Chapter 170 – Beaded Curtain, Iron Armor (Next)

Qinglu Cave Academy’s head Huang Shang alone for Xu Fengyen to send off the mountain, two people down the mountain on the way to say very few words, Huang Shang is because of the momentum of a drum and then failing three and exhaustion, since the young king is not to come to Qinglu Cave foothills to settle scores with his students, then Huang Shang is also a target for no purpose, can not also be an inch into the foot, and Xu Fengyen to ask for some more local magistrates of the chair, Qingliang Mountain for the cool students to serve as the state of the county important positions. Qingliang Mountain, for those who go to Liang to take up important positions in various states and counties, has been counted as an extremely convenient door, Huang Shang’s cheek is thicker, but also can’t open this mouth. The more Xu Fengyen is silent, Huang Shang is more and more apprehensive, near the foot of the mountain, the old man sighed, smiled bitterly and said: “Your Highness, your knife is always resting on the old man’s neck, and not cut it down, and not draw it away painfully, the old man is not feeling well. If you don’t, I’ll say something. Really can’t, I’ll say a word from the bottom of my heart, change someone to be this Qinglu Cave mountain chief, the academy is like a piece of crop field, it’s not easy to have a good seedling, if the king thinks I’m not good at taking care of it, then replace it with an obedient one, and don’t be angry at those rice seedlings that are just coming up to the surface.”

Xu Fengyen did not stop and slowly said, “Sir, you are worrying too much. There’s nothing wrong with academy scholars discussing Beiliang’s military politics, things under the sky, there’s only those who don’t discern what’s not clear, there’s no such thing as the more you argue, the more muddy it gets.”

Huang Shang nodded as if relieved.

Xu Fengyen continued, “But you, as mountain leaders and seniors of your teaching mentors, you must take advantage of the situation and not stand by coldly, I am not asking you to help the Beiliang Border Army to put in a good word for them, because that would be meaningless. I hope that the scholars who have taken root in my Beiliang understand one thing, they are able to the reason why they are able to point out the mountains and rivers is because of the deaths on the front line of the border every day, it is those deaths and perhaps the soon-to-be-dead in battle of the Beiliang Border Troops that make the Beiliang territory can not afford to have a single ray of smoke of wolves within the territory of the Beiliang. Regardless of whether they win or lose on the sands, they are always not half wrong. Of course, scolding me and Qingliang Mountain or the Beiliang Capital Protection Office for improper scheduling and faulty planning, there is no problem, but if you are holding the initial intention of watching the fire from the other side of the river and gloating, such readers, Beiliang has never been grateful, and can go back to wherever they came from, and this amount of coins Qingliang Mountain can still pull out.”

Huang Shang’s face re-concerted, Xu Fengyen glanced at the old man, blandly laughed: “always feel that others are not good here and there is not good, always think that the people of the world to me who? Reading is to raise the righteousness, not to raise the hostility and arrogance. I myself is the past, all day complaining about the sky, look around all uneven, the heart of the accumulation of depression is even more difficult to level. Maybe you have never experienced this journey in your life, that’s why I made a special trip to Qinglu Cave Academy to say a few more words.”

Huang Shang was half convinced, “Is it really just these few words?”

Xu Fengnian laughed, “For the academy scholars to talk about border military affairs, blocking is better than sparing, I will let the government give several sets of Chen Zhi Bao’s Compendium of Military Preparations to the academies around the world, and you might as well let the great Confucian masters who are familiar with military affairs take the lead in explaining it, and first get clear about the history of our Beiliang’s Liang swords, spears, crossbows, and horse politics, and figure out exactly how our Beiliang governs the military specifically, and then come back and talk about the major events of the border military. ”

Huang Shang lamented, “A good one, blocking is better than sparing.”

Huang Shang hesitated and added, “The king did …… this thing beautifully.”

Huang Shang is notoriously stingy with overflowing words, this kind of skulduggery is really difficult to say, it can be seen that this time Xu Fengyen climbed the mountain to visit the academy, it really makes the old man very satisfied.

Xu Fengyen smiled and laughed to himself, “Technical work, when the reward?”

Huang shang, who had no more stigma in his heart, also let go of his words, “Huang shang will only be able to rule, I dare not say that in five years, I will let Liyang be impressed by Beiliang’s articles and scriptures.”

Before Xu Fengyen mounted his horse and left, he said to Huang Shang, “On the eve of Ching Ming, please take the scholarly students of the academy to the Qingliang Mountain Monument Forest, there will be a festival at that time.”

