303 Cats and mice

How could Song Xiaoai make everyone behead Wu Wending in a daze, it's strange that Xiao Wu didn't fight with her when he came back.

But she shouted out a word, and the Chinese officer immediately said confidently: "Lord Song, the grain supervisor exceeded his duties without permission, broke into the commander's tent, and reprimanded the official, and the seventeen forbidden laws and fifty-four beheaded him has committed three of them, and the crime is unforgivable. ”

"Huh? This man is familiar with military discipline, it's really annoying! ”

Song Xiaoai swallowed her saliva, and said in a hurry: "Cutting the general before the battle is a taboo for soldiers." We are about to go on an expedition, this person is coming, we will take him into custody for the time being, and we will deal with him when the official returns."

Song Xiaoai listened to the words of the Chinese officer, and it was not good to release Wu Wending immediately in front of the generals, so she had to bite the bullet.

On Lingxiao Mountain, Wu Hanchao led more than 300 people, pretending to be men, women, and children, some carrying bags and baskets, and some carrying burdens on their shoulders, and fled to the mountain along the 48th road with a panicked appearance.

The Duzhang barbarians on the mountain had already seen it in the dark, and immediately sent a warning signal to the mountain. From time to time, some of these clansmen fled up the mountain, and the Ming army's offensive was extremely weak, and the barbarians on the mountain had already had a slack heart, and when they heard that only more than 300 people went up the mountain, the leader of the pass did not care.

The spies threw stones on the high place on the mountain and asked a few questions, and someone in Wu Hanchao's army replied in barbarian language, and the spies were suspicious for most of the time, and the group passed the ears and eyes of the barbarian guards, and swaggered up the mountain.

Before arriving at the first checkpoint of Lingxiao City, Wu Hanchao secretly observed, and saw that the walls on both sides of this place were like knife cuts, and there was a city in front of him, with high walls and thick walls, and no grass grew everywhere, and his heart couldn't help but be secretly awe-inspiring.

There is a stone plaque on the head of the city, two dragons flying and phoenixes dancing on the big character "Ling Xiao", the handwriting is mottled, there is no payment below, it should be the handwriting of the general of the Song Dynasty to build the city, but I don't know who wrote it.

At the head of the city, a few barbarian generals were sitting at the battlements of the wall, which stood like a mirror, drinking wine and eating meat. Looking up from below, on the wall several feet high, these people were barefoot, with their chests and abdomen covered, revealing their tanned skin. Wu Hanchao's skin did not look like a barbarian, so he didn't dare to look at it more, so after taking a look, he quickly lowered his head and pressed the bamboo hat on his head.

There was a faint whisper on the head, and then someone shouted to the city to ask, and the person who had arranged it in advance replied in barbarian language, falsely claiming that it was a refugee who escaped from the village of scratching his ears, only because the small cottages nearby were broken by officers and soldiers, so he crossed the mountains and mountains, and rushed here to join Lord Aya.

Scraping the ears of the village in the neighboring county, although it is not very far, but walking the mountain road, it is extremely difficult to walk, the local people are in charge of the barbarian and there is not much contact with there. Wu Hanchao deliberately said farther, one is because most of the local Duzhang barbarians have fled to the mountain, and secondly, he is afraid of pretending to be a nearby village, I am afraid that he will happen to meet the people in the village, once he is asked, his name and surname do not match, and he will inevitably miss the horse's feet.

Although he said it far, Wu Hanchao still sent someone to scrape the village in advance to find out the grass and trees there and the situation of the households, so as not to expose his feet in the face of interrogation. When the people on the mountain heard that it was from a neighboring county, they seemed unwilling to accept it, and they muttered for a long time without anyone coming down.

Wu Hanchao whispered a few words to the side, and some wolf soldiers pretending to be old men pretended to be physically exhausted, dropped their packages and backpacks, and sat down under the city gate unsuspectingly.

These wolf soldiers are used to playing barefoot, their feet are all calloused, and they can also run on the rubble and stones, but the officers and soldiers do not have this ability, and their appearance and skin are similar to those of barbarians, and then they deliberately complain to each other loudly in barbarian language, talking loudly, talking about the tower, even under the city, and they can't see the slightest flaw.

The wolf soldiers dressed as women are all young people with delicate faces and thin figures, and the Zhuang men have sung mountain songs since they were children, and all of them have practiced a good voice, and the tune can be pulled to a very high level.

The barbarian general in the city drank wine, and saw gold, silver, and women, and was quite moved for a while, only to see a burly man probe and look at the city, and suddenly threw down a big bone stick, and at the same time shouted two sentences in the barbarian language.

An unkempt wolf soldier with a black face hurriedly grabbed it and picked it up, nodded and thanked the people in the city, it was not too dirty, and he picked it up and gnawed it, and the man at the head of the city laughed and asked, "How is your head now?" ”

The owner of the village is not a member of the Ah clan, so it is no wonder that the barbarians in Lingxiao City are not so affectionate, but they should know each other, so a wolf soldier replied loudly: "The Dubatou people were killed by the officers and soldiers, and our people were scattered, and we hid in the mountains with our families for three days to avoid the search and arrest of the officers and soldiers, and then we rushed to join Lord Ah Ya." Lord Duck is the great hero of all of us, and only he can protect us."

