Chapter 792: Destiny is only broken by Luo Xue!
There were bloodstains on his clothes and scars on his hands and face. Luo Xiang's body lay in Luo You's arms. Luo Chengzhi and Luo Weizhi intercepted and killed the Shi tribe cavalry and ran back to Luo You with shocked expressions. All the brave warriors gathered around, riding in circles in silence, mourning the passing of the commander-in-chief and his people.
Shi Min died with his eyes wide open. Luo You looked around him, and saw twisted corpses of brave warriors and Hu people's armored cavalry everywhere. Seeing Luo Chengzhi, Luo You raised his index finger to the sky, blood kept flowing out of his mouth, and said vaguely: "Chengzhi, killing Shi Min is a small chance. For my father and all the tribesmen, 20% will be given to wipe out the Shi tribe!"
Luo Weizhi didn't understand what his uncle was talking about the one percent and two percent, but the remaining troops who assisted the State of Yan in clearing out the Shi tribe understood it.
Luo Chengzhi, who understood everything, was horrified. He knew what his father meant. The encirclement and suppression of the Hu heroes would only have a minimal impact on the destiny of the Hu people. Just as the Hu people's destiny was reduced by 10% in the Western Regions, it was not because of the death of the Xianbei Chanyu, but because of the casualties of the sacred artifact, Luo Yu, the legitimate daughter of the Luo family, and the temple army. This was called sacrificing Luo's blood to heaven.
The same was true in this battle. The head of the Luo family and this group of brave warriors died here, on the battlefield with the Hu people's destiny figure. No matter whether Shi Min dies or not, no matter whether the Shi tribe wins or loses, the Hu people's destiny will be reduced. If Shi Min dies, the reduction will be more, and if Shi Min lives, the reduction will be less, that's all!
What does this mean?
It means that my father is going to die!
This means that the Luo family will have to bleed more, and it is not known how much blood they will bleed.
Luo Chengzhi looked up at the azure sky and couldn't help cursing, "Damn it, God! Why is he so cruel? All things are nothing but straw dogs. How can anything be compared?"
The Xia are noble and the Yi are humble! It is the law of nature!
Why not respect the Chinese and help the barbarians?
Should be executed!
Should be executed!
Luo You suddenly vomited blood in large mouthfuls, his internal organs turned into pieces and blood gushed out. He felt dizzy and sat cross-legged on the ground. Blood flowed on Luo Xiang's clothes, leaving bloodstains on them.
"Father!"
"uncle!"
Luo Chengzhi and Luo Weizhi flashed to Luo You's side. Luo You used his last bit of strength to grab their hands and whispered, "My internal injuries are too severe, my internal organs are ruptured, and I am hanging on to my last breath.
There is no need to be sad. When I came here, I passed the position of head of the family to Xizhi, and I had already thought about death. When fighting with the Hu people, I had already thought about sacrificing my life and blood to wash away the destiny of the Hu people.
I am bound to die in the war with the Hu people, but I didn't expect to meet Shi Min as soon as I arrived. You have to walk the rest of the way on your own.
Present it, for it, I just saw the rising destiny of the grassland, I saw the fate of the sky, I saw the bloody future, which was inevitable, it turned out that was what my grandfather saw.
The Luo family has been rich for more than 1,300 years, but how can there be eternal prosperity in this world? Compared with others, our wealth is clean, but living in the Xia Dynasty, we enjoy the offerings of the people after all.
Since ancient times, we humans have believed in gods in order to deal with overwhelming and irresistible disasters. The Luo family was deified in this way. Facing the bloody future, what can we do?
The people of this world are our people. We are standing here just to offer some blood and bones, that's all. We will give back everything, we will give back everything."
Luo Chengzhi and Luo Weizhi's faces were full of tears at first, and they couldn't stop crying when they heard this. Luo Chengzhi choked up and said, "Father, I know, I know. I am willing to sacrifice the blood of my family to serve the people of China. I have a clear conscience, a clear conscience!"
