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Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty-Eight

Helian Xia Tian is the little leader guarding the Beacon Tower of the Seven Star Station.Chief, in the Central Plains, is only used to describe the leader, not an exact official position, but in Li's army, it is the official title of a general. Small chief, chief chief, and chief are all official ranks.The little leader, Helian Xia Tian, ​​was in charge of eight soldiers. The eight soldiers were divided into four squads, and they took turns to wait on the three-foot-high beacon tower day and night. The military posts on the north side of Yinzhou have some frictions with Tubo people, Huihe people, and Khitan people every year. The beacon towers sometimes play a role, but there are more than ten military posts on the south side. It has not been used once in a year.For any important matter, if it has been peaceful for ten years, the person who executes it will inevitably feel slack. Helian Xia, who guards the beacon tower, has already regarded this most important matter as the easiest thing to do. matter.

Helian Xia Tian is already fifty-four years old this year. As a veteran with no achievements, his promotion is extremely slow.At the age of sixty, he will be disarmed and return to the fields. He is still just a small leader, and his only job is to patrol the beacon tower all day. Although there is no oil, it is very easy. Last spring, his mother-in-law died of illness, and one of his daughters was married long ago, so old Helian was left alone. Occasionally, when he fell ill, he had to entrust those lavish auxiliary soldiers to help cook the soup. Food, life is really bleak.But now he felt that his life was moving forward, so that no matter who he met all day, he would always smile, and the crow's feet in the corners of his eyes would be piled up because...he picked up a wife.

Yesterday, a pair of fleeing brothers and sisters entered the Seven Star Station. When he saw the pair of brothers and sisters, some of his off-duty auxiliary soldiers were teasing the girl.Of the pair of siblings, the elder sister was born very handsome, with a tall figure and charming eyebrows, while the younger brother was thick-headed and strong-looking. Helian Xia went up to ask the reason, only to know that the siblings were fighting with people from other tribes at home, the father and brother were killed in the fight, the siblings escaped from Hengshan overnight and came here, there are countless tribes in Hengshan, each other The incidents of vendetta and weapon fights happened from time to time, Helian Xia Tian was naturally not surprised when he heard it.

Look at this pair of siblings, Helian Xiatian suddenly had an inexplicable thought, seeing that the two of them were a young girl and a half-grown child, there was nothing to guard against, so Helian Xiatian stopped the auxiliary soldiers who molested the girl , led them to their dwellings and settled down.The soldiers guarding the Beacon Tower couldn't help being amazed that Master Helian, who has always been courageous and greedy, and who loves to take advantage of small things, actually showed kindness? "Crap, master, when did I ever do a good deed? If you do a good deed, you will go to hell." Helian Xia squatted in the yard and said with a smile.There were two auxiliary soldiers who were not on duty squatting next to them, and the three of them were squatting there in a dragon formation.

"It's deserted at home." Helian Xiatian sighed, turned to look at his own house, and smiled again: "But the siblings are different as soon as they live in, they immediately become popular, you two look, How clean my small yard is now, hey! The room is brighter, and when it’s time to eat, I don’t have to go to the restaurant opposite to pick a bite, and I can have hot food as soon as I enter the room.” "Oh..., let me just say, Boss, when did you become so kind-hearted? You're really shrewd. You accepted this pair of siblings as goddaughters and godsons. Someone will take care of you inside and outside the house. Even when you are old, there are people to take care of you.”

"What the fuck, why do you want a daughter? My own daughter is married for more than two hundred miles, and it's rare to come back. If you can't count on it, why take a daughter?" Helian Xia Tian smiled even happier: "You didn't look at that girl, she is handsome, even though she is dumb, but her small appearance, that figure, those watery peach eyes, tsk tsk tsk, let people take a look, even the bones Crispy..." Helian Xiaxia smiled and narrowed his eyes: "These siblings have nowhere to go, and now they are all relying on me. Master, I am thinking about it. After a few days, I will tell that woman to accept her as my wife." Filling the house, my mother-in-law has been dead for more than a year, and there is no one in the house, and it is really deserted."

