Your Highness asked me to pay him back his honor

Guard the border and protect the country, resist the enemy and restore the land.

It has been five or six years since the court did not see the army going to the border, and the court pretended to be deaf and dumb, allowing the border to be trampled by iron hooves.

The imperial army followed the commander out of Jinshuimen and walked to the outer city walls. The road was already crowded with people who were seeing them off.

The privy envoy never returned with the imperial decree, and the palace issued an edict, the forbidden army was majestic, and the people were not allowed to reward the army privately, and those who violated it would be punished as causing trouble in the street.

The emperor's order must not be violated. The yamen servant of Kaifeng Mansion held the water and fire stick to kill the mighty stick, yawned, and stood lazily by the roadside with his eyelids closed.

No one rang the gong to announce, and it was convenient to paste a piece of paper on both sides of the street every now and then, and posted a notice on the imperial list stating that the army must not be invaded, must not be disturbed, and must not reward the army without permission.

The notice was crowded with people who openly rewarded the army. Everyone embraced the surplus food and cloth at home, and tried their best to stuff it into the rear army who was escorting the food and supplies.

"Who said it was for the Imperial Army?"

The old man at the head had a broken arm, and his beard and hair were all white. Seeing that the general kept refusing to accept it, he widened his eyes: "This is something for the Shuofang Army. Could it be that it's not okay? It's also under the control of the bird emperor?"

This remark was a bit disrespectful, the others coughed a few times to remind them, then lowered their voice and said: "Old brother, be careful, the spies of the bodyguard department heard it, and they are going to be exiled."

"If you go to the army, you will go to the army!"

The old man didn't take it seriously, and laughed loudly: "The old prince thought I had a broken arm, so he insisted that I save the life of my wife and son, and sent me back to Bianliang. I was sent back to the Shuofang army, and even fought against the little general, the little prince! "

Streak victorious overwhelmed the Chinese army. Hearing this sentence, he reined in his horse and looked over.

The old man who said this was over half a hundred years old, his arm was severed from his shoulder, but he was still hale and hearty, and he could tell at a glance that he had been tempered in the army.

The veterans who retired from the Shuofang Army a few years ago were personally settled by King Duan, and everything was done properly.Later, something happened in Duanwang's mansion, and the Shuofang army was returned to the Privy Council. Everyone thought that the livelihood of those disabled veterans was cut off. Year after year, the supply and support of the Ministry of War has never stopped.

"Not to mention the Ministry of War, who doesn't know that those supplies are all from Prince Yan's Mansion? Apart from Prince Yan's Mansion, who still remembers the old army and the young general who was wronged?"

The old man said: "Now the little general has come back and personally led the troops back to the northern border to fight. Who knew that such a dream could come true..."

Have you ever seen a young man from the Shuofang army ask in a low voice, "Uncle Gan, are you talking about King Yan and General Yun?"

It is rumored in Beijing that King Yan can stop children from crying at night. The teenagers have heard it since they were young, and they are still afraid at this moment: "Then King Yan is not fierce? My mother said that if you make a mistake, you will be caught and spanked by Lord Yan .”

"absurd!"

The old man scoffed disdainfully: "King Yan beat you?"

The boy quickly shook his head.

The old man turned to the other one: "Your sister, the emperor said that he gave Yan Wang's mansion as a slave, but Yan Wang's mansion took it?"

The boy hesitated for a while, then shook his head, and whispered: "No."

The servants and maids that the government forcibly confiscated were given away, and their lives became the master's.The parents couldn't stop them, and when they were mourning and weeping, Prince Yan's mansion had coldly returned him and his slave status.

When he entered the house overnight, Xuan Tiewei was so fierce that no one dared to speak, he burned the slaves in front of them, threw a piece of silver, and told them to find their own way for their sister.

The government has entered the register, this burning, it is considered that my sister is dead, and from now on I don't have to leave my life to the nobles.

Later, his sister secretly changed her name and married a farmer in the countryside. She lived a very good life, and now she gave birth to a little niece.

The teenager was severely warned by his parents every day, and he never dared to say more.He kept his mouth shut tightly, clenched the purse sewn by his sister in his sleeve, knelt down and kowtowed to the Xiao Ziqi flying far away from the rear army.

"People in the world spread rumors, there are so many such things. Some Zhongliang who should live a long life are the victims of these rumors."

The old man said in a deep voice: "You are still young, it is the first thing to distinguish between black and white, and you must remember it when you are studying."

None of the teenagers dared to speak any more, they all lowered their heads and listened obediently to the training.

One of them was bolder, glanced at the majestic Forbidden Army, and whispered: "Uncle Gan, is General Yun really as powerful as the rumors?"

