Chapter 22 third quarter

At night, Hua Ye was sitting cross-legged in front of the lamp, when hurried footsteps came from outside the door. The visitor knelt down and stopped without saying a word. "The watch I put on to travel through the Wangyu, has it been rejected?" Hua Ye opened his eyes and said in a low voice. "The reply has come. Your Majesty has rejected the general's request, and said that the general should do his duty and start a war with the Li army as soon as possible, so as not to delay the opportunity of the war." The sergeant who sent the order whispered. "I've already estimated this result." Hua Ye sighed softly, "Go down."

"Liang Qiusong also has a letter." The sergeant asked, "Do you want to read it, General?" "No need, I can guess what he said, just simply paraphrase it." "Liang Qiusong said, 'The general is on this trip, looking at the imperial capital from a distance, you should respect yourself and not be reckless. The imperial capital is the cornerstone of the society and the axis of the heaven and the earth. If you commit the crime of treason and force the emperor, it is different from winning and rebelling. ?A strong man, like facing an abyss, walks a dangerous path. If he is negligent, he will never recover. The general is well-known, and the world's wonders, cherish yourself, don't say that you don't predict it.'" The sergeant said, "This is the original sentence , not a single word has been changed, and everything else is the same, nothing new.”

"Did Liang Qiusong know from thousands of miles away that I wanted to cross the king's domain and hit the back of Shangyang Pass at this moment? Mingchang County Marquis or the villain of the world, but he is also a wizard on the march. His thoughts are under his control." Hua Ye shook his head, "This is a gambler in the power field, but what he wants to gamble with is the future of the Chun Kingdom, or his own life?" "General...I have been with the general for eleven years, and there is something I want to say to the general." The sergeant outside the door said.

"I know what you're thinking and what you're going to say, so don't you need to mention it again?" "General, please give your subordinates a chance to let out their breath!" the sergeant said in a deep voice. "Then, let's talk." Hua Ye sighed silently, looking up at the roof, his eyes looked out from the two eye holes on the iron face, as if looking at the clear night sky through the gaps in the roof, or as if Nothing is looking. "Ying Wuyi has 5,000 light cavalry, but the general has 30,000 iron cavalry. As long as the general rides on the horse and raises his sword, each of the 30,000 people will obey the general's orders. If anyone refuses to listen, we will cut him down too. Come on! But Ying Wuyi is the overlord of the world, with no taboos, and our Chun country is like a dog on a chain under the emperor's feet. Is it because Fenghu has no courage? Or is the general lacking courage?" the sergeant asked loudly.

"After the death of the old lord, your hearts have been cold for a long time, right?" Hua Ye whispered. "Yes! General, my brothers' hearts have been cold for a long time. For many years, my brothers have been waiting for another emperor like Emperor Fengyan to come out of the capital, to have another Northern Expedition, expand the territory, and as a warrior, Isn’t this the kind of honor that I’ve been waiting for all my life? But after the death of the old lord, the new lord is simply a pawn in Liang Qiusong’s hands, and the emperor in Tianqi City, the general thinks that the emperor is really like Emperor Fengyan. The emperor of blood? Why would ancestors like eagles give birth to offspring like sheep?" The sergeant took a deep breath, "General, what are we Fenghu guarding now?"

"If something is unbearable to protect, it's better to destroy it and start over. Do you all think so in your heart?" "Are we shed blood and died just for the name of 'loyalty'? What can the general teach us who are at a loss?" The sergeant kowtowed. "You have been in the army for eleven years, have you ever thought about why you want to join the army?" Hua Ye asked. "The subordinates don't know about others. What the subordinates know is that when the subordinates saw the general come back victorious, the general climbed up the tower and said, "We wear swords and swords, and we will be honored with our brothers for the sake of the peace of the motherland!" The sergeant said angrily, "But Do we still have the peace of our homeland now? We watched Ying Wuyi’s iron hooves step on it, and there was no way to stop it. Our brothers died in battle, and no one felt sorry. What did the emperor say to us? Just fight, fight, fight, Why are we fighting! Brothers don't understand! Brothers want the general to give us a way!"

