Talk about the world of mortals in detail

Emperor Dayong died, the new emperor had not yet ascended the throne, and the news had spread to foreign countries before it had spread throughout Dayong's territory.

Perhaps the death of Emperor Dayong affected more than just Dayong.

It was already February of the following year.

At the border, Duan Silie, who was patrolling the frontier defense, was wearing a velvet coat and bright armor, standing on the border city in the cold wind and looking into the distance.

This is the spring inspection in the new year, which mainly inspects military camp armaments and defense matters.

The Guancheng we were in at the moment was on the northwest-west side, facing mainly grassland.

It is still a freezing season everywhere in the northwest, and it is still snowy outside Guancheng.

Some people say that the Northwest Snow Mountains are an extension of the Cangshan Mountains. This is not unreasonable, because the Cangshan Mountains are indeed continuous and extremely long, and the east-west passages in the middle do not really seem to cross the mountains.

When he was about to go down to the city pass, Duan Silie suddenly felt something in the distance, so he looked at it carefully for a while, and a deputy general also made a sound beside him.

"General, there seems to be someone?"

Duan Silie was not in a hurry to leave, and just looked into the distance at the city gate. On this snowy day, although the gate was not closed, walking outside the gate like this was fatal!

The visitor moved one step at a time, seemingly struggling to move in the wind and snow, but the speed was actually not slow. By the time the people at Chengguan realized this, the other party had already reached the gate.

At this moment, the visitor took off his hood and revealed his face. He looked at Duan Silie above the city gate and couldn't help but smile.

Duan Silie also smiled. He recognized who the other party was at a glance. It was his former rival and now his brother-in-law, Mai Lingfei.

The next moment, the people under the city gate were covered in ice and snow, and they jumped up in the thick snow that was difficult to stand on. They spun in the air for several weeks before throwing away the ice and snow around them.

He jumped nearly six feet high out of thin air, even higher than the city gate, causing the horrified soldiers to look up at him, and finally landed firmly on the city tower.

"Zheng~" "Zheng~" "Woo~" "Woo~" "Woo~".

Some of the surrounding soldiers drew their swords, while others immediately pointed their spears at the intruder, surrounding them in a semicircle.

However, Mai Lingfei didn't care. He rubbed his hands and breathed. He glanced at the soldiers around him and then looked at the general behind the soldiers.

"As expected of a new leader in the frontier army, Brother Duan, do you have a place to eat something hot?"

"You guy, no matter how good your martial arts skills are, if you get lost in the snowfield, you will still die! It's easy to eat hot food, but I can't drink during the inspection. If you want to drink, you have to go home with me!"

Only then did the surrounding soldiers realize that the visitor was the general's friend, and they all put away their weapons.

Duan Silie said that he had already arrived in front of Mai Lingfei and gave him a bear hug. He patted his back so hard that it made a "bang bang" sound.

"Ake has been thinking about you."

Mai Lingfei smiled and slapped her back hard.

In the barracks of the Guancheng military camp, a leg of lamb was roasting on the fire, and kumiss was being heated on the side. Although Duan Silie said he was not allowed to drink alcohol, it was obvious that he had made an exception this time in private.

Mai Lingfei cut the meat with a knife, dipped it in some powder and stuffed it into his mouth one after another, as if he was not afraid of the heat at all. After eating for a while, he picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

There are only two people in the general's barracks, Duan Silie and Mai Lingfei. This can be regarded as a reunion of friends and a small gathering of in-laws.

"Didn't you agree to come back years ago? Why is it so late? And didn't you go to Nanyan? Why did you come back from here?"

Duan Silie cut off a few pieces of mutton for Mai Lingfei, who was also not polite and enjoyed the general's service.

After eating for a while, Mai Lingfei took a deep breath and finally became interested in talking. He smiled and looked at Duan Silie.

"Ake complained for a long time during the Chinese New Year, right?"

"Hey, do you still know? If she hadn't known very well about your martial arts skills, she would have wanted to go out and look for you."

Mai Lingfei's smile did not change. After drinking another bowl of kumiss, the look on his face became more serious, and then he asked something that he already knew the answer to.

"The emperor passed away?"

Hearing this question, Duan Silie also sighed and nodded.

"Yes, it happened at the beginning of winter last year. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, it is already the first year of Hongxing. When did the news spread to the outside world?"

The first half of the sentence is an exclamation, and the second half is Duan Silie's intuition as a leader.

Mai Lingfei clapped his hands, wiped his mouth and said.

"It's faster than you think. I was just going to Nanyan this time to visit friends, take a look at the scenery of Nanyan, and meet the fellow Jianghu people there as a 'countryman'. When I suddenly heard about this, I was filled with emotion. ah!"

"The emperor of my pilgrimage has passed away, and everything in the court is still undecided. Do Nanyan traitors have the intention of starting a war?"

