Chapter 2: Bitter taste

The bolt was at a loss just now, and when he heard the voice outside the door, he suddenly came to his senses, and shouted loudly: "Sister-in-law is here, don't put the guy down quickly!" If you kill your sister-in-law by mistake, none of you want to live! ”

There was a rush of sound from both sides, the cold light in the hole in the wall was gone, and finally even the hole disappeared, only Xiao Dapeng's face became more and more ugly. The situation changed too quickly, and Han Shige and the others all looked at each other, secretly guessing the origin of the woman outside. Fastest update 78 novels //

The door opened, and two swarthy and thin Kunlun slaves flashed in. Although these two Kunlun slaves were bare-handed, they exuded a fierce murderous aura on their bodies. They had just stopped there at random, but they had blocked all retreats in and out of the room. Immediately following the two Kunlun slaves, a pretty girl walked in with a young and beautiful woman in her arms. The woman caressed her slightly bulging abdomen with one hand, glanced at everyone in the room, and said lightly: "Xiao Dapeng, when did you learn to rob men and women, do you want to turn the Changshan Carriage and Horse Shop into a black shop!" ”

Xiao Dapeng said: "Sister-in-law, you misunderstood. Me, I'm just kidding them......"

When Han Shige heard Xiao Dapeng also call this woman his sister-in-law, he knew that he had guessed wrong just now, she was not Xiao Dapeng's woman. But this also shows that there must be a more powerful big brother behind Xiao Dapeng, otherwise Xiao Dapeng would not be afraid of a woman who is pregnant with Liujia.

"Humph! Whether you're kidding or not, you know it yourself. The woman sneered and said, "I repeat again, if anyone dares to do this nonsense again and ruin the reputation of Changshan Village, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people!" ”

"Ahh Chen Fangling suddenly screamed, covered her mouth tightly, and said after a while, "You, you are the sister of the Shi family." ”

The woman glanced over to this side and said with a smile, "Girl, you have recognized the wrong person, I don't have the surname Shi." ”

Seeing the woman turn her face, Chen Fangling was even more convinced of her judgment, suddenly lifted the shallow dew, and said loudly: "Sister Shi, take a good look, I'm Fangling!" ”

Xiao Dapeng finally saw Chen Fangling's appearance clearly, couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and said in his heart, no wonder those thieves dared to take the risk of offending Changshan Chariot Xing, although this woman's beauty is not as good as Gao Xiu'er, but she can be regarded as stunning, but I don't know what the other one looks like.

"Fangling?" The woman also looked at it carefully, and suddenly said with surprise on her face, "It's really Sister Fangling, how did you come out?" ”

This beautiful woman is none other than Gao Xiu'er, and her appearance here is purely coincidental. The purpose of the establishment of the Cheung Shan Carriage and Horse Company was to collect intelligence and information from all sides, and the focus of the recent period has naturally been to collect information about the western expedition. However, Gao Xiuer hadn't heard this report for seven or eight days, she was concerned about Liu Ziqiu's safety, and finally couldn't help but go to the Changshan Carriage and Horse Store to take a look, and as soon as she arrived at the door, she heard the movement inside.

When she was in Qiyin Courtyard, Chen Fangling was Gao Xiuer's personal maid, she knew how to do things more well, and she was even loved by Gao Xiuer. Seeing the old man unexpectedly at this moment, Gao Xiuer was full of joy, and she didn't care to inquire about the news of the Western Expeditionary Army for a while.

"Sister, I, I thought I would never see you again in my life." Chen Fangling saw that "Shi Huiniang" finally recognized herself, she choked unconsciously, pointed at Han Shimo, and said, "Yes, it was Han Gongzi who rescued me." ”

Gao Xiu'er was gifted and intelligent, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind and she remembered someone and said, "But Han Shige Han Gongzi? I heard Liu Ziqiu talk about it. ”

Han Shige was stunned for a moment, and arched his hand: "It's Han Shige down there, isn't Mrs. talking about Liu Ziqiu?" ”

Gao Xiu'er smiled shyly, reached out and stroked the ends of the hair that hung down to her ears, and said, "Some things are long, let's go to the village and talk about it slowly." ”

Everyone in Changshan Village knows that Gao Xiu'er is Liu Ziqiu's daughter-in-law, but since Gao Xiu'er found the Geng post on Liu Ziqiu, she told the villagers not to leak her relationship with Liu Ziqiu. The reason why Changshan Village has been able to develop rapidly in just half a year is because of the support of every prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. The Xie family's support is also an investment, although Liu Ziqiu did not say it, Gao Xiuer can feel that the Geng post is obviously a political marriage.

Gao Xiu'er didn't know Liu Ziqiu's attitude, but she knew very well that it was impossible for the daughter of the Xie family to agree to be small for others. If it is known that Liu Ziqiu has already married a wife, this marriage will inevitably fail, and the consequences will not stop there, and it is likely that Changshan Village will lose the support from the Xie family in the future. Gao Xiuer knew that Liu Ziqiu had big ambitions, and the support of the Xie family was extremely important to him, so Gao Xiuer would rather hide her relationship with Liu Ziqiu. Who knows the bitter taste of this?