"It's not that you don't understand! You understand!" Hua Ye's voice suddenly became high-pitched and stern, "You have already made up your mind. You are waiting for me to go out happily, because I have an army of 30,000 in my hand, and the army is about to come. Under the imperial capital. At this time, Bai Yi was still outside the Shangyang Pass. In front of us were only 20,000 infantry soldiers from the Chi Brigade, and 20,000 Yulin Heavenly Army like lambs in Wangyu. There is no power in this world that can stop me, Hua Ye, from commanding an army. Breaking down the walls of the imperial capital is a golden opportunity! Isn’t it? You have prepared your sabers and are going to kill the walls of the capital of God together with me! Isn’t it?”

"Yes!" The sergeant didn't hide anything, "Even if the general killed me, let me tell you the truth, the lives of the brothers were sold to the general! Not to the emperor! Brothers don't care how many emperors Tianqi City changes. Brothers don't recognize the king's flag! Brothers came with the general's battle flag!" Hua Ye was silent for a long time without saying a word. He finally sighed: "If you said this to me when I was young, or I would have already carried a knife and stepped on the horse with you. Let him be Liang Qiusong, let him win Wuyi, let him Even the emperor can't stop my war horse. But, I'm already too old."

"The general is not old!" The sergeant was shocked, "The general must not say something depressing, the general is in his prime!" "I'm old," Hua Ye smiled self-deprecatingly, "I'm too old to want to see blood anymore, I'm too old to think too much about things that have nothing to do with me, I'm too old to drink, laugh, get on a horse and swing a knife The urge to kill." "Yuan He, in fact, you and I have been with me for eleven years, but you still haven't understood why you set foot on the battlefield!" He sighed. "I..." The sergeant was dumbfounded.

"In fact, every man's veins are full of desire for this vast world. Together with brothers, following a hero to conquer the world, this idea drives many young people to embark on the battlefield and never return to their hometown. However, Yuan He, do you really understand what the world is? The world is not an empty glory. The world is full of people. If you have the opportunity to chat with each of them, you may like some of them. And hate others. If you want to win the world, you must first destroy it, then I ask you, Hara Crane, do you really have the heart to kill someone you like? You have been in battle for so many years, you should have killed a lot of people , but you haven’t felt this way, because you haven’t had the chance to be spoken by the person you killed. In your opinion, what you killed was an enemy, but you don’t need to be enemies.”

"The world is actually a living thing!" Hua Ye whispered, "It's not just an honor, it's a bargaining chip!" The sergeant was silent, unable to speak for a long time. "Liang Qiusong may be a villain, but he is very smart, and his words are very clear. We ride on horses with swords in our hands, and have the opportunity to win the world. This is your power and your danger. If you slightly If you take one wrong step, you will be doomed! Don't let the murderous intent go to your head, or you can leave me and go to Ying Wuyi." Hua Ye sighed, "Actually, many of you have the same heart as Ying Wuyi. I cannot give you the hope and ambition he can give you. This is where I am inferior to Ying Wuyi. I am not a lion like him. Even if I am a tiger, I have been worn out by too long battles. .I'm sticking to what I'm trying to do now, just to atone for the sins I've committed." After a long time, the sergeant knelt down and kowtowed: "Brothers are the general's subordinates. The general has taught us too much, just like our parents. Other people's parents are very good, after all, it is not a reason to abandon our own parents." "Then back off, don't spread these words in the camp again, lest you will be killed." "This subordinate understands." The sergeant said, "But the general said this morning that if General Bai Yi and Ying Wuyi had a decisive battle, might they risk disobeying the emperor's order and crossing the king's territory?" "Yes, I'm ready for this, but I want them to force me into a corner. I can't let Bai Yi die, this is my bottom line!" Hua Ye's voice was low and sharp.