On the deer park, Ji Huan dreamed that her mother was still safe, her father protected everything, and she was still a little girl, jumping around on the grass. Brother was not yet crowned, thin as a sword, holding a horsewhip by her side as she snoozed in the grass, smiling lightly in the dark.

How sweet dreams are, sweet things never last long, the dawn came mercilessly, the sun pierced down like a dagger, and she woke up sore and tired.

She was tired from the journey from Chengxiang to the lower palace and then to Mianshang, and she was tired from the responsibilities she had to take after Ah Di and her father left one after another.

Recently, there has been a lot of rumors in the Jin Kingdom, and there is another war in the east of Taihang, and Ji Huan hurried here, just to see off his father Zhao Ying.

Under the bright sun, the originally empty Mianshang hunting ground became crowded, the neighing of people and horses was endless, and the tents set up by the Zhao family's retainers and private relatives were like mushrooms made of kudzu hemp, all over the four fields. In the curtain of the carriage, she saw that the new disciples who had taken refuge in the Zhao clan all held their heads high, and she was counting on the fact that this dispatch would make meritorious deeds, be promoted to the rank of the Juxian Pavilion, or smoothly transfer to subordinate officials and military positions.

She also saw Nago's soldiers, sword-wielding officers, and armor-piercing tigers standing on the side of the road, as they had just finished a drill in the name of hunting, and the tips of countless spears flashed red, as if they were weeping blood.

There are also the envoys of the Wu State who came to watch the military power of the Zhao family, those foreigners with broken hair and tattoos watched the Zhao soldiers line up with disdain, and several of them wanted to step forward to compete, and when they saw Ji Huan walking outside the car, they would deliberately let out a wolf howl. Ji Ying frowned, because of her mother's words and deeds. She has always been hostile to these Wu people and has no good feelings.

If you look closely, they are mixed with merchants and craftsmen who drive the carts. There is also Yu Mu, who feeds livestock, and the faces of some of them are very familiar to Ji Ying. It is the black-clothed guard of the Zhao family's lower palace. Even the priest Zheng Long was among them, they were supposed to be wearing dark armor and guarding their father's side, but why were they dressed like this?

When Ji Ying asked in private, Zhao Ying glanced at him and said, "It's your brother's plan, men don't say anything, women don't say anything, you don't need to know." ”

Zhao Ying has not been on expeditions in the past, but this time it is slightly different. While Ji Huan cares about the two of them, she also has to take on the internal affairs of the palace.

"This time, I asked Dong Zi to go back to the palace to preside over the affairs of the Zhao family, the foreign affairs are up to him, and the internal affairs are up to you, and when the war is over, the main town of the Zhao family will move to Jinyang, and all affairs must be coordinated. There's still a lot of preparation. ”

"Only ...... The daughter got it. ”

Ji Ying is seventeen years old, and she has changed greatly compared to two years ago, not only in her posture, but also in temperament and ability. She single-handedly managed the porcelain production in Chengxiang. Took over all kinds of housekeeping in the lower palace.

But in the dead of night, the girl just wanted to cry, and she was really tired of this kind of hard work. If you can once again, once again turn back to the innocent and timid little girl when she was young. Just once, really...... One day...... An hour is fine......

But this time. She could only be strong, standing on the high post and looking out, Ji Ying stared at the banner on Zhao Ying's horse chariot. It was the most spectacular banner she had ever seen in her life, with black edges on a white background, embroidered with the black Xuanniao pattern of the Zhao family, huge, soaring and proud.

Stroking the little white deer growing up beside his hand, Ji Huan raised his head and prayed to Haotian.

"I just hope that this time my father can be victorious, and Wuxian can return as soon as possible."

When all the soldiers left the hunting ground, Ji Huan looked at Mianshang in front of him, which was quiet and empty again, and thought that when he waited for the spring of next year, the family would go north to Jinyang. I heard that the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the Dayuan Hunting Garden drawn by the Zhao family alone is a hundred miles wide, maybe you can raise more deer in it, and the Zhao family's economy cannot be left behind......

"However, once I go to Jinyang, I am hundreds of miles away from Xilu, where Wuxian is located."

