Chapter 1294

official? I don't seem to have heard of any high-level generals surnamed officials in the southern border?

Ikal raised his eyebrows suspiciously, and turned the clairvoyance in his hand subconsciously.

Wait a minute!

Officer, this surname is not common even in Dayu!

Ikaluo couldn't help but stunned for a while, and suddenly remembered that there were indeed famous generals with the surname of Guan among the generals of Dayu, Guan Ruyan's officials. Now, Guan Ruyan and Guan's army have vanished in the game between Xiye and Dayu. But the official family has only one descendant, Guan Yubai.

Could it be that the official language came to the southern border in vain, and was used by the prince of Zhennan? !

Ikaluo couldn't help shrinking his pupils, but then he said to himself, it's impossible, Dayu is so big, the official surname can't be the only one.

He slowly moved the clairvoyant in his hand down along the flag, and then down again...

When a handsome, elegant and somewhat familiar face came into view, Ikaluo's heart sank to the bottom, and his whole body froze.

The official language is white, it is actually that official language white!

Although the other party has changed slightly from his youth, becoming thinner, more restrained, and more secretive, he can still be sure that this scholar-like man in a moon-white robe is Guan Yubai, the man who used to be called Guan Yubai. The major general's official language is white.

The other party seemed to have seen him as well, raised his head and smiled slightly above the city gate, his expression relaxed and indifferent, as if he was not on the battlefield where the two armies faced each other, but a place where literati and scholars talked about poetry and scriptures.

Then, the other party opened his lips with a smile and spit out four words.

The two were a mile apart, and of course Ikaluo couldn't hear Guan Yubai's voice, but based on his mouth, he could easily tell what the other party said—

"haven't seen you for a long time!"

really! At that time, Guan Yubai really saw himself! ?

It turned out that he only nearly lost his life in the Western Border of Dayu...

For a moment, Ikaluo trembled violently, and the scenes from many years ago flashed in his mind like a revolving lantern...

At that time, although he knew the official army like thunder, he did not know the official language Bai.

In the winter of that year, the king of Xiye once wrote a book to their king. The meaning behind the words was that they wanted to use troops against Dayu in Xiye, and invited Baiyue and their Nanliang to send troops to Dayu together, and they caught Dayu by surprise. Enemy on the back.

The King of Nanliang has long been eyeing the southern border of Dayu, but he suffers from the fact that there is a Baiyue away. If he sends troops to Baiyue, he is afraid that the two tigers will fight each other, and both will suffer. Instead, the southern border will be cheap!

At that time, the king of Nanliang sent him as an envoy to Xiye, and he wanted to get in touch with Xiye and Baiyue and test each other...

But if he wants to enter Xiye, he has to pass through the western border of Dayu. Xiye specially sent a general to come to meet him. However, he didn't even have the chance to meet each other. From a distance, he could see When a group of cavalrymen surrounded the inn where General Na Xiye was located, all the people of Xiye were executed. Fortunately, he and a few personal soldiers were one step behind, and only escaped the disaster.

Ikaluo still remembered that the young man who led the team at that time was handsome and refined, but he was full of heroic spirit. Let him know for the first time that the Confucian general in the history of the Central Plains was about this feeling.

The young man looked back and glanced in the direction where he was hiding, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. Those dark and deep eyes seemed to be able to penetrate everyone's heart, as if he had already discovered where he was hiding.

When Ikaluo was hesitating whether to return to Nanliang, the West Night King reluctantly sent someone to contact him again, and sent two groups of people in disguise to meet him, one group dressed as an alien caravan in Ming, and another group dressed as The people who defected to their relatives and friends were in the dark. At first, it was as planned by the King of the West Night. The caravan was interrogated by the officers and soldiers, and the few people who pretended to be common people successfully cleared the customs and successfully joined the three princes of the West Night sent by the King of the West Night to welcome them. Unexpectedly, at this moment, they discovered that they had already been followed by a cavalry as fast as a ghost...

Thinking of the situation at that time, Ikaluo shuddered. If he hadn't been careful and ordered his own soldiers to go there instead of him, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to go back to Nanliang.

That young man, the god of soldiers, was so scheming that Ikaluo would keep it in his heart. At that time, he only had one thought in his mind. If he could, he would never meet this young man in this life.

Later, he learned that the amazing young man's name was Guan Yubai.

At only fifteen years old, he is already a famous young general of Dayu. It is precisely because of the official language that the official family army has become more powerful, from a brave division to an invincible division of victory.

