Liu Xiu thought for a moment, and then said: "Nanrong probably doesn't know, when I asked Duan Gong to come forward, I not only recruited Han Sui, but also Bian Zhang, but Bian Zhang rejected me. I didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and it was common for me not to be requisitioned. But now, I don't think it's that simple. He paused, and his face became cold: "I suspect that he and Zhang Jiao have colluded, and the Qiang people in Liangzhou suddenly rebelled, and the scale is so large, it is by no means for nothing." ”

Fu Xie's face suddenly became very weird: "What do you mean by saying that the chaos in Liangzhou is just the beginning?" ”

Liu Xiu nodded.

Fu Xie laughed, and he shook his head again and again: "General, that's why you're too worried." As far as I know, the preaching of Taiping Dao in Shandong is not a secret thing, but in Liangzhou, I have never heard of Taiping Dao. Could it be that they preached differently in Shandong and Shanxi? To say that this Qiang rebellion is related to Zhang Jiao is too far-fetched. ”

"You don't believe me?" Liu Xiu was a little surprised, he didn't expect Fu Xie to not believe his inference. After thinking about it, I was a little relieved. He knew the slogan of Zhang Jiao's Taiping Road uprising, but Fu Xie didn't know, he naturally didn't know the secret revealed by the eight words "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand".

"I don't believe it." Fu Xie smiled slightly: "The Qiang people don't believe in the Taiping Dao, and it is impossible for them to unite with Zhang Jiao." ”

Liu Xiu didn't explain again: "Since that's the case, then Nanrong will wait and see." I believe that my judgment will not be wrong, if it is a year or two at the earliest, or half a year at the latest, something will definitely happen in Shandong. ”

Fu Xie pursed his lips and dismissed. "General, let's talk about the surprise soldier."

Liu Xiu smiled: "You are willing to submit to Sima, I welcome you very much." If you are willing to follow me on the adventure, I welcome it, but I can't accept it if you want to replace me. ”

Fu Xie frowned: "I'm not trying to replace the general, I'm just ......"

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't get you wrong." Liu Xiu raised his hand and interrupted Fu Xie's words, "I mean, you have been in our army for too short a time to control those rough men. This kind of covert action must be absolutely obedient, and if there is a situation of ineffective command, it is likely that there will be a danger of annihilation. ”

Fu Xie hesitated.

"Nanrong, I know that you know martial arts, and your martial arts skills are not bad." Liu Xiu patted him on the shoulder, "But compared to those tiger warriors, your martial arts skills can't convince them." ”

"The general's martial arts are enough?" Fu Xie was a little unconvinced for a while.

"Why don't we try our hands?" Liu Xiu grinned and stood up. With one hand behind his back, he sent an invitation to Fu Xie with the other. Fu Xie hesitated for a moment, but after all, he couldn't resist his curiosity, pulled out the long sword from his waist, held it upside down, and arched his hand to Liu Xiu: "Please take the blade of the general." ”

"No, I'll do two tricks with you empty-handed." As soon as Liu Xiu saw Fu Xie's posture of drawing his sword, he roughly figured out his level, where he still needed to use the blade. Fu Xie was a little angry, his face sank, and he shook the long sword in his hand: "Then the general should be careful." ”

"It's okay, just try." Liu Xiu said confidently.

When Pang De saw it, he was startled, and he wanted to step forward to stop but didn't dare, he looked at Hao Zhao for help, but Hao Zhao was very calm, "Don't worry, no one in our army can defeat the general." Hao Zhao laughed softly again: "If you look carefully, it will be of great benefit to your future martial arts practice." ”

When Pang De heard this, he immediately became excited, opened his two eyes, and looked at Liu Xiu without blinking.

Fu Xie greeted again, stepped forward with his sword, twisted his wrist and stabbed. He didn't dare to do his best, for fear of hurting Liu Xiu, and the direction of the stab was only Liu Xiu's leg. Liu Xiu just took an understatement step and let him fall short. Fu Xie took a step forward and stabbed again. Liu Xiu easily avoided it. Fu Xie stabbed a few swords in a row, and saw that Liu Xiu was hiding very easily, only then did he know that Liu Xiu's martial arts skills were really clever, and he no longer kept his hands, and used all his skills, the sword light Huo Huo, and stabbed at Liu Xiu with a sword like a sword.

