When the old man with two riders disappeared from sight, Xu Fengnian blew a whistle, and the cool horse with the word "A" galloped towards it at a high speed, and got on the horse.
On the way to the new city together, Xu Yanbing saw Xu Fengnian worried, and couldn't help asking: "Is there a big trouble?"
Xu Fengnian smiled wryly: "It doesn't count, it's just that some things are unexpected, and there may be new variables for Gu Jiantang and Chen Zhibao."
Xu Yanbing felt a little guilty and said: "At that time in Tai'an City, firstly, Chen Zhibao was unwilling to fight to the death, and secondly, I myself did not dare to wholeheartedly force him to fight to the death. If I had known this, I should have decided the outcome with him there. .”
Xu Yanbing's so-called victory or defeat is of course life and death.
Xu Fengnian turned his head and said helplessly: "Uncle Xu, you are really hypocritical for saying that."
Xu Yanbing remained silent.
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "After much deliberation, there is only one possibility to change the situation of the two Liaos, and that is the betrayal of Yuan Tingshan in Jizhou. If it is true, this mad dog is really crazy. I don't care about the life and death of the two daughters-in-law and the two fathers-in-law."
Xu Yanbing didn't have any strange expression on his face, and said calmly: "It's not surprising that this kind of grass does anything."
Xu Fengnian nodded, "It really reflects the saying that there are no wonders in the world. There are always some people who can do things that you can't imagine."
Xu Yanbing asked, "Shall I go to Jizhou and kill him?"
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said with a smile: "No, he doesn't ask for death by himself. Han Fang and Yang Huchen are the lieutenants, but it's not easy for him to take the position. When he fails and flees, I may personally send him a ride."
When the two riders were still a few miles away from the new city, several riders came in with dust.
Among them is Liu Wenbao, the bereaved dog of Shangyin Academy, a scholar who has spent most of his life without a single thing. After taking refuge in Xu Feng, he went to Tai'an City and Qingliang Mountain successively, and was finally placed in the city of the Western Regions, with Fushuifang as his backer , quickly stood out among the intertwined forces. At the beginning, Liu Wenbao was only covering for Cao Wei and Wanqi, and it was convenient for him to secretly contact the Six-Jewel Bodhisattva of Mount Landa. All the skills at the bottom of the box have been used, and Liu Wenbao has contributed a lot to this. Now this old scholar is the prefect of the newly established Linyao County in Liuzhou.
Cao Wei, who failed to lead more than 10,000 cavalry troops straight into the hinterland of the Northern Mang and Southern Dynasties as expected, had a much worse face, and the 10,000 elite cavalry suffered a lot of damage outside Qingcang City. General Kou Jianghuai and the Dragon Elephant Army fought for the source of troops, and it was also very unpleasant.
There is also a heroic and beautiful woman who is the famous widow in the Western Regions, Mrs. Chai Dongdi of the Sima family. At that time, Xu Fengnian gave a helping hand in the turmoil against the Sima family and helped her and her family escape disaster. Then rushed to the aid of Qingcang City, except for the monks and soldiers of Mount Landa who were the main reinforcements, she and Liu Wenbao gathered together nearly 3,000 cavalry troops that should not be underestimated. A powerful horse thief who was tempted by his wife with real money. Of course, this army is not worth mentioning in the frontal battle, but in the final battle, it performed quite brilliantly, and this cavalry was rewarded with silver for its military exploits. And Liuzhou took out a penny.
At that time in the city, Xu Fengnian and Tuoba Bodhisattva were about to fight. She promised that as long as Xu Fengnian helped the Sima family stabilize the situation, then she and the family would try their best to fight to the death for Beiliang. Probably, neither Xu Fengnian nor Chai Dongdi expected that she would be needed to fulfill her promise so quickly, and Xu Fengnian never expected that this woman would actually lead someone to fight in person.
A promise of gold.
These four words have no moisture at all.
Hero, women can do it too.
He is chivalrous, and there are many women.
When we met again at this time, before Xu Fengnian could speak, Cao Wei asked with a straight face: "My lord, you asked me to go back to Liuzhou to fight that battle. I, Cao Wei, have nothing to say, but now I have 10,000 elite riders under my command, and there are only a few left." It's halfway through, and you give me an exact sentence, when will it be completed?!"
Xu Fengnian asked with a smile: "Less than half? Otherwise, I'll go and see, how many people are missing, and I will personally ask the Liangzhou frontier army to help you add a few people?"
