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The four horses who do not cause trouble are like dripping water thrown into a huge valley, and they cannot arouse anything at all.

After Xu Fengnian and Zhang Xiucheng agreed to the matter, they quickly left the restaurant. Qing Zhuniang said one thing when she saw each other off, saying that he gave her one thing the last time he parted, and this time she gave it to him. Xu Fengnian smiled and said she accepted it.

Zhang Xiucheng returned to the window of the elegant room and looked at the four horses walking away from the street. Without turning around, the woman was slowly packing the wine pots and glasses on the table and the exquisite plates containing side dishes. Zhang Xiucheng asked curiously: "Qingzhuniang, what is that sentence? Can you say it?"

Qing Zhuniang smiled gracefully and said, "Is there anything I can't say? Last time he told me that he was alive, there is no greater reason in the world than this."

Zhang Xiucheng sighed: "This world is going to be in chaos."

Qing Zhuniang asked in a low voice: "Who is he? If you can't say it, don't say it."

Zhang Xiucheng turned around and was a little confused, "I can't say it, it's just that I've talked to him so much, didn't you guess Qingzhuniang?"

Qing Zhuniang's cheeks were slightly red, "I don't know what I was thinking at that time. Anyway, I feel like I can't remember anything now."

Zhang Xiucheng was stunned for a moment and held back his smile, "Just just think he is Xu Lang. Anyway, his true identity will always be revealed one day. Even if you escape back to Beimang and close your ears, it will be useless. From the details of his treatment of the maid, you can see that it is not a good person, but it will definitely not be bad."

Qing Zhuniang glanced at this Taoist priest who always liked to laugh at himself and only knew how to subdue demons and eliminate demons in the pile of old papers, and said softly: "He is bad."

Zhang Xiucheng was not clear about it, and was unhappy to get involved in this scheming, so as not to get rid of people inside and outside. By the way, after Lu Chen, the Spring and Autumn scholars, there was no idea that a scholar who did not accumulate virtue said a big loss of words, which was widely circulated, that is, "Xu Xiao looked in the mirror, but not people inside and outside." After Zhang Xiucheng took root in Jizhou, he did not understand at first, but later he realized that he was scolding the old Liang King for killing too many people and a demon who broke into the world. As for other things, such as "the general walks, one high and one low", this is simple and clear, which is implicitly ridiculing Xu Xiao as a lame man, "the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked", which was used to joke about the hunchback and his eldest son Xu Fengnian's playboys and his eldest son Xu Fengnian's unscrupulousness, but with Xu Fengnian's reputation rising, few people have mentioned it.

Zhang Xiucheng sighed, but unfortunately he couldn't take a look at the general who was so powerful that he had a good end. He restrained these useless thoughts. Zhang Xiucheng looked at the sky outside the window. It was time for him to leave the city, and the boss was still waiting.

With his own news, Zhang Xiucheng suddenly sat back on his seat and asked Qing Zhuniang to put the cup of chopsticks and dishes, poured a glass of wine, and started drinking slowly.

She leaned against the window and quietly looked at the bustling and noisy foreign city.

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After Xu Fengnian's four horses stopped the gate north of Dazhan City, in order to prevent the troubles, they abandoned their horses and walked over mountains and hiked over mountains and ridges, and quickly headed north on the mountain roads where woodcutting was rarely reached. Mi Fengjie and Fan Xiaochai both looked at the child with admiration. At a young age, they had a good understanding, but it was completely unreasonable that they could not think of the shepherd's slaughter boy Yu Dilong, who had inherited half of Wang Xianzhi's mantle. The trip to Jizhou was six years old.

He could always find Xu Fengnian accurately and convey the battle situation in Youzhou. When a group of four people ran along a canyon on the back of the high place, Xu Fengnian suddenly stopped again and raised his arms to support the Shen Junhai Dongqing, who had broken through the clouds. Mi Fengjie saw that the King of Beiliang, who was usually plain, was a little solemn this time, and stood by the cliff in a daze. Yu Dilong sat on the ground, took off the pair of solid cowhide boots and lifted them upside down, pouring out the gravel that was hurting his feet.

