When it was about to get dark, Gao Jun and his party could see the smoke of the ranch village from afar.

This time, he went out to bring back about ten days, and Gao Jun was very worried about a few people in his family. As soon as I entered the village, I saw that the third kiln was also out of bricks, and the second brother Gao Yu happened to come down from the kiln, and he didn't let go of Gao Jun.

Gao Jun introduced Xue Li to him, and said, "Second brother, hurry up and go to your own tavern to have a wine and dinner, take out the good wine by yourself, and I will get drunk with Brother Xue in a while." Gao Yu responded, and brought Xue Li and the handlebar style he brought to settle down first.

Gao Jun asked the cattle and one hundred and thirty captured horses to drive to the pasture, and sent many to Lu Mujian's house, and watched him enter the gate, and then walked to his house with Fan Ying.

At the gate, the mother-in-law saw a herd of cattle going to the pasture, and there was a large banner covered with blood and tattered with sharp weapons, and she knew that it was the wild herdsman who had returned. When he ran back to the courtyard, he shouted, "Oh no! They're back! ”

Liu Yuru was sitting at the table with Xie's mother and daughter, and eldest sister Gao Chang eating dinner, listening to her mother-in-law's call, Liu Yuru asked, "What's wrong with Mom?" Who's back? ”

"Madam, when the grazing man came back, I saw that the white flag had turned gray, and there were blood stains on it, and there was no shadow of the tall man."

When Liu Yuru heard this, the bowl in his hand fell to the ground, and the rice inside spilled on the ground, and he stood up suddenly.

As soon as there was a knock on the courtyard door, Gao Jun and Fan Ying walked in with a smile. Liu Yuru said, "Mom, you are really useless!" If you don't see it clearly, it's scary to talk nonsense, isn't this a good return? ”

The people in the house hurriedly greeted her, Xiao Tiantian ran in front, Gao Jun handed the knife to Fan Ying, reached out to pick up the girl, touched her body with her left hand, and didn't have anything to tease her, just kissed her on the cheek and said, "I'll buy it for you tomorrow." ”

Liu Yuru saw that Gao Jun's left arm was wrapped with a cloth belt, and the outside was soaked with blood, so she hurriedly took Tian Tian over and handed it to Xie, and Gao Chang and Xie pulled Fan Ying to ask long and short questions, and arranged for her mother-in-law to boil bath water. After serving Gao Jun a meal, Gao Jun said that he had met Brother Xue, and he would go out in a while. He also said that there was something I didn't know how to deal with, and I would talk about it in detail when I came back in the evening.

When Fan Ying took a bath, Gao Jun washed again, and came out to change his clothes, Gao Yu's second brother sent someone to call him, saying that the wine and rice were ready.

Gao Jun took Fan Ying with him, and quietly said to Fan Ying on the way out of the hospital, "Tonight's wine must be indispensable, and when you go home, you will sleep on the big bed with me and my wife at night." ”

Fan Ying only went through this wild herd, and the senior brother couldn't help himself, plus he had learned his drunken immorality in the tent last night, and he couldn't help but feel his heart beating.

Listening to Gao Jun again, "I will talk to my wife about business when I come back later, so I arrange it like this...... However, if I have any wandering at night, please stop it. ”

Fan Ying asked, "Why is that?" ”

"How do you know that drunkenness is the most hurtful, and I will slowly entertain you in the future, how can I try to be quick for a while." Fan Ying understood. Came directly to Gao Yu's tavern with Master Gao, and it turned out that Brother Xue and the old man he brought had arrived. Liu Wu, Feng Zheng, Luo Dedao, Wan Shiju and others accompanied.

The dishes have been placed on the table, and the wine is an old flower carving, although there is no delicacies from the mountains and seas, but it is also very rich, which shows the enthusiasm of the host.

