Chapter Six: Holding the Flag (Part One) "If we use the long flag as the flagpole, then what should we use as the flag surface?" Li Jiancheng was very puzzled by Xu Zi's ingenious move, but within a few days, he found the answer.
Marching Commander Shi Fangyannian drove a large number of livestock into the pass from Dingyuan Fort. When he saw the long pole standing at the top of the Great Wall, he immediately took a pile of messy woolen fabrics from the packhorse beside him and gave it to his own soldiers, smiling.
Order: "Hang to the highest point of the Great Wall and let the shepherds see the fate of those who offend our Central Plains Heavenly Power!"
"No!" The soldier with a sinister face picked up the pile of fabrics that exuded the smell of mutton, ran to the highest point of the Great Wall in one breath, and picked up the fabrics in his hands one by one like a rag.
There are all kinds of flags on them, wolf heads, leopards, wild deer, wild geese... all kinds of flags. Each flag represents a tribe that was defeated by Wang Xuba and others. Most of the flags are stained with blood. At first glance,
Knowing that someone paid the price of his life for fighting for him, there are some aspects that are very glorious. According to Fang Yannian's proud introduction, some small tribes who came under the call of Shibi found that the cost of robbery was very high, so they abandoned their camps and fled north overnight.
"Why don't you hang this one up?" Li Jiancheng was very happy after hearing this, and asked Fang Yannian, pointing to a flag half rolled up behind the saddle. It was a flag made of Sichuan brocade, with seven white swans embroidered on it, just in a row.
a human character
"This needs to be handed over to General Hussar for confirmation. It may be that his old friend's idea was very tricky. We relied on the number of people to injure one of their tribes, but the other party's follow-up troops chased us for several days and did not stop until we were close to the Great Wall.
!" Fang Yannian shrugged and replied in a rough voice. He always hung out with Wang Xuba, the "bandit leader", and now he also used a lot of Jianghu-specific words in his words. People who didn't know could not tell that he had ever been a gangster.
Passed the imperial examination and ranked third among all the scholars who took the examination in the six counties of Hebei Province.
Li Jiancheng's eyes suddenly widened, "Do you think it's Ashina Gutuoru's man? He couldn't have come so fast! Where are General Wang and General Dou? Where have they gone?"
"General Wang and General Dou went to Wanquan Guard as planned," Fang Yannian reported to him frankly. "The two of them asked me to escort the lottery numbers and loot back first. They are not Gutuolu people! This can be confirmed according to the prisoner's confession.
, the people of Gutuolu are still waiting for more tribes to gather near Rushui."
"I'm afraid he's waiting for Shibi Khan to come first so that he won't suffer too much in the lead!" Chen Yanshou smiled and shook his head. "Shibi Khan came so slowly. I'm afraid he's also waiting for the other major tribes to come first. No one wants to do anything for others.
But everyone wants to be the one who takes advantage in the end!"
"I guess that's the case too. Shibi Khan will not let his wolf cavalry be the first wave of attackers. He will use other tribal warriors as scapegoats." Fang Yannian nodded seriously. "But there are so many tribes coming this time, especially those who are so far away."
The tribes who are very far away from the Great Wall started marching almost two months ago, and now they are already riding a tiger with difficulty!"
Came to plunder excitedly, and finally returned empty-handed. The leader of the tribe certainly could not make any difference to the elders of the tribe who were waiting for food in the camp. Therefore, even if Shibi Khan did not forcefully force him, as long as he encouraged him a little, there would be success.
Many tribes are fighting bravely to be the first. For those big and small Aijins, at this point, they can no longer look back.
"Such an insidious villain is worthy of calling himself the Khan of Heaven!" Li Jiancheng's face became increasingly gloomy. He couldn't help but think of the scene when his father sent Liu Wenjing to swear allegiance to Shibi before he started the army. Although his father later explained that that was
In order to paralyze the wolf cavalry outside the Great Wall and protect everyone's retreat, although after taking Chang'an, my father had tried every means to make up for this wrong decision, but this wrong decision left a very big shadow in everyone's hearts, especially when facing the Boling Army with high morale.
Li Jiancheng always felt that the other party would secretly laugh at him behind his back.
"Strength is indeed king on the grassland, which is very different from the rules here." After practicing on the fortress for less than half a month, Fang Yannian deeply felt that the Central Plains princes like to talk about morality no matter how they usually do things.
There are not so many scruples on the grassland. The strong bully the weak, and the weak either beg for mercy or die without a burial place. Everything seems to be natural. During the march, more than once a small tribe who was maimed sent an envoy
Go to Wang Xuba and ask for surrender, and in front of the skeletons of tribal warriors, ask the entire tribe to become Li Khan's vassal. If Wang Xuba agrees to take in the old and young of the tribe, they are even willing to turn around and lead the Boling Army.
In order to ensure the speed of the march, Wang Xuba did not accept these surrenders, but he did not blindly kill them all. Instead, he distributed some spoils to the other parties and ordered them to go to the outside of Lulong Wall and rest under Luo Yi's nose. As for Luo Yi,
Wang Xuba didn't want to interfere with these guests who came from afar. In his opinion, this was already a very kind act. At least it was much kinder than Luo Yi's move of withdrawing the Hu and Ben cavalry and deliberately letting the Turks go south.
