Reincarnation of the powerful minister

The night is coming to an end, it is the four o'clock in the morning when people are most sleepy.

Under the cover of the dark night, an army of cavalry, with horses in their mouths and even the horseshoes wrapped in thick cotton cloth, quietly emerged from the end of the wilderness.The general leading the army is Hu Guyan, a great nobleman of Beimo.

"Taiji!" A scout came on horseback and saluted Hu Guyan, "Crossing the river ahead to the south, there is a military camp about twenty miles away, which is the place where the Jingbei Army is stationed."

During the daytime, Hu Guyan's scouts discovered that the Jingbei army returning from the south crossed the Hetao area and headed straight for the Great Wall. It was estimated that they were going to enter the border of Shanxi from Piantouguan and return to Taiyuan Army Town.

This Jingbei army is flying the commander-in-chief banner of "Angry Clouds and Black Dragons", and the leader of the army should be the chief general.Hu Guyan was worried, so he took out the monocular peeping reed that he bought heavily from Xiyi merchants, and ordered his confidants to rush over to climb up to spy, and it was confirmed that it was Yu Wang Zhu Xujing himself.

The scouts followed the Jingbei army from afar, and did not return to report until the opponent entered the customs and entered the camp.

"You saw Zhu Xu lead his troops into that camp with your own eyes?" Hu Guyan asked.

The scout nodded yes.

Hu Guyan raised his hand to call for counselor Yan Lang to come over.Yan Lang drove his horse forward, and Hu Guyan asked the scouts in front of him: "What terrain is the barracks on, and how are they arranged?"

The scout replied: "The camp is in the open place at the mouth of the valley, surrounded by hillsides on both sides and the rear. They are all loess slopes with loose soil and rocks. There is only one entrance and exit in the front. There are about [-] tents in the camp. Ditches have been dug in front of the camp and barriers have been set up. Horses and caltrops are heavily guarded."

"Choosing such a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it seems that Zhu Xu actually attaches great importance to this military camp." Hu Guyan pondered, "Three thousand camps, at least nearly ten thousand people, want to come to Hei Yuntu, the most elite of the Jingbei Army. The whole cavalry is inside. If you attack the camp at night, it is best to climb down the mountain from the rear and attack him by surprise. But our army is all cavalry, and the horses are easy to get stuck in the loose soil when climbing the slope."

Yan Lang came up with an idea: "There is only one water source near his camp, which is the glacier twenty miles away. We sent people to watch the convoy carrying water, and took the opportunity to gnaw the bean powder into the water. When the medicine takes effect, we can attack from the front gone."

Hu Guyan knew that this strategist from the Central Plains had some skills in making medicine and poison, so he planned follow-up tactics with him.

Sure enough, at dawn, a water convoy came out of the Jingbei Army's barracks, escorted by more than a hundred cavalrymen, and headed for the glacier.On the return journey, a small team sent by Hu Guyan disguised themselves as lost stragglers, rushed to attack the water convoy in a chaotic manner, and led the guard cavalry away.The scouts from Bei Mo took the opportunity to approach and poured medicine into the water tank of the carriage.

After a while, the scouts dispersed immediately.The stragglers who lured the enemy also pretended to be defeated and fled. The cavalry carrying water returned to the convoy. Seeing that the carriage was safe and sound, they continued to carry water back to the barracks.

Hu Guyan led his troops to lie in ambush on the other side of the river. He saw the smoke of cooking cooking at noon rising in the valley, and his face showed anticipation and anxiety.

Yan Lang said: "It's half done, Taiji, let's wait for half an hour, and prepare to attack the camp when the medicine takes effect."

Hu Guyan waited patiently for half an hour, until the scout reported that there was an uproar in the barracks, and then he gave the order: "Attack!"

Before setting off, Hu Guyan suddenly changed his mind and looked back at Yan Lang - this man is a scribe and has no martial arts skills, so it is logical to stay behind every time he fights.But this time, he cannot be kept out of the matter.

So Yan Lang was forced to mount his horse, and under the supervision of several of Hu Guyan's personal guards named "protectors", they rushed to the Jingbei Army's barracks together with the army.

When the billowing smoke and dust appeared on the horizon, the watchman on the barracks tower was lying on the fence as if collapsed. Seeing the dust all over the sky, he woke up after a daze, shouted "there is an enemy attack", and sounded the golden warning vigorously.

However, the Heiyun Tuqi who was on duty at the gate of the camp was full of wailing and moaning, and the soldiers clamped their legs tightly, clutching their stomachs that were overwhelmed, and reluctantly picked up their fallen weapons.

