In the autumn of the third year of Youwang (779 B.C.), the king of Zhou ordered 20,000 troops to fight the Bao family, and the king of the Bao family did not return, and the chief Bao Yun led 1,200 Bao cavalry to surprise the six divisions, and the forward army Sima Xia Dafu Yu Yuanheng was in Wulang Village. The sudden initiative to fight back was quite shocking, the main force of the Western Soil led by the Prince of Zhou was not afraid of the Rong people, who would have thought that a small fief dared to take the initiative to attack, and there was no chariot before the baggage, and saw a large group of cavalry rushing down on the hill west of the village, and Yu Yuanheng, who was only eight hundred pathfinders in front of him, immediately became chaotic. Bao Yun was dressed in ink armor, his crotch was red for a hundred miles, and he took the lead with a bronze halberd in his hand, and a thousand cavalry behind him brandished Changge to kill. The eastern side of the hill was already steep, and the cavalry itself was fast enough, so the entire western slope was dusty, and the roar of horses' hooves drowned out the frightened shouts of the resting Zhou soldiers.

In a moment, the two armies did not take more than eighty steps, and the army Sima Yu Yuanheng was also a person who had experienced the battle, and immediately reacted, and the forward was lightly armed with a shield in front of the 100 formations, and the 700 after the formation were busy wearing armor and helmets. I didn't expect Bao to ride a thousand horses in front, two hundred horse foot archers followed, only to hear Bao Yun shouting "release the arrow", hit the sky will hit the black pressure of the arrow rain, here there is a slower response of the soldier was shot at the moment, next to the people who are not next to a look, this winged arrow, the angle of the arrow is very large, the barb is sharp, this distance is hit by an arrow must be painful to fall to the ground straight to the air, lost the ability to fight, these people immediately panicked, this panic, there is no normal response to the follow-up landing.

As soon as the rain of arrows stopped, the soldiers and horses arrived in front of them in the blink of an eye, the bronze halberd in Bao Yun's hand waved and swirled, the cold light appeared, Baili Hong jumped up and directly crossed the shield array, and the left hand exerted force to spin down on the right side, directly picking up a few soldiers, the blood mist flew all over the sky, and the muffled sound of falling and screaming continued. Immediately followed by the head charge of the experienced cavalry behind him, the triangle directly tore out a hole in the shield array, and the cavalry on both wings rushed in to open the opening wider and wider, and quickly formed several circles in three veins, surrounding the soldiers in the back row, and fighting like a marquee.

Yu Yuanheng's soldiers were already running long distances as pathfinders, people were sleepy and tired, and they were just in time to camp and rest, many people didn't have time to take the long weapons, and hurriedly pulled out their short swords to meet the attack, and the front shield array was not yet formed to urgently meet the enemy, and there was no way to resist these sudden cavalry charges, which became a trend of heavy water and scattered sand.

However, in three rounds, the position has been taken, Yu Yuanheng was captured in front of Bao Yun, his face was pale, a few strands of hair fell in front of him, his eyes were gloomy, and he slowly raised his head and spoke: "In a land of just a hundred miles, I dare to raise troops against the imperial court." Aren't you afraid that your father will die in prison for no apparent reason, and aren't you afraid that the kingdom of Bao will be razed to the ground? ”

"My father once taught me that as the king of a country, you should obey the way, and how can you become a tyrannical minister." Praise Yun does not change color on the horse, "Do you really think that today's Shangqing Gonggu is really a talented and virtuous person?" ”

Yu Yuanheng was a little clumsy when he heard this, "I, but it's just a big week... How to help the right business... ”

Immediately, the conversation changed, "Today I am already a prisoner, and the men of the country that Your Excellency praises are only a few thousand soldiers, do you really think that you can compete with the 20,000 soldiers of the Sixth Division in the future?" I'm afraid you'll have to follow in my footsteps in a few days! ”

Bao Yun didn't want him to continue, waved his hand, and retreated with Yu Yuanheng left and right.

