nineteen
In the Zhengde Dynasty, there was the deeds of Wang Yangming's three arrows to set the Beijing army, and then to the Tang Dynasty, there was an allusion to Xue Rengui's three arrows to set the Tianshan Mountain. Yue Xiang felt a little like this at the moment.
Of course, he didn't dare to compare the martial arts of these two ancient famous generals, but his own archery technique made him very satisfied, and he was a little surprised that his strength was so great, it wouldn't be a natural divine power. An arrow hole cracks the wooden target, and if it is probably replaced with armor, it can break the armor three or four times. He began to like his body, this Yue Xiang must have been a martial arts master "before his death".
"Good archery, the little one just now is offended, please punish the adult!" Bi Mazi's expression at the moment is a kind of convincing, that is, the kind of convincing between fighters who are better than themselves. This person simply knelt down on one knee and gave Yue Xiang a military salute, which meant that he had identified with Yue Xiang's leadership identity.
"Get up, where does Brother Bi come from? What offends and does not offend. Don't say more polite words, wait for the evening to drink together, everyone doesn't know each other! ”
Bi Mazi saw that Yue Xiang didn't have any shackles, and he was also happy in his heart. While talking, he saw a person running in in a panic outside the playground, and Yue Xiang saw that it was an old mother who stayed behind to take care of the house.
He didn't want others to know about Chen's affairs, so he didn't explain in detail when he went out, but just told her that the young grandmother was not feeling well today, and asked her to pay more attention, and if there was anything, she would come to the playground to look for him. As a result, now seeing her running in a panic, her heart suddenly tightened, and she asked urgently, "What's wrong?!" ”
Outside the city of Qinghe, thirty miles west of the city, the Ming army horse shop.
This is a secret shop, since Zou Chuxian passed down the military order, the horse exploration rangers near Qinghe City, the light and dark horse shops have all strengthened their vigilance, lest the Jianzhou soldiers take the opportunity to sneak attack. This place is close to a large mountain called Weining Ying, located on the side of the mountain road leading to Liaoyang, and the three Ming soldiers hide behind a large rock halfway up the mountain, which is overgrown with bushes and is a good hiding place. The road conditions at the bottom of the mountain can be seen at a glance.
"Boss, the sentry officer of the shop is coming." One of the soldiers whispered, pushing the detainees who were sleeping in the grass nest. No one wants to be sent to this ghost place outside the city, at least there is some sense of security in hiding within the city walls. So the three of them are also messing around.
The detainee opened his eyes and yawned widely. Rolled over and got up and asked, "Has anyone been passing by?" ”
"There is not a single ghost, who dares to come to our Qinghe now. Every day, the people who pass by on the road can be counted on both hands. A few days ago, when the Yue family's convoy passed here, there were more people, and that was the only horse gang I had ever seen. ”
"Mom, God bless that Jianzhou barbarian, don't call at this time."
"I heard that the imperial court is going to negotiate with the barbarians of Jianzhou?"
"How the do I know? Don't worry about these things, let's just be our own errands anyway. Naturally, there are those adults who discuss the major affairs of the imperial court, which kind of idle are you? ”
The three of them chatted quietly, and when one of them looked up, he saw a carriage coming from the city. The detainee looked at it and said, "It's strange, at this time, there is still a carriage walking alone on this road, and he is not afraid of accidents?" Well? ...... by car Is it a woman? He snapped his eyes and saw something rare.
"Really?" The other two also came over, "Heh, you're still quite young?" How did I not know that there was such a beautiful coachwoman in our city? ”
"Don't be the maid in anyone's house, right?"
The three of them whispered, but could not show up, but watched as the carriage passed under their feet, down the mountain road, and then disappeared from their sight around the foot of a mountain.
"I am not afraid to walk on the road in such a car, and I am not afraid of being bearded. I heard that the beard on the road has been quite fierce recently. The greedy gaze of the officer reluctantly moved back from a distance, "I heard that the murderer is ruthless, and I don't know where it came from." Specifically looking for big families to start. ”
"Then I can rest assured, my family is just a poor bachelor."