Huang Shang froze for a moment and said in a deep voice, “Rightfully so!”

Leaving Qinglu Cave Mountain, as the three riders sped on their way, Lu Yunchang asked, “Master, are we going to the Beiliang Capital Palace now, or are we going to Tiger’s Head City where the war is going on?”

Xu Fengyen said in a bad mood, “You go back to the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, don’t care about the rest.”

Yu Di Long shouted, “Master, I want to go to Tiger Head City to kill the barbarians!”

Xu Fengnian was silent for a moment and suddenly said, “Di Long, you go to Liuzhou with Yun Chang, go to Qingcang City to secretly protect Yang Guangdu and Chen Xiliang, if there is really a big battle, you can look after yourselves, I give you permission to take matters into your own hands.”

At an official road junction, Lu Yun Chang was pleasantly surprised and rubbed his hands together, “Master, then we will be separated now.”

Xu Fengyen gave a hmm, not forgetting to remind, “Yun Chang, when you get to the battlefield, keep an eye on your senior brother, don’t let him kill his eyes and ignore everything. In short, none of you should die in Liuzhou. Your real sands are the rivers and lakes later on.”

Yu Di Long grinned, “Master, when I finish repaying the big man’s debt, then I will have a human head for military service, master, don’t forget the reward silver, I still have to send it to Aunt Pei’s, she builds a courtyard and waits for a lot of silver to be used, you can’t let Aunt Pei borrow money on credit from outsiders, can you?”

Xu Fengyen laughed and scolded: “At such a young age, you are starting to turn your elbow outward? Okay, okay, when that day comes, the Northern Liang border army won’t be able to do without a copper coin from you.”

Lu Yun Chang laughed out loud and said, “A married daughter splashes out water!”

Yu Di Long raised his fist and said sharply, “Who are you calling a bitch? Is your skin itchy? Can I help you?”

Xu Fengyen stopped his horse at the fork of the post road, looked at the backs of the two riders chasing each other with a smile, and violently whipped his horse forward.

In the past, he was a young boy in brocade clothes, and his horse whipped the city of Liangzhou in anger.

The hibernation has passed and the spring equinox is approaching. Xu Fengyen rode along the heavily guarded Liangzhou northern post road to Huaiyang Pass, at this time not only is the war in northern Liang heavy, the world has appeared in chaos, the east line of the Guangling Road in the Kou Jianghuai put down his resignation as commander-in-chief to return to the pasture, by the western line of the young commander-in-chief Xie Xiyi concurrently served as the main general of the eastern line, and the rising reputation in the countryside of one of the young generals in the Liyang Song Kasa, in the ten days of three consecutive wars, the previous use of the army as God defeated Yan Zhenchun iron horse and Yang Shenxing Jizhou elite generals. Xie Xijian, who had previously used his troops like a god to defeat Yan Zhenchun’s iron cavalry and the elite foot soldiers of Yang Shen’s Apricot Jizhou, was actually defeated in a series of battles and retreated in a series of defeats after being pinned with high hopes by the Western Chu court once again, and the Xichu naval division led by Cao Changqing had finally stopped standing still, and had to start advancing downstream to begin to face off with King Zhao Yi of Guangling’s navy in order to reduce the pressure on Xie Xijian on the land routes. On the other hand, King Zhao Bing of Yanzhi on the southern border raised 100,000 elite troops and marched northward with great vigor. At the same time, the main commander of the southern expedition, Grand General Lu Shengxiang and tens of thousands of troops from the South Gyeonggi Battalion slowly traveled south, echoing with the South Border army from the north and south, and the situation of the court was great. And Gu Jiantang sitting on the two Liao border, in Yuan Tingshan in Jibei hit an open door, and Cai Nan are Gu Jiantang’s beloved generals Tang Tiexang, also took the initiative on the eastern front, beheading 6,000 Northern Mang head, for which the Emperor of the Liyang decree, Tang Tiexang to the Beijing to replace Lu Shengxiang’s Ministry of War as a replacement, the “Huben tough generals,” known as the “Tiger Ben generals”. South to the capital, just in time in the Ministry of War, the other minister Xu Gong front foot into the two Liao’s after, so in the top Wu Congxian and Liyang new chess saint “10 dan” after the national player Fan Chang and said “successive to the capital”, and then there is the Longchamp General Xu Gong and the Huben generals of the The saying of “Dragon and Tiger Troops” came into being after the Longchamp General Xu Gong and the Huben General Xu Gong had entered the capital.

