Fufeng Song

It was late at night, and there was darkness between the sky and the ground. The bitter cold wind from outside the Yanmen Pass roared in, bringing with it large streams of gravel and ice slag, and slapped on the iron leaves of the armor of Lu Yao, the leader of the Bingzhou Army, emitting fine and sharp sounds. softly.Although he has been away from his hometown with a warm and humid climate for many years, Lu Yao is still not quite used to the cold climate in the north.He couldn't help shivering, and stretched out his hand to rub his stiff face fiercely.

The fierce attack and defense day and night caused many damages to the wall of the village, and the sand and soil collapsed to form gaps.Since the evening, the Jin army has been rushing to make a wooden fence to block the gap, and then fill the soil behind the wooden fence and tamp it down.Everyone knows that the more the wall is strengthened, the more hope of survival they have, so they dare not neglect this work in the slightest.The Hu people continued to send elite small groups of troops to harass the efforts of the Jin army, and even tried to break into the village through these gaps.The two sides fought like this on and off until midnight.

Just now, Lu Yao finally supervised and led the soldiers to install the last section of the wooden fence. During this period, he repelled two waves of barbarian harassment, leaving dozens of corpses inside and outside the wall.At this moment, he once again patrolled the wall to watch out for any possible omissions.

Several soldiers followed Lu Yao, checking the newly added corpses on the wall along the way, and whenever they found that they belonged to the Huns, they stabbed them deeply in the throat.The Xiongnu were fierce by nature, even if they were seriously injured and fainted, they would still go into battle after waking up.It has happened many times before a violent Hun jumps out of the dead and kills everyone.The countermeasure of the Jin army is very simple: after the battle, they will always make up their swords to prevent future troubles.

Sure enough, the same thing happened again this time.A "corpse" of the Huns at the corner suddenly jumped up, swung a short knife and rushed towards Lu Yao, who was facing away from him.As an officer, Lu Yao's armor is different from that of ordinary soldiers.The Huns undoubtedly planned for a long time, not only the target was accurate, but also the action was extremely fast.

Hearing the wind blowing in the back of his head, Lu Yao hurriedly turned around.Even though he had quick eyesight and quick hands, he only had time to grab the enemy's knife-holding palm and handle, but was pushed and shoved a few steps by the rushing force, and hit the crenel with a bang on his back.The Hun put almost his entire body weight on the handle of the knife, and the sharp tip of the knife was only an inch away from Lu Yao's heart.

Lu Yao's expression did not change at all. He pressed against the deadly short knife and exerted force with his five fingers.The barbarian's thick palm made a toothache cracking sound, and was twisted immediately.Lu Yao then abruptly reversed the direction of the dagger, and stabbed it hard into the barbarian's chest, missing the handle.

The barbarian's eyes widened suddenly, his limbs struggled a few times, and he stopped moving.

Lu Yao pushed the barbarian's body away with some disgust, stood up straight and straightened his scattered robes.It was only then that several soldiers came to their senses and rushed to rescue them.They cursed angrily, and slashed the barbarian's throat several times, even if this guy had three lives, he would die.

Lu Yao himself didn't feel nervous about surviving death.He ignored the admiring eyes of the soldiers, and looked intently at the distant mountains. The dark night sky merged with the undulating mountains and it was difficult to distinguish.Presumably countless wolves-like Huns are hiding in it, staring at this small village.

Maybe he really wants to die here!Lu Yao smiled wryly, and subconsciously pressed and pinched the metacarpal bone of his left hand with his right hand until the bone made a bouncing sound.

It's a bit strange to say that Lu Yao has always felt that he is different since he was a child, and he can't help but have a strong premonition that "heaven will send a great responsibility to man".Because of this bad habit, he suffered a lot and suffered a lot, but he always stubbornly felt that his ideas were not wrong.Now, I have finally come to a desperate situation, but this idea not only has not dissipated, but has been strengthened even more.

have a bee in one's bonnet!have a bee in one's bonnet!Lu Yao shook his head, pushing the weird thoughts out of his mind.

Alas... What have you done in your twenty-odd years of life?Recalling carefully, there seems to be nothing to say, just blankly following the ups and downs of fate, constantly drifting.Forget it, this kind of meaningless life, even if it reaches the end, so what!Lu Yao sighed and walked down the wall.

