Li Qiu was from Jianning and was not used to serving in the vassal state of Juyan.
This lonely place hangs eight hundred (Han) miles north of the Hexi Corridor. There are often rolling clouds of sand and dust that hit people. Strong winds can tear people's faces and lips. There is also a knife that seems to be sharpening all the time.
The coldness of the bones.
Sometimes he even suspected that if he hadn't been in the prime of life, he might have ended up sleeping under the yellow sand and become a ghost in a foreign land because he couldn't stand the bitter cold.
But tonight he forgot about the cold.
Regardless of whether a faint white mist kept rising from his breath, or whether his brows had condensed a little, he still stood motionless on the top of the city, looking out of the city intently.
The pale moonlight in the middle of the night made the whimpering Shuofeng feel even more desolate, and also cast a layer of loneliness on the hills in the distance.
That hillock was born today, and it should be called Jingguan, because the right part of the southern Xiongnu was built with the corpses of more than a hundred Han captives mixed with sand.
Li Qiu still remembers the scenes of the barbarians making noisy provocations at the top of the city as they killed the prisoners one by one; he also remembered the tragic scenes of the Han prisoners who cursed endlessly before they died and no one begged for mercy.
At that time, there was a commotion on top of the city.
Everyone was furious and begged Li Qiu, the chief official, to open the city gate and let them go and slaughter the barbarians alive.
Naturally, before Li Qiu could speak, Fu Qian pulled out the sharp blade given by Emperor Liu Chan and suppressed the noise of the soldiers: "Here is the sword given by Emperor Liu Chan! Anyone who dares to leave the city again will be punished!"
In addition, Huangfulong, who had gained the respect and love of the common people through his good governance through farming, caring for the poor, orphans and widows over the years after taking office, used the safety of women and children in the city as an excuse to comfort him, which made the soldiers feel a little calmer.
But this can't change Li Qiu's eyesight.
The hand holding the handle of the knife loosened and tightened, tightened and loosened again and again. It was not until the right side of the Southern Huns left that he suppressed his anger and wanted to come out of the city for a fierce battle.
He had already made a wrong decision once and could not afford to make it a second time.
right!
Even if the loss of these two hundred soldiers was caused by the Army Sima's insistence on going out of the city to guard the outpost beacon, he was still responsible.
He was a captain appointed by the imperial court. He was in charge of the troops and horses of the Juyan Kingdom, and had arbitrary power in battle. If he had been more courageous at that time, he would have ordered the army to be punished for "disrespecting the general's orders, disrupting the morale of the army, or being arrogant and unruly".
If Sima is imprisoned, the soldiers will not suffer the disaster of Xiaoxuan.
But he worried too much.
Worrying about the disharmony between the generals, worried about the unstable morale of the army, and hoping to win the support of all the soldiers in the county in the future, they forgot that kindness does not lead to military control, and became indifferent to "If you continue to cut off, you will suffer from chaos; if you continue to cut off, there will be trouble in the future."
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In the end, it turned into regrets and self-blame.
"Woo~~drop~~"
A flute sound suddenly sounded.
Li Qiu looked sideways and found that Fu Qian had come and stood side by side with him, playing the flute.
When it comes to music, Fu Qian has never had any talent.
No matter how hard he persevered, the bamboo flute was still very hard to listen to.
However, now the Qiang flute, which has a clear and high-pitched tone and a sense of sadness, makes people feel that it has a unique charm, and a meandering sense of sadness hits the face.
Just like Li Qiu, his current mood is difficult to calm down.
After a while, the song ended.
"Gongyuan, what's the name of this song?"
Li Qiu, who was listening quietly, exhaled a burst of white mist and asked softly.
"The gentleman said that this song is called "Out of the Fortress"."
After inserting the Qiang flute into his waist, Fu Qian calmly returned, "According to legend, it was military music composed by Li Yannian, a musician during the reign of Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty, praising the achievements and heroism of our Han soldiers in expelling the Xiongnu."
