In October, the frontier war resumed.

It seemed that Cha Yunshuo had finally recovered from Mengcang's death, and Xirong's northern and southern courts cooperated with each other, and the army pressed the border, pointing directly at Jingbei.

Helian, who inherited Meng Cang's soldiers and horses, seemed to be an outsider in this attack, although he never stopped moving. Some sources said that he confronted the nobles of the two houses of Xirong at the military meeting that formulated the attack, and some said that he was rebellious. According to Yunshuo, in short, when Yandang, the king of Xirong Beiyuan, and Sangtu, the eldest son of Hulishe, marched into Jingbei, Helian's [-] iron towers only guarded the passage between Youzhou and Jingbei. , and is only responsible for cutting off the backup, not even the task of supporting Jingbei.

Even so, Jingbei was still in great danger.

Jingbei is not like Youzhou, where there are dangers to defend, and unlike Yanbei, which has been operated for hundreds of years, there are scouts from Yanbei hidden in a small village.Jingbei is a large area of ​​Gobi, desert, and barren mountains. The only dangerous pass is Yumen Pass, which is backed by Bailong Snow Mountain, and there is also a weak point, the Dragon Pass. The famous general Taiyuan drew closer to Dongying, helping each other defend and help each other.

The surname of Jingbei Hou is Yu, and the Yu family is not as deep-rooted as Yanbei King. It ranks at the bottom of Lingyan Pavilion and is unknown in the romance, but Ye Qing has always been very interested in Yu Tianci in the romance, because he fought against Luoyang City , it was Yu Tianci who took the lead and opened up the frontal battlefield before defeating King Han.Those who study the art of war only know that soldiers are divided into regular soldiers and strange soldiers, but Ye Qing's own family's family kung fu is good, and the roles played by his father and brother on the battlefield are all good. The sharp blades that open the battle line are more like the big knife that cuts the front line, opening and closing, swallowing mountains and rivers with anger.

Ever since Ye Qing was transferred from the recruit camp to General Wei's subordinate in Dongying, he has always wanted to meet the Marquis of Jingbei.Ye Qing is now under the name of General Wei Hai, far away from the center of power in Jingbei. Fortunately, the supervisory army came before the war started, so there must be a banquet.Three days later, there will be another call-off, which will allow him to speak freely.

In the evening, it was the banquet held by the Marquis of Jingbei, and anyone above the lieutenant general could attend. Before Ye Qing went, he took a detour to see Ao Yun. Ao Yun was performing a sand table with his little follower Wei Zhang, and both of them were very serious.

Ye Qing was holding a waist knife, looked at the side, and said with a smile: "Are you hiding here again?"

"Who is hiding?" Wei Zhang refused to admit it at first.

But he is not without a guilty conscience. Although the supervising army in Jingbei has the most honorable status, he has no airs at all. He inspected the three armies on the first day in Jingbei. The son saw it.

Ao Yun was much more mature than him, and said: "In the past two days, I have caught a few soldiers who gambled money privately. They are not strict with their orders, and they shut themselves up to think about their mistakes, so they won't go to the banquet tonight."

Ye Qing didn't bother to expose him, so he just smiled and was about to go out when he heard Ao Yun say from behind: "Are you really going to offer advice?"

"Of course I'm going."

Ao Yun seemed to have something to say, but he didn't speak in the end.At the banquet in the evening, Ye Qing got his wish and met the young Jingbeihou.Even though Prince Gong, the supervising army, was young and handsome, with an amazing bearing, and came with the seal of the emperor, how honorable he was.Even so, Jingbei Hou Yuye was not overwhelmed by him.The princes who have fought on the battlefield have a unique murderous aura, but it is too sharp and a little unhuman.

Jingbei Hou's father and grandparents all died in battle, and he was left as a Marquis at the age of 14. Because he was sent to be educated under the knee of the old Yanbei King when he was young, he was regarded as Ao Zhong's half apprentice, but compared to Ao Zhong's peaceful and righteous , he is much more arrogant.

Ye Qing seized an opportunity, it was the opportunity for Jingbei Hou to get up and change clothes, and went up to offer advice.His family lineage was originally stationed in Youzhou, although it was close to Jingbei, he had no contact with him.So the Marquis of Jingbei was also very novel about the method of smashing the Tiewu Pagoda with the Modao formation, and after careful consideration, he greatly appreciated it, and even the banquet ended in a hurry.Ye Qing came back with a proposal, after all, he was young, so he couldn't help but feel complacent. Seeing the moonlight in the camp, only Ao Yun's camp was still lit, and said goodbye to Ao Yun: "Master Hou has transferred me to the Yumen Pass guard."

