The Snowy Path of the Heroic Blade Chapter 174: No bitter rain this year for Qingming Festival

Hutou City is a nail that the North Mang army must pull out when it goes south. {

The huge and towering city of Hutou has always been known as "there is no more on the border, and no more in the northwest." It is four and a half miles long from east to west, and about five miles wide from north to south. After the Beiliang Road was completed in six years, it was rumored that half of the huge stones and woods in the northwest of the dynasty were exhausted. In Hutou City, there are twelve winches and crossbows in the north of the city. There are seven crossbows in the direction of the arrow. The arrows are as big as house rafters, and they are feathered with iron leaves. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Gu Jiantang attacked the old Nantang, and used this crossbow to shoot through the large ships of the Nantang Navy to show the strength of Liyang. If it were not for the deterrence and containment of these giant bed crossbows, but for the Beimang pawns to push offensive equipment indiscriminately, Hutou City’s defense would definitely not be as powerful as it is now, with more than a thousand catapults large and small to attack one. The city, this kind of thing that only lunatics could do, only happened once in the middle of the Dafeng dynasty's decline from prosperity. The city that suffered that time was the capital of Dafeng that did not lose the scale of Tai-Ancheng. Of course, even though the same number of catapults have been accumulated on the Beimang Central Line today, the weight of the stone thrown is only 20 or 30 kilograms more. Therefore, overall, the power of the cluster is still far less powerful than that of the middle line of Dafeng, which was praised by later generations. The offensive.

In addition to being easy to defend and difficult to attack, Hutou City also lies in the fact that there are two military towns in the rear, Liuya Fuling, to help contain Beimang, so that Hutou City will not follow in the footsteps of Xiangfan’s "decade-old city", plus the Hutou city. There are six thousand cavalry troops who can take the initiative at any time, and they can echo the elite cavalry of Liuya Fuling, and the line of defense at Huaiyang Pass is also less than a hundred miles away from the front line of the four towns in the rear. The elites of the Beiliang Border Army who rode and shoot in the city. If it were not for Beimang's mid-line force to be sufficient and an absolute advantage in numbers, then Beiliang would take the lead in launching a large-scale cavalry battle at any time. So in the spring of the second year of Xiangfu, Tiger Head City became the only protagonist, attracting most of the attention of both Liang and Mang.

In Beiliang Duhufu, or Xu Fengnian personally determined that Hutou City would die for a year, under the auspices of Deputy Economic Envoy Song Dongming and Liangzhou Governor Tian Peifang, Liangzhou quickly added to Liuya and Fuling towns. After more than 10,000 soldiers, there were 4,000 people in Liuzhou Young and Zhuang, carrying a large number of equipment and heavy equipment, all the way north, and under the strict **** of Qi Dangguo personally led by Bai Yuwei, he entered the two military towns. For this reason, Beimang sent out 20,000 cavalry troops to bypass Hutou City in an attempt to intercept it south, but in the end did not smash with Bai Yuwei, only two small-scale contact battles broke out. After that, Beimang should guess Beiliang’s strategic intentions and step up his efforts to attack Hutou City. Its siege methods were mainly born out of Youzhou Hulukou, but compared to the simple and crude attacks of the two cities of Wo Gongluanhe. Hutou City has many new ideas. In addition to the catapults, the craftsmen of the Southern Dynasty also built a large number of toad carts for the Northern Mang army to fill in trenches, and the flying buildings for archers to climb high and destroy the battlements of the city. Lincheng piled up soil and built mountains, and even sent cave masters to explore the terrain, digging tunnels day and night to collapse the city walls or to pass through the city. To this end, Hutou City made various responses. Beimang stepped forward and threw it into the trench with thatch branches wrapped in soil. The thrower was like a cloud, and Hutou City shot the red iron ball into the trench and drilled into the trench. The cracks between the firewood and grass, the ashes and soil in the end only increased by a few inches, far from Beimang's expectations. Hutou City dug a trench in the city wall to invite a crypt, and attacked it with fire. Nearly a thousand soldiers in Beimang died of suffocation, and their deaths were miserable. Hutou City was well prepared for the continuous offensive of Beimang’s nearly a thousand catapults. Liu Jinu had planned well and had already ordered more than 400,000 pieces of adobe to be used to replenish the city wall before the battle. Not as strong as the original city wall built with rammed earth plates, but this makes the catapult that Beimang originally used to win only become the icing on the cake. When Beimang used the most stupid way to build a mountain outside Hutou City, and everyone under the captain of ten thousand took the soil, Liu Jinu used his own way to counteract Beimang, digging tunnels to empty its foundation, and sinking Beimang in one fell swoop. Thousands of enemy troops, when the mountain collapsed and the ground cracked, the dust was flying, and you could even see the Beiliang Duhu Mansion far away in Huaiyangguan.

