In the south of Yanzhou, there was a noise in a hut in the woods, and a woman in unclothed clothes rushed out of the room, screaming: "My child, where is the child? Then a short and fat man came out with a grin, showing his yellowed teeth, and grabbed her long hair, and dragged her into the house, and the woman broke free, and it looked like her scalp was about to wither along with her hair, and several fierce soldiers rushed up and lifted her away, and she cursed screaming as she struggled.

"I'm really restless, those two are good this morning, Sven's." A short soldier laughed.

"You know a fart, lying there like a dead man, what's the point, it's still like this." The short and fat man was called Cui Hu, and he looked like the head of these Yanzhou soldiers. The protagonist of the battle the day before yesterday was the Pujia army from the kite, and these local soldiers became spectators, and were sent everywhere to search for and suppress the stragglers of the Shating people.

It is said that this stragglers are extremely harmful, and the loss of contact with the troops is the loss of restraint and military discipline, and they can escape from the defeated battlefield, most of them are brave and ruthless or stealing and slippery people, scattered among the people are like "prison escapees", not a thief, better than a thief, as the local lord Cui Jia naturally can not let these stragglers go freely, a ticket to get the team out of the city gate, along the river, along the official road, listen to the reports of the villages and villages, gather the villagers, and arrest the stragglers, it was originally excellent, But what if these arrest teams are not disciplined? That's the woe of the countryside.

Cui Hu led the team, along the road also killed two Shating people, met a family of scavengers, suddenly had a bad heart, the man's head was cut off as a reward, two women also failed to escape from the ascension, once the rules were broken, it was difficult to control, at night into a village, to ask for water and food, seeing that the little lady in the house was very good-looking, a few soldiers and ruffians then got up with evil intentions, deceived the man out of the yard, cut it with a knife, closed the door and did bad things to the woman.

"Someone looks like it." The soldier who fell behind pulled his companion who was about to enter the door: "There seems to be a figure over there?" ”

A wolf howl was heard in the distance.

"Look, you're scared?"

"Something doesn't seem right over there." The short soldier insisted on his opinion.

Cui Hu stared into the distance, only the shadows of some old trees, and smiled contemptuously: "You don't know how to be a soldier, you are still a guard." Cui Hu felt a little cold, but the little lady in the room was even warmer, and said impatiently: "You go and have a look." ”

The taller guard was dissatisfied: "Go and see for yourself." ”

A cold wind blew, and the horses tied to the trees jumped, and the heads of the people hanging from the collars of the horses swayed, and the blackened heads seemed to tell their grievances.

The tall guard sneezed and shivered: "It's cold, you can go and see for yourself." ”

The short guard looked helpless, how could he have the heart to go to investigate, wrapped the clothes on his body, his heart was still warm in the house, just about to take a step, but the door was closed, the short guard greeted the eighteen generations of his companions in the house, listened to the curses of the women inside, and had to go to the dense forest in the distance.

The guard, refers to the person who is on duty in the palace forbidden, serving as a guard, and those who can join are all strong in the army, and there is no problem in dealing with five ordinary soldiers, don't look at this guard is short, but Songshan Shaolin is still a lay disciple, and the Shaolin Arhat Boxing in one hand does not know how many opponents he has beaten, not to mention that he has also practiced hard iron sand palms, and a pair of meat palms is a little weird compared to ordinary people.

But before he had taken two steps, the horse that was firmly tied to the tree neighed, and with the rustling of the wind, there was a hint of coldness, and he couldn't help but clench his palms. The house was in full swing, Cui Hu saw that the slightly taller guard didn't go out, and he didn't say anything, and continued to work the woman, he was the leader, and a few of his subordinates were still waiting.

With a bang, the door opened, or rather flew in.

"Who."

"It's cold." The shirtless guard roared.

