Chaotic times Shura way
Chapter 1 is closed, Major General Lingfei is defeated.
It was a lifelong regret, so I also understood the reason why he rushed to help this time.
"Although all the forces in the DPRK and China have been firmly suppressed by him, it is only a compromise for the military power in his hands." Ouyang Shaoming sighed: "The Northern Expedition was planned by him alone. If you toss in Guanzhong for three years, In the end, he was disgraced and led the coalition forces to the south of the Yangtze River, how will he bear these charges when he returns to the court?"
"He didn't think of himself..." Qing Yuan said in a low voice, "But he ordered me to secretly contact Jin Yan's Gui and Qian families in the letter."
"Maybe he's going to—"
Qingyuan nodded, and looked blankly at Bimo Harbor: "After the troops have successfully withdrawn, His Highness will return to the capital first, and marry the daughters of Jinyan's two aristocratic families into Pingjing. At that time, which one will contribute more to the Southern Chu treasury? He will make the young lady the crown princess."
Even Ouyang Shaoming was so calm and breezy, Qing Yuan spoke into silence.
——Jing Yan was regarded as the god of war by the whole country of Southern Chu. Although the two great families of Jin and Yan were richer than the prince, but in terms of status, status, and power, how could they compare with the daughter of the Marquis?But for the safety of Jiangnan, he was willing to make a political tool, put a price on it, and sell himself mercilessly.
Such a proud and arrogant person gave up his dignity in such a way, but he didn't know how the crown prince would feel when he was punished by war?
"If His Highness's plan of withdrawing troops is followed, by that time, I will be in Waterstone City, and the Fenglang Army will be guarding Tianyin Mountain."
Qingyuan thought of those two people who were far away on the front line, and suddenly grasped the palm of Master Kasuga——
After all, I am lucky, and I can still stay together with Ouyang Shaoming, but they can't even go to the end of life and death and love.
"Young name, on the day of your highness's wedding, please take a good look at Lingfei and me."
"I won't go." Ouyang Shaoming shook his head decisively.
"That's right." Qingyuan smiled sadly, "Who would have the heart to watch that transaction."
The whistle stopped, and the food transport team finally stopped at the shore.Yun Jing got off the boat first, changed to Kuaiqi and went straight to Laishai's boat.
The two looked at each other in silence, and their expressions became more dignified——
Before successfully withdrawing to Tianyin Mountain, the backup of Bimo Port and the soldiers and horses in Huai City were Nan Chu's last support.
☆, internal strife
At sunset and dusk, the renovation works in Huai City are still in the ascendant.
After nightfall, the crown prince called all the generals to discuss the matter together. Lu Shinan, Zhang Lizhen and Yuan Tao commanded the repair of the city, while the front wolf soldiers fought day and night for several days, and the whole army was exhausted. attend the meeting.
"See His Royal Highness."
Almost the moment he entered the hall, Bai Lingfei felt the unusual atmosphere in the hall——
The crown prince on the main seat rested his chin with his hands, and shook his head slightly at the moment when everyone was looking at him.
Bai Lingfei paid the military salute, and sat in the empty chair to the right of Jing Yan according to his title. Just as his thoughts were spinning, the crown prince said leisurely:
"Lingfei, take a look." He gestured to the map on the table with his eyes, "Just now someone proposed not to attack and stick to Huaicheng, what do you think of this plan?"
The crown prince's deliberation style is well known, he always lets everyone express their opinions first, and will not monopolize the meeting with his status as commander-in-chief.
Seeing that everyone in the room was looking at him, Bai Lingfei first exchanged glances with the crown prince, and then carefully read the sheepskin map full of marks——
"Your Highness, the general will not agree with this method."
"Major General Lingfei said that, could it be that he thought of a more sure method?" Xuan Feng, who was sitting on the left, asked.
"I don't dare to say that I am more sure, but if you can't shrink back in Huai City, have you ever thought about the consequences?"
Xuan Feng smiled meaningfully: "I would like to hear the details."
"In case we hide in Huai City, the coalition forces don't have to attack hard at all. They just bypass Huai City and attack Yang'an Pass directly. Anahuan is here for Yang'an Pass this time. Now we don't want to avoid its edge , but how to turn their spearhead to Huaicheng."
"Why do you need to go through so much trouble? Huai City is just a secondary city. Yang'an Pass is at least dangerous to defend. It's putting the cart before the horse if you station heavy troops here." Xuan Feng said to the crown prince in a deep voice: "Your Highness, if we want to For the grain storage in Huaicheng, it is enough to transport the grain back to Yang'an Pass, there is no need to bet on the elite soldiers from both Hongzhen and Yang'an Pass!"
Bai Lingfei was about to speak, but the Crown Prince leaned on the back of his seat, with deep meaning in his eyes——
Only then did he fully understand Jing Yan's intentions.
Jing Yan led the army to help this time, but he didn't expect to have a last stand in Huai City.I convinced him in the granary, and now I must work with him to convince the whole army one by one, so that this battle can continue.
"We are almost out of food. If the coalition forces encircle Yang'an Pass in an all-round way, even ten passes will be breached immediately. At that time, the entire retreating Northern Expeditionary Army will be exposed to the cavalry of the coalition forces. Annihilation. But as long as we drag on for a while in Huai City..."
The crown prince suddenly looked at him, and shook his head secretly again.
Bai Lingfei changed the subject in time: "As long as we can use the dense forest and mountains outside Huaicheng to ambush us at a selected location, we can destroy the enemy's siege equipment first and reduce the destructive power of the coalition forces."
He had already memorized the map on the table, so he didn't need to look at it at this time, making gestures on it was a tactic.
"More importantly, the coalition forces are divided into multiple routes to outflank Yang'an Pass this time, and Huaicheng and the pass are closely related, and must not fall into the hands of the coalition forces, otherwise the only gap in the encirclement net will be filled, and Yang'an Pass will be useless." vitality."
Xuan Feng smiled without saying a word, the generals in the hall have already started to question in turn:
"However, sending troops to take the initiative to attack and ambush is tantamount to evacuating the strength of Huai City. If the troops leaving the city are defeated, how can we deal with the siege?"
"Major General is too confident against the front wolf soldiers. Hei Xuanbing has been in the desert for many years, how can he not see through the dense forests and mountains is the best place to ambush? Our army hastily ambushes, will only fall into Tuoba Miefeng's arms, and be played by him In the palm of your hand!"
The generals were discussing a lot, and someone said at this time: "Forcing troops to garrison Huaicheng is not the best policy. If the grain transport team was not designed to ambush by the coalition forces, so that most of the frontline army food was burned, why should we go to such troubles to keep Yang'an?" close?"
At this time, everyone in the hall had different expressions:
Half a month ago, a large amount of grain and grass from the south of the Yangtze River was transported into Guanzhong. The crown prince handed over the grain transportation to Bai Lingfei. Unexpectedly, before the grain team left Hanjing, all the grain trucks had been burned by the coalition forces, causing the Southern Chu army to fall into a trap. Food shortage.Although the Fenglang Army has now taken down the granary in Huaicheng, most of the soldiers and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army are still starving, and all the troops are miserable.The generals had long been resentful in their hearts, but because of Bai Lingfei's prestige in the army, they did not dare to speak the truth.
Xuan Feng also said lightly:
"The front wolf army has suffered many defeats against the black black soldiers at Yang'an Pass, and their morale and strength are not as good as at the beginning of the war. Moreover, the record of this cavalry cannot be compared with that of the Rouran clan in its heyday, let alone Competing with the black soldiers—" He paused for a while, and his tone suddenly turned cold, "The route of the grain team that you personally formulated last time was leaked. If you lead the assault this time, we may be defeated and the whole army will be defeated. The major general or It’s better to recognize the reality.”
Bai Lingfei's expression turned cold:
"So General Xuanfeng means that there are traitors in the Fenglang army who leaked secrets to the coalition forces?"
"I'm just speculating, after all, the people who knew the food transportation route in advance are all here." Xuan Feng smiled and said, "However, it is rumored that Tuoba Miefeng once led an army to attack a key point. He was about to cut the major general under the sword. The attack was withdrawn before the formation, and finally the front wolf army was able to retreat safely into the pass..."
"—report!"
Everyone was stunned, the crown prince waved his hand, and immediately a general stepped forward to open the door.
I saw the messenger holding a feathered arrow, kneeling beside Jing Yan's seat: "Tuoba Miefeng, Commander of the Black Xuanbing, send the arrow to Major General Lingfei!"
The whole hall was in an uproar—the two armies were at war, and the most taboo of the hostile generals to communicate in private, to be able to send letters with arrows in such an open and aboveboard, what is it if it is not collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country!
Bai Lingfei pursed his lips, and asked the crown prince with his eyes; Jing Yan was also looking at him, nodded calmly and said:
"Go."
