Yuan Shu held a wine glass in one hand, hugged a beautiful bearded girl in the other, and groped in the half-unsolved Luo shirt, the bearded girl was eating and smiling, but she didn't dare to hide, and the posture of wanting to refuse and welcome made Yuan Shu ready to move. He pulled the bearded girl down, poured the wine on her plump chest, and then leaned up, stretched out his tongue and licked it, slowly sliding down, hurriedly unfastening his belt with one hand, and was about to step up, when a chaotic footstep came from outside.

Then his door was kicked open.

Yuan Shu was furious, his face sank, and he was about to scold the kid who didn't know whether he was alive or dead, but he found that the one in front of him was not his subordinate, he looked at it, and suddenly his face was flushed, and he hurriedly pushed away the bearded girl, hurriedly tidied up his clothes, and said with a wry smile: "Liu Xiu...... My lord, why are you here? ”

Liu Xiu skimmed: "It's so Yaxing, it's really the fourth world and the third prince, with a family history, and even playing with women is full of tricks." ”

Yuan Shu was embarrassed, waved his hand, and asked the bearded girl to go out quickly, while deliberately shouting and letting people arrange wine and food, and scolding from time to time to hide his gaffe. After a long while, he came back to his senses, and his face sank: "No, you are in charge of the war in the west, why did you come to Gaoliu?" ”

Liu Xiu waved his hand, and Hao Zhao handed Yuan Shao's letter up. Yuan Shu took it apart and looked at it, his face was a little complicated, he liked it a little, but he was also a little lonely, and he didn't speak for a long time.

"Yuan Benchu was in a bloody battle with the Xianbei people, and you are playing Xianbei women here, which can be regarded as serving the country." Liu Xiu used a horsewhip to push away the mess on the case, "However, you can't write this credit to the war report." ”

"Come on." Yuan Shu suddenly lowered his face and shouted: "You didn't come here just to make me happy, let's say, what's the matter?" I don't have time or mood to talk to you. ”

"What are you busy with?" Liu Xiu sneered, "Or, I'll wait for you to talk to you after you have a woman?" ”

The corners of Yuan Shu's mouth twitched, and the anger in his eyes flashed, but he held back, just gasped twice, went back and forth in the room twice, and finally stood in front of Liu Xiu, took a deep breath, and arched his hand, "Lord Liu, Lord Liu, I know that we used to have a holiday, and I also know that you don't have a good impression of our Yuan family, but this time ......" He hesitated, lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt in front of Liu Xiu, drooped his head, bit his lip, and plucked up the courage for a long time: "Please do me a favor anyway." I'm Yuan Shu...... I'm begging you. ”

Liu Xiu was taken aback, he didn't expect Yuan Shu to come to such a hand. He was silent for a moment: "Yuan Benchu can only deal with the Xianbei people with foot soldiers now, and his speed of action is greatly affected, and his military rations are likely not to be able to come back." You immediately put in order what you have at hand, and send all the food you can to the outside of the plug. ”

"Alas......" Yuan Shu responded, and was just about to get up to do it, when he remembered one more thing: "Who will escort me, I don't have anyone." ”

"Me." Liu Xiu pointed to his nose.

Yuan Shu was stunned for a moment, and looked at Liu Xiu with suspicious eyes, as if he was worried that Liu Xiu was lying to him and wanted to swallow this batch of military rations privately. He thought about it for a moment, "I'll go with you." ”

"I can't ask for it." Liu Xiu laughed: "Let me see if Yuan Highway is so strong on the battlefield." ”

"And." Yuan Shu snorted disdainfully, he didn't want to show his majesty, he wanted to look at Liu Xiu. He immediately sent someone to handle it, then turned back and sat opposite Liu Xiu. He was a little embarrassed and a little unconvinced. Yuan Shao encountered an accident and asked Liu Xiu for help, but he didn't even send him a message, but he had to know the details through Liu Xiu's mouth, and he couldn't help but be a little frustrated. He sat there, glancing at Liu Xiu from time to time, with an unhappy expression.

