Chang'an Youth Tour

After Rong Hao left, Yun Lan burst into tears.

But everything is as usual in the Mingzheng Palace.

There are too many political affairs, and it is already the climax of the moon just to deal with those that cannot be delayed any longer.Ye Hong has been staying in the palace all year round recently, and it will be better when he gets through the six months.

People who are used to scheming are not even sensitive to time, they only know how to count things in years.It will take a year to clear the government and the opposition, and it will take another year until it is flexible and flexible, and if the impact of the frontier war is added, it may take another year.

No wonder the last time Xuanji recited poems, people in their early twenties recited "everything in the world can be done in despair". When I was young, I felt that everything was bright and lovely. The spring is bright, the summer is warm, and the autumn harvest and winter storage are all beautiful scenery.Only a few years later, the state of mind is completely different. This is a good spring, the imperial garden is picturesque, and even the Mingzheng Palace has a peach blossom tree, reflecting the moonlight, scorching like flowers, no matter how tired the heart is, it will move.

But he just felt disheartened.

People in the world called him Xiaoyexiang, he was rich and honored when he came to the hall to pay homage to him, and even being crowned king was just around the corner.But after the show, I always feel that I am not happy, like when I was a teenager looking at flowers in the rain, and then I came back with a cold, the whole body was burnt, and everything I ate tasted like chewing wax.

But at that time at least the person he liked was still around.

What exactly is the word love, which can make the heart beat like a drum, and also make people despair.Perhaps the Ye family has always had a weak relationship and a shallow fortune, so at the age of 20, both of them were ashamed, trapped in this golden and jade palace, full of good things that the world envied, but they only felt lifeless.

Ye Liangyu walked down the imperial steps, and the maid beside him quietly passed by, blushing like a rosy cloud, he was also proud of this when he was young, for no reason, he just showed off his feathers like a beautiful little peacock, a family girl peeped through the curtain, throwing fruits to fill the cart, It's all common.Even if Mr. Ye is not the ostentatious person he used to be, it can still make people secretly agree.

He passed by the peach blossom tree, he didn't know what to think, and turned back.

The Mingzheng Hall was brightly lit, and the young emperor was still reading memorials under the lamp. The glazed lamp illuminated his temples like black ink. How could someone dress so luxuriously and still be as bright as the moon.Like orchids in a golden vase, no matter how prosperous the world of mortals is, they can't affect him at all.

"Forgot something?" Maybe he stood there for too long, Xiao Jingyan raised his eyes and asked.

Ye Liangyu shook his head.

He lost his beloved boy, who can help him find it?

He continued to stand, Xiao Jingyan finally noticed.

"Go down." He said softly.

The maids who held the lamps all retreated, how polite they are, and at this time, they have to save face for him.

Ye Liuyu wanted to laugh, but for some reason, he couldn't force a smile out.

"So, that's it?" He seemed to be extremely tired, leaning against the carved window, the plum blossoms in the Ru kiln vase should be replaced, this is not the season of plum blossoms anymore.The teenagers who used to pass by together can only go here.

Xiao Jingyan didn't answer for a long time.

"Zhen," he said a word, then stopped, and said, "It's not your fault."

It's not in vain to get him to change his words.Although it is always not enough, the Ye family always has a beginning but no end.The best beginnings, the worst endings.

"How could it not be my fault?" He smiled wryly.

If we persisted back then, we might die, or we might have a chance.This "maybe" tormented him day and night, and he could never forget the six years in Shu.

"At first, I also thought it was because you gave up, proving that you were not the right one." The young man with eyes like mountains and mist looked at him quietly, and told him: "But Xiaoyan also left, although it was for Ao Ji, It’s for meritorious service.”

He said: "Look, as long as it's a small talk, I will forgive you even if you give up."

No words in the world can describe my heartbreak at that moment.It turns out that the pain is so extreme that you really want to vomit blood, and the smell of blood lingers in your throat, as if something sharp is stuck in your chest, and you just want to vomit quickly.

"I see."

