Chapter 301: The King of Western Chu (II)

The Great Snow Dragon cavalry returned to the original way, between the young feudal king, first Yuan Zuozong led his troops south, less than a thousand riders of the Qingzhou army fell like a mountain, the cavalry lost everything, and there is no city can be based on the Qingzhou army was expelled more than forty miles, armor, no matter how much the general of the Qingzhou home in the face of death and valor, personally beheading the escaped pawns more than forty, but still can not stop the decadence of the foot soldiers. The Beiliang lieutenant Niu Qianzhu led 2,000 riders to intercept 20,000 Shu soldiers, and did not succeed, because the Shu army general Che Ye unexpectedly chose to avoid its front, leading the army to run around the road to the north, and its marching route directly out of a big arc, Niu Qianzhu under the command of 2,000 riders approaching the Shu army less than one mile several times, dust and dirt, the Shu soldiers were waiting for the next time, and will never pay attention to the provocations of the Da Xue Long Riders, not only that, this lone army into the hinterland of the Central Plains, the western Shu elite, and the Shu army, but also the Shu troops. Not only that, this lone army deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains of Western Shu elite, in order to show weakness, during the period to withdraw all the scouting horse scouts, even willing to do a blind eye.

Niu Qianzhu also do not dare to start the war without authorization to miss the military opportunity, but the committee really suffocated can not be, had to go south with the northern Liang iron cavalry before the convergence, led twenty riders escort ran to the Shu army flanked by 300 paces, stopping the horse to mention the spear, the momentum is raging. The Shu army still did not move, just focus on burying their heads eastward. Finally, Niu Qianzhu spat hard, turned his horse’s head, and led the army to return south.

With the collapse of the four road troops all the way all the way cowardly, Liyang Ministry of War Minister Xu Gong to build that line of defense is suddenly full of holes, coupled with the Jizhou General Yuan Tingshan is not willing to go out alone to intercept, can only watch the unharmed Daxue Dragon cavalry easily broke into the Guangling Road, which makes the surprise of the South General Wu Chongxuan furious, in the heart of the beloved generals accompanied by the Tanghe personally rushed to the county town of Chaisang to ask for punishment in the Xu Gong, Liyang Ministry of War The Minister of War and the left minister of the Ministry of War met for the first time in this way and parted on bad terms. After that, Wu Chongxuan and Yuan Tingshan’s 10,000-odd Jibei cavalry went to the front line, while Xu Gong, after merging with 20,000 Xishu foot soldiers and collecting the defeated army of Qingzhou, slowly rushed to the front line of Guangling together. After this, the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry is even more powerful, according to the established strategy, in the two armies defense line intertwined Guazizhou front generation, successfully received more than five hundred light armor clad Western Chu reading seeds, in order to this set of feeble students secretly escorted out of the country, the Western Chu army in the Guazizhou, Lao Du Mountain, including four battlefield crazy counterattack, in just one day will be killed in battle nearly 10,000 people, almost dying of thirst, five hundred young carp, which finally jumped into the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry. Finally jumped into the pond of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry, and was able to take a breather. Xu Yan Bing, including the Northern Liang iron cavalry is still fresh in their minds, the five hundred western Chu people in a terrible mess, after being escorted by the main force of the Great Snow Dragon cavalry, there is not too much celebration and ecstasy of the aftermath of the disaster, but instead everyone looks disheveled and miserable, five hundred people dismounted, kneeling and resigning to face the east, sobbing uncontrollably. That scene, like no home to return to the lost dog, lying under the eaves of other people’s portals, whimpering in pain. Yuan Zuozong took over the scribbled roster, mixed feelings, this time the northern Liang “surrender” 496 people, the young West Chu literati as many as 416 people, excluding the Guangling Road family of more than seventy ladies, West Chu generals but only a handful of dozens of people. Yuan Zuozong hand the roster of the beginning of the book does not remember the name, only a few lines of handwritten small block letters, shocking, “Chu 500 people, can not talk about the restoration of the country. Chu surname resides in Northern Liang, shall not go out of the Northwest.” “The last letter of Cao Changqing, the sinner of the dead Chu.”

The east wind thawed and turned into rain, just waiting for that spring thunder to startle the hibernation.

At this time it was raining and cloudy, the forward movement of the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry was more or less blocked, and the hooves of the horses were wrapped in mud, which made the Beiliang Iron Cavalry, who were used to the scorching sun and sand of the desert, very unaccustomed to it.

