The greenery all over the mountains and plains has turned into apricot yellow, and the upper and lower parts of Qiqu Mountain are a world of yellow leaves.
On the flat part of the mountainside, in a stockade that was opened up, there were many wooden houses. On the wooden fence at the edge of the stockade, some tattered flags were scattered scatteredly planted.
Xia Houwei, who was wearing a dirty cloak, slowly walked out of a wooden house with the support of a young man. Passing by a wooden house, when he heard the wailing sound coming from the house, the old general frowned.
The young general who supported him sighed:
"Father, we don't have much medicine for wounds. Only soldiers with injuries that are not too serious will use medicine. If the injuries are too serious, they will have to fend for themselves."
Xia Houwei sighed, turned around and continued walking towards the village.
"You are not good at leading troops, my old injury has relapsed, Tao Ze has defected to the Western Qin again, our soldiers are getting fewer and fewer, and I am afraid that we will not be able to escape defeat in the end."
Xia Houze's face turned pale, "Father, as long as you are here, we will be fine. When you were in Xiting, you were the Dinghai Shenzhen in the Han army, and today you are also our Dinghaishenzhen."
The two father and son were talking, walked to the edge of the mountainside, and looked down the mountain.
There is a large camp standing in front of the mountain. In the camp, flags are flying, patrol sergeants are coming and going, and the sky above Huotou Camp is filled with smoke. They must be cooking.
"Separation of movement and stillness, proper detailing, good, good at setting up a great camp."
Xia Houwei looked at the camp at the foot of the mountain and spoke in admiration.
Xia Houze's face looked a little ugly: "Father, these days when you are recovering from your injuries, this guard has fought with me many times, and I have been defeated every time. After just one charge, I was beaten and abandoned."
First."
Xia Houwei nodded: "The defeat is not unjust. If my guess is correct, the general commanding the army should be Su Hou. The powerful Su Hou of Thule. Now that the North has heard his name, he is a figure almost comparable to Changshengtian.
"
Xiahouze looked unwilling: "But father, I am not willing to accept our defeat like this."
Xia Houwei stood up straight and looked at the camp where the people at the foot of the mountain were shouting, his eyes full of infinite yearning. Once upon a time, he was also the general of the Han army, commanding thousands of Han men to conquer the north and south.
Unexpectedly, when he got old, he would turn traitor for the sake of a son, becoming a traitor to the country and a fugitive pursued by the court.
Decades of hard work are all in vain in the end.
"Father, let's go back."
Xia Houze's hand holding Xia Houwei couldn't help but tremble.
My father's health is getting worse. He leads the army and is defeated repeatedly. If his father does not come out of the mountain, the army under his command will be really doomed.
Xia Houwei laughed at himself: "Go back? Go back there? Su Hou is leading the army. Naturally, he is on every possible precaution. I really thought you could escape."
"Back then, there was a bloody battle in the capital, and they faced each other alone in the long street. Su Hou led the army, and one person could stop a million troops. He killed Li Xun's rebellion, and turned Li Xun from a prince who almost succeeded in usurping the throne to a bereaved dog who fled to the north.
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Xiahouze's face became increasingly ugly. According to what his father said, his family must die.
"Surrender"
Xia Houwei spoke, glanced at the foot of the mountain, and said with regret: "It's not too late to surrender now. If Su Hou launches an attack, you won't even have time to surrender."
Xiahouze still wanted to struggle: "Father, there is only one road from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain. I have set up heavy troops. All our elites are piled there. No matter how powerful Su Lu is, he will still have to sacrifice the lives of the guards."
Xia Houwei raised his eyebrows, "Are you risking your life? I'm afraid that Su Lu has already thought of a way to defeat your heavy army."
Xia Houwei didn't believe it: "I don't believe it. No matter how talented Su Lu is, he can't break through the entrance at the bottom of the mountain."
…
After breakfast, the guards began to attack the mountain.
