The wind blows from Longshang of Northern Liang.
At the border of Liuzhou in Liangzhou, a group of more than ten people traveled slowly from east to west. Some of them lifted the curtains and sat outside the carriages, some middle-aged knights carefully guarded near the carriages, and some were driven by the northwest. The young men and women who were attracted by the vast scenery outside the Great Wall finally couldn't help but began to ride their horses and compete with each other in riding skills. At the head and tail of the convoy, there were two steady men with a strong sense of recklessness, paying attention to their surroundings from time to time to prevent accidents. The white-haired old man, who is obviously the backbone of the team, sighed softly: "Lixia solstice, the fight points to the southeast, should be a great solar term for everything to grow up here. The grass and trees are still like this, but this person, I don't know how many times he will die. "
The groom is an old man of about the same age, but because he is a martial arts master, he is much more energetic than the old friend behind him. After hearing the emotion from the old friend who has known him for most of his life, he didn't speak. In the bottom of his heart, he was very puzzled why his friend didn't choose to display his ambitions in Tai'an City since he came out of the mountain. It can be compared with Yao Baifeng, a master of science who has just become the first Liuguan bachelor. But since the old friend said that he wanted to come to Beiliang, which was in turmoil and chaos, of course he would not refuse. Without a word, he took two juniors from the world who were as disdainful as himself to participate in any martial arts conference, and escorted his friends and his party from the Shangyin Academy. Enter Beiliang Road in the northwest border. But he also has his own bottom line, that is, if the old friend goes straight to Qingliang Mountain in Liangzhou, then he will only see him off outside the city of Liangzhou, and will never enter the city. After all, when the old King Liang led Xu Jiatie to ride horses across the rivers and lakes, his sect was among them. Even after so many years, the old man's heart knot has not been untied. Fortunately, on this trip to the northwest, they only wandered around the Xiaguang City in Hulukou, Youzhou, and then entered Liangzhou, but bypassed Qingliang Mountain and rushed to Qingcang City in Liuzhou. The Beiliang Palace also turned a blind eye to this intentionally or unintentionally, and did not harass them, although Xu Weixiong, the second princess of Beiliang, was one of the disciples of his friend Han Guzi behind him, Xu Huang Sima Can in the team Liu Duanmao and others are even her fellow disciples.
The old man who is famous in the Shangyin School Palace is catching up with Qi Yanglong, the great sacrificial wine. The emperor who is wearing a yellow dragon robe, or those court ministers who are all yellow and purple when they enter and retreat at court, must wear scarlet dresses on this day under the tireless reminders of the officials of the Ministry of Rites. After the ceremony, the emperor will open the ice cellar in the palace, The ice cubes stored last winter were given to officials who were evaluated as superior by the Ministry of Officials. It is a pity that my unnamed disciple Xu Gong, who was the Minister of the Ministry of War, was somewhat implicated by his junior sister Xu, so he had to stay in the Liangliao border patrol, otherwise there would inevitably be He has a share. By the way, Lao Song, there is a custom of drinking "Jianchun wine" in your hometown, right?"
The groom nodded, and said in a muffled voice: "The wine I brought with me when I set off has already been finished. Under the suggestion of the governor of Lingzhou who bought rice, alcohol is banned everywhere in Beiliang, and the most you can buy is that kind of green ant wine. Wine, I don't like to drink."
Han Guzi said helplessly: "Song Xinsheng, Song Xinsheng, what are you doing with the green ant, you old drunkard? You can't find it yourself. If you really have the ability, let's fight with that young master surnamed Xu."
The groom became more and more bored, and snorted coldly, "I can't beat it! If I could beat it, I would have drunk hundreds of thousands of catties of green ant wine from him."
While the two old men were chatting, four or five riders came galloping in the distance. Except for Han Guzi's granddaughter Han Hanxiu, the rest were the old man's favorite students. Xu Huang, who refused to join the temple, Sima Can, a political strategist in his early thirties, Liu Duanmao, a talented legalist, and the cold girl with a sword, is Jin Baoshi, a strange martial arts genius known as the "living arsenal". Since she was a child, she has shown an amazing talent of never forgetting. She has read all the martial arts cheats of the world's major sects, but she doesn't practice martial arts. Among them, Liu Duanmao's appearance is the most unsightly, with a sunken parietal bone, a sunken nose, and exposed teeth. He is destined to die young, live a short life and be poor, especially when he stays with Jinbaoshi, who has a brilliant posture, he looks even more ugly. Incomparably, if an ordinary timid woman takes a look at it, she might have a nightmare at night.
