In Gu Yuanbai's eyes, no matter how beautiful the beauty was, it could not compare to the beauty of Jiangshan.
What is the beauty of Jiangshan? The beauty is that this is Gu Yuanbai's Jiangshan.
Watching his decrees being issued one by one to realize, watching this country slowly move forward in his own hands, politics, power, all the centers of all that are revolving around Gu Yuanbai.
It was too moving, too overwhelming, and how could one or two beauties compare to such a feeling?
The two traveled all the way to the teahouse, and returned to the palace in a low-profile manner. As soon as he entered the palace, he saw the Secretary of the Ministry of War came to see the Holy Spirit, after seeing Gu Yuanbai informed that more than two hundred kilometers away from the capital of the Xiguang Mountain more than 2,000 people have fallen into the bandits, oppression of the surrounding people and forcibly take the food of the villages and towns, so that the people can not live in peace, the local officials around the request, the Ministry of War and the Privy Council has discussed the decision to send troops to eliminate the bandits.
Gu Yuanbai nodded and said, "Who is leading the troops?"
"The men of the Privy Council and the minister are discussing it," said the Minister of War, "and I have come to ask your Majesty's idea."
When he heard about the suppression of bandits, Xue Yuan couldn't help but look over.
Gu Yuanbai noticed his line of sight, and he mused for a moment, saying, "Xue Yuan."
Xue Yuan grinned a wide grin, striding over to salute, "I am here."
"Have you ever led troops in the past?" Gu Yuanbai asked.
"I have led five thousand men into battle," Xue Yuan said calmly, "and have taken tens of thousands of enemy heads."
The matter of leading soldiers and generals is not simple. Some people have great strength, valor on the battlefield, but it does not mean that he is suitable for leading the army, a general's ability to lead the army, from leading a hundred people on the battlefield to kill the enemy, and gradually rise to five hundred, one thousand, two thousand ...... until the tens of thousands of people in the gradual training out of it.
And after the number of soldiers reaches tens of thousands, there are fewer generals who can lead the utilization of these tens of thousands of troops.
Some people's limit can only take a few hundred men, and more soldiers will result in irrational distribution, irrational use, and majesty that does not deter soldiers; instead, they will disorganize themselves and then give away their heads for nothing.
Xue Yuan has been sharpening his skills under General Xue for several years, and has not yet returned to the capital at that time, he has gained the most enemy heads on the battlefield, and has long had the ability to lead tens of thousands of troops, but General Xue is cautious and prudent, and he has been working step by step, and has not yet refused to hand over more lives into Xue Yuan's hands.
Daheng many generals, once every five years of martial arts is a lot of good seedlings, but these seedlings, can lead more than 5,000 soldiers very few, tens of thousands of even fewer, since ancient times can lead tens of thousands of soldiers to fight in the war, there are a few do not leave a name in history?
Gu Yuanbai wanted to see what Xue Yuan was capable of and said directly, "In that case, you will lead the troops and round up the bandits in this Xiguang Mountain for me."
Xue Yuan had been starved for a long time, and couldn't help but reveal a smile at his words, "I will obey the decree."
*
One thousand infantry and five hundred cavalry headed for Xihuangshan, two hundred kilometers away.
Xue Yuan was accompanied by a man named Qin Sheng, who had never been to war, Xue Yuan was different. Even on the road, he had to remain vigilant and guard against sneak attacks. The sentry horses spread out in all directions, keeping a strict watch on the changing situation around them.
When they reached the foot of Xiguang Mountain, Xue Yuan ordered his men to wait on the spot, and he himself went up with a group of light cavalry to check it out.
Xiguangshan high terrain, a condescending position, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is on the level ground, the light of five hundred cavalry can beat them to cry, now this battle, the difficulty is difficult in the terrain.
Xue Yuan led his men around and crouched at the mountain pass to ambush them, and after a short while there happened to be a group of about a hundred bandits coming down the mountain. Xue Yuan led his men to rush up and directly killed the people to the ground.
