Chapter 5: Conquest
On the western border of Shengping Kingdom, a small county town in Shulu Province. There were a few sparse tents outside the city, and at this moment it was approaching night, and smoke was rising between the tents.
"General, after investigation, this county town should be the location of the camp guarded by the two prefectures. โ
"Interesting, his place of governance is only a dozen miles away from this county seat. Since the army came out, he didn't want to sit and collect the battle report, and he didn't want to supervise the battle in person, so he stayed under the eaves of his house and made the appearance of going out. If Sheng Ping is such a mediocre official, even if there is no internal change, why not die in external troubles. โ
Among the bushes outside the city, the female general surnamed Pei was talking in the shadows with her entourage, as if planning a surprise attack.
"On all four sides of the county seat, only this side is fortified, and according to the number of tents, it will not exceed three thousand. Another attendant reported.
General Pei nodded and said, "Okay! Go back and inform the brothers, and start from here." She waved her hand back, and the soldier in charge of the herald immediately set off. Not long after, when the garrison in the county seat was having dinner, General Pei's 500 light cavalry had quietly assembled outside the city.
From the commander who was destined to lose a big thing because of a small thing, to the entire battalion that was negligent in defense. All this, if heaven helps, when a salvo of rockets fell into the camp, the porcelain bowl held by the campfire had not yet meant to be put down, the neighing of the war horse had already sounded in their ears, and then the ping pong bell was fierce, but it was not the exchange of blades in the conflict between the two armies, but the broken wail of the porcelain bowl everywhere. The defenders of the city hurriedly opened the city gate, and the heads of those who knocked on the door and asked for help had been cut off in half.
"That dog official will be in the county office, go and take him down!" General Pei continued to order, and she led a few horsemen and horses to force her way into the city gate, and several people inside the gate were trampled under the horse's hooves.
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As the sky became brighter, General Pei had just woken up from the straw mat in the camp, she took a good porcelain bowl that she had finally found with great difficulty, scooped a spoonful of cold noodle soup in the rice bucket, and drank only two sips, then she saw that a herald came to her side to report something, she immediately put down the bowl, tidied up her appearance a little, and then called a few henchmen, got on the horse and left.
"General, this is Lord Pu...... Is there any news?"
General Pei couldn't hide his joy, "Yes! The herald said! In the col to the northeast! I saw them resting!"
"Really, it's fake? 800 of us...... But the elite of the whole army took away all the horses that could run in the army, and they still had to be broken into pieces before they could ...... The hundreds of thousands of troops crossed into the rear, and it took several days just to assemble and assemble, and there were less than 500 men and horses left in place...... Can you confront the hundreds of thousands of people head-on?" a bald man in his entourage questioned.
"Presumptuous!" General Pei shouted angrily: "Hugh has to be disrespectful to Lord Pu! You and these brothers are all my confidants, if I had not been promoted by Lord Pu, today we are only afraid that we will be just a small step archer, once we encounter a strong enemy, we will be like last night's captive, almost no power to fight back, and there will never be a day! Fortunately, Lord Pu appreciated me and worshiped me as a general, so that I could fight side by side with all the brothers and gallop across the field. Everyone has talents, and how can I not hope to serve Mingjun and rank with me in a high position, but dare not be sincere and respectful. Isn't this a disappointment of my Pei someone's intentions?" Her words were so heart-wrenching that everyone did not dare to refute.
After the sound of the horse's hooves for a while, the bald man finally admitted his mistake and said: "The villain doesn't know how to lift, so he will go to Lord Pu to confess and ask for his guilt, and I hope the general will forgive him!"
General Pei didn't speak, and even her heart was shaken by Pu Yu's safety, and the feeling of uneasiness became more and more intense, even overpowering the joy of hearing the news at the beginning.
After a short walk, the herald who led the way in front said, "General, look! Is that the team of Lord Pu!"
General Pei was awakened in an instant, she was too worried, and she lost her mind while riding a horse, "Which direction? Come close and point it to me!" As soon as the words fell, I saw a group of pedestrians appear not far ahead, looking at the figure and appearance of the leader, who else could it be if it wasn't Pu Yu? General Pei rode his horse and whipped up, ran towards the pedestrians, and when he got to the horse, he jumped off the horse and knelt down in front of Pu Yu without waiting for the horse to stop.
