Watching the fire from the other side has turned into playing with fire, which is the best portrayal of the Liyang Beiguan defense line.
The two cities of Yinyao and Hengshui, which were the gateways to Jibei, fell at the same time, and the soldiers of Beimang's 50,000 cavalry headed straight to the direction, putting everyone in Jizhou at risk.
For a while, the court hall in the capital was very lively. Someone suggested that Xu Gong, the left servant of the military department near the water tower, take over the vacancy left by Tang Tieshuang after entering Beijing as an official, and "assistant" Gu Jiantang of Dazhu Kingdom in handling the military affairs of the North; Zhao Sui, the king of Jiaodong, reinforced Liaodong, and he must save the 50,000 cavalry, so that the 50,000 cavalry army had to return to the east to prevent the situation in Jizhou from being completely corrupted; It is a difficult task, and Han Fang, the deputy general after the general, should take full charge of the military affairs of Jizhou.
When the western line of Guangling Road was deployed by Xie Xizhen, it not only successfully blocked the 100,000 troops from Southern Xinjiang who had already crossed the river, but even dispatched a surprise army to attack a dangerous pass on the south bank of the Guangling River, making Southern Xinjiang The soldiers and horses were unable to advance and retreat. Under the aggressive attack of the Western Chu Navy, the Southern Xinjiang Infantry and the Qingzhou Navy almost shrank into a ball, shrinking across the board. Under such an imminent emergency situation, the civil and military officials in Tai'an City became more and more frowning. They finally couldn't bear the immobility of the Liao and Liao border troops. The easternmost front of Beimang that you are staring at has all gone to Jizhou to fight the autumn wind. It is obvious that they want to bypass the defense line of the Liao and Liao Dynasties built by taxing half of the country. The breakthrough, you General Gu can still remain indifferent? ! Aren't you afraid that 50,000 cavalry from Beimang will kill us in the west of Gyeonggi in one go? Although you, Gu Jiantang, are the only remaining Dazhu kingdom in the dynasty, your old man's heart is really too big.
There is Taiping Town near the border of Jizhou in Liaodong. Most of the residents in the town are from the frontier army, and some officials have been relegated to this place by the imperial court. Occasionally, businessmen will pass by the town and do some small business along the way. The cheap and high-quality green ant wine in four or five years is in short supply here. Unfortunately, after Gu Jiantang stepped down as Minister of the Ministry of War, he took the title of Dazhu and concurrently served as the governor of the two Liaos. Beiliang's green ant wine has not been sold by merchants in recent years. Although the sparrows in Taiping Town are small and well-equipped, there are three or four restaurants, and there is even a serious brothel, and there are even more private prostitutes in the small kilns, and the generals of the frontier army turn a blind eye to this The Liaodong Frontier Army is known as the Dinghai God of the Liyang Dynasty. They are all young and strong men, but they have confronted the barbarians of the Northern Mang for many years. They have always lived in peace and rarely fought. Could it be that men can't find men? As a result, small towns like Taiping Town sprung up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Some frontier army bosses with wide-ranging hands and eyes, and the ability to buy young women from the surrounding areas of Gyeonggi and even the Jiangnan area of the Central Plains, can go to the two Liaos at a time. Bring hundreds of people.
In Taiping Town, the business of Changshou Restaurant is the most popular, and it is the private property of a powerful school captain. Apart from Green Ant Wine, basically the famous Liyang wine, such as Jiannanchun Shaoxing, can be bought here as long as you have money . There are all kinds of women who play and sing in the restaurant all the year round. Their appearance is nothing more than a middle-aged appearance, but on the border where birds don't shit, it is quite a rare sight. In the past two days, a pair of brothers and sisters came to Changshou Restaurant. The young woman held a pipa in her arms to tell stories, and the elder brother was responsible for shouting and collecting rewards. He talked about how the surname Xu walked through the rivers and lakes of Liyang, how he entered Beimang alone, and how he won the hearts of the army and the people in Beiliang, which aroused the anger of the residents of Taiping Town. It's just that a group of people took the opportunity to bully the handsome woman, and never wanted to beat up the young man who was not amazing. Changshou Restaurant was happy to see the success, so they simply put forward the condition of allowing the woman to tell stories in the building. There was a ring every day, and after a ten-day period, all the military players near Taiping Town lost. The young man from out of town won ten games in a row. The flesh and blood business of brothels in the town has dropped by several percent.