For a long time, a deep and long "Gentleman in Service" slowly echoed on the high post:

"A gentleman is in service, I don't know the period, what is it? The chickens perched on the ridge, the sun and the night, the sheep and cattle came down. A gentleman is in service, so why not think! ”

……

"Although Wei Hou is corrupt in his private deeds and doesn't care much for the people, he has a good reputation among scholars, he is talented and intelligent, and he still has some ability to govern the country, especially if he can endure it!"

In mid-September, in the city of Xiaqiu, the news that Zhao's post and no main division had arrived in Nanyang had arrived, and Zhao Ying's main force crossed Taihang to the east. When the eyes of the Bank of China, Fan, and Handan were staring at Dongyang and Yiyi, and they were busy recruiting soldiers to prepare for the rescue, the two rulers of the Zhao family in the east and west had always maintained vigilance against the defense of the country.

Since last year's Yingze Alliance, it has been reported that Wei Hou is extremely dissatisfied with the "unequal treaty" of land reparations imposed by the Jin State, and he has been in contact with the Qi State and may rebel again at any time.

"If you strive for it, but not be virtuous, you will naturally not be able to keep a small country for a long time." Even Zhao Wuxian couldn't help but admit that in pacifying Zhuxia and maintaining international relations, in the past ten years, the Jin State has really not done as well as the Qi State. Zhao Ying is constantly running, but when it comes to the overall situation, it is of little use.

The era of thankless royal hegemony has passed, the Spring and Autumn Period still respects courtesy and trust, and the Warring States never speaks of courtesy and faith, and the next few hundred years of hegemony will be naked and bloody, and finally evolve into large-scale annexation.

Wuxian doesn't know if the course of history will be advanced because of his arrival.

In short, contrary to everyone's expectations, there was no rebellion in the beginning of the spring, and there was no rebellion after the summer. Until the Qi State attacked Yiyi, there was still no movement on Puyang's side, but after the autumn harvest, the soldiers were assembled, and 500 soldiers from all over the country were stationed in Puyang, not knowing what the intention was.

So by mid-September, even Zhao Wuxian had to admire Wei Hou's forbearance.

Zhang Mengtan analyzed on the side: "Although the Qi people attack each other day and night, Yiyi is a fortified city that has been operating for a hundred years after all, and Guo is especially here today. It will take some time for the Jin reinforcements to arrive, and at present, the main force of the Qi army only needs to face the harassment of a small number of Yi soldiers from the Zhongxing clan. Therefore, compared to last year's reckless and Qi National League anti-Jin, Wei Hou has learned a lot smarter now, since the situation is not tense. Then he can wait for the perfect time to raise the flag. ”

Wuxian had a toothache: "This delay can prevent my Xilu from rashly provoking a war." It can also give a blow to the reinforcements of Jin Guofan and Handan at the most opportune time, so that they cannot reinforce Yiyi. ”

Seeing is believing. After this incident, Wuxian began to abandon his contempt for Wei Hou, a male and female eater, and reconsider him as an important enemy. It is no wonder that when he met Confucius in Zhongdu a year ago, Zilu was on the side, and when it came to the princes and monarchs, Confucius actually thought that the Marquis of Wei was more virtuous in politics.

Wuxian expressed his puzzlement, and Confucius said at that time: "Wei Hou is gifted and intelligent, and he was young. Because Mimu's wisdom is enough to rule the country of a thousand times, and its reputation is enough to defend the land, so he loves it; There is also a person named Lin Guo, who must enter when he sees the virtuous, and he is a man who has no wandering in the dynasty of the Marquis, and he is respected as virtuous; There is also a person who celebrates the feet, and the great events of the country will rise up and rule, and if there is nothing to do, he will retreat and tolerate the virtuous, and the spirit will be happy and respectful. Doctor Shi Gou left Weiguo due to political disagreement. Wei Hou hurriedly went to the suburbs to stay in the countryside for three days, and stopped entertaining, and he must wait for Shi Gou to return to the palace after he returns. He can do such a thing, and he is praised as a virtuous. Isn't it okay? ”

After the rebellion of Qi Bao and Beigong Xi, Wei Guo has not suffered from civil strife for nearly 20 years, and the princes of Zhongxia are now the only ones who respect Song and Wei. This is also a clear proof of this.

