As soon as Xin Er went, it was four or five days.

On this morning, he returned with the five horsemen, and was bumping into them outside the oasis and returning to the camp.

The snow is much lighter, but it hasn't stopped.

They have indeed been taken captive and plundered, and they have gained greatly.

I saw that the sky was full of Qiongyu, and the cattle, sheep, horses, and camels they captured were in groups, trampling the ground into mud; Dozens of carts mingled in the procession, loaded with gold and silverware, furs, jewels, agate, and other trophies, and half-man-high wheels, crushing the snow and rolling forward; In the middle of the herds and carts, a hundred and ten men and women of the Hu people were tied with ropes and followed.

The victors, who drove the herds and carts, dressed in the beautiful clothes they had plundered, rode their horses and galloped happily, one by one.

When the herdsmen in the continent heard the news, it was a mess and there were people everywhere.

Some rode forward and talked to the returning herdsmen who knew each other. Some stand on tiptoe and build a pergola to watch; Most of them were envious and discussed.

A few Xiaolu found Bald Lian Jueqian and followed him in a low manner, not knowing what to ask him.

Dressed in a fancy coat, he rode on a horse, bareheaded, without a hat, with a twenty-year-old face raised, and occasionally gently pulled off his mount with a horsewhip, and pointed at the herds, chariots, and slaves that had entered the continent, and he was in high spirits.

The few Xiao Shuo talked to him for a while, maybe they got some promise, and left happily.

Xin Er watched from a distance for a while, found a place with few people, and returned to the continent.

He took off his scarf and smiled at the five knights, "You have accompanied me along the river into the desert, running back and forth for hundreds of miles. You go back to the tent to rest, soak in hot water, and I will ask someone to bring you two sheep, one roasted and eaten, and the other concocted and eaten! ”

There were three pheasants hanging on the side of the saddle, which they had met on the road and piggybacked. Xin Er took two of them, handed them to them, and said, "I can't eat so much." Eat these two. ”

The knights have been with Xin Er for the past few days, and they know a little about him, knowing that he is an easy-going person, and they are not polite at the moment, catching the pheasant, and saying, "Thank you, sir!" "Say goodbye and leave, and return to the tent where the camp is held.

Xin Er also went back to his own account.

Those Hu people had never been accompanied by him, and they didn't know when he would come back, and they waited outside the tent every day in shifts that did not shelter from the wind and cold, and suddenly saw him return, and they were all happy, and they all rushed to greet him. As for the five armor soldiers assigned to him by Linghu, he didn't see him, so he should know that he was far away, so he would be on duty in the future.

A clever rider said, "The villain has been thinking about it for a long time, and the adult has finally returned." ”

The rest of the club said, "Isn't it! ”

Xin Er smiled slightly, handed over the mount to them, ordered it to be washed and fed, and said: "These days, the red finch is working harder than me, wash it well, choose a good grass valley to feed, and let it rest for a few days." "This red sparrow was not ridden by Xin Er before, it was given to him by Bald Fan, it is not as good as Linghu Feng's snow like a dragon, but it is also seven feet tall at the shoulder, and his whole body is red, only a little black in front of his forehead, which is quite majestic.

The riders answered, and led the horses to wash and feed.

One of them took down the pheasant and said, "Ouch, it's not dead, it's hot!" He asked, "My lord, how do you eat?" Burned or baked? ”

"Only this one, it's not enough for you to share, take it to Liu Weng. As he and Xiaoxiao like, you can eat as much as you want. ......, another Liu Weng instructed the slaves to send two sheep to the knights who went out from me. ”

"Yes. Liu Weng, these days, not only the villains want to be adults, but Liu Weng's ancestors and grandchildren also think about it very much, Miss Liu comes to see if the adults come back every day. "These riders live next to Liu Zhuang's ancestors and grandchildren, and they are very familiar with them.

"Really? Then you go and tell her that I'm back. ”

"Okay!" The man carried the pheasant and ran to tell Liu Zhuangzu and his grandson the news that they had returned.

