Chapter 12: The Third Leg

"Left and right cloud hands...... Inverted Rainbow ...... Wild Horse Mane ......"

On the beach like silver by the moonlight, Xiahou Hui practiced Tai Chi with Sun Shao's command, his fist was soothing and free, coupled with the plain gauze clothes that swayed in the wind, the whole person looked holy.

"Stop!" Sun Shao suddenly stopped her, strode up, and pulled away Xiahou Hui's clenched fist: "Why is this fist so tight?" Hold it too tightly, the breath is not smooth, is it a little gasping? ”

Xiahou Hui glanced at Sun Shao timidly, stuck out his tongue, and explained softly: "Sister has always taught me like this. ”

"Silver screen ......" Sun Shao said to his lips and swallowed back, he glanced at Xiahou Hui's eyes shining in the moonlight: "Is she in a bad mood lately?" ”

"Hmm." Xiahou Hui lowered his head: "She misses Ah Mu and Ah Yu." ”

"I knew it." Sun Shao's arms shook up, shook off the big gun, and revealed the robe inside: "Look at it, pay attention to the circular rotation of all joints." After speaking, he started from the first style, the wild horse split the mane, the jade girl shuttled, a single whip, and the one-style drill continued, the movements were smooth, the demeanor was elegant, like a fairy among the gods, and Xiahou Hui was like a sin.

"You do it again." Sun Shao hooked his fingers and motioned to Xiahou Hui to do it again, "Remember, don't use force with your intentions, and use your heart to experience the subtle changes in your body with every movement." ”

Xiahou Hui didn't say a word, and practiced boxing with Sun Shao's instructions, until fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, she found that although Sun Shao's and Guan Feng's movements were the same, but after Sun Shao's adjustment, the results were very different, and after the drill, she felt hot all over, and her body was slightly sweaty, but she didn't have that feeling of panting.

"Where's my sister? I'm going to tell her. ”

"It's not that I haven't taught her, it's that she herself is upset." Sun Shao took the fox fur from Shi Bao's hand, draped it on Xiahou Hui's shoulder, and said, "Are you saying that I am ruthless? ”

Xiahou Hui grabbed his collar and shook his head: "Husband, don't blame your sister, mother and son are connected, it is impossible to be like you men." In fact, she also knows that Fujun and King Wu are not the same person. ”

"I know." Sun Shao took Xiahou Hui's hand and walked slowly along the beach. "Yinping is simple-minded and doesn't think about it so much, it's not surprising that she has this idea. Wait, when this war is over, I'll find a way to get them back. ”

Xiahou Hui bit his lip and thought about it, and asked tentatively, "Exchange the war horse?" ”

"Yes." Sun Shao turned his head and glanced at this girl who was a little unusually smart, and as soon as she showed a little meaning, she guessed that it was really a wise blue heart.

Xiahou Hui's long eyelashes fluttered twice, and he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't be so easy." ”

"Why?"

"The more you want to take them back, the more King Wu won't let go." Xiahou Hui held Sun Shao's hand and said softly: "The more valuable the hostages, the more tightly controlled, and those dispensable hostages are more free. There are many hostages like Yecheng, and I have seen too much. Zang Ba and Sun Guan also have sons in Yecheng, but they are often in arrears even for their annual expenses, and King Wei can only let it go. ”

Sun Shao blinked: "I know this truth, but I can't stop my heart, so no matter what method I use, I must take them back." ”

"That'...... The husband needs to prepare more methods. Xiahou Hui hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Exchanging war horses for warhorses is just positive, positive and strange, and it is the way of a soldier." ”

"Hehehe, I didn't expect you to have a study of the art of war." Sun Shao smiled.

"I can't talk about research, I've just seen some of it." Xiahou Hui's face flushed, and he said embarrassedly: "It's just talking on paper, it's okay to be reasonable, if you really want me to arrange it, I can't do it, it's not as good as Sister Feng and her husband can fight on the battlefield together." ”

Sun Shao didn't say anything, he knew what Xiahou Hui wanted to ask, but he couldn't say it yet. It's not that he doesn't trust Xiahou Hui, but the fewer people who know some things, the better.