Xu Fengyen and Xu Yanbing Yuan Zuozong drove alongside each other, Yuan Zuozong turned his head and glanced at the West Chu “escaped pawns” interspersed in the middle of the cavalry army, and said softly: “For Beiliang, it is a great thing in the long run, but right now it is a mess. This group of scholars to the Northwest, the temporary can only be placed in the background, afraid of these young and energetic son of the family whining too much, so that the end of the anger of Beiliang. At that time the dispute we can’t scold, or we have to give Huang Shang’s group of Lingzhou Academy, away from the border war, let them first in the book pile to pass the time. Earlier, most of them were not even willing to change to wear Beiliang light armor, let alone hanging a light crossbow with a Liang sword, Niu Qianzhu a few people were almost so angry that they were about to draw swords with them.”

Xu Fengyen comforted: “If the readers do not have a bit of backbone, that is the sadness of the Central Plains, not afraid of their pride and arrogance, afraid that they will be depressed. Xiu Cai rebel for three years can not, West Chu 500 people only, let alone in our Northern Liang, not to mention the border army, I guess casually take out a bow and horse skilled Liangzhou women, can beat down their two or three readers, nothing to worry about. We don’t need to expect them to turn the corner soon, and I believe Cao Changqing’s vision, many of them should be a broad vision of the characters, until they really enjoy the northwest scenery, plus there are Yu Luan knife and Liuzhou Kou Jianghuai jewels in front of them, naturally will throw away the stigma. In the final analysis, the older generation of Western Chu relics may hate the Xu family far more than they hate Liyang, but they are not the same after all, most of them are in the weaker years, and they hate Liyang far more than they hate Northern Liang. I am worried about this group of people …….”

Speaking here, Xu Fengyen smiled to himself and did not continue, a bit for the honored one.

Yuan Zuozong laughed: “What, afraid of having 500 more Zhao Changling around at once? One day you can’t control it, and you will really rebel against Liyang?”

Xu Fengyen said without a good mood, “The second Liang-Mang war is approaching, I have not solved my pressing problems in Northern Liang, where is the extra thought.”

Xu Yanbing flirted, “If it’s really like what you said earlier, the world situation according to Cao Changqing’s original layout, then we are the most comfortable side of Northern Liang, as long as and Wang Sui teamed up with the North Mang to hold the south even if it’s finished, and then you can sit in the Northwest to watch the winds of the Central Plains under the hall. I’m surprised that Cao Changqing, since he is willing to send the seeds of Western Chu to Northern Liang, and clearly has some friendship with you, why did he back out at the last minute? The restoration of Western Chu is a basket case, not to mention that even our Northern Liang has no chance to take the chestnuts out of the fire.”

Xu Fengyen touched the Beiliang sword on his waist and lamented, “My master once said that there are only four deaths for a scholar, death in the countryside, death in the state, death in a country, and death in the world. That Cao Changqing …… was originally thinking of dying a country for one person, only to change his mind in the end. I have contacted those martial arts masters in the early years of the world’s eleventh Wang Ming Yin, for the brotherhood of love and death, before and after the re-emergence of the world, life and death are no shame. Northern Mang Tuoba Bodhisattva lived the most ambitious life, wanting to be the world’s number one expert, but also wanting to be the world’s number one minister. Deng Tai’a lived the most elegant and free, no matter whether the world is peaceful or chaotic, no matter whether you are an emperor or a general, I Deng Tai’a is too lazy to pay attention to. Only Cao Changqing lived the most exhausting life, never treating himself as a jianghu man, never stepping out of the Da Chu temple.”

Xu Yan Bing looked at the road full of mud and sighed: “Cao official son this heart drags mud ah.”

Xu Fenian was surprised and said, “Uncle Xu you are speaking with so much talent.”

Yuan Zuozong smiled heartily.

Xu Yanbing’s mouth twitched, turned his head and laughed, “Your Highness, most of those young women in Western Chu are waiting to be in their boudoirs, and many of them are not subtle in their eyes every time they see Your Highness, how do you describe it in four words?”

Yuan Zuozong split the stage on both sides, “Lust for words.”

Xu Fengyen said helplessly, “That’s an unkind thing to say.”

Yuan Zuozong joked, “A real mess is when the backyard is on fire if you’re not careful. If I remember correctly, the second county princess has never been kind to that Xichu emperor, and neither of the king’s two old husbands-in-law is a light that can’t be saved. The matter of the Northern Liang Zheng Wangfei, does Your Highness have a number in your heart?”