The big man on the city wall laughed, he turned his head and gave a few words, and then disappeared from the city.

After a while, the huge gate of the city roared, and someone shouted inside: "The head man has allowed you to enter the village, stand back, the women and the old man come in first, and prepare the gifts of filial piety to the duck-headed people."

Wu Hanchao's heart was in ecstasy, he put his hands behind his back, and quietly made a gesture, the city gate was only half opened, and as soon as he opened the mouth more than one person wide, Wu Hanchao flew and jumped over, volleyed in the air, and stomped heavily on the heavy city gate.

I only heard a loud sound of "tom", and a miserable scream came from behind the door, and the city gate was only kicked open at a distance less than two people's width, and then it bounced back, Wu Han was taken aback, and immediately took the sword in his hand, and dodged through the crack in the door.

Wu Hanchao flashed into the door and glanced quickly behind the city gate, and he couldn't help but curse cunningly. It turns out that this city gate is not only added with a horizontal log, there is a stone behind the door, such a strong city gate, the army has no chance to carry the crashing wood up the mountain, even if it can be carried up, the steep mountain stone road in front of the gate to the city gate also makes people unable to rush the city gate with all their strength, such an arrangement inside, it is really an iron wall, invulnerable.

If Wu Hanchao hadn't made a decision on the spot and immediately attacked the door when he saw the opportunity, as long as the barbarian poked his head out and saw that the old man and woman at the door were different, and the stone he had just lifted was pressed, he would have never had a chance to break the door again.

Wu Hanchao kicked a lot of strength at the door, the big man who carried the stone behind the door just lifted the stone from under the door bar, was kicked by Wu Hanchao, fell backwards, and put him against the wall of the city gate, the end of the stone was deep above his chest, blood spurted wildly in his nose, and his collarbone and chin were smashed by the stone. The other end of the stone touched the lower end of the gate, and the gate was not opened.

Wu Hanchao wielded his sword like a dragon, his body was like a shock, the phantom was floating, and the sword was lightning, and he quickly took the brunt of the three barbarians. The barbarian, who had come to his senses from his astonishment, howled and rushed over, and a wolf soldier who had just squeezed in through the crack in the door could not dodge, and was stabbed by the bamboo spear of the barbarian.

Wu Han roared loudly, the sword light reversed, cut off the bamboo spear, ran forward, and swept out the approaching five people with a sweeping leg, rolling to the ground, two of them were swept off their ankles by him, and they screamed wildly.

Wu Hanchao didn't stop, immediately bounced back, kicked the stone to the ground, and then grabbed the body of the barbarian whose chest collapsed and crumbled and threw it backhanded, blocking the barbarian's attack, and at the same time clasped the city gate with one hand, and shouted violently: "Open!" ”

The paulownia gate weighing more than 1,000 catties was rumbled open by him with one hand, and then Wu Hanchao's robe sleeves flicked, and more than ten money darts were scattered in a stormy manner, and then the sword was raised, like a flying bat, and pounced into the chaotic barbarian crowd.

Behind the city gate was wide open, and the wolf soldiers rushed in with a shout, and fought with the barbarians who swarmed up in the city gate.

"Quick Fix!" , this is Wu Hanchao's death order.

The wolf soldiers admired the hero, and when this hero was the quasi-uncle of their leader, admiration became love, and they not only wanted to seize the city gate, but also swore to protect Wu Hanchao's safety, and everyone fought bravely. It's not the usual weapon, it's not the best seven-person coordinated attack and defense of the mandarin duck formation, but they are still the most brave wolf soldiers.

The barbarians also knew what it meant for the pass to be lost, and they pounced desperately one by one, trying to take advantage of the narrow place under the city gate and the fact that it was not suitable for officers and soldiers to carry out the situation to suppress them here, until they were driven out, but who could deal with a Qingfeng sword in Wu Hanchao's hand? What's more, he has an endless stream of money darts in his other hand.

Although the wolf soldiers used short weapons, they were equipped with crossbow arrows worth ten taels of silver, and each of their left and right arms was equipped with a barrel, and they shot at a rapid shot without distress, and the flesh and blood could not resist at such a close distance, and the fierce wolf soldiers rushed into the pass with the dead corpses on the ground, and the first level fell into a full-scale melee When the wolf smoke rose at the head of Lingxiao City, the barbarians in the inner pass had received the news that the officers and soldiers were planning to earn the pass, they panicked, and were organizing men and horses to prepare to recapture the pass before the Ming army arrived, and they had already rushed to the back mountain. The Jin garrison of Broken Neck Rock also saw the beacon smoke and immediately commanded his soldiers to start attacking the Broken Neck Rock.

The crack in the canyon more than seven meters wide was bottomless, and as soon as the officers and soldiers rushed out of the hiding place, the barbarians immediately pulled up the pontoon bridge, and the Ming army had already cut down dozens of tall trees from the forest, and people rushed to the rock mouth with a shout. The officers and soldiers behind continued to fire arrows to suppress the barbarians, covering them to lie on the broken rock with a tree trunk more than ten meters long.