Dong Ning frowned as he looked at the old men, women and children brought over by Punanda.
"Captain Pu, what are your people doing? Using these old men and children as cannon fodder, is this something humans can do?"
Pu Nanda chuckled: "General Dong's words are serious, how can we let these people attack the mountain? They are not cannon fodder, but a big move to break the gate of hell under the mountain."
Dong Ning looked confused, but still let Pu Nanda press the person up.
Punanda shouted, holding a tube wrapped in iron sheets in his hand.
"Brothers of the Guards, listen, don't fire arrows, don't fire arrows.
These are your fathers, wives and children. We are using them to force you. Don’t shoot arrows to hurt your brothers’ parents, wives and children. Be careful of your brothers stabbing you in the back.”
"Tan Yong, you are now the brigade commander. Take care of your brother. Your wife is here. It is not easy to have a child to carry on the family line. You only have one daughter among your three daughters. If you hurt this son, you will not be able to live forever.
There will definitely be a son."
"Huang Goudan, you are a filial son. The prince said to put down your weapons and follow your father home. I will not take the blame for what you did this time."
"Li Zaoshu, your son is the only son in the family. Your parents are both dead. It was Cuihua from your village who gave you death. Does your grandson feel any loss?
The prince said that for Cuihua's sake, you can follow Cuihua home and let go of any mistakes you made."
"Hou Xue Shou, you can't even kill a pregnant woman! The prince said that even if you kneel down and call me daddy, I won't spare you.
Brothers in the Guards, listen, you are all sons of the Han Dynasty. A scum like Hou Xueshou who kills his neighbors will definitely take action against Pao Ze. Brothers who follow him, watch your backs."
…
Punanda held a pamphlet and shouted at the top of his lungs.
Soon, the closely guarded guards began to commotion. Some guards wanted to leave the camp, but were killed by the guards supervising the battle.
"Swish swish"
The prearranged archers took action, and the sword-wielding supervisors were shot down, and the guards guarding the gate of hell became even more commotion.
"kill"
The rebels, aroused by their parents and wives, swung their knives at the supervisory team. More often than not, they dropped the knives in their hands and ran towards Punanda and their parents and wives.
Surrounded heavily, Su Lu patted the handrail and gave instructions.
"Dong Ning, go up and kill them. We won't kill those who surrender. We won't kill those who drop their weapons."
Dong Ning pulled out the long knife from his waist, raised his arms and rushed out first.
"Brothers, charge me. I won't kill anyone who surrenders. I won't kill anyone who drops his weapon."
The guards formed a military formation and rushed forward, rushing into the rebel formation like a tide, and quickly wiped out the rebels who were stubbornly resisting.
On the top of the mountain, Xiahouze looked at the disintegrating rebels in bewilderment. His knees softened and he knelt on the ground.
The old man was really right. Su Lu dispersed his own military formation almost effortlessly, breaking through his carefully arranged defense without even hurting a single soldier.
It's over, it's over.
…
Su Lu looked at the guards who were fighting their way up the mountainside and sighed, Xia Houwei was finally turning the page.
When Xiahouze and his son were tied up and sent down, Su Lu had already gone back. Cao Hua was followed by a group of pro-soldiers, standing at the foot of the mountain, announcing Su Lu's military orders.
"Order, send the old general Xiahou to the capital as a gift."
Xiahouze struggled and shouted: "I don't accept it. Su Lu used tricks to defeat me, not just and aboveboard."
"I don't accept it. Let him come out and fight with me openly."
Cao Hua looked at the struggling Xia Houze and Xia Houwei with messy white hair, followed Su Lu's example, sighed and said:
"Old general, your son is really blind."
"Xiahou Ze, do you really think that your father's injuries were caused by long-term military service? That was the prince's order, and the masters of Dingxiang Guards sneaked into your rebels and injured your father."
"I don't even know how I lost, but I still want to fight with my master, and I don't know how I died."