Spring and Autumn I Am King

At the end of September in the eighth year of Zhaohou's eighth year, it was mid-autumn, and a huge cavalry was camping here on the grasslands at the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, hundreds of miles north of Dai County. The night outside the Great Wall was already chilly, but the soldiers who had been marching for many days could not get a solid sleep, but watched the night vigilantly. They had already left the familiar land, and only after going deep into the grassland did they realize that it was vast and the surrounding darkness seemed to indicate an unknown future, not to mention that they had experienced such a thing in the past few days...

"Master, what should I do?"

In the largest tent, looking at the dying general on the stretcher, the magpie doctor whispered to the tutor with a pale face.

Glancing at the jet-black face of General Yu, the veteran doctor who had been practicing medicine in the army for more than ten years was at a loss.

He shook his head and said, "This is a poison curse cast by the Donghu people..."

It turned out that after the fall of this year, the Donghu people who migrated in pursuit of aquatic plants began to enter the north of Yan and Dai, looting the grassland tribes attached to Zhao State, but when they became wicked, they tried to cross Tuhe and go deep into Dai County When killing and looting, he was beaten by Zhao Jun!

In August, Daijun received an order from Zhao Wuxi, asking them to repel the intruding Hu people. Daijun Sima Yuxi believed that after three years of recuperation, the Daijun cavalry had recovered. According to the information, the Donghu people are at most twice as many as the Zhao army, and they are equipped with bows and crossbows.

So Yu Xi, after repelling the intruding enemy, brought 2,500 Zhao cavalry, and recruited 2,500 cavalry from Tu He, Wuzhong, and Dai, and resolutely went out to Zhang Yuansai (Zhangjiakou) to find the main force of Donghu! Strive to complete it in one battle!

At the beginning of September, after the Zhao army went out of the fortress, things went well. They first defeated the Donghu Rangers near Baihe, took advantage of the victory to cross the river, and captured a small Donghu leader. He asked him about the whereabouts of Liuhe, the king of Donghu. Fear and flee north, only thirty miles away from here."

Hearing that, Yu Xi was overjoyed and decided to let the army gallop to prevent King Donghu from escaping.

In the subsequent pursuit, he really found the tail of the Donghu tribe, but the main force was still missing, and the Hu people were defeated in every battle. , began to penetrate into the hinterland of Donghu, not far from Chishan.

At this time, the cautious generals began to persuade Yu Xi to stop, find out what the enemy is and then send troops to pursue. However, Yu Xi, who was dedicated to making meritorious deeds and making his family the same as Shixun's family, refused to accept it and insisted on taking the leader of the Donghu as the township leader, and went straight to the position where the king of Donghu might be.

However, he fluttered again.

Furious, Yu Xi cut the lying Donghu leader into eight pieces, and then concluded that Donghu was afraid of Zhao's army, so he chose to escape. If the ghosts and gods can't escape the temple, he decides to kill Chishan in one go and destroy the place where the Donghu people sacrificed to the sky. In this way, the Donghu tribe, which has just been pinched together, can break up without attacking.

Tu Heren Xinzhigou immediately persuaded: "The general believes in the words of the captives easily, and the army goes deep alone, and the enemy army continues to show weakness and temptation. If we advance further, we will inevitably be in a disadvantageous situation. It is better to retreat temporarily, return the whole division, and wait for the next spring to fight again. "

Yu Xi didn't listen to this, and said sharply, "Those who violate the order will be executed!"

But things are getting worse.

Late September is the season when the season changes at the end of autumn. The warmth on the grassland has not yet dissipated. This is also the last golden season when the water and grass are lush. The cattle and sheep on the grassland should be grazing desperately all the time. Try to make yourself fatter. Survive the long and difficult winter ahead.

However, in this vast grassland, Zhao Jun did not see any cattle or sheep.

"It must be the Donghu people who drove the cattle and sheep north." Xinzhigou guessed that this was extremely unfavorable news, because Zhao Jun's food was almost lost.

"There are naturally innumerable cattle, sheep, dogs and horses waiting for us to capture in Chishan. In the past, the era would have been wiped out, so wouldn't it also be a thousand miles to build a miracle?" Yu Xi is now in a dilemma. Helpless, had to go.

Zhao Jun walked on the grassland for half a month, but he could not even find the shadow of the Donghu people, and even drinking water was a little difficult. When he reached the upper reaches of the Rao Leshui (Xila Mulun River), he finally saw the water source. Zhao Qi, who was overjoyed, not only lay down and drank, but also filled the water bottle with water.

But there are also sensitive soldiers who noticed the strange smell in the water and informed the magpie doctors in the army. However, when the doctors came to stop it, it was too late. More than a thousand people in the former army had already drank the water in the river...

A disease spread among the soldiers who drank water, and even the chief general Yu Xi was not spared. The first day others were fine, but the next day they vomited and diarrhoea. By the third day, they were too weak to ride a horse.

Zhao Jun had no choice but to stagnate on this unfamiliar grassland. After the doctors diagnosed and treated them, they asserted: "This is dysentery!"

