Zhongjun, Huang Chunhui's coughing made everyone passing by outside the big tent worried.
"Cough cough cough cough!"
Even though there is more green on the ground, it is still dry and cold in the north.
Huang Chunhui took a sip of hot water and said comfortably, "I'm old. I've survived the years, but I can't survive the cold. Don't be careful about passing it on to you."
Liao Jin was working on a small clay stove. He raised his head and said, "I think it's not bad."
He made himself a cup of hot tea and drank it slowly.
"Actually, Chang'an can already handle this battle."
Huang Chunhui shook his head, with a tired look on his face, "A small town can't explain it. Those people will take advantage of the situation to cause trouble."
Liao Jin sniffed the vapor of the tea and said, "Unless Chang'an is determined to fight Bei Liao, the gains outweigh the losses by attacking the fortified city. But if we fight in the wild, we have too few people."
He glanced at Huang Chunhui and said, "Lin Ya came with one hundred thousand troops and our army is eighty thousand. The outcome of this battle is unpredictable. However, we cannot take risks in Northern Xinjiang."
"I know." Huang Chunhui lowered his eyes, "Do you think I decided to fight with Lin Ya just to deal with Chang'an?"
"Is not it?"
"of course not."
"Zhongcheng..."
Huang Chunhui took a sip of hot water.
"Since I took office as the Jiedushi of Northern Xinjiang, the Northern Liao Dynasty has been growing."
"Bei Liao is growing continuously, but Northern Xinjiang can only do its best to maintain it."
"Do you think Chang'an wants to see Northern Xinjiang on par with Northern Liao?"
"Once Northern Xinjiang is on par with Northern Liao, Lao Liao, will Chang'an be worried that Northern Xinjiang will turn its attention to the Tang Dynasty and strike back?"
"Some people say that we are loyal, why are we so suspicious?"
"But it is the nature of an emperor to be suspicious."
"So there is only so much money and food in Northern Xinjiang. If you are not full, you will not be hungry."
"In the past few years, I have been facing all kinds of provocations from Bei Liao. I have stayed behind closed doors. Is it because I am cowardly?"
"It's not that I can't get out, it's that I can't get out."
"After years of being conservative, I am also worried that the soldiers will become cold-blooded, and I am even more worried that they will be afraid of Northern Liao."
"That's why I made up my mind to fight the enemy."
Liao Jin frowned, "The Northern Liao army has hundreds of thousands, I'm worried about the follow-up..."
"Yes! I'm worried about this too."
"Old Liao, do you still remember the rebellion in Ningxing City at the end of last year?"
"Remember!"
"Bei Liao seems to be strong, but it also has weaknesses. There are internal disputes in Bei Liao, and some people want to overthrow the Helian family's rule."
"The rebellion at the end of the year made He Lianfeng very angry. If he were to attack with a large army at this moment, would he be worried that someone would steal his retreat?"
"I want to take a gamble."
"I bet He Lianfeng is worried about the rebellion behind him and doesn't dare to mobilize with all his troops!"
At this moment, Huang Chunhui’s eyes were like lightning!
"Does he dare to gamble on the fate of the country?!"
Boom!
The water glass stood on the table.
Huang Chunhui said categorically: "I bet he doesn't dare!"
…
"The Northern Liao army is approaching."
As the commander-in-chief of the Chenzhou Army, Liu Qing's tent was not too small.
Zhang Lichun, Yang Xuan and others were inside the tent.
Although it is not small, it cannot fit even one desk per person, so everyone is standing.
Liu Qing sat and looked up at them.
"Lin Ya is the general of Bei Liao... sit down."
Everyone sat down, and Liu Qing felt more comfortable.
"A hundred thousand troops are rolling in. Of course, it is impossible for hedgehogs to gather together to fight. The central army is the main force, and I, Zuo Yuhou, have not decided where the army will go. Before that, you can go back and inform your subordinates."
Everyone sat up straight.