After killing most of them and capturing all the rest, Xue Yuan interrogated them, "What is the situation on Xiguang Mountain?"
The large sword in his hand was still dripping with blood, and his body was wearing Xuan Armor that was even taller and tougher, Xue Yuan took the face of the sword and went to slap the face of the captive, "Give me a good talk."
The captive cried and wailed about the situation on the mountain, and only then did Xue Yuan and the soldiers around him realize that there was more than one family of bandits on Xiguang's hilltop.
The lord of Xiguang Mountain invited the lords of the other two mountains to discuss the big event together. From the mouth of these minions, it was known that it was because their lord had learned that the imperial court was going to send troops to besiege them, so he wanted to make an alliance with the bandits of the other two mountains.
Xue Yuan laughed outright, and the minion said warily, "Officer, officer, there are many bandits on the three hills."
If the people from the three hills were really gathered together, there would have to be seven or eight thousand when counted in bits and pieces.
"That's why Master must also thank your Walled City Lord," Xue Yuan smiled in satisfaction, "for giving Master a chance to make a great achievement."
After asking the question, these minions were directly killed by him dryly, leaving only two people to lead the way.
After that, Xue Yuan left another 500 people stationed at the same place, letting them pull up the flags and set out the drums, and immediately swinging up and beating the drums with force on command, creating the image of a large army pressing down on the country, and the entire government army on the move.
After ordering these things, Xue Yuan divided his troops and horses into two parts, one part was given to the elite Qin Sheng that the saint seemed to be interested in cultivating, and one part was left to lead by himself, and directly left Xiguang Mountain, heading straight to the base camps of the other two Walled City lords.
The chief of their hilltop came to Xiguang Mountain with most of his men, leaving very few men in the fortress. In the eyes of these elite soldiers who were raised on good food, these rabble were like live lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Xue Yuan led the soldiers straight up Wang Tu Mountain, killing all the people they were watching as they made their way up. About never thought that there would be imperial officials and soldiers to come to eliminate the bandits, the gate of Wangtu Mountain was wide open, and they didn't even need to make an effort to break through it.
And it was just cheap for this group of soldiers who were eager to make a mark, and they rushed into the bandit's den of Wangtushan, like wolves running into a sheepfold.
Killing and blood splattering.
Xue Yuan knew that many of the soldiers behind him were entering the battlefield for the first time, killing people for the first time. In this situation, Xue Yuan rushed at the forefront, he was like a sharp knife, leading the soldiers behind him to kill red.
The resisting bandits fought back with their machetes, and they raised whatever weapons they could. But the more they resisted, the more it became clear to the soldiers that this was a military honor and that they would be rewarded for killing them!
You can't be afraid, you can't stop, the hand that swings the sword must be fast and hard. There was blood, corpses, and crowds trying to resist and escape all around, but one could not retreat, one had to charge out after Xue Yuan.
Xue Yuan's body's Xuan Armor already has blood sliding down from the bottom, he rushed even harder, the knife in his hand took away one after another's life, the bloody gas wrapped around the strongly beating heart, the general dared to rush, it gave the people behind him incomparable courage. The soldiers behind him were brought up by his bloodlust, only heads in their eyes, their legs are stiff and only know how to charge forward, their eyes finish staring at one person and then go to stare at another, their fatigue can't be felt anymore, and the movements of waving their hands are all mechanical and incomparable.
With their shields in front of them, the greatswords and stabbing snatches stabbed out from amongst the gaps in the shields, and apart from after the initial friction, the soldiers were already familiar with such an attack.
This is the easiest way to protect yourself and your fellow man.
Xue Yuan slashed down another person's head, and with a glance of his afterglow, he saw that someone not far away was escorting a person who was hastily escaping, and with a certainty in his eyes, he knew that this person must be a big head.
Xue Yuan charged straight ahead, shouting, "Charge with me!"