It's too dangerous here, pedestrians are trembling when they pass on the pontoon bridge, these scattered tree trunks are not tied together, it is impossible for anyone to dare to rush over, but the appearance of the Ming army is very realistic, and there are people holding ropes and planks, making the appearance of kidnapping the pontoon bridge, this time the barbarians guarding the mountain are really anxious, and immediately raise fire to release an emergency signal to ask for help in the city.

The barbarian army that had just been assembled in the city was about to rush to the city pass, when they suddenly saw the fire in the back mountain, they couldn't help but panic even more, and the army immediately divided into two routes, one rushed to the back mountain for reinforcements, and the other rushed to the front mountain.

The cottages that had just surrendered had all been in charge of the barbarians who had learned the power of the Ming army, and the loose clan rule model of the barbarians could not control them well, so it immediately had a strong counter-effect.

panicking, crying, scolding, running away, and running everywhere immediately affected the morale of the soldiers in Lingxiao City, who had never fought with the Ming army. Infected by it, the confusion and panic of the old and weak women and children made the barbarian leader even more annoyed, and a fierce barbarian leader cut down six or seven cowards who screamed "The Ming army is on the mountain, hurry up and flee", and only then did he temporarily control the situation.

There are only about 3,000 soldiers who can fight in Lingxiao City, and there are more than 400 people at the first pass, with the danger here, and the war method that was completely based on cold weapons at that time, these 400 people are enough to deal with the attack of 40,000 troops, but even if it is a crocodile with sharp teeth and sharp teeth, he has no place to use it, not to mention that Wu Hanchao's more than 300 soldiers are all carefully selected brave soldiers.

A group of barbarians brandished bamboo spears and spears swooped down from the city wall, and more than a dozen wolf soldiers immediately met them. Three zhang away, as soon as the dense spears and spears were raised, the wolf soldiers raised their hands one after another, looking very weird.

There was a light "sonorous" sound, and with the beautiful sound of the machine, rows of crossbow arrows shot out, and the barbarians who had just rushed down were immediately stunned by the rain of arrows, and fell down in the crowd.

The rest of the barbarians didn't know what else was going on in the sleeves of these Ming soldiers dressed like them, and they screamed and were about to dodge to the side, but the wolf soldiers had already taken advantage of the disturbance, raised their swords, and rushed into the gap in the gun array.

The brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the moment they meet each other, they are prepared to kill unprepared, and with a cold light flashing, a blood-paved smooth road appeared in the gun array.

With a thunderous roar, a barefoot and belly-covered man jumped down from the city with a nine-ring big knife in his hand, waved the knife like a horse, and lowered his head to pick up the wolf soldiers who were accustomed to using bamboo guns.

The surrounding wolf soldiers roared and pounced, but the light single knife and the heavy nine-ring golden-backed machete touched it, making a tooth-aching sound, not only was the three single knives cut off on the spot, but also a wolf soldier was unable to retreat, half of his arm was cut off, and he retreated with a scream.

This barbarian has infinite manpower, so fierce and fierce, the big knife in his hand is horizontal, and pounced up, his subordinates have almost no enemy, and more than ten wolf soldiers have been killed one after another, and under his leadership, the barbarian army has been desperately covered up.

At this critical juncture, a figure loomed, the knife-wielding barbarian just swung his knife and slashed at a wolf soldier whose bamboo spear was broken, the sword was like lightning, a touch of cold light on his blade, stabbing out a flash of fire, the big knife was crooked, the wolf soldier was almost alive, his face was pale and he took a few steps back, and was held by his comrades.

Wu Hanchao flew down, smiled contemptuously, and said to the big man: "It's a lot of strength, but it's just a matter of strength."

The barbarian saw him holding a light sword in his hand, roared and swung his sword and slashed, Wu Hanchao's body was light, his sword was like flying, and he was calm and calm in the whistling sword light, and the scene saw the barbarian's sword light swirling everywhere.

But in this fight, on the contrary, the barbarian was forced to retreat step by step, and the tip of the sword that appeared constantly was amazing, sometimes in the throat, sometimes in the shoulder, and there was a danger of brushing against the corner of his eye, forcing him to be dazzled, and he could only dance wildly. The weapons of the two almost never collided, except for the howling of the sword wind, only a few pleasant "ding" sounds were occasionally heard.

The barbarian sword swung quickly and retreated faster. Suddenly, he felt that his heels tightened, and there were stone steps behind him, and the barbarian's body couldn't help but be stunned, just such a meal, the sharp tip of the sword had reached his throat, half a point into the flesh, and the blood was dripping, and the barbarian man immediately froze there.

"This man is a leader, tie him up!" Wu Hanchao noticed the gold ring in his left ear, the silver ring around his neck, and a small copper drum around his waist, and ordered the wolf soldiers under him.

When the barbarian man was caught, he immediately broke the will of the entire pass resisters like a shock wave, and some people shouted 'A duck-headed man has been captured by officers and soldiers', while dropping their swords and guns and turning around and running.

Hearing the soldiers who understood the barbarian language, they felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly reported to Wu Han, Wu Han was very surprised, he hurriedly took two prisoners, and after identification, he knew that he had picked up a big bargain, Lingxiao City Lord Evil Duck was the barbarian man who was captured by him, this guy ran to the pass and drank with the guards, and he didn't expect to be captured alive by Wu Hanchao.

