At first glance, it seemed like a flat grassland in front, but as long as you look at these people appearing and disappearing, rising and falling, you will know that it is not the case. But if that is the case, why doesn't the Panlong Cave Master ride a horse? It is a hundred times more comfortable than this four-horse carriage. However, looking at the big flag on the carriage, I can understand it. This can ensure that the flag is always stable and accurate a few feet behind him, at least when the carriage has not fallen apart.
At that time, I could see clearly what these southern barbarians were. Of course, I could only think so in my heart. In front of my brothers, I couldn't show that I was too serious about being a Han Chinese. Although I always felt that I got along well with foreigners and never looked down on them, and I liked these bold and straightforward foreigners from the bottom of my heart, and even boasted about my own tolerance, I still felt that I was naturally elevating myself to a higher level. Thinking about it, this is actually no different from belittling others.
Thinking that it had been a long time since I had fought a war, I fiddled with the gun in my hand, touched the cute-looking but actually not-so-cute fur tassel on the gun with some concern, and began to pay close attention to today's enemy. It took me a while to completely calm down.
This was a group of savages dressed in rough clothes. I never looked down on people based on their clothes, maybe because I was the type who dressed casually, but I was still a little dissatisfied with their clothes. The sturdy men were dressed like women, with all kinds of hair pinned on them. There were so many different kinds of clothes that I couldn't keep up.
They were holding a variety of weapons, but they were very fierce and sturdy, just waving their weapons and whistling as they rushed over, which was quite intimidating, at least some of our Han soldiers felt that way, and looked a little timid. But when they saw me looking at them, most of them smiled at me, and immediately their backs straightened, their spirits improved, and their faces became much more relaxed. I also smiled and turned around, feeling very encouraged.
The man in the middle stood on the cart, also in such a colorful way. It took me a long time to recognize that he had a gourd tied to his head. Just as I was thinking about the meaning of these clothes, the carriage suddenly stopped and stopped at the highest point of a low slope in front. Then the man waved his axe, and there was a horn sound. The barbarians behind him hurried over and divided into two teams on the left and right sides to protect him in the formation, leaving only a slightly wider road in the middle for them to drive forward. They were divided into groups and gradually formed some lines, but they were a little messy and could not be clearly distinguished as five or six rows or five rows and six rows at a time. They spread out on the slope, and each team was several hundred feet wide, which seemed a lot. None of us would be embarrassed by this posture, because no one could afford to lose this man. They could still pass by, and they felt embarrassed. I thought to myself, am I starting to look down on others again and have the suspicion of being arrogant
At that time, Meng Jie rode out on his horse. After a moment's thought, I followed him out, but only a few feet behind him, not half a step ahead. I thought to myself: After all, this is his family's matter, and I just need to protect my brothers.
Then, Meng Jie started to speak, and I didn't understand a word he said from then on. The tone was different from his and the others'. I only knew that Meng Jie spoke five paragraphs, each shorter and more angry than the last. The soldiers behind him seemed to be inspired by these words and were ready to fight. But the man only replied with four paragraphs, each of which was the same length and more boring than the last. His men didn't react much. Some whispered, and some even sat down to rest. I guess they were exhausted from the long journey along the mountain road. Regardless of this, their momentum was weakened and there was no need to be afraid.
Finally, the Meng Festival was over, and the man didn't say anything, but just waved his hands in provocation.
If Meng Jie hadn't told me that I still had to talk to him, I'm afraid it was a misunderstanding. I had ordered the crossbowmen to move forward and shoot when they just stopped to line up or even when some of them started to rest. When the formation was more chaotic, we rushed forward. With the advantage of numbers and the advantage of waiting for the enemy to tire out, we thought that this battle would be easily won. Although it seemed crude and without any sophisticated planning, it was the right way to repel the enemy and in line with the norms of the art of war. In the end, it took a long time to fight, didn't it? It also gave them some time to breathe. But on the other hand, the people who came from afar were in high spirits, so it would be a good thing to stop now and wait for this momentum to subside. In the end, thinking that both sides would benefit, we could only choose the more important one.
Of course, now the fight finally started. In front of everyone, the Panlong Cave Master actually ordered someone to untie a horse from the carriage, and another person untie a horse beside him. The two of them, each holding a weapon, rode on their horses and came a few dozen steps in front of the formation. Then someone got on the carriage and blew a horn, and the people on the opposite side immediately started shouting loudly, challenging them to a fight. I can only say one thing to describe this: these people are so unsophisticated.
