dashuai, do you hate me very much? ”

With tears in her eyes, Feng Xue asked softly, "Have you grown a beard?" ”

"You don't know me anymore?" Li Hong smiled as he reached out and hugged Fengxue off his horse, "I'm already a general, of course I have to grow a beard." Do you think I'm so majestic? ”

Feng Xue smiled sadly, "I thought I'd never see you again." ”

Li Hong's heart trembled, and he smiled bitterly: "Thank you for coming to see me." ”

The two looked at each other speechlessly. Fengxue was sad in his heart, and tears flowed out again. Li Hong smiled: "Okay, don't cry, we haven't seen each other for more than four years, let's say something happy." Que Kun and Kirby Bear are both grown up now, are they all okay? ”

"Kirby Bear is now the adopted son of his uncle, who likes him very much and teaches him martial arts himself." Fengxue whispered, "Are you leaving?" ”

"Nope." Li Hong looked at Fengxue and smiled, "I haven't seen you for a long time, I'll talk to you." ”

Seeing that Li Hong hadn't come down from the mountain for a long time, Tan Nu was very anxious, and wanted to bring people over several times, but was stopped by Xian Yufu, "Isn't the adult there, what are you worried about?" ”

"How can adults know the people of Buyeo Country?" Tannu asked, "The two seem to have a good relationship, and they have been sitting together and talking for a long time." Is that a friend that the adults met in the Xianbei country? ”

Xian Yufu smiled and did not speak.

Xian Yuyin, who commanded the army in front, found that Li Hong and Xian Yufu did not follow, and successively sent several teams of iron cavalry to urge, and there were more and more cavalry on the hillside, and gradually there were five or six hundred people.

Fengxue got up and said goodbye to Li Hong, "I'm leaving, I'm going back to Fuyu, take care." ”

Li Hong followed her and did not speak. Fengxue didn't want to see his clansmen kill each other, he didn't want to see leopards and marshals kill each other, and he didn't want to see his relatives and friends fall in a pool of blood. She's tired of everything here, and she's going back to Buyeo. Li Hong helped Fengxue onto the horse.

"Brother Leopard, you are a general, you should have a wife." Feng Xue had a shallow smile on his face, a faint sadness in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "One day when the Great Han Kingdom and the Xianbei Kingdom will not fight, I will go to see you after I return to Tanyue Valley." ”

Li Hong looked at the wind and snow and nodded gloomily. The wind and snow are gone, and there has been no news since then, and the sky is separated.

Feng Xue turned the horse's head, glanced at Li Hong in grief, and rode away. Li Hong's heart suddenly ached, as if he had been pierced through his body by a war knife.

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