Liyang court’s prosperity, the people’s heart, more and more set off the Northwest’s turbulence. It is rumored that after the loss of the two cities of Hulukou in Youzhou, the last barrier outside the Pass, Xiaguang City, is also shaky, and the northernmost city of Hutou outside the Pass in Liangzhou is also in jeopardy, what makes the people of Liyang even more frustrated and angry is the gossip that Hulukou in Youzhou, known as the fortresses of the E, can hold back more than 100,000 of the iron horsemen of the Northern Mang, but it is said that the Northern Mang’s 300,000 soldiers and horses, led by Yang Yuanzan, has fought to the present, and now, instead of reducing On the contrary, the number of troops has increased to 350,000 soldiers. The people of Liyang, especially the people of the capital, will naturally speculate that the Northern Liang barbarians are not defecting to the Northern Mang barbarians, or else there is no reason under the sky that the more the battle is fought, the more people there are.

Huitou City, north of Huaiyang Pass and south of Longye’er Flatland, has always had a “dominant” saying, in Xu Snap’s hands in this majestic town of the city has placed as many as 30,000 troops, nearly 10,000 cavalry, more than 20,000 foot soldiers, all of them are not good at fighting veterans. In addition to the Huaiyang Pass and willow buds, Poria two military towns as a support, after this line, there are also to Jin Yuan, Qinghe, heavy mound three big passes and XuanShen, ShenWu two cities as the two wings of the line of defense. This was followed by the Da Xue Long Cavalry, Gu Da Zu’s infantry and He Zhong Hu’s cavalry. Unlike the passive fighting at Hulukou in Youzhou, the north of Liangzhou, in addition to the deadly defense of Hutou City, Willow Buds Poria and Huaiyang Pass where the capital is located, all have the strength of the cavalry to attack, and it is also with this flexible and maneuverable powerful combatants in the back to roam around to support, so that the defense of Hutou City at the present time is filled with the generosity of the heroism of everyone who is frankly going to his death.

When Xu Fengyen was escorted by a team of white horse volunteers into the council hall of the capital government, Chu Lushan was discussing the battle situation with Xu Weixiong and the vice marshal of the cavalry army, He Zhonghu, etc. Seeing Xu Fengyen’s arrival, there were no polite pleasantries and Xu Fengyen joined in without any stagnation. Chu Lushan of course can’t completely disregard Xu Fengyen the king of Beiliang, a little help to make a generalization, “Hutou city Liu cripple big mouth, said he even if the lone army to defend a year and a half is no problem, to us Liu bud Poria and Huai Yang Guan three cavalry army next all out of the attack, are built on the premise of Hutou city can force to keep not to lose, and even in the critical moment, the 10,000 elite cavalry of the Hutou city can at any time out of the city to fight. Can always go out of the city to fight. Now we are counting on Fatty Dong’s more than 100,000 Dong’s private army foot soldiers will be how to use, and when it will start, so far, the North Mang siege of the city’s troops are still Gusei state’s border towns and horses, for them to pound out nearly 1,000 stone throwing vehicles, three hundred a batch of, take turns to attack the city around the clock, that is to say, it looks very lively, Liu Crippled said that at the beginning of the still a little uncomfortable, now the Tiger City defenders will simply ignore those intentionally nauseating Night time stone throwing now, should eat and sleep, military heart and morale are no problem, let us relax.”

Chu Lushan said here, could not help but laugh softly: “All armies, all will cry children have milk to eat, hate the death of dozens of people on the war situation said as critical, counting our Northern Liang border army is anomalous, afraid of ‘father and mother’ worry, even if it gives a beating full of blood, but also have to grit their teeth and carry it down. ”

Chu Lu Shan continued: “willow bud Poria two cavalry have each taken the initiative to strike twice, the results are not great, but forced the North Mang did not dare to let go of the siege and attack, otherwise to the thousands of catapults pulled away from the line, not to mention the fight Hu Tou City, that is, to fight the city of Tai’an is also very imposing. During this period, the North Mang sent out a number of 30,000 light cavalry, trying to intercept the Liu Bud cavalry, to give us Huai Yang Pass to find an opportunity, they did not play the effect of siege, but instead we easily slaughtered 6,000 cavalry, if not for Dong Zhuo let a person to pick up, we can still eat 10,000 more people. Our cavalry pushed north to the area of Hutou City, manpower a barbarian’s head thrown out in unison, Your Highness, you didn’t see the face of that gang of barbarians on the front line, and held back for months without being able to poop.”

Xu Fenian smiled heartily and asked, “What is the specific battle loss of Yang Yuanzan over in Youzhou?”