But our side was not much better. The general who looked like a dragon and a phoenix took the initiative to ask for a fight. I asked my brother what he thought, and he agreed to go with me. It was not convenient for us to go out to fight. Then I asked the tribesmen who could go forward to capture the two thieves. There were many brave men among the southerners, and someone went up immediately. However, this person told me that even if my general went out, others would definitely not feel that he was a Han Chinese, but might think he was quite similar to the wild people in the mountains. I could only express my helplessness. It was not easy for him to make such a joke of my subordinates, nor was it easy to ruin the rare elegance of my brothers on the battlefield. However, seeing how calm he was after saying this, I knew that he was determined to establish his prestige in this battle, and he was full of confidence at this moment.
However, the scene that followed was not favorable to my brother. Although the deputy of the Panlong Cave Lord was stabbed with a gun and died on the grass in the middle, four of my brother's men were lying with him. The Panlong Cave Lord was really weird. He could always grab the opponent's weapon quickly and then chop it with an axe to end a life. The opposite side also cheered for a long time.
There was a look of doubt on my brother's face. I went forward to ask him about it. He whispered to me, "I've heard a lot of people say that there are many poisonous snakes in Panlong Cave, so many people have learned to catch snakes with their bare hands. I saw him grabbing people's weapons and his hands were so fast that I couldn't tell with my eyes. Now that the morale has dropped, it's not appropriate to fight him. Maybe we can send people to retreat quickly, pretending to be defeated, and then enter the city and use the terrain to resist him. What do you think?"
"We must not do this. We can boost morale, but we must not let it down. These attacks have already undermined the prestige of our army. If we retreat now, we will probably be defeated. The enemy is in high spirits, and each of their soldiers can fight ten to one. Even if we have twice as many as them, we may still not be able to win." He thought to himself that these people were indeed snake charmers.
"What do you think, brother?"
I suddenly understood that my brother was definitely a bad guy. I guess he did this on purpose to trick me into fighting. But since he is my brother, I cannot be so mean.
"Let's meet him later, brother." I rolled up my wide sleeves and tucked them into my armor. I felt my shoulders were much broader and stronger, and I heard some words behind me. I immediately waved my gun to the back and ordered these people not to talk nonsense, so as not to disturb my thoughts.
I muttered to myself, "Can a snake be faster than a mouse?" and then I rushed out. Immediately, cheers and applause broke out from behind, which temporarily suppressed the opposite side. If we were to compete in voice, my three thousand men have not been allowed to make a sound since they rested until now, and they must have become ill. Now is a good time for them to vent. I don't believe that those of you who have run dozens of miles on mountain roads don't have louder voices.
After walking only a few dozen steps, I suddenly thought of some of the questions I had just thought about: Doesn't this snake eat mice? Of course snakes are faster than mice. I immediately realized that this time I was in some trouble, and it should be a big trouble. I might die here today.
But it was me, and I suddenly thought of a plan, thinking that I was going to be like Jiang Shang, and I became content again, so I gathered all my strength, shouted loudly and rushed down the hillside. At the same time, I also wanted to try whether my reputation was effective.
"I am Xie Zhi, Marquis of Ping'an Fengyun of the Han Dynasty. Do you, Lord of Panshe Cave, dare to fight with me?" He stopped ten feet in front of him, raised his spear high, and imitated him to provoke.
I don't know what he was saying loudly, but anyway, he rushed over with his axe. You come if you want, I fight if I want, so when I got close to him, I swung my spear, and stabbed him diagonally from the right, while sweeping past him with my spear. Jiang Taigong fishes, and those who are willing to take the bait will take the bait. This time I knew he would not catch it - because he is not left-handed. But I fished him like this. He really just swung his axe and lightly hit my spear, then turned his horse's head and turned behind me. I knew where he was going to turn to, and when I saw that he didn't use all his strength, I quickly got the first shot and turned to his right.
This barbarian is quite good at riding. When he saw me coming, he turned his horse's head and turned back. I felt that I was not ready yet, so I rushed to the front and waved the tip of my spear at his back. He was really a little panicked, so he immediately turned his axe to knock him away. In fact, the tip of the spear was still three feet away from him. This guy must have never thought that someone would play this kind of game with him. It was a bit like playing hide-and-seek. He felt a little confused and at a loss, and a little angry.
