Han Mo looked at Tie Kui. When Feng Guo and his party that time, Han Mo felt that Tie Kui was calm but extremely courageous. He was an extremely cautious person, which was really different from an ordinary escort. It was precisely this why he recruited him to his subordinates.

Only today did he realize that Tie Kui was actually involved in the Northwest Army, and after saying this, he had already guessed something.

After Shang Zhongli defeated the Wei army 16 years ago, he vigorously developed his military equipment. Thirteen years ago, he unexpectedly launched a sudden attack on Yan State. In less than half a year, a large area of ​​Yan State land fell into the hands of the people of Qing State. It is precisely because of this that Xiao Huaiyu, who later became famous all over the world, appeared.

At that time, the Qing State was divided into two armies, one attacking from Shanggu Pass in Wujun, and the other attacking from Linyang Pass in Linyang County. At that time, the Northwest Army was also an extremely important aspect of the struggle for power among aristocratic families. Due to the complexity of power, the Northwest Army had different orders and extremely weak combat power. Faced with the powerful Qing army commanded by Shang Zhongli, the Northwest Army retreated step by step, and two-thirds of the land in Wujun fell into the hands of the Qing army.

Due to the defeat of the Northwest Army, there were really few battles worth remembering in the early stage of the war. If we can mention it slightly, it was the Battle of Shanggu City.

Shanggu Pass only lasted for five days and was finally broken. The soldiers guarded the pass quickly. The Qing army underestimated the enemy and was ambushed, with heavy casualties. However, their troops were far better than the Yan army. Therefore, although they were defeated, they immediately advanced strongly after gaining a foothold. The Shanggu Pass defenders retreated to Shanggu County, less than 150 miles away from Shanggu Pass. In that county, the defenders were killed and injured, and the water source was cut off. It was a miracle that persisted for twenty-six days. In the end, they chose to break through, but were ambushed by the Qing army and almost wiped out the entire army. As long as some of the remaining troops broke out.

It is said that the battle was extremely tragic. Although the Yan army was in a vain and was besieged by the several Beiqing army, it showed the courage and tenacity of the Yan people in that battle. The corpses were everywhere and blood flowed into a river.

...

Tie Kui suddenly mentioned the battle thirteen years ago, which made Han Mo guess in an instant that if nothing unexpected happened, Tie Kui might also be the survivor of that war.

Han Mo didn't know much about the details of that battle. After all, it was the most shameful time of Yan State. Therefore, the people of Yan State generally only knew that the Yan army was defeated and the Qing people occupied a large area of ​​their own land. Fortunately, Xiao Huaiyu appeared later, which resisted the crazy attack of the Qing people. In just three years, the weak Yan army defeated the Qing army and recovered the lost territory.

Han Mo also vaguely knew that after Xiao Huaiyu officially became the Northwest General, the soldiers who participated in the Battle of Shanggu City were all heavily used. Those brave men crawled out of the pile of dead people. Although there were not many left, each of them was an elite.

Han Mo glanced at Tie Kui, but saw a slight burst of tears in the corner of Tie Kui's eyes.

"Can General Han know who was the General of Shanggu Pass at that time?" Tie Kui turned his head and stared at Han Mo.

Han Mo was shocked, and finally thought of something, and said solemnly: "Can you...!"

"Ji Fengnian!" Tie Kui said word by word: "The General of Shanggu Pass at that time was Ji Fengnian. He made a mistake in judgment, broke through the siege of Ximen and ruined the lives of nearly 10,000 soldiers. This was Ji Fengnian's work!"

Han Mo opened his mouth and couldn't speak for a while.

Ji Fengnian!

For Han Mo, this is not a familiar name, because although the humiliating history of Yan State was numerous and injured, all the names were covered up by the most dazzling word "Xiao Huaiyu".

Although the Battle of Shanggu City left records, in fact, the generals of that war were rarely mentioned, and Han Mo had never understood that history very clearly.

Only then did he realize that the Northwest Army general who had designed to kill thousands of enemies against the trend and even held an isolated city with weak forces for a month was named Ji Fengnian.

What shocked him even more was that he only learned that Tiekui's other name was "Ji Fengnian".

This former head of the ward, now his personal guard, turned out to be the general of Shanggu Pass. Han Mo was surprised and felt it was incredible.

For a moment, doubts surged in my heart.

How could such a powerful general become an escort? Why did he finally agree to follow him and become one of his own escorts?

Tie Kui drank strong wine and said slowly: "Zhu Zicheng and Dewey were all warriors who passed the Battle of Shanggu City. Dewey was my personal guard captain at that time, and Zhu Zicheng was the commander of the horse army. Thirteen years ago, they were all my subordinates!"

Han Mo took a deep breath, and then he realized why Dewey and Zhu Zicheng were so excited when they saw Tie Kui. It turned out that these two people were Tie Kui's subordinates back then.