But after listening to some of Wei Ren Zigong's narrations, Wuxian felt that this was biased.

Mi Mu is Mi Zi Flaw. He was reused not only because he was talented, but also because he was the male favorite of Wei Hou. When he is old and decrepit, he gradually falls out of favor, and it is his turn to be treated by the son. It is not without a price for Lin Guo to recommend talents, and the person who is recommended has to give him a part of the money. The defense of the country was not so good that there was no "wanderer", Zigong and Zilu went abroad to beg for a living......

He suspected that Confucius had left the state of Lu when he was young and had been courteous to the marquis, so he selectively ignored something. There is no way, the master's temperament is so clear about likes and dislikes, and he has been a little angry with Zhao Wuxian for openly organizing the private alliance of Dr. Xilu recently.

Kan Zhi said anxiously: "In any case, if we continue like this, we will be caught in the middle by the Qi State Dong'a and Pingyin's division in the north, the five hundred soldiers of the Defending Kingdom Puyang, and the thieves who don't know when they will attack, and we will be unable to move our countermeasures." It is necessary to break the situation as soon as possible, otherwise, don't say anything about wanting to gain benefits in the chaos, maybe you will suffer losses. ”

"It's okay, the Qi people of Dong'e and Pingyin are cautious, they just want to block us from going north, and they have never dared to cross the border for half a step.

"As for the Patriotic ...... There is a knife on the head of the ninja word, it doesn't matter if the Hou Hou does not move, their main force is in Puyang, and their energy is also attracted by the Jin State Fan's Chaoge Army and the Handan Army, which is just right for us to solve the worries of Da Nozawa! ”

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In the past year, Zhao Wuxian has been carefully compiling a large net to deal with thieves, recruiting three or four thousand displaced people, and then scattering them in the territory. But if the banditry is not completely defeated, most people will still rally around him.

But in the military operation against the thieves, Wuxian encountered a lot of trouble.

Not to mention that his newly formed boat division was no match for the lake cowards who had grown up in lakes and marshes under the thieves, but it was also difficult for the army to penetrate deep into the edge of Onozawa.

The thief was very smart, he gradually figured out the law of the soldiers' battles, and the line phalanx had an advantage against the army of the princes and doctors who were still stuck in the "dignified battle". It can deal with the thieves who are elusive, gather when they see the advantage, and scatter the birds and beasts when they are unfavorable, and generally can only disperse their main force, but they can not take advantage of encircling and suppressing small troops.

Therefore, the bandits now felt that they only needed to stay out of the interior and enter the range of the cavalry. After the beginning of spring last year, the thieves' men went out to plunder and besiege cities, and they all took long boats with shallow drafts, and did not leave the water's edge where they could sail. When the enemy came, they retreated, took a boat to the other side of Daze to continue to plunder and siege the city, and fought in the semi-swampy area, and the soldiers could not help them.

The military officials within the military guards have formed a certain pattern, so the Yi soldiers and pavilion soldiers are also trained in this way.

So in the summer, a group of more than 200 pavilion guards pursued the group of thieves, and encountered the thieves themselves in ambush, he used the group of thieves to rain-drop slings to disrupt the formation of the pavilion soldiers, and then rushed up to destroy it, and when the reinforcements arrived, it was too late.

On that occasion, a total of more than 100 pavilion soldiers were killed, wounded or captured, which was the biggest defeat of Zhao Wuxian's forces after they took root in Xilu.

Wu Xian was extremely shocked at the time, and after learning from the pain, he also began to improve the formation of the martial arts. He and Ran Qiu brainstormed, combined with the characteristics of the group of thieves and what they had seen in their previous lives, and developed a "special formation for suppressing bandits", which could come in handy this time.

"I have my own ideas."

Wuxian moved his gaze from Weiguo to the east of the map: "Our mobilization in the past half a month is not just for simple defense, Yuncheng can be properly arranged?" ”

"Yui! Ziyou sent someone to report, saying that everything was ready, just waiting for Liu Xia to enter the urn! (To be continued......)

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