Looking at the mountains and rivers

Chen Shao who was on the side heard this, but he was not frightened, and his mind changed instead.He knows this uncle too well, Chen Yan has been a general for many years, and he is considered one of the best figures in their family.Most of the Chen family's descendants have studied military art since childhood, and the reason why Chen Yan can become an outstanding person among them is that he is calm and cautious besides his ability to plan and decide on the battlefield.He once said that he will never go to a battle that must be lost, and never lead a soldier that must be defeated.Therefore, if he knew that the situation would become like this, but was still willing to lead the battle, he must have other considerations in his heart.

When Chen Yan saw his nephew looking at him again, he only showed a faint smile: "I'm not good at taking people to death, so I just pretend I haven't heard of that secret decree." He paused, and suddenly asked the two The young man asked, "Do you two want to go to the battlefield?"

Chen Shao and Wei Changxuan replied in unison: "Yes!"

Chen Yan chuckled disdainfully: "Young people don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, so whatever, follow me to the front of the battle tomorrow to watch the battle. At that time, don't shrink back and lose face for the children of our imperial army."

Chen Shao was taken aback for a moment, then his joy was beyond words, and he immediately leaned over to salute: "I'll go down and deliver the order!"

After he left the tent, Chen Yan turned his gaze to Wei Changxuan: "Come here."

Wei Changxuan walked up in response, only to hear Chen Yan say: "You don't have to go to battle with Chen Shao tomorrow, I have other things to send you." With a solemn expression, he turned around and pointed at the huge marching map hanging in the tent.

When Wei Changxuan returned to the camp at night, the lights in the tent were still on, and Chen Shao was writing with his head buried under the lamp, when he heard the sound he raised his head and said, "Why did you come back so late?"

Wei Changxuan put down the long knife in his hand: "I went to get the bow and arrow, and sharpened the knife again. It took a while."

Seeing that the quiver in his waist was filled with arrows, Chen Shao couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly: "I'm afraid that when we go into battle tomorrow, Uncle will arrange us to be in the rear, and we are not allowed to charge, and it will be useless to prepare these things."

Wei Changxuan smiled noncommittally, and asked, "What are you writing?"

Chen Shao sighed: "It's an old rule in the army. Before going into battle, you have to write a suicide note. If you die in battle, you can leave a promise to your family." He pointed to the desk case, "You should write one too. .”

Wei Changxuan was stunned, so he had no choice but to sit opposite him, and picked up the pen somewhat unfamiliarly, but facing the white paper on the table, he couldn't write for a long time.

Chen Shao had already written a letter familiarly, he blew on the ink, looked up, and saw Wei Changxuan was still holding the pen in a daze, he couldn't help laughing: "You don't have to worry, these things are probably useless of."

Wei Changxuan shook his head: "I just... don't know who to write to."

Chen Shao suddenly remembered the death of his only relative a while ago, he couldn't help but think about it for a while and said: "You and the fourth son of the Mu Palace have a meeting, if you entrust him with something, it must be safe?"

Unexpectedly, Wei Changxuan's face suddenly changed: "Write it to him?" He couldn't imagine what would happen to Yang Yan if he was really buried in the battlefield and this suicide note fell into Yang Yan's hands.

As soon as Wei Changxuan thought of Yang Yan, Wei Changxuan remembered how he was crying in his arms on the night before leaving. There were waves of pain in his chest. He unconsciously crumpled the letter into a ball and said in a deep voice: "I Can't write this to him."

Chen Shao looked at him inexplicably: "But, this will be written by all the soldiers to show that he has no worries and is willing to die."

Wei Changxuan stood up: "I go into battle only to kill the enemy, and I will never die!" He turned his head to look in the direction of Jian'an outside the tent, "I will definitely go back alive."

In the fifth year of Yong'an, in December, Yunxia Pass.

Before Mao's time, the iron-gray clouds did not penetrate a ray of light, and they were heavy on a ravine-ridden stone city outside Yunxia Pass.The cold wind rolled the snowflakes and hit the iron armor, rustling, and the horses couldn't stand the severe cold, and let out bursts of low noise.

Wearing white armor at the front is Anyang Jiedu envoy, General Guide Yu Chixian, his younger brother Yu Chizhong died of an arrow in a battle a few days ago. He was so sad that he ordered all the soldiers under his command to be replaced. In white clothes and white armor, he vowed to fight to the death with the people of Yanyu.

However, Yanyu's army had already stepped through Luanshi City. They claimed to have 30 people, but they did not attack on a large scale.

"That's He Lu's military flag." Chen Yan stood on the horse and said calmly.

