The words were said to the people present as if they heard a thunder in their ears in June, and some people who were originally on Zhang Jincheng's side heard Sun Shuo say that it was Sun Anzu who Zhang Jincheng killed with food, and they didn't know what to do at the moment.

Zhang Jin said that when he saw Sun Shuo open his mouth and directly said that he had killed Sun Anzu, how could he dare to admit it, once the matter was revealed, he would definitely be torn to pieces by Sun Anzu's henchmen. Immediately retorted: "Wait for Hugh to talk nonsense! If you open your mouth, I will kill Brother Sun, and when you close your mouth, I will kill Brother Sun, obviously just to disturb the army's heart and fish in troubled waters! Do you have proof? ”

"Evidence? Didn't you set the evidence on fire after your own mountain people killed it? Dou Jiande sneered.

"Hahaha." Zhang Jin said that he heard that Dou Jiande's investigation did not find conclusive evidence, if there was a moment of life and death, how could he not show it, and he was slightly relieved at the moment, and then said: "If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse!" You don't have any evidence to open your mouth and ruin my name in the village! ”

"It's useless to talk more, the surname is Zhang, and my eldest brother will come back." Sun Shuo couldn't hold his breath, and was about to rush to Zhang Jin with a knife, but was stopped by Dou Jian: "Don't go, he has good skills, I'll come." Then he turned his head to Li Wenyuan and said: "Zhang Jin is called ruthless, if he loses, he will inevitably play some villain tricks, and his brother will help me watch it." ”

"Big brother, don't worry, if someone wants to release a cold arrow this time, I will open a hole for him to breathe." Li Wenyuan said with a smile.

Dou Jiande nodded, took two steps forward with a knife and said: "The surname is Zhang, the sky has eyes, and what you do will be exposed sooner or later, put aside everything else, let's follow the rules of the cottage, and the winner is king." "With that, the horizontal knife stands.

Gao Jibo has a rule, if the subordinates are not satisfied with the big boss's handling of some things, they can challenge the big boss, if the big boss wins, he will cut off the head of the subordinate, which is regarded as a crime; But if the big boss loses, he will step down and his subordinates will take over as the big boss. Although this kind of rule was basically useless at that time, this rule really attracted countless heroes.

Zhang Jin said that he didn't expect Dou Jiande to use this rule, and he took a moment, he knew that Dou Jiande was not good at martial arts, but he had never seen it and didn't know if he could beat him, but it had come to this point, where was there still a way out, so he could only bite the bullet, but the so-called loser does not lose the battle, and he still can't show cowardice on his lips.

"Okay, if you want to die, I'll promise you." Zhang Jin said that he was also going to be out of the ranks, and at this time, a henchman beside him said: "Big brother, why do you need to take action in person to deal with this son, I will slaughter this guy for the eldest brother." ”

For someone to test the water first, Zhang Jin said that he couldn't ask for it, so he nodded in agreement immediately, and said pretendedly: "They are all their own brothers, and they must not be killed unless they have to." He turned to Dou Jiande and said, "Brother Jiande, my subordinates want to fight for me, I don't know if you accept it?" ”

Zhang Jin said that he wanted to take the opportunity to suppress Dou Jiande's limelight, after all, he stood up and proposed to act according to the rules, and he would avenge Sun Anzu at the expense of dying. Zhang Jin said that the original intention was to suppress Dou Jiande's majesty, and said what he just said with a smile, but Dou Jiande said a word that Zhang Jin's smile gradually disappeared:

"Let's die together."

The man got Zhang Jincheng's permission, stood up and stood opposite Dou Jiande, confronted for a while, and suddenly attacked, swinging a knife and slashing at Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande was also not panicked, and raised his knife to greet him. The two sides fought each other for more than a dozen rounds in a blink of an eye, and that person was really not strong, and Dou Jiande also had the intention to hide his martial arts and did not exert his full strength.

Then Dou Jiande found an opportunity and sent the knife in his hand into the man's abdomen. The man let go of the knife in his hand and pressed the blood wound with his hand, and lay on the ground twitching continuously. Looking at the man's mouth, it seemed that he wanted to say something, but the blood foam that kept overflowing from his mouth made him unable to make any sound, and gradually he breathed less and more breath, as if he couldn't live.

Zhang Jin said that he saw that the man was dead, but when he saw that Dou Jiande was not angry, he did not change his face, and he also knew that he did not exert his full strength, so he weakened his fighting spirit at the moment, and explained a few words to the person next to him, and then also entered with a knife. All this naturally fell in Li Wenyuan's eyes, and he secretly laughed in his heart that people at this time were still a little naïve, such an obvious routine would be able to open his mouth even in the future generations, and he felt funny in his heart, but he picked up the bow in his hand.

