[Jian Wang III] Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Yanmen Pass.

After the end of autumn in Yanmen, it began to snow. First, there was a fine snow powder, and then there was a lot of heavy snow, covering everything on the ground layer by layer.

During this period of time, the situation in northern Xinjiang was not good. Xi people came to invade, border villages and towns were repeatedly robbed, but there was no formal declaration of war, and the frontier defenders could only defend the city and not attack.

It snowed heavily for several days in a row, and a thick layer of snow accumulated on the ground, which made it very inconvenient to travel, and Xi Ren also stopped a lot.

After the heavy snowfall, the Xuanjia Cangyun Army guarding Yanmen continued to send small teams to patrol the border villages and towns to prevent Xi people from plundering again.

At noon, a patrol army stopped in a small village and found a place to light a fire for dinner.

The winter in northern Xinjiang was bitterly cold, and the dry food I carried with me was frozen hard, and a bite of it almost broke my teeth.

A veteran smiled and patted the shoulder of the tearful recruit beside him, "Why are you in such a hurry, the dry food pancakes in this winter are like rocks, and you can't eat them without adding some water."

The recruit was a little embarrassed, and smiled silly, "I... this is my first patrol, so I don't understand..."

"It's okay, just remember it in the future." The veteran pulled out a water bag from his waist, shook it in his ear, and clicked his tongue, "This wine is frozen, what the hell!"

As he spoke, he put the water bag beside the fire and waited for the frozen wine to melt.

"Don't look at Yanmen where there is snow everywhere in the cold weather, there are actually good things." The veteran said, "A little further north there is a lake called Yingxue Lake. It doesn't freeze easily. There are fish in it. There are many! There are also pheasants, who will stick their heads into the snow when they are frightened, hey, catching this pheasant is like pulling a carrot... When it's time for a rest, call a few brothers..."

brush--

The sound of piercing the air suddenly came, and a line of black lightning flew over, hitting the fire directly, and the flames splashed all over the place.

"Enemy attack! Let's fight!!"

The explosion of the teacher and the flames exploded at the same time. The Xuanjia soldiers who were sitting around the fire instantly grabbed their shield swords and jumped up, quickly gathered together. Splash.

They handed their backs to their teammates, and the erected shields were next to each other to form a tight circular wall to protect them inside.

The rumbling sound was approaching rapidly, and the chaotic horseshoes almost shook the ground, and the splashing snow particles even formed a layer of white haze near the ground.

It was a team of ballistas pulled by horses. The horses were not tall, even a little short, but each horse had strong muscles, and the running speed was almost not restricted by the ballista!

"Xi Rennu convoy." Pian Shi's face was gloomy, "It seems that at least one team has come."

"I...we only have one side!" Someone's eyes were red with anxiety, "the other party is still carrying a ballista, this..."

"That's going to be fought!" Pianshi exhaled, a cloud of white mist shrouded his chapped lips, raised his hand and thrust the Mo Dao into the ground, pulled a small wooden barrel from his waist, and slammed it heavily on the shield .

However, the small wooden tube did not move at all, and the signal fireworks that were supposed to be launched into the sky did not appear for a long time. Pianshi tightened his fingers and crushed the wooden tube, only to find that water had entered it at some time, and it had frozen in this severe winter.

Cursing unluckily in his heart, Pianshi threw away the small wooden tube and pulled out the Mo knife, "General Ge."

"exist!"

"Find a chance to go back to the nearby camp to find rescuers. Even if you don't make it in time...at least you can collect a corpse."

"..."

"Warrior Ge!"

"Yes!"

The heavy shield was lifted from the ground, Mo Dao swung obliquely, and the howling wind of the blade swept up the snow on the ground.

"kill!"

"Yes!!"

As the crossbow convoy approached, the reins were suddenly tightened, causing the horses to raise their front hoofs and neigh.

Xi Ren on the ballista, wearing animal skin clothes, grabbed the arrows from the quiver, quickly put them into the arrow slot, closed the slot cover, and pressed the wrench hard.

whoosh-

Hundreds of arrows were shot from the ballista, and the Xuanjia soldiers immediately lined up, their shields raised to protect them firmly.

