Haiyan

No one is interested in this new year. Chuguan is not comparable to Qiangzhou. Almost never stopped, not only the Han army was a little tired, but even the Guangming army could hardly lift their spirits.

There are many plum blossoms in the dry forest on both sides of the mountain. If you don’t look carefully, you can hardly tell whether it is snow or flowers. On the second day of the New Year, Chang Sheng and Wei Shuyou went to look for the snow to enjoy the flowers. The wind is not strong, but the temperature is very high. Low, even if the Changsheng is very thickly worn, I can't help but feel the cold in my bones.

A low cough came from the front, and Chang Sheng's drooping face couldn't help frowning. This year, Wei Shuyou's health became worse and worse. Ever since he brought [-] blood alliance guards to rebel against the Eastern Han Dynasty, Master Xue also disappeared. Well, Lao Huang and the others searched many places over the years, but they couldn't find the old man again. Later, they went to Jiuyi Mountain and found that Kuang Zichu didn't leave any cure for his disease after his death.

Half a month ago, General Qinghe was forced to retreat from Bianzhou to Hengdu by the army of the Western Han Dynasty with the Iron Buddha Tu. These years, Yinping's most proud army was hit hard for the first time. When the news reached Beilu, everyone was shocked. It's unbelievable.

When Zhong Shu and Wanqiu finally came back with the medicines, more than 3000 people went there, and when they came back, there were only less than [-] left. Mr. Zhu hurriedly ordered the traitor to take care of the medicines, and everyone understood Xuan didn't deliberately mention the casualties. Before peace, any sacrifice is necessary and worthwhile.

At this time, Yin Kang and Zhao Yuqing had already led the Shence Army to cross to support Qinghe. In addition to the Guangming Army, there were Heluo and Kuafu troops sent by Yin Ping at Chuguan. The combat power of the army cannot be conquered overnight. When the other side was still confronting Tiefutu and the Shence Army, a lot of troops had been sent to participate in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The terrain of Chuguan is dangerous, but people are panicked. Now that 15 people are in hand, although they are on par with the Eastern Han Dynasty, seeing Wei Shuyou's body deteriorating, Chang Sheng can't help but feel a little worried.

When he came down from the mountain, Wei Shuyou fell asleep not long after returning home. He didn't wake up from this sleep for nearly ten days. Except for a few of his subordinates and Chang Sheng, everyone in the entire camp felt a little restless.

Changsheng has been sheltered by the people around him all these years. In those years, there was the old prince and Wei Shuyou, later there was Li Su, and in recent years, it was Yin Kang and Yin Ping. In fact, frankly speaking, he himself did not know much about it. But now that Wei Shuyou is like this, the Guangming Army cannot lose its backbone. He often sits on the edge of his bed and quietly looks at his face, but involuntarily touches the old tattoo on his wrist. .

That was the unique symbol of the Blood Alliance Guard back then and now the Bright Army. Since Wei Shuyou gave him such an identity back then, now, he cannot let him down.

He seemed to have forgotten how long Li Su hadn't written to him, and he didn't take the initiative to write to him again. When spring came, Wei Shuyou woke up, but he couldn't even get out of bed for a long time.

The sound of the horn outside sounded and went out like a routine. He didn't know what else he had done these days besides presiding over the overall situation, leading troops to fight and taking care of Wei Shuyou. The tide at the confluence of the three rivers was still surging, and he felt that he seemed to have aged a lot this year.

The advancing team stopped to rest on a remote trail. Chang Sheng wrapped himself tightly with a hood. Jiang Xing was leading a group of subordinates to distribute dry food. He came over and asked Chang Sheng, "Little Prince, would you like some food?"

Chang Sheng was a little tired, half leaning on the horse's back and squinting his eyes, the surrounding wind and snow was heavy and he had to talk loudly even if he was very close, Chang Sheng smiled at him, waved his hand and said: "You eat, I don't Hungry."

Jiang Xing frowned and said in a loud voice: "It's been two days of walking, how can the body not eat more, General Meng will join us soon, let's rest a little bit first."