"Husband, why don't you want to occupy Liaodong?" Xiahou Hui saw that Sun Shao didn't say anything, knowing that he didn't want him to know Guan Feng's whereabouts, so he changed the topic: "I think Zang Ba and they are all disappointed, if Fujun occupies Liaodong, it will be more beneficial to them." ”

"Although it is beneficial for them to occupy Liaodong, it is not good for the whole situation." Sun Shao's tone was a little erratic, as if he might be blown away by the sea breeze at any time. "Gong Cao won't let me occupy Liaodong with confidence, and there will inevitably be disputes at that time, so why bother. All I need is a few islands. ”

"However, the territory of Yue is indeed too small." Xiahou Hui's slender eyebrows shrugged: "The husband takes care of the overall situation by himself, but what about the ministers?" They all hope to tear the ground and seal it off, and pass it on to their descendants. ”

"If there is a lot of land, why bother in Liaodong." Sun Shao smiled and pinched Xiahou Hui's hand: "Your Xiahou family's fiefdom, how can it be that it was the fiefdom of Xiahou's servant back then?" ”

Xiahou Hui's ancestor was Emperor Gaozu's servant Xiahou Ying, Xiahou Ying was a friend of Gaozu Liu Bang when he did not have a career, and later followed Liu Bang to fight, drove for him, and saved the filial piety Emperor Liu Ying and Lu Yuan Princess Liu Le, Gaozu died, Empress Lu was in power, and many heroes were deposed, but he was still his servant because of the life-saving grace of the year, and Emperor Wen was the son of heaven by the king, and he was the servant because of his support, which can be said to be the most stable hero in the early Han Dynasty. But despite this, the Marquis of Ruyin was only broken when it reached his great-grandson Xiahou Po.

"That's what I said, but ...... Others don't think so. ”

"I'll give them a better account." Sun Shao smiled confidently: "I don't want to be cunning and kill dogs, but I don't expect them to be able to have no desires." Such a thing as selflessness can only be demanded of oneself, not others. ”

"But isn't it right to rule the country by virtue? If we don't pay attention to morality, the world is full of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, how can we govern the world well? Xiahou Hui raised his head and looked at Sun Shao a little blankly. Sun Shao's theory and practice of statecraft are far from what she knew. The Han Dynasty was agriculture-oriented, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, but Sun Shao emphasized industry and commerce, and simply gave up farming.

"Of course you want virtue, but if you pull it too high, you just can't do it too much." Sun Shao took every opportunity to instill some of the questions she thought about into Xiahou Hui, she was still young, although she had read some scriptures, but after all, it was easier to accept new ideas. And her scripture foundation is better than his, after her understanding and polishing, put on a coat of Confucian academics, and then feedback to him when the time comes, others will sound much more pleasant. He also said these things to Guan Feng, but Guan Feng was not interested in these ways of governing the country, she was only interested in the guerrilla warfare and blitzkrieg mentioned by Sun Shao. "For example, if one leg is strong and the other leg is weak, can he go far? Morality and talent, like these two legs. ”

"What about those three legs?" Xiahou Hui stretched out a finger, supported his red little face, and tilted his head to look at Sun Shao.

"Three-legged?" Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, and looked at Xiahou Hui puzzled: "Where did the three legs come from?" ”

"I don't know." Xiahou Hui was also a little dazed: "Sister Feng said, you once told her that a man has three legs, and whether the third one is strong or not is the most important question." ”

Sun Shao suddenly realized, his face was red and his ears were red, and he squeaked twice, looking at him left and right, but he secretly sighed in his heart, Guan Feng, this girl, was really deceived by Xiahou Hui, and even told her this kind of words in the boudoir. Xiahou Hui was also a little embarrassed when she saw that Sun Shao stopped talking, although she didn't understand what this third leg meant, but from Sun Shao's expression, she could guess that it was definitely not a serious word.

The sea breeze is light, the waves crash on the shore, and the two lines of footprints go farther and farther along the beach.

On the west bank of Daliang Water, under the slope of a mountain called Daliang Mountain, Fuyu Wang Wei Qiutai is watching the song and dance with great interest, several blonde and blue-eyed, tall and plump Maiko are turning in circles in the tent with the beat, with the rotation, their skirts fly high, revealing the slender calves under the skirt, they raise their arms high, their fingers fiddle out many tricks, for a while like a smart snake, and for a while like a bird about to fly, the sleeves of the shirt slipped down to the shoulders, exposing all the slender arms in front of Yu Qiutai's eyes.

