Time goes back a few days ago.

The three thousand Wei cavalry led by Hong Qi arrived in Longyang Town on time, but after all, they couldn't wait for the main force of the Northern Wuwei army, so they had to open the rest of the bag, but when the three generals finished reading the small words on it, their faces suddenly turned like earth.

"What, let us go four hundred miles south, and then one hundred and seventy miles east? Look at this marching route, directly through the Gyeonggi Heavy Land of the Southern Dynasties, I'm afraid that our 3,000 people are not enough to stuff the teeth of the Southern Dynasty barbarians! ”

Tian Zhong pointed to the map and roared.

Zhang Beijiang said with a wry smile: "The main forces of the Southern Dynasties are all in Jingyang, and going deep into the Gyeonggi region may not mean that you will be dead or alive, but you look at the follow-up arrangements of this little marquis, what does it mean to be strong and clear the wilderness because of the grain?" Isn't this clearly asking us to burn, kill, loot, and slaughter villages and towns all the way? ”

Tian Zhong was shocked and said angrily: "How can this be done? Our army is a dignified king, and it is not a grass in the forest, how can it do such a heart-wrenching thing? What's more, no matter whether it is the south or the north, they are all compatriots, how can our army raise a butcher's knife against our compatriots and kill them in a big way?! ”

"If you don't kill, you can't ......"

Hong Qi sighed: "This little marquis has no last resort, the grain and grass brought by our army from Yishui have bottomed out, and if you want to continue fighting, you have to grab grain all the way." ”

"That can't slaughter the village and destroy the town! Since ancient times, although the people who have been strong and clear the wilderness, although they can win for a while, but after that, they all ended up miserable because of the heavy killing, not to mention that the imperial history of the court is like a mad dog, if they know, we must not be drowned by saliva when we go back? ”

"Hey, you have to be killed if you drown in saliva, it's clearly written on the bag......"

"What?"

Tian Zhong snatched the second bag in Hong Qi's hand, only to see that there was only a line of crooked small characters on the note inside.

"Half of the villages and towns you pass through are slaughtered, and half of them are released, this matter is related to the lives of 50,000 Northern Wuwei, and I hope that the three generals will not be soft!"

Although the previous tips were also Xu Rui's strategy, they were written by Yang Weiyuan himself, and the notes in the last seven tips were written by Xu Rui himself, but in Yang Weiyuan's tone.

"It's blackmail! This little bastard dared to use the lives of an army of 50,000 to blackmail the three of us into committing such a killing, deserving of it, simply deserving of it! ”

As soon as Tian Zhong saw the note, he immediately burst into flames, gritting his teeth and roaring angrily.

"Brother Tian, Ci is not in charge of the army......"

Hong Qi patted Tian Zhong on the shoulder, looked at the sunset on the horizon and sighed.

"What do you mean?"

Tian Zhong turned his head and stared at Hong Qi.

Hong Qidao: "I heard before that this little marquis once advised the marshal not to attack Yishui, and to use the 250,000 troops that have been surrounded as a substitute for the dead, dragging the king of Wuling, and then our army calmly withdrew to the Great Wei, and at that time he left the sentence Ci Bu in charge of the army......"

"What?!"

Tian Zhong's pupils shrank.

"Use my Great Wei's 250,000 army as a substitute for the dead ghosts?! It's a shame that he can say it, this little bastard is cold-blooded and ruthless, and Lao Tzu mistook him......"

"Brother Tian, don't be in a hurry to scold, you calm down and think about it, our army attacked Yishui, and the 250,000 troops still have to die, and if we had listened to him at the beginning, how many fewer people would our Beiwuwei have died?

I now understand the deep meaning of his words of mercy and not being in charge of the army. This son is really an anomaly between heaven and earth. ”

"Hong Qi you...... Ay!! ”

Tian Zhong's face turned red, and he wanted to scold a few words angrily, but he didn't know where to start, so he had to stomp his feet and walk away.

Hong Qi shook his head and said to Zhang Beijiang beside him: "Now it's time to use Shangguan Buda's old goods, I hope he can also know everything about the military and politics along the way." ”

Shangguan Buda stood by the overflowing river, as if he was looking at the railing from afar, and the old servant stood beside him, waiting for his orders at any time.

At this moment, a group of soldiers passed behind him, as if they had not made any contact with him, but a small note appeared strangely in the palm of his back.

The old servant nodded at him quietly, and Shangguan Buda turned around, looked around, and saw that no one paid attention to him, so he unfolded the note, glanced at it quickly, and then pretended to yawn, and shoved the note into his mouth and swallowed it.

As soon as he finished doing all this, he saw a soldier rushing over, running all the way to Shangguan Buda, and said loudly: "Lord Shangguan, my general asks you to discuss the matter." ”

"Oh?"