Chang Sheng didn't want to refuse his kindness, so he stretched out his hand and stuffed a little of the hard dry food into his mouth. It was tasteless and as hard as eating beef tendon, but it was a rare thing that could fill his stomach and be easy to carry. Horseback There was a huge water bag hanging on the side, and when the Changsheng was removed and the cork was opened, a strong smell of alcohol mixed with the wind instantly swayed out.

Jiang Xing was chatting with the soldiers behind him, smelling it, he turned his head and chuckled, but saw Chang Sheng shaking the things in his hand at them, and asked, "Drink?"

Jiang Xing quickly waved his hands: "Don't drink, don't drink, it's too strong, third prince, except for King Guangming, you are the only one in our group who can drink such strong wine."

Chang Sheng smiled at him, raised his neck and took a sip. When the transparent liquid flowed down his neck and entered his cavity, it was hot and stinging. Chang Sheng wiped the corner of his mouth without changing his face, and hung up the water bag again. go up.

It's a bit ridiculous to think about it, in the past he was the one who couldn't drink the least, but now in the end, he is the one who can drink the most, and it's still such a strong drink.

Eight hundred miles in front of them looked like an endless void. The path they were resting on was still hidden, surrounded by some bushes, so it was not easy to be seen by the Han troops who often patrol here. This time they took Jiang Xing The group of them came here to meet Mengjiao and Xu Feng. After the road they transported supplies was occupied by the army of the Eastern Han Dynasty a few years ago, only this road was left that could be concealed. Even if you walk on this road, you have to be vigilant at all times to prevent being discovered by the Han army.

Today's two lands are three-legged, the north and the south are too far apart, and the national power is very small, so there has been no movement. The power relationship between Wei Shuyou and Yin Ping has never been spread out in the open all these years I said it, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that the King of Light is now conquering the world for the King of the Northern Territory. When the Eastern and Western Hans are really defeated one day, the King of Light will surely submit to the King of the Northern Territory.

But Changsheng knew in his heart that Wei Shuyou would not yield to anyone. He was a citizen of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the king in his heart had died the moment Zhao Ye and others crashed into Zijin Palace. His own king, even after the world is unified in the future, the destination of Wei Shuyou that he can think of is to stay away from this noisy place and go to a place that no one knows to be happy.

His allegiance is to the world, not to a certain person.

Chang Sheng ate half of the dry food in his hand, the wind was already blowing fiercely, when he lifted his hood, his face was slightly rough due to fatigue, his skin used to be as fine and white as a woman's , After more than a year of trials and hardships, the whole person is mature and stable, if you use Wei Shuyou's words to flirt, it will make you look more manly.

The rest of the team behind them almost began to regroup their horses and prepare to move forward. Jiang walked over and greeted Chang Sheng, saying, "There is still less than [-] miles to go. If you slow down, it will be tomorrow morning. If you hurry up, you will be able to join them tonight." .”

Chang Sheng nodded, and ordered: "Let's go."

Because they were afraid of alarming the enemy, they didn't have many people who came to meet them this time, only [-], and each of them wrapped a thick layer of cotton cloth on the horse's hoof to prevent the horse's hoof from being too loud when walking at night. , shocked the Han army, and the horseshoes wrapped in cotton cloth can prevent slipping on the snow and run faster.

The war horse hissed a few times, the exposed skin was cut by the wind and hurt, Chang Sheng was about to pull the reins, a slight tremor suddenly came from the horse's back along the ground, the people behind did not respond, but Chang Sheng felt something was wrong very sensitively.

He suddenly stopped, waved his hands to Jiang Xing and others behind him, and said loudly: "Wait!"

Jiang Xing went in without knowing it, but he was keenly aware of something wrong in Chang Sheng's tone, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, the third prince?"

Chang Sheng raised the hood, narrowed his eyes slightly looking straight ahead, frowned and said, "Listen."

Although there was nothing in this vast expanse except the whiteness all over the ground, Jiang Xing had been following Wei Shuyou for so many years, and at this moment he and Chang Sheng had always seen a slight subtle change through that endless calm.

"How about waiting?" Jiang Xing said.

Chang Sheng paused for a moment, then said solemnly: "Let everyone get down first, let's lead the horses and let's walk in."

He got off the horse first, and the people behind followed Jiang Xing's instructions one after another. At this time, everyone got together, and no one made any doubts because of Chang Sheng's sudden order.

