A mark of fifty riders, galloping towards a heavily guarded pasture on the border grassland of Lumang, Beiliang's degree of emphasis on horse management is unparalleled in the world. This mark is equipped with swords and crossbows, and the horses are already armored. The first-class elite combat power, without it, they are the wandering crossbowmen of Beiliang.
Among the eighty kinds of horse fences in Beimang, except for the crow fence that Dong Zhuo fed with countless gold and silver, there are no hostile scouts in the eyes of the crossbowmen. The self-confidence slowly accumulated in the bloody contact battle, as for the first-class majestic white horse scout among the crossbow cavalry, to put it bluntly, that is to pick up a cavalry casually, and the captain of the ordinary frontier army will be old when he sees it. Honestly make a detour to give way, and convinced!
This former crossbowman of Xiaoxue Camp had just accumulated enough military exploits to be able to become white horse scouts. Therefore, Chu Lushan, the governor of Northern Liang, gave him special permission to go to Xianli Ranch to choose horses. If these fifty riders are not worthy of pride, the world Who deserves to be proud before them? In the raid that smashed the Southern Dynasty into a sieve last year, this mark cleared the way for the Eight Thousand Dragon Elephant Army and the Daxue Dragon Cavalry Army, pulled out more than ten beacon towers in the Northern Mang, beheaded no less than two hundred people, and fifty scouts who went deep into the hinterland finally There are only four people left! They are the standard leader Li Hanlin, the deputy standard Lu Dou and Li Shiyue, and the Wuchang Fang Hutou.
Forty-six new cavalry, most of them are old scouts, but there are also good players transferred from the Liangzhou frontier army to the Xiaoxue camp, just like the youngest corporal leader in the bid, and also the youngest crossbowman, nicknamed Flea A boy with a baby face was once a cavalry soldier of the Dragon Elephant Army. He personally participated in the Battle of Hulukou and killed four enemies. Shocking, this young man whose ancestors were border herdsmen made people laugh and cry. He didn't want to make military achievements, so he squatted next to his beloved mount and wailed, which alarmed Yuan Zuozong and He Zhonghu, the deputy commander of the cavalry army who were passing by at that time. General He Squatting next to the child patiently comforting him for a long time, it was useless, the old general was so angry that he slapped the bastard on the head, angrily asked his personal followers to bring a steed that had only been riding for half a decade, the boy didn't follow Commander He is so polite, he reluctantly accepts it, and has an asshole attitude that I accept it to save face for you. If Yuan Zuozong hadn't dragged it away, the grumpy Commander He would have stretched out his feet to kick this little bastard.
This bid does not call the boy’s name. Anyway, the two war horses are called Little Flea and Big Flea, and they are used to calling him Flea. If someone else dares to touch the big flea today, the young corporal will fight you desperately, which is worse than touching his wife. He got very angry, this is not a joke, when he first became a crossbowman, the corporal Hong Run suffered a lot, but he was brutally beaten into a pig's head by a young man who was as nimble as a wild ape. They have learned wild ways, especially equestrian skills, so skilled that they can lie on the back of a galloping horse and sleep. Their standard, only the long Li Hanlin, can touch big fleas. If they talk about fighting, they actually have heavy pupils Lu Dou can also overthrow the boy at will, but he can't stand this stupid boy who keeps fighting and defeating. He can entangle with you for days and nights. To tease this subordinate, in the end, only Li Hanlin can "kiss Fangze".
It is already close to Xianli Ranch, one of the best in Beiliang, and the air is filled with a strong smell of horse dung. Fifty riders sniffed hard almost at the same time, their faces full of intoxication. Not necessarily so comfortable. The young corporal stood on the back of the big flea horse, as if his feet were firmly nailed into the horse's back, looked around, and quickly made a gesture unique to Xiaoxue camp crossbowmen. Biao Li Shiyue laughed and scolded: "Flea, I want to fight like crazy, I haven't even tasted the taste of a woman, you are such an energetic young man, the last time Biao Zhang finally took us to eat meat, when we arrived at the brothel, the brothers called everyone Too little, for fear of losing the prestige of Mr. Biaochang, look at Fang Hutou, he called three sisters, not worried at all that Mr. Li, who is a big business in our family, does not have enough money, you are better, squatting at the door of the room, saying Is it to give us a lookout, are you ashamed or not?"