Even Chu Lushan, who rarely praises others, can't help but exclaim, "What a good offensive and defensive Liu Jinu!"

As for the general Beimang who has suffered so much, it is more and more that everyone can't wait to eat his flesh for this famous Beiliang who has long been famous.

After Liuya Fuling received the help of 5,000 pacers to defend the city, Qingqi in the two towns was able to completely let go of their hands and feet. At the same time, Xu Fengnian personally ordered the Xianli Ranch to several large racecourses in Neiliang Prefecture, which was still needed. The two towns of Liuya and Fuling, which took into account the long-distance raids, replaced or supplemented their horses, and turned to pursue explosive power as their sole purpose. Xu Fengnian and the Duhu Fu formulated a rule for Liuya and Fuling. The next war should be based on two hundred miles. As long as you find the right opportunity, you can go out of the city to find the Northern Mang cavalry for battle without reporting the military situation to the Duhu Mansion. The only requirement is that the main force can be saved after the war, regardless of victory or defeat! This is really an unbelievable military order for the Northern Liang border army. There is even a good thing that you won’t be punished if you lose a battle? The generals of the two towns of Fuling Liuya also specifically ran to Huaiyangguan to inquire about the matter. For fear that the information was transmitted incorrectly, the answer they could get turned out to be affirmative. Afterwards, the two cavalry leaders met to discuss the matter. They were a bit aggrieved and angry. The prince and Chu Duhu look down on the fighting power of their two towns cavalry. The cavalry of Fuling Army Town, who suffocated his breath, quickly took the thousands of "new wives" who had just married from a few big ranches, and found a catharsis. After getting a report from the crossbowman, he followed Beimang in the area of ​​the tooth slope. One side horse was fiercely-fighted, and the four thousand Northern Mang cavalry was lost to death and fled to the west. A cavalry general named Qifu Longguan Jianyan Army General Wei Liang could not be pursued, Wei Liangbu After listening to dissuasion, he chased and killed for more than 30 miles, lay ambush for eight thousand horses, followed the Poria Cavalry’s last begfu dragon pass, at a critical moment, led five hundred horses to break through the formation and rushed to Beimang Dazhen, and here After swearing to death, this gave the Fuling cavalry the main force to retreat precious time. The iron armor of the Qifulong Pass has as many as six arrows embedded in the body. The 500 troops only have less than one standard man. Although the Beimang war lost more than the Beimang warfare. Liang, but the Fuling cavalry on the second line of defense in Liangzhou Border Pass was almost wiped out. Even if there were still 5,000 foot soldiers defending the city, without the cavalry, the original two-winged defense line would be broken. Wei Liang went to Huaiyangguan to plead guilty for this, but Xu Fengnian did not punish the Fuling general, but promoted the Qifulongguan who was thrown into the Fuling Army Town as a captain and was promoted to the captain of the captain. The undergraduate prosecutors commanded the 1,000 cavalry who had made up their quota, and set up a battalion that allowed the battalion to increase its strength every time it made merits. In the end, the number of troops would be 3,000. This is another remarkable event after the Hupukou Infantry Tiger Punting Camp was withdrawn and the Youzhou Cavalry Army’s new non-retreat camp. Qifulongguan, an unknown soldier from the northern mang horse fence, began to visit A blockbuster in the North Liang border army.

In the Northern Liang Duhu Mansion, Chu Lushan is discussing with the generals whether to transport troops to Hutou City. The dispute between the two sides is fierce. The focus of the dispute is whether the huge price paid for opening this road is meaningful. Now everyone knows Hutou. It’s not a problem that the city can accommodate another 15,000 people. The real problem is that they can’t get in. The involvement of Liu Ya Fuling’s cavalry can only prevent Bei Mang from launching a stable offensive south of Hutou City. This is similar to Beiliang. There is a world of difference between the frontier army swaggering to support Hutou City from the South Gate. The one who insists that the cost of sending 15,000 people into Tiger Head City will probably be the loss of more than 10,000 cavalry forces, while the opponent insists that this loss is an underestimation of Beimang’s combat power and determination. This kind of risky behavior is just right. , Bei Mang is sorrowful and can't start the situation. This is when the northern barbarians doze off and we Beiliang will give pillows. At that time, let alone the loss of 10,000 cavalry, even 30,000 will not be enough to fill the big hole in the south of Hutou City. Then someone suggested that the two towns of Fuling Liuya attack at the same time, boldly advance, harass the Beimang army stationed in the Longyan'er Plain, and lay a cover for the transportation of troops in the direction of Huaiyang Pass. But soon there were people who opposed it. In the minds of Dong Zhuo and others, this kind of seemingly well-intentioned but inferior use of soldiers was tantamount to actively greeting the North Barbarians, for fear that they didn't know that we Beiliang would move.