"Dysentery!?" Xinzhigou and the generals were suddenly shocked. The disease caused by this gastrointestinal infection is mainly concentrated in the hot south, and there are not many on the grassland.

It turned out that in order to deal with Zhao Jun, the Donghu people threw the animals that died of the plague into the water source. After drinking the unclean water, Zhao Jun naturally fell ill. At least five or six hundred people fell ill, two of them. Bairen's illness is as serious as Yuxi's!

"If it is in Yecheng, there is still a way, but this place is far away from the county, there is a shortage of doctors and medicines, and relying on the temporary collection of wormwood leaves, oak bark and other herbs, I'm afraid, I'm afraid that it can't be cured, I can only do my best to save my life. …”

It's a pity that the destiny is not in Yuxi's place. When half of the sick people drank the medicinal soup made from wormwood leaves and oak bark, their symptoms were relieved slightly, but Yuxi and more than 200 others were already dying, and the medicine stone could not save them.

When Yu Xi was dying, he was extremely regretful about his rash advance. He took the deputy general Xinzhigou by the hand and instructed him: "I have taken the order of the lord and failed to repay the kindness of the lord, trapping all the soldiers in danger. After I die, I will wrap my body in Ma Leather and set it on fire. I only hope that Xin Zhizi can bring the army back to Dai County, and wait for the next year to fight against Donghu.”

Yu Xi passed away not long after the account was finished. The son of Yu Xi, who was the first to follow Zhao Wuxi among the generals of the Zhao state, was famous for his light riding hurricanes and surprise adventures. Years later, he overturned the car on the vast grassland...

Although Yu Xi chose to trust Xinzhigou, the rest of the generals and supervisors had doubts, because Xinzhigou was Tu Hehu, not Huaxia, and not of our race.

Seeing the different expressions on their faces, Xinzhigou cut open the skin on his chest, letting blood seep out, holding Yuxi's tiger talisman and banner, and swore in public: "Tu He is the descendant of Qingxiong, and the enemy of Donghu generations, not to mention I have already I have served the prince for more than ten years, and I have regarded myself as a Zhao person, not just Tu He. This time the army is stuck here, lacking food and clothing, and returning nearly a thousand miles. I have to be on guard against the harassment of the Donghu people at any time. I hope that the two or three sons can trust me. I, stand together in the same boat, to overcome the difficulties together!"

Except for Xin Zhigou, none of the generals present had the qualifications and rank to command the 5,000 cavalry. They could only use dead horses as living horse doctors, and each returned to their own troops and prepared to leave the camp.

In early October, with a huge fire lit by the Rao Leshui River, Zhao Jun, led by Xin Zhigou, began to retreat and return.

When they came, the Zhao army was looking for and chasing the Donghu people, but when they retreated, the people who were chasing and retreating fell away, and the Donghu people began to appear on the grasslands they were familiar with and harassed Zhao. Fortunately, Xinzhigou and the Donghu people have been fighting for half their lives, and they are very familiar with the wolf pack tactics when they are fighting. After all, the Donghu people are an alliance formed by many tribes. They are quick to run, but it is still difficult to fight together. Although Zhao Qi is tired and has suffered some losses, his strength is particularly strong. No one wants to be the first to go up and bite the hard bones, and Liuhe, the king of Donghu, has nothing to do with it.

So all the way down, Zhao Qi's casualties were still within an acceptable range. Five thousand horses, one person and two horses, went out of the fortress, and about 4,000 horses and horses returned to Dai County.

It's a pity that there are still more than 1,000 people, and nearly 3,000 horses were damaged on the way home, and the loss of Yu Xi, the "Dragon City Flying General", was a huge loss for the entire Zhao Kingdom.

November~www.readwn.com~ When this bad news reached Yecheng, the whole dynasty was shocked!

A few days later, a huge public sacrifice was held in Yecheng, and Zhao Hou Wuxi also wrote the sacrificial text: "On the 18th, there was a heavy snowstorm, the clouds gathered into lead, the mountains were miserable, lonely and sad, General Nian has passed away. At that time, when the autumn winds in Daibei are still bleak? I pour strong wine alone to pay tribute to the general, and I wish I could sleep on the horse and attack Donghu in the northern desert..."

At the end of the sacrificial text, Zhao Wushang said with emotion: "The widow is independent and the snow is going on for thousands of years. I am saddened by the martyrdom of the general, and the heroic soul of the general has passed away. Is the hero of Ander guarding the border for the widow? Sad cry, Longcheng If the flying general is here, he will not teach Huma to ride the Yin Mountain!"

More than 20 years of monarch-subject friendship cannot be expressed in a single sacrificial text. While mourning and crying over Yu Xi's death, Zhao Wuxi also made a difficult decision:

"It seems that the widow has to go to Daibei in person!"

Although the courtiers tried to persuade him, Zhao Wuxi was determined to bring back the prairie wolves that he had indirectly created!

However, the cavalry in Shangjun will not be able to go north until next spring at the earliest. Before that, Daijun will survive a harsh winter under the disturbance of Huma!