Bian Xi sat on the grass and whispered to a few new comrades-in-arms around him.

Zhang Fei's soldiers and horses were finally finished, and the remaining less than 1,000 people were reorganized into a part and sent to the troops of the other army, and the military Sima who directly commanded them was Tian Yu.

Tian Yu, who was already seventeen years old, left Li Yi's side and officially began to lead the troops to fight.

Bian Xi retreated sharply with the infantry army, and after running more than 60 miles of mountain roads, he did not continue to retreat south, but turned a corner and went to Longmen Mountain in the south of Guangwu City.

Bian Xi was very strange, why didn't the army withdraw to Jinyang City to defend it, what did they do in this barren mountain and wilderness? Could it be that the Xianbei people have already chased after them, and everyone has no time to escape and has to hide in the mountains?

If you don't understand something, Bian Xi doesn't want to do it, just follow along. As long as there is food, he has always disliked to use his brain, and he is even more reluctant to ask around, he has become accustomed to this kind of life of being at ease with what happens, and getting by.

He doesn't know if he can see the sun tomorrow, so he never thinks about the future, he thinks he just needs to live today's life well. Of course, if he can eat enough, it will be even better, and he will be satisfied.

In the past few years, he has fought with different people, and what he feels the most is walking, walking many, many different roads, endless roads. Sometimes he wonders, if he goes on like this year after year, will he go through all the mountains and rivers of the Great Han Kingdom?

He then rejected his ridiculous idea. He will die soon, he will be like thousands of comrades-in-arms around him, he will fall in any corner anytime and anywhere, he will not live to that day.

A comrade-in-arms next to him suddenly asked, "Do you say that Jun Sima is twenty years old?" ”

Bian Xi shook his head and said with a smile: "No, right? I heard that he was a disciple of the lord and followed him at a very young age. He also participated in the Battle of Jizhou three years ago and was a warrior. ”

"It's good to follow the lord, and he is a military Sima at such a young age." A soldier said enviously, "Bian Xi, you have been fighting for three or four years. Why isn't it even a long one? ”

Bian Xi grinned, he didn't speak, his expression was gloomy. He had also thought about this problem before, and he was indignant when he saw others promoted, but since he had experienced too many deaths and buried hundreds of his comrades-in-arms with his own hands, he no longer thought about this problem, he just wanted to live.

Look at how many of the soldiers who walked into the barracks with him are still alive now? Whether promoted or not. Whether he was jealous or close to him, they were now lying in the cold ground and turned into a pile of white bones, and there were even many people whose bones were gone.

He was able to survive and survive until now, not only luck, but also great happiness, and everything else, in his eyes, is like the grass mustard in the mountains. As soon as the wind blows, it drifts between heaven and earth, and it has no meaning.

"Bian Xi, why do you think we ran to the mountains?" A soldier patted Bian Xi on the shoulder and asked in a low voice. "Are you going to ambush the Xianbei people?"

"How is it possible, just a few of us?" Another soldier scoffed, "Didn't you see the lord go away with the cavalry?" ”

"This is the business of the officials, what are we worried about?" Bian Xi smiled and lay on the ground. He stretched long, "Go to sleep, go to sleep." One more day is a day. ”

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The sound of trumpets around Guangwu City echoed among the mountains, low and desolate, adding a bit of solemnity to the silent valley.

The doubts in Pu Tou's heart disappeared, and a lot of pride suddenly welled up in his chest, and he felt that Jinyang was already in his bag. And with the capture of Jinyang, Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, was like a woman lying in front of him without clothes.

Since then, a generation of overlords will reappear on the prairie, and the name of Putou, the king of Xianbei, will spread all over the rivers and mountains.

Thinking of occupying the entire Han Kingdom and completing the great feats that the Huns and his grandfather Tanshi Huai did not accomplish, Putou's mood could not be calmed down.

"Order the law to lead the Chinese army to rush to Guangwu City."

"Ordered the handsome He Gequan, take 10,000 people, immediately bypass Guangwu City, and occupy the southern exit."

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He Gequan's 10,000 iron horsemen roared out and galloped along the meadow in the middle of the valley. They soon crossed the ten-mile-long valley and reached the banks of the Hutuo River.

After Putou received the news that He Gequan had arrived safely at the southern end of the valley, his heart was completely relaxed. Li Yi still didn't dare to brush the tiger's whiskers in the end, and withdrew all the way to Jinyang. Pu Tou excitedly raised his horsewhip and looked back and shouted: "Brothers, go to Jinyang!" ”

The Xianbei people were beating their horses and galloping, and they were shouting frantically, and their morale was like a rainbow. The iron cavalry poured into the valley like a tide, rushed out of the Juzhu Mountain, and poured down the Hutuo River, unstoppable.