I don't know how long it took, the originally imperceptible slight sound became louder and louder, the rumbling movement seemed like thousands of troops and horses riding past, everyone carefully looked up through the bushes, the white field Above, at least two thousand black armored cavalry galloped away. The snowflakes splashed on the ground were like white waves, and there was a sharp killing in the chaos. It is particularly dazzling in the harmony.

Jiang Xing couldn't help but took a deep breath, and tried to suppress his voice and said: "It's a military horse from the Western Han Dynasty."

Chang Sheng's face was a bit dignified, and his eyes were fixed on the galloping horses in front of him without blinking. Stopped, the moment it stopped abruptly, it seemed that even the air was still, and the loud sound of the wind was thrown far away. The lower brigade stood quietly in the cold wind.

Chang Sheng didn't understand what was going on with them at first, but when he saw the herald start gesturing towards the team behind him, he was startled and said in a low voice, "Not good!"

Jiang Xing also understood instantly, but the Han army had already started to move.

They dispersed into countless small teams and began to spread on the white ground, almost in groups of ten to eight people standing guard every twenty steps in a regular manner. They all wore small flags on their waists and waited until they settled down , pulled out the flag behind him and planted it on the snow at his feet, and continued to line up like this. At least 2000 of the [-] troops blocked the white ground in front from both sides, and the remaining soldiers were under the command of the herald. Regroup, and then follow the Bauhinia banner and gallop towards the place where the leader disappeared just now.

Chang Sheng led [-] people to hide behind the Han army's garrison, and his long eyebrows were furrowed tightly. You must know that although this place has been under the surveillance of the Han army, scattered patrol soldiers will come here from time to time. Come over and take a look around, and at this moment, the private soldiers are suddenly guarding, so now this place has officially become a place where the Han army is emphatically stationed.

Snow quickly covered the brim of the hood with white, and they would go along the road to meet the raped Xu Feng, but now this group of Han troops suddenly appeared, and the way to go was blocked to death, if If we take a detour now, it will be very difficult to join the treacherous Xu Feng before tomorrow. Besides, the Han army came suddenly. I don’t know if the treacherous Xu Feng has received the news. Let's face it, they only have 500 people, and they will definitely startle more Han troops...

When his mind was spinning rapidly, Jiang Xing suddenly asked: "Third Prince, what should we do?"

Chang Sheng said in a deep voice, "Bring me the map."

Jiang Xing took a huge sheepskin map from the soldier behind him and handed it up. Chang Sheng looked down for a while, found their current location, then pointed to the side twice, and asked Jiang Xing: "This map Is it okay to go?"

Jiang Xing was not as familiar with the terrain here as Chang Sheng, but they came with someone who was familiar with the terrain this time. The soldier came up, glanced at the place Chang Sheng was pointing at, and said, "This mountain road is behind us. It’s not far, but the road is very narrow, no one will pass through it all year round, and the place is very steep, there is an abyss under the mountain teeth, strange stones and horizontal branches protruding from the center will block the road, it is very difficult to walk.”

Chang Sheng asked impatiently: "You just tell me if I can go, and also, can I go directly to Yaozigou?"

Yaozigou is the only place where raped Xu Feng and others must pass through for transportation.

The soldier paused, and said seriously: "People can walk, but I can't guarantee whether I can get by!"

Being able to walk and being able to pass are two different things.

You can go up, but you don't know if you will fall down the mountain because of landslides during this period.

Chang Sheng thought for a while, exhaled a heavy breath of white air, and asked the soldiers: "Is there another way?"

The soldier took out the map and looked at it, and then pointed to another place: "This way can also be walked, but we still have to pass through the wasteland in front of us..."

Chang Sheng waved his hand and said, "What's the difference between being unable to leave? Twenty of us rushed out to fight against the 800 Han troops!"

The soldier stopped in resentment and stepped back.

Chang Sheng said to Jiang Xing: "There is no other way, this is the only way."

Jiang Xing nodded and said: "It's okay, I have been following King Guangming for so many years, and I haven't traveled any roads. This kind of mountain road has been eight hundred if I haven't been on it for a thousand..."

Chang Sheng called more than [-] people together and ordered: "Everyone will follow me closely in a while, don't disturb the Han army behind us, once we get on the mountain road, we will be fine."