Fang Hu, who was born with a vicious but extremely gentle temper, chuckled and touched his lips, feeling a little smug.
Flea pursed her lips and said disdainfully: "What sister, calling you aunt is already calling you young. The old corps chief used to say that old cows eat tender grass, but Fang Hu's head is better. Tender cows eat old grass, so they are blind for nothing. This is the same as a colt eating grass roots What's the difference, still talking about me? I still feel ashamed!"
Fang Hu bared his teeth and grinned.
Li Hanlin laughed softly: "That brothel is not bad in the Liangzhou frontier, but compared to my hometown Lingzhou, it is indeed a thousand miles away. As long as there is a chance, I will take you to Lingzhou." Riding 'go, plump, skinny, tall, petite, sharp-jawed, sticky-ass, big-breasted, you name it."
Riding horses is a term used by the Beiliang frontier army. Li Hanlin's more than forty riders are all salivating, and Li Shiyue just wipes his mouth and drool. Only the young man rolled his eyes and said: "You fools, don't Take me. It’s fine if I have big fleas. In the future, if I really like a girl with the same eyes, I will marry her.”
A bald pawn sitting cross-legged on a horseback held a sweet grass stalk in his mouth and said with a smile, "Flea, don't you like elders? What do you think of me? Brother, I weigh two hundred catties. A man needs to have muscles, to have physical strength, to have spear skills, if you try it and don’t like it, you can return it.”
Although Flea is a baby, he has been in the army for many years, and he has never heard any messy and dirty words. He squinted at the big bald head and said, "Xie Gong, please go and ride the mare under your ass, no wonder you listen to it every night. Your little jujube is screaming in the stables, take it easy, treating war horses kindly is our iron law in Beiliang, if the little jujube is broken by you Xie Gongzhen, our leader will not be able to cover you."
Li Shiyue, Fang Hutou and the group of rough guys laughed together, Xie Gong didn't take it seriously, shaking his bald head and laughing to himself, he didn't forget to bend down and pat the back of his mount. The man who was picked out by scout Mang's eyeballs and eaten, said in an unusually gentle voice, "Xiaozao, don't be as knowledgeable as our corporal chief. It's easy to explain why officials bully people."
This crossbowman originally didn't have the habit of giving nicknames to his war horses, but the young man named all fifty war horses, such as Xie Gong's Xiaozao, Fang Hutou's Dayuan, and Li Shiyue's Meier. , and Kang Zhen’s father-in-law, etc., no one can escape, and as time goes by, everyone will acquiesce.
The flea suddenly shouted: "Biaochang!"
Li Shiyue rolled her eyes and said, "Your shit is too much, is it big or small? You can't bear it any longer, and you will reach the Xianli horse farm in just a few steps."
For the first time, the boy said embarrassingly: "Little one."
Li Hanlin snapped his fingers, and the fifty people separated in an instant, then stood in a row, pulled the Beiliang knife behind them, and then unbuttoned their belts in unison, while the fifty horses stopped their hooves almost at the same time, and turned around The horse's head slowly stopped behind its owner.
There are 300,000 iron cavalry in Beiliang, and the war horse is their true daughter-in-law.
And she is much more obedient than a real daughter-in-law, and she will never leave her.
How many Beiliang iron cavalry died in battle, and how many war horses died of hunger strike after the death of their master? !
"Biaochang, I heard that the last time you went to Beimang beacon with Lu Fubiao and Li Fubiao, and killed all the way north, you liked to use the head of a barbarian as a urinal?"
"Bullshit."
"President Biao, you are still being polite and humble. Brothers in Xiaoxueying said so, and even Du Tong didn't deny it. Deputy Biao Lu, don't you think so?"
"Shaozi, you are still too young and ignorant. You can ask Lu Mutou if he is an egg, but ask me, the wise and powerful Li Fubiao, Master Li. Let me tell you the truth..."
"Vice Biao Li, Vice Biao Li, you peed your pants."
"Ah? Damn you! How dare you lie to me, a spoon is fine, you just went to a brothel to drive meat, and you dare to make fun of your vice-standard lord? Take it!"
