Chapter 24 Chapter Eleven

Yan Fei wandered aimlessly in the wilderness, deliberately avoiding the ruins of deserted villages, and went eastward where no one could go.When I was hungry, I picked wild vegetables to satisfy my hunger, used the sky as my quilt and the earth as my bed, and lived a wandering life again. His mind was blank and he didn't think about anything, but he naturally began to practice at a certain moment.In the past few days, he has fought with masters many times, which is of great benefit. Many subtleties of the exercises that he had not been able to comprehend before were suddenly realized during these two days of doing nothing.However, he didn't care about whether Sun Yue Li Tian Dafa had improved or not, much less cared.

That night, he was sitting on a mountain top, with half a bright moon hanging in the sky, his heart was at a loss, and he had a strange feeling that he was here for some reason. Four or five miles to the west, there is a deserted village consisting of more than 50 dilapidated houses, which seems to be accusing the atrocities of war, full of desolation and helplessness. Where is he and where is he going? Everything becomes irrelevant. To Tuoba Gui or the Han people in the south, he has done his part, and he has nothing to worry about. He can't control it. On the first floor of Bianhuangji, watching the scene of the Han desolate people fleeing collectively, it seemed that it happened a moment ago, and suddenly he sat here blankly, and what happened in the middle felt dreamy and unreal.The sense of security away from the wilderness made him return to the muddleheadedness he was accustomed to this year, the inertia of being lazy and indifferent to anything.

But he had to make a choice for himself, at least one direction. If you continue eastward, you will eventually reach the edge of the sea.Thinking of this, I was moved. I heard that there are other scenic spots overseas. The closest ones are Wa and Yizhou. I am very tired of the war and suffering in the Central Plains. Why don't I try to cross the sea to find a paradise without war, or I will die in the raging sea. Thinking of this, Yan Fei left the mountain and went down the mountain. Fu Jian rode out of the south gate of Dazhai, and ran straight to a high ground outside the village, accompanied by Qi Fu Guoren, Murong Yong, Bald Wugu, Juqu Mengxun, Lu Guang, Zhu Xu and other great figures. General, followed by more than a hundred accompanying soldiers.

In the distance of Yingshui, the beacon smoke rises into the night sky. It is the beacon tower closest to Bianhuangji, and sends messages to Bianhuangji with the beacon smoke.There are more than a hundred such beacon towers all over the west bank of Yingshui, and they are used to quickly transmit information between the front line and the rear defense. Fu Jian was excited when he heard the beacon smoke, and immediately went out of the village to see for himself. The cavalry swept up the mountain like a gust of wind, Fu Jian reined in his horse and stopped, and all the generals hurriedly stopped the horse and stood behind.

Fu Jian blinked his eyelids a little in disbelief, and said in amazement: Shouyang has been captured! Lu Guang hurriedly said: "Thanks to the heavenly king Hongfu, Shouyang was defeated in one blow, and Jiankang is just around the corner." Juqu Mengxun said with a long smile: "Children in the south are as timid as a mouse. According to Mengxun, Xie Xuan was so frightened that he fled back to Jiankang's lair with his tail between his legs. Qi Fu Guoren didn't express the excitement of Juqu Mengxun and Lu Guang, and calmly said: The fast horses on the front line can come back before dawn, and then we can grasp the exact situation in Shouyang.

Fu Jian pondered for a moment, and said, "Zhu Qing's family, you are most familiar with the situation in the south. What's your opinion on this?" Zhu Xu was waiting for his enquiry, and when he heard the words, he gave out the answers he had prepared earlier, and said: The total strength of the Beifu soldiers is about 80,000, about one of them is cavalry, and the rest are infantry. Yang, Xiashi, Xuyi, Huaiyin, Tangyi, and Liyang are the six important towns in the north of the Yangtze River?In order to prevent our army from crossing the Huaihe River to make an assault, another heavy army should be left in Jiankang.Divided means weak, it seems that the Shouyang garrison must be less than 5,000.So when Hu Bin saw that we had a huge army to attack Shouyang, the strong men broke their arms and withdrew the Shouyang garrison to Xiashi City, hoping to gather troops from the two cities to resist with the danger of Bagong Mountain and the separation of Fei River.

