The man's name is Xu Ziming, his family lives in Hejian Mansion at the junction of Song and Liao, his wife and children were killed by the Liao army in a small battle a few years ago, and most of the family business was destroyed overnight.
But bad luck, his two fingers were accidentally cut off by someone else with a sickle for cutting wheat while doing farm work, so since then, no one is willing to hire him anymore, and as a last resort, Xu Ziming had to put down his face, live by begging, and live a life without food and clothing.
This time he was fortunate to be rescued by Cheng Muyou, otherwise, he would have ended his miserable and bumpy life in the surging Yellow River, so he not only regarded Cheng Muyou as his life-saving benefactor, but also regarded him as the only life-saving straw he could grasp.
Therefore, along the way, although he was injured, he was in a very good mood, lying on the horse, chattering non-stop, and pulling out a lot of old things, just to relieve Cheng Muyou's boring journey.
However, the official who was robbed of his mount and could only share a horse was very angry with him, and sent a roll of his eyes from time to time, Xu Ziming was also interested, and after being stared at, he took back the words full of stomachs.
Jiang Xixi saw Xu Ziming lying on the back of the horse for a long time without saying a word, and his face was timid, so he casually found a topic, "Brother Xu, I heard that the two armies of Song and Liao fought in Liaoyang thirty years ago, and the battle was extremely fierce at that time, and the soldiers were killed and wounded countless times, I don't know if Brother Xu experienced that battle?"
” "Song Liao fighting?"
Xu Ziming's expression stiffened slightly, "Why did Lord Jiang suddenly ask about that battle?"
” Jiang Xixi shook the reins, "I heard adults say that it was the first official confrontation between Song and Liao, and it used to be a small fight, Brother Xu, depending on your age, it should not be the year to know your fate, and you live in Hejian Mansion, not far from Liaoyang, so I want to know from you how the battle was fought upside down, dragon blood Xuanhuang." ” Cheng Muyou also seemed to be quite interested in this topic, and when he heard Jiang Xixi ask, he turned his head at Xu Ziming, "As far as I know, when the battle just began, our army was at a disadvantage, but in the later stage, it suddenly turned around and defeated the Liao army, but I have never heard of the details of this. ” Xu Ziming let out two dry laughs in his throat, "Actually, I was still young, not yet sixteen years old, and I hadn't witnessed the big battle with my own eyes, so all I knew was from other people's mouths, and I guess I knew about the same as you." ” "Brother Xu, just tell me how the Song army turned the tide of the war."
Jiang Xixi came to the spirit, and kept begging this Xu Ziming, like a child listening to stories.
Xu Ziming couldn't resist her, and after being silent for a while, he licked his dry lips, "I wonder if the two adults have heard of Li Derang?"
” Cheng Muyou snorted coldly, "Li Derang, now the prime minister of Da Liao, the most powerful courtier around Empress Dowager Xiao, if you are more specific, you can also call him the regent of Liao." ” Xu Ziming sighed, "That's right, now he is a celebrity next to Empress Dowager Xiao, but back then, he was only a young commander in the Liao army." ” Cheng Mu You frowned, "Why did Li Derang also participate in this battle back then?"
” Xu Ziming shook his head and smiled bitterly, "He didn't just participate, if it wasn't for him back then, this battle would not have allowed Song Liao and Liao to fight for so long and die so many soldiers." ” Cheng Muyou's face changed, "How do you say this?"
” Xu Ziming looked at the rushing river in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and finally let out a long sigh, and said slowly, "Then Li Derang is not an ordinary person, he is proficient in witchcraft and can summon the fierce beasts of the underworld.
I still remember that day, when the clouds covered the day, and though it was daytime, it was as dark as the night, and the people of the village said that Li Derang summoned two monsters with two pieces of rune paper, one of which looked like a cow, but had hedgehog-like hair, and stood upright like a steel needle; The other was a tiger-like dog, with a mouth with fangs like a wild boar's and a tail eight feet long.
These two monsters are violent, ferocious, and invulnerable, and I don't know how many Song soldiers' lives have been buried in their mouths.
The Song army lost its armor and collapsed, and the battle line repeatedly moved south, almost reaching Hejian Province. ” "Listening to your description, those two monsters should be Qi Qi and Han Qi, they are the embodiment of the resentment of Gonggong and Kun after their deaths, they are extremely ferocious, flesh and blood, and where will they be their opponents," he thought to himself, "You said that the tide of the war was reversed later, how did this turn around?"
I can't figure it out left or right. ” Xu Ziming swallowed his saliva, "That battle was personally commanded by the first emperor, but those two evil beasts were violent, pressing step by step, and they actually had the potential to break through the encirclement and kill in front of the first emperor, but at this critical moment, the situation took a sharp turn and earth-shaking changes took place. ” "Brother Xu, don't sell it, let's talk about it, why did the situation turn around?"
Jiang Xixi listened attentively.
"According to an old man who was a soldier in our village, at that time, the first emperor led his troops to stand on a high cliff, watching two fierce beasts running from far and near, invincible along the way, mutilating and devouring countless soldiers.
Seeing that he was about to come to the bottom of the cliff, the first emperor ordered the archers to shoot arrows, but the arrows rained down on the two monsters, and they were not even as good as embroidery needles, and fell from their hard fur.
Several generals were anxious and asked the first emperor to go first, but the first emperor refused, he stood at the forefront of the cliff, personally commanded the battle, and swore to coexist with all the soldiers.
When the two fierce beasts saw the first emperor, the beast's head shook from side to side twice, as if they had been instructed, their rough claws climbed the mountain rocks, and began to climb towards the cliff face, without much effort, they actually climbed more than half of it.
The soldiers on the cliff face, no, the soldiers of the entire battlefield were stunned, and they turned their eyes to the two monsters, watching them approach the cliff little by little.
I think that at that time, everyone should have been discouraged, thinking that the first emperor was going to die in the mouths of these two monsters, and that the newly established Great Song Dynasty regime was going to be destroyed in one fell swoop.
But then, he appeared. ” "He?
Who is he?
” "A man in a green robe."
"Men?"
No one knew where he had come from, and when he found the unarmored figure, the man had already walked down the cliff.
He smiled at the two ugly monsters, "You two, you two fools who are dying and don't know it." ’”