The soldiers around him who were escorting him roared in anger as they followed Xue Yuan towards the group, their shields pushing away one person after another, and they listened to whatever Xue Yuan said. Soon, they killed their way out, escorting Xue Yuan as he charged forward.
The people who tried to stop them were all taken away with a single slash, their heads still fixed on their horrified expressions. The Second Walled City Lord who was fleeing was panicked in his heart, when a sudden scream rang out from behind him, a coldness rose, the Second Walled City Lord turned his head to look, and met his head with a cold knife that was washed in blood.
Heads on the ground.
The bandit protecting the Second Walled City Lord said in grief, "Second Walled City Lord!!!"
Upon learning of this person's identity, Xue Yuan immediately said in a loud voice, "Your Second Walled City Lord is dead!"
The soldiers who heard his words were even more furious, and the very knowledgeable ones immediately hissed at the top of their voices, "The Second Walled City Lord of Wang Tu Mountain is dead! Don't be quick to fold your hands and capture him!"
Only an instant passed, and soldiers everywhere chanted this phrase. The cries of "the second stronghold master is dead" became louder and louder, and the bandits on Wangtu Mountain stood still, looking at the soldiers whose momentum had risen with disbelief. They were beaten and scared, and once their backbone died, the entire group began to scatter. People kept running towards the foot of the mountain, and the more people ran, the bigger the scattering became.
They threw down their weapons, dropped their protective chieftains, large and small, and fought their way down the hill, running as fast as they could in their lives, heading for anything that was free of Daheng's soldiers.
The legs are weak and can not run, then roll also to roll down the mountain. Many people slipped and fell on the blood covered ground, but these people didn't have time to be sad about which one of the people they knew and were familiar with this blood came from, they only knew that they had to run, run fast, run faster to save their lives, and
Xue Yuan watched them flee and raised his hand to stop the soldiers from pursuing them.
All the soldiers stood amidst the blood, they were stopped by Xue Yuan, then they obeyed the order to stop chasing, and once they stopped, endless exhaustion came up all at once, some of them had already lied down on the ground, their hands were so tired that they looked like they were wasted.
Everyone was gasping for air, their brains were blank, and it felt like they were floating in the air even when they were lying on the ground.
Xue Yuan gasped a few mouthfuls of rough air, wiped away the blood on his face, picked up the head of the Second Walled City Lord, looked at the soldiers on this ground, and viciously kicked it up, "All of you, give me a wake up call."
After killing someone with extreme concentration like this, the whole person would go blank in a trance and need a reprieve to get a sense of groundedness.
It's called Kill Clueless.
The soldiers staggered and climbed up after being awakened by Xue Yuan's cry, after this battle against the bandits, they had already developed an instinct to trust and submit to Xue Yuan.
All of them had a fury in their bodies, and Xue Yuan carried their heads and pointed to a cavalryman, "Hurry up the horses to see the result of the other group."
In the middle of the walled city with a sea of corpses, Xue Yuan sat on a chair, the heads that were collected by the soldiers were piled up on one side, and the knife of both his hands was stationed, leaning on the knife to look at the entrance of the walled city, his gaze sullen.
Bandits' dens were built on hills because they were easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now, Xue Yuan had brought his men to turn the tables.
He sat back and waited for the king's Tushan fortress lord in the Xiguang Mountains to rush back and watch them goat into the tiger's mouth.
Why did they rush back? Because their wives and children are here.
*
On the other hand, the operation of clearing the troops led by Qin Sheng went exceptionally well, and he also sent his cavalry over to inform Xue Yuan of the situation. Finally, Xue Yuan sent someone to notify the soldiers guarding the bottom of Xiguang Mountain so that they could start waving their flags and banging their drums.
Half of the five hundred people were hidden between the mountains and forests, half appeared on the road, and when they looked down from a high place, there seemed to be uncountable people hidden between the layers of dense foliage.
