The happy life of the devil and the devil

The next day, the army passed Jianmen Pass.

The send-off personnel sent by the Dayu imperial family stopped here, and nearly ten thousand people passed through the city with the supplies and supplies carried by the Jinwu Guard, Yulin Army and Ling Yucheng.

Ling Yucheng stood with his hands behind his back on the city wall of Jianmen Pass facing Dayu, looking to the south, silent.Four or five steps behind him, Yuan Shao looked at his back with a pensive expression and said nothing.Afterwards, a group of civil and military officials of Dayu and several trusted subordinates of Ling Yucheng stood far away, not daring to disturb them.

When stepping into Jianmen Pass, Ling Yucheng suddenly proposed that he wanted to take a look at the city wall.This word spread to Li Yuanxin, the new guard of Jianmen Gate. The former deputy general of Ningwu Pass, Ji Qi Ai, turned his head to look at the envoy Dayu was seeing off.Ren Juntao, the Shaoqing of Honghe Temple, looked embarrassed, rubbing his hands and laughing at Ling Yucheng's personal guard captain:

"This...is a city defense area...you see..."

"What important city defense!" He Liu burst out suddenly: "The inside and outside of this Jianmen pass, which city defense was not planned and arranged by my lord himself! What's the matter if you take a look! My lord..."

"My lord, he just wants to climb high and look far, and take a last look at his homeland." The baby-faced Xi Jun came out more and more, and quietly added, "Why, isn't this allowed?"

Before Li Yuanxin could come up with an excuse, the soldiers guarding the road had silently bowed their heads and stepped aside sadly.

Ling Yucheng stared at it in a daze.In front of you is the northernmost land of Dayu. The wide and flat avenue meanders from the horizon. The land that was once trampled by the flames of war has returned to life. It is July, and the rice is swaying in the wind. Looking up, thousands of miles of fertile fields are like brocade and satin.

Home country for 20 years.

Three thousand miles of mountains and rivers.

That is the land he fought for with all his heart and soul. He once bet all his reputation, status and even his life to protect the land. He once grew up here, sang and cried here, and thought that he would die here too. Let your name be engraved on this piece of land forever.

I still remember when he held the seal of the general of the sword gate for the first time, pointing to the city and swore that "the barbarians will not be able to pass this pass"; ;I still remember the first bumper harvest under the protection of his cavalry, the golden new rice presented by the local elders...

I still remember receiving the imperial decree under heavy shackles, the decree of the golden Yunlong brocade for the land was clearly written, ordering him to marry Beiliang.

That day he knelt down before the banquet, slashed the silver crown with a knife, died like yesterday, and since then he has committed himself to barbarians, and is no longer a figure in Chinese clothes.

Ling Yucheng suddenly raised his hand.

With a clanging sound, the hair-bundled jade crown fell to the ground, the crown tire made of silver thread was twisted and skewed, flakes of suet jade were splashed; with another wave of hand, the curly-haired black jade hairpin hit the city wall fiercely, breaking into several pieces. Duan rolled down the wall.

Holding the hair with the backhand, a cold light flashed, and all the long hair was cut off.Ling Yucheng put the sword back into the sheath with his right hand, and slowly let go of his shoulder-length left hand. Behind him, the north wind was strong, and the black silk between his fingers was wrapped by the wind, leaving his palm one by one, and scattered into the roads, fields, trees, rivers and canals below the city. , gradually disappearing from view.

Yuan Shao stared at him intently.

Looking at his homeland from a distance, throwing a hairpin and throwing a crown, and cutting his hair with a sword, Ling Yucheng has always looked indifferent, and his handsome profile is neither happy nor sad.Only when he scattered a handful of broken hair with the wind, Yuan Shao felt in a trance that there seemed to be something in the straight body of the man in front of him gradually turning into nothingness, escaping from his slowly opened fingers, a little Wisps of wind blow down the city.

"What is this for?"

"Intercept the head of the generation, and bury the homeland forever." Hearing his deep voice, Ling Yucheng turned around, bowed his head respectfully towards him, and his voice was as low as a whisper.His eyes flashed in front of him, there was no luster in the depths of the black pupils, the joy, anger, emotion or sadness that once surged in the blood were empty at the moment, without any trace at all:

"I have nothing to say, Your Majesty has been waiting for a long time—"

The strong wind howled, tore the banners on the top of the city and exploded.

The two walked slowly down the city, one behind the other.Ling Yucheng's stable and calm posture and gait are the same as before, only his long hair, which was always neatly tied in the hair crown, was cut to pieces by the sword at this moment, and it was scattered on his shoulders.Yuan Shao slowly followed behind him, seeing his hair that was blown close to his cheeks by the wind, and raised high at other times, he finally couldn't help telling him to stop.

The steps leading down from the tower are dark and slippery, not to mention two people walking side by side.The Dayu officials and Ling Yucheng's subordinates who went up to the city with them had already withdrawn first. At this moment, in the narrow corridor, only the two of them stood up and down.

"You don't have to..."