There are also two guards who have drawn their knives, and the habit of many years, even if they sleep, go to the toilet, and have fun with women, the knife does not leave their hands, which is the basic principle of a guard. The well-trained guards were stunned by the scene that came into view, a pair of bloody hands, although they were full of blood, they still recognized that they were short hands, and those present were all masters with knives, there was no knife incision, and the arm was torn off, because there was no knife wound, it was too terrifying.

Everyone looked at the door in fear, not knowing what kind of monster was outside, Cui Hu's stomach was a little uncomfortable, a shiver, his lower body felt cool, he didn't hear a trace of screaming, could it be that someone covered his mouth and pulled his hand down? Could it be a wolf? No way, the wolf won't break down the door.

Cui Hu ignored the sloppiness of his lower body, put on his pants, and just as he was tying his trouser belt, a huge body blocked the moonlight in the door, and his hand couldn't help but loosen, his pants fell to the ground, and he muttered in his mouth: "Rong Beast!" ”

The dark shadows buried everything in the room, and only a roar could be heard, the roar of a trapped beast.

And at this time, under the eaves of Lan Ruowai, Eagle Qiu Danqing thought about Mrs. Fang Cai's eyes, Qing couldn't let go, it was a kind of indifference that made people frightened in their hearts, Rao was crawled out of the mountain of corpses in the sea of blood, and he didn't dare to look twice, the woman's eyes contained too much content. Like the cold eyes of a wild wolf in a cold night, it made the heart of the eagle hatred Danqing instantly froze.

He slept very cold that night, and although Dihua had taken out all his extra clothes and even made a fire for him, he still felt that he was sleeping in an ice cave, and he did not fall asleep until dawn.

In the beautiful morning, he couldn't wake up the sleeping Eagle Qiu Danqing, he was so tired, he opened his eyes, it was already three poles old, the little boy was on the edge of the haystack where he was sleeping, and his little fingers were scratching on the scabbard of the golden knife he had hidden in the haystack.

After a while, Diao Qiu Danqing sat up, he was still too careless, he actually slept so deeply, he was secretly annoyed. The little boy's eyes were full of playful expressions, as if he saw his embarrassment.

The little boy is called Xiaoyi, and Ouyang Xiu's "Daoshan Qinghua" recorded: "People's children want to be easy to grow up, often in the name of cheap, such as dogs, sheep, dogs, horses, and the like." ”

In ancient times, children died from time to time, and it was not easy to feed a child. Therefore, the ancients who could not rely on it were superstitious about the gods, believing that "the cheaper the name, the better the person can live", believing that if a child is given a cheap name, demons and monsters will also dislike the child because it is a cheap name, so that they will not come to ask for the child's life, and the child will grow up healthily. On the other hand, the name of an animal is used to give a child a nickname, firstly, the demons and monsters are not easy to identify, and secondly, parents hope that their children can be as strong and full of vitality as animals.

Boom, pig also. It is a good wish that a child from a poor family can look like a "pig".

Eagle Qiu Danqing pinched his milky face, and pinned the golden knife inside his clothes: "This danger will hurt you." ”

Xiao Yu grinned, looking a little dull, and reluctantly watched Eagle Qiu Danqing put away the golden knife.

Dihua heard the noise outside, pushed the door open, and appeared in his sight, his face full of alertness.

"Brother Yan, go in."

Brother Yu was very obedient, walked on his calves, and ran to Dihua's side, probably because Dihua still had that sour smell on her body, and even two or three-year-old children refused to let her hug her, Dihua smiled bitterly and led him to disappear from the sight of Eagle Qiu Danqing. Not much will take out a few black bumps and a night of gruel: "You can eat it." ”

"What is this?" Eagle Qiu Danqing looked at those black bumps and couldn't believe it.

"Sweet potato, roasted, set aside and eat." Dihua patiently explained.

Eagle Qiu Danqing's eyes widened suddenly, and a hoarse voice came out of his throat, "I...... I'm not dreaming! Peeling back the black skin, a scent intoxicated him.

