Chapter 81: Cutting the Ox and Setting Out
It has been raining since yesterday, and there is no moon or sun in sight, and looking at the hourglass, it is time for the moon to set before dawn, so it is no wonder that it is dark as if you are locked in a dark room.
Lan Ziyi slowly got up from the bed and quietly walked into the bathroom, without waking anyone up.
Because there was no preparation in advance, there was no hot water at this time, but this was exactly what Lan Ziyi thought.
Lan Ziyi closed the bathroom door, put the saber aside, took off his clothes and walked to the water tank, picked up a bucket of cold water and poured it on himself.
The spring water was still bitterly cold, and Lan Ziyi couldn't help but have a cold shiver.
The biting cold stimulated Lan Ziyi, like a cold wind on the grassland, and Lan Ziyi thought of the soldiers coming and going in Luoyan Pass, and the cavalry in a strict formation.
And that's exactly what he wants to do.
Lan Ziyi picked up a bucket of water and poured it on his head again, this time the water was colder and more biting, but Lan Ziyi did not shiver.
He remembered the conversation with Zhang Wang, the strategy written in the book of soldiers, and the stories he heard and saw at home, all of which were frozen in his mind by this bucket of cold water, and became the imprint of his body, the kind of imprint that would never disappear.
Lan Ziyi filled the bucket again, once and for the last time, poured it on his head. This time, Lan Ziyi couldn't feel the cold, only the scorching pain spread all over his body, the water didn't seem to be water, but boiling oil, and the moment it was poured in his heart, it ignited the fire in his heart, it was a fire ignited by the determination to win, and the raging fire rushed in Lan Ziyi's heart and sublimated into his soul.
Lan Ziyi's muscles tensed, he gritted his teeth and took the saber on the side, then pulled out the long sword sharply and threw the scabbard aside.
Then Lan Ziyi stabbed the ring finger of his left hand with the tip of his sword, causing blood to slide down the blade.
Sure enough, the sword was good, and the blood did not leave a trace on the blade, and fell to the hilt like a drop of water.
Then Lan Ziyi knelt on the ground, picked up the saber with both hands, raised it above his head, and his body was half-kneeling to face the north, and said:
"The ancestors and the ancestors are above, bless Lan Ziyi to live up to his mission, exterminate the thieves, and stabilize the country."
After doing all this, Lan Ziyi maintained this posture and let out a soft breath.
This is not an ancestral expedition ceremony, and no one has ever taught Lan Ziyi, but when he slowly woke up from his sleep just now, Lan Ziyi had an irresistible urge to complete all this.
Lan Ziyi has always wanted to be a scholar, but he didn't expect that as soon as he received the news of the expedition, he was still enthusiastic and did something strange. Maybe it's bloodline.
At this time, the door behind him was opened, and Tao Zhutu said in surprise:
"Less...... Why does Wei Hou look like this? ”
Lan Ziyi didn't speak, and stood up silently.
Behind him, the Tao brothers walked to Lan Ziyi's side,
Lan Ziyi stretched out his hand to take the towel handed by Tao Zhuhu, and Tao Zhulu asked again:
"Young Master, what's wrong with your hand? Why do you drip blood again? ”
Then Tao Zhulu saw the cold water flowing into the sewer and the scabbard on the side, as well as the saber in Lan Ziyi's hand.
The Tao brothers understood something, pursed their lips and nodded slightly, no longer asking.
Lan Ziyi wiped the water on his body, changed into a cotton robe, put on his armor with the help of the Tao brothers, and was dressed in silver and white from top to bottom, sweeping away the decadent appearance when he first came out of the poetry club, as if the immortal general carved in the temple of Dajue Sect descended to earth.
Tao Zhuhu said while holding his armor for Lan Zi on the side:
"Weihou, it's time to go."