The evil duck was captured, and the first pass of Lingxiao City quickly changed hands, and more than 200 barbarians were killed, and the rest quickly fled into the second pass, and then closed the gate tightly.

The stupidity of the barbarians is exactly what Wu Hanchao wants, and the frightened barbarians are holding the wood inside, and Wu Hanchao ordered people to pile rocks outside to block the pass, and the enemy and us work together to block the gate tightly.

When the barbarian army in the cottage reached the pass, seeing this scene, he couldn't help but scold, and immediately asked someone to open the city gate quickly, but at this time, a stone wall with a height of one person had already been piled up outside, and the door was thrown in full of firewood and hay, and as soon as the city gate was opened, a fire was immediately set outside, and someone released arrows behind the fire, and they didn't want to rush out of the city gate for a while.

Now the situation is reversed, and it has become an army and soldiers guarding the pass, and barbarians attacking the city.

Wu Hanchao quickly rectified the remaining wolf soldiers and treated the wounded. At this time, there were more than 200 people left, and he arranged for 150 people to guard the pass and stop the enemy, and the rest rescued the wounded, wrapped up and bandaged the wounds, and carried the bodies of their dead comrades.

Wu Hanchao climbed to the top of the city, looked at the bottom of the mountain, and saw that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had received the information, and they were rushing along the winding mountain stone path, and he couldn't help but be sure in his heart: this pass was really taken.

He walked up to the bound duck, looked at him coldly, and said, "You are the duck?" The army of the imperial court is going up the mountain, in order to save the lives from being ruined and killing more evil, this official now gives you a last chance, immediately order the recalcitrant in the city to surrender, and this official will never kill prisoners."

The evil duck stared at a pair of round eyes, and when he heard the explanation, he couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh: "Hahahaha, you are dreaming!" Though I have been captured, my brother Ah Ying is still in the city, and I can still fight against you. Ah Da has instructed that even if people die, they must not give up Lingxiao City, but I want to see how many lives your officers and soldiers will use to fill the city! ”

Wu Hanchao caught a glimpse of Song Xiaoai rushing to the front with a knife, and was about to arrive at the city with the officers and soldiers, he shook his head, turned around and left, and said: "The offensive and defensive situation is changing, and the battle has been lost, and I am still unconscious." Foolish, you will not live! ”

The evil duck stared at the big egg-like eyes and asked viciously, "What did you say, Inspector Wuna?" Hey, what did he say? ”

The wolf soldier in charge of the translation saw that the adult was gone, and he didn't bother to talk to him more, so he said bluntly: "The adult said, you are stupid!" You die! You're dead! ”

The wolf soldier was furious, and slapped him in the face, and slapped him in the face, and then stopped after slapping his palm, and then saw that the evil duck had a pig's head on his shoulder.

Seeing Wu Hanchao appear at the gate of the city, Song Xiaoxin fell to the ground with a big boulder, she was already sweating profusely, and her body was almost prostration, at this time I saw Wu Hanchao, my mood was relaxed, my feet were soft, my toes tripped on the stone steps, I couldn't help screaming, and I fell forward.

Seeing this, Wu Hanchao hurriedly jumped forward, grabbed her, and hugged her in the crook of his arm.

Song Xiaoai's heart was beating like a drum, sweating through her clothes, the pair of plump and slender thighs were next to Wu Hanchao's half-squatting lower abdomen, Wu Hanchao felt that the hot thighs, the muscles were still beating uncontrollably, and it was clearly a symptom of exhaustion.

Xiao Ai is worried about his safety and has done her best, otherwise she has a daughter's family, no matter how good her physique is, how can she rush to the front of the whole army?

Wu Hanchao was so moved in his heart, he was moved with red eyes, hugged Song Xiaoai's delicate body tighter, and said softly: "Xiaoai, your thighs are so strong."

"Yikes!" A sentence blushed Song Xiaoai's face, and the little fist raised was about to fight, but when it fell on Wu Hanchao's chest, it turned into a gentle slide. Although Wu Hanchao knows how to say something funny, how can he hide the emotion and love in his eyes?

Love doesn't have to be said, they prefer to use this way of slapstick and jokes to express the infinite joy in their hearts The arrival of the reinforcements of the Ming army made the first pass an iron wall. Seeing this, Ah Ying, who had ordered someone to fill in the earth to extinguish the fire and was about to kill the second city gate, immediately ordered the city gate to be blocked, and put the wooden strips on top again.

The offensive and defensive situation changed, and at this time, it was replaced by the Ming army outside to fill in the soil and extinguish the fire, remove the stones, clear the barricades, and prepare to attack the city. The archers who kept rushing in took advantage of the numerical advantage to fire intensively at the head of the city, suppressing the barbarians to the death, covering the activities of the soldiers under the city gate.

Song Xiaoai briefly understood the situation, and asked someone to tie the evil duck to the city gate and call it closed, the evil duck croaked and chirped, and just scolded non-stop in slang, and the soldiers who knew barbarian pretended to be deaf and dumb, and did not translate, it seems that what he said must be a swear word that is difficult to speak.