Chu Lushan with noisy ears calmly said: "With Liu Ya Fuling's increase in troops, Bei Mang must have guessed our intention to use Tiger Head City as a support point, otherwise they would not have been a few days ago. Put a cover on the Fuling Cavalry. So Beimang is now guessing when we will support Tiger Head City, rather than guessing whether we will support Tiger Head City. There is no doubt about this."

When Chu Lushan spoke, the audience was silent immediately, and the unruly frontier generals naturally raised their ears and listened intently.

Chu Lushan continued to say tepidly: "Then we will try to pick an opportunity that they can't think of to do this thing. Without such an opportunity, then we can only stop doing it. Everyone, Tiger Head City must defend. But don’t forget why the original intention of defending Tiger Head City was not to defend the city for the sake of defending the city, but to protect our Liangzhou line of defense to the greatest extent possible, and to exchange forces, even if our frontier army traded one life for two northern soldiers. Mang Barbarians are also meaningless. Of course, during the period we can take advantage of the trend to attract several Northern Mang cavalry to leave the main force. The military town and cavalry on the front line of Zhongzhong rushed out for a large-scale battle that Beimang could not have imagined. If they win, they will withdraw."

Speaking of this, Chu Lushan stretched out his fingers and tapped on his head. He smiled and said: "There is Liu Jinu in Tiger Head City. He will do a good job of defending the city. Everyone here, except for two legs. , There are four legs of war horses to help run the road, don’t go all the way to the dark. After all, now we and the Beimang army are in the Hutou City and Huaiyangguan area with big eyes and small eyes. Everyone is there. In a snail shell as a dojo, the two sides are in intrigue, and it depends on who has done more unexpectedly."

Although there was no clear conclusion about the support of Tiger Head City, after Chu Lushan spoke, the generals on the scene no longer had any objections. After that, Chu Lushan accompanied Xu Fengnian on a walk in the Duhu Mansion. Chu Lushan sighed softly, "It's a pity, it's self-defeating."

Xu Feng laughed young and said: "Maybe it's just that people are not as good as the sky, when I lift a rock and hit myself in the foot."

Chu Lushan shook his head, still a little regretful. At that time, after Xu Fengnian issued the military order to the two towns of Liuya and Fuling, Wei Liang’s rash pursuit and Beimang’s ambush were actually expected by the Duhu Mansion. In fact, once Wei Liang led the cavalry into a deadly battle, it would support at most a half. Within an hour, a long-distance Qingyuan cavalry will join the battlefield and eat the Beimang decoy cavalry and subsequent ambushes in one breath. Suddenly, a small captain who had a sense of crisis and dared to fight to the death was born suddenly, destroying all the layout, and Xu Fengnian and Duhufu had no choice but to be dumb and suffer from Huanglian. This kind of opportunity belongs to this village and the shop is gone. If it is gone, it is gone. Beimang must think that Beiliang will not "repeat the same mistakes" and break into the ambush circle, and Beiliang will also be lost to Beimang. A good time for a series of sets.

Chu Lushan laughed suddenly, "The capital war department finally remembered to ask us about the military situation of the Beimang offensive."

Xu Fengnian sneered: "Don’t pay attention to it, if the group of people on the border of the Ministry of War and politics had the courage to go to Youzhou Hulukou or come to Huaiyangguan, I wouldn’t stop them from watching the battle. , Then there is no good thing to lie down and enjoy the blessing in the world."

Chu Lushan nodded, a little gloating, "That crazy dog ​​Yuan is now riding a tiger, and Wang Jingchong and Daru Shiwei, the two screamers, gave him a big victory with both hands. Now the government and the public are fighting against the North. With a sneer, Yuan Tingshan got his wish and became General Jizhou. Gu Jiantang is probably eager to hack to death this son-in-law who only cares about getting promoted and making a fortune. The easternmost front of Beimang becomes more'vulnerable', let's General Gu. But the more difficult it is to ask for money, food, and weapons from the Huhu Department of War. This is not to say that you will build a 6,000-person Mo Dao Formation. Huhu Shangshu hasn’t said anything, so the attendant directly gave him life. One, there is no good answer for asking for money?"