Since he returned to Nanliang, he told the king of Nanliang truthfully what he saw and heard. The king of Nanliang was wise and resolute. He felt that Da Yu was still like a growing tiger. If he wanted to defeat this tiger, he had to wait for the opportunity. , waiting for the tiger to become sick, injured or old...

This wait is so many years.

They finally waited until there were no generals in Da Yu, and when Baiyue was severely damaged in the battle with the southern border last year, the new king Nuhar's throne was not stable, so they decisively borrowed the way of Baiyue and sent troops to the north in one fell swoop, destroying several cities. ...

Unexpectedly, the Prince of Zhennan personally led the army and turned the situation around quickly!

Unexpectedly, today he actually met the boy who scared and frightened him back then - Guan Yubai.

He has heard that Guan Yubai has lost all his martial skills and is weak, but he is not relying on the courage of ordinary people for his generals. Guan Yubai has experienced hundreds of battles in the western border. With his wit and strategy, he uses his troops like a god, and the army led by him will probably be the strongest enemy he has ever encountered in his life...

No wonder the five kings and the 20,000 army were so silent!

Thinking about it, Ikaluo couldn't help shivering. A fear from the bottom of his heart could not control his heart, making him feel like falling into an ice cellar...

"Big guy!"

The general on the side looked at Ikal nervously. He had followed Ikal for many years, and he had never seen the commander look like this, like a beast seeing its natural enemy.

What the hell did he see? !

Ikalo put down the clairvoyant in his hand, his face sinking like water. He held the clairvoyant in his hand tightly, and his face was blue and white.

After he had calmed down, he finally calmed down a little, but his whole body was still like a drawn bow, almost collapsed to the extreme, and said to the general: "Berhe, immediately order the entire army to stand by, the north and the south. The city gates are all heavily guarded, and the spirit of twelve points must not be slack!"

"Yes, handsome!"

Berher clasped his fists to lead the order, but there was a trace of strangeness in his heart. Even if there are more than 10,000 soldiers from the Southern Borders approaching the city, they are not weak in the city of Li, and there are still 20,000 troops in the city. This Dengli City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and their odds of winning should still be greater than that of the Southern Border Army.

Seemingly seeing the doubts in Boerhe's heart, Ikaluo said slowly: "This time, we must not neglect our opponents. Although the Southern Border Army's coach this time is young, he is experienced in many battles. As long as he finds a loophole, our army of 20,000 will stop there this time."

Boerhe looked at the swaying silver-white flag in disbelief, what kind of character could get such an evaluation as a commander? !

Boerhe didn't dare to show any slights anymore, and hurriedly went down the city wall.

Soon, the entire Dengli City was in a commotion, and torches lit up on the dark streets. Nanliang soldiers holding torches rumbled through the streets in the city, and set off well-trained towards the city gates on both sides. , murderous.

Of course, the remaining people in the city also noticed the commotion in the city, but no one dared to light a candle, and no one dared to open the door. They just watched the outside carefully through the narrow crack of the door or the small hole in the window paper. Guessing what happened in the end will make the city feel like a great enemy...

Could it be that the Southern Border Army is calling? !

Could it be that they are finally expected to drive away these Nanliang people in Dengli City?

A spark of hope finally ignited in the ashes of the people.

rumbling...

In the sound of heavy footsteps, the entire Dengli City was filled with a strange atmosphere, and the dense firelight that filled the city illuminated the whole city like the stars in the sky.

After the two sticks of incense, the number of torches on the city wall had doubled, and in the firelight, countless blades and arrows flashed a chilling cold light.

"Commander!" Boerhe hurriedly ran up the city wall to report back, "The army has already been laid out!"

But Ikaluo didn't seem to hear Boerhe's voice, and murmured with a frown: "How could this happen?! How could the Southern Border Army suddenly close its camp again?!"

This official language led the army to force the city with lightning speed, and sent the declaration of war and the provocation of the five kings and the nine kings, but when it came to the juncture, he suddenly closed the camp with no peace and quiet?

What is the other party planning? !

Did Guan Yubai plan to let them take it lightly and then launch a surprise attack?

There must be some conspiracy in it!

You must be careful, you must not fall into the other party's tricks!

This night, Ikal was doomed to not sleep well.

The night was darker, and the tens of thousands of troops outside the city of Dengli faced each other, fighting with swords. In the night, countless stars were blinking and looking down, quietly watching all this...

At the same time, dozens of miles away, on a path in a large swamp, the sound of countless horses' hooves and footsteps mixed together, echoing in the vast expanse of swamp.