The metal clanging impact made the tiger's mouth hurt, and the rain of arrows stopped abruptly in front of the shield. When Xi Ren was filling the arrow slot with arrows, the shields that were close to each other suddenly separated from the middle, and then several shields spun and flew away. It was obviously a thick black iron shield, but when it flew out, it was like a small and light dart, making a whistling sound of breaking the wind.

The shield flew out at an extremely fast speed and with great momentum. Before Xi Ren could close the cover of the slot, the shield had already flown in and smashed the arrow slot to pieces with a bang. The smashed palm fractured!

The two ballistas were destroyed by the shield, and Xi Ren, who was knocked under the car by the shield, climbed onto the ballista again. Before he could shoot arrows with the intact ballista, the Xuanjia army was already close.

One person stepped on the horse's back, raised his left hand, firmly grasped the spinning shield, swung his right hand down, cut off the bridge of the ballista buckle on the horse, and jumped away before the horse went mad.

"Destroy the car!"

Pianshi roared angrily, and chopped off the arrow that was coming towards him with one knife, and the tip of the knife drew a deep oblique groove on the ground.

There was also a roar from Xi Ren's side, Che Shi immediately swung his whip and slapped the horse's buttocks hard, and the ballista started to run rumblingly.

Pianshi dodged the oncoming carriages and horses, looked at his teammates, his eyes were bloodshot.

25 people against 50 people, and the opponent still has a ballista. This battle is not difficult.

However, behind them are their fellow countrymen, and they must not retreat!

The smell of blood gradually became stronger, and the scorching hot blood splashed on the ground, melting the blood-stained snow, and the light red blood froze into ice again after a while.

The seven ballistas were destroyed bit by bit. Xi Ren who lost the ballista drew his weapon and continued to fight.

The unequal number of people and equipment made this battle extremely fierce, even though the Xuanjia Army could be called elite.

The snow under their feet was almost melted by blood, the silent Xuanjia army became even more silent, and the roaring Xi Ren no longer had the energy to roar anymore.

The ballista has been completely destroyed, large and small fragments are scattered on the snow.

Xuanjia Pianshi's body was full of scars, red frost was condensed on the black armor, and the tiger's jaws of his hands were cracked, and every time he exerted force, he would feel pain.As if he didn't notice it, he was still waving the Mo knife.

Suddenly there was a bad wind behind him, he swung away the enemy who was clinging to the blade, turned around quickly, and slashed fiercely with the raised knife!

A deep gash was cut in the abdomen by the short knife, and the man was split in two by the Mo knife, and the remaining soldiers of Xi Ren suddenly became a little confused.

The person he killed was none other than Xi Renduzheng.

This battle was fought as if it had been 100 years. When the last Xiren fell, the Xuanjia Army was almost wiped out.

Pianshi clutched the wound in his abdomen, fell to the ground, dizzy for a while, and his eyes were loose.

"...a partial teacher..."

"I...I'm fine..." Master Pian scratched hard at the wound, and a little blood gushed out, causing him to tremble in pain, but his eyes became much clearer, "Our brothers... how many are left?"

"……six people……"

Pianshi took a deep breath, and the cold wind poured into the chest cavity, as if to freeze the blood, the blood vessels pulled out unbearable pain, and the hoarse voice in the throat coagulated together with the blood.

"Rest for a quarter of an hour, then... go back to the castle... don't sleep..."

They rested on the snow in silence. After a while, the sound of horseshoes came again.

The Xuanjia Army who regained his strength vigilantly clenched the Mo Dao in his hand and looked up.

A cavalry army appeared on the horizon, a wolf's tail could be vaguely seen on the flag held high, and a Chinese character 'An' was looming on the flag.

"General An's team?" Pianshi panted, his eyes blurred.

The cavalry arrived quickly and stopped in front of them. The leader was wearing thick fur and a wolf helmet, with dark complexion and haughty eyes.

It is Anlu Mountain.

Pianshi didn't know why An Lushan, who was supposed to stay in General Fan Yang's mansion, was here, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he stood up with his Modao on his hands, "The ninth Pianshi division of Yanmen Xuanjia Army broke the camp, Wang Zhi, see General An."