Zhang Jincheng changed into a battle robe, took a broad-bladed and thick-backed knife from his subordinates, shook his hand casually and stood in the circle casually, waiting for his subordinates to carry away the corpse. During this period, Li Wenyuan coughed lightly in the back, this is Dou Jiande's code, if Li Wenyuan coughs lightly, it means that someone wants to release a secret arrow to hurt people. Hearing a light cough, Dou Jiande instinctively rolled on the spot before he could react, and the person standing behind him just now screamed, and the arrow in his shoulder fell to the ground.

Dou Jiande said angrily: "Zhang Jin said that you actually played these villain methods!" ”

But before Dou Jiande finished speaking, there was also a sound of breaking the air behind him, and then a cold light flashed, and Zhang Jin said that the person who shot the arrow just now was hit in the forehead by an iron arrow, and he died of anger when it penetrated into his brain. Everyone looked in the direction of the arrow, but saw Li Wenyuan holding a bow and aiming at Zhang Jincheng.

Zhang Jin said that he was horrified in his heart, took two steps back, but refused to lose face in his mouth, so he said to Dou Jiande: "The ignorant children under my command have ruined my reputation, and they actually sent arrows without authorization in a vain attempt to injure the general. Although I am unwilling, since this is already the case, you will win this competition. ”

Dou Jiande squinted his eyes, and secretly said in his heart that he would retreat as advance, not only to keep his reputation alive, but also to take the initiative to bear the consequences for what his subordinates did, and to fall into the name of leniency. How can anyone be willing to attach themselves to them in the future?

"Zhang Jin said, since you have already admitted defeat, I am not ready to kill everything, there is only one thing you have to remember, the sky has eyes." Dou Jiande put the knife back into the sheath and returned to the team.

Zhang Jin claimed to have picked up a life and fled from Gaojibo overnight with more than 1,000 of his own henchmen. Dou Jiande sat in the position of the big boss under the recommendation of Sun Shuo and others, and Li Wenyuan politely refused Dou Jiande to stay, his vacation is coming, and he has to return to Xue Ju to resume his life, not to mention that there is Qiu Niang waiting for him at home.

Sitting on the horse, while letting the horses follow the large army forward, Li Wenyuan, who recalled the adventures with Dou Jiande, returned to the ninth year of the great cause with a horse neighing. Xue Ju and Li Wenyuan had just left Diaoyin County with more than 5,000 men, preparing to continue eastward across the Yellow River.

Li Wenyuan and Xue Ju sat side by side on their horses and looked at a deserted village not far from the Yellow River, Xue Ju couldn't help but sigh: "In the seventeenth year of the emperor's reign, I crossed the Yellow River here to visit old friends in Shanggu County. At that time, boats and boats here were endless, and the acres of fields on both sides of the strait were so wide, and then look at the broken bricks and tiles now, deserted, it was really good to make people sigh. ”

Li Wenyuan also knows this history, but compared to starvation, ruined houses and graves, and even the dry bones that can be seen everywhere on the roadside, he can know how much is described in the history.

While commanding his soldiers to clean up the ruins of the village for tonight's station, Xue Ju said to Li Wenyuan: "The people's livelihood is barren, there are large areas of wasteland but no one cultivates them, a large number of peasants have been conscripted as civil husbands, Xiaoguo, Your Majesty is reckless in military force, so happy, this Great Sui can still be in the wind and rain for a few years?" As soon as the Great Sui falls, where can we go? ”

Li Wenyuan lowered his head and touched the mane of his Shandan horse, and said in a low voice: "No matter which dynasty, China is still China, just keep some bottom lines." ”

Xue Ju was shocked, and Li Wenyuan's words spoke to his heart. He did have the intention of leading Hu soldiers into Longxi to compete for the world. But looking at the previous dynasty, there were few successful people who led Hu Bing into the Central Plains, on the contrary, most of them left behind the infamy of the ages and were spurned, Xue Ju also had to think twice, and never told anyone what he thought, and at this moment, Li Wenyuan said no more.

Li Wenyuan knows that he has lost his words, as a traverser, he can only look back for 500 years with the perspective of God, but as a hero of the current era, how can he jump out of the limitations of the times? Isn't science as advanced as later generations still treating interstellar travel as science fiction?