Bai Lingfei accepted the suspicious eyes of the whole hall, took the long arrow silently, and untied the letter paper tied to it.
"Your Highness!" A general called out: "This letter is very important, we cannot let the major general..."
Jing Yan remained calm and composed, just staring at Bai Lingfei's face.
"I've always kept my heart open to you, and Lingfei has his own sense of what needs to be made public."
"Your Highness!"
The generals were even more furious - according to this situation, even if Bai Lingfei burned the letter on the spot, the crown prince would still let it go!
After the major general read the private letter, his eyes stirred darkly, Xuan Feng and others were about to explode, but he stepped forward with the letter and spread the paper on the table:
Tomorrow night at Haishi, Jiazi Mountain in the west of the city, waiting for you with wine, hope not to miss the appointment.
After this time, even if Bai Lingfei's tongue was shining like a lotus flower, he still couldn't explain it.
"According to the writing of this letter, Major General and Tuoba Miefeng have long been friends!"
The Crown Prince was still listening with his chin resting on his shoulders, and he saw the crowd accusing, while Xuan Feng sat in his seat and asked coldly:
"Major General Lingfei, don't you intend to explain?" He smiled sarcastically, "Why don't I explain it for you? Even though you have had a private message with Hei Xuanbing, you are still a good general who is loyal to the country and betrayed the military. Despicable deeds are just the actions of your subordinates and have nothing to do with you, right?"
"Fenglang soldiers are an army trained by the commander. Since he is suspected of betraying the country, the soldiers in the army may not be completely innocent." The first general clasped his fists at Jing Yan: "Your Highness, Lu Shinan and others should be detained and tortured right now. Interrogate and confess all the traitors in the army!"
Seeing that the Crown Prince still did not express his opinion, Xuan Feng looked at the front wolf soldiers holding arrows to pass the message:
"Your Highness, everyone in the Front Wolf Army is suspected. This person is a messenger for the commander, and he cannot escape the guilt. He should also be arrested and interrogated."
The soldier was kneeling on the ground, at a loss when he heard the words. He never expected to be charged with such a serious crime all of a sudden!
"Come here!" Xuan Feng was about to give an order, but Bai Lingfei's eyes turned cold, and he shouted sharply:
"stop!"
Standing in front of his subordinates, he actually used his momentum to suppress the generals who were about to attack.
"Everyone can suspect that I have betrayed my country and surrendered to the enemy, but every soldier in the Fenglang Army will never allow anyone to use stigma to maliciously slander."
The soldier raised his head in panic, and saw the commander's brows and eyes were cold, and his words were extremely sharp:
"The Guanzhong defense line in the past two years has been exchanged inch by inch with their lives... People who have never faced a whole team of black cavalry on the battlefield, how can they have the right to obliterate these loyal soldiers who have shed blood under the saber?! "
"No matter how high-sounding your words are, how can you explain this letter—"
"enough!"
Everyone's heart trembled, and they immediately closed their mouths and looked at the crown prince.
"You've already started to suspect each other before going into battle with anyone, can you be worthy of the Southern Chu military emblem on your body?" Jing Yan looked around at the generals, and said coldly: "Xuan Feng said that there are traitors who are causing trouble, but if the traitors are in this hall In fact, if you had a grudge before the battle, you did him a great favor, why don't you understand this truth?"
Xuan Feng's heart was full of anger, and he wanted to speak again, but was suddenly stopped by the crown prince's eyes.
"This letter is just a one-sided statement. If I wrote the letter to the Black Xuanbing camp, I could also write such a statement. Could it be that Tuoba Miefeng and I are old friends?" He smiled disdainfully: "This kind of estrangement plan Anyone who believes in it is a fool.”
"Lingfei and the allied forces have been fighting at Yang'an Pass for two years. If there had been collusion with the enemy and treason, the Battle of Guanzhong would not be what it is now. Don't you know who is your friend and who is your enemy?"
The crown prince stood up and went to help the soldier of the front wolf army up.
Although this statement is to defend Bai Lingfei, the generals can't refute anything. After all, since the Northern Han cavalry went south, the only thing in the Central Plains that can stop the black black cavalry is the front wolf army.
"How to dispatch troops and generals in the battle of Huaicheng will be discussed tomorrow." The crown prince turned to the major general with a frosty face, and said indifferently: "Lingfei, I will open the gate of the west city at Xushi tomorrow night, and you will bring your own soldiers to protect you. Go to the appointment as promised."
Bai Lingfei's eyes trembled, he never thought that Jing Yan would insist on going his own way and stand on his side in public.
"Your Highness!" Xuan Feng bowed his head and said to the Crown Prince in a deep voice: "You are not a selfish person in the hearts of your subordinates. Bai Lingfei has indeed made countless achievements, but he was disloyal once and disloyal a hundred times. Now he will not order a thorough investigation. Clearly, how can brothers fight with peace of mind?"
"A thorough investigation?" Jing Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, "You want me to send all the vanguard soldiers in the city to the military prison for a guess without evidence, and then be tortured by my friendly soldiers after killing the enemy?"
"Your Highness, if it wasn't him who was suspected of collaborating with the enemy today, but any of the brothers here, would you be so lenient?" Xuanfeng's forehead was throbbing with veins, "This forward wolf army expanded its troops, and the eighth army cavalry shot the best." All the soldiers have been recruited under the command; in the past two years, every batch of supplies sent to the front line has always been distributed first by the front wolf army. If the commander of the front wolf army is not Bai Lingfei, how can you be so selfish and generous? The previous matter, Brothers can also tolerate it, but if His Highness does not give an explanation today, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince everyone."
These words are actually reserved. Even if they did not admit it publicly, the relationship between the two has long been known in the world. Even the Northern Han Dynasty, who was far away in the desert, heard that the crown prince has not yet welcomed the concubine, just to favor Bai Lingfei wholeheartedly. .Xuan Feng's questioning this time is to talk about the Crown Prince's personal affairs, insisting on settling all the grievances of these years tonight!
Bai Lingfei clenched his fist indifferently, even though his heart was full of anger, he still held back his anger.
"Okay, I will give you an explanation now."
"Xuan Feng, do you know that when I was in the middle of the field army, I saw you and Yuan Tao at a glance, went to General Hong Da and knelt in the snow all night before begging him to transfer you two to my command?"
Xuan Feng was startled suddenly, and slightly lowered his head.
"Li Muyun, do you still remember the battle in Fanling, how did I fight against everyone's opposition and order you to be the lieutenant general?"
The general who was called was shocked, and his expression couldn't hide his gratitude.
With an irreversible majesty, the crown prince walked past the crowd step by step: "Zhong Wenzhi, He Qing, Deng Tianci, Liang Songling, I remember clearly when you joined my army." The crown prince asked the general Chu in the hall. Looking at each one, the line of sight finally fell on Bai Lingfei:
"In order to find a general, I even searched for a sword for half a year, and I will not hesitate to use all means."
Jing Yan approached the hall door, his back was as tall and straight as a pine, and the fire-winged phoenix emblem on his shoulder armor was shining quietly, no one could take his eyes off it.
There was a moment of panic in everyone's heart, and only then did they realize that what they were questioning just now was the person in the entire army who should not be questioned in the first place.
"I treat you favorably and favorably. That's because I personally selected each of you. I won't doubt my comrades-in-arms who have killed the enemy back to back and shed blood." The crown prince turned around and said firmly. Said: "I will use each of you in this battle. Since you are worried about that non-existent traitor, then when the battle is fought, I will personally take the rear for the whole army."
The generals couldn't help shouting: "Your Highness..."
The crown prince didn't look back, and left the meeting hall directly.
Under the moonlit night, the top of Kunlun Mountain is bright and clean, looking at the Middle Earth across the desolate desert.
The full moon is reflected on the mirror lake, and a woman in a Chinese robe stands by the lake, with a jade face covered with gauze and a wreath hanging from her forehead, meditating alone in the night.
The wind blew over the large peonies on the bright top, and she was flying in the sea of flowers in midsummer, quietly leaving the dust, like a goddess in the nine heavens——
However, the ancient goddess was stained by the blood in front of her eyes.
She half-kneeled on the ground, staring carefully at Yin Hong in front of her eyes.
On the altar in front of the White Jade Hall, blood spread from the steps and snaked all the way to her feet. At this moment, the water of the holy lake was shining with a strange dark red color against the moonlight!
"None of the three hundred hostages sent from the desert survived." Ren Yifan, who was in the distance, walked around the lake and slowly came to her, his brows were full of pain: "If the king continues to kill like this, the holy man will die." How many souls will be added to the lake?"
The woman closed her eyes when she heard the words, and slowly stood up.
