I'm happy after being scumbag

The "Yungui" who is missed by the emperor is still on the grassland at least for now.

However, he is no longer going north to pursue Wusu Khan, but has already set foot on the road back south.

This matter needs to start from the beginning.

That day there was turmoil in Zhecheng, and the army of the Great Zhou entered the city, and Yan Yunge was the first to go.

He rode his horse through familiar streets until he arrived at the City Lord's Mansion.At first glance, the place where I used to practice military art and riding and archery with my friends is still the same as before, but the people staying there are no longer the generals of the Zhou Dynasty, but the barbarians.

Those barbarians were plundering the treasures in the mansion, and Yan Yunge chopped off their heads in a single stroke.

A string of blood was carried into the air, and soon after it landed, it condensed into ice.

Not long after that, a soldier dragged a corpse of a Han Chinese to him.

Unlike the captives and civilians who were locked in the "sheep pen" and were already in limbo at this moment, this corpse can be said to be physically strong.

The person next to him lit a torch to illuminate Yan Yunge's face.

Seeing the familiar facial features of the corpse, Rao Yan Yunge was already prepared in his heart, and his heart was still shaken.

But seeing the other party's staring eyes, looking at the front in disbelief, Yan Yunge closed his eyes, squatted down, and closed the eyes of the corpse with his palms.

Then he got up, got on his horse, and followed the Khitan people's route out of the city and set foot on the grassland.

One of his two best friends in the past, and now the enemy who is fighting each other, is still alive.

Chasing is not an easy task.

If it is June or July, the grassland is rich in water and grass, and you can always hunt prey to satisfy your hunger.But this is the coldest season, with heavy snow covering the grassland, even the eagle with the sharpest eyesight may not be able to catch the rabbit.

What's more, there are Khitan teams fleeing for their lives ahead of them.They occupied the city-state of Great Zhou for half a year, and now they were expelled. Needless to say, Khan knew that once he was caught, his head would fall to the ground.In this way, it is even more vicious and vicious.The small tribes encountered along the way were all slaughtered.All the cattle and sheep that can be eaten are eaten, and another batch is slaughtered, which will be used as rations in the future.If you really can't take it with you, you would rather bury it in the soil with the dead in the tribe, and it's definitely not cheap!

Under such circumstances, the team led by Yan Yunge cut off their rations early.

Yan Yunge carefully considered whether to retreat.

But the grassland is vast and blocked by heavy snow.Once we lose the trace of the Khitan people in front of us, I'm afraid they will really disappear on the plain!

If it's just Khitan deserters, that's fine.The terrible thing is that there is still a Usu Khan among them.

Although I don't know what happened in the city that night, Guo Xin died and Zheng Yi fled.With such a confidant suffering, Yan Yunge definitely cannot let him live!

He finally decided to go after it.However, you can't really let your own people starve to death.

Yan Yunge sent people back to deliver the letter, and asked the generals in the city to send food and grass urgently—it doesn’t matter if they can’t catch up with their team, as long as they know that the rear is safe, the soldiers will have the strength to fight again—while speeding up the pursuit, they fought against the Khitan deserters. Fight the laggards, take their heads, and kill their horses!

The hot horse blood fell on the snow and instantly turned to ice.Yan Yunge sent people to collect these blood and ice, and used them as rations in the future.

Eat horse meat and drink horse blood.In this way, they followed the front team all the way and confronted several times.It's a pity that Wusu Khan is cunning and has never been found.

When cleaning up the battlefield again, Yan Yunge counted the time and found that a full month had passed.

When this thought came out, he felt a slight "thump" in his heart,

On the heavy snow, the Khitan march will inevitably leave traces.

Judging from the situation along the way, there is no longer any army ahead, only sporadic deserters are still wandering outside.

This is not a good sign.

The dispersion of deserters means that the directions they need to search are also increasing.The soldiers were scattered in large numbers, and they might be defeated one by one.

And that's not the biggest problem.

Yan Yunge asked himself: What if Zheng Yi still can't be found?

He was vaguely uneasy, always feeling that he had overlooked something.

Seeing that the snow was blowing up again, Yan Yunge stopped moving forward and ordered to rest where he was.

All the horses formed a circle, and the Da Zhou soldiers who were chasing together stayed in it, using their horses to resist the wind and snow.

Yan Yunge was still deep in thought.

So far, they have also arrested many Khitans for interrogation along the way.

However, the information obtained is too scattered.One said that the Khan went north, while the other said that the Khan went west.Another person came, saying that Khan was going south again.

This happened more and more, and Yan Yunge gradually realized that these people actually didn't know where Zheng Yi was.

That being the case, then...

A piece of frozen horse meat was in his hand, and while he was grinding his teeth, he used the scabbard to draw the route on the snow in front of him.

Those who can fight for a long time in the grassland always have some ability to see the direction of the stars.Yan Yunge is the best among them, and now he draws a map with two strokes.

The first half is a place he is familiar with and has led troops to fight before, and the water source and mountains are even marked on it.The back is a little blurry, but there is also a general direction.

The war horse snorted behind him, Yan Yunge's brows tightened a little bit.

It wasn't the first time he thought so.

The escape route of the Khitan people was as scattered as the voices of those captives.

They don't have a specific direction, it seems that they just go to more places where herdsmen go all the way.After being defeated, they were scattered in all directions.

Yan Yunge felt vaguely: This doesn't look like a commanding team.

--and many more.

He paused for a moment with the hand holding the scabbard, and the words just now came to mind again.

It's not like... a team with a command.

