Chapter 43: Assassination
At noon on the erection day, Yiyang County.
Deng Yi and Xu Jing were busy appeasing the wealthy family, and they couldn't return to Yiyang County for a while.
For the safety of the two, Liu Qi specially sent several elite guards to escort them all the way. Originally, Liu Qi wanted to send a few more people to pacify the two of them, but Deng Yi shirked it immediately. If there are too many people sent, it will make those wealthy families think that Liu Qi is threatening with force, and it will not be good if it has the opposite effect.
Therefore, Liu Qi gave up this idea. The three brothers were worried that some families would not give up at this time, and the 2,000 elite cavalry of the Baiyi Battalion and the 2,000 soldiers of the Spear Battalion brought by Zhao Yun stayed in the city and waited for news from the three parties.
Liu Pan and Liu Hu still led 2,000 soldiers to garrison the two towns, one is to deter the surrounding Xiaoxiao, and the other is to store a large amount of grain in this Tucheng, in order to prevent other people from coveting, the two have to be stationed here for a period of time, waiting for Liu Qi's next order.
Liu Qi and Zhao Yun were discussing how to train the Bai Yi camp, Shi A saw a scout coming in, and whispered a few words in his ear, Shi A heard that the sadness of the past two days suddenly faded a lot, and he waved his hand to signal the scout to retreat.
"Third brother, is there good news from Mr. Zixiao's side? Look at you so happy. Zhao Yun noticed Shi A's expression and couldn't help but smile.
Shi Adao: "It's not the news from Mr. Zixiao. ”
"Let me guess, could it be that there is some good news from Mr. Xun's side." Liu Qi joined the small fight between the brothers and said with a smile.
Since the implementation of Dutian to the cancellation, it was only two days, and Liu Qi, in order to pursue the speed of the passage of the county decree, handed over the Dutian order to Xun Yu on the second day of implementation. Later, because there were too many rebellions against the wealthy families in the county, and it had been implicated in Jingzhou, it had to be stopped. Liu Qi and the others were even more worried about Xun Yu, and they still continued to implement it.
"Big brother guessed right." Shi Adao: "Mr. Xun sent someone back to say that the Dutian order was not implemented in Xinye at all, and Xinye and other counties were in order. Moreover, Mr. Xun is now outside the influence, and he will be able to reach Yiyang County in half a day. ”
"The teacher is here?" Liu Qi and Zhao Yun were overjoyed when they heard this, they didn't expect that the order that the scout had just conveyed yesterday would have news that Xun Yu was coming today, "So fast? ”
Shi Ah nodded and said, "That's what the scout said. ”
"Let's go, we'll go and greet the teacher in person." Liu Qi said happily, "Second brother and third brother, let's go." ”
Zhao Yun stopped, but said: "Big brother, you and the third brother can go, there are still a lot of unhandled military affairs, not to mention whether the county government can have no one to guard, I am worried that the wealthy family will take the opportunity to make trouble." ”
Ever since Zhao Yun personally led the 2,000 Baiyi battalion alone, he had become more and more obsessed with it. As the eldest brother, Liu Qi naturally knows Zhao Yun's inner desire very well. Only in the future can we form a cavalry battalion to compensate him.
Seeing Zhao Yun say this, Liu Qi didn't force it, and said with a smile: "There is the second brother Lao in everything in the city, and the third brother and I will come back when we go." Second brother rest assured, after Yiyang County is completely pacified, the eldest brother will definitely form a horse army for you to personally lead and crisscross the seas! ”
Zhao Yundao: "Thank you so much, big brother!" Be careful on the road! "Men in the north have always been warriors on horseback, and Zhao Yun naturally will not lack this kind of thought, or expectation, of galloping on a war horse and fighting with the world's generals.
"Don't be so polite between brothers, lest others see each other!" Liu Qi and Shi A went out at the same time, turned over on their horses, and said to Zhao Yun: "Big brother has taken a step first!" Before he finished speaking, he had already taken the lead and rode away.
