The night is dark and windy.
In the territory of Yanmen, the army on foot was walking through the dark night, one after another, like the endless black sea in the gray night.
Woyang is a city next to the Great Wall of the State of Zhao. The State of Zhao has two ends of the Great Wall. One section is south of Handan, close to the Zhangshui River Basin. It was once used to protect the Chu State in the south, and later the Great Wall of Han and Zhao. In the past, Xin Sheng It was at that section of the Great Wall that Li Mu, who rushed to the aid of Sima Shang, was defeated. It was also in that battle that many of Xin Sheng's generals were demoted due to their defeat. When General Teng was alive, he was demoted because of this.
The other Great Wall was in the Yanmen area in the north of Zhao State. It was used to guard against the Huns in the north. Bai Yan and his army of border cavalry rushed to Woyang overnight.
late at night.
Under the command of Bai Yan, more than 30,000 cavalry officers and soldiers all entered Woyang. At this moment, except for a small number of women, children, old and young, almost all men and women in Woyang City were under the command of Hui Pu and Yu He. Head to Yanmen Mountain and Pingcheng respectively.
When the Xiongnu wanted sheep to attack, Bai Yan asked the people to pretend to be side riders.
This is why Bai Yan started investigating the number of people registered in Yanmen after arriving at the military camp. It has to be said that a large part of the credit for this is due to the system of the Qin State, which allowed Bai Yan to find out the number of people in Yanmen in a short time. The population of each city.
"General!"
Yifang came to Bai Yan in the night and bowed to Bai Yan.
Looking at the soldiers approaching Wo Yang, the blood in Yifang's heart ignited again. After knowing Bai Yan's plan, Yifang seemed to have returned to the scene of following Wu'an Jun Li Mu, following a confident general across the battlefield. .
"The order goes down. No one is allowed to enter people's houses without permission. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
Bai Yan glanced at the soldiers entering the city, and then gave orders to Yifang and Kuai Jin.
"promise!"
"promise!
"
Yi Fang and Kuai Jin raised their hands and saluted Bai Yan.
At this time, under the leadership of several servants, three pale-haired old men and six or seven middle-aged men came to Bai Yan.
"Woyang Xu family, meet General Bai!"
"Wo Yanghuan clan, pay your respects to General Bai!"
"Wo Yang Zhao, meet General Bai!"
Regardless of whether they were old or young, more than ten people came to Bai Yan and raised their heads and bowed to Bai Yan to salute him.
Although Woyang City is next to the Great Wall, close to the Yunzhong Mountains, and belongs to the Yanmen border, but although the sparrow is small and has all the internal organs, there is naturally no shortage of nobles in Woyang City. Even when the robbery and sale were investigated, there were one or two nobles. It was branched from the clan lineage during the Jin Dynasty, and has been thriving in Woyang ever since.
It's a pity that all the inherited noble families were wiped out by Bai Yan's people during the previous investigation and prosecution of robbery and selling.
The dozen or so people at the moment were mostly from the rising families and some families that had shown goodwill to Bai Yan very early.
"Bai Yan, I've met you all!"
Although the sky was dark, Bai Yan could still vaguely see that some people had visited Shanwu City very early with financial gifts.
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Because they knew that not only did the young man have the famous Bai family cavalry under him now, but also the side cavalry who used to be under Li Mu, as well as all the Qin officials in the entire Yanmen, were under the young man's command. More importantly, they had also seen with their own eyes those former soldiers. The other clans entrenched in Woyang suffered the fate, and now they are not willing to repeat the mistakes of those clans.
"Thank you!"
When Bai Yan heard the invitation from these nobles, he glanced at the soldiers around him and did not refuse.
Early morning.
As the sky mountains turned white and the sky gradually brightened, the streets of Woyang City were filled with frontier soldiers, wrapped in coarse cloth, sleeping in rows. They stayed up all day and all night, and traveled all night. Even sleeping on the street is very sweet.
Bai Yan looked at the soldiers walking slowly on the street holding Chang Ge and swords sleeping soundly.
"General!"
"General!
"
Small voices sounded one after another on the street. Bai Yan looked at the tired soldiers and shook his head, indicating that there was no need to say hello.
In the eyes of the soldiers on the side, they thought that Bai Yan should have rested last night. However, looking at Bai Yan's eyes that were full of exhaustion and bloodshot, they couldn't help but froze on the spot.
Seeing that Bai Yan asked them not to wake others up, the soldiers naturally did not dare to say anything more and could only continue to lie on the ground. However, the feeling of sleepiness that they originally felt slowly disappeared.