Liu Qing said slowly: "If this battle is defeated, our main force in northern Xinjiang will naturally suffer heavy losses. The Northern Liao will take advantage of the situation and sweep across the north. The Tang Dynasty will be shaken, and reinforcements will be dispatched from all over. And the Southern Zhou and other countries will take advantage of the situation, and the entire Great Tang will take advantage of the situation.
The Tang Dynasty will be surrounded by dangers. Therefore, tell them that this is a national war."
"yes."
"Go ahead."
Yang Xuan returned to his place.
He sat down and said: "This battle is of great importance, tell your brothers."
Some people find it a little strange, "Shouldn't we tell them to fight hard?"
Yang Xuan shook his head, "No need."
After everyone went out, the old thief whispered: "Lang Jun, I previously observed someone asking for a fight at Ambassador Liu's place."
"Who are they?"
"They are the ones who are eyeing the positions of Biejia and Governor."
Yang Xuan was silent.
The old thief said: "Lang Jun said last time that peace is good, but if you want to... you have to take charge of a state, and even look at the entire northern Xinjiang. If Lang Jun wants to plan this, he must first go to Chenzhou to take up a post. You can be a
If you are a useless junior official, you might as well stay in Taiping."
"Our Taiping Army will shine in this battle." Yang Xuan said, "Only if Liu Shijun and even the people in Taoxian County see the excellence of our Taiping Army, they will leave a good impression."
When there is a vacancy in the future, those people will naturally think of him.
The old thief whispered: "Bei Xinjiang is facing Bei Liao. If you want to be promoted, in addition to qualifications, you must have military merit."
Outside the Taiping Army camp, some sergeants were talking about the upcoming war.
"There is an army of 100,000, and we only have 80,000. This battle will be brutal."
"yes!"
"Hey! What are those people doing?"
A group of sergeants from the Taiping Army were gathering together to talk, looking very excited.
Someone asked: "Hey! Why are they so happy?"
One sergeant said, "Yeah, always happy."
"The war is about to begin."
"If there's a big war, let's fight."
"Not afraid?"
"Afraid of shit!"
The Taiping troops laughed.
"These are all old men. They will stay behind when fighting."
"Don't talk nonsense."
"What's wrong?"
"It's Hongcheng they captured."
"Fuck! They were the ones who captured Hongcheng?"
…
The enemy troops are constantly approaching.
Scouts from both sides made contact first.
Zuo Yuhou's army attacked again to cover his own scouts and cover the left wing of the army.
A group of scouts withdrew from the front.
Only five people remain.
Everyone is hurt.
"how?"
asked the old thief.
The scout said: "Seven brothers were left behind."
The old thief lowered his head slightly.
"But they left nine behind!"
The scouts walked away with their heads held high.
But some people couldn't hold back their tears and hurriedly stretched out their hands to wipe them away.
Who wouldn't be sad if a brother who lived together day and night died in battle?
But after the sadness, everyone still has to fight for themselves, for Northern Xinjiang, and for Datang.
"The enemy's forward is thirty miles away from our army!"
The atmosphere of war became intense.
Liu Qing frequently sent people out to investigate, and Yang Xuan's troops were among them.
“The head counts the merit.”
It was necessary to boost morale before the war, so Liu Qing gave a very high reward.
"A human head... ten cents!"
Ten cents was not enough to buy a meal and make clothes for the rich and powerful, but it was enough to motivate these soldiers to fight for their lives.
Wang Laoer was also moved.
He grabbed the old thief and murmured. Yang Xuan only heard about how much a head costs and how much meat can be bought...
Later Wang Laoer came to look for Yang Xuan.
"Mr. Lang, I want to kill someone."
"It's about killing the enemy, not killing people." Yang Xuan looked at him, "Who are you going with?"
"Old thief."
The old thief was laughing on the side.
Yang Xuan said with a straight face, "You are the only one who will accompany him to fool around."
The old thief laughed.
Wang Laoer looked at Yang Xuan eagerly, "Human heads are just meat."
"Don't go deep!"
The old thief and Wang Laoer set off.
Yang Xuan thought it was just a matter of relaxing.
When a team of scouts came back and told him that Wang Laoer was killing people like crazy, he was a little confused.
"Where are the people?"