When he entered the tent, Ah Chou was also very happy when he saw him come back, and his face was happy, and he fetched water and changed clothes; And he took buttermilk and tea.

After a long journey, she was physically and mentally exhausted, and was first greeted by the riders outside the tent, and now she was so happy and attentive, and the tent was warm and indescribable.

He fixed his mind and said, "I don't need to take that, but I'll wash my face and go to the Lord." He hastily washed his face, soaked his hands that were red from the cold in hot water, changed his clothes, and went to see Ling Hufeng.

Linghu Feng was not in the big account or in the Zuo family's account, but because he suspected that his children were noisy, he asked someone to build another big tent the day before yesterday, and now he lives alone. More than a dozen Tang warriors and more than 20 Hu warriors selected from various ministries surrounded the big tent tightly and guarded strictly.

When Xin Er came, the armor went in to spread the word, and after a short time, he was invited in.

The tent is larger than the large tent, with dozens of steps in length and width, and the wide and narrow beds of the curtain, the large and small cases of lacquer, the black and red high and low cabinets, the lanqi for placing weapons, the edging of the beard seat, the colorful embroidered screen, the hanging curtain with beaded shells, the tassels with large flowers, and so on, make the tent luxuriously arranged. There were three layers of blankets on the floor, soft as clouds.

Seven or eight large charcoal basins, the fire burned vigorously, and the heat smoked so hot that Xin Er's face was hot.

Linghu Feng was lying on the couch with his bare back, and the two Hu maids were kneeling on both sides, pressing his shoulders and rubbing his waist.

There are also four or five maidservants holding wine, fruits, water, towels and basins and other things to serve the side of the couch.

One of them brought tea to Xin Er. Seeing her combing her braids, Xin Er said in her heart: "It's also captive." "All the tribes of Zebian belong to Beidi, and the customs among their tribes, women only begin to grow hair when they are about to get married, and those who are unmarried cut their hair, so the braided hair must be the same as the ugly, taken from outside.

"When did you come back?" Linghu Feng asked with his eyes closed.

Xin Er put down the tea bowl, got up and replied, "Just came back." ”

"I heard that Bald Lian Jueqian has also returned, have you seen him?"

"I happened to meet outside the continent."

"What did he get?"

"There were about a thousand sheep, horses, camels, and cattle, thirty or forty carts, and hundreds of prisoners."

"The harvest is okay." Linghu Feng turned over and sat up, the maid hurriedly put on his robe, he dragged someone by casually, pinched her face, and asked with a smile, "Do you think he will be filial to me?" ”

The maidservant fell to her knees and said, "Your Excellency is his great chance, and he will certainly honor your lordship." ”

"Is it just his chance?"

"It's also a big rate for a little maid."

"Be happy with me, or be happy with your daddy?"

The maidservant said shyly, "After following the adults, I know what happiness is." ”

Linghu Feng laughed.

Xin Er listened to their questions and answers, felt strange, and said in his heart: "What is this called a question and answer?" Looking at the maidservant, seeing that she was short and thick-necked, with bull's eyes and thick lips, at this time she bowed down and twisted, both in appearance and demeanor, her heart jumped, but she understood the meaning of this question and answer, and thought, "Isn't this the daughter of the red slave?" When did Linghu Feng become a handmaiden? This, this ....... "Mixed emotions.

He turned to other maidservants, but fortunately, he didn't find the daughters of He Changxing and others, and it seemed that Linghu Feng was only targeting the red slave.

Linghu Feng called the maidservants out, got down from the couch, went to Xin Er barefoot, and said, "Since Jueqian has been captured, Agua, when are you going to leave?" ”

"The minister will gather the little leaders of the governor in the evening, and they will be able to set off tomorrow as soon as possible." Xin Er took out a roll of paper, unfolded it and presented it to Linghu Feng.

"What is this?"