When the wine came, Liu Xiu poured himself a glass of wine and took a sip. "As long as Yuan Benchu can come back alive this time, it will be a great achievement, and your Yuan family will be prosperous again. Yuan Highway, aren't you happy? ”

Yuan Shu's face twitched for a while: "Happy." ”

"But I don't see any joy on your part." Liu Xiu laughed, "Actually, I also know that you are a son-in-law and he is a concubine, but I have to say that Yuan Benchu's ability is stronger than yours." ”

"That's what everybody says." Yuan Shu held back his anger and tried his best to maintain the last trace of composure, not wanting to be provoked by Liu Xiu.

"But, then again, it's one thing to say it these days, and it's another thing to do it." Liu Xiu stood up and dusted off the hem of his clothes with a horsewhip, "Whether you have the ability or not, in the end, it depends on who does the best and does more." If you can get Yuan Benchu out of the hands of Xianbei people, I think he will be more majestic in the future, and he will be three points shorter when he sees you. ”

"Thanks for the pointers." Yuan Shu pursed his lips, tilted his neck, and drank all the wine in the cup. "However, what I can do is to take care of the warehouse, don't get into it by rats, now, thanks to your reminder, let me follow you to send him life-saving food, and then watch him break the Xianbei people."

"Not really." Liu Xiu shook his head, "If you want, you can personally lead a large army to relieve the siege." ”

"The army?" Yuan Shu's eyes turned a little red, "Just my two hundred guards?" ”

Liu Xiu shook his head, stretched out a hand, and shook it in front of Yuan Shu: "Five thousand foot soldiers, five thousand elite horsemen." ”

Yuan Shu was startled, and it took a while to come back to his senses: "What are you kidding?" ”

"Not a joke." Liu Xiu smiled slightly: "I am going to hand over the Northern Army and the five thousand Western Liangjing Cavalry to you for command, and at the same time assign another famous general to you as an assistant, you think I am interesting enough, right?" ”

Yuan Shu was overjoyed, and then looked at Liu Xiu vigilantly: "That'...... What are your qualifications? ”

Liu Xiu raised his eyebrows: "Conditions? There are no conditions, I just can't get used to Yuan Benchu, he was originally my subordinate, and now he has changed into a few levels higher than me. I'm upset, so I'm going to help you shame him. He paused, and then said, "Of course, if you really don't want to go, if you have such an opportunity in the future, think about me more, and I am very welcome." ”

Yuan Shu thought about it, although he didn't dare to believe what Liu Xiu said, he couldn't see anything wrong. He readily agreed and warmly invited Liu Xiu to drink. After preparing the grain and grass, he met with Huangfu Song, Cao Ying and others, set off with the military rations, and ran all the way to the north.

…… Yuan Shao fought and retreated, after receiving the news that Liu Xiu promised to receive reinforcements, he immediately informed the whole army, heard that there were reinforcements in the back, the army was settled, they patiently fought with the Xianbei people, and repelled the attacks of the Xianbei people again and again, although because of the delay in speed, they were about to face the danger of running out of food, but there was hope in their hearts, they were not panicked, and retreated to the south in an orderly manner.

Sandalwood was keenly aware of the other changes. According to his assumption, he didn't have to attack with all his strength every time, as long as he kept pressure on the Han army, delayed their marching speed, made them panic all day long, and was in a tense atmosphere, coupled with the threat of food shortage, the collapse of the Han army was a matter of time, and at that time, the Han army would only care about fleeing for its life, and no longer had the heart to form a formation against the enemy, and the rest was a one-sided massacre, that is, it was time for the Xianbei people to gallop on horseback.

The Han army did not collapse for a long time, which was much more than he expected. On the one hand, he praised Yuan Shao's set of troops, and on the other hand, he also strengthened the reconnaissance of the enemy's situation, and he felt that the reason why the Han army did not collapse was probably because they knew that reinforcements were coming, so they did not panic and did not panic.

As long as the reinforcements are defeated, the Han army will be completely desperate and will collapse without a fight.

When he was about to arrive at Tianmayuan, Tanshihuai received news that the Han army really had reinforcements, which were 10,000 foot cavalry led by Yuan Shao's younger brother Yuan Shu, escorting a large amount of grain and grass, and were rushing north at the fastest speed, and it was estimated that in two days, they would be able to meet Yuan Shao near Luoyueyuan.

Tanshihuai convened the generals to discuss the matter and decided to personally lead the Xuanwu battalion to attack Yuan Shu.