"It's a pity that it's still a transfer at the same level. There are only 3000 people under my command. I really haven't led a heavy cavalry before. I will think about it tomorrow."

Ao Yun was calm and didn't say anything.Wei Zhang frowned, and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to tell him?"

"Tell me what?" Ye Qing was confused.

Wei Zhang was bold, and without waiting for Ao Yun's permission, he said directly: "What do you think is a good thing, the young master has figured it out a long time ago, and the Hou Ye wants to go out to fight now, your Mo Dao formation will only boost his confidence Since last year, Lord Hou has wanted to compete with the Xirong people on heavy cavalry."

"It's not impossible to go out to fight, our heavy cavalry is so good..."

"It is because our heavy cavalry is so good that Lord Hou is reluctant to use it. The Yumen Pass must be broken, and the defense must be broken, as well as the attack. But if we stick to it, 3 defenders can consume about [-] people in Xirong, and they can also dampen their spirit. Then retreat to Liangzhou and fight a war of attrition. Youyan is still chained with iron chains. If it is Youzhou and Yanbei, they will fight like this, but our Lord Hou will not be reconciled. The danger lies in this unwillingness. This is the disaster that Taoists say Blessings come together, good swimmers drown in water."

Under the dim light in the tent, Ao Yun's eyes were firm and deep, as if he was not talking about a big battle involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers.Even though he was the same lieutenant general and young man as himself, Ye Qing's aura could not help but weaken.

"Then what if we win?" Ye Qing asked unwillingly.

"Win what?" Ao Yun asked him back.

Ye Qing was stunned for a moment, yes, Yumen Pass must be broken, and the winner is only the number of casualties, but if he loses, the heavy cavalry will be defeated, which is completely different from the army that defends the city and is conquered. The former is defeated like a mountain. Actually, Liangzhou didn't have time to react to such an instant.The latter is a long war of attrition. If it drags on for at least half a month, Xirong's momentum will be slowed down, and it will also give Liangzhou enough time to react.

It's a totally bad bet.

"Then why don't you persuade Lord Hou, I'll recommend you..."

"If we can be persuaded, we will go early." Wei Zhang said: "Our young master knows the art of matching people. Look at the temper of Lord Hou, can you listen to it? You succeeded in offering advice because you followed him. You How about trying to disobey him?"

Ye Qing was dumbfounded by what they said, and his blood became cold.But he is also a general, with his own blood. After pondering for a moment, he said: "My father said, a sword is like a tiger, a spear is like a dragon, a stick is like a thief, and a sword is like a king. You have your big picture, and I also have mine." Hidden on the back of his sword."

The so-called hiding behind the back of the sword refers to the spear technique, which is never going forward, and there is no turning back.The sword is slightly inferior in momentum, but there is a glimmer of life left, which is called hiding on the back of the sword.

The spear is Yanbei's weapon, but it is suitable for horse fighting, and it is not considered buried in Jingbei, but the knife is different.Youzhou Mu Li Hong is dead, and the current General Ao Zhong is a general who belongs to the kingly way.With his ancestral sword skills, he can only trust the Marquis of Jingbei, and he also trusts the accumulation of the Yu family for a hundred years. He is willing to use the Mo Dao Formation as a blade for him. Army hiding.

His sword skills are excellent, but his military skills are mediocre. Ao Yun didn't intend to argue with him at first. I thought you knew the art of war."

"I don't know the art of war as well as you guys. It's better to hide like you." Ye Qing was also annoyed.

"I didn't hide."

Ao Yun usually says what others say, but when it comes to business, he has a rare stubbornness. Ye Qing doesn't know how to face his eyes, so he snorts and walks away.

But he didn't expect that Ao Yun would still look like this three days later.The little hussar, who was in the limelight, seemed to fall silent in an instant, but it was Ye Qing who was reused and made a big splash.

The counting of soldiers was just a cursory glance. After the counting of soldiers, the supervising army had to meet several young generals alone, and then there was another banquet, which was arranged intentionally by Marquis Jingbei, but Ye Qing still didn't see Ao Yun's shadow.

What's strange is that Prince Gong, who was in charge of the army, didn't show up either, saying that he was tired from days of work and occasionally felt cold, so we'll talk about it tomorrow.

In fact, Xiao Xu didn't have a cold. As early as a year ago, he began to practice cavalry and archery tactics assiduously. He was already ready to join the army. How could he collapse from exhaustion in just a few days.The reason why he didn't show up was the same as the reason why his brother didn't continue to investigate.

