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821 The gift you like
At the end of April, the grasslands ushered in a truly beautiful season. Although there were constant wars, the tenacious weeds still broke through the layer of yellow under the urging of the spring breeze. After a spring rain, the weeds sprang up quickly. It's astonishing. If you don't care about it for three or two days, you will already be as tall as your feet.
The endless green makes people feel good and want to shout.
¡°If there was no killing and no war, I don¡¯t know how many people would be intoxicated and linger in this pure land. The coldness has gradually gone away, and the air here smells of grass. Stepping on the ground is like a layer of velvet, and even walking becomes a pleasure.
As long as there is peace on the grassland, it is so beautiful that it is intoxicating.
From far away, the green of the grassland and the blue of the sky merge together to form the purest and most pleasing picture in the world. The sky is clear, the earth is pure, and I feel relaxed and happy.
Last year when we arrived on the grassland, it was the golden age of autumn. The cavalry brought by Liu Hongji had watched the killings all winter. Now that such beautiful scenery appeared in front of them, each of them had the illusion of being outside the world. If there were no battles and fighting, it would be a very pleasant life just to herd horses and sheep on this vast grassland.
But the war is still there, and comfort can only exist in fantasy.
There has been no fighting for half a month, and the soldiers in the Central Plains have recovered their physical strength. The days without training and no need to fight are short, which is particularly valuable for them. Lying on the soft grass, looking at the blue sky, and savoring the smell of barbecue and milk wine, it must be said that it is easy to indulge in this comfort.
But they are not here for fun.
Although joining forces with the Turks is not something worth celebrating, if the people who join forces with the Turks are still prairie barbarians, it will be easy for people to accept. Every Central Plains soldier has a dream of conquering the northern part of the Great Wall, because The peoples on the grasslands have used their war horses to traverse the great rivers and mountains of the Central Plains more than once.
Killing Tiele people is also a very enjoyable thing.
One of the things that soldiers love to compare most in their spare time is to see who can kill more prairie barbarians. Those who report more numbers will naturally feel proud, and those who report fewer kills will not be upset or depressed. The war is not over yet. Killing one more prairie man may ensure that the Central Plains will be more stable and peaceful.
Liu Hongji once wandered on the grassland, so he was no stranger to this endless green scenery. Moreover, his mind was not on admiring the scenery. The strangeness in the past half month had already made him a little restless. It's just that the team also needs to rest. If the endless fighting continues like before, what he is most worried about is that all the soldiers will go crazy or die from exhaustion.
¡°I always feel like something big is going to happen.¡±
He walked behind Ashina Duoduo and watched the Turkic wolf riders wrestling and quarreling not far away: "Our scouts can no longer get close to the Tiele people's camp to have a look. After all, they feel uneasy. There was no war a while ago. The Tiele people are standing still because we have cut off their food and grass. The road for Jamuka to transport cattle and sheep from his own territory was cut off by Ashina. Now people from all tribes think that they will be burned and killed. The looting was done by the Tiele people, and they gradually drifted away from Jamuka."
"Without food and grass, Jamukha couldn't fight even if he wanted to. But it's different now. It's already warm in spring, so there's no reason for Jamukha to stay still like this."
Ashina Duoduo nodded: "It's just that Jamuka sent a large number of rangers to patrol outside the camp all day long. We lost hundreds of our scouts and couldn't rely on them. What exactly does he want to do? We can't see it. I can't guess. I've been thinking these past few days What is he afraid of us seeing by sending so many rangers?"
"After much thought"
Ashina Duoduo turned around, looked at Liu Hongji and said, "It seems that there is only one thing that Jamuka is afraid of us seeing. So I asked General Liu to come over. You are a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and you can see more clearly than me."
"No one can see more clearly than you!"