The deep voice behind him sounded like a sigh, Ling Yucheng lowered his head slightly and remained silent.A pair of hands suddenly put on his shoulders from behind, and his fingers brushed across his forehead and ears like a dragonfly in water, tidying up his messy hair one by one, and occasionally brushing up the broken hair that stuck to the back of his neck. The touch of knuckles rubbing against the skin is dry and warm .Ling Yucheng stood quietly, and for a moment, he held the man behind him with all his hair in his hands, and his five fingers penetrated into the hair to straighten it out carefully. The scattered hair is tied into a bunch.

"Okay, let's go."

When turning the corner, Ling Yucheng glanced out of the corner of his eye, and the silver-white sword tassel hanging on the handle of Yuan Shao's sword all the year round disappeared after a while.

Nearly ten thousand soldiers and civilians meandered into a long dragon, until all of them left Jianmen Pass, the red sun had already moved past the sky.Ten miles out of the city, Shaoqing of Dayu Honglu Temple took a group of officials to see him off and had a banquet in Banjing Pavilion.

Yuan Shao just nodded casually in return, raising his glass and taking a small sip was considered a full courtesy.That Shaoqing then turned to Ling Yucheng, bowed deeply, raised his glass with both hands, and followed the routine rituals of sending clan princes and relatives away to travel, and said solemnly: "May the general not return." (Note)

Ling Yucheng's face paled slightly.Yuan Shao was still wondering that Yushi's words came a little strangely, so he heard Ling Yucheng reply coldly: "Very well, I don't want to come back either." With a wave of his hand, the glass full of amber wine spilled on the ground, and he stepped back. After a few steps, I will not speak again.

The envoy paid his respects and returned to the south, while Yuan Shao and his party continued to march north.The terrain of Jianmen Pass is dangerous. The back of the pass city covers Jingxiang Fertile Fields, and the green hills stand on both sides in front of it. There is only one road to pass through.More than ten years ago, when you left Jianmen Pass and headed north, there were bandits and horse thieves swarming ten miles away. Not to mention that merchants had to bring more bodyguards when crossing the border, even the common people dared not go too far from the city to farm woodcutters.Now that the midsummer is over, the roadsides are lined with green trees, and as far as the eye can see, the greenery on the rolling hills is as dense as drops, and the wind blows the trees to cool down a little, spreading from the front to the horizon.

The team marched another five or six miles, and the mountain was divided in the middle, and the eyes suddenly became clear.Ling Yucheng was always surrounded by his personal bodyguards, whispering a few words from time to time, and the people around him were busy going back and forth.Seeing that the vanguard troops had stepped into this flat land, he reined in the reins, rode his horse back to Yuan Shao, bowed and said, "Please order the two generals to restrain the troops, I have some things to do." Seeing Yuan Shao nodded and agreed , Ling Yucheng turned the horse's head and whipped the whip, the horse neighed in the wind, kicked all four hooves and rushed straight to the front of the team:

"Raise the flag and blow the trumpet!"

The two riders behind him, one left and one right, rushed out in response. The riders on the horses controlled the reins with one hand, rushed forward to rein in the reins, and the two steeds neighed and stood up.The flag bearer sat firmly on the horseback, raised his hand, and inserted the big flag deep into the soil. When a gust of wind came, the flag spread across his head!

At that moment, the countless guards behind Ling Yucheng instinctively held their breath, with tears in their eyes.

The flag bearer didn't even talk, he picked up the rein with one hand, and forcefully relied on the strength of his hand and crotch to pull the standing horse around half a circle, and landed firmly to protect the flag.This equestrian skill is solid and stable, even Habayashi Wei, who grew up on horseback, nodded secretly when they saw it.The flag was unfurled, and another rider stepped forward, reined in his horse on the right side under the flag, and held his head high.

The horn blew, and the four fields moved.

Behind Ling Yucheng, the personal guards who have followed for many years separated from the left and right, and silently rushed out from both sides of the banner. The momentum of four to five hundred people galloping on horses was like a thousand troops.Afterwards, the cavalry escorting the convoy rode out one after another, followed the cavalry of their colleagues in front, drew a neat arc, and lined up in a neat queue facing Ling Yucheng.Farther away, in the mountains and valleys, the high-pitched and agitated trumpets echoed, and a column of horses rushed out from the mountain roads in all directions, and the snow-colored capes of the cavalry immediately flew into a cloud. The poses are all the same...

There was only the sound of horns on the hill in the distance, and Ge Shuye raised the reins silently, and moved a few steps closer to Yuan Shao.Yuan Shao originally watched it with gusto, but he smiled when he saw him like this: "What is this for?" He took a few steps forward on his horse and swung his whip at the flat ground below: "Look carefully."

On the ridge, the cavalry team still rushed down one after another, stopped in front of the banner, and then naturally separated to the two sides.There are more and more horse teams. From a distance, the ever-expanding square team is lined up horizontally and vertically. Everyone stands upright on horseback, silently.In such a large open space, apart from the occasional neighing of horses, the only sound left was the sound of the flags being blown by the mountain wind.

