After a while, Xu Huang gathered the more than 600 riders of the Flying Tiger Army in Banla Mountain at the newly excavated site.
Here, a cave several feet deep is at Xu Huang's feet.
Next to him were several officials who were responsible for digging underground water. They were looking at everyone blankly.
When everyone gathered together, Xu Huang said to everyone in a tone that a great event had been accomplished:
"Brothers, I want to apologize to you here because I lied to everyone."
As soon as this statement came out, the officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army present were in an uproar.
If it weren't for the captain they had respected for a long time, everyone would have started asking questions.
But at this moment, even though there were ten thousand puzzles in their hearts, everyone still looked at Xu Huang eagerly, hoping that Xu Huang would explain things clearly.
So, Xu Huang told everyone about this "thing".
From Xu Huang's narration, the officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army present realized that there was such a secret behind their rapid assault.
It turns out that their battle was to kill the dragon veins outside the wall and cut off the dragon energy in this place.
In Xu Huang's words, he was also called by the king to be entrusted with important tasks before the battle.
Let’s just say that last year there was a celestial phenomenon with four stars in a row. On the star chart, it corresponds to the space between Jisu and Ojuku, which belong to the 28 constellations.
Things in the sky always correspond to those in the human world. The Ji and Tail in the stars correspond to the northeast.
Then people in the world began to say that gods and men would emerge from the land of Yan. At that time, the Taishan Army had not yet completely occupied the land of Yan, so there were still many people talking about it. Later, when the Taishan Army completely occupied Youji, such words no longer existed.
People mentioned it again.
But Xu Huang and his brothers said that it turned out that the reason for their expedition to Liao this time was because they were watching the aura at the Tongque Tower in order to sacrifice their grandson. They saw dragon aura forming outside the Northeast Great Wall and forming clouds.
After the death of the great virtuous teacher, human, earthly and divine envoy Ma Yuanyi, he became the most virtuous man of Taiping Dao and began to be responsible for the sacrifices of the Taishan Army.
Now that Xu Huang came up with the matter of sacrificing his grandson, the officers and soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army present were even more convinced.
This was not over yet. Then Xu Huang pointed to the hole at his feet, and pointed to the dragon-shaped jade object held by Xu Shang next to it, and said loudly:
"And now, we are done!"
Then the people present knew that under the cave was where the dragon veins of the land beyond the Great Wall were located, and that it was the handful of dragon-shaped jade objects that gave birth to the dragon veins.
Xu Shang, who knew the news, could hardly hold the jade object. He suddenly felt that the jade object was extremely heavy.
Don't think these people don't believe it, they believe it too much.
Not to mention that this dynasty is an era that pays attention to prophecies, even during the period of the First Emperor.
Every time I meet people, they say that when the First Emperor visited the east, hopeful people said, "Five hundred years from now, Jiangdong will have the spirit of the Son of Heaven." Then the First Emperor ordered 100,000 prisoners to dig up and defile the land in order to gain a bad name, which was to ruin the place.
Dragon spirit.
In later generations, the last emperor of Sun Wu, Sun Hao, also moved to Wuchang because of the kingly aura in Jingzhou. He also sent envoys to dig up the tombs of famous ministers and hills in Jingzhou.
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This is the era of interaction between heaven and man, and the era of the spread of divine literature.
At this moment, all the officials present were excited, and all the confusions in their hearts were explained.
Why did the king insist on conquering the Liao Dynasty? Why did the captain have to pursue it in depth? It turned out that it was all to capture the king's energy in the northeast!
Everyone present suddenly felt a sacred feeling of completing the most important event in the world.
Everyone present became solemn, including Xu Shang and Gao Ao. Even though Xu Huang knew that all this was fabricated by himself, he felt in a trance.
It was as if all this was really what he said.
In the end, Xu Huang looked at the dragon-shaped jade article with a complicated look, and said to everyone:
"Although we have completed the task assigned by the king and eliminated the luck of the Hu people, only by sending this jade to the king can this luck be added to the hands of the Han people. So our task has not been completed yet.
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Having said this, Xu Huang held his breath, then took a long breath and said to everyone present:
"So I order that our army must defend this mountainous area during this battle until the king's reinforcements arrive. Even if we fight to the last soldier, we must protect this dragon-shaped jade article and prevent it from falling into the hands of the barbarians again.
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The officers of the Flying Tiger Army present are all knights with a certain status and honor. They value spirit far more than life and death.
Therefore, pairs of resolute eyes answered Xu Huang that they would protect the fate of the Han people with their lives.
Because of the dragon spirit here, people present also called this Banla Mountain "Dragon Mountain".
In this way, the Longshan Defense Battle officially began.
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Naturally, the Wuhuan people at the foot of the mountain didn't know that Banla Mountain in their eyes had suddenly been renamed Longshan.
They were urging the Han disciples to quickly make arrows and cards for use in attacking the mountain later.
These Wuhuan people did not dare to let these Han disciples go to the front line, fearing that these people would defect in front of the battle, so they placed them all south of the Daling River.