Liu Xiu once fought with Wang Yue, who was known for his fast sword, and Wang Yue stabbed him thirteen swords in one go, and finally stabbed him in the corner of his clothes. Although Fu Xie's swordsmanship is not bad, it is not enough compared to Wang Yue, he made the tiger and tiger angry, but he didn't run into Liu Xiu at all, but he was tired enough.

Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked a little playfully, "Nanrong, how is it?" ”

"The general is very fast." Fu Xie gasped unconvinced, "But there is retreat but no advance, there is defense and no attack, it can't be called a magic technique." ”

"Really?" Liu Xiu blinked, "Then be careful, I'm going to attack." ”

Fu Xie's hands tightened, and he put on a posture: "Fu Xie is waiting for advice." As soon as he said a Fu word, Liu Xiu had already stepped forward and raised his hand to hit. He was taken aback and raised his arm to parry, but he felt that his wrist was numb and the long sword had been taken off. Liu Xiu snatched the sword in his hand, his wrist shook, the tip of the sword trembled, like a chaotic brocade, and the sword did not leave the tip of Fu Xie's nose, reflecting Fu Xie's eyes.

Without waiting for Fu Xie to react, Liu Xiu had already taken two steps back, pinched the tip of the sword with two fingers, handed the hilt to Fu Xie, looked at Fu Xie, and smiled silently.

Fu Xie's head was covered with sweat, he lowered his head in shame, and reached out to take the long sword and put it into the sheath. "The general is really good."

"It's just the courage of a horseman." Liu Xiu waved his hand, "Tanshi Huai's martial arts skills are several times higher than mine, and in the end, he didn't die at the hands of Hushi." After all, one person's strength is limited, and only by concentrating the strength of more people can we conquer everything and be invincible. ”

Fu Xie took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and when he heard Liu Xiu's words, he also smiled: "In that case, why should the general risk himself?" ”

"It depends on where it's used." Liu Xiu smiled slightly: "Five hundred tiger soldiers, even if they can fight again, what role can they play in the face of tens of thousands of people?" But if these five hundred people hide in the shadows, seize the opportunity, and deliver a fatal blow, it will be completely different. Assassins have the usefulness of assassins, and they cannot be erased. As far as I know, the imperial court pacified the Qiang rebellion, and several times it was assassinated by recruiting people. ”

Fu Xie nodded, and sighed again: "It's a pity that assassination can only solve a temporary predicament, but it can't do anything to completely quell the chaos." Today's Liangzhou is still a mess. ”

"That's not something an Assassin can do." Liu Xiu disagreed: "There has never been a solution to all problems in the world, just like there is no panacea that can cure all diseases. Nan Rong, I want to deal with the wolf now, the assassin is a very effective medicine, and it is guaranteed to be able to kill you. ”

Hearing this, Fu Xie couldn't help laughing.

…… Fu Xie boasted that he was physically strong, not as weak as Xun You, but when he was woken up by the mountain wind in the middle of the night, he still regretted it a little, and looked at the tigers around him with a little more awe. These rough warriors carried weapons and dry rations on their backs, and ran all day on the mountain road, and one by one they were still in good spirits, and after a simple dinner, those who were not on duty could not sleep or not, and they did not move when they got into their sleeping bags. Some people snore very quickly, and it is conceivable that they slept very soundly. The cold winds of the winter nights didn't seem to do much to them.

"Woke up freezing?" Liu Xiu walked over lightly from a distance and handed a pot of wine to Fu Xie, "Take a sip and warm up." ”

"The general hasn't slept yet?" Fu Xie took the wine jug and took a sip, the hot wine rolled down his chest and abdomen, and his body suddenly warmed up.

"I've slept, and I'm getting ready to go on duty." Liu Xiu smiled gently.

Fu Xie was stunned for a moment, Liu Xiu is now a general of Wei, under the third duke, above Jiuqing, he personally led the team to carry out the raid mission, why is he still on duty in person? He thought of those tiger warriors' unconditional obedience to Liu Xiu, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, Liu Xiu's prestige among these tiger warriors was really not something he could replace. He believed that even if there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, as long as Liu Xiu gave an order, these tiger warriors would rush forward without even frowning.

"The general is comparable to the famous general of Hanyang County, Flying General Li Guang." Fu Xie praised it from the bottom of his heart.