"You're a fairy, Li Fubiao, can you do it, old man, what are you doing pissing on me, you're pissing on a spoon..."
"That's enough, that's enough, pay off! As usual, whoever urinates the farthest will be the first to graze his horse. Who is it today?"
"Li Biaochang!"
"Yes, it's definitely you, Li Biaochang. This pissing will definitely pour Beimang down!"
"That's right, pissing can also piss out all kinds of charms, who else can there be besides Li Biaochang? Who, shamelessly stand up by yourself! I will be the first to slap him!"
"Damn it, I can bear it if other people flirt with you. You, Gao Changhong, are the ones who pee the farthest. You are a corporal leader anyway. Can you be a bit promising! Li Biaochang, even if this kind of bastard can pee the farthest, he can only be a As the last thing, so you are still the first, it is a certainty!"
Double pupil Lu Dou stroked his forehead, it was really a headache to have such a bunch of shameless subordinates on the table.
The leader Li Hanlin nodded solemnly with a straight face, fastened his trouser belt, and got on his horse.
After a short period of laughing and playing, all fifty white horse scouts got on their horses again, and no one was fooling around standing, sitting, lying on their stomachs, and all straightened their backs. Fifty riders "broke" into the gate of Xianli Ranch one by one. Fifty people with fifty knives and fifty crossbows, but the domineering arrogance of whoever blocks the way will die, which is vividly displayed in this silent and murderous horse-riding rush.
The soldiers in the archery tower of the racecourse stared blankly at the few fifty riders, their hearts swayed, and there was admiration and awe from the bottom of their hearts on their faces.
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A group of people boarded the beacon tower on the top of Luohu Hill. There were the old Taishi Sun Xiji, Cao Changqing, a green-shirted scholar who still ranked fourth in the world's martial arts evaluation, Jiang Ni, who was carrying a red sandalwood sword box, and a dozen people who walked out of the Red Deer Cave. Most of the survivors of Western Chu are young and middle-aged after their fathers retired to the mountains and forests for many years. It is hard to imagine that this group of young people will become the pillars supporting the great cause of Western Chu's restoration. He has not yet reached the crown, and has four long swords on his back. He is the grandson of Lu Dantian, the only surviving kendo master in Western Chu. The young man spent some time with Li Chungang in the Red Deer Cave, but at the time he didn't know that the old man in the sheepskin fur who transplanted rice seedlings was the sword god, so he regretted it, and then sneaked down the mountain this time, only willing to go back if he wanted to earn some fame. The young man's eyes kept sneaking glances at Her Majesty the Princess ahead, and moved away lightly. The time step was long and the number of times was long. It's just that the elders around him are not in the mood to pay attention to a child's ignorant feelings. Ni even never paid attention to this handsome boy who she always felt hadn't grown up. While climbing the mountain, Pei Sui, the "remnant evil" of the Pei family, one of the top ten clans in the Spring and Autumn Period, said softly: "The puppet King Zhao Ying of Huainan has already stationed troops on Huashan Mountain, and the six thousand cavalry of Zhao Xun, King Jing'an, are also approaching Poao Lake. The thousand men and horses of Zhao Zhu, the eldest son of the imperial edict, have not been found for the time being. In my opinion, if I, Da Chu, want to conquer the northern land, I still need to take down these few Jingnan Wangshi who are under the banner of calming the chaos. , in order to prevent future troubles. And after their loss, the various vassals ruled the territory, and their own forces rose up. I think Guangling King Zhao Yi will not bet his wealth and life, and raise troops to respond to the other vassals."
A burly old general who had fought many battles in the field nodded and agreed: "Old Master, Mr. Cao, Pei Sui's words are not bad."
Sun Xiji was struggling to climb the mountain, panting, and seemed to ignore it. Cao Changqing looked at the surging Guangling River at the foot of Luohu Hill, and smiled, "Xie Xizhen, tell me."