Wei Qiutai laughed, grabbed a handful of corn from the bamboo beans and stuffed it into his mouth, then got up and walked to the middle of the maiko, turned his head and swung his hips, and danced together. Both men and women can sing and dance well, and Wei Qiutai is also a master, and in a moment his kung fu has become the center of the maiko. He grabbed the waist of a plump maiko, and the two looked at each other affectionately, dancing like a fascination.

Wei Qiutai's mood couldn't be bad. This time, Cao Zhang and Sun Shao Chen soldiers were in Liaoshui, and Gongsun Gong was frightened and sent someone to ask them to send troops to help, and agreed to his generous conditions. I thought it was a vicious battle, but I didn't expect it to start yet, but Cao Zhang and Sun Shao had infighting, and I heard that the fight was lively on the beach, and they couldn't tell the winner for a while. Wei Qiutai followed Yangyi to attack Liaojiao City, and Yangyi gave him a good errand and stationed his men on the west bank of the Great Liaoshui River to prevent Cao Zhang's sudden return to help. Wei Qiutai knew that Cao Zhang's strength was not small, and he was a warrior who was good at fighting, so he was very careful and sent scouts all the way to the seaside. It has been very quiet these days, and the news sent back by the scouts said that Sun Shao had come with reinforcements, and Cao Zhang was a little nervous, and had retreated thirty miles back from the sea.

Wei Qiutai is not worried, there are still nearly 100 miles after retreating 30 miles, although Cao Zhang has cavalry, but he only has 4,000 cavalry, and the remaining 10,000 people are all foot soldiers, a hundred miles away, they have to walk for at least two days, and with these two days, he can calmly make the most beneficial choice for himself.

The latest news has just arrived, and there is nothing unusual about Cao Zhang's camp, it seems that he has been dragged by Sun Shao, and he will not be able to return to Liao Tunnel City for a while. When he thought of Liao Tunnel City, Wei Qiutai's psychology was a little complicated, and his grandfather with the same name set off from here and took a boat to Luoyang, Kyoto of the Han Dynasty, to make protons. It is not good to be a proton, especially in the eyes of the Han people are still barbarians, his ancestor lived in Luoyang for more than ten years before coming back, after returning, he has been able to speak fluent Luoyang dialect, behaved generously and decently, and the Han people are no different, but he was rejected by the clansmen, and finally lost in the struggle for the heir, and has been living in Liaokou City in his later years. Wei Qiutai learned about his grandfather's deeds from his grandmother, saw the seal of the Han Dynasty emperor who his grandfather left behind, and loved the exquisite embroidery and official seals, but hated these for making him lose the opportunity to become the king of Buyeo.

He could have been the king of Fuyu very smoothly, instead of obtaining the throne by surrendering to Gongsun Du as he is now.

His biggest dream is to wait for the power of the tribe to grow, break away from the Han Dynasty and live a free life again. And this time, Gongsun Gong gave him this opportunity, as long as he helped Gongsun Gong defeat Cao Chang and Sun Shao, he could get a lot of wealth and people, and he could return to Fuyu's hometown and be a real Fuyu king.

Although Wei Qiutai is not very clear about the situation of the Han Dynasty, he still knows the general situation, the current Han is not the previous Han Dynasty, the current Han is as weak as an old man, even an incompetent person like Gongsun Gong can dominate Liaodong, what prestige does the Han have to subdue the world? The Fuyu, Xianbei, and Karasuma people, whether they surrendered to the Han Dynasty or still read power, were all ready to move, waiting for an opportunity.

This opportunity originally appeared forty years ago, after the defeat of the Han army by the king of the Xianbei people, all the tribes on the grassland thought that the opportunity to invade the Han Dynasty had come, and no one expected that the Tanshi Huai, who was in the limelight, suddenly died inexplicably, and his son Helian was simply a fool, and the powerful Xianbei people were torn apart in a blink of an eye. Later, there were two grandsons in Liaodong, one was Baima Gongsun Zhan, he was a nightmare for the Karasuma people, and the other was Gongsun Du, he was a nightmare for the Goguryeo people and the Xianbei people, and the Buyeo people were sandwiched between the Goguryeo and Xianbei people, and they were rats in the bellows.