In the evening, the ring of Changshou Restaurant had finished, and a group of imposing drinkers walked into the restaurant. The four of them asked for a table on the second floor near the railing. The woman downstairs was preparing for the second storytelling session of the day. My elder brother changed into a new set of clean clothes that had been washed until they turned white, and they were badly mended. The brother and sister traveled from Liangzhou to Lingzhou, then from Lingzhou to Hezhou, and passed through Jizhou. They traveled all the way to this small town. Different from the frequent blind storytellers in Liyang, the woman only has a pipa, and she never shakes her head, laughs or scolds when she tells a story, and when the characters are sad or passionate, she only raises her voice slightly, most of the time It was in a flat tone, as if she was just a storyteller, and she didn't care whether the audience liked it or not, and whether they were willing to give rewards or not.
The four drinkers sitting on the railing on the second floor ordered a jar of Jiannanchun Shaoxing, which is known as "a catty breaks the throat, and two catties burns the heart", and a pot of Gujing Xianren's wine, which is easy to drink but has little stamina. Only two of the four sat down, and the younger one wore a simple long knife on his waist, looking forward to Zixiong with a high-spirited expression. The man, who looked like a young man or an elder, had an indifferent expression. After unsealing the pot of immortal wine, he drank for himself. The rest of the standing two men had two Liao frontier military sabers hanging from their waists. Although they did not have the same status as the two sitting here, others could guess that they were good figures who led troops all the year round. Otherwise, the battlefield aura on his body would not be so strong.
The young man stretched his neck and glanced at the people downstairs, a little impatient, and frowned, "Why hasn't that Ji guy arrived yet? Judging by his posture, he really regards himself as one of the top ten masters in Daxueping."
The older man with blue and white temples remained calm.
A burly and strong man standing there seemed to dislike this arrogant young man, and said with a smile on his face: "General Yuan, Ji Liu'an was originally one of the ten people in Daxueping, Huishan. .”
He took a sip of shochu for the young man named General Yuan, and said with a sneer, "The martial arts commentary made by a little girl can only be taken seriously by a countryman. Known as a master, others, with Dongyue Jianchi Chai Qingshan's ability, can close the door on Guangling Road and become king and hegemony. thing?"
The young man slowly spun the wine glass with two fingers, glanced sideways at the guy who dismantled the stage, and said with a smile: "And Wei Miao, the number one expert in Nanzhao and others, may be beaten so hard that they can't find the north and south when they arrive in the Central Plains rivers and lakes." Haha, there is also Qi Jiajie, the number one swordsman in Tai'an City, who is the most ridiculous, flying swords thousands of miles away, what a big battle, and the result? The sword has arrived in Hezhou, but there is no news about Qi Jiajie. Such top ten masters, combined with the last five, I am afraid that they are not worthy of any one of the four martial arts critics to do their best?"
The burly man was about to refute one or two, but he tugged at the sleeves of his colleagues, but finally swallowed his words, and just let out a heavy cold snort.
The young man did not continue to point out Jiangshan, but turned his head to look at a middle-aged man who was separated by two tables. The man was wearing a pair of shorts, a blue baotou on his head, and leggings on his calves. He would only be considered a regular A mountain man who walks the mountain road. But sitting next to her is an extremely flirtatious and plump woman. Her clothes are gorgeous, but they are not the brocade and satin clothes of rich people in Liyang, but the gorgeous and colorful tie-dyed clothes. It is hard not to be eye-catching. , the Miao people's attire with the reputation of "five-color clothes share the sky". The plump woman has a string of silver bells tied to her hands and feet, and there will be pleasant sounds when she raises her hands and feet. Looking from the side on the bench, the slender thighs and round buttocks can be described as extremely curvaceous and alluring.