Luo You smiled, patted Luo Chengzhi and Luo Weizhi's hands, and died. Luo Chengzhi was frozen in place. Luo Weizhi cried out in sorrow, and the mournful voice made people cry: "The head of the family is dead!"
The brave warriors were terrified to the extreme. They could never imagine how it could be possible. Would the head of the family die in front of them, or die on the battlefield?
The brave warriors surrounding the front jumped off their horses and rushed over. Shi Min's body was trampled in the blood and mud. Amid roars of disbelief, everyone discovered in despair that the head of the family, Luo You, was really dead.
This ironclad fact struck heavily in the hearts of all the brave warriors, making them all a little confused. When was the last time the head of a family died on the battlefield?
Never before!
Excluding the period after the Han Dynasty, there were very few nobles who died on the frontal battlefield during this period. But even during the Bang Zhou period when monarchs often died on the battlefield, the Luo family had never had such a case!
The tradition of the Luo family is that the head of the family guards the home while the prince goes to the battlefield, so the number of princes and young masters who died in battle in Luo State can be counted on two hands, but the death of the head of the family has never happened!
Even Duke Ming of Luo during the Luo State period died of depression after the great war among the Xia states. But what about now?
The head of the Luo family was killed in a battle with the Hu people on the front battlefield!
This blow to all brave warriors is no less than the shock the Luo family felt when they just learned that Ji Zhao had disappeared. This will be a sacred landing!
This will be the demise of the myth!
It can only be said that it is fortunate that the whole world is unfamiliar with Luo You. If those famous family heads died, the consequences would be unimaginable. It can only be said that the brave warriors did not know the seriousness of the situation. When Luo You decided to appear, he no longer cared about these things, and the Luo family no longer considered these vain things.
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"Duke Zhao is dead?"
In the Yan army, Murong Chengguang was completely stunned. It was simply a fantasy that the head of the Luo family died on the battlefield. He had the second half of the sentence yet to say, which was the blessing of the Supreme Emperor Su Wang?
Shi Min is indeed very strong, otherwise Murong Chengguang would not have asked the Luo family to deal with him. For Murong Chengguang, killing Shi Min should not be a particularly difficult task for the Luo family.
Shi Min was indeed dead, that was true, but the price he paid was something Murong Chengguang could not even imagine!
But the naked and bloody reality was right in front of him, and he had no choice but to believe it. Luo You really died together with Shi Min. This made Murong Chengguang feel as if he was in another world.
What is going on?
What exactly happened?
Murong Chengguang had mixed thoughts in his mind, but he collected his thoughts and said to Luo Cheng: "My dear, please accept my condolences. You died a worthy death by killing the Hu people. The heroism of Lord Zhao will be remembered in history forever. We have defeated the Shi tribe. Lord Zhao will surely be pleased in heaven."
The sword in Luo Chengzhi's hand shook, and then he gritted his teeth and said: "Luo paid such a huge price, if we only wipe out Shi's tribe, it will not be enough. Your Majesty, are you willing to fight again? Besides, Shi Le is a hero of the Hu people. If we don't kill him, he will eventually become a trouble."
Luo Chengzhi was extremely angry at this moment, but he still remembered what his family had to do, not only to break through the destiny of the Hu people, but also to eliminate the Hu talents like Shi Min after breaking through. Otherwise, even if the Hu people did not open the destiny, the Central Plains would still not be their match.
In the confrontation between the two huge empires, outstanding talents will determine the outcome, but there are really no outstanding geniuses born in the Central Plains today, not even in the Luo family.
Even among the descendants of Luo Chengzhi's generation who still enjoyed the blessings of their ancestors, there were no outstanding talents who could change the situation of a country. Such people were extremely rare throughout history.