Cao Wei suddenly smiled and said: "How can I bother the prince, no, absolutely not, now several iron cavalry in the frontier army are scattered, and I, Cao Wei, am not the kind of person who doesn't understand the overall situation, just give me 4000 cavalry , as long as four thousand rides!"
Xu Fengnian said unhappily: "The Linyao army town in the three towns of Liuzhou will be under your jurisdiction in the future. At the same time, the left cavalry army outside the pass can only send you 2,000 horsemen, and the monks from the Western Regions can also give you 2,000 horsemen. They are responsible for assisting in guarding Linyao together. , As for how many cavalry you can pull up in Liuzhou, it depends on your own ability, but I will only give you 15,000 cavalry for the soldiers, and you will be able to deal with the rest by yourself."
Seeing that Cao Wei still wanted to bargain, Xu Fengnian sneered and said, "Do you still want two thousand left cavalry?"
Cao Wei was already laughing from ear to ear, and quickly stretched out his palm to wipe his mouth, trying his best to hide his ecstasy. Not to mention the 2,000 left cavalry and the 2,000 monks, there are a total of 4,000 people, especially with the unlimited right to recruit troops in Liuzhou, this is too tempting!
Xu Fengnian nodded to Liu Wenbao, and then looked at Mrs. Chai, "This time, the Sima family helped Qingcang City's attack and defense. I, Beiliang, are very grateful."
Mrs. Chai smiled sweetly, stretched out her hands to straighten her temples, and said softly, "It's not comparable to the prince's Beiliang iron cavalry. No matter how much money you have, you can't buy it. Everyone in the Western Regions is a desperado. As long as the price is fair, It just so happens that the Sima family has been rooted in the Western Regions for several generations, and the amount of silver is quite considerable, but this time we contribute to the silver, which can be regarded as repaying the prince’s generous help at the beginning, and does not owe each other. , does your lord have any objections?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Of course I have no objection, but I actually took advantage of it."
Cao Wei glanced at the suave King of Beiliang, then at Mrs. Chai who was still charming, and muttered in a low voice, "Why did you take advantage? Where did you get it?"
Liu Wenbao coughed and turned to look at the scenery.
Mrs. Chai's pretty face flushed slightly.
Xu Fengnian sneered and said, "Cao Wei, the two thousand monks are gone! There is no discussion!"
Cao Wei rolled off the horse, hugged Xu Fengnian's thigh and cried, "My lord, I haven't seen anything about you and Mrs. Chai, and I won't say a word..."
Xu Fengnian became angry from embarrassment: "The two thousand left cavalry are gone!"
Cao Wei sat down on the ground and cried loudly, "The world is unfair!"
Xu Fengnian took a deep breath, "Hurry up and get out! Go to He Zhonghu, the leader of the Zuo Cavalry Army, and ask for 2,000 troops!"
Cao Wei got up at an astonishing speed, got on his horse, turned the horse's head, and galloped away, disappearing.
Liu Wenbao asked cautiously: "My lord, have you returned to the humble position first?"
Xu Fengnian said angrily: "Let's get lost together!"
Xu Fengnian's original intention was to think that at least there was Xu Yanbing left by his side, so he couldn't talk about lonely men and widows.
Unexpectedly, Xu Yanbing clamped the horse's belly, slowly passed by, and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I didn't see anything, and I won't say anything."
Xu Fengnian was stunned, and Mrs. Chai frowned and smiled.
Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "There is no kind person."
Unlike Cao Wei and the others who were deliberately watching jokes when they were present, Mrs. Chai has restrained her smile now, and she said in a deep voice with clear eyes: "My lord, I have one thing to ask, that is, is there any way for our Sima family to lead the soldiers?" To be stationed in Fengxiang Army Town in the westernmost part of Liuzhou, it is best to have an official status as a lieutenant general of the town."
Xu Fengnian asked in surprise: "Ms. Chai, do you regret it? This is tied to Beiliang. If Beiliang is defeated in the future, the Sima family will have no room for maneuver."
Mrs. Chai nodded with a firm expression.
Xu Fengnian asked curiously, "Why?"
Mrs. Chai laughed suddenly, and asked back, "What does your lord think?"
Xu Fengnian joked: "It's not Mrs. Chai who is greedy for her own beauty, is she?"
Mrs. Chai was stunned, then narrowed her eyes and smiled charmingly: "My lord, are you molesting a good family in broad daylight? Are you not afraid that I will call someone? That servant is not too far away? I believe there will be death in the dark." Was it the escort driver?"
Xu Fengnian's expression remained the same, and he smiled and said, "Madam Chai, stop teasing me, and be serious."