Shi A then turned over and got on the horse and said, "Second brother, this place will be handed over to you for the time being." After that, he led dozens of horsemen and guards to catch up with Liu Qi, and the people had disappeared outside the county government.
Zhao Yun smiled bitterly, and then walked towards the school grounds.
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Liu Qi and Shi A led dozens of cavalry guards, quickly whipped their horses, galloped out of the city gate, and galloped away in the direction where Xun Yu came.
At the moment when the two of them left the gate of Yiyang County, the people who were hiding in the dark observation also moved at the same time.
When the war horse was galloping for five or six miles, Liu Qi finally saw Xun Yu and his party from a distance on the war horse, resting on a small pavilion next to the official road.
Liu Qi dismounted, took three steps and made one step, and quickly ran to Xun Yu like a trot, with a shameful face, and said in a hoarse voice: "Teacher, the kid is ashamed of your expectations......"
As soon as these words came out, Xun Yu's face changed slightly, and he couldn't imagine that Liu Qi would admit his mistake to himself so frankly. Even if these mistakes seemed to him to be impulsive and reckless, seeing Liu Qi like this, Xun Yu didn't know what to say for a while.
Alas! Xun Yu sighed heavily in his heart, stretched out his hand to help Liu Qi, and said softly: "If a person is not a sage, who can be innocent?" Major General, get up. ”
Liu Qi got up according to his words and said: "This time, I am fortunate to have Zixiao to admonish each other with death, otherwise the kid will make a big mistake." Speaking of this, Liu Qi looked ashamed and secretly blamed himself.
"I've seen Mr. Xun." Shi A had already felt it at this time, saluted Xun Yu, and then stood beside Liu Qi.
Xun Yu nodded and said, "Knowing mistakes can improve a lot, and the young general can recognize his mistakes so quickly, I really didn't see the wrong person." Zixiao has also done a very good job, what about him now? ”
Liu Qi said: "Because of the fault of the boy, the Dutian Order was not promulgated at the right time, causing the Haoqiang turmoil, and yesterday Zixiao and Mr. Wenxiu were arranged to appease the Haoqiang of the family, and the implementation of the Tuntian Order to remedy the hearts of the people who were agitated. ”
Xun Yu glanced at Liu Qi and said, "Although the 'Dutian Order' is a good thing, it is too hasty, and the young general has no prestige and prestige at all, and it will only be counterproductive to implement it suddenly." This time it should be a lesson, I hope the young general will not act recklessly, since the wealthy family has been pacified by Deng Zixiao, who is also a member of the family, there should be nothing to do, and the young general can rest assured. ”
"As for the matter of Tuntian, it has been arranged before I come to Yiyang County." Xun Yu then told Liu Qi his methods for perfecting the tuntian system, including Juntun and Nongtun.
After Liu Qizai listened carefully, he couldn't help but exclaim with joy: "The teacher is worthy of being the king of the world!" I can have the help of my teacher, why worry about the lack of military food, why worry about the people of the world not returning to their hearts. Shi Ah also wanted to clap his hands and praise.
Xun Yu smiled bitterly and pretended to threaten: "Young General, don't forget the agreement between you and me, the Young General has not obtained Nanyang County for a day, and he can leave at will." What's more, now your actions have made me a little dissatisfied. ”
Liu Qi suddenly turned bitter when he heard this, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "The kid knows...... Please forgive the teacher for the recklessness of this kid. Liu Qi paused, and then asked: "Zixiao's appeasement may be effective, but it is not a long-term solution, what can the teacher do?" ”
"The young general is a member of the Han family, and if he makes a mistake at a young age, he can't beat it. It's easy to solve it, but the major general has to suffer a little grievance. Xun Yu pondered for a while, sold a pass, and said ambiguously: "It won't be long before the young general will naturally know." ”
Liu Qi saw that Xun Yu didn't point it out, and he didn't ask any questions, so he instructed left and right: "Prepare the horse, go back to Yiyang County immediately......"
At this time, something happened suddenly!