Xu Fengnian said with emotion: "Looking back now, Yuan Guo was promoted from the ceremonial department of Qingshui Yamen to the household department in charge of the money bags. On the surface, he seemed to be a holy family member, but it is not. Zhao Zhuan's true henchman To the extent, the six seats will only be headed by the Ministry of Rites, then the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Households is only slightly higher than the Ministry of Justice. After all the omissions, the only suspense lies in whether he or Lu Baijie of the Ministry of War left the Sixth Ministry earlier."

Chu Lushan sneered: "In the final analysis, it is the Xinjun distrusting Gu Lu's students and changing the Liyang version. Isn't it a test of Yuan Guo and others. At the moment, there are rumors to set up a Jiedu deputy under the jurisdiction of the king. So, I guess that both Lu Baijie and Yuanguo have to get out of Tai-Ancheng, one to the disgusting King Yanchi in southern Xinjiang, and the other to the place of the nearest feudal clan."

Xu Fengnian nodded and said, "There will definitely be Nanjiang Road. Most of it is the Tangxi Sword Immortal who disappointed Zhao Zhuan and didn't consider him from beginning to end, Yuanguo would be relatively better. He should have always been with Zhao Zhuan. On the side of the discordant King of Han, if his performance is good, Yuan Guo still has a chance to return to the center of the court. Lu Baijie is sure to have his life tossed around the place for a lifetime, and he is destined to have a series of promotions if he is missing from the Ministry of War. Changes, the imperial court can reassure some local military commanders and kill two birds with one stone. After all, posthumous titles are only after death, but the official position of the Ministry of War is practical."

Chu Lushan sneered: "Except for the chaos in the temple when the Zhao family was in a corner, there has not been such a dazzling high-level turmoil for many years."

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "In fact, the chaos is not the same. Ordinary people will feel a mess when watching the excitement. In fact, the chaos is orderly, and the Beijing official has a bottom in his heart."

Chu Lushan nodded and said: "So Qi Yanglong still has a few brushes. It is indeed the old guy Zhao Dun used to replace Biyaner."

Xu Feng laughed young and said: "Zhao Zhuan is willing to reuse Tan Tanweng in all his heart, to prove that he, the young emperor who is busy with his **** over the hot dragon chair, has not lost his mind."

Chu Lushan and Xu Fengnian unknowingly walked outside the porch where Yu Luandao served at the time. They stood under the eaves, one with fingers interlaced, and the other with sleeves. These two biggest figures in Northern Liang stood side by side. , Looks a little funny.

Chu Lushan let out a breath, watched the mist slowly dissipate in front of his eyes, and said: "Youzhou cavalry has issued a Yuluan knife. Xiaguang City has also seen Liu Hao, who has made great achievements for many times. At any rate, there is also a Qifulong Pass in the prefecture. This is a good thing. I will wait for who among the hundreds of thousands of refugees in Liuzhou will be the first to stand out. Moreover, that Hong Piao seems to be good, and his temperament is a bit like Huangfuping, this kind of person. , Born for troubled times."

Xu Fengnian said helplessly: "Beimang also has a kind of sandalwood and his ilk, which will gradually surface in the future."

Chu Lushan was about to speak, a Bai Ma Yi Cong lieutenant suddenly walked into the yard with a strange expression on his face, clasped his fists and solemnly said: "The lord, Master Duhu, there is someone who asks to see him, claiming to be Guangling Daokou Jianghuai."

Rao is Xu Fengnian and Chu Lushan can't help but look at each other.

Which one is this singing?

Chu Lushan asked with a smile: "Shall we greet each other by sweeping the couch, or are we hanging out with this famous general of Western Chu?"

Xu Fengnian said to the white horse Yicong: "Bring him here."

Soon a burly young man appeared in their field of vision, which seemed to mean that this person brazenly broke into the field of vision of the entire Northern Liang Frontier Army.

Kou Jianghuai, who entered Beiliang Road alone, did not carry a sword, nor did he have too many scholars, and was not even as elegant as many scholars who went to Liang. He was more like a local scholar in Beiliang, which looked like that. A character who can kill the enemy on horseback even after reading the book of sages.

Kou Jianghuai glanced at Master Duhu, who is really hard not to be seen, then stared at Xu Fengnian, and said straight to the point: "Xu Fengnian, I Kou Jianghuai can play for Beiliang, but there is a condition. If one day we must let him I took 10,000 Beiliang cavalry to Guangling Road. As for what you do, you don’t have to worry about it. Kou Jianghuai’s confidence is worth 10,000 cavalry."