After Xu Huang approached the carriage, he said softly: "Sir, just three miles away to the north, we met the Beimang scouts. From the look of the costumes, they should be the black fox fence under Liu Gui's command. There are a lot of people close to them. They should be aimed at We came, and there will be a cavalry army coming out soon without any accident. Judging from the reckless scout regulations, there are at least a thousand or more cavalry behind the horse fence. And we The Beiliang cavalry army following far behind has only 500 cavalry. If we continue to move forward, they may not be able to enter the battlefield in time. Should we go south or turn back to buy time for the 500 Beiliang cavalry army? ?”
Han Guzi had a geomancy map on his lap. After looking around, he stretched out his palm, pinched his five fingers quickly, and smiled, "It's a good hexagram. It's okay. Let's just keep going, even if the sky falls There are also people who are holding it."
Xu Huang smiled and stopped talking. Not only him, but everyone believed in it, and ignored the large-scale Northern Mang cavalry army that was about to attack. It's not that they are arrogant, or that they rely too much on the combat power of the martial arts master Song Xinsheng, but that their teacher, Han Guzi, is pedantic about heaven and man, sophisticated in the world, and has no mistakes. When Huang Longshi was just an ordinary student of Shangyin Academy Jixia, he was extremely conceited, so there was a saying that "there is nothing but millet".
The group just looked at the Beimang cavalry army as nothing and continued westward into Liuzhou. Jin Baoshi couldn't resist Han Xiu's clingy and coquettish behavior, so they had to agree to ride together. They whispered some women's boudoir words, Even in the Jinbao Room in Shangyin Academy, which was as cold and arrogant as Xu Weixiong, there was a bit of a smile. Liu Duanmao and his two senior brothers Xu Huang and Sima Can kept pace, and asked curiously: "Senior Brother Xu, compared to the ongoing battle at Hutou City in Liangzhou and Hulukou in Youzhou, the confrontation between the two armies in Qingcang City in Liuzhou seems particularly special." Tranquility, except for a small light cavalry contact battle, there is no movement. Then will this battle be fought or not?"
Xu Huang, who was familiar with military books, said with a smile: "You have to ask Sima Can, but it's useless to ask me."
Liu Duanmao was stunned, and Sima Can, who was concentrating on studying the art of vertical and horizontal maneuvers, smiled and said: "Whether Liuzhou is fighting or not, we don't look at the Beiliang Dragon Elephant Army or the Northern Mang General Liu Gui. We have to look at the Southern Dynasty temple in the north. That Liu Gui, who was praised by the Empress Beimang as a half-human butcher, has now become the biggest laughing stock on the border of Liangmang, and there is even more uproar in the temple of the Northern Mangzi in the Southern Dynasty. One after another, there are suggestions to remove Liu Gui from the position of coach on the west front, and let the virtuous To King Tuoba Bodhisattva of Beiyuan. It’s just that at this sensitive moment, the King of Beiliang helped us a lot. Didn’t we also hear about it a few days ago? Bodhisattva, we had a fierce fight, two great masters of martial arts, caught up with each other and fought for thousands of miles..."
When Sima Can said this, Xu Huang, who had a beautiful beard, twitched his beard and smiled, as if fascinated by it. And Liu Duanmao snorted coldly, apparently not having a good impression of the most powerful young feudal lord of that dynasty. Sima Can continued: "Speaking of the third line of Beimang, don't mention the middle line of Dong Zhuo, the king of the South Court. The general Yang Yuanzan who is in charge at the Hulukou side is an old fox who knows the rules of the temple. Yang Yuanzan is willing to share the military merits, so although the soldiers and horses were severely damaged, there was no impeachment in the court, otherwise so many people died, but they would only hit Xiaguang City. He was drowned by saliva. In contrast, Liu Gui, who didn't eat oil and salt, was not pleasing. Fortunately, Tuoba Bodhisattva himself rushed to Beiting to meet His Majesty in full view, especially when the Northern Mang Army God was here. In the middle of the journey, he deliberately lowered his stance, and he did not hesitate to discuss military affairs with Liu Gui as the deputy commander of the western front, and there was no sign of seizing power at all, which gave this veteran a precious chance to breathe."