Whoosh! Several fierce arrows suddenly burst out, and Shi Ah was suddenly alert and shouted, "Big brother be careful! followed and threw Liu Qi and Xun Yu to the ground. Several guards around him couldn't dodge and died on the spot.
"Enemy attack!" Shi A threw himself to the ground, and suddenly pushed Liu Qi and Xun Yu away, the sword was swung out as fast as lightning, and the clanging bell blocked the cold arrows that followed, and shouted: "Big brother be careful!" ”
Liu Qi hurriedly rolled on the spot, but he could dodge the big knife that was slashed from above, and rolled a little slower, his left arm was scratched by the knife, and the blood kept flowing. Liu Qi endured the pain, and at a glance out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the big knife behind Xun Yu was about to swing down, he couldn't help but be angry, and his right hand instantly pulled out the war knife and threw it at the person behind Xun Yu, poof! The person behind Xun Yu was suddenly stabbed to death.
Liu Qi had no weapon in his hand, and the masked man who chased him was slashed again, but fortunately, Shi A's side had already solved the masked killer who was close to him, and he quickly took out his sword to block the comer.
"Big brother, are you alright?!" Shi A asked anxiously while helping Liu Qi while swinging his sword to block the masked man's attack.
"It's okay, don't worry." Liu Qi quickly wrapped the cloth tightly around his arm to prevent rapid bleeding, and shouted, "Protect Teacher Xun!" ”
At this time, a group of guards had already reacted, and they all drew their weapons, and the group led Xun Yu, who had just escaped from danger, and the rest of the people hurried up to support Shi A and Liu Qi.
The masked man with a long knife snorted coldly: "Do you think you can stop us with this little man?" As soon as the whistle sounded, dozens of people suddenly rushed out of the dense forest next to them, with short soldiers in their hands and fierce eyes.
Shi Ah only felt that the voice of the assassin in front of him was somewhat familiar, and he couldn't remember who it was for a while. Liu Qi said in a deep voice: "Who are you?" ”
"Leave this question to Lord Hades to ask! Above! Not a single one to stay! Before the masked man could speak, he instantly stormed.
Shi A was not afraid, and the long sword struck horizontally: "Protect the lord and Mr. Xun!" You guys go! followed a vigorous push, pushing Liu Qi in front of the guards.
"The mantis arm is a car, just killing yourself!" The masked assassin sneered, and the big knife in his hand spun around, and the sword light and sword shadow suddenly converged, so brilliant.
Seeing that the assassins were besieging him, Shi A would soon fall into death, Liu Qi didn't care about being injured, drew the sword of his guard, and shouted angrily: "How can we be cowardly and afraid of death!" Even if I die, I'm going to pull you along! Brothers, it's enough to have you with you on the Huangquan Road! Kill! ”
"Kill! Kill! If you die, you have to pull a cushion back! Liu Qi's words aroused the arrogance of the guards, leaving two guards to urge Xun Yu to get on his horse and leave, and the others followed behind Liu Qi to kill the assassins, and many of the guards who had not yet dismounted were the first to kill the assassins on the horse.
Months of arduous training finally bore fruit, and the two armies came to arms, and during the handover of short troops, the Assassins did not expect Liu Qi to fight to the death with injuries, and the morale of the entire Assassin regiment suddenly plummeted, and many of them fell suddenly.
The leader of the assassins who was at war with Shi Ah couldn't imagine that the two hairy boys in his teens in front of him were so difficult, and the number of assassins around him gradually decreased, so he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and he made a chaotic move.
Shi Ah calmly weaved a sword net to defend against the fierce attack of the Assassin leader, while carefully searching for the leader's flaws. Liu Qi joined the battle group with his personal guards, which made the leader's mind fluctuate, and his moves were not calm and fierce.
Shi A hurriedly sold a flaw, the leader was immediately overjoyed, and the big knife instantly slashed down, but Shi A's figure flashed, and the long sword stabbed, stabbing the assassin leader into a hole.
Shi Ah then drew his long sword, cut the veil of the leader of the assassins, and when he saw the face of the assassin, he couldn't help but exclaim: "It's you?!" ”