Chapter 7 The sudden attack
Half a month passed, and on this day, it was Li Qing'an's turn to guard the Fenghuodun of Lingshan. Fenghuodun was located at the exit of Lingshan Road. It was built on a cliff and climbed up by a rope ladder. There was also a Sheep Horse City under the cliff to store horses. The stew would store half a month of food and water, and change shifts every ten days.
The beacon fire pier generally has five soldiers stationed. One beacon fire is lit in the morning and evening, indicating that there is nothing wrong. If a small group of enemy troops are found to attack, two beacon fires are lit. If a large group of people attack, three beacon fires should be lit. If no beacon fires are lit in the morning and evening, it means that the beacon fire was attacked by the thieves.
"The fire is long, look! There is the stew of the Lingshan beacon." From afar, He Yanming pointed to a lonely mountain like stalagmites and smiled.
This was the first time Li Qingan came to Lingshan Fenghuo. He rode his horse and stared blankly at the stone peak that looked like bamboo shoots. It was so familiar.
It was it. On a Blizzard night more than a month ago, he heard the violent sound of horse hooves under this stone peak. When he ran over, he came to the Tang Dynasty a thousand three hundred years ago.
Is this stone peak hiding the secret of traveling through time and space? Li Qingan bit his lip tightly, thrust his horse hard, and ran towards Shi Feng.
Shi Feng was still there, no difference from more than 1,300 years later. Li Qing'an walked around Shi Feng in a pile of rocks, and his heart gradually calmed down. How could he find the door to go back?
He smiled bitterly and shook his head. Seeing that the rope ladder had been thrown from above, he said to everyone: "It's getting late, everyone, go up!"
Tang army climbed up the high beacon tower one by one, Li Qingan tried the rope and climbed towards the top of the peak step by step.
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It was already late at night, and there was no cloud in the sky. A full moon sailed in this endless sea, scattering a cold light alone. The ground and the mountains were dyed with a layer of silver white. The night was very quiet. Only the night wind in Lingshan was heard whistling sharply.
Li Qingan sat alone on the top of the beacon tower, staring blankly at the bright moon in the sky. An unexpected discovery today evoked his homesickness. His thoughts flew over time and space for 1,300 years and returned to his distant hometown.
In the old house in my hometown, the lazy white cat in the afternoon, walked past the wall with his hands and feet. My mother sat under the gable and carefully sewed the package to her son to send to her faraway place. She added a few white hair to her head. My father was still meticulously repairing his bicycle at the entrance of the alley. Who would have thought that this ordinary old man’s youngest son was the national archery champion.
Li Qingan sighed softly, In what year of his life, can he see his parents who gave birth to him and raised him again?
"Did Huo Chang miss home?"
The voice of veteran Han Jinping came from behind him. He walked to Li Qing'an and sat down, looked at the full moon and said, "There will be two months of vacation every three years, and then the fire will be able to go back to Luoyang to take a look."
Li Qingan looked at him and smiled and said, "Actually, it's not homesick. Both my parents died, and I sold the old house. Where can I go even if I go back to Luoyang?"
He shook his head and asked Han Jinping again, "Old Han, where is your home? How could he come to Anxi to join the army?"
"I am not a Long March athlete, but I was exiled to Anxi."
"Exile?" Li Qingan was slightly stunned. He also knew that many literary officials and doctors were exiled to the frontier by offending the emperor. Han Jinping. . . . .
Han Jin smiled lightly and said, "I was originally an official in the Mingjing Department and was appointed as the county magistrate of Dantu County. In anger, I killed the county magistrate who insulted my wife. The township members jointly protected me, so I was exempted from death and were sent to Anxi. I have been in the fortress for more than four years."
"What about your parents, wife and children?"
“In my hometown.”
Han Jinping took out a wrinkled painting in his arms, which was a boy with a tiger head. He stroked the portrait lovingly and said, "This is my son Han Yue. I left him when I was three years old. Now he should be eight years old."
