It is another year when the grass grows and the warbler flies, the dignitaries and nobles of Chang'an ride high-headed horses, take their wives and concubines, and send servants and slaves to occupy a good piece of land outside the city with wine and food. Ordinary people do not have horses and wives, and there are no servants and slaves to pick wine, but they do not reduce the interest of spring, they or gather three or five friends, green water boating, love to the depths of the lead singing, or help the old and young with the whole family to go into battle, or alone on the green and green, low chanting and shallow singing.

However, the people of the border towns do not have this leisure and elegance. In late autumn and early spring, it is the time for those vigorous hunters on the northern grasslands to "fight the autumn valley". The hunters had to move their muscles and bones that had been nesting for the winter, and by the way, grab some food, women, and slaves, and improve their lives a little. Unscrupulous and ulterior motives, cruel by nature, stupid and cowardly, will present their own praises to these hunters, singing the praises of their pride and fierceness, and putting a garland on savagery and slaughter. For the people of the border towns, these demons who come and go like the wind are their lingering nightmares.

However, the people in the Toyosu area can breathe a sigh of relief this year, and the central part of the forest, which has harassed them for many years, was completely defeated at the end of last year. The newly established counties of Yinshan, Shannan, and Yongbyon are like three pairs of iron bridles, locked to the galloping untamable wild horses and snow-bright flying scimitars. The neighboring Tiande army was not so lucky, since March, the nomadic Muwei Vulture tribe in the area of Niutou Chao Nashan has swung his troops southward three times, and the last time it actually bypassed the Huyan Valley and arrived at the surrender of the Tiande army, and Wang Qian, the envoy of the Tiande army, was bedridden at that time.

Regarding Wang Qian's illness, there is a fragrant and shady joke circulating in the market. Wang Qian is lustful, in addition to the thirteen beautiful wives and concubines in the family, he also raises a music class of 80 people. In addition, he often feasted all night at the dental office, and all his subordinates had to bring their wives and concubines. As long as Wang Qian sees it, he forces his old wife who is a vegetarian to stay in the name of studying Buddhism, and then hooks people up with both soft and hard methods, and does not return them until he is tired of playing.

Wang Qian pays attention to the three words of "loyalty, morality and talent". Loyal and talented people will be reused, loyal and few talents second, virtuous and talented again. Wang Qian judged whether a person was loyal to him, and the core was to see whether he was willing to sacrifice his wife and concubine. The more times he gives, the more willing he gives, the more faithful he is. On the contrary, those who refused to sacrifice their wives and concubines were considered by Wang Qian to be virtuous people. He doesn't like such people, but if they are outstanding, they can still have a foothold, but they will never be reused.

In order to keep their power, the officials of the Tiande Army all competed to dedicate their wives and concubines to Wang Qian, and some even spared no expense to search for beauties, just to smile at the boss. On the ninth day of the third month, when the cavalry of the vulture tribe suddenly appeared under the city, Wang Qianzheng and the wife of the marching Sima watched the chrysanthemum in the inner hall. The two of them were getting to the right place, but the door was suddenly broken by the panicked palm secretary, and Wang Qian suddenly bled in a certain part, and fainted with a loud cry, and he couldn't afford to be sick ever since.

Fortunately, the four-legged horse could not climb the city wall, but fortunately, Wang Qian's younger brother Wang Ben was quite strategic, and fortunately, after the guard of Huyan Valley was a famous general, he was more virtuous and talented. The white water fox retreated north in a hurry after sacking Wang Qian's two granges in the south of the city. Wang Qian, who had been in charge of the Tiande Army for nearly ten years, could no longer get up, and he was disheartened and wanted to hand over the military and political power of the Tiande Army to his younger brother Wang Ben, but was strongly opposed by his three sons. Wang Ben resolutely refused to take the throne, and in order to show his intentions, he resigned from his position and took his wife and daughter back to the grange in the south of Mu Nashan to live in seclusion.

Unable to arrange the future, Wang Qian had to live temporarily, but the Tiande army was already in chaos inside and outside. When the White Water Fox learned the truth, he decided to prepare to go south again, and this time his appetite was not just as simple as grabbing a few villages and a few women. He forced all the men in the vulture tribe to be dressed in battle from the age of fifteen and under the age of sixty. A total of more than 7,000 cavalrymen with different surnames marched south in three ways.

The west route is composed of 1,300 athletes with three surnames in Datongchuan, and marches southwest to the old land of the Tiande army, guarding the defenders of Jiuniang Pass in Fengzhou. On the east road, Zhang Chaoyang, the sworn brother of the white water fox, was the commander, and 1,500 troops marched east to the southern foot of Qingshan to guard the direction of the Zhenwu army. The White Water Fox himself led the main force of 4,000 men to attack Huyan Valley. Huyan Valley is fifty miles away from the surrendered city, and it is the north gate of the surrendered city, and the terrain is dangerous. It was originally garrisoned by Mu Incande, the son of Mu Ling, a famous general of the Tiande Army, who was about thirty years old, and was deeply inherited by his father. Mu Ling was jealous of Wang Qian because of his high merits, so he had to return to his hometown, and Mu Baizhi became the first general of the Tiande Army.