Ling Yucheng reined in his horse and stood under the flag alone.The arrival of these people is already under his control - a few days ago, he dispatched his personal guards and subordinates, Xi Jun dispatched in the middle, Jin Bo was busy handling the property, Xia Bai managed all kinds of espionage in northern Xinjiang, and sent information back and forth, and Luo Sha did it. The most important thing is to scatter most of the guards around Ling Yucheng, one battalion head after another go to each other's old department, colleagues, and friends to drink and chat.Speaking of all kinds of incidents that happened in the capital, a group of murderers looked at the numerous torture scars on their friends, and they couldn't help crying and cursing together when they got excited, drinking and smashing the table. Some people dropped their badges on the spot and declared, "We can't protect this emperor." Go! Go to the capital and follow your lord, go in the fire, go in the water, go in the water!"

Under the Dayu military system, military households were registered separately, land was granted, and they were exempted from corvee service.However, the military household system has long been corrupted over the years. Most of the military households have been driven into slavery by generals. Among the frontier troops, the strongest combat troops are precisely those who do not join the army and do not receive military pay. Some are not even incorporated into the regular army. The supporting soldiers and servants! (Note 2)

Of the [-] Iron Cloud Riders under Ling Yucheng's command, [-] of them were servants recruited and supported by himself.He has deliberately selected these people over the years, and most of them are recruited from the border horse bandits, mixed-race orphans who have nowhere to go, and small tribes captured by the grassland.These people are lawless, have no barbarians, and most of them are bachelors with no parents and no brothers.His subordinates followed suit, except for Jin Bo who specialized in civil work, the others were surrounded by dozens or hundreds of family soldiers.

Once something happened to Ling Yucheng, these servants suddenly had nowhere to turn.Responding quickly, he led his brothers back to their old business. Anyway, the Juyi Hall in the cottage has not yet become a dilapidated building, and the grass nest when he was a horse thief can still be used for people.Those who reacted slowly were armed and locked up in the camp. They only had two meals of porridge a day, and when they scolded their mother, there was an extra piece of dirt in the porridge.Looking left and right, although the comrades around him guarded the camp with knives and guns, all of them were frowning - Ling Yucheng has always given rewards to the elite soldiers under his command, and the various allowances they receive every month are more than the military pay issued by the court The number is several times higher, and the income is even more generous when you win a battle. Is it going to be all ruined now?

For such various reasons, Luo Sha and others led their subordinates to greet in private, and a group of family soldiers greeted friends and friends, attracting those who are in the military but have enough food for one person and the whole family is not hungry, and usually rely on rewards to live prosperously. The big boss, picked up the guy and went to the old forest, just waiting for the Lingyucheng brigade to arrive.Today, horns blared on the mountains, and those who had been hiding in the cottages and grass nests for a month gathered in response to the sound, and all the rivers returned to the sea, and the crowd reached eight thousand!

Eight thousand cavalrymen silently looked at Ling Yucheng, who was standing alone in black armor and white robes, riding horses, and the banner flying above his head.

Rather than saying it is a flag, it is better to say it is a piece of square black silk - there is no drawing, no handwriting on the silk surface, no fringe streamers at all, and there are even countless arrows on the black flag. Traces——However, all the veteran guards looked up at the black flag with fascination, watching and watching, and tears poured down involuntarily.

Ten years ago when Wucheng was burned, Ling Yucheng was not yet qualified to display its own banner. It just held high the unwritten black flag and chased the Beiliang army all the way to the border; It was also holding this black flag, concealing the identity of Dayu's army and rushing thousands of miles, causing a bloody storm in the rear of Beiliang; four years ago, when returning to the court to quell the chaos, it was this black flag that was flying high, pointing at it, and the court was overthrown .

Not to mention, every time they pretended to be horse thieves and bandits, intercepted and killed a small group of Beiliang troops on the border between the two countries, leading the way and identifying their comrades, it was this empty black flag without a word.

Under this banner, there is no country or home.

Under the flag, the general they have looked up to for many years stands alone with his sword, with a solemn look and a tall and straight figure.

The setting sun is like blood.

The author has something to say: cute things are the most lovable!

ps: My friend said: For those who practice martial arts, Jiansui is more intimate and intimate than a belt or something (sweating off)...

Note: It has been done, but it is not Fusi. The sacrifice must wish it, and the wish said: "Don't make it wrong." '——"Touching the Empress Dowager Zhao"

Everyone can go to Baidu to find out what the next sentence is...

Note 2: This is the Ming system.Including the servant system is also a deformed development after the military household system was corrupted...

pss: The small theater that did not happen in the last chapter:

Your Majesty: The battle you fought ten years ago made it easier for me to take over the military power of my father-in-law's family.

Xiao Ling: Thank you~~

Your Majesty: But, because of that incident, my wife was frightened and gave birth prematurely, and my son died when he was three years old, and then my wife died too.

Xiao Ling: So?

Your Majesty: So you compensate me...