Lan Ziyi nodded, and walked out of the bathroom with the Tao brothers, the sky was still gloomy, and it was raining, Zhe'er led a few slaves and maids to the side, holding breakfast. Seeing that Lan Ziyi had an injury on his hand, he quickly took out gauze and wrapped it for Lan Ziyi.
The Tao brothers and Lan Ziyi took some dry food and nodded to this Zhe'er, everyone understood, and didn't say anything, Zhe'er just said:
"Wei Hou wants to come back safely."
Lan Ziyi nodded, and the Tao brothers put on armor and held their staffs, and walked outside the mansion.
At the gate of the house, there was already a line of Taicheng guards waiting for the Yu Gonggong, and Lan Ziyi got on the horse and followed the Yu Gong Ma after saluting.
After a while, Qi Rongxun came out of the mansion, dressed in mountain armor, and he was also wise and martial.
I waited for everyone to see King De, even if it was a rainy day, he could still be blinded by the golden light of the armor on his body, what kind of armor was that, the armor pieces were all gilded, and there were also silver carved beasts, the helmet was almost hollowed, and various complicated patterns were engraved in plain text, the most exaggerated was the cockscomb on the top of the helmet, I don't know where to get the feathers, which were two and a half feet high.
From a distance, King De looks like a clay puppet with gold, nondescript
Fortunately, King De was very interested, and he was still talking and laughing with Wang San and Li Si next to him.
Lan Ziyi held his forehead and complained, thinking that it was really tasteful to wear such an armor.
Behind him, Peach Rabbit whispered:
"I bet this life armor is worth five hundred taels."
桃淚虎 says:
"Can you still go out and cut people while wearing something?"
兰子义 says:
"I don't expect him to go out and cut, as long as he is willing to stay behind and eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, it is better than anything else."
Seeing the smile on King De's face, Father-in-law Yu quickly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and said:
"The old slave fish is gracious, and I welcome the prince."
King De looked his father-in-law up and down and said:
"Well, you're still a bit of a minion. Unlike some people, who know to sue the palace all day long, and still want me to listen to him. “
As he spoke, he looked up and found Lan Ziyi, and glared fiercely.
Father-in-law Yu said with a smile on his face:
"I have served the emperor all my life, I am a royal person, you are the master, the old slave will naturally serve you well."
Lan Ziyi listened to the bitterness in his heart, and sure enough, Father-in-law Yu planned to take the opportunity of this expedition to curry favor with King De and mix up a position.
King De laughed when he heard this, and Wang San and Li Si on the side also laughed, and kept saying:
"My father-in-law really understands things."
Then several people surrounded King De and got on the horse, and the group walked to the west Anyuan Gate.
Outside the city, more than 40,000 soldiers had already lined up and waved their flags, although it was rainy and rainy, the army was neat and tidy, and it could be seen that the morale was high.
After seeing King De and his entourage, all the soldiers shouted in unison, Lan Ziyi only felt his blood boiling when he heard it, and he couldn't wait to lead the army to kill the enemy camp now, and cut off the head of the thief to present to the emperor.
But unexpectedly, King De was startled by this roar and almost fell off his horse.
Fortunately, it is far away, and there should not be many soldiers to see.
Then the Father of the Fish led the king to ride to the front of the army,
The adults of the military department have been waiting here, and after a brief ceremony, a sergeant took out a cow, and then a wrestler **** went up, holding a horse chopping knife to the cow, and the knife fell neatly and neatly cut off the head of the cow, and the soldiers saw this and shouted again.
Lan Ziyi also applauded in his heart, at least the omen was good.
Then the Father-in-law said to King De:
"Lord Wang, please say a few words to the soldiers."
King De, who was frightened by the slaughter of the cow, turned pale and asked:
"What?"
When Father-in-law Yu saw King De's face, his face was a little unbearable, but he still said with a smile:
"Lord Wang~! Say a few words to the soldiers, you are a marshal. “
King Tak nodded, urging the horse to take a few steps forward.