Xie Xizhen was a skinny young man, who was only four or five years older than Lu Sichu, and said slowly: "In this way, our troops are too scattered, and we fell into Lu Shengxiang's arms. This is a trap set by the Liyang court. The bait is that the survivors of the subjugated country in the Spring and Autumn Period repeated themselves, making us think that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it. The truly elite tiger and wolf divisions competed against each other. Eastern Vietnam, the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Southern Tang Dynasty were all far behind. This was the case 20 years ago, let alone 20 years. If they are unreliable, let alone expect them to achieve great things, it is of no benefit to just shout about things like fighting for the world."
Pei Sui was refuted face to face by a guy younger than himself, but instead of becoming angry, he fell into deep thought.
Xie Xizhen, who was born in a poor family alone in the group, did not show any stage fright. He stopped, stretched out his finger, swiped from west to east, and said in a deep voice: "According to the situation theory of the number one general in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Gu Dazu, Because the geographical situation of the world is generally high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and the mountains and waterways are mostly horizontal in the east and west, so that the confrontation between the north and the south is often better than the south. Offensive, mostly on the defensive. Many southern partial security regimes like to rely on the great rivers and rivers to deter the northern land cavalry with water warfare. However, Guangling Road, which is located in the middle of the north and south, is different. It has both the natural advantage of defending the river and the Geographical shape wins the precious foundation of the close relationship between the two important towns of Huaihe River, so if defending the river fails, you can retreat to defend the Huaihe River. If there are people fighting again, it shouldn't be wasted. There are only two things. One is to beat people. Concentrate your forces directly, look for opportunities, and defeat Lu Shengxiang, Yang Shenxing, and Yan Zhenchun in one fell swoop. If you want to fight, you must directly break their morale Morale. The second thing is very easy, being beaten, there are four major towns guarding the river, and six lands guarding the Huai River, and now they are all in our hands, just let those vassal kings and their own troops come and fight, just rely on them?"
Cao Changqing neither said that Xie Xizhen was right, nor that he was wrong, and said with a soft smile: "Go on, I know you have the nickname Xie Banyu."
Xie Xizhen nodded, and said: "The matter of being beaten is not because Xie Xizhen underestimated the heroes of the world. It is true that our Great Chu has the upper hand, so there is nothing to worry about. When the Xu family's cavalry marched southward, our Jiang Shoujiang general rebelled. However, defending the Huaihe River and the two fronts still made Xu Xiao suffer a lot. The battle to the death of Princess Grave, the euphorbia guards guarding Jinghe, and the decisive battle at the west wall, plus many small and medium battles mixed in, which one was not a battle? At that time, it was almost to the point where Xu Xiao gave Chu Lushan 3,000 soldiers and horses and he could wipe out everyone in one day. Yuan Zuozong, who has an excellent view of the overall situation, can win several key tough battles one after another, but Xu Xiao may not be able to eat the west barrier with one bite... "
When the young man said this, the old grand master Sun Xiji suddenly said with emotion: "It's a pity that history has no ifs or noss. The winners and losers, the great Chu became the subjugated Western Chu, and Liyang became the co-lord of the world. In fact, at that time Chu looks at Liyang just like Liyang looks at Beimang now, they are all uncivilized barbarians, wearing the clothes of scholars, they are still not worth mentioning."
Xie Xizhen respected the old grand master, waited for a while, saw that the old man should have nothing to say, and then continued: "Now Liyang and our Great Chu are about to start a war, and the Zhao family is not very popular. To win up and down on two chessboards at the same time, one is to win us, and the other is to win the world. Actually, we don’t have to do so many things. Li Yang wants to use Da Chu’s sword to kill people, leaving only the breath of the Spring and Autumn Remnant It also depends on whether they have the ability to hold the knife firmly, so we have to be fast, accurate, and ruthless. After all, there are only two Ping Fans in Tai'an City, and one is Gu Jiantang's old force, which has already moved north. On the border between the two Liaos, one is a new force headed by Lu Baijie and Lu Shengxiang's military department, Shuanglu, Gu Jiantang is under the control of Beimang, and Lu Shengxiang leads the army southward before his wings are fully fledged, if we don't kill them now, when will we wait?"
Pei Sui frowned and said, "Lu Shengxiang is an old man from Guangling Chunxuelou, and he is no stranger to us, so he wouldn't have hidden ways to deal with it?"