With the Daling River blocking their way, even if these Han disciples wanted to surrender to the Taishan Army on the mountain, they could only look at the river and sigh.
Under a ditch south of the Daling River, two naked figures were sitting in the grass, shivering, cursing those damn Wuhuan people.
Even though these two people were naked, their hair was still tied up with a thick wooden stick, which was very different from those on the north shore who had haircuts.
Therefore, their identities are easily revealed. They are two Han Chinese.
Maybe these two people had good family conditions in the past, but at this moment, they are no different from wild beasts, with chapped skin and covered in dirt.
These two people just ran out of the team while the Wuhuan people were busy.
But their bellies, which can only be chewed on tree bark for a long time, cannot support them running very far, so they can only find a sheltered place to lie down in a sheltered place from the wind.
In fact, they didn't know why they were running.
You can't escape by running. If you go out of this area, you will be hunted to death by the nearby barbarians. Compared with the Wuhuan people who have already had a certain degree of civilization, some savages coming from the north are really cannibals.
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Therefore, from a rational point of view, it may still be a good choice to be the cattle and sheep of the Wuhuan people.
It can be seen from the companions of these two people that those people have accepted their fate. But these two people used to be the retinue of Lu Zhi, the general of Zhenbei. They had a lot of anger in their hearts. How could they be willing to live like this?
So the two of them took the opportunity and ran out without thinking.
At this moment, after stuffing a handful of weeds into his mouth, one of them said:
"Old Zhou, you said we should go and join the Taishan Army on the north bank."
The man named Lao Zhou was lying on the ground without moving his body and replied:
"What are we going to do? Those people are destined to die by themselves. Are we going to die? Besides, even if we go, how do we get there? The big river is right in the middle. With the strength of both of us, we froze to death in the water before we could even swim across it.
So Lao Li, if you want to go, just go by yourself, I won’t go.”
The man named Lao Li knew that Lao Zhou was right, sighed, moved his body to the ground again, and sighed:
"We don't know this. We just think that if we can kill the Wuhuan dog slaves like the Taishan Army did, it would be worth dying."
Lao Zhou didn't answer this, so the two of them fell into silence.
Yes, they are Han warriors. Even if they die, they will die on the battlefield. They will die in the hands of the enemy. What is it like starving to death on the roadside like this? Is it a joke?
At this moment, they missed the time when Lu Shuai was here. At that time, which one of Lu Shuai's guards could not suppress a Hu tribe by riding alone?
Not as tired as a lost dog now.
The silence was broken by Lao Li. He suddenly stood up and said unwillingly:
"No, I still have to try. We have no knife in our hands and no rice in our stomachs. Otherwise, we will kill a Wuhuan dog slave and bleed into a river."
Seeing Lao Li stand up, the one who called Lao Zhou was still lying on the ground and said angrily:
"Stop fussing, you really think you are the Taishan Army. Understand it, you and I are Lu Shuai's personal soldiers. The Taishan Army opposite is the culprit who killed our brothers and caused us to end up in this situation. You
Do you still want to go?”
Lao Li's face was full of pain. He gritted his teeth for the last time, said a few words, and then rushed north:
"Today, we are all Han'er."
Lao Zhou was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Lao Li really wanted to play and die, he stood up and shouted:
"Think clearly, Lu Shuai died in their hands."
This time Lao Li stopped, but in the end he headed north without hesitation.
At this moment, there were loud shouts of killing coming from the north of Daling River. Old Zhou was really anxious. He turned to Old Li’s back and persuaded:
"Don't be stupid. There's already a fight over there. Even if you have the chance to go up there, they won't accept you."
Seeing that his companion didn't listen at all, Lao Zhou ran over panting, grabbed Lao Li, and cursed:
"Why are you so stupid that you act like a hero with me? If you die, what will happen to your family? Didn't we agree to escape into the fortress together?"
But as soon as Lao Zhou pulled Lao Li over, he saw Lao Li already bursting into tears. He knew what kind of man Li Kan was, the double-sword general under Lu Shuai in the past, and what could have made him cry like this.
Lao Zhou grabbed Li Kan and asked:
"What happened that made you wonder like this?"
At this moment, Li Kan collapsed. He grabbed Lao Zhou's hand and cried bitterly:
"I'm humiliated."
Lao Yiyi didn't react at first, then he took a step back, took another look at Li Kanzhou's body, and couldn't help but marvel:
"I didn't expect the Wuhuan dog slave to be so Chinese! He can do all of this."
As soon as these words came out, Li Kan was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red and he cursed angrily:
"Fuck you, I mean, I was humiliated under the crotch, and I had to kill him to get revenge!"
Crotch humiliation?
Lao Zhou suddenly realized and smiled.
Little did he know that his conversation with Lao Li also caused a chuckle in the dark.
It turned out that in the dark, a pair of sharp eyes like a hawk had been staring at them, and they could hear clearly what they had just said.