"Tuk tuk, wind and snow, open the door, I ...... It's back. ”

Feng Xue, who was lying on the desk and was seriously writing Chinese characters, jumped up, didn't even have time to put down the pen, jumped to the door, opened the door with a smile, and raised the pen in his hand ostentatiously: "Look at the posture of me holding the pen......" As soon as she was halfway through the words, she saw Lu's gentle face, and her smile immediately became cold, she bit the pen in her mouth, reached out to take Liu Xiu, who was staggering, and put him in, hooked her feet, kicked the door, and blocked Lu's out of the door.

Lu Shi looked at Hao Zhao inexplicably, Hao Zhao was a little embarrassed, but fortunately, he had also drunk a few cups just now, and his little face was already red.

"I'm probably worried about the adult's body."

Lu Shi smiled faintly: "However, your adult's body does need to pay attention." The diet in the army is not conducive to health preservation, and every time it is said that it is either a fight or a plan, and the intention is excessive, and I am afraid that it will get angry. She turned around, "I'll have someone bring some tea from Shu later, you can make a little for your family to drink, go to the fire." ”

Hao Zhao was grateful.

Lu Shi glanced at Wang Zhi and left with his attendants. Wang Zhi pushed open the door, walked slowly to Liu Xiu's couch, glanced down at Liu Xiu, and ordered, "Bodao, bring my bedding." The adult drank too much today, I came to see him, you and the wind and snow girl have been tired for the past few days, take a good rest. ”

Hao Zhao looked at Wang Zhi puzzled, Wang Zhi crooked his mouth, Hao Zhao suddenly realized, and quickly nodded in agreement. Liu Xiu doesn't drink alcohol in the army, and even if he does, he won't get drunk, his vigilance is very high, and there will be no safety problems when there is wind and snow waiting on the side. Now that Liu Xiu is drunk, in case the wind and snow have bad intentions, it will not be good, it is foolproof to have a master like Wang Zhi by his side.

Fengxue Bingxue was smart, and when he saw that these two people were frowning and not speaking, he immediately understood what they meant, took off Liu Xiu's coat angrily, stuffed him into a hot futon, turned around and left, and when he went out, he slammed the door. Back at her residence, she sat on the couch with her buttocks, tears of grievance coming out of her eyes.

Except for Liu Xiu and Zhang Fei who don't treat her as a prisoner, everyone is very wary of her, and she usually doesn't feel it, but now that Zhang Fei has begun to lead the troops, Liu Xiu is drunk again, and there is no one to protect her anymore, she immediately feels that kind of hostility.

I'm just a prisoner, but I wasn't thrown into the baggage camp like Adella. Fengxue remembered that when Huai Zong was alive, she was the most famous beauty on the grassland, the daughter of her father-in-law, the daughter-in-law of the king Tan Shi Huai, and the future of the hero Huai Zong in the eyes of the grassland.

Liu Xiu is the only person who can make her feel a trace of warmth now, is he or Ahura? Mazda's messenger, possessing magical fire control, was the master she understood best, and she was willing to serve him, but ...... Am I really a scourge? Not only did it kill Brother Huai Zong, but it also affected his father-in-law, but also brought disaster to Liu Xiu?

The wind and snow were full of sorrow, lying in clothes, and fell asleep in a daze. In the dream, she saw Huai Zong riding the big red horse, walking with a smile on his face, opening his strong arms, softly calling her name, and taking her into his arms. She was surprised and delighted, crying and throwing herself into Huai Zong's arms, crying loudly, tears soaking Huai Zong's chest. Suddenly, she felt that her hands were sticky, almost gluing them together, and when she looked up, her hands were covered with bright red blood, and the blood was dripping down Huai Zong's throat.

A feather arrow passed through Huai Zong's throat, but Huai Zong was still grinning, but the wind and snow could feel it, and Huai Zong's hand in front of her lost its warmth and became cold to the bone.

"You ......" Fengxue took a step back in fright, shaking her blood-soaked hands in panic.

"What's wrong with me?" Huai Zong laughed, laughing very happily, his eyebrows and eyes were distorting, and he slowly turned into Liu Xiu's appearance.