Yu Yuanheng didn't resist anything, and sighed: "I have never heard that the imperial court can raise 10,000 soldiers to push into a fief without any fault. Do it yourself. ”

"Young master, the scandium cloud army is a good news, four miles away and seven songs, He Chongjin's ambush plan is successful, four hundred are annihilated, four hundred prisoners are captured and go south to explore the army, and the captain Xu Lan has been beheaded in the charge. Another spy came to report that the division headquarters had set up camp in Long Beach on Saturday. ”

Bao Yun looked up at the sky, the yellow sand raised because of the fierce battle has not yet dissipated, the 20,000 army is still the main force that has fought in the south and the north of the pickaxe, how to fight this battle next.

Fifty miles away at Long Beach, a gorgeous marching tent was surrounded by other camps like stars and moons, and an angry roar came from inside, "What?!" The two probe troops were all ambushed, and the military Sima was captured?! ”。

In the tent, a man sat on the chair and was angry, this person was dressed in a gorgeous costume, wearing a purple robe and a python belt, stepping on the clouds, with raised eyebrows and triangular eyes, and cheekbones hanging high on the fish's tail.

"A little praise also dares to raise troops to commit crimes, I'm afraid I'm tired of it." The man sneered, "Heh, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, Lao Tzu and the kid are as strong, I'm really tired!" ”

"Pass my order, settle down the Son of Heaven, and the whole army will cross the Beihe River and go south in one day, and then let the Son of Heaven see that although I am a Wenqing, I will not lose any famous generals on the battlefield."

Listening to the spies' report on the results of the battle, Ji Hong frowned, looked at the bookcase with his hands behind his back and was silent, Ji Hong was puzzled, "Father, this surprise attack on the army and its victory will definitely frustrate its spirit, but why are you so sad?" ”

Ji Yun waved her hand, "You and Bao Yun are both the same character, and they only think about the present. Have you ever thought about the consequences of our sortie this time? ”

"The consequences? That is to let the court know first that we are not easy to mess with, and we are not soft persimmons that anyone can handle casually. Ji Hong clenched his fists, "Father, when you decided to compete with the imperial court, there is no way out." ”

"It's not a question of retreat or not, he has a talent, but he has no handsome talent, he can win a small victory, but he lacks a big strategy." Ji Qi sighed, "Take this ambush as an example, he is divided into two lines of cavalry, 1,200 people on each road, this is already all the belongings of the hussars, what if the Saturday division has already set a trap in the rear?" ”

"But this time there is no trapping...

"After listening to me, this time it was really a fluke, the generals from the imperial court didn't expect that Bao Yun really dared to ambush outside the twenty-four miles, so he won, it seems that this person may be a little inexperienced, but after this time, they will feel that Baocheng has always been prepared, and there may be more troops to fight later, so they will naturally increase their vigilance. I'm afraid that it will be difficult to fight in the future. Again, what kind of unit is the Saturday Division? It was a pro-army composed of all Zhou people, and they were all walking with their necks on their waists, and this ambush would definitely anger them, and the face of the court would be regarded as colorful, followed by an extremely terrible counterattack. ”

Ji Hong was silent, yes, Bao Yun has always taken one step at a time, and the plan behind him is not expected to be planned at all, this time I am afraid that I will stab the hornet's nest.

The streets and alleys of Baocheng are much deserted, and the people who walk and run the merchants are almost nowhere to be seen.

"Eh, you know what? The nephew of my second grandson's fourth uncle sent a message that the imperial court had sent troops to attack Baocheng. ”

"Huh? Really? What are we doing here? Praise people have always been diligent and diligent, paying tribute every year, what reason is there to fight? ”

"I heard that it may be for the daughter of the Ji family, so she was born so beautiful, why don't you hurry up and offer it to the Son of Heaven, but people will come directly to rob it this time."

"Ouch, that's a pain for our people."

The two old women don't know where to hear the gossip, and you and I are talking so well.

The old man who sold steamed buns next to him couldn't stop, "You two women are from the family, you can open your mouth indiscriminately if you know anything!" I'm not afraid of going to hell after a hundred years. ”

"Old Qian, don't talk about us, now you see that there are so few people on this street, and the people from other places are nowhere to be seen, I have never seen it before, if the war really loses the soldiers, you have to go up."