The soldiers were lying on the ground, turning their heads slightly, looking straight at the back of the young man on the street, escorted by two soldiers, slowly walking towards the city gate.
On top of Woyang City.
Bai Yan came to the top of the city. At this moment, there were still only a few Qin officials patrolling the top of the city, and a few soldiers guarding the city with long swords.
Under the city gate, there were still some people from the rural pavilions near Woyang. They didn't know that the people in Woyang had been evacuated. They came to Woyang early in the morning to buy some things they needed for their homes.
Looking at the Qin official on the tower, Bai Yan came to a corner and sat down after telling him the excuse he had prepared.
"General, why don't you go back to your house and rest! You haven't had a good rest in a long time!"
Zhang stood next to Bai Yan, frowning slightly, and said softly.
To be honest, Zhang used to work as a butcher in She Village outside Luoyin City. In his eyes, let alone other places, he was an official in Luoyin. He didn't drink and eat all day long, and went to restaurants to enjoy himself every day. Officials were like this , not to mention generals who are higher in rank than officials and generals.
So I always thought that generals enjoyed happiness. Even in the army, they had good food and wine, beautiful servants and concubines, and they only had to command the army to kill the enemy in war.
However, since he followed Bai Yan, he was completely dumbfounded. Being a general was not a blessing, it was just suffering!
Bai Yan, who could have taken his time back to Yanmen because something was wrong before, directly rode back to Yanmen day and night. He finally arrived at Shanwu and had no time to rest. After a few words of explanation, he went to the governor's house that day. , and then immediately rushed to the camp before dark.
I have been busy since then.
I thought I would be able to rest after traveling last night, but I never thought that those nobles would pop out again. After finally giving those nobles face, the general would come to the street to see the generals again.
"Here at the city gate, I feel at ease!"
When Bai Yan heard Zhang's words, he took off his sword like a border knight, held it in his arms, leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
And Bai Yan's words left Zhang speechless.
Although he was not Bai Yan, and he didn't understand any big principles, he could feel the heavy pressure on Bai Yan's shoulders after listening to Bai Yan's words.
The captain of Yanmen County is Bai Yan!
The entire Yanmen side cavalry are all at Bai Yan's disposal. The safety of Yanmen and the survival of all Yanmen people are closely related to Bai Yan's orders. If something goes wrong, even Yanmen dare not imagine.
Think of this.
He glanced at Bai Yan who was sleeping with his eyes closed, then turned his head and glanced at the endless mountains and rivers outside the city, and the responsibilities of Yanmen.
He took off the thick iron rod from his back, his thick body
He came directly to Bai Yan and followed Bai Yan's example, leaning against the wall and closing his eyes.
Sunset.
Bai Yan had already woken up, but Bai Yan never left.
"General! General, there is news from Yanmen Mountain!"
A soldier hurriedly ran in the city road, and as the sound rang out, he slowly opened his eyes.
After following Bai Yan for this period of time, he was really exhausted. When he opened his eyes and woke up, he saw General Yifang, General Kuai Jin and others, who had already been around Bai Yan for some time.
Seeing this, Zhang was startled and stood up quickly.
On the city road.
Bai Yan finally received the news after waiting for a whole day. When he took the bamboo slip and read the contents in it, Bai Yan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Let the soldiers prepare wine!"
Bai Yan handed the bamboo slips to Yi Fang and whispered.
Yifang took the bamboo slips and looked at them. When he saw that Yanmen Mountain and Pingcheng were really attacked by the Huns, he was shocked. From the description above, Yifang, who had led the army for many years, also immediately noticed that it was really as white as white. Yan said that everywhere in Yanmen Mountain and Pingcheng were attacked by Huns.
The news about Bai Yan before was all true!
!
Think of this.
Yifang didn't know where Bai Yan learned such a detailed plan of the Xiongnu, but now that Yanmen Mountain and Pingcheng were attacked by sheep, the only way the Xiongnu wanted to go south to Yanmen was through Yunzhong.
"promise!"
Yifang bowed to Bai Yanji and accepted the order, then turned and left.
An hour later.
As the sky grew dark, all the frontier soldiers in the city came to the streets of Beicheng after having dinner. Outside the north gate, densely packed frontier soldiers filled the streets.
One by one, the soldiers on the side of the cavalry held bowls and handed them to other soldiers alternately. There were porcelain bowls and wooden bowls, of different sizes, but without exception, they could all hold wine.
When Bai Yan's figure appeared on the streets of Beicheng, every frontier soldier looked at Bai Yan with a bowl of wine.
Inside the north city gate, the wooden frame that was erected was too high. Bai Yan, followed by Yifang, Kuai Jin and others, walked to the platform above.
