Looking at the mountains and rivers

Cracks suddenly appeared in Yan Yu's army rushing up the hillside, and a light cavalry in dark armor chased from behind, piercing the enemy's formation like a dagger.Leading the way in the front was Major General Wei Chifeng, who swung the long knife in his hand to his heart's content, beheading all the enemies in front of him off his horse.When he rushed to the hillside, he was startled. There was still a bloody young guard standing in the encirclement circle of the Yanyu cavalry.His eyes were bloodshot, and he was holding the saber tightly in both hands. He was obviously wounded in several places, but he still stood there persistently. The vicious Yanyu cavalry seemed to be frightened by his murderous aura, and they hesitated to go up. forward.

Yu Chifeng rushed forward with his men, separating the guard from the enemy, seeing that he was still standing there stiffly holding the knife, he couldn't help but said anxiously: "Get on the horse quickly, if you can move, get on the horse yourself!"

The young man ignored his shouting, he stared straight at the surging and retreating Yanyu army, Yu Chifeng looked along his line of sight strangely, there was a mess of people and horses in the valley, and it was faintly visible between the pure black iron armor. A tall, bronze-colored figure is He Lu!

As soon as Yu Chifeng noticed this, he immediately mobilized his horses to catch up, but a green steed beside him jumped out first, and the blood-soaked young Imperial Guard got on the horse at some point and rushed straight towards the enemy .It was the first time Wei Chifeng saw such a desperate person, he froze for a while, and followed him with all his might.

The rear army in front suddenly moved. The Yanyu cavalry had always been extremely mobile. They changed their formation in a blink of an eye, and a group of crossbowmen pulled out their bows and arrows together.The moment they raised their bows and arrows, Wei Changxuan also opened his long bow. His arrows shot at the opponent first, and then the arrows on the other side also rained down.

Yu Chifeng hurriedly grabbed the shield behind the horse and raised it high, protecting their heads and faces. The arrows crackled and hit the leather shield like a flurry of rain.Yu Chifeng looked at the opponent very closely in the shadow under the shield, and suddenly found that this bloody boy was actually very good-looking. He had a pair of extremely long eyelashes hanging down, and said in a low voice, "I seem to have ejaculated just now." He Lu."

Yu Chifeng was stunned for a moment, and when he removed the shield, Yanyu's army had already retreated from the valley. Apart from the blood-stained snow, there were dead bodies everywhere on the ground, and there was no sign of He Lu at all.

Forty miles away from Yunxia Pass, the vanguard battalion of the Eastern Hu Army was stationed. As soon as Yu Chifeng rode his horse into the gate of the camp, people on both sides immediately shouted: "I heard that the young general has made great achievements today. This battle wiped out the enemy. Thousands of people, you have not returned to the camp here, and the battle report has been written!"

Yu Chifeng was still a teenager at heart, obviously overjoyed, and said loudly: "Today is just because of my father's planning, and the victory in this battle is also due to the credit of everyone." When he said this, he paused for a while, and turned to the back, " However, the imperial army that the capital came to help this time is not bad."

It has been a long time since Donghu Jun looked down on the weakness of the imperial army in private, but this time he was quite curious about the young imperial army brought back by Yu Chifeng.The military doctor had already cleaned the wound and applied medicine to him. The man didn't even groan from the beginning to the end, but frowned when he drank the extremely bitter decoction, showing a little of the appearance that a young man should have.

In the evening, the barracks was sidelined.

Because the chief generals were all leading the troops outside, the camp seemed empty. Because Wei Changxuan's wound was bandaged too tightly, he could hardly move, so he could only lean on a corner of the tent with difficulty.

Yu Chifeng in front of him was still holding half of the roasted leg of lamb, and patted him on the shoulder with his hand: "So, you not only went around to the Yanyu camp, but also burned their luggage?" He said, He seemed very happy, "I can't tell, you are quite courageous."

Wei Changxuan tried his best to move away from him so as not to let him take pictures of his wounds. He thought for a while before asking: "Aren't you going to ambush Yan Yu's army at the foot of the mountain today? It should also be in the direction of Luanshi City, but why did they enter the valley instead? Besides, their armor is neat, and they don't look like they are being ambushed at all."

Yu Chifeng coughed dryly, and put down the leg of lamb in his hand: "Actually, the ambush failed today. The other party seemed to be aware of our strategy, so they deliberately led our people to retreat to the valley. But your General Chen is alert. I led the troops to cut Yanyu's army into two pieces, and I chased the front army led by He Lu into the valley." After he spoke, he seemed a little embarrassed, "If you didn't throw arrows on the hillside to disrupt the Their footsteps, I am afraid that my credit for killing thousands of enemies will be discounted again."