"No way, Master Helian," one of the auxiliary soldiers laughed and said, "Can the girl agree? Don't you look at how old you are, and you are worthy of such a juicy girl?" Helian Xiaxia said disapprovingly: "Fuck, sir, although I am a bit older, I know it hurts people, don't I? They finally found a place to stay, and they are so ruthless to go? Besides, eat mine, live Mine, I want to leave when the time comes, yes, let’s calculate even the capital with interest, hey, do the two of them still have any money?" Helian Xiatian sighed contentedly, and murmured: "At that time, master, I will feel at ease. After visiting the beacon tower in heavy snow and cold weather, once I return to the house, hot food and tea are all provided, and there is a flower The big girl who doesn’t slip away strips me like a little white sheep and warms my bed. It’s beautiful to think about it. Hey, tell me, sir, is my name a good one? Winter is coming soon, but My summer is here..."

Helian Xia Tian was thinking beautifully, when he heard a horn sounding in the distance, Helian Xia Tian was startled for a moment, then stood up suddenly, raised his neck and shouted to the beacon tower: "What happened? what's the situation?" There was no sound on the beacon tower, and Helian Xiatian jumped up and cursed: "You bastard, you can sleep lazily during the guard duty? If something serious happens, I will peel you off." A soldier next to him persuaded: "Master Helian, if someone came to the door in broad daylight, wouldn't the gatekeepers of the city be blind? It's time for the alarm to be sounded. Don't worry, I'll climb up and take a look." ..." Then he hurried to the escalator.

At this time, another series of short horns sounded from the direction of the city gate, and the sound of the horns made people panic, and Helian Xia Tian fell to his feet and shouted: "Damn it, something happened, hurry up, climb up quickly, and immediately light up the wolf smoke!" , start immediately..." Just as he said this, the soldier next to him suddenly took a step forward, and suddenly his neck was thrown back. A sharp cluster of arrows appeared at his throat. Helian Xia's eyes suddenly protruded, and he watched the soldier err... Shouting, he stretched out his hand to touch his throat, and when he touched the tip of the arrow, his whole body fell limply.

"Yes... who is it?" Helian Xia asked in a trembling voice with cold hands and feet, hunched over his waist, but he didn't even have the courage to turn his head back. At this moment, he saw a person appearing on the beacon tower, a tiger-headed tiger-brained man The sturdy young man, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, was looking coldly at the soldier who was climbing up. Immediately afterwards, a hand quickly covered his mouth, and a sharp knife slashed open his throat, and then a woman figure flew past him and ran towards the beacon tower. Helian Xia Tian was lying on the ground, looking at the dumb girl with surprised eyes, she was running up the escalator like an ape, she really used to run, the three-foot-high beacon tower, she almost After a while, he ran up, and jumped in, his agility was amazing.

