Ling Huye dodged the attack of the cavalry of the Zhao army, and hit the opponent's arm with a hammer, the opponent's arm was painful, and the bronze sword fell to the ground with a bang, and the man saw that the weapon fell, and he felt out the bow and arrow to return fire to Ling Huye, how could Ling Huye give him another chance, even if his right arm was seriously injured, he still picked up the copper head hammer and knocked it on the opponent's arm. And the feather arrow, which had been ready to fire for a long time, also happened to hit Ling Huye's horse's belly.

The cavalry arm of the Zhao army was completely scrapped this time, and he could only use his other hand to pull the reins of the horse and run away. Ling Huye no longer hesitated, while controlling the restless horses under him, he took out his bow and arrow, and aimed it at the fleeing cavalry, the man had an arrow in his vest, and he was killed instantly and fell off the horse. And Ling Huye also collapsed, panting heavily.

While trying to recover his strength, he looked around, basically, the surrounding Zhao Jun was more annoying than Lou. If at the beginning, the two armies were equal, then now, Lou Annoying people have fallen into the encirclement of the Zhao army, Lou Annoying people have to fight while holding the belly of the horse, and the attention is naturally not equal to Zhao Jun, Zhao Jun not only bronze knives are suitable for cutting, but also light and flexible, which makes Lou Annoying's shortcomings more and more exposed, basically a Zhao Jun, can cause damage to two Lou annoying, and the tribe has the upper hand.

Can't go on like this, Ling Hu Ye said in his heart, he glanced at the wound on his arm, it was still bleeding, the wound caused by the machete was relatively large, and it was more difficult to bandage, he could only endure the pain and not look at him, but he thought in his heart that if it went on like this, the Lin Hu people would be consumed sooner or later. A way must be found to get out of the battlefield.

But from where?

Linghu Ye's heart aches, why not Lou Yuan? Seeing that the more than 8,000 people he brought with him, desperately fighting with Zhao Jun little by little, he originally thought that the victory was in his hands, but at this time, he only had the intention of fleeing quickly.

"Retreat! Fall back! He roared in victory, and when the soldiers around him saw that he ordered a retreat, those who had already had this kind of mind hurriedly wanted to run out of the encirclement, but how could this kind of thing be so easy? They could only keep galloping behind them. I don't even think about whether it's my own person or not. Seeing the situation here, the other buildings finally all the mental construction was no longer useful, and began to struggle to retreat. In an instant, the entire battlefield became even more chaotic. The desire to survive made Lou Annoying start to go crazy, and it also made Zhao Jun suddenly feel the pressure increase sharply.

This is something that Zhao Yong couldn't imagine, or rather, as the first time the main commander, this kind of scene was the first time he had seen it, and he was a little stunned in an instant, and he didn't know how to deal with it.

"Your Majesty, Mingjin will collect his troops." Niu Jian proposed, in fact, when he saw that Zhao Yong did not leave a cavalry reserve just now, he wanted to remind him, but when he saw that there were chariots around, he didn't care, thinking that he could prevent the other party from sneaking up on the other side.

"Retreat?" Looking at the annoying scene of the building's rout, Zhao Yong was a little reluctant, "How about letting the soldiers go to contain it?" ”

"No." Niu Jian pointed to Lou Furen, who was gradually leaving the team, and said, "Lou Furen has already made a gesture to leave, and the cavalry went to encircle it with little effect." The most important thing is that after our chariots arrive at the battlefield, our army's main formation will have no available soldiers, and if anyone on the other side takes this opportunity to turn around and attack our army's main formation, with the speed of the opponent's cavalry, we will not be able to chase after it. Especially the safety of the king, even more so. ”

If it wasn't Zhao Yong who was commanding here, but Niu Jian himself, he would definitely dare to fight the last bit of men and horses to surround the annoying building, but now, for the sake of Zhao Yong's safety, he couldn't do it.

In the end, Zhao Yong did not give the order to chase the chariots, but watched the cavalry of Zhao State give up after chasing the remnants of the Lou for a while. For him, this battle has experience and lessons. Fortunately, the balance of victory did not tip to the enemy, but firmly on his side.

Cleaning up the battlefield, the Zhao army killed more than 2,000 people, basically killed by the enemy in the close combat stage, and the remaining Loufu cavalry was about 4,000, and the loss was basically more than half, and the proportion of wounded in the two armies was more or less. Overall, it was a small victory, and the Zhao army firmly controlled the situation on the battlefield. At the end of this battle, Zhao Yong immediately ordered all the soldiers to turn back to Yuanyang, rest on the spot, and send additional scouts in the direction of Yunzhong and Jiuyuan to find out the movement of Lou's annoying escape. That's all for later.

Just when the battle on the grassland was in full swing, Jinyang, who was in the rear, was also not so calm.

"Master, there's a guest out there who wants to see you."

In the study room of the bereaved division, Li Dui was seizing the time to sort out and proofread the grain and grass delivery of the Northern Expeditionary Army. After Zhao Yong came to Jinyang, in order to ensure the safety of grain and grass, the army's grain and grass supply base was placed in Jinyang, instead of Ningwuguan, which was being repaired, although geographically, Ningwuguan was indeed much closer than Jinyang. And the heavy task of allocating grain and grass also fell on Zhao Ran, the guard of Jinyang City, and Li Dui, the person in charge of the Relict Temple. Zhao Ran was sincerely afraid, and when it came to this matter, he must have instructed Li Dui many times, first, to pay attention to the safety of grain and grass, and second, to pay attention to the verification and storage of vouchers when grain and grass were shipped, which made Li Dui very busy. Fortunately, Lou Zhuan, the person in charge of grain and grass transportation in the Northern Expeditionary Army, is not a tricky person, and there is no friction when it comes to cooperation.