In the end, Ye Liangyu saved his dignity and persuaded him softly: "Xiaoyan will come back."

"I know." Xiao Jingyan replied.

That's why Xiao Jingyan didn't hunt him down, and even Yun Lan didn't know how he could bear it. She didn't know that Xiao Jingyan understood the cruelty of power better than anyone else in the world. Power is the sharpest blade in the world. The more it falls, the heavier it becomes. Into the overwhelming dark clouds.If he hunts down, Xiaoyan will be exhausted. The emperors of all dynasties have not forced to death the person they like.

So he used the utmost restraint to restrain his power.He even hid the self that belonged to Xiao Jingyan, and only became the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.Don't move a little emotion, don't think about where Xiaoyan will be now, and what kind of danger he will experience.Like a dragon sinking into the abyss, with hard scales erected all over its body, it is only waiting for a date.

If not, how can I survive until he comes back.

"If you go further, you will almost reach the border of Youzhou, so don't be afraid when you arrive." The guide who led the way was an old man with a goatee. He used to belong to the caravan. After the war broke out, the caravan also broke up. Now he is acting as a guide. , working at the post station, even the clerk at the post station said he was the most reliable.

"Master Rong, after another ten miles, we will arrive at Wushan Town. Let's rest there for one night and arrive at Youzhou tomorrow." Yuan Sheng, who spoke, is a veteran of the army. He injured his leg in Southern Xinjiang and was unable to fight. There is still a family to support, this time when he is on an envoy to Xirong, Rong Hao asked him to lead the team, but he is mature and prudent, the old guide was also found by him.

The situation in the frontier is chaotic. Looking at the clear boundary line on the map, it is far from expected that there is no clear territory here at all. A small town can change hands several times a day, not to mention this vast wilderness with few people.

They had only a hundred officers and soldiers escorting them, so they had to avoid the fighting area and go to Youzhou, where they would talk to the Xirong people about exchanging the remains of the soldiers who died in battle.

Fortunately, after Meng Cang's death, Xirong also fell silent for a while, and it has not fought a large-scale battle for a month.

They turned over a small hill, drank horses by the river, repaired on the spot, and prepared to rush to Wushan Town before the sunset.Rong Hao also got out of the carriage, and saw the vast sunset on the frontier by the river, just like the spirit in the frontier poems.

The first person to react was the old guide who ran past the caravan.

"Not good!" He was filling a cowhide water bag, but suddenly he put his ear on the ground and listened, and immediately bounced: "Hurry up! There are cavalry coming!"

All of a sudden there was chaos, and the dozens of small officials and hundreds of officers and soldiers who followed Rong Hao from the capital were all terrified. Those who led the horses led the horses, those who bundled the luggage tied up the luggage, and a few officials from the Jin Dynasty who were supposed to be sent for crimes and meritorious deeds. It was even more pitiful to be frightened, and hurriedly climbed up on the horse, usually pampered, one by one, the more eager they were, the more they couldn't climb, and they fell to the ground.

In fact, even if they reacted, they couldn't escape.

When the Xirong people appeared, at first there was only the smell of mud and grass crushed by horseshoes, and then a flag appeared on the hillside. It was the first time that Rong Hao saw such neatly trained soldiers, unfolding like a black line , appeared on the hillside.

This was the first time he had seen the rumored iron cavalry of Xirong, each of which looked like a tower, riding on armored horses.Fortunately, there are not many Tiewu Pagodas, there are only a hundred riders out of a team of thousands of people, and the rest are lightly armored horses, wearing gorgeous Xirong robes.Who knows who whistled, these Xirong people rushed down from the hillside, surrounded their small team in the middle.

Even their horses were afraid of Xi Rong's horses, and they gathered together uneasy, pacing in place, and several Jin faction officials were even shivering with fright.These Xirong barbarians were not in a hurry to kill people, they just surrounded them and watched them mockingly. Some even galloped around them on horseback on purpose, laughing loudly to see how frightened they were.