This is a nameless ancient walled city.The village is built on the mountain, and the steep cliffs are used as a barrier at the rear, which is very steep. The wall of the village is built with fine loess plates, and it is estimated that some work was done back then.The Walled City has been abandoned for a long time. There is no one inhabitant in the Walled City, and brambles and weeds grow everywhere.Most of the buildings have also collapsed, and only some crooked earthen walls can barely withstand the cold wind.

Lu Yao rubbed his almost frozen hands vigorously, and walked around a dirt wall.In a corner just sheltered from the wind behind the wall, there was a small bonfire flickering.Several people squatting or sitting by the campfire saw Lu Yao approaching and stood up one after another.

Lu Yao rushed forward to help a trembling middle-aged scribe who was about to stand up, and then found a slightly clean place to sit cross-legged.The middle-aged scribe originally had a clear face and elegant eyebrows, but at this moment half of his body was wrapped in white cloth, his robe was stained with blood in many places, and the long sword with several gaps was inserted obliquely at his waist. The look after a hard fight.

"Master Lu, I never thought we would end up in this situation!" The middle-aged scholar looked at Lu Yao in a daze for a while, and let out a long sigh of extreme heartache.

Lu Yao just put his hands close to the bonfire to bake silently, without speaking.The name of this middle-aged scribe is Yang Yi, and his surname is Youze. He is an official worshiped as a soldier and joined the army. He is one of the staff officers that the commander-in-chief of the army, General Jishe, Nie Xuan relies heavily on. The defeat of the army and the fact that everyone is in a desperate situation may not be without some responsibility from him. .According to Lu Yao's original intention, it would be refreshing to scold Yang Yi severely.But the ups and downs of life over the past few years have made Lu Yao very good at concealing his true thoughts. Under the light of the fire, his eyebrows and eyes are full of respect, and there is no expression at all.

Others may not be as self-cultivated as Lu Yao.

An officer standing alone in the wind with his hands folded on his chest said coldly: "This time, the imperial court mobilized tens of thousands of elite troops to wipe out the Xiongnu's exhausted army. It should be a good chance of victory. However, Nie Xuan, the former governor of the Ministry of Accumulation, Arrogant and arrogant, advancing lightly, issuing more than a dozen notifications in a row after a few small victories along the way, but they have already fallen into an ambush by the barbarians. Why did we fall into such a situation? Didn't Yang Canjun think of the reason until now? "These words were stern, he strode in front of Yang Yi, the dancing flames reflected on the left half of his face, there was only a blood hole where the eyes should be, which made people shudder.

This person is Wang Wei, the subordinate of Yueqi Captain Chen Yong, and he usually has a very strong personality.It can be said that Chen Yong's troops were killed indirectly because of Nie Xuan's aggressive actions of underestimating the enemy. Naturally, he hated Yang Yi, who was Nie Xuan's staff officer, extremely.

Seeing Wang Wei's blood-stained face approaching him, Yang Yi couldn't help but turn pale, but he didn't back down: "Where is General Nie fighting for merit? I just know that Chen is incompetent and unable to fight, so I have to do it! "

"Fart!" Wang Wei cursed angrily.

Yang Yi ignored it, and continued: "If it wasn't for Chen Yong's lingering in the battle, how could the barbarians have a chance? In my opinion, Chen Yong, a villain who fears the enemy like a tiger, is the culprit!"

Wang Wei couldn't help being furious, and knocked Yang Yi to the ground with a blow to the chest: "Rat, do you think I dare not kill you?"

Yang Yi fell to the ground suddenly, blood oozing from the bandage immediately.He was much tougher than ordinary scribes, he gritted his teeth and endured the pain, and said with a sneer, "Old soldier, of course you can kill me, but you'll just be reincarnated one day earlier!" Buddha religion, Buddha religion advocates the theory of "six realms of reincarnation": after death, the soul is immortal, according to the size of good and evil and the depth of practice before life, it goes up and down among the three times and six realms, and reincarnates back and forth.What he meant clearly was that at this point, it doesn't make any difference whether you die early or late. Once the city is destroyed tomorrow, with the brutality of the barbarian people, they will definitely kill anyone.

Wang Wei couldn't help being frustrated, turned his head and sat back on the spot, never looking at Yang Yi again.The solemn and solemn atmosphere at the scene was even more depressing.

