The chariot drove the soldiers and horses from the camp in the north of Jixian County, and Liu Yu stood at the head of the city, watching the three hundred horsemen gather around the two military flags and walk away. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The old man didn't know if the reckless recklessness could understand his words, he only knew that when the Yanzi flag made a comeback, it was when the lone army in Youzhou went deep into Jizhou to quell the rebellion.

This place in Youzhou is not like Luoyang, Liu Yu has stayed in Luoyang for a long time, from young to old, and has spent a long time.

The city, which is known as the imperial capital, is not very prosperous and majestic in Liu Yu's memory...... Looking back on the past, those court disputes and power schemes are vivid, and the struggle for power and profit between relatives of the imperial power made him upset.

But this place in Youzhou is different from Luoyang.

There are not so many swords hidden in laughter here, but the atmosphere is much more direct, people are tired of each other and draw knives at each other, it is difficult to say whether they are heroic or reckless.

But Liu Yu likes it here more than Luoyang.

Probably in my lifetime, I will never set foot in Luoyang again.

In about his lifetime, Youzhou can settle down.

Liu Yu thought to himself.

……

The joy of having the words was quickly replaced by the uneasiness before the war, just like the wind whistling from Liaodong to the west, Yanbei's heart was not quiet.

After several days of saddle horses, the vision of the subject country was very different, the battle against Montenegro was like a dark cloud over the whole Liaodong, and there were fewer men in the subject country who were leisurely playing horses and swaying, and their figures appeared more often at the door of their own houses, polishing the rough bronze or iron forged knives with dark stones.

At night, you can hear the cries of women and the scolding of men in a Wuhuan accent.

The hound scurried around with its tail and barked uneasily.

Liaoshui camp.

Lu Yi rubbed his hands, as if they were not going to Jizhou, which was full of chaotic troops, but to pick up pieces of merit, but the atmosphere in the camp was a little complicated. This mixed mood pervades the entire army from Liaoshui to Xiangping.

Eighteen baggage trucks are piled up with wooden signs of the soldiers' household registration, not everyone still has relatives in Jizhou, but everyone has written wooden cards, wanting their Pao Ze brothers to take a look on their behalf and see if their home is still there.

Last year, they followed Yanbei like outlaws in the wilderness and left their homeland, leaving their relatives behind.

It's hard to say that these soldiers who followed the general to attack the city and swept outside the fortress to resist the strong enemy, these iron-clad men have no softness in their hearts, it's hard to say...... There was no remorse in their hearts.

During this half year, many people fled Liaodong, leaving behind the generals they had once served and turning back to the direction of home. But many more did not go back, they did not dare.

This is not because military law is ruthless, nor is it because of the deep affection for generals.

Because of the chaotic army in Jizhou, there are too many...... Not many people dare to go back even into the army, invincible when they are an army, but when they are left with only themselves? They are no different from the soldiers and farmers of two years ago.

Any rebel army will be able to crush them and kill them.

Many times people are righteous, but the real heroes are born in troubled times and die well. It is difficult to call a living person a hero.

More people than heroes want to live.

If it weren't for the thousands of robes in the camp, they would have been even more timid and fearful.

They are all waiting for Yanbei to come back from Guangyang, because this is Liaodong, because they are loyal to Yanbei, because only Yanbei can make them muster the courage to face several times or even ten times the enemy, this is the meaning of Yanbei in their hearts!

They trusted like loyalists who believed that the Han Empire would never decline; They are as determined as the Yellow Turbans believe that the heavens are dead and the yellow heavens should stand; They believe in generals who come from a rough background...... will lead them to come back alive from Jizhou just like he did before leading them to face so many difficult and dangerous and unwinnable battles!

They were waiting for Yanbei to tell them personally, don't worry, we will come back alive.

However, Yanbei did not.

Yan Bei just drove his car with two flags from Liaoshui to Xiangping, and entered the mansion in the city without going out for several days.

He was so excited that he couldn't help himself that he went to him, Gao Ran, who was so resolute that he was fearless, and even Tai Shici, who was worried that he would not be able to win the first battle, also went to him, but they didn't get any of the answers they wanted.

I can only see Yan Bei with a seemingly ordinary face, holding Gao's aunt or Zhen's aunt sitting in the front courtyard of the mansion every evening, watching the sun slowly sink into the huge shadow of the thousand mountains in the distance.

The Liaodong overlord in their hearts is like a fragile son, and that ambitious face with the deepest quiet look hides the uneasiness in the bottom of his heart and the favor of everything that is now at his fingertips, repeating the same thing day after day.

Yan Bei didn't leave the house, but the letters were passed out from the mansion one by one. He asked people to build a temple according to the standards of scholars in the grange outside the city, and he wrote letters to Wang Yi in Goguryeo, to Yandong in Lelang County, and even to Jiang Jin, who was illiterate.

But he didn't say a word from the bottom of his heart to the frustrated Gao Lanyi beside him.

He even deliberately avoided Zhen Jiang's worried gaze.

Forcefully, he made the soldiers who were waiting for him to wait for him for six days, and it was not until the night of the sixth day that he opened his mouth to Lu Yi, who came to the door again.