So he started drinking, Gao Jun got Xue Li's help, the cattle and horses population was preserved, and he got a lot of horses, so he frequently persuaded him to drink as soon as he came up. Xue Li said, I have to go on the road tomorrow, and I can't drink too much wine. Gao Jun said, "How can this work? Although Old Madam Xue's illness cannot be delayed, it is necessary to prepare well for this journey. I looked at your wooden bucket, filled half a bucket of sand, and used it to pull water back, and it turned into mud before I could get home. ”

Xue Li said, "It was a strong wind and sand, and it didn't hurt to cover it with a cloth when you came back." ”

Gao Jun said, "Brother is wrong, further west is a mountain road, this open guy is always inappropriate." I'll have someone make a bigger barrel for you, and place it horizontally on the car, just making a small opening. First, you can pack more without spilling; Second, it is good to seal and the water will not be dirty. Besides, your cattle can't do it, how can the cattle of the cultivated land survive the Tianshan Mountains...... I will give you a yak, which is dedicated to walking the mountain road. ”

When Xue Li heard this, it was really necessary to stay for a few days, so he let go and drank it. The two of them drank until they were half drunk, and their words were very speculative, and they all said in unison that they wanted to become brothers. In terms of tooth order, Xue Rengui was born in the ninth year of the Great Cause, and after Chinese New Year's Eve, he was ten years older than Gao Jun.

Gao Jun asked about Liu Caixia again. Xue Li said, "I am a native of Jiangzhou, and I have been moving to Dingzhou for two years to see a doctor for my mother. I can't see it, and when I move him home, I can't eat any water, and he will die in two days. ”

Everyone asked, "Does he have anything to do with Liu Caixia?" ”

"It's her husband...... When he was dying, he only said that he was addicted to gambling and losers, not only dozens of acres of land and three houses were sold to pay off debts, but even his four-year-old daughter was sold by him, and now he doesn't know where he has fallen...... said that I was sorry for my wife and children, and I just begged that if I had the opportunity to go to Liuzhong Ranch in Xizhou in the future, I would pass the word on his behalf and let Liu Caixia do it herself. ”

The crowd was speechless.

Gao Yu broke the silence and said, "One gambles, the other is lazy, such a man is the least welcome," and said to Gao Jun, "Brother, your two brothers-in-law in the village are lazy or lazy, I see the face of the Xie family's younger siblings, and a few days ago I promised Boss Xie to come to the kiln to burn the fire - this is much lighter than digging soil and making billets, and the money should be more than others." Who knew that he only burned for half a night, so he deduced that his back was sore and his butt hurt, and he would never come again. Seeing that other people's families will move into their new homes in half a month, and they haven't even sold their old houses, see how they are! I'm afraid I'll come back to beg you when the time comes. ”

Gao Jun didn't want to say this, and asked Gao Yu, "What is the situation in the village?" ”

Gao Yu knew what he meant, "Those people are still waiting, and they can't bear to sell the dilapidated houses in their hands, but they will never return to the price when they started." Gao Jun was in a better mood after hearing this, and said to Wan Shiju that the momentum on the construction site of the new home should be louder and the progress should be faster.

Gao Jun thought, when the villagers moved out with great fanfare, it was estimated that Wang Manji and the others should panic. Gao Jun saluted Brother Xue again, and after Gao Jun saluted, all the companions on the table gave Brother Xue a cup. In the middle of the night, even Xue Li, everyone walked out against the wall.

Gao Jun was picked up by Fan Ying and stumbled home. Gao Chang and Xie's mother and daughter had slept in another room, and Liu Yuru was sitting on the big bed in the main room waiting for the two.

Gao Jun fell asleep as soon as he touched the bed, where could he discuss anything! Liu Yuru and Fan Ying were afraid that he would fall under the bed, so the two of them sandwiched him in the middle. Fan Ying lay on the edge of the bed, remembering Gao Jun's words and never dared to sleep. In less than half an hour, this kid really tossed.

first was dishonest to Fan Ying. Fan Yingxin said that as long as you don't move, don't make others sleep. Unbeknownst to him, he tossed for a while, turned over again, and went towards Liu Yuru, still babbling nonsense in his mouth.

Fan Ying listened to Mrs. Gao for a while and didn't move, knowing that she was waiting for her to sleep late with Master Gao, and it was not easy to be woken up by him, so she couldn't point two acupoints on Lord Gao's back, so he was honest.

As soon as it was dawn in the morning, as soon as Fan Ying solved the acupoint for him, the tall man got up at once and muttered, "How can you be so tired, you dream of fighting with a cow robber, how can this knife not be opened...... He didn't even listen to the charcoal fire. Fan Ying smiled secretly in her heart, closed her eyes and ignored him.

Gao Jun saw that both of them were asleep, so he silenced and tiptoed out.

Gao Chang and Xie slept early and woke up early. Gao Chang pushed the door out and saw that Liu Yuru and Fan Ying were sleeping very heavily on the big bed here, as if they hadn't slept at night. Gao Chang shook his head, said in his heart that this is all to make up for sleep, and tiptoed out.

