Le Yiyang saw the Khitan soldiers walking away and came out with Linghu City. The man said, "Yang'er, Cheng'er, the border is unstable now, so you can't go out alone next time." The two agreed timidly and then went home. The person who was talking just now was Le Yiyang's adoptive father, Le Tianzang.

It turned out that day, Letianzang and Qiaoniang fled to the border with Le Yiyang and chose a place with abundant water and grass as herders. The two secretly fell in love and became husband and wife, but within half a year, Qiaoniang died of a strange disease because she was not adapted to the environment. Letianzang had to be alone, while raising Le Yiyang, while searching for Lin Hanyan's whereabouts. Now Le Yiyang is already a 17-year-old boy, but his mother Lin Hanyan is still missing.

Although Le Tianzang was handsome and skilled, he had never taught Le Yiyang a single point. Le Yiyang was puzzled and asked, "Father, if I could have the skills of Brother Linghu, I would not be afraid of the Khitan Tartars." Le Tianzang replied, "You are a precious person, it is better to study more, and fighting and killing all day long." Le Yiyang thought to himself, "I am the son of a herdsman, so why did the saying of Jingui? My father cherishes me too much."

Seeing him speechless, Le Tianzang said with a smile: "You will understand in the future. Reading can increase your knowledge and increase your wisdom. The ink in your chest is sometimes better than a million heroes. Today you were almost beaten to death by the Khitan Tartars. See the injuries behind you for your father." Le Yiyang also felt a dull pain in his back at this time, so he took off his clothes and sat back and forth with his father. Le Tianzang said: "Yang'er, I'll heal your wounds for you." After saying that, his palms pressed against his back, Le Yiyang felt a heat flow into his vest, and the heat on his head gradually rose, and his forehead was dripping. It was not until the evening that Le Tianzang put down his palms. Le Yiyang felt weak all over and fell asleep.

Le Tianzang sat by the bed, looking at Le Yiyang who was sleeping, as if he was back to the night more than ten years ago. Suddenly, the sound of horse-hoofed dogs barking outside was remembered. Le Tianzang hid himself and came to the window. He saw the brigade of Khitan soldiers outside, each holding a torch in his hand. Le Tianzang was shocked, thinking that these Khitans came to seek revenge for the daytime affairs, covered Le Yiyang with a quilt, took a long sword, and flew out of the house.

When the Khitans saw Le Tian hidden, they remembered the humiliation during the day. They divided more than 800 horses to chase after him, leaving only more than 100 cavalry to kill and plunder in the village. Linghu City heard the noise, and stood up and protected their families with swords, killing more than a dozen Khitan soldiers in one breath. People on the border usually learn some martial arts and defend themselves. At this time, they were able to deal with the Khitan soldiers. The Khitan soldiers stole some things, and saw that they were killed or injured by their own people, and there was no advantage to take them if they continued to fight, so they retreated to the Khitan camp outside the border.

None of the Khitan soldiers who were chasing Le Tianzang returned. It turned out that Le Tianzang killed twenty or thirty Khitan soldiers and gradually lost their energy. He thought that he had consumed too much internal energy when healing Le Yiyang during the day. But seeing that these Khitan soldiers were extremely rampant, they killed for another time and led them into the Valley of Death.

This Death Valley is well known in Daizhou, and no one can escape after entering. Letianzang intends to die with these Khitan soldiers, killing the generals all the way, and when he arrives at the entrance of the valley, he leaves a letter and walks straight in. The Khitan soldiers do not know about the Death Valley, and all of them enter one after another, and the 800 Khitan soldiers and their horses are gone.

After Le Yiyang woke up, he found that there were people around the bed. Le Yiyang didn't know what had happened, so he quietly poked his head out and asked, "Uncles, what happened?"

When everyone heard this, they were silent. Le Yiyang saw everyone pretending to be silent and knew that something was wrong. After half a stick of incense, an old man with white hair and beard stood up and said, "Yang'er, things have come to this point, we don't hide them. Last night, a team of thousands of people from Khitan went to the village to shoot the Grass Valley, and your father alone led 800 Khitan soldiers into the Death Valley to die together."

After hearing this, Le Yiyang felt his feet weak and just as he was about to fall down, everyone around him surrounded him and supported him: "Le Yiyang, your father is a great hero. We are all proud of him. The Khitan dog thief killed my compatriots, and this deep blood hatred must be avenged."

Le Yiyang felt extremely painful when he thought that his father's body was not cold. Le Yiyang originally wanted to go to Kaifeng Prefecture, the capital to take the imperial examination in the Jin Dynasty. After passing the list, he came back to pay filial piety to his father, but unexpectedly, Khitan soldiers entered the country and plundered him.

Le Yiyang couldn't calm down for a long time, and thought to himself: "Revenge requires real ability, but I know nothing about martial arts. When can I avenge my father?" He stood up and looked at the earth in the distance. At this time, the sun had risen, and the bright sunlight shone on this land, incompatible with the broken houses, the burning flags, and the tragic phenomenon of wild dogs foraging everywhere. An hour passed, and the air was still filled with a strong smell of blood, mixed with the smell of burnt cloth.

After having breakfast hurriedly, everyone decided to move away from the border to Taiyuan. Le Yiyang also packed his luggage and headed with them. As soon as he walked out of the village entrance, he saw a team of people wearing black clothes running towards this side. Seeing this, everyone hurriedly scattered into the grass on both sides of the road. Le Yiyang was also pulled by one person to the grass. This person was no one else, but his friend Linghu City. In today's fierce battle, the 19-year-old Linghu City killed more than a dozen Khitan soldiers in a row, and now he has become a little hero on the border.

