twin moon

Chapter 189 No.20 Act Five Unexpected [-]

Yanluoyuan at the end of winter and early spring, the snow covered the fields, and the herds were dormant. This should be the coldest and quietest time of the year.But now, it has changed into another scene.

Jiang Yan, who set off from Caobo overnight, marched eastward all the way, and before he reached the pass of Hulantai Col, he immediately saw black crows gathering in the air in front of him, and thick smoke billowed everywhere.The young man's heart tightened, and he hurriedly urged the horse forward, completely ignoring whether most of the cavalry behind him followed, and he never thought about his own safety for a moment.

On the road before the col, the snow has already turned into a yellow-brown mud.The footprints in the mud are more difficult to distinguish whether they are left by people or horses, but a trace of rust-like red gradually reveals in them, which makes people feel heavier as they walk forward.

Finally turning around the pass, the young Hehan finally couldn't help but let out a loud cry, and quickly turned his face away, unable to bear to look any more.And just less than a hundred steps away from it, a tower-shaped hill with a height of more than three feet, made of corpses and mud, stood in front of it without any obstruction.

Those bones are all men from the Muyun tribe who died in battle.Jiang Yan heard from Tuya that the southerners called this kind of thing a military force, and it was done to show off the martial arts of the victor and frighten the enemy.Before that, he had also seen the military army left by the Shuo Di Rebellion more than a hundred years ago along the banks of the Jin River.Although the age is long, the once towering military army has weathered and collapsed, but the dense skeletons exposed there are still chilling.

The Shuo Di Rebellion back then had already formed an indelible blood feud between the northern and southern clans.Even after a hundred years, under the calm surface, there are still undercurrents surging.Now that Yubei is aggressively invading, it is a good opportunity for his lieutenant general to make contributions.And erecting a military army of this size in the holy land of the grassland people is not only an unscrupulous provocation, but also a symbol, which symbolizes that the five tribes of Shuo Di will be completely conquered.

Soon, the cavalry team following the young Hehan also saw the Wu Jun in front of them, and they were also shocked by the scene in front of them, with fear written all over their faces.Some of them hesitated to mount forward, wanting to destroy this military army.However, he was stopped by Jiang Yan's order.

"Hehan, why are they not allowed to do it?" Monton couldn't understand the young man's actions, and his face was full of doubts.

Jiang Yan glanced back at him, but he turned his horse's head and shouted at the team behind him:

"I know that in your hearts, you may be secretly scolding me as a cold-blooded foreigner, and scolding me for not being with you. But you must understand that it is precisely because of the sacrifices of these tribesmen that the Yubei Army may not be able to break through Hulan yet. The last line of defense in Taiwan! If we waste time here, we are obliterating the last hope of the surviving clansmen! If you have anger in your heart, follow me and pour anger on the knife in your hand! We will not stop here ,Full speed ahead!"

Young Hehan's words seemed to set everyone on fire.Battle roars erupted immediately in the army formation, and each soldier stopped talking, but tightly held the saber at his waist, and the look of fear on his face had turned into endless anger.The team passed by the Wu army, and each of the riders bowed their heads to the remnants of the clansmen, and then grabbed the mounts under their crotches, and ran wildly behind Jiang Yan.

However, the scene they were most worried about happened.As soon as they entered the Muyunbu camp, the soldiers did not face a fierce battle with Sa Xueqi, but instead saw broken tents, scorched earth everywhere, and old and weak women and children lying dead everywhere.

The Yubei Army beheaded all the members of the Muyun tribe who had no time to escape, and burned them on the spot.The mutilated corpses curled up after being caught in the fire, the scorched flesh stuck together, and covered in ice and snow, it was impossible to tell who it was, and it was impossible to know how many people died here.

"Order, everyone get off their horses, we can't let our people die like this in the wilderness. Send a few teams of cavalry to scatter to find them. Anyone who encounters a military army will destroy them all and bury them on the spot..."

The black-eyed boy jumped down from Wuchen's back, but he couldn't hide his inner unease—before that, he had always had illusions, thinking that no matter what the battle was, Yuan Ti could protect Tuya from disaster. But the situation in Caobo before him made him worry that even a veteran on the battlefield like Yuan Ti might not be able to withstand the overwhelming offensive of Yubei.