The evil duck refused to call the city, A-Ying defended it inside, neither opened the city gate, nor went to the city to answer, the two were deadlocked, and General Lin Shen led the men and horses with hooks, ropes, rattan ropes, and wooden ladders and other key equipment.

As soon as Song Xiaoai saw that the siege soldiers had arrived, Liu Mei couldn't help but pick it up, and scolded coquettishly: "Cut him down, sacrifice the flag to attack the city!" ”

Most of these wolf soldiers have been related to each other, and the most wolf soldiers have been killed by the evil ducks, and they have long been hated by these wolf soldiers. As soon as Song Xiaoai arrived, some of them made a small report, and one of the people killed was Song Xiaoai's distant cousin.

Song Xiaoai first hated him, and then saw that this barbarian leader had an abominable face and was full of swearing, and he was already impatient, so when he saw that the reinforcements had arrived, he immediately ordered someone to cut off his pig's head.

As soon as the wolf soldier next to him heard the order of the leader, he immediately rushed up and grabbed one, his hand raised and fell, and his head flew up with a "poof".

Wu Hanchao watched coldly, not to stop. The evil duck relied on the imperial court and did not want to cause a rebellion, and repeatedly endured the mentality, unscrupulously plundered the four townships, humiliated the women, and caused the local people to move ten households and nine times.

At that moment, the powerful wolf soldier picked up the human head, wandered around a few times, and threw the human head up to the city, and when he saw the corpse of the head man in the city, there was a burst of crying and scolding, and then he threw down some rolling logs and stones.

The Ming army attacked the city. At this time, it is in the pass to tackle the key problems, the natural danger is no longer to be feared, the barbarian defenders on the second pass did not prepare too many equipment to defend the city, the officers and soldiers who arrived one after another gathered in the stone city, there were 10,000 people inside and outside, and the city divided troops to guard this pass was only 14,500 people, the city was only a matter of time, only the barbarians in the bureau were still delusional that they could defend the city.

On the one hand, the Ming army organized people and horses to climb vines and ladders, and on the other hand, people made people crash into the city. Song Xiaoai, General Lin and others interrogated some prisoners, and they were afraid that the deceased obediently confessed the situation in the second pass, and Song Xiaoai learned that there were wooden houses and granaries, firewood, grass and trees in the second pass, so he ordered the archers to throw rockets, which caused fires everywhere in the city for a while.

The barbarian soldiers are trapped inside and outside, the army is in turmoil, after fighting to an hour and a half, the paulownia gate after the fire is smashed and torn apart, the city gate is broken, the barbarians flee in all directions, and nearly 10,000 troops are mighty and slaughtered into the inner pass of Lingxiao City.

Ah Ying led the troops to fight and retreat, and retreated until he reached the 'Broken Neck Rock', and then he reached the Jedi. On the other side of the river, the army of Jing garrison was looking at and delaying, and behind was the Ming army that was desperately chasing all over the mountains, and the panicked and crowded barbarians even fell into the abyss without a fight.

Ah Ying held the knife and cried, looked in the direction of the Nine Silk City and said: "Ah Da, Ah Da, Ling Xiao City has been lost, and I am afraid that the Nine Silk Treasure City will be difficult to defend anymore."

Wu Hanchao jumped like a fly, and chased to the front of the mountain first. It was this person, single-handedly, with a Qingfeng sword in his hand, tending to advance and retreat, as if entering a no-man's land, A-Ying never knew that there were such warriors and such terrible warriors among the Han people. He pointed at Wu Hanchao and shouted in Chinese: "You are deceiving people too much, do you want to exterminate our clan?" ”

Wu Hanchao ran all the way, but his face was not red or panting, he replied calmly: "The imperial court is rich in the four seas, inclusive of the world, and the nationalities in the world are innumerable. The territory is only a few counties, and the population is only tens of thousands, but for more than a hundred years, the imperial court has continuously used troops and spent tens of millions, don't you never know what you have done? The imperial court can tolerate so many races, why does it have to be brutal to Xiaoxiaodu for more than 100 years? ”

Ah Ying couldn't help but speak. Wu Hanchao said lightly: "If you win, you will show off your might and run rampant." Defeat refers to the strong bullying the weak, relying on the weak and selling the weak, which is extremely shameless. The funny thing is that except for this moment, you have never really felt that you are weak, so you have never stopped disturbing the locality, flouting the law of the country, bullying men and women, and doing all kinds of evil! ”

The soldiers chased after him, standing beside Wu Hanchao, coldly looking at these desperate wolves who were just pretending to be sheep and begging for mercy, Ah Ying was annoyed and ashamed, he raised his knife and shouted in despair: "Kill me back, kill!" ”

Ah Ying rushed to the front, and the brave subordinates who used to kill people and kidnap people and destroy silver women still howled wildly and followed him closely, but no one believed that they could defeat or leave alive.

Broken Neck Rock, Broken Soul Gorge, Broken Soul Gorge under Broken Neck Rock.

There were 2,000 barbarians who retreated to the top of the mountain, nearly half of them were decapitated, nearly half were fallen into the valley, and the rest were all kneeling and begging.