"I'll kill you!" Fengxue roared, pulled out his sword and stabbed it, the sword stabbed into Liu Xiu's throat, Liu Xiu was stunned, the smile on his face was gone, blood spurted out of his neck, and he hissed: "You killed me, you killed me." The face contorted again, changing back to Huai Zong, and the long sword stuck in his throat turned into a feathered arrow.

The hand holding the feather arrow was a bloody hand, the hand of Fengxue himself.

Fengxue let go of his hand in horror, looked at the blood on his hand, and screamed uncontrollably.

"Wind and snow...... Wind and snow ......"

Feng Xue opened his eyes in a panic, and what greeted him was Liu Xiu's concerned face, surrounded by misty white clouds, as if in a fairyland. Feng Xue screamed: "Great and almighty Allah, save me......" suddenly threw himself into Liu Xiu's arms, and then rolled his eyes and fainted.

Liu Xiu was very embarrassed, his arms were open, and he didn't know whether to hold her to comfort her or push her away. Hao Zhao and Wang Zhi smiled speechlessly, turned their heads, but Lu Shi, who was originally standing outside the door, walked in quickly: "What did she say about Allah just now?" ”

"The God of resting men." Liu Xiu sighed lightly, handed the ring knife in his hand to Hao Zhao, gently patted Fengxue's trembling shoulder, and explained to Lu Shi what kind of horse and what pulled Allah.

Lu Shi frowned, as if she remembered something, she walked in front of Feng Xue, reached out and pressed on the top of Feng Xue's head, and then slid down, her hands pinched Feng Xue's back a few times like playing a piano, and there were words in her mouth, but the rhythm was soothing, and it sounded like a lullaby. Feng Xue's straight body slowly softened, and the heavy snort slowly calmed down.

"The fear in her heart is too great." Lu Shi pulled Fengxue's arm, took a pulse for a while, and then said pityingly: "This can't work, she will collapse sooner or later." ”

Liu Xiu was taken aback, he didn't feel any pressure from Fengxue, on the contrary, he felt that she was happier than before, just now he heard her screaming in a dream, he thought it was some nightmare. Hearing Lu Shi say this, he realized that he had put all his mind on the war these days, and he really didn't care much about Fengxue.

"So what to do?"

"Give her a little confidence." Lu Shi thought for a while, and then said: "If you have time to ask her what she cares about the most, if you can help her solve it, I will help a little." If not, give her a little hope. Otherwise, a good tripod will be ruined. ”

Liu Xiu nodded as if he didn't understand.

The Lu clan came to Liu Xiu early in the morning to discuss how to guide the great wizard of the Huns. Liu Xiu's original intention was to let her add some private goods when she helped the Huns choose a great wizard, so that the Huns would die for the Han people and make ideological preparations for the integration of the Huns. Lu Shi has her own ideas, she wants to spread the Heavenly Master Dao in Bingzhou, so that the Heavenly Master Dao will span half of the mountains from the south to Bashu and the grassland in the north, although the overall strength is not as good as the Taiping Dao, but it is basically close in terms of geography.

Liu Xiu didn't care much about preaching, he felt that although the Heavenly Master Dao was superstitious, it was very good to fool the Huns, but his morality was limited to Lao Tzu's five thousand words, and he didn't know much about it, so he wanted to hear what Lu Shi said. Lu Shi said it roughly, she was nothing, but Liu Xiu felt very embarrassed.

It turns out that the basic doctrine of the Heavenly Master Tao is Lao Tzu's 5,000 words, which is nothing more than teaching people to do good deeds, not to do bad things, to conform to nature, in a word, is to be obedient to the people, not to be a mob, which is no different from other religions. The difference is the cultivation method, to Liu Xiu's surprise, the most profound cultivation method of the Heavenly Master's Dao is double cultivation, which is commonly known as the Fang Zhong Shu, their classic "Lao Tzu Xiang'er Note", which is to use the Fang Zhong Shu to explain Lao Tzu's five thousand words, meditation and qi training, boxing or something, but it is a basic kung fu, far from Taoism.

This is not taking the opportunity to play hooligans, no wonder so many emperors liked Taoism later, it turned out that they did not like Lao Tzu's thoughts, but liked the art of the room.

