Looking at the mountains and rivers

A gap was torn open in the thick cloud layer outside Yunxia Pass, and the sunlight fell from the gap, shining on this Xiongguan Pass full of blood and fire.

Now that the vernal equinox has passed, the climate in the northwest is gradually warming up, most of the ice sheets have melted, and greenery is beginning to sprout in the soil.This battle may have dragged on for too long, and the supplies of the two countries were a little tight. Yan Yu's chief general, Ashinanur, finally led all his troops to the battle, as if he was about to lead the army to a decisive battle.

The two leading generals of Yunxia Pass stood side by side, looking at the dark formation below the city, their faces were a little heavy.

"Did we gamble too much in this battle?" Chen Yan deliberately said in a relaxed tone, "Let the young men lead the army in front of the battle, and we two old guys hide behind."

"General Chen is worried about your nephew." Yu Chixian had sensed his hidden uneasiness, and he smiled knowingly, "I understand how you feel, my son started to fight at the age of 15, every time I saw him leave , My heart is like dead, until he comes back, my heart can come back to life."

Chen Yan remained silent. He looked towards the east of Yunxia Pass, and after a long time, he asked, "Since it's uncomfortable, why did you bring him into the battlefield so early?"

"Because like General Chen, our Yuchi family has led soldiers for generations. Since my son was born to lead troops into battle, it is better to let him go through these cruel things earlier." Yuchixian said in a low voice, "Our Donghu Man is the descendant of the eagle, and children cannot be kept under their wings for the rest of their lives, only by throwing the eaglet off a cliff can they truly learn to fly."

Chen Yan turned his head: "What if they fall to their deaths?"

As if he didn't expect Chen Yan to ask such a question, Yu Chixian smiled wryly after being slightly stunned: "It will happen sooner or later." He turned around and faced the battlefield, "My brother, General Chen's brother, who died on the battlefield Is there still less? As a general, how many people can die of old age safely?"

He raised his head and looked up: "The tomb of the eagle is the sky, and our tomb," he stretched out his hand and pointed forward, "is the battlefield."

In the corner of the city wall, stood a thin young man.Now no one in Yunxia pass knows his name. The lone army went deep into the Yanyu camp, burned Yanyu's supplies, and shot and killed the enemy general He Lu. Wei Changxuan's series of achievements have already spread among the army.When General Yanyu Yazhangyou led a large army to besiege a month ago, he even shot an arrow into the front of the opponent's central army at a critical moment, which greatly boosted the morale in the pass.The edict from the imperial court had been delivered a few days ago. This time, all the top and bottom of the Forbidden Army were rewarded, and Wei Changxuan was even conferred the title of Captain of Zhaowu.

But at this time, the Zhaowu Colonel did not lead the troops outside the city, but stood alone on the city wall.There was a thick bandage wrapped around his shoulders, and even the leather armor was put on with difficulty.The injury he suffered on his shoulder hadn't healed yet, and he fell off his horse when he broke out from the Yanyu army more than a month ago. This ordeal caused his shoulder bone to crack completely. see you.So in this decisive battle, Chen Yan did not allow him to fight no matter what, but ordered him to wait in the city.

"General!" A soldier ran up the tower quickly, leaned over and said, "Yanyu's army has moved, and their entire army is advancing, and they are coming from the west to outflank Yunxia Pass."

Yu Chixian was slightly taken aback, the west side was guarded by Yu Chifeng leading the Anyang garrison, he smiled wryly and said: "Then let Feng'er meet Yan Yu's Right General for a while."

Chen Yan asked calmly, "Has the opponent's heavy cavalry dispatched yet?"

The soldier shook his head: "No action yet."

"Then the attack from the west must be a feint," Chen Yan said in a low voice, "Ashinanur will probably still attack the front with his last capital saved."

In front of the main gate of Yunxia Pass, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers. In addition to the forbidden army in the capital, there are also troops seconded from Hexi. The leader of them is Chen Shao, the nephew of Chen Yan, the great general of Zhengxi.The young officer was looking ahead and clenched the knife in his hand tightly. He stood with the infantry and did not mount his horse.

With the sound of the horn, the dust billowed in the distance, which was the signal of the approaching enemy army.Chen Shao was still not sure how many troops the enemy was attacking, so he could only try his best to stabilize his mind.The dust and smoke were getting closer, Chen Shao counted silently in his heart, five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps...

"Right! The Bow and Crossbow Battalion is ready!" He shouted, and then he swung his arm suddenly. The herald waved the command flag at the same time, and countless arrows rained out with a sharp sound.