He wants to find Yan Junyu, but more importantly, he wants Yan Junyu to live well.

The battle was imminent, he didn't know that Yan Junyu was so unwilling to see him.He had a premonition when he saw Ao Yun's name, and he avoided it twice, no matter how stupid he was, he would have guessed it.So the third time he took the initiative to avoid it, but Yan Junyu still didn't show up.

The servant beside him saw that he was in a bad mood, and suggested: "Although Saishang is rough, there are also some rough scenery. Master, go out to relax and hunt, don't get bored."

Xiao Xu was laughed at by him, the supervising army didn't come to play, but went hunting, I don't know why.However, he has been dormant all year round, and the people around him don't have the slightest sense of conspiracy. They are all followers that an idle prince should have, and they can't even talk about the situation.Nothing happened in the afternoon, he wandered around the camp, and found that he was nervous everywhere he went, so he simply left the camp, took a few guards with him, and walked along the river beach.Just after a heavy snowfall, the reeds on the river beach were all withered, just like the scene in an ancient painting.He rode his horse along the river beach for a while, and saw a dilapidated pier, the wooden pegs were covered with snow,

In the withered yellow and snow white, a touch of red suddenly appeared.

At first, he hardly recognized him, because the man was much taller, and he was not wearing Yanbei's old war robe, but a Jingbei red robe, with sword sleeves and boots, and he was extremely tall and straight. The girdle is wide, like a saber, and it is a flexible and slender waist.

The army is rough, his black hair is all braided up, tied with a red hair band, the whole figure is like a tree, against the light of snow.That face was that of a handsome and sharp young man with only one pair of eyes, and it was still as beautiful as before. When he saw Xiao Xu, he was still as dumb as before.

Then he laughed.

Meeting old acquaintances in a foreign land, although there are countless old things mixed in, it is worth laughing after all.He already has the appearance of a calm and responsible young man. It is said that he looks like Ao Ji, and he is indeed like that. There is no third person in the world who has such a chic and magnanimous smile.

But the look in his eyebrows, the look like a calf who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth, and the look of caring for the horse are still his little words.

"I'm really not avoiding you." He told Xiao Xu with a smile like this: "I'm going to spend time to calculate the result of Jingbei."

It was time to ask how he was doing, but the answer was already here.He is a fish returning to the sea, an eagle returning to the sky, his branches and leaves are covered with sunlight, and the shadows of the past have become his embellishment.

"Then have you figured it out?" Xiao Xu asked him.

"Not yet, there are still many variables."

"What variable?"

"Cha Yunshuo." Yan Junyu told him, "And you."

He is not lying, he is not like Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang is sharp, but small in structure, only obsessed with winning or losing in small places, talent can play a limited role after all, mind needs to be cultivated.Yan Junyu had been immersed in the East Palace for a long time, and everyone in the world said that Mu Fengju was a disciple of the Son of Heaven. They didn't know that there was another Yan Junyu who was taught by the real Xiao Jingyan.

That vision of overlooking the whole picture, he had learned.He also learned the principles of Taoism that Luo Heng said. A good swimmer drowns in water. The greatest strengths and weaknesses of the Marquis of Jingbei lie in his most elite [-] heavy cavalry.With the lessons learned from Youzhou Mu, he will not let the best [-] heavy cavalry in the entire Great Zhou die in the battle of defending the city. war.

For these 10 heavy cavalry, nearly [-] light cavalry, armored soldiers, infantry, and archers, not to mention those civilian men, will be needed. This will be a big battle involving tens of thousands of people.It's a pity that Yan Junyu didn't learn Ye Liangyu's insight and handling of human nature when he left, he could only learn the former.

Yu Ye, Marquis of Jingbei, will not listen to opposing opinions.Ao Zhong is like a shield, so he can tolerate everything.And Yu Ye is the sharpest spear, he will not have any worries.

If you learn Ye Liangyu for a while, maybe you will know how to persuade him.But it was too late, maybe even this big battle couldn't catch up.In accordance with the principles taught by Luo Heng, yin is exhausted and yang is born, and the cycle goes on and on. It is rare in the world to have two perfect dharmas, and there will never be a time when everything is ready.

