2. The Mountains and Seas (B)

"So, the secluded barbarian must have other sources of food and grass?" After the Shanhai Pass, on the construction site of the city, Xiang Youer held a leaf in his mouth, and looked thoughtfully at Wei Qi, who was sitting on the big stone next to him, with shackles on his feet. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt turned out that there were too many people needed to build the city at this time, and the number of people recruited from the surrounding area was not enough, so it was difficult to meet the construction period, so the prisoners in the prison were driven to the construction site and forcibly conquered the conscription.

It is said that when You'er went out with the army, Shi Xinben arranged him and more than 100 people such as Ah Bai Gouxiong and the disciples of the Banglei Hall in the Blazing Wu Camp, and let him act as a small banner leader, leading the team of more than 50 people. But who expected that Xiang You'er was untamable by nature, and in less than a month, he fought with the grain transport troops, Feibaiwei and the troops of the detention and prison, and even more, he and Gou Xiong, Li Hou and others called themselves "blazing gall banners", and found the bad luck of Duoyan Sanwei in the fierce and domineering Qishan camp, and actually defeated more than 500 people of the other party with 50 people, which was rumored to be a good story in the army for a while. But this matter was also brought to the front of the palace by Ha Bei'er, the commander of Duoyan Sanwei, but Xiao Zhen heard that it was Xiang You'er's party who made trouble, and seemed to be stunned for a long time, but he didn't punish much, but just ordered Xiang You'er to be demoted to labor and used as a gangster. Xiang You'er received this punishment, although she felt a little sorry for Shi Xin, but the next day she decisively took her brother and went to the room.

As a result, all kinds of pigs, cattle, sheep, and chickens in the army have suffered. Our general Xiang took the brothers in the flag to practice more than once on weekdays, and he didn't stop for a moment when he came to the gang's room, and drove the cattle and sheep out of the pen every day, and divided the brothers into a group of ten, imitating the rhythm of the battle formation, rehearsing various formations to cooperate, training from morning to night, training all the cattle and sheep all over the body, suffering from living crimes, and wailing all day long. Li Huaizhou, Hu Yue and others were concerned about the situation of Xiang Youer and Ah Bai, and often came to visit the gang room after practice.

It turned out that Li Huaizhou was well versed in the key to "Saint King Cao", and after watching the battle many times, he already understood that Xiang Youer, a little ruffian, actually resolved the martial arts offensive and defensive methods in "Saint King Cao" into offensive and defensive tactics in the battle array, and it seemed that he was very discerning. Li Huaizhou saw the mystery of this, so he asked Shi Xin to tell him what had happened, Shi Xin listened with his eyebrows, and asked Li Huaizhou to take the fifty elites of the Blazing Wu Battalion to find a place to fight with Xiang Youer, and as a result, fifty people against fifty people, and the "Blazing Courage Banner" trained by Xiang Youer won a big victory. When Li Huaizhou reported back to Shi Xin again, Shi Xin sighed and sighed to Li Huaizhou: "The ancients all said that there were famous generals who were born, and it should be someone like Xiang Xiaozi. After saying that, he shook his head again and again, not knowing what was in his mind.

In fact, Xiang Youer has reached the realm of "seeing the dragon" in the colosseum and realizing the "my way" on the tile roof, and has a different vision of things in the world, although he is only a low-end flag boss, but his heart is fascinated by thinking about the world's enemies and ways to break the enemy day and night, so the words and ordinary utensils he sees have become moves and weapons in his eyes. After thinking about it like this, he always felt that everything in the world had attack and defense, and even the killing of pigs in the camp was a duel, so there was a battle between Duoyan and Sanwei. After being demoted to the gang's room, he didn't feel anything wrong, but he used the cattle as an opponent for drilling.

But if it was just Xiang You'er alone, in fact, he would not have been able to integrate the "Saint King Cao" so well, and there were also loopholes between Wei Qi's constant guidance and Ah Bai, a skilled master, who repeatedly hammered the formation coordination.

After learning that Wei Qi was expelled to build the city, Xiang Youer took Gou Xiong and others to intercede with the cell boss who oversaw it. He has been in the market for a long time, and it is common for him to have a relationship with such a cell boss, and some of the gangsters have bribed wine and meat. The cell boss heard that this "blazing ball flag" was a new ruffian in the army, and secondly, the army's food and salary were tight, and it was really good to have this kind of food. After going back and forth, they became acquaintances, and every time Wei Qi went to work, the cell boss happily let Gou Xiong and others go to the top, and he went to supervise the work of other prisoners.

At this time, Wei Qi sat on the stone, but his face was buried in the huge shadow of the city wall, he slowly arranged his prison clothes and said: "If you use soldiers, if you don't have enough food and grass in your rear, what strategy will you take?" He spent the rest of the month discussing the use of soldiers and martial arts with Xiang Youer, and at the same time called Yu Gou Xiong and others, so he also knew Xiang Youer's progress, and at this time, he directly asked and asked him, not taught.