Before the drums and flags were sounded, on Xiguang Mountain, the three lords of the fortress were sitting in a triangular position.
The lord of Xiguang Mountain was called Liu Yun, and the other two lords, one surnamed Zhang, was the boss of Wang Tu Mountain. The other one, Wang, is the leader of the bandit nest in Songzi Mountain.
Liu Yun is a dropouts, quite a bit of wisdom, he is trying to persuade the two owners with him to defend against the king's division, said the mouth dry tongue is dry, see they are still not moved, it is half a threat and half reasoning: "two owners can think about it, west of the capital on the side of the most eye-catching of our mountains, if the court really fight the bandits, then I will certainly be the first to bear the brunt of it. But after me, it's the two big brothers."
Lord Wang Zhai was a bit hesitant: "The court really sent troops to fight the bandits? Where did you get that information?"
Liu Yun was just about to speak when he heard a wailing voice resound from not far away, "--Zhai Master!"
The three Walled City Lords immediately turned their heads, and Walled City Lord Zhang's face changed as he frowned at the henchman who was supposed to stay in the mountain fortress, "What's going on with you?"
"The officials have called Wang Tu Shan!" The henchman still had panic and fear written on his face, and his pants and legs were stained with blood on his clothes. As soon as he saw Walled City Lord Zhang, he was in hot tears, "The Second Walled City Lord is also dead!"
"What!" Walled City Lord Wang stood up in shock.
He was flustered and just wanted to say something, but then he saw a few more people being brought up from the mountain pass. These people were all miserable and pitiful, and among them, there were even people from Wang Tushan!
Obviously, the officials want to siege Xiguang Mountain is fine, but on the contrary, was Liu Yun invited to the two walled village masters were attacked empty door.
The two Walled City Lords glared at Liu Yun with ugly expressions.
Liu Yun's face changed drastically, "This is impossible, it's me that the court wants to eliminate, how did it become you guys?"
He was abruptly startled, his scalp tingling as he said, "Is it hard, is it hard to be a sound bite?"
Zhang Zhaijiao and Wang Zhaijiao didn't know whether to believe or not, they looked at those people in the fortress who fell softly to the ground and couldn't stand up in fear, a chill ran down their spine, they were all like this, what about the other people in the fortress?
How are their wives and children today!
Seeing their looks, Liu Yun gritted his teeth and said, "Do the two Walled City Lords want to go back down the mountain now?"
Walled City Lord Zhang was shocked and angry, "How can you not go back!"
"But your stronghold has already been annihilated by the imperial court," Liu Yun sighed, "The two oldest brothers going back now is just sending them to their deaths, why don't you take the people around you and stay with me first, and then discuss how to deal with this matter."
The atmosphere was frozen for a moment, but then he steeply heard a burst of loud drums coming from under the mountain, Liu Yun's back instantly broke out in a cold sweat, he hurriedly ran to the edge of the high platform, and looked down the mountain, and was frozen in place with fear.
On the edge of the dense forest, countless armor-clad soldiers stood there waving banners, drums, look at the heart of the people panic, that flag one after another, densely packed, the dense forest is also heavily shadowed, the court sent to the people how can be so many!
"Quickly," Liu Yun shouted, "seal the mountain road and close the gate of the fortress, the imperial officers and soldiers are attacking!"
The people from the other two fortresses who had just fled here heard this and their cries came to an abrupt end, as if they were dumbfounded, they looked at Liu Yun in a daze.
Liu Yun's scalp tingled, the foreboding of something bad growing stronger in his heart as he roared, "Don't go seal the road yet!"
"Junior Brother Liu," Walled City Lord Zhang suddenly spoke up, "it's not safe for you here either."
Zhang Zhai master stood on the edge and looked down, his breath stuttered, and he muttered again, "So many officials and soldiers have gathered here, so are they not ......"
Wouldn't they have already finished slaughtering their two fortresses!