Chu Lushan laughed and said, "Those brothel oirans are not as cheeky as Kou Jianghuai. If you say Kou Jianghuai is on Guangling Road, let alone you can be used as 10,000 cavalry, it is 20,000. Thirty thousand, I can bear it, but here, where is your self-confidence worth a full 10,000 Beiliang iron cavalry? Why, the confidence that Zhao Yi and Song Li gave you? Just their cavalry's excellent 'Combat power? Should I be allocated shoes for the Northern Liang Cavalry?"

Kou Jianghuai's face was pale, still staring at the northwest prince who was younger than him.

Xu Fengnian shook his head and said: "You want to use the Northern Liang Cavalry to break the game, I won't agree."

Kou Jianghuai smiled sarcastically, "Unexpectedly, the most powerful prince of the Liyang dynasty would have so much boldness. You Xu Fengnian didn’t know that the more Guangling Dao made the Liyang dynasty anxious, the Zhao family would be truly Rely on your northwest Xu family? When that happens, as long as you Xu Fengnian is willing to lend me soldiers, will the court still dare to use the two matters of copybook and water transport to make things difficult for Beiliang? Take a step back and say, I borrowed soldiers, and I won’t stand upright. The banner of the Northern Liang Cavalry. Take a two step back and say, wouldn’t it be more beneficial for Bei Liang to change the national surname from Zhao to Jiang? Whether it’s the princess, or Cao Changqing, and I’m Kou Jianghuai, I’m not destined to be Liyang Zhao’s family. Will not hinder Bei Liang..."

Xu Fengnian said calmly: "I really don’t want to conceal it. I thought about this kind of thing privately when I was bored. I gritted my teeth and gave you two to three thousand cavalry, and Guangling Road would also be taken. But if I help you Xichu To contend for the world, let alone two to three thousand, it is five hundred thousand and one hundred thousand, which is a drop in the bucket. Are you really two stakes in the Western Sichuan Chen Zhibao and Liangliao Gu Jiantang? Are you really the elite frontier army of more than one hundred thousand in southern Xinjiang for watching the show? At that time, don’t wait for your Jiang surname to become the emperor and support the Northwest. I am afraid that Beimang would have been driving south. Kou Jianghuai, you say that I have a small vision, I don’t deny it, but you have a smaller vision."

Xu Fengnian held back his smile and said, "Furthermore, your crappy lobbyist, especially this non-surprising and endless technique of sign language, is really not clever. When Xu Fengnian walked the rivers and lakes back then, I pretended to be a lover. , I can cheat some copper every time. As for you, let alone 10,000 rides, you can’t bring out Beiliang with one ride."

Chu Lushan laughed so unhappily.

Kou Jianghuai did not show the irritation that was reasonable, but rather regretful and relieved. The young man stood silently in the yard, a little lonely and depressed.

Xu Fengnian walked down the steps and asked: "Do you know why Cao Changqing didn't let you lead the army?"

Kou Jianghuai said indifferently: "He thinks I am just a general, not a handsome talent. I should see the farther Tai-Ancheng, not the gains and losses of Guangling Road."

Now it was Xu Fengnian's turn to be surprised, and curiously asked: "Then what do you think?"

Kou Jianghuai said calmly: "I only know one thing, only Xi Chu's own power, how about hitting Tai-An city?"

Chu Lushan exclaimed: "You guys are not stupid. It's just that you have a bigger appetite for Kou Jianghuai than the conscientious Xie Xiwei."

Kou Jianghuai looked at this "hill", and asked, "As a military commander, Xu Xiao, who has been fighting and losing and fighting, and Ye Baikuizhi, who has won all battles in his life and only has one defeat. In time, who do you choose to be?"

Chu Lushan nodded and said: "It makes sense."

Kou Jianghuai laughed at himself, then turned around and left.

Xu Fengnian didn't say anything until he walked out of the yard.

Chu Lushan asked in a low voice: "Really let this Guojiang Jiao slip away like this?"

Xu Feng said in a young voice: "Compared to Kou Jianghuai, I still admire the hardworking Xie Xiwei."

Chu Lushan hummed, "Xie Xifeng feels at ease with it, Kou Jianghuai is hard to say."

Xu Fengnian suddenly shouted: "Kou Jianghuai, come in, the pace is so slow after leaving the yard, who can you show it to?"

Kou Jianghuai really returned and appeared at the gate of the courtyard.

Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "How many Northern Liang cavalry can be taken away depends on your own ability. From today onwards, not only the cavalry in Huaiyangguan, but also the two towns of Liuya and Fuling will be mobilized by you. If you go to Beiliang to lose, you can kill as many Beimang people, then I will give you as many snow dragon cavalry and any cavalry other than two heavy cavalry. -Ancheng’s, it’s just to help you save some Xichu vitality. Then you have to take everyone back here. In fact, you and I know that Guangling Road is not suitable for you, and Beiliang is just suitable. Do you do business or not?"

