Chapter 31: Two or Three Things That No One Knows
That night, it was Liang Qiu Wu who came to Xie An's room, after all, no matter how much Xie An said yesterday, Yi Yi was tossed enough, and at this time, Xiao Nizi, who was unable to move, was still resting in her young lady's room.
It stands to reason that this is the best moment to regain the dignity of a man, but unfortunately, Xie An, who did not close his eyes for a day and a night, really did not have the interest and energy, even if Xie An drank a bowl of aphrodisiac soup overnight because of another woman in the afternoon.
may have felt that the atmosphere was more embarrassing for the two of them to lie on the couch and do nothing, so Xie An told Liang Qiuwu everything about the day and the eldest grandson Xiangyu.
When it came to the eldest grandson Xiangyu threatening to force Xie An to teach her those things she didn't know, Liang Qiuwu's eyes showed a thick look of anger, and he said in a sullen voice, "It's too much to deceive people!" - Ann, don't pay attention to her, I want to see what tricks she can play! β
Seeing that her husband was bullied to such an extent, this one of the few brave generals in the Great Zhou could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.
Xie An looked at Liang Qiuwu helplessly, he saw that she wanted to stand up for him and settle this matter, which made him feel a little embarrassed, but then again, he didn't think that Liang Qiuwu could deal with the woman who was the eldest grandson Xiangyu.
The reason is that Liangqiu Dance is too upright, too easy to be bound by secular dogma, although it has the force that most men in the world are difficult to match, but the scheming and city government are extremely immature, to put it mildly, it is simply the best example of big minds and brainlessness.
As the eldest grandson Xiangyu said, when he clearly knows that the prince wants to be unfavorable to him, how stupid must he be to drink the wine handed over by the other party?
But then again, this is also what Xie An likes very much about Liangqiu Dance, which is straightforward and unpretentious.
"Wu, don't meddle in this matter, I'll take care of it...... In short, before I teach her everything I know, she shouldn't hurt me anymore, don't worry......" Quietly holding Liang Qiu Wu in his arms, letting her gently lean on his chest, Xie An whispered.
In his mind, with Liang Qiuwu's personality, most of the solutions she could think of were to rush to Changsun Xiangyu with that chilling long knife and confront her, just ask, is this trick useful to Changsun Xiangyu?
You know, that woman did not hesitate to risk being detected and deceived afterwards, but also designed a plot against the prince and the fourth prince, and almost turned the entire Jijing into a battlefield, if it was found out, this would be a crime of killing her family, but despite this, she still did it, this kind of woman, will care about Liangqiu Dance's scolding and threats?
At least Xie An doesn't think so.
"Are you sure? Are you sure you can handle her? Liang Qiuwu, who was in his arms, raised his head and looked at Xie An very seriously.
"Harness? ββWhat do you mean? Xie An was stunned.
Glancing at Xie An, Liang Qiuwu frowned, and said wistfully, "I have heard that the people of Jijing call me a monster behind their backs......
"Huh?" Seeing that she suddenly diverted the topic, Xie An was a little puzzled.
"Yes, an ordinary woman, how can she wield a weapon weighing dozens of catties?" The woman in her arms smiled bitterly, and before Xie An could comfort her, she frowned and said, "However, if I am a monster, that woman is too!" β
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"An, you don't know her ability, that's why you say this, have you heard that a few years ago, the north was in an emergency, and 100,000 Wairong went south to attack my Great Zhou?"
"Uh, I've heard a little about ......"
ββ¦β¦ It was April of the 19th year of Hongwu, the northern border was in an emergency, 100,000 Wairong knocked on the pass, broke through Yuyang, killed, burned and looted, and did all kinds of evil, so that Yuyang County was ten rooms and nine empty, corpses were all over the field, and blood flowed like a river.
At that time, more than 30 people from Yuyang County, including the county guard, the county commander, the county lieutenant, the supervisor and the corresponding officials, were all killed in the city.
