Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1222
"Crack! Creak!" In the four fields, there were the voices of warriors struggling in the snow.

After walking for a long time, everyone found a leeward place and began to rest.

The snow stopped, the wind was strong, and the sun was hanging in the sky, making people feel even colder.

The rough wheat cakes were broken in half, and they were chewed hard in the snow water, as if they were chewing dry and hard wood.

The other half of the oatmeal was carefully put away, even the residue, for later eating.

Li Cunxiao looked at the appearance of the soldiers and felt ashamed in his heart.

They are all warriors who have followed him for many years. They have lived such a hard life, but they have not left him.Although a man can't be too hypocritical, can he really have a clear heart?

Li Cunxiao let out a long sigh.

I've been thinking about it for years.When you are young, you will feel that as long as you are brave, you can go all over the world, and everyone will treat you like a guest.But as I get older, I feel more and more that this kind of thinking is too naive.

Wasn't Shan Keji the champion of the three armies back then?Li Cunxiao thought to himself, facing him face to face may not be a sure chance of victory.

What will happen to Shan Keji?Surrounded by people, thousands of arrows were fired, and the warrior who claimed to have the courage of all men died.

Guizhou is poor and sparsely populated. Although the people are brave and the warriors are good at fighting, as long as the enemy is not defeated at the first touch, if you dare to fight with you, dare to fight with you, what is the use of being stronger than them?If you can't grab other people's assets, in the end you will become poorer and weaker as you fight, and you will become weaker as you fight, and you can only perish in the end.

After realizing this, Li Cunxiao felt that he had entered a new realm, and his way of looking at people and things was different.

Surrendering to the imperial court may be due to greed for wealth and honor, but seeing the distress and hopelessness of Hedong is also a major factor.

It's a pity that there are still a large number of obsessed people in Hedong, and it's a pity to continue to work for Jinyang.

After Li Cunxiao ate the whole cake, he drank two more sips of spirits, feeling his whole body was on fire.

Xia Jun's messenger stood by, hesitating to speak.

Li Cunxiao pushed him away, faced the soldiers, and asked, "Have you finished eating? Do you have the strength to fight?"

The soldiers were shivering with cold.However, the momentum did not drop at all, and they all said: "Now you can go and behead the thief."

The messenger chased after him, and he wanted to say something more. Li Cunxiao turned his head and stared, put his hand on the handle of the knife, and said, "How can children know how to fight? What's the use of going to Youzhou now? Give him momentum? Hmph, if his father orders, I will I will still obey one or two. It’s already here, it’s too late to say anything.”

The messenger gaped.

He is still young and has never seen such a domineering martial artist.This kind of rebellious temperament was only seen in his deceased father and those old brothers.In the past 20 or [-] years, the new recruits born in Kansai have never seen such a horizontal.

"Let's go when you're full." Li Cunxiao waved his hand and ordered.

The sergeants got up one after another. They did not mount their horses, put on their armor or raise their flags, but led their horses on foot.

Thousands of people meandered in the snow like this. After walking for more than an hour, their physical strength was not weakened until they were discovered by an enemy scout.

"Get on the horse!" Li Cunxiao yelled, and more than 3000 people got on the horse in batches and spread out on the snow field.

Li Cunxiao took a last look at everyone.

Going south this time can be said to be a desperate move.All those capable of fighting in the city of Guizhou were brought out, leaving a group of old and weak soldiers guarding the city to bluff people.

Of the more than 3000 people, not all were cavalry.But they still brought all the horses and even mules they collected, anyway, they would be slaughtered if they stayed in Guizhou, and there was no extra hay and grain to feed them.

If the fight goes badly in Youzhou, they won't even have food to go back.

There is no way out.

"Kill the thief!" Li Cunxiao clamped his horse's belly and went first.

"Kill the thief!" Guizhou warriors shouted in unison and rushed down.

The hillsides are covered with snow.

The scouts of the Jin army took the road and fled in front, while the soldiers of Guizhou chased after them and marched bravely.