Murong Yong grinned and said: This is indeed the only feasible strategy that cannot be implemented, but it is in the middle of our clever deployment of Qi Zheng and the two armies attacking from left to right. Fu Jian looked up to the sky and said with a smile: Xie Xuan's ability seems to stop here. Zhu Xu thought that it was you who were plotting, so he took the opportunity to say: When the front-line spies report back, we will know whether the official's view of Hu Bin's retreat without a fight is right or wrong.I have another proposal. If Hu Bin is as I expected, it means that the troops in Beifu are scattered and weak. The king of heaven can go to the front line to supervise the division and fight to boost morale. He will be able to break through the Xiashi City in one fell swoop. Unable to fight back, Jiankang will be defeated at the time.

Begging Fu Guoren glanced at Zhu Xu obliquely, and said: "There are only more than 100,000 people in our infantry who have arrived at the border wasteland. The rest are still on the way and are exhausted. Today, Shouyang has been obtained, and the gorge is just around the corner. Please seek advice from the king of heaven." Move after settling, without slowing down, it will happen naturally, and unify the world. Fu Jian laughed and said: "The words of the two Qings are both reasonable, but our two vanguards have a combined strength of 200,000. Even if all the soldiers from Beifu gather in Xiashi City, they are still vulnerable to a single blow."I have made up my mind, if, as Zhu Qing's family expected, I will personally lead 20,000 fine cavalry to the front line to break through the rocks tomorrow morning, and you must be ready to march tonight.

The crowd suddenly responded, even the begging Fu Guoren, who put forward the opposite opinion, believed that removing the canyon stone was a sure thing. Zhu Xu's confidence in Xie Xuan was greatly increased, because what he said was based on Xie Xuan's instructions in the secret letter, and Xie Xuan concluded in the letter that Fu Jian would definitely fall into the trap. Fu Jian reined in his horse, turned around and galloped back to the camp. He had never been more confident in his goal of unifying the world than at this moment. Liu Yu climbed to the west wall of Xiashi City. Xie Xuan, accompanied by Hu Bin, stood proudly like a mountain with his positive and negative hands, watching the movement of the enemy on the west bank of Feishui at the foot of Bagong Mountain. , with the famous Jiushao Dingyin sword hanging on his back, he has an indescribable self-confidence and perseverance.Especially thinking that he is the representative of Xie An, the number one scholar in the world, made Liu Yu feel indescribably excited. Liu Yu has always had only bad feelings for high-ranking and famous families, but the Xie family is the only exception. Xie Xuan alone is enough to make him willing to die, not to mention Xie An who is admired by all people.

Xie Xuan turned his head to look at him, Liu Yu felt excited, he knelt down to salute, and said in a trembling voice: Fortunately, General Liu Yu did not disgrace his life, and completed the task entrusted by Xuan Shuai. Xie Xuan moved forward, helped him up before he knelt down, and held his hands tightly, with a pair of eyes sparkling, he smiled and said: Good!You are worthy of my Dajin boy!Thank you for your hard work! It was the first time for Liu Yushang to come into contact with Xie Xuan in such a close situation, and he was almost speechless, and the tiredness of rushing to report without stopping was swept away, and he said with red eyes: "Xuan Shuai, I