Xiang You'er hugged his head and said: "If it is a field battle, it will naturally be because of the food to the enemy, if it is a siege ......" Speaking of this, he couldn't help but be stunned, knowing that since this secluded army was so arranged, there must be something strange in terms of grain and grass.

Wei Qi smiled slightly: "If it is a siege, if you are not afraid of the strong walls and clear fields with such a long cavalry, you can be regarded as a famous general from ancient times, and you will probably only have one way to eat people." He shook his head and said, "Therefore, there must be supplies of grain and grass in the secluded world, and the reason why there is no general attack yet, I guess they are just waiting now." ”

"Wait?" Xiang Youer was stunned when she heard this.

"One may be waiting for the cold of this winter, and the morale of our soldiers has been greatly reduced. The two may have been waiting for Fusang to use troops to attack from Shandong. The three may have been waiting for the craftsmen of the Great Food Kingdoms to come and build siege weapons. The four of them may be waiting for the Western Road Desolate Ancient Tribes to surrender, except for a dagger behind their backs......" Wei Qi sighed as he carefully rolled up his sleeves. His words were relaxed, but his expression was very solemn, thinking about these speculations that he had been thinking about for a long time.

Xiang You'er talked with Wei Qi about the situation in the world for more than a month, and he basically knew what Wei Qi said, he knew that the ancient tribes were the main source of pasture, war horses and soldiers, but in recent years, the oasis has dried up, the grassland has decreased sharply, and the herdsmen's dissatisfaction with Youyan has doubled. In the east, the small country of Haiju Fuso ended the 300-year Warring States period, and the whole country had nowhere to place the ronin samurai, and Fujiwara Sekibaku was ambitious enough to invade the west, and Goryeo, which had been divided for many years, was an excellent transition area.

At this time, hearing what Wei Qi said, Xiang You'er couldn't help frowning, and muttered: "Could it be that the abundance of grain and grass at this time is also the work of Fusang?" He knew that Wei Qi would not guess out of thin air, and now Youyan was already dominant in Liaodong, but the northern products were not abundant, so shipping from the east route was the best way, and only the Fusang fleet was behind the supply of Youyan grain and grass was the answer to the question. He held his chin and looked puzzled, and said, "But ......"

"But Fuso, a small country that has always produced little grain, how can it supply such a huge military salary?" Wei Qi seemed to see through Xiang Youer's doubts, and directly answered: "Because Iwami Yinshan ......" He didn't wait for Xiang You'er to ask, so he said: "Fusang's three hundred years of war can finally end in this Fujiwara Sekihaku era, and it has a lot to do with the development and operation of Iwami Yinshan, a few days ago we talked about maritime trade, it is this Iwami Silver Mountain's silver production that allows Fuso to buy a large number of firearms and food, thereby changing the ...... of Fusang's national strength" He paused, seemed to think for a long time, and suddenly sighed, and said:" Presumably, the price of grain in Jiangzhou must have risen these days...... Hehe, it is said that our army's lack of food is due to the floods in Shandong, which is ridiculous! ”

"Could it be ......" Xiang You'er suddenly became angry, her eyes widened, and she said, "Could it be that the grain and grass in Fusang were sold by me in Daqi?" "He was a young man, and he could never have imagined that when such a large army was pressing the border, and the Son of Heaven was fighting on the front line, someone would transport his country's grain and grass to the outside.

I saw Xiang You'er suddenly punch on the city wall, only to hear a muffled sound of "Peng", where the wall bricks were punched, there was a circle of scorched black and cracked lines, obviously Xiang You'er has been skillful in the use of innate fire in the past two months, and it is quite powerful. These days, although Wei Qi is in prison, he is often invited out by Xiang Youer and others in the name of work, and asks for advice in various ways. In terms of martial arts, Wei Qi is also in accordance with the method of "word martial arts", and in the rest of the month, Xiang Youer has already practiced about 100 characters due to his soul power. The other brothers were a little worse in jade quality, although they also knew a lot of words, but they only practiced a few crosses, but they were already safe from killing in battle formations. Xiang You'er punched him, and it seemed that the anger in his chest had dissipated a lot, and he turned to stare at Wei Qi and asked, "Lao Tzu is going to burn his grain and grass, what do you think should be done?" ”

Wei Qi already knew Xiang Youer's temperament, although he said this abruptly, he was not surprised, seeing that Xiang Youer's eyes were rolling at this time, so he said with a straight face: "You'er, are you ready?" ”

Xiang You'er didn't wait for him to finish, and interrupted: "Lao Tzu has been planning and preparing for more than a month, but it's suffocating me." As he spoke, he seemed to be complacent again, quite proud of the "blazing flag" he had cultivated by killing pigs.

Wei Qi knew that Xiang You'er couldn't persuade him if he decided something, and if he wanted to break through the enemy's blockade and go to find out the news, it seemed that Xiang You'er, Ah Bai and other people with martial arts also had advantages, so he smiled slightly and said: "It's still what I said before: Suizhong, Juehua." After finding out the grain and grass, he acted according to the agreement......" and patted the ashes on his body, and said, "If you come back too late, I can't do it!" He slowly stretched out his fist.