"Xiao Chen has inspected three oases in the past few days, and selected one of them. This is a sketch of the selected oasis. ”

Linghu Feng looked at the picture and saw that a circle was drawn on the picture, a curve passed through the circle, seven or eight ink dots were dotted on the left side of the line, and two "a" characters were written; There are two ink dots on the right side of the line, and a "one" character. Confused, he asked, "What does this mean?" ”

"This circle is an oasis, the line is a river, the ink dots are a herd, and the 'one' is a tent." Xin Er explained to him, saying, "The river passes through the north and south of the continent, and the east of the river is the main residence and main pastoral area of the Hu tribe in the continent, and there is only a small part of the Hu herding in the west of the river. ”

"Your stroke,...... Another day, I'll ask the old man to teach you two hands. ”

"Yes, yes." Xin Er said in his heart, "Spring Palace?" I drew it for the old man? He said, "This oasis is small, there are not many Hu herdsmen, about three or four hundred, two thousand people, not too far from Zhu Yeze, Xiao Chen thinks that it can be borrowed for this time." Seeing that Linghu Feng was listening to himself, he continued, "Xiao Chen has never done such a ...... or robbery before, and he has no bottom in his heart, so he carefully figured it out on the way back and came up with a humble opinion. It's just that I don't know if it's available or not, so please advise the Lord. ”

The so-called knowing oneself and knowing the other, Xin Er went out this time, just to know the other, to put it bluntly, "stepping on the point".

The place has been selected, and the method has been figured out, but he has no experience in commanding battles, so in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, so as soon as he returned to the ministry, he didn't care about resting, so he hurriedly asked to see Ling Hufeng, hoping that he could give him some advice.

"Say, what are you going to do?"

Xin Er has given Linghu Feng a lot of surprises in recent days, listening to him say this, Linghu Feng also wants to hear what he has figured out what "humble opinion" of "borrowing grain", pulled a hu and sat down, sat up, pressed his legs with his head held high, and waited for him to say with great interest.

"There are two thousand strong men under the Governor's Command, and they will definitely not be able to bring them all, but they can bring about four or five hundred people. It is not superior in numbers. Therefore, Xiaochen thought that he should win by strategy to be safe. ”

"What's the plan?"

Inspired by the master's dispatch of the minister to see Guo Yi secretly, the minister thought, can you also use the method of internal and external attack on this Hu Min? The minister chose a few good-faced men and women, and asked them to pretend to accompany their families to visit relatives, borrow the continent, stay until midnight, and set fire to the inside,...... It should be possible to win. Does the Lord think it is okay? ”

"Not bad, not bad. What happens after the win? ”

"After the win,...... The minister asked the subordinates to borrow grain, and then came back. ”

"You will not be able to go fast with a large number of livestock, and perhaps captives, and what will you do if this Hu tribe gathers again and pursues you?"

"The ministers set their horses on the road, and if they came to pursue them, they ambushed them."

"Oh. You learned this method from the Red Nu Cavalry to ambush the He cadres, right? ”

"Although the Red Nu people are despicable, this plan is not advisable." For some reason, when he mentioned the red slave, his daughter's face suddenly appeared in front of him, and Xin Er hurriedly drove it out of his mind, concentrated on listening to Linghu Feng's words.

"In my opinion, you're adding to the snake."

"Teach the Lord."

Linghu Feng got up, paced on the blanket, carried the Danqing masterpiece, paddled on the river, and said: "The way of using soldiers, the time and place are favorable. This river is such a good location, why don't you use it? ”

"What does the Lord mean?"

"You don't want to engage in a north-south attack. Three-way salvo! Taking advantage of the civil strife in the middle of the night, they attacked them in three directions and drove them into the river. In this way, will they not be able to revive their troops and horses and pursue your aftermath? ”

Now in the depths of winter, and it has just been snowing heavily for several days, if this method is used by Linghu, only the river water can freeze the men and women in this beard to death and frostbite half of them, and there is really no need to worry about them chasing them.