"This place is not far from Huguan...Maybe there will be reinforcements coming to rescue us tomorrow..." Another officer Chen Yiqiang cheered himself up.The others glanced at him, but no one spoke to him.Duke Dongying still has [-] strong soldiers in Huguan. If he wanted to take over the defeated soldiers, he would have already dispatched them. How could they fall into such a desperate situation? .Although Chen Yi encouraged everyone, everyone sighed and fell into pessimism and despair.

"It's unrealistic to expect reinforcements. Almost all the main force of the Bingzhou Army was lost this time, and the troops left by Shangdang are all Dongying Gong's old base and real troops. What kind of character is Dongying Gong? General Chen Don’t you know? There’s really no need to expect anything about it.” Lu Yao looked at the expressions of the crowd, and continued with vigor, “But if it’s hopeless, that’s not necessarily the case.”

"Oh?" A burly man suddenly sat up beside the fire.This person is Xue Tong, the military leader.

Xue Tong's figure is much taller than that of ordinary people, with broad shoulders and a round waist. He is as mighty as a door god.His armor was stained with blood, making him look very hideous at first glance.

In the bloody battle in Daling three days ago, the Jin army collapsed layer by layer, and countless routs rushed to the ground.Only a very small number of troops can keep their ranks in order, and Lu Yao's unit is one of them.They avoided the Huns' large forces in a roundabout way, and quickly wiped out the smaller ones. During this period, they successively absorbed several Jin troops led by Xue Tong, Wang Wei, Yang Yi, etc., and made consecutive breakthroughs. Several groups of enemy troops chased and intercepted them, and retreated eastward along the Zhuozhang River.

Helplessly, the Hu people's army is dominated by cavalry. Even if the Jin army ran around the mountains almost non-stop, they could not completely shake off the pursuers.The two armies fought for several days, and the Jin army had to retreat into the abandoned city to defend it.The Huns immediately surrounded the village and attacked from all sides.The extremely tragic offensive and defensive battle went on for a whole day, and the number of Jin troops in the village decreased from more than a thousand to less than six hundred, and the rest were all wounded.

Although Xue Tong is a brave soldier who takes the lead on the battlefield, when faced with such a desperate situation, there are still thousands of thoughts in his mind.When he raised his eyes, he saw Lu Yao sitting cross-legged, with a calm and composed attitude, not unusual at all.

"What's Daoming's strategy?" Xue Tong asked loudly.

Lu Yao stared at the fire, and said slowly: "The only thing we can rely on at this time is courage. There is no clever strategy."

He gritted his teeth and continued: "The Huns won the decisive battle in Daling. They chased and killed all the troops like pigs and sheep. They thought they were invincible from now on. They are so-called arrogant soldiers. And the enemy army that surrounded us has been fighting since three days ago. Since I was ordered to pursue the attack, I have traveled hundreds of miles and gone through more than [-] bitter battles. This is the so-called tired soldier. The proud soldier is also tired. Although there are many soldiers and horses, we may have a chance! Tonight we will choose a hundred strong soldiers Soldiers, let them eat, drink, and rest well. Tomorrow's battle, first defend the city for half a day, and when the enemy's anger retreats, I will personally lead a hundred warriors to surprise the enemy camp and defeat them in one fell swoop!"

He glanced at the generals around him: "What do you think?"

All the generals looked at each other, speechless for a while.Chen Yi coughed a few times and said, "This plan is too risky! Too risky! It's better to stick to it and wait for help."

Before he could finish speaking, Xue Tong grabbed Chen Yi's armor and pushed him far away.Chen Yi couldn't stand enough and fell to the ground, her teeth were bared in pain, but she didn't dare to argue.

Xue Tong stood beside Lu Yao, looking at the others with piercing eyes: "In the current situation, defending to the death is defending to the death, it is better to take a risk. I have heard that in the art of war, one man's life is enough to fear thousands of men. A hundred warriors who swear to die? General Lu’s idea is very good, and my old Xue agrees!”

Xue Tong and Lu Yao belonged to different generals, and they had no friendship at first, but the experience of fighting the enemy side by side in the past few days made Xue Tong admire Lu Yao very much.Moreover, he had a temperament that would rather be broken than broken, and Xue Tong was the first to agree when Lu Yao proposed to fight with a surprise soldier.

Strictly speaking, what Lu Yao proposed was not a clever strategy, but a desperate blow to get lucky.But in such a situation, it is a death anyway, so you might as well go all out and fight.

