Two tall and handsome horses galloped past the mountain road, their hooves flying up the muddy ice and snow, leaving deep pits.
The leading knight frowned and turned back, shouting: "I'll go see Shanyu first, and you go to the woods in front to find a place to bandage the wound."
The knight who followed him turned pale, and his bloodless lips trembled slightly. Just as he was about to say something, he fell off his horse.
The leading knight looked back when he heard the noise, but just frowned, and instead waved his whip a little faster.
"Can't look back, can't look back..." The knight's lips trembled and he whispered through gritted teeth.
Just then.
Boom!
"ah."
The knight fell off his horse with despair in his eyes. The severe pain in his shoulder made him wake up, and at the same time, a strong sense of fear also hit his heart.
"Drive, drive... chase, you're right in front, my shot must have hit you."
Several men from the secret guard rode horses to the entrance of the mountain road and looked around. One of the men pointed at the red-stained snow and said in a deep voice: "There are blood stains. My shot should have hit it, but
Not fatal."
When the others saw this, they all became vigilant. The middle-aged man who took the lead said in a deep voice: "Take it easy, don't be like Wang Dacheng, who was stabbed through the stomach by a Hu man who pretended to be dead."
"Captain, don't worry, brothers will pay attention."
"Well, search separately. We must find the person. We must not let them bring the news back."
"yes."
Not long after, a few people found a body in the bushes next to the mountain road. Following the horse's hoof prints, they also found a horse that used its nose to pull away the snow and greedily gnawed on grass stems.
"This man died not long ago. His body is still warm. There is only one bullet hole in his lower back. The porcupine just hit him probably in the upper part of his body. It's not this man. Hurry, another barbarian named Xizuo is nearby. Find him quickly."
"
Several people looked at each other, and all of them started to move. They set up the wind dragon musket with both hands and followed the other horse's hoof prints to find it.
Rest, rest, rest~
Just when a few people were about to approach the end of the mountain path, a dozen arrows suddenly flew from the forest.
"hidden."
The team leader reacted quickly, pulled the nearest team member, and rolled behind the big tree next to him.
"Report the number."
"Gray Snake is fine."
"Coyote is fine."
"Porcupine is okay."
"The chipmunk suffered a minor scratch on the outer side of his left thigh."
The squad leader breathed a sigh of relief, took out a small metal lens from his pocket, adjusted the refraction angle, and carefully observed the woods at the end of the mountain road.
"I saw figures flashing due to the north, and there were five people coming from the northeast Yinshi direction carrying knives and bags. I am not sure yet about the northwest direction."
Based on what he saw, the squad leader shared the intelligence with his teammates, and then said: "The chipmunk was injured and held down his gun to cover us. The gray snake retreated fifty steps to look for a sniper point. The coyote and the porcupine are with me, first
Kill the five people in the northeast and then talk."
"yes."
Several people moved in an orderly manner. The only chipmunk whose outer thigh was scratched by an arrow was lying behind a rotten log that had fallen to the ground. From time to time, he fired a shot into the woods opposite to attract fire.
The man named Gray Snake held a 98k wrapped in deerskin and quickly trotted back.
After searching for a while, I finally selected a large camphor tree. I climbed up in a few seconds and turned over the white cloak on my back, revealing the yellow, green and brown camouflage pattern inside. It wrapped around my whole body and covered my whole body.
Standing motionless against the tree trunk.
The team leader led the other two people around to the right, staring at the five barbarians coming from the northeast with sharp eagle eyes.
"I'm one or two from the left."
"I am in the third grade."
"Then I will be four or five on the right"
"Three two one!"
Bah bah bah, bah bah~
A series of gunshots rang out in the forest. The two people in front and behind couldn't breathe. There were already five more corpses in the bushes 70 meters away.
The squad leader neatly ejected the cartridge case, picked it up and put it in his arms as a souvenir. At the same time, he said to the coyote on the side: "Not bad, boy. He fired the second shot almost at the same time as me. Unfortunately, I should be faster."
The coyote twitched the corner of his mouth, turned over silently, crawled down to the higher point, then stood up and asked: "What's the next fight?"
"No rush." The team leader covered the muzzle of the gun with a deerskin to prevent the snow from accidentally blocking it, with an indifferent smile on his face.
Suddenly, a series of gunfire and the neighing of horses suddenly sounded, which seemed particularly clear in this empty mountain forest.
The direction of the gunfire was clearly from a commanding height fifty steps behind, while the neighing of the horses came from the woods more than a hundred steps away to the north.
The team leader raised his lips and looked behind him. Not long after, a man named Gray Snake trotted over.
"There were a total of six people and eleven horses. They were all taken care of, and four of the horses ran away." Gray Snake Hui reported.
