With a bang, a black arrow shot into the eye of the running deer, almost piercing the skull.

When the blood burst out, the deer that was about to leap into the air 'plopped' and fell, twitching on the ground. Warm blood quickly soaked into the grass.

Several Zhao soldiers covered in dust and mud ran over. One of the short soldiers shouted: "Hold it, hold it!" Let me see! ”

Next to him, a lanky face and a fat man pressed their hands on the body of the wild deer.

The short man lifted a deer leg and turned it over, and there was a dark black plum blossom mark at the base of the leg.

The short man shouted excitedly, "Got it!" Caught the 'flowers'! Blow the trumpet. We won! ”

The horn sounded, announcing the victory of this group of soldiers.

More than a dozen people from the same squad gathered around raised their arms and shouted three times, their voices full of joy and excitement, and they spread far away in the wind-blown grassland.

"Catching Flowers" is a recent new way to play by the border Zhao Army, which was created by General Li Mu.

On the day of the new moon every month, the army set up a ring competition, and selected five teams, each team of three soldiers, a total of fifteen outstanding soldiers, representing the five strong brigades under Li Mu's jurisdiction: the Tiger Battalion, the Leopard Battalion, the Eagle Battalion, the Wolf Battalion and the Dragon Battalion, the personal guard battalion of the general Li Mu.

Approaching the day of the moon in the middle of the month, Zhao Jun would capture a prairie wild deer alive, brand the inner thigh with plum blossoms, and release it back to the grassland by the general himself when the full moon rises.

Three days later, at noon, the selected five teams set out together, each tracking down into the depths of the grassland.

These soldiers, who had fought against the Huns for a long time, slept in the open air, traveled day and night, non-stop, searching for the 'flower' wild deer with the plum blossom brand in the grassland within a radius of fifty miles.

The team of the little man Li Fangzhi had chased three batches of wild deer successively, but after shooting, they did not find the deer with only the brand.

It wasn't until the tenth day that Li Fangzhi thought that his men and horses were about to return with feathers, and finally let him catch "Hua'er"!

Succeed with flying colors!

The sergeants carried the spoils of war and triumphantly against the warm sun.

Such a steppe field game is not just a matter of honor.

The victorious soldiers can not only sit beside the general at the celebration banquet and drink with the general, but also go to the arsenal of Zhao army's weapons and combat power to pick the fastest sword, the strongest bow, or the strongest light crossbow.

And, even more enviable than all this, the victorious squad was automatically incorporated into the battalion of the Great General's personal guard.

"It doesn't matter what time it will be," Li Fangzhi said to the two army commanders beside him, the thin-faced Lu Yi and the fat Chen Sanjia: "We can all say that we are brothers who were born and died with the general!" ”

A team of soldiers was really proud to the sky at this moment.

The so-called celebration banquet is nothing more than self-brewed liquor, plus the grassland wild deer caught by various teams in the grass and rabbits one day in advance, boiling water in a large stove, and simmering over a small fire.

At the end of the month, the aroma of stewed meat spreads out on the grassland for ten miles.

The sergeants said that the flowers on the grassland bloomed three more times the next day, which was the result of the saliva that everyone couldn't help but fall to the ground when they smelled the meat!

At the celebration banquet, the bonfires in each camp were bright.

Li Fang sat next to the general Li Mu, very proud.

In the past, every time I saw the general at this bonfire banquet, I was always rude and fast-talking, and I was josling and archery with the sergeants, and I had a lot of fun.

But tonight, Li Fangzhi saw that the general didn't drink much, and the meat didn't move, his eyes were squinted, looking at the grassland where the night was sinking down, and he didn't pay attention to Li Fangzhi, the big hero of "catching flowers" this time.

Li Fangzhi was a little depressed, drank a few more glasses of wine, and then dared to say to the general: "General, why do you look so worried? ”

The general Li Mu saw that this little man said the word "sorrow" so much that he even pouted, and said with a smile: "Isn't it sorrow!" I'm so saddened! ”

Worries have their own antidotes.

In the early morning of the next day, four fast horses galloped from the official road in the distance to the camp of the Zhao army.

The general Li Mu had someone to report that it was King Zhao who sent Gongzi Jia to personally bring people to ask the general to transfer troops.

Along with Gongzijia was Li Mu's youngest daughter Li Luotang, and Gongzijia's chief of staff followed Shao Yizhi and Gongsun Zhi.

Li Mu bowed to the royal envoy before marching first.

Li Luotang also stepped forward to meet his father and brother.

Shao Yi and Lin Yu, who had already taken away Gongsun Zhi, also stepped forward to see the general.

Gongsun Zhi's appearance is also somewhat similar to Lin Yu. He was originally the prince's companion when Gongzi Jia was the prince, and he was known for his literary brilliance and cleverness.

After Gongzi Jia was deposed as the crown prince, he still introduced Gongsun directly as a staff member and accompanied him.

Shao Yi and the others retreated behind Gongzijia, raising their eyes and looking at the famous general in front of them.

