CHAPTER XXI
In front of Hangu Pass, the Wei army lined up in formation. In front, the chariot is mighty, and the flag is fluttering; Behind, the ladder cart is on the verge of launch. Behind them, the armoured men are innumerable.
Here, the Qin army rode all over the mountains and wilderness. On the pass city, rolling wood and rocks, arrows are bundled into mountains.
This is the moment of decisive battle. The Wei army defeated the Qin army in the pass, and with the strength of the whole army, it was about to break through the Hangu Pass and march to the Qin capital Daliang.
The Qin army mobilized all the warriors of the Fanwang and decided to fight it here to protect the only way to attack the capital.
Both armies are bound to win, and they meet for a decisive battle today.
Drums and gongs came and went, and people shouted and horses neighed and shook the valley.
The officers and men on both sides could hear this voice as a tragic celestial song, an elegy to end their lives.
The three horses galloped from Tongguan to Hangu, and arrived at Guanxia in a blink of an eye.
"Open the door!" The prince on the horse shouted.
The gate opened, and three horses rushed towards the Wei army.
The general of the Wei army waved his hand, and the archers put their bows on their arrows.
"General! Princess Wenxiu is here. Guiguzi shouted.
"Uncle General, it's me!" Princess Wenxiu also shouted anxiously.
The three of them approached the Chinese army and took their mounts.
When the uncle saw Princess Wenxiu, he hurriedly lifted his horse forward, and arched his hand: "Princess, this general is in armor, and you can't get off the horse to pay homage!" Dare to ask why the princess appeared in front of the two armies? ”
"Uncle General, this princess ordered you to withdraw from the army!"
"Princess, it will take a few more days for this general to step on the two passes of Pingtong and Han, and go straight to the court of the bandits, why did he withdraw from the army?"
"Uncle General, in order to make the two countries friendly and no more wars, Wenxiu has ordered the prince of Qin."
"This, but the king has no edict!"
"You go back and tell your father that there are too many ambushes in the Qin army, and the terrain is dangerous, so it is impossible for the Wei army to attack it. In addition, the king of Qin has issued a book of soldiers, which is the crown prince Liang Li. She pointed at the prince. Promise not to ask for the land west of the river again. ”
The crown prince Tima handed the book of the Qin king's soldiers to the general of his uncle.
Uncle look at it. said with a smile: "As long as the King of Qin keeps his promise, gives up Hexi, and does not have any more soldiers, my king will remember the friendship of his relatives and reconcile Qin State!" ”
The prince gave up. "Uncle Gong General told the king that Liang Li would keep his promise and not a single soldier in Hangu. Open the customs road, and the merchants will not be hindered. ”
Uncle General shouted: "The princess marries Qin Bang, the truce is reconciled, class teacher!" ”
More than a dozen heralds flew out, and said sincerely: "The princess is married to Qin Bang, the truce is reconciled, and the class is over!" ”
The soldiers of the two armies shouted excitedly, and then, taking off their armor, discarding their weapons, and cheering.
The ghost sons looked at the crown prince and the uncle general. "This is the way of heaven!"
The three of them watched Wei Jun scatter away, and once again said goodbye to General Gongshu and returned to Hangu Pass.
The joyful soldiers lifted Princess Wenxiu up, shouting, jumping, and running.
It turned out that the prince accompanied Guigu to travel to the Qin Kingdom, and consulted Guigu and Gongsun Martingale from time to time along the way, admiring them more and more. When he learned about Zhu'er and Princess Wenxiu's background, he envied their pursuit even more. Therefore, as soon as he arrived at Daliang, he urgently reported to his father what he had seen and seen.
King Qin wanted to summon him, but a battle report suddenly came from ahead. The Qin army was defeated and retreated, and it had reached the Hangu Pass. The Wei army gathered five times as many troops as the Qin army and was preparing for a decisive battle in Hangu. The king of Qin resisted the soldiers of the Central Plains for many years, and the people were trapped and the horses were unable to fight anymore. At a loss, Guiguzi offered a plan to kill the soldiers.
The king of Qin acted according to the plan, and sealed Wenxiu's official document as Qin Wenhe and the princess. If you marry the prince, you will be given the book of soldiers.
The battle ahead was about to break out, and the three of them were flying through the valley in the starry night.
After waiting for a few more days, Gongsun Ying also returned to Hangu Pass with Wen and Zhu'er.
Guigu decided to return to Yunmeng Mountain as soon as possible, so he bid farewell to the prince and the white eagle.