Only then did Wei Changxuan understand what the situation of the frontal battle was like today, and he frowned: "What about General Chen, why haven't you returned to the camp yet?"

Yu Chifeng waved his hand: "I heard that they chased the half of the remnant army through Luanshi City. If they are interested, they will probably go to the Yanyu camp. My father also sent people to follow. They probably It will take three to five days to come back."

After he finished explaining, he got up and prepared to leave the tent: "You are injured, so you can sleep in my tent tonight, and I will go to the barracks to squeeze in."

Wei Changxuan was slightly at a loss, he remembered that this person was very rude to them when he first met, but he didn't know what was going on with this sudden kindness.

Seeing that he was slightly astonished, Yu Chifeng couldn't help but smile shyly, and he sat next to Wei Changxuan again: "The words I told you earlier were not very nice, so don't take it to heart, we Donghu men value bloody people the most. Man, on the battlefield today, I can see that you are really courageous and not afraid of death," he gave a thumbs up, "It's different from the Central Plains people I've seen before who are greedy for life and afraid of death."

Wei Changxuan shook his head with a wry smile: "Young General, you don't understand." He lowered his head and looked at his hands, "I try my best to kill the enemy, but I just don't want to be killed by the enemy. In fact, I am really afraid of death."

Yu Chifeng was startled, and said in a low voice: "I can't tell, you are someone who cares about you." He smiled and sighed, "That's right, with your appearance and character, you must be a good friend in the capital." The girl is waiting for you to go back, maybe there are more than one?"

Wei Changxuan shook his head with a wry smile: "The major general was joking, there are no girls."

Yu Chifeng looked at him in disbelief: "Not one?"

Wei Changxuan still shook his head: "No." He touched the dagger with a leather sheath in his arms, and smiled a little lonely in the dim tent.

December 29, Yunxia Pass.

The sound of rumbling iron hooves resounded through the pass. This was Dazhao's vanguard light cavalry. The armor of the cavalry was covered with a thin layer of hoarfrost. It was obvious that they rushed back in the snow overnight.After the light riding, a large number of infantry also returned to the camp one after another. Wei Changxuan sat in the tent, listening to the sound of the carts pushing past the tent, thinking in his heart that Chen Shao and the others should also return to the camp.

When he was in a trance, the tent door was suddenly thrown open, and it was not Chen Shao who came in, but the army's herald. He said with a straight face, "Wei Changxuan, General Chen summoned."

On the way from his tent to the Chinese army, many sergeants looked sideways at him. Wei Changxuan felt strange, but he didn't think much about it. He walked outside the big tent and announced, and then opened the tent door. walked in.The bonfire in the big tent was burning brightly, and the wound on Wei Changxuan's waist had just healed, and he suddenly felt a little itchy in the warm place, and he bent down to salute the general in the tent.

Chen Yan glanced at him, but he was very cold: "Wei Changxuan, what is the military order I sent you before the battle, do you remember?"

Wei Changxuan immediately replied: "Sneak into the enemy's rear and burn down the enemy's granaries."

"So you still remember," Chen Yan slapped the table, "Then why didn't you follow orders!"

Wei Changxuan was slightly taken aback: "The last general arrived at the granary and realized that the enemy had already moved the grain and grass, so..."

"Since the granary is empty, why didn't you report back to me in time, but instead made your own claim and attacked Yanyu's main camp?" Chen Yan said coldly.

"The matter of food and grass is related to the situation of the battle. The last general is unwilling to return empty-handed, so he took the risk of attacking their main camp."

"It's not wrong for soldiers to take a dangerous road," Chen Yan finished in a low voice, and suddenly scolded, "But as a sergeant, you shouldn't ignore military orders!"

Wei Changxuan shuddered and almost knelt down.

"Let me ask you, after burning Yanyu's luggage, you encountered He Lu's main army in the valley again, right?"

"Yes."

"You only have a hundred men in your hand, yet you didn't avoid the edge and even shot him with an arrow, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"Wei Changxuan, I shouldn't have dealt with you, but do you know what you did?" Chen said in a dangerous tone.

Wei Changxuan couldn't help but feel cold, he knew that he would be punished for violating the military order, and that was fine, but he couldn't figure out whether that surprise attack was not good for the battle situation.Just when he was in a daze, his shoulders tightened suddenly, and Chen Yan grabbed him with both hands, with such strength that he almost squeezed his wound open: "Good boy," Chen Yan suddenly broke into a smile on his cold face, " He Lu is dead!"