Although I was sitting on the snow, my shoes and socks were already soaked, and I was unconscious from the cold below my calves.But Yan Yunge still kept his back straight, looking down at the picture on the snow.

There are snowflakes coming and falling in between.

He recalled in his mind the scene of going out of the city that day.

Why do you want to chase?

Because if Zheng Yi is not eliminated, this person will definitely make trouble!

Why do you know that Zheng Yi is among the fleeing Khitan troops?

Because there was chaos at the time, only the shouts of others were heard, and the fleeing army did unfurl the Khan's banner.

But if Zheng Yi really led them, would the fleeing army go out of this way?

Yan Yunge's mind "hummed" for a moment, and suddenly he got on his horse!

He shouted loudly: "I'll be back soon—!"

The soldiers who were sleepy and dozed off with squinted eyes were awakened by the sound, and looked up at the figure on the horseback.

Yan Yunge's expression was stern, and he issued orders one after another under the doubtful and puzzled eyes of the soldiers.

Call back the scouts who went out to search for Khitan deserters!Back to Zhecheng!

The soldiers didn't know what happened, but instinctively believed in this young man brought from the southwest by General Zhao.

In the past, Yungui led them to successive victories and regained the eight cities in the northern border of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Now, what Yun Gui said must have his own considerations.

On the horseback, watching the moving soldiers, Yan Yunge's brows were still tightly frowned.

He looked south.

The heavy snow blocked his sight, and the distance made it impossible for him to know what was going on in Zhecheng.

But he grew up with Zheng Yi.Just as Zheng Yi is familiar with the marching habits of the frontier generals, Yan Yunge is as familiar with Zheng Yi!

A horrifying thought came to his mind: what if the fleeing army had not been guided by the Khan from the very beginning?

They were scattered in the grasslands, buried in the bellies of vultures and wild wolves, made their final contribution to the Khan who had been loyal to them, and led away the pursuers of Da Zhou.

And they didn't even know that their Khan was a Han Chinese.

……

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In the blink of an eye, Lu Mingyu had already stayed in the border town for more than ten days.

In the past ten days, he not only saw the scenery beyond the Great Wall.The most important thing is to meet the people in the border towns, and even go to personally distribute pensions to the families of the soldiers who died in battle.

Knowing that the person in front of them was the Son of Heaven, those family members were stunned at first, and then bowed in front of Lu Mingyu, expressing their gratitude to the Son of Heaven.

Seeing it, Lu Mingyu sighed slightly, and under the astonished eyes of everyone, he helped the oldest woman among them up with his own hands.

He said: "You guard Zhecheng and the twelve cities in northern Xinjiang, which is to guard the throat of Dazhou. For such a great effort, I should be grateful to you."

After hearing this, several family members couldn't hold back their tears after all.The emperor patiently waited for them to recover, and then asked how life in the city was like after the war, and what they had to eat at home.

Similar scenes happened several times.Everyone noticed that there was something different about the Son of Heaven.

In the eyes of everyone, the young emperor was getting more majestic every year.Up to now, it is as thick as a mountain.

Another day passed, and the emperor sat in the city lord's mansion.

Some courtiers have already mentioned the return journey.Lu Mingyu listened, and knew that the time had indeed come.

He still has regrets in his heart: he came out this time, originally there was another purpose, which was to see with his own eyes that "Yun Gui" who had made great achievements many times.It's a pity that the other party never came back, and many affairs in Chang'an cannot be delayed.

But it doesn't matter.It will be the same when Yungui returns with Wusu Khan's head and Chang'an is granted the title.

Thinking of this, Lu Mingyu smiled, and said that there should be another family to go to tomorrow.

People call it a promise.

In the blink of an eye, the next day, Lu Mingyu went to the family where Erlang died in battle, just like the previous few days.

The elder brother of the soldier who died in battle came out to welcome him.He didn't join the army because of his feet, but he also fought Turks in his early years, and there was a deep wound on his face, as if he had been eaten by a hungry wolf.

When he saw the emperor, he had a look of surprise on his face, and he was about to kneel down to thank him.

According to the habit of the past few days, Lu Mingyu still reached out to help him.

At this time, there was a rush of horseshoes in the alley outside the door, followed by a loud shout: "Your Majesty——!!!"

Lu Mingyu was startled.

He didn't bend down anymore, but turned around, facing the direction of the sound.

Before the emperor could figure out why this voice sounded familiar, he saw a man jump off his horse and enter the courtyard.

His pupils shrank suddenly, and he didn't even realize that the other party had the same expression.

Yan Yunge rushed forward, pushed the emperor away, and stood in front of the "elder brother" of the dead soldier.

The surrounding guards drew their knives together, but Yan Yunge's knives were faster than theirs.

He slashed at his "brother".At the same time, let out a muffled snort.

This turn of events surprised everyone.Seeing Yan Yunge and "brother" slipping down together, Lu Mingyu's mind went blank.Facing the hatred gaze of that "brother", he suddenly reacted: "Search the house!"

Not long after, soldiers came out of the house.

Pull out the body of the brother of the real soldier who died in battle.

Looking at the scene in front of him again, Lu Mingyu's expression was heavy, and every word was almost squeezed out of his teeth.

The first sentence is: "Save people!"

No matter why Yan Yunge appeared here.

The second sentence is: "Go to the trial!"

What is the identity of the person who was slashed by Yan Yunge and is now restrained by the guards, and why did he assassinate him? !

Thinking of the other party's expression and the scars on his face, Lu Mingyu felt that he already knew the result.