The woman also noticed the young man's gaze, smiled charmingly, drank the whole glass of wine in one gulp, and frowned at the young man, full of provocation.
The young man put down his wine glass, reached out and made a gesture of supporting a heavy object on his chest.
The beautiful woman with plump breasts was molested by someone, but instead of being annoyed, she laughed so hard that her flowers trembled. In front of the man beside her, she pushed the wine jar off the table with her palm. The young man turned his back, and without seeing the latter's movements, the wine jar deviated from the track and passed by, just twirling on the table, and then gradually stopped.
The woman laughed in a crappy Central Plains official accent: "You are a good-looking turtle, as long as you drink, my sister will play with you as friends."
The burly man who was at odds with the young man reminded softly: "This Miao couple are not ordinary masters of the rivers and lakes. The woman has already tampered with the wine jar. The Miao people play tricks in all kinds of strange ways. It is impossible to guard against them. It is best not to touch them."
At this moment, the two came upstairs. He looked like an old Confucian scholar in green shirt, and had two long and short swords hanging on his waist. Just by looking at the two scabbards, one could tell that they were the most precious weapons in the sword.
There was no interruption, the man who was about to raise his glass to drink lightly put down his wine glass, the two people who were standing were slightly separated to make way for the two guests who arrived as promised and sat on the same bench.
The old Confucian scholar looked respectful, and said softly: "Cheng Baishuang, a grasslander in the southern border, has seen the Great Pillar Kingdom."
In addition, the famous swordsman with an indifferent expression as if his face was paralyzed also said: "Ji Liu'an, Longgong, is fortunate to see Dazhu Kingdom."
After the death of the old Liang King Xu Xiao, there was only one Dazhu Kingdom in the whole world, Gu Jiantang who held half of the Tiger Talisman military power in the Zhao Dynasty.
Gu Jiantang nodded with a smile and said, "The two of you came from southern Xinjiang to Liaodong in the north, you have worked hard."
Just after the two top masters of Nanjiang Dao took their seats, the couple got up and walked over, and sat on the only vacant bench. He wanted to stop him, but Gu Jiantang had already gone to pick up the wine jar that had been infected with Miao Gu. As the general who became the commander of Liaodong Duoyan Iron Cavalry after Tang Tieshuang, he quickly released his fingers from the handle of the knife.
The woman first gave the young general surnamed Yuan a wink, then smiled at Gu Jiantang and said, "My man doesn't know how to speak your Central Plains dialect, so I'm a woman like me to discuss important matters. The general forgive me."
Cheng Baishuang frowned, then stretched it out instantly, and asked with a smile, "Da Zhu Kingdom, what is this?"
Gu Jiantang did not speak, except for the young people around him who poured a bowl of wine for Cheng Baishuang, Ji Liu'an and the couple. At the same time, the neglected young man interrupted and said, "Cheng Baishuang, Ji Liu'an, why, my father-in-law greeted you personally Wash the dust, don't you eat the toast poured in the bowl? Why do you want to ask for fine wine?"
Ji Liu'an, who was in a bad mood after traveling all the way to Taiping Town, narrowed his eyes.
Cheng Baishuang held up the wine bowl with a calm expression, shook his head and said with a smile, "I don't dare, I just asked out of curiosity."
Probably because she was sitting next to Gu Jiantang, under a lot of pressure, the woman withdrew her charming attitude, and said straight to the point: "My man is called Wei Miao, and he is quite famous in Nanzhao, of course he is not as good as Ji Palace Master and Mr. Cheng, he would never set foot in the Central Plains in his life, but there is no way, the King of Shu and Mr. Xie have spoken, we have to go."
Gu Jiantang only had one daughter, so of course the son-in-law of Dazhu Kingdom could only be Jizhou General Yuan Tingshan.
