Summer is coming to an end, and you can still feel the aftermath of the heat in Chang'an, but in the Hetao, the cold wind makes it difficult to feel the slightest hint of heat, and the Yellow River has been flowing slowly since then.
It was a piece of green water and green mountains, at this moment the eyes followed the river to see, the river water should be clear, but it has been stained red by blood, a corpse floating in the river, mostly some animal skin wrapped in Hu people, occasionally the corpses of Han soldiers, were hooked back to the river bank by the Han soldiers who cleaned the battlefield on both sides of the river.
It is not the standard equipment of the Han army, it looks more like a powerful private soldier, and when the eyes retreat to both sides of the river, you can see that the mountains of Han corpses are piled up one by one in various tragic situations, the arms are cut off, the bodies are pierced, and some are shot through the heads by arrows.
People died not long ago, indicating that the time of the war is not far away from this time, occasionally you can find one or two corpses that are not dead and make a faint wheezing sound, if it is a Hu person, the Han soldiers will go up to make up for a knife, and there are also Han people, most of them are also treated equally.
"Brother, give me a good time" A Han man with chapped lips pulled a hesitant soldier, his eyes full of despair and a trace of unspeakable nostalgia.
"This" The Han soldier looked at his companions in a panic, he was a recruit recruited by Liu Xie after the implementation of the military camp, and he couldn't accept such cruelty, and blankly handed over his gaze to the surrounding robes for help.
"Alas" a veteran stepped forward, glanced at the recruit, did not speak, reached out to help the wounded, but the short sword in his hand did not hesitate to stab in the back of the opponent's head and the place where the neck was connected, until it reached the handle, the wounded's eyes instantly dispersed, lost the last focus, and his face was detached with a few detachments, the veteran was sophisticated, and the wounded left without a trace of pain.
"Why" The recruit looked at the veteran puzzled, his eyes flashing with intense dissatisfaction and anger.
"I can't save it" The veteran wiped the liquid on the short sword, looked at him indifferently and said, "This is war." ” "Vomit" finally couldn't hold back the inexplicable feeling in his heart, coupled with the fishy smell around him constantly lingering on the end of his nose, the recruit supported the ground with both hands, retched, tears and snot came out, but he didn't feel the slightest.
The veteran glanced at the recruit, did not speak, this is the stage that every soldier has to go through, silently turned around, and walked towards the next corpse.
On the bank of the river, there was a car whose frame had been burned and it was no longer visible, and the ashes of grain and grass that had not been burned were piled up on the vehicle.
Xu Huang stepped forward, pinched a handful of food that could be vaguely identified, put it to his nose and sniffed it, and then threw it on the ground fiercely, and his rough voice became a little hideous.
"It's the third time this month, and these Hu people are getting bolder and bigger, and now they dare to kill Jilu Village."
Looking at the walled city that was still smoking in the distance, Xu Huang's eyes showed murderous intent.
Jilu Village, this is the city of the Huns, when Hu Han evil single into Chang'an, married Wang Zhaojun in Jilu Village, Zhaojun stayed here for half a life, Jilu Village also left a name, later the vicissitudes of life, the original prosperous ancient village, with the attack of Lu Buqi, after the remnants of the Xiongnu moved north, it was received by Xu Huang, as a transportation town sent by Liu Xie to buy grain and livestock in the Western Regions, but now it was burned to ashes by the Xianbei people.
The 500 soldiers left behind in the village did not survive, although the Xianbei people also paid a huge price for this, but the destruction of Jilu Village also represents a barrier to the north to defend Xianbei has been broken.
Zhao Yun stepped forward, patted Xu Huang's shoulder, looked at the burning city in the distance, and frowned slightly: "I don't want the situation in Hetao to be so bad." ” Xu Huang was silent, although the Xianbei people would intercept and kill the merchants returning from the Western Regions in the past, they had never dared to directly attack the Han family walled city like this time, which was already equivalent to directly provoking them.
"Zilong came here to deal with that Ma Chao, but now that Ma Teng has been recruited into Chang'an, then Ma Chao should also settle down."
Xu Huang looked at Zhao Yun and said in a deep voice: "I don't know if Your Majesty can set a return date for Zilong."
"That's not true, Your Majesty sent Yun here, not just to deal with that Ma Chao, but to assist the general."
Zhao Yun shook his head, Liu Xie sent him at the beginning, more because of the treacherous situation in the Hetao area, Xu Huang is good at guarding, but many times, if you defend it for a long time, you will lose, Zhao Yunjing is good at riding and fighting, and it is suitable to deal with the Hu people, the main purpose of his visit is to make up for Xu Huang's shortcomings.