"Of course." The old man said, "Do you know how you fought with General Yun back then?"

Bianliang Anyi, a group of young people only experienced the battle of the rebels attacking the city, and their parents still covered their eyes and ears tightly, and stayed in the house tightly, listening to the sound of fighting outside for a whole night in fear .

At this time, when the old man talked about Yunlang, the youngsters had nothing they didn't want to hear, their eyes lit up, and they came over one after another.

"As long as you risk your life and obey orders, you don't have to think about anything, and you don't have to be afraid."

The old man glanced at the young man who was listening with bated breath, and said unhurriedly: "After all, there is no battle that cannot be won, and there is no city that cannot be conquered. As long as the flag points to that place and the cloud flag is firmly followed, you will be able to win." You can definitely stand on your feet."

"Are the Liao people fierce? Are the Xixia people fierce? You have also seen the iron kite. It seems that the god of death has come to the world. Seeing Yunqi, one runs faster than the other."

The old man said with a smile: "If you don't strike quickly, you may not even be able to take the head of the reward when you go back after a battle."

The teenagers heard their excitement, the fear and timidity in their eyes gradually faded, and their eyes also lit up with pride.

The leader couldn't help but clenched his fists and said, "When I become an adult, I want to join the army."

"It's your turn?"

The old man patted him on the back and said with a big laugh, "If it wasn't for the fact that the guards won't accept you if you are under the age, I would even put my son in the convoy, so it's nothing to give some food and cloth!"

The winning streak pressed the Chinese army to walk slowly, came to him, clasped hands and clasped fists: "Your Excellency is an old friend of Shuofang Army?"

"The Valiant Crossbowman, Gan Yong!"

The old man straightened his shoulders: "The little general lacks someone to carry the crossbow, and the old bone still has one arm left!"

Lian Sheng looked at him, with a trace of gentleness on his cold face, and he bowed his hands in return: "Longying, you are participating in the leadership, Lian Sheng."

The old man's eyes were burning, still staring at him.

"Old soldier Jingui, in the coming day Shuofang's army will return to Beijing after victory, and I will treat my elder brother to drink a glass of wine."

Lian Sheng dismounted, asked someone to pick up the food and cloth and put it in the book, and said slowly: "At that time, the bones buried in the border town will be gathered, and they will be brought back together, and they will return to Beijing in a triumphant manner. I will ask the old brothers to light the lamps and lead the The old man robed back home."

The old man's eyes burned fiercely, he hastily closed his eyes, nodded vigorously, and bowed deeply to Lian Sheng.

"I'm just here to pass on the words of His Highness and the Major General. I will also accept this gift from my elder brother, and return it to His Highness and the Major General."

Lian Sheng raised his hand to return the salute: "One more thing."

The old man subconsciously stood up straight, with his empty sleeves blown by the wind and floating by his side.

"To send troops to send each other off today is not fun enough, and I feel sorry for you."

"Recovering the border, the day of great victory."

Lian Sheng: "Thank you, everyone, make the wine well, and then come to reward the army."

The young man at the side couldn't hold back what he heard, and said loudly: "Shuofang's army defends the northern border, it's a grievance! The wine in my restaurant, please let the Shuofang army drink as much as possible!"

When the sound came out, the crowd shouted loudly to send each other off, and they couldn't suppress it anymore.

The yamen servant in Kaifeng Mansion hesitated a little, not knowing whether to stop talking, when he was in a dilemma, he saw a figure: "My lord!"

Kaifeng Yin raised his hand, indicating that there is no need to ring the gong, and stood still on the street, clasping his hands away.

His Royal Highness Lian Sheng and the Major General returned a salute, got on their horses, and left the west gate.

After three days in the army, General Yun, who was in bed, not only didn't bother to see the vanguard officer, he didn't even bother to go back to the camp tent.

It has been a taboo since ancient times to send troops without obeying the imperial edict. The palace tried all their tricks and tricks, but they failed to stop Yun Lang and Xiao Shuo. The suburbs of Beijing were the last chance to strike.

The emperor has dealt with Yunlang several times before, and he knows better than anyone else that once Yunlang is asked to lead his troops out of the suburbs of Beijing, leave Bianliang City completely, let the tiger go back to the mountain, and the dragon enters the cloud, no matter what, there is no way to stop the two of them. personal.

"Major General."

Lian Sheng handed the cloak to Yun Lang, and softly persuaded: "We have traveled far enough in three days and three nights, there should be no more hidden guards to harass us... let's rest."

"Why not?"

Yun Lang put the stove aside and took the cloak: "To disturb the enemy, if I want to attack you, I will choose the third night."