Kou Jianghuai's face is uncertain.

Xu Fengnian pointed his finger, "Okay, it's a trick of asking prices to pay back money. I, Xu Fengnian, are your predecessors. You Kou Jianghuai came with this idea from the beginning, and I didn't bargain too much. , You will be content."

Kou Jianghuai smiled, "I'm not good at acting, but you Xu Fengnian also don't get a good deal. Once Xi Chu is defeated, the general situation is gone, you really can let our princess not save it? Don't you need to take soldiers to grab people? ? I just helped you find a step down."

Xu Fengnian nodded solemnly and said: "Well, it seems that we are not good birds?"

Chu Lushan looked at the turbulent scene before him, a little speechless, the young man now.

The dusty Kou Jianghuai said, "Is there any place to sleep, I will sleep for a good day and night, and lead the soldiers to kill the Beimang barbarian. I will talk about it when I am full."

Chu Lushan smiled and scolded: "You are the uncle."

When Kou Jianghuai was led away, Xu Fengnian looked up at the gray sky, lost in thought. After walking down the steps, Chu Lushan didn't bother aloud, and stood quietly beside him with his eyes closed.

After a long time, Xu Fengnian slowly said: "Even if Kou Jianghuai uses a pseudonym, the pros and cons are still difficult to say in the future."

Chu Lushan was a little puzzled, "We don’t care about the court, it’s almost the worst situation now. A Kou Jianghuai used as a 10,000 rider is actually not that kid bragging. Dazu Kanggu sits in town, don’t worry about anything, but there is really a big battle at Huaiyangguan. Huang Laifu and others can’t do it, so I can only fight with me. We can also relax a lot with Kou Jianghuai. Why do we still say this?"

Xu Fengnian said bitterly: "Maybe I think too far."

Chu Lushan quickly understood, and said with emotion: "It's a little far away. But the distance can't quench the near thirst."

Xu Fengnian nodded and smiled: "That's right, let's use Kou Jianghuai to solve the urgent need."

Chu Lushan hesitated.

Xu Fengnian patted him on the shoulder and walked out of the yard.

Standing on the spot, Chu Lushan muttered to himself: "I was afraid that Chu Lushan would really throw three hundred catties of meat on the battlefield one day, so I promised Kou Jianghuai to stay?"

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The Ching Ming Festival is approaching.

There is no rain in the north at this time this year.

The hearts of the people in Beiliang Road also tended to be stable. The Tiger Head City of Liangzhou has always been as stable as Mount Tai, and the shaky Xiaguang City on the side of Hulukou was also guarded. Liuzhou Qingzhuang successively entered the frontier army of each state, and the head of the two towns of Liuya Fuling suddenly had a powerful general surnamed Kou, whose nominal title was Lieutenant General of Liangzhou. With Youzhou Yuluan knife outside the mouth of the gourd, the jewel of outstanding military exploits is in front, and Liangzhou Border Pass is also not surprised. This also proves that the young vassal lords have more and more control over the military and political affairs of the Northern Liang Dynasty. This is definitely not something that can be done just because of his surname Xu.

Qingming is a solar term that is located at the turn of mid-spring and late spring. It is at the time of Qingming and Jingming. Everything is visible, so it has this name. In previous years, Beiliang and the Central Plains were roughly the same. In addition to the tradition of sweeping tombs and worshipping ancestors, there were also night lights to pray for blessings and willows to ward off evil spirits. No explanation. Tomb-sweeping Festival is one of the ghost festivals, and when the wicker sprouts and greenish, the phrase "poplar branches on the house, a hundred ghosts do not enter the house" is popular. It's just that many of the thorny characters in Beiliang nowadays have either left the country long ago, or have been cleaned up and obediently, there is no dispute about such innocuous trivial matters.

In the second year of Xiangfu, Liangzhou was clear and rainless, and the weather was soft and fine.

But in the city of Liangzhou where Qingliang Mountain is located, there is a kind of silent solemnity, and there are constantly big people pouring into the city with their own rides. Except for Chu Lushan, the guardian of Beiliang, who stayed at Huaiyangguan, the cavalry coach Yuan Zuozong did not go south, and the infantry coach Yan Wenluan was sitting on the border of Youzhou. The other frontier generals almost without exception rushed to this state city, Zhou Kang, Gu Dazu, He Zhonghu, Chen Yunchui, Youzhou Governor Hu Kui, Youzhou General Huangfu Ping, and even the economic ambassador Li Gongde and Lingzhou Governor Xu Beizhi successively arrived.