Murong Feng expressed his worries, he said that although Yuan Shu is an unsuccessful man, but 10,000 foot cavalry should not be underestimated, foot combat is the advantage of the Han people, foot and cavalry combined attack, but also the Han army's best tactic, although the adult's Xuanshui battalion is brave, but with 3,000 people to attack 10,000 people, is it too risky?

At the same time, he has another worry, this is less than a thousand miles away from the Han people's border fortress, in addition to Yuan Shao, the Han army also has Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu is best at running thousands of miles, if he is also nearby, what should he do?

Unlike last time, the adults of the various tribes who had suffered heavy losses now found that although Murong Feng had also lost the battle and was injured, it was not Murong Feng's brain that was injured, he was still as powerful as before, and he was also trusted by the king as before. If you listen to his reminder, you won't suffer such a big loss last time.

Murong Feng's worries were also their worries, after this period of fighting, they knew that Tanshi Huai was important to this army united by various tribes. Without a great king, even Murong Feng could not completely unite them.

"Liu Xiu? Although he has rushed to the clouds, he has not been out of the fortress, and I don't think he has any intention of assisting Yuan Shao in the battle. Tanshi Huai smiled confidently: "I won't let him have this opportunity, I have already ordered the Hongyue tribe to approach Guanglu City and make an offensive posture, forcing him not to dare to go out." ”

"But the strength of the Red Said tribe is insufficient, and Liu Xiu may not take them seriously."

"Yes, so I'm going to send some people to help him." Tanshi Huai's sharp gaze swept in front of everyone one by one, and finally landed on the face of Ke Zi, the Lord of the Tiger Tribe, "Ke Zhi, you go for a trip." ”

Ke was overjoyed and immediately got up and agreed.

Murong Feng was silent for a moment, and continued, even if Liu Xiu can't pull out, I still think that it is too risky for the king to attack the 10,000 Han army with 3,000 men and horses, so please bring more men and horses. Now that Yuan Shao is exhausted, even if we have 10,000 fewer people, he will not dare to attack, but if the king has 10,000 more, he will have a greater chance of winning and will be able to end the battle faster.

Everyone agreed with Murong Feng's suggestion and hoped that Tanshi Huai would bring 10,000 more people. Tan Shihuai thought about it again and again, and agreed, he ordered Micah and Suli in Xianbei in the east to follow him, and everyone else stayed behind and obeyed Murong Feng's command. He once again warned the lords that when he was away, Murong Feng was the sole commander of the army, and no one was allowed to disobey his orders, otherwise he would be severely punished when he returned.

The crowd responded.

With 13,000 cavalry, Tanshi Huai quietly left the camp and went around Yuan Shao's back to invite Yuan Shu to attack. At the same time, Ke Ji also left the camp with the army of the Tiger Tribe, all the way to the west, and joined Helian and the Hongyue tribe, preparing to feint to attack Guanglu City and attract Liu Xiu's attention.

As the army left the camp with countless scouts, they rushed in all directions for information, some as far as the border. Among them was a bearded Xianbei man who ran all the way south, ran wildly for a day and a night, and knocked on the door of the cloud plug late the next night.

Yunzhong Sai Chang Zhang Yang looked at this tired Xianbei man, inexplicably, is this here to surrender?

The Xianbei man pulled the fake beard off his face, took off the fur hat on his head, and revealed a loose black hair. Zhang Yang's eyes tightened, "Han? ”

…… He Lian was very happy to see Ke Ji, but then he was unhappy again. "The king handed over all the military power to Murong Feng?"

Ke Zhi nodded, "The king himself went to intercept Yuan Shu, so that everyone else listened to Murong Feng's command, and said that if anyone does not listen to Murong Feng's orders, he will be severely punished when he comes back." ”

The side of Hebian's mouth twitched, and his hand touched it in his arms, the soft letter paper had been put in his arms for too long, and it was already a little warm, but the words above echoed in his mind clearly.

If the Father is not kind, why should the Son be filial?

"Did the king say anything about that letter?" Kazuren licked his somewhat dry lips.

"I heard that the king and Murong Feng talked by the lake for a while, and then they tore up the letter." Ke took a peek at He Lian's face, and then said: "Everyone said that after this battle, Murong Feng may become the Lord of the West, and the ranch of the original Wild Sand Tribe will be allocated to him. ”

Gandra's eyebrows furrowed, and then he regained his composure.