"The last general, Pei Feiying, will never fail in his mission! I wonder if the adults will be okay?"
"Pu Yu" looked back at the remaining remnants of the dozen or so soldiers around him, and said to General Pei slowly: "Hehe...... General Pei has worked hard, but you keep your head down like this, how do you think I'm uneasy?"
Pei Feiying's entourage had also arrived, and they all dismounted like the former, knelt down backwards in order, reported their names, and asked Pu Yu for peace.
Pu Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Get up! Since you have already achieved this merit, why don't you rush to take me to see the results of the battle?" As soon as the words fell, Pei Feiying had already gotten up, grabbed his arm and walked towards his horse, "My lord, please get on the horse!" Pei Feiying bent down in front of him again, as if he wanted to put his feet on his back.
Of course, Pu Yu would not follow his General Pei in this kind of thing, he silently went around to the other side, thinking about how much effort it would take to get on a horse?
Pei Feiying got up, she was a little disappointed in Pu Yu's unappreciation, and just walked in front without saying a word to move the horse for the latter. However, with her example, several members of the entourage also gave up their mounts to the more seriously injured people in Pu Yu's group. After the rendezvous, the men and horses walked towards the small county town together.
On the way, Pu Yu, who was hungry and exhausted, still couldn't help it, and began to look back and tell about what happened along the way, because even if he couldn't look back on these things, but sooner or later he had to talk about it.
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It turned out that after Pu Yu sent the vanguard of 800 cavalry, there were only more than 1,000 foot soldiers left around him who were not considered to be any combat effectiveness, so if he encountered more than 100,000 enemy troops, he would be invincible and unable to retreat. He then came up with the idea of asking the whole army to discard their weapons and armor, disguise themselves as civilians, and detour to the boundary bridge between the two provinces in the south under the guise of being a homeless person. However, when the clinker arrived at the boundary bridge, the enemy army left more than 100 troops to guard the bridge, not allowing anyone to pass, Pu Yu knew that this group of people could not withstand the toss of the next way, not to mention who could know that they would go around the next pass and guard it like this?
At this moment, "Pu Yu" was very annoyed, he even thought about giving up his plan and leaving, but all the efforts he had made in the past would be in vain, thinking of this, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl to vent the resentment in his heart. Unexpectedly, this move made the subordinates scattered in the crowd take it as a sign, and they rushed to him one after another, hugging him and preparing to forcibly send him across the bridge.
At this time, the defenders of the boundary bridge had noticed something unusual, and although Pu Yu and them were outnumbered, they were all unarmed, and they were about to face the long army of more than 100 people, and they were blocked by strong crossbows.
Pu Yu could barely perceive what was happening, his steps were completely out of his control, only the feeling of stepping on the wooden bridge a few times in the noise of human voices, and then his feet were soft all the time, as if he was drunk with the sound of killing, even though the threat had already descended on several people close to him. Seeing that they either blocked a crossbow arrow for himself, or stabbed him with a spear, Pu Yu was unable to move at this time, because the thousands of stabs and thousands of arrows blocked for him were only in the short time after that roar, and he didn't have time to react.
They finally occupied the boundary bridge, and most of the more than 1,000 people had fallen into the flow of the boundary river, and the crimson of blood buried their bodies, tightly locking the original turbulent current; The smaller part, alive and Pu Yu won the victory, and they placed the frightened Pu Yu aside, and then began to dismantle the boundary bridge to block the pursuers, during which dozens of people fell from the bridge, or lost their footing due to palpitations, or were seriously injured.
Above, this is what "Pu Yu" will tell everyone. The story is deep enough that listeners will feel something after listening to it, regardless of whether they know the "inside story" or not. However, what really made "Pu Yu" feel deep was ......
"Pu Yu" also concealed some facts, that is, the officials of Yuchu and Shulu had already urgently transferred grain and grass, not to support the front line, but to help the displaced people, and even contacted many large squires to prepare fields for the displaced people. For several days along the way, every time they encountered an army and every time they were interrogated, some officers and soldiers would reiterate to their group of fake homeless people, according to common sense, even if this group of people did not disperse, the hearts of the people should have been uneven a long time ago. In such a situation, as long as more than half of the casualties are inflicted, the ordinary army has already been scattered, so why did they invariably give up their lives to open a way for his "Pu Yu" to live? This is the second thing.