The squad leader nodded with satisfaction, looked at the new team members aside, and said, "Well, this is how the secret guards fight. When you can accurately detect the enemy from 300 steps away, you can apply to be an undercover agent in the enemy country.
Already."
The coyote glanced at the calm gray snake and nodded thoughtfully.
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In the afternoon, dark clouds gathered and light snow began to fall in the sky.
It's almost the end of the New Year, but the eight hundred soldiers brought out by Zhang Liao are still out on missions.
Fortunately, not only did everyone not have any complaints, they were all gearing up and talking about completing the task before the end of the year and going home to celebrate the New Year.
Zhang Liao was sitting in the tent, holding a map of the counties in Liangzhou in his hand.
"Report, Commander Zhang, the secret guard just sent a secret report, saying that while chasing Xi Zuo, they encountered a Hu team coming to meet them near Xianyin Mountain. It cannot be ruled out that the Hu people have the intention to invade Luoyang."
"oh?"
Zhang Liao raised his eyebrows, put down the map of Kanyu in his hand, and told the visitor: "Go and tell these young gentlemen about this matter."
The person who came was Zhang Liao's most capable lieutenant. Seeing that Zhang Liao cared so much about those little brats, he couldn't help but frown and said, "Brother, there's no need. What do these little boys know?"
Zhang Liao narrowed his eyes, picked up a military book and opened it, frowning and saying: "Go as soon as you are asked to go. Don't delay the business. If you are unhappy with anything, go back and complete the task. Let's talk about it again. It's not too late."
It’s a rule.”
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"A Liang, A Liang?"
Lu Su opened the door curtain and walked into the tent, raised his eyes to search, and frowned: "That's strange, where have everyone gone?"
The guard passing by the door clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Zhuge Xiao and others have just received the summons from General Zhang and have gone to the central tent to discuss matters."
Lu Su was overjoyed when he heard this, "Are we finally going to send troops?"
The guard shook his head slightly, expressing his ignorance.
Lu Su bowed his hands and hurriedly rode towards the middle tent.
Before we even arrived, we heard bursts of hearty laughter coming from the tent, and there were also a few nicknames like ‘Brother Xiaoliang’.
Lu Su's expression changed, and listening to his voice, Zhuge Liang seemed to have received recognition and support from many people.
This was a happy event, but at the same time, he felt a little bit snacky in his heart.
"Zijing!"
Lu Su turned over and dismounted. Before he could enter the middle tent, he heard someone calling him. He quickly looked back and was startled. He bowed his hands respectfully: "Lu Su has seen Mr. Xun."
Two people got off the carriage. Xun was wearing a Confucian scholar's gown and a mink fur coat. He had his hands in his sleeves and was smiling.
The person behind him was only twenty-eight years old and extremely tall. Who else could it be if it wasn't Hao Zhao.
Wei Cheng also worked hard to train his brother-in-law.
First, he was thrown into the city guard army and trained with Hua Cuan for several months. Later, he was sent to the Longshan Army and became the first batch of veterans of the Longshan Army. Until Dian Wei and Xu Chu were injured, he kept Hao Zhao with him as a guard.
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Now that Dian Wei and Xu Chu had returned to their positions, Wei Chong simply handed them over to Xun You and asked him to learn the coordination skills from Xun You.
Xun You walked up to Lu Su and asked with a smile: "I saw you were in a hurry just now, but there are changes on the front line?"
Lu Su cupped his hands and responded: "The students have just returned from the front line. It seems that the Hu army has not taken any action yet. The reason why we came here in a hurry is because we received a summons from General Zhang."
Xun You smiled slightly, nodded and said, "It just so happens that Xun is here to hear how you decide your plan."
The three of them walked into the central tent one after another. When they saw Xun Yu, they naturally bowed and saluted again.
There were many people sitting in the tent, including soldiers from the Longshan Army and the Hupo Army, as well as local officials from Xiliang.
Zhang Liao sat at the top, with a seat vacant next to him.
Xun was not polite at all. After sitting down safely, he listened with interest to Zhuge Liang's analysis of the battle situation.
Then there was a very weird scene. A bunch of tall and thick men, with an average age of twenty-five or six, were surrounding a nine-year-old child, listening carefully, and asking questions or discussing a few words from time to time.
And Zhuge Liang, who was only nine years old, seemed to be born with knowledge. He could give detailed answers to any question.
Gradually, some men who didn't care much about these little brats, or even looked down upon them, slowly changed their minds.
Among them were several of Zhang Liao's lieutenants. I originally thought that these little bastards were here to grab the credit.
Looking back now, it seems good to have them follow, especially this boy named Zhuge Liang. He and others came up with three steps, and he has easily extended the battle to seven or eight steps away, which is enough to deal with various unexpected battle situations.