Hu Guyan fought bravely and was leading the front team to charge at the moment. Seeing this, he was overjoyed and waved his iron bones and shouted: "I will kill him while he is sick! Boys, let's hit the rabbit with the grass—"

The northern desert cavalry shouted loudly, howling like a pack of wolves, and rushed towards the camp.The forward troops threw out the lasso, hung the guns and refused to drag the horses to the sides; another special team stepped forward on foot, pulled the net ropes connected with barbed wire on the ground, quickly cleared the obstacles, and opened the way for the rear team .

The iron cavalry trampled on the loess road, and before the main force charged into the gate of the camp, a rain of arrows had already flown, and the fence, camp tent and the ground were filled with dense arrows.

The Heiyun Tuqi who guarded the camp seemed to have lost their physical strength and morale for the battle, retreating hastily in the flying yellow dust, regardless of the mountain wall with no way to retreat behind the camp, they still fled in a panic.

Hu Guyan laughed loudly: "Feng Shui turns, the prestigious Jingbei Army also has today!" He charged forward, hacking and killing all the way, and suddenly saw an enemy general not far ahead who was supervising the battle, beheaded the deserter on the spot, and urged other soldiers Soldiers gather to fight.

"It's the kid who took an arrow from me in the back!" Hu Guyan recognized Hua Ling, and the shame of being beaten back and forth in Welu Town welled up in his heart, "I want to chop off his head with my own hands, and use the skull as my wine vessel!"

Hua Ling raised his head and saw Hu Guyan leading a team rushing towards him, he seemed to be in a panic, he hurriedly ordered his cavalry to form a formation to stop him, and he rode his horse and fled towards the depths of the camp.

Hu Guyan wanted to cut off his skull wholeheartedly, so he urged his horse to chase after him.A general next to him frowned: "Taiji, this barracks is long and narrow, with mountain walls on both sides, beware of enemy ambushes."

These words suddenly reminded Hu Guyan, he reined in his horse and looked around, feeling suspicious.

Yan Lang doesn't know martial arts, but his riding skills are pretty good, he has been following Hu Guyan without falling behind, seeing him suspicious at this moment, his eyes dimmed.Suddenly, Yan Lang said: "Taiji, my eyesight is not good, look at that general who is riding a black horse with a black armor and a white tassel and a white cloak, is it Zhu Xujing, king of Yu?"

Hu Guyan looked in the direction he was pointing, his eyes passed through the soldiers fighting on both sides, and he saw Zhu Xu riding a black horse and holding a long lance, the tip of the lance was pointing at him, vaguely shouting something, but it was a little far away , the surroundings are noisy, and I can't hear clearly.

"Dignified General Jingbei, is this calling for battle? Do you still want to fight with me alone?" Hu Guyan laughed.

Yan Lang said again: "General Tuobu's worries just now are justified, but whoever sets up an ambush will not put himself in a desperate situation. If this camp is a trap, then Zhu Xu has found himself in a dead end, how can he get out ? Does he even want his own life?"

After hearing this, Hu Guyan felt that it made sense—firstly, he didn't know that the enemy army would attack the camp, and secondly, there was no retreat at home, so how to set up this ambush?So he gathered himself together and said loudly: "The whole army rushes forward, crushes the enemy camp, and captures Zhu Xujing alive!"

The northern desert cavalry responded with a bang, and the sound was like rolling thunder, flooding into this long and narrow valley that was as wide as a trumpet mouth.

The figure of Zhu Xu who was swinging his lance to fight was close in front of his eyes, Hu Guyan drew his arrow and strung the string, aimed at the gap in the opponent's armor, and shouted: "—Hit!"

The arrows shot like meteors, and there was a faint sound of wind and thunder when they broke through the air.

Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have eyes behind his head, swung the flying arrow away with a backhand, and at the same time turned his head to smile at him maliciously, and also shouted: "—— hit!"

Following this order, the tents on both sides exploded violently, the air did not smell of gunpowder, but the sky was filled with dust, and then the tents exploded one after another, the impact force was more than that of gunpowder. Hu Guyan and his horse were overturned to the ground by the blast.

Amidst the din of people turning their backs, he heard Beimo soldiers shouting: "Empty! These tents are all empty!"

At this moment, Hu Guyan suddenly came to his senses - this time he had been tricked, and fell into the trick carefully planned by Zhu Xujing!

——No, to be precise, since a year ago, he has fallen into this deception and has become the target of "Counselor Yan Lang" who has been calmly seducing and manipulating step by step!

At this moment, Hu Guyan's hatred for Yan Lang even surpassed that of Zhu Xujing, who was fighting against him, and even surpassed Altan, who always dominated him.He roared furiously: "Kill Yan Lang! Kill him! Chop this spy into minced meat!"

