Early summer is the most lush time of the year, and the same is true in the northwestern frontier.

Cavalry groups winding along the north bank of the Yellow River were moving slowly. Feng Jiye's skin was old and dark, his beard was unkempt, and the brand-new armor cloak on his body was like a new coat draped over a beggar. He was talking endlessly with the civilian officials and generals of the prison army.

"Sheep herding is very slow, it takes almost a year to grow, and you can get sick and lose everything...... It is better to farm, and a piece of land can be planted with grains and beans, and two or three crops can be harvested a year. ”

The civil official said with a smile: "When General Feng returned to his hometown, he had a lot of experience in herding sheep and farming. ”

Feng Jiye nodded and said, "But farming and herding sheep are not the fastest way to harvest." ”

The civil servant asked with great interest: "What is the fastest way?" ”

Feng Jiye said seriously: "Go to other people's sheepfolds to lead the sheep...... Of course, you have to go with knives and guns. ”

The civil official's face stiffened, and only after a moment did he catch up with Feng Jiye's topic, and said helplessly: "But the person who was led by the sheep must be very unhappy, and the trouble will be big." ”

Feng Jiye stroked his palms and said, "You're right! But it's so easy, everyone wants to do it anyway. The official family was very unhappy when the war horse was 'led' away, otherwise what would we be doing here? ”

As he spoke, a group of people rode up a hill, and everyone involuntarily grabbed the reins, and looked at the scene in front of them with wide eyes, and everyone was shocked by the beautiful scenery!

Gentle hillside, open sight; The dry weather makes the skies clear and clean. A shallow river divides the earth into two distinct sides, and to the north is goose-yellow sand, which looks unveiled from afar; The banks of the river are covered with dark green trees; On the south shore are patches of meadows, slightly lighter than the woods.

Such a layered scene of colors seems to be only appreciated here.

Some sheep are slowly moving to graze on the grass, and there is a tent next to the woods, surrounded by a wooden fence. The scattered horsemen in the flock seemed to notice the number of horsemen on the hillside, and they were looking up to see this way.

The civil official said: "The tribes in the south of Lingzhou have always been in harmony with the border towns, and it is definitely not their responsibility to plunder the war horses. ”

Feng Jiye shook his head and said, "You don't understand it too much. After they robbed it, they thought that the horse meat was not tasty, so they traded with others and exchanged it for sheep. Now let's go and get the sheep back! ”

Feng Jiye said that, he pulled out the saber from his back, turned around and beckoned, and more cavalry rushed up the mountain. The men in the meadow below slapped their horses and galloped towards the camp.

"Kill the two-legged one, and take the four-legged one!" Feng Jiye shouted.

The army shouted excitedly, and in the midst of the noise, the horses' hooves roared, and a group of light cavalry in plate armor poured down the hillside, the red and blue banners parted on either side, and the horses rushed down in two streams, like a torrent of a flash flood. The tranquil beauty was immediately filled with hustle and bustle.

A group of party men with small round hats rode out of the camp, waving their hands and shouting something. One of them tied a white turban to a branch and waved it in a panic.

"Smack!" Suddenly, there was a chord sound, and the man wielding the turban screamed and fell off his horse. Then there was a crackling of strings, arrows raining down, and several party members seemed to be covered with reeds, and the horses were kneeling and neighing.

After a while, the sound of "clang" sounded around the fence, and the cavalry of the Xu army easily knocked over the railing, and the chaotic soldiers rushed in, and there was a mess inside.

Feng Jiye screamed and rushed to the tent, and when he saw two or three people running out of the tent, he kicked his horse forward, and slashed at it with a condescending sword, screaming and blood splashing immediately. Soon smoke rose not far away, the fire gradually rose, and there were crazy shouts all around.

A cavalryman was on his horse with a bow and arrows, his back straight, and his movements were very skillful, and in the blink of an eye he saw someone swooping down on the ground.

"Wow......" Not far away, a little girl with pigtails stood there, looking up and crying, with several corpses lying next to her. The cavalry passed past her, but no one paid any attention to the little girl.

In the smoky tent beside him, two men suddenly rushed out, screaming in terror and rolling on the ground, their hands scratching at the burning fur in a chaotic manner, the smell of mush spreading, and the screams of hissing were very terrible.

The camp was soon pierced by cavalry, and everywhere there was a flickering fire and smoke. The striker had rushed into the woods and pursued the fleeing men. Some of the horsemen had dismounted, rummaging through the corpses for valuables, and there was chaos around them.

A team of Xu Jun cavalry drove more than a dozen people over, but Feng Jiye was furious and shouted: "What do you care about those people? Go catch the sheep! ”

One of them staggered to the ground, and hurriedly turned around, and saw a soldier Xu pull out his bow and press against his head, "bang" a string sound, the arrow iron cluster against his head, stabbed into the forehead, the man's pupils suddenly diverged.