Liu Hongji said with some excitement: "If it weren't for your words, I wouldn't have thought of this level. He sent so many rangers to patrol back and forth, and he didn't dare to let our scouts get close. Naturally, he was afraid that we would see the camp. What is he afraid of if his soldiers are still there? The most likely possibility is that the camp is already empty."
He paused for a moment and speculated: "Did Jamuka withdraw his troops? If that is the case, then Ashina's heavy ceremony is in danger. He doesn't even have three thousand cavalry under his command now!"
Ashina Duoduo shook her head: "It may also be intentional."
"How to say?"
Liu Hongji asked.
"if¡¡"
Ashina Duoduo said softly: "Let's think about itif we deliberately prevent Jamuka's people from approaching our camp, and the scouts come to kill them one by one, what will Jamuka think? Will he also speculate like we do? , and finally came to the conclusion that the camp was empty. If so, what would he do? Since we did it on purpose, why did we do it on purpose? "
"Introduce Zhamuhe and set up an ambush to kill him."
"I'm worried"
Ashina Duoduo sighed softly and said: "Exactly this."
"This is not difficult."
Liu Hongji smiled and said: "With 30,000 cavalry charging into the formation, if the Jamukha camp is empty, we will definitely not be able to stop the 30,000 fine cavalry. If he really deliberately led us to attack, then the 30,000 cavalry would not be able to stop us." If you attack, you won¡¯t get too many trapped.¡±
He clasped his fists and said, "I'm willing to go."
"General Liu, this is a matter on the grassland"
Ashina Duoduo was about to refuse, but was interrupted by Liu Hongji: "This is a matter between you Turks and Tiele people. I led the troops to test it not because I am greedy for any merit. My lord has already entered Hebei. I don¡¯t want to miss this big event¡ My people are also in a hurry to go home.¡±
Ashina Duoduo was silent, feeling a little guilty in her heart.
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Yuyang County
A group of about three to five hundred Goguryeo soldiers rushed into a small village. In just half an hour, more than 200 people in the village were almost killed, leaving only seven or eight young and attractive-looking women. , and was randomly pushed to the ground and raped by these insurgents. Hundreds of people took turns to go up, and several women were tortured to death.
These Goguryeo rebels had finished venting their animalistic desires and stabbed the women to death with knives. The leading Goguryeo man made a gesture, and the rebels dispersed to collect their belongings. All valuable things were taken away, and anything that could not be taken away was burned and smashed. Not long after, this peaceful little village was swallowed up by the sea of ??fire.
These Goguryeo people looked at the raging fire and laughed. Someone tied the obscene clothes of the woman who had been tortured to death on a simple knife and shook it back and forth. They screamed as they shook it, and they were so excited that they felt like they had been injected with chicken blood. The leading Goguryeo man muttered a few words, and the rebels immediately cheered.
They took the stolen property with them and planned to rush to another village at the foot of the mountain before dark. These rebels were ordered by Yeon Gaesumun, the actual leader of Goguryeo, to infiltrate into various places in Yuyang County to destroy and loot. Since Luo Yi's troops withdrew, Yuyang County has no regular troops to garrison. Although the number of civilian warriors spontaneously organized by the common people was not large, it was even more difficult for the Goguryeo people to kill them and then run away.
County Governor Li Chengen sent four or five groups of people to Zhuo County to ask for help, but Luo Yi had already left Zhuo County, where could he be taken care of. He had no choice but to surrender to Dou Jiande for the sake of the people, hoping that Dou Jiande could send troops to drive away the Goguryeo people. Before the envoys sent out returned, King Yan Li Xian's army had already invaded Hebei.
Hebei is in such chaos that local officials don¡¯t know whose orders they should listen to.
After the rebels killed someone, they walked to the next village humming a tune. You could see the village through a forest, but when you were walking to the middle of the forest, countless arrows suddenly flew out from the dense forest, covering them like a heavy rain. The hundreds of Goguryeo people were shot over without even reacting. More than half.