He Lian sneered and didn't say anything more. Ke waited for a while and asked tentatively, "When are we going to start attacking?" ”

He Lian glanced at the Luozhi Qianluoluo, and the Luoluo said slowly: "We have come from afar, and the troops are insufficient, if we attack strongly, the losses will definitely be a lot, it is better to be safe, go to the mountains to cut some big trees, make some siege equipment, and then attack the city." Anyway, we are just feinting, there is no need to die, just put the army outside the city and let the Han people know that we are coming. ”

Ke nodded again and again, indicating agreement.

He Lian drank the wine in silence, and suddenly said: "If Murong Feng leaves the Central Xianbei, the Tiger Tribe will become the strongest tribe in the Central Xianbei, it seems that I will have to ask the adults for advice in the future." ”

Ke hurriedly raised his glass: "I am willing to serve the prince." ”

He Lian smiled: "I heard that the tigers of the Tiger Tribe have a heavily guarded dungeon, and even the rats can't escape." I was very curious and would like to have the opportunity to visit it. ”

The prince laughed, it was just a place where disobedient slaves were kept. If the prince wants to see it, of course I welcome it with the door open. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, raised their glasses, and drank them all.

...... "Tanshi Huai went to Luoyue Plain, and he brought three thousand horsemen?" Liu Xiu blinked his eyes and looked at the merchant of the Red Said tribe with suspicion: "Is your information accurate?" ”

"Please rest assured, it is absolutely accurate." The merchant said in fluent Chinese, "Your Excellency, these 3,000 people are the king's personal guard camp, called the Xuanwu Battalion, and all the soldiers are selected from various tribes, and there are many children of tribal adults. Your Excellency, you also know, we Xianbei people advocate bravery, and if we don't have a good martial arts, we won't be able to inherit the family business in the future, so these people's martial arts are not bad, and after the king's personal teaching, they are all masters. ”

"All masters?" Liu Xiu shook his head with a grin.

"Of course, they can't be compared with adults, but compared to others, they are definitely masters." The merchant said calmly, "The battalion of three thousand guards, thirty centurions, six five centurions, and three commanders of thousands are all chosen from the king's personal guards. These 3,000 people are all wearing iron armor comparable to your Han people, equipped with ring knives and iron stirrups bought from your Han people, and their combat effectiveness is definitely comparable to that of 10,000 elite horsemen. ”

Liu Xiu shrugged in disappointment, "It's so powerful, then I'd better stay away from him and don't mess with him." I'm only 10,000 people in total, and I don't want to fight him out. ”

The merchant smiled slightly, "Your Excellency's concern is very reasonable. If you go head-to-head, you don't really have much of a chance of winning, but if you suddenly appear from behind, the odds are very good. ”

"Behind the scenes? How do I know which way he's going to go. ”

"I don't know, I know." The merchant fell to his knees on one leg: "I am willing to serve the adults and horses." ”

Liu Xiu touched his chin, pondered for a while, and nodded, "Okay, you let me prepare." In addition, you prince has to help cover it up, let's have a good fight in Guanglu City, so that no one will find out that your prince is passive and slack. ”

"Brilliant plan." The merchant flattered and said, "My prince said that my lord is wise and will seize this opportunity, and he is willing to cooperate with him with all his might, so as to repay him for his selfless help." ”

…… Huang Fu Song glanced at the sky in the distance, suddenly raised his hand, and ordered the whole army to stop advancing and immediately line up to prepare for battle. Yuan Shu sat on the war horse, looked east and west, and did not find any hostile situation, he wanted to ask Huang Fu Song what he found, but when the words came to his mouth, he felt a little embarrassed, so he had to close his mouth, just looked at Huang Fu Song's expression intently, hoping to see a clue from it.

The army immediately took action, the three cavalry battalions of the Northern Army lined up on the left, Huangfu Song's five thousand Xiliang cavalry lined up on the right, Xiahou Yuan led the infantry battalion in the forefront, relying on the baggage cart, erected a spear two feet long, and inserted the spear in the soil, the front warrior squatted on the ground, holding the spear handle with both hands, and the warrior behind put the spear on their shoulder, and stepped on their spear, and then the warriors behind acted in turn, and the three rows of warriors formed a forest composed of spears.

Behind the infantry battalion, Wang Kuang led the shooting battalion to open the carriages of more than 100 baggage trucks, revealing the strong crossbows loaded inside, and the soldiers put the crossbow arrows beside them, and the archers took out the arrows in the arrows and inserted them into the soil in front of them one by one.