After the war ended, the battlefield was cleaned, and A-Ying's body was gone, and the ten ** had become the soul of the valley.

Lingxiao City and Dudu Village are the two major barriers of the Nine Silk City, and they are also the most dangerous place second only to the Nine Silk City among the villages.

The battle to counter-insurgency was about to be won, and all the officers and men in the army were excited. It's just that they didn't know that the other army led by Li Sen himself, nearly 50,000 troops, was already deep in the battle of Duduzhai at this time.

The battle between the two sides was unprecedentedly tragic, fighting bloody battles in the mountains and forests, during the day the Ming army entered ten miles, and at night the barbarians attacked and then killed and retreated eight miles, the battle was stalemate, and countless corpses were piled down every step forward.

Duduzhai mountain is continuous, most of the capital, two of the capital, three of the capital, four of the capital, five of the capital, the five mountains are connected, the mountain is majestic, the rock wall is steep, the shade of the trees is said, the thorns are thick, the road is barren.

Duduzhai and Lingxiao City are the right-hand men of Jiusi City, but Duduzhai is more dangerous than Lingxiao, and the vastness is far away, 50,000 troops into the mountains, such as throwing stones into the sea, it is difficult to set off the wind and waves, but because of this, they are deeply involved in jungle guerrilla warfare, killing machines step by step, in danger everywhere, and the number of casualties is increasing. When Yang Ling heard the news, he had already traveled under the stars and night, and personally went to Duduzhai to command the battle.

In the city of Lingxiao, the Ming army swept away the property in the city, leaving a team of officers and soldiers to guard the city, and took the old and young prisoners down the mountain to return to the camp happily.

Wu Hanchao was anxious and angry when he heard this, if he talked about the public, his father trespassed into the handsome tent and reprimanded the main general, just offending Shangguan was enough to punish him, but after all, he was his own father, and after this trouble, his father and Song Xiaoai formed a feud, and the two of them were not even more hopeless?

Seeing this, Song Xiaoai hurriedly comforted: "Xiao Wu, I know that he is your father, how can I abuse him?" Don't worry, because I was in a hurry to send troops to help, I temporarily ordered your father to be taken care of, and asked someone to take good care of it. Today, our army has made great achievements, and all the generals are happy, and no one will think about it again, so I will quietly release him when I go back, and find an opportunity to make amends to him again."

The matter has come to this point, Wu Hanchao has no other way, and besides, this matter is indeed wrong with his father, Wu Hanchao has been in the army for many years, and he also knows the truth that military orders are like mountains and military discipline is strict, Song Xiaoai has done this part, it is extremely rare, so he had to nod and sigh.

The army returned to the camp in victory, and the captured booty, the captured barbarian soldiers, and their families were taken into the camp, and the officers and soldiers who stayed behind were also overjoyed when they saw it, and the whole barracks was thunderous with joy, and everywhere was filled with the joy of victory.

Wu Hanchao and Song Xiaoai walked side by side to the handsome tent, and were about to take advantage of the time when the generals were placing the prisoners to see the fierce-tempered old man first, but as soon as they walked around to the handsome tent, a strange scene next to the tent came into view, and both of them immediately stayed there.

At this time, it was already sunset, under the sunset, under the Songzi flag next to the handsome tent, there was a ** man with a top body tied to the flagpole, his hair was messed up, his long hair and beard were locks and locks, and he seemed to have been splashed with water, and he only wore a pair of trousers underneath, which were also tightly attached to his body, looking very embarrassed.

Wu Han was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Dad? ”

He glared angrily at Song Xiaoai and said, "This is what you said about taking good care? ”

"I", Song Xiaoai was difficult to distinguish, Wu Hanchao shook his hand angrily, and walked over to relieve Wu Wending. At this time, there was an endless stream of officers and soldiers entering the village, Wu Hanchao was afraid that he would be seen by more people and embarrass his father, and he didn't have time to settle accounts with Song Xiaoai, so he hurriedly helped his father to his big tent.

Song Xiaoai stood there stunned, and the generals who stayed behind greeted him with a smile and said, "Congratulations to the Lord for your great achievements and triumphant return."

When Song Xiaoai saw him, she said angrily: "Who of you told you to make an assertion and treat Master Wu like this?" ”

The officer blinked and smiled strangely, "My lord, didn't you ask the little one to take good care of the blind grain transport officer?" What do you think the last will do? Hehe, for the sake of his timely delivery of grain and not making his brothers hungry, this is only a small care, otherwise, the general will definitely take care of it better, so that the old boy will be obedient."

"You you", Song Xiaoai wanted to cry without tears, he knew that the word care was explained in the army, and he didn't talk much at that time, who would have thought that he would call him before he went out to the army, and hurriedly left a sentence of 'give me a good life to take care of him', this cow man actually understood it like this?

Song Xiaoai really wanted to draw a knife and cut this bastard, she gritted her teeth, paused, and finally let go of this general who came to ask for credit, and chased after Wu Hanchao.

Wu Hanchao was shocked and angry and helped his father into his military tent, helped him sit on the couch, and immediately knelt down in front of the couch, and said on the ground: "Father, it is a child's sin to let my father suffer this great calamity, please punish my father."