Xun You smiled the whole time and never gave any hints to Zhuge Liang. As we all know, Xun You arrived suddenly. It was probably because Wei Qing was worried that a few children could not solve the problem, so he asked Xun You to come and take charge.
But judging from the results of this meeting, Zhuge Liang's proposal has been approved by Xun Yu. At the very least, Xun Yu had no objections.
The eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
Zhang Liao led an 800-strong army into Anding County from the west side of Xianyin Mountain, detoured through Sanshui, and headed to Fuping County to garrison.
A classic battle of eight hundred versus one hundred thousand is about to begin, but...
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Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
Wei Cheng sat on the hot kang with Erbao in his arms, playing with a rattle back and forth in his hand.
Pat, pat~
Erbao, who is more than three months old, is now able to hear sounds and identify his position. His little hands are pulling back and forth in mid-air, trying to catch the rattle.
When Wei Cheng saw this, he lowered his head and kissed his precious son on the forehead.
"Husband, can't you ask the printing shop to make some more couplets?"
Xie Yu ran into the study room in a hurry. When he saw Er Bao, he hurriedly stopped and said, "Ah, where is Er Bao here?"
When Wei Cheng saw her mentioning the door couplet, he frowned and said, "Why, has someone asked you for help again?"
Xie Yu came closer, reached out and tapped Erbao's nose, and said angrily: "Isn't that right? It's all your fault. Since you want to sell door couplets, why don't you prepare more, and the demand for a door couplet is now in short supply?
It’s already worth 300 yuan.”
How did Wei Cheng know it would be so popular? When he had people print those door couplets and door god pictures, he just wanted to stir up the popularity of the martial arts conference and increase the atmosphere of the New Year.
But he completely ignored the terrifying extent of the fan economy.
Not to mention other things, it is just a picture of Zhao Yun's door god, which has been sold for 300 yuan on the market now, and it is still valuable but not popular.
Some women and girls who have had pictures of door gods early on have extraordinary backgrounds and would not sell "Zhao Yun" for three hundred coins.
And those who were rich and powerful, but could not buy one because they were not present that day, had no choice but to try their best to buy one.
I don’t know how magical this door god picture is, I just have the mentality: I want to have what others have.
"Who wants it this time?" Wei Cheng handed the second treasure to Xie Yu's arms, rubbed his wrist and asked.
Xie Yu took the second treasure, kissed it first, and then said quietly: "My aunts want them all, as well as my uncle's sisters, my aunts' sisters, these are all from my own family.
, I found none of them from outside, and I didn’t pay any attention to them.”
Wei Cheng shook his head speechlessly. Originally, he was too lazy to care about such trivial matters, but Xie Yu had already said it, and Wei Cheng couldn't let her break her promise. "I'll ask the printing shop to send it to Xie's house for you later."
Bar."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xie Yu said 'hmm', "That's fine, it saves them the trouble. I have decided not to go back to my parents' home before the Lantern Festival, hum.
snort."
When Wei Cheng heard this, he walked to the screen in a funny manner and took off a fur coat.
"Husband, are you going out?" Xie Yu raised his eyes and asked.
Wei Qing nodded slightly, frowned and said: "This time the three tribes of the grassland have gathered a hundred thousand troops to go south. There must be something hidden in it. The secret guards will send news in the next few days. I'd better go ahead and wait."
Xie Yu held Erbao in his arms, his heroic eyebrows slightly raised, and said: "In previous years, in August and September, the southern Xiongnu merchants would exchange a large amount of grain and grass from my big men to sell northward. This year, there is no food. Perhaps this is the main reason.
?”
Wei Cheng didn't think so, and frowned and said, "I always feel that something is fishy."
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Fuping County.
A troop of barbarians and cavalry in various costumes arrived in front of the city gate tower.
"Xianbei, Wuhuan, and the Huns came to envoy and asked to see General Zhang of the Hupo Army."
Everyone above the city gate stared at the people downstairs. Zhang Liao frowned and looked at Zhuge Liang, "What do you think, Mr. Xiao Liang?"
Zhuge Liang lowered his head and looked at the team in front of the city gate. His eyes fell on the horse behind the team. To be precise, it was the box the horse was carrying.
Zhuge Liang rubbed his brows and suddenly gave a wry smile.
Everyone looked at each other and Zhang Liao hurriedly asked: "Mr. Xiaoliang, why are these barbarians deceitful?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head helplessly and responded softly: "We were all wrong. We thought too highly of these Hu Di, alas."
Zhang Liao and others looked at each other, not knowing why.
Zhuge Liang sighed softly, looked up at Zhang Liao, and said, "I'm afraid the Hu people are coming to negotiate peace. We can't fight this war."