Xie Xuan showed a touching and sincere smile, as if he understood all his efforts and the thrilling process of going through hardships, and there was no separation between him and the insurmountable distinction between the noble family and the poor family. He took his arm and went to the other side of the city wall. walk over. His personal soldiers tactfully avoided the two sides so that they could speak secretly. When the two passed by Hu Bin, the latter patted Liu Yu on the shoulder with a friendly and friendly attitude, showing his heartfelt gratitude to Liu Yu who had saved his life, which was very different from the attitude when they first met. Liu Yu suddenly had a feeling that his dream had come true. He was no longer just a small person running errands, but had successfully entered the backbone of the leadership of the Beifu Army. His future development was boundless. Xie Xuan finally stood still, let go of him, and turned his gaze to Shouyang. Liu Yu also looked towards Shouyang. He climbed into the city from the east road of Bagong Mountain. Only now did he have a chance to see the situation of Shouyang. He saw the tents on the west bank of Feishui River like the sea, brightly lit, making the inside and outside of Shouyang city as bright as day , the enemy camp was set up against the city, with banners fluttering, and the lineup was at its peak. However, Shouyang City was completely changed. The suspension bridges at the gates of the city were demolished, and the moat was not only cut off, but also filled with sand and stones.It can be imagined that there is no half bucket of grain left in the city, let alone arrow weapons. Dozens of arrow fortresses are built near the foot of Bagong Mountain here, distributed according to the height of the mountain. The lowest one is only a few hundred steps away from Feishui, like a patron saint, tightly guarding the shallowest and widest area of ​​Feishui where you can wade across the river. Although the enemy put on a posture of a strong lineup, Liu Yu knew that the opponent was exhausted and unable to cope with his side's assault across the river at this time. Fu Jian won Shouyang without fighting. There was a problem with the original coordination and deployment. Liang Cheng's army will cross the Huai River and land on the west bank of Luojian tomorrow night. Therefore, Fu Rong must wait for Liang Cheng to gain a firm foothold before he can conduct an east-west attack and isolation From this point of view, Xie Xuan has taken the lead in everything and controlled the initiative. Xie Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, and said calmly: "Showing others to be strong is to show one's weakness, and showing others to be weak is to show one's strength instead."Fu Rong!You are still close. Hearing what he said, Liu Yu understood why Xie Xuan was praised as the most outstanding military art master in the Southern Dynasty since Zuti and Huanwen. He was well-known for his calmness in facing the enemy and his insightful wisdom.Fortunately, I am not bad, but I am well aware of the enemy's situation, there is a difference between superior and inferior, Xie Xuan said: "Xiao Yu, tell me the whole process in detail, don't miss anything." Yan Fei set foot on the trail leading to the deserted village overgrown with weeds, and made up his mind to bypass the deserted village and continue eastward. Just as I was about to leave the trail, I suddenly felt something and looked towards a big tree beside the road. The trunk of that big tree was about ten feet above the ground, and there was a flash of light reflected by a metal object. Yan Fei took a look, his heart shook violently, he jumped up from the ground, pulled out the thing embedded in the tree, and fell back to the ground. Yan Fei sighed inwardly, what he was holding was Pang Yi's kitchen knife.He obviously followed his own instructions and chose the wilderness to escape, but when he arrived here, he encountered an accident and had to throw the machete for his body protection, and missed the target.Fortunately, there is no blood-stained corpse nearby, so there is still a glimmer of hope. He stuck the kitchen knife behind his waist, changed direction, and entered the village along the path, hoping to find Pang Yi who was injured and hiding in the village, not his body. After Liu Yu finished speaking, he waited for Xie Xuan's instructions. Xie Xuan stared at Shouyang, nodded and said: Xiaoyu, you have done a very good job, and you have lived up to Liu Canjun's expectations of you.From the process of your narration, it can be seen that you have a profound blessing and an unlimited future.If we win this battle, I will make other arrangements for you in the army.Now I will immediately promote you to lieutenant general, you must continue to work hard and do your job well. Liu Yu was overjoyed, because if he skipped the rank, he would be promoted to two levels in a row, not to mention that Xie Xuan would try his best to cultivate him, so he knelt down to thank him. Xie Xuan helped him up again, and said happily: "You won this back with your wisdom and courage, especially when you were on the return journey to find out the movements of Liang Chengyi's army, which is the key to victory or defeat in this battle." Liu Yu stood still, still feeling as comfortable as in the clouds. Since he joined the Beifu Army, he has been working tirelessly, hoping to stand out, and all his efforts have finally achieved good results at this moment. Xie Xuan suddenly frowned and thought, and asked after a while: In your eyes, what kind of person is Tuobagui?Don't exaggerate, and don't deliberately belittle him because he is a barbarian. Liu Yu became more and more aware of the difference between Xie Xuan and other high-ranking celebrities.Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the custom of criticizing characters on the first day of the month has been popular, and it has not declined until now.Jiang Zuo's famous family criticizes people, not to mention Hu people, as long as they are not from a high school, they will despise them. As for Hu people, they all regard them as low-educated barbarians.For Xie Xuan to remind him so much, Xie Xuan's uniqueness can already be seen. Liu Yu sorted out a lot of information in his mind, and replied respectfully: Tuoba Gui is a man of extraordinary insight, who has all the conditions to be a commander. Abandoning Shouyang, he actually knew that Xuan Shuai had a plan in his chest, and after he had this belief, he became unwavering. His only shortcoming is that he is too proud and conceited. If he is given power, he can become a terrible and tyrannical tyrant. Xie Xuan's eyes shot a surprised look, Zhuo Zhuo looked at Liu Yu carefully, nodded and said: You see people are very good, but if your intelligence is not similar to that of Tuoba Gui, you must not see through his strengths and weaknesses.In your mind, what are the requirements to be a commander in chief? Liu Yu exclaimed inwardly that he had no choice but to take out his secret skills to make a fool of himself; he really wanted to say that he was like you, Mr. Governor, but he was afraid that Xie Xuan would blame him for flattering him, so he said: "Based on my humble opinion, the commander-in-chief is an organization with thousands of troops. Commanders must know themselves and the enemy, and make unchallenged leadership and decision-making on the ever-changing battlefield, such as sailing a boat in a raging sea.And in Bianhuangji, Tuobagui showed this kind of characteristic, especially he supported the collapsed stove with his back, showing quick wit in response.And when Hyun-joo felt it was too difficult and gave up delivering the letter to Mr. Zhu, it was only because of his persistent opposition that he was able to complete the task. Xie Xuan smiled and said: "You don't have to be ashamed. If I were you at that time, I would have the idea of ​​coming back immediately to report the important military situation of the enemy because of the difference in priorities. From this, I can see how extraordinary Tuoba Gui is." Then he looked up at the night sky and continued: Tuoba Xianbei are brave and good at fighting, even though the Dai Kingdom is dead, Tuoba Xianbei still has power outside the Great Wall.The group of horse thieves led by Tuobagui spread across the northwest. I have heard the name of Fu Jian Monet for a long time.If Tuobagui was given to unify the tribes of Tuoba Xianbei, it would surely emerge suddenly and become a force that should not be underestimated in the north. Liu Yu nodded and said: Just seeing that he has always been in contact with Murong Chui, and that Murong Chui has always had the heart to take it for his own use, it can be seen that he is extraordinary.But I'm sure Murong Chui is raising a tiger to bring trouble, and Tuoba Gui will never be willing to be inferior to anyone, even Murong Chui. Xie Xuan looked at him again with surprised eyes, but his tone was gentle and amiable, and said lightly: "Xiaoyu, what about you?" Liu Yu was taken aback secretly, and hurriedly said: "The humble position is only based on facts, and I dare not disagree." Xie Xuan smiled, and said softly: Everyone should have bold ideas when they are young, and I am the only one who does not. However, as I get older, some unrealistic ideas will gradually be discarded or changed. Now I just hope It can revitalize the Jin family and let the people have a happy life. Liu Yu thought to himself that this is exactly what I don't admire about you. Those who achieve great things should not only stick to small details, but also get rid of the benevolence of women.Although Yan Fei is amiable and respectable, he is not the material to fight for the world, and he does not have that kind of intention.Only people like himself and Tuoba Gui can discuss heroes together. Xie Xuandao: Thousands of troops are easy to get, but one general is hard to find.I, Xie Xuan, will never let you bury a talent like you.The journey is hard, you have a good rest tonight, and from tomorrow on, you will follow me and study hard. Liu Yu felt grateful to Xie Xuan from the bottom of his heart. Only with Xie Xuan's broad-mindedness could he dare to say the most sincere words in his heart. To other people, even if Sun Wuzhong thought highly of him, he would hide his head and show his tail, so as not to To see through the grand ambitions in the heart. At the same time, he made up his mind that as long as Xie Xuan is alive, he will serve him wholeheartedly and loyally, because Xie Xuan is such an outstanding person, and he can fully understand his talent and demeanor just by talking about it. When he saluted and resigned, Xie Xuan suddenly said relaxedly: This is an idle talk, Xiaoyu, tell me, what do you want to do most now?I certainly don't mean falling asleep. Liu Yu said embarrassingly: "It's still related to sleeping, it's about sleeping with a beautiful girl in my arms." Amidst Xie Xuan's laughter, Liu Yu walked towards the stone steps of Luocheng. When he passed by Hu Bin, Hu Bin reached out and shook his hand, which filled his heart with warmth. It is even more beneficial. When falling down the stone steps, what he thought of was Yan Fei, an unforgettable comrade-in-arms. Without him, he would not have the current glory.