"Li Guang is from Hanyang?" Liu Xiu was a little surprised. Li Guang can be said to be the first general in the Western Han Dynasty, even more than Wei Qing and Huo Quai, who doesn't know General Li who "the forest is dark and the grass is frightened, and the general draws the bow at night".

"yes." Fu Xie leaned against a stone and sat up: "Hanyang County was originally Tianshui County, which was analyzed from Longxi, and Li Guang's hometown Chengji is now a county in Hanyang, only a hundred and ten miles away from Jicheng. ”

"I see." Liu Xiu also sat down next to the tree and chatted softly with Fu Xie. Li Guang is a tragic figure, "Feng Tang is easy to get old, Li Guang is difficult to seal", which is a regrettable thing for many people. "Is there anyone in the Chengji Li family now?"

"It's gone, it's long gone." Fu Xie was a little sad: "Since Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu, the people of Longxi have been ashamed of the surname Li, even if they are the descendants of the Li family, most of them are unwilling to call them his descendants." ”

Liu Xiu frowned and didn't say anything more. The Li family always seems to have tragic characters, when Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms, Li Xin made the counterpoint material for Wang Qian's success, and when it came to Li Guang, it became a tragedy in the shadow of Wei Huo, and when it came to Li Ling, it was even more tragic.

"In fact, not only the Li family, but most of the martial artists are the same. Since Emperor Guangwu used scriptures to take scholars, the status of martial artists has been much worse than that of the previous dynasty. Fu Xie smiled bitterly, "Now most of the people who come to Liangzhou to be officials are Confucian students in Shandong, these Confucian students can cherish their reputation, and do not do evil with the people, but the bad ones are tyrannical, greedy for military salaries, drive the people and the Qiang people, and force the people to rebel, but they are transferred to another position, and when the Qiang chaos continues, they will discuss what to abandon Liangzhou." Alas—" Fu Xie let out a long sigh when he said the indignation, and he couldn't say any more.

"Governing the country with culture and Wu Anbang cannot be abandoned. Just as a man has two hands and two feet, neither of them can be missing. Liu Xiu sighed faintly, although his feelings were not as personal as Fu Xie's, they were also very profound. He ran a school in Jinyang and a academy in Chang'an, and he encountered such problems, and those Confucian scholars only had sage classics in their eyes, and they had a strong contempt for military science.

Fu Xie nodded approvingly. He was a little lucky, originally he thought that Liu Xiu was just a courtier who relied on pleasing the Son of Heaven, but now he felt that the rumors were wrong, not to mention Liu Xiu's military exploits in Bingzhou, just because he could share weal and woe with the soldiers, it was not something ordinary people could do. In fact, throughout the ages, there have been many people who have relied on pleasing the upper ranks, but they do have real knowledge and have indeed made immortal contributions, but those who write history are prejudiced and refuse to record their exploits.

…… Liu Xiu and others, under the leadership of Pang De, ran in the vast mountains for three days, and on the evening of the third day, Pang De excitedly told Liu Xiu: "General, over that mountain, we can see the camp of the Qiang people." ”

Liu Xiu was also very happy that the extraordinary personal qualities of the tiger warriors made this operation unusually smooth, and they arrived at their destination ahead of schedule, providing ample time for the next operation.

Liu Xiu called Xu Yu: "Let everyone pay attention to their hidden whereabouts, release the scouts for ten miles, and try not to clash with the Qiang people on the other side." ”

Xu Yu responded with a fist and turned to leave.

"Wang Daochang, you work hard tonight, and go to the front with Ling Ming to explore the Qiang people's camp." Liu Xiu found Wang Zhi, "Ling Ming is still young, you take care of him more." ”

"Whoa." Wang Zhi glanced at Pang De appreciatively, and shook his head: "Boy, let's go." ”

Pang De knew that Wang Zhi was a master of the Heavenly Master's Dao, superb swordsmanship, and magical concealment techniques, and it was a very rare opportunity to ask for advice to act with him, so he hurriedly followed and rushed ahead to lead Wang Zhi. Wang Zhi followed him for a while, feeling that he was walking too slowly, he reached out and lifted Pound's arm, and shouted: "Boy, be careful." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he had already jumped up, and Pound only felt a flower in front of him, and a big tree hit him head-on, so frightened that he almost screamed. Before he could react, Wang Zhi lightly touched his toes on the tree, and jumped down with Pang De. He took Pound to run through the mountains and forests, as fast as a galloping horse. Pound soon fell in love with this sport, he tried his best to spread his legs and run to the rhythm of Wang Zhi, and after a period of hard work, he was barely able to run under Wang Zhi's leadership.