Like his father, Mu Baizhi is a virtuous and talented person in Wang Qian's eyes, but he is not loyal, Wang Qian does not trust Mou Baizhi, but there are no generals in the army who have to use it. After becoming seriously ill, Wang Qian knew that his three sons could not control Mou Baican, so he took the lead, found an excuse to remove Mu Baican, and sent him home to wait for his father. Huyan Valley was succeeded by his third son, Wang Lin, and his nephew Wang Zeng was appointed as a deputy general.

Wang Lin was cowardly and did not know how to soldier, Wang Zeng was greedy for wine and lustful, and the white water fox thought that as soon as his army arrived, the two would flee from the wind. Who knew that the 4,000-strong army could not break the city for three days in a row, and the white water fox was shocked, and secretly sent someone to inquire, only to know that there was an unknown partial general in Huyan Valley named Huyan Baichuan, who had been under Mu Ling's account for many years, and had won the true biography of Mu Ling. Although Wang Lin is cowardly and ignorant of soldiers, he is quite self-aware and uses Huyan Baichuan very much. When he was facing the enemy, he almost obeyed Huyan Baichuan's words, and because of this, he made the white water fox work in vain.

The white water fox had a plan, wrote a letter and sent someone into the valley, but the messenger was caught by the defenders as soon as he crossed the mountain into the valley. The defenders even handed over the letter to the main general, Wang Lin. In the letter, the white water fox asked Huyan Baichuan when he would be able to fulfill his promise, and at the same time he reiterated that after capturing the Tiande army, as long as he had his children and jade silk, the grange and the city would be left to Huyan Baichuan.

Wang Lin was furious after reading the letter, and ordered the guards to bring Huyan Baichuan to ask for guilt. Wang Zeng hurriedly stopped: "Third brother, don't fall for the fox's tricks. Wang Lin said hatefully: "What else do you have to say in black and white?" Wang Zeng said: "Third brother, please think about it, Huyan Baichuan was stationed in Huyan Valley before we came. If he is really the White Water Fox Neiying, why didn't he sacrifice the city earlier? The terrain of Huyan Valley is so dangerous, as long as he guards the pass, it will be difficult for us to enter. The younger brother thought that this must be the discord of the White Water Fox Envoy. ”

Wang Lin also came back to his senses, and scolded loudly: "This guy is really treacherous, I will cut off the messenger's head and return it to humiliate him." Wang Zeng persuaded again: "Although it relieves his anger, it can't hurt his muscles and bones." Why didn't the third brother plan and make him go into the city and kill his dog. If he can make such a great achievement, the handsome man will be happy. Maybe......" Wang Lin hurriedly interrupted him and said in a low voice, "Be careful that the wall has ears." And he said, "If something great happens, I can't forget your benefits." "The king is overjoyed.

At five o'clock in the night, on the head of the city of the north pass of Huyan Valley, gongs and drums were suddenly beaten, and the torches shone like day. The white water fox was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly put on his armor and rushed to the front of the battle to watch. I saw two heads hanging at the head of the city, one of which was the little school he sent to deliver the letter. Wang Lin smiled triumphantly: "White fox, your inner should have been corrected by me, can this kind of child's trick be hidden from General Ben?" ”

Seeing this, the white water fox laughed and immediately gave the order to attack the city. The white water fox personally supervised the battle, and attacked the city until the end of the fifth watch, the Tiande army was defeated, and the north pass of Huyan Valley was lost. The white water fox was not in a hurry to chase after the valley, he climbed to the head of Beiguan City, looked south by the glimmer of the morning light, and saw hundreds of people in the valley crying for their fathers and mothers, and they were in a mess. Wang Lin and Wang Zeng brothers only cared about escaping, and the Tiande army trampled on each other, killing and wounding many people. The White Water Fox couldn't help laughing and ordered a pursuit.

Huyan Valley North Pass to South Pass is three miles apart, in the middle is a long strip of mountain valley, the mountains on both sides are high into the clouds and the terrain is dangerous. The white water fox personally led the light cavalry in hot pursuit, and the two teams of men and horses behind the Tiande Army were instantly crushed. When the people of Murowei chased to the foot of Nanguan City, the city gate was too late to close. The white water fox was secretly happy in his heart, and was about to seize the pass, but he was unguarded by a group of men and horses under the city, and the first horizontal knife was immediately murderous, which formed a strong contrast with the disgraced Wang brothers in the rout.

The white water fox asked Lema, "Who will Tang be?" Don't you want to die? ”

That general sneered: "Deputy General Huyan Valley Huyan Baichuan." ”

The white water fox was suddenly startled, and said in a trembling voice: "Aren't you already dead?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard someone in the city laughing: "White fox, you have been fooled." The white water fox looked up and saw that the Wang brothers were commanding a team of crossbowmen to set up a formation. The white water fox knew that it was not good and turned the horse away, and Huyan Baichuan danced the knife and chased after him. On the head of the city, crossbow arrows were fired in unison, and the white water fox was hit by an arrow in his back, and he was embarrassed. According to the original plan, after Wang Lin introduced the white water fox into the valley, the soldiers who were ambushed in the mountains near Beiguan immediately captured Beiguan, cut off the back road of the white water fox, and trapped the white water fox to death in the valley.