Lan Ziyi thought to himself that this King De could actually ride a horse, which was amazing.
More than 40,000 soldiers saw the shining armor of King De, and drove their horses forward, knowing that they were going to give a lecture, and they all looked at King De with bated breath.
And King De faced the eyes of more than 40,000 people, and his face didn't know whether to be white or red, and he couldn't hold back a word for a long time.
For a moment, Lan Ziyi felt that King De was about to pee.
In the end, I don't know where the courage came from attached to King De, who finally opened his mouth
"Hah! ----Ha! ---Ha! “
He laughed three times, then turned his horse's head and returned to the crowd of Taichengwei.
Lan Ziyi sighed, thinking that it was better to say something than nothing.
Although Father-in-law Yu was still smiling and serving King De, everyone could see that his face was dark.
The originally strict soldiers also had a faint commotion, and it could be seen that they were very disappointed in King De. By the time we camp tonight, I guess the gossip should have spread.
Then the army set out, Lan Ziyi volunteered to be the striker to open the way, and King De was happy not to listen to Lan Ziyi's nagging.
Together with Lan Ziyi, the forward is the Dongji Tiger Battalion,
As soon as he walked away, a partial general rushed from the middle of the cavalry ranks, and shouted to Lan Ziyi and the Tao brothers, who were leading the way:
"Brother Chase Tiger! This time, I'm going to compare with you who has more heads! “
Tao Zhuhu turned his head to look at it and said with a smile:
"I thought it was a bastard who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the earth who dared to compare with me, it turned out to be Brother Qionglou."
Then he greeted:
"Brother Qionglou, this is Hou Lanziyi of my family's guard pavilion."
Then he said to Lan Ziyi:
"This is Wei Qionglou, the partial general of the Dongji Tiger Battalion, and I have always ridden a horse in his battalion when I was in the capital. The kid is very skilled, but it's just a little worse than me. “
Wei Qionglou drove his horse to Lan Ziyi's side, clasped his fists and said:
"The last general, Wei Qionglou, has seen Wei Hou."
Lan Ziyi returned the salute with a fist and looked at this person by the way,
This Wei Qionglou is the same age as Tao Zhuhu, the same is dark skin, strong body, eyes like torches, and he knows at a glance that he is a good leader.
兰子义 says:
"I've seen General Wei. Dare to ask who is the main general in the camp? “
Wei Qionglou and Tao Zhuhu glanced at each other, laughed, and then Wei Qionglou said:
"The highest of the nine battalions in the capital is only a partial general, and I am the chief general of this Dongji Tiger Battalion."
Lan Ziyi smiled embarrassedly:
"It's my ignorance, General Wei don't see outside."
Wei Qionglou laughed and said:
"Why is Wei Hou so polite, beheading the thieves, the ancient country Anbang is the big man's doing, what does he care about the big officials and small officials? I, Wei Qionglou, came step by step from a small soldier, not to be promoted and make a fortune! “
Lan Ziyi nodded, thinking that this person was really brave and loyal.
Then he said:
"In this way, General Wei is really handsome, and he can be a partial general at such a young age."
魏qiong楼 says:
"I'm just for this Taisho world, it doesn't matter if you're talented or not. But this time the conquest ......"
Lan Ziyi asked:
"What doubts does General Wei have?"
魏qiong楼 says:
"This expedition of grain and grass from the capital, we can only move along the river, the route is too dead, once the thieves know, what should we do if we run to other places?"
Lan Ziyi asked:
"In the general's opinion?"
魏qiong楼 says:
"If you want me to talk about the two Jihu battalions, they should move forward lightly, and they should be caught off guard by the thieves, even if they can't win, at least bite the thieves and let them not flee in all directions."
Lan Ziyi nodded when he listened, and was about to speak, when suddenly a herald passed from behind
"The Chinese army has an order, rest in place!"
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No one reads it when I write it desperately, so I will have a day off tomorrow