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Yuanping City is a very ordinary city in the upper reaches of the Hutuo River, sixty miles away from Guangwu City. On its left side is the surging Hutuo River, on the right side is the mountainous Changliang Mountain, and the small city is located on the edge of the Hutuo River. Because there are fortified fortresses such as Juzhu Fortress and Guangwu City in the north, and a big city such as Jinyang in the south, the government does not attach importance to this small city whose geographical location is not important, and it is now very dilapidated.

The judge is now standing at the gate of the north city, looking at the lush Changliang Mountain in the distance. Behind him, there stood a fierce general in black armor. This fierce general's surname is Yan, a single name and a good character, and he is a son of the Haoqiang Yan family in Jizhou. This Jizhou Yan is a descendant of Fusheng Yanhui, and he can be regarded as the queen of the famous family.

Yan Liang bowed down and said to the judge: "Lingjun, the army is complete!" ”

The judge bowed slightly, turned his head to look at Yan Liang, and then looked at the mighty and majestic army behind him, and asked leisurely: "Zishan, what do you think of the scenery here?" ”

Yan Liang smiled toothily and arched his hand and said: "Xianbei people have such a good burial place, I think I will definitely appreciate the kindness of our Han people." ”

The judge smiled slightly and said, "The battlefield chosen by General Li is always unexpected by us. It's a pity that such a good place is cheap for Xianbei people, it's a pity. ”

Yan Liang looked up at the sun in the sky and did not speak.

"The Xianbei people are coming, and the big war is about to begin." The judge stroked three locks of long beard in his hand and said calmly, "Look, the Xianbei people will crush our phalanx?" ”

"The army in Jizhou is all ordinary county soldiers, and they are not familiar with this kind of phalanx warfare, let alone have no experience in fighting cavalry. So, they can't hold on for long. Yan Liang said, "Many of General Zhang Yang's 5,000 soldiers have participated in battles with the Huns and Xianbei people, and their strength is slightly stronger than that of the Jizhou army, but it is useless. ”

Yan Liang pointed to the hillside in front of him and sneered: "Fortunately, the terrain here is very good, after the Xianbei people rushed up from the north, the width of attacking us head-on was less than five hundred steps, so they could only attack our two phalanxes at a time. We have six huge phalanxes of four thousand men, and the Xianbei people don't have half a day to defeat us. ”

"Where did they get half a day?" The judge smiled, "It's good to have half an hour." ”

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He squatted behind the giant shield, nervous and nervous.

He is a native of Hanoi County, farming for a wealthy local family and barely supporting his family. After the Yellow Turban Army occupied Montenegro, he often went down the mountain to attack the county and plunder money, and he was coerced to Montenegro by the Yellow Turban Army at that time. He took part in several battles against the town, that is, he followed behind with a spear, and he had not even killed anyone. Then at the end of last year, when he fought against the Jizhou official army, he was captured by the army led by Yan Liang, and then he was reorganized into the Jizhou army.

He looked up at the giant shield in front of him and took a few hard breaths. He tried to restrain the panic in his heart, but then he found that he was trembling all over his body. He hurriedly lowered his head to hide his gaffe.

The thought of dying on the battlefield reminded him of his wife and children who were still on the Black Mountain. He touched the money hidden in his arms, and a bitter smile appeared on his face. The first time he received a military salary of two hundred dollars, he was very excited, happy for a long time, and he even saw the smiling faces of his wife and children. But then he felt a heart-wrenching pain, because he was getting farther and farther away from home, from his wife and children. He didn't know if he would be able to return home alive, and he didn't know if he would be able to give the money in his arms to his wife. What would happen to them if they died? Can they feed themselves, can they live?

He looked at his comrades around him and sighed quietly. They all left their homeland to fight in the far north of Xinjiang like themselves, and they all had their own families, and they must have thought about their relatives back home as much as they did.

Just as various thoughts were surging in his heart, he heard someone shouting: "The general has returned, and he is going to war." ”

Looking at it, he saw Yan Liang holding a big knife and flying horses.

"Zhenggu, you say, how many Xianbei people will come?" The comrade-in-arms next to him lazily asked, "Let's make a bet, whoever wins will give a hundred dollars." ”

He smiled and said, "I don't gamble money." The officials all said that there were thirty or forty thousand Xianbei people north of Zhushan, and I estimate that at least half of them would arrive here first. ”

"You believe that." The soldier glanced at him with disdain, and said angrily, "These superiors are very bad, they are worried about disturbing the morale of the army, and they deliberately say that the Xianbei people are too little. Even though there were 10,000 enemies in front of them, they said that there were only 1,000 rogues. I've seen a lot of this kind of deception, so don't believe it. ”

"Then how many Xianbei people do you say?" His heart trembled, and his breathing suddenly became short.

The soldier leaned into his ear and whispered: "I heard that there are more than 100,000 Xianbei people in front, and General Zhenbei can't resist it, and he has already lost several battles in a row." ”

He was almost suffocated. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, and looked at the mountains and forests in the distance with a look of fear on his face. (To be continued.) )