The White Water Fox was brave and thoughtful, and after he captured the North Pass, he left his most elite guards to garrison. The soldiers on the mountain were repulsed many times, causing the white water fox to escape. The white water fox was carelessly defeated and returned, and he was injured again, and he was very annoyed in his heart. He ordered all the captured prisoners of war of the Tiande Army to be beheaded, and drove hundreds of women from the valley to the front of Beiguan, forcing everyone to strip naked and wantonly **. In order to humiliate the Tiande army, the Wang brothers were provoked to fight.

Most of these women were family members of the garrison, and when they saw their wives and sisters being insulted by the enemy in front of the battle, the soldiers of the defending army asked to go out of the border for a decisive battle.

Wang Lin hesitated and asked Ji Huyan Baichuan. Huyan Baichuan said: "Tandaduo cavalry, good at field warfare." Our army has many infantry troops, and it is advisable to defend according to danger. Wang Lin said: "If you don't go to war, how can you explain to the soldiers?" Huyan Baichuan said: "You can exchange the prisoners for the wives and daughters of the soldiers." Wang Lin used his tactics and ordered the exchange of the captives of the Murwei for the captured women. The white water fox was reluctant, but he didn't dare to disobey for fear of causing a mutiny. After the exchange, Wang Lin still had more than a dozen prisoners left in his hands. Wang Zeng planned to tie up more than a dozen captives at the head of the city and chop them alive one by one, and provoked the people of Murowei to attack the city in order to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy. Wang Lin agreed. The wails of the Murowei prisoners of war were incessant all day long, and the stumps of their stomachs and intestines were scattered haphazardly under the city. The people of Murwei were indignant and asked for battle. The white water fox knew that it was the other party's agitation plan, but he was afraid of provoking a mutiny, so he had to order the siege of the city.

For two days in a row, hundreds of besiegers were killed and wounded, but the north pass of Huyan Valley was still firmly in the hands of the Tiande army. The White Water Fox forced the generals to quit and return to the camp. The generals of the vulture tribe returned in vain, and their hearts were depressed, and the old clan that was originally suppressed by the white water fox was ready to move at this time. The white water fox didn't feel exhausted and at a loss.

Late that night, three men in black cloaks suddenly arrived at the White Water Fox camp. The public identity of the three of them is a Hedong merchant who does a leather business, but in fact they are the envoys of Liu Qingling, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu. The person at the head is surnamed Qu, named Qu Chuji, and is one of the best strategists under Liu Qingling's curtain.

After meeting the white water fox, Qu Chuji asked directly: "Khan's attack is unfavorable, what are your plans in the future?" ”

Baishui Fox said: "Mr. is familiar with the customs of the Northland, and should know that 'Hitting the Autumn Valley' is just a fun time to relieve boredom when the spring and autumn have nothing to do, and now that the grass has grown, I naturally still go back to my hometown to graze." ”

Qu Chuji sneered: "Khan wants to leave, is Wang Lin willing to stop easily?" Wang Qian was seriously ill and dying, and at this time he was looking forward to making a great contribution. ”

"So what, does he dare to go out of the city to fight me? I can't ask for it. The white water fox was his mouth, but he was weak in his heart. He didn't know that the reason why Wang Lin didn't go out to fight with him was not because he was cowardly, but because he listened to Huyan Baichuan's strategy and was just waiting for the opportunity. If he retreats at this moment, he will definitely follow after him, which is where he is troubled. If you go out hunting but are injured by your prey, if you lose this face, can you still sit firmly in your Khan's seat?

Qu Chuji saw through Bai Shuihu's thoughts, and his heart was suddenly full of disdain. The tone of his voice became more scathing: "When you go out to hunt but are bitten by your prey, this is not the act of a steppe hero." If Khan loses to Wang Lin this time, I'm afraid that someone will not convince you. ”

"You!" The white water fox's face suddenly turned pale, and his right hand unconsciously pressed on the hilt of the knife. Qu Chuji stared coldly at his white water fox's face, and asked coldly, "Am I wrong?" ”

The white water fox swallowed hard, and asked with a cold face, "Is Mr. here to see my jokes?" ”

"Of course not." Qu Chuji felt that it was really meaningless to go around him like this again, so he said bluntly: "I was ordered by Liu Shuai to help the Khan capture the Wang father and son and join the Tiande army." ”

There was no joy in the white water fox's heart, and he asked quietly, "What price do I have to pay?" ”

"Refreshing!" Qu Chuji praised and said word by word: "Break off diplomatic relations with Liu Yang and be a barrier to the east of the river." ”

"It's as simple as that?"

"It's as simple as that."

"Is that too easy?"

"It's that simple."

The white water fox stared coldly at Qu Chuji's slender white face, and after a long time, he stretched out his right hand: "Deal." ”