People kept falling off their horses, but they quickly got up, caught up with the horses, and jumped on them.

Those who couldn't catch up with the horses even went down the mountain on foot, yelling and looking crazy.

They were dressed in tattered cotton coats and armor that had been repaired many times. They were of different heights, fat and thin, and had a variety of weapons. Their faces were flushed with cold, and they poured down from the mountain like a torrent, directly inserting themselves into the ranks of the marching enemies. middle.

Li Cunxiao wore a big black robe, and the black horse under his crotch was abnormal. After rushing into the enemy line, he went straight to one person.

"An Yuan!" Li Cunxiao yelled out an iron rod in his hand.

An Yuan was scrambling to deal with the raiding Guizhou soldiers, and he was fighting and retreating, when he heard someone calling his name, he was first angry, then surprised, the voice was too familiar!

He stabbed one person down with his spear, pulled his horse back, and looked back in his busy schedule, his body was almost stiff with fright.

"Death!" The black horse was as fast as lightning, and the snowflakes flying from all four hooves flew. Li Cunxiao dodged the spears stabbing from front, back, left, and right like a leisurely stroll, and ran to An Yuan with his head around.

An Yuan screamed and fell on his back.

Li Cunxiao passed him by the wrong horse, casually killed two of An Yuan's relatives, and then turned his horse around. When he saw An Yuan lying motionless on the ground, and the blood oozing from his head stained the snow, he laughed.

"Thieves have their day too! Didn't you have a lot of fun when you were choreographing me with that shepherd slave? Now I die like a wild dog, haha." Li Cunxiao rode his horse into the enemy's line, and Tie Lao danced airtightly.

Anyuan's soldiers were extremely sad and angry, and rushed over one after another, wanting to exchange their lives for their lives.

Li Cunxiao blocked from left to right, his whole body seemed to be covered with eyes, every time he blocked just right, dodged the enemy's attack, and then counterattacked with ease, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy's long weapons were inconvenient to be close to him, he killed several people in a row in an instant, his courage was unstoppable.

Guizhou soldiers also rushed over to help their beloved regiment trainer relieve the pressure.

The number of the Jin army was small, about three thousand or so, and they were suddenly attacked, and they were in a mess.At this time, the main general An Yuan was killed, he lost his command, his morale was severely depressed, and his army was defeated. He was quickly killed by the Wufu of Guizhou.

After Li Cunxiao killed the last person with his swipes, he turned his horse around and came to Anyuan's body, and watched for a long time.

"Chop off the head and make it into a wine vessel. I want to appreciate it every day." Li Cunxiao ordered.

"Of course." The soldier said nothing nonsense, pulled out the horizontal knife, put it down, and put it in the saddle bag.

It is not uncommon for a martial artist to cut off the head of a hated enemy, keep it at home, and take it out to play and appreciate from time to time.It's not a pervert, because there are quite a few people who do this.

At least, Li Cunxiao didn't collect the enemy's head and then cut off the meat from his face to eat, he didn't goug out the woman's double breasts, and he didn't brush off the meat with an iron brush and fry it. , is already a very "normal" martial artist, really.

In troubled times, this is really nothing.

"You cowards, will you follow me?" Li Cunxiao walked up to the captives again, kicking one of them over, and asked.

There were about a hundred prisoners in front of them, and this was the first batch.The back is still gathering, and it is estimated that there will be a thousand people.

Captives, you look at me and I look at you.

Finally, someone dared to ask: "Will General An return to Weizhou?"

Li Cunxiao was startled, and laughed at himself, "Did Jinyang call me An Jingsi?"

The prisoners dared not answer.

"Surrender if you surrender, and if you don't surrender, just stick your head out with a sword. Is it that difficult?" Li Cunxiao kicked another person over, and said angrily, "Warrior puts his head up and works hard, and come to me—has Li Cunxiao humiliated you?"