The Luo clan suffered heavy losses, and Murong Chengguang was worried that the Luo clan wanted to retreat. Naturally, he wanted it more than he could have hoped for at this moment. He immediately said, "What you said is exactly what I was thinking. Shi Le fled to the northwest. He must have contacted other Xianbei tribes. However, it is impossible for us to keep encountering people like Shi Min. Our army should be able to advance smoothly."
What Murong Chengguang said made sense, but Luo Chengzhi's face changed. The destiny is unreasonable. Otherwise, why could Qin produce seven generations of wise and holy rulers in succession during the Zhou Dynasty and eventually accumulate a huge power, while other countries had one wise generation accumulating wealth, and then two foolish generations squandered it?
The Qin system was indeed the most suitable for the war of unification, but the reason why it was able to gain the world in the end was because it had many wise rulers. As for the claim that the Qin system was decided by the law rather than the ruler, and that it could guarantee that there would be no incompetent rulers, that was the most ridiculous statement.
How did Hu Hai cause chaos in the world? Why couldn't Qin's laws guarantee that Hu Hai would not cause chaos in the world?
Only the Qin Dynasty had the record of producing seven generations of wise rulers. If this is not a blessing from heaven, what else could it be?
The Hu people are now favored by God, so what kind of monsters will appear? Is there really only one brave general like Shi Min? Is there really only one hero like Shi Le?
Luo Chengzhi didn't believe it.
Can the Xianbei be forced to death here relying solely on the State of Yan and the Luo family?
Even if all of Luo's blood was really shed and the destiny of the Hu people was destroyed, could the Central Plains deal with those heroes among the Hu people?
Today's Hu people have occupied the Western Regions, spanned the grasslands, and owned the Hetao area. They are not just nomadic, but also have land for farming. They are not the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu are not worthy of being compared with the Xianbei.
The Xianbei Xia Kingdom was just a large-scale Yan Kingdom!
The Xianbei Xia Kingdom was a country that possessed almost all the characteristics of the Yan Kingdom. It was not those ignorant northern Hu tribes, nor were it those uncivilized barbarians.
The only difference is that although there are many Hu people in Yan State, they are all sinicized from top to bottom, and they are irresistibly being deeply sinicized. This is something that has been brought in since the founding of the country.
And what about the Xianbei Xia Kingdom?
They only have aristocrats who are assimilated into the Han culture, such as Shi Le and Yan Hui. The lower-level Hu people still have the habits of the Hu people, and are cruel and murderous. This is exactly why the Luo family is unwilling to recognize them as the Xia family. Without the support of the lower classes, the upper classes are ultimately illusory and will eventually be affected.
Luo Chengzhi turned his attention to the Central Plains. This was a disaster for the entire Chinese state. Now it seemed that the Luo family could only solve the disaster in the sky, while the disaster on the earth required the efforts of people in the world.
How could one make all the princes in the world tremble?
When the Qianlidao sword talisman turned into a rainbow and reached the Western Regions, it should have been a great opportunity to shock people. However, the blue-red rainbow light passed through the grassland from Liaodong and fell into the Western Regions, greatly reducing its effect. Moreover, this powerful artifact did not have much effect on the countries' military operations. What the countries were worried about was not these, but the trust between each other and whether there was a need to send troops.
In the eyes of Han and Chu, it was unnecessary to send troops. After all, they did not border the grassland, and no matter how strong the grassland was, it had nothing to do with them. In the eyes of Wei, it would be enough to wait until Wei finished its internal affairs before dealing with the Xianbei. They did not realize the strength of the grassland at all.
Murong Chengguang and Luo Chengzhi were discussing the follow-up pursuit when suddenly the general of Yan State hurried in and said, "Your Majesty, there is news from the capital that the Yan royal family seems to be desperate and wants to contact the Hu people to cut off the retreat of the army and restore their status. I remember that the letter from the crown prince has not been delivered for a few days."