Everyone nodded, and a group of people quietly started to move back from the bushes. However, when they came to the mountain road that they thought was no big deal, everyone couldn't help but almost dropped their jaws.

I saw under the high mountain, on a narrow path so narrow that no four-hoofed animal could stand on it, the hard barb-like branches protruding from the center of the mountain were so straight in the air, and the sharp stones Big and small blocks the road that can only be moved by people sideways against the mountain. Below the mountain is a bottomless abyss. This is nothing. A soldier went to measure it and shook his head with a white face. Said: "Third Prince, this road is too narrow, people have to turn sideways and worry about their toes, let alone horses, they can't even stand on it."

Chang Sheng sighed deeply, without horses, they would not be able to get to Yaozigou before tomorrow morning, and now there are a large number of Han troops blocking the way, even if they want to go back, it will not be so easy.

Just when everyone was helpless, the wind swept the gravel on the side of the mountain and threw it towards the crowd. The horse was startled by the sudden movement, and couldn't help but let out a long hiss. At that moment, everyone's hearts were lifted to their throats.

The air seemed to froze for a moment, and the Han army who had been startled behind him suddenly shouted: "Who is there!"

Everyone subconsciously glanced at each other, and heard the sound of footsteps coming from far and near.

With a sound of 'cracking', Chang Sheng had already pulled out his long saber first, and the rest of them followed closely. The Han army immediately reacted and shouted: "There are people here!"

The battle between the two sides was on the verge of breaking out. There were countless enemy troops in front of the 20 of them, and behind them was a gully that could not see the abyss. They had no other choice but to fight out. The knife ran in front of him and blocked him behind, Jiang Xing gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Third Prince, you go from the mountain road behind, we will drag them down first!"

Changsheng shouted: "Fart, if you want to go, you will take you with you. Now there is no way, let's go together, if you can kill one, it is one!"

As soon as the words fell, the enemy army had already rushed over 30 people, but when they saw the movement of the other party holding a knife, they were not in a hurry to attack, they just asked: "Who are you!"

Chang Sheng was originally protected by those people, but at this moment he pushed through the crowd and stepped forward, saying in a deep voice, "Who are you guys!"

The leader of the opponent stared at them very vigilantly and said: "We are soldiers from the Seventh Battalion of the Thirteenth Regiment of the Central Army. Which trench are you from? What are you doing here?"

The 13th Battalion of the No.[-] Regiment of the Central Army - Di belonged to the [-]th Division of the Central Army back then. Li Zongyao's direct regiment was also an army that Li Su led when he was General Hongying in Gyeonggi Palace.

Chang Sheng couldn't help being moved in his heart, and was about to report his number indiscriminately, but the leader continued: "Where is the Fenghuo Order! Take out your Fenghuo Order and have a look, no matter which regiment it is from, we only recognize the order, not the person! "

Standing beside Chang Sheng, Jiang Xing almost couldn't hold back the knife in his hand, but seeing the people in front suddenly take a few steps, he quickly lowered his voice and said, "Why don't you charge!"

Seeing the other party getting closer and closer, Chang Sheng was really helpless, and said to the man, "Feng Huo Order? Here, come here, I will show you."

As soon as several people walked in, before they could react, the leader saw a silver light flashing in front of his eyes, and looked down at the deep gash in his lower abdomen in disbelief, and a large expanse of bright red gushed out, without even having time to say a word, He swayed a few times, and fell to the ground with a thud.

Only then did the surrounding soldiers realize that the leader had been killed by the other party. However, this gang of unknown people was extremely quick and killed most of them in an instant. The remaining soldiers shouted loudly, and soon alarmed other central armies.

The two parties quickly fought together. Chang Sheng led Jiang Xing and they didn't like to fight after finishing these tasks. They quickly got on their horses and rushed towards the crowd. There is no mounted archer, so it is still possible to escape.

The wind whizzed past my ears, and a large number of teams followed closely behind. Changsheng measured his troops, and he couldn't take them to the direction they were going, because they might find the whereabouts of the rape and others, except for those behind him. The only thing that can save your life is the open space on the left front. After running out of that land, you can go a little further to the Changdi Valley. There are only 800 of them. Doing [-] people is undoubtedly a dead end, and the Changdi Valley is in a corner Yizhi, hoping to get rid of these people.