Wu Wending habitually brushed two beards, but unfortunately the beards were all dreadlocked, and they were tangled together, and they couldn't be stroked chicly. Wu Wending couldn't help but sigh distressedly: In the past, he was a chic and majestic bearded man, who didn't boast that he was like a cloud in the world, and look at the current appearance, it is not so miserable to go to Maicheng.

He put down his hands and asked, "Ling Xiaocheng has been defeated?" Is that girl planning and directing? ”

Wu Hanchao hurriedly said: "Yes, the strategy of Lingxiao City is indeed Song is her own plan." The father's anger and the humiliation of the father are all unfilial children, and the father is punished."

Wu Wending glared at the bull's eye and shouted, "Phew! You stinky boy, what the hell is going on with you? I'm still taking it for her! ”

Wu Hanchao hurriedly bowed his head and said: "My son doesn't dare, my son is not filial!" ”

Song Xiaoai appeared at the door hesitantly, and said timidly: "Lord Wuwu."

"Get out of here!" Wu Hanchao turned around and yelled, Song Xiaoai was taken aback, Wu Hanchao had never said a cruel word to her, these words pierced her heart like a knife, it hurt so much.

Tears quickly blindfolded her eyes, Song Xiaoai glanced at Wu Hanchao with tears in her eyes, turned around and left in despair.

I only heard Wu Wending also yelling: "You get out of here." Song Xiaoai's body trembled, but her heart was already numb with pain, and Wu Wending's words could no longer make her feel more sad and traumatic.

Wu Hanchao saw Song Xiaoai crying when he was scolded by himself, his heart couldn't help but soften, and he heard that his father was also scolding her, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, but Song Xiaoai treated his father like this, what else could he say as a son? Disobedience and unfilial piety!

His bitten lip was about to bleed, so he turned his head resolutely, and stopped looking at Song Xiaoai, but Wu Wending raised his leg and scolded: "Bastard, Lao Tzu told you to get out, did you hear?" ”

"Huh?" Wu Hanchao raised his head and looked at Wu Wending in amazement: Isn't Dad angry and nervous?

Wu Wending said in a loud voice: "Lord Song, please stay!" After speaking, he glared at Wu Hanchao, and said: "Get out, go get a bucket of water, Lao Tzu's German surname, if you don't take a bath, how can you change your clothes?" ”

"Huh?" Wu Hanchao, who looked sluggish, was kicked by Lao Tzu again, and then he got up in a daze and walked out as if sleepwalking.

Wu Wending's voice slowed down and said, "Miss Song, please enter the account."

Song Xiaoai hesitantly walked into the camp, was silent for a moment, suddenly fell to her knees, and sobbed: "Old man, it's Xiao Ai's fault, Xiao Ai will make amends to you." Please don't blame Xiao Wu anymore. I don't have that blessing, and I won't expect to be your daughter-in-law in the future."

After she finished speaking, "Dong Dong Dong" kowtowed three times, and two lines of clear tears finally couldn't be suppressed and flowed down her cheeks, Song Xiaoai pursed her lips, wiped her tears and said, "Farewell!" ”

Song Xiaoai got up and wanted to leave, but Wu Wending hurriedly stopped him and said, "Girl stay, Miss Song, please stay."

Song Xiaoai looked at Wu Wending with a pair of teary eyes. Wu Wending habitually touched his beard, touched it and put it down curtly, and said with a smile: "Captured Lingxiao City in one day?" And the loss is so small, huh! It's good, there is the style of a general, and women don't let their eyebrows go! ”

He held his stomach and said with a dry smile: "Hehe, other people's families give their new daughter-in-law who has just passed the door a dismount, you poured it, this is not a word, just tie my old Wu to your handsome flag, steamed and sunned, and gave me a big dismount, good, hahaha, really good."

Song Xiaoai hurriedly explained: "I know that Master Wu will not forgive me, but I still have to say, before I left, I ordered someone to take care of you, yes, I just took care of you, who knows what they screwed me up and made it like this, I have nothing to say."

Wu Wending glared and said: "It doesn't matter who he means, today I misunderstood you and collided with you, you are the commander of the three armies, you should be punished for my crime, well, it should be done, it is the old man who has no eyes." Well, the old man still eats this set, if such a rare good child returns to someone else's house, then isn't my old man even more blind? Unwilling! This loss cannot be eaten, and it must not be eaten."

"Huh?" Song Xiaoai was also a little stunned, her mind couldn't turn for a while, and she looked at Wu Wending puzzled.

Wu Wending's voice changed, and he said slyly: "But no matter what you say, what about the public, although I offended you." But if it's for personal gain, but you have offended me greatly, do you think I should hold you accountable? ”

Song Xiaoai hung her head and said dejectedly: "Master Wu can punish him as much as he wants, and Song Xiaoai will never complain."

"Good! This is what you said, a gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase, you can't go back! Wu Wending hurriedly said.

"That's natural, although Song Xiaoai is a woman, she also counts when she talks!" Song Xiaoai raised her head and said stubbornly.