Murong Chengguang was stunned when he heard this, and his eyes became sharp almost instantly. If he hadn't been reminded, he would not have reacted that his son did not write to him to report the news of Jicheng.
Although he was away on a military expedition, Murong Chengguang had always been controlling the affairs of Jicheng. After all, he knew that Jicheng was very unstable now and the imperial party was very likely to face a final resistance. After all, regardless of whether he won the war or not, he would ascend the throne when he returned.
Contacting the Hu people and cutting off the army's retreat was truly a vicious plot, which made Murong Chengguang feel cold all over. If this was true, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Luo Chengzhi sensed something wrong in this. How could such a thing be spread so easily? So he asked in confusion, "My king, can the power you left in Jicheng be easily overthrown?
As far as I know, there are not many people in Yan State who support the current emperor. Most of them have grievances with Murong clan. Even many people in the royal family stand on your side. Does the Yan royal family really have the power to cut off the army's retreat?
Besides, the Shi tribe has been driven away by us like a lost dog. Who can they contact? Could it be that a Hu tribe that we don’t know about has appeared on the battlefield?”
Luo Chengzhi's words made Murong Chengguang fall into deep thought. These words also made sense. The reason why he dared to lead the army to fight was because it was basically impossible for the Yan royal family in Jicheng to turn the tables. To put it bluntly, even if his entire army was destroyed and he died in battle here, the Murong family could still replace the Yan family. The power gap between the two sides was so huge.
What about this intelligence?
Murong Chengguang looked at the information in his hand with some doubts, and was also a little puzzled as to why his son had not sent him any letters for a while. After pondering for a while, he guessed: "Sir, my son did not send me letters on time, so there must be a problem, but now I don't know what the problem is."
There is a problem, but I don't know where it is!
Luo Chengzhi knew that Murong Chengguang's unspoken words might be a trap set by the Hu people, but he didn't know what the trap was. The instability of the rear was a trap that was really scary. Even though they knew it, many people had to jump back.
Unless we know what is going on now, we will most likely have to withdraw our troops. For Murong Chengguang, the results achieved now are enough. After he ascends the throne, he will relocate the Yan royal family to prevent future troubles. The ways of doing things as a minister and as a king are completely different.
Luo Chengzhi pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, since Jicheng is safe, it is impossible that there is something wrong with the letter sent by the prince. It is more likely that the letter was intercepted on the way. Your Majesty must know that in history, there are often such tactics of intercepting scouts and messengers to pass on false news. The Hu people have fast men and horses, and it is very likely that they went around our rear to intercept the messenger from Jicheng just to make Your Majesty withdraw his troops. This should be the most likely guess.
I even think that the Hu people will intercept and kill the retreating Yan army on the way. This must be a chain of tactics. If Shi Min is not killed by my Luo family, the Hu people will spread rumors and cause chaos in the Yan army. Then they will take this opportunity to attack the Yan army. If you want to rush back quickly, you will definitely fall into the trap, and the consequences will be disastrous. "
Luo Chengzhi's words were purely speculation, but he spoke with great confidence, as if all this was really happening. This was a manifestation of his eloquence and was quite reasonable in persuading others. At least at this moment, Murong Chengguang was convinced by him and even believed that this was what would happen in the future.
He couldn't help but said in fear: "If Luo Shi hadn't been here, I, Murong Chengguang, would have almost fallen into an eternal damnation. If this is the case, what do you think, young master?"
Luo Chengzhi recalled the incident again and asked doubtfully: "My king, the only thing I am confused about now is, can the elite Yan army really complete this plan relying solely on the Shi tribe?
Moreover, the Yan army has been on the grassland for such a long time, and even wars have occurred several times, but this plan has appeared at this time, which is quite unreasonable, unless..."
Murong Chengguang continued with a chill in his voice: "Unless another Hu army arrives, their strength is enough to pose a devastating threat to our Yan State!"