Zhai Lord Zhang couldn't wait any longer, and despite Liu Yun's obstruction, he insisted on bringing his own people down the mountain and rushed towards Wang Tu Mountain. Seeing that the place was no longer safe, Walled Lord Wang also fled in panic.
Liu Yun sealed off the mountain roads and waited with trepidation for the attack of the official soldiers; there was water in the mountains, and there was enough food in the fortress for a month, but if the court attacked hard-
Liu Yun violently shivered.
*
Xue Yuan stepped on the head of the Second Walled City Lord that rolled to his feet, looked at the sentry who ran back to inform him of the news, and revealed a smile, "Here it comes."
The soldiers around them all stood aside, the previous weapons had been worn out and unusable, so they scavenged Wang Tushan's weapons. These people looted a lot of good things, after looking beyond their inventory, these soldiers who were just too tired to move were in high spirits again, eyeing the road in front of the fortress intently.
Those decapitated heads were piled aside by Xue Yuan, and whoever looked at them had to have their legs tingle.
Except for this group of soldiers who have already killed.
Their blood aura was infectious one to the other, looking at those heads as if they were looking at gold, and as soon as Walled City Lord Zhang led his men up the mountain, he saw this wolf-like group of soldiers.
Xue Yuan's nose was full of blood, and he looked at the protected Zhang Zhaijiao, a fiery beating in his chest.
This head is not pretty, but it should be worth a lot of money to offer to the little emperor.
Xue Yuan led the charge, the cold light of his greatsword flashing to the ground, and when he moved, all the soldiers lunged forward.
Zhang Zhaijiao's heart stopped abruptly, but he quickly calmed down and was about to meet them when those who had escaped from the fortress and followed him back went crazy and cried out and fled in all directions, and such a collapse quickly caused the team to break up, and even if Zhang Zhaijiao killed people to stop them from escaping, he could not stop them.
In the midst of a battle, the most feared thing is the routing of the ranks; the flight of one man can cause panic in a crowd, let alone this rabble.
Xue Yuan led his men and ferociously plunged into the crowd. Xue Yuan didn't remember how many people he had killed, the only thing in his eyes was the person who was being guarded and kept retreating and escaping.
Kill him.
Take his valuable head.
The breathing of the people around him had become ragged, and Xue Yuan's own breathing was heavy, but he still swung his knife again and again. If the knife broke, then pick up another one right there on the spot.
Finally, he came face to face with the stupefied man who was being guarded in the very center, Xue Yuan pulled up the corner of his lips and violently raised his hand with a wave, and the head of the enemy leader rolled to the ground.
Blood splattered onto Xue Yuan's face, Xue Yuan casually wiped his face, glanced at the person who was already frozen while guarding the Walled City Lord's side, and picked up the head with the tip of the knife, catching it easily with his left hand.
Then with a swing of the long blade, these frozen men were also lifeless.
Xue Yuan raised the head of Walled City Lord Zhang, his face sullen, and shouted, "The enemy leader is dead!!!"
There were many people who had returned after Walled City Lord Zhang, and there were quite a few who were still alive now, Xue Yuan looked at them and grinned.
The Emperor seems to be missing the hard labor to repair the roads.
*
After taking Wang Tushan's men captive, Xue Yuan had someone notify the court to come and collect them, and he himself led his troops to charge towards Xiguang Mountain first.
The sun is now only a little west, Xue Yuan driving the horse, facing the yellow sun forward. The horse was tied up at the bottom of the mountain before, clean and dry, smelling the smell of blood on Xue Yuan's body, he was too scared to stop.
One of the soldiers around him asked loudly, "My lord, can we capture Xiguang Mountain today?"
Xue Yuan lifted his eyelids and said, "Difficult."
Xiguang Mountain is a high terrain, above the cottage can be located in the heights, real easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Can capture Wang Tu Mountain and Song Zi Mountain or take advantage of their mountain fortress portal is wide open for the sake of the soldiers now blocked at the bottom of Xiguang Mountain mountain although stopped the escape of these bandits, but also scared these guys do not dare to come out of the mountain.