Liu Xiu originally wanted to despise two sentences, but seeing the solemnity on the faces of Lu and Wang Zhi, they were even more respectful than the scholars mentioned Confucius, and there was no joke at all, so he had to swallow back the words that came to his mouth. He was very depressed, Lao Tzu said 5,000 words, how did the great philosophical thought of the Chinese nation become such an indiscriminate thing as the art in the room?

Just then, the screams of the wind and snow broke their embarrassment. Now the Lu family mentioned the tripod again, which made Liu Xiu cry and laugh, the woman in the room is the ding, which is the container for alchemy, and the good ding that Lu said yesterday refers to the wind and snow.

"I have no objection in principle to you preaching in Bingzhou." Liu Xiu put down the wind and snow, and said to the Lu family and Wang Zhi very seriously: "How do you fool the Huns, I don't care, as long as you can turn them into the obedient people of my Han Dynasty." However, I don't want you to spread these ideas to readers. ”

Lu Shi and Wang Zhi glanced at each other, very puzzled.

"To be clear, I have a different understanding of what you are saying." Liu Xiu looked at the Lu clan and said, "Now the time is urgent, I don't have time to say more to you, when you are busy with the affairs of the Great Wizard, when I finish this battle, I hope to have the opportunity to talk to you about the Tao I understand." In order for the Heavenly Master Dao to become a true state religion, there are some issues that must be clarified. ”

Lu's heart moved, and he keenly grasped the implied meaning of Liu Xiu's words, and hurriedly nodded: "Listen to the teachings of adults." ”

"I can't talk about teachings, it's just a little careful, and I'm willing to discuss it with my wife." Liu Xiu waved his hand: "Madam, the matter of Meiji will be handed over to you, you will succeed one day earlier, and I will be able to command the Huns to fight one day earlier." ”

"Well, I will definitely live up to the high expectations of adults." Lu Shi bowed in agreement, and said: "My lord, if you agree, I am willing to spread the Heavenly Master Dao to the believers in Shangjun, Xihe, and Longxi, and recruit some knights to fight with your lordship." ”

"That's good, one more person is more power." Liu Xiu was overjoyed. The northwestern counties have always been the place where the Han Dynasty produced cavalry and famous generals, and the former Yulin Lang was mainly selected from the good families of the six counties of Longxi, and these people generally have good riding skills and are most suitable for cavalry.

…… Lu Shi and Tian Yan and their entourage rode away, and soon disappeared between the hills, Liu Xiu turned the horse's head and beckoned Lu Bu to come over. Lu Bu destroyed the war horse, rushed to Liu Xiu's side at a trot, and glanced at Liu Xiu's big red horse with hot eyes, "My lord, what do you command?" ”

"Ask your wife to do me a favor."

"You say." Lu Bu said briskly.

"Your lady makes very good breast of sheep, let her teach the people of the heavy battalion to make the stock of cattle and sheep we have stolen as soon as possible, and prepare some more clothes, and the soldiers will go on the expedition soon, and make up for all the shortcomings."

"Another war?" Lu Bu's eyes lit up, "My lord, I should be the pioneer this time." ”

"Don't worry, you're indispensable." Liu Xiu laughed, Lu Bu also laughed twice, and slapped away.

Xun You was wearing the big coat, riding a black horse, and slowly followed behind, Liu Xiu saw him, so he slowed down, walked side by side with him, and asked very casually: "Gongda, where are you going next?" ”

Xun You gently shook the horse whip in his hand: "I want to go to Yinshan to go around, but now that the Xianbei people are invading, I'm afraid it's not very safe." I have the heart to follow the adults, but I am afraid of dragging the adults down. He smiled and said, "I can't kill anyone with that little bit of martial arts." ”

Liu Xiu smiled, Xun You wanted to follow him, but he didn't want to say it to death, that is to say, he didn't want to decide to join his camp so soon, maybe he had to investigate, maybe he just wanted to travel, but anyway, Xun You didn't follow Yuan Shao, but followed him, that was his victory.

"Lonely in the army, it is also a beautiful thing to be accompanied by a virtuous person like Gongda." Liu Xiu looked up at the sky in the distance, "I may soon have to go on an expedition, but I am not as comfortable as the big city of Seri outside." Gongda should be mentally prepared. ”

Xun You was very satisfied with Liu Xiu's attitude. Just as Liu Xiu thought, he now wanted to know more about Liu Xiu and see if Liu Xiu was a hero worthy of his assistance.