Soon, his worries were fulfilled.Next to a pile of unidentifiable corpses in the middle of the camp, the young man found a small piece of cloth that hadn't been completely burned.That piece of material was as bright red as blood, and it was particularly conspicuous in the scorched black everywhere.In the upper corner, you can also see the border trimmed with gold thread velvet.

The last ray of hope that Yan worked hard to keep in his heart was completely shattered.His legs softened, and he suddenly knelt down in front of the pile of corpses, put his head in his hands, and shouted to the sky:

"So many years... so many years have passed, but I still can't save myself, I can't save it!"

A deep sense of powerlessness, like countless vines protruding from the void, tightly locked his limbs and bones, sucking all the strength in his body.And the scene when I witnessed the separation between my parents and my yin and yang in my childhood also reappeared clearly from the depths of my memory, as if it was yesterday.

After everyone buried all the remains properly, it was already evening at sunset.In the sky where the remnant clouds cleared, the rays of the sun sprinkled across the shoulders of the mountain to the nameless wild mounds, as if the Longevity Heaven was calling them.

This situation finally calmed down the surrounding Shuodi warriors a little, lit up bonfires in groups of three and four, took out the dried meat they carried with them, and swallowed it whole with the melted snow Fill your belly.

Meng Dun was ordered by General Yan to arrange several teams of scouts to patrol in four directions in turn to prevent the Saxue cavalry from attacking.But in fact, the two of them knew each other, even if they ordered the soldiers under their command to take time off and wait for work, even if there were more than [-] people, if they really fought hand-to-hand with the Yubei Army, their morale was low, and they would not be able to win lightly.

Jiang Yan sat alone on one side of the camp, looking up at the Milky Way above his head in a daze.Previously, he had confidently thought that this time he could at least protect Tuya and Zhouquan, a prairie man in the Muyun Department.However, right now, there is only endless self-blame left in his heart, and he has completely given up on his previous persistence. It seems that the flame in his heart that has supported him step by step to today is about to be extinguished.

The night sky in Shuobei seems to be more transparent than what he saw during the Great Ascension Dynasty, and it is also closer to the ground.And in the middle of the two disc-shaped bright moons on the celestial sphere, there is still an extremely bright small star hanging.

Tuya told the young Hehan that that star was what the Southerners called the Sui Xing.Every 12 years, it will go around the celestial sphere for one week and return to the clear and turbid February period.In the eyes of the prairie people, this star is the location of Changshengtian.Its appearance also represents the coming of a new era.

I don't know if those Muyun tribesmen who fell under Saxue's saber have gone to that land of bliss at this moment.I don't know if Tuya and old general Yuanti are also on that star, looking at him.

The black-eyed boy suddenly felt his nose sore, his eyes were blurred, and Sui Xing and Twin Moon gradually became hazy.He bit his lip hard, until the fishy-sweet taste came from between his teeth and refused to let go, but he couldn't restrain his trembling body.

"Hehan, here is Salha and some dried meat. You can eat it at will to keep out the cold."

Meng Dun didn't know when he came to the side of Jiang Yan who was alone.The young man didn't want the other party to see his gaffe, so he quickly turned his head away, and secretly wiped away the tears that were about to fall from the corners of his eyes:

"Just put it there, I don't have much appetite right now."

Even though he tried his best to lower his voice, Monton still heard something strange from it, and he refused to leave. Instead, he stepped forward to persuade:
"Dahehan, the warriors specially warmed this Salha for you. If you don't drink it while it's hot, the smell of the alcohol will dissipate."

"I said, just let it go!"

Jiang Yan raised his voice, and his tone was full of doubts.But the other party didn't know each other, and walked directly opposite him:
"Da Hehan, don't you suspect that the minister might poison the wine?"

Indeed, the boy with black pupils has always been wary of the leader of the Chuoluo tribe all the way.At this moment, the other party's words sounded more like a blatant provocation, which immediately aroused a nameless anger in his heart.He raised his head and stared fiercely into the other's eyes:
"That's right, I'm really skeptical! Don't forget, not long ago, you and Muhe fought against the Muyun tribe. If you were afraid of Muhe before and didn't dare to make trouble, but now he Now that you have passed away, what reason do you have to continue to serve me?!"