He said: "Gather troops in the Xiangping camp and set out early tomorrow morning!" ”

Let's go!

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was still hidden in the dark night when he couldn't see his fingers, Yan Bei carefully tied every strap of his armor, carried a thick back ring knife made by Wang Yi around his waist and inserted a short saber diagonally, walked to the vestibule alone with a hood, and finally looked around his home in Xiangping City left and right, and the iron shoes stepped on the ground with a crisp sound.

Yan Bei couldn't promise anything to the soldiers, and even he didn't know if he could return here in this life and this life.

As if the sound of iron shoes stepping on the bluestone slab was a signal, Zhen Jiang led the red horse out of the direction of the stable with a lamp, and the red clothes were particularly dazzling by the dim light. After leaving Jizhou, Yanbei had never seen Zhen Jiang through such a bright color.

"Why did you wear this dress and wake up so early?" Zhen Jiang tiptoed up his hand to sort out the armor pieces on Yan Bei's shoulder, and asked softly, "Are you going to go on an expedition?" ”

After asking, he said in a small but firm voice: "Today is to celebrate." ”

Yan Bei closed his teeth, nodded quietly, his breathing between his noses was slightly heavy, and he was silent for a moment before he spoke: "I'll go and bring my brother back." ”

"I'll send you for a while."

Zhen Jiang lowered his head and led the red horse to follow Yanbei, just like every time they went out of the city for a safari.

At the door of the mansion, the car driver had been waiting for a long time, but Yanbei did not sit. just turned over and jumped on the mount and rode with Zhen Jiang to the outside of the city, and the car drove behind and slowly followed the two of them.

Many thoughts bumped into Yan Bei's head, he thought, if this was the last meeting, what should he say to Zhen Jiang, and what should he do? But he thought about it, and he didn't have a clue when he walked outside the city gate.

It's better to simply say nothing, don't do anything.

Zhen Jiang's heart was not chaotic, she was just afraid, seeing that the sky was white, and the outline of the Xiangping camp in the distance was getting closer and closer, the more afraid she became.

Suddenly, Zhen Jiang strangled the red horse, the early morning wind blew away the broken hair on her sideburns, the Luan bell in Yan Bei's ears stopped, he looked back and asked, "Why don't you leave?" ”

"If brother...... You're coming back. Zhen Jiang said this, biting his lips tightly, his cheeks were flushed by his clothes, "Zhen has no eldest brother, and he can't live without you anymore." ”

"I know." Yan Bei nodded, he didn't know that too much time had passed, and Zhen Yan's body might not be found. He even calculated in his heart that if he couldn't bring Zhen Yan back, he would let every thief who had entered Zhongshan bury Zhen Yan, he said: "I know, I will bring my brother back." ”

Zhen Jiang looked at Yan Bei and nodded gently, his eyebrows and eyes seemed to hide a thousand feelings that could not be dissolved, beat the horse to make the two of them closer, and whispered to Yan Bei: "Give me your saber." ”

Yan Bei thought, Zhen Jiang was still afraid, afraid that he would not be able to come back. He wasn't afraid, but he couldn't say. He could only hand the short saber to Zhen Jiang with a pretending relaxed smile, in case he ...... Treat it as a thought.

He didn't want to speak, but when he handed over the short knife, he still couldn't help his emotions, and said in a ghostly manner: "I'll come back, wait for me to come back...... Marry you. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhen Jiang took the short knife and took it out and wiped it between the buns, and with a stubborn gaze, he untied Yan Bei's hair with a trembling hand and cut off a strand of broken hair.

The two locks of hair were carefully knotted, put into a sachet, and handed to Yanbei with the short knife, saying, "Take it with you." ”

Yan Bei clutched the sachet tightly and couldn't speak, he waved his horsewhip and paced a few steps, turned around and said, "Let's go here, no matter how far away, I can't bear to leave." ”

The Xiangping camp is already close at hand.

Yanbei buckled the horse and entered the camp, and the camp placed three livestock cases on the high platform, and wore a sacrificial uniform, and all the subordinate officials in Liaodong were ranked here. Under the high platform, there were banners arrayed, thousands of soldiers and horses surrounded into a military formation, and the faces of the soldiers were solemn...... They have been waiting for their generals.

Now, here he comes.

Yanbei stood on the high platform for a long time, waved his hand and ordered people to withdraw a few cases, and shouted loudly: "There is no need to worship the sky in this battle!" ”

"Jizhou has your wives and children, and you have your fathers, brothers and sisters...... Last year, the gentlemen went north to help Yan return to his hometown, and Yan was grateful. Yan Bei didn't think that such a battle needed to ask for the favor of God, and they didn't even need to boost morale, "Now is the time for Yan Bei to report your kindness, we ...... Let's go! ”

No one needs to sacrifice to God in order to return home.

The soldiers and horses pulled out the camp, the horseshoe shoes rang out, and the crowd of six thousand shouted, go to battle!

When Yanbei left the Xiangping camp behind, the camp resounded with rumbling drums.

Le Ma looked back, and he saw the back of the drumming on the high platform dressed in red.

"Let's go home...... Slaughter them! ”