Chen Shao nodded beside him: "I heard my father talk about this man. I heard that although he is not outstanding in strategy, he is born with supernatural power and is a fierce general." He thought for a while, and then said, "Yanyu's army is more than Our army doubled, if it wasn't for the danger of Yunxia Pass, we would have fought here long ago. Presumably Khan Yanyu is fully sure of this battle, so he didn't even send the left and right generals, but only sent this brave warrior to the front Deter our troops."

However, Chen Yan sighed softly: "It's a pity that this battle has dragged on for a long time, and Khan's patience has been worn out. He has ordered the right general Ashinanur to lead another [-] troops to support him, and vowed to break through the Yunxia Pass within half a month. , will arrive in about three days."

Upon hearing the name Ashina Nur, Chen Shao's face changed slightly, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's just in time, I will take his head as a memorial to elder brother."

Chen Yan shook his head again and again: "I know you are eager for revenge, but you have to do what you can. As the Yanyu royal family, Ashinanur is the most important general of their Khan. Naturally, he is in the central army. You fight. What's more, this person is not a person with a vain name, but he can be called my most difficult enemy now." When he said this, his eyes turned cold, "The most important thing for us right now is to catch up with him in Ashina Nur. Before we arrive, defeat the troops led by He Lu in one fell swoop."

A brisk sound of horse hooves interrupted the conversation between their uncle and nephew. It was a tall Donghu soldier. He galloped all the way, and when he was ten steps away from Chen Yan, he dismounted and bowed his head: "General Chen, our general Please lead your subordinates to attack from one side after the battle between the two armies, and force the enemy into the corner of the valley."

Chen Yan said with a soft smile, "If you want to spread the word, I will do my best."

After the Donghu soldier galloped away, he sneered again: "Why, Yu Chixian thought I was a young boy who had just entered the battlefield, and I couldn't even understand the situation of the battle? People come to know me."

Chen Shao knew that this uncle was arrogant in his bones and was not used to being ordered by others, so he didn't take it seriously when he said this.But Chen Yan changed the subject and said again: "Since the situation of the battle is obvious, can't He Lu on the opposite side see through it?"

He was slightly startled: "Uncle, do you mean that He Lu would have guessed that we have an ambush hiding in the valley?"

Chen Yan didn't answer, he suddenly rode his horse, stood on the side hillside, and looked down at the battle situation.The army in white armor and Yanyu's army had already fought in a melee, and the surging blood flowed in the Wuding River again, and the scorching smoke of gunpowder mixed with the billowing dust rose up. From a distance, it looked like gray waves rolling on the ice field. waves.

"The cavalry battalion will charge with me, Chen Shao, you lead the infantry and follow the formation." Chen Yan ordered in a deep voice.

The commander immediately waved the command flag, and the army rumbled out. The light cavalry was as fast as a gust of wind, and their iron hooves roared, heading straight to the battlefield filled with gunpowder.Chen Shao led the army to advance rapidly in the rear, beside him was Chen Yan's entire personal battalion, which was a well-trained team with only one mission on the battlefield, which was to protect the major general.

As Chen Shao strode forward, he sighed secretly in his heart. He knew that his uncle valued him too much, so he deliberately placed himself in the rear army.At this time, he was a little envious of his friend who was the vanguard of the cavalry, and he calculated that he had probably galloped into the battlefield at this moment, no!Chen Yan was startled suddenly, Wei Changxuan was not among the cavalry just now, where did he go!

The sound of rumbling war drums came from a distance, and Wei Changxuan's hand holding the reins trembled slightly, but his heart was surprisingly calm.

Outside the Yunxia Pass is a messy Gobi, and because it is easy to get lost, it is called "Random Stone City" by the locals.Wei Changxuan received Chen Yan's secret order last night, to go deep into the rear of the enemy's camp when the two armies are fighting today, and burn the enemy's food and grass.It was his first time to take on an important task, so naturally he didn't dare to be negligent. Before dawn, he led a hundred light cavalry around the valley and marched towards the hinterland of Luanshi City.

The middle-aged man with a dark purple face in front was a local scout, who knew the terrain of Luanshi City like the back of his hand, and led them all the way into the Gobi on the ice and snow.

"Wei Baichang, the Yanyu army's granary is right ahead." The scout pointed at a few black dots on the white-gray Gobi.

"Okay." Wei Changxuan nodded. He pulled out the longbow behind him, reined in his horse, and carefully approached with the people behind him.

The horseshoes of this group of Qingqi were all tied with soft cloth, and there were not many of them. They were extremely fast but silent, and they approached the granary almost instantly.At a distance of about [-] steps, Wei Changxuan stretched out a hand to signal the soldiers to stop, then took out a fire pocket from his bosom, lit the arrow tied with oil cotton gauze, quietly watched the flames for a while, and lowered his head. Said: "It's the wind."