"The holy lake has always been like this, but you never knew it." She glanced at Ren Yifan and sneered under the veil, "Many years ago, I saw the former teaching king sacrifice human blood into the holy lake. "
Ren Yifan felt chills in his heart—could even someone as pure as Lily of the Valley have done such evil things? !
"The teaching king has retreated in the temple many times, and now he can't hold other thoughts except for 'Phoenix'." She said indifferently: "I have firmly grasped the three ways and five parts of the teaching, and I just wait for the teaching king to come to Kunlun. The Bright Summit is completely under our control."
"When will the Pope leave?"
"King Changming once took away the 'Phoenix' from our hands. It can be seen that he agreed to join hands with the teaching king to wake up the 'Phoenix', not to win over the Holy Cult, but to get Bai Lingfei." Yan Lan slightly nodded , "Knowing this, the king of teaching must want to reach Guanzhong as soon as possible, so that he can act before King Changming and bring Bai Lingfei back to Kunlun."
"Yanlan, I want you to promise me one thing." Ren Yifan suddenly said in a low voice.
She smiled coldly.
"I know, you always thought that the former teaching king could be resurrected with the soul of 'Phoenix'."
Ren Yifan was caught in a conspiracy by what she said, and for a while he didn't know how to defend himself.
"If the 'Phoenix' has awakened, the Jiaowang will lose both sides in the battle with the Changming King; if the 'Phoenix' has not awakened, he will also stay in the Central Plains until the moment Bai Lingfei is captured. So keeping Bai Lingfei is beneficial to us and not harmful to us. It won't stop him from awakening as a 'phoenix'."
Ren Yifan was overjoyed, obviously he didn't expect Yan Lan to agree to him so easily.
Facing the night wind, he suddenly sighed in a low voice: "I don't know what the world will be like when the teaching king goes south this time."
Since Fu Guang took charge, he has only left Kunlun Mountain twice.The first time was to conspire with King Chichuan to assassinate the Emperor of Southern Chu at the Pingtian Court Banquet.Back then, the teaching king entered Pingjing via Yuhang, and accidentally found out that Shi Manjing, the owner of Shaoyaoju, was the goddess who betrayed the holy religion with the secret code of magic and the envoy of the medicine.Unexpectedly, Bai Lingfei and Jing Yan were in the village at that time, and all the holy killers were killed by Jiuxuan sword.
No one knew what happened afterwards, Ren Yifan only knew that the king had entered Pingjing, but did not attack the emperor, and finally became a Muslim alone, and Jiuxuan was unsheathed again, and Bai Lingfei became famous all over the world and became the Southern Chu army 400 years later. a legend.
The second time was Ming Huaiyu's enthronement ceremony two years ago. Jing Yan, who was infiltrated into the envoy team, was planned by Anahuan to launch a siege by the holy religion in Shilifang.On that snowy night, the teaching king Yu Luoshui intercepted the two of them and wanted to bring Bai Lingfei back to Kunlun, but An Ruoran stopped him.Later, the assassination caused a sensation throughout the Central Plains, the Holy Church was damaged and returned, and he was punished in a dark prison for a year of confinement. When he saw the light of day again, the Allied Army and Nanchu were already fighting in Guanzhong, which was completely different from the situation in Luoyang.
"The Central Plains will soon cease to exist."
Looking into the distance with a smoky mist and a jade face—besides the ice and snow of Kunlun, there are endless rivers, mountains and land.
"The Heixuan army has come out in full force. King Changming will lead 28 clans to conquer the Central Plains this time. Even if Crown Prince Jing Yan has the power of Emperor Huaiyang, he will not be able to recover."
Ren Yifan couldn't help feeling emotional when he thought of the scene of Northern Han iron cavalry bloodbathing Jiangnan in the future.
"If Ming Huaiyu and Changsun Kai lead the wolf into the house, the Central Plains may be able to reunite under the hands of Crown Prince Jing Yan."
"That's not right." Yan Lan smiled, "Central Plains and Mobei have been changing for generations. One side is powerful and the other is weak, and the cycle keeps repeating itself across the Great Wall."
Dragging the hem of her teaching gown, she boldly walked along the mirror lake, the wreath on her forehead shining brightly.
"As long as King Changming wipes out the three kingdoms of Zheng, Xia, and Chu in one fell swoop, it will be the time for my Holy Cult to dominate Mobei."
"When the time comes, I will teach the general to rule the world..." Xuannv of Nine Heavens smiled and extended her hand to Ren Yifan:
"I am the empress, and you are the god general. We can finally stand on the top of Luoyang, just like Emperor Huaiyang and Marshal Zhaoguo 400 years ago."
☆, open the edge
The tired bird flies back, and the bloody cloud is burning in the west——
The land of Guanzhong has been filled with a thick murderous aura.
In the afterglow, the Huai City is full of soldiers and horses, and the dilapidated granite walls are plated with gold, giving the isolated city a sense of desolation as a hero's twilight.
"The spies of the Front Wolf Army reported that the coalition forces will join forces at the foot of the Changban slope in the north of the city in two days. What Lingfei said is true. Tonight is the last chance to defeat the coalition forces one by one. Once the hour passes, the commanders of the various armies will be on call at any time. Prepare to go out of the city to ambush."
Jing Yan silently exchanged a look with Bai Lingfei——
In the Huaicheng General Manager's Mansion, the combat meeting of the senior generals has officially ended.
What happened last night, although everyone had a fight with Bai Lingfei, in the end it was the crown prince who suppressed it. Even if everyone was suspicious, they still couldn't produce any evidence of the traitor, so they could only temporarily ease the conflict with the Fenglang army. give up.
With all the generals having different expressions, Jing Yan left first and went to the city wall to inspect the defenses.Half an hour later, Bai Lingfei also galloped out of the general manager's mansion alone, past the front wolf soldiers saluting on Chengmen Street, and rushed towards the west gate with his sword.
"Major General, there are 80 personal guards, ready to escort you out of the city according to His Highness's order."
He reined in the horse in front of the city gate, and for some reason, the always obedient sweat-blooded horse didn't listen to the master's orders, and continued to slam its front hooves in a rare way.
"Xiaohong, don't make trouble." Bai Lingfei comforted the mount, looking at the guards who were about to leave the city with him, his face suddenly changed.
"This is the token to leave the city." A soldier bowed his head and stepped forward, "His Highness ordered me to hand it over to the major general."
Bai Lingfei stared at the long sword worn by the soldier's waist, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly: "Your Highness is really thoughtful."
"Of course." The soldier smiled gracefully.
He took the gold-plated military badge, and looked at the unexpectedly slender young man behind the "soldier", and suddenly felt like hitting the wall.
The "boy" immediately raised his eyes and stared back at him. Even though he was disguised as a man, he still did not lose the savage demeanor of Miss Mo of the Grand Hospital.
"...Very good." Xiaohong became quiet after the "soldier" approached, Bai Lingfei sighed inwardly, and didn't say anything more, waved his horsewhip, and led the team to gallop out of the city.
The sky was getting darker, and the rivers, mountains and land passed inch by inch under the horse, like the sparks of falling meteors.
Bai Lingfei led the team and galloped for a long time, but the entire group of soldiers couldn't catch up with Xiaohong's footsteps and gradually fell behind. However, the crown prince, who turned into a soldier, rode his horse and accompanied him from beginning to end.
"Why don't you stay in the city to direct the overall situation?"
"I won't leave the city, so tonight's plan won't work." The crown prince answered him indifferently.
Bai Lingfei tightened his grip on the reins, and suddenly smiled: "Are you afraid that your Highness will eventually betray the country and surrender to the enemy?"
"I'm afraid that Tuoba Miefeng won't miss the old relationship between master and student." Jing Yan smiled bitterly, "If he kills you, even if you have Jiuxuan, you will just sit and wait for death. I can't let you die."
Bai Lingfei didn't speak any more, and the two of them silently led the way.Until at the foot of Jiazi Mountain, Bai Lingfei reined in his horse suddenly, Xiaohong hissed to the sky, the moonlight cast a cold metal light on his silver armor.
The whole team of soldiers immediately stopped at the same place with the commander, Mo Lianhua mixed in the team, although he didn't make a sound, his pretty eyes kept focusing on him.
"Wait for me here, the Black Profound Soldier may be on the top of the mountain, everything must be hidden and kept quiet.
The crown prince who was riding with him was shocked: So, he clearly intends to go up the mountain alone to attend the appointment!
Jing Yan pressed the Hengji sword, intending to follow up.Bai Lingfei looked back for an instant, and the crown prince was suddenly frightened.
"Lingfei..."
Those were extremely cold eyes, too dark to see through.If there is light in these pupils, it can only be the afterglow of the soldiers looking at the distant dawn before going to death.
However, this person could no longer see the dawn.
His time has been stuck in the snow in Luoyang City two years ago.It was a very long night with no end and no dawn.