The light cavalry copied from the right side only made a feint, and quickly retreated. Chen Shao was startled, and immediately turned his head. Sure enough, Yanyu's main cavalry swept in from the left like a storm.

"Left! Bow and Crossbow Battalion!"

The crossbowmen on both sides lined up and stepped forward. At this moment, the opponent's Qingqi had rushed within a hundred steps.Their speed was very fast, and they surrounded the flanks from the oblique flank in an instant. Chen Shao knew very well that the crossbowmen were useless at this time, and he shouted again: "Zhanfengying!"

Chen Yan on the tower frowned tightly: "Chen Shao is young after all, he hasn't seen what the other party's real intentions are."

Hearing the sound of thunderous hooves under the city, the two light cavalry holding back the Bow and Crossbow Battalion and the Zhanfeng Battalion turned and retreated again. The beast exposed its real claws and teeth. Thousands of dark heavy cavalry linked together, crushed like a mountain. come over.

Two phalanxes and an infantry battalion of the front army were crushed by this fierce beast in an instant. No one could stop the cavalry, and it was heading straight towards the front of the formation.

Yu Chixian glanced at Chen Yan beside him with some worry: "General Chen, why don't you let me take the rest of the troops out of the city to help in the battle."

Chen Yan showed a wry smile, and slowly shook his head: "General Yuchi, the strength of Yanyu's heavy cavalry is overwhelming. It won't help if we go out of the city now, but I believe he can handle it. After all, what he is leading today is not the usual imperial army, but Lord Tuoba's tiger and wolf teacher. As long as he stays calm in the face of danger and manages well, he may not be able to break the opponent's heavy cavalry!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly shouted: "Bring the drum!"

Chen Shao swallowed hard the saliva in his throat, the ground under his feet trembled violently, as if it was about to collapse, he tried his best to order in the roar: "Steady!"

The heavy cavalry had rushed to within twenty steps, behind Chen Shao was the armored soldier holding a heavy shield, but all this seemed insignificant in front of the heavy cavalry in full armor.Before the soldiers even had time to swing their weapons, the iron hooves of the heavy riders almost stepped on their faces.

Chen Shao's chest heaved violently, his eyes were red, and the heat in his blood vessels seemed to be on fire.The sound of the rumbling war drums at the top of the city suddenly shook his tympanic membranes, and he watched Yan Yu's heavy cavalry come riding on the bones of his comrades, surging with arrogance, as if it could crush everything in the world.

He couldn't make a sound anymore, he could only yell to himself in his heart: hold on——

It wasn't until the white air from the opponent's horse almost rushed to his face that Chen Shao finally shouted: "Leave the formation!" He turned around suddenly, and the shield soldiers behind him suddenly dispersed, and the last team covered by the heavy shield finally appeared. out.They were heavy infantry wearing a full set of silver-washed armor. They were almost squatting on the ground before, and they didn't stand up until the shield armor was removed. The weapons in their hands were dazzlingly bright. They were long knives with a blade as long as There are more than three feet, and they are swung at the same time, which looks like a wall of light in the sun.

The heavy cavalry that charged up first didn't have time to stop, and they, together with the horses under their crotches, were cut in half by the long knives erected like a forest.

"Charge!" Chen Shao only had time to shout this sentence, the heavy infantry rushed out with their swords raised, and the heavy cavalry connected by the iron chain could not turn, but could only move forward.This was a desperate fight between the two armies, and Chen Shao was submerged under the blade and iron hoof just like the soldiers.There was a war horse behind him that raised its front hooves and was about to step down, but he had no time to turn around, or even retract the long knife to block, so he could only roll on the ground and stab the blade from the bottom up.The moment the horse's hoof stepped on his shoulder bone, the long knife pierced through the horse's belly, penetrating the enemy. The moment the opponent rolled off the horse, he saw clearly that it was a young man about his own age.

He was lying on the ground, with the sun shining from above his head, surrounded by blood-stained faces, silver and black armor mixed together, and the sound of fighting and horseshoes filled his ears.He shivered suddenly, no, it wasn't over yet, he grabbed the knife and stood up again.

Looking down from Chen Yan, the bloody battlefield had dissipated, most of the most frightening heavy cavalry had perished, and Yan Yu's light cavalry and infantry were packing up the remnants and retreating.The Yanyu army attacking from the west was also retreating at the same time. It seemed that Ashinanur had completely given up his plan to capture Yunxia Pass.

The heavy infantry after the charge were exhausted, and the only ones left to chase the remnants were the light cavalry battalion and the rest of the infantry battalion of the rear army.Chen Shao got on his horse again, his eyes were fixed on the Yanyu King Banner not far away, and he tried his best to catch up.