"Drive out the Huns"
After murmuring something, Li Qiu cast his gaze on the hill under the moonlight again, wondering what he was thinking.
When Fu Qian saw this, he opened his mouth and wanted to say a few words of relief but gave up.
The two people who had been together for a long time were very familiar with each other's temperaments and could roughly guess what each other was thinking, so Fu Qian didn't know what to say.
But what he didn't expect was that Li Qiu spoke first.
"Gongyuan, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep the oath we made in the past."
"Huh? What do you mean, Brother Yiqing?"
"Fight Wu together."
"Oh~~"
Fu Qian suddenly realized, nodded and said, "Okay."
Attacking Wu together was what they had said before they were entrusted with the task.
Because Fu Qian's father died in the Battle of Yiling, when the two of them talked about Sun Wu, Fu Qian would always say that if Han and Wu turned against each other in the future, he would ask for orders to go to the east to avenge his hatred. At that time, Li Qiu would also
Those who shared the same hatred expressed their wish to go together, and led most of his family to join Fu Qian in Jianye via the road of Zangda County.
It's an agreement between young men.
However, what is unexpected is that Li Qiu always kept it in mind as a vow.
"It's not that I don't want to go to the country to avenge my country and avenge Gong Yuan's hatred."
Worried about Fu Qian's misunderstanding, he still hurriedly explained, "It's just that if the traitor Liu Gaosheng Yuan is not killed, and the right side of the southern Xiongnu is not built into a capital, I will not be able to leave this place."
"Brother Yiqing will still join me in our country's revenge in the future."
After a moment of silence, Fu Qian spoke with emotion, "The traitor Liu Gaosheng Yuan dared to kill our Han soldiers and insult our Han Dynasty! If this revenge is not avenged, I will not leave this place."
"Um?"
Hearing this, Li Qiu turned his head and looked over.
When he saw Fu Qian's serious face under the firelight, he couldn't help but smile and raised his right hand, "A gentleman's words."
"It's hard to chase a horse."
"Pa~"
With a round of applause, the city fell into silence again.
Because they all know that it is not difficult for the Han army to defeat the right wing of the Southern Xiongnu, but it is very difficult to destroy them.
At least, don't think about it until the Han Dynasty has tens of thousands of horses ready to conquer.
But what they didn't know was that just a few days later, Ma Dai, who was stationed in Huishui County, Jiuquan County, welcomed Dai Hua Langni, the young commander of the Tuoba tribe, and his first words were: "If the general believes in
With our sincerity, Liu Gaosheng Yuan can be captured in one battle! Your army will stay in Yan's vassal country and there will be no more wars from now on!"
Yes, Tuoba Liwei wanted to get rid of Wei's control.
Therefore, he sent his confidants to seek help from the Han army.
The plan is also very simple. He asked Ma Dai to lead the Xiliang cavalry to Juyan City in the name of rescue, and fight with the right army of the Southern Xiongnu in the wild. At that time, Tuoba Liwei would lead the clan to defect in battle and push Liu Gaosheng
Cut off Yuan's head.
After the deed was accomplished, the prisoners and spoils of war were equally divided between the two armies.
Moreover, Tuoba Liwei will move his tribe to Mobei, not only to stop the Han army from worrying about the future safety of Ju Yanze, but also to avoid Wei's revenge.
But the time of the battle must be after early summer and April.
Because at that time, the women and children from the right tribe of the Southern Xiongnu and the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei who stayed in Mingsha Mountain would migrate to Juyanze.
"General, our troops have no enmity with your army."
Tuoba Liwei roughly stated what he wanted, and Commander Dai Hua Langni tried his best to facilitate it. "The previous exchange of military and market exchanges fully demonstrated the goodwill between our army and your army. Now our army comes here with sincerity, but I want to ask for help."
Everyone takes what he gets, but please don’t doubt it, general!"