But nothing matters.
——He doesn't need tomorrow, so naturally he doesn't need to look forward to the dawn.
"Even if you die, that's my business and has nothing to do with you."
The crown prince immediately froze in place.
They had been separated on the battlefield for too long, and he actually forgot, forgot the young man in white who raised his eyebrows and smiled at him back then, and he could never go back.
"Everyone is on standby and must not act without authorization, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law."
Of course the crown prince is not bound by this fate, but they have other plans this time, and now it is another matter——
He could only watch as Bai Lingfei clamped his horse's belly, and then drove straight to Jiazi Mountain.
"How could you let him go alone!?" Mo Lianhua was furious, trying to catch up with her horse desperately, but was grabbed by Jing Yan.
His hands were grasping very hard, and even the girl who always liked to be sarcastic stopped talking, only then did he realize that he had listened to every word Bai Lingfei said just now, and poked it into his heart——
It's just that this man is too stubborn, even if his heart is pierced by a knife, he doesn't say a word or frown, as if he has never been hurt.
"Go after him if you want." She whispered beside him.
Jing Yan shook his head slowly.
"He made up his mind to face his master alone."
"Our situation can't be worse. The fate of the Northern Expeditionary Army in this battle is in his hands alone." The crown prince said in a low voice: "If he is distracted, this trick won't work...I can't go .”
He lowered his eyes and looked at the back of the silver armor who disappeared into the night——
"I don't believe in miracles, but I believe in him."
"Zheng-"
Bai Lingfei didn't expect that when he rode his horse to the top of the mountain, what greeted him was a sad and sad ditty.
He has played this song many times in Wangyou Valley—when An Ruoran took his sword down the mountain, he said goodbye to it on the plank road; on the eve before Huo Qifeng left the valley, he used it to caress the last song in his study :
Weeping and looking far away, I saw the deep mountains of Cangwu, Cangwu Mountain collapsed and the Xiangshui River disappeared, the tears on the bamboo can be extinguished.
Under the bright moon, there is only one person and one piano sitting alone on the top of the mountain.The man was wearing a broad robe and Hanfu, with a sword on his sleeves, and he had a heroic and extraordinary aura.
"Xiao Fei, do you still remember the song "Farewell"?"
Holding the sword, Bai Lingfei got off the horse and approached the man playing the piano step by step.
The memories of most of his life have been shattered into fragments in that snowstorm in Luoyang.However, every piece of that pile of debris has traces of this person. He was once his most admired relative, but now he has become his most terrifying opponent on the battlefield.
He opened his mouth, but the word "Master" choked in his throat.
The sound of the piano stopped, and the man held the ice string, looked up at him gently, and gradually smiled.
At that moment, he seemed to return to his childhood, and once again saw the afternoon in Wangyou Valley, leaning on the green bamboo and listening to his mentor who played the piano——
"Master, aren't you afraid of boredom?" He blinked in the afternoon sun, smiling like a crescent moon: "I can change another song you like."
It was rare for a man to put down his anger in front of his little apprentice, he seemed careless, but he couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from rising.
"No need... I'll listen to whatever you play, anyway, I haven't teased Xiaodaimeng all year long."
"What?"
"Why are you in a daze, keep playing." The man remembered something, suddenly poked his nose, and said harshly: "I can't play this song for your brother today, do you understand?"
"……Oh."
"No, you can't go to Hanbi Pavilion tonight, come to me, I want to listen to all the songs your senior brother has heard this year."
"..."
——Memory is like a knife soaked in sugar, cutting him ruthlessly from the inside out, but he doesn't realize it, even though the cut is getting more and more painful, he is still trying his best to lick the blade.
At that time, he didn't know that after many years, such happiness would be as humble as begging to the sky.
The sunset on the plank road and the breeze in the bamboo forest were the eternal peach blossoms in his heart.Every time after fighting on the battlefield, he always dreamed of those fragments of his childhood in the middle of the night, thinking of the master who treated him kindly and ruthlessly, thinking of the senior brother who treated him like a dear relative, thinking of him being brought up with one hand, and playing in the valley without emotion. little one...
Then everything came to an abrupt end, and at the end of the dream, he woke up in a deep grief, and returned to the night that never dawned again.
"This is the first piece that my teacher taught you. You have studied the piano scores in the valley, and this piece is always the best."
Huo Qifeng sat cross-legged on the ground, a black lacquered qin made of paulownia wood resting casually on his lap.
Bai Lingfei stepped on his military boots and sat down opposite him. Between them was a jug of wine and two fine porcelain white cups.
——At first glance, this is clearly a harmonious picture of playing the piano and cooking wine. Who would have thought that they are the commanders of two hostile armies, who have abandoned the friendship between master and apprentice, and are facing each other tit for tat on the battlefield?
The young man who was clearer than Chuxue in the past is now as cold as iron.Looking directly at Huo Qifeng, Bai Lingfei raised his eyes for the first time, but he didn't show any expression.
"There are at least two groups of black soldiers hidden on this mountain." He said coldly, "What does General Tuoba mean, is he planning to let me go back down the mountain?"
Huo Qifeng was a little surprised, and looked at his little apprentice with a smile: "You have grown up."
Bai Lingfei kept his eyes cold and silent.
"But you are still far from me." Huo Qifeng's tone was very light, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry. "The reason why the Fenglang Army has been able to stay in Yang'an Pass for the past two years is because I can't bear to destroy you. If I ruthlessly Assassin, do you think you can still have luck in the hands of Hei Xuanbing?"
Bai Lingfei was noncommittal, and stretched out his hand to play with the wine glass in front of him.
"Anahuan has solved the internal strife of the Northern Han royal family. The ultimate goal of this southward conquest is to uproot the three kingdoms of the Central Plains." Huo Qifeng frowned and said: "Your front wolf army is the unanimous goal of the 28 tribes in the grassland. , outside Huaicheng is an army of millions vowing to bring your head back to Maqiu, and this coalition army is not under my control at all, do you understand your situation?"
The faces of the two are only a short distance away, and each can see the fighting spirit and sharpness in each other's eyes.
"General, your words are against your will." Bai Lingfei held the wine glass, with a cold light in his eyes, "The Black Xuanbing is going to bypass Huai City, and the place where the coalition forces will gather in two days is not here, but Yang'an Pass behind Huai City .”
Huo Qifeng was unmoved on the surface, but his smile froze.
"You have shown mercy to the wolf army many times, but I don't want to owe anyone." Bai Lingfei grabbed the flagon and filled the glasses for the two of them, "For the sake of this bottle of wine, I can tell the general One thing, it is right to assume that I have repaid this favor."
Huo Qifeng bowed his head slightly, looking at the wine he handed to him.
The wine is sweet-scented osmanthus wine, which is picked and brewed when sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, especially in midsummer.
Osmanthus fragrans can be found everywhere in the Central Plains, but in terms of the fragrance of flowers, only the flower forest in Wangyou Valley is the ultimate.This jug of wine was brought back to Northern Xinjiang from Wangyou Valley many years ago, and he kept it carefully until tonight when he opened it for his apprentice.
"Do you know that giving in to me is equivalent to abandoning your entire army." Huo Qifeng's eyes were shining brightly, like the narrow eyes of a falcon hunting, "You are talented and extremely intelligent, but your cleverness is misunderstood by your cleverness." , Overconfidence is not a good thing.”
"This sentence is also applicable to all smart people." Bai Lingfei said with a smile: "So Changsun Sheng, who is ahead of Hei Xuanbing and wants to join forces outside Yang'an Pass, will soon receive a meeting gift prepared for him by Jing Huankang gone."
Huo Qifeng's pupils shrank sharply.
Although Bai Lingfei left his favorite lieutenant general at Yang'an Pass before raiding Huaicheng, since the most difficult figure in the Fenglang Army was not there, Jing Huankang had nothing to fear. Changsun Sheng's Ke Tianqi was the vanguard, and Hei Xuanbing and Zheng Jun immediately joined forces and attacked Yang'an pass.How can he know that he has calculated thousands of times, but he didn't expect his apprentice to cheat in it!
"If you want to plan an empty city, you can't just rely on the word 'empty'." Huo Qifeng took the wine glass, sniffed the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus wine, and fiddled with the strings of the xylophone leisurely. I know everything about your strength, just like your martial arts foundation. The defense of Yang'an Pass is useless, and the granary in Huai City is only enough for you to survive. No matter how tenacious the front wolf army is, it is the limit to hold off the coalition forces for five days."
Bai Lingfei raised his eyebrows, "Whatever the general thinks, when the Civil War started, everyone in the world believed that the front wolf army could only last for two months, but the Canglang flag is still up in Guanzhong?"
The sound of the piano stagnated slightly, Huo Qifeng's eyes changed slightly, and he vaguely understood what he meant.