"Your Excellency." Xun You hurried two steps, walked side by side with Liu Xiu, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "If the soldiers are combined, they will benefit both, and if they are divided, they will be injured, the strength of the Han army is already insufficient, if it is divided into several parts, I am afraid it will be ......."

Liu Xiu glanced at Xun You in surprise, and secretly praised himself, this is really a personal essence, he and Tian Yan want to fight separately so far only the two of them know, Xun You A bystander can find out so quickly, his eyes are really vicious.

"The battle line is too long to be both." Liu Xiu deliberately said perfunctorily, "Tanaka Lang and I divide and rule, and there is nothing to be done." ”

Xun You lightly lifted the reins of his horse and thought for a moment: "Why don't you report your plan to Duan Gong and let him serve as a staff officer?" ”

Liu Xiu comprehended.

…… The big city fortress began to get busy, Lu Bu's wife Wei took the officer's wife and concubine to cooperate with the soldiers of the baggage battalion, and said that they were preparing dry food and winter clothes for the march, and the temporary set up room was brightly lit, and the red stove boiled the water in the cauldron, and the beef and mutton cut into suitable sizes were thrown into the pot piece by piece, and a handful of spices were thrown in, and the aroma of meat permeated the sky over the entire city fortress.

Adella and a dozen of her maids temporarily removed the identity of the camp secretary, and worked hard every day to sew new robes and daku, they vented their hatred for the Han people in their hearts, and looked at the cloth in their hands with envy. The wealth of the Han people is indeed unimaginable to them on the grassland, such good equipment can only be used by a few handsome personal guards, ordinary tribesmen do not have such strength at all, as for those solid iron armor and sharp swords, even the marshals dare not imagine, many soldiers of the Xianbei people can have a leather armor is good, many people use bronze weapons.

Several military horses and military marquis trained during the day, and gathered in Liu Xiu's house at night to discuss the military situation, Xu Huang's scout song was a group of ten people, shuttling endlessly, sending the latest news back to the city fortress one by one, and summarizing it into Xun You's hands.

"The Wild Sand tribesmen are divided into two routes, one way to invade Gaoque Sai, and one to invade Jilusai, but they are all in vain, and they have withdrawn from Wolf Mountain and moved south along the western foot of Wolf Mountain, and the target should be Beidi County." Liu Biao found the location of Northland County on the map, and then knocked hard, "So far, we have not received any news from Northland County. However, the lord has already written a letter to Huangfu Song in advance, according to the calculation of the time, he has enough time to make preparations, according to our preliminary analysis, with the Liangzhou Thorn History Department and the people of the Captain Huqiang as backup, he should have no problem keeping Beidi County. In other words, there are almost no possible surnames for the Xianbei people to go around to us through Northland County......"

Several military commanders listened quietly, with different postures, some sitting upright, and some staggering, without a positive shape. They also made it clear that Yuan Shao and Wang Yun were in a group, Han Sui and Zhao Yun were very talkative, Zhang Ji was on the side, and Lu Bu was mixed with Duan Xuan and others.

"The army of the Hongyue tribe is now surrounding Shuofang City, and there are two other groups of people and horses, all the way to Jiuyuan, all the way to Dachengsai." Liu Biao picked up a half-burned dry firewood, marked it on the map, then clapped his hands and looked at Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu nodded, motioned for Liu Biao to take a seat, coughed and said, "Now please speak freely." ”

Wang Yun coughed lightly: "How many men and horses are there in each of the three armies?" ”

Liu Biao stood up again: "There are about more than 20,000 people under Shuofang City, more than 10,000 to Jiuyuan, and less than 10,000 in the direction of Dachengsai. ”

"Where are you now?" Wang Yun paused, and added: "Have you passed Qingyanze?" ”

"They are in Qingyan Zedong, about fifty miles." Liu Biao hesitated for a moment, and then said: "We said that he was in the direction of Dachengsai, but now we are still guessing, and it can be explained that he is defending to the east from the direction of Meiji, and the Huns can also be explained." ”

Wang Yun frowned, revealing surprise: "Didn't you come for us?" ”

"It's not clear yet." Liu Biao said: "Their position to the east is to defend Meiji, and to the west is to defend the big city. ”

"Defense?" Yuan Shao rubbed his hands slowly, and said in a calm tone: "Do they want to capture Shuofang City?" ”

"From the current point of view, there is a possibility." Liu Biao then explained, "Their main force is under Shuofang City, and if they attack the city with all their might, it will be difficult for Shuofang City to hold out for too long. If they can capture Shuofang City, they won't have to camp outside the city......"

