Chapter 6 Holding the Sword (Part 1) The Sword is eight feet long, with fine steel as the blade and bronze as the blade. Hold it in the palm of your hand, filled with murderous intent.
Li Xu never expected that at the juncture of the impending war, someone would actually come all the way to deliver a chang gun to him. This was exactly the gun he saw on the way out of the fortress. Colonel Huben and the infantryman were holding it in their hands.
After shouting the word "go away", two Turkic thugs ran away with their heads in their hands.
For a long, long time after that, Xuzi looked forward to owning a long spear, like the infantry colonel and General Luo Yi, beating the crap out of those who dared to invade the Central Plains. This dream almost ran through him.
Throughout his youth, until the fire on the Liaohe River burned it to pieces, and now, the faint traces of blood on the front have awakened all those dreams again, with unprecedented clarity.
Back then, he admired Luo Yi and the infantry. He admired these people who had achieved a great reputation with their skills on horseback. He admired them for not being fettered by their birth and family status and could do what they wanted to do. But now, he respects them even more.
It was the infantry colonel's persistence in his ideals, even though he had already guessed the outcome of Chang's life from the moment he took him over.
A handy weapon is equivalent to half a general's life. Unless he retires or thinks that there is no hope of survival, military generals will not give away their handy weapons to others. Obviously, at the moment when he dispatched his confidants to deliver the sword, the infantry general had already done
After making the final choice in life, he was unable to stop Luo Yi from using the Tiger Rider to realize his dream of conquering the world, but he could defend his conscience with his life.
He is the follower of General Luo Yi's dream. After General Luo Yi forgets his dream, he will try his best to remind him, but he finds that he has no power to restore the entire Youzhou decision, and no power to resolve the Youzhou generals' hatred of Boling.
In times of hatred, he chose death to protest against certain people's betrayal of their promises, and to remind everyone of the duty of the Tiger Cavalry.
Xuzi knew that, like the old general Zhang Xutuo, Bu Xiaowei was also a guardian. When they had no strength to continue guarding, the enemy could only walk over their corpses to reach the target they were guarding. Perhaps in some "wise men"
"In our opinion, the behavior of General Zhang and Bu Xiaowei is really stupid, but for thousands of years, it is these "foolish" people who have illuminated the entire history with their own blood!
Xuzi knew that the reason why Bu Xiaowei gave Changshan to him was so that he could fulfill his unfulfilled wish. Standing on the Great Wall that stretches thousands of miles, he could feel the hot blood flowing in his body, which was thousands of miles long.
The blood of all the defenders of the Great Wall over the past century, from Meng Tian and Li Guang to General Yang Shuang and the infantrymen, can be spilled along with the blood of the invaders, but it cannot be defiled by anyone.
Xuzi also knew that he would never let down the trust of the other party, nor would he interrupt the inheritance of these guardians. In his opinion, the reason why the Youzhou cavalry left behind the legend of "there are gaps in the Great Wall, but the tigers are unparalleled"
The good name is due to the existence of such a long pole, and there will always be someone to take it. Even if Li Xu is not there, there will be another person standing on Guanshan, holding the pole in his hand.
Holding the spear in hand, guard the peace of the land behind you. No matter who wants to trample on the homeland behind him, he must first step over the pool of blood of the guardian.
Future generations do not need to feel sad about the duties of warriors, because it is their duty to protect them.
"The duty of a military general is to protect!" Xuzi understood the words of the old general Zhang Xutuo as clearly as before. After thinking about this clearly, the leaden gray clouds above his head immediately seemed to fade a lot, and the oncoming north
The wind seemed to have become less chilly. "Take it!" Xuzi handed the long stick to Zhou Daniu, who was following closely behind him. "Find a place there. That is the highest point of this section of the Great Wall. Plug it in!"
"Just a stick?" Zhou Daniu felt confused, but he was already used to Xuzi's recent amazing move. He quickly turned around, carried the stick and ran towards the battlement pointed by Li Xu, and slammed the bronze stick into the city wall.
in the cracks
"Buzz!" As if it suddenly came to life, the whole long tree let out a cheerful cry. Then, the strong wind swept over the blade of the tree that stood upright and pierced the sky, playing a long and shrill horn, "Woo--Woo--"
Woo——”
"Woo-wu-wu-wu-wu" the clever Zhou Daniu snatched the horn from the soldiers stationed at the crenel, and fought hard to say "wu-wu-wu-wu-wu-wu" The soldiers at the other crenel next to him thought Zhou Daniu was there.
Connect with yourself and respond with horn sounds
"Ohh Ohh ohh"
"Ohh Ohh ohh"
"Ohh Ohh ohh"
One crenel, another crenellation, and another crenellation, the solemn sound of the trumpet slowly continued, extending from one end of the Great Wall to the sky and the earth in an instant. The whole Great Wall seemed to come alive in an instant, shaking its broken body.