Now that Gongsun Chan is dead, Gongsun Du is also dead, the Xianbei people are in chaos, and the opportunity for the rest of the husband has come.

Yu Qiutai couldn't help but be happy, he pulled the Maiko and danced excitedly, and the Maiko's smooth and soft arms made him fascinated. He pulled the Maiko into his arms, and with a silver laugh, he waved his hand, and the other Maiko immediately retreated, and the Maiko he left behind was obediently pasted up, and gently untied his belt with dexterous fingers, and the heavy fur was open, revealing the brocade robe inside, which he bought from the merchant at a high price, and was a status symbol, and he was afraid of being soiled by the Maiko, so he personally went to untie the brocade belt. The brocade band was very slippery, and it opened with just a slight pull, revealing the white clothes inside.

Who said barbarians are dirty? Wei Qiutai is a person who loves cleanliness very much.

Maiko enviously touched Wei Qiutai's brocade belt, and the slippery feeling of the brocade dwarfed her palm.

"Do you want it?" Wei Qiutai squinted his eyes and smiled. Maiki was taken aback and quickly let go. Yu Qiutai laughed: "Don't be afraid, make this king comfortable, and this king will reward you with a tie in your hair." ”

Maiko looked at Yu Qiutai in surprise, although it was just a hairband, it was also a rare thing. She went to untie Wei Qiutai's small clothes with joy, and her hand reached along the edge of the small clothes, and just reached Wei Qiutai's waist, Wei Qiutai suddenly grabbed her wrist. Maiko was startled, thinking that he had made Wei Qiutai unhappy, and was about to ask a question, but saw Wei Qiutai looking at the tent door unhappily.

At the tent door stood a panting samurai.

"What's the matter?" Wei Qiutai asked with anger suppressed. Being interrupted at this time is really not something that can make him happy.

"Cao Chang is here." The samurai pointed out of the tent: "Now it is at most five miles away from the main camp." ”

"Five miles?" Taken aback, Wei Qiutai pushed the maiko away, pushing her unsteady on her feet, and falling to the tent with a thud. Wei Qiutai didn't look at it, stepped forward, grabbed the samurai's collar, and shouted angrily: "Why didn't you come to report until now?" ”

"They're too fast." The samurai blushed and stammered, "By the time we found them, they were already very close to us. I almost ran to death before I got a few miles ahead of them. ”

"So fast?" Wei Qiutai frowned: "How many people?" ”

"Four or five thousand men, all cavalry."

"It's only four or five thousand." Wei Qiutai breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand: "Explore again." ”

The samurai breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly went out of the tent. Wei Qiutai immediately beat the drum and raised the account, he was not worried, Cao Zhang only came with four or five thousand people, and he had nearly 10,000 people, as long as Cao Zhang's brain was not bad, he didn't dare to attack him, as long as he didn't give him a chance to sneak attack, Cao Zhang's running was useless, he could only return empty-handed.

However, things turned out to be what Wei Qiutai expected, and just when he was gathering to discuss the matter, Cao Zhang, who rushed to the outside of the camp, launched an attack. In a very short period of time, he defeated the guerrillas who came forward to intercept him, and directly rushed into Wei Qiutai's camp, which was so fast that everyone didn't expect, so fast that Wei Qiutai's subordinates didn't even have time to open the battle formation.

Four thousand cavalrymen, mainly Karasuma, rushed into the camp, brandishing sharp ring-headed knives and spears, and slashed and slashed everywhere they went. Cao Zhang's left hand spear, right hand sword, rushed to the front, close to him were three hundred guards all equipped with the new style of war knives provided by Sun Shao. As soon as they rushed into the large camp of Wei Qiutai, they divided into a queue about two or three zhang apart, and rushed through the large camp to kill the enemies they encountered one by one.

The war knife provided by Sun Shao is very sharp, as soon as the knife goes down, the spears and war knives in the hands of the Fu Yu people are broken, most of the Fu Yu people have no armor, a few have leather armor, as for the iron armor, there are even less, only the commander and above can afford to wear it, in front of Cao Zhang and others, they are no different from naked, wherever the war knife goes, even if it is iron armor, it is useless, not to mention leather armor or even a simple leather jacket.