Feng Jiye turned his head and said to the soldiers: "Tell them not to burn, we can be stationed on the spot." Catch the party members out of the tent and kill them! ”

There was chaos nearby, and screams could be heard from time to time in the woods ahead. Feng Jiye jumped off the horse, and saw that there was an injured person next to him, so he stepped forward and stabbed the man's neck, seeing that the man was vomiting blood with his hands covering his neck with his mouth wide open, and his legs were constantly twitching on the ground, but Feng Jiye grabbed the fur on the man's body very indifferently and wiped the blade of the horse's knife.

The civil official next to him stood there and looked at Feng Jiye, already stunned.

Feng Jiye put the knife back in the scabbard and turned his head to look at the civilian officer of the prison army: "You see that you can get so many fat sheep in one day, which is much faster than herding sheep for eight or nine months." ”

Civil Official: "......"

One after another, bloodstained generals came back to report, but Feng Jiye stood in the camp and looked around. After a long time, he said: "This place is close to the Yellow River, there are oasis water and grass, and there must be more than one tribe. The Chinese army was stationed here, and all the troops dispersed, leading away all the sheep within a radius of dozens of miles. ”

"The general is wise!" The generals hugged their fists one after another.

The overseer stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "General Feng is doing such a thing, beware of settling accounts after the autumn." ”

Unexpectedly, Feng Jiye sneered: "This general joined the army when he was more than ten years old, and he never felt that he was counted because he killed too many people. A few years ago, a group of party members wanted the emperor to kill me, am I dead? Just returned to his hometown to herd sheep for a few years, hehe! ”

"The general is well-cultivated!" The prison guard's eyes widened, looking at the various tragic corpses and moaning and struggling wounded around them.

…… Not long after, in Lingzhou, the messenger of the Dangxiang Post House cried and complained. "The cavalry of the Xu army, equipped with weapons and armor, rushed into the pasture, slaughtered the unarmed herdsmen, regardless of men, women, and children, and robbed them of everything...... "They didn't even spare a single person, and the burned camp was full of charred corpses." "The woods are full of hanging corpses, and where there are aquatic plants, it is like a ...... of the underworld."

Zhi Deyan said helplessly: "Feng Jiye's people, this public can't manage it." ”

If he must manage it, of course he can manage Feng Jiye, but now he can't admit it, so he has to open his mouth and talk nonsense. Zhe Deyan had just been appointed to be dispatched, and the western capital was deployed, and the commander of the Pingxia Army, Feng Jiye's cavalry was part of the Pingxia Army.

The messenger said with a sad face: "Zhegong must be in charge, that guy is like a mad dog and looting and killing innocents everywhere!" There is a debtor and a debtor, the Yeci clan has plundered the imperial court military horses, shouldn't the Da Xu army ask the Yeci clan for the guilt, what does it matter to us! ”

Zhe Deyan said: "Your envoy can write a recital, and my father will send someone to Tokyo." ”

The messenger was stunned and said, "What's the use? Feng Jiye wasn't sent by the emperor? ”

Zhe Deyan thought about it carefully, he couldn't buckle the basin on the official's head, he should carry what Feng Jiye did, and he still understood this rule. At the moment, he said kindly: "There are many yamen in the imperial court, and the officials can't manage so many things." Feng Jiye came back from a relationship he found. ”

At this time, the guards reported that Ye Ci's people in the Lingzhou Post House asked to see him. He called for someone to come in and speak.

Several party members wearing yarmullops came in, and Ye Ci bowed with his hands to his chest: "The leader of our department asked for a truce, and the leader promised to send the war horses and criminals to Lingzhou, and he would not rob the trade routes in the future. ”

Zhe De said in his heart: Li Chuyun's tens of thousands of troops are already on the way, how can he say peace and robbery now?

He frowned and thought for a while, first shirked the responsibility, and then said: "Now Lingzhou Xu Jun is not punishing criminals, but Feng Jiye is in Lingzhou. As long as Feng Jiye leaves office, everyone can still sit down and discuss. ”

A party member asked: "Emperor Xu can't control Feng Jiye?" ”

Zhe Deyan glared at him: "The Son of Heaven is two thousand miles away, how can he know everything?" ”

The people below discussed a lot in the words of the party, and they heard them say that the emperor of the Central Plains built a palace within a radius of hundreds of miles, and was with tens of thousands of wives and concubines......

Zhe Deyan pretended not to hear it, and said after a while, "If the ministries hand over Li Yiyin, there may be a way to resolve the conflict." ”

The envoys in the hall unanimously denied that they had received Li Yiyin.

After hearing this, Zhe Deyan's face changed, and he was very unhappy: "Then there is nothing to talk about." Drop-off! ”

A group of party members looked at each other and had to bow and go out from the lobby door. They were still discussing, and someone suggested: "The lord of Yueji is the concubine of Emperor Daxu, and I heard that she is very favored by the emperor of the Central Plains." You can send an envoy to Tokyo, try to meet with the lord of Tsukihime, and let her persuade the Emperor of the Central Plains. ”

Many people were in favor of this idea, but the raided tribal envoys were impatient, believing that they would be killed after going to Tokyo, two thousand miles away.

These envoys just wanted to ease the situation, but the people of the party tribe probably did not have such an attitude, and the leaders of the tribes should have been furious at this time.