Cao Xian jumped out of the car and saw Mrs. Hou waiting at the door. He greeted her politely: "I've met Madam. Are you okay?"
Hou knew that Cao Xian came from a wealthy family and was an important person around Yuan Xi, so she naturally did not dare to neglect him and quickly returned the courtesy, saying: "Everything is well, thank you very much for remembering me."
She waited for a while, but saw that no one got out of the car, and she couldn't help but be a little confused. Cao Xian saw it and said: "There is enemy territory outside the city. The young master has gone to the top of the city."
After hearing this, Mrs. Hou somehow relaxed her uneasy mood and said casually: "Mrs. Wu is also following?"
Cao Xian didn't react at first, but after thinking about it, he suddenly realized: "Madam is talking about Sister Zhaoji? She and Madam have stayed in Jicheng."
"Oh, by the way, Sister Zhaoji has changed her surname back to Cai."
Hou was in a daze, so Wu Zhao changed it.
Cai Zhaoji?
She smacked it several times before she came to her senses and exclaimed, "Isn't this Cai Zhonglang's daughter?"
Cao Xian smiled and said, "Madam, you also know?"
"Now, Sister Zhaoji has a lot of things to do in Jicheng and she can't get away from her. So this time I am the only one who will come back with the young master."
When she saw the chubby face of the girl that Hou was holding, she was filled with love. She leaned over and touched the girl's cheek, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you in the past six months. She has grown up a lot."
"Let's go in and talk. The young master may not be able to come back for a while."
"I'm here to give Madam a hug. I love children the most!"
Seeing the longing look on Cao Xian's face, Mrs. Hou handed over the swaddling clothes. Cao Xian carefully took it and walked inside while teasing it.
Cao Xian couldn't help laughing when he saw the girl stretching out her chubby little hand and touching his cheek in the same way. "This child is quite clever."
"It's a pity that Madam is not in Jicheng. There is someone one or two years older than her in the mansion over there. It would be fun."
After hearing this, Mrs. Hou asked tentatively: "Are there many people over there in Jicheng?"
Cao Xian nodded and said: "Young Master decided to use Jicheng as the seat of government, so he placed all his wife's family there."
Mrs. Hou asked: "What about this side of Beixin City?"
Cao Xian said casually: "I guess there won't be any more family arrangements."
Mrs. Hou's face darkened. Sure enough, this place had been abandoned.
When Cao Xian saw it, he hurriedly said: "Madam, don't worry, the master will not abandon you."
Mrs. Hou said hurriedly: "It's good for me to be here. There are all the young master's family members over there in Jicheng. What are you going to do?"
Cao Xian thought that it was true. After all, to Yuan Xi, the Hou family was the widow of an enemy. She teased the girl in her arms and said, "It's a pity. It's very lively over there. In addition to Sister Zhaoji, there is also Mrs. Cai. This child
Madam, we are almost the same age, so we can definitely play together."
Mrs. Hou was a little confused, "What Mrs. Cai? Didn't the young master marry Mrs. Zhen?"
Cao Xian explained a few words casually. Hou was dumbfounded and couldn't think straight. Is this Mrs. Cai the elder of Cai Zhaoji, and is she pregnant with Shijun's child?
What is this all about?
Yuan Xi raised his telescope on the top of the city. On the far horizon, there were some vague figures, leaning on wooden sticks, hunched over and walking very slowly. They were obviously refugees.
There were hundreds of cavalrymen chasing after them. Some people jumped on their horses and raised their swords, and rushed to those who had left their names. They raised their swords high in the air and slashed them down hard. The people who were hit by the swords immediately jumped and drew blood.
His back was stained red. When the crowd saw it, they shouted in panic and fled in all directions.
However, a refugee in the crowd rushed forward and hugged the thigh of the sword-wielding cavalryman, trying to drag him off his horse. The cavalryman was furious and slashed the refugee's shoulder with his sword, and the blade was completely embedded in it.
The refugee screamed in pain, but did not let go. When the people next to him saw it, they realized what they were doing. They all rushed forward and dragged the cavalry off their horses. Then some moved stones, some used wooden sticks, and some even used wooden sticks.
He pounced on him and bit the cavalryman's throat with his mouth.
The cavalryman let out a dying scream, and gradually his voice became quieter and quieter. After struggling a few times, he stopped moving.
His companions were furious when they saw it. They drew their knives one after another and slashed with their horses. Suddenly, the crowd of refugees erupted in screams one after another.
Yuan Xi's anger rose as he looked through the telescope. These horsemen, dressed in Montenegrin army uniforms, were so bold and dared to kill people so close to Beixin City!
At this time, Tian Yu and Yan Rou were encamping with their cavalry outside the city. Upon seeing this, they immediately mounted their horses and each led hundreds of cavalry. They took the lead and headed straight towards each other like hungry tigers attacking sheep.
Thinking about it, this group of Black Mountain Army cavalry is also unlucky. They have been ambushing near Beixin City these days, killing the refugees who fled from Black Mountain to Youzhou, just to scare them. As a result, today, by chance, they met Yuan Xi's main force who had returned to the army.
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This is no wonder for them. Yuan Xi led his army from Jicheng and went south via the passage north of Beixin City. Naturally, they could not encounter the Black Mountain Cavalry south of Beixin City.
As a result, this cavalry force crashed into them. They usually would run away after killing people, but now they were dumbfounded as they watched a large number of cavalry people rush out in a dense manner, charging towards this side extremely quickly!