And not long after he had this idea, a rain of arrows roared behind him, Chang Sheng was shocked, and couldn't help but look at Jiang Xing—when did the Central Army bring cavalry archers over? ? !

However, before they recovered from the shock, there was a sudden sound of falling to the ground behind them. They thought that the people who followed were injured and fell off their horses, but when they turned around, the Central Army who was chasing them just now had already fallen instantly. A large area, and behind the central army, the King of Light is rapidly approaching this side with a small group of troops.

......

"Why did you come here suddenly?" Most of the fallen corpses were lying in disorder. The Guangming Army tied up the rest of the Central Army and retreated. Chang Sheng kicked a broken limb on the ground and asked Wei Shuyou, The latter wrapped himself in three layers and outer layers extremely thickly, only showing a handsome head that cracked the sky and said: "As soon as you set off on the front foot, I... my back foot, follow, follow... ...cough cough."

Chang Sheng was surprised: "What are you doing here?"

Wei Shuyou said seriously: "A few days ago, I knew that the Western Han Dynasty would send troops to garrison Kuchiyuan. It just so happens that you are going to pick them up and clear the way for you in advance."

Chang Sheng looked at him and didn't speak.

Wei Shuyou tilted her head with some guilty conscience, coughed, and said, "I didn't come out just now because I wanted to see how you deal with it. I didn't expect that you still can't make me worry."

Chang Sheng asked back: "...If it were you, what would you do?"

Wei Shuyou smiled and said: "Of course I will do it directly, it's not my style to just run away like this."

Chang Sheng rolled his eyes: "Oh? 20 people doing 800 people? Tsk tsk, King Guangming is really powerful!"

Wei Shuyou reached out and touched his head, and said with a pale face: "Okay, okay, didn't you say you are going to pick up someone, hurry up, don't waste the time."

Chang Sheng just remembered something, and suddenly said angrily: "Why did you come here yourself!"

Wei Shuyou smiled and said: "You just realized it, do you still think that brother is the best for you, regardless of...cough cough, regardless of my broken body, cough cough, I have to come here to help you Are you sheltering from the wind and rain? Then why don’t you hurry up...ahem..."

He couldn't stop coughing at all, and bent his waist. Chang Sheng hurriedly supported him, and the moment his hand touched him, he realized that Wei Shuyou was shaking so badly. He lowered his head and covered his mouth with his sleeve. , Chang Sheng was about to ask someone to rush over to help, but when he lowered his head, he accidentally saw a smear of bright red flashing on the sleeve close to his face.

"you......"

what are you doing?

Wei Shuyou didn't even have time to finish his sentence, his voice was drowned in an uncontrollable cough, and Chang Sheng had already pulled out the sleeve covering his mouth, just lying in the air in a daze, without saying a word for a long time In a word.

Wei Shuyou didn't dare to look up at him, so she lowered her head and continued to cover up her panic. Chang Sheng suddenly reached out and wiped the large bloodstain on his sleeve. He wiped it very slowly, his whole hand Trembling violently, again and again, Wei Shuyou couldn't bear to watch, and finally couldn't help straightening up, and looked up at him.

"I'm fine..."

As soon as Wei Shuyou finished speaking hoarsely, Chang Sheng nodded heavily, lowered his eyelids and said in a low voice: "Got it."

He didn't have much reaction, probably because he was used to seeing Wei Shuyou like this this year, he already felt less shocked, but it was the first time for Chang Sheng to see him coughing up blood, Wei Shuyou used to avoid it His, today is a bit careless.

"Don't come out in person in such a cold day. Do you want to lie in bed for ten days and a half a month? Have you forgotten that you almost couldn't get out of bed this spring?"

Chang Sheng's tone was very flat, so flat that there was almost no emotion. Wei Shuyou knew that it was because of his helplessness. He had no way to cure his illness, and he couldn't find someone who could cure him. He could only watch this every day. Seeing that his body is getting worse day by day, but he is helpless and can't do anything except take care of him.

"Throw away the dirty clothes when you go back." Chang Sheng said, "Don't worry about me in the future. After so many years, isn't it enough? Do you have to wear yourself down to be reconciled?"