Helian Xia Tian was like a chicken whose throat had been cut, its body twitched up and down, and large streams of blood spurted out from its throat.He knew that he was going to die: "I...for the first time in my life, I pretended to be a decent person, and I haven't even touched her fingers. A decent person... really can't do it. This... dumb woman is... Who, woman... Serving men to have children is the proper way to fight and kill like a man, so what if you kill me, can you beat Yinzhou? It's all bullshit..."
The leaders of each tribe came forward to toast one by one. Li Guangyan tasted the wine briefly and waited for the leaders to toast. Then he smiled and said: "I just came here on a hunting trip and came to visit Master Su Ka on a whim. You tribal leaders don't be too restrained, Come, come, everyone, please sit down, don't disturb your interest because of the official's arrival, hehe..." Li Guang looked high as the chairman, speaking boldly, as if he had become the master of this place.The real owner, Su Ka, sat on the side seat, opposite to Yang Hao.Ono Ke'er sat beside her father with a very upset expression, but on such an occasion, it was not his turn to speak at all. Su Ka said with a smile on his face: "Master Li's visit today is the most important thing in our village. Everything else has to be put aside first. Besides, we don't have any important matters. We have to have fun with you. My lord, please drink." Yang Hao suddenly interrupted and said: "Lord Li, I heard that the people from southern Tubo are fighting with Lord Li from Xiazhou, and the northern Tubo is not living in peace now. How can you have the leisure to go hunting in the grassland at this very moment?" ?” Li Guangyan said with a smile: "I, the Li family, lived in the northwest border. I have worked hard for more than a hundred years and have a deep foundation. Who can shake it? Yinzhou has enough soldiers and food, and the city is high and thick. There is a slight movement in Northern Tubo. My official Chen Bing is outside. , To show his prestige, Xiaoxiao immediately stopped his flag and drums, and stopped making any more moves. What's the point of being such a clown?" Yang Hao smiled and said: "The birds of prey will strike, and the wings will fly lowly; the beasts will fight, and the ears will fall down. Soldiers are really deceitful. I am afraid that the Tubo people will use suspicious tactics. Although the adults have enough soldiers and food, He is brave and good at fighting, once he is taken advantage of by the enemy, he will inevitably..." "Haha, if someone wants to do some tricks under Li Guangyan's nose, he will kill himself. If he dares to come, I will discipline him to come and go. Yinzhou City is as solid as a rock, and foreign enemies are not to be feared." Yes, but no matter how strong the city wall is, if your own people are there to tear down the bricks and dig the corners, it will inevitably collapse, so... what I care about is internal troubles, whoever is half-hearted with my Li family, eats inside and outside... hum..." Yang Hao glanced at those restless leaders with a smile, and said: "Master Li is serious, you and I are both citizens of the Great Song Dynasty, each with its own jurisdiction, and guarding one side, how can it be said that there will be people in the Great Song Dynasty who are against you?" You are at a disadvantage in Yinzhou. Speaking of which, Mr. Li guards Yinzhou, and the Qiangs in Hengshan seem to be not under his command, right?" Li Guangyan sneered slightly, glanced slightly, looked at the leaders who were listening to him, picked up a small silver knife and carefully cut off a piece of mutton, dipped some salt foam in his mouth, and then said with a deep smile: "My lord Yang, the northwest region is different from the Central Plains. You know that ten years ago when the Yong'an Army Jiedu Zhede went to Kaifeng Chaoliang's official family, the official family had personally promised him: 'Afterwards, the descendants will be prefects and state affairs for generations. You have to use their trilogy, eat and rent in, inherit their land, and govern their own people." In fact, the Li family of Xiazhou and the Yang family of Linzhou are the same. Within the territory under the jurisdiction of my Li family, soldiers can be recruited by themselves , raise their own salaries and taxes, and even... decide to use foreign troops on their own!" In the last sentence, he used a strong voice, and some leaders immediately whispered to each other. Li Guangyan didn't seem to see him, but said proudly: "To put it bluntly, with such power, I, Mrs. Li, are actually equivalent to a vassal king. Since the officials trust and favor so much, my Li family will naturally be loyal to the imperial court from generation to generation, and serve as the official family. If you want to maintain stability in the northwest, there must be absolutely no chaos in the interior." He leaned down, put his fingers together slightly, and said with a sneer: "My Qiang tribe, when dealing with people who eat inside and outside, they must be divided into five horses. If