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One twilight in early October, a few miles east of the city of Juye-eup, the closest one mile to Onozawa, was scattered with women and children scattered across the fields.

Winter has arrived, and the autumn grain has long been collected, and most of it has entered the treasury of the city, and only a small amount is hidden in the clay pots of the common people. In September, when the war broke out again, the men were conscripted to serve as guards in the city, and even transferred to the national capital, leaving only the women unclothed and the children unkempt, wondering when the recruits would return home.

As the Yiyi Weidi folk song sings: "There is a fox Suisui, in Biqiliang." The sorrow of the heart, the son of the child, has no clothes......"

However, the first thing they want to ensure is that after the father or husband and brother return, they will not see the scene of themselves and their children dying in the house, no matter how bitter they are, they must grit their teeth and survive this winter. So he stooped over the fields, on the ridges, and in the undulating hills in search of wild plants such as winter flowers, or small creatures such as voles.

Onozawa is mostly salt-brine land, with plenty of grass and shrubs, and is inhabited by jackals and foxes, and there are not many homes or fields. In order to prevent encountering wild beasts, the women brought their own weapons, all of which were commonly used by the peasants. While they were carefully searching for wild vegetables in the field with their children, they sometimes got up and looked up and looked around vigilantly.

This area is close to the range of activities of the robbers, they only came to rob a wave at the beginning of spring this year, the terrible scene and the pain it brought are still in the memory, many women have been robbed, and their lives and deaths are uncertain after being insulted.

However, since the north of the Lu State came to the west of the "Zhao Xiao Sikou". Pavilions and beacons were built along the shores of the lake, and there were occasional counterattacks. The theft seems to have abated, and the people of the patriotic Juye-eup have also been wiped out. It was a relatively peaceful autumn.

Just when the women saw that they had gained nothing and were about to return home with a sigh, there was dust and smoke on the road in the distance, and an army came from the east. There are more than 100 people in total, and the leader of the group rode alone, and the rest were mostly men who were not uniformly dressed and carried miscellaneous weapons, and there were no flags, so they didn't look like Yi soldiers. It's thieves!

Of course, they didn't realize that there were more than a dozen neat guards behind the team, just sandwiching the thieves in the middle.

The women were shocked, and although the thieves did not encourage killing and violence, how could they be avoided without supervision? Usually when the robbers attacked, they were not less violated, and at this time, they were frightened when they saw a large group of people approaching on the road. The children hid behind the women. The women were also terrified, and some of them took up their children and ran inside, while others lay down in the wilderness with their children in their arms. I hope I won't be discovered.

However, the "bandits" pointed at the side of the road, and then someone tried to walk in this direction, but was whipped several times by the rider. After a few scoldings, he stopped.

……

"The guards are afraid of us." Qi Wan, a native of the Song Kingdom who had been promoted to the rank of chief, turned his head with the sword and shield that had become part of his body. Said to Jia Ji, the horseman who managed the hundred.

"It's because I'm afraid of our costumes, and these real thieves who are following behind us."

Jiaji rides on a millet mare. Speak out to correct Qi Wan's words.

He was frowning at the map of Weiguo Punan in his hand, which marked their destination in red paint and marked the predetermined path with a black pen. These are all the meticulous actions that Zhao Wuxian has planted in Punan in the past year, some of them are businessmen, some are travelers, and gradually complete the map and road details, and now there are also people in the team to lead the way.

Last month, Jia Ji also had a survey with Yu Xilai, so he was extremely familiar with the terrain.

At this moment, he turned his head and whipped a few lashes at the thieves who were swallowing saliva and wanted to harass the women, and the whip snapped, leaving a bloody streak on their shabby clothes. The pavilion guards disguised as thieves also waved their spears to stop them, and the few people shrank their heads and stood back in the team.

Seeing the appearance of those women evading, Qi Wan couldn't help but think of his family who was still in the Song Kingdom, he leaned over and whispered to Jia Ji: "Jia Liang Chang, there are some wolves and foxes on the side of Daze, now is not the busy season for farming, seeing that it is late, and most of the villagers return to their homes, but these women are looking for food in the vast wilderness with children with farm tools, it must be that the men in the family are not there, and there is no surplus food in the kettle." We carry some food, but do we have to give them some? ”

Jia Ji glanced at him impatiently and said, "Don't you have a crush on who of them?" Look at your clothes, we're thieves now! Even if the robbers don't loot, they will still give food and clothing to the civilians? It has become the biggest strange thing to get out, and it is important for us to hurry and take control of the bridge before dark, which is a military order! ”

Qi Wan is honest, but his personality is a little tough, and his one-and-a-half-year recruitment career has given him a sense of honor as a soldier, and he has long been dissatisfied with this matter.

So he muttered: "When the soldiers became the army, Si Kou said something on the stage, although I didn't understand it at the time, but after consulting the brigade commander, I learned that Si Kou said 'Fu Wu, ban violence, soldiers, protect the great, set merit, and can calm the people and wealth', which is the benchmark for the survival of the soldiers." In the past year and a half, I have followed Si Kou to fight the greedy Yang Hu and Dr. Yuncheng to repel the invasion of robbers for the people, and to protect the territory and the people. But why do we want to be with the bandits now? These people are under the watchful eye of you and me, so they dare not do anything harmful to the people, and if they are allowed to do so, these women will definitely be violated. ”

In Jia Ji's heart, completing this task is the most important thing, as for the life and death of the patriots in front of him, and even the life or death of these former thieves behind him.