The general Li Mu was fifty years old, and although he was not very tall and burly, he was muscular and capable.

The only disadvantage is that the congenital arms are disabled, which are much shorter than ordinary people. However, this made him work hard to develop his own unique martial arts when he was a teenager.

His left hand shook the Yue spear with a shot, relying on the simultaneous use of shoulder and elbow strength, stabbing, picking, piercing, and splitting, skillful marksmanship, and unstoppable on the battlefield.

When it comes to archery, Li Mu is equipped with a modified repeating light crossbow on his right arm to chase the wind for thousands of miles, and the attack power of a string of powerful arrows is far better than that of a feather arrow piercing Yang in a hundred steps.

After years of battlefield training, the general's martial arts have been perfected, and the face of the enemy army is full of killer skills.

Li Mu, who was in the prime of life, had been guarding the border of the northern land for many years, standing in front of the army like a sharp and restrained sword in the sheath, full of aura.

Feng Luotang and the three of them saw Li Mu's radiant expression, and they admired it in their hearts. They all stared at the general with good eyes.

Li Mu saw Gongzijia and his entourage, and his feelings were a little complicated.

He knew very well why King Zhao had not recruited him into the court.

The first thing that bore the brunt of the matter was that he had vigorously opposed King Zhao's marriage to a prostitute who was now the queen.

Queen Nachang once turned a wealthy family upside down, and the family was ruined.

At that time, King Zhao fell in love at first sight, and he couldn't forget it day and night, so he had to be included in the harem.

Li Mu risked his life to advise him several times, but the king was indifferent and had to give up.

The second thing is in the matter of the deposed prince. Li Muben didn't want to get involved in the Lichu turmoil, so he had to tactfully advise him.

So deeply offended Queen Chang, who has long been corrected now.

Deep in his heart, he had a lot of thoughts and feelings, so when Li Mu faced the heroic Gongzi Jia, he inevitably sighed in his heart.

Gongzijia read out the edict of the king, and urgently transferred Li Mushuai 30,000 horses to the south to resist Qin.

Li Mu accepted the royal edict with a solemn face, and said to Gongzijia: "Gongzi is in the dust, take a rest first." After I ordered all the men and horses, arranged the grain and grass, and set off immediately in three days. ”

The walls of the Chunping Marquis Mansion are high and wide, the courtyard is deep, and the trees are Fusu.

A few peach blossoms will bloom on the edge of the small pond rippling in the spring water, reflecting a little red in the water waves.

Chunpinghou walked on the gravel path, and his face was completely devoid of spring joy.

His heart tightened for no reason.

This is not only because of hearing that King Zhao urgently transferred Li Mu back to the dynasty, but also because of a flying pigeon letter that he received just now.

Chunping waited back in the study, opened the small secret letter in his hand, and unfolded a light silk book.

There was only one word on it, "Enlightenment".

Chunpinghou's hands trembled, and he quickly grabbed the secret letter and silk book into the palm of his hand.

At this moment, a low, hoarse voice sounded in the dark corner of the study:

"Master Hou has always been well? The king greets you with me. ”

Great horror and fear captured Haru's heart.

He jerked his head back, staring carefully at the corner where the sound was coming from.

A thin old man in black clothes and black pants showed a falcon-like gaze in the shadows.

The man was covered with a black scarf, his beard was white, and the wrinkle at the center of his eyebrows was very deep due to the perennial frowning.

Chunpingjun immediately recognized this person, Wang Ao, the spy leader of the Qin State.

He immediately understood what the word "enlightenment" meant.

This is the start of the money puppet in the palace, the start of the plan that was set a few years ago to change the world.

The appearance of this old man in black has already said it all.

The arrow had to be fired.

Chun Pinghou's handsome face was distorted, and he held on to the corner of the bookcase in a dejected manner, and the secret letter and silk book in his hand slipped weakly to the ground.

The word 'Qi' is a talisman.

He looked at his white, delicate hands.

His hands, which can only write songs and enjoy beautiful women, are finally stained with cruel blood.

"How can you be so careless. Such things must not be seen by outsiders. ”

The old man in black said in a hoarse voice, and then unhurriedly picked up the secret letter and silk book at the feet of Chun Pinghou, gently twisted it with his palm, and then raised his hand, and the secret of that word instantly turned into powder and drifted back to the ground just now.

King Zhao sat alone in the apse of the main hall, and his figure was lonely.

The voices of the civil and military ministers just now made his ears still ringing.

The strength of the Qin army was like a huge shadow lingering above the heads of the two generations of kings of the Zhao State.

Forty years of continuous conquest have gradually withered the elite of the Zhao State.

Recently, King Zhao has been a little powerless.

He reluctantly glanced up at the light from the window of the main hall.

It's already past Qingming, how is it still so cold.

King Zhao was originally only in his forties.

In fact, he is still one year younger than the still handsome and graceful Chunping Hou.

But since sitting on this throne, King Zhao felt that he was really emaciated.