The young major general smiles and looks up
"Although all the forces in the DPRK and China have been firmly suppressed by him, it is only a compromise for the military power in his hands." Ouyang Shaoming sighed: "The Northern Expedition was planned by him alone. If you toss in Guanzhong for three years, In the end, he was disgraced and led the coalition forces to the south of the Yangtze River, how will he bear these charges when he returns to the court?"
"He didn't think of himself..." Qing Yuan said in a low voice, "But he ordered me to secretly contact Jin Yan's Gui and Qian families in the letter."
"Maybe he's going to—"
Qingyuan nodded, and looked blankly at Bimo Harbor: "After the troops have successfully withdrawn, His Highness will return to the capital first, and marry the daughters of Jinyan's two aristocratic families into Pingjing. At that time, which one will contribute more to the Southern Chu treasury? He will make the young lady the crown princess."
Even Ouyang Shaoming was so calm and breezy, Qing Yuan spoke into silence.
——Jing Yan was regarded as the god of war by the whole country of Southern Chu. Although the two great families of Jin and Yan were richer than the prince, but in terms of status, status, and power, how could they compare with the daughter of the Marquis?But for the safety of Jiangnan, he was willing to make a political tool, put a price on it, and sell himself mercilessly.
Such a proud and arrogant person gave up his dignity in such a way, but he didn't know how the crown prince would feel when he was punished by war?
"If His Highness's plan of withdrawing troops is followed, by that time, I will be in Waterstone City, and the Fenglang Army will be guarding Tianyin Mountain."
Qingyuan thought of those two people who were far away on the front line, and suddenly grasped the palm of Master Kasuga——
After all, I am lucky, and I can still stay together with Ouyang Shaoming, but they can't even go to the end of life and death and love.
"Young name, on the day of your highness's wedding, please take a good look at Lingfei and me."
"I won't go." Ouyang Shaoming shook his head decisively.
"That's right." Qingyuan smiled sadly, "Who would have the heart to watch that transaction."
The whistle stopped, and the food transport team finally stopped at the shore.Yun Jing got off the boat first, changed to Kuaiqi and went straight to Laishai's boat.
The two looked at each other in silence, and their expressions became more dignified——
Before successfully withdrawing to Tianyin Mountain, the backup of Bimo Port and the soldiers and horses in Huai City were Nan Chu's last support.
☆, internal strife
At sunset and dusk, the renovation works in Huai City are still in the ascendant.
After nightfall, the crown prince called all the generals to discuss the matter together. Lu Shinan, Zhang Lizhen and Yuan Tao commanded the repair of the city, while the front wolf soldiers fought day and night for several days, and the whole army was exhausted. attend the meeting.
"See His Royal Highness."
Almost the moment he entered the hall, Bai Lingfei felt the unusual atmosphere in the hall——
The crown prince on the main seat rested his chin with his hands, and shook his head slightly at the moment when everyone was looking at him.
Bai Lingfei paid the military salute, and sat in the empty chair to the right of Jing Yan according to his title. Just as his thoughts were spinning, the crown prince said leisurely:
"Lingfei, take a look." He gestured to the map on the table with his eyes, "Just now someone proposed not to attack and stick to Huaicheng, what do you think of this plan?"
The crown prince's deliberation style is well known, he always lets everyone express their opinions first, and will not monopolize the meeting with his status as commander-in-chief.
Seeing that everyone in the room was looking at him, Bai Lingfei first exchanged glances with the crown prince, and then carefully read the sheepskin map full of marks——
"Your Highness, the general will not agree with this method."
"Major General Lingfei said that, could it be that he thought of a more sure method?" Xuan Feng, who was sitting on the left, asked.
"I don't dare to say that I am more sure, but if you can't shrink back in Huai City, have you ever thought about the consequences?"
Xuan Feng smiled meaningfully: "I would like to hear the details."
"In case we hide in Huai City, the coalition forces don't have to attack hard at all. They just bypass Huai City and attack Yang'an Pass directly. Anahuan is here for Yang'an Pass this time. Now we don't want to avoid its edge , but how to turn their spearhead to Huaicheng."
"Why do you need to go through so much trouble? Huai City is just a secondary city. Yang'an Pass is at least dangerous to defend. It's putting the cart before the horse if you station heavy troops here." Xuan Feng said to the crown prince in a deep voice: "Your Highness, if we want to For the grain storage in Huaicheng, it is enough to transport the grain back to Yang'an Pass, there is no need to bet on the elite soldiers from both Hongzhen and Yang'an Pass!"
Bai Lingfei was about to speak, but the Crown Prince leaned on the back of his seat, with deep meaning in his eyes——
Only then did he fully understand Jing Yan's intentions.
Jing Yan led the army to help this time, but he didn't expect to have a last stand in Huai City.I convinced him in the granary, and now I must work with him to convince the whole army one by one, so that this battle can continue.
"We are almost out of food. If the coalition forces encircle Yang'an Pass in an all-round way, even ten passes will be breached immediately. At that time, the entire retreating Northern Expeditionary Army will be exposed to the cavalry of the coalition forces. Annihilation. But as long as we drag on for a while in Huai City..."
The crown prince suddenly looked at him, and shook his head secretly again.
Bai Lingfei changed the subject in time: "As long as we can use the dense forest and mountains outside Huaicheng to ambush us at a selected location, we can destroy the enemy's siege equipment first and reduce the destructive power of the coalition forces."
He had already memorized the map on the table, so he didn't need to look at it at this time, making gestures on it was a tactic.
"More importantly, the coalition forces are divided into multiple routes to outflank Yang'an Pass this time, and Huaicheng and the pass are closely related, and must not fall into the hands of the coalition forces, otherwise the only gap in the encirclement net will be filled, and Yang'an Pass will be useless." vitality."
Xuan Feng smiled without saying a word, the generals in the hall have already started to question in turn:
"However, sending troops to take the initiative to attack and ambush is tantamount to evacuating the strength of Huai City. If the troops leaving the city are defeated, how can we deal with the siege?"
"Major General is too confident against the front wolf soldiers. Hei Xuanbing has been in the desert for many years, how can he not see through the dense forests and mountains is the best place to ambush? Our army hastily ambushes, will only fall into Tuoba Miefeng's arms, and be played by him In the palm of your hand!"
The generals were discussing a lot, and someone said at this time: "Forcing troops to garrison Huaicheng is not the best policy. If the grain transport team was not designed to ambush by the coalition forces, so that most of the frontline army food was burned, why should we go to such troubles to keep Yang'an?" close?"
At this time, everyone in the hall had different expressions:
Half a month ago, a large amount of grain and grass from the south of the Yangtze River was transported into Guanzhong. The crown prince handed over the grain transportation to Bai Lingfei. Unexpectedly, before the grain team left Hanjing, all the grain trucks had been burned by the coalition forces, causing the Southern Chu army to fall into a trap. Food shortage.Although the Fenglang Army has now taken down the granary in Huaicheng, most of the soldiers and horses of the Northern Expeditionary Army are still starving, and all the troops are miserable.The generals had long been resentful in their hearts, but because of Bai Lingfei's prestige in the army, they did not dare to speak the truth.
Xuan Feng also said lightly:
"The front wolf army has suffered many defeats against the black black soldiers at Yang'an Pass, and their morale and strength are not as good as at the beginning of the war. Moreover, the record of this cavalry cannot be compared with that of the Rouran clan in its heyday, let alone Competing with the black soldiers—" He paused for a while, and his tone suddenly turned cold, "The route of the grain team that you personally formulated last time was leaked. If you lead the assault this time, we may be defeated and the whole army will be defeated. The major general or It’s better to recognize the reality.”
Bai Lingfei's expression turned cold:
"So General Xuanfeng means that there are traitors in the Fenglang army who leaked secrets to the coalition forces?"
"I'm just speculating, after all, the people who knew the food transportation route in advance are all here." Xuan Feng smiled and said, "However, it is rumored that Tuoba Miefeng once led an army to attack a key point. He was about to cut the major general under the sword. The attack was withdrawn before the formation, and finally the front wolf army was able to retreat safely into the pass..."
"—report!"
Everyone was stunned, the crown prince waved his hand, and immediately a general stepped forward to open the door.
I saw the messenger holding a feathered arrow, kneeling beside Jing Yan's seat: "Tuoba Miefeng, Commander of the Black Xuanbing, send the arrow to Major General Lingfei!"
The whole hall was in an uproar—the two armies were at war, and the most taboo of the hostile generals to communicate in private, to be able to send letters with arrows in such an open and aboveboard, what is it if it is not collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country!
Bai Lingfei pursed his lips, and asked the crown prince with his eyes; Jing Yan was also looking at him, nodded calmly and said:
"Go."
Bai Lingfei accepted the suspicious eyes of the whole hall, took the long arrow silently, and untied the letter paper tied to it.
"Your Highness!" A general called out: "This letter is very important, we cannot let the major general..."
Jing Yan remained calm and composed, just staring at Bai Lingfei's face.
"I've always kept my heart open to you, and Lingfei has his own sense of what needs to be made public."
"Your Highness!"
The generals were even more furious - according to this situation, even if Bai Lingfei burned the letter on the spot, the crown prince would still let it go!
After the major general read the private letter, his eyes stirred darkly, Xuan Feng and others were about to explode, but he stepped forward with the letter and spread the paper on the table:
Tomorrow night at Haishi, Jiazi Mountain in the west of the city, waiting for you with wine, hope not to miss the appointment.
After this time, even if Bai Lingfei's tongue was shining like a lotus flower, he still couldn't explain it.
"According to the writing of this letter, Major General and Tuoba Miefeng have long been friends!"
The Crown Prince was still listening with his chin resting on his shoulders, and he saw the crowd accusing, while Xuan Feng sat in his seat and asked coldly:
"Major General Lingfei, don't you intend to explain?" He smiled sarcastically, "Why don't I explain it for you? Even though you have had a private message with Hei Xuanbing, you are still a good general who is loyal to the country and betrayed the military. Despicable deeds are just the actions of your subordinates and have nothing to do with you, right?"
"Fenglang soldiers are an army trained by the commander. Since he is suspected of betraying the country, the soldiers in the army may not be completely innocent." The first general clasped his fists at Jing Yan: "Your Highness, Lu Shinan and others should be detained and tortured right now. Interrogate and confess all the traitors in the army!"
Seeing that the Crown Prince still did not express his opinion, Xuan Feng looked at the front wolf soldiers holding arrows to pass the message:
"Your Highness, everyone in the Front Wolf Army is suspected. This person is a messenger for the commander, and he cannot escape the guilt. He should also be arrested and interrogated."
The soldier was kneeling on the ground, at a loss when he heard the words. He never expected to be charged with such a serious crime all of a sudden!
"Come here!" Xuan Feng was about to give an order, but Bai Lingfei's eyes turned cold, and he shouted sharply:
"stop!"
Standing in front of his subordinates, he actually used his momentum to suppress the generals who were about to attack.
"Everyone can suspect that I have betrayed my country and surrendered to the enemy, but every soldier in the Fenglang Army will never allow anyone to use stigma to maliciously slander."
The soldier raised his head in panic, and saw the commander's brows and eyes were cold, and his words were extremely sharp:
"The Guanzhong defense line in the past two years has been exchanged inch by inch with their lives... People who have never faced a whole team of black cavalry on the battlefield, how can they have the right to obliterate these loyal soldiers who have shed blood under the saber?! "
"No matter how high-sounding your words are, how can you explain this letter—"
"enough!"
Everyone's heart trembled, and they immediately closed their mouths and looked at the crown prince.
"You've already started to suspect each other before going into battle with anyone, can you be worthy of the Southern Chu military emblem on your body?" Jing Yan looked around at the generals, and said coldly: "Xuan Feng said that there are traitors who are causing trouble, but if the traitors are in this hall In fact, if you had a grudge before the battle, you did him a great favor, why don't you understand this truth?"
Xuan Feng's heart was full of anger, and he wanted to speak again, but was suddenly stopped by the crown prince's eyes.
"This letter is just a one-sided statement. If I wrote the letter to the Black Xuanbing camp, I could also write such a statement. Could it be that Tuoba Miefeng and I are old friends?" He smiled disdainfully: "This kind of estrangement plan Anyone who believes in it is a fool.”
"Lingfei and the allied forces have been fighting at Yang'an Pass for two years. If there had been collusion with the enemy and treason, the Battle of Guanzhong would not be what it is now. Don't you know who is your friend and who is your enemy?"
The crown prince stood up and went to help the soldier of the front wolf army up.
Although this statement is to defend Bai Lingfei, the generals can't refute anything. After all, since the Northern Han cavalry went south, the only thing in the Central Plains that can stop the black black cavalry is the front wolf army.
"How to dispatch troops and generals in the battle of Huaicheng will be discussed tomorrow." The crown prince turned to the major general with a frosty face, and said indifferently: "Lingfei, I will open the gate of the west city at Xushi tomorrow night, and you will bring your own soldiers to protect you. Go to the appointment as promised."
Bai Lingfei's eyes trembled, he never thought that Jing Yan would insist on going his own way and stand on his side in public.
"Your Highness!" Xuan Feng bowed his head and said to the Crown Prince in a deep voice: "You are not a selfish person in the hearts of your subordinates. Bai Lingfei has indeed made countless achievements, but he was disloyal once and disloyal a hundred times. Now he will not order a thorough investigation. Clearly, how can brothers fight with peace of mind?"
"A thorough investigation?" Jing Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, "You want me to send all the vanguard soldiers in the city to the military prison for a guess without evidence, and then be tortured by my friendly soldiers after killing the enemy?"
"Your Highness, if it wasn't him who was suspected of collaborating with the enemy today, but any of the brothers here, would you be so lenient?" Xuanfeng's forehead was throbbing with veins, "This forward wolf army expanded its troops, and the eighth army cavalry shot the best." All the soldiers have been recruited under the command; in the past two years, every batch of supplies sent to the front line has always been distributed first by the front wolf army. If the commander of the front wolf army is not Bai Lingfei, how can you be so selfish and generous? The previous matter, Brothers can also tolerate it, but if His Highness does not give an explanation today, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince everyone."
These words are actually reserved. Even if they did not admit it publicly, the relationship between the two has long been known in the world. Even the Northern Han Dynasty, who was far away in the desert, heard that the crown prince has not yet welcomed the concubine, just to favor Bai Lingfei wholeheartedly. .Xuan Feng's questioning this time is to talk about the Crown Prince's personal affairs, insisting on settling all the grievances of these years tonight!
Bai Lingfei clenched his fist indifferently, even though his heart was full of anger, he still held back his anger.
"Okay, I will give you an explanation now."
"Xuan Feng, do you know that when I was in the middle of the field army, I saw you and Yuan Tao at a glance, went to General Hong Da and knelt in the snow all night before begging him to transfer you two to my command?"
Xuan Feng was startled suddenly, and slightly lowered his head.
"Li Muyun, do you still remember the battle in Fanling, how did I fight against everyone's opposition and order you to be the lieutenant general?"
The general who was called was shocked, and his expression couldn't hide his gratitude.
With an irreversible majesty, the crown prince walked past the crowd step by step: "Zhong Wenzhi, He Qing, Deng Tianci, Liang Songling, I remember clearly when you joined my army." The crown prince asked the general Chu in the hall. Looking at each one, the line of sight finally fell on Bai Lingfei:
"In order to find a general, I even searched for a sword for half a year, and I will not hesitate to use all means."
Jing Yan approached the hall door, his back was as tall and straight as a pine, and the fire-winged phoenix emblem on his shoulder armor was shining quietly, no one could take his eyes off it.
There was a moment of panic in everyone's heart, and only then did they realize that what they were questioning just now was the person in the entire army who should not be questioned in the first place.
"I treat you favorably and favorably. That's because I personally selected each of you. I won't doubt my comrades-in-arms who have killed the enemy back to back and shed blood." The crown prince turned around and said firmly. Said: "I will use each of you in this battle. Since you are worried about that non-existent traitor, then when the battle is fought, I will personally take the rear for the whole army."
The generals couldn't help shouting: "Your Highness..."
The crown prince didn't look back, and left the meeting hall directly.
Under the moonlit night, the top of Kunlun Mountain is bright and clean, looking at the Middle Earth across the desolate desert.
The full moon is reflected on the mirror lake, and a woman in a Chinese robe stands by the lake, with a jade face covered with gauze and a wreath hanging from her forehead, meditating alone in the night.
The wind blew over the large peonies on the bright top, and she was flying in the sea of flowers in midsummer, quietly leaving the dust, like a goddess in the nine heavens——
However, the ancient goddess was stained by the blood in front of her eyes.
She half-kneeled on the ground, staring carefully at Yin Hong in front of her eyes.
On the altar in front of the White Jade Hall, blood spread from the steps and snaked all the way to her feet. At this moment, the water of the holy lake was shining with a strange dark red color against the moonlight!
"None of the three hundred hostages sent from the desert survived." Ren Yifan, who was in the distance, walked around the lake and slowly came to her, his brows were full of pain: "If the king continues to kill like this, the holy man will die." How many souls will be added to the lake?"
The woman closed her eyes when she heard the words, and slowly stood up.
"The holy lake has always been like this, but you never knew it." She glanced at Ren Yifan and sneered under the veil, "Many years ago, I saw the former teaching king sacrifice human blood into the holy lake. "
Ren Yifan felt chills in his heart—could even someone as pure as Lily of the Valley have done such evil things? !
