Hu and Lu claimed in the Changji Department that they were the most likely to become Russians, Soviets and Japanese. Although they were brutal, they were quite good at fighting. His team was made up of elites from various Biansha tribes. These cavalrymen were only afraid of disrespecting Hu and Lu, but it was precisely because of their fear that they were shocked at this moment.
In just a few moments, Hu and Lu were cut off from their horses, and along with him were the morale of the Biansha cavalry. Hu and Lu hastily determined that there were countless Libei reinforcements behind them, which also completely extinguished the determination of the Biansha cavalry who had lost their main generals to fight again. They spread out with Xiao Chiye as the center.
Countless torches formed a long line, approaching from behind, as if carrying a million soldiers.
There was still Gujin for the raid in the third camp of Sha, and Bayin was trapped inside and outside. Seeing Xiao Chiye calm and calm, he also thought that Xiao Chiye was bringing Libei's main force. The key is that Bayin can see at a glance, behind those torches are shadows that cannot be seen clearly, as the grass spreads out, it seems to be lined up all the way to the horizon.
Bayin didn't want to repeat the same mistakes, so he restrained his horse and stepped back a few steps, and ordered to abandon the camp and flee. The Biansha cavalry hurriedly retreated, and before they could collect the bodies of Hu and Lu, they disappeared into the night. Xiao Chiye stopped in place, Tantaihu led people to shout and kill, chased for a few miles, quickly retreated when Bayin didn't dare to turn back, and returned to Shasanying.
When Bayin turned back, he could still see those continuous torches.
If Baynken had looked more closely, or could have calmed down, he would have discovered that there were loopholes in tonight's raid. Hu and Lu are superior in strength, but as he himself said, he is the main general in field battles, and letting him guard the camp and play defense is putting the cart before the horse. If he could follow Bayin's advice, stay in the third camp of Shasan, and quickly deal with the small ban army brought in by Gujin, he would have the upper hand. Shasanying closed the door and it was an iron wall and a copper wall. Xiao Chiye had no baggage, so there was no siege equipment, and there was no way to attack. However, Hu and Lu have been distracted by the winning streak since the beginning of this year. When the reinforcements of the Northern Iron Cavalry finally saw Xiao Chiye, they were already in chaos and lost without a fight.
Xiao Chiye lifted the heads of Hu and Lu, looked at the unshaven face for a moment, and couldn't remember who this person was. He handed his head to Tantai Hu, but Tantai Hu refused to take it, so he handed it to Gujin again, saying, "I have cleaned up all the corpses in the camp, and buried the brothers in Libei in front of them, and the soldiers in Biansha far away. Point. It's hot, and the body is not released, so as not to cause an epidemic."
Gujin took his head over and recognized that it was Hu and Lu. He didn't expect that Xiao Chiye would hack Hu and Lu to death in a single meeting. Guo Weili fought this man for half his life, but the man was gone overnight.
Xiao Chiye unloaded the wolf's sword and said, "Why, do you recognize it?"
Gu Jin said: "This man is called Hu He Lu, master, he was the one who defeated Guo Weili in the north and captured the Tuda Dragon Banner."
Xiao Chiye ran for two nights in a row, and now there are other things, he just nodded to indicate that he knew, and let Gujin go to work. He called Tantai Hu, threw the knife to Tantai Hu to hold, and walked inside together.
"This camp is big enough," Tantai Hu looked around, tsk tsk admiringly, "This wall is built faster than a serious city. There are also big bows on the wall stacks, and horse traps are laid underneath, which can be hit from far and near."
"My eldest brother has thrown a lot of money here," Xiao Chiye said, looking at the camp wall, "You can take down the decorations on the wall, and if you don't understand anything, you can leave it to Chenyang or Bone. Jin. Tomorrow I will ask the military craftsman to give you the zoning map of the camp, and you must memorize this too."
Tantai Hu quickly responded. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Xiao Chiye is trying to reuse him. From leaving Qidu to now, Xiao Chiye has brought Tantai Tiger with him in every battle. Tantai Tiger does not know a few characters. In order to be worthy of this knowledge. Well, I also worked hard to recognize words with Chenyang.
Xiao Chiye rushed in to see the military craftsman. He made it very clear to Wu Ziyu, but he didn't mention one thing, that is, he took it back to Shasanying and didn't plan to return it. This place is both offensive and defensive, and it is also a barrier for the border camp. The north can support Xiao Fangxu, and the west can lead to the northeast Liangma Road, which is too suitable for him.
Anyone who wants to ask him will come and talk to him in person.
When Xiao Chiye was finally able to lie down, it was almost dawn. He slept in the tent for a few hours, and Chen Yang came from Bianbo Camp on the way without disturbing him. Xiao Chiye didn't wake up until it was close to dusk, and when he was standing outside the tent and burying his head in the wash, he suddenly came back.
Xiao Chiye tied his arms and blew his whistle. After circling for a while, the wings folded and landed on Xiao Chiye's arm. Xiao Chiye took out the prepared meat strips from the skin and fed it to Meng, and saw the big walnut on Meng's legs while Meng was eating the meat.
"Your Majesty is safe," Chen Yang laughed, "reporting peace to the master."