"Look at your little bit of talent, the soldier is actually afraid of thieves, how can you be a soldier?"
"So what? I served as a soldier and ate food, but the court didn't pay me a penny of food this year, so why did I work hard for the court? This is a big rebellion, but the other two people all look like they are related. Soldiers get together to complain, and the whole world does the same.
"Oops...... What is that......" The three of them were talking, and one of them suddenly saw smoke wafting in the direction of Shantunzi not far away, and the three of them talked to each other, and at the same time saw a question mark in each other's eyes. Then they faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the road in the direction of Tunzi.
"Beard!" When they saw the dress of the person who came, the three of them broke out in a cold sweat at the same time......
"Young grandmother, she's running away from home!" When she got home, her face was full of panic and she stammered.
Yue Xiang didn't speak, holding a piece of letter paper in his hand, and he couldn't help but regret it in his heart. I didn't expect Chen to make such a choice, and it seemed that she would be wrong about her intentions. He originally thought that after Chen calmed down, he would tell her that he didn't care about her true identity, but he didn't know what to say just now, and as a result, Chen mistakenly thought that he was suggesting that she was asking her to leave on her own initiative.
It's not surprising that she has this thought, Yue Xiang is going to be an official, and she is a wanted cult demon girl. Once this matter is made public, it will have an adverse impact on Yue Xiang.
She didn't want to drag Yue Xiang down, and at the same time, what Yue Xiang said to her made her think that Yue Xiang really loved her, but she couldn't bear to send her to see an official, and she couldn't bear to drive her out of the house. Then it's better to take the initiative to leave as soon as you know each other. Anyway, looking at the meaning, her husband has already found out her details, and since he has made it clear to her today, it seems that he wants her to disappear by herself.
The White Lotus Sect is a cult, and normal people who would allow a cult demon girl to be their wife. Not to mention that Yue Xiang still made up his mind to take the official road.
So she left a letter for Yue Xiang and left, and the gist of the letter was this. As a cultist, the concubine can't bear to affect the future of the princess, thanks to the loving care over the years, and so on. I only saw Yue Xiang trembling all over, blaming himself for being indecisive and vague, which led the Chen family to have such a misunderstanding.
The old mother was still there babbling endlessly, and Yue Xiang interrupted her with a loud shout.
"How long have you been gone?! Which direction are you going!? Prepare the horses, prepare the horses! ”
As a result, the old mother didn't know where Chen was going, only knew that she was still there when she left, and when she came back from the kitchen, she couldn't see anyone, and asked the janitor as if she was going out to do something according to Yue Xiang's instructions, and drove out in a carriage with Yahuan, as for what she didn't say, the people didn't dare to ask.
"You idiots!" Yue Xiang scolded angrily, so he had to inquire about the four city gates one by one, but fortunately, he had acquaintances at the four city gates. He rode around the city and asked about it, but at last he reached the west gate, and when he asked, he went out from the west gate. Yue Xiang was anxious in his heart, and was about to ride his horse out of the city, but he saw a horse galloping outside the city, it was the horse shop officer of the Ming army, and he saw that he looked panicked, sweating profusely, and seemed to be fleeing for his life.
"What?! Horse thief!? Yue Xiang's heart rose to his throat. When the officer on duty at Ximen learned of the situation, he did not dare to slack off, and asked Tanma to hurry up to the garrison yamen to report. Yue Xiang suddenly grabbed the officer and asked, "Have you seen a carriage passing by?" The coachman should be a woman! ”
"Back to my lord, the little one did see a carriage passing along the road in the direction of Weining Camp, and the person driving it was indeed a woman. However, according to the time, they may have just in time for the horse thieves to burn and plunder the tunzi, and the little one did not see the carriage come back......"
Before the official finished speaking, he was pushed aside, and Yue Xiang was about to blow up the cat. The Chen clan doesn't know martial arts, and it can still be good in the hands of those horse thieves, and these horse thieves may be the gang that Yue Qi colluded with at the beginning.