Linghu Feng said with a smile: "You don't need such an obvious geographical advantage, what are you doing to set up an ambush." Agua, are you soft-hearted again? ”

Xin Er didn't feel soft-hearted. He said in his heart: "I have decided to lead people to plunder them, and without livestock, this winter and next spring, this Hu tribe will starve to death a lot, how can I say that I am soft-hearted?" However, as Linghu Feng said, this river is a very obvious geographical advantage, why did he not think of using it? He thought, "Is it because I subconsciously don't want to kill too much?" Thinking you want to plunder, but you don't want to kill too much'? Am I not hypocrisy? ”

As a result of dissecting himself, he said, "The Lord is a hundred times better than his ministers." ”

"Agua, a husband can't always be soft-hearted." Linghu Feng seems to have decided that Xin Er is soft-hearted. However, judging from the fact that Xin Er sacrificed himself to save Ling Hule, did not kill Lan Baozhang, and now does not use the river and the location, he does seem to be soft-hearted.

Ling Hu Feng let out a rare sigh, and said to Xin Er seriously: "Ah Gua, why did I fall into such a field? Isn't it because I relented once? ”

He threw his robe on the ground, walked around, and said with remorse, "My eldest brother is the queen, inside and outside the government and the opposition, the authority is in my hands, and the ministers do not look up to me. Ling Hu Yong only responds to orders! There are many people who persuade me to ascend the throne, but alas, I am grateful for the kindness of my eldest brother to me, and I cannot bear to attack his son. Hehe, unexpectedly, he was secretly plotted by this good nephew of mine, and he almost lost his life! ”

He drew a knife from Lan Qi, slashed at the case, and said, "In my life, I only softened my heart this time!" It almost ended up in a catastrophe! ”

His words are very different from those in Xin Er's memory.

In the clan of Dingxi Kingdom, Shuling Hufeng is the most capable, when his father was in power, he led the army to take charge of the army, suppressed the border, fought against the Eastern Qin, and had several military exploits; Soon after his brother succeeded to the throne, there was a rebellion in the country, and it was he who fought bloodily to suppress it, and his brother also used him a lot, and gave him endless gifts, great trust, and deep friendship.

When his brother died, Ling Hu Yong was only a teenager, a little hairy child, no one inside and outside the government and the opposition could compare with his prestige, if he was self-reliant at that time, it was indeed not difficult. But he remembered his brother's affection for him, so although he was arrogant and domineering, he did not take the last step of usurping the throne for a long time, and was overturned by the forbearant Ling Hu Yong.

Ling Hu Feng regretted his momentary soft-heartedness, and said: "Ah Gua, remember, never be soft-hearted!" ”

"The minister remembered."

"I sent to the royal capital to inquire about the current situation in the court and the situation of the garrison in the royal city, and I will be able to come back in a few days. When they come back, I'll decide when to raise my troops. Under your leadership, Hu Mu went out of the continent to plunder, and you must go early and return early, and you must not miss a major event. ”

"Yes."

Linghu sent several detailed things to the royal capital to investigate, and Xin Er knew. From Ling Hu Feng's words, he felt his remorse and anger, and Xin Er said in his heart: "With the support of Koji Shuo and the old subordinates, is Ling Hu Feng going to do it?" ”

"I'm not going to be soft-hearted this time! Damn, kill Concubine Shi's careful liver to Lao Tzu! ”

The second half of the sentence that suddenly appeared made Xin Er stunned for a moment.

With Linghu Feng's guidance, he had a complete grasp of success in laying down that small oasis.

When it was close to noon, Xin Er was hungry and thirsty, so he decided to go back to the tent to eat some food first, and then go to the beggar force.

When talking to the governors at night, it is best to have one person fanning the flames, showing that they have something to ask for themselves, so that they can better take the initiative, and the people who fanned the flames, among the small rates under the account, Bald Lianfan was rejected by them, Lan Baozhang must be no play, and the others are unbearable, only begging for strength is very suitable.