I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

In Gu Yuanbai's eyes, no matter how beautiful a beauty is, they are not as beautiful as Jiang Shan.

Where is the beauty of Jiangshan?The beauty is that this is Gu Yuanbai's country.

Watching his decrees promulgated one by one, watching the country move forward slowly in his own hands, politics, rights, all the centers are revolving around Gu Yuanbai.

This is too moving, too overwhelming, how can one or two beauties compare to such a feeling?

The two walked all the way to the teahouse, and returned to the palace in a low-key manner.As soon as he entered the palace, he saw the Minister of the Ministry of War coming to meet the saint. After seeing Gu Yuanbai, he reported that more than 200 people had fallen into bandits on Xiguang Mountain, more than 2000 kilometers away from the capital, oppressing the surrounding people and robbing the villages and towns of food. As a result, the people could not live in peace, and the surrounding local officials wrote a letter requesting that the Ministry of War had discussed with the Privy Council and decided to send troops to suppress the bandits.

Gu Yuanbai nodded and said, "Who is leading the army?"

"The members of the Privy Council are discussing with the ministers," said the Minister of War, "the ministers are here to ask the Holy Majesty's opinion."

Hearing about the suppression of bandits, Xue Yuan couldn't help but look over.

Gu Yuanbai noticed his gaze, he pondered for a moment, and said, "Xue Yuan."

Xue Yuan grinned, strode over to salute, "The minister is here."

"Have you led soldiers before?" Gu Yuanbai asked.

"I have led 5000 troops to fight," Xue Yuan said calmly, "I have taken tens of thousands of enemy heads."

Leading an army is not easy.Some people are strong and brave on the battlefield, but that doesn't mean they are suitable for leading troops. A general's ability to lead troops is from leading a hundred people to fight and kill the enemy, to gradually increasing to 500, 1000, 2000... ... until gradually trained among tens of thousands of people.

And after the number of soldiers reaches tens of thousands, there will be fewer generals who can lead and use this tens of thousands of troops.

Some people can only lead a few hundred people at their limit, and more soldiers will result in unreasonable distribution, unreasonable use, and unreasonable majesty. Instead, they will mess up their positions and send heads for nothing.

Xue Yuan had honed himself under General Xue for several years. Before he returned to Beijing, his enemy had won the most on the battlefield, and he already had the ability to lead tens of thousands of troops. Put more lives in Xue Yuan's hands.

There are many talented generals in Daheng, and there are many good seedlings in the five-year martial arts, but among these seedlings, there are very few who can lead more than five thousand soldiers, and even fewer are tens of thousands. How many of those who led tens of thousands of soldiers in battle did not leave their names in history?

Gu Yuanbai wanted to see Xue Yuan's ability, so he said directly: "In this case, you will lead the troops to encircle and suppress the bandits in Xiguangshan."

Xue Yuan has been hungry for a long time, and he couldn't help but smile when he heard the words, "I obey the order."

One thousand infantry and five hundred cavalry rushed to Xiguang Mountain, two hundred kilometers away.

Xue Yuan was accompanied by a man named Qin Sheng, Qin Sheng had never been on a battlefield, Xue Yuan was different.Be vigilant even on the road, and guard against sneak attacks on the embankment.The sentinel horses scattered in all directions, strictly watching the changes in the surrounding situation.

When they arrived at the foot of Xiguang Mountain, Xue Yuan ordered people to wait there, and he led a team of light cavalry to check.

The terrain of Xiguang Mountain is high and condescending. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If it is on flat ground, only [-] cavalry can beat them to tears. Now the difficulty of this battle lies in the terrain.

Xue Yuan led people around, and squatted on the mountain path to ambush. Not long after, a group of about a hundred bandits came down the mountain.Xue Yuan rushed forward with his men, killing them to the brim.

After killing most of the people and taking all the rest as prisoners, Xue Yuan interrogated them: "What's the situation on Xiguang Mountain?"

The big knife in his hand was still dripping with blood, and wearing black armor on his body made him look taller and stronger. Xue Yuan took the knife face and slapped the captive's face, "Say it to me obediently."

The prisoner howled and talked about the situation on the mountain, and Xue Yuan and the surrounding soldiers knew that there was more than one family of bandits on the top of Xiguang Mountain.

The village master of Xiguang Mountain invited the village masters of the other two hilltops to discuss important matters. From what these young people said, it was because their village masters wanted to join forces with the bandits from the other two hilltops when they learned that the imperial court was going to send troops to encircle and suppress them. Want to ally.