Mrs. Chai tilted her head slightly, not like a young woman who is already a mother, but like a childish cardamom girl. What is even more powerful is that her posture, not only does not give people the slightest disgust, but has a strange charm and temptation.
Xu Fengnian took the lead in riding slowly, and said softly: "If Mrs. Chai is betting that I will win a big victory in Beiliang, so that the Sima family can occupy a place in the future Beiliang or the Liyang Dynasty as heroes, then I can Tell Mrs. Chai straightforwardly, you don't need to bet, you don't need to bring the whole family close to this murderous gambling table. If there is a day when the war ends, I will definitely not treat the Sima family badly. Anyway, I still remember that there is a A stubborn little girl who cut her own hand just to get me, Xu Fengnian, to sign her name... "
Speaking of this, Xu Fengnian turned his head to Mrs. Chai, who was neck and neck, and smiled happily: "I'm a little proud, I don't want to say anything to those men from Beiliang, so as not to make them psychologically unbalanced, just like Cao Wei, I'm more handsome than him, His martial arts are better than him, but the key is that he is taller than him, so it would be too unkind to provoke him. But since Mrs. Chai is a woman, it’s okay to just say it.”
Mrs. Chai said softly, "My lord really doesn't regard Chai Dongdi as an outsider."
Xu Fengnian raised his hands, begging for mercy bitterly: "Mrs. Chai, please let me go."
Mrs. Chai laughed heartily on horseback.
Out of the corner of Xu Fengnian's eye, he glanced there intentionally or unintentionally.
The mountains and hills are undulating.
In fact, Xu Fengnian had no distracting thoughts in his mind, he had some reminiscences, some in vain.
Mrs. Chai straightened her waist suddenly, looked towards Xincheng, and murmured: "I put all my eggs in one basket and wanted to obtain an official position for the Sima family. She is a woman with daily necessities, but she has also read books, and her vision is always a little longer than that of ordinary country women. Since she married into the Sima family, she wanted to be able to be worthy of the Sima family. The prince said that it is not only Beiliang. , maybe the Western Regions in the future will also be a paradise-like place. There are private schools and the sound of reading everywhere, there are old people enjoying their old age in every family, and there are women who care for their husbands and children in every household. Such a day is really good. Even if Thinking about it, it can also make people happy.”
Xu Fengnian hummed.
Mrs. Chai smiled suddenly, blinked her eyes, turned her head and said playfully: "I am a pretty... passable woman, no matter what I think of the prince, I still want to make men like it, especially the kind that is not easy to see at a glance. I just think about the man who is hungry and preys on the sheep. If he is a gentleman all the time, he will be disappointed in his heart. Just like the prince said that he is a little proud, he can only tell some women that my unfeminine words are not I can only tell the prince."
Xu Fengnian was speechless.
When he was young, when he was drunk and whipped a famous horse, he was preoccupied with pretending to be heroic.
After truly mature, in fact, in many cases, it is alone.
No one around, go upstairs alone.
Mrs. Chai looked at the profile of the young vassal king, and asked gently: "Bei Mang will attack Bei Liang again with the power of the whole country?"
Xu Fengnian hesitated for a moment, and said: "It was originally like this, but now there are signs of civil strife in Beimang, and the two surnames of Murong Yelu may split. Of course, I will try my best to contribute to the flames. It's just that this possibility is not high, and I can't be against it." Holding on to hope, he could only plan for the worst. Gu Jiantang took the initiative to attack earlier, and it is very likely that he saw this clue, lest Yelu's surname would occupy the court of Beimang, and then regard the Liangliao as a breakthrough for the army to go south. Otherwise, the Gu Jiantang's temperament will never make such quick moves. Mrs. Chai, you've heard these words before, so don't tell them outside."
Mrs. Chai nodded and said: "Of course, I know the seriousness of this."
