Chapter Seventy-Seven: I Can't Hold It Anymore

After driving all the Xi women out, they lay down and fell asleep alone, but it was difficult to fall asleep for a long time.

Yelubai performed the dance of the Xi tribe at the banquet, and asked the Xi slaves to serve food and pour wine, and after the end, he also let the Xi women serve Xu Qing to sleep. Sitting down for such a troublesome matter, it was nothing more than wanting to say something to Xu Qing: "You see, I am inseparable from the Xi clan, eating his cattle, drinking his wine, using his people, sleeping with his women, so happy." It's useless to say anything, I still have to continue to fight the Xi people. ”

The reason is that Yelubai regarded Xu Qing as a lobbyist invited by the Xi people.

That's right, the last time Xu Qing and Yelubai met, it was on the grassland, Xu Qing was pretending to be a merchant at that time, and Yelubai thought that Xu Qing was a traveling merchant on the grassland.

This time the war between the Xi clan and the Dahe clan was launched by the Dahe clan in order to rise. But once the Dahe clan rises and the Xi clan perishes, then in the eastern grassland, the big circle of Liaodong will become the only overlord.

This will threaten small countries and tribes such as the Bohai Sea. Jerebael didn't understand this truth.

So as soon as he saw Xu Qing, a circuit formed in his mind:

Xu Qing, as a traveling merchant, ran around the grassland and Guannei, and one day, Xu Qing inadvertently ran near the Bohai Sea. I happened to hear the news of the war between the Dahe clan and the Xi clan, and the Bohai Kingdom also began to endanger itself. At this time, for some reason, the king of Bohai Kingdom knew the relationship between Xu Qing and Yelubai, and then Xu Qing voluntarily or unwillingly became an envoy.

has the kindness of saving his life, and Yelubai has climbed to the current position, which is inseparable from Xu Qing's guidance. Therefore, Yelubai could not refuse in person, so he could only knock on the side to convey to Xu Qing the meaning of "it is impossible to stop the truce, and then say that he does not recognize people".

However, Xu Qing didn't come to persuade him.

Xu Qing tossed and turned, and said in his heart: "Do you want to talk to him about business?" If he said it again, would he kill me with a knife? Xu Qing shrunk his neck, feeling that his neck was not hard enough to withstand a knife.

"So, go back? No, it's too shameless to go back like this, I, the big landlord Xu, where is there a reason not to go back with something, it's too unprincipled. ”

"Again, uh, no, I don't think I have said it once. Yes, just say once, not once, let's drive some cattle and sheep back, by the way, those Xi women will also be brought back. ”

The next day, Xu Qing went again.

When I arrived in the sweat tent, I saw not only Yelubai alone, but also many elders and leaders of the Dahe clan. A large pot of mutton in white water was boiling, and there was only a handful of white salt on everyone's plate. Yelubai saw Xu Qing, set up one, brought Xu Qing a plate of white salt and said, "Benefactor, I sent ten Xi women last night, why don't you use it?" ”

Xu Qing shook his head and said, "That woman is too burly and not good-looking, I don't want it." "Indeed, there were no ten Xi women under 178 last night.

Everyone in the tent smiled, and it seemed that they could understand the Han people.

Yelubai sighed and looked at Xu Qingdao: "The benefactor is good, travels far away from the rivers and lakes, and acts as a lobbyist for the Xi people?" ”

Xu Qing was stunned, but he didn't expect Yelubai to take the initiative to say it, he said: "I heard that I am rich here, and I am here to reminisce about the past, so why suspect me as a lobbyist?" ”

Yelubai smiled: "I know that there is a teacher Kuang among the Han people, although I am not as smart as Shi Kuang, I know the meaning of elegance when I hear the string songs." ”

Xu Qing listened to it and admired it slightly, a person outside the plug, and he came to the Han classics. Xu Qing thought for a moment and pretended to be angry: "If you treat the deceased like this, please retire." ”

Yelubai smiled at this time and grabbed Xu Qing's arm and said, "I'm afraid that the benefactor will be a lobbyist for the Xi clan, so why not go quickly?" Then he asked Xu Qing to sit down, and let everyone in the tent meet Xu Qing.

Xu Qing saw that everyone was wearing brocade and silver armor, and sat in two rows. When Jerod had finished seeing each other, he sat down on both sides, brought all kinds of food, played the joy of victory in the army, and took turns to drink wine, and even had to put on a feast as he had done yesterday.

Drunk after drinking less, Yelubai told everyone: "This person is also my benefactor, although he came here from the Bohai Sea, he is not a lobbyist of the Xi tribe, and the public should not be suspicious." ”

He also untied the sword from his waist and handed it to a man in the tent: "You wear my sword as a prison wine, and you feast and drink today, but you have friends and friendships; If anyone mentions the matter of the Xi people and our army, they will be beheaded. ”

The man answered, and sat down on the table with his sword. Xu Qing was stunned: Why did you come to yesterday's set again? However, Xu Qing thought in his heart, there are many people now, even if he is not persuasive, it is inconvenient for him to bring up the matter he wants to say. So I didn't say more, and ate wine and meat with everyone.

Yelubai said: "Since I led the army, I have not drunk a drop of wine. Yesterday, I saw the old man, and I was drunk, and today I am undoubtedly taboo, so I should get drunk again. "Laugh and drink.

The seats are staggered. Half-drunk, Yelubai took Xu Qing's hand, left the others in the tent, and went out of the tent at the same time.

Outside the tent, there were soldiers on the left and right, all dressed and wearing, standing with swords and bows.