When I turned around, I reined my horse to the far left. He saw that I was a little far away from him, swung his axe feintly, and then rode after me.
In this way, we were in front of the battle, either he chased me or I chased him, because I didn't really want to use this trick from the bottom of my heart. I just wanted to make him anxious and take the bait when he was not paying attention. But now I wanted to find an opportunity in this chase to stab him and finish it off with a gun. So in this round, the weapons only clashed a few times, and neither side used full strength, just to make it easier to turn.
However, it should be because I haven't practiced for a long time. I always feel that the blood in my body surges much faster when I swing it, and my hands also feel raw. I even feel that my throat is a little tight. After a while, I feel a little tired and think to myself: How is this possible
However, I felt tired and it was impossible to get rid of it. It seemed that there was no other way. I had to do this. However, since I had made up my mind, I did not hesitate any more. So this time I turned around and turned to his left without hesitation. He also turned around. When he saw this, although I could not see his expression at the moment, I guessed that he must be extremely excited. At that time, there was only 5 meters between us.
He held the axe horizontally to the right, as if he was afraid that I would escape to the right. I really wanted to tell him, "Come and catch me, I won't go to the right." But I thought he might not understand, and if he understood and figured out the reason, I would be in trouble again.
When there were only two meters left, I swung my gun with my right hand and immediately felt my right hand sinking. The "fish" was really hooked! He must have realized something was wrong and wanted to let go as soon as he caught it. The axe in his left hand hesitated for a moment and did not chop it down with his hand like before. This was enough for me. I thought: How can I let you run away. He immediately held the gun with both hands, leaned outward, and pulled forward and sideways. He knew it was not good, but it was too late when he wanted to use the axe again. He was immediately caught by the barbs in my ears and pulled off the horse. I rode the horse and dragged him another two or three meters away. When I pulled out the gun in my dream, I had already pulled a few pieces of meat from his hands.
The cheers and applause from the back were so deafening that I couldn't help but feel proud.
The spike of my hair coiled on the gun looks like a snake. I guess when he came to grab the gun, he would grab the hairy spike, take the weapon and then hit me with an axe, but he would be injured by the hidden barbs in the spike. Surprised, the axe slowed down a little. In fact, when I started thinking, I was still calculating that even if he let the axe chop at me, I could block it with half of the gun body, and let his hand take the blow on the other side. It's nothing. I want to see how he can bear the barbs on his hand and still raise the axe to chop. Of course, since this situation did not happen, I should first consider the barbarian who fell off his horse.
This man was really unyielding. Although his right hand was bloody, he still gritted his teeth and held the axe with both hands, waiting for me to come again. His face was distorted when he held the axe in his right hand, but he still stood up with his armor in tatters and looked at me. His men seemed a little at a loss, standing there, no one moved, as if nothing happened.
This is a good guy, it would be a pity to kill him. So I stopped my horse and got off.
There were exclamations of surprise from a hundred feet away on both sides, because everyone understood what I was going to signal next. I raised my right hand and put it behind my back, then took the gun in my left hand, first with the tip of the gun pointing upwards, then tapped the ground with the tip of the gun, and then fought with the leader of Panlong Cave.
His right hand seemed to have been stuck to the axe, and I saw the twisted expression on his face as he tore off the sticky blood and flesh, and I felt a little bit of pity in my heart. But he also very manly put his right hand behind his back, his face was completely expressionless, and then he raised the axe slightly to signal.
Even so, I still have a big advantage over him, which is that I am left-handed and he is not.
But if I really used my right hand completely fairly, he would think that I was taking advantage of him. After a little thought, I decided that I could only take advantage of this mute.
Now I was full of confidence, and sure that there would be no major problems below. After a short pause, I shouted, and walked over step by step, with the gun in my hand already skillfully raised.
He obviously couldn't do the same as me. He could only try his best to steady the axe and raise it up to face me. Just imagine that it is not convenient to hold the axe with one hand, as there is such a big thing in front of him, unlike mine which is almost just a long iron rod.
When I approached, he did not hesitate, and continued to keep an expressionless face, just stretched out his body and started to beat me. I think I use this method with almost any weapon, just swinging it and hitting it. It's a pity that Tianlang is not in my hand, otherwise it would be more enjoyable to hit it with a heavier hand. Thinking of this, I miss my hedgehog brother. Unfortunately, he should be in Luoyang at this moment, and I don't know when I can see him. I don't know if he has turned black again.
