Chapter 5 Nameless (Four Top) Throughout the winter, the snow never stopped. Li Xu's mood was like the sky outside the window. It was cloudy and sunny at times. He didn't know how much strength the Ashina family was going to muster to go south, so he had to
Seize the last opportunity and mobilize all the forces at hand. But sometimes, looking at the red-clad world outside, he hopes that the so-called news of the Turkic invasion is just a rumor, and he will not have to face the German side again.
There was a burning disappointment in the eyes of others. Although after his attack, the latter no longer questioned his decision, but sometimes silent protest is more uncomfortable than making a sound.
"It's none of my business that you ruined your family's business!" Shi's current behavior clearly expresses such an attitude. However, Li Xu had no choice but to take such a negative attitude. The war was about to begin. He no longer had the time or energy to control the officials under his command.
The system was reorganized to distinguish those like Zhou Daniu and Zhang Jiang who followed him to the dark side no matter what, and those who came only for fame and fortune and might abandon him at any time. Moreover, in Li Xu's eyes, these two
Most civil and military officials are both utilitarian and loyal. Until the critical moment, it is difficult to tell which factor prevails in their hearts.
The spies sent outside the Great Wall risked their lives and sent back a steady stream of information about the Turks. There was another white disaster in the grassland in winter. In other words, due to the raging snowstorm, many tribes will run out of food during the lean period next year.
The risk also means that the Ashina family's mobilization order will receive more responses from Rushui to Wanshui, from Jinshan to Changbai Mountain, Turk, Tiele, Shiwei, Lin, Xi, and some Mohe and Khitan.
Dozens of tribes are looking forward to passing their disasters on to the people of the Central Plains who are killing each other. Emperor Yang Guang made a "great move" a few years ago by inviting Sai Shang to travel to the Central Plains to provide food, shelter and gifts.
The tribal leaders deeply felt the wealth of the Central Plains, and the actions of Liu Wuzhou, Liang Shidu, Li Yuan and other heroes vying to become vassals also made the wolves on the fortress clearly see the weakness of the Central Plains. They followed the Ashina family southward, and the nomadic tribes then
There is hope that they can plunder the supplies and food that allow their tribe to continue, and may even repeat the carnival of Wu Huan Hua. Once the robbery fails, they will not lose more. Anyway, they already have almost nothing except their lives.
The messengers who sent warnings to heroes from all walks of life in the Central Plains also returned to Boling one after another. Except for Li Yuan and Dou Jiande, as well as a few such as Xu Shao and Du Fuwei who were thousands of miles away and could not help, almost no more heroes were willing to believe this warning.
Is it true or do they feel that the danger is too far away from them? After all, even if the Turks go south, the first three families to be unlucky are Li Xu, Li Yuan, and Luo Yi. Without these three potential rivals to compete with them for the world, there is no reason for everyone not to watch the fire from the other side!
However, some Boling soldiers who were left by local officials to serve in various parts of Henan last year managed to come back. At this time, various parts of Henan were nominally under the control of the Wagang Army. The local officials not only remembered the friendship with Li Xu who fought side by side.
, and did not want to leave these unrest factors anymore, so they did not cause too much trouble. When everyone passed by Li Yuan's jurisdiction on the way back, everyone was greeted with respect without exception. Some newly appointed county magistrates and county lieutenants in Hedong and Gyeonggi areas even took
They used the salary they had just received to organize a banquet for those who returned to Zhuojun. Most of them were also from the army, so they can best understand the thoughts of the Boling children who went all the way to the national disaster. This was not only out of personal loyalty to Li Xu, but also out of personal loyalty to Li Xu.
Probably out of a knife-carrying responsibility
When foreign enemies come to the door of your home, if no one with a knife is willing to step forward to fight, it will undoubtedly be a tragedy for the entire family. And when your brothers step forward to fight to the death, you not only refuse to help, but point fingers behind your back.
Point and laugh at their stupidity, those who will be sad will not be those who died in the war
This is true for one family, and so it is for thousands of households. Since ancient times, it is the countless surnames that are not willing to be conquered that have supported the entire China.
The return of the veterans further restored the strength of the Boling Army. It also allowed the undercurrent that had once again surged among the six counties to slowly subside. As the new year approached, the newly recruited soldiers had already
The cavalry who gradually became familiar with the sound of golden drums and horns and rushed to Zhuo County for training, also with the efforts of Wang Xuba and Cui Qian, restored their size to about 7,000. Due to the financial constraints of the six counties,
These seven thousand men were no longer equipped with heavy armor, and the horses were no longer equipped with any protective gear. Most of the cavalry even abandoned the traditional long sword and instead used the standard large horizontal sword of the Sui army. The entire team took action.
Like the howling north wind, everything it passes by is desolate
Two Hedong reinforcements led by Li Jiancheng and Li Waner also arrived one after another. In order not to increase the misunderstanding between them, after Li Jiancheng entered Hebei, he temporarily stationed more than 50,000 troops under his command at the junction of Shanggu County and Yanmen County.