Yelu Bai said: "My sergeant of the Dahe clan, is it quite majestic? ”

Xu Qing said: "It's really a bear and a tiger." ”

Yelubai led Xu Qing to the back of the tent and looked at it, the cattle and sheep were full of bars, fat and strong, and the grain and grass were piled up like a mountain. Jerebael asked, "Is my grain and grass sufficient?" ”

Xu Qing replied: "The soldiers are good enough to eat, and their reputation is well deserved. "Xu Qing now knows that Yelubai is showing his muscles. He was also funny in his heart, did I just want to persuade him?

Yelubai pretended to be drunk and laughed and said: "I think when I was wandering the grassland, I never looked forward to today. ”

Xu Qing smiled: "With your high talent, at this level, it is not an exaggeration. ”

Yelubai took Xu Qing's hand and said: "According to your Han people, the eldest husband is in this world, and when he meets ambitions, he is rewarded for his ambitions, and he trusts the righteousness of the monarch and ministers on the outside, and the grace of flesh and blood on the inside. If Su Qin, Zhang Yi, Lu Jia, and Li Sheng make a comeback, their mouths are like hanging rivers, and their tongues are like sharp blades, can An move my heart? ”

Laughing.

"It's a pity, it's a pity, if you say these words to the lobbyist, maybe it will scare the lobbyist, but if you tell me, I will want to achieve the purpose of coming here even more."

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

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At the ancient ferry crossing, the two armies have been holding each other for ten days. Behind the calm standoff is that both sides are making all the preparations they can for the next big war.

However, he said that the last time the Goguryeo people were defeated, Gao Yuan was not angry, and after inquiring about the reason for the defeat, he searched all over the treasury. Find out the crossbow left by the Sui army back then, although this crossbow has decayed and rusted a lot, it can still be used. The range is probably two-thirds of the powerful crossbow of Broken Hongchen, and the Goguryeo people didn't know the power of this crossbow before, so they kept him in the warehouse and didn't move.

In addition to making crossbow arrows and reinforcing the water village, Duan Hongchen also made a big project.

Within ten days, the embankment on the side of Broken Hongchen had been built into more than 20 dirt mountains of more than 10 zhang.

These more than 20 dirt mountains are guarded on the side of the river like 20 tall men. Even if the Goguryeo people attacked the river bank, they would still have to fight the battle of attacking the mountain.

Gao Chan had the equipment of crossbow arrows, practiced 5,000 crossbowmen, and even the raft in one, practiced for a few days, and then went into the water to find the battle of breaking the red dust. After the crossbowmen were launched, three thousand infantry followed.

This time, Gao Chan is going to be ashamed.

Three drums, high Zen golden helmet and gold armor, brocade robe and jade belt, standing on a canopy made out of the caravan, this time, he will personally go into the water to direct the battle, left and right to line up the generals, each holding weapons, front and back guards. The flag festival is very strict.

Gao Chan pointed at the five thousand crossbowmen with a whip: "I am a god of heaven, I did last night to ask for blessings, and when you silently recite the blessing of the gods in your heart, you will be invulnerable, go, Erlang!" ”

Great wars often come unexpectedly.

The 5,000 crossbowmen rode in front of the raft, approached slowly, and when they reached the firing range, they shot at Broken Hongchen. The soldiers in the hands of Duan Hongchen were condescending by the soil and mountains, and they had the water village as a cover, and the casualties were much smaller than those of the Goguryeos. But even so, Broken Hongchen can't afford to pay for it. He told the crossbowmen to hide and shoot as much as possible, but in this way, the crossbowmen's shooting was greatly affected.

The crossbows on Broken Hongchen's side gradually thinned out, and only ten bed crossbows were still bursting with powerful and terrifying power. Once a raft is shot by a bed crossbow, it must be the end of a leaky river.

Gao Chan ordered everyone to force their way ashore. More than 8,000 people rushed to the riverbank on the side of Broken Hongchen. The crossbowmen shot arrows to suppress the side of the broken red dust, and the infantry rowed to the death.

In the blink of an eye, the first ship came to the shore, and the men on it rushed up and were immediately killed by the crossbow arrows. At this time, due to the need to arrange the knife hand to protect the array, the manpower on Broken Hongchen's side became more and more stretched.

At this time, Gao Chan looked to the side and said in his heart: Why hasn't it appeared yet?

At this moment, a fast horse flew to Duan Hongchen's side, and the cavalry turned over: "Your Majesty, an unknown number of Goguryeo people have appeared in the upper reaches of the river!" ”

Upstream?!

Broken Hongchen was shocked, isn't there a scout detective upstream, why did a group of enemies appear for no reason? Although Duan Hongchen was surprised in his heart, he didn't mess up, and he said to the cavalry: "Explore again!" ”

The cavalry turned over and got on his horse, and there was another smoke.

Regardless of the scouts, the Goguryeo people crossing the river will have fewer people and no cavalry. Duan Hongchen thought so in his heart, and immediately, he called all the cavalry over and rushed to attack the enemy troops coming upstream.

After doing this, Broken Hongchen looked at the battlefield on the riverbank again, and was shocked again. The Goguryeo people, all ashore!

When the two sides were firing at each other before, Broken Hongchen lost hundreds of people, and the Goguryeo lost more than 2,000 lives. Now that they have come ashore, the Broken Hongchen troops are still fighting with the Goguryeo people for the time being, relying on the advantages of Tushan and Shuizhai.

However, there were still five or six thousand Goguryeo people, and the cavalry was transferred from Duan Hongchen's hands, and only more than 3,000 infantry remained. Melee combat, there is no advantage, nothing more than one-for-one death. The only advantage is the number of people, the more people, you can win!

Seeing that thousands of people on both sides died, Duan Hongchen retreated.

Gao Chan looked at the battle situation on the other side, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth: "In the face of strength, conspiracies and tricks are all ants, not to mention, those who have strength also have conspiracies!" ”

"Report! There are also enemy troops approaching downstream! ”