"Hehan, if you put it this way, I really don't have any reason to stay here."

In the face of naked doubts, Meng Dun did not shy away, "I did think before that, if I could help Mu He win the position of Tian He Han, my Chuo Luo Department would be able to share a lot of benefits from it. After that, I I didn't expect that Yuan Ti could actually borrow troops from Yu Bei to fight, so he was wise enough to protect himself and immediately gave up resistance."

"So, now you finally have a chance to get rid of me, a foreigner who sits on the Tianhehan position, and become the new king of Shuobei, what are you waiting for?"

Jiang Yan squinted his eyes and looked at the other party up and down, seeming to be more and more confused.

Monton's eyes did not dodge in any way, on the contrary, he was not afraid:
"Hehan thinks that if the minister really does this, he will be able to convince everyone? Although you are from the south, you are also the rightful son-in-law of the princess of the Muyun tribe. Since the grassland people have recognized you as our great Hehan, then we will It is what everyone expects. What's more, in the face of a strong enemy today, if I attack here, what kind of situation will I put myself and the entire Shuobei Grassland in?"

"But now I'm already defeated, and I can't even keep Tuya and Yanluoyuan!" Jiang Yan was already disheartened, and he didn't care if the other party would suddenly attack, and he was immersed in self-pity again.

But Meng Dun opened the wine bag in his hand, gulped down two gulps, and then handed it to the young Hehan:

"Now it's not just Muyun who is in trouble, but also every prairie person who has lived here for generations! I, Mengdun, am one of them first, and then the leader of the Chuoluo tribe! Now, what we need is Tianhehan To lead everyone to continue fighting, you need to eat something first, and then read this letter carefully."

"What letter?"

Jiang Yan raised his head again, only to see that the other party took out an object as thick as a little finger from his arms - it was obviously a thin bamboo tube used by Mo Crow to send messages.By the light of the fire, the young man clearly saw that the sealing wax on it was actually the pattern of a white deer representing Patriarch Bakwuqin, and he jumped up immediately:

"Where did you get this letter?"

"Half an hour ago, a black crow flew from nowhere and landed on the military army in front of the pass of Hulantai with this letter, and the nearby soldiers sent it to the camp. Your servant Guess, Princess Tuya and General Yuandi may still be alive at this moment—”

Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Yan couldn't wait to grab the thin bamboo tube in his palm.He picked off the sealing wax, and carefully pulled out a piece of silk that was as thin as light gauze, full of small script, unfolded it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully.

This letter was indeed written by Tuya, and it was written in the language of the Dasheng Dynasty.The black-eyed boy read it from the beginning to the end, but his complexion suddenly changed. He read it again and again from the beginning several times, and he suddenly gathered the silk in his hand, as if he was about to throw it into the bonfire in front of him.

It turned out that the letter was written hastily by Tuya when the camp was attacked.What was written in it was a confession she decided to make to Jiang Yan before the war, when she didn't know whether she would still be alive to see Jiang Yan:
Not long ago, the letter that Ning Yue sent with Brother Mu was secretly burned by Tuya!
"Hehan, where is the princess right now, and is she all right?"

Seeing that Hehan's expression was uncertain, Monton asked anxiously.But the black-eyed boy didn't say a word to him, turned around and wanted to leave.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped into the camp, and shouted loudly: "Twenty miles to the north, at the foot of Lancang Mountain, two armies are fighting fiercely. Maybe it is the remnant of Muyun!"

Even though Jiang Yandang realized that Tuya might be there, he didn't make a sound.Seeing this situation, Meng Dun couldn't help feeling strange and anxious. While ordering the warriors to get on their horses and prepare to set off, he yelled loudly at the young Hehan:
"Da Hehan! Although I don't know what is written in the letter, if you don't save people at this moment, I'm afraid you will never see your wife again!"

Hearing this, Jiang Yanfang lowered his head again, unfolded the letter in his hand, and studied it carefully.After hesitating for a moment, he jumped onto Wu Chen's broad back, patted the horse's buttocks hard, and rushed towards the foot of the big mountain in the sky like an arrow.

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