The morning breeze in July woke up the earth, but it did not wake up the sixth prince who was still in a trance.
Wearing a white robe, he stood at the ruins of the garrison fortress, staring blankly at the dilapidated battlefield for miles in front of him.
There was a clay figure slumped on the ground beside him, and the other two people had their acupuncture points forced by him, standing still like sculptures.
The clay figure slumped on the ground said impatiently: "What should we do if we keep it? I'll kill them all with one shot! They are both in a good state, so we can avoid anything happening!"
The noble prince who had been holding the horse timidly not far away suddenly said: "They must have good status, we might as well keep them to threaten the Khitans first."
The clay figure on the ground and the Sixth Prince in White Robe turned to look. He tightened the reins in his hands, like a child who said something wrong, and his tone was a little lower: "If you can't surrender, it's okay to kill him. I'm just afraid of being disturbed by the battle last night." We are on the border between the two countries. If the Khitan reinforcements arrive first and the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, we will have something to threaten us."
The clay figurine looked at the noble prince who was dressed in expensive clothes. He looked thin and frail, and his green and pale face was red due to timidity. He was really cute. He looked up at the sixth prince in white robes and said: " Is this your Seventh Emperor brother who lives among the people?"
The young man in white robe nodded silently. This was also his idea. Then he helped the clay figure on the ground, took off his white robe and put it on the clay figure. Without any sign of disdain, he wiped the dirt on his face with his inner shirt, revealing A face even more handsome than his.
The sixth prince smiled for no reason. In a daze, he remembered a general who had also fought for his father in the north and south in his childhood memories.
The clay figure also smiled. The mud covered his bitterness and his white teeth were white. He didn't know how he would face the son of the enemy who persecuted his parents in the future.
The Sixth Prince Song Maoling summoned his younger brother, intending to take off the water bag on the horse's back to wash away the dirt on the clay figure. However, he dragged his tired steps and began to clean the battlefield. To be precise, he was looking for corpses, rummaging here and there, muttering: " Liu Dawei, Liu Dawei, give me a shout if you hear this!"
Seeing this, the two royal brothers also started to get busy. The three of them searched for a man named Liu Dawei on the battlefield for several miles.
The three of them spent a full hour before the sun completely emerged from the mountains. They found two people strangling each other in the loess at the edge of the battlefield. They were both in Khitan Changning Army uniforms. One was stiff and the other was covered in scars. There was no part of his body that was not soaked in blood, as if he had been cut into pieces by a thousand knives.
The two royal brothers were killed by the same soldiers. The two royal brothers didn't know why. Only the clay figure knew the origin. He looked at the burly bloody man and lost his mind for a while, then squatted down to straighten his body: "Brother! You have suffered!"
What surprised him was that the bloody man was still warm. He hurriedly checked his breath and found that there was half a breath left. Before he could speak excitedly, the Sixth Prince Song Maoling immediately injected a trace of Qi into him to steady his breathing.
Only then did the burly bloody man breathe for a moment. He opened his eyes and saw the three people. Finally, his eyes locked on the clay man and he said weakly: "Captain... Sir, have I... killed... the traitor...?"
Captain Zhao nodded silently. Putting aside his red eyes, it was hard to imagine how he could survive the encirclement and suppression by dozens of Khitan soldiers alone.
At that time, there was a strange sound in the restricted area. The sixth prince Song Maoling heard the sound and walked away with a long gun. He used his true energy to climb up the hill in three or two steps, and then jumped onto the remains of the sentry tower like a dragonfly touching water.
Looking around, there are hundreds of soldiers in the ten-mile restricted area, holding bows and swords, groping forward, completely ready to fight at any time. When they see the people standing on the wooden stakes on the top of the mountain, they are not in Khitan costumes, they immediately draw their bows and shoot.
"Swish swish!"
Dozens of arrows came through the air. Song Maoling dodged and retreated, holding a spear in his hand to sharpen the arrows.
He retreated to the two captured Khitans, and one on the left and right lifted them to the top of the mountain like a chicken. He stepped on one with his feet, pressed the other with his hands, and stabbed the neck with a long spear: "Who dares to take a step forward?"
At first, the Khitan soldiers didn't pay much attention. What was so special about the two clay figures?
Seeing the situation, Song Maoling opened the water bag that he had prepared to wash Zhao Zhengli's face earlier and poured it on the heads of the two prisoners.