Xue Yuan laughed directly, and the little guy said tremblingly: "Guan, Guan Ye, there are a lot of bandits on the three hills."

If the people on the three hilltops were really gathered together, there would be seven or eight thousand people if they were all scattered.

"So I have to thank your village master," Xue Yuan smiled with satisfaction, "Give me a chance to make great contributions."

After the questioning, he killed these little people without hesitation, leaving only two people to lead the way.

After that, Xue Yuan left another 500 people to garrison in place, and asked them to raise the banners and set up big drums. After listening to the order, they immediately waved the drums vigorously, creating a picture of a large army pressing down on the border and the entire government army dispatched.

After giving these instructions, Xue Yuan divided the soldiers and horses into two parts, one part was handed over to Qin Sheng, the elite whom the Holy Majesty seemed to be cultivating on purpose, and the other part was led by himself, and he left Xiguang Mountain directly and went straight to the headquarters of the other two village owners. .

The village owner at the top of their mountain brought most of his people to Xiguang Mountain, leaving very few people in the village.In the eyes of these elite soldiers raised with good food and good food, these mobs are like live lambs, waiting to be slaughtered and make meritorious deeds.

Xue Yuan led all the soldiers directly to Wangtu Mountain, killing all the people they were following as they went up.Probably never thought that there would be imperial officers and soldiers coming to suppress the bandits, the gate of Wang Tushan's village was wide open, and there was no need to break through it.

And this just took advantage of this group of soldiers who were eager to make meritorious deeds. They rushed into the bandit den in Wang Tushan, like wolves running into the sheepfold.

Fighting and blood spattering.

Xue Yuan knew that many of the soldiers behind him were entering the battlefield for the first time and killing someone for the first time.In this situation, Xue Yuan rushed to the forefront, like a sharp knife, he led the soldiers behind him to kill red-eyed.

The rebellious bandits fought back with broadswords, and they raised all available weapons.But the more you resist, the more you let the soldiers know that this is military merit, and you will be rewarded if you kill them!

Don't be afraid, don't stop, the hand that swings the knife must be fast and forceful.Surrounded by blood, corpses, and people trying to resist and escape, but they can't back down, they have to rush out behind Xue Yuan.

The mysterious armor on Xue Yuan's body had blood slipping from the bottom, he rushed even harder, the knife in his hand took away one life after another, the bloody smell wrapped in his beating heart, the general dared to charge, and gave it to the people behind him Incomparable courage.The soldiers behind him became bloody, they only had heads in their eyes, and their legs were so stiff that they only knew to rush forward. After staring at one person, they looked at another person. They could no longer feel the fatigue, and their waving movements were extremely mechanical. .

The shield blocked the front, and the broadswords and stabs pierced through the gaps in the shield. Except for the initial running-in, the soldiers were already familiar with this attack method.

This is the easiest way to protect yourself and your companions.

Xue Yuan cut off another person's head with a single knife, glanced out of the corner of his eye, and saw someone not far away guarding a person who was running away in a hurry, he must know in his eyes that this person must be a big head.

Xue Yuan rushed straight over and shouted loudly: "Follow me!"

The soldiers protecting him roared and followed Xue Yuan and rushed towards the group of people. The shields pushed away one person after another. They listened to whatever Xue Yuan said.Soon, they blazed a path, protecting Xue Yuan and rushing forward.

Those who tried to stop them were all killed with a knife, their heads still fixed on expressions of horror.The second village master who was running away panicked, and suddenly there was a scream from behind, and the chill rose. The second village master turned his head to look, and met a blood-washed cold knife head-on.

Heads fall.

The bandit who was protecting the second village master said sadly: "Second village master!!!"

After learning the identity of this person, Xue Yuan immediately said loudly: "You wait for the second village master to die!"

The soldiers who heard his words became even more aggressive, and immediately shouted at the top of their voices, "The second village master of Wang Tushan is dead! Hurry up and catch him!"

Only an instant passed, and soldiers everywhere shouted this sentence. The cries of "the master of the second village is dead" became louder and louder, and the bandits on Wangtu Mountain were stunned, looking at the soldiers who had grown up in disbelief.They were terrified of being beaten, and when the backbone died, the whole team began to collapse.People kept running towards the foot of the mountain, and the more people ran, the bigger the collapse.

They threw down their weapons and the leaders they were protecting, big and small, and ran down the mountain with all their might, at the fastest speed in their lives, to all the places where there were no Daheng soldiers.