"The erector is teachable." Wang Zhi glanced at him with satisfaction: "Don't hold your breath, don't push too hard, relax." ”

Pang De nodded vigorously and adjusted his breathing according to Wang Zhi's instructions.

An old man and a young man were preaching and teaching while running, and ran out of more than ten miles in one breath, although Pound was covered in sweat, he was not that tired feeling, but felt that his blood was boiling, and he couldn't help but want to open his mouth and roar.

Wang Zhi suddenly swept his eyes, and shouted "Be careful", his body had risen from the ground, like a long arrow shot out, Pang De was dumbfounded, he had already felt that Wang Zhi's body was incredibly fast just now, and when he saw this scene, he knew that Wang Zhi did not do his best just now.

He glanced in the direction where Wang Zhi was running, and saw several figures running among the trees, so he hurriedly took out his bow and arrow from behind his back and chased after him.

Wang Zhiren was in mid-air, the long sword was already unsheathed, the sword light flashed, he opened a feather arrow, shook his hand and threw the long sword, but the person pounced on a Qiang man hiding behind the tree, and his palm slapped on the man's chest like electricity. The Qiang man screamed and flew upside down, fell to the ground with a thud, twitched twice, and then did not move.

At the same time, Wang Zhi had already pounced on another Qiang, and his long sword had pierced through the chest of a Qiang archer.

In a gesture, Wang Zhi was so powerful that he killed three people in a row, and Pang De ran over and shot a Qiang man who was about to attack with one arrow.

"Look for it, if there is anything that has slipped through the net." Wang Zhi regretted it a lot, just because he saw that Pang De had good qualifications, and on a whim, he ran away with Pang De, but he didn't expect the Qiang people to put the scout so far away, and his whereabouts were exposed at once. If this group of Qiang scouts is not killed, there is a possibility that this operation will fail.

The two quickly searched within a radius of a few zhang, and after a while, the two reunited, and Pang De's face was ugly: "Dao Chief, run one." ”

Wang Zhi stomped his foot in frustration, turned around and ran towards the highest peak with Pang De.

In the valley, the camp of the Qiang people is in sight.

"Dao Chief, what should I do?" Pound asked worriedly.

"Go back and report to the general, and let him decide whether to advance or retreat." Wang Zhi's old face was a little unbearable, and he glanced at the camp in the distance viciously: "If the general decides to retreat, the old man will enter the camp alone and take the surname of that bullshit wolf." ”

Pang De shrunk his neck, and his heart said that this old Taoist is really violent.

Liu Xiu received the report, pondered for a long time, and finally glanced at Wang Zhi with a guilty face: "Is there really only one person?" ”

Wang Zhi didn't say anything, and Pang De nodded: "General, I'm sure only one person escaped." The Qiang people wouldn't have thought that we would sneak attack from here, they were doing a routine inspection, otherwise those five people would not have been unprepared. ”

"General, please let me assassinate the Sky Wolf alone and atone for my sins." Wang Zhi said in a hoarse voice.

"You're alone?" Liu Xiu shook his head: "No, if you want to go, naturally we will go together." ”

"General?"

"Don't worry, if you say it, the wolf won't be so easy to believe." Liu Xiu smiled and turned to look at Fu Xie, "Nanrong, if you were a heavenly wolf, would you believe it?" ”

Fu Xie frowned and thought carefully for a while, "Maybe the surname is not big." ”

"That's it, we still have a chance." Liu Xiu patted Wang Zhi on the shoulder, "Don't show off your skills anymore." If you have this energy, you can use it when you see the wolf. ”

Wang Zhi was embarrassed, and hurriedly bowed down.

Liu Xiu ordered the whole army to set up, and immediately marched to the camp of the Qiang people by taking advantage of the light before dawn.