After the soil was washed away, the true appearance emerged, which not only shocked the Khitan soldiers, but also shocked Song Maoling.
He naturally recognized these two people, Yeluhe, the son of the great Khitan master, a talented young man known as one of the two dragons of the Khitan, and Great Heluohan, one of the three commanders of the Khitan. Any one of them would be a figure who could suppress one party.
He looked back at Captain Zhao's figure behind him, and he became increasingly confused about his situation.
And the two captured Khitan generals and commanders were exposed in public at this moment. This was even more uncomfortable than killing them. If they had a choice, they would probably rather kill themselves. Unfortunately, their acupuncture points were tapped, and they were at the mercy of them like puppets.
The soldiers of the Khitan who were late to reinforce were at a loss for what to do. If they advanced, one of them would be killed and they would all become criminals. If they retreated, wouldn't the general and the commander-in-chief be indifferent? Also a sinner.
It's hard to leave the left and right, so we have to stay put and send sentries to report. This is the most appropriate way.
This is what Song Maoling wants and what the Khitan is most helpless about.
The stalemate lasted for an hour. The sun was about two poles high. There was a lack of shade in the north. There was a faint tingling sensation on the scalp and a slight flow of sweat. The Qingguo reinforcements arrived. The speed was neither fast nor slow, because the nearest Changning army also had dozens of troops. Satoyama Road.
The battle flag was waving, and He Wen, the commander of the small capital, personally led the team. To Zhao Zhengli's surprise, the ones running at the forefront were actually the veterans Xu Er, Wang Qi and other soldiers who had fought with him in Kelan Mountain.
When several old soldiers saw Captain Zhao's miserable appearance, they beat their chests and stamped their feet: "Master Captain, this old soldier is late and deserves death!"
According to his centurion rank, the remaining dozens of people also followed suit.
The rest of the soldiers stood on the top of the mountain and faced off against the Khitan army.
The dark-skinned, short and sturdy young captain He Wen was as enthusiastic as if he had met his own father, and he cared for him, Centurion Zhao, as he had never done before.
Zhao Zhengli could naturally tell that He Wen was lying, but he learned from him that the night attack on Loubanzhai failed. Less than 20% of the fifth team led by five centurions survived, and three centurions, Li, Shan, and Tian, died in the battle. .
In this night attack, only his team, Zhao Zhengli, succeeded in the two places and defended it. This also eliminated the crisis in Loubanzhai. Defending Huangwei Mountain cut off the Khitan's retreat in Loubanzhai and completely surrounded them in the hinterland of Daizhou, just waiting to catch the turtle in the urn.
Even this Huangwei Mountain area is enough to reverse the situation. The army can go north through the Huangwei Mountain border area to support Yanmen Pass, and the situation in Daizhou can be reversed.
In this way, it is not difficult to see that He Wen, the only one who is following the lead of the Ge family, is unprecedentedly false and polite. Even though he and Captain Zhao have different positions, he is under He Wen's tent and the crisis in Daizhou has been resolved. Naturally, Commander Ge praises He Wen for leading the troops. He was wise and solved the problems for Ge Hongliang, the commander of Hedong Road.
At the same time, this battle also indirectly established Captain Zhao's reputation in the northern military camp.
Only then did the junior captain He Wen notice the noble master holding the horse standing aside quietly, and the two young men on the top of the mountain who were poking two Khitan prisoners with their spears.
No matter what the identity of the other party is, at least in the current situation, they are all meritorious people.
He Wen was particularly happy and took the initiative to say hello: "The two heroes have made great contributions to our Daqing border army. I guarantee it as the Commander-in-Chief of the Changning Army. I will report it to the court to commend the two heroes and ask them to name themselves." "
Zhao Zhengli opened his mouth, and Song Maoling was the first to speak: "I am in Shuangmulin, and my name is Song."
Then he pointed to the Seventh Prince who was holding the horse: "He is my younger brother. Counting that Captain Zhao and I once had a friendship, I am also invited by him to go north this time!"
Zhao Zhengli smiled knowingly at the sixth prince's indirect teasing.
He Wen looked between the three of them and said with pity: "It is a great pity to use a hero to train his body and not join the army to serve the country."
Song Maoling raised the corner of his mouth slightly and chuckled: "What a coincidence, this time I went north to ask Captain Zhao to find a job to serve his family and country!"