Guan Yu held the horse-chopping sword equipped with a long handle, sat on the baggage cart and closed his eyes to recuperate, and the heavy armor soldiers helped each other to put on iron armor, gossiping, laughing in a low voice from time to time, and his expression was very relaxed.

Yuan Shu was surrounded by the soldiers he led, standing in the center of the large array surrounded by baggage carts, and two tall baggage carts were put together to erect a simple command platform. Huangfu Song stood on the command platform, his hands on his eyebrows, blocking the sunset in the west, his expression was calm, and he couldn't see any nervousness before the battle.

Yuan Shu suddenly felt a little envious, Huangfu Song was about the same age as him, but he couldn't do this command's calmness. Along the way, he also spent some thought and Huangfu Song, but the effect was not good, he quickly lost patience, now it seems that his strength is not enough, Huangfu Song can get Liu Xiu's praise, should be a general worth spending effort to win over.

"I said Yizhen, why are you standing in front of the sun? How do you know that the Xianbei people will come from the west? ”

"Because in this way, we face the sun, dazzling, and the Xianbei people can see clearly with the light on their backs." Cao Ying rode over on a horse, took Yuan Shu's words, and said with a smile: "Yuan Highway, so afraid of death, hiding in the middle?" ”

Yuan Shu's face sank, "You're afraid of death, I'm protecting the Chinese army." ”

"Hahaha...... Cao Ying laughed loudly, "With so many Xiliang warriors to protect you, do you still need it?" He shook his head and dismissed, "I've heard that when I was in Northern Xinjiang, I slashed a lot of Xianbei people, and even cut off the knife. You also came to the northern frontier, if your hands are not bloody, go back, don't brag in front of me in the future. ”

"Don't worry, I will kill no fewer people than you at that time." Yuan Shu was about to go berserk, he had always looked down on Cao Ying, and today he was squeezed by Cao Ying in front of so many subordinates, and he really couldn't bear it.

Cao Ying disagreed, and arched his hand at Huangfu Song very casually: "Yizhen, the third battalion of the Northern Army has been prepared and can attack at any time, but where is this enemy?" ”

"There." Huangfu Song pointed to the sky.

Yuan Shu and Cao Ying looked over there together, but they didn't see anything, only a few wild foxes running away from not far away. Cao Ying's face changed, and he turned his horse and left. Yuan Shu hadn't understood yet, but Qiao Rui beside him gasped.

"What?" Yuan Shu was inexplicable.

"Look at those foxes." Qiao Rui pointed to the foxes who fled in the wilderness and said: "Foxes have always been cautious, if there is no big movement, they will not run so desperately, it must be a large army." ”

Yuan Shu suddenly realized at this time, and slapped his forehead: "Lao Tzu is so stupid, I was thinking about shooting two foxes to make a glove just now, but I didn't expect this to be an enemy." ”

While they were talking, smoke and dust rose in the distance, and the overwhelming Xianbei people poured out of the sky, like a storm in the desert, rapidly approaching. The sound of horses' hooves was like a muffled thunder, earth-shattering.

Huangfu Song remained silent, raised his hand gently, the drummer beat the war drum vigorously, the low and slow drum sound exploded on the field, all the soldiers put away their smiles, stayed at their posts, and waited for the battle to begin. Xiahou Yuan stood behind the two shields, staring closely at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer. Wang Kuang held the bow in one hand, and with the other hand, he took out a chirping stick from the arrow basket and put it on the string, drew the bow full, and pointed the arrow diagonally forward.

As the Xianbei people got closer and closer, the drums slowly became rapid, and everyone held their breath, except for Guan Yu, who was still sitting leisurely on the baggage cart, looking at the Xianbei people who were rushing towards him with contempt.

Five hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps.

Wang Kuang let go of the string in his hand, and Mingdi rushed into the sky with a scream, drawing a graceful and deadly arc, turning his head downward, like an osprey, piercing into the frenzy of the Xianbei people.

There was a "buzz" sound, and more than a thousand crossbows roared almost simultaneously.

"Raise the shield—" Micah let out a long whistle as he threw himself on his horse's back, and at the same time removed the round shield from his saddle and covered it over his head.

(To be continued)