The closest to Yan Lang is Hu Guyan's powerful general Tuobu, who immediately slashed at him after hearing the sound.

Yan Lang had expected that he would never be able to block the swift blow when the sword flashed, he didn't even have time to pull the reins and urge the horse to turn.At the juncture of life and death, he only felt that the mount under him suddenly collapsed, as if he had fallen from the air, and rolled off the horse's back, narrowly avoiding the imminent blade.

The horse whined, and a stream of blood sprayed Yan Lang's head and face.He subconsciously raised his sleeves to wipe his face, and saw that the belly of the fallen horse was pierced by a spear, and the precision and strength of this throwing from across the air, who else could have it except King Yu, who had amazing physical strength?

——It was His Royal Highness Prince Yu who saved his life!Yan Lang knew that the other party was going to take him back, so as long as he could escape the surrounding Beimo soldiers and run forward a few dozen feet, no, only a few dozen feet, he would be able to return to the safe zone.But when the blast wave that followed overturned him, it also engulfed his consciousness.

In a short period of time, dust explosions occurred in several surrounding camps, causing the Beimo army, who was caught off guard, to riot after being shocked.

But what made them even more terrified was still behind - countless soldiers suddenly appeared at the top of the hillsides on both sides, pushing down a large number of logs and rolling stones from above, smashing the bones and tendons of the people and horses at the bottom of the valley in the blink of an eye. Flesh splattered.

Rolling stones and trees were mixed with oil-packed rockets, which burned out of control when they fell on the felt tents, and the tents that had not been detonated also exploded one after another due to the open flames.

The Beimo army in desperation was either burned to death, bombed to death, or hit by a steady stream of falling rocks, but it was difficult to escape from the cliffs on both sides. Surrounded by spears and firearms, the first one was shot and killed. After a while, the blood flowed, and the whole valley was dyed red.

Life is like grass, flesh and blood are like mud, and the Dou Narrow Valley in front of him has become a hell on earth.

King Yu looked at the scene of hell without changing his face, as if he was born with a heart of stone on the battlefield.He asked, "Have all our people withdrawn?"

Hua Ling said: "There are 850 people in the camp, and more than 500 people survived to evacuate from the 'One Line of Sky' behind the valley. It's a pity that all the horses will be abandoned."

King Yu said again: "Where's Lou Yexue? It's the counselor named 'Yan Lang' next to Hu Guyan."

Hua Ling looked ashamed: "There was an exploding tent too close to him. After that, I led people to look for it, but I couldn't find it. I don't know if it was..."

King Yu closed his eyes in pain, then opened them immediately: "Look again. Try your best."

Hua Ling hesitated and said: "It's too chaotic down here. Once our people approach, they will be swallowed up by the crazy Beimo army. Besides, the 'Yianxiantian' needs to be closed in time. In case the enemy finds this last way of life, In the end, I am worried that all previous efforts will be wasted. If I want to find it again, I am afraid I will have to wait... when the battlefield is cleaned."

King Yu also knew that he had to take care of the overall situation at this time.He has endeavored to obtain the greatest victory with the least sacrifice.Lou Yexue, like those Heiyun Tuqi who died, is the pain and respect in his heart, and it is a monument on the battlefield where he has fought bloody battles and resisted foreign enemies for a hundred years.

He made a decision in an instant: "Seal the sky and bury all Hu Guyan's army in this valley."

A series of dull explosions sounded, the ground shook, the rocks rolled down like rain, and the hidden path connecting the two mountains at the bottom of the valley was completely blocked.

——Hundreds of years later, Douza Valley was also called "Danxia Valley" and "Mass Grave" by later generations, because the mottled brownish red earth color and the bones that were continuously excavated from the underground soil layer are all in the long-term Silently witnessing the moving and brutal battle in the history books.

Yan Chengxue vaguely heard a voice calling him.

"...Old Yan! Wake up, wake up, Lao Yan!"

He opened his eyes with difficulty, slowly gathering up the remaining strength, and finally pushed away the corpse on his body, and stretched out a hand to the sky from the dead flesh and blood.

The sky showed a wonderful golden color in the afterglow, and he bent his fingers, as if he had grasped the gorgeous fire cloud.

Those who called him finally found him and dragged him out of the gap in the mountain of corpses.

"Old Huo?" Yan Chengxue looked at Huo Dun in front of him in a daze, "You are so young..."

He was indeed young. The Huo Dun in front of him was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but he already had handsome features and mature youth.

The anxious expression on Huo Dun's face has not yet faded away, and he almost laughed because of his inexplicable emotion, wrinkled his nose and said, "How old-fashioned, it seems that you are not young."