"Good" Xu Huang couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this: "That's good" Xu Huang pointed to the ruins in front of him and said: "This is the card of the Hu people going south, although most of it has been burned down now, but if you ignore it, I am afraid that Hu will not stop, I want to ask Zilong to lead 2,000 people to guard here, one is to receive merchants, and the other is to ensure that the northwest of the Hetao is not troubled." ” Two thousand people, is already the limit that Xu Huang can give, the land of the Hetao, the land is vast and sparsely populated, he and Huangfu Song are also responsible for the military and political affairs of the entire Hetao, others such as the Yinshan area, also need to be heavily garrisoned, in addition to facing the oppression of Xiliang, at this time Liu Xie allocated more than 10,000 soldiers and horses for Xu Huang, now there are only more than 8,000 people left, although some Qiang and clan people have been recruited nearby, but after all, it is a drop in the bucket, and now the population of the entire Hetao may not be more than the soldiers, and there are also people who are military and grazing, and now there is a serious shortage of manpower, was able to give 2,000 soldiers and horses, but also because the place where the Great Wall was guarded at its throat was too few, and it was easy for the tragedy in front of him to happen again, so he gritted his teeth and promised Zhao Yun 2,000 soldiers and horses.
Zhao Yun nodded and said, "The last general will take the order." ” Although it is just autumn, but it is only two or three months away from the cold winter, Zhao Yun has followed Gongsun Zan in Youzhou for several years, and knows that this winter is the most aggressive time for the Hu people, and the Hu people without food are the craziest.
"Zilong's ability, I can trust, but Zilong must remember that our army is short of horses, so we can't go out of the city easily, so as not to be taken advantage of by the Hu people."
Xu Huang said solemnly.
He can trust Zhao Yun's ability, the soldiers who chased for thousands of miles and survived were full of praise for Zhao Yun, and even Huang Zhong looked at Zhao Yun differently.
However, the matter of Jilu Village is very important, if it weren't for Zhao Yun coming, Xu Huang would like to discuss with Huangfu Song that Huangfu Song should go out of the town and Yin Mountain, and he would personally guard Jilu Village.
Although Liu Xie was very wary of Huangfu Song, after all, he was a famous general of the Han Dynasty, and at this time, Hetao was in urgent need of manpower, and Xu Huang couldn't care about it.
"Zilong once followed Gongsun Zhan to fight against the Hu people, I don't know what strategy there is, I can guard against the Hu people" After counting the losses, Xu Huang looked at Zhao Yundao, he was also forced to be anxious, the Hu people were all cavalry, coming and going like the wind, but the soldiers and horses he brought were mostly infantry, and it was difficult to compete with the Hu people in terms of mobility.
"When Yun Zeng followed General Gongsun to resist the Hu people, he had set up more beacon towers in the border areas, with an interval of ten or five miles, and once the traces of the Hu people were found, they would take wolf smoke and beacon fire as the number, but the cavalry in the general could be concentrated and galloped to the aid of the Quartet."
Zhao Yun nodded and pondered: "This method is quite effective, and it can also avoid the difficulty of our army's lack of cavalry. ” "Okay" Xu Huang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded: "In the past, when Xiliang suppressed the Qiang people, I also used this method, which was quite effective, so I ordered someone to build a beacon tower." ” The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled down, and the corpses of the Han people were buried by the soldiers in an open space outside the Jilu Village, which was considered to be buried in the ground, but as for more, it could not be done.
Liu Xie, who was far away in Chang'an, could hardly feel the sense of urgency in the Hetao, and now that the autumn harvest was approaching, the entire Chang'an had entered a busy state.
Originally thought it would be a dry year, but this year's harvest is unexpectedly rich, even better than in previous years, the harvest is more than 50%, and in the meantime, several taxes have been reduced, these grains, enough for the people to fill their stomachs while having some surplus, you can sell the grain, and then buy some daily necessities to fill the household, not only Chang'an, the entire Guanzhong counties are filled with joy.
In the sky above Chang'an, the luck that is difficult for ordinary people to see has condensed into clouds and mist, and the sixty-zhang long true dragon of luck looms in the golden clouds and mist that permeates the entire sky over Chang'an, making a cheerful dragon roar.
"The dragon is in all directions, the last generation of human emperors, how can there be such a weather" Outside Chang'an City, Zuo Ci, who had just recovered from his injuries, looked at the dragon qi that was constantly gathering from all directions in the sky above Chang'an City, and the face of the original fairy wind Dao bone looked extremely gloomy at the moment.
Such a scene, although the dragon qi is still weak compared to the prosperous era, it is by no means like the atmosphere of the death of the country, so Liu Xie has really reversed the destiny of heaven At this time, Chang'an's dragon qi was in full bloom, he had fought with Liu Xie's void and repelled Liu Xie's dragon qi, and at this moment he couldn't even get close to Chang'an, and it was impossible to do anything if he wanted to.
After a long time, Zuo Ci sighed, the great Han Qi is recounted, it is not necessarily a bad thing for the people, but for a person like him who cultivates and accumulates merits, it is definitely not a good thing, the more prosperous the Han family, the less opportunities they can obtain merit, unless they switch to the Han family now, there may be some turnaround.
"Buzz" Just when Zuo Ci was at a loss, it seemed that the dragon qi above Chang'an City had alarmed the heavens, and the whole heaven and earth suddenly trembled, and in the sky, two golden lights suddenly appeared, like two rounds of the sun falling, but there was no imaginary vibration, one of the two golden suns fell into the extreme north, and one fell into the south.
"Nakshatra" Zuo Ci pinched his fingers, his heart moved, he looked at the north, then at the south, and finally seemed to have made up his mind and strode towards the south. t1706231537: