Mu Hanzhong

The night was dark, and on the tall and mighty city gate of Shixian, Hezhou, Mobei, countless torches were lit and swayed in the night wind.Looking down from the city, the whole city is immersed in a sound sleep, but immediately below the city wall, overlapping breathing sounds come and go, and where the moonlight is pouring, faint silver light reflects bursts of brilliance.

In the deep dew in the early winter night, the tall man with solemn eyes was overlooking the land beyond the city wall with the moonlight behind his back. His bright red cloak was slowly fluttering in the night wind.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from far to near, and his confidant Ai Jiang rushed to his side, knelt down and clasped his fists: "There is an agreed signal from Yongchang."

The man raised his head and glanced at the silver moon hanging quietly in the air. After a long time, he sighed softly and waved his hand to the love general beside him.

"Yes!" Seeing the gesture, he knew it meant to set off. The person kneeling on the ground nodded in response, then got up quickly, and left in a hurry just like when he came.

"...The success or failure of the whole country depends on this battle..." Wisps of silver thread danced along the wind, and the overflowing voice was old and far away.

It seemed that it was only quiet for a moment, and it seemed to be silent for a hundred years.When he came back to his senses, as far as he could see under the city, the bloody red flag had been slowly raised, fluttering in the night wind.

With the sound of a low horn, the heavy and thick gate slowly opened, and countless cavalry in silver armor poured out of the gate like a tide, advancing forward.The iron hooves kicked up smoke and dust, and the sound shook the world. People and horses merged into a silver tide, rushing forward fearlessly...

The silver moon hangs high, and the valley is quiet.

Thousands of flash cavalry were neatly arranged in two parts according to the terrain.In the front, a pure black steed was Wu Ye in a white battle robe.Beside him, Nan Xiao Huanhu was half a step away, his cold and hard face was completely calm and vigilant.

And without armor, Mu Yun Xiao Xianxian, who only wore a moon white battle suit, was leaning aside, whispering something to the tall man beside him.

"General!"

One step away, the soldier who was leaning over the ground and listening carefully to the movement on the ground suddenly shouted, "Someone is coming!... It's the cavalry!"

Wu Ye's heart moved, and he couldn't help but clenched the rein in his hand, but his face was as indifferent and calm as before: "How far is it?"

The guard's face darkened: "...they are extremely fast...they can only reach fifty miles at most! I don't know the exact number of people, but there must be more than a thousand!"

As soon as these words came out, the soldiers of the various teams surrounding Wu Ye looked at each other, and they all saw puzzlement and doubt in each other's eyes.As early as the end of last month when they set off from Baizhou, Wu Ye told them the ultimate purpose of their trip without any concealment. However, the strange route of the march and the actions of not going out when they reached the valley really made that person puzzled.Flash Rider has been waiting in this valley for more than an hour now, and now hearing the news, most people have vaguely felt that they finally don't have to wait any longer...

"... General, do you want to send someone out to check and confirm who is coming?" Luo Qingling narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice.

Although he knew who was coming, it was necessary to be safe, so Wu Ye glanced at him and nodded slightly.

Luo Qingling took the order and led his scouts out of the valley along the path.

The wind in the valley was blowing gently, caressing everyone's cheeks with a bit of chill, and the faint sound of horseshoes came down the wind.

"Thirty miles." Wu Ye muttered to himself, subconsciously stroking the long sword at his waist.

The scout came back in a short while, Luo Qingling jumped off his horse, and half-kneeled in front of Wu Ye's horse: "General, it's the Beidi cavalry!"

"Sanli." Mu Yun on the side spoke abruptly, lightly stroking the long bow at his waist, his long opened eyes were cold.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes had faded away from the previous veil, and the overwhelming crowd came, and there was no need for the soldier to tell the distance, and the flash cavalry on the scene knew that another army was close to them!

Although the flash cavalry couldn't see the iron cavalry at all because of the cover of the terrain, the thunderous hooves that shook the sky, the slightly trembling ground, and the murderous aura passing by like a frenzy all showed their existence.Three thousand flash riders, in the sound of hooves approaching step by step, were silent.

"The iron cavalry of the Di Kingdom was formed with blood in ten years... With such a reputation, it's no wonder that he is arrogant." It was clearly a sneak attack, but it was done with such a great momentum... Mu Yunxiao raised his eyebrows and complained in a low voice dissatisfied.

Wu Ye looked at him quietly, but didn't speak.Behind him, Nan Xiaohuan tightly held the long sword in his hand, listening to the whistling wind in his ears.

Mu Yunxiao leaned against An Wu's chest as if boneless, looked up at the sky, and suddenly stopped moving with his fingers curling a strand of black hair hanging down from An Wu.

"Tuoba Qi sent troops this time, according to his temperament, in order to be cautious, he will definitely take away [-]% to [-]% of the cavalry stationed by Hezhou Shixian... The city is empty. After you enter the city, remember to move quickly!"

Mu Yunxiao's plain voice sounded long and leisurely, with a hint of unrecognizable worry in it. The little time left before parting was used by him to give his last instructions.

"Liang Haoxuan doesn't have a lot of people, and against Tuoba Qi, although he has already made arrangements, he probably won't last for three hours... Once the war over there is over, no matter what, go to reinforce Yongchang first!"

Wu Ye quietly remembered his words in his heart, nodded his head lightly, then steered his horse to Mu Yunxiao's side, raised his eyes and looked straight into Mu Yunxiao's eyes, and after a long time, he bowed slightly on the horse: "Disciple I will not disgrace my life."

Blocked by mountains and covered by weeds, the five thousand cavalry of Di Kingdom are galloping. They don't know that there is a mountain away from them, and the flash cavalry that should be thousands of miles away in Baizhou is quietly lurking...

The clouds drifted slowly in the sky, gradually covering the bright moon in the sky.

The wind on a winter night is even colder in the middle of the night.In Mobei Hezhou Shixian, the pale gray city wall was reddened by torches, but it still couldn't hide the icy aura.A few pawns guarding the battlements couldn't help feeling sleepy, taking a nap in the shadow cast by them.The guards on duty passed by the city wall in groups, and the sound of empty and lonely footsteps echoed on the wide and flat road.The patrolling archer leader, the commander-in-chief, strode past. When he saw the sleeping soldier, he stepped forward and hit the soldier's helmet with a long knife hanging by his side to wake up the soldier on duty.

"What time is it! Still asleep!" The commander raised his thick brows and said furiously, "Everyone cheer me up!"

The lazy soldier didn't dare to look at the burgeoning anger, so he quickly rubbed his eyes when he woke up, and began to be alert to his responsibilities.

Suddenly, a colleague in armor next to the commander bumped into his arm, stretched out his hand and pointed at a corner of the darkness: "Hey, did you see that?"

"What?!" The commander looked intently, but didn't see anything, so he turned his head and looked at the people around him strangely.

"Could it be that my eyes are dazzled?" The other person muttered in a low voice, looked away, and started to continue his inspection.

However, the next moment, facing the bitter cold wind, there seemed to be waves of hoofbeats coming.After a few moments, the voice became louder and louder. The commander was startled, and hurried into the battlement, looking into the distance.

At the junction of light and shadow, the dust was flying high, and the bright red flag was unfurled in the wind. About a hundred cavalrymen in uniform armor galloped quickly, accompanied by a sudden shout: "——Our army was ambushed, and more than half of them were killed or injured. General Yan Pian, please send reinforcements as soon as possible!"

This sound was like thunder, and it exploded in the ears of the guards in the city.The commander's body trembled, and his face turned pale in an instant.

"Open the city gate quickly! Quick!"

With an order, he disappeared from the city wall and ran towards a place in the city.

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In the quiet room, a man knelt and sat in front of the chessboard, silently staring at the endgame on the board.The room is not big, but it is neatly tidied up. A long knife is placed on the knife holder of the low table. It has a square head and a straight body. Peek out from the passage of the eventful years.

Wisps of smoke wafted from the incense burner in the corner, separating the two spaces.

However, the noise still came from outside the door, the man frowned, his callused palms suddenly pressed against the edge of the chessboard, he stood up with his strength, and asked outside the door: "What happened?!"

"Lord Xin, His Royal Highness King Wu was ambushed by the Yinren in Luoyan Valley, General Yan Pian is about to lead people to rescue him!" The person who answered knelt outside the door, with layers of sweat dripping from his head.

"Ambush?" The man murmured, thought for a moment, then suddenly took a few steps forward and pushed open the door, "Where's the messenger?"

"Just entering the city, the military doctors are rushing over. The person who reported the letter was seriously injured...His Royal Highness King Wu..."

The man glanced at him, then shook his head slightly, signaling that he didn't need to say any more.

The strange uneasiness in his heart combined with the various doubts he had just thought about, a trace of doubt flashed on the man's handsome face.He took off the robe he was wearing and shook it, unfolded it and put it on again, then walked out of the hut where he lived.

There was an open space outside the house, and there were more than a dozen cavalry wearing silver helmets standing side by side. He walked up to one of them and hooked his fingers.

The soldier was startled, walked over quickly, and bowed his hands in salute.

"Go quickly and stop Yan Pianjiang, saying that it is my order to let him wait for a while."

Doubt quickly flashed across the guard's face, then he nodded to accept the order, turned around and stepped on the horse, raised his whip, and quickly ran out of the small courtyard.

"Lord Xin?" The young man following behind looked at the departing iron guard strangely, and couldn't help but speak.

The man didn't answer, he just went straight to the back of the hut, and only heard a few horse crows. The next moment, the young man felt a black shadow flash past in front of his eyes, and a light breeze brushed his cheek. When he looked again, the man had already rode out. A small courtyard.

——If his prediction is correct, then Shi Xian...

After flying for a short while, he had already left the street where he lived, but when he just set foot on the main road in the city, a group of guards appeared from nowhere and surrounded him.The horse raised its front hooves and gave a long hiss before stopping.The man was about to scold, but he heard a deep male voice.

"Master Xin, please stay."

A guard stepped out from the crowd and stood with his sword. He was tall and tall, and the shadow cast by his nose and cheekbones made his knife-sharpened face even more resolute and cold.The white steed beside him followed closely, staring at the man with big eyes at the moment.

The man's face darkened, he frowned, and said in a low voice, "What are you trying to do when you stop me?!"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a whistling sound coming from far away from the city gate. He looked up, but saw a big golden flag planted high and fluttering in the wind.But the bright red banner that was originally there has disappeared...!

"Who the hell are you guys?!" The man suppressed the shock in his eyes, turned his head and glared, but what greeted him was a flash of cold light...