"The teaching king has retreated in the temple many times, and now he can't hold other thoughts except for 'Phoenix'." She said indifferently: "I have firmly grasped the three ways and five parts of the teaching, and I just wait for the teaching king to come to Kunlun. The Bright Summit is completely under our control."
"When will the Pope leave?"
"King Changming once took away the 'Phoenix' from our hands. It can be seen that he agreed to join hands with the teaching king to wake up the 'Phoenix', not to win over the Holy Cult, but to get Bai Lingfei." Yan Lan slightly nodded , "Knowing this, the king of teaching must want to reach Guanzhong as soon as possible, so that he can act before King Changming and bring Bai Lingfei back to Kunlun."
"Yanlan, I want you to promise me one thing." Ren Yifan suddenly said in a low voice.
She smiled coldly.
"I know, you always thought that the former teaching king could be resurrected with the soul of 'Phoenix'."
Ren Yifan was caught in a conspiracy by what she said, and for a while he didn't know how to defend himself.
"If the 'Phoenix' has awakened, the Jiaowang will lose both sides in the battle with the Changming King; if the 'Phoenix' has not awakened, he will also stay in the Central Plains until the moment Bai Lingfei is captured. So keeping Bai Lingfei is beneficial to us and not harmful to us. It won't stop him from awakening as a 'phoenix'."
Ren Yifan was overjoyed, obviously he didn't expect Yan Lan to agree to him so easily.
Facing the night wind, he suddenly sighed in a low voice: "I don't know what the world will be like when the teaching king goes south this time."
Since Fu Guang took charge, he has only left Kunlun Mountain twice.The first time was to conspire with King Chichuan to assassinate the Emperor of Southern Chu at the Pingtian Court Banquet.Back then, the teaching king entered Pingjing via Yuhang, and accidentally found out that Shi Manjing, the owner of Shaoyaoju, was the goddess who betrayed the holy religion with the secret code of magic and the envoy of the medicine.Unexpectedly, Bai Lingfei and Jing Yan were in the village at that time, and all the holy killers were killed by Jiuxuan sword.
No one knew what happened afterwards, Ren Yifan only knew that the king had entered Pingjing, but did not attack the emperor, and finally became a Muslim alone, and Jiuxuan was unsheathed again, and Bai Lingfei became famous all over the world and became the Southern Chu army 400 years later. a legend.
The second time was Ming Huaiyu's enthronement ceremony two years ago. Jing Yan, who was infiltrated into the envoy team, was planned by Anahuan to launch a siege by the holy religion in Shilifang.On that snowy night, the teaching king Yu Luoshui intercepted the two of them and wanted to bring Bai Lingfei back to Kunlun, but An Ruoran stopped him.Later, the assassination caused a sensation throughout the Central Plains, the Holy Church was damaged and returned, and he was punished in a dark prison for a year of confinement. When he saw the light of day again, the Allied Army and Nanchu were already fighting in Guanzhong, which was completely different from the situation in Luoyang.
"The Central Plains will soon cease to exist."
Looking into the distance with a smoky mist and a jade face—besides the ice and snow of Kunlun, there are endless rivers, mountains and land.
"The Heixuan army has come out in full force. King Changming will lead 28 clans to conquer the Central Plains this time. Even if Crown Prince Jing Yan has the power of Emperor Huaiyang, he will not be able to recover."
Ren Yifan couldn't help feeling emotional when he thought of the scene of Northern Han iron cavalry bloodbathing Jiangnan in the future.
"If Ming Huaiyu and Changsun Kai lead the wolf into the house, the Central Plains may be able to reunite under the hands of Crown Prince Jing Yan."
"That's not right." Yan Lan smiled, "Central Plains and Mobei have been changing for generations. One side is powerful and the other is weak, and the cycle keeps repeating itself across the Great Wall."
Dragging the hem of her teaching gown, she boldly walked along the mirror lake, the wreath on her forehead shining brightly.
"As long as King Changming wipes out the three kingdoms of Zheng, Xia, and Chu in one fell swoop, it will be the time for my Holy Cult to dominate Mobei."
"When the time comes, I will teach the general to rule the world..." Xuannv of Nine Heavens smiled and extended her hand to Ren Yifan:
"I am the empress, and you are the god general. We can finally stand on the top of Luoyang, just like Emperor Huaiyang and Marshal Zhaoguo 400 years ago."
☆, open the edge
The tired bird flies back, and the bloody cloud is burning in the west——
The land of Guanzhong has been filled with a thick murderous aura.
In the afterglow, the Huai City is full of soldiers and horses, and the dilapidated granite walls are plated with gold, giving the isolated city a sense of desolation as a hero's twilight.
"The spies of the Front Wolf Army reported that the coalition forces will join forces at the foot of the Changban slope in the north of the city in two days. What Lingfei said is true. Tonight is the last chance to defeat the coalition forces one by one. Once the hour passes, the commanders of the various armies will be on call at any time. Prepare to go out of the city to ambush."
Jing Yan silently exchanged a look with Bai Lingfei——
In the Huaicheng General Manager's Mansion, the combat meeting of the senior generals has officially ended.
What happened last night, although everyone had a fight with Bai Lingfei, in the end it was the crown prince who suppressed it. Even if everyone was suspicious, they still couldn't produce any evidence of the traitor, so they could only temporarily ease the conflict with the Fenglang army. give up.
With all the generals having different expressions, Jing Yan left first and went to the city wall to inspect the defenses.Half an hour later, Bai Lingfei also galloped out of the general manager's mansion alone, past the front wolf soldiers saluting on Chengmen Street, and rushed towards the west gate with his sword.
"Major General, there are 80 personal guards, ready to escort you out of the city according to His Highness's order."
He reined in the horse in front of the city gate, and for some reason, the always obedient sweat-blooded horse didn't listen to the master's orders, and continued to slam its front hooves in a rare way.
"Xiaohong, don't make trouble." Bai Lingfei comforted the mount, looking at the guards who were about to leave the city with him, his face suddenly changed.
"This is the token to leave the city." A soldier bowed his head and stepped forward, "His Highness ordered me to hand it over to the major general."
Bai Lingfei stared at the long sword worn by the soldier's waist, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly: "Your Highness is really thoughtful."
"Of course." The soldier smiled gracefully.
He took the gold-plated military badge, and looked at the unexpectedly slender young man behind the "soldier", and suddenly felt like hitting the wall.
The "boy" immediately raised his eyes and stared back at him. Even though he was disguised as a man, he still did not lose the savage demeanor of Miss Mo of the Grand Hospital.
"...Very good." Xiaohong became quiet after the "soldier" approached, Bai Lingfei sighed inwardly, and didn't say anything more, waved his horsewhip, and led the team to gallop out of the city.
The sky was getting darker, and the rivers, mountains and land passed inch by inch under the horse, like the sparks of falling meteors.
Bai Lingfei led the team and galloped for a long time, but the entire group of soldiers couldn't catch up with Xiaohong's footsteps and gradually fell behind. However, the crown prince, who turned into a soldier, rode his horse and accompanied him from beginning to end.
"Why don't you stay in the city to direct the overall situation?"
"I won't leave the city, so tonight's plan won't work." The crown prince answered him indifferently.
Bai Lingfei tightened his grip on the reins, and suddenly smiled: "Are you afraid that your Highness will eventually betray the country and surrender to the enemy?"
"I'm afraid that Tuoba Miefeng won't miss the old relationship between master and student." Jing Yan smiled bitterly, "If he kills you, even if you have Jiuxuan, you will just sit and wait for death. I can't let you die."
Bai Lingfei didn't speak any more, and the two of them silently led the way.Until at the foot of Jiazi Mountain, Bai Lingfei reined in his horse suddenly, Xiaohong hissed to the sky, the moonlight cast a cold metal light on his silver armor.
The whole team of soldiers immediately stopped at the same place with the commander, Mo Lianhua mixed in the team, although he didn't make a sound, his pretty eyes kept focusing on him.
"Wait for me here, the Black Profound Soldier may be on the top of the mountain, everything must be hidden and kept quiet.
The crown prince who was riding with him was shocked: So, he clearly intends to go up the mountain alone to attend the appointment!
Jing Yan pressed the Hengji sword, intending to follow up.Bai Lingfei looked back for an instant, and the crown prince was suddenly frightened.
"Lingfei..."
Those were extremely cold eyes, too dark to see through.If there is light in these pupils, it can only be the afterglow of the soldiers looking at the distant dawn before going to death.
However, this person could no longer see the dawn.
His time has been stuck in the snow in Luoyang City two years ago.It was a very long night with no end and no dawn.
But nothing matters.
——He doesn't need tomorrow, so naturally he doesn't need to look forward to the dawn.