Sima Can suddenly laughed heartily, "But the gang of officials in the Southern Dynasty who had been shut down at the door of Liu Gui's house were not easy to deal with. If this plan fails, another plan will be made, but soon there will be another plan." The gossip spread that the reason why the young vassal king risked his life and fought thousands of miles with the king of the North Courtyard in the yellow sands of the desert was to keep Liu Gui's commanding position in exchange for the safety of Liuzhou, otherwise it would be too much to replace him. For the conservative Liu Gui, the three fronts on the border of Beiliang will be crushed by Beimang's iron hooves at the same time. More than 100,000 young and strong northern barbarians died in battle. The two battlefields of Hutou City and Xiaguang City are still deadlocked. There were many complaints, and Liu Gui, who was in charge of Liuzhou's military affairs, naturally became the target of public criticism, and became the best choice for civil servants and generals of the Southern Dynasty to vent their anger and resentment. The old lady of Beimang who has always trusted Liu Gui, probably will not be suspicious because of these rumors On the eastern front, the reason why she didn't suppress the rumors was because she had no choice but to maintain the morale of the army, I guess she must have secretly sent a letter to Liu Gui in private, so she comforted her."
Sima Can looked into the distance with a dignified expression, "Will Liuzhou, which does not have a majestic city and high walls, fight? The answer is that it will definitely fight, but it will be extremely tragic! The speed of death on both sides must exceed that of Hutou City and Hulukou. As for When the fight will start, it probably depends on when Tuoba Bodhisattva quietly left to return to Liuzhou. Far from the battlefield of the temple, even if it is thousands of miles away from the dragon chair, it is always the blood-stained 'lichen' under that chair. It's up to one person, or the group of people around the chair, to decide how much blood is going to bleed on the blanket."
Liu Duanmao said softly: "Brother, you should go to Tai'an City."
Sima Can shook his head and smiled, "Brother Xu should go, I shouldn't."
At this time, Jin Baoshi Han Hanxiu rode up to the three men, and the young Han Hanxiu smiled and asked, "Why?"
Sima Can laughed and said: "Because there are many people in Tai'an City who are good at talking about war on paper, and few of them really know how to dispatch troops. Senior Brother Xu, who is full of martial arts, will soon be able to get his money there. As for me, it's just the opposite. It is more suitable for Beiliang, where there are many generals but few advisers. It is a pity that the teacher did not take us to Qingliang Mountain, otherwise I would have already figured out how to reminisce about the old days with Junior Sister Xu, and how to brag about myself with Song Dongming, the deputy economic envoy."
Han Xiu, who was sitting behind Jin Baoshi, made a playful grimace, and joked: "Sima Can, no wonder Grandpa said that your skin is thick enough to be among the top ten masters in the world!"
Sima Can turned his head and shouted to the side of the carriage with a playful smile: "Sir, you really like to praise people behind their backs, but I won't be proud if you praise me in front of you."
Han Guzi, who is famous for teaching without discrimination and teaching students according to their aptitude, said angrily: "Go away!"
Even Liu Duanmao, who was filled with resentment whenever he mentioned Beiliang and the young feudal lord, became cheerful.
At this moment, in the north, the figure of Beimang Black Fox Lanzi was already faintly visible, and right in front of the convoy, there appeared a rider who didn't know the enemy or friend.
The quack guy at the front of the convoy responsible for opening the way, although he is a junior of the martial arts master Song Xinsheng, his level is not low. The undefeated feat of a first-rank diamond-level master. The man wearing the famous family sword "Forbidden Fire" subconsciously felt as if he was facing an enemy, and his body was full of vigor, but he soon discovered that the vigor of that rider was not scary, but just to be careful, he still had muscles all over his body. Tightened, he reached out and grabbed the handle of the knife.
Han Guzi asked Song Xinsheng to stop the carriage, then stood up, and smiled at the leader, "Tao Duanyang, don't be nervous."
The rider in front didn't stop the horse's hooves, and it was getting closer and closer. Han Hanxiu's head poked out from the back of Jinbao Room, and saw a handsome young man sitting on the horseback. She turned her head and joked to Liu Duanmao: "Look at his appearance, maybe he is your long-lost brother."
Liu Duanmao almost suffocated to death.
That rider came near the carriage, clasped his fists respectfully on the horse's back and said, "Mr. Han, there are three thousand cavalry from Beimang to the north, and I will escort them for a ride."
When he heard that there were three thousand Northern Mang cavalry troops, South Korea Xiutian was not afraid, and still had the heart to joke, "You have a good face, are you sure you are not in a hurry to reincarnate?"
Then she turned her head and yelled, "Sima Can, Sima Can, you have met the same top ten masters! Hurry up and learn about the supernatural skills!"