When he tortured Yue Qi, the information that came out of his mouth said that he had contacted a group of horse thieves, and after he took power in the Yue family, he would persuade the Yue family to move his family, and then these horse thieves would be intercepted and killed halfway, as long as Yue Xiang and Old Man Yue were killed together, he would be the real master of the Yue family. When the time comes, I will return to Qinghe, and when the Jianzhou soldiers arrive, they should join forces outside the city, and the glory and wealth will be at your fingertips.
Later, he slaughtered Yue Qi, but he didn't have time to care about those horse thieves for the time being. He first focused his energy on purging the Yueqi faction in the family Ding, and recently he had just finished doing it, but there was another file matter.
I knew that I would have designed to kill these bandits first! The veins on his head were tensed, and he galloped down the street to the training ground, shouting, "Stop! All the copyists are on the horse! Go out of the city with Lao Tzu to save people! Hurry up! The crowd was stunned for a moment, and then saw that Yue Xiang was not joking, and the crowd immediately dispersed, like bees that had blown up their nests, and they went to lead their horses to get weapons.
Bi Mazi and Chen Wumin saw that Yue Xiang had left in a panic just now, and now when they came back, they immediately roared with a red face, and they knew that something must be urgent. The two hurriedly came to Yue Xiangma, "My lord, do you have Zou Junmen's general order for this army?" Sending troops without an order is a capital offense......"
"Will grandma order! Lao Tzu is going to save my own wife, what will I order? In this way, the two of you can go and say a word to Zou Junmen. "Yue Xiang is anxious, where can he manage this, now that the commander-in-chief is here, don't try to stop him.
Soon the people and horses in the playground were gathered, and the family members were wearing iron mesh cotton armor in the style of officers and soldiers, long knives and bows and arrows at the waist, and they also brought their original guys, all of them were majestic and murderous, and they really looked a little bit of the momentum of tiger and wolf soldiers. It's just that the queue is disorganized, and it's obvious that the ones I practiced in the first few days have all been forgotten.
But now Yue Xiang didn't have the heart to take care of this, and soon the group of people who went back to Yue's house to get horses also came. More than 300 people gathered in the playground, Dong Mingchuan and Ma Gong's team were also there just now, and they roughly heard what was going on, and led more than 200 people to help. Yue Xiang took the lead in rushing to the west gate, these more than 500 people poured into the street with war horses, and suddenly the street was crowded with chaos, the people of the city didn't know what was going on, many people thought that the Jianzhou soldiers from outside the city were about to start a war, and suddenly the city was full of chickens and dogs.
The west gates, the gates are closed. Yue Xiang restrained his mount, dismounted and saluted Zou Chuxian, and more than 500 people behind him also dismounted. Zou Chuxian's face was grim, and he said angrily: "Yue Xiang, there is no general order to behead those who send troops without authorization, have you forgotten the military law?!" Don't forget that you are now an officer and soldier of the imperial court, not a bandit! Military discipline is like a mountain, do you understand! ”
"If you go back to your lordship, you will be convicted of sin! It was only because the last general's lowly inner fell into the hands of bandits that he did not have time to ask for orders before he transferred troops without authorization. The last general now asks for an order from your lordship, and begs your lord to allow me to go out of the city and exterminate this group of horse thieves! ”
"What if I'm not allowed?"
“…… I have to fight this battle today. If the adults don't allow it, the last general will have to offend. Please rest assured, when the last general returns, he will be bound to the yamen to ask for his sin. Yue Xiang's eyes were about to breathe fire, but the black officers and soldiers around him also made him unable to ignore it, he didn't want to start a war with his own people before starting a war with the horse thieves.
Zou Chuxian looked at Yue Xiang and suddenly sighed. Seeing what this means, Yue Xiang is really anxious, and besides, there is finally a dare to fight in Qinghe City, how can the Weining Battalion be administratively under the jurisdiction of his Qinghe City, and now it is impossible to say that he is in trouble without sending troops to rescue, and if he wins, it will also help the morale of the army and the people in the city.