If your legs are weak and you can't run anymore, then you have to roll down the mountain.Many people slipped and fell on the blood-covered ground, but these people had no time to grieve which familiar people the blood came from. They only knew that they had to run, run fast, and run fast to save their lives.

Xue Yuan watched them flee, and raised his hand to stop the soldiers from pursuing.

All the soldiers stood dripping with blood. They were stopped by Xue Yuan, so they listened to the order and stopped chasing them. Once they stopped, endless exhaustion surged up all of a sudden. Tired like a waste.

Everyone was panting heavily, their minds were blank, and lying on the ground seemed to be floating in the air.

Xue Yuan took a few deep breaths, wiped off the blood on his face, picked up the head of the second village master, looked at the soldier's appearance, and kicked it hard, "Wake up my mind. "

After killing people with such extreme concentration, the whole person will be in a trance and blank, and it takes a while to feel down-to-earth.

This is called killing your head.

After being awakened by Xue Yuan's sound, the soldiers staggered to their feet. After this battle against bandits, they had already developed an instinct to trust and submit to Xue Yuan.

Everyone was full of evil spirits, Xue Yuan held his head, pointed to a cavalryman and said, "Hurry up and see the results of the other team."

In the stockade surrounded by a sea of ​​corpses, Xue Yuan sat on a chair, and the heads collected by the soldiers were piled aside. With the knife in both hands, he leaned on the knife and looked at the entrance of the stockade with heavy eyes.

The bandit's den was built on a hill because it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now, Xue Yuan led people to turn against the hostess.

He waited for the owner of the Wangtu village in Xiguang Mountain to come back, and watched them go into the mouth of the tiger.

Why did they rush back?Because their wives and children are here.

On the other side, Qin Sheng's troops cleared the payment very smoothly, and he also sent cavalry to inform Xue Yuan of the situation.Finally, Xue Yuan sent someone to inform the soldiers guarding the foot of Xiguang Mountain, and told them to start waving flags and beating drums.

Half of the 500 people were hidden in the mountains and forests, and half appeared on the road. When looking down from a height, there seemed to be countless people hidden among the dense leaves.

Before the sound of flags and drums, on Xiguang Mountain, the three village leaders sat upright in a triangle.

The village owner of Xiguangshan is called Liu Yun, and the other two village owners are named Zhang, who is the boss of Wang Tushan.The other, surnamed Wang, is the owner of the bandit nest in Songzi Mountain.

Liu Yun is a low-ranking scholar, quite quick-witted, he is trying his best to persuade the two village masters to join him in resisting the king's master, his mouth is dry, seeing that they are still unmoved, he is half threatening and half threatening Reasonable: "The two village owners should think about it carefully. We are the most eye-catching hills on the west side of Beijing. If the imperial court really suppresses the bandits, then I must bear the brunt of it. But after me, it will be the two big brothers." .”

Village Master Wang was a little hesitant: "Is the imperial court really sending troops to suppress the bandits? Where did you get the news?"

Just as Liu Yun was about to speak, he heard a wailing voice not far away: "—Village Master!"

The three village owners immediately turned their heads, and Zhang Zhaizhu's face changed. He frowned and looked at his subordinates who were supposed to be in the cottage: "What's going on with you?"

"Officers and soldiers are calling at Wang Tushan!" The subordinates still had panic and fear written on their faces, and blood was stained on the clothes on their trousers.When he saw Village Master Zhang, he burst into tears, "Second Village Master is also dead!"

"What!" Village Master Wang stood up in astonishment.

He was flustered, and just about to say something, he saw several people brought up from the mountain pass.These people are all pitiful and pitiful, and there are people from Wang Tushan among them!

Obviously, Xiguangshan, which the officers and soldiers were going to encircle and suppress, was fine, but the two village owners invited by Liu Yun were raided.

The two village owners stared at Liu Yun with ugly expressions.

Liu Yun's face changed drastically, "It's impossible, the court wants to suppress me, how did it become you?"

He was startled suddenly, his scalp was numb, and he said, "Could it be, could it be that there's something going on here and there?"

Zhaizhu Zhang and Zhaizhu Wang didn't know whether to believe it or not. They looked at the people in the village who were so frightened that they fell to the ground and couldn't stand up. They all felt the same way, but what about the other people in the village?

How are their wives and children now!

Seeing their expressions, Liu Yun gritted his teeth and said, "The two village owners want to go down the mountain now?"

Zhaizhu Zhang was shocked and angry, "How can we not go back!"