"Even if you die, that's my business and has nothing to do with you."
The crown prince immediately froze in place.
They had been separated on the battlefield for too long, and he actually forgot, forgot the young man in white who raised his eyebrows and smiled at him back then, and he could never go back.
"Everyone is on standby and must not act without authorization, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law."
Of course the crown prince is not bound by this fate, but they have other plans this time, and now it is another matter——
He could only watch as Bai Lingfei clamped his horse's belly, and then drove straight to Jiazi Mountain.
"How could you let him go alone!?" Mo Lianhua was furious, trying to catch up with her horse desperately, but was grabbed by Jing Yan.
His hands were grasping very hard, and even the girl who always liked to be sarcastic stopped talking, only then did he realize that he had listened to every word Bai Lingfei said just now, and poked it into his heart——
It's just that this man is too stubborn, even if his heart is pierced by a knife, he doesn't say a word or frown, as if he has never been hurt.
"Go after him if you want." She whispered beside him.
Jing Yan shook his head slowly.
"He made up his mind to face his master alone."
"Our situation can't be worse. The fate of the Northern Expeditionary Army in this battle is in his hands alone." The crown prince said in a low voice: "If he is distracted, this trick won't work...I can't go .”
He lowered his eyes and looked at the back of the silver armor who disappeared into the night——
"I don't believe in miracles, but I believe in him."
"Zheng-"
Bai Lingfei didn't expect that when he rode his horse to the top of the mountain, what greeted him was a sad and sad ditty.
He has played this song many times in Wangyou Valley—when An Ruoran took his sword down the mountain, he said goodbye to it on the plank road; on the eve before Huo Qifeng left the valley, he used it to caress the last song in his study :
Weeping and looking far away, I saw the deep mountains of Cangwu, Cangwu Mountain collapsed and the Xiangshui River disappeared, the tears on the bamboo can be extinguished.
Under the bright moon, there is only one person and one piano sitting alone on the top of the mountain.The man was wearing a broad robe and Hanfu, with a sword on his sleeves, and he had a heroic and extraordinary aura.
"Xiao Fei, do you still remember the song "Farewell"?"
Holding the sword, Bai Lingfei got off the horse and approached the man playing the piano step by step.
The memories of most of his life have been shattered into fragments in that snowstorm in Luoyang.However, every piece of that pile of debris has traces of this person. He was once his most admired relative, but now he has become his most terrifying opponent on the battlefield.
He opened his mouth, but the word "Master" choked in his throat.
The sound of the piano stopped, and the man held the ice string, looked up at him gently, and gradually smiled.
At that moment, he seemed to return to his childhood, and once again saw the afternoon in Wangyou Valley, leaning on the green bamboo and listening to his mentor who played the piano——
"Master, aren't you afraid of boredom?" He blinked in the afternoon sun, smiling like a crescent moon: "I can change another song you like."
It was rare for a man to put down his anger in front of his little apprentice, he seemed careless, but he couldn't stop the corners of his mouth from rising.
"No need... I'll listen to whatever you play, anyway, I haven't teased Xiaodaimeng all year long."
"What?"
"Why are you in a daze, keep playing." The man remembered something, suddenly poked his nose, and said harshly: "I can't play this song for your brother today, do you understand?"
"……Oh."
"No, you can't go to Hanbi Pavilion tonight, come to me, I want to listen to all the songs your senior brother has heard this year."
"..."
——Memory is like a knife soaked in sugar, cutting him ruthlessly from the inside out, but he doesn't realize it, even though the cut is getting more and more painful, he is still trying his best to lick the blade.
At that time, he didn't know that after many years, such happiness would be as humble as begging to the sky.
The sunset on the plank road and the breeze in the bamboo forest were the eternal peach blossoms in his heart.Every time after fighting on the battlefield, he always dreamed of those fragments of his childhood in the middle of the night, thinking of the master who treated him kindly and ruthlessly, thinking of the senior brother who treated him like a dear relative, thinking of him being brought up with one hand, and playing in the valley without emotion. little one...
Then everything came to an abrupt end, and at the end of the dream, he woke up in a deep grief, and returned to the night that never dawned again.
"This is the first piece that my teacher taught you. You have studied the piano scores in the valley, and this piece is always the best."
Huo Qifeng sat cross-legged on the ground, a black lacquered qin made of paulownia wood resting casually on his lap.
Bai Lingfei stepped on his military boots and sat down opposite him. Between them was a jug of wine and two fine porcelain white cups.
——At first glance, this is clearly a harmonious picture of playing the piano and cooking wine. Who would have thought that they are the commanders of two hostile armies, who have abandoned the friendship between master and apprentice, and are facing each other tit for tat on the battlefield?
The young man who was clearer than Chuxue in the past is now as cold as iron.Looking directly at Huo Qifeng, Bai Lingfei raised his eyes for the first time, but he didn't show any expression.
"There are at least two groups of black soldiers hidden on this mountain." He said coldly, "What does General Tuoba mean, is he planning to let me go back down the mountain?"
Huo Qifeng was a little surprised, and looked at his little apprentice with a smile: "You have grown up."
Bai Lingfei kept his eyes cold and silent.
"But you are still far from me." Huo Qifeng's tone was very light, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry. "The reason why the Fenglang Army has been able to stay in Yang'an Pass for the past two years is because I can't bear to destroy you. If I ruthlessly Assassin, do you think you can still have luck in the hands of Hei Xuanbing?"
Bai Lingfei was noncommittal, and stretched out his hand to play with the wine glass in front of him.
"Anahuan has solved the internal strife of the Northern Han royal family. The ultimate goal of this southward conquest is to uproot the three kingdoms of the Central Plains." Huo Qifeng frowned and said: "Your front wolf army is the unanimous goal of the 28 tribes in the grassland. , outside Huaicheng is an army of millions vowing to bring your head back to Maqiu, and this coalition army is not under my control at all, do you understand your situation?"
The faces of the two are only a short distance away, and each can see the fighting spirit and sharpness in each other's eyes.
"General, your words are against your will." Bai Lingfei held the wine glass, with a cold light in his eyes, "The Black Xuanbing is going to bypass Huai City, and the place where the coalition forces will gather in two days is not here, but Yang'an Pass behind Huai City .”
Huo Qifeng was unmoved on the surface, but his smile froze.
"You have shown mercy to the wolf army many times, but I don't want to owe anyone." Bai Lingfei grabbed the flagon and filled the glasses for the two of them, "For the sake of this bottle of wine, I can tell the general One thing, it is right to assume that I have repaid this favor."
Huo Qifeng bowed his head slightly, looking at the wine he handed to him.
The wine is sweet-scented osmanthus wine, which is picked and brewed when sweet-scented osmanthus is in full bloom, especially in midsummer.
Osmanthus fragrans can be found everywhere in the Central Plains, but in terms of the fragrance of flowers, only the flower forest in Wangyou Valley is the ultimate.This jug of wine was brought back to Northern Xinjiang from Wangyou Valley many years ago, and he kept it carefully until tonight when he opened it for his apprentice.
"Do you know that giving in to me is equivalent to abandoning your entire army." Huo Qifeng's eyes were shining brightly, like the narrow eyes of a falcon hunting, "You are talented and extremely intelligent, but your cleverness is misunderstood by your cleverness." , Overconfidence is not a good thing.”
"This sentence is also applicable to all smart people." Bai Lingfei said with a smile: "So Changsun Sheng, who is ahead of Hei Xuanbing and wants to join forces outside Yang'an Pass, will soon receive a meeting gift prepared for him by Jing Huankang gone."
Huo Qifeng's pupils shrank sharply.
Although Bai Lingfei left his favorite lieutenant general at Yang'an Pass before raiding Huaicheng, since the most difficult figure in the Fenglang Army was not there, Jing Huankang had nothing to fear. Changsun Sheng's Ke Tianqi was the vanguard, and Hei Xuanbing and Zheng Jun immediately joined forces and attacked Yang'an pass.How can he know that he has calculated thousands of times, but he didn't expect his apprentice to cheat in it!
"If you want to plan an empty city, you can't just rely on the word 'empty'." Huo Qifeng took the wine glass, sniffed the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus wine, and fiddled with the strings of the xylophone leisurely. I know everything about your strength, just like your martial arts foundation. The defense of Yang'an Pass is useless, and the granary in Huai City is only enough for you to survive. No matter how tenacious the front wolf army is, it is the limit to hold off the coalition forces for five days."
Bai Lingfei raised his eyebrows, "Whatever the general thinks, when the Civil War started, everyone in the world believed that the front wolf army could only last for two months, but the Canglang flag is still up in Guanzhong?"
The sound of the piano stagnated slightly, Huo Qifeng's eyes changed slightly, and he vaguely understood what he meant.
The young major general smiles and looks up
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