Black flags with the word Qin fluttering in the wind on the city wall and in the hands of many soldiers.
Bai Yan took a porcelain bowl from his henchman's hand, watched as his henchman poured it into the bowl, and then turned to look at the boundless soldiers in the city, covering all the open spaces, the former Zhao people.
"Soldiers!"
Bai Yan stepped forward, holding the bowl in one hand and shouting loudly with the other.
As Bai Yan's voice sounded, all the soldiers on the sidelines fell silent. They all held drinks and looked at Bai Yan on the platform.
At this moment, there were no people in this city that originally led to the clouds and directly to the Huns in the north. In the quiet city, at a glance, except for the endless line of soldiers wearing civilian clothes, only Bai Yan's voice echoed.
"Tens of thousands of Huns, just outside the Yunzhong Mountains."
Bai Yan looked at all the frontier soldiers and told them everything about the Xiongnu outside the Yunzhong Mountains.
"They are going south this time to plunder Yanmen, destroy the Yanmen city, kidnap the women of Yanmen, and kill the old and weak of Yanmen!"
Bai Yan roared loudly, a rare and ferocious face appeared on Bai Yan's cheeks, and many bloodshot eyes were full of hatred. This was a rare appearance of Bai Yan, and it fell into the eyes of all the frontier soldiers at this moment. .
The words are rough but not unreasonable. Listening to Bai Yan's words, all the soldiers on the frontier have the ability to distinguish right from wrong. They understand that there is no trace of fraud in Bai Yan's words.
No.
Why did the Xiongnu go south? It was not to plunder their land, burn their cities, kill their relatives, and rob their wives and daughters.
Thinking of this, the breathing of each of the frontier soldiers gradually became faster. Regardless of whether they had wives and children in Yanmen, at this moment, for those Huns, every frontier soldier's mind was full of killing intent.
And under the watchful eyes of countless frontier soldiers.
Bai Yan, who was on the wooden platform, picked up the wine glass and roared with all his strength.
"Is there any man in Yanmen?"
Bai Yan's words made the frontier soldiers who were already full of murderous intentions towards the Huns become completely jealous.
Why are there men in Yanmen? That is to say, there are men in Yanmen, and there are men under the crotch. Could it be that they are not men, so they are afraid of the Huns? Could it be that they can't even protect their relatives, and even the Huns don't dare to Killing, watching the prostitutes being kidnapped by the Huns, what kind of men are they, they might as well become women.
Wanting to understand this, each of the border knights' breathing became more and more short of breath, their eyes were ferocious, and their faces were fierce.
Even the generals on the platform, such as Yi Fang and Kuai Jin, looked at Bai Yan in front of them and wanted to kill the Xiongnu with their swords immediately.
This big and powerful butcher, his face turned red, and he was secretly determined to kill all the Huns when he saw them.
In everyone's eyes.
After Bai Yan finished shouting those words, he held up a porcelain bowl filled with fine wine in front of everyone.
"Today, Bai Yan is offering wine to me, Lang, a young man from Yanmen. He invites me, a young man from Yanmen, to leave the city to protect the people of my yamen. I will stand on horseback with my sword drawn and drink the blood of the Huns with a smile!"
The first half of the sentence is Bai Yan's response, and the second half is Bai Yan's heroic oath.
Not loud.
However, in the silent city, Bai Yan's voice spread far and wide.
Countless soldiers on the cavalry carrying fine wines, upon hearing Bai Yan's words, stared blankly at the young man holding a bowl and drinking on the high platform.
Smiling and drinking the blood of the Huns!
!
As these words came to mind, the image appeared in the minds of countless frontier soldiers. Their chests were full of heroic spirit, and their eyes were full of murderous intent and madness. The madness was something they had never experienced before, but now, they still I really want to taste the blood of the Huns, what it tastes like.
Along with this thought, I looked at the young man drinking on the platform.
One by one, the frontier knights held the bowls in their hands and drank all the wine in the bowl with the young man. At a glance, the densely packed frontier knights were all like this without exception.
On the high platform.
After Bai Yan finished drinking, he looked at the endless soldiers at dusk, with a smile on his lips.
Military spirit is available!
As it gets dark.
Under the illumination of the torches stuck on the city gate, the north gate of Woyang City slowly opened.
The dark night outside the city reflected in the eyes of countless frontier soldiers in the city. Looking at the darkness inside the city, all the soldiers understood what was waiting for them outside the city.
But at this moment, not a single soldier on the side cavalry hesitated at all.
Countless soldiers walked towards the door, followed by Bai Yan, Yifang and others, and then disappeared into the night outside the city.
The Huns go south! Side riding is coming!
