In the Blade

He found an open space and put down his bench, and Du Chengfeng weighed the general's flag in his hand.

The flagpole of this flag is about eight feet long. It is made of hardwood. The top of the pole is inlaid with a spear point. The old flag has rough edges. Even the flying fire phoenix embroidered on the flag has faded. color.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Du Chengfeng secretly rejoiced.

Although he didn't know how to maintain the flag as a textile, at least it had a spear point.

It would be easier to handle with a spear point, then this thing can be polished.

So after pouring some water and moistening the whetstone, Du Chengfeng lowered the entire flag and began to sharpen it.

As the saying goes, if the iron is broken and the iron is not sold, it will be washed away and recognized.

Wait a minute, the previous dynasty?

"Yo!"

Du Chengfeng couldn't help but feel something in his heart.

How come there are still flags of former dynasty generals in Jizhou’s arsenal? Isn’t Governor Liu really going to rebel?

However, after continuing to polish, Du Chengfeng realized that the previous dynasty was not the other dynasty.

It should be the Great Chen Dynasty now. Du Chengfeng has seen this memory from Fatty Yang's experience. Before the Great Chen Dynasty, it was called Dayu, which was the era when Fatty Yang lived - but this general flag is From a much longer time.

That was the dynasty before Dayu, known as Chu.

Different from the currently popular military formations and city fortifications, during the Chu Dynasty, courage took precedence. Rather than taking their time to engage in battle with the enemy, the soldiers of Da Chu were more willing to take the initiative to attack and destroy all enemy resistance with the force of setting fire to the prairie fire.

At that time, the brave general who was at the forefront of the charge was holding this Phoenix flag.

In the culture of Da Chu, the phoenix is ​​also called the Phoenix. As the saying goes, "The morning begins in Tianjin, and the evening reaches the West Pole. The phoenix and the emperor come to support it, soaring high with their wings." Every Chu person They all believe that under the guidance of the fire phoenix, they will not die like this. The immortal phoenix bird will guide their souls and take them to soar in the nine heavens.

Whenever the Phoenix Banner rushes into the enemy's formation as a vanguard, all Chu soldiers will bravely rush to be the first, follow behind this phoenix, and kill all enemies in front of them.

It is precisely because of this that all generals who can hold the Phoenix Flag are powerful generals who can defeat a thousand with one horse.

Waving the Phoenix flag, they will always rush to the front of the formation, using their inhuman strength to clear the way for the soldiers behind them. After these generals grow old, these phoenix battle flags symbolizing the vanguard generals will be passed on to the next most powerful warrior in the army, and then these new generations of pioneer generals will replace the former veterans and continue to appear on the battlefield. Dangerous places have brought Dachu victory again and again.

Under these victories again and again, the Chu generals who were in charge of the general flags also ignited a burning desire to conquer in their hearts.

At that time, Jizhou was not called Jizhou. In the Great Chu Dynasty, it was also called Yuyang. Long Yan, the garrison captain of Yuyang at that time, was even more courageous than anyone else and could defeat the three armies - logically speaking. , such a fierce general must be able to make contributions in troubled times, but Long Yan was unlucky to catch up with an era of peace.

At that time, Da Chu had already settled down from the chaos of war, and it was time to recuperate. The captains leading troops in various places were only used for defense and no longer went to war. This is naturally a good thing for the people, but a fierce general like Long Yan who wanted to expand the territory suddenly had no place to use it.

After all, there are no other forces in the world that can be attacked. You can't just turn your troops around and attack yourself, right?

It was at this time that Long Yan's eyes turned to the grassland.

Yuyang is located on the northern border, so it is convenient to attack the grasslands. Although the grassland people have always lived in pursuit of water and grass, there are no fixed towns for them to attack, but as long as they fight all the way, they are also opening up territory?

If he really wants to break the grassland royal court and capture the Chanyu alive, he might even be able to become a general and become a highly respected minister!

"kill!"

With this thought in mind, Long Yan decided to give it a go.

The civilians were recruited and the army was prepared for war. As the leading captain, Long Yan mobilized almost all the forces that could be mobilized in Yuyang County. And those grassland people were indeed no match for the soldiers of the Chu army who were like a prairie fire. They were beaten so hard that they ran away like rats, fearing the Chu army like tigers.

However, at this time, the Mobei Royal Court, hidden deep in the grassland, started to move.

That was the most difficult battle Long Yan fought. He was obviously extremely brave, charging into battle like a tiger descending a mountain, but those cunning prairie knights did not confront him head-on, but directly bypassed his blade from a distance. , bursting in from the flank, slashing every soldier behind him.

As the battle continued, the number of soldiers who could follow Long Yan became fewer and fewer.

In the end, only Long Yan was left.

It was at this time that Long Yan realized what a huge mistake he had made. He wanted to be like the phoenix on the flag and fly back to Yingdu, the capital of Chu, to tell the generals of the Chu army that the current situation was The tactics used by Chu had huge flaws - but it was already too late after all. Five lances had already pierced his body and pinned him to the ground.

And Yuyang County also fell.

As a trophy, this flag was left in the front camp of the grassland people. It was not until Dayu recovered the lost land of Yuyang and changed it to Jizhou that this flag was put into the Jizhou arsenal and piled up with other old weapons for emergency use.

No one cared about this old flag. After all, without the pioneer who carried the big flag, this flag was just an old rag.

It was precisely because of this that this old flag would always sleep in the arsenal, covered with dust.

"Hiss..."

Du Chengfeng, who had finished polishing, frowned slightly.

No, there was something wrong with the feeling just now. This old flag was not always sleeping. At least before he entered the arsenal just now, the fierce momentum attached to this flag...

"Wait?"

Du Chengfeng was suddenly stunned.

After taking a look at the weapon racks with swords, spears, and halberds displayed beside him, and then looking at the general flag in his hand, Du Chengfeng already understood something.

The evil spirit he felt before did not come from this general flag

but from the integration of all the evil spirits on all the swords, spears, and halberds in the No. 7 warehouse of Jiazi.

In other words, even though Long Yan, who once held this general flag, had died in battle, the general flag itself had never given up.

It still wanted to gather troops and fight another battle.

Just like when it charged into battle that year.

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