Yang Xuan stood outside the camp and looked forward to it.
But the two guys, one big and one small, were nowhere to be seen.
The second team of scouts is back.
"Yang Mingfu, is there someone named Wang Laoer beside you?"
"Yes! Can you see him?"
"I saw it." The scout looked admiringly, "He is really a hero!"
This is so ridiculous.
What on earth did that guy Wang Laoer do?
Why doesn't the old thief care?
Yang Xuan was so angry that he wished he could go out and catch them personally.
If something happens to Mr. Wang, Yi Niang will definitely kill the old thief.
He didn't know that Wang Laoer had already transformed at this moment.
The old thief and he and more than ten cavalrymen left the camp and headed north.
The first encounter with the enemy was a group of scouts strangled with the enemy scouts.
There was nothing to say about this. The old thief shouted and everyone rushed forward.
Wang Laoer's movements were a little slow and he was almost chopped. The old thief was so frightened that he touched his forehead afterwards, fearing that the boy had a fever.
Wang Laoer didn't have a fever. His movements were sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and his brows were furrowed, as if he was thinking about the meaning of life and death.
After defeating this enemy group, everyone continued to move forward.
When he encountered a group of enemy scouts again, Wang Laoer was still the same.
The old thief wanted to retreat, so he said: "Defeat them, let's go back!"
But Wang Laoer raised his head and said, "My meat!"
The old thief cursed: "Life or meat?"
Wang Laoer was startled and murmured: "Life or meat?"
An enemy soldier took advantage of the situation and struck with a sword.
"Second dick!"
Seeing that he was still deep in thought, the old thief shouted hurriedly.
Wang Laoer raised his head, "It turns out it's all fake!"
Then he swung his knife.
The sword is as bright as a sword.
Too fast to see clearly.
The head flew up. Wang Laoer grabbed it and threw it to the old thief.
"Watch my meat."
He just galloped over.
One person faced a group of scouts.
The sword flashed.
Screams...
No.
There were no screams.
Only exclamations.
Heads kept falling to the ground, and Wang Laoer moved forward.
But when he broke through, the enemy scouts behind him were already going crazy.
"escape!"
"wait!"
Wang Laoer shouted and chased after him.
He didn't forget to turn around and say, "Remember to take the head."
He just chased him all the way.
On the road, they kept encountering Tang army scouts. They saw a group of Liao army scouts running for their lives. They thought it was their own men and horses coming. When they saw that it was just a horse, they were confused.
"waste!"
The enemy scouts who were fighting with the Tang army's scouts sent out a team of troops to help.
The result is the same.
Wang Laoer defeated his opponent first, then the old thief arrived with his men, and all of them ran away.
Wang Laoer also didn't forget to take care of the heads. But they had few people and it was difficult to take the heads.
Wang Laoer found a rope, threaded all the heads together, and dragged them behind the horse.
So, when Wang Laoer saw the enemy scouts and rushed over with cheers, smoke billowed behind him.
A bunch of heads were charging with him.
Everyone who saw it was dumbfounded.
The head skewer was getting longer and longer, and Wang Laoer became more and more excited.
"Where are the enemy troops?"
He couldn't find the enemy's scouts, so he asked his own scouts.
"Front!"
"Old thief, let's go." Wang Laoer turned around and shouted.
The old thief shouted feebly: "Second brother, we can't go anymore."
In this way, they fought their way to the front where the Tang Dynasty scouts were.
"kill!"
The old thief didn't know what was wrong with Wang Laoer, he only knew that this guy was getting more and more murderous.
There were more than ten heads on the rope, and the Tang army scouts looked at Wang Laoer in the wrong way.
This is obviously a red eye!
Wang Laoer also came over and asked, "Where are the enemy troops?"
A scout pointed ahead.
Smoke and dust billowed ahead.
The sound of horse hooves sounded like muffled thunder.
Wang Laoer turned around and said happily: "Old thief, you have meat!"
He galloped his horse and prepared to turn around, but saw that the old thief opened his mouth and could not close it.
Wang Laoer turned around slowly.
At the end of the horizon, a black line appears.
