Chapter 9 Pingmo (I)

"Puff!" The blood splattered, and the Han Emperor Liu Zhiyuan cut over a Khitan baron who was fighting stubbornly, withdrew his sword and immediately became anxious.

Since leading the troops south, they have been in a state of unstoppable power along the way. Not only were the governors of the Khitans enthroned by the Khitans fled, but even the tent-protecting troops under Yelu Deguang were defeated by Shi Hongzhao and Guo Wei. Now, the Han soldiers have crossed the Yellow River and are just around the corner to enter Bianliang.

According to the news secretly sent by local tyrants and several military generals who were "in Khitan and in Han", the Khitan chief Yelu Deguang, who had been determined to be Khan in the world, had already gone to Hebei one step ahead in order to avoid being blocked in Bianliang. Now, only the governor of Xuanwu Army, Di Lie, and several Han generals under the command of Zhang Yanze, the former governor of Zhang Guo Army.

Zhang Yanze surrendered to the Khitan in front of the army and turned around and turned back. He led his troops to attack Bianliang, and sent troops to burn, kill and loot for several days, slaughtering all the iron-core direct descendants of the Shi family. He thought that with this kind of merit of leading the way, he could enjoy wealth and honor for generations. Unexpectedly, the Khitan emperor Yelu Deguang looked down upon the most was the kind of person who betrayed his mother's family. After winning Bianliang, in order to calm the people's hearts, he immediately found an excuse to kill the whole family. All the troops under his command were given to the governor of the Xuanwu Army, and all the money he had collected for many years were confiscated.

The governor of Xuanwu Army, Di Lie, was not a broad-minded person. Although he quickly changed his name to Xiao Han and announced that his clan members had taken Xiao as their surname for generations. However, he never treated the Khitan soldiers under his command equally with the enlisted Zhang Guo Army. Therefore, all the generals and subordinates who were originally under Zhang Yanze were all disinterested. Before the Han Dynasty sent people to recruit people, they took the initiative to send messengers to cross the river to contact each other. If they offered Bianliang at that time, they would have their own treatment issues.

Some people were willing to revolt in front of the Han army when they attacked Bianliang, so Liu Zhiyuan was of course unable to ask for it. He immediately agreed to the other party's messenger that all those who rebeled had committed past crimes, and they were promoted to three levels in a row to reimburse their official positions, and they were given ten years of official salary at one time. In this way, the subsequent war was even more smooth. Even some people who were unwilling to adapt to the current situation and jumped out to be a chariot. Their food, weapons, and various materials were not yet timely supplemented by Bianliang. Instead, their combat arrangements, the number of soldiers under their command, the ability of generals, their personal preferences, and other information were sent to Liu Zhiyuan's desk.

It is impossible for Liu Zhiyuan to fight a tough battle, let alone lose. But in this way, he felt that he had no place to do his whole body. Even at the last moment of each battle, his confidants would deliberately miss one or two enemy soldiers to come to him to relive his addiction to killing the enemy when he was young. He still felt empty in his heart, and his eyes looking at the surroundings were filled with loss.

Today, the situation is the same. Liu Zhiyuan only cut two swords, and three enemy generals who refused to dismount and surrender completely lost interest in the "prey". He placed the bloody nine-ear eight-ring machete in front of the saddle, yawning at his brother-in-law. Li Ye, the Marquis of the Sixth Army, who had just taken office for a few days, ordered: "Hongtu, go and greet Shi Yuanhua and tell him not to pursue the defeated soldiers. Even if this kind of thing is missing, it will not cause much storm! Just leave it to Li Shiyuan and others who are following behind to clean up. Let him rectify the troops as soon as possible and continue to march towards Bianliang. Otherwise, there will be more dreams and the old wolf Fu Yanqing will make a fuss again!" (Note 1, Note 2)

"No! The last general is the order!" Intentionally, Liu Zhiyuan was happy. Li Ye, the marquis of the six army, learned from the appearance of a powerful general on the stage and saluted on the horse's back. Then he pulled the reins and personally sent an order to Shi Hongzhao on behalf of Liu Zhiyuan.

After only a dozen steps, several cold lights lit up in the pile of corpses under the horse's hooves. Immediately, several Khitan dead men covered in blood pushed them away and jumped out. They first cut off the hind legs of the war horse under Li Ye's crotch with one knife. Then, they raised their swords and shields and rushed towards Liu Zhiyuan like a group of wolves.

Liu Zhiyuan's personal soldiers were busy looking into the battle situation in the distance. But they never thought that there was a group of enemy troops hidden near them. In an instant, they were killed in a hurry. Soon, Liu Zhiyuan, who had just proclaimed himself the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was exposed to the assassin's sword light.

"Liu Yaozi, come and take your life!" Two Khitan assassins with fleshy faces jumped high, attacked left and right, and headed straight for Liu Zhiyuan's neck and lower abdomen. They didn't know how many times they used this move, and they didn't know how many heroes of the Central Plains died with their eyes open. This time, there should be no exception.

However, Liu Zhiyuan, the King of Han, was extremely powerful. He found that the assassin had pounced on him. Not only did he avoid the targets that the assassins had killed before, he was panicked and he was so excited that his eyes shone. He swung the nine-eared eight-ring machete and swept back with all his strength.

"Woo, dang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang chang

"Savior!"

"Savior!"

The most critical moment had passed, and Yao Yuanfu, commander of the left wing of the rear army, and Yan Jinqing, commander of the guards, rushed over and guarded Liu Zhiyuan with swords.