Although I was distracted, he didn't dare to grab me again, so he was more and more passive, because he could only drag the axe, one end on the ground and the other in his hand, to block back and forth. As I kept advancing, he could only retreat and circle. Only our side cheered, and this side was almost dead silent.
I didn't choose to stab him. If I had used a different method, he would have collapsed long ago.
After a while of smashing, their men didn't come up. Maybe it was the rule. I didn't want to wait until everyone got tired of watching before doing anything else. So, I suddenly changed my tactics and slashed. He was obviously still used to defending like that. The axe handle in his hand flew out immediately, and he was dragged by the axe and helplessly thrown aside. The man reacted quickly and turned over and stood up.
I think he must have looked surprised when he stood up and looked at me, because I turned around and mounted the horse after picking up his weapon, and turned my head to glance at him. I got on the horse and sat firmly, then used the gun to lift the reins of the horse, and led the horse with the gun, but I found that this horse only had reins but no stirrups. No wonder I pulled this man off the horse in an instant, and how could the horseman stand firmly with the stirrups. I think this horse is a saddle horse, it would be strange if it had stirrups.
I thought about it, but I did it. I led my horse to the man who didn't know what was going on, threw the reins to him with my gun, and said nothing. I was not very happy with the fight, because I had a lot on my mind, but I couldn't express it. But when I was fighting, I had thought about all the situations and the pros and cons. In the end, I chose to do this. I also knew that only at this time would I think most clearly, so when I did it, I was very thorough, so thorough that I was very scared afterwards.
I motioned him to follow me, then I turned my back to him, hung my gun on the horse, and slowly walked towards my brother.
I always thought that this gesture might be a bit excessive, because he made a fake chop with his axe behind me, which caused a gust of wind to blow behind me, making me break out in a cold sweat on my back and my cheeks became hot, and also caused a burst of horror sounds from the front.
Fortunately, he seemed to have no movement since then. When he came close and my brother and I bowed to each other, he showed some reaction. Then I heard the sound of urging horses, and in an instant, he was ahead of me and rushed towards my brother.
This man's action frightened me, and at that moment, the gun was stuck on the hook, and I couldn't pull it out because of my panic. I thought of all the possibilities and all the responses in my mind, but because of the damn gun that couldn't be pulled out, I couldn't do anything. I could only urge my horse forward. I could only be thankful that this man had no weapons in his hands, and there were many people around me, so nothing would happen. I thought to myself, I was wrong this time.
I was really wrong, but I was referring to the possibility I just thought of. The man jumped off his horse, pulled the gourd from his head, and presented it with both hands.
I didn't know what he meant, but at least my brother's life was safe, so I felt relieved and followed the horse's momentum. When I stopped beside my brother, I said in a very low voice, "I severely injured this man's hand. You must treat him quickly." Then I retreated behind him. The next things were not suitable for me to do, but I could also take a break.
But I didn't know that there was something waiting for me to do. Someone behind me said to me, "There is an incident in the city. Mr. Song asked Fengyun Hou to come into the city when he has time."
Seeing the brothers dismounting and helping the man up, it seemed like a happy ending, but I didn't know what the two of them were mumbling about. I hurried forward to say goodbye to the brothers, and then bowed slightly to the man, which made the man at a loss as to what to do. He said something I didn't understand, but seeing his expression was okay, he smiled, bowed again and left.
I quickly stepped into Lingling. Because there was a fire outside, everything around me was quiet, with only a few chirping birds occasionally, which seemed to be indifferent. Following the person who came to report the news, I arrived at a place, and saw Song standing in front of me, and the people behind him gathered in a group. I don’t know why. Song saluted when he saw me, and whispered in my ear, "** wanted to follow you to fight, and you asked me to watch him, so he made a fuss, and I ordered everyone to hold him down."
"Everyone has worked hard, please get out of the way."
Everyone dispersed at once, leaving only the fool swaying in the middle, as if trying to break free of something. When he saw me, he immediately shouted, "Brother, I want to go to the war with you, but they won't let me go."
"I didn't let you do that." I said calmly, but in my heart I was thinking about what happened.
"Why...why?" He was obviously confused.
"Because it's better not to fight this war. We finally managed to avoid it now." I paused, "Besides, you don't have the ability to do it now."
"Whose?" He only paid attention to the last sentence. Apparently he was a little too competitive and even forgot it was mine. "I have fought all kinds of beasts in the forest. Why am I considered incompetent?"