"But your village has already been suppressed by the imperial court," Liu Yun sighed, "The two big brothers are only going back to die now, why don't you take the people around you and stay with me first, and then discuss how to deal with this matter. "

The atmosphere was stalemate for a moment, but suddenly heard the sound of drums coming from the foot of the mountain, and cold sweat broke out on Liu Yun's back instantly. He hurried to the edge of the high platform, looked down the mountain, and was frightened and froze in place.

On the edge of the dense forest, countless soldiers in armor stood there waving their flags vigorously, and the sound of drums burst out, making people panic. The flags were densely packed one after another, and there were many shadows in the dense forest. How could there be so many people here!

"Hurry up," Liu Yun said loudly, "Quickly seal the road up the mountain and close the gates of the village, the court officers and soldiers are attacking!"

The people from the other two villages who had just fled here stopped crying when they heard the words. They looked at Liu Yun in a daze as if in a daze.

Liu Yun's scalp was numb, and his premonition grew stronger. He roared angrily, "Quickly block the road!"

"Little Brother Liu," Zhaizhu Zhang said suddenly, "You are not safe here anymore."

Zhaizhu Zhang stood on the side and glanced down, his breath was stagnant, and he murmured: "So many officers and soldiers are gathered here, so they..."

Didn't they have slaughtered the two villages already!

Zhaizhu Zhang couldn't wait any longer, regardless of Liu Yun's obstruction, he took his own people down the mountain and rushed to Wangtu Mountain.Seeing that this place is no longer safe, Wang Zhaizhu ran away in a panic.

Liu Yun sealed off the mountain road, and waited for the officers and soldiers to attack with trepidation. There is water in the mountain, and the food in the village is enough for a month, but if the imperial court makes a strong attack——

Liu Yun shuddered violently.

Xue Yuan stepped on the head of the second village master who rolled to his feet, looked at the sentinel who ran back to report the news, and smiled: "Here we come."

The soldiers around stood aside, the previous weapons had been worn out and could not be used, so they found Wang Tushan's weapons.These people robbed a lot of good things. After looking at their inventory, these soldiers, who were too tired to move just now, were full of energy and stared at the road in front of the village.

Those beheaded heads were piled aside by Xue Yuan, and anyone who took a look at them would feel numb in their legs.

Except for this group of soldiers who have already killed red eyes.

Their blood was contagious one by one, and the eyes looking at those heads seemed to be looking at gold. When Zhaizhu Zhang led the people up the mountain, he saw these wolf-like soldiers.

Xue Yuan's nose was full of bloody smell. He looked at Zhaizhu Zhang who was protected in the middle, and his chest throbbed fieryly.

This head is not pretty, but it should be worth a lot of money and can be dedicated to the little emperor.

Xue Yuan took the lead and rushed over, the cold light of the sword flashed on the ground, and when he moved, all the soldiers rushed over.

Zhaizhu Zhang's heart stopped suddenly, but he calmed down quickly, and when he was about to meet him, those who escaped from the village and came back with him ran around crying like crazy, such a collapse It quickly caused the team to collapse, and even if Zhaizhu Zhang killed someone to stop them from escaping, he couldn't stop them.

In a battle, the most feared thing is the defeat of the team. The escape of one person can cause panic among a group of people, let alone this mob?

Xue Yuan led his men into the crowd ferociously.Xue Yuan didn't remember how many people he had killed, he only had eyes on the one who was being protected and kept running back.

kill him.

Take his valuable head.

The breathing of the people around him was already heavy, and Xue Yuan's own breathing also became heavy, but he still swung the knife again and again.If the knife is broken, then pick up another one on the spot.

Finally, he faced the man who was protected in the middle with a dull expression. Xue Yuan pulled the corners of his lips and raised his hand violently, and the head of the enemy's leader rolled to the ground.

Blood splashed on Xue Yuan's face, Xue Yuan wiped his face casually, glanced at the person who was standing still beside the village master, raised his head with the tip of the knife, and easily took it with his left hand.

Then with a wave of the long knife, these stunned people died.

Xue Yuan raised the head of Zhaizhu Zhang, and with a gloomy expression, he shouted loudly: "The head of the enemy is dead!!!"

Many people came back with Zhaizhu Zhang, and many people are still alive. Xue Yuan looked at them and grinned.

The emperor seems to be short of coolies to build roads.

After capturing Wang Tushan's people, Xue Yuan sent someone to notify the imperial court to come to collect them, and led his troops to rush to Xiguang Mountain first.