"Then let's let the shepherds see the strength of the Central Plains!" Li Jiancheng sneered and responded that the only way to wash away the Li family's shame is to give Shibi Khan a head-on blow. If future generations don't study this history carefully, it will be very difficult.
He easily believed his father's statement that "this is nothing more than covering one's ears and stealing the bell" and did not think that the Li family betrayed the entire Central Plains for their own family.
"General Wang and General Dou asked me to bring news to the Crown Prince and the General, saying that a large wave of herdsmen should arrive within three days!" Fang Yannian smiled and nodded, "Does the Crown Prince know where the General is? I need to find him as soon as possible.
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"Welcome Dou Jiande's generals at Liangshan Pass!" Li Jiancheng and Chen Yanshou replied at the same time. Out of the cherishment of their family honor, they did not accompany Li Xu to meet a group of bandits. Although the three parties would soon fight side by side, in their eyes, Dou Jiande
It's already the biggest help if you don't hold everyone back. As for the 30,000 disheveled reinforcements, they are still used for moving baggage and transporting grain and grass. If they actually go to the battlefield, I'm afraid it will drag everyone down.
Follow the bad luck
"Ah!" Fang Yannian obviously did not expect that Dou Jiande would actually send troops to help, but he quickly adapted to this change. General Li told everyone not to treat the Dou family army as ordinary bandits and treat the so-called bandits, referring to the troubled times.
The actions of a group of people, not their original background, Dou Jiande was able to cultivate wasteland and settle the people in southern Hebei, but it was those who were originally officials of the Sui Dynasty, but took advantage of the war to plunder...
After politely greeting Li Jiancheng, Chen Yanshou and others, Fang Yannian took the captured Swan Flag to find his coach. In the past two years, the Boling Army entrusted merchants to buy horses outside the Great Wall. One of the important places to stay was Xibu and Khitan Yu.
The two tribes in Lingbu all have business names under Li Xu's name. Wang Kewang, who stayed outside the Great Wall, would diligently collect the unsold goods from everyone, and then hand over the horses purchased privately to the merchants to take away.
Among them, the one the Minbu was flying was the White Swan Flag. He had heard some related rumors, so Fang Yannian, who was careful, kept the Swan Flag and gave it to his general for appraisal. According to his intuition, after discovering that his fellow tribesmen were attacked, he came from nearby.
The group of tribal warriors, especially one of the leaders who was about forty years old, did not try their best. His shooting skills were comparable to those of General Li. But from beginning to end, he did not let his subordinates move towards Boling and Hedong. Otherwise, the two sides would have a bloody battle.
, it is very likely to be a lose-lose ending.
When he arrived at Liangshan Pass, he saw that his general was greeting a nine-foot-tall strong man. The reinforcements were indeed as described by Li Jiancheng and others. The armor and equipment were very simple, but the morale was very high, and the military appearance was also very neat.
Having been defeated by any bandit team under the Boling Army, this batch of reinforcements can indeed be called an elite division, especially some warriors equipped with standard infantry rifles and broad-backed machetes. They stood there with murderous intent.
You can tell by looking at him that he is a veteran who has survived many battles.
"Yannian, you're here just in time. This is General Wang, the general who conquers the north under King Dou Tian!" Li Xu seemed to be no longer surprised. Seeing Fang Yannian jump off the horse, he immediately introduced him with a smile.
"Shi Fang Yannian, the marching commander of the Boling Zuo Army, has met General Wang!" Fang Yannian quickly clasped his fists and saluted the guest.
The visitor was a very rough and arrogant man. He clasped his fists in return, and then added loudly, "General Zhengbei, my surname is Wang, and I call him Fubao. This time I came here to listen to General Li's dispatch. Our King Dou said that although General Li
Treat our group of people as your own brothers. If anyone dares to disobey orders, he will not hesitate to implement whatever military law the Boling Army has!"
Fang Yannian couldn't help but sigh. Almost everyone was moved after hearing these words, "Thank you so much, King Dou Tianwang, for your righteousness!" In order not to be disrespectful, Li Xu once again cupped his fists to express his thanks.
"Logically, the one who should be grateful is that our brother Dou Wang has never used such good armor, nor such a fast sword!" Wang Fubao laughed and responded, "Our king said, General Li is not guarding
Zhuo County, but the entire Central Plains has people outside the door. No matter what festivals there are between my brothers, I have to put it aside for the time being. Look at my head!" He smiled and patted his head.
On the back of his head, "National hatred is greater than personal hatred!"
National hatred is greater than personal grudges. Before sending troops, facing the doubts of Gao Kaidao, Yang Gongqing and others, Dou Jiande explained that with just this sentence, he had completely cleared his past identity.
He is not a bandit. In these troubled times, he is an upright hero.
Note for drunkards: I recommend Wu Laolang’s book, "Wu Yingxiong Against the Sky", a very relaxing YY fiction novel