At Feihu Pass, Li Waner took Wang Yuantong, Qi Poning and others under his command to snatch back half of Yanmen County from the generals under Liu Wuzhou, and directly planted the flag of the Detachment of Women at Xixing, thirty miles north of Yanmen.
For the sake of their own safety, Liu Wuzhou adopted the strategy of temporary forbearance and went to war with Li Yuan and Li Xu alone before the Turks arrived.
Although Li Xu used all possible means to maintain civil stability, seeing groups of soldiers armed to the teeth marching north every day, the people still felt the atmosphere of an imminent war. In the past two years, the six counties of Boling have not
I have never experienced war, but every time in the past, including the fierce battle with Luo Yi on the banks of the Yishui River, so many young men have not been recruited into the army. Therefore, this crisis is obviously greater than ever before. The six counties of Boling
The peaceful days may be gone and never come back!
Folks have their own folk wisdom and do not need any wise men to enlighten them. For some wise men who are entangled in right and wrong, they can often give the answer at a glance.
"General Li is going to lead everyone to fight against the barbarians!" The Kuhaha people who live in a house with boarded-up windows and can't even afford thick paper for the windows or charcoal for heating gathered around a pile of thick smoke.
firewood, whispering that they couldn't tell the difference between Turks and Tieles, just like they couldn't tell the difference between Li Mi and Dou Jiande. But this did not prevent them from judging who was the enemy and who was the friend.
"I heard from people that King Dou withdrew all the soldiers and horses approaching Xindu for forty miles and sent sixty carts of food to General Li. He sent back ten carts of knives and arrows, all of the best quality.
!" A well-informed person swore, "I heard that once the war goes against General Li, King Dou will personally lead his troops to help! The Hu people will never be allowed to cross Baihua Mountain!"
"There is no need for his surname Dou. When did our General Li lose to him? He is a descendant of Flying General Li Guang. He can shoot a sparrow blind from a hundred steps away!" A man originally from Hejian County stared at the fireworks.
With red eyes, he shouted that he did not have a good impression of the Dou family's army, so he did not want Dou Jiande's troops to pass by the door of his newly established home. However, he had a heartfelt feeling for General Li who gave him land and lent him seeds.
Admiration: "Look, if the barbarians don't come, they will definitely be disappointed like Luo Yi. After all, we, General Li, have our feet on the Great Wall, and there are tens of thousands of Yanzhao brothers behind us..."
What the Great Wall looks like, none of the people in the room have seen it. Except for the men from Hejian who fled, the farthest place most of them have been to in their lives is Mu Daogou, which is two hundred miles away.
When the land was first allocated for reclamation the year before last, as a reward for the government, I helped deliver seeds to the farming sites. But the Great Wall is still a symbol of security and force in everyone's mind. Although people with better knowledge revealed that the Great Wall inside and outside
Already dilapidated
There will never be a gap in the Great Wall in everyone's mind. No matter how many Turks come, one hundred thousand or one million, they will all be pushed back by the Great Wall just like they did when the late emperor was in power. In the legend of that year, what stood on the Great Wall was
General Wang Yang Shuang and General Huben Luo Yi. Now that General Wang Yang Shuang has died of illness, General Huben Luo Yi has become dark-hearted, but the new general and the new General Huben stand on the Great Wall again, protecting them with their bodies.
Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers behind you
"Although I don't think the person named Dou can be of much help, there is one more person. After all, I have more strength. At least he is willing to take action. It's not like some families in our county who have already thought of running away before the war starts." Someone said to the fire
I threw a branch that I had just picked up, and the moisture accumulated in the branch was immediately dried out, followed by a thunderous sound, and light blue smoke and red flames rose into the sky almost at the same time, making me choke.
Everyone coughed desperately
"Ahem, can you please take it easy, kid?" Everyone condemned the perpetrator in unison, "Ahem, throw whatever is wet and dry inside! At this rate, if everyone doesn't freeze to death, they will be suffocated to death by you!"
"I mean, some families in the county, who usually look like they have puffy chests and flat stomachs, are not as good as Dou Jiande!" The perpetrator who accidentally threw away the wet firewood moved his body and continued.
As early as a month ago, several families in the six counties with small and medium-sized families had quietly packaged the soft goods and transported them to the east of the river. It was secretly at first, but after discovering that the government did not stop it, they began to blatantly. The common people at the bottom first
I don’t know why, but now that I think about it, it turns out that I was the one who was truly well-informed and prepared to run away in advance.
But most people do not envy their intelligence. Yan and Zhao have many generous and tragic people since ancient times. Compared with "wise men" such as Guo Kai and Wang Meng, the people in the market respect heroes like Jing Ke and Li Mu more. "Oh! Those people!
"Everyone sneered in unison, "They have the ability to put the ancestral temple on the gourd and put the house on the wheel and push it away together! What kind of thing is worthy of being a man from Hebei!"
"Yes, all our belongings are here!" Another man with dark fingers echoed in a sullen voice, "If people run away, can the land be moved away?"