Just as Li Qing'an was about to speak, a vague sound of horse hooves came from the distance. The sound of hooves was very dense, as if it was far away, but he felt very close. It was coming from the direction of Lingshan. The two of them looked at each other, stood up, walked quickly to the gaze mouth, and looked north.
Under the moonlight, they vaguely saw large groups of small black dots galloping towards this side, getting closer and closer, the sound of horse hooves was dull, as if wrapped in thick linens. The large group of cavalry rushed past the beacon tower in an instant, with hundreds of people, as if a group of hungry wolves were rushing towards the fortress.
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Riding to give a man!’
Han Jinping was trembling all over. He pointed at the cavalry running towards the fortress so nervous that he couldn't even say a word. He turned around and ran away, "I'll go and light the beacon!"
"Don't be anxious!"
Li Qingan grabbed him and stared at the group of enemy troops rushing under the moon in the distance, with a hint of excitement and expectation in his eyes.
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Three beacons were lit, which was an alarm that a large group of enemy troops were attacking. The fires soared into the sky, and it was extremely bright in the darkness. Several black shadows came down from the cliff, rode their horses away from the beacon, and galloped towards the fort.
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"Look, beacon, three beacons!"
At Sulou Fengshu Fortress, a sentry suddenly discovered the police from Lingshan Fengshu in the distance. The other two sentries were panicked. One ran to light the beacon, and the other swung the iron rod, "Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!" sounded the alarm bell, and the harsh alarm bell immediately alarmed the entire guard bell.
Li Fei Yuanli, who was sleeping, jumped up in shock and shouted: "What's wrong?"
"Master of the garrison, three beacon fires should be ignited in Lingshan."
"What!" Li Fei Yuanli was stunned. He panickedly wore his armor and ran out and shouted: "Everyone is going to the fortress for me, and the thunder cavalry and people are coming."
The fortress was immediately in chaos. The Tang army rushed out of the tent. They held weapons and grabbed their armor. They didn't even have time to wear their shoes. They spread their barefoot and ran towards the fortress. They used huge stones to block the iron gate. Three beacons ignited into the sky and warned them to the distance. The Tang army blew the bow and arrow, waiting for the arrival of the enemy.
A quarter of an hour later, a jagged fire dragon appeared in the distance. The thunder cavalrymen were holding a torch. In the blink of an eye, hundreds of thunder cavalrymen swept across like a strong wind, shouting endlessly, and they threw the torches in their hands towards the tent. In an instant, the flames rose into the air, illuminating the fortress as daytime.
Li Fei Yuanli's initial panic was gone. He put his hands on his chest and leaned against the wall to look at the Tuqi Shiren outside and whispered: "Grands, you can burn it! It's best to burn it clean, I'll get a new one."
"Master of the garrison, it's not right!"
Deputy Qian Shu discovered the abnormality and said nervously: "They seem to be coming to our fortress."
"let me see."
Li Fei Yuanli looked over and saw about 500 thugs and cavalrymen surrounded the fortress. Logically, there was no fuel and water here. The thugs and robbers who entered the country would only sprint past the fortress and never stayed, but what was wrong with them today? Are they crazy about being poor?
"Hey!" Li Fei Yuanli shouted in Turkic words: "I don't have money here, you can go to the south!"
The answer to him was the curse of the thunder cavalry and a rain of arrows. The rain of arrows roared. Ding Ding shot the locals on the stone wall of the fortress. Li Fei Yuanli almost got an arrow. He was furious and turned around and shouted, "Shoot me and shoot these turtle grandsons to death."
The Tang army in the fortress shot downwards, and the cavalry of the thunder cavalry started. They rotated rapidly around the fortress, and it was difficult for the Tang army's arrows to hit them.
"Stop!"
Li Fei Yuanli immediately realized something was wrong and shouted, "Don't shoot anymore, save me arrows."
The fortress suddenly became quiet. The Tang army stopped shooting arrows and looked at the murderous priest Shiren nervously. This was ten times more enemies than their own. Can they survive this disaster?
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Chapter completed!