This is the first time that Xu Fengnian's hereditary resignation for the Queen of Beiliang, Qingliangshan Palace has gathered stars in this way, and the grand occasion is unprecedented.

The next day is the Ching Ming Festival. Two riders from Liangbei Border Pass quietly entered the city at night. After entering through the Nancheng Gate, they headed north along the main street and headed straight for the Liyang Chaoye. The legendary Beiliang Palace.

Liangzhou Lieutenant Kou Jianghuai, who went northward under the pseudonym, turned his head and smiled at Xu Fengnian beside him while riding slowly: "Is anyone still going to the palace to assassinate you? There should be none. Xu Fengnian, one of the four great masters in the world, No matter whether it is the King of Northern Liang, no one dares to find bad luck."

Xu Fengnian laughed it off.

After I got acquainted with this Kou Jianghuai, Xu Fengnian realized that even though this guy had a cold appearance that no strangers would enter, he was actually talking stubbornly. Walking along this road, Xu Fengnian's story about the first time he traveled the rivers and lakes, almost all of them asked Kou Jianghuai to break the casserole to the end. On the contrary, Kou Jianghuai never took the initiative to inquire about the military affairs of the Northern Liang Dynasty. He occasionally talked about the military affairs of Guangling that would affect the hearts of the people in the world, and he was always a stance, which opened Xu Fengnian's eyes. In between, there is such a general. Kou Jianghuai, a sword practicer, has not only traveled with Li Chungang, but also had an encounter with Deng Tai'a. That is called a two-eyed shining. I want Xu Fengnian to ask the two sword gods’ preferences about what clothes to wear and what food to eat. So when Xu Fengnian said the truth that the old sheepskin fur likes to pick up earwax, Kou Jianghuai, who collapsed on the spot, remained silent for about a long time, and finally cheered up again, babbling, "So that's the master style". It’s no wonder that I can practice the world’s first-class swords if I don’t go with the world. It seems that I have to wear a worn-out fur.” As a result, when Xu Fengnian said that the appearance of the Peach Flower Sword God is not like a jade, in fact he is better than him. After being "amiable", Kou Jianghuai became silent again. When Kou Jianghuai finally healed his injuries, Xu Fengnian said again that he had only practiced martial arts for three or four years. This caused Kou Jianghuai, who was actually quite good at swordsmanship, to be distraught and shut up completely. Until the moment he entered Liangzhou City, Kou Jianghuai finally came back to life.

After seeing the lights of Qingliang Mountain faintly, Kou Jianghuai suddenly felt relieved and said: "Although you deliberately said it lightly, but in fact I know that you have today's scenery is hard to come by."

Xu Fengnian smiled indifferently: "If this can make you mentally balanced, then you can understand it this way. Well, let me make a rough calculation, probably I started with the sword training in Wudang, and started with the second-level master. , To the heaven and human realm above the land gods, really count, six realms, it seems that you break the realm more than once a year. By the way, you seem to be a little master now, and you haven’t reached the Diamond Realm. If you have good luck, After four or five years, you may be the number one master in the world."

So Kou Jianghuai stopped talking.

The Liangzhou lieutenant was still sick when he entered the majestic palace.

Two young tigers, Kui Xing, hurried to greet Xu Fengnian, and the tiger, nicknamed King Kong, rushed directly into Xu Fengnian's arms. His sister "Bodhisattva" also intimately bitten Xu Fengnian's robe.

Then Xu Fengnian left Kou Jianghuai in Tingchao Lake, and took two happy young Hukui to the Wutongyuan. The second sister Xu Weixiong and Lu Chengyan were naturally there, with the young women who have the reputation of "Han Lin" We were busy approving red together. The second sister just looked up at Xu Fengnian and lowered her head. Xu Fengnian walked to the table of Lu Chengyan. To his surprise, the girl Wang Chudong also had a place in Wutongyuan. The desk was next to Lu Chengyan, as if When Xu Fengnian moved a chair and sat between them when he was writing a "Beiliang Heroes Collection" that was destined not to be paid attention to by Liyang's literary world, the little girl was still in a daze with her pen, her playful appearance of being in a daze very seriously. Smiled at Lu Chengyan.

Not far away, after Xu Weixiong finished an espionage instruction, he put down his pen, rubbed his wrist, and said softly: "Lu Xu will enter the capital in these few days. You should have Mi Fengjie and Fan Xiaochai tied him up at that time. Those who come to Qingliang Mountain will feel a lot more relaxed."