After weighing it, he shouted: "Yue Xiang listens to the order! ”
"The last general!"
"Transferring troops without permission is a capital offense! I now order you to take the people of the left and right divisions of the Chinese army, and go out of the city to clear out the bandits with the right and left divisions of the right division of the Chinese army, and make meritorious contributions! If you can't win it all, come and see you! As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to take down a command flag and threw it in front of Yue Xiang.
"The last will be ordered!" Yue Xiang held the Ling Qi with both hands.
"If you are in a hurry, I won't let you settle the bail this time. However, you transferred troops without authorization, although the capital crime is unbearable, and when you return to the city, you will go to the garrison yamen to receive the punishment of twenty military sticks! After speaking, Zou Chuxian signaled to open the west door.
Yue Xiang waved his hand behind him, "Get on the horse...... Out of town! With the sound of this order, the crowd began to surge, stirring up the sound of horses' hooves like a torrent, and the black-pressed militia cavalry rushed out of the city gate and rushed to the southwest mountain road like a torrent under a mountain stream. The dust was flying, and the team of more than 500 horsemen swept across the land like a long dragon, galloping towards the Weining camp.
Yue Xiang spread the reins on his horse and galloped with all his might, running in front. He didn't dare to think about what would happen to Xiao Wan if she really fell into the hands of those horse thieves, she was a weak woman who didn't know martial arts...... He gritted his teeth and drove all these years out of his mind, the two armies were facing each other, and he couldn't expect any luck in the dangerous situation, and it was better to think about how to fight when he had time to think about it.
His heart churned violently, and he hurriedly sat down and accelerated his horse.
The Weining camp is more than thirty miles away from Qinghe City, and the road conditions are okay, and the team of people and horses have been running for almost an hour, and they finally feel it. Yue Xiang raised the general flag in his hand high and tapped it left and right twice. His original intention was to divide the opposing team into two groups, one to block the intersection and the other to occupy the commanding heights of the high slope. It's a pity that some of these rabble didn't see it at all, and some didn't understand what it meant when they saw it, and the hundred presidents also stupidly followed the gourd and held the flag in their hands to point left and right.
Helplessly, Yue Xiang had no choice but to slow down, and shouted a few hundred generals to give orders. Only then did I understand that the team was split into two parts, Dong Mingchuan and Ma Gong went to the intersection to push flat, and the rest of Yue Xiang's team neighed and rode more than 300 horses, galloping to the top of the west slope of Weining Ying, choking the main road into the mountain.
But the Weining camp in front of him was already a raging fire, and thick smoke was rising into the sky. From time to time, figures on horseback were shouting and shouting in the midst of the fireworks, clashing back and forth. Someone saw them on the hill, and the voices below suddenly became chaotic.
People haven't run yet! Caught up!
Yue Xiang only felt a stream of blood rushing to his head, judging that these horse thieves might be about to flee and couldn't wait any longer, so he raised the three-pointed and two-edged knife in his hand, and the snowy blade reflected the sunlight, like a lightning bolt in mid-air. He shouted loudly at the top of his throat, as if a thunder thunder sounded on a dry day on the flat ground.
"Brothers, kill!"
With this shout, these fierce warriors let out a terrifying scream in unison, raised their swords on their horses, pressed down the mountain from the wide front, rushed through the Yellow Grass Dadianzi with an avalanche, and attacked the Weining camp.
In an instant, the hordes of cavalry burrowed into the flames, buried in the smoke, and collided with the oncoming enemy cavalry. The sound of metal clashing, screaming, neighing horses, and heavy objects falling to the ground rang out in one place.
And Yue Xiang, who rushed to the front, slammed the three-pointed knife in his hand like a hurricane in the moment he broke into the fireworks, and after flying a few unknown weapons, he slashed heavily on the neck of a horse, and the huge body of this beast was directly smashed to the side as if it had been hit by a speeding car, and the knight on the horse screamed and overturned to the ground, and before he could get up, countless horses' hooves stepped over him, directly trampling him into flesh......