The prince sent him off for ten miles, and bowed his hand to Princess Wenxiu and the other four people. "My sister understands the righteousness, regardless of personal reputation and humiliation, and saves tens of thousands of soldiers. Liang Li must play the inscription on his father, so that future generations will always remember his sister's kindness. He turned to Guiguzi. Mr. Guigu loves geniuses and accepts the world, and Liang Li knows that it is difficult to compare. If his grandson is born after studying, he will hope that Mr. Guigu will give it to Liang Li. I will change the law to be strong and help the people. ”
He picked up Bai Qi and put him on his horse. "I hope that Mr. will recreate a god for Qin and protect the peace of the Qin people forever."
A few horses snuggled north.
Liang Li suddenly remembered something, and shouted at them: "Mr. Guigu, you haven't said what Liang Li should do?" ”
"Reconcile the Rong people in the west, open up the wasteland and cultivate!"
The sound echoed in the sky.
Dongyu Village at the foot of Yunmeng Mountain is shrouded in snow, and more than a dozen families are vaguely smoking, adding a lot of vitality to this quiet white world.
The largest courtyard has two rows of newly built houses. The spacious gate is magnificent, with a herd of goats ruminating in the sunlight on either side of the door.
On the chair in the hall of the main room, Mrs. Wang sat blankly without a trace of expression.
Dedi was busy on the ground packing up the items that were thrown all over the floor.
Le Yi jumped in. "Aunt Dedi, why can't I find my brother-in-law?"
"He's gone to the mountains to trap hares! lest thou be greedy, and cry out for meat! ”
"Then I'll go to the mountains to find him, and I'll feed my little eagle cub!"
"No, take care of the sheep at home, don't you use them to set up a formation!"
"I just finished it, and the white wolf is watching!"
"Look," said Dedi, pointing to the courtyard. "My brother-in-law is back!"
Jing Lu carried a dozen rabbits into the yard, and Le Yi happily ran out, and Dedi also followed.
"That's a lot!" Le Yi picked. "I feed my eagle boy with this." He ran to the backyard with one.
"How is Madame today?" Jing Lu limped towards the firewood shed.
"Imaha doesn't know why! Throwing things up again. ”
"Alas! I can't help it! "Jing Lu chopped firewood again." Why don't you recognize people if you are good? ”
"You're back so soon today, and you can still get so many rabbits?" Dedi picked up the rabbit on the ground and asked as he walked into the house.
"I've had a few of them, and a few of them are dead by the side of the cover. I'm also surprised that no one is going up the mountain! There are only wolf footprints next to it. ”
"It must be a white wolf, the last time the wild boar entered the village to eat sheep, it was killed by the white wolf!" Dedi pushed the door open and entered the house.
Since Guiguzi and Zhu'er left, Dedi has come to Mrs. Wang's courtyard every day to accompany her, and Jinglu has also contracted all the water and firewood and farming.
Mrs. Wang was very happy to see the two of them loving and loving. I also thought that Guiguzi and Zhu'er would be like this one day, and add two more children, how good it would be!
Dedi understood his wife's thoughts, and always told her that when they came back, they might have a baby. Madame is looking forward to them early and late, looking forward to their early return.
On that day, a team of people appeared in Dongyu Village. This is the most noble horse team in Dongyu Village, they are all brocade clothes and jade pendants, and there are officers and soldiers to protect them, and they know that they are noble families at a glance.
They went straight to Wang's house, and when they saw Mrs. Wang, they all got off their horses and saluted, claiming to be a friend of Guiguzi.
Within a few days, Yuyang County Commander and his people built this spacious compound on the edge of the small courtyard. Everyone thought that a noble family was coming to live, but Yu Yangling personally took Mrs. Wang into the compound, sent a flock of sheep, and left a lot of Yan coins.
Madame was inexplicable and refused to accept it.
The county decree said that this was all given by Guiguzi's friends, so there was no need to be polite.
Mrs. Wang moved into the compound, how could it not be empty! So the couple moved in.
The three of them have no worries about food and clothing, and there is also a group of goats, riding horses and grazing sheep on the road every day, and accompanying their wives to plant grass and move flowers in the yard.
On this day, a caravan came to the entrance of the courtyard. A woman and a son got out of the car, unloaded their burdens, and walked into the courtyard.
When I went out to ask, I found out that it was Zhongshan Guo Leyi and his mother.
Le Mu said that when she met Guiguzi in Zhongshan Kingdom, Le Yi must learn from her teacher. So, the mother and son dismissed the family, sold the farmland and house, and inquired all the way to get here.
Guiguzi didn't return, so he settled down in his house first.
Mother Le was also born by everyone, so she naturally talked to Mrs. Wang. A few people were waiting in this happy time, and although Le Yi was young, he was very shrewd and took the initiative to herd sheep on the other side of Jinglu.
Every day, Le Yi drove the sheep to the meadow, and tempted the sheep into several teams with grain, and he commanded with a wooden sword on the horse, practicing the art of war taught by Mr. Guigu.