"Okay, take the weapon." He knew it was useless to reason with him, so he might as well save his energy and finish the fight as soon as possible. "Just take a few shots from me."
This time, he took out the gun without any effort. I don't know why he couldn't take it out despite such great effort. When I turned around, I saw that he was eager to try the fork. The fork was made of cast iron, but the rod was a little thinner. This gave me confidence immediately.
Then he quickly took a few steps forward, gathering his strength along the way, and used all his strength to draw a half circle with his spear, which made a whistling sound, like a sharp blade suddenly falling from the sky, and immediately smashed his cast iron fork into a human shape. However, it didn't cause any deformation, but he still threw away his fork, raised his head, held his belly, and scratched his back with both hands.
"What's wrong?" But I knew what happened immediately, because when I raised the gun, the hairy thing that caused the accident came out from behind him, and I realized that this cute looking thing could also be used as a whip. I cursed in my heart: "Dangerous!"
He quickly asked someone to check if there was any problem, then gave a few instructions, asking Song to continue to look after the major matters in the city, and told him to start practicing martial arts in the future. He also promised to give him a good fork in the future, and then mounted his horse and rushed out of the city again.
The people around me have already started praising my supernatural power, because it took more than a dozen of them to subdue this guy, and I couldn't even withstand a single shot. If Tianlang was in my hands, there would definitely be blood today, and the guy would not be alive.
But they are all wrong. There are several differences here.
At the beginning, Song would not allow anyone to hurt his life, and how could the people around him be so cruel? He would definitely fight back desperately, using all his tricks, and it would be difficult to cure him. But the attack just now was completely different. How could he hurt me? Besides, if he took a few shots from me, he would only block, so I could use my full strength so calmly. Otherwise, he would just stab me when I was ready, and it would be broken immediately. And what really couldn't hold me was his thin fork. Usually, when hunting animals, all animals are meat, that thing can still be used, but compared with the long spear made by Uncle San for me, it is far inferior. He could withstand my attack, and he didn't retreat or squat. He waited until he was blocked, and then he dropped the fork to take care of the wound on his back. This guy really has some physical strength. But when everyone saw him drop the fork, they thought he couldn't hold on. It was rare for him to be so clear-headed, and he was quite proud of today.
Actually, I should have thought of it. Actually, it's not surprising that I thought of it. I remember that something similar happened to me when I was young, but at that time, Yinling was still my elder sister, and I had to raise my hand to her head for her to hold. Thinking of this, I felt that there seemed to be a lot of age difference between me and Yinling, but I remembered that when she was eleven or twelve years old, there was a big difference between me and her. It was only after I was twelve that I suddenly jumped out. I drove away all other random thoughts in my heart and returned to the streets of Xiangyang that evening.
I can no longer remember why I went out that day. I was definitely a fool at that time. At least the neighbors thought I was a fool. Some people felt sorry for Yinling. If she couldn't get married in the future, it must be because of her stupid brother. Fortunately, I am a good fool. That is, I am not good at speaking, so I don't say anything stupid. Usually, when I follow my sister, I am always silent. What I do is to be led by the hand, or to change shoulders and tilt my head. Maybe my head is too big and needs to rest.
It was dusk that day, and we were walking westward. I only paid attention to the sunset slowly setting over the city. All the people were glowing with golden or dark green. Suddenly, I became interested in my sister's long shadow, so I broke away from her hand and followed behind, stepping on these shadows, just as if these shadows would be stepped on. Yinling began to worry about me, but later found that I followed very closely, and always wanted to step on the front, and eventually stepped on the edge of my sister's skirt. I remember that she called me Zhi at that time, "Zhi, don't step on my sister's skirt, come here, hold my sister's hand." I can still remember the way she smiled. In fact, she was also a child at that time. Maybe I was too young, I always thought my sister was an adult. Now I searched her appearance in my mind, in fact, she was just a beautiful girl over five feet tall.
Immediately I slowed down my pace in the city and looked around, hoping to find a girl of this age, not for anything else, just to take a good look at her.
I even took a detour and went to all the places where people were, but I couldn't find it. I felt lost and had no one to rely on. I had to look for it in my memory.
"Silly brother." The elder sister laughed: "You are still called Zhi, I will call you Yu'er from now on."