Xiao Chiye didn't laugh. He was quite unhappy. He took off the big walnut and squeezed it in his hand for a moment, then threw it to Chen Yang, and said, "Dad specially released Meng back, just to pass the military order. You open it and read it to I heard, this old man is very bad."
Chen Yang opened the walnut and spread out the paper.
Xiao Fangxu's writing was crazy, saying that he knew that Amur would send someone to the southeast camp, but why he skipped it without responding in advance. He also said that Meng had secretly beat Yu. He was too belligerent, just like Xiao Chiye. Finally, let Xiao Chiye stand by and don't act recklessly...
Xiao Chiye stretched out his finger, turned the letter over, skipped the big paragraphs on the front, and pointed to the concise words behind it.
Chen Yang coughed and read in a steady voice: "Zhi'er Moruofu, it's too late for the letter, I know that you will definitely fight the third battalion of Shasha. If that's the case, then you will be the escort for Wu Ziyu... Be a cargo general."
There was silence all around.
Tantaihu didn't know Xiao Fangxu. In his expectation, even if King Libei wouldn't praise Xiao Chiye, he should have transferred Xiao Chiye to the battlefield. To make a contribution as soon as possible is the best compliment to Xiao Chiye. Under the current situation in Libei, putting Xiao Chiye in the back as a baggage general is like holding back the edge he had pulled out of Qudu. Is your lord crazy? Or did Xiao Fangxu hide Xiao Chiye for another nine years in order to appease the prince's faction
Xiao Chiye pursed his lips tightly, endured it for a while, and said nothing before turning his head to look at the setting sun, which was sinking to the west again.
* * *
A few days later, the caravan from Ibaraki went all the way south, along the official road to Chazhou. Kong Ling disguised as a steward, the Jinyi guards disguised as attendants of a wealthy family, and Shen Zechuan said that he had been in the carriage for a long time and rarely showed up.
Kong Ling took the road guide from Ibaraki, which saved a lot of trouble on the way. These days, people who can get the official scriptures of the government should not be underestimated, plus there are many guards, ordinary bandits do not dare to rob easily, because they are afraid of stepping on Tai Sui.
After leaving the territory of Ibaraki, the number of beggars on the road increased. Eight or nine-year-old children are forced to make a living and come out to cheat. They can talk like crazy with one mouth. Immortals and monsters dare to say anything, and they coax the passing business trips to spend money to seek safety.
The first few days were fine, but it rained the next few days, the weather suddenly turned cold, and Shen Zechuan became ill. There are all liars on this road, just black shops one by one, even if Kong Ling dared to hire a doctor, Qiao Tianya did not dare to let the other party get close to Shen Zechuan's body. Fortunately, it wasn't serious, it only had a fever for two days, and then slowly subsided.
Shen Zechuan is now sitting at the desk for longer and longer, and the negligence of martial arts is inevitable. After he sent Qi Huilian away, he often felt overwhelmed and easily fell ill due to the changing seasons. In fact, there were already signs of this matter as early as Qidu. In the epidemic case, he said that when he was sick, he became sick.
The carriage ran over the mud and arrived at Chazhou in the rain.
Luo Mu, the prefectural government of Chazhou, was still in the concubine's room when he received Kong Ling's famous post. He read the post over and over again, as if he wanted to cut out the flowers, but he refused to move his butt.
His fourteenth concubine is a newly acquired concubine. He has only had a drink a few days ago. She has been favored recently, and it is inevitably delicate. The concubine took out the famous post from Luo Mu's hand. She knew a few words and said, "Who is this Kong Ling?"
Luo Mu carried the man to his lap and said, "Kong Ling? A poor one. In the early years, he followed Tantai Long, the commander of the Dunzhou garrison. Later, when Tantai Long died, he ran to follow Zhou Gui."
The concubine was giggled by Luo Mu's beard, as if she was afraid of being poor and sour, she dangled the famous post with her little finger and said, "Then how does he recognize the master?"
Luo Mu laughed at himself: "Our teachers are from the same school."
"Oh, then you have to entertain people well." This concubine slapped Luo Mu's wife, her elder brother was Cai Yu, one of the bandits in Chazhou, and a figure that Luo Mu relied on, so she saved Luo Mu's divorce. The plan was that he would be able to preside over the banquet by letting outsiders come to the door. Thinking about it, she slapped Luo Mu frivolously with the famous post and said, "I'll hold a table for you, and you happened to invite your elder brother to kill their prestige in Cizhou. I heard that this year's military rations in Libei A group came from Ibaraki, and they have money."
Luo Mu didn't answer, only said: "What are you doing with the money in vain? You can get rid of it with a few pockets of money. Most of the time he came to borrow money. I can't see him."
The concubine refused to obey, and acted coquettishly around Luo Mu, and the famous post slipped to the ground.
Luo Mu followed the famous post, half shook his concubine's arm, and said, "It will be too late to see you again when we go to Cizhou. Look, the post is lost, pick it up quickly..."