Mi Fengjie couldn't help but ask, "The war in Hulukou is not good?"

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "The first contact battle between Zaomazhai was actually under the expectations of Chu Lushan and Yan Wenluan. But as far as the spy I have received, some "accidents" outside the battlefield must be taken seriously. Yang Yuanzan personally led the vanguard army to attack Wogong City. Since ancient times, the northern nomadic people who lived on horseback for half their lives were naturally skilled in riding and shooting. However, the Dafeng Dynasty still maintained an absolute advantage over the grassland forces in the early days of its founding. You may not have imagined that even in the late Dafeng period, even if they did not rely on the city's strength and essence.

The battle between the Fengtian army and the grassland cavalry can still be tied. The two sides were inverted in victory and defeat, which is the past two hundred years. Countless border trades that brought private goods to make huge profits, and the return of countless plunders in the south in two hundred years, gave the northern grassland a considerable scale of craftsmen and iron tools. The scholar Hong Jia, the Spring and Autumn Period, brought Beimang a rich population, a profound Central Plains culture, and a subtle concept of war. Dong Zhuo's private army attaches importance to infantry, siege and auxiliary soldiers, which is one of the significant changes."

Xu Fengnian squatted down, grabbed a handful of loess, held it gently in his palm, and said, "Bei Mang claimed to have invested 300,000 troops in one breath on the Eastern Front. If we push forward for 300,000 years, we will definitely take it for granted that the so-called 300,000 soldiers will be more than 100,000 soldiers if we die. Even if we add the civilians who transport food and grass and auxiliary soldiers who are responsible for maintaining supplies and equipment, they will not reach 300,000. This bad habit of strengthening oneself before the battle, Xu Xiao may not be the first person to resist, but Xu Xiao is definitely the most resolute and thorough general who resists the most. From his attack on Liyang

The separatist forces of the vassal states began, and he had five thousand soldiers and horses and said five thousand. Later, he made a big joke. When he first attacked the Northern Han, the generals on the front line of the Northern Han heard the spy and said that Xu Xiao brought 20,000 when he went to war. The general defending the city calculated, okay, according to the old rules, only six or seven thousand people, at most ten thousand. There are some battles that are not necessary to retreat. In the end, the general of the Northern Han Dynasty captured Xu Xiao, and even beheaded in front of the flag sacrifice, he scolded Xu Xiao as a big liar. Xu Xiao was so angry that he kicked the general off half of his teeth and cursed back, 'I said 20,000 is 20,000, and you have the attitude to scold a liar like this?!'"

Yu Dilong was originally shaking around with his two boots, as if he wanted to get some wind in his boots. Hearing this, he calmed down and pricked up his ears and listened to the master talking about the things that were far away from him, "war".

Xu Fengnian clasped his five fingers tightly, feeling the coolness brought by the loess, and sighed: "If you don't want to talk about the central line of Liangzhou and the western line of Liuzhou, there are more than 200,000 soldiers on the eastern line of Youzhou, and the remaining 100,000 auxiliary soldiers are actually no different from those of the combat soldiers. Beimang has more cavalry and fewer stances, Dong Zhuo sets rules. When going to fight, soldiers are not allowed to build tents during the raid. If they get off the horse and close their eyes, they sleep, and if they open their eyes, they will fight. The reason why there are 100,000 auxiliary soldiers is more to target the fortress system in Hulukou. Yang Yuanzan deals with the Zaoma Fort Group to give them to various auxiliary soldiers.

To attack the city and capture the village, most of the commanders of the 100,000 auxiliary soldiers were the survivors of the Spring and Autumn Period, or were directly the survivors of the Spring and Autumn Period in their 40s and 50s. Yang Yuanzan's personal army and Hong Jingyan's Rouran Iron Cavalry, these main cavalrymen, directly bypassed the fortress and drove straight down, striving to advance to the city of Wogong as quickly as possible. When the army was at the city and the siege equipment was transported, the rear front was almost cleaned up, and the recruiting civilians in Longyaozhou who were responsible for food and supplies could continue to move south safely. Therefore, in this battle, Beimang and Dong Zhuo fought very well in the "Central Plains".