I shook my head desperately to show my dissatisfaction with the name, until she picked me up and put her finger on my nose. It was hard to imagine that she could hold me up, so much so that later when someone asked me in school if I knew who was the strongest, I said, "My sister." They laughed at me. I always felt that the scene of her holding me was a little strange. I could imagine my sister living with me in Xiangyang ten years ago without bringing in Yinling, who is now nowhere to be found, but I couldn't completely separate myself from my past and present. Thinking about how I look now and how I looked before, I always felt like laughing.
The memory here is still beautiful, but a moment later, something happened where my sister carried me, and the whole day changed. It was because of the deep memory of that incident that I figured out all the problems at that time so quickly.
As my memories became clearer and closer to the old events that triggered my thoughts, they were suddenly interrupted. The reason was that my brother came to find me, but he didn't come with me. At this time, the city was noisy, and many people were spreading my story and the news that the war was over.
"If it weren't for my brother, I don't know what the situation would be like today. It was also my mistake. I came here secretly, but brought 500 people with me. I wanted to show off my power, but I didn't expect that they were not within the reach of my powerful crossbows. Fighting him alone, none of the warriors I have are his match." He pulled me and praised me without any hesitation, and dragged me into a quiet place in the restaurant.
On the way, someone asked me what General Xing wanted to do with the army outside the south city, so I told them to rest and asked the restaurant to prepare the food. After a while, I told them to just serve the meat on the rice, without making any decorations, and just serve it in real bowls and pots.
As soon as he was able to sit down in a quiet place, he stood up again and said, "I didn't expect that my brother's bravery is even better than the rumors." I suddenly thought this was impossible.
"The Lord of Panlong Cave really admires you, my brother." Something was not right about this, so I continued to listen: "You have been letting him do that. There is a secret to the tassel of your gun, and he is good at handling weapons. Since you saw it, you have been trying not to let him grab it. Once you grabbed it, you immediately pulled away the gun. When he fell off the horse, you got off the horse. He only had his left hand, so you only used his left hand. His weapon was good at cutting and chopping, and your weapon was good at stabbing, but you gave up the advantages and followed the disadvantages. You only wanted to save his life all the way, and then led him to me. He believed that it was me who asked you to do this, so he decided to be loyal to me. I asked him to take his people back to rest and prepare for spring plowing, so as not to miss the sowing. When the man took the order and left, he kept asking me to invite you to him." This Lord of Panlong Cave is a straightforward person. He thinks simply and doesn't know that people's hearts are so sinister. I thought he finally understood my plan, but it turned out that he didn't know that I was teasing him to catch him before.
But my brother still felt a little regretful. Although he was very grateful to me, he seemed to still hope that he could accomplish this task on his own. He also admitted that at the beginning, he did not expect to be able to subdue this group of people. He admired me very much, but thought that I was not a good brother. I had this method but did not tell him earlier. If I had known, four brothers would not have died in vain. I can only say that I thought of it after I went into battle.
Then he took care of some things, came to see me again in the evening, and then we parted.
After all, the Southern King had a lot of things to do, so I could only say "take care, brother" and let him go. This matter was considered to have come to an end. It was already past noon. Thinking that most of the 100 diners were so full that they couldn't bend over, the others hadn't eaten yet, so I quickly ordered someone to notify General Xing to let the army prepare food, and at the same time let the restaurants in the city cook for the army, and pay attention to the vigilance outside the city, mainly in the south, because there might be people from the Centipede Cave and Toad Ridge coming again. If they leave, I can't bear it. People in the city should also hurry to eat. It seems that we should stay here for now. After escorting the Southern King away, we will go back. Let the people below talk about the future.
Song Yudong came up and said, "Didn't you give the order? Why again?"
"Really?" My memory is a bit flawed, I actually didn't remember this. After a moment of silence, I said, "Then move out another hundred or so jars of good wine to reward them. Just a hundred jars, drinking too much will cause trouble, drinking less will make you happy."
But when a group of jubilant people were about to leave the city, I was startled.
"Hey!" Everyone inside and outside the building fell silent. I know that my voice is not only loud, but also very intimidating. However, the people below are not intimidating at all. They are totally at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "… Is that a jar? That's a vat!"
As I was talking, I came out. Seeing the six or seven cheerful people in front of me carrying the wine with a shoulder pole and a rope, I had to stop them quickly. Then I used my hands to measure it. I couldn't wrap my arms around it, so I had to hold the wall of the jar on one side and the wall on the other side. I only lifted it a little bit, then frowned and slowly put it down. "Although it's not full, it's at least more than 400 kilograms. In addition to the jars, the wine must be more than 300 kilograms, right? What are you doing? A hundred jars like this will make everyone outside into mud. Five jars are too much. How about three jars? Let everyone have a good rest, but add more sentries. Report to the general and follow my orders."