"It turned out to be the broken camp... Xue Zhi's subordinates." An Lushan sat on the horseback, looked down at them from a high position, and took a look at the Xi Ren spears handed over by his subordinates, "Xi Ren attacked?"

"Not yet... Just now, the patrol encountered it by accident, and killed him... I also asked General An to give me a helping hand and help me wait..."

Chi-

Wang Zhi's voice stopped abruptly, and he slowly looked down at the spear that completely pierced his chest, his eyes were out of focus due to shock and surprise, he didn't understand why the spear that was originally in An Lushan's hand would be stuck in his chest .

Obviously...it's all Tang Jun...

Wang Zhi couldn't think anymore, his body fell down suddenly, dark red blood gushed out from his chest, and it didn't flow very far before it slowly froze.

"Partial teacher!"

"Master Wang!!"

The shrill roar spread far away, and was finally drowned in the wind and snow.The Spike Army stepped forward and killed the remaining Xuanjia Army one by one before returning to the team.

"General, there are 24 corpses from the Xuanjia Army."

"Oh?" An Lushan glanced at the corpse in front of him, and didn't care. "An ant can't make any waves. Go back to Langya Fort."

"Yes."

The Spike Cavalry left soon, and the snow began to pile up again. Soon, everything on the snow would be covered by snow.

It is also snowing in Xijing.

The end of the new year has come, half a month off, every family is preparing for the new year.

In Nuan Nuan Pharmacy, Chen Yue was making nourishing ointment, and the person helping her was not Ye Xuan, but the maid who took care of her daily life.

As early as two months ago, Ye Xuan left Xijing and returned to Yangzhou.

"Miss Yue, your letter."

"Okay." Chen Yue took the letter from the secret guard, and knew it was from Ye Xuan without looking carefully, "Brother's snow lotus paste is ready, send it to him."

"Yes."

Watching the hidden guard take the snow lotus paste away, and after confirming that the fire in the small stove was still burning, Chen Yue opened the letter and read it.

The master bedroom is warmer than the pharmacy, but Su Jixian, who stayed in the master bedroom for two whole months without going out, still has cold hands and feet, unable to warm up no matter what.

The snow lotus cream made by Chen Yue and longan yam and other warming and tonic herbs are boiled into desserts. It tastes good, and he doesn't dislike it, although he always feels that eating it is useless.

"At Yanmen Pass, Xi Ren seems to be getting more and more rampant." Lu Lingfeng stood behind him and rubbed his shoulders. The temperature of his palms spread to his shoulders through his gloves and clothes, making him very warm.

"En." Su Jixian responded, putting a piece of yam into his mouth, with a thoughtful expression on his face, "Maybe...Anlu Mountain will take advantage of the Yanmen garrison fighting with the Xi people, and sneak in ..."

"But it's not impossible. By the way, Ge Shuhan had a drink with his colleagues yesterday, and he suffered a stroke after returning home drunk."

"Ge Shuhan had a stroke?" Su Jixian opened his eyes wide in surprise, "How could it be..."

He has always had a good memory, and he can still remember that Ge Shuhan had a stroke on Tianbao's Miansheng Road in February 14, but now it was two months earlier.

He frowned, biting the spoon unconsciously, his long eyelashes were half drooping, and his dark eyes were full of soft light.

The time of Ge Shuhan's stroke was brought forward by two months, then, the time of An Lushan's rebellion...will it also be brought forward?

Su Jixian was a little confused, and his sharp canine teeth were grinding on the spoon.

"Son."

"Ok?"

"After the Lantern Festival... I will probably be away for a while."

Su Jixian was taken aback for a moment, but didn't ask anything, and nodded lightly, "Okay, be careful on the road then."

Lu Lingfeng pinched his earlobe, her eyes were a little deep.

The author has something to say: Tao Chengzhang's "Zhejiang Case Records Biography of Pu Zhensheng": "There are five people in the team, there is a team leader, and the five teams are the side. There is a side teacher, and the second side is the team. There is a sentry officer, who is called a centurion.