Without further ado, the pair of men had already arrived in the middle of the road and carefully observed their clothes. It turned out that they were Dangxiang's soldiers. It was not surprising that this place was originally an uninformed area, and soldiers from all countries were unobstructed. It was just that there were few scenes like the morning. The team of men stopped moving forward. A man in the general looked like a general and walked off the horse, stroked his long beard, pointed to the tall weeds on both sides and said, "Look, this is really a good place to set up an ambush." ​​The other soldiers cheered after hearing this.

The man said again: "Jin State thinks he has obtained the orthodox Chinese, and we and the Khitan are always in a disadvantageous position. If we can capture the King of Beiping of Jin alive today, we can control Jin. At that time, even Khitan dare not underestimate us. Our Party Xiang will definitely unify the Central Plains and pass on them for generations without destruction." The others responded: "What the general sees is wise, and we are willing to devote ourselves to Dangxiang's successive careers and dies." All the soldiers all swear to raise the long wolf sword. The bearded man shouted: "All the generals obey the orders, and must capture the King of Beiping of Jin alive today. If they encounter obstacles, they can kill them outside the King of Beiping!" After the arrangement was made, Dangxiang's soldiers also hid on the side of the road, only a hundred steps away from the people of Jin.

Le Yiyang and Linghu City vaguely heard what they said, and were shocked. Le Yiyang saw that these Dangxiang soldiers were coming in a fierce manner, but he did not come up with a solution for a while. He read poetry and books well and understood the history of the Dangxiang tribe. The Dangxiang tribe was originally a branch of the Western Qiang tribe. During the Han Dynasty, the Qiang tribe moved in large numbers to Helong and Guanzhong areas. During the Sui Dynasty, some Dangxiang Qiang began to support themselves and follow the Central Plains regime. During the Tang Dynasty, after two internal migrations, Dangxiang gradually concentrated in eastern Gansu and northern Shaanxi areas, and was still dominated by scattered tribes.

In the late Tang Dynasty, when Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao were uprising, Emperor Xizong of Tang issued an edict to serve the kings all over the country. Tuoba Sigong, the governor of the Dangxiang tribe, sent troops and joined forces to defeat the rebel army. Emperor Xizong of Tang gave Tuoba Sigong the "Dingnan Jiedushi", and later appointed him as Duke of Xia and the surname Li, and his territory under his jurisdiction included Xiazhou, Yinzhou, Suizhou, Youzhou, and Jingzhou. Three hundred miles west of Taiyuan, it was the territory of the Dangxiang tribe's Duke of Xia, Li Yiyin, the Dangxiang tribe. Could it be that Dangxiang and the Khitan were in a gang and wanted to take an opportunity to get a share of the pie in the Central Plains?

Thinking of this, Le Yiyang couldn't help but feel furious and said, "Now the King of Peking is in trouble, how can we stand by and watch?" The crowd suddenly started to talk, and one person said, "After that being said, we have few soldiers, so we have escaped from the crisis. It's hard to protect ourselves now!" Another person also replied, "At present, it's best to move quietly to the north and avoid the group of Dangxiang soldiers. This is the way to settle down."

Le Yiyang saw that everyone was willing to protect themselves, and he couldn't help but feel angry and said, "You are all people I respect and teach me to be a loyal and patriotic person. Now that the King of Beiping is about to be in trouble, we will sit down and not be saved. If the general is unpredictable, we will be disloyal to the Great Jin Dynasty. Moreover, if the Dangxiang captured the prince alive, the people of my Great Jin Dynasty will eventually suffer. If we can protect the general from danger, the Dangxiang will have no reason to control us in the future. Then the people of my Great Jin can still live a stable life. Moreover, I often hear the merchants passing through Taiyuan thinking about the prince's wiseness. If the prince is really unfortunate, it will be the loss of the country."

Linghu City silently said, thinking. After a while, Linghu City held Le Yiyang's hand and said, "Brother Yang is right, we can't stand by and watch." Seeing that Le Yiyang and Linghu City, a friend of civil and military, insisted on saving the King of Beiping, no longer said anything, they took out their usual self-defense weapons to fight with the Dangxiang soldiers.

The King of Beiping was Liu Zhiyuan, the governor of Hedong. Emperor Gaozu of Jin, Shi Jingtang, was the descendant. Liu Zhiyuan's official position rose year by year and finally returned to Taiyuan to become the governor of Hedong. After Shi Jingtang's death, the new emperor Shi Chonggui thought about Liu Zhiyuan's efforts to achieve great Jin, so he also named him the King of Beiping. In recent years, the Khitan army sent troops to invade the south several times. Liu Zhiyuan judged the situation and proposed to Shi Chonggui to return to Taiyuan to train troops and prepare for war two years ago.

Taiyuan is located between the Jin State, Khitan, and Dangxiang. It has a dangerous geographical location and has always been a must-fight for the Central Plains dynasty. Li Yuan, Li Cunxu, and Shi Jingtang all made their fortunes in Taiyuan and then obtained the throne. After controlling Taiyuan, the border will be free of worries. The emperor set Liu Zhiyuan's fief at the throat of the country, which is a good intention.
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