Lian Sheng whispered: "If the major general came to attack, we would have died a long time ago, and we still have to wait for the third night."

Yun Lang told him to be full of resentment, he couldn't help laughing, and put on the cloak: "Your Highness asked you to come and train me?"

"His Highness is busier than the major general, and the last general has not seen anyone."

Lian Sheng frowned: "I thought that leaving Bianliang would allow His Highness and the Major General to relax a bit more from the life-threatening situation. If they are still so tired and worry about their lungs every day, wouldn't they—"

"Who said we have to worry about it?"

Yun Lang smiled: "What do you think we are doing these days?"

Stunned for a moment, Lian Sheng looked at him blankly.

"My lord is busy these days, so I asked Jing Jian to open up your customs clearance route."

Yun Lang said: "If you don't obey the edict when you send troops, you can't knock down the gates on the road, you can't camp and stay, you can't repair, every step is difficult."

Before the two of them left Beijing, Yun Lang noticed that Xiao Shuo was busy with this matter. Seeing that Jing Jian brought back more and more documents these days, he already knew it in his heart: "After today, you lead the troops to march quickly. , Ribaili went straight to Yanmen Pass, there will be no more obstacles."

Standing behind Yun Lang, the guard couldn't hold back and coughed several times.

"..." Yun Lang turned back: "What are you coughing for?"

"nothing!"

Dao Scar hurriedly stood up straight: "It's just...it's the first time I've heard the Major General say that he's marching in a hurry, it's a hundred miles away."

"In the past, when we traveled [-] miles a day, the major general would say that it was a turtle crawling. If we didn't run [-] miles a day, it wouldn't be considered a hurry."

Dao Scar glanced at Yun Lang, grinned and said hesitantly: "Mongolian horses, run as soon as you tell them to run. When the group of Dawan horses saw the Major General, they all fell to the ground, kicked their legs and stuck out their tongues, pretending to be dead..."

Seeing these people getting more and more vicious, Yun Lang got angry and kicked, but was quickly dodged by Scar.

Yun Lang took a deep breath and pressed his forehead: "Don't worry about them...you go your own way."

"I led the cloud cavalry army back then, no infantry, no luggage.

Horse archers each take two horses and run around day and night, unlike you. "

Yun Lang looked at the generals behind Lian Sheng, added some patience, and continued: "...With the guide, no matter whether you are marching or camping for rectification, there will be no obstacles."

"As for the little bastards who came to block the way, they can chase them for a hundred or two miles at most, and they probably won't be able to catch up after today. I have taught you all the methods of forming an array to defend against the enemy."

Yun Lang said: "I will stop you for the last night. After tonight, if someone comes to disturb you again, you should deal with it yourself."

What he said had the intention of arranging everything. Lian Sheng wanted to persuade him not to do everything by himself, but seeing the major general ignore everything, he couldn't help being stunned: "But——"

Yun Lang raised his eyes and looked at him with a smile: "But what?"

"But... In this way, the major general has arranged everything."

Lian Sheng said: "I am waiting for a quick march, what are the Major General and Your Highness going to do?"

Yun Lang pressed the corner of his mouth, and was about to speak, his expression moved slightly, the silver spear beside him turned more than half a circle around his wrist, and landed firmly on the palm of his hand.

This is already the most remote suburb of Beijing. The horses were secretly led out and run wildly in the capital, and the furthest they could run was this place.

Farther away is the cliff. If you jump off, you will fall into the icy mountain stream. You need the best ginseng from Duan Wang's mansion to hang your life back.

Behind this piece of desolate forest, there is a dilapidated Town God's Temple, full of chaotic rocks, which is most suitable for setting up ambushes.

Yun Lang walked this road, and could clearly guess where the ambush would be arranged if the emperor of the ninety-five level came to stop him.

……

He could even guess where the ninety-five-year-old emperor would be.

When Lian Sheng heard the shouts of killing, his expression froze, and he got up and went to support.He just moved, but Yun Lang raised his hand to stop him.

Lian Sheng was stunned: "Major General?"

Holding the gun, Yun Lang still sat in place: "Your Highness is here."

This sentence was too brief, and Lian Sheng was stunned for a while, but he still didn't quite understand what Yun Lang meant, so he hesitated and sat back slowly.

Yun Lang leaned against the tree trunk behind him and sat quietly, listening to the piercing sound of swords colliding not far away.

The old master once told him that the prince has been to this ruined City God Temple many times by himself.

Xiao Shuo has searched for every piece of rubble, every stump, and even every crack in the bricks and stones in the Town God's Temple.

But Yunlang left nothing but a pool of blood.