Wu Wending was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "What you said, this is what you said, don't regret it." My son likes you, I don't care, you like my son and are willing to be his wife, and I agree. But there is one thing, once you become a parent, you have to be the daughter-in-law of my Wu family obediently, and you have to enter the door of my Wu family.

Although you are a strong family toast and have a lofty status, but my Wu family is just this seedling, I still expect him to support the elderly and pass on the incense, you can't let him be a 'doorman', his son has run away, even my grandson has been abducted, so what face will my old Wu have in the future to see his ancestors under Jiuquan? ”

"Gah?" Song Xiaoai was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

She hesitated for a long time before she lowered her head, rolled up the corners of her clothes, and said with a red face: "When did people say that they wanted Xiao Wu to be a 'doorman'?" I like Xiao Wu, and naturally I want to enter the door of the army's house."

Wu Wending fell to the ground with a big stone in his heart, and said with a smile: "Don't you have to be a son-in-law?" That's good, that's good, but I heard that your Zhuang people have the custom of 'not leaving their husband's family', and 'men marrying women and recruiting men' has been a practice since ancient times, especially if there are only women in a family like you, and they are the head of a family."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but worry again, and his eyes widened, "Are you serious? I really don't need my son to come to the door? ”

Seeing Song Xiaoai nodding shyly, Wu Wending let out a sigh of relief and said, "The old man asked people about it, and he heard everything, so it's no problem." The son is raised so big, if he changes his surname and name, he will have children in the future, he will have to follow his mother's surname, kill my head, and the old man will not do it! ”

At that time, it was an ordinary thing for the Zhuang family in Guangxi to "get rich", and no one would disdain it, but it was different in the Han nationality. Nowadays, it is a shame for men to enter the family in many places, not to mention the era of the Ming Dynasty, especially the era when people still attached great importance to the succession of ancestors.

Wu Wending made a big fuss because he saw his son and Song Xiaoai in Qingyang Palace, and he felt uncomfortable, and he came back and asked people about it, and when the neighbors in the township heard that the other party was the head of the toast, they insisted that his son would definitely enter the woman's house, and then patted him on the shoulder, and said sympathetically: "Old Wu, your son is raised for nothing, and he has raised it for others."

When Lao Wu heard this, he was furious at that time, and the more he looked at Song Xiaoai, the more unpleasant he became, how could he let them come and go? This time he was stubborn and was repaired, he thought it was Song Xiaoai's order, this time he was not only not annoyed, but smoothed out the hair, such a girl who dares to love and hate is really rare with a lantern.

When Song Xiaoai won a big victory, Wu Wending thought about it and felt that this girl was really pleasing to the eye, except for the heart disease of getting into the bag, it was just perfect, so he broke up his son and made a final negotiation with her. wanted to rely on the old and sell the old, and forced her to give in by one of her elders by the introduction of her repair, but now that she got an accurate answer, Lao Wu finally let go.

"Then you are the head of a clan, can you really get married?"

Although Song Xiaoai is generous, she is still a little shy when it comes to marriage, she replied shyly: "Although I have no brothers and sisters, I still have cousins, and the position of the head is neither rare nor unacceptable."

Wu Wending was overjoyed, he just wanted to speak, but suddenly saw his son standing at the door with a bucket of water, and couldn't help scolding: "What are you hiding there for?" Don't hurry up and bring the water in."

Wu Hanchao, who overheard the key content of the second half, happily brought the water in, and stood there happily, his mouth grinning to his ears.

Wu Wending looked left and right, a pair of beautiful people, the more you look at it, the more rare it becomes. Wu Wending rubbed his hands, nodded again and again, and said, "It's done!" Well, it's done! You guys go out, hehe, the old man wants to bathe and change clothes, huh! It's done! ”

Song Xiaoai blushed and saluted Lao Wu, and both Wu Hanchao withdrew. Wu Hanchao put down the curtain of the tent, turned around diligently, and saw that Song Xiaoai had hurriedly walked out of the distance, so he hurriedly chased after her and pulled her sleeve and said, "Hey, why are you walking so fast?" ”

As soon as Song Xiaoai turned around, her face was as cold as ice, and she scolded coldly: "Let go!" ”

Wu Hanchao was startled, hurriedly let go, and said curtly: "What's the matter?" Wasn't it okay just now? Why is it faster to turn your face than to turn a book? ”

Song Xiaoai didn't squint, and said lightly: "Turn your face? Where do I dare, didn't I listen to someone's words, and the official obediently got out of the way for him? She snorted heavily, flicked her sleeve, and walked away.

"Miserable! How did I forget about it? Women are just careful eyes, me and me".

When he listened to it, Wu Wending's 'rampant' laughter came from his account, and when he turned his head, Miss Song didn't look back.

Wu Hanchao stomped his foot heavily and gave himself a mouthful: "I'm so redundant, this thing is making trouble, aren't I a person inside and out?" ”

The sunset is like blood, and the sky is full of remnants.

The officers and soldiers who celebrated the victory found that General Song had a gloomy face and was patrolling the camp with his hands behind his back, and there was no trace of joy of victory on his face. The young master of Xiaoqi Du Lieutenant Wu nodded his head and smiled, and followed behind at a trot, chattering in his mouth, and he didn't know what to say about the sunset

(To be continued)