These two things are extremely abnormal, especially when he thinks about it repeatedly for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, "Pu Yu" can't help but think twice, and sure enough, there are some things that he can't think about. Why did this group of foot soldiers, who had been regarded as outcasts, be so desperate for him? Why was that Pu Yu able to unearth such a capable female general in Xuning Mansion? Why did Pu Yu's fellow villagers have a deep affection for him? Why did strangers who had never met him a few times hate his "treacherous" behavior so much? And why did he want to replace such a capable and talented Pu Yu, or how he himself formed a grudge against the Yunqian Mansion where Pu Yu served. All this, he has long been ready to press in his heart for the rest of his life, even if someone who knows the "inside story" stands in front of him, he will not confide a word.
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Pu Yu had said everything he wanted to say and could say, and everyone fell into deep thought, until the silence was broken by an exclamation.
"Ahh The wounded man looked at the wound on his leg and did not speak.
The horse leader continued: "This arrow hurts the bones and muscles, and if you don't apply the gold sore medicine, it will suppurate in less than half an hour, and then you will have to worry about your life, but seeing your situation, you can survive a few days without gold sore medicine." Is there a demon magic that can't be done?" he said, untying the strip of cloth that bandaged the wound to find out.
"Pu Yu" secretly said in his heart, these rural villagers really have no knowledge, and they don't know anything about the technique of sealing the acupuncture channel to block the leakage of qi and blood. He immediately shouted, "No, if you untie the strip of cloth and cannot recover it, don't you want to take his life?"
The horse-puller immediately stopped, but shouted angrily: "Which capable fellow will not save you when you die along the way? If you use this skill on the brothers who are suffering on the road, you know how many lives we can save! If there is a kind of brother, stand up, I have to teach you a lesson to give the brothers who died to vent their anger!"
Only then did Pu Yu understand that the doctor who was with the army had never possessed the technique of sealing acupoints and blocking qi, which seemed to him to be very ordinary, but his unintentional revelation aroused such a strong reaction, and he formed an insoluble grudge with the person who was still kneeling in front of him. He broke out in a cold sweat, this situation was like a prelude to being attacked by a group in the stone pavilion that day, one wrong step, the whole situation was dead, and every link that had been perfectly arranged before would overwhelm him at this moment. Especially Pei Feiying, who was leading the horse for herself, how much respect she had for herself before, how much she hated when she turned her face, with this woman's means, she killed others on their backs and turned over only in one turn.
As a result, Pu Yu was surprised, the mistake that would evolve into a fatal consequence in the "Stone Pavilion" did not make people pay too much attention to it on the back of this horse. The wounded thought that they had received great benefits if they had been saved and survived, and each of them remained silent, without any intention of confessing to their lord, and sneered at the coaxing horse leader. Pu Yu suddenly had an epiphany during the false alarm, and said slowly: "If we don't have these casualties in Yuchu Mansion, then the remaining grain and grass will not be enough to cross Shulu." โ
Why can't we see a real miracle doctor in the ranks, and why many talented people can't get their own place and go to the mountains and forests, sometimes it depends on the choice of mortals, and sometimes it is the arrangement of God.
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Looking at the strange path on the northwest side of Huanlong Mountain, Qi Wuwei felt a lot of emotion in his heart. In that innocent period more than ten years ago, when he was going to find his sweetheart Our Lady every day, Qi Hao had a vigorous fight with the people in power led by the sect leader in the sect, and gradually became the soul leader of the younger generation of outer disciples.
When I think of it today, it is very similar to what it was back then.
"No matter, let's go see Xianxin first!" Qi Wuwei got his mind right, and his heart was even more impatient for a long time, after seeing him last time, although he had experienced several degrees of life and death, as long as he was like before, he could look at the figure that he had been thinking about for a long time through the window, this little fun was enough to make him suffer for a long time.
Following this path, Qi Wuwei slowly walked onto a hidden hiking path, which was different from the spectacular scenery avenue in the east, but this path was not good-looking. Not only were there no stone slabs, but so few people came to take care of them, so that the trees and plants that grew everywhere completely covered it, and the clouds and mist of unknown depths in the mountains made it seem as if there was never a road here.
Even though he had seen the infinite and vast clarity outside the mountain, at this moment he was still willing to fall into a deeper obstacle layer by layer, Qi Wuwei skillfully propped up the branches and leaves to move forward, as if he had found the original young man's self. He didn't stop and walked out of the bushes, which were still some distance from the top of the mountain, but it was already the end of the path.