I then asked everyone in the city if they had eaten. After getting a satisfactory answer, I sat down with peace of mind. I wanted to rest for a while. This afternoon nap was what she taught me, but once I took a nap, I usually couldn't wake up for two hours. So I went to a secluded place on the second floor, leaned on my spear, loosened the shoulder strap, untied my ribs and put them aside as a pillow, rubbed my shoulders, and then covered myself with a cloak in the corner and fell asleep. Maybe it was because I hadn't fought for a long time, and the fight in the morning made me so sleepy that I fell asleep as soon as I closed my eyes.
I dreamed that Yinling came to see me. The dim sunlight shone on her, and she came in a leisurely manner. She put a thick coat on me, and smiled at me, and I smiled at her. I said, "Don't leave." She smiled and replied, "I won't leave, even if you drive me away. Didn't I marry you?" I thought about it carefully, and it seemed that I really married her, in front of everyone in Xiangyang. I felt relieved, so I held her hand tightly, and she also held my hand. We looked at each other from below, and didn't say a word. Suddenly, the horns sounded, and she suddenly panicked, and her words were a little flustered, unlike her usual self: "My father called me, it's getting dark." I looked outside, and it was indeed getting dark. I couldn't understand why it got dark so quickly. She wanted to leave, and I dragged her hand hard to stop her from leaving. I didn't expect that she could pull me away, and I couldn't keep her even if I tried my best.
"Silver bell!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, and woke up with a start, only to see my newlywed wife sitting next to me, holding her hand, and wearing the clothes she had put on me. It was getting dark, and the horn was urgently urging me to wake up completely from my sleep.
"Madam." I guess my voice was loud and clear, so I decided not to hide it anymore and tell him everything I thought, but first I needed to ask a question: "What's going on?"
"Something is happening with the southern barbarians. They told us not to panic. They are going to call together all the elders of the southerners to discuss the matter!"
"Oh, ma'am, I have something to talk to you about. Please wait for a moment." After handing her the cloak, he stood up, rubbed his face, straightened his clothes a little, and called someone up.
"Ask General Xing and Mr. Song to come over. We will prepare dinner as usual. You should also eat quickly."
"We have already eaten. Everyone has. Mr. Song saw that you were still asleep, so he gave you the order and asked me to tell you that he has found dozens of empty houses in important locations in Lingling City and stationed 1,200 soldiers there. General Xing has ordered others to be taken back to the military camp 50 miles outside Guiyang City. He and General Xing are now arranging the night watch. If you look for him, he will be here in half an hour. We have also arranged accommodation for tonight. Mr. Song asked me to rest assured and just have dinner."
Song Yudong is a talented person, and he is very good at helping me to be lazy. He arranged these for me, so I was spared from the hard work. I was also hungry, and I thought my wife hadn't eaten either, so I asked them to bring the food up. "Let him have a good rest, I won't look for him, but do the soldiers have enough firewood for the night? After all, it's spring, let him find a way to solve it."
Since he is so capable, he will bear the burden and I can save myself the trouble. Next is the matter between me and my wife.
"Madam..." It is always so difficult to start a sentence, "I..." I had to interrupt her because someone had already gone upstairs to arrange the banquet. I asked them to keep it simple, looked at Madam, and after thinking about it, asked them to order something slightly better.
"No need, just keep it simple." She obviously saw what I was thinking, and responded to that person again. That person responded very badly, and did not ask for my opinion again, and just took the order and left. I suddenly felt a little indignant in my heart, could it be that I have such a low status at home
"I'm sorry, ma'am. I'm used to being casual, but I make you suffer." But I still felt very sorry. Since I married her, I should take care of her, but in the end, she is taking care of me.
"My husband, this is serious." She was always polite to me, lowering her eyebrows and speaking in a low voice, which made me feel even more embarrassed.
"Madam, why are you here? It's not safe here. Why did you come?" There were always people delivering food and soup to me, so I couldn't ask that question, so I could only ask this. I also had some doubts.
"I was worried, so I waited for news with Governor Luo outside the Zhongdao military camp. From time to time, I heard reports that there was a conflict here, and then I heard that it was settled by my husband in a battle. I was still a little worried. Now that it has calmed down, I came to take a look."