"What a general, this young man..." Yu Chixian smiled, seeming to praise him.

Chen Yan felt something was wrong in a daze. He had heard for a long time that Ashinanur had a treacherous personality, so it was strange that he withdrew his troops so easily.Just as he was frowned and thinking, Wei Changxuan who was silent at the side suddenly said: "General, don't you think it's strange that there is no one who is carrying a banner while running away. They are afraid that our pursuers will not find us." Is it their general?"

Yu Chixian and Chen Yan looked at each other, and changed their expressions at the same time: "Not good!"

Chen Shao led the Qingqi and ran for more than ten miles, but felt that something was wrong. The enemy did not flee along the small road, they kept running on the main road, holding the dazzling king's flag in their hands.The warriors under the king's banner wore golden visors on their faces. Chen Shao couldn't see his expression, but he guessed that there must be a sarcastic smile on his face.

Just like when he watched his brother die back then.

"Ashinanur!" He suddenly shouted, the Li Ma under his crotch leaped forward a few feet, he drew his sword and rushed towards the enemy general's personal team.There were about a hundred people in the bodyguard team. Facing the young officer in the lead, they showed a slight disdainful smile, surrounded from left and right, swung sabers alternately in their hands, as if they were about to smash Chen Shao into pieces.

Blood sprayed from the horse, and the soldiers in the front fell off their horses one after another. The Yanyu cavalry behind were slightly frightened and stopped their horses a little.Chen Shao held his sword horizontally in both hands. He was no longer a young man desperately slashing at a wooden post. He was holding a killing knife in his hand. At this moment, his eyes were shining brightly, staring straight at the masked warrior in front of him: "Ashina Nur, do you dare to fight me?"

The samurai smiled muffledly under the visor, and when he lifted the visor, his sharp eyes swept across Chen Shao's face: "Okay."

The warrior dismounted, and Chen Shao also dismounted. The wind blew his slightly messy hair. He stared at the opponent's face with burning eyes, and tightly held the knife in his hand: "Do you remember, three years ago, It was also here that you killed a young Jokhang officer and ordered him to hang his corpse on a flagpole for several months."

Ashina Nur raised his eyebrows slightly, he smiled, and replied in unprofessional Central Plains dialect: "I know, he is your brother." He smiled treacherously, "You will see him soon It's his time."

"Chen Shao! Run! There's an ambush!" Wei Changxuan's voice came from behind.

Chen Shao was slightly startled, he subconsciously wanted to back away, but it was too late.A large number of people suddenly appeared at the end of the road, and he saw clearly where they came from in an instant. They were Yanyu's Zhejie soldiers, Khan's personal guards, the best of the best.The four Zhejies stabbed their spears at the same time, and then the rest of the Zhejies stepped forward together. Their tall figures blocked Chen Shao's retreat, and at the same time blocked Wei Changxuan's sight.

"No!" Wei Changxuan roared. After the glaring blood splashed high, he saw his friend being lifted above everyone's heads, and the blade of the spear pierced through his chest.

At that moment, Wei Changxuan roared like a beast, and he led his horse straight into the enemy army, waving the long knife in his hand indiscriminately, and countless spears stabbed at him, but he didn't dodge at all.

"Madman..." Ashina Nur murmured, this lunatic-like young man held a long-handled modao in his hand, and all the soldiers who approached him were chopped to pieces, and the spears of the Zhejies stabbed them into pieces. It pierced his arm and calf, but he swung the knife desperately as if he didn't feel pain.

There was a commotion in the rear suddenly, it was Yu Chifeng who rushed to rescue with a large number of troops, when he chased here, Ashinanur had already led his troops to escape.Corpses were scattered all over the ground, obviously after a fierce battle, Yu Chifeng saw Chen Shao's body at a glance, and immediately jumped off his horse in shock.There was a bloody man crawling beside him, Yu Chifeng almost didn't recognize that it was Wei Changxuan, he called him tremblingly: "Are you still alive?"

Wei Changxuan didn't answer him, he put his hand on the back of his dead friend's, and the blood of the two of them almost soaked the small bamboo tube in Chen Shao's hand.

Yu Chifeng knew this kind of bamboo tube, and soldiers in the army had to write a suicide note before going to battle, and put it in this kind of bamboo tube. The bamboo tube had their military rank and name written on it. people's hometown.Yu Chifeng picked up such a bamboo tube from his comrades who died in battle countless times, but this time, he hardly had the courage to pick up the one in Chen Shao's hand.