The sergeants also took out their bows and arrows one after another. I saw the young centurion put the burning arrow on the longbow, and then pushed it full of the bowstring. The direction of the arrow was facing the sky. , but the range is several times longer.That point of fire cut through the gray sky, and with a huge arc, it fell straight to the position of Yanyu's granary.

After that arrow, more than a hundred rockets shot out in an instant, burning the granary covered with oilcloth into a sea of ​​flames.

"It's done!" The sergeants behind were extremely excited.

Wei Changxuan looked straight at the burning granary, but his face became more and more serious. He suddenly reached out and pulled the scout's lapel: "It's not a granary at all!" He said with a hint of anger, "There will be no fire near the granary." No one is guarding, how can there be no movement at all when it is burned like this."

The scout obviously noticed something was wrong, and his face changed greatly: "I just checked the day before yesterday, and all their rations are stored here. Could it be that they were transferred to another place yesterday?"

Wei Changxuan didn't answer. He encountered such a change in his first battle, and he had to restrain himself so that he didn't mess up. He naturally understood that it was absolutely too late to find a new granary. And Hui is really not reconciled.Last night Chen Yan clearly told him that the number of enemy troops is twice as many as ours, if they wait for reinforcements from Yanyu to arrive, their morale will be greatly boosted, I am afraid that Yunxia Pass will be in danger.Right now, it is necessary to severely injure the throat of the enemy army in order to force their morale into chaos, and the first step of this strategy of severely injuring the throat is to destroy Yanyu's supplies and food. Unexpectedly, they will be in vain in the first step!

Just as he was thinking quickly, the scouts persuaded him: "Baichang Wei, why don't we go back to the camp and report to the general before making a fuss. This is the enemy's rear, if we delay for too long, we may change."

"The enemy's rear." Wei Changxuan murmured and repeated, his eyes suddenly lit up sharply, "Do you know where the camp of Yan Yu's army is camped?"

The scout was slightly startled, he nodded hesitantly, and asked hesitantly, "Baichang Wei wants to sneak attack Yanyu camp now?"

Wei Changxuan nodded, and he said in a deep voice: "General Chen and General Yuchi led the whole army into battle today and restrained Yan Yu's army on the front line, so we were able to go around the enemy's rear. I can't waste this opportunity. Back, why not take a gamble and go to the Yanyu camp."

A sergeant behind him hesitated and said: "But... But, we only have a hundred people, wouldn't we die if we go to their camp?"

Wei Changxuan looked at him fiercely: "The two armies are fighting, and those who stay in the big camp are either the supply camp or the fire-headed army. Are you also afraid of these people?"

Stared at by him, the sergeant lowered his voice and murmured, "But General Chen sent us out this time to burn the granary, and didn't let us go to Yanyu Camp."

Wei Changxuan was silent, then turned his horse suddenly and turned around, facing the hundreds of people behind him: "What I'm going to do next has nothing to do with life, but as long as I succeed, it's a great achievement. Do you dare to follow me?" ?”

The soldiers behind him looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one answered for a while, their expressions were obviously a little timid, and after a while, someone hesitated and said: "Wei Baichang, let's go back, this expedition was originally just for show. , the Donghu people will do the desperate things, even if we lose this battle, the emperor will not blame us."

Wei Changxuan knew that most of the imperial guards this time were descendants of aristocratic families in the capital, and their families were wealthy, so they cherished their lives, but these extremely cowardly words still aroused his anger, and he laughed back in anger: "So you all just want to play tricks!" Look, but now that you’re on the battlefield, it’s too late to be afraid of death!” He said, pointing to the sergeant who spoke, “I know you, your name is Li Liang, and your Li family is a well-known rich man on Anping Street, but Because your father started out as an oil seller and was a merchant, so even though his wealth is tens of millions, he was still looked down upon by others, and they called you 'Li Selling Oil' behind his back."

Li Liang's face flushed red when he told him about his family background.

"Don't you just want to be the son of a businessman all your life and be under the shadow of your father? You don't want to make achievements, don't you want those who look down on you to kneel at your feet!" Wei Changxuan roared in a low voice, his eyes were cold and cold Ruthlessly, he swept across the face of the next person, "And you, the concubine of Master Yushi Yu's family, your elder brothers have already left official positions, only you have not held an official position so far, and you still want to continue to see you when you return from this expedition." Are the faces of the brothers living?"

"I..." The sergeant surnamed Yu's face was full of blood, he was only 17 years old, and he was young, "Wei Baichang, I'll go with you!"

Wei Changxuan looked at him and nodded: "Okay! Those who are willing to go can follow me, and those who are afraid of death can return to camp by themselves!"