In a radius of more than ten miles, there was a thick gray fog, thick and strange, and the visibility was only within three feet of the whole body.

This is the miasma produced by the swamp, and once inhaled, it will kill you.

On weekdays, this swamp is desolate and deserted, without a trace of life, and the birds and beasts that live in the vicinity seem to know the horror of this miasma, and they all avoid it.

But at this moment, there are thousands, no, tens of thousands of soldiers running on this land of death.

Everyone wore a white mask on their face, and their footsteps were rumbling and spirited.

Even when they first entered the swamp, they had a trace of fear, but after an hour of marching, they found that their comrades and the whole army were safe and sound, and they were all set.

These masks soaked in concoction can really defuse the toxicity of miasma!

The eyes of the soldiers outside the masks shone in the mist-like miasma.

"Master Shi!" Mo Xiuyu rode his horse to Xiao Yi's side, and his voice was a little low and vague through the mask, "The soldiers didn't have any uncomfortable reactions. If this continues, in four hours, we will be able to leave the swamp. ."

Xiao Yi complied, grabbed the horse's belly, and rode away in high spirits.

If it is said that the key to the last battle was Xiaobai, then this time the key is yourself!

stomping on...

The 10,000 Southern Border Army marched neatly across the trail...

The night passed in the blink of an eye, and the light of dawn illuminated Yanding City.

Xiao Yi was not there. Logically speaking, no one disturbed Nangong Yue's sleep, but she couldn't fall asleep. After waking up when the cock crowing, she couldn't fall back to sleep.

She simply got up, had some breakfast, and went to Xiao Yi's study in the outer courtyard of the guard house.

Xiao Yi has always been a sloppy person. Although bamboo is careful and reliable, cleaning is not his strong point. Although Nangongyue had carefully cleaned it up when she arrived at Yanding City half a month ago, Xiao Yi's study has already changed drastically, just like before... chaos and order.

Looking at the slightly messy military books on the redwood bookcase, Nangong Yue couldn't help but smile, feeling as if Xiao Yi was still beside her.

She eagerly put away the military book, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, paperweight, official documents for Xiao Yi... The originally impetuous heart gradually calmed down during the packing, and her expression became calm.

After two sticks of incense, Nangong Yue had packed up, she slowly looked around the study, and smiled with satisfaction.

When she glanced at the partitions leading to the interior, her eyes paused. She thought of something, pushed the door in, and walked straight to a wall.

There is a huge map hanging on this wall. When you look at the topography, you know that it is a map of the southern border.

Nangong Yue took another step towards the map, and immediately found the location of Yanding City, stretched out an index finger, and tapped the map with the fingertip.

She remembered that Yi should be heading in this direction...

According to the position in memory, Nangong Yue slowly moved her index finger on the map, starting from Yanding City all the way to the southeast... through a swamp, and then a little further south.

Her fingers finally stopped at a certain point. Counting the time, Yi is about to cross this swamp!

If all goes well, the war will be over soon, and Yi can go home!

Thinking about it, the corners of Nangong Yue's mouth were slightly raised, her eyes were soft and sweet, as if she could see Xiao Yi appearing in front of her the next moment.

She stood there for a while, and was about to leave, but suddenly noticed something, and her steps stopped again.

She raised her index finger again and clicked on a mountain range on the map. The mountain range was marked with a somewhat familiar name——

Sigley Hill!

It turns out that Mount Sigley is here.

Nangong Yue raised her brows thoughtfully, her index finger continued to slide, and this time she quickly found Luo Yue City.

Judging from the location on the map, Siglai Mountain is not far from her return journey, and it should be possible to reach it by taking a detour for half a day.

Nangong Yue's index finger moved twice on Luo Yue City. When she returned to the palace and wanted to come out again, it might not be so convenient.

Thinking of the past events that Sun Xinyi had said, Nangong Yue felt that she should take the opportunity to go back and take a look around there.

Now that the decision has been made, as soon as Nangong Yue left the room, she decisively ordered: "Baihui, go and call Zhou Dacheng."

Looking at Nangong Yue's face, Baihui knew that she must have something to do and hurried away.

After a while, Zhou Dacheng came with Baihui. He thought that Nangongyue called him here to discuss the return trip, but he did not expect that after he saluted, Nangongyue's first sentence was: "Zhou Dacheng, what are you doing to Xixi? How much does Gray Mountain know?"

Sigley Hill? ! Zhou Dacheng's brows moved, and his black face couldn't hide his surprise. How could the princess suddenly ask about Siglai Mountain? !