any tribe dares to collude with outsiders behind my Li family's back and plot wrongdoings, then I, Li Guangyan, will let me go." His clan will be exiled from now on!" It was very quiet in the big tent, all the chiefs held their breaths and they could hear a needle drop on the ground for a while, not only the faces of all the chiefs were ugly, even the fake smile on Su Ka's face couldn't hold back, Yang However, Hao suddenly laughed and said, "Lord Li is worthy of being a general in charge of the army. He is so majestic and powerful. It is good to be prepared for danger in times of peace, but isn't your lord worrying too much? I have traveled all the way, and all the tribes live and work in peace and contentment. Living in harmony, it can be seen that Li Jiedu is fair and strict, and his ruler is upright, presumably no one will collude with Tubo, Huihe, or Khitan people, which will be detrimental to our Song Dynasty?" Li Guangyan repeatedly emphasized the Li family, while Yang Hao insisted on Da Song's signboard.As soon as he said the words of living and working in peace and living in harmony, the heads of all ministries felt a little embarrassed. Not long ago, the Yeli clan joined the Dangxiang Qi clan to fight against Xiazhou. Locally, the Qiang tribes became even more chaotic. As soon as Xiazhou started a war with Fuzhou and Linzhou, they would help one side today and another side the next day.If there is a truce between Xiazhou and Fuzhou and Linzhou, the big and small tribes in Hengshan will attack me today and I will attack you tomorrow. In short, there will be no rest all year round. live and work in peace and contentment.Li Guangyan's words were clearly a warning to the ministries not to get too close to Luling, but when Yang Hao said such words of praise and derogation, even they felt a little unbearable. But Li Guangyan showed no signs of resentment, and said with a chuckle: "The man on my grassland has a straightforward temperament, and there are cases where swords and soldiers meet each other. Wrapping the wound, we are still brothers, and there will be no quarrels. After all, we are of the same ancestor, we are a family, and the bones are still connected. But if anyone colludes with outsiders, there will be no turning back. In Li Guangyan's eyes, I don't rub the sand." Yang Hao smiled and said: "Your Majesty is able to meet all the chiefs here today, talking and laughing happily, and drinking fine wine, because there is a hero like Mr. Li guarding Yinzhou, serving as a barrier in the northwest for us to resist foreign enemies. Mr. Li is afraid of internal troubles , It’s reasonable. It’s just... Whether it’s Tubo or Huihe, everyone’s ignoring me in the Northwest. Now that troubles are happening in South Tubo, they see an opportunity to take advantage of it, so it’s hard to guarantee that they won’t take advantage of it. Far away from the center, could it be that the wisdom beads are in your hands?" Li Guangyan raised his eyebrows lightly, and asked with a smile: "My Yinzhou's fortified barriers are indestructible, and Master Yang thinks, who can break them?"
Namhan broke the city. Qixing Station is the first post station in the outskirts of Yinzhou. Although the situation in the north of Yinzhou is tense now, there has been no war on the south line for a long time, and the guards have lost their basic vigilance. Disaster.The real worry is the Beacon Tower.Once the beacon tower sends out a signal, the plan for the rest of the stations can only be abandoned. They came on light cavalry, and they had neither supplies nor siege equipment. The only option was to fight quickly, and Yinzhou would not give them time to forcibly attack the military post.At the same time, only by successfully winning the first hurdle and not letting the news spread out, can we successfully cut off the next few military stations, create an impossible miracle, and severely damage Yinzhou. If the Qixing station is so slack, the subsequent military towns will only become more and more slack, and the guard and inspection of the people and horses who have passed through the previous stations will become more and more formal, or even no longer formal.A tiger kept in a cage since childhood can't even fight a cow.The garrison troops at various post stations, who indulge in ease, will not be a frightening prairie force. So for this Seven Star Station, Yang Hao put in a lot of effort. To be on the safe side, he first sent Mu Yu and Bi Su, who are pretty good at maneuvering, to disguise themselves as sisters and rush to Seven Star Station, looking for opportunities to get close to the Beacon Tower. , and asked Mu Kui to lead more than a dozen sharp archers with the badges he had suppressed to break through the pass under false pretences, and the target was still the Beacon Tower.With this pair of insurances, it is to ensure that no smoke will be ignited on the beacon tower. A dozen or so people who entered the city first, such as Mu Kui, occupied the tables near the windows of the teahouses and restaurants around the beacon tower, while the others lingered outside the fence of