Their light knights have always been the legs and eyes of warriors, but they didn't play a role in the ambush on the west bank of Lake Ze last time, and they were crushed by the newcomer Lu Guozhuzi Ran Qiu. Yu Lushuai held his breath, and before leaving, he specially instructed him that even if he just led the way this time, he would not be able to fall into the majesty of the old people in the township.

So he couldn't help but be irritable and said: "You don't know the situation in the army, many of my colleagues have been transferred to the north to defend against the Qi people, and the remaining main force is also used intensively, as for the use, it is not for you and me to ask." In short, the soldiers were very scarce, so the Sikou had no choice but to take advantage of these thieves. ”

"How much more peace and security. Whose people are they peaced, and whose wealth are they peaced? The secret that Si Kou discussed with the strategists and brigade commanders is not something that you and I have the privilege of hearing. But one thing I know is that I am protecting the people under the rule of Sikou. These defenders are the people of the enemy nation. The husbands of women and children, and the fathers of children, may be waiting to meet our soldiers, and it is the enemy to help them at this time. I know that Qi Shi has a good heart, don't worry, we just need to restrain our subordinates and be worthy of our hearts, and when this giant field becomes a city under the rule of Si Kou, there will naturally be village officials to help them. Ask about it. It's better to think about how to use these robbers for a while, so that they can consume the guards guarding the bridge. ”

Qi Wan groaned, he was finally convinced, because Zhao Wuxian had never broken his promise in the past. The livelihood of Zhen, Liqiu, and Yuncheng Sanyi is thriving under the subsidy of porcelain and paper income.

"The desperate bandit will be responsible for attacking the strongholds of the defenders along the Great Lake, but I will only allow him to stay within ten miles of the shore and not to plunder the people. It is forbidden to kill innocent people indiscriminately. The roads and houses were destroyed by a mixture of pavilion guards and surrendered robbers. And the main force of the warriors will also pretend to be robbers, concentrate on capturing important passes, and completely cut off the connection between Juye and the three towns in the west! ”

This was the will conveyed by Zhao Wuxian when he issued this task to Muxia, Yu Xi and other middle-level military officials, and they handed it over to the grassroots military officials. So Jia Ji and Qi are a pair. He was assigned to bring these half-eaten Ono robbers who had just surrendered for half a decade to Juye on a "mission", with the purpose of destroying the communication bridge between Juye and the western provinces of the country.

Zhao Wuxian also emphasized one point: "The key is to create a false impression of theft in Punan. Attracting the guard division to attack is a plan to lure the snake out of the hole! ”

So Jia Ji did not have the intention of hiding his whereabouts. Just come with a swagger and go with a swagger. I'm afraid that others won't know that he's been here.

The trembling women lying in the fields saw this strange scene, and the "bandits" had already seen them, and they wanted to escape today, but they only wanted to save the child's life, but they went straight to the west.

These women were so grateful to God that they did not dare to get up and return home until the thieves were gone. When I returned to Lilu, I inevitably told people I knew about what I had just seen, and I didn't dare to go out even if I was hungry in the short term.

……

There are four towns in Punan, the place of Punan, the giant field, the vertical hill, the Shengdou, and the city of Pu, with a total number of six or seven thousand households and a population of more than 40,000. However, the Marquis of Wei may feel that the taxes paid in this area are really not much, so he ignores this, and has not sent troops to strengthen the defense, and the conscription of 500 soldiers in each brigade is already the limit.

It wasn't until last summer that Zhao Wuxian traveled all night from Cao Guo, bypassing the cities of Punan, smuggling the ferries outside the city of Pucheng, and conquering Zhenyi, that Wei Hou sent a division of people in Punan as if he had lost a sheep. These 2,500 people were led by the doctor Gongsun Qi, stationed at the commanding heights of Punan, Lishan, which is a sacred mountain where Emperor Yao lived and Emperor Shun once cultivated.

Gongsun Qi is the grandson of Wei Xianggong and the nephew of Wei Hou Yuan, with a noble status. This time, he was entrusted with the important task of Punan's defense, and he was under a lot of pressure, especially the words that Wang Sunjia instructed him in the silk silk.

"Zhao Wuxian of Zhen, Liqiu, and Yuncheng has thousands of soldiers, and now they are being pinned down by the Qi people in the north, and half of them are guarding against robbers, so the troops that can be dispatched may not be as many as your first division. You only need to defend in Lishan, you don't need to be aggressive, and drag it out until the end of the battle of Qi Guoyiyi, I guess it won't be more than late October! ”

Now there is only more than half a month before the deadline predicted by Wang Sun Jia, because Wei Guo is still waiting for the time to wait, and he has not declared war on the Jin State, so there is no change in Lu Guo Zhao Wuxian.

Just when Gongsun Qi was relieved, bad news came one after another, and after winter, the robbers of Onozawa were looting again!

The three towns of Weeping Hill, Shengdou and Chengpu are close to each other, and they can be horns of each other, and few robbers dare to venture over, but Juye is located alone in the east facing the place near the lake. At the end of September, there was still news to communicate with each other the previous day, but after entering October, the news was completely cut off.

Gongsun drove a group of more than 100 soldiers to investigate, but even they were annihilated.

"Could it be that it is trapped!" Gongsun was so distressed that he could only report to the Weiguo side for instructions. However, at this moment, a messenger and several soldiers finally escaped from the giant field, covered in blood and holding a simple slip for help.

"Thieves are everywhere, and more than half of the soldiers have been damaged, and I ask the division commander to send troops to solve the difficulties of Juye!" (To be continued......)

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