Xu Fengnian raised his hands and begged for mercy: "I've abducted a Kou Jianghuai to come back, and I have already made up for it."

Xu Weixiong stared: "Kou Jianghuai didn't come to Beiliang, just'not allowed', but Lu Xu, who helped Zhao Xun's advice, arrived at Tai-Ancheng, and it was used by Zhao Zhuan, but it would be harmful to Beiliang, yes. "There is a loss', how can the two be confused?"

Xu Fengnian looked miserable and did not dare to refute.

Lu Chengyan didn't help with words, just smiled at him.

The literary master Wang Dongxiang, Wang Dongxiang, who later realized that "a book won the first prize" finally discovered that Xu Fengnian was sitting close at hand. He was so shocked that he leaned back and fell back with the chair. Xu Fengyoung stretched out his hand slightly and pulled the chair back to its original position. Wang Chudong, who was making jokes, was full of self-confidence, as if he wanted to find a place to hide, like a panicked little fox. Xu Fengnian made a grimace at her, and she immediately laughed brightly, her eyes narrowed and her cheeks had dimples.

Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "Don't be too tired, remember to combine work and rest. You can practice that Wudang Mountain boxing method in your spare time."

Xu Weixiong has no good air: "Stop talking and don't hurt your back."

Xu Fengnian carefully rolled his eyes at Lu Chengyan and Wang Chudong, and the attendants of Wutongyuan with the table in that position couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Xu Weixiong was about to continue to preach, Xu Fengnian hurriedly got up and said: "I will go to Mr. Song to take a look."

Looking at the King of Beiliang, who was running away with two tigers, the atmosphere of Wutongyuan became a lot easier.

Xu Fengnian’s treatment at Song Dongming and Wutongyuan’s neglect, of course, are one world at a time. Nowadays, the officials who serve as subordinates in the Deputy Economics and Management Officer are mostly young scholars who excel in Beiliang. Each has its own strengths, but compared to the younger generations, they admire and envy Xu Fengnian’s status as a great master. These scholars are more interested in Xu Fengnian, the master of 300,000 iron knights, after understanding the current situation in Beiliang. Sincerely in awe. Therefore, when Xu Fengnian and Song Dongming, who were busy, were drinking tea, the young people paid attention to the every move of the young prince. Song Dongming's two-handed teacup Xu Fengnian personally cooked and poured the tea himself, not in a hurry to drink tea, just to get rid of the cold, softly said: "All the scholars who went to Liang have arrived, and the families of those who died in battle have also arrived. There are some words in this. The sound is definitely indispensable, and I hope that the prince will not take it to heart."

Xu Fengnian nodded.

There are some rhetoric, just as many people thought that he was brave and prestigious when he went to the gourd, and it was the same tone. Xu Fengnian really didn't want to pay attention to this.

Some are crying with bitterness, Xu Fengnian dared not listen to these.

Talking about Beiliang government affairs, Song Dongming got up and walked out of the house with Xu Fengnian. This middle-aged man who was once cultivated by Yuan Benxi as a storage phase hesitated and said: "I used to be a manager in order to update After getting along with Li Gongde, I still hope that he can continue to serve as a manager. I am in Liangzhou and Master Li is in Lingzhou, so I won’t be wrong."

Xu Fengnian nodded and said: "Since Mr. Song said it, there is no problem."

Song Dongming stopped and smiled: "I have a lot of business to deal with, so I won't send it far away."

Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "It should be so~IndoMTL.com~ Song Dongming said to Xu Fengnian's back: "Before I only knew that Beiliang was a place where warriors used soldiers. Now Song Dongming and many scholars have discovered that Beiliang is also a literati.' Write the pen's place. I want to thank the prince for these people. "

Xu Fengnian turned his head and smiled happily.

Song Dongming blinked suddenly, resisting a smile, and said, "Master, there are several younger women in my Song family, who are also virtuous, and they have written to me, saying that even if they steal, they will let me Send them back a few small things like the prince’s seal and copybook. The most courageous one has longed to walk the rivers and lakes and be the heroine since childhood. She said that even if she sent her a prince’s clothes, that would be the best. . If there is nothing to send back, she will break up with my uncle."

Xu Fengnian touched his forehead with some embarrassment.

Song Dongming laughed heartily, and put down a sentence, "I don't care about the clothes, and the prince writes a copy of four or five characters and gives me a few copies."

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The night before Qingming Festival, Xu Fengnian sat on the top of the mountain alone, watching the lights in the city at the foot of the mountain gradually rise and go out, and drank a pot of green ant wine.