"Thank you for your concern, madam. I'm fine. You should go back earlier. But now, let's have dinner." After finishing his meal, he picked up the chopsticks and invited his wife.
A soldier beside me had just put down the wine pot for me, and then he boasted for me in a vivid way: "Madam, you don't know, but those of you who haven't seen the Marquis show his power today have all opened your eyes. The man opposite is really a fierce general. Four big and strong men from the southern barbarians came over, but they were knocked off their horses by him in just a few moves. Then our Marquis came over, and the man started to practice and the Marquis's spear couldn't touch him. We were all watching from behind. We were also nervous at first, but later we heard that the Marquis wanted to subdue the man, so he said: 'I'll let you have thirty moves, and you won't fight back.' The man got angry when he heard it. Didn't he look down on him? He is this... Once he got anxious, he came like crazy to chop our Lord. Well, guess what, he couldn't even touch our Lord's clothes. After these thirty moves, the Lord threw his gun and threw the guy to the ground. Then the Lord smashed with one hand, smashing the birdman all over the ground, and finally knelt in front of the Southern King and asked the Southern King to help plead for mercy. "This is how rumors usually start. I don't know who added so many things that I don't know, but I still let him finish it, and then I gave him a lesson and let him go. This paragraph should be very useful.
"They are just spreading rumors, it's not that serious." I smiled at the lady, then I shouted loudly to people downstairs not to come up and disturb me unless necessary, and then I sat down to eat with peace of mind.
I was also hungry. I thought I hadn't had lunch. Somehow I had forgotten to eat, so I decided to fill my stomach first. So I started eating without saying a word.
But the lady didn't pick up her chopsticks, so I had to stop and ask her what was going on.
"My husband is a brave and martial man, and he is well-known throughout the world. Although I am a woman, I have heard and known people many times. However, I have been married to Zirui for some time, but I have never seen him practice. Zirui will eventually join the army, and fighting is inevitable. It is not appropriate for him to waste his time like this. Please do not blame me for my lies, my husband."
"Thank you madam for your words. It is a mistake to be playful without restraint. It is also a mistake to be idle and not work hard. I hope you will encourage me more often." Indeed, today I feel that my body is not as good as before, and my physical strength is not as good as before. It is time to practice my skills. There will be a lot of battles in the future, and I will not be able to do it like this. Today I was tricked, and the left-handed person used his left hand to hit the left hand of the non-left-handed person. I won by taking advantage of two big advantages.
I stood up, took two steps back, greeted my wife, and came back. She also quickly stood up to respond.
The matter came to an end. I was about to talk to my wife about that matter when someone suddenly announced loudly on the stairs: "Mr. Song wants to see the Marquis."
"Oh, let him come up." He thought why such a person would choose to come here at this time.
But when he came up, I didn't do that anymore.
"Song, I told them not to let you come here again, why did you come anyway? Have you eaten? Eat with us?" Yan Bi immediately asked someone to bring the tableware.
"Thank you, big brother. I have eaten. I came here to tell you that I have finished my inquiries about the southerners. Now there are some clues. There are people in the southerners who are planning to usurp the throne. Nan Wang Mengjie and others are discussing how to deal with them. I wonder what the Marquis intends to do?"
"Help them to pacify the southern part of the Han Dynasty. I will discuss with him the title of the Han Dynasty, and the southwest of the Han Dynasty will be completely stable."
"Then I have a great plan. Within a month, I can pacify the barbarians in the thousands of mountains and hundreds of caves in the south of the world." This surprised me a lot. I didn't even have a clue and was going to think about it tomorrow. But this person already had a great plan. I'm not as good as him, but he is better. I also want to think about it and see if there are any good ideas.
After a moment's silence, he still couldn't think of anything. However, I completely trusted him and believed that he had come up with such a plan, so I didn't ask what it was and gave the order directly.
"Hurry up and ask someone to invite the King of the South. I will invite him!"
That day was February 8th of the second year of Zhongping. Just after I finished speaking, it suddenly started to rain without any warning, and then the wind picked up. I was worried and sent someone to check the accommodation situation of our troops. Yudong told me that he had made all the arrangements and there was no problem.
That year Song Yudong was seventeen years old, and General Xing, whose name I could not yet remember, was nineteen years old. To be frank, he looked much older than his age.