In this era, wives can't call their husbands by their names, so Han Shige didn't doubt the relationship between them. However, since the other party knew Liu Ziqiu, Han Shige's nervous mood relaxed, nodded at Han Zhong, and said to Gao Xiu'er: "Han Mou listens to Mrs. Arrangement. ”

Before Gao Xiu'er went out, she turned to Xiao Dapeng and the bolt and said, "Remember, as soon as there is news in the west, tell me immediately." ”

Xiao Dapeng was still suspecting that it was the bolt that reported to Gao Xiu'er just now, but now he understands that Gao Xiu'er was by mistake and happened to catch up with this incident, and he can only blame himself for his bad luck.

Changshanji is not far from Changshan Village, just a short walk away. Different from Changshanji, Changshan Village is surrounded by high walls, and there is a moat dug outside the wall, and arrow towers are built at the four corners.

The houses in the village are very simple, and although the yard where Gao Xiu'er lives is larger, it is still a thatched house. Before he could enter the door, he saw a person turn out of the courtyard next door, and exclaimed, "Shimo, how did you find here?" ”

Han Shige looked back, and was also surprised, and said, "Sister-in-law, it turns out that you live here, and my brother almost found Yanguan City." ”

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The battle for the city of Weiding has been going on for ten full days, and both sides have paid a huge number of casualties. The soldiers defending the city were killed every day, and by ten days, the number of dead had approached a thousand. There were more than 3,000 wounds, mainly from arrows. However, Liu Ziqiu was well prepared and put a lot of effort into the protection of the soldiers, forcing all soldiers to wrap silk clothes close to their bodies, and even to wrap silk turbans around their heads. With these careful preparations, although the injuries were numerous, they were not too serious, and after simple bandaging, most of them had returned to the battlefield.

Comparatively speaking, the losses of the besieging side were much greater, especially among the dead side, at least five times more than those of the defending side. As long as they hold on, over time, the retreat of the Xianbei people on the besieging side will be the only option. However, Liu Ziqiu did not want this battle to drag on for too long. The longer it drags on, the greater the casualties in the city. In particular, if it is delayed for a month, it will affect the grazing of the summer and the livelihoods of the whole year.

Seeing that the enemy's offensive was getting weaker and weaker day by day, Liu Ziqiu finally made up his mind and ordered the whole army to cook food on the third watch and go out of the city on the fourth watch to have a final decisive battle with Murong Fuyun.

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More than half of Murong Fuyun's men had already been killed, and many of the Xianbei leaders were full of complaints, and the siege was not as active as before. Murong Fuyun was so anxious that he sent people to urge the small tribes that followed behind. Who knows, those small tribes heard that the war ahead was unfavorable, and many people received secret letters from Xifeng Ye Lilan and Hun Luo, and they smeared oil on the soles of their feet and quietly slipped away. There was only an empty camp left in the rear, and there were only four or five small tribes still holding out in the camp, seven or eight hundred men and horses, and these people were also planning to escape, so they did not report the situation to Murong Fuyun in time.

The most infuriating thing is that those small tribes who quietly retreated also took away all the fodder for cattle and sheep. Without fodder for cattle and sheep, their men and horses will go hungry. Fortunately, the Xianbei people also prepared some cattle and sheep forage, coupled with the huge casualties, there were more dead people, and the consumption was naturally less. The remaining cattle and sheep forage can barely last for two days. But two days later, if they could not capture the city of Weiding, they would have to withdraw their troops.

Since the beginning of this year, Murong Fuyun has fought with the Sui army many times, and each time the Sui army has been invincible after paying huge casualties. This time, however, they faced a completely different enemy, and the battle was very tenacious. Several times, his men had already stormed the city, but they were eventually driven down. On one occasion, the city gate had already been breached, and a wall of ice appeared behind the gate, which was harder than stone, and there was nothing to be done. The next day, the broken gate turned out to be intact again, apparently someone had fallen down from the city at night to repair it. These few things all show that the fighting spirit of the defenders in the city is very firm, and it will definitely be difficult to please if they continue to fight, and even Murong Fuyun himself is a little undecided.

In a dilemma, Murong Fuyun summoned the leaders of the various tribes to discuss countermeasures. There was a lot of discussion, and those who advocated retreating had the absolute upper hand. If you want to retreat, you must not let the defenders of the city discover their intentions. Otherwise, it won't be nice to let people follow behind your ass. Murong Fuyun hesitated again and again, and was about to give the order to retreat overnight, when he saw a soldier hurriedly running in from outside the tent and said loudly: "Qi Qi Lord, wolf smoke is released in the city!" ”

Wolf smoke is a beacon fire, which has been used by the Han people since ancient times, to transmit messages and warn each other. But Weiding City is already a lonely city, and it is a good thing that Yu Wenhua does not come to attack the city, so how can he send troops to rescue? In this case, what do you want to do with wolf smoke in the city? Murong Fuyun was puzzled.

Jin Bo suddenly said: "Lord of the country, the villain understands!" We can't withdraw! ”