Seeing that the opponent's number was much greater than ours, these Black Mountain cavalry turned around and ran away. As a result, the cavalry led by Yan Rou had superb riding skills and came very fast, catching up in an instant.
I saw this group of light cavalry composed of northern border people pulling out their long bows and attaching sharp arrows. When they entered the shooting range, arrows suddenly shot out like rain, covering the fleeing Black Mountain cavalry!
Screams came one after another, and the Black Mountain cavalry was horrified to find that these pursuers were extremely accurate with their bows and arrows, and their own cavalry was hit by arrows in the back of their heads and fell off their horses.
The leading general was a small leader of the Montenegrin Army named Ji Dagen. Seeing that he was being chased like this, he could not escape and would be killed by the enemy sooner or later. He immediately shouted: "Circle, circle behind them!"
After hearing this, the Montenegrin cavalry roared loudly, dodging arrows and turning based on the terrain. As long as they turned around, they could rush into the group of cavalry archers!
However, they still thought too well, because Tian Yu had already taken the opportunity to lead people and blocked their way back!
When Ji Dagen saw that there was a blockade in front of him and a pursuer behind him, he immediately raised his sword and yelled, "Fight them!"
Tian Yu also took out the newly made ring-shou sword, which shone with a faint blue light, which was in sharp contrast to Ji Dagen's dark ring-shou sword.
The two groups of cavalry roared at the same time and collided fiercely.
Tian Yu and Ji Dagen chased each other with their horses' heads and tails, and they started fighting in circles. After more than a dozen moves, Tian Yu was surprised to find that the other side was quite skillful in dealing with it!
The two of them got angry, slashing and fighting with their swords, and sparks exploded from the collision of the swords.
Ji Dagen was even more panicked. He specialized in swordsmanship and was ranked among the best in the Black Mountain Army, but now he was suppressed and was at a disadvantage!
Seeing that he could not capture Tian Yu, and his men were shot one by one by the soldiers led by Yan Rou, he became even more panicked, made a few feints, and tried to escape with his horse.
How could Tian Yu let him go? The force of his sword changed and he pressed close to him. He raised the ring-shou sword high and struck hard in succession!
Ji Dagen was forced to block with his sword in embarrassment, and the clanging sound was heard continuously. He was horrified to find that there were more and more gaps in the sword on his head!
His own sword is considered to be the best weapon in the Montenegrin Army. Why is it now like an unfinished cast iron sword?
Before he could figure it out, under a powerful blow, the Huanshou knife in Ji Dagen's hand made a loud noise and finally broke into two pieces.
Before he could react, Tian Yu slashed Ji Dagen's shoulder with his knife. The blade cut open the leather armor on his shoulder and embedded it deeply!
Ji Dagen screamed and fell off his horse. He was half-dead from the fall and was tied up by the sergeants who surrounded him.
Tian Yu raised the Huanshou knife in front of him and found that a few strands of blood slowly slid down the blade. There were densely packed tiny gaps on the blade, but the blade was intact. It was much better than the opponent's short knife that was cut into two pieces.
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The good ring-shou knife at that time was called a hundred-smelting steel knife. It required dozens of layers of steel to be folded and repeatedly beaten and tempered. It represented the highest iron-making technology at that time and had reached the highest level in the world. The difference between them
, not that big.
But now this Huanshou knife made with a new method not only uses better materials, but also uses the technique of forging with steel. The blade focuses on hardness, the blade focuses on sharpness, and the spine focuses on elasticity. Only the three of them work together to form such a shape.
suppression effect.
Ji Dagen was captured. Seeing that they could not escape, the remaining cavalry had to dismount and surrender. Tian Yu and Yan Rou tied Ji Dagen back to the city and took him to the top of the city to see Yuan Xi.
Ji Dagen was still struggling and roaring. He didn't expect Yuan Xi to ask, so he said directly: "Kill him."
Ji Dagen was stunned. He stammered: "General, I, I."
Yuan Xi pointed at the refugees below the city and said calmly: "Aren't those all your fellow villagers?"
"You are from Montenegro. Since you can wield a knife against the people of the same country, what's the use of keeping you?"
"The owl's head is hanging on the city head."
The captured Montenegrin Army cavalry knelt at the foot of the city. When they looked up, they saw Ji Dagen's head on top of the city being raised high and swaying in the wind. He was immediately frightened out of his mind.
Tian Yu saw Yuan Xi looking at the surrendering cavalry under the city, and whispered: "Your Majesty, killing and surrendering is not a good idea."
Yuan Xi stopped the murderous intention in his heart and said, "I understand."
He was not bloodthirsty, but he did it to show the refugees and the Montenegrin army below the city.
In fact, according to his idea, killing all these people and hanging them on the city wall would be the best deterrent. When the other party comes again, they will definitely think twice.
Of course, there are disadvantages. If all the surrendered soldiers are killed, the Montenegrin Army may fight to the death, which is not conducive to subsequent battles.
He thought for a while and said to Tian Yu: "At night, put all these people back."
Yan Rou was startled after hearing this, and then she couldn't react. Isn't the contrast too big?
Tian Yu, however, was thoughtful, thinking that his master might be causing trouble again.
Sure enough, Yuan Xi said: "Before releasing them, I looked for an opportunity to pretend to leak it accidentally and let them know that one of our spies was among them. After returning, I cooperated with the spies in Montenegro and waited for an opportunity to obtain the head of the leader of Montenegro, so that I could be promoted to an official position."
Lord."
"By the way, when you send them back, give them different treatment in terms of food and clothing."