Xu Fenian fell silent, touched his forehead, and after a moment of silence, he finally spoke, “How it was originally, I have never hesitated in this matter.”

Xu Yan Bing nodded, “It is rightfully so.”

Yuan Zuozong suddenly said, “Xie Xijian is also in the army, if we can get this person’s help, my Northern Liang border army is like a tiger adding wings, whether we put him in Liangzhou or Liuju, he can be a tens of thousands of troops.”

Xu Fengyuan smiled, “One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, one temple cannot accommodate two bodhisattvas, just in case Kou Jianghuai thinks that I am not assured of him, even if Xie Xiyuan really has the intention to join the army, I will not put him in Liuzhou, and after all, Xie Xiyuan has not yet familiarized himself with the affairs of the border army, so why not put him next to Yuan Erge first?”

Yuan Zuozong shook his head and said, “I, Yuan Zuozong, would be better off using Xie Xiyan than the Liangzhou border army. Both he and Kou Jianghuai are the topmost military geniuses in Western Chu, and after a series of Guangling battles have been honed enough to stand alone.”

“These two men with the army are extremely ideas, seemingly all ‘abandon the right to seek the odd’ sword to go off the beaten path, in fact, deeper study is very different, Kou Jianghuai with the army, good at giving up the city, often dead ground to survive, by virtue of erratic deployment of troops, in the case of the overall strength of the inferiority of the local advantage of the battle. Slowly nibble, suddenly become a trend, at that time in the eastern battlefield of Guangling Road let Zhao Yi army lost inexplicably, always feel that every battlefield is Kou Jianghuai in the army pressure. Xie Xiyi’s army is also unexpected, extremely dangerous, but the origin, in fact, Xie Xiyi is still more inclined to the hall, and strive for a final decision. Therefore, the flanking Liuzhou battlefield needs to use Kou Jianghuai’s ‘softness’, while the frontal Liangzhou battlefield needs to use Xie Xijian’s ‘strength’. Now that the left and right cavalry outside the Liangzhou Pass has been wounded after the withdrawal of troops, it would be better to give Xie Xijian to He Zhonghu or Zhou Kang, which would be considered as a compensation, and as for the level of the official position, one would look at the king’s vigor, and the other would look at Xie Xijian’s confidence.”

Xu Fenian asked in a low voice, “Then has Second Brother Yuan ever helped make some preparations?”

Yuan Zuozong narrowed his eyes and smiled, “The matter of buying people’s hearts, Your Highness is more skillful than me.”

Xu Fengyen remembered Xie Xijian’s sad face in the group, and muttered in an unkind manner, “It’s not because you’re afraid to put a hot face on a cold ass!”

Nagging aside, Xu Fengyen still turned his horse around and sped away from the army.

After the young vassal king left, Yuan Zuozong curiously asked, “How exactly is the cultivation of the Confucian Sage, Cao Changqing, when he turned to the Hegemony?”

Xu Yan Bing said in a deep voice, “The four people of the current world’s martial arts evaluation, Tuoba Bodhisattva already has some gap with the three people, the king and Cao Changqing Deng Tai’a three people, if each of them fight, I’m afraid that they can’t be divided into winners and losers, but only in life and death. However, if it is on top of life and death, I guess the three will be a cycle, the king wins Deng Tai’a, Deng Tai’a wins Cao Changqing, Cao Changqing wins the king. Of course, Topaz Bodhisattva, if he can find a weapon to take advantage of, he can also immediately step out of the celestial that step, the rest of the characters, I only suspect that Gu Jiantang has a killer mace that should not be underestimated, the others do not need to consider. Well, there are actually two more people that also have a chance, one is the one that the king calls White Fox Child Face, and the other is the Guanyin Sect’s Tantai Calm, who is unknown where he is and doesn’t know if he has any friends or foes.”

Yuan Zuozong smiled and asked, “Then you and Chen Zhi Bao?”

Xu Yan Bing blandly said, “Not worth mentioning.”

Yuan Zuozong, who was well aware of Xu Yanbing’s terrifying battle power, frowned and asked, “Why is that?”

Xu Yan Bing laughed: “After immortality, the person who survives, this life will last for a long time in the unusual heavenly image realm, what do I need to say more?”

Yuan Zuozong was speechless.

Among the robust and powerful big snow dragon cavalry, that west chu more than five hundred riders seem out of place, not only north and south physical differences, there is also a world of difference in the momentum.