Seeing that the concubine could not be soft, she turned around and stood up and became angry. The embroidered shoes stepped on the famous post. She stomped lightly a few times and said, "I'm married, and I haven't entertained guests for the master. They are all married to the Ming media. Why is it that I am short? I just—"
Before she could finish her words, she saw Luo Mu's expression turned cold and shouted, "Get out of the way!"
Since marrying Luo Mu, Mrs. Cai has been a favorite, and she has never been scolded by him. She was shocked and took a few steps back in a daze.
Luo Mu leaned over and picked up the famous post. There was a shoe print on it, and it couldn't be wiped off. With a sullen face, he accepted the post. When he raised his head again, he took Cai's hand and forced a smile: "Don't worry about the matter in the front hall, I will discuss it with my brother in detail. I won't sit here today. , I'll see you later."
After saying that, without waiting for the Cai shi to recover, he lifted the curtain and left.
It was still raining outside, and the entourage opened the umbrella. Luo Mu walked in and said, "Is the person still there? Invite him to the front hall, and I'll go see him right away."
* * *
When Luo Mu arrived at the front hall, Kong Ling had been waiting for a while. When he saw Luo Mu going up the stairs, he got up to greet him. The two laughed as soon as they met, Luo Mu motioned for Kong Ling to sit down, and the two chatted for a while before getting to the point.
"I came to see you this time because of the meaning of your lord." Kong Ling ate tea and said, "Cizhou has gradually improved in recent years, the fields have recovered well, and food is abundant, but the population of Cizzhou is seriously declining. I can't eat that much. The rest of the grain is stored for a year, and it is either eaten by mice or moldy."
Luo Mu listened intently to Kong Ling's speech, and saw that he looked good and his hair was not gray.
Kong Ling looked at Luo Mu and smiled again, and said, "That's why we thought, Chazhou is still buying food at high prices from Hezhou and Juexi all these years, it's too bad, it's better for you and me to connect the two states, let's It's close to each other, and the escort is also convenient. We are willing to pay a lower price than Juexi's grain, how about it?"
Luo Mu noticed that when Kong Ling smiled, there were wrinkles around his eyes. He looked like he was just waking up from a big dream.
Seeing that Kong Ling wanted to talk, he raised his hand to stop it.
"Chazhou is not Ibaraki, Zhou Gui has the courage to do what he says, but how much of this courage is based on his father-in-law? In the early years, Master Liu decided to suppress bandits in Ibara, which made Ibara free of bandits today, but Not in Chazhou.”
Kong Ling expected this, and calmed down for a while. After a while, he said, "Mengzheng, is there no chance at all?"
Luo Mu hurriedly turned his head away when he heard Kong Ling calling his own words.
Kong Ling thought Luo Mu was embarrassed, so he said: "Cizhou has now rebuilt the garrison, as long as this business can be successful, we will also be willing to contribute to the task of suppressing bandits in Chazhou in the future. It is bound to start in the mountains, and as long as you are in it, you will not be able to escape the disputes. You and we have both classmates and friendship, why don't you use this to turn around and stop being held back by bandits?"
"You and Zhou Gui are in Cizhou, and you don't know my difficulties." Luo Mu turned around and said, "If the bandits in Chazhou were so easy to solve, why didn't you defect to me, but to Zhou Gui?"
Kong Ling wanted to explain, but Luo Mu had already stood up and said, "Teazhou now buys its food from Juexi and Hezhou at a high price. Bandit leaders from all walks of life are involved, and they eat this dividend. Now you want me to buy it instead. The grain of Cizhou is to cut off people's money. This business can't be discussed at all, just if there is a rumor, you and I will be in danger, go back. "
Luo Mu asked someone to see the guest off. He took a few steps, stepped over the threshold, and turned around again.
They hadn't seen each other for many years. The strange thing was that no matter how old Kong Ling looked now, Luo Mu still remembered how Kong Ling looked like when he was a student. The rain splashing under the eaves wet Luo Mu's shoulders, and he stood like this for a long time.
Kong Ling missed a lot of things in his life, just like at this moment, he couldn't see Luo Mu's bright eyes behind his back, just said: "I will definitely win this trip, I can't do it today, I will come again tomorrow. Mengzheng, I have it. Sure, as long as you're willing to talk to us."
Luo Mu was dumbfounded. After a while, he said, "Who else did you bring? You used the documents from Cizhou when you entered the city. Seeing that I delivered the famous post again, your whereabouts have been exposed. I advise you not to act rashly. In a few days, go back to Ibaraki."
Without waiting for Kong Ling to answer, he lifted his robe and went down the steps.
* * *
Later, Shen Zechuan took the medicine, and after listening to Qiao Tianya reporting the truth of the two of them, he couldn't help turning his head and looking at Qiao Tianya.
Qiao Tianya nodded clearly and said, "They have been classmates for many years, and their friendship is naturally no better than others. According to the master, how should this business be discussed? Luo Mu is a bit interesting. Although Chazhou is in chaos, he has always stood firm. , will always be the state capital of Chazhou.”
"How to talk about it," Shen Zechuan's nose was blocked, and his speech was a little dull, "Since he can't stand up, he has a heart. Today's words are high-sounding words, not necessarily sincere. Find a way to avoid the eyes and ears, I want to see him. "