Although there was a pain in King Zhao's heart, there was no such aging and powerlessness that made him feel sad and discouraged.

A faint sound of silk and bamboo came, the song was elegant and tactful, and King Zhao's wandering thoughts came back to his senses slightly.

It's a migratory child. This child is obsessed with all kinds of music, plays the piano well, and writes outstanding poems. What a merry boy, just as a prince......

King Zhao sighed lowly, finally stood up, waved his sleeve lightly and ordered, "Go to Lixiang Palace." ”

The guards bowed down and served King Zhao back to the palace.

Turning around the deep palace corridor, King Zhao seemed to see a black figure in the shadow of the pillars of the main hall in a trance.

When I opened my eyes wide, I saw that there was nothing.

Recently, there have been cases of dazzling people like this. King Zhao felt more and more tired and couldn't open his eyes.

The next day, Zhao Wangxue. The crown prince moved to the throne.

At that time, Gongzi Jia was still preparing for the opening of the army with the general Li Mu on the border of the Northland, and he knew nothing about everything in the royal capital.

Nights in the Northland prairies are still cold.

A cold snap from the desert floated on the steppe with a heavy mist.

A westerly crescent moon was hanging in the sky, reflecting the fading stars around it. The east is already bright.

The wet wind on the grassland swept lightly through the strong forces of Zhao State in the night that had not yet faded.

The soldiers who were assembling were silent and orderly. The brigade was mixed with the occasional snort of military horses and the sound of crumbling horses' hooves.

The elite of the 30,000 Zhao Kingdom is ready to go.

In the dawn, which was already light blue, the huge military flag of Zhao and the large banner of Li next to it hunted in the morning breeze.

Under the handsome banner, the general Li Mu was draped all over his body, a black helmet and black armor made of black iron were cold, and the spear was placed obliquely on the saddle bridge, and a heavy black cloak covered Li Mu's whole person on the tall black horse, like a black god of war descended from the sky, and suppressed in front of the army with great coercion.

After a few muffled commands, the army moved silently.

Gongzi Jia and the others followed closely behind the general and set off with the army.

Li Fangzhi glanced at his two military chiefs, Lu Yi and Chen Sanjia, who were following him, and was a little excited.

Now several people have officially been incorporated into the general's pro-military camp and have become the junior colonels of the dragon battalion. In his heart, this is the time to follow the general to the soup and make meritorious contributions. The thought couldn't help but make his heart flutter.

Feng Luotang followed the team and was not very interested in traveling long distances with the army and going to the front line or anything.

She turned her head and said "go" to Shao Yi and Lin Yu with her eyes.

The three of them invariably withdrew from the bodies of Li Luotang, Shao Yizhi and Gongsun Zhi, who were taken away by their dreams, and flew out hundreds of meters lightly, standing on a high slope from afar, watching the black and oppressive dark clouds roll over the green grassland, pointing directly to the Central Plains.

Feng Luotang said lazily: "Why don't we go back and make up for sleep first." Every day like this, when will I sleep in this beauty sleep? ”

Shao Yi said: "I'm afraid we have to go back quickly." I also have to hand over Liu Rong's troops to General Li Mu before the arrival of the large army. ”

The three of them were chatting, and suddenly Lin Yu made a silent gesture and said "shh ”

I saw that in the sky above the marching Zhao army, a large white bird appeared in the western sky, as if it flapped its wings and jumped out from a crescent moon that had faded in the morning light, and came straight towards the three of them.

This big bird has a wide tail and a wide feather, a tight belly and a fan tail, the whole body is snow-white, the wings are spread out and there are four or five meters, and the speed of flying in the air is extremely fast, and in a blink of an eye it has already flown to the front of the three people, and then a clear sound pierces the sky.

"Why is this still talking?" Feng Luotang looked up in disbelief and said.

As he spoke, the big bird chirped again, hovering over the heads of the three of them.

"Do you think it's saying, 'I can see it, there's something wrong with a few of you?' Feng Luotang felt that his IQ was a little difficult to understand the birds.

Lin Yu stared intently at the big bird's shining eyes for a few seconds, and then after the big bird called a third time, he said uncertainly, "It's calling us." It wants us to follow it. ”

After speaking, Lin Yu took a tentative step forward, and sure enough, the big bird flapped its wings and turned around and flew north.

"Shall we chase?" Feng Luotang hesitated.

But even she didn't wait for an answer.

Everyone spread their legs together and chased after the big bird.

The snow-white giant bird also seemed to be really leading the way, flying and stopping, flying for a while and then circling back, leading them to gradually chase towards the depths of the prairie.

The deeper the grass went, the fog thickened. The three of them chased after the white giant bird, feeling the moisture rushing in their faces.

Further on, I found a huge grassland lake, as quiet as a jewel mirror, lying quietly in the morning mist floating in the white air on the emerald green boundless grassland.

The big bird circled around the shore of the lake, and with a chirp flew deeper into the lake.

From where it flew, the fog dispersed, and a winding boardwalk stretched all the way to the lake.