the camp, as if looking for a place to relieve themselves.If Bisu and Mu Yu hadn't already entered the barracks, they would have fired arrows from all directions at the same time, using their hundred-step piercing skills to shoot and kill the guards on the beacon tower, and then approached quickly to prevent anyone from climbing up again. Send a signal to inform the rear team to break the city. Now that Bi Su and Mu Yu have successfully infiltrated, how many soldiers are there on the Beacon Tower, they can get accurate information, and it is more guaranteed that they will do it. Mu En and others have completely become substitutes.When a hurried siren sounded from the gate of Qixing Station, Mu Yu had already succeeded and sent out the signal. As soon as the horn sounded, Mu En and the others also moved suddenly.The big man sitting in the teahouse or restaurant suddenly jumped up as if a spring had been placed under his buttocks, and ran towards the beacon tower opposite.A few big men who were patrolling by the outer fence of the beacon tower pulled out their waist knives, howled and rushed over, opened the fence with one knife, and crashed in.Like a mad cow with its tail on fire, it crazily rushes straight to the beacon tower. At the same time, more than 200 riders rushing into the city swept along the road like a torrent, and went straight to the barracks guarding the city. Along the way, people shouted horses, hoofs sounded like thunder, and the roar was ear-splitting. Raid. The owner of "Shilixiang Steamed Bun Shop" was stunned. After the more than two hundred fast horses passed by his door like the wind, he pondered over the language of those big men shouting, and then suddenly came to his senses, turned around and went to the shop. The clerk yelled frantically: "They are Tubo people, they are Tubo people, God, the Tubo people have bypassed Yinzhou to attack Qixingyi, hurry up to the door, hurry up to the door, you are still fucking dead Woolen cloth……" The whole Qixingyi has fallen into chaos, the people are running all over the street, the doors and windows of the vendors are closed, and there are Qiang-robed warriors charging into the city on tall horses everywhere, rampaging in the small Qixingyi, killing people, setting fire, and using steel knives. Slashing at anyone, stabbing with spears, and flying arrows everywhere, the defenders of Qixingyi ran around the city like chickens without their heads, completely lost their command, and were swallowed by the cavalry who rushed into the city. The enemies who attacked Qixingyi were dressed in Qiang costumes, and when they ordered the burning of houses and the massacre of soldiers, they spoke Tubo.In a pinch, the language a person instinctively blurts out is, of course, the language he uses most.What's more, now that they have cleared the level, there is no need for them to continue to hide their identities.Listening to their authentic Tubo language, these are located in the area where various ethnic groups live in the northwest, even if they can't speak it, they can still hear it. Everyone knows: the Tubo people are coming!They bypassed the densely populated Yinzhou City and its outlying military towns, and launched an attack on the heart of Yinzhou. The North and South Tubo finally joined forces! There were only a dozen or so soldiers guarding the city gate, and Ma Kun knew that there were still one or two hundred people coming back, so when he saw their team slowly approaching from a distance, he did not raise his vigilance at all. Not only did he not order the gate to be closed as a warning , Find out the identity of the other party and then open the city to release the people. They also asked people to open all the two city gates, blasting away the people who were about to enter the city to make way for the comers. The group of people was walking slowly, but when they were about a hundred steps away from the city gate, they suddenly started to run with all their strength.Ma Kun was astonished and wanted to stop him, but Namuhan, who was leading the horse, cut off his head with a single drag. The poor skull rolled to the ground, rolling around like a ball being kicked by a group of horses. These two hundred people swept into the city like a gust of wind. After the guards at the top of the city panicked and sounded their horns to warn them, they poured into the streets and alleys of Qixing Station like a torrent. They were blowing their horns in vain to warn the city guards and beacon towers. Immediately, a large cloud of smoke and dust covered the sky and the sun, and in the billowing smoke and dust, an unknown number of people and horses rolled in, overwhelming the sky and covering the earth, boundless.The guard at the top of the city was puffing his cheeks and was blowing his facial features to be bloodshot, and the veins on his forehead were tense. When he saw this situation, he couldn't help but lose his mind, and was so shocked that the horn in his hand fell to the bottom of the city: It's over, Seven Star Station... It's really over!
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