Those black lines are jumping, and when they jump out of the horizon, they continue to rise and fall.
"The enemy group has arrived, retreat!"
The scouts whipped up their horses and began to evacuate.
Among the enemy troops, the general pointed forward, and a group of cavalry rushed out.
"Second child."
Wang Laoer stared blankly at the enemy.
The old thief was worried that this fool would rush over, and just as he was about to ride his horse over to pull him away, Wang Laoer turned around.
"Run!"
Fortunately, at least he didn't become crazy.
After Wang Laoer came back, Chen Zhoujun was furious and ran out to watch.
The same goes for Liu Qing.
"What are you dragging?"
Wang Laoer rode his horse over, dismounted and asked, "Your Majesty, one head costs ten cents?"
Liu Qing nodded.
"Really?" Wang Laoer asked seriously.
"Really." Liu Qing answered seriously.
Wang Laoer ran behind the horse, cut the rope, and pulled the heads over one by one like a net.
"Fifty-three." Wang Laoer had already counted it, but had forgotten the result. "Old thief, how much does fifty-three cost?"
"Five hundred and thirty dollars."
This question is not difficult.
Wang Laoer stretched out his hand and said happily: "Give me money!"
Liu Qing looked at those people in a daze.
Everyone in Chen Zhoujun was also in a daze.
A string of unrecognizable heads were dragged and grinned in the sun, as if they were telling the absurdity of being hacked to death by a madman.
No one knows what happened to Wang Laoer at that moment.
Yang Xuan asked Wang Laoer, and Wang Laoer's answer was.
"I suddenly felt that it was easier to kill people."
Yang Xuan looked at the old thief, who smiled bitterly and said he didn't understand.
"Let's practice."
This is a good suggestion, Yang Xuan said: "The old thief will practice with the second brother."
"By the way, remember to click till the end."
The old thief's expression changed drastically, and just as he was about to refuse, Wang Laoer flew over.
"Hey hey hey!"
The old thief was chased all over the camp.
But Wang Laoer is faster.
The last two stopped.
Wang Laoer's fist stopped on the old thief's chest.
Boom!
a little!
"Cough cough cough cough!"
The old thief squatted on the ground, coughing heartbreakingly.
“That’s it!”
Wang Laoer turned around and looked the same as before.
But Yang Xuan knew something was different.
Liu Qing was obviously very interested in this murderous madman, so he asked someone whether he wanted gold or silver.
Wang Laoer wants copper coins.
When Yang Xuan found out, he kicked him.
"How to bring it?"
"I'll bring it myself."
Wang Laoer was very happy guarding a pile of copper coins.
"Yiniang said to help me save money and give it to her when I go back. If you want to eat meat, you can eat meat."
"Don't marry a wife?" the old thief asked, covering his chest.
"Madam...can you eat it?"
Thinking of the groom seriously asking the bride on the wedding night: "Can you eat it?", even if they knew it was a joke, everyone still had black lines on their heads.
"That's Mantis." Suzaku said.
"The enemy is coming." Someone shouted outside.
The horn is sounding.
So does the other party.
Huang Chunhui appeared.
It's past afternoon now.
He glanced at the enemy troops and ordered: "Just be on guard. The other soldiers should rest."
He turned around and went in, muttering: "It's the most comfortable to take a nap in this weather."
Lin Ya has arrived.
He looked at the Tang army's camp and said: "The Tang army is waiting for work, so the whole army retreats and sets up camp."
On that day, Huang Chunhui sent an order to improve the food.
Steaming broth, unlimited pancakes...
Everyone is eating hard.
Huang Chunhui is patrolling the camp.
"Zhongcheng."
The soldiers stood up and saluted.
"Eat your food and don't get up."
Huang Chunhui smiled.
An accompanying civil servant said: "The wind and cold in Zhongcheng haven't recovered yet. Let's patrol the camp again tomorrow."
Huang Chunhui shook his head.
"Many people will not be able to see it after today."
"I'll take another look at them."
"Let them take another look at me."
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Thanks to "Muddleheaded Zixuan" for becoming the leader of this book, thank you boss.