"Do you see the scar on Dewey's jaw?" Tie Kui looked at Han Mo and said calmly: "That was on the battlefield. He had a knife for me. As long as he was a little bit off, he would definitely die. Later, I tied him to my body and broke out of the siege. Zhu Zicheng was besieged with more than 200 brothers at that time. I took people back, killed a bloody road, and rescued thirty-two people, including Zhu Zicheng...!"

After a few words were made lightly, Han Mo seemed to have seen the fierce battle, and saw countless Yan soldiers killing each other, and under Tie Kui's leadership, he broke through the siege.

Han Mo sighed: "It's no wonder you are in the middle of the fu. At that time, no matter which gate you broke through, you would be surrounded by the Qing army." He said calmly: "And the situation at that time, no matter who it was, it would not be better than you!"

Tie Kui sighed: "For the past thirteen years, I have been thinking day and night. What I did at that time was right. At that time, there were still tens of thousands of people in the city. I left the people and led my troops to break through, but took the soldiers to a dead end."

Han Mo was silent for a moment and finally asked: "Why did you become the escort of the Hesheng Escort Agency later?"

Tie Kui also pondered for a long time before saying, "At that time, I was the only one of the six generals in the northwest, and I was not a child of aristocratic families. I was naturally not qualified to stay in the Northwest Army. After breaking through, in just one month, the court sent someone to escort me back to Beijing and handed it to the Dali Temple for the trial office. In just two days, I could not argue. Dali Temple convicted him of the crime, saying that I was incompetent in command of the army and underestimated the enemy and advanced... Hehe, I was sentenced to a death sentence!"

"What?" Han Mo was surprised. Although Tie Kui was alive at this time, such a judgment still made Han Mo feel incredible.

A general who resisted desperately on the front line designed to kill nearly 10,000 enemy troops, but was forced to break through and be imprisoned. Although he was guilty of defeat, it was not a problem of ability and should not be sentenced to death.

However, after thinking slightly, Tiekui could become the only non-family family of the six generals, and he must have outstanding generals. It is very likely that he was promoted by the late emperor of Yan. Such a person would definitely be eye-catching in the Northwest Army and would also make the aristocratic family afraid. Therefore, after the defeat, countless people would naturally want to kill him.

Han Mo shook his head. The hidden dangers of the dispute between aristocratic families always appeared. Now that I think about it, if it weren't for Xiao Huaiyu, the great Yan's country would have been defeated by the Qing Kingdom thirteen years ago.

"But on the eve of the execution ground, Dali Temple suddenly released me out of prison, and the result of the verdict was changed to being demoted to a commoner..." Tie Kui said calmly: "I later learned that General Xiao was moving behind and persuaded the cabinet to save me from the death penalty. However, the death penalty was avoided, and the life penalty was hard to spare. The cabinet finally gave up the ruling of demotion to a commoner."

"My hometown has been occupied by the Qing army, and my family is no longer there." Tiekui's eyes were red.

"How did you... come here in the past ten years?" Han Mo sighed.

Tie Kui pondered for a moment, without answering, but said slowly: "The common people must have the way of living..."

"Why did you agree to follow me?" Han Mo asked, "Are you willing to go to the battlefield again?"

"I owe my brothers countless lives." Tie Kui's resolute face was a solemn: "I have promised them that as long as I have the chance, I will definitely avenge them... drink the blood of the Qing people and pay tribute to the heroic spirits of the brothers." He glanced at Han Mo and said slowly: "I just think that if I follow you, maybe one day I can really return to this land, and maybe I really have the chance to let the Qing people repay the blood debts of the brothers... But I didn't expect that I would come to the northwest so soon..."

Han Mo sighed: "It is not difficult to come to the northwest, but I don't think it will take for a while to take revenge!"

Tiekui nodded slightly.

"So, will your name be Tiekui, or... Ji Fengnian?" Han Mo asked at Tiekui.

Tiekui looked north and said slowly: "Ji Fengnian has long been dead, and now only Tiekui is left!"

"Okay." Han Mo smiled and said, "Tiekui, I was thinking about the general of Linyang Pass who is the most suitable person to serve in the past few days. Now it seems that I have found a suitable person!"

Tiekui was stunned and then frowned.

"You don't have to have too many doubts." Han Mo said slowly, "If you want to take revenge, I will give you a chance sooner or later." He paused and smiled, "Don't worry about ignoring your abilities. This position is yours. As for the pressure in the court, you don't have to think too much. Since I have temporarily employed military power, I still have the qualifications to appoint and remove the general..."

Tie Kui looked slightly surprised.

Although he was once the general of the first level, he was just a small guard after all. Han Mo even promoted a guard to the general without blinking. This surprised him, but he also felt that the young man's courage was really great.

Han Mo made this decision not just because of Tie Kui's ability.

Since Tie Kui has influence on Dewey and Zhu Zicheng, it is very likely that Tie Kui will be held in his own line and become his own line. This is an opportunity to allow Dewey and Zhu Zicheng to enter his own line system.

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