"That's it, what kind of cool words are you, this is against the imperial court."

Lao Qian frowned, "What to say, tell you, the people of Jifu are kind to our entire Baocheng, everyone has food and a house, I have seen a lot of people who have no way to govern and displace the people when I have walked in other places before, and there are a few realms that are as happy as us." Tell you, if there is really no one to fight, no one needs to urge, I will personally go to Lao Sun to buy a knife and go into battle, so that the court that doesn't know how to do it can see the true ability of our praise men! ”

"Hey, the affairs of the heavenly family have to be taken on my head, and I want my children and grandchildren to live for a few more years! That little goblin charmed the Son of Heaven and used our Baoguo men as a shield? It's really a desire to get away with it. ”

"Third sister-in-law, let's ignore him and go somewhere else to talk about it." The two old women twisted their waists and waved their hands side by side, still whispering something.

The old wallet stall is on the second floor of the teahouse, and the brim of the hat is pressed to listen to this conversation clearly, holding the teacup tightly, and the white little hand strangled a few blue and red marks, clenching his teeth tightly for fear that he would not be able to control himself.

"Don't think about it, listen to the long-tongued woman's foolishness, what do you do with those gossip." Zhu Yuan, who was sitting on the side, hugged Ji Huan when she saw this, for fear that she would not be able to bear these words.

"Sister Mi, I... I haven't seen Zhou Tianzi again, why is he so full that he is making trouble with me? For I am a scourge? Ji Huan's heart was like eating a big mouthful of coptis, so bitter that she was almost speechless.

"Huanhuan, don't listen to those gossip when you say it, you have to listen to it, this kind of person is everywhere, listening to the wind is the rain, because what are you doing with this kind of talk?" Zhu Cheng didn't know how to comfort Ji Huan for a while, this has been a year, and her own young lady still remembers that the old man in the city said that she was a disaster, and today I listened to a few words of street gossip, and the little girl of this age was delicate, and suddenly came out like this, this is really an old scar that has not healed and added a new injury.

"Should I have listened to my brother to get married, so that my father and cousin would not be worried now." Ji Huan was a little shaken, always feeling that he was the source of a catastrophe, and he had to do something, otherwise he was afraid that he would leave a bad reputation in Baocheng. "Daddy has been kind to people all his life, and everyone in Baocheng knows that he is kind, and there is a daughter like this, isn't it all about it." As she spoke, her nose was sour, and her eyes were red.

Zhu Cheng panicked, this is really immersed in his own thoughts, so chaotic that he even ignored the comfort of others, when something unpleasant happened in the past, he was able to smile again after a few words of persuasion, and now he has his own thinking, and I am afraid that I will not have a distress or something in the future, and I will die of sorrow if I listen to something bad.

By the way, Miss doesn't seem to have laughed again this year......

In a hurry, Zhu Huan held Ji Huan's little face and pinched it, "Obedient, Huan Huan, you can listen to the words of idle people, but you can't listen to your sister's words?" You are you, you are the pearl of Baocheng, we don't want you to suffer anything bad, we want you to live happily for a lifetime, isn't it enough to have so many people love you? Zhu Cheng pinched it again, thinking about how to quickly change the topic. This pinch only found out that the feel is not as good as before, a year of time Miss is in the hair year, out and more beautiful, it is really a female eighteen changes, the baby fat on both sides of the chin has also been eliminated, I don't know if it is because of something in my heart to worry about losing weight, slap the small face of the melon seeds, even if the beauty is like a cloud of pickaxe Jing must be standing out from the crowd, the eye circles are red, this expression can not help but make people feel pity, if this is really looked at by the Son of Heaven one day, I am afraid that it is really coming......

"......" Ji Huan wanted to speak and stopped, pressed the silk hat, took Zhu Ming's hand, and hurriedly walked downstairs to his home.

The blood-red sunset on the horizon shone obliquely on the two of them, dragging the shadows for a long, long time.