"Can the small Shuofang City garrison 20,000 troops?" Yuan Shao sneered and shook his head again and again.

Liu Biao blushed and swallowed the rest of the words.

"My lord, what are we going to do next?" Wang Yun set his eyes on Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu straightened up and coughed: "According to the progress of the preparation of materials, I am ready to set off tomorrow night or the morning after tomorrow." ”

"My lord, there may be heavy snow in the past two days, and it's so cold outside that it can freeze people's fingers." Wang Yun reminded.

"Yes." Liu Xiu continued: "We still can't figure out the intentions of the Xianbei people, so we can't stick here. There was heavy snowfall, just enough to hide our tracks. As for the issue of cold protection, I am ready for it, and everyone will know when the time comes. He changed his words and reminded solemnly: "Even if you are well prepared, it will definitely not be as warm as Seri in the wild, and I have not prepared a big tent for you, only one sleeping bag per person, everyone needs to sleep in the snow, you must be mentally prepared." ”

Yuan Shao gasped, he immediately thought of Chen Chen, sleeping in the snow, can Chen Chen eat it, don't freeze to death outside.

"This time, we will bring nothing but dry rations and horse feed for ten days, necessary weapons, and no one who has nothing to do with the battle will participate." Liu Xiuyi waved his hand, "Let's fight a blitzkrieg to win with speed, and let the Xianbei people see who is faster and who is more ruthless." ”

"My lord......" Yuan Shao opened his mouth to speak, but when he looked at the others, he was embarrassed to say that he might not be able to endure the hardship. Several Simas, except for him who was born in the Central Plains, everyone else was from the frontier, and his fear of the cold was obviously not as obvious as his.

"My lord, it's no problem for us to merge with the state." Lu Bu spread out his hands indifferently, "We used to suffer in the ice and snow with a hungry stomach, but now with the winter clothes and food provided by adults, let alone ten days, it doesn't matter if it's a month." ”

"You are suffering for ambushes and robberies, right?" Zhang Jiwei laughed.

"What's wrong with the robbery, you look down on us horse thieves? If we hadn't robbed Helian's wife, he would have been so crazy? Do you have a chance to make meritorious contributions? Lu Bu said disapprenously: "If you don't dare to go, this time let me bear the burden of reading the state song." I don't believe it, we can all survive on the grassland of the Xianbei people, but we can't live on our own land. Liu Xiu interrupted Lu Bu's sour words, "Feng Xian is right, we are going to be horse thieves this time, we have no established combat goals, look for opportunities in the move, and eat him if we find suitable prey." He turned around and looked at Yuan Shao, who was about to speak: "If there is a goal, it is to train our team." If you want to defeat the Xianbei people, you must be stronger than the Xianbei people, more able to endure hunger, and more suitable for a more cruel environment. As Feng Xian said, now in our own land, if we can't adapt better than the Xianbei people, how can we compete with the Xianbei people when we come to the grassland in the future? ”

He glanced at everyone, and there was no trace of a smile in his eyes: "The flowers and branches planted in the warm room, no matter how bright and prosperous they are, they can't support the sky of the Han Dynasty." What the Han wants is an iron backbone, the pillar of the country, a tiger and wolf army that cannot be defeated, dragged to death, more tenacious than a wild wolf, and more fierce than a tiger. ”

"Then what is the difference between us and the Xianbei people and the Huns?" Yuan Shao snorted, he felt that Liu Xiu's decision was largely aimed at him, and he felt very aggrieved. He did his best in Changshui Camp, and he didn't dare to show the arrogance of the children of the family, but he didn't want people to look down on him, and now Liu Xiu has intensified, and he actually wants him to lie in the snow and camp like a soldier.

"Because we can not only kill, but also recite poetry." Liu Xiu glanced at him and said calmly: "It's not just about reciting poetry." ”

(To be continued)