Mai Lingfei thought for a moment before answering.

"The situation in Nanyan is very complicated. All parties in the country are constantly fighting and tyrannical. Life is very difficult for the people at the bottom. After hearing about the death of the emperor of our dynasty, there are also some frequent actions, which we have to guard against."

Duan Silie's fist clenched loudly.

"Hmph! How long has the peace only lasted? Sure enough, Nanyan's traitor cannot be trusted!"

Mai Lingfei reached out and held down Duan Silie's arm, looking serious.

"But I'm not just talking about Nanyan. The reason why I came back here is because I heard something about it. I went directly from the western border of Nanyan to the northwest grassland on the other side."

Duan Silie frowned, as if he was thinking of something.

"I heard that they were not fully prepared before winter. This winter will not be easy?"

Mai Lingfei nodded and sighed.

"It's not that it's not a hard life, it's a very hard life! A lot of people died! Among them, there was a sudden khan from a vassal tribe of the big tribe in Beipang. He led the tribesmen who couldn't survive to go against the weather and killed and looted everywhere in the winter. , quickly grew in power, and countless followers followed."

Mai Lingfei talked for a long time before roughly describing what he saw and heard.

What he paints is a pretty cruel picture, because someone is bound to die, and the more people who join, the more space there is to rob.

Duan Silie frowned. Obviously, this winter would severely damage the vitality of the grassland, but at the same time, it seemed likely that an extremely powerful tribe would be born.

"After tasting the sweetness of robbery, it is difficult to contain the desires in people's hearts."

Those who are good at military affairs also understand people's hearts. Duan Silie said this not only because of his understanding of military affairs, but also because he has a deep understanding of people's desires.

For example, Duan Silie himself, before he met Mai Ake, no woman was as important to him as the big gun in his hand.

And after meeting Mai Ake, especially after the fierce fire, Duan Silie would be unable to hold back his lust as soon as he returned home!

When he thought of his wife, children and family, a smile reappeared on Duan Silie's face, but it was quickly suppressed by seriousness.

"I need to report this matter to the governor and then to the court. When I go back to the state, you can write it down in detail for me!"

The governor Duan Silie was talking about at this moment was not the original old governor Zou Jie. He had already retired due to his old age, and now there was someone else in this position.

"Huh? Shall I write it?"

Mai Lingfei was surprised.

"If you don't write it, why should I write it?"

"You have such great authority!"

"Yes, it's official!"

"If you win, I'll write it for you!"

Mai Lingfei suddenly attacked with a wine bowl in his hand, but Duan Silie parried with one hand and backhand to dig out his heart.

In the midst of the commotion, the two people suddenly moved their hands in front of the fire, and their arms quickly parried and competed in a square inch. The strong wind shook the nearby charcoal and sparks flew everywhere——

Sometimes, the calmness of ordinary people does not mean that the world is really peaceful.

Since the midsummer of the first year of Hongxing, there have been frequent unusual movements outside the Dayong border, mainly in the northwest.

The northwest countries were deeply harassed by the increasingly powerful steppe khanates. In the autumn of the second year of Hongxing, the nomadic cavalry even tried to bypass the many gates in the northwest of Dayong and penetrate deep into the territory of Dayong to plunder. Similar reports were reported in many places.

Outside the northern suburbs of Xiwonju County, a three-foot-high platform was built on a small mound. At this moment, the three mediocre soldiers on the platform saw the dust in the distance. One of them immediately went to the pot on the high platform to start a fire with flints and filled it with withered grass.

In an instant, the smoke rose and was then transmitted to other directions by similar wooden beacon towers.

There is no concept of the Great Wall in Dayong. The city walls may be used to defend against dangers or contain important roads, but there are still many places in between that can be passed.

In this situation, it is difficult to achieve complete protection against the nomadic cavalry whose purpose is only to rob the population of food and property. This wooden beacon is actually the fastest way to achieve results in the short term.

Seeing the beacon rising, a large cavalry team obviously slowed down. Someone among the leading cavalry said.

"Leader, Dayong's border troops have discovered us, let's go!"

The leader of the army held two large scimitars on his back. He frowned and looked at the beacon fire in the distance, and then looked back at the mighty team.

"Beijiao County is far away from the city gates on both sides of Dayong. I don't believe how many Dayong border troops there are here. If they only bring a few hundred people, they can just retreat. This time, they brought thousands of people. Are they going to leave just as they say?"

"Leader, I have encountered Dayong's border troops several times before. I didn't take any advantage. You can't risk the lives of the warriors!"

The leader swung the horsewhip next to him, causing a bloody streak to appear on the opponent's cheek.