The remaining ones had no time to escape, and a large number of warriors wearing leather armor rushed out from the woods, with scimitars like a forest, and killed all the Goguryeo people in a matter of seconds. These Goguryeo people did not know where the soldiers who killed them came from until their death.
The soldiers threw the dead bodies aside with disdain in their eyes.
A group of burly and tough people came out from the depths of the forest, led by a prairie man wearing an iron sword. He held an enchanting Han woman in his left arm and laughed loudly as he walked: "It seems that the Central Plains is really in a mess. Such a few Goguryeo people dare to kill people and set fires here. Beauty If only I had listened earlier. Your advice, why should I fight with the Turks to the death? It seems easier and simpler to conquer half of the Central Plains than to destroy the Turks."
"Great Khan, as long as you are willing, the Jiangnan water town is also your territory."
"Ha ha!"
Zhamuhe patted Chen Wanrong's face and said: "I will listen to you this time. Grab all the ships in Yuyang County, and the army will go south along the canal dug by the Sui Emperor in your Central Plains, and go directly around to that Why don't you go after Li Xian? When the time comes, you will kill your enemies to avenge you, and then you can divide them into half of Hebei. After you have enough troops and food, you can go back to the grassland and kill the Turks."
"I'm afraid that Wang Pao has no good intentions and uses the Great Khan to use your elite soldiers to go south to fight against Li Xian, but heTo reap the benefits of the fisherman, let him take advantage of it for nothing. "
"he?"
Jamukha snorted coldly and said: "If that Han guy who doesn't even have full hair dares to plot against me, I will simply take away his territory as well."
¡°It¡¯s better to be cautious, Khan.¡±
Chen Wanrong thought for a while and said: "It would be better if the Khan asked the soldiers to display the banner of Goguryeo, so that the Han people could be concealed. When the army appeared behind Li Xian from the waterway, there would be nothing to worry about. Li Xian Never would he have expected that Khan, who was supposed to be on the grassland, would suddenly appear behind him!"
"It's just too complicated!"
Zhamuhe said: "If I follow my temper and the 200,000-strong army directly rolls over, how can those weak two-legged sheep be able to stop it? Luo Manzi's tiger-backed heavy horse was wasting away foolishly on the grassland. There are still people in the Central Plains. Who is my opponent? Tiele Qingqi is invincible!"
He pinched Chen Wanrong¡¯s face and said, ¡°When I win the Central Plains world, you will be that kind of queen!¡±
"Thank you, Khan!"
Chen Wanrong pretended to be shy and lowered her head to thank her.
¡°There¡¯s one more thing¡¡±
Jamukha smiled and said, "I heard that you had a very unhappy life in the Khitan tribe. Isn't your man named Mohui not good to you?"
"Yeahhe is just a coward."
Chen Wanrong wrapped her arms around Jamukha and said, "He has no masculinity at all. Even a single hair of Dahan is more than a hundred times stronger than him."
"There's no use keeping such a person around. You'll still feel sick every time you think about it."
Jamukha waved, and then several soldiers ran out from the team. The leading soldier was carrying a bloody package. Jamukha took it and threw it at Chen Wanrong's feet: "So, I specially sent people to the Khitan tribe to quietly Chop off his head and give it to you as a gift. Beauty do you like this gift?"
The package fell to the ground, and the bloody cloth spread out, revealing the dead head inside. His eyes stared directly at Chen Wanrong, full of anger and unwillingness.
"Mohui"
Chen Wanrong felt a sharp pain in her heart, as if a knife had penetrated deeply. When she left him, she never looked back. But when they met again in such a situation, she realized that her heart had already been occupied by him. The bloody face and the angry and unwilling eyes made her heart hurt so much that she could hardly bear it. She dug her nails deeply into the palm of her hand, holding back her tears and pretending to be happy: "I likeI like this gift that Dahan gave me"
"like?"
Jamukha smiled and said, "How about you give me a kick to vent your anger?"
"¡¡good¡¡"
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