The scene is reminiscent of a cat playing with its prey, with occasional paws.These Xirong barbarians laughed when they saw someone whose legs were weak from fright, chatting roughly in Xirong dialect, and some people threw things at them.

"Master Rong." Yuan Sheng looked at him worriedly, he knew very well the identity of this young man in brocade clothes, and he also knew that the green fox collar on his body was more valuable than the whole team, he shouldn't be here.

Sure enough, Rong Hao attracted the interest of the Xirong people. He looked like a son of a nobleman in Kyoto, completely different from the ruggedness of Saishang.Especially this young official with fair skin and handsome facial features was riding on the horse so arrogantly, looking at them very calmly.

A Xirong general seemed to yell something, and the rest of the soldiers echoed in Xirong dialect, but they did not use force, but separated their formations to make way.

The iron cavalry who came out were covered in armor, and even the horse was taller than a human, especially the leader, who wore a ferocious wolf mask on his face.Those Xirong soldiers seemed to be afraid of him, and they all fell silent.

He said something in the language of Xirong, and the people of Xirong shouted excitedly again. Someone went down with a whip and knocked down the soldiers calling for chariots, and the rest rushed forward, taking away all the carriages and luggage.Plundering is their specialty, and they are very proficient in it.What's more, they also arrested several Jin faction officials, as if they were going to kidnap them.

Rong Hao was originally riding on a horse, but someone picked him up and put him across the horse's back.

Master Rong is not afraid, but this Xijun horse is too bumpy.He was taken all the way over mountains and rivers, shaking his bones to pieces, and finally stopped. It was already dark, and he was shaken so badly that he was thrown to the ground, unable to stand up.

Fortunately, this place is decent, not like the savages in the book, at least it is still a camp, and the floor is covered with carpets.

Rong Hao managed to get up, stretched out a hand, grabbed his collar, and pressed him against the inner wall of the tent.

Iron that has been stained with blood has a special smell, which is cold, like rust, and has a fishy smell.The black wolf mask is very ferocious, just looking at it feels like it will be stabbed.

"Why did you come here?" the masked man asked him in Chinese.

His voice was blunt and murderous. It is said that Youzhou is now in charge of Hulishe's son, Geyan, and King Yandang of the North Court has also hooked up with the third prince of Xirong again. The situation in Xirong is far from clear.

But what he wants is always available.

"Who are you asking, Mr. Rong or Rong Hao?" Rong Hao's bones were falling apart, but his voice was extraordinarily lazy.

The young man behind the black wolf mask was so silent, Rong Hao sighed in his heart, looked at him and said, "Master Rong is here to uphold the justice in his heart, and he wants to get back the hero of his country."

He has a very special smell, which reminds people of the moonlight, sweet-scented osmanthus, poems and stories in the south of the Yangtze River. He is like the sum of all romantic, gentle and extravagant things in the world. The desired Jiangnan.

"What about Rong Hao?" Helian asked when she heard her own voice.

Rong Hao didn't answer, just stretched out his hand, and took off the hideous mask on his face, the curly, brilliant blond hair poured out like sunlight, his eyes were as blue as before.

"Rong Hao misses you very much." He said.

Helian didn't speak, he picked up Rong Hao, pressed him against the camp tent, and began to kiss him viciously.

"You are finished, Mr. Rong."

The recruit camp in Jingbei is thriving.

Although these tens of thousands of recruits have no combat experience, they come from all corners of the country. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers. It is said that there are also bandits from Jiangyang.As for Ma Peng, he has no background. He was born in a farming family and has many brothers. The upper two are farming at home, and the lower ones have to make a living by themselves.He had always been tall and courageous, so he simply joined the army. When he came, he only said that he was recruiting civilians, but who knew he was sent here.He was illiterate, and he didn't understand what was going on when he heard Yumen Pass. Later, he chatted with soldiers from the same battalion and found out that he was sent to Jingbei.

But Jingbei is also better than Youzhou. It is said that Youzhou is at war now, unlike Jingbei, which is just a confrontation.That is, the king of Xirong is a little scary, and he is said to be miraculous. Some people say that he drinks wolf blood, and all the cavalry under his seat are riding wolves. It is also said that Xirong people love to eat human flesh.