Le Yi drove the sheep to the hillside today, and the sheep to the river valley tomorrow, and the sheep were inseparable from him.
Overnight, the north wind howled and the blizzard drifted. In Yunmeng Mountain, black clouds rolled, wolves cried and ghosts screamed.
Several people woke up from their dreams and gathered in the hall to talk about the weather they had never seen before.
Gradually, the sound of the wolf's howl seemed to be outside the courtyard, and then looked out the window, the clouds were overcast, and it was pitch black. Several people were a little nervous, and no one dared to leave the hospital again.
The wolf's howl was heart-rending, and the grievances were tactful. Mrs. Wang heard Zhu'er talk about the wolf encounter, so she picked up her husband's long sword and walked out of the courtyard gate.
Sure enough, several wolf shadows were struggling in the dark, and a cloud of black gas swirled beside them, tossing and rolling on the wolf shadows, and every time they passed, the wolves mourned.
When Mrs. Wang saw this tragic situation, she couldn't bear it in her heart, thinking that after living here for more than 20 years, this wolf would never harm the villagers' livestock, so she drew her sword and stabbed at the black qi hard. I heard a "click", the sword had been broken in two, and the black gas swept over the lady and floated away. The wind and snow stopped, and the clouds dispersed.
The land led the people to rush out of the courtyard, and the wolves staggered away, and the snow was covered with blood stains. Look at Madame again, standing there in a daze with a half-sword in hand.
Several people helped the lady into the house, only to find that the lady couldn't speak, didn't recognize people, and was just stunned. Too much family use all kinds of methods, shouting and pressing, but to no avail.
The next day, Jinglu rode a horse and invited Langzhong, but the people who came to take medicine and treat it did not improve. But Le Yi reminded that it is better to wait for Mr. Guigu to come back! Madame's illness is not very human, so it needs to be unusual.
Everyone had no choice but to do this, Dedi and Le Mu took turns to take care of them, take care of the food, and wait for Guiguzi to come back early.
Soon, everyone found that there was a white wolf guarding the entrance of the village night and night, and during the day there was no trace, never harming the villagers' livestock, and after a long time, people became accustomed to it.
Le Yi fed the eagle cub, walked out of the back room, and went straight to the stable.
It's time for him to herd the sheep again.
Jinglu hurried over to help him prepare the horse, Le Yi was too young to hold it himself, and he couldn't put it on, so it was Jinglu who helped him every time.
"Come back early today, and cook a pot of rabbit meat!" Jinglu reminded him. "What's wrong with your eagle boy?"
"Well fed, strong, it won't be long before you can fly!" Le Yi happily stepped on the high place and got on horseback. "I'm going to train them to be my clairvoyant!"
"You're lying to me again, the eagle won't come back after it flies, it's not the same as a pigeon!" Jinglu laughed.
"You don't know, I heard my father say that in the far, far away to the west, there are hunters who specialize in raising mountain eagles, and they can see far, far away, and they can see mice in the grass in the trees, and they can know where wild boars and roe deer horses are. When I'm done, I won't let you walk more in the mountains, it will show you where there are wild things! ”
"There is such a god! I waited. Jinglu was skeptical.
Le Yi was herding sheep on the mountain two months ago, and he lay in the grass looking at the blue sky and white clouds, imagining what it would look like outside the sky.
He was interrupted by the call of a small bird, and he searched for it curiously. In a cave under a rock, six small birds poked their heads and chirped. Outside the mouth of the cave, a huge eagle fell there, still biting a large snake in its mouth.
The eaglebolt chirped and ran towards the dead snake, and in a few moments they had eaten the big snake. Then he held the eagle with his beak and chirped vigorously, but the eagle was no longer breathing.
Le Yi looked at this scene and felt uncomfortable. The poor eagle must fight to the death with the snake, and when he is dying, he will bring food to the boy. Animals have the heart of a child, why don't these noble princes have the intention of loving the common people!
He took off his clothes, wrapped the eagle boy, and took it home. From then on, after herding the sheep, he fed the eagles, and the eaglets grew bigger and bigger, and ate more and more. Le Yi had no choice but to ask for help and go up the mountain to hunt some wild things.
Le Yi rode out of the courtyard gate on a horse and opened the sheep pen.
The sheep rushed out with joy and ran to the mountain.
A few horses in the distance came galloping in the snow.
Le Yi looked carefully, thinking to himself how could there be people in this cold and snowy place.
After waiting for a long time, it was only when I came to Le Yi that I came closer. But they were covered from head to toe in snow and frost, and even the horses were white.
Guigu put down his hat. "Le Yi, you're here first!"
Only then did Le Yi see that it was Guiguzi and his party, and he jumped off his horse and ran towards the courtyard, with an excited shout coming out of his mouth. "Mr. Guiya is back! Mr. Guiya is back! ”