, letting out the roar of a giant dragon, "Woo-wu-wu-wu" "Woo-wu-wu-wu"
Accompanied by the continuous roar of the dragon, a beam of sunlight instantly broke through the clouds, projected onto the dragon's body, and then condensed on the front of the mountain. Wanliguan Mountain and Wanli Wasteland were also suddenly awakened from hibernation. The sound of wind and water
The sound of hunting flags and hunting flags together played a long song of spring, "Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo--"
Attracted by the bustle on the top of the city, Li Jiancheng climbed up the horse path and asked breathlessly, "What happened? Has the Turkic Wolf Cavalry arrived?"
"Not yet! But it will be soon!" Li Xu pointed at the thick smoke getting closer and closer outside the Great Wall, and replied with a smile. Since he and Li Jiancheng moved the Chinese army's tent forward to Dingyuan Fort at the foot of the Great Wall,
It has become a routine for the two of them to patrol the city every day. Only when you stand on the Great Wall can you truly feel the pressure from outside the Great Wall. Although Wang Xuba and Dou Cong are like golden eagles that pounce at any time, it makes them feel uncomfortable.
Some tribes that went too far ahead suffered disaster, but the smoke plumes caused by the nomadic tribes burning firewood for heating were still increasing, getting closer and closer to the Great Wall.
"What's so funny about that!" Li Jiancheng grinned his bloody lips and asked dissatisfiedly. He was not used to the dry and cold wind in Zhuo County, nor was he used to the tense atmosphere before the war. He had led the army in the battle before.
He had a vague impression of who the enemy was, what his strength was, and what the generals' abilities were. But this time, he only felt that the enemy was slowly approaching him, how many people there were, how many generals there were, and the combat skills and willpower of the opponent's soldiers.
How, it is not known at all
This feeling of fighting against the unknown is very depressing, just like walking alone in a snowy night. You can't see the stars or lights, and you can't see where the road is. You can only hear the sound of the wind and the howling of wolves, and you can feel it.
Just loneliness and fear
But today, Li Jiancheng felt a glimmer of hope because he saw the long-lost confidence in Li Xu's face again. As long as Xuzi didn't lose the confidence to win, the battle would not be lost. With his understanding of Li Xu, Jiancheng firmly believed this.
The smile on the latter's face really made people feel comfortable. He pointed with his finger at the dilapidated city wall bathed in the spring sunshine in the distance. Li Xu smiled and continued to remind: "See for yourself, is it different from when we first arrived?
"
"Almost? But it's indeed different!" Li Jiancheng followed Xu Zi's fingers and answered with a frown. There seems to be a big difference between today's Great Wall and yesterday's Great Wall, but he couldn't see clearly what the specific difference was. He just felt
The atmosphere inside and outside the Great Wall is very different. It used to be tragic and melancholy, but now it exudes vitality from the inside out.
The long-lost spring breeze has blown to the foot of the Great Wall! Li Jiancheng suddenly understood the difference. When they first arrived, there was still lingering snow near the Great Wall. The color of the sky and the earth was very dim. But today, the continuous mountains are no longer blue-grey.
It was replaced by a lush new green, as if it had been wiped on by a giant pen in an instant, clean and neat, with clear layers. A dark gray smoke column gradually approached in the distance, but the green nearby did not hesitate to greet it, like two armies.
Confrontation is normal, not giving in an inch
"It seems to be alive!" After looking at it carefully for a while, Li Jiancheng spoke again this time, with a smile on his face. "Not only it, the scenery on our side seems to be alive, but the shepherd's side is lifeless.
In spring, when everything begins to grow, you must have picked the wrong time to go south!"
"People say that when General Meng Tian built the Great Wall, he asked alchemists to seal a small dragon under the roots of the city, so the Great Wall has a soul!" Li Xu pressed his hand on the outer edge of the Great Wall and laughed.
"Then it should jump out on its own and devour the wolf riding south!" Li Jiancheng was infected by the other party's emotions and responded with a smile, "However, it does look like a living dragon drinking the water of the East China Sea and treading on the Western Regions.
Wind!" He quoted a poem written by his predecessors to compare it with the current artistic conception.
In the short songs of the predecessors, the Great Wall is alive. It is said that it will wake up at a specific moment to protect itself and the dignity of the entire Central Plains. Li Jiancheng has never believed in the wishful romance of these literati. After all, before the establishment of the Sui Dynasty
In the past four hundred years, the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Qiang, and Di were allowed to roam freely across the Central Plains. This giant dragon never woke up and never fulfilled its duties.
But today, he really felt that the vitality of the Great Wall under his feet seemed to be ready to rise into the sky at any time, flying and dancing in the spring air.
After watching for a while, he finally saw the long tree standing on the top of the city. He couldn't help but frowned curiously, "What is that? Why did you just put up a flagpole there without hanging a flag on it?"
"Your Majesty, can't you see that it's a flagpole? But you can use it as a flagpole!" Li Xu glanced at Jiancheng's gaze and replied with a smile.