Fan Xiaochai said coldly: "In this way, the fortress north of Wogong City is clearly a word of death. Why didn't Youzhou simply line up the three cities of Wogong, Luanhe and Xiaguang in the northernmost part of Hulukou, so wouldn't it stop the Beimang army outside the pass? There is no need to worry that the major fort groups were slowly eroded by the Beimang cavalry. After all, you Beiliang will not take the lives of soldiers seriously for the reputation of being the best in the world!"

Mi Fengjie looked at the woman with an idiot's eyes. The old man had a smile on his dry face for the first time. Of course, this smile must have no chance of kindness. This is not to say that Mi Fengjie caught the loophole in Fan Xiaochai's words. The idea of ​​the Lord of the Shenjian Cave was extremely simple. He soaked in the blood of the Northern Liang generals who had lie among the dead in the battlefield, especially the veteran Yan Wenluan who had proved his war talent through the Spring and Autumn War. How could he be a fool who seeks fame?

Xu Fengnian did not mock Fan Xiaochai for standing and talking without pain or ridicule her frog in the well, but raised the fist holding the soil and pointed the canyon at her feet, and said calmly: "The gourd mouth is not here. I walked through the frontier myself, and I could roughly imagine how big the gourd mouth is. And where to build a city on the mountain, where to build a pass, where to build a fort, where to build a dangerous place, where to build a dangerous place, where to build a dangerous place, where to build a dangerous place, but also have various complex changes. The gourd mouth is the most unique terrain of Beiliangdao and the only natural depth of defense. You said that you would let the soldiers of the fort die. Once the enemy's "gate is great", these soldiers who are guarding the dangerous place will not be able to "guard and live", and can only defend and "guard and die".

Xu Fengnian clenched his fists, and the wind and sand on the cliff blew his hair, making his temples shattered, saying, "Beiliang only told Liyang that the Northern Barbarians could fill the mouth of 150,000 to 160,000 yuan. Most people in the Central Plains were unwilling to believe it. If Yan Wenluan had asked the 50,000 Youzhou defenders from three cities and two hundred forts in Hulukou, they would all die in Hulukou..."

Xu Fengnian, whose tone was always calm, paused for a moment and smiled, "I'm afraid that Zhongyuan would pretend not to hear this even if he heard about it. Maybe he said oh, and then there was no further information. You should drink, enjoy the snow, and talk about it in peace. Life is full of joy."

Fan Xiaochai bit her lip and asked stubbornly: "One person is willing to fight to the death, a hundred people are willing. Even if a thousand people are willing, 50,000 Youzhou border troops are really willing to die at the mouth of the gourd even though they know they are going to die? My parents gave them two legs and wouldn't they escape?"

Mi Fengjie finally could teach this girl who could not do anything except killing people, and sneered: "How can you, the old Northern Han, know what the people of Beiliang think? The general has only been in power for more than twenty years, and the morale of the army is still there, let alone the Beiliang border for so many years is not a peaceful day. When you fight and go to battle, you will kill the enemy. Beiliang is the best in the world. It is not just relying on Beiliang's big horse and bow-bow-bridge and cold sword. In the final analysis, it is the energy that supports you! Do you Fan Xiaochai understand?!"

Xu Fengnian refused to comment and said softly: "Beiliang has always claimed to the outside world that 300,000 cavalry are the people who are interested in Liyang have always been curious about how much wealth Xu Xiao has saved for me, how many cavalry infantry each have, and how many border troops and local garrisons each have."

Yu Dilong asked softly: "Master, how many are there?"

Xu Fengnian appeared in a daze and lost consciousness. After turning his head, he smiled and said gently: "Guess?"

Yu Dilong shook his head.