Liu Zhiyuan sneered and curled his lips, rode his horse forward. In a blink of an eye, he passed his guard, rushed into the battle group, and once again met the Khitan assassin. He saw him, a nine-ear eight-ring machete, and inspire him to make his fortune. In three moves, he cut over the third assassin again. Then, he chased after him from behind and cut the fourth assassin who was about to turn around and escape under the knife.

The remaining assassins were killed in fear and ran away screaming. Liu Zhiyuan's personal soldiers were not willing to let them take their eyes off their faces? They surrounded them from all directions, captured two of them alive, and chopped the rest into meat paste with random knives.

"Don't kill them all! Leave one for me. If I can't interrogate the mastermind today, the word Li will be written upside down from now on!" Li Ye, the Duke of the Sixth Army, held his head and staggered and pushed away his personal soldiers and rushed towards a prisoner.

"General, General, King of Han, Emperor..." Before he could vent his anger with the prisoners, another scream suddenly came from his ears. A famous personal soldier pushed his shoulder with one hand and pointed his back with the other, trembling.

"Ah!" In an instant, Li Ye, the six army capital Yuhou, was so scared that he was scattered by the scene he saw.

I saw that Liu Zhiyuan, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, who had been as brave as Guan Gong's reincarnation, had his face turned purple and his lips were pitch black. He was sitting on the horse's back and was shaking.

"Hurry, give the lord a elixir of Master Chen Tuan!" While he was at a loss, Yan Jinqing, the commander of the guards and horse army, rushed to him and reminded him loudly.

"Ah, hey, hey!" Li Ye, the Duke of the Sixth Army, instantly returned to his mind, stumbled to his mount, which had been dead for a long time, took out the medicine gourd from a leather bag behind the saddle. He stumbled and continued to approach Liu Zhiyuan with a pale face.

"Give it to me!" At the critical moment, Yao Yuanfu didn't care about any etiquette and flew forward to snatch the medicine gourd from Li Ye's hand. Another one of them rose to Liu Zhiyuan. He and Yan Jinqing, commander of the guards, supported Liu Zhiyuan, one left and one right, and at the same time, he bit open the gourd seal with his teeth, poured the elixir inside into Liu Zhiyuan's mouth with one hand.

The "Xiandan" has not big particles, but the taste is very choking. It's strange that Liu Zhiyuan, who was almost unconscious, recovered from the moment he smelled the smell of "Xiandan". Then, he quickly sucked a pill from the mouth of the gourd and chewed it a few times, and swallowed it voraciously.

"Lord, water, water!" Li Ye, the Duke of the Sixth Army, finally arrived at the position he should be, untied the water bag from his waist, raised his hands above his head. Liu Zhiyuan took the water bag, took a few sips, and the purple color on his face gradually faded away. Then he let out a long breath, shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Huh--! It turns out that people are unable to show off their muscles and bones. This time, thanks to Taoist Master Fu Yaozi's medicine pill, and thanks to you a few!"

"I dare not, I will be late for rescue. Please forgive me!" Li Ye, Yao Yuanfu, Yan Jinqing and others immediately stood up and bowed, blushing and apologizing.

"You can't blame you, I'm me, I'm negligent!" Liu Zhiyuan didn't like to take his anger on his subordinates. He smiled and waved tiredly. "Okay, go to whatever you should do. Hongtu, you send someone to pass the order. You are now the Duke of the Six Army, and you don't need to do anything yourself!"

"Yes!" Yao Yuanfu, Yan Jinqing and the other two took the order loudly and jumped on their own war horses and left. Li Ye, the Duke of the Sixth Army, was so embarrassed that his face was flushed, and he wanted to find a crack in the ground to drill into it.

Liu Zhiyuan's life-saving medicine, the order flag and arrow were all controlled by him, the capital of the six armies. If he had run farther just now, Liu Zhiyuan's heartache might have died of death after the attack. In that case, not only will the hegemony of the Han Dynasty entering the Central Plains be completely lost. The culprit of Li Ye, the culprit, probably would have been cut into pieces by angry soldiers.

"You don't have to blame yourself too much. After all, you have only been in office for less than half a month and are not familiar with many things!" Seeing that his brother-in-law was in a state of shame and anger, Liu Zhiyuan smiled again and added very generously. "Besides, in the situation just now, even if Chang Kegong is still by my side, he..."

These words were originally just to make Li Ye feel at ease and be ashamed and be brave. Unexpectedly, as he said that, he remembered the old brother Chang Si again. So suddenly, he sighed softly and waved to Li Ye, "Forget it, you send someone to send orders to Shi Yuanhua first. Let's set off early and arrive in Bianliang early!"

Note 1: Li Ye, whose courtesy name is Hongtu, Liu Zhiyuan's brother-in-law was always trusted, but his abilities and knowledge were very average. After Liu Zhiyuan's death, he assisted Emperor Yin of the Later Han without any follow-up preparations, and killed the auxiliary general Shi Hongzhao and others who were appointed by Liu Zhiyuan, and sent troops to suppress Guo Wei, which led to Guo Wei's rebellion and return to his army and the demise of the Later Han Dynasty.

Note 2: Li Shiyuan, famous as Yancong, and his father was Li De, Sima of Linzhou. Li Yan was appreciated and promoted by Liu Zhiyuan when he was young and regarded as a confidant. At the beginning of the founding of the Later Han Dynasty, he made many military achievements and had the ability to manage the local area. However, he soon became ill after overwork and died young.
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