Since ancient times, camping is built on the water, Xiguang mountain has a water source, they also have food, to consume the words must be consumed by the court, but in this way, the efficiency is too low, Xue Yuan is too shameful.
He didn't seem to be in a hurry and led his soldiers to the foot of Xiguang Mountain. The five hundred infantrymen who stayed behind looked at them all bathed in blood, their horses and the several heads they carried in their hands, revealing looks of envy and excitement.
Xue Yuan dismounted, had these horses brought to the water's edge to be fed, and asked, "Have the men who went to Songzi Mountain returned?"
The junior officer who stayed behind said, "They haven't come back yet."
Xue Yuan raised an eyebrow and glanced in the direction of Songzi Mountain, taking the water bladder handed over by a soldier at the side and raising his neck to gulp it down before saying, "He better be fine."
It was only after half an hour that Qin Sheng's team rushed over, all of them also bloodied, carrying heads in their hands and on their horses. When Xue Yuan had previously divided his soldiers and horses into two teams, he had given Qin Sheng the most men, but when he counted the wounded, Qin Sheng's team had more wounded than his.
Qin Sheng pursed his lips and whispered to Xue Yuan about what happened. Qin Sheng's character was prudent and unassuming, he was a good executor of orders, following Xue Yuan's instructions bit by bit, not daring to reveal a single break.
He is not as crazy as Xue Yuan, and he does not have the confidence and self-confidence of Xue Yuan who has been up and down the battlefield several times, and after he took his soldiers and horses and cleared out the remaining people in the fortress, he took his people and lurked in the mountains and forests, preparing for a sneak attack battle.
Just a variety of poisonous insects and snakes in the wild forest, the terrain on the mountain is not clear, the attack on Wang Zhaijiu and his entourage, but also by the other side to hurt a lot of people.
Xue Yuan's face remained unchanged after hearing this, "This will not happen again."
Qin Sheng was rare and glanced at him, not understanding that he was even such a bland expression. After all, Xue Yuan's temper and nature, which did not seem like a good talker.
Xue Yuan noticed his expression and smiled sorrowfully, "What, you still want me to praise you twice?"
"Don't dare." Qin Sheng hastily retreated.
Xue Yuan sat down on the stone with a big horse, and thought, This Qin Sheng has some skills.
Xue Yuan himself was a man who led soldiers and generals and was naturally gifted at fighting battles, and he also quite appreciated those who were equally gifted; such people could remember after they missed once, and further lessons from others would only annoy people.
Anyway, Xue Yuan didn't have the patience to listen to other people's lectures, including his old man.
His old son's talent is not as good as his, and leading soldiers to fight is not as brave as his fight, General Xue has not tasted the sadness of the hero's old age, but it's not as good as it is, Xue Yuan can still let him not?
As the setting sun gradually dyed yellow, reflecting the red evening sun in the sky, Xue Yuan threw his water bag to the side and stood up, "Jing Guan, set it up in the most obvious place for me."
"My lord," asked the rest of the officers, "shall we attack while it is still light?"
"Attack my ass," Xue Yuan, "the terrain is treacherous and full of mechanisms, how can you attack?"
The officer snapped, resisted the pressure and then asked, "So we should?"
"Set up camp," Xue Yuan looked up at Xiguang Mountain and found a conspicuous place on the mountain where he could see the bottom at a glance, "the Jing Guan is set up here, the fires are lit up, there are fish in the river, and there are pheasants and rabbits at the foot of the mountain, so send people to catch a little bit more, and first gather around the Jing Guan to have a full meal. "
Qin Sheng, who had heard the command, did not even ask, and directly obeyed the order to go and instruct the small soldiers to move the piles of heads to the place designated by Xue Yuan. The rest of the officers looked at each other with strange expressions.
A full meal around Kyokan?
Lord Xue is really ...... really unconstrained.