They are new recruits, they only practice in the barracks all day, and they will be assigned to each battalion in the future. There are often competitions on the school grounds, and he will go to see them when he is free. He just hopes that he will be assigned to a powerful general and can go back alive.

This day, the East Camp and the West Camp were fighting again, and the ring was set up. The East Camp was full of veterans, but the West Camp was full of recruits. Ma Peng heard the news during the drill, and said mysteriously, "That recruit went again today. It is said that It turned General Tian into a fall."

"Which recruit?"

"I don't know either. It seems that he brought his servants to join the army. It seems that his surname is Ye. I forgot what his name is. It's quite powerful."

Ma Peng was very curious. After practice, he hurried to watch the excitement. He couldn't squeeze in. The school grounds were surrounded by three floors and three floors. .

I didn't look at it until the end, only heard the long hiss of the war horse inside, and a figure leaped high, wearing black armor, with a very slender figure, waving a long Guan knife with amazing momentum, directly The opponent was sent flying, and the school field suddenly shouted like a tsunami.

The new barracks practiced for a month, and they had to practice again, but they were dragged to Liuyu River for some reason. Ma Peng only heard that the soldiers of King Xirong crossed the Liuyu River, as if they were going to attack Yumen Pass. The Marquis of Jingbei took the seat in person.

He would like to know more, but Beston died on the battlefield half a month ago. He is a veteran. It is said that he was ambushed in Bailong Snow Mountain. The whole team was buried in the glacier, and even the bones were not transported back.

On the day when the troops were divided, Ma Peng recited thousands of Buddhist lines, and was assigned to a place called Anxi Zuoying on the school grounds. He didn't hear what the general said, but saw dozens of people in his team standing in front of them. A captain, looks thin and small, very inconspicuous.

His heart sank at the time, and when he was led to the tent, he looked at the captain closely and felt even more desperate—the captain was not as tall as him, and his back was thinner than a person when he was wearing armor. , with a round face and fair skin, and his speech is not as loud as other officers, but he is quite fierce.

Ma Peng sighed, but the fellow campers were very happy. He was confused and asked them, "What are you happy about?"

"You stupid, do you know who our lieutenant is?"

"Who is it?"

"Ye Qing, don't say you don't know. He has won several generals. See if he has the Guan knife. They say he is the reincarnation of King Xiaoliang, and they call him Xiao Guan Yu!"

Ma Peng was overjoyed immediately, and even in the few days when the troops were transferred, he didn't frown anymore.There are a total of 300 people in their team, and there are 800 veterans, but most of them are infantry. The firewood is mediocre, and it will be gone when it is used up, but the [-] people in Anxi Zuoying have followed Xiaowei Ye for the past two months, and they have gone through five battles, and the casualties are less than a hundred. It is all because of Xiaowei Ye's use of infantry. He is very skilled and takes the lead, often tearing a hole by himself, and is frequently rewarded, but he has not been promoted.

"You said Captain Ye is so powerful, why haven't we been promoted? Captain Ye killed a lot of people in the scene of going back to the Yanbei the day before yesterday..."

"It's our turn to be promoted. They are all from Dongying. There is a tiger horse in Dongying. He can be promoted from a soldier to a general in half a year."

"It's too dark..."

"There are also those who say that Tiger Benqi is powerful. It is said that there are many powerful people in it."

"No matter how powerful you are, can you compare to Captain Ye?" Ma Peng said indignantly, he just thought that the others had nothing to say, but who knew that shortly after he finished speaking, he received a heavy kick on the buttocks.

"You're the one who quarrels the most!" Ye Xiaowei, who was patrolling the battalion, scolded, "Next time I catch you chatting here at night, I won't cut off your tongue!"

Ma Peng thought Ye Xiaowei was good at everything, but he was a little narrow-minded.