…… The wolf stared at the scout on his knees, grinning at the scout who was kneeling in front of him. He reached out and took the wine jug from the hand of a half-naked Qiang girl, poured two sips, snorted in his mouth, raised his neck and swallowed it, and then scolded: "Which mountain nest did your mother sleep in, and dreamed of Tang Shu in the mountains (Qiang people call ghosts Tang Shu), right?" Running without touching the ground, is that a human or a fairy? ”

"Dashuai?!" The scout raised his pale face, stared at the white and black eyes, and was about to tell when the wolf glared at him fiercely, and swallowed his words back. He desperately recalled the situation at that time, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he couldn't help but wonder if he had really encountered the demons and monsters in the mountains. How can a man fly?

"Have you figured it out?" Seeing the suspicious look on his face, the wolf was even more sure of his guess. He stroked his **'s chest, pulled his messy chest hair, and pouted: "Liu Xiu has only been in Jicheng for four days, even if he wants to sneak attack me from Nanshan, it is impossible for him to come so quickly." Do you think he can really fly? He is not the flying general Li Guang. Besides, Li Guang didn't really know how to fly, otherwise he wouldn't have been caught by the Huns. ”

"Handsome?" The scout was completely confused, and the night's fear and desperate running not only pushed his physical strength to the limit, but also put his spirit on the verge of collapse. Being scolded by the wolf, he didn't dare to insist any longer, and stood there stupidly, trying his last strength to keep himself from falling in front of the wolf.

"Get out!" Seeing that he was staggering and could fall down at any time, the wolf was even more angry, flew up and kicked him out, and then returned to the tent with a snort, and scolded: "Damn, I don't know which one to scratch the belly of the girls all night, my legs can't stand steady, and I dare to run in front of Lao Tzu to talk nonsense." ”

The two Qiang girls walked over, nervously tidied up his clothes, he reached out a little impatiently, opened his arms, walked back and forth in the tent twice, grabbed his messy hair, and said to himself with some anxiety: "This can't be too careless, that man can kill Nie Xiao and 10,000 people with 3,000 people, it is said that the great sage and good teacher also suffered from him, maybe he is the same as those birdmen in Tang Shushan, he really has a bit of a strange ability." I can't be like Nie Xiao, I fell into his hands and feet in a daze. ”

He turned around and walked to the door of the tent, opened the big tent, and shouted to the guards standing guard at the door: "Go, bring me the great wizard, I want to give you a blessing, and see if there will be anything strange here." ”

The guards turned around, and the wolf thought about it, but still felt a little uneasy. He walked out of the tent, crossed his waist, and stood barefoot on the cold ground, looking at the green hills to the north.

Aoyama was speechless.

The Great Wizard soon came, an old woman, with her gray hair in braids, her eyebrows gone, sitting on a chariot carried by four Qiangmen, bowing and staggering, and one feared that she would fall from above. Until she was helped to stand in front of the wolf, she was still stunned, staring at the old eyes of the faint, looking at the wolf blankly.

The wolf frowned, and said his question to the Great Wizard at the top of his throat. The Great Wizard slowly straightened his waist, his godless old eyes gradually brightened, and the whole person exuded a fierce momentum, which shocked the wolf, and the contempt in his expression inadvertently disappeared, and he asked in a trembling and awe-inspiring voice: "Great Wizard?" ”

"General Fei?" The Great Wizard's hoarse voice was like a blunt knife, slicing everyone's ears, and the Sky Wolf and the Qiang warriors gathered around them held their breath, staring intently at the Great Wizard's shriveled mouth, pricking up their ears, not daring to miss a word she said.

"General Fly...... General Fei ......" The Great Wizard muttered to himself, staring at the mountains in the distance, trembling uncontrollably. After a while, she turned around with great effort, looked up at the eastern sky, stretched out a hand, and pointed to the east: "Look...... You see......"

The wolf glanced at it inexplicably, but saw nothing but the rising sun. The Great Wizard's body trembled more and more, and he suddenly fell to the ground, his thin body twitching under the multicolored robes, and he was muttering something indistinctly, and the wolf couldn't hear what she was saying with great effort.

He waved his hand, and a Qiang girl hurriedly crawled over, put her ear to the great wizard's mouth, and after a long while, she stood up with a pale face. When the wolf saw it, he was frightened, and subconsciously wrapped the sheepskin jacket on his body to block the chest of the **.

"Grand Wizard...... Say what? ”

Sirius...... Sirius is gone. ”

Startled, the wolf jerked his head up to the east, narrowing his eyes and searching the eastern sky for the star of the same name. However, all he could see was the glare of sunlight, and there was no Sirius anywhere.

(To be continued)