Li Wenyuan organized the language and said: "Big brother don't have to be lost, our Longxi disciples have always been warlike, and Hexi has always been a place for officials and soldiers to raise horses, if it is trained, it may not be worse than the cavalry of the Hu people." What's more, compared to the brute bravery of the Hu people, the sharp blade and thick armor are our strengths, so why give up our own advantages to use our own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths? ”

Seeing that the dejection in Xue Ju's eyes was a little less, he continued: "What's more, it's not uncommon for infantry to slaughter cavalry with array weapons in ancient times, so generals don't have to worry, there will always be what should be there." ”

Xue Ju heard Li Wenyuan say that the infantry slaughtered the cavalry, and he was horrified: "How is it possible? Anyone with a little common sense will know that if the iron cavalry continues to advance, then all the infantry blocking the road will turn into powder. ”

Li Wenyuan saw that Xue Ju didn't know, so he said: "Brother Xue doesn't know, there are records in the history of the previous dynasty, there is a team of more than 100 people in the royal forbidden army, which is composed of wrestlers, the whole knife weighs 15 catties, and can also be called a machete, the knife is seven feet long, the blade is three feet, the handle is four feet long, and the tail is decorated with iron diamonds. According to this record, this sword can be used by horses and horses, if it is used by infantry, it is an array of iron drills to the ground, the tip of the blade is obliquely pointed forward, and the horse's belly and horse's hooves are turned to break through the horse's belly and the horseman's lower plate, which is extremely sharp. ”

Xue Ju was stunned when he heard this, and said stupidly: "If this is the case, why should those Hu people be afraid, if there are more than 10,000 teachers, it is just around the corner to break the tooth tent." ”

Li Wenyuan shook his head and said: "Big brother is too worried, the Mo knife needs to be made of a hundred forged steel, and ordinary iron weapons can't withstand the impact of the cavalry at all." The special materials make the Modao Army never have too many of them, and they can only be used as royal forbidden troops and honor guards. ”

Xue Ju was puzzled and said: "Then if this is the case, what is the purpose of what the virtuous brother said these things for?" ”

Li Wenyuan hurried forward, walked forward with Xue Ju, and said in a low voice: "I know that the eldest brother has always had the idea of standing according to Longxi, and specially brought the production process of the Mo Dao, and also brought the training method of the Mo Dao Army to the eldest brother, but the only thing missing is a large number of blacksmiths and time, the Mo Dao Army is different from other armies, and the single Mo Dao Army is not to worry about, but if the formation is appropriate, all of them can be ten." ”

Xue Ju knew that although he was sometimes unkempt and a little ignorant of human affairs, Xue Ju looked very far away and had some wisdom, so he asked Li Wenyuan: "How long is the time that the virtuous brother is talking about?" ”

Li Wenyuan said: "Under the order of the emperor's three expeditions to Goguryeo, the Modao army will be completed." "This is a delaying plan, if it is really like the historical event Xue Ju uprising, I am afraid that it will not end up with the result of defeat and Li Tang, after all, the uprising is too early, and the people's will is still in Sui, how long can a local warlord hold out without the support of the people?

Xue Ju was shocked: "The emperor will also conquer Goguryeo three times?" ”

In order to allow Xue Ju to be in Longxi for a long enough time, so as to delay Li Tang to change his policy and advance eastward, Li Wenyuan couldn't help but stand up again and serve as a god stick and said: "It's big brother, I deduced the hexagram number before I set out on the expedition, the emperor has three eastward trips in his life, and the third time is the number of turning north to south, and then there is no hexagram to push." ”

"There's no hexagram to push, don't you say?" Xue Ju's breath became short, and he hurriedly looked left and right to find that no one was paying attention, so he whispered.

"Yes, if nothing else, the emperor will die after the three expeditions." Li Wenyuan learned from Xue Ju and looked around, and said in a low voice: "At that time, it was the time for Brother Xue to raise his army, and there would inevitably be countless rebels and bandits looting the place before, and the eldest brother could go to the court and form a Xiaoguo army to exterminate the bandits, firstly, in the name of suppressing bandits, he could collect the rebels for his own use, and secondly, he could cover up the training of the Modao Army." If you accumulate so much and wait until the emperor dies, you can chase the world. ”

Xue Juyi pulled the reins and took the horse, pressed Li Wenyuan's shoulder with his hand and said: "Brother Xian, don't worry, you are so honest and willing to help me, if I really have an emperor to sit down, you will be a king with a different surname!" ”

Li Wenyuan hurriedly thanked him, and dealt with the past after saying some words, laughing in his heart, people in this era really like to win over their subordinates in this way.

There was nothing to say all night, and as soon as it was dawn the next day, the team got up and marched, taking advantage of the cold night and the thickness of the Yellow River to walk directly on the ice to cross the Yellow River, and finally crossed the river before the sun rose to noon.

After crossing the Yellow River, there was no natural danger all the way, and finally reached Liaodong before April, and saw a city far away, and saw that the city bricks had just been built, Xue Ju pointed with a horsewhip in his hand, and said to Li Wenyuan: "Brother Xian, that is the ancient city of Liaodong that began to be rebuilt last winter." ”