Xu Fengnian raised his horsewhip, pointed to the north, and said with a serious face: "After the Tiger Head City was captured by Dong Zhuo, most of it was destroyed. What's more, after the troops from all walks of life in the Northern Mang withdrew far away, but the king of the Southern Academy's ten-odd Wandong's private army and Tuoba Bodhisattva's elite cavalry teamed up and were still eyeing the border. It was to prevent Beiliang from repairing Hutou City with all its strength. Once the battle of Lumang happened, Hutou City and Longan'er Plain would be the center The tug-of-war is destined to be very tragic, not even losing to Qingcang City. Then there will be the Zhongzuka Liuya Fuling line with Huaiyang Pass as the core, and then He Zhonghu's left cavalry army will really put the whole army into the battlefield and defend to the death The northern area of Xincheng. Compared with the previous three-front battle, Beimang will not be distracted from Hulukou in Youzhou. Beiliang has already used the heads of those Jingguan and Yang Yuanzan to prove that Beimang can enter and exit that battlefield If you don't go, then not only will there be gunpowder and smoke outside Liangzhou Pass, but the entire Liuzhou defense line will also have to bear a heavy burden. Of course, General Yan Wenluan of Youzhou and the new cavalry commander Yu Luandao will all be transferred to Liangzhou , it will also make the Beimang army unhappy everywhere, and many people will die everywhere."
Xu Fengnian clenched his horsewhip tightly, "Compared to my previous resentment, it's actually much better now, because during this trip to the capital, I know that not everyone takes our battle to the death and death in Beiliang as a matter of course. Or There are many people complaining about Beiliang."
Mrs. Chai said softly, "Is Bei Liang satisfied with this alone?"
Xu Fengnian shook his head and said, "It's not about contentment, but when we all die facing north in Beiliang, we find that there are not only cynicism behind us, but also people with grief and guilt, so it's not so..."
For some reason, Xu Fengnian didn't continue talking.
Xu Feng said in a young voice: "I, Xu Fengnian, is Xu Xiao's son. I have no right to complain about myself in this life. This is what I say from the bottom of my heart. I don't lie. But I hope..."
Xu Fengnian paused for a moment, and said with firm eyes: "Before I fought to the death with Tuoba Bodhisattva, the Six Beads Bodhisattva on Mount Landa sent me a knife and a sword. The name of the sword is really good. The sword is called 'Sound'. So I I hope that the people in the Central Plains will not expect them to be grateful, let alone enter the Liang Dynasty to fight. I only hope that the entire Central Plains can hear my 300,000 cavalrymen from the Northern Liang Dynasty heading north from the Northwest Frontier Pass, resounding over the land. The sound of horseshoes, hearing this heroic 'release', can make them stop being dumb and pretending to be deaf one day."
Mrs. Chai pursed her lips and stared at him bewilderedly.
Xu Fengnian suddenly smiled and said, "Here we are."
Near the new city, Xu Yanbing and Liu Wenbao were waiting not far away.
Mrs. Chai reined in her horse and stopped, "My lord, I won't go to Xincheng anymore, I will act like a lord and promise to give our Sima family a deputy general of Fengxiang Army Town."
Xu Fengnian also stopped the horse, turned his head and said helplessly, "Okay."
Xu Fengnian waved his fists to see him off, and then walked forward slowly.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Chai called softly behind her: "Xu Fengnian."
Xu Fengnian didn't turn his head at all, and hurried on.
Mrs. Chai laughed and said loudly: "I, Chai Dongdi, are waiting for you in the Western Regions! I want to give birth to you!"
Xu Fengnian fled in despair.
Xu Yanbing looked at the oncoming young feudal lord who seemed to be sweating profusely, held back a smile and held out his thumb.
Liu Wenbao also extended his thumb.
But given the prince's murderous stare, the Lord Linyao County Sheriff retracted his thumb resentfully.
It's just that he didn't know where the arrogance came from, Liu Wenbao, who was as generous as he was going to die, suddenly extended his thumb again, and refused to put it down again.
…
Many, many years later, at the head of a city in Fengzhou in the Western Region, after the heavy snow stopped, the woman had turned white hair and was sitting in a wheelchair with a warm and thick blanket on her knees, smiling and looking into the distance, and fell asleep with her eyes closed.
In a trance, it seems that I have waited for many years.
The old woman had tears in her eyes and whispered softly.
As she was dying, she suddenly tried her best to open her eyes.
She finally smiled.
Her vision was blurred, she looked intently and hard at the person squatting beside her, and said hoarsely, "It's a bit late."
The man nodded and said, "I kept you waiting."
She shook her head slightly, trying to raise her hand, as if she wanted to straighten her temple hair.
But she really didn't have that energy.
So she has some regrets.
The man helped her gather the blanket, and said softly, "Don't worry, you still look good."
She lowered her head, her lips moved slightly.
He hummed and said, "Okay."
she says.
next life.
She closes her eyes.
The first time we met, he was so gentle, and the last time I saw him, he was still the same.
It doesn't matter whether there is a next life or not.
Above the head of the city, the sun sets.
Old man, her name is Chai Dongdi.
Old man, his name is Xu Fengnian.