Even so, it kept Li Dui busy.

When he was in Handan, the young man was proud, and he did not do much to look for flowers and ask willows, and the daughter of Handan often made him linger. And now that he has encountered a great disaster, he has calmed down his temperament, and he has not rejected Zhao Cheng's suggestion to commit a maid to him as a wife, which is his biggest reassurance to Zhao Cheng, and it also shows his determination to still stand on Zhao Cheng's side. Especially in Jinyang, it is like walking on thin ice, and there are few friends on weekdays, so I really don't know who came to visit me at this time.

"Who? If not, just send it away, and don't disturb my purity. ”

The servant had known him for a long time, so how could he harass him casually, but he still stood outside the door and said respectfully: "It was Lord Castle Guard who personally visited him. At the end, he added, "It's a regular service." ”

Li Dui's heart struck, Zhao Ran and himself are not very compatible, if it weren't for the matter of food and grass, the communication between the two on weekdays would be limited to daily office invitations, this time the other party came to visit, or regular clothes, it must not be a business matter, but in addition to business business, what else can they talk about?

"Invite the castle keeper to the lobby, tidy up a little, and then go out to meet you."

"I don't know that the city guard came to visit late at night, and the lowly duty is still being ordered to sort out the vouchers for the grain and grass escort, so that there is a lot of negligence, and I ask the lord to forgive the sin." Hurry up and salute to prevent being caught by the other party.

"It's okay, it's just a trip with friends, passing by here, seeing that the hour is still early, I will come to your mansion to pan one or two. I hope Lord Li will forgive me if I come uninvited. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Li Dui said, and hurriedly instructed the servant to serve tea. Now this drink is already the most expensive drink, and the merchants of Shuzhong came to Jinyang to do business, and Li Dui also bought some as a gift for hospitality.

With tea, the two exchanged pleasantries, and finally, they got to the point.

"The day before yesterday, the gentleman took a break in Jinyang, and it can be seen that the gentleman attaches great importance to Mr., otherwise he would not be in an important position in Jinyang." Zhao Ran said, suddenly changed his words, and continued: "Mr. Ran's excellent performance in the examination is obvious to all, and it is really incomprehensible that he is not promoted. ”

Li Dui's heart leaked, pretending to be panicked, and replied: "The heart of the king is unfathomable. When I was in Sikong Mansion, I often mentioned that the king had no chance, and I was just following orders. ”

Zhao Ran saw that he was a little frightened, and his mouth also expressed his resignation, so he said: "Even so, with the talent of the king, with the entrustment of a bereaved person, it is overkill." ”

"The gentleman laughed."

"No, no, no. The day before yesterday, a certain and clan talked about the matter of Jinyang Shaofu, and the products came and went, and they thought that this matter was none other than Mr. ”

Li Dui was suddenly stunned when he heard this, he didn't understand what Zhao Ran meant, and suddenly gave himself a big cake.

The so-called Shaofu is an official position opposite to internal history. The internal history is responsible for the country's money and grain taxes, and the Shaofu is in charge of the country's taxes, which are used for the monarch's expenses, which is equivalent to the monarch's small treasury. In order to facilitate the collection of taxes, Shaofu was set up in each county to collect taxes and use them for the expenses of the royal family.

Although this position is nominally the same level as Li Dui's widow, the wonderful thing is that this position is to serve the king, and the effect of its work can be better known by the royal family.

But Jinyang's Shaofu is different from other places, Jinyang's Shaofu candidates have always come from within the Zhao clan, and are rarely occupied by outsiders, but when Zhao Suhou was born, someone once obtained this position, and since then Zhao Suhou has been cited as the humerus, he is today's internal history Xu Yue. After the Xu clan, the practice of being held within the Zhao clan has been maintained, and no outsiders have ever held office.

According to the example, the candidates for the young government of each county should be established from the county guard, that is to say, as long as Zhao Ran nods and Zhao Cheng and Zhao Bao do not object, this appointment can be passed, because it is only a horizontal transfer, and it does not involve the issue of promotion, so naturally there is no need to report to Zhao Yong to know, and as long as the two agree, it is okay to report afterwards.

Therefore, when Zhao Ran proposed that Zhao Xian and others were willing to vouch for Li Dui and let him be transferred to Shaofu, even he felt that this was a very likely thing to succeed, because whether it was Zhao Bao or Zhao Cheng, as long as they were members of the Zhao clan, they must give Zhao Xian, the old man of the Zhao clan, a face, and dare not disobey. And even if Zhao Yong asked, he wouldn't do anything to Zhao Xian.

What was in front of Li Dui's eyes was definitely a broad avenue, and then he even saw that he could enter the Situ Mansion, replace Xu Yue, replace Zhao Bao, and become the Situ of Zhao State. It is estimated that no matter who encounters this kind of thing, they will not hesitate.

He Li Dui is also a human being, and in the face of the joy of heaven, after he was excited, he suddenly hesitated. There was no him, because he suddenly remembered a book sent from Handan not long ago, and there were a few big characters written on the book: 劓刖, trapped in the red tree, but Xu You said, use the sacrifice.

(End of chapter)