Veteran general He Zhonghu laughed brightly, “Inside the Hulukou, it’s already over 50,000, plus the successful interception of the king and Yu Luan knife with the Yu cavalry, don’t look at them to add more than 100,000 military towns in the two states of Dongjin and Hexi, in fact, it’s just in the swollen face, those two states of the source of the troops should have been given to the two Liao east line, but the result is so early to use, there is a big controversy in the North Mang internal, are scolding that There is a lot of controversy within Beimang, and everyone is criticizing the king of the Southern Court for tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall. If it wasn’t for the Order of the Peace giving him a block, Dong Zhuo would have possibly rolled away.”

Xu Fengyen looked at the sand tray, nodded his head and said softly, “Let’s not rush to fight that kind of one-shot victory, a little bit to wear out the patience of the Northern Mang will do, the sand field has always been an extension of the temple, let’s strive for this battle to be at the end of Xiangfu two years, and succeed in fighting until Dong Zhuo loses his Southern Yard King, even if we, Beilang, have won. The entire next three years of Xiangfu can be much easier.”

Xu Weixiong quietly nodded his head, agreeing with Xu Fengyen’s statement that clearly had the suspicion of “no fault is merit” and was extremely conservative.

Chu Lushan glanced at Hutou City on the sand table, “Then we must first ensure that Hutou City is not lost, so as to prevent Dong Zhuo from breathing.”

Xu Fengnian calmly said, “So even if Liu Yunu and Hutou City have to be defended regardless of whether they can be defended or not! Send a message to him that in the past, Hutou City was used to be the kind of great penthouse fortress at the mouth of the gourd of Youzhou, nowadays it’s not the same, he can die, but Hutou City absolutely cannot be lost. Therefore whenever Tiger Head City has a loss of defense posture, no matter in what way, must immediately let the capital know, and then we even if we use the Jin Yuan Qing He Heavy Mound and Xuan Shen Shen Shen Wu five troops and horses, but also to slow down the pressure for them. Even the 10,000 Great Snow Dragon Riders and 8,000 Heavy Cavalry can be used together at critical moments.”

He Zhonghu and a few veteran generals of great merit looked at each other in dismay, wanting to speak.

In the established strategy of Bei Liang, after depleting a certain amount of Bei Mang’s troops, all of the three cities of Hulukou in Youzhou, all of the E Fortresses can be lost, and the cities and towns of Guan in the north of Liangzhou can be lost as well, and there is no such thing as holding on to them to the end regardless of the cost.

For the sake of a Dong Zhuo, was it worth it?

Gu Da Zu closed his eyes and began to silently scrutinize the battlefield and weigh the pros and cons in his mind.

He Zhonghu subconsciously looked to the North Liang capital Chu Lushan, North Mang South House king was his defeat, according to reason Chu Lushan should be the most refute this proposal, but He Zhonghu eyes Chu Lushan, no words, but the hands of the fingers interlaced in the abdomen, the line of sight in the sand plate quickly roaming.

In this kind of moment where even Chu Lushan did not speak, probably only Xu Weixiong dared to speak out, she frowned and said, “If the definition of Hutou City makes a change, the entire Liangzhou defense line will have to be changed with it, which will have an extremely huge impact on the rear of Lingzhou.”

Xu Fengnian replied, “Even if Xu Beihao empties out the entire Lingshu and the surrounding areas of Lingshu, it will still allow Liangzhou’s grain and grass to run unhindered.”

Gu Dazu muttered to himself, “War outside the gates of the country? Although this is the biggest dream of my Gu Dazu’s life, is it really appropriate for Northern Liang, which has spared no effort in expanding its depth before?”

This was surely the first time Xu Fengnian had shown an unquestionably tough stance on border affairs.

The atmosphere in the capital residence was exceptionally grave.

Xu Fengyen suddenly asked, “Commander Yuan asked for the armor I wore at that time with, saying that it was the meaning of the capital government?”

Xu Weixiong’s face was odd.

Chu Lushan hemmed and hawed, “Originally, I wanted to place it in this hall to look grand, then I thought about it again, so I let it be sent into Tiger Head City, and Cripple Liu gave it to someone else.”

Xu Fengnian was confused.

Chu Lushan put away his smile and said, “Gave it to our first Northern Liang general who died in battle.”

Xu Fengyen looked down at the sand table, “I know, it’s the horse thistles of Hu Tou City. At that time, in the courtyard of the city, he was sitting at the very back, not daring to see anyone because he had scolded me.”