Just thirty miles to stop the horse to rest, Xu Fengyen rolled over and dismounted, leading the horse to the five hundred people near, facing him as the Northwest Vassal King entangled with the fortune of the Great Chu, some people’s eyes are not good, some people’s eyes are numb, some people’s eyes are hateful, as for those who have a slightly curious look in their eyes, after all, it is more of a negligible minority. Xu Fengyen came to the side of Jiang Nai who was wearing a sword and armor, she has been avoiding him recently, even with that group of Western Chu courtiers who continue to address her as Her Majesty the Emperor, she is not very warm. Today, Jiang Nai and more than a dozen women of the Western Chu family to stay together, following the Northern Liang iron horsemen all the way north, all the women are looking after each other, most of them originally thought to enter the Northern Liang army, is tantamount to sheep into the tiger’s mouth, is not without a variety of concerns, especially since childhood, used to seeing the size of the banquet of the Guangling water flow goblets, used to seeing the wind and snow and talk about the celebrities, and suddenly see so much armor and silence of the Northern Liang cavalry As a weak woman, how could she not worry about her future? Only when His Majesty the Emperor arrived with his sword, as well as seeing the famous young feudal king, they were a little bit relieved, and as they marched northward for half a decade, they found that the Northern Liang cavalrymen were not at all disturbed, and especially the Northern Liang king took extra care of the 500 people of Chu, so they smiled off and on and occasionally, when they followed the army to stop their horses at the riverside, they began to laugh and joke around, and they washed the noses and brushed the backs of the war horses to feed them, and they were very proud to see their horses. They also did a decent job of washing the horses’ noses and backs and feeding them fine grain.

Xu Fengyen walked to the side of the official road near the embracing willow tree, did not walk straight into the shade of the tree, away from the Jiang Nai and those at the right age of the women of the Royal Valve there are still seven or eight paces, do not wait for Xu Fengyen to say something, there are four or five young men wearing swords and knives walking quickly, boots stained with yellow mud, has long since ceased to see that year’s jade tree appearance, these young people do not speak, just staring at Xu Fengyen with a gloomy face.

Xu Fengyen looked at Jiang Nai and softly said, “Cao Changqing will soon arrive outside Tai’an City, do you want to go and take a last look? I can accompany you.”

One of them pressed the sword that he was always unwilling to take off and said with a face full of grief and anger: “Xu Fengyen, are you going to block the Shangshu Order from entering the city? Are you going to be a watchdog for the Liyang Zhao room that?!”

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, “I’m not that far yet.”

In the distance, a group of Feng Ziying cavalry were eyeing intently, and the madman Hong Shuwen was even holding his sword, his eyes fierce.

Another man said angrily, “My Chu Shangshu Order, I don’t need you, Xu Fenian, to sympathize with him to see him off!”

Xu Fengnian said gently, “There are some things that you can’t say.”

Jiang Nai finally bowed his head and said, “Uncle Chess Waiting Royalty said that the previous farewell in the capital was a farewell, and he did not allow me to go north.”

Xu Fengnian calmly said, “Don’t listen to him, since you have already left Guangling Road, let everything follow your heart, if you want to see Cao Changqing, go see him, I will accompany you.”

She raised her head, her eyes misty with tears, “Can I?”

Xu Fengyen’s eyes were resolute, smiling, “With me, nothing is impossible under the sky.”

Not waiting for those few Western Chu reading seeds under the willow tree to block with righteous indignation, the women who had reddened their cheeks after hearing those words, all of them with glowing eyes, spoke out one after another, none of them persuading His Majesty the Emperor to join hands with the King of Northern Liang to go north to Tai’an City.

Not far away, Xie Xijian was somewhat helpless, crying and laughing.

”Come on, this hasn’t even gotten to Northern Liang yet, and it’s already imploding.”

Jiang Nai took a deep breath and nodded vigorously.

Then.

Then she swept away on her own imperial sword ……

Seeing the young feudal lord with a defeated face, almost everyone of the nearby women covered their mouths and laughed, and Hong Shuwen’s group of Feng Zi Camp also had a very hard time holding back their laughter.

Xu Fengyen turned his head and glared at Hong Shuwen, who hurriedly pretended that nothing had happened.

Xu Fengyen rose to the ground, like a white rainbow rising to the earth.

The people on the ground, no matter if they were Northern Liang iron horsemen or Western Chu refugees, all of them were dazzled and shaken.