After laying down the Goose Monument, the old Gobi is in front of them. They are on the west side of Yumen Pass, clearing out some remnants to avoid being outflanked.It's not dangerous, and you can retreat if you can't beat it.But this time they encountered a very dangerous situation. On the bluestone beach of the old Gobi, they encountered a large group of Xirong soldiers. There were not many of them, but they were crowded, at least thousands of people.Smoke and dust filled the sky, gunpowder rained down, and they injured hundreds of people in one encounter. Ma Peng watched Wang Niu, who was in the same bed, was shot through with an arrow, blood spattered his face, and rushed forward to fight the Xirong people.

"Back, back!" Ye Xiaowei's voice came from a distance, his horse was really good, and he didn't panic at this time, he shouted hoarsely: "Steady the formation, guard the opening, don't let them pass! They're going to go around and break the dragon's mouth!"

Even if Ma Peng is illiterate, he still knows the importance of Duanlongkou. After Duanlongkou is Yumenguan. It is said that Yumenguan is an iron city, at least half of which is due to Duanlongkou. Although he doesn't know how to go around Duanlongkou, he also knows This is important.

The sound of desolate horns resounded throughout the battlefield, the river beach in spring was raging, the smell of blood, the neighing of horses, the bows and arrows falling like torrential rain, blood and broken limbs everywhere, mixed with screams, it was like A scene from hell.

But maybe Ye Xiaowei's voice was too hoarse, but it gave people courage.

"Keep the river beach! The Day of the Dead is today!" Ye Xiaowei is always polite when he roars. He also said that he is from a military family. He led the cavalry and retreated and defended. , buy time for the brothers in Duanlongkou, we, sons of Liangzhou, will never leave a brother behind!"

"Never leave a brother behind!" Ma Peng roared in his heart. He held up his shield and greeted the Xirong iron cavalry who were treading water. The infantry faced the heavy cavalry, almost looking for death. The brothers around him were knocked into the air by the cavalry. From the corner of the eye, I saw Captain Ye chop off the head of a Xirong soldier with a knife. The adjutant beside him was dead, and no one held up his shield for him. He was shot in the shoulder by Xirong's gun. A person falls from a horse.

Just when Ma Peng thought this was the last time of his life, the mighty sound of the horn resounded throughout the battlefield.

Damn it, Dongying is really the son of Lord Houhou of Jingbei, even the horn is better than Xiying's!

Thinking of this, Ma Peng lay in severe pain all over his body, and saw the blue sky in western Xinjiang as he lay on the battlefield.The sound of horseshoes swept over, and obviously there were only a thousand people, but they ran with the momentum of thousands of riders. It seemed that they were not the defenders of Duanlongkou, but cavalry who had other missions like them, but I don’t know why they were so sharp. , actually ran to someone else's jurisdiction, otherwise how could the support be so fast?

The last picture he saw was that the cavalry team was running in the first one. It was a young man who was not a burly figure. The younger brother in the family has thief-like eyes, and Ma Peng often laughs at him like this.But that boy also had the figure of a warrior, instead of being hungry like a skinny monkey like his younger brother.

The young man was riding a galloping horse, obviously wearing battle armor, yet so nimble, he even leaned down and picked up the bloody mud-soaked flag with the words "Jingbei" embroidered on it.The flag has been dyed red, but it still flutters when it is blown in the wind!

He rushed into the enemy's formation like a sharp sword out of its sheath, tearing a hole in the Xirong people's line.

But what really made Ma Peng close his eyes was the person behind him.

It was a young man in a red robe wearing an old armor, with a vigorous and stretched figure. He was obviously a general of Jingbei, but he was wearing Yanbei's helmet.His war horse was also dressed in light armor, with a ferocious tiger made of black iron on it. It was said that the tiger was riding this totem in order to compete with the Xirong wolf.His eyes were so determined that one could think of a towering mountain, a rushing river, or something more powerful than that.

And the gun in his hand is like a dragon, just like the rumors, it is worthy of his reputation.

It is said that many people secretly call him Xiao Li Guang, but he doesn't like this nickname.

He asked others to call him Little Hussar.

He said it was his father's nickname.