The soldiers led by Lu and Xue exceeded [-]% of the existing troops. Since they were determined to do so, the opinions of others were actually irrelevant.Lu Yao got up and bowed his hands to the generals, and then he and Xue Tong went to select the warriors who would surprise the enemy the next day.

There are broken walls and ruins everywhere in the city wall, bypassing the fire where the officers were sitting, and walking along a low wall not far away is the place where the soldiers rested.The soldiers were lying in disorder, some were asleep, some were chatting, and some wounded uttered miserable low whistles from time to time.

Xue Tong summoned a senior officer, and was about to give orders, when he suddenly heard crying in the night wind.

Such things have always been a taboo in the army, but at this time, Xue Tong was furious, and he jumped and shouted: "Which eggless guy is crying! The surname Xue will be hacked alive now!" You!" The loud shout sounded like a thunderbolt on the ground, and the ears of everyone around were buzzing.

The crying stopped abruptly, and even the whispering disappeared completely.Xue Tong spun around on the spot a few times, only to feel that the blood in his chest could no longer be suppressed, and suddenly swung his big knife to slash at the void.His martial arts are already high-strength, and at this moment, he accidentally agreed with him, and a sharp wind of the saber suddenly rushed towards the sky with the momentum of the saber, and went away through the air.

"Good sword! Good sword technique!" Lu Yao said suddenly.

Xue Tong put the knife back into its sheath and said with a wry smile: "This knife is handed down from my family. Although it is not a treasured sword that has been handed down through the ages, it is still considered the top grade of the sword. Today's official swords are far inferior." He only said the sword It's good not to praise the saber technique, but to be humble. He unsheathed the saber and handed it to Lu Yao.

Lu Yao took it over and took a closer look.The shape of this knife is peculiar. The blade is about a foot longer than the ordinary ring-headed knife. The handle can be held with both hands, and the tail of the handle is triangular in shape. It weighs at least thirty catties. The light was rippling like water waves, it was indeed a rare and good knife, and there was a row of small characters engraved on the spine of the knife.

"72 refining..." Lu Yao read out in a low voice, nodding his head slightly: "A hundred years ago, Pu Yuan, the master knife maker, was invited by the Shu Han ancestor to open a furnace to cast [-] sabers in Chengdu. Handle. Presumably this is one of them, it turns out that brother Xue came from the Xue family in Hedong, so I'm sorry."

Xue Tong was surprised that he was a child of the Xue family in Hedong.The Xue family was originally a wealthy family in Peixian County, Xuzhou. At the end of the Han Dynasty, some people followed Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei to fight in the south and north, and they were awarded the saber made by Pu Yuan.After the death of the Shu Han, the imperial court feared the potential of the Xue family in Bashu, so they moved thousands of families of the Xue family to Hedong.From then on, the Xue family took Hedong as the prefecture, and the local people often called it "Shu Xue".

"Brother Lu is very knowledgeable!" Xue Tong praised: "My grandfather fought with Emperor Zhaolie of the Later Han Dynasty since he was a child. He accumulated meritorious service as a pawn and was promoted to the position of commander-in-chief, so he was bestowed with an imperial saber!"

He took the long knife that Lu Yao handed back, slapped the scabbard backhand, and felt a sense of pride in his chest: "This knife has been with me for three generations of the Xue family, and has gone through countless battles. In tomorrow's battle, I can drink the blood of the enemy!"

Lu Yao didn't have that much generosity.He nodded slightly, unexpectedly calm.Walking leisurely along the wall of the village, breathing the cool night air, inadvertently heard the sound of the strong wind blowing the forest and sea among the vast mountains in the distance, and the occasional howling of wolves from farther away.

"No! No!" Lu Yao's face changed drastically, and he clearly felt something else.That didn't come from any sensory information, but the instinct bred by countless bloody battles to warn him!

He and Xue Tong looked at each other, and with a few strides, they climbed up the wall of the village.

Xue Tong reached out and took a pine tree from the wall, and threw it far away.

The burning torch drew a bright arc in the night sky, illuminating thousands of enemies below.

Taking advantage of the cover of night, the Huns launched another raid.No... Such a large scale is not harassment, the Huns are planning to fight fiercely overnight and capture the city in one fell swoop!

"Enemy attack!" Lu Yao roared loudly.