This change happened so suddenly, Wei Changxuan couldn't react for a while, his face was dazed.Chen Shao who was behind laughed and lifted the curtain and walked out: "Uncle, don't make fun of him!"

Chen Yanlang laughed out loud: "Wei Changxuan, this kid, really makes me happy. If he is my Chen family's nephew, I will definitely protect him as a hereditary first-class general."

Chen Shao sneered, and turned to Wei Changxuan: "This time our army went through Luanshi City and chased to the Yanyu camp. It was originally just to show deterrence. After all, they have an army of 30 to [-], and it's not a joke. The result When I got a report that day, I found out that you had set fire to their weapons and supplies. Uncle said, we don’t need to fight this time, and they will mess up themselves.” When he talked about the situation of the battle, he was very methodical, “We are afraid that we will be forced to fight. The Yanyu people were anxious, so they set up camp in Luanshi City far away, and at the same time sent people to inquire about the movement in the camp. It stands to reason that the Yanyu people were raided in the camp, and they ran out of weapons, food and grass. Unable to swallow it, they must fight us bloody before they are willing to retreat. Unexpectedly, they did not have the slightest momentum to fight, after two or three days of silence, we noticed that they actually had the posture to retreat."

Wei Changxuan listened carefully and did not interrupt.

"At first, Uncle and General Yuchi both suspected that the opponent was just pretending to retreat, and only waited for our army to pursue them before deploying a counterattack. So we didn't rush to catch up, and only sent a light cavalry to surround them. This light cavalry happened to stop the enemy. The supply camp took 30 people prisoner. Only then did we know that He Lu was shot by an arrow when he returned to the camp a few days ago. After two days of delay, his injuries became more and more serious, and he died. Several of his deputy Taking advantage of the lack of morale to withdraw troops overnight, I probably want to retreat to Yanyu territory to join the reinforcements." When Chen Shao said this, he couldn't help but patted Wei Changxuan on the shoulder, "You shot the enemy general this time, Forcing Yan Yu to retreat is a first-class merit, and the number of casualties in our army is very small. Uncle has already asked the army to write a battle report in Chinese, and the first one is your name. Reward it!"

After Wei Changxuan heard it, he was slowly stunned. He seemed to want to laugh, but he didn't laugh after all. He lowered his head: "But the people I brought out are all dead..."

Chen Shao was slightly taken aback, his smile froze on his face, he didn't know how to comfort his friend for a while, so he just looked at his uncle with some trepidation.

Chen Yan just shook his head: "Of course you are sad that your subordinate died, but if it weren't for your team, the Yanyu army would never retreat easily this time. The two armies will have to continue their diplomatic war at Yunxia Pass. The number of casualties will be a hundred times more. If you wait for the Yanyu reinforcements to arrive, break through Yunxia Pass, enter Anyang, or even Pinghu, the casualties and injuries will be immeasurable. So, what you did was right, and No need to be too sad."

Wei Changxuan said in a low voice, "Yes."

"You have made great achievements this time. It seems that it is not my turn to promote you. You should continue to lead Qingqi, and wait for the battle report to be sent. Let's see what rewards the court will give you." Chen Yan said, posing He waved his hands, "Okay, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and the one-day ban on alcohol will be lifted, so go and have fun."

After leaving the tent, Chen Shao turned to Wei Changxuan again, with a concerned look on his face: "I heard that you were injured, is it serious?"

Wei Changxuan covered his shoulders: "The injury on the waist is okay, but the shoulder..."

"What happened to the shoulder?"

"You and your uncle beat me up just now." After Wei Changxuan finished speaking, seeing his friend look at a loss, he laughed again, "Didn't you always complain that General Chen didn't let you go into battle? The knife is out of the sheath, are you happier?"

Chen Shao rubbed his neck: "Although I went into battle, my uncle left me in the army. In fact, I don't have many opportunities to fight against the enemy. I know that he is afraid that I will get hurt and my father will scold me. But..." He sighed softly, "I always feel unwilling."

He looked up at Wei Changxuan, and suddenly said: "Actually, I really envy you. These days, I'm almost jealous."

Wei Changxuan was a little strange: "Jealous of me?"

Chen Shao laughed at himself: "When they mention me, they will only say that I am the nephew of General Chen. But you are different. The whole army knows that you shot He Lu to death with one arrow, and your reputation spreads all over the world. I went to the Donghu army, and I heard that even the captives on Yanyu's side gave you a nickname."

Wei Changxuan rubbed his nose, and muttered, "The Yanyu people probably scolded me for their nicknames."