Chapter 3 three

Cui Guangyuan was punished by the court for his subordinates' disorderly actions, and even died of grief.For this reason, the general himself had no choice but to atone for his crimes, and still kept his original position.This is what the general has been worrying about day and night after he pacified Dongchuan. And now, the general was ordered to lead him down to the edge of the steep snow-capped mountains to conquer the troops of Tubo and Dangxiang countries who had repeatedly come to the border. The day we set off from Chengdu was a clear and refreshing autumn day.Leading the pristine cavalry, the trumpeters blowing sharp chestnuts on the horses, and the big flag fluttering in the mountain wind, recalling the warm farewell of the citizens, the general's ambition suddenly jumped up.This is a great opportunity to make great achievements!Let me exterminate these grassroots bandits. When I returned to the court, I said to the smiling General Guo Ziyi: Well, there is no need to have General Lao.

Such was the thought of the general on the march on the first day. The next day, however, it rained gloomyly from the mountains in the west frontier.The miasma in the chaotic mountains surrounded like a dense fog, moistened by the rain, and stained the general and his men's bottoms and fur-wrapped bodies.The nostrils could not stop smelling the sulphurous miasma, and the horse's hooves trampled on the slippery stones, and they were about to collapse from time to time.Although the general and his subordinates were brave, their journey was inevitably delayed. At this time, facing the dark journey, listening to the sad cries of apes and pines in the mountains, the general's heart became gloomy along with the scenery.There was no sound from the soldiers, except for the trampling of horseshoes, or the occasional sound of a spear hitting a branch or a cliff along the road.The general also didn't make a sound at all, only the sound of the bottom of the treasured knife around his waist and the copper ring on his belt scraping.However, the general and the soldiers were thinking in their hearts.

The thinking of the soldiers is this: This time it was to fight the barbarians in the southwest.I heard that the barbarian soldiers fought fiercely. They had sharp knives, they had crossbow arrows that could pierce through a person's body and then flew out to shoot on the trunk of a tree, and they had arrows that could fly from three hundred steps away. Their javelins have strong shields, which can make the arrows shot and the knives hit all bounce back.Ah, isn't it a formidable enemy?But, think about it, isn't the victory guaranteed by following the famous General Hua?Who doesn't know that our army has won battles everywhere. When Duan Zizhang rebelled against Dongchuan, didn't his army claim to have a hundred thousand?General Cui was defeated and ran away; General Li led his troops there, but after a few battles, he was also defeated.Didn't we follow General Hua to defeat him so badly that he lost his head?Thinking about it this way, although Fan Bing is powerful, it seems that he can be carefree. General Hua will definitely have a clever plan like Marshal Zhuge's capture of Menghuo.Besides, I heard that Tubo is a great treasure country in the west. There are world-famous green jade and ruby, fire Qizhu, cattle, sheep and horses full of pits, good carpets, and musk. In Pu's Dafulu, there are thousands of naked beauties playing harps, drums, and dancing all day long. Ahh, if we win the battle, we will enjoy all of these.Once upon a time, after flattening Duan Zizhang, we caused a fuss in the court because we slightly extorted some compensation from the people, and even General Hua was not promoted to an official position. We are still a small soldier today.Now we are going to conquer the Fan soldiers. After winning the battle, we must have allowed the emperor to plunder some foreign treasures and women. We are going to expand the territory for him. Are we still guilty?From this point of view, if you win the battle this time, not only will you be promoted, but you will also be able to make a steady fortune. How happy are you?

Almost all the soldiers were thinking like this, there was a warrior among them who was marching behind the back of General Hua, just as he was imagining that he returned triumphantly with the orb he got from the Tubo Kingdom and presented it to his long-lost wife , I don’t think there is an uncontrollable smile under the iron helmet.