Yan Chengxue looked down at her hands, feet and figure, then touched her blood-stained face, and found that she was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.

This is where?He looked at the surrounding ruins in a daze... Is it the village where I have lived and worked together?Where is my family?Have they all been killed by the Tartars...

Horton moved in front of him and knelt down.

"doing what?"

"I'll carry you on my back and get out of here."

"Where to go?"

"Go to a place where you can live well."

"...I won't leave. My parents, younger siblings are all here. I want to stay here with them."

Huo Dun turned his head to look at him, and seemed to be sighing very hard: "Old Yan, your family members are with each other, so they are not alone. But I am different. Without you, I am really alone. .”

Yan Chengxue thought for a long time, and felt that what he said made sense.

Huo Dun said again: "You know, Lao Yan, in fact, I have always regretted not doing something, and today I finally have the opportunity to do it."

"...What's the matter?" Yan Chengxue asked with half fear and half expectation.

Horton looked at him intently, with moist luster in his eyes: "Find you out of the ruins of your house and carry you out. Instead of letting you climb out of the pile of corpses alone and walk to my house step by step." The boy turned his back to Fa Xiao, and said solemnly: "Come on, you come up."

Yan Chengxue was stunned for a moment, and finally put her arms on his shoulders.

With his back on his back, Holden got up effortlessly, and walked in the direction of the setting sun with firm and steady steps.

With Yan Chengxue on his back, he felt warm and safe, and also felt that his heart was filled with a kind of sadness that should not be forgotten.He moved his lips and slowly sang a nursery rhyme from his hometown:

"The tartars are coming, the fire is starting... the burning of the wooden house is roaring... the father is gone, the mother is gone, and the baby in the hut is also taken away..."

The faint singing voice was intermittently floating around, and he heard Horton's voice like running water, extinguishing the burning flame in the singing voice.

Huo Dun said: "Old Yan, let your parents and siblings go, after so many years, don't let their remains rot in your heart."

Yan Chengxue's tears rolled down suddenly.The tears that were 20 years late hit the back of Horton's neck in big ones, soaking his collar in large swaths.

"I... my heart is dark, rotten, and dirty. I really don't deserve... I don't deserve to keep them..." Yan Chengxue choked up and said, "Let's go, the dead and the living must go to what they deserve. Places to go……"

"Yes, go where you need to go, I will accompany you through this journey." Huo Dun replied softly, walking forward without stopping, "As for your heart, no matter what others say, no matter what you say What do you think—I know what it's like."

Yan Chengxue wiped away the tear stains on his shoulder, sniffed his nose, and made a sneer expression: "You know what a fart! You are just a straight muscle, and you dare not point east or west."

"Yes, yes, then tell me, which direction to go?" Horton asked him patiently.

Yan Chengxue looked at the white surroundings, and a sense of heavy pressure made him subconsciously reach out and push up: "Towards the direction of living together..."

"...Let's go!" Yan Chengxue suddenly opened his eyes and sat up as the corpse on his body was pushed away.

The valley was littered with corpses, and there was a dead silence, the blood had dried up, the embers were still burning, the broken knives and guns were stabbed obliquely on the ground, and the dilapidated banners trembled in the wind.The sky is getting late, and the setting sun is like blood.

"Counselor Yan Lang" has been buried with the ambitious lord Hu Guyan and his army, and it is Lou Yexue, the chief official who does not accept him at night, and Yan Chengxue who has been deprived of his name and identity.

Maybe he will have to remain incognito for the rest of his life until the end of his life.But fortunately, there is someone who knows who he is from the beginning to the end, and will accompany him through this journey.

"Horton...is still in Altan's prisoner camp." Yan Chengxue murmured.The strategies once designed to win, those bitter tricks and trick-surrender tricks used by Horton, are now like a cluster of tiny steel needles moving in the lungs, and the pain is secret and sharp.

How unscrupulous he once wanted to destroy the hostile Bei Mo, now how unscrupulous he is trying to save his only true friend.

There was a voice from Taniguchi, and it seemed that several groups of Jingbei Army soldiers were coming to clean up the battlefield and collect the remains of their compatriots.Yan Chengxue thought for a while, and before they found herself, she quietly climbed into the overturned water truck not far away.

King Yu was indeed a rare superior official, but he issued a secret order to "suspend attacking Altan until the court has a clear attitude".This also means that Horton, who is in the hands of Altan, will continue to be a suffering captive, and his life and death are unknown.

No one can tell whether the relationship between Beimo and Daming has eased or continued to deteriorate, but Yan Chengxue doesn't want to wait and see what happens.

Huo, it's my turn to look for you this time, and I will carry you back.