There was a sudden silence in the military tent. There were many classic battles in history where the outnumbered side won. However, those battles had to happen and most of them were for defense. It was rare for the attacking side to take the initiative to attack the larger side with a small number of people.
Before the battle begins, no general hopes to be on the smaller side. Every attempt to defeat the larger force with a smaller one is a gamble. Only a few will win, while most failures will not be recorded. Only words such as "conquer, defeat, pull out, and slaughter" will remain in the history books.
Now that the Xianbei have taken the initiative to start a war, it proves that they must be very powerful, which is not good news for the current Yan army.
The most crucial thing is that Murong Chengguang glanced at Luo Chengzhi and found out that the Luo family was not invincible as recorded in the Yan State's classics. Those who dared to fight would suffer casualties, and even the head of the family would die on the battlefield.
The legendary stunning rainbow light did not appear, and this war against the Hu people was not certain to be won!
The brave warriors would die, the Yan army would also suffer heavy losses, and everything that had been obtained now might be lost. This made Murong Chengguang somewhat hesitant.
When attacking the grassland, Murong Chengguang had been mentally prepared. He was even prepared for half of the casualties. With this level of casualties, he still had the confidence to defend the territory of Yan. Moreover, he believed that if Yan suffered heavy casualties, when Han attacked, the Luo family would not sit idly by and watch Yan, the only country willing to attack the grassland, be conquered by Han.
But the situation is different now. It seems that the Luo family really wants to put all their strength into the war with the Hu people, and has no spare energy.
If the Yan army was really wiped out on the grassland, then Yan would definitely not be a match for Han and might even be destroyed. This is definitely not an exaggeration.
Now Murong Chengguang really began to hesitate.
The entry of another large Hu army made Murong Chengguang and Luo Chengzhi worried. Neither of them wanted to go to war with the entire Xianbei. Anyone with a little common sense knew that it would be impossible to win.
Both Luo and Murong Chengguang wanted to take advantage of the slightly chaotic situation after the death of the Xianbei Chanyu to weaken the Xianbei. Murong Chengguang wanted to weaken the Xianbei while strengthening the power of Yan. Taking in a group of Yuwen tribes would greatly enhance the combat effectiveness of Yan. If other Xianbei tribes could be taken in, to what extent the power of Yan would be enhanced, Murong Chengguang could not imagine.
Murong Chengguang still felt a little sorry that Shi Min was killed directly, but since Shi Min killed so many members of the Luo family, he knew that Shi Min was doomed to die, so he didn't think too much about it.
Murong Chengguang now felt that he was in a dilemma. He didn't know whether he should withdraw his troops or attack, so he asked: "Sir, the situation has come to this point now. If we continue to attack, we may encounter the Xianbei army. We don't know how many people there are. If several Xianbei tribes come out, we may all die here. There is almost no so-called weak defeating the strong on the grassland. The strong is the strong!
If we retreat, will this fall into the Xianbei's trap? I now suspect that not only my scouts and messengers have been killed, but there may be a Xianbei army behind us, waiting to attack us when we cross the river, waiting to attack us when we are least prepared, and kill us by surprise!"
Murong Chengguang's guess was exactly the tactic he often used in the wars against the Han State. The Han State obviously had a larger population and more land, but it suffered repeated setbacks in the wars with the Yan State. Why?
Because the Han cavalry was too weak compared to the Yan cavalry, when Yan attacked, they galloped almost freely on the Han land. They did not fight with the armored infantry of the Han at all, but instead cut off the food supply of the Han. Such information cutting was done countless times.
It was precisely because he knew this tactic too well that Murong Chengguang had such an ugly expression. He never expected that he, who had commanded cavalry for decades and won countless battles, would actually be defeated by this tactic. He didn't even know how the Hu people did it, and which ferry they crossed the Yellow River from!
Luo Chengzhi was such a smart man. When he saw Murong Chengguang frowning, worrying and reminiscing from time to time, he knew what Murong Chengguang was thinking.