"It's not what it used to be. Qi Wuwei muttered to himself, "I didn't think this road was so short before. "Now the field of vision is much wider than before, but it is still covered with thick fog. Qi Wuwei walked forward, and at some point he had already put a heart refining leaf into his mouth and chewed it, and his gaze used this effect to find the floating plank path extending from the mountain wall in front of him through the dense fog, but at the same time, he was suddenly startled by something and took a few steps back. There is an iron cable on both sides of the plank road, and several figures are hanging under the plank road by the iron cable, and there is such a row of "hanging bacon" under the plank road, Qi Wuwei has never seen it in the past.
"Ah, it's Dragon Protector Jinwu!" Qi Wuwei suddenly realized.
"What person?" A loud roar sounded in the plank road, and then several figures jumped out of the dense fog and landed in front of Qi Wuwei, there were men and women, all wearing armor and risking their heads, with a seven-section whip on their chests, and a knife on their waists, looking like guards in the deep palace.
"A few senior brothers and sisters really chill me! I haven't returned for two years, could it be that anyone else here will come up to say goodbye to Our Lady?" A few words, Qi Wuwei arched his hands, and said it was very plain, but in his impression, these "Dragon Protector Jinwu" were by no means good. With the duty of guarding the abode of the Holy Mother, Qi Wuwei was bullied by them a lot. Especially on a few occasions, when Qi Wuwei was trembling and halfway through the plank road, they suddenly appeared like a ghost, blocking Qi Wuwei's front and back roads...... Qi Wuwei often can't remember what happened after that, so that the feeling of panic and panic at that time couldn't hinder his determination to take risks again and again.
"Are you Qi Wuwei?" asked the older of the Dragon Protector Jinwu, putting away the long whip.
Qi Wuwei spread his hands and asked, "I'm not me, who else can I be?"
The dragon protector Jin Wu nodded, and without saying a word, he jumped back into the thick fog, and the rest of them followed, leaving Qi Wuwei in place with a puzzled expression.
"It's weird. Qi Wuwei said to himself, he walked over slowly and stepped on the plank road that crossed out of the mountain. Every step passed, and under the creaking plank, the breeze seemed to be deflected, and Qi Wuwei knew in his heart that this was the hanging "bacon" fluttering. During this short journey, he would still think of those "bacon" coming to the plank road from time to time to scare him, but the result showed that he couldn't see through the strangeness of those dragon protectors Jin Wu after all, and this group of people didn't stop him for a while, and they really kept letting him go.
Soon, Qi Wuwei no longer cared about those dragon protectors, because his destination had already arrived, it was a simple and simple wooden house, quietly suspended in the air with this plank road as the only support. Not to mention the magnificent Chonglong Hall and the Longjun Dormitory on the top of Huanlong Mountain, only the dormitories like rural houses for the outer disciples are much more spacious than here.
Thinking about the release of the dragon protector Jingo, he must have received her tacit approval. Qi Wuwei suddenly radiated, he rushed forward suddenly, and slammed the door rudely to break in.
"I have received your affection!" "Entering the house, Qi Wuwei glanced at the Holy Mother who was lying on the couch resting on her side and wanted to dedicate her heart, her light clothes naturally outlined a graceful curve, and her even breathing was making the veil come and go for a while. Qi Wuwei only looked at her hand on the pillow, and an irrepressible impulse had already arisen in his heart. Qi Wuwei, who consciously judged people by their appearance, had already empathized with her hands in the long years when she had been instructed by all her commands, but she had no hope of seeing the appearance of the person she loved, and whenever she wanted to show her heart, her eyes unconsciously drifted to her hand......
At this time, the desire to dedicate her heart to Qi Wuwei's intrusion had a reaction, and the veil that fluttered with her breath suddenly stopped, and after a while, as if she saw Qi Wuwei who didn't dare to make a sound, she didn't move, and her lazy voice came leisurely, "It's you......"
Just one sentence made Qi Wuwei difficult to deal with, he somehow, his lips stiffened, his tongue grew bigger, and he trembled for a long time before he squeezed out a sentence in response: "Tie...... Tie me!"
