Cangzhou beacon fire

Chapter 9

Ten years ago, it was the seventh day of the Battle of Ghost King Mountain.

"The green pheasant is our sacred bird. It is rumored that it is the mount of the water god Qiangong. This bird lives on the top of the mountain for many years. Before it dies, it will use all its strength to fly for the last time and then slide down from the sky. When people meet the dead Qing Pheasant, would bury it and collect the fallen feathers as an offering."

Zhong Lin paused for a moment, and inspected the more than 2 soldiers on the playground, all of them were sad and lifeless.

"Since our Zhong family has cavalry, we have chosen a green pheasant feather to put on the horse's head, which means that like a green pheasant, it will spread its wings and fight until it dies, and you...!"

With the last two words, Zhong Lin emphasized his tone, and his expression became more serious.

"As a Qingyu cavalry from the Yue Kingdom, you are negative! Stop training! Drink! Drink! You look like walking corpses, are you worthy of the title of Qingyu cavalry? Are you worthy of the hundred thousand brothers who died in Ghost King Mountain?!" Zhong Linyi He slapped his palm heavily on the table and glared angrily. Wherever his eyes went, the soldiers lowered their heads silently.

"You guys are really promising! Do you know how old are the youngest recruits on the training ground?"

Zhong Lin clenched his fist in one hand and stretched out four fingers in the other: "14 years old, 14 years old! If Sanyuan hits now, these kids will have to go up and fight them!"

Zhong Lin took a deep breath to ease his mood. "I know that you feel guilty. If the Qingyu Cavalry hadn't fought with the first and second armies to send troops, then the Qingyu cavalry would have been buried in the sea of ​​fire instead of the first and second armies. You feel sorry for them, right? But they have already You sacrificed for the country, but you are still alive, but you live like zombies."

Zhong Lin sighed, walked down the high platform slowly, and walked towards the gate of the camp.

When parting, he turned around and left a sentence. "The Zhong family doesn't raise useless soldiers. You will receive enough retirement pay, one soldier at a time. I, Mr. Zhong, wish you all a bright future."

Zhong Lin had already left the camp, only the [-] Qingyu riders were still sitting silently, showing no intention of leaving.

At this moment, there was a sob, and then another sob, and more and more people began to sob.

Fang Wei, the battalion commander of the first battalion of Qingyu Cavalry, with red eyes, said lightly: "If you want to cry, just cry."

With a shock, everyone burst into tears like a flood, unable to hold back the grief in their hearts, they cried loudly.

Cai Kang, the commander of the second battalion, beat his chest and cried, "It's all my fault. It was I who suggested that Qingyuqi should go first! I killed the first army and the second army. I killed my brother and father. I deserve to die." ! Damn me!"

Immediately Cai Kang drew out the sword at his waist and put it on his neck, ready to kill himself.

Seeing this, everyone wanted to step forward to stop him.

At this time, a powerful hand stretched out suddenly, clamping Cai Kang's sword hand tightly, the force was so great that Cai Kang couldn't break free no matter what.

Cai Kang took a closer look and saw a young man in his twenties with a particularly conspicuous mole on his forehead: "Major General?"

Cai Kang's cry attracted the attention of all the soldiers in the audience, and they all looked over at the same time, and the crying gradually stopped.

Zhong Yao snatched the sword from Cai Kang's hand, shook his head with a serious expression, and signaled Cai Kang not to do anything stupid.

Cai Kang collapsed and knelt down, crying loudly: "It's all my fault... I killed them..."

Zhong Yao stretched out a hand to touch Cai Kang's head, and said flatly, "Bring your father and brother's will and live on."

Then he faced all the soldiers and shouted: "With the will of a hundred thousand soldiers, live! You are Qingyuqi!"

The voice was loud and majestic, beating the hearts of the soldiers like a bell.

To live with the will of the dead soldiers... Yes, even though the [-] soldiers have died for the country, they Qingyuqi are still alive, and they must inherit the will of the [-] heroic souls!Because they are Qingyu cavalry, the Qingyu cavalry who are known as the number one cavalry in Yue country!

After a while, Fang Wei wiped away his tears, stood on the ground, and his eyes became firm: "The young general is right! We are Qingyuqi! The invincible Qingyuqi!"

After finishing speaking, he adjusted his messy military uniform, swept away his slump, and walked resolutely towards the training ground.

"Yes! We are Qingyuqi!"

"That's right! We don't live for ourselves!"

"Live for the [-] soldiers who died for the country!"

One by two, three stood up one after another, and finally all the soldiers got up and followed Fang Wei's steps to the training ground.

After a while, only Zhong Yao stood alone in the empty playground. He turned around and inspected the entire camp. The scene of the generals of the Second Army laughing and playing in the past came into view again. He smiled, and a tear slipped from his cheek and seeped into the corner of his mouth , very bitter...

"Boss Bai, Xiaowei, I will inherit your will..."

In the distance, Zhong Lin on horseback looked at the lonely figure of his son, and the sadness on his face gradually dissipated.

Uncle Fu followed up with his horse and said cautiously: "My lord, is he being too harsh on the young master? After all, the young master has personally experienced the defeat of Ghost King Mountain, and the lord has not even said a word of comfort these days."

Zhong Lin shook his head: "There are some hurdles that he has to cross by himself."

Uncle Fu also followed Zhong Lin's gaze to see Zhong Yao who was alone in the camp, and said with a little relief: "It seems that the young master has already crossed over."

People are like this, after no pressure, they can do things with ease, and from that moment on, the Qingyu Cavalry has undergone subtle changes, training harder, and talking more, even on the battlefield.

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The [-] Sanyuan defenders of Twin Peaks never expected that the enemy would appear behind them.