Xu Fengnian looked at the northwest sky again. There was an old man who had grown old at some point. He liked to say "You guess two words". Xu Fengnian rolled his eyes and replied with a slight stomp on your uncle. He would smile and answer correctly. He was your father.

Xu Fengnian put away this little thought and said in a deep voice: "The troops stationed in Youzhou at Hulukou are willing to defend the enemy. There are reasons why Mi Fengjie said, but the more important thing is not said. There are less than two million households in Beiliang. Due to the narrow area, no matter how you recover, the population is still less than tens of millions. Then I would like to ask you a very simple question. There are only two million households, and there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Beiliang. Which household is not a member of the army? If the border army of Beiliang is destroyed, which household does not need to wear white clothes?!"

Xu Fengnian gritted his teeth and said, "The young and strong in Youzhou are almost all in the local army in Youzhou. Behind all the troops in the three cities and 200 Forts in Hulukou are almost a short distance away, which is their hometown! One more person will die, and their family may be able to live one more day! The reason is that simple!"

Xu Fengnian slowly stood up and said, "Yan Wenluan, who was in charge of Youzhou military affairs, established an unwritten rule. When Xu Xiao was alive, countless Youzhou officials criticized him. After I passed down from generation to generation, all the scholars who went to Liang, including Huang Shang, strongly demanded that this rule be abolished."

Mi Fengjie didn't know about this, but Fan Xiaochai, who became a spy in Fushuifang, knew very well.

"The Youzhou border army has an iron rule. No matter who retreats in the battle, once verified, the whole family will be killed!"

"Yan Wenluan once told me personally that he could not be the commander of the Northern Liang infantry army, and could even hand over the military power of the Youzhou border to others, but no one can change this rule before he died in battle. I, Xu Fengnian, can't do it either!"

Xu Fengnian exhaled a breath of turbid air, narrowed his eyes and murmured softly: "This is war, this is Beiliang."

The mountain wind was fierce, and Xu Fengnian stood by the cliff, a little far away from the three of them, looking a little alone.

Fan Xiaochai hesitated for a moment and asked, "What are you going to do next?"

Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Do whatever you can. I have been doing the same thing when I come to Jizhou. This trip is rushing."

Mi Fengjie, who had noticed the clues before, asked carefully: "Is the prince trying to return to the peak of martial arts?"

Xu Fengnian replied: "I don't know how to get to the end of my life, and even if there is really no way under my feet, I have to walk out one by myself."

There is a huge stone Buddha outside Dunhuang City, with the majestic mountain as its embryo.

The Buddha smiles at the world and pitys the world day after day, year after year.

There is Emperor Zhenwu in the main hall of Wudang Mountain, who has been standing with a sword for hundreds of years.

The most saint in the holy temple, the sub-saints and many other sages to worship the ancestors, were still alive.

He quietly recited quietly: "Free and observe the free and easy, no one is there, no self is there, ask yourself at this time, and know where you are naturally free. Tathagata, Buddha, Tathagata, have a future and a future. How can you get it in this life? You have come to see Tathagata."

The Taoist sect is forgot to realize immortality. Buddhist visualization seeks to let go. Confucianism is benevolent, polite, and pride.

Xu Fengnian closed his eyes, stretched out his hand and spread it out, allowing the strong wind to blew away the yellow sand in his palm.

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When Xu Fengnian finally arrived at Hengshui City, a middle-aged man wearing a simple Confucian shirt went out to the city alone to greet him, saying a word and giving him something.

When Xu Fengnian rode his horse away, the second-hand man from Yonghui six years old bowed and said goodbye.

"I left Jiangnan in the seventh year of Yonghui and carried a bag of soil in my hometown with me. Fourteen years later, the soil had long disappeared, leaving only this old cloth bag. I beg me to die, the horse hooves of Beiliang will one day be able to step on the hinterland of Beimang. At that time, I will take a piece of soil in Beimang and pay a faraway sacrifice to Weijingtang!"
Chapter completed!