"Wellโif you are allowed to go by the dragon protector Jingo, you dare to break into the house all the time, but there is no one else. As he spoke, he pulled up the hand that was pressing under him and lifted his cheeks, while the hand that Qi Wuwei was watching brought up his long sleeves and landed on his thigh. Her movements just now made the veil almost unable to cover half of her face in the few moments when she raised her head and turned her neck, but Qi Wuwei, who was empathetic to her hand, let her eyes follow that hand, and she didn't pay any attention to the secret she was originally seeking.
"When the first Dragon Emperor set up the position of Yanzuo Agency, it was the merit I asked the Dragon Monarch for you. As she spoke, Qi Wuwei also nodded, but the latter's gaze was straight on her waist, and she couldn't help but put on a look of disdain under her veil, and continued: "I think you must have succeeded by mistake, and you may not know how much credit this one has, so I will tell you about it." The son of the demon general, the Tao is deep, far greater than his father, and he has the magical power that can threaten the mountain sect master, not to mention that he has a perverse temperament and is difficult to guess, in short, he is a big threat. โ
"But I just came back alive, how can you know that I really killed him?" mentioned the son of the demon general, Qi Wuwei suddenly became alert.
Wanting to dedicate his heart said lightly: "In the power of the immortal body of the Mountain Sect Master, there is also a special ability, that is, whenever he encounters an existence that can threaten his immortal body, he will form a sense with it. Before and after you reappeared in the world, the induction between the mountain sect master and the son of the demon general was broken! Whether this was your doing, of course you knew in your heart. โ
Qi Wuwei closed his eyes, only in this way could he retain his composure in the face of his desire to dedicate himself. It didn't take long for Qi Wuwei to suddenly feel a chill on his forehead, but this feeling was indescribably cordial, he slowly opened his eyes, and saw that he wanted to sacrifice his heart and got up to him at some point, stretched out his hand to his face, and his fingertips were on his forehead.
"You know what? You're no longer a traitor! In the sect, except for the Dragon Monarch, you are only under the sect master, and you are on a par with the Seven Assistants of the Chonglong Sect. Are you ...... now? You can stay in the church with peace of mind. In the words of wanting to dedicate his heart, Qi Wuwei heard some affection for the first time.
"I ...... I ......" Qi Wuwei fell into a difficult situation again, he couldn't understand why the attitude of wanting to dedicate his heart suddenly became so positive, could she really know her mind? Qi Wuwei hurriedly avoided it, but the hand that wanted to dedicate his heart followed up and supported his neck, this hand was really as cold as ice, but Qi Wuwei's heart gushed out with a warm current.
"What's wrong...... Huh?" asked softly, "What the hell are you......?" Do you want to be close to me?"
Qi Wuwei was unwilling to fall into a passive situation, and immediately shouted angrily: "I don't!" He pulled the hand on the back of his neck in front of him, "Although I am truly infatuated with you, I will not be so easily seduced by you!" However, this angry and far-sighted, hysterical, Qi Wuwei was still not facing the desire to dedicate his heart, but facing the "innocent" hand that he held tightly.
This stalemate lasted for a long time, until Qi Wuwei completely calmed down, and he began to hear a sparse sound coming from the desire to dedicate himself, as if he was sobbing and moaning. Seeing that he wanted to sacrifice his heart and bit his lip in pain, the blood oozed out, falling down the corners of his mouth drop by drop, Qi Wuwei realized that it was his hand that grabbed her and might have hurt her.
"Ahh......h
I wanted to dedicate my heart but followed step by step, and said with concern: "You don't want to cut off contact with me, and you don't want to be with me, we are already family, but you have to destroy this family?"
"I ...... I ......" Qi Wuwei was already in a trance, and suddenly felt a tightness in his chest in a trance, and immediately spit blood from his mouth. Clinker wanted to dedicate his heart to take this opportunity to meet him, regardless of his blood splashed, he threw himself into Qi Wuwei's arms, and his delicate body seemed to pass through the barrier of his clothes, and he was tightly adhered to Qi Wuwei. Qi Wuwei, who was trying his best to support him, suddenly broke through his spine, and as soon as his legs were weak, he knelt on the ground with a desire to dedicate himself.
has always taken the initiative, making him think that he has taken the lead in front of this opponent, and the clinker opponent has completely conquered him as soon as he fights back. "I was wrong, I will never leave you again...... Dedication, dedication to the heart......" Qi Wuwei seemed to be very weak, he forced his spirit, and he fainted after only saying this sentence.