Shu Chen

Chapter 367
Li Qiu is from Jianning, and he is not used to serving in the Juyan vassal state.

In this lonely place hanging eight hundred (Han) miles north of the Hexi Corridor, billows of sand and dust often come to attack people. bone cold.

Even, sometimes he suspects that if he is not in the prime of life, he may have long since been buried under the yellow sand and became a ghost from another land because of his intolerance to the bitter cold.

But tonight he forgot about the cold.

No matter whether there was a faint white mist continuously rising from the breath, or the brows were a little crystal clear, 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 makes the whimpering wind feel desolate, and also casts a layer of loneliness on the hills in the distance.

That hill was only born today, and it should be called Jingguan, because the right side of the Southern Huns was built with the corpses of more than a hundred Han army prisoners mixed with sand and soil.

Li Qiu still remembered the scenes of those barbarians wantonly shouting and provoking towards the top of the city when they killed the prisoners one by one; he also remembered the tragic scene of those Han prisoners yelling and no one begging for mercy before they died.

At that time, there was a great uproar above the city.

Everyone was furious and indignantly begged Li Qiu, the chief officer, to open the city gate and let them go and kill the group of barbarians alive.

Naturally, before Li Qiu could open his mouth, Fu Qian pulled out the sharp blade bestowed by the emperor Liu Chan and suppressed the clamor of the soldiers: "Here is the sword bestowed by the emperor! Anyone who goes out of the city will be punished!"

In addition, Huang Fulong, who had accumulated the respect and love of the generals through good governance such as farming, asking the poor and the orphans and widows for many years in office, comforted the safety of women and children in the city as an excuse, which made the soldiers feel a little more at ease.

But this couldn't change Li Qiu's eyes.

The hand holding the handle of the knife was loosened and tightened, tightened and loosened again and again, and it was not until the right part of the Southern Huns left that he suppressed his anger to go out of the city to fight.

He has already made a wrong decision once, and he cannot make a second mistake.

Correct!
The loss of these two hundred soldiers, even if it was caused by the army Sima going out of the city to defend the outpost, he was also responsible.

He is a school lieutenant appointed by the imperial court. He is in charge of the soldiers and horses of Juyan Kingdom, and has the power of arbitrariness in front of battle.If he had been more courageous at the time and sent the army Sima to prison on the charges of "disrespecting the general's order, disturbing the morale of the army, or being arrogant", he would not have caused the soldiers to suffer from the disaster.

But he worried too much.

Worried about the loss of harmony among the generals, apprehensive about the unstable morale of the army, and hoping to gain the support of all the county soldiers in the future, so they forgot that kindness is not in charge of soldiers, and they are indifferent to "If you stop and stop, you will suffer chaos; if you stop and continue, there will be troubles later. ".

In the end, it turned into too late to regret, and it was too late to blame myself.

"Woo~~Drip~~"

A flute sounded suddenly.

Li Qiu looked sideways, but found that Fu Qian had come to stand side by side with him at some time, playing the flute.

In terms of temperament, Fu Chen has never had any talent.

No matter how persistent he was, the bamboo flute still played very badly.

However, playing the Qiang flute with a clear, high-pitched tone and a sense of sorrow now makes people feel that it has a special charm, and a sense of sadness with twists and turns hits the face.

Just like Li Qiu's current mood is difficult to calm down.

When I was young, the song ended.

"Gongyuan, what's the name of this song?"

Li Qiu, who was listening quietly, exhaled a puff of white mist and asked softly.

"Mr. said the title of this song is "Out of the Fortress."

Putting the Qiang flute on his waist first, Fu Qian came back lightly, "It is said that it is the military music made by the musician Li Yannian in the time of Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty.

"Expel the Huns"

After muttering again, Li Qiu cast his eyes on the hill under the moonlight again, wondering what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Fu Qian opened his mouth to say a few words of relief but gave up.

The two people who were companions when they urinated were very familiar with each other's temperament, and they 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.

"Gong Yuan, I'm afraid I won't be able to fulfill the oath you and I made in the past."

"Huh? Brother Yiqing, what do you mean?"

"Fight Wu together."

"Oh~~"

Suddenly, Fu Qian nodded and answered, "Okay."

To attack Wu together is what they said before they were appointed.

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 to follow Zhengdong to avenge his hatred.At that time, Li Qiu would also join the enemy and add a word of willingness to go together, and lead his family to join Fu Qian in Jianye via Zang Cang County.

It can be regarded as an agreement between young men.

However, what is unexpected is that Li Qiu has always kept it in his heart as an oath.

"It's not because I don't want to go to the country to revenge and avenge the hatred of Gongyuan."

Worried about Fu Qian's misunderstanding, he quickly explained, "It's just that if I don't punish the thief Liu Gaosheng, and don't build the right part of the Southern Huns into a capital, I will have no face to leave this place."

"Brother Yiqing will still go to the country's revenge with me in the future."

After being silent for a while, Fu Qian said with emotion, "The thief Liu Gaosheng dared to kill my big Han soldiers and humiliate my Han Wei! If I don't avenge my revenge, I will not leave this place."

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Li Qiu looked sideways at the leader.

Seeing Fu Qian's serious face under the firelight, he couldn't help but smile suddenly, raised his right hand, "A word from a gentleman."

"It's hard to chase a horse."

"Crack~"

With a high-five, the city fell into silence again.

Because they all know that it is not difficult for the Han army to defeat the right part of the Southern Huns, but it is very difficult to destroy them.

At least, don't think about it until the big man has tens of thousands of horses on standby at any time.

But what they didn't know was that only a few days later, Ma Dai, who was stationed in Huishui County, Jiuquan County, welcomed Dai Hu'a Langni, the young commander of the Tuoba tribe, and his first sentence was: "If the general believes Sincerely, Liu Gaosheng can be captured in a single battle! Your army is in the country of Yan, and there will be no wars from now on!"

Yes, Tuoba Liwei wanted to get rid of Wei's control.

So I sent my confidants to seek the help of the Han army.

The plan was also very simple. He asked Ma Dai to supervise Xiliang iron cavalry to go to Juyan City in the name of rescue, and fight against the right part of the Southern Huns.At that time, Tuoba Liwei will lead the clan to turn against each other and cut off Liu Gaoshengyuan's head.

When it was done, the prisoners and the spoils were divided equally between the two armies.

Moreover, Tuoba Liwei will move his people to Mobei, not only to make the Han army no longer worry about the future safety of Juyanze, but also to avoid Wei Guo's revenge.

But the time for the battle must be after the beginning of summer and April.

Because at that time, the women and children left in Mingsha Mountain by the right part of the Southern Huns and the Tuoba tribe of Xianbei would migrate to Juyanze.

"General, our troops have never had any enmity with your army."

Briefly recounting what Tuoba Liwei was seeking, the commander-in-chief Dai Hu'a Langni tried his best to facilitate it, "The previous exchange of military markets is a good example of our department's goodwill with your army. Now our department comes here with sincerity, but I hope Take what you need, and please don't doubt the general!"

(End of this chapter)