Xie Xizhen shook his head and said: "It's one thing for Lu Shengxiang to know, but it's another thing for him to be able to do it. Let's talk about a military department. He, Lu Shengxiang, is just a servant of the left, not even a minister. How can he control Yang Shenxing, Yan Zhenchun?" These spring and autumn meritorious veterans? What's more..."
Pei Sui smiled and said: "Thank you for half a sentence, you don't need to say the second half, I know, the emperor of the Zhao family is very conceited, maybe he deliberately let us taste a little bit of sweetness, as you said, the teachers of several vassal kings are all Bait, since the Liyang court dares to have such contempt, we might as well climb up the pole generously."
Xie Xifeng smiled knowingly.
Sun Xiji walked into the beacon, climbed the stairs, and came to the top, overlooking the rolling water at the foot of the mountain. Except for Cao Changqing and Jiang Ni, everyone else retreated intentionally or not.
The old man said indifferently: "The imperial court asked me to come back here to be the economic envoy of Guangling Dao. It is nothing more than four words, please enter the urn."
Cao Changqing said softly: "The forces of Zhulu Mountain and Huang Sanjia's spies around Guangling Road are all used by us."
The old man turned his head to look at the Confucian sage with his own eyes, and said sadly: "Mr. Chang, Da Chu has dragged you down."
The dragon carp of the Cao family is the most proud. After entering the palace at a young age, he studied under Li Mi, the national teacher, and was the first to show up in the Dachu Palace. After that, he was unknown for more than ten years. He has always been a king's courtier, just like an actor. After the fall of Great Chu, if it weren't for this official Cao who fought against Tai'an City with one man, who would still remember that there are still people in Great Chu? !
Cao Changqing shook his head and said, "Old Master, you should know what I want and know that I have no regrets."
The old man propped his hands on the brick wall.
Luohuqiu Fengsui, a young Fengzi who was on duty, stood on the top floor for such a large group of big men, so he had to hold a big halberd and huddled in a corner, but he couldn't suppress his excitement. The old master, Cao Guanzi, and His Royal Highness , Originally, as long as I saw any of them, this life was worth it!
When Fengzi with the sword on his waist saw the woman with the red sandalwood sword box walking towards him, he was dumbfounded.
The beautiful woman who is famous all over the world with Yujian Tai'an City gently stretched out her finger, Fengzi's saber was unsheathed and landed in her hand, she stared at the old sword that had just been brought out of the arsenal, and wiped away a few traces with her fingers. The rust, which is difficult for ordinary people to wipe off, makes a series of ding-dong sounds with a flick of a finger, like a melodious wind chime.
Fengzi didn't know how to take the sword from Her Royal Highness, and he was out of his mind.
Sun Xiji and Cao Changqing smiled at each other.
Jiang Ni said softly: "I'll go to the West Wall to take another look."
Cao Changqing nodded.
The young woman put her fingers together and swiped forward. The Great Liang dragon sparrow came out of its sheath with a clang. Battlefield ruins.
Lu Sichu walked quickly to the side of the building, and stared at the figure in a daze. The young man had already seen Her Royal Highness in the Red Deer Cave with beautiful mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River, but he remembered that Sister Jiang was too lazy to practice swords at that time, and her level was not very advanced. He has only learned the supernatural power of Yujian, but Yujian is in the sky, and it is no more than a few feet above the ground, and it is still crumbling. The young man only knew that Sister Jiang had been to Beiliang and Beimang, and her realm had improved rapidly. He simply couldn't catch up with her. Before, he had to look up to her who was high above her, and he felt that it would be even more so in the future. The boy sighed, he didn't know what kind of man Jiang Ni's sister would like in the future, anyway, it wouldn't be him, Lu Sichu.
Sun Xiji suddenly lowered his voice, and said indignantly: "Then what is the virtue and ability of the little Xu family, he is worthy of our princess!"
With gentle eyes, Cao Changqing said softly, "I don't know where it started, and I don't know where it will end."
The old master was still out of breath and snorted coldly.
Cao Changqing kept something in his heart.
Xu Fengnian, if I, Cao Changqing, one day transforms from a Confucianist to a tyrant, and enters the realm of land immortals twice in my life, and still cannot protect Her Royal Highness, don't let me down!