The location of Siglai Mountain is remote and desolate. It is not a scenic spot, and it is not worth mentioning among the many mountains in the southern border... Could it be that the princess is because of the Fang family?

Zhou Dacheng immediately clasped his fists and said, "My subordinates know that the Fang family has an iron mine in Siglai Mountain..."

This time, the surprised person became Nangong Yue.

She wanted to inquire about Siglai Mountain, but she didn't expect that Zhou Dacheng's export was Fang's iron ore. Everyone in the southern Xinjiang knew that Fang's family had many mines. I'm afraid even Fang's family couldn't remember all the mines. Location... I just asked casually, Zhou Dacheng can tell him this information so clearly.

Could it be that Xiao Yi asked Zhou Dacheng?

wrong……

Nangong Yue immediately rejected this possibility. If Xiao Yi had asked, Zhou Dacheng's reply to her would not be like this.

Nangong Yue didn't hesitate and asked directly, "Zhou Dacheng, has anyone else asked you about Siglai Mountain before?"

Zhou Dacheng was even more surprised. Why is the princess becoming more and more divine? !

But that was many years ago...

Zhou Dacheng didn't think it had anything to do with what Concubine Shizi wanted to ask, but since Concubine Shizi asked, he replied truthfully: "Returning to Concubine Shizi, in fact, the old prince had also been to Siglai Mountain before his death... "Speaking, Zhou Dacheng's complexion was a little gloomy, "Shortly after the old prince came back, he called Mr. Shen, his subordinates, Cheng Yu, Zhu Xing, and some other people over..."

Even if Zhou Dacheng didn't say anything about what happened next, Nangong Yue knew about it.

In this way, the Old Town South King only thought of Tuo Gu after he returned from Siglai Mountain. What happened to make the Old Town South King feel uneasy and make him want to leave one for Xiao Yi?

Nangong Yue pondered for a while, and then asked, "What else did grandfather say?"

"The old man said that he wants to investigate something..." Zhou Dacheng said slowly and arduously, thinking of the past, his heart was still heavy. Later, the old prince passed away, and naturally no one knew what he was going to investigate.

Hearing this, Nangong Yue's expression became more solemn. The cause of death of Xiao Yi's mother-in-law, Dafang's, was related to Siglai Mountain, and now even the old town Nanwang seems to have a relationship with Siglai Mountain. Is this really just a coincidence?

Nangong Yue originally planned to go to Siglai Mountain, but now he became more determined and said, "Zhou Dacheng, we will leave for Luoyue City the day after tomorrow. On the way, I want to make a detour to Siglai Mountain."

Zhou Dacheng naturally complied with Nangong Yue's orders, but at the same time he felt something was wrong.

Could it be that Concubine Shizi mentioned Siglai Mountain not for the Fang family?

Meeting Zhou Dacheng's thoughtful eyes, Nangong Yue didn't hide it from him. If he wanted to investigate the past, he would definitely use Zhou Dacheng's place. What's more, this matter was of great importance, and only It was handed over to Zhou Dacheng and Zhu Xing.

Nangong Yue slowly and carefully explained what Sun Xinyi had revealed, hearing Zhou Dacheng's eyes widen, his heart sank all of a sudden.

No one knows why the old prince suddenly thought of going to Siglai Mountain, but then the old prince went so urgently, so quickly, could it be said...

Are there any hidden secrets in this? !

It was quiet in the study, whether it was Nangong Yue or Zhou Dacheng, they all had the same question in their hearts.

Especially Zhou Dacheng, his face was extremely ugly, and he felt remorse in his heart: after so many years, they probably won't find clues so easily!

The day after tomorrow, I will set off, so I have to hurry and prepare well. I must bring the elites under my command for this trip.

Zhou Dacheng hurriedly retired to work, leaving Nangong Yue to sit in the study for a long time, with a heavy heart...

Time passes in my mind...

The day after, the gates of Yanding City were grandly opened again, and Nangong Yue, Lin Jingchen, and Han Qixia were escorted by a team of royal guards and a hundred elite soldiers from the city gate.

Nangongyue has only been in Yanding City for a month, and she has always kept a low profile, but the whole army knows that all the medicines used in the army are developed by her. These medicines are more effective than before, I don't know how much they have saved on the battlefield. life.

Zheng Cang, Su Yuming, Li Weibei and other veterans defending the city brought a group of soldiers to see them off at the city gate in person. The hostess, this is the luck of the Southern Border!

The sound of hooves gradually faded away, but the soldiers did not leave for a long time...

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