Back and forth, the sun has only moved westward, and Xue Yuan is driving his horse, facing the scorching yellow sun.The horses were tied up at the foot of the mountain before, they were clean, and they were too frightened to stop when they smelled the blood on Xue Yuan's body.

Some soldiers around him asked loudly: "My lord, can we capture Xiguang Mountain today?"

Xue Yuan raised his eyelids and said, "It's difficult."

Xiguang Mountain has a high terrain, and the cottage above it can be condescending. It is really easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The reason why they were able to capture Wangtu Mountain and Songzi Mountain was because their cottages were wide open. Although the soldiers blocking the foot of Xiguang Mountain prevented these bandits from escaping, they were too scared to come out of the mountain.

Since ancient times, camps and camps have been built according to water. There is water source on Xiguang Mountain, and they still have food. If they want to consume it, they must not be able to consume the imperial court. But in this way, the efficiency is too low, and Xue Yuan feels ashamed.

He didn't seem to be in a hurry, and led his troops to the foot of Xiguang Mountain.The five hundred infantrymen who stayed here looked at them covered in blood, their horses and the several heads they held in their hands, showing envious and excited expressions.

Xue Yuan got off his horses, and asked people to bring the horses to the water to feed them, and asked, "Have the people who went to Songzi Mountain come back?"

The little officer who stayed behind said, "They haven't come back yet."

Xue Yuan frowned, glanced in the direction of Songzi Mountain, took the water bag handed over by the soldier at the side, raised his neck and gulped it down, and said, "It's best he's fine."

After half an hour, Qin Sheng's team rushed over, all of them were covered in blood, with heads in their hands and on horseback.When Xue Yuan divided the troops into two teams, Qin Sheng had the most people, but when counting the wounded, Qin Sheng's team had more wounded than him.

Qin Sheng pursed his lips and told Xue Yuan what had happened in a low voice.Qin Sheng has a cautious personality, neither humble nor overbearing, he is a very good order executor, he follows Xue Yuan's orders bit by bit, and dare not show a flaw.

He did not have Xue Yuankuang, nor did Xue Yuan have the confidence and confidence to go up and down the battlefield several times. After clearing out the remaining people in the village with his soldiers, he led people to lurk in the mountains and forests, preparing for a surprise attack war.

It's just that there are all kinds of poisonous insects and snakes in the wild forest, and the terrain on the mountain is unknown. When they attacked Zhaizhu Wang and his party, many people were injured by the other party.

After Xue Yuan finished listening, his face remained unchanged, "I'm not going to be an example."

Qin Sheng was surprised and glanced at him, not understanding that he had such a flat expression.After all, neither of Xue Yuan's temper and temperament seemed easy to talk to.

Xue Yuan noticed his expression, and immediately smiled sullenly, "Why, do you still want me to praise you?"

"Don't dare." Qin Sheng stepped back quickly.

Xue Yuan sat on the stone with a sword, and thought, this Qin Sheng is quite capable.

Xue Yuan himself is a leader who is naturally gifted in combat, and he also admires people who are equally talented. Such people can remember after one miss, and others will only annoy people if they teach them a lesson.

Anyway, Xue Yuan is impatient to listen to other people's lessons, including his Lao Tzu.

His Lao Tzu's talent is not as good as his, and he is not as brave as him in leading troops to fight. General Xue is not without the sadness of a hero who is old, but if he is not as good as him, he is not as good as him. Can Xue Yuan make him succeed?

The setting sun gradually turned yellow, reflecting the red sunset glow in the sky, Xue Yuan threw the water bag aside, stood up and said, "Jing Guan, put it in the most obvious place for me."

"My lord," the other officers asked, "do you want to attack before dawn?"

"Fuck it," Xue Yuan said, "The terrain is dangerous and there are many traps, how do you attack?"

The officer was embarrassed, resisted the pressure and asked, "Then what should we do?"

"Set up camp," Xue Yuan looked up at Xiguang Mountain, and found a prominent place on the mountain where you can see the bottom at a glance, "The Beijing view is here, the fire is lit, there are fish in the river, and there are pheasants at the foot of the mountain Hare, send people to catch more, and have a full meal around Jingguan first."

After hearing the order, Qin Sheng didn't even ask, he just obeyed the order and ordered the soldiers to move the piled heads to the place Xue Yuan designated.The rest of the officers looked at each other with strange expressions.

Have a full meal around Jingguan?

Master Xue is really... really informal.