Cao Zhang's slashing and killing was dripping, all the deflated food he had eaten in Sun Shao's camp for so many days was vented, and he now finally regained some good feelings towards Sun Shao, and the three hundred personal guard cavalry equipped with new-style war knives were simply unstoppable, and easily tore apart the resistance of the rest of the man, and he didn't feel it when he encountered the guerrilla cavalry just now, but now he rushed into the camp, and the effect was much more obvious.

In the face of the fierce and vicious cavalry of the Cao army, the rest of the people were dumbfounded, they had no time to organize an effective resistance, and watched Cao Zhang's Karasuma people with a bearded head pass through the formation.

"Karasuma people!" Wei Qiutai, who rushed out of the big tent, scolded that the Karasuma people really didn't have a seed, and they actually became the dogs of the Han people, helping the Han people to kill the husbands and people who were also from the grassland tribe. Although the Fuyu people and the Karasuma people have fought and have enmity, you can't be the dogs of the Han people.

The Han cavalry led by Cao Zhang couldn't understand Wei Qiutai's words, but when they saw the brocade clothes on Wei Qiutai and the luxurious tent behind him, they immediately knew his identity. Cao Zhang let out a long roar of excitement and threw the spear in his hand with all his might.

The spear was like lightning, like a huge arrow, and instantly flew over a distance of eighty paces, penetrating Wei Qiutai's chest. Wei Qiutai was led back by the tremendous force of the spear, and did not stop until he leaned against the tent. He looked at the half-cut hilt of the spear and couldn't believe his eyes, how could someone throw a spear such a long distance with the strength of his arm? It's a human crossbow.

Wei Qiutai's rapid death brought immeasurable losses to the Fuyu, who had no preparation, lost their command and fought separately, not Cao Zhang's opponent at all, he led the cavalry back and forth to kill twice, Fuyu collapsed, some of them threw down their weapons, knelt down and surrendered, and some turned their horses' heads, turned around and ran. Cao Zhang gave an order, and the cavalry in a group dispersed and chased in all directions. Behind Wei Qiutai is the beam water, the rest of the people panicked, many people jumped into the cold beam water and drowned, only a small number of people escaped.

In just one hour, Cao Zhang broke through the camp of Fuyu and killed Fuyu Wang Wei Qiutai on the spot. The first battle was won, and the morale was greatly boosted. On the one hand, Cao Chang informed Tian Yu to lead the infantry to come, and on the other hand, he reorganized his team, crossed the Daliang River, and chose the opportunity to attack the Goguryeo king Baqi.

When the news reached Yang Yi's ears, Yang Yi was shocked, and after a short silence, he scolded Wei Qiutai for being a fool. He knew that although Wei Qiutai claimed to have 10,000 people, in fact there were only more than 6,000, and he overreported the number in the hope that there would be more benefits when the time came. He didn't care, he knew these barbarian cautious eyes clearly, and he didn't expect Wei Qiutai to be able to block Cao Zhang, but he didn't expect Wei Qiutai to lose so quickly, which suddenly made him fall into passivity. Yang Yi didn't even have time to discuss with the king of Goguryeo, Baqi, and retreated twenty miles back in the shortest possible time, giving up the plan to attack the city, he didn't want to be attacked by Cao Zhang's internal and external attacks.

At the same time, he sent someone to send the news to Xiangping City, asking Gongsun Gong to be careful, Cao Zhang's reaction was so fast, it was very likely that he reached some kind of agreement with Sun Shao, and put the contradiction aside for the time being. Two days after the news was sent, Yang Yi received the news that Tian Yu led the foot soldiers to arrive, and he was suddenly shocked. He was suspicious of Cao Zhang's unhesitating move, it stands to reason that with Sun Shao behind him, he would at most use cavalry to risk a sneak attack on Wei Qiutai to relieve the pressure on the Liao Tunnel, how could he rush over with all the cavalry?

Unless, there is no contradiction between him and Sun Shao at all. In other words, Cao Zhang and Sun Shao teamed up to dig a pit and lure them from Xiangping City to the Liao Tunnel. Thinking of this, Yang Yi did not dare to delay any longer, and immediately ordered a quick retreat and retreated to Xiangping City.

However, soon came another news that shocked Yangyi even more, and Sun Deng, the king of Wu, led 5,000 Jiangdong sailors to cut off the pontoon bridge on the water of Daliang and cut off his back road.

(To be continued)