The first flower laughed in her heart, a piece of sweet potato will make you beautiful.

"You really have treasures in the river, sweet potatoes and potatoes."

The first flower sank, what kind of treasure is this? It's just the rations of the poor.

"Unthinkable, unthinkable!" There was a kind of tearful emotion in the eyes of the carving Qiu Danqing, and the excitement and excitement from the bottom of his heart were moving. "Do you know how much you can get per acre of these two foods? But still fresh? ”

The first flower was puzzled: "The sweet potato is okay, what is so good about the potato, for this potato, so many people died in the river." ”

"Dead people?"

"Yes, dead man, the adults in the river like to drink wine, so that the farmers don't grow food, the good land grows grapes, the almost land is planted with potatoes, saying that this potato does not need to be served, the yield per mu is more, the first and second years are fine, planted on the mountain roots, slopes, the harvest is also good, everyone as a treasure, all do not grow grain, a large number of grapes, the farmers' livelihood depends on potatoes, as a result of this year, the potato seedlings have grown insects, all die, an acre can only produce dozens of catties is good, but the adults still have to harvest grapes, If there are no grapes, you have to collect money, and there is a famine in the good river, and many people die, but the princes are still drinking wine in the castle, and they don't care about the life or death of the people. ”

"Ahh Eagle Qiu Danqing had a faint sourness, in fact, he knew about the great famine in the river, otherwise he would not have suggested to his father that he attack the river.

It's just that the spies of the Shating Empire may not know this crop, and they don't know the significance of potatoes and sweet potatoes to a race, and when they report it, they describe the extent of the famine in the river and the estrangement between the princes of the river.

It seems that the training of the imperial intelligence system needs to be strengthened, the collection of intelligence is not a simple sense of the number of troops and the comparison of national strength, it is a full range of economic, military, and popular affairs, the Yueting Empire originated from the sand dunes of the Western Regions, hundreds of years of arduous battles, facing the same or different nomadic tribes, the collection of intelligence is limited to scouts to find the speed of the enemy's attack or the number of tents of other tribes, how many horses, now they are already a big empire built in Chang'an, Although Eagle Qiu Danqing has been working hard to change the foundation of the empire over the years, making the foundation of this huge empire rising in the Western Regions more solid, but ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, and Shatuo who crawled out of the sand are obviously unable to adapt.

Before leaving, the carving of the enemy Danqing had vowed to bring them "glory and wealth", but in the end it was only "a guest to die in a foreign land". Eagle Qiu Danqing is not a sentimental person, the family motto of the Eagle Enemy family is very simple, "if there is revenge, you will revenge", but what about the enemy? Yanzhou soldiers? Impossible, after all, the Yanzhou soldiers belong to the Yanzhou herdsmen, the Cui family of Dongjun for nearly a thousand years, the training is naturally well-trained, but Yanzhou is the land of four wars, and it has been exhausted for many years, and it is impossible to form a team that can encircle and annihilate two thousand iron leers in a short time.

Before leaving, he had deduced many times in the military map, and no family could unilaterally oppose the iron cavalry he led along the way, the destination of this attack was Qufu, if it was just a crossing, most of the princes along the way would turn a blind eye, because they could not communicate with each other in a short period of time, establish an alliance, at most block on his way back, instead of fighting such a purposeful ambush war, obviously his whereabouts were exposed, who has such a strong espionage ability?

Eagle Qiu Danqing didn't want to think deeply, because the truth might be cruel, and he had to wait until he went back, and it was useless to think about it now. Looking at the sweet potatoes and potatoes, at this moment, the sad mood of the two thousand Shatuo iron horsemen who died in the battle was swept away, as long as they could bring back the seedlings of sweet potatoes and potatoes, even if they died another 20,000 people, it was worth it. He muttered in the direction of the Battle of Surabaya, "Shatuo Ascension Song." "These Shatuo who died in a foreign land can return to their homeland with glory.