"Forget it." After a long time, a prisoner sighed and said: "Every year when I go to war, my mother-in-law has already stolen her life and gave birth to the evil seed. She said that she was pregnant by sex in a dream, bah! Then I fought with General Li and went to Youzhou to snatch it." A bride, after taking it back to my hometown, I will kill that bitch."

"General Li voted for the Xia Dynasty, so he should be able to pay his salary?" Another person said, seeing Li Cunxiao's unkind expression, he immediately said: "It's okay if you can't pay, brothers take it by themselves."

"If it's someone else, to be honest, even if I surrender, I will find a way to slip away. But if General Li surrenders, I won't leave, surrender!"

"Hold your head and work hard, only if you have a head can you sell it. I will not demote Shao thief, but Li Tuanlian."

Li Cunxiao turned pale when he heard this, he laughed and helped him up, saying: "Since you are with me, you are your own family, how can you let your brothers suffer? Didn't say anything, when you go to Yizhou, you have money and silk, as well as women. Don't worry."

Prisoners are still being sent in from a distance.

Officers at all levels of the Qingyi Army were divided into divisions, and the surrendered troops were organized into divisions and distributed with equipment.

They were not too worried, and even talked and laughed.After all, a year ago, they were still in one system, and some of them even knew each other, and they didn't have the strong sense of insecurity that they would seek refuge in foreign troops.

And the place they are in is indeed on the boundary of Yizhou, to be precise, it is within the territory of Wuhui County.

Between Yizhou and Guizhou, there is a "Gucheng Road", which starts from Yizhou City and enters the northern border of Wuhui County in the northwest. This road was opened during the Kaiyuan period, and Louting County was established, and later merged into Wuhui County.

After crossing the Juma River in the northwest, you can enter the Zhuoshui Valley along the river to the north, and reach the Weizhou, a total of four hundred miles.

Shao Siwu sent three groups of envoys to Guizhou to recruit Li Cunxiao to go south.Li Cunxiao wasn't sure if the envoy was intercepted halfway, but even if he hadn't, he thought it was impossible for Li Cunzhang to be unprepared, at least Juyongguan would be difficult to cross.

Instead of taking the risk of attacking Juyongguan, it is better to find another way, go south from Guizhou, and attack the neglected Yizhou, which may achieve miraculous results.Even if the city of Yizhou cannot be defeated, the east-west communication line between Wei and Yi can be cut off, and the Zhuozhou battlefield can be supported from the side.

Shao Siwu's children are too immature, and they don't take their Guizhou warriors seriously at all, they come and go as soon as they are called, don't they?Let's see how Lao Tzu defeated the enemy and made meritorious deeds, let's learn from it.

On November 25th of the third year of Jianji, Li Cunxiao led more than [-] Qingyi troops and suddenly appeared under the city of Yizhou.

Wang Yu, the governor of Yizhou, was shocked. He rectified his army and horses and went to battle. He was defeated by Guo Xia, and the defeated soldiers rushed into the city to defend.

Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage of it, Li Cunxiao immediately went east and attacked Laishui at night.The Yiwu army panicked and resisted desperately, and they could barely hold on. Li Cunxiao plundered the countryside, and his momentum became stronger and stronger.

And their appearance also greatly shocked the Jin army and Yiwu army who were fighting and stalemate on the front line of Zhuozhou.

The Yiwu Army directly withdrew to Laishui.Unprepared, An Fuqian became a scapegoat and lost more than [-] soldiers again.

Ge Congzhou took advantage of the situation to encircle Zhuozhou.

　Recently, people often twitter and make fun of me, saying that the epidemic is serious and I should be positive, but they are still updating.

This is really a compliment to me.

Throughout the ages, pig tactics have been successfully used by humans time and time again.In case of crisis, he leans his butt against the wall so that you can't catch his tail, and finally he is helpless.

In fact, I pay more attention to protection, and I am not yet positive.

But maybe one day when I wake up, it will be sunny, and then you can see that I have stopped changing.

　
(End of this chapter)