Ten days later, the thief army pointed directly at Youzhou, coercing Fanyang, Zhuojun, Shanggu, the thieves were huge, repeatedly broke the number of the Son of Heaven to send reinforcements, causing the people of the court to panic, at that time, the fourth highness Li Mao was ordered to personally command the northern expedition of my Shenwu camp......"
Raising his right hand and touching his chin, Xie An recalled, "I remember when I came to Jijing a few months ago, when I was down on the streets, I heard the storyteller in the teahouse tavern talk about it, saying that you turned the tide and broke the enemy's ......."
"Do you want to turn the tide and break the enemy's army?" Liang Qiuwu smiled bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and sighed slightly, "Then have you heard, in fact, I was defeated in the first battle?" β
"Huh?" Xie An was stunned.
Taking a slight breath, Liang Qiuwu's eyes showed a little reminiscence, and he frowned and said, "The outer Rong of the grassland, unlike my Great Zhou, takes the tribe as a small country, and at that time, the people who entered my Great Zhou were the elite divisions composed of dozens of tribes, and the bow and horse were skillful even above my Shenwu camp, where is the [rabble] [rabble]?" - On the contrary, I and the Fourth Highness are trapped in Gaoyang, and we are tired of coping. β
"That ......"
"I know what you're trying to ask, and that's what I'm telling you about...... At that time, I and the four princes were defending Gaoyang, and the eldest grandson Xiangyu, who was thousands of miles away, wrote an order to me in the name of the Ministry of War, telling us to give up Gaoyang and make a rout, and then the army was divided into two routes, all the way to follow Wairong, all the way to the north, to take Yuyang, and cut off the retreat of Wairong! β
"Clever plan......" Xie An couldn't help but praise.
"Brilliant idea?" Liang Qiuwu glanced at Xie An when she heard this, and could see that there was some unswerving in her eyes, but she didn't explain anything, and continued, "After our army gave up Gaoyang, His Royal Highness led half of the soldiers of the Shenwu Battalion to take Yuyang lightly, and at that time, Wairong didn't expect that our army would attack its rear in a roundabout......
"Why a feint? Wouldn't it be better to take Yuyang? Xie An was stunned when he heard this, and asked, "If you take Yuyang, then the 100,000 Wairong will be locked up in my Great Zhou, so won't you be able to completely annihilate the enemy army?" β
"I thought so at the time, but the woman wrote in the letter that if our army really took Yuyang, the 100,000 Wairong would definitely attack our Great Zhou Jinggi and Jijing at all costs in order to survive, but if we can maintain the situation of the two armies in Yuyang and leave a glimmer of life for it, we can induce it to return to the army to rescue ......"
"I see! - So, did the 100,000 Waijon really withdraw their troops? β
"Ahh Because that woman deliberately asked me to release rumors before, saying that Da Zhou had prepared an elite army to fight out of the pass, find those grassland tribes who waved troops into my Da Zhou, and slaughter all the old and young women and children in their tribes. At that time, that woman sent a letter asking me to lead half of the Shenwu battalion to pursue them, and not to confront them head-on, but only to make a sneak attack, and retreat as soon as they fought, so that they could not eat or sleep in peace......"
"Tired soldiers......"
"Well, from Gaoyang to Yuyang, more than a thousand miles of travel, although I only led the army to kill a few thousand people in Wairong, but the entire army and horses were dragged down, so that later in the territory of Fanyang, Shili Tingpo on the west side of Xiaoshuiling, and the four highnesses who had been agreed in advance attacked on both sides, and finally broke the thief army, beheaded more than 20,000 people, and then did not give Wairong the opportunity to rectify the defeated army, all the way to Yuyang, a battle was decided! - Did you hear clearly, An, that woman, who had been staying in Jijing without leaving an inch, but commanding our army thousands of miles away to fight against the enemy, not only calculated the retreat route of the 100,000 foreign troops clearly, but even felt the thoughts in the other party's heart thoroughly, from beginning to end, playing with it between applause! β
"That's really remarkable...... Xie An praised sincerely, and then asked in surprise, "That's what you want to say?" She's smart? β
Liang Qiuwu glanced at Xie An when he heard this, sighed slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Gao Yang, there are 80,000 people in my Great Zhou, and after the war, there are only a few hundred people left......