"It is said that Dayan defeated Dayong in ancient times, so what about Dayan's border troops? We have fought several times and even the border towns have been destroyed several times. We and Dayong have not yet had a serious fight, that is, if a hundred people met, you are afraid of this Already?"

"The leader is right, I think Dayong is also a paper tiger!" "Yes, he must be worse than Dayan!"

The leader saw that many of the warriors around him were getting excited, and when he saw that the one who had been beaten also moved away a little, he roared loudly.

The voice was very loud and could be heard clearly by hundreds of people around him.

"Warriors of the Khanate - ahead of us is Dayong Beijiao County - there are many women and food there, as well as many gold and silver treasures, do you want -"

"think--"

The riders at the rear shouted loudly, and those in the distance who couldn't hear the leader's voice also shouted, so that soon thousands of people were shouting like a wave.

"But there may be hundreds of Dayong border troops, what should we do?"

"Kill them—"

Thousands of cavalry roared and rushed towards the northern suburbs of the county amid the shouts of their leaders.

In the distant Beijiao County, the garrison captain heard the military report and immediately summoned a battalion of soldiers and horses, and even ordered the gates of the Beijiao County to be closed to shrink the defense.

But when thousands of cavalry appeared outside the county town, the defenders were all frightened. How could they defend the low city wall in Beijiao County.

Despite the fear in his heart, the captain still shouted to boost morale.

"Soldiers, cheer up - these cavalry are not good at attacking cities, and they have no siege equipment. We will just wait for reinforcements. The beacon fire has been spread -"

But it is unclear how effective this encouragement was. Almost all the soldiers looked pale.

On the gentle slope in the distance on the east side of Beijiao County, a cavalryman waited on his horse and climbed up the mound. Looking in the direction of Beijiao County, smoke and dust were billowing and the sound of killing was loud.

Then, the rider quickly turned his horse's head and galloped wildly. Less than half an hour later, the scouts who walked around a pine forest found a large cavalry unit. Before they even arrived, the waiter shouted.

"General - the Tartar bandit army we were looking for is indeed in the direction of Beijiao County - currently attacking the city -"

Duan Silie perked up after hearing this, and the phalanges of the big gun he held creaked. The next moment, he used his internal energy and roared.

"My sons - I found them - follow me to attack Beijiao County -"

Supported by the terrifying internal force, Duan Silie's general's order was heard in all directions, and the more than 2,000 cavalrymen in the army felt the general's voice like thunder.

"Take orders——"

At this moment, the morale of the entire army soared and they roared in unison.

Although there were only more than 2,000 cavalry, they were carrying more than 4,000 horses. At this moment, the cavalry, led by Duan Silie, galloped wildly. In less than half an hour, the entire army appeared near the mound where the scout was just now. The smoke and dust in Beijiao County can be seen in the distance, and shouts of killing can even be heard.

The county town in the northern suburbs is not big. It is surrounded by six to seven thousand nomadic cavalry on all sides. There is only one battalion of soldiers and horses in the city struggling to support it. Many people in the city also come to the city to help.

At this moment, the cavalry led by Duan Silie did not roar anymore, but changed their horses and rushed towards Beijiao County. It was not until the visual distance was less than two arrows that one side of the attacking cavalry team hurriedly gathered.

It's just that although the number of nomadic cavalry is large, they are scattered in all directions, and there is no formation at all in the rush.

Duan Silie took the lead with a big gun in hand, gathering his inner strength and roaring.

"You idiots, the thieves invaded our country and insulted and killed my father and people. Pick up your bows, pick up your guns, and kill with me -"

The roar was as loud as thunder from the sky. It not only spread throughout the two thousand Dayong cavalry, but also spread to the front, and even spread throughout the small northern suburbs of the county.

The sound was not only loud, it was even shockingly loud

The leader of the nomadic cavalry held two swords and faced the Dayong cavalry coming on horseback. He couldn't see the number clearly for a while, and his mind was shaken by the horrifying roar.

"Leader, they are coming -"

A loud roar made the leader wake up from a dream, with strength flowing through his body and a fierce look on his face.

"Warriors, follow me and kill -"

The cavalry on both sides rushed towards each other, and arrows kept flying.

Duan Silie rushed at the front and spotted the person who was suspected of leading the troops at a glance. He stood upright on his horse, a big gun danced in the wind in his hand, and went straight to the target. Not a single steppe cavalry member The enemy of unity.

"The enemy will die——"

The spears danced and passed by each other, and the blurred shadows of the spears swept across several riders.

Just one hit!

Both men and horses are torn apart!

Two thousand cavalry against six thousand, not only saved the county town in the northern suburbs, but also pursued for more than 200 miles and killed more than 4,000 enemies. Only some of the defeated soldiers fled back to the grassland.

The name of Thunder General Duan Silie was completely spread from the battle in Beijiao County, whether it was on Dayong's side or on the grassland.