After Gao Jun came out, he went directly to find Brother Xue Li, and the two sat down to have breakfast. Xue Li said, you can't go out so far to graze like this anymore. This time it was a fluke. The shepherds, the guys, are not good yet.

Gao Jun said that he was worried about this matter, and asked his brother for advice. The two of them had breakfast and walked to the ranch together.

Xue Li said, "Your shepherd team must be trained well, and if you pull out a hundred people, you must dare to rush at the opponent's thousand-strong horse team and come back unscathed." ”

As he spoke, he drew a branch on the ground, "In a short period of time, even if the gods come, they can't be trained to look like brothers." However, the most important thing for the team to fight is not individual ability, but to complement each other, cooperate with each other, act quickly and consistently, and give the opponent continuous blows. ”

He drew a kind of horse formation on the ground: twenty men in front of him with long knives to charge, eighty archers behind him, five crossbowmen on each side of the archers, and ten long swordmen on the outermost.

Xue Li said, "When attacking, the archers should shoot the enemy first from a distance, and these archers do not require how accurate the arrow is, but they must be able to shoot far and shoot together." Forty people dial it, the first shot misses and then retreats in the gallop and re-draws the arrow, while the second group of forty people makes up for it and shoots again. These people have the heaviest task, and the key is the words 'Yuan' and 'Qi' - do not forget that the enemy also has archers, and you should shoot arrows at him when he can't shoot you - like rain, causing casualties and confusion among the enemy team. ”

Gao Jun's eyes straightened when he heard this, "What about the knife hand and the crossbowman?" ”

"The critical point of the crossbowman is 'fast' and 'accurate', and the crossbow arrow has four consecutive shots and seven consecutive shots, in order to destroy the enemy in the middle range, and also has a protective effect on the knife hand and the archer.

"And the front swordsmen are focused on killing and wounding the enemy, and the swordsmen on the sides are focused on replacing the swordsmen in front and protecting the crossbowmen - you must know that when the crossbowmen are in disarray, the power of this formation is completely lost."

The two talked as they walked, and as soon as they entered the gate of the ranch, they saw Lot come out on horseback. said that he would go to Liuzhong County to invite the best hoop barrel master to come, and pointed to the stable not far away, "Lord Gao, someone is fighting!" ”

Gao Jun and Xue Li walked to the stable, and when they got closer, they saw a few shepherds coaxing the two people rolling on the ground. It turned out that Duoduo was riding a short shepherd on his body, and while hitting the man under him without a head or face, he shouted, "If you dare to make fun of me again, you will go in with a white knife and come out with a black knife!" ”

Xue Li wanted to go up to persuade him, but Gao Jun stopped him, "I don't care about a lot of beatings." ”

But the two people on the ground had already heard the voice of the tall man, and hurriedly stopped their hands and stood up from the ground. Duoduo was still angry after getting up, the beaten Muzi had a blue eye, and he teased Duoduo happily as usual in the morning, not wanting to poke the hornet's nest, and he was a little embarrassed to be beaten.

Gao Jun smiled and asked a lot, "Aren't they all red knives coming out?" How did you become a black knife when you came here? ”

Duoduo was not afraid, and said, "The black knife is powerful!" ”

Gao Jun saw that many of the clothes had changed from the previous style, and the feminine bits and pieces on his body were gone, and his behavior was no longer like that, "Okay, Brother Xue and I are about to select the swordsmen and crossbowmen of the shepherd team, and you will continue to fight." ”

After saying that, Gao Jun and Xue Li turned around and walked into the meeting hall, and those young shepherds surrounded the two of them with a hula, vying to let this Xue brother see if he was qualified. Gao Jun waved his hand and said, "The only son in the family is playing as soon as possible." ”

At this time, Liu Wumucheng carried Liu Caixia and walked into the door.

After Gao Jun spoke, Liu Wu's daughter-in-law Wu didn't dare to jump out again once. And Liu Caixia has been able to move around freely, but seeing that Liu Wu has no intention of giving up, it seems that he will not stop until he has been carrying it for a month. Gradually, Liu Caixia looked forward to the moment of morning and evening.

Liu Wu had already heard about her family when he was drinking last night, and he didn't think about it all night, how to tell her about it. I didn't open my mouth all the way today, I'm afraid that she heard the crying, but it made people suspicious.

When he saw that Master Gao saw it, he didn't mean to say anything about it, so he decided to think about it again during the day and see what opportunity he could find to talk to her.