This is a common problem among smart people. They think too much and often even become delirious. Even though others clearly didn't do those things, they will imagine them themselves.
Because in the eyes of smart people, any normal person would do this, but they don’t know that there are not many smart normal people in this world.
Luo Chengzhi hesitated for a moment and then said directly: "Your Majesty, everything now is our guess. We don't know what the situation is with the Hu people, but it is impossible for the Hu people to get behind us quietly.
What we have to do now is to attack the Shi tribe and destroy it completely first. Shi Le is an outstanding person. He was able to rise from a slave to the leader of a tribe. As long as he is given a chance to make a comeback, he will be able to restore the Shi tribe soon and even become stronger. The current chaos among the tribes on the grassland is an occasion where people like him can perform best. We cannot give him this opportunity.
After defeating the Shi tribe and killing Shi Le, we will quickly mobilize large ships to leave ourselves a retreat route. The Xianbei tribes should react, and then you can return to Yan State."
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Winter City.
The Luo clan members in the city were living their lives as usual. After the brave warriors and many young and strong men left, the city seemed a bit desolate and even lifeless. It was basically full of old people, women and children.
Luo Xizhi was still strolling around the academy as usual, listening to the children studying classics. In the medical room, various pills and powders were being made. These pills and powders were one of the most precious treasures of the Luo family.
Not only can it cure diseases, but most importantly it can be preserved for use. The most common of them are trauma medicines and various typhoid medicines. Of course, the effect is not as good as the doctor's direct decoction of medicine, but for the most timely treatment, this is enough.
Luo Xizhi is the heir to the family head. This is something that the entire Luo family and Winter City know, but what no one expected is that he would inherit so soon!
When a group of mourning officers rushed into Winter City, it was as if God had swung a sledgehammer and smashed it hard on everyone's head. Everyone could feel their heads buzzing.
"The head of the family passed away?"
This is the doubt and disbelief that runs through everyone's heart. On the battlefield, life and death are determined by fate. It's not that they don't understand this truth, but when the reality really comes, they still can't remain calm.
Luo Xizhi only felt a moment of speechlessness. In fact, when Luo You just passed away, he had already sensed something, because the inheritance ring had become different. He had a feeling that he was the owner of this ring now, not the feeling of a layer of separation when his uncle gave it to him before.
At that time, Luo Xizhi wondered if something had happened to his uncle, but he didn't dare to think about it at all and ruled out this idea. He never expected that it would be true!
He just felt a little confused. How long had it been since his uncle left Winterfell? How could he have passed away? What kind of danger had he encountered?
Until the voice of the high priest appeared in Luo Xizhi's ears, "When my brother left Winter City, he gave you the inheritance ring. He never thought of coming back alive. I am the only one who knows about this. Now you are the second person."
Luo Xizhi asked sadly: "Aunt, why is this happening? Why did my uncle come to this?"
The high priest's voice was as firm as a rock, "Because destiny can only be broken by Luo's blood, and the blood of the Luo family master is the most poisonous of poisons to the destiny of the Hu people. To the heavens, the death of the Luo family master is the most delicious of delicacies. That's all. Do you understand?
When the Luo Kingdom collapsed, there was not a single member of the family who had passed the age of adulthood left alive, which allowed the family to continue.
Now my brother will die, but he is not the first, nor will he be the last. If the family needs to use the sacred weapon, I will step up and use my life and blood to activate it.
And Xizhi, you must protect our Winter City and every descendant in the city. This is the hope of the family."
The high priest's voice echoed in the ancestral temple, and the candlelight shone on Luo Xizhi's face, very bright and very dark.
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In this grassland farming war in the 14th century, the world's farming civilization was in retreat, and only the huge Central Empire was on the offensive. The author read a lot of historical books and finally determined that it was still dominated by Rockefeller based on the political tendencies of various countries. ——"Global History of Grassland Civilization"
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