"Gao ......" said halfway, Xie An suddenly remembered that Gao Yang was the city where Liang Qiu Wu and the Four Princes originally fought and defended against Wairong, and he finally understood what Liang Qiu Wu wanted to express.
For the victory of this battle, the eldest grandson Xiangyu did not hesitate to sacrifice 80,000 people in Gaoyang, and let those outsiders kill, burn and loot in the city, although it was for the sake of the overall situation, but this ruthlessness was really ......
Suddenly, Xie An felt Liang Qiuwu's delicate body tremble in his arms and hugged him tightly.
Although the room was dark and there was no light, Xie An could still see her eyes tightly closed, with a look of feeling.
This stupid woman was probably very helpless at that time, on the one hand, there were 80,000 people in Gaoyang, on the other hand, tens of thousands of people in Jijing, and even tens of thousands of people in the whole country of Dazhou......
Stretching out his hand and holding her in his arms, Xie An comforted her in a gentle tone, "If it weren't for you repelling those 100,000 foreign soldiers, maybe I would have been killed more in Da Zhou, and maybe even I would have been killed...... In that case, how can I be blessed to marry you......"
"Nonsense, you are from Guangling, how can there be anything ......?"
"That's not necessarily, if the imperial court is afraid of those thieves and moves the capital, which fuels the arrogance of the thieves, maybe they will wave their army south to attack Guangling!"
"No," the woman in her arms shook her head, and Zhengse said, "Wai Rong attacked my Great Zhou, in order to loot food and women, not to destroy my Great Zhou, but that time, the garrison in the north has not experienced war for a long time, so that it has been defeated repeatedly, which makes those thieves greedy, and they want to loot in prosperous places such as Jijing and other prosperous places in my Great Zhou......
Listening to her calm analysis, Xie An shook his head angrily.
Can't this stupid woman hear that she's comforting her?
I didn't really analyze the battle situation with her at that time!
Four years ago, my brother hadn't come to this era yet, I'm afraid of a ghost!
Xie An sighed speechlessly, and suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and said, "When I first arrived in Jijing, I heard that you killed the leader of Wairong in that battle, what is the name of Hatu and what is the ...... of Chi?"
"Goltuhachi!" Liang Qiuwu glanced at Xie An with a smile, and said wistfully, "This person is the leader of dozens of tribes in the northern grasslands, known as the wolf of the Cangyuan, with extraordinary martial arts and great strength, it is really not easy to kill him at that time......" Speaking of this, she seemed to think of something, and said with a chuckle, "The weapon used by this person at that time was obtained by me after the war, and you have also seen it, it is the nine-foot-long war knife......
Xie An was stunned and asked suspiciously, "When?" β
"That's the time you and Third Brother Xiang went to the Qinglou to fool around with those frivolous women, the one I mentioned!"
"......" Xie An opened his mouth, thinking that when he was drunk that day, the woman in his arms found them with such a treasure knife, Xie An couldn't help but feel a chill on his back, layers of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he said, "It turned out to be the one, I said, it's murderous when you look at it......"
"Murderous, that's because when Gutu Hachi cast this treasure knife, he killed hundreds of grassland wolves, sacrificed this treasure knife with wolf blood, and then used it to kill a lot of forces hostile to his tribe, and also took it into my Great Zhou, indiscriminately killing innocents, yes, this knife is quite murderous, if I wasn't too angry that day, I wouldn't have touched it......"
"Say...... That's right...... "Xie An, who was in a cold sweat, trembled and hugged the woman in his arms.