Yan Junyu wasn't even the best chess player in Dazhou.As early as more than two years ago, the East Palace laid the groundwork, earlier than sending Ao Ji to Yanbei—the Yunnan Yayuan Chu Liangcai who wrote Ping Rongce was sent to the frontier early, and now he is in Jingbei Houzhang He is working as a counselor.And Xiao Xu, the most powerful superintendent, arrived before the big battle, holding the emperor's seal, and being a prince, if this doesn't count as important to Jingbei, then it doesn't matter.Attacking Jingbei was Cha Yunshuo's way of chess, although Xiao Jingyan could handle it tyrannically.The truly earth-shattering blow was precisely the tactical genius of Meng Cang. The fall of Youzhou was the most unexpected blow, which indirectly led to the isolation and helplessness of Jingbei today. If the main force of Ao Zhong's Annan Army is still there In southern Xinjiang, Cha Yunshuo would never dare to suppress the Jingbei army like this.

Fortunately, Cha Yunshuo missed a move and did not keep Meng Cang, otherwise the situation would not be like today.It may also be that Helian's chess is too good. After all, the young wolf king in the teahouse was the best chess player in Xirong. He didn't participate in the battle this time. It can be said that he is unwilling to end the game, or it can be said that it is his timing. Not yet, still watching.

As Xiao Lu said, even the emperor, there are times when he is beyond his power.He can't change Yu Ye's nature, he can't change him from a spear to a shield, and it may not be a good thing that You Yan has three Ao Zhong.It will take nearly two days for the battle report to arrive in Beijing at the earliest. After all, he can't go to the battlefield in person. This is the battle between Cha Yunshuo and Yu Ye. The emperor can only participate in the battle by supervising the army, and Xiao Xu is his hand.

Although Junyu has not learned everything, it is still too late.Up to now, he is only a junior lieutenant general, and his military rank is second. The key is that he only has less than a year of combat experience. Even if he replaces Yu Ye now, he may not be as good as he is when he responds on the spot.

It feels like waiting for a heavy snowfall, there is no way but to try our best to fight a piece of the sky.

"I will try my best." Xiao Xu said.

"I know."

After all, Yan Junyu is Luo Heng's disciple, and gradually understands what Tao is. Xi Rong's soldiers are strong and powerful, with 50 elite soldiers, and Yu Ye's sharpness and arrogance are also Tao. All this is like a surging river, independent of manpower.Even the son of heaven can only follow the trend of the water, and what is needed is a blow like Meng Cang's, going upstream to turn the tide at a critical moment.

He couldn't figure out the outcome of Jingbei, there were too many variables, Cha Yunshuo came to the front line in person, the situation changed rapidly, maybe Cha Yunshuo had a way to defeat Yu Ye's heavy cavalry, maybe he was just bluffing.

But he can participate in the outcome.

At the end of October, just when everyone thought Xirong would attack after the year, Cha Yunshuo attacked Jingbei in a big way.Yandang, the king of the North Court, and Naersu, the third prince, commanded [-] Tiewu Pagodas, and attacked Yumen Pass. [-] cavalry, [-] Mo sabers, [-] infantry, and [-] archers fought against Chayunshuo in the Black Gobi.

This was the worst battle Ye Qing had ever fought in his life.

His Modao formation was in charge of the most frontal battlefield. The old shield soldiers were no longer the opponents of Tiewu Tower. Who in Beijing didn't know that dozens of people from the Xirong embassy dared to attack hundreds of shield soldiers?But the cumbersome, outdated [-] shield soldiers have become the best armor for his Modao Formation.

That scene was very cruel, and he finally understood why his father had to look at the armor that belonged to Chen Sanjin every time he was in Lingyan Pavilion. The age of shields and axes has long passed, but shield soldiers are always the best in Modao guard.It is the most steadfast, the Great Wall made of flesh and blood,

Under the impact of Xirong's heavy cavalry, the shield armor fell like a stone wall, and stood up again in the tide. The small shield armor circles became the best cover for the Modao formation. Before the shield armor fell, For Tiewu Tower, every Mo Dao is a god of death who reaps lives.Tiewuta's vest, which was lightened for flexibility, became the most fatal weakness. Modao was known as "□□" in ancient times, and its power can be imagined.Under the cover of the arrow rain of the archers, the shield armor resisted the first wave of impact, and the Mo Dao slashed the horse. The heavy and huge Mo Dao was nearly seven feet long. It was said in his family that he handed over the cavalry's long sword to the infantry The practiced sword technique can easily wield a giant sword of this length, but just three months of training is enough to kill the war horses of Tiewu Tower.