Xiang Youer laughed, stretched out his fist and touched Wei Qi's fist, turned his head to look at the tens of thousands of workers and flying dust carrying stone, sand and wood back and forth under the city wall, put on the rough clothes of the gang's room, and smiled: "Don't worry, Lao Tzu has not forgotten his grandfather's identity as a cook!" Let these **** tofu them help you do the hard work. By the way, you owe Lao Tzu fifty taels of silver, Lao Tzu still wants to ask you for it, but Lao Tzu called fifty brothers and kicked him in the ass to squeeze it! ”

Wei Qi also smiled, suddenly remembered something, and turned his eyes and said, "You'er, how are you practicing the beam knife?" ”

But he heard Xiang You'er whistle sound, and said nonchalantly: "It's good to use it to slaughter pigs!" As he spoke, he turned around and walked with his back to Wei Qi, as if he had made a lot of determination, and there seemed to be a trace of choked in his voice, and said: "Lao Tzu has been hovering beside life and death since he met you. Lao Tzu is going here, I am afraid that it will be a life of nine deaths. And your planning these days, Lao Tzu also sees it, although I don't know what kind of medicine you sell in the gourd, but Lao Tzu can trust you! Speaking of this, he suddenly waved his right hand in the air, made a farewell gesture, and said, "You also take care, Ning Yuanjian!" With that, he withdrew his hand and strode away.

Wei Qi smiled and sighed, looked at Xiang You'er's back, and suddenly his eyes couldn't help but feel a little sour, and he hurriedly looked up at the sky covered with black clouds, and his heart was also dark: "Ning Yuanjian!" ”

Lowering his head, Wei Qi silently calculated, in terms of time, it has been seventeen days since he contacted Xuandu, and there should be a response.

Alas, I don't know if my calculations will work?

After sitting for a long time, the cell head of the overseer on the side of the road suddenly rushed from a distance, and before he could get closer, he was already tired and out of breath, and when he got up to the guard, the cell head was speechless, so he had to hold on to the city wall and pant loudly.

After the wheezing evenly, the cell head hung his tongue like a dirt dog and said, "Master...... Father...... We've sent it...... It's out! Wei Qi smiled when he heard this, squinted his eyes at the direction where Xiang You'er was going, and suddenly reached out to hold the head of the cell head, and said in a low voice: "You know what I know, don't be public." ”

The cell head looked around at this time, and didn't mind Wei Qi's movements, and in a blink of an eye, he laughed, put his hand to his mouth, straightened his tongue and whispered: "Master, I didn't expect your hands and eyes to be so high, I was blind in the past, and I used you as a ......dog" Speaking of this, he suddenly felt that he had said the wrong thing, and he slapped himself lightly, and then said: "Lord Wei asked Qian Ning Bodhisattva to tell the little one, let the little one invite the master to talk, and besides, Qian Ning Bodhisattva also rewarded the small one with eighty taels of silver, yo, I knew this earlier, The little one didn't dare to ask for the silver from the master's letter......" he said, and couldn't help but giggle happily again. These low-level officials are often unable to please the self-exalted civil and military officials on the cliff shore, so the eunuchs have become the object of their stammering, and under the long-term flattery, Wei Huan was privately called the Buddha, and the other eunuchs were also promoted to Bodhisattva Arhats. Today, a Bodhisattva came upside down to give him money, and this cell boss was naturally so happy that his ancestors didn't know him.

Wei Qi patted the side of the cell head's face, but didn't look at him, just asked, "When are you going?" ”

The cell leader's eyes lit up, and he replied, "Master, Wei Foye will let you go tomorrow." The small one can be your entourage when the time comes. After that, he looked at Wei Qi happily.

Wei Qi lowered his head at this time, continued to play with his shackles, and said in a dumb voice: "You go back and tell Qian Ning that Wei Qi will go to pay homage to Father-in-law Wei in the future." ”

The cell boss couldn't help but shudder at this time, he didn't expect that the prisoner in front of him was so big, even the powerful Gonggong Wei didn't dare to go to summon him, he didn't know what to say for a while, just looked at Wei Qi blankly.

Wei Qi didn't care, he got up by himself, patted the dirt on his body and said, "Tomorrow, I have to go to Mu Dashuai's tent to talk about things." Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at the cell head and said, "Oh, by the way, I will have to rely on your guidance when the time comes, or I will not be able to enter and exit if I don't defend my guilty body." Ignoring the cell boss, he walked straight to the city wall, picked up a load of dirt, and walked towards the construction site.

Although he accepted a bribe from Wei Qi a few days ago and helped him send two letters to Qishan Camp and Qian Ning, it was really not easy to get the prisoner in front of him, and the generals of both sides would make an appointment. With such a character, how dare he let him pick up the soil to do the work again, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help Wei Qi carry the soil.

Far above the city wall, a figure with a longbow silently stared at the two of them in the distance, seemed to shake his head, and then the figure flickered and disappeared into the huge darkness of the city wall.