He Wen rubbed his hands as if he had found a treasure, and said impatiently: "This matter is easy to handle. The hero and Centurion Zhao are from the same sect. We will report to Commander Ge and make you a centurion in the same way. In this way, you two will be with me." Everyone is taking care of me, what do you think of Lin Yingxiong?"
Zhao Zhengli glanced at the short, dark, fat man who was eager for talents and was speechless. If he knew that the two in front of him were brothers of the current royal family, who knows what kind of expression he would have?
It is no wonder that he is so impatient. After all, He Wen's army will suffer serious casualties in this battle. If there are too many soldiers, his rank as a small commander will naturally be empty. If you are capable of being the commander-in-chief, the left and right lieutenants, or even the general, if you are bolder and have hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, a commander-in-chief will emerge out of nowhere!
But having said that, all these assumptions are not easy to realize. There are imperial patrol envoys at the top, local military governors at the bottom, and colleagues in the middle to take precautions. Every step of growth is within the scope of the imperial court's surveillance.
Unless troubled times arise and heroes emerge, and the current world has only been established for six years, although there are frictions between several countries, this situation will not cause a big wave. It depends on whether the Qing Dynasty court is stable at the moment.
He Wen finally had no time to win over the two "loved generals". When he learned the identities of the two prisoners, he was almost frightened, and immediately sent people to escort them back to the military camp to wait for Commander Ge's arrangements.
I don't know if he had a conscience or if he deliberately sent away the meritorious minister Zhao Zhengli and arranged for him to return to the camp with the army to rest on the grounds that he was seriously injured.
After forcing back the Khitan late reinforcements, nearly two hundred people were temporarily stationed in Huangwei Mountain.
In the afternoon of the same day, an army of 10,000 people formed by the Kelan and Changning armies went to Yanmen Pass in Daizhou to support them on Hedong Road.
On the same day, the story of Zhao Zhengli staying up all night to fight against the Khitan twin dragons Yeluhe and Daheluohan, one of the three commanders, spread throughout the northern military camp.
If you think about Zhao Zhengli with your buttocks, you will know that Yao Hanbei is adding fuel to the fire and creating momentum, because the only person in the north who has the ability to help him build momentum is the deputy commander's son.
At present, the two countries are confronting each other, and the situation is tense. Every bit of information is attracting attention from all walks of life. This news is like having wings and spreading rapidly. The little governor He Wen originally planned to take a piece of the pie and leave a name, but he had to give up when he saw that the situation was getting worse.
However, there is a secret message that few people know. After noon that day, the Khitan Grand Master visited Huangwei Mountain in person. Unfortunately, he arrived a step too late. His beloved son Yeluhe and Dahe Luohan were taken away for a long time. The powerful Grand Master became angry and instantly In a short time, he killed hundreds of Qing soldiers stationed at Huangwei Mountain, and then left with anger.
In the sixth year of Xingtong Yuan, in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief of Hedong Road and the governor Zhang Youping jointly discussed and reported to the court. In the battle of Huangwei Mountain, Zhao Zhengli fought bravely to kill the enemy, defended his position, and captured the two generals. He won the first victory and continued to fight. In the former Tang Dynasty, the generals' merits were divided into twelve levels, namely "high gain", in addition to "middle gain" and "lower gain". As the name suggests, medium gain and low gain.
Excellent harvest, rank five in military merit, captain of the light chariot, transferred to the Guards Army. Although they are both the fourth rank titles, the treatment implied is very different. If it were placed in the past dynasties, the Guards Army was not the commander in charge of thousands of forbidden troops. , is also a high-ranking official in charge of a frontier fortress.
Although it was a fictitious title in the current dynasty, the monthly payment and the number of gifts during New Years and holidays changed. In addition, he was rewarded with a thousand taels of silver.
The two top commanders of Hedong Road additionally promoted Zhao Zhengli to take up the post of unification of the small capital of Huangweishan Mountain to suppress the power of Khitan. His subordinate Liu Dawei bravely defeated the enemy, promoted centurions, and was rewarded with silver coins.
It can be said that one person has achieved enlightenment, and everyone is greedy for the old soldiers who follow Zhao Dutong. He seems to remember the encouragement from the military camp that day: "The whole army is united as one, making money together on the battlefield, drinking the strongest wine with everyone, and drinking wine." The hottest chick!”