Yuan Tingshan originally wanted to tease the woman, but unfortunately, he heard the woman downstairs holding a pipa and telling the story that a young vassal king surnamed Xu traveled to Huishan, and Yuan Tingshan had a sworn feud with Xu. Ting Shan sneered, stood up suddenly, put one hand on the railing, and slammed into the elder brother of the storyteller fiercely like a thunderbolt.
The young man who had won eleven rounds in the ring in Taiping Town, with his arms crossed to protect his chest, was still kicked by Yuan Tingshan and slipped backwards, his slightly trembling hands were resting on a piece of wine On the table, the whole table was overturned, the wine and food were splashed all over the man's body, and the clothes he had just changed suffered again.
Yuan Tingshan stood on the spot and did not take advantage of the victory to pursue. He just let out a grin and said with a smile: "That's right, it's quite well hidden, and it's almost like a second-rank junior master. No wonder it's so powerful in this small town. I'm wondering, the brother of a storyteller from Beiliang? I think he's a master at Fushuifang in Beiliang, right? Did he come to Liangliao to spy on the military?"
The ordinary woman who was just a storyteller froze for a moment, and the young and taciturn man turned his head to look at her, smiled apologetically at her, then nodded and shook his head again.
The smile on Yuan Tingshan's face became stronger, but the violence in his eyes and the killing intent all over his body made everyone in the restaurant feel terrified.
The young man whose true identity is the spy from Beiliang said in a deep voice: "It has nothing to do with Eryu, she is just a storyteller, I can die, but she cannot die."
Yuan Tingshan heard the big joke, "Whether you die or not depends on my mood, but she can't die, why can't she? With your three-legged cat skill? Is it enough to scare me, Yuan Tingshan, because of my identity?"
The young man from the Fushui room stretched out his thumb to wipe away the blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, and said, "Of course I can't do it."
The young Beiliang soldier with the determination to die grinned, "In your Liaodong territory, you Yuan Madgou can kill people, but I can't stop them even if I try my best, but do you dare to kill them? You are not surprised. An ordinary storyteller, why would you let me accompany you all the way?"
Yuan Tingshan rested his palm on the hilt of the world's No. 1 talisman knife, "Oh? I'm going to scare my father to death when I tell you that."
The young man said indifferently: "Her name is Eryu, and she is our Duhu's guest."
The young man added nonchalantly, "She is our lord's friend. Although I don't know what the consequences will be if she dies in Liaodong, I am sure of one thing, that is, the lord will personally talk to the whole family about it." Let's discuss an explanation between the two Liaos."
Yuan Tingshan's five fingers suddenly clenched the Nanhua knife, and he was about to draw the knife to kill someone.
A Xu Fengnian who is far away in the northwest, even if he is the king of Beiliang with 300,000 iron cavalry, even if he is one of the four great masters in the world, still cannot prevent Yuan Tingshan from killing a small Fushuifang dead man, and An ant woman who can only earn money by storytelling.
You, Xu Fengnian, can't take care of yourself, and you still care about a woman's life and death in your leisure
But at this moment, facing the two groups of guests, Gu Jiantang of the Dazhu Kingdom who hadn't stood up to greet him, had already stood near the railing at some point, and said to Yuan Tingshan downstairs: "Enough."
Yuan Tingshan didn't turn around, and the sharp Nanhua knife was about to come out of its sheath and see blood.
Gu Jiantang turned expressionlessly and sat back in his seat, but he had the famous knife that was gifted to Yuan Tingshan in his hand.
Yuan Tingshan left the restaurant with great strides, left Taiping Town and Liaodong directly, and returned to Jizhou.
The woman sighed softly.
Most of the things that fairy-like scholar Xie Guanying confessed to him are obscene.
The reason why Gu Jiantang acted like this was actually to politely reject the couple.
Because Southern Xinjiang and Western Shu have completely different attitudes towards Beiliang, or to be precise, towards Xu Fengnian.
Cheng Baishuang smiled slightly, lowered his head and took a sip of his wine.
The wine is good.
It's a pity that it's not the green ant wine that His Royal Highness talks about every day, otherwise it would be better.