Wei Shuyou watched his mouth opening and closing, some transparent liquid slid down Chang Sheng's face, but he wiped it off, and continued: "As long as you put more thought on yourself, I will There will be no burden."

Wei Shuyou blurted out without thinking, "Did I put pressure on you?"

Chang Sheng shook his head and said, "No, I just feel that I'm sorry for you."

Wei Shuyou: "Why do you feel sorry for me? My illness has nothing to do with you."

Chang Sheng raised his head to look at him, his eyes were a little red, half covered by the hood, he couldn't see clearly, "I'm sorry, it's because I think I'm such an adult, and I always make you worry about me, I'm sorry, it's because I feel Over the years, I have never done anything serious for you. You are the one who pays for me. I’m sorry, it’s because I couldn’t do anything because of my little affair when you were out in the army and fighting three years ago. I'm sorry to stay by your side, because I've watched your illness get worse day by day and couldn't share the slightest pain for you. I do these things... In fact, if you don't come today, I will find a way to get rid of them. You underestimate me. In the past year, I have not had you to do everything for me. Don't worry about me? Why can't you take care of yourself?!"

As he spoke, tears fell involuntarily, and then, regardless of the large group of soldiers standing there, he stretched out his arms and hugged Wei Shuyou, and said in a muffled voice, "I don't want you to do it for me again." What's wrong, can't you give me a chance to let me do something for you!"

Wei Shuyou couldn't say anything for a moment - the reason why he came here today was because he had received the news from the spies that the army and horses of the Western Han Dynasty would be stationed in Kuochiyuan. At first, he was afraid of Changsheng Such a small number of people can't handle it, but he has seen what Changsheng has done in Chuguan in the past year. He knows that the person he loves and loves over the past ten years has grown up and can In turn, he protects him, but after all, the kind of giving in his heart has become a habit, and it is difficult to change, just like the old father who is always worried about the child who is away from home. He is always afraid that something will happen to him. Always clinging to him, seeing with his own eyes that he is fine will make him feel relieved, but Wei Shuyou knows that he is no longer as innocent to Chang Sheng as the old father is to his son, and he doesn't want to show his dirty feelings easily, after all their The relationship is no better than others, to him, as long as Changsheng is safe and happy, he doesn't care about anything.

But the main reason for the other part is that he wants to clean up the central army stationed here. He doesn't have much other ideas. He just wants the Han army to know that our Guangming army comes and goes at will. If you don't agree , we continued on the battlefield, but this kind of thing should have been done by sending someone over, but Wei Shuyou came in person, for no other reason, it was because of Chang Sheng...

"Just relax, you don't need to do anything else." Wei Shuyou said with a sudden smile, reaching out to pat him on the back.

Chang Sheng paused, loosened his arm holding him, stood up again after a while, and said: "Don't do this again, when you were worried about me, didn't you think that I was also worried about you? If you fall ill again, I am not the one to worry about most, as long as you are fine, I will not worry about anything, so I should take care of myself more in the future, I have so many people who love me, and I don’t need you alone.”

"Yo." Wei Shuyou lost her temper, and scolded with a smile: "Now you can say things like beating yourself up, you little white-eyed wolf."

Chang Sheng said: "Really, you know everything, so I won't say anything more to stimulate you."

Wei Shuyou looked at him.

Chang Sheng snorted: "You go back quickly, I'm going to Yaozigou, and I'll be back soon at noon the day after tomorrow."

Chang Sheng got back on the horse, Jiang Xing waited for the group of people to follow, waved at Wei Shuyou, Chang Sheng said, "I'm leaving."

A group of troops quickly disappeared. Wei Shuyou squinted at the disappearing figure for a long time before shouting to the lieutenant general who came with him: "Liang Jian, prepare to meet the enemy!"

Not long after the words fell, the Han army over there rushed over after noticing the movement, and it was too late to eat dinner, and the liver marrow was once again wandering on the Chiyuan.

Baihuang Calendar | October [-], [-], King Guangming's "whim" in Chiyuan did not know what kind of disaster he would bring to himself in the following wars. The dawn of the previous years seemed to have shrouded The teachers of justice have been too long, and the turmoil under the calm waves is about to rise from this land. God is about to use the army of light as a knife to tear apart the beautiful illusion of Hokuriku.

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