After the horse fell, the heavy armor of Tiewu Tower became a fatal flaw on the battlefield. It was no longer difficult to be overturned to the ground, and one or two infantrymen could easily solve it.This was a great battle that brought the coordination of arms to the extreme. From early morning to evening, Ye Qing couldn't calculate his own beheading at all. Can't remember what I'm fighting for.Only the desire to kill was left, and he didn't stop to take a look at the battlefield until the horn of Xirong's retreat sounded.

When Ming Jin withdrew his troops, he leaned on a long knife and inspected the Modao team under his command, watching the familiar corpses being carried out one by one.

He didn't react when the black-tailed horse came in front of him, until he heard Jingbeihou's voice.

"Ye Qing, you killed well today!" The young prince was also covered in blood, and was even shot with an arrow in his left shoulder. He was very proud: "There is a celebration banquet tonight, clean up."

Although Jingbei Hou Yuye is young, he has fought for nearly ten years, so his attitude towards casualties is naturally different from his.There were 6000 casualties in Jingbei, and only [-] died in the battle, but in exchange for Xirong's [-] Tiewu Tower casualties, and tens of thousands of Xirong cavalry have not yet been counted. The casualty ratio surpassed that of Xirong.

At the celebration banquet, he was arranged to sit on the left hand side of Jingbei Hou, and on the right was Chu Liangcai, the number one counselor under Jingbei Hou's tent. He was a handsome and handsome young man, but he was taciturn.Prince Gong, who was in charge of the army, only showed his face before going to appease the wounded soldiers.

Although this victory was hearty and hearty, it seemed that only he and Jingbei Hou were really celebrating.He wouldn't be so self-righteous in the first place, after all, he was just a junior lieutenant.Until Jingbeihou went to change the dressing, he was also called up.

"What's wrong?" The prince who is in charge of hundreds of thousands of soldiers is actually just a 24-year-old young man in private. While his wound is being bandaged, he doesn't frown, and laughs at him: "General Ye is afraid of such a small injury. How will we pay for the soldiers in the future?"

Ye Qing originally avoided his eyes, but when he saw what he said, he just stared at him.Although Xirong's iron arrows were not as fierce as Da Zhou's dark arrows, they were also heavily poisonous. It looked quite scary after the swelling subsided and then all the medicines were scooped out with clean daggers.Yu Ye also frowned, sweating profusely. Hearing the sound of banquets in the outer tent, he couldn't help laughing: "These old men really like to moan, but they are just shot by an arrow. They are all downcast. Those who don't know think that What happened to me."

In fact, they all knew that the reason why the atmosphere of celebration was not enthusiastic was because they did not believe that Cha Yunshuo would give up so easily. There were not many people in Xirong's attack this time, and this victory was more like testing the waters , just to give Jingbei a little sweetness by the way.

But when he said this, there was just an atmosphere of knowing you and me.

Ye Qing also noticed it, so he said with a smile: "Master Hou also knows that they are worried, so why don't you hurry up and make plans, and marry your wife early, so that they can rest assured."

"Your accent is exactly the same as Wei Hai's, and it gives me a headache." Jingbei Hou smiled disgustedly.

"Master Hou would rather have a headache than make early plans?"

"The Huns are still alive, why are they home?"

In fact, he had already guessed that the Marquis of Jingbei must have Huo Qubing as an example in his art of war, but when he said this, it was inevitable that Ye Qing would think of another person who was also nicknamed Little Hussar.

"Master Hou's words remind me of someone. I don't know if Master Hou has heard of it..."

"Ao Yun, isn't he from Prince Gong?" Jingbei Hou wrinkled his nose in disgust, obviously disliked Ao Yun: "He also likes to talk about the art of war. Chu Liangcai has been very close to them recently, it's really amazing I know who is in charge of Jingbei now."

Ye Qing wanted to say more, but Jingbei Hou had already changed the subject, and while putting on his clothes, he laughed at him: "General Ye has made great achievements today, what reward do you want?"

"The reward is easy to talk about..." Ye Qingman agreed aimlessly, and was about to perfunctory, but reacted, and looked at Jingbei Hou in disbelief.

Jingbeihou is a man who has been in charge of the army for a long time, and his address is never ambiguous. He is usually called Vice General Ye...

"Just realized?" Jingbei Hou laughed at him: "I'll give you [-] cavalry, Cha Yunshuo will come tomorrow, you just follow me. Don't be a lieutenant in Wei Hai from now on, it's still like this for half a year, Fight hard, and reward for meritorious deeds, you are indispensable."

Later, Ye Qing recalled that day countless times. If he had persistently recommended Ao Yun, or simply used this new general as a guarantee, what would have happened?

He knows nothing will change.

He just couldn't help thinking about it.

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