When Xiao Shuo left, it had been a while, the pool of blood was dark and covered the Chenghuang's table and the bluestone slabs in the ground, it was cold and dry, without any heat from the heart.

After returning from the Town God's Temple, Xiao Shuo began to have the first nightmare from which he could not wake up.

"He's right."

Yun Lang opened his eyes, held the gun and stood up: "It can be raised well, there is nothing to be afraid of."

The winning streak became more and more foggy: "What?"

"Some injuries are healed, and some are still not healed, sinking in places where you don't notice, with lingering regrets, falling into dreams every night."

Yun Lang said: "I want to go with the little prince to recuperate."

He had always tried his best to avoid letting Xiao Shuo know anything about the past five years, and he tried his best not to let Xiao Shuo revisit any places he had walked, but the more he concealed it, the more worried he became, and it was hard to get rid of it.

But the places that Yunlang has walked in these years are obviously good.

There are rabbits that bump into people's arms, tender new leaves that can make tea, and simple mountain people who will venture to open the door against a wanted warrant, hand him a pancake, and hold a bowl of hot soup.

There are high mountains and wide waters, morning glow and sunshine, and wind as gentle as a princess holding her chest and back.

There is a cliff near the city of Shuozhou. The scenery is so good that he wants to write it down for a moment. When he is cast in an ordinary family in the next life, he goes to King Yan's mansion and knocks on the door, and takes King Yan out of the capital to have a look.

...without waiting for the afterlife.

"If I join the army, I don't need to go to the city of Shuozhou. The enemy will naturally be on guard."

Yun Lang: "When the time comes to attack the city, it will inevitably be troublesome."

Lian Sheng was puzzled: "Since that's the case, why didn't you hide your tracks from the beginning and march in a low-key manner?"

"Hide your tracks, march in a low-key manner, how is it different from my usual military use?"

Yun Lang was dumbfounded: "Their scouts have extremely poisonous eyes, and the imperial guards are not trained enough now, hiding their tracks can't hide them, it will only make them suspicious."

"On the contrary...the trouble is well known to everyone, but the scouts they sent couldn't see me in the army. They would suspect that I was still injured and forcibly confronted the enemy to suppress the rebellion. At this time, I was powerless to fight any more."

Yun Lang walked to the edge of the forest and looked at the situation: "There is a lot of commotion in the middle of Beijing, it's just a bluff to use my name."

Lian Sheng was stunned when he heard the words, and looked at Yun Lang, but his heart tightened again: "It's true that the young general's injuries have not recovered..."

"That's why I want to take advantage of this journey to recuperate."

Yun Lang made up his mind: "The two of us will go alone, not with the army, see you at Shuozhou City."

Lian Sheng was startled, not surprised but happy, got up and chased after two steps: "Is the major general going to elope with His Highness?!"

Yun Lang: "..."

Yun Lang: "The troops are divided into two groups, one for light and one for darkness."

The young general and the prince wanted to divide their troops into two groups, instead of following the clear path, they eloped secretly and took the prince to sleep along the way.

Lian Sheng understood and nodded happily: "Yes."

Yun Lang vaguely felt that there was something wrong with the Xin Ran on his face, glanced at Lian Sheng, and took the horse led by Scar: "The chief general of the army, just pick the one with the highest rank after we leave, and just stick on the horse every day to support the scene .”

Lian Sheng leaned over: "Yes."

Yun Lang didn't say any more, rode his horse straight to the City God's Temple, went to find the little prince, and divided his troops into two groups.

Lian Sheng turned around and asked the general behind him: "Which one has the highest rank in the military today?"

"This dynasty emphasizes civility and suppresses martial arts. Regardless of their powers, civil servants are all higher than military officials at the same level."

Han Congwen was the legitimate son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of War. He had been fascinated by it since he was a child. He bowed his head and said: "So when it comes to official titles, civil officials are higher."

"I know."

Lian Sheng nodded: "Just say which one is the highest."

"Civilian positions in the army are assigned by the Privy Council. When the prince and General Yun sent troops, they did not pass the Privy Council. The civilian positions in the army were chaotic."

Han Congwen said: "Many positions...are still vacant."

"Why is it so troublesome?"

Lian Sheng frowned: "Regardless of these, the Chinese and military positions in the current army, including those with someone, which one is the highest?"

Han Congwen: "King Jing."

Streak: "..."

Behind the woods, the shouts of killing gradually subsided, and the cries of joy from the forbidden army could already be heard seeing General Yun displaying his skills in person.

Lian Sheng stood in place, in a dilemma, and took a deep breath.

Turning around, I went to find someone in the grain and grass escort car in the supply camp.