When the dust billowed in the rear, they thought it was their own troops, and they didn't realize that something was wrong until they saw the Yue flag.

"It's not a friendly army! It's the Yue army! Change formation! Change infantry, cavalry and archers, hurry up!" Li Ao, the commander of the Sanyuan Army, hissed and roared.

However, it was too late, the speed of the Qingyu Cavalry's surprise attack was much faster than their speed of changing formations.

"Haha, it's finally our Qingyu ride, Sanyuan dogs, try the master's long spear!"

"Haha, I want to be the first to join the battle! Don't compete with me!" After saying that, Qing Yuqi clamped his legs hard, and immediately left his companion behind him.

Accompanied by the chattering sound waves, Qingyu Qi plunged into the center of the Sanyuan Army like a sharp blade.

Under the powerful impact, the scattered enemy formation was instantly rushed out of a huge gap.

"Haha, three-yuan dogs, your uncle is here!" A Qingyu cavalry howled wildly, stabbing a three-yuan bow soldier.

And behind him, another Qingyu rode a reined horse and leaped up. The horse's hoof hit the shields of the two Sanyuan infantry heavily. The shields cracked, and the shield holders were killed on the spot.

"You are not even as good as my dolls." The Qingyu cavalry who knocked down two Sanyuan infantry hit the ground and stabbed another one.

"Whoever kills more than anyone else, please drink!" A Qingyu rider said to his companion after knocking down two Sanyuan soldiers.

When his companion heard this, he laughed ferociously. "Hey, don't play tricks if you lose!"

"Don't listen to Lao Zhang, he often plays tricks, let's go!" The Qingyu rider picked up another three-element shield soldier while speaking.

"When did I cheat? I drank too much last time."

"You always drink too much..."

On that day, Sanyuan's [-] defenders stationed at Twin Peaks were completely wiped out in Qingyu Qi's chatter.

Fengshui City, Wai Shui City fell.

Annoyed, Qi Sheng knew that he had no advantage in troops, so he could only lead the rest of his troops to retreat to Enshui City.

a few days later.

Inside the Xixu Hall, Zhao Yan and his younger brother Zhao Kong roared around a delicate porcelain bowl, cheering for the crickets in their own bowl.

"Bite it bite it!"

"Come on, come on! Come on!"

Just when the two were very excited, hasty footsteps sounded, and an outer servant walked in quickly.

"My lord, Jinxi Military Daily."

Zhao Yan didn't have any thoughts, and without turning his head, he waved his hands and said, "Read."

"Three days ago, General Zhong went down to the cities of Fengshui and Weishui, annihilating more than [-] enemies, a great victory."

"Great Avatar has won! Hahahaha, I won." At this moment, the winner was drawn in the bowl, Zhao Yan jumped up for joy, while Zhao Kong covered his face and frowned in distress. This was already the fourth one.

Zhao Kong is slightly fat, with a round face and a pointed beard. He is 29 years old. He was born to the same mother as Zhao Yan. After Zhao Yan became the king, Zhao Kong has been promoted several times. Now he is in Yueguo, where even Zhong Lin is half a job behind him. Right prime minister.

"By the way, what did you just say?" Zhao Yan remembered that there was a military report at this moment, and asked the servant to read it again.

As soon as he heard that Jinxi had won, Zhao Yan was overjoyed: "Good! Good! This Zhong Lao went to four cities in a row, and he is really strong and strong."

Zhao Kong leaned over at this moment and said, "Brother Wang, Zhong Lin is also in charge of both the prime minister and the general, and has won many military exploits. Shouldn't he be more careful? Lest..."

Zhao Yan shook his head and said, "Don't worry, brother, Mr. Zhong is very loyal. You must know that when father wanted to change Zhao Yue, Mr. Zhong took the lead in dissuading him. If he has second thoughts, this king will not be able to sit on the throne."

Zhao Kong said thoughtfully: "That's true, but Zhong Lin's eldest son, Zhong Yao, has a close relationship with Zhao Yue. The old man is not afraid, but the young man is afraid that he will have a different heart."

"The hapless and miserable eldest son, why guard against him, come on, do you still have crickets? Continue."

At this time, the outer gate servant ran in again with a happy expression on his face.

"My lord, Concubine Li has given birth!"

When Zhao Yan heard this, he immediately beamed with joy, stood up and asked, "Did you give birth? Is it male or female?"

"Your Majesty, the court lady is here to report that he is a prince!"

"Prince, haha, I'm a father, I'm a father!" Zhao Yan danced happily, the queen was weak and sick and unable to bear children, this concubine Li had been in the palace for more than three years, and now she finally gave birth to a son for him.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Hexi Your Majesty."

Under the gazebo in Dongcheng District, Shouyan City.

The blue smoke arrow pierced the sky, Yan Yu stopped the chess pieces in his hand, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

Pang Baichuan looked at the sky, then at Yan Yu, and said with a smile, "It seems that there will be no winner today."

Yan Yu came back to his senses, got up and saluted and said: "The blue arrow is urgently called, the old man has to return to the court again, and we will discuss it another day."

"Sanyuan has two urgent matters right now. One is the rogue bandits in the interior, and the other is the war in Jinxi."

Yan Yu looked at Pang Baichuan who was full of smiles and said, "Young Master Pang, why don't you guess what happened to the blue arrow?"

Pang Baichuan calmly put away the chess pieces and said, "If I guess correctly, General Qi should have lost."

Yan Yu's expression suddenly became serious. If it was as Pang Baichuan said, then the problem would be serious.

When Yan Yu was about to leave, he stopped, turned around and said, "Mr. Pang still doesn't want to come out to help?"

Pang Baichuan shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, it's not the time yet, but I can offer you a plan, or you can temporarily withdraw from the Yue army."

(End of this chapter)