Shangguan Buda suddenly smiled in surprise.

"Since the general has summoned him, the criminal officer will go to it, and trouble the little general to lead the way."

As he spoke, he gave the old servant a look, and the old servant immediately understood, took out a small piece of silver from his cuff, and quietly stuffed it into the soldier's hand.

The soldier was shocked, hesitated for a moment, and still held the piece of broken silver.

"Little General, I don't know what General Hong is doing to find the culprit?"

Shangguan Buda asked with a smile as he walked.

The soldier grinned and said, "That's the case, our army is about to start, and the general is not very clear about some things, and I want to ask you for advice......"

Thirty miles away, the 10,000 rhino horn army that was chasing Hong Qi stopped, and Lu Dongqing, who was dressed in bright armor, settled the army, and then took a few cronies to gallop up a small break, looking at the open Siye with a face full of fascination, as if immersed in this beautiful autumn scene.

A close confidant in his twenties next to him posted it and asked softly: "General, the scout came to report that he had found traces of the Wei army thirty miles away, why didn't the general pursue it, but instead ordered the army to stop here?" ”

Lu Dongqing glanced at his cronies, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a smug smile.

"Haven't you seen it, my Southern Dynasty is an outstanding person, sitting on countless young talents, but the only one who has been taken by the prince since he was a child is Zhong Qingyuan, although the prince and Zhong Qingyuan have no name of master and apprentice, but they have the reality of master and apprentice.

This battle is the stage for the prince to show Zhong Qingyuan's skills, and it is also the pedal for him to step into the court, how can I be so ignorant of advance and retreat and steal his limelight? ”

The cronies were not angry when they heard this: "How can the prince be so eccentric, that Zhong Qingyuan is arrogant and arrogant, and there is no one in his eyes, but he has to be used so much, general, you are conscientious, fighting in the south and the north, but you want to make way for him, what is the reason?" ”

Lu Dongqing laughed.

"Zizhong, you have to remember that there are only two kinds of people in this officialdom, one is an enemy, the other is a friend, with the support of the prince, he Zhong Qingyuan will rise in the court sooner or later, and no one can stop him.

In this case, why didn't General Ben push the boat down the river, borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and send him a cheap favor? Just a little forbearance, you can have fellowship with him at the end of the day, isn't it useless?

He is a little arrogant, but he is extremely upright, and after he soars, if General Ben needs something, although he does not dare to guarantee that he will definitely help, at least he will not jump out and block the way.

Don't forget, behind him is the prince, as long as the prince does not object in my Great Wu Kingdom, what can the general do, and what official can't be done? ”

The cronies seemed to understand and complained: "But this is too wronged for you, and when will this have to wait?" ”

Lu Dongqing laughed and said: "No grievances, no grievances, you don't understand, General Ben deliberately found a reason to run out."

In this way, he Zhong Qingyuan won the battle, I will not share his credit, if he loses the battle, it is not good to treat me as a scapegoat, I can attack and retreat.

As long as I take a good look at these 3,000 cavalry, don't let them cause any trouble, and then wait for Zhong Qingyuan to free up his hands, and then return the stage to him, I will count my merits as complete and worthy of this trip.

Zizhong, you are the son of Lin Yanghou, and you will also enter the court in the future, you have to learn the way to be an official now, otherwise how will you rise step by step in the future and shine on the lintel? ”

The cronies' faces turned red, scratched the back of their heads, and said, "How could I think so much, I just want to follow the prince and the general to fight in the south and the north." ”

Lu Dongqing glared at him, and scolded with a smile: "It's not promising, look at this world, the prince will be able to unify the north and the south in less than twenty years, how can there be so many battles to fight at that time?"

What's more, the officialdom is all the way, unless you are a ruthless person like the prince, you can't fight alone after all, and this general will still count on you boys to charge for me in the future. ”

The cronies looked solemn, and solemnly hugged their fists and said: "With the order, Zizhong will definitely live up to the general's trust in the future, and will fight for the general!" ”

Lu Dongqing laughed, turned his horse's head, raised the long whip in his hand, and ran towards the camp with his cronies.

Lingdong City is located in the south and northeast, behind it is the most difficult and dangerous section of the Liuqing Mountain Range, full of cliffs, fierce beasts and miasma, few people.

Although crossing this strange peak, and then going north is the territory of the Northern Dynasty, but because the mountain peak is too difficult, there is not even a decent trail, and every time you enter the mountain, it is a life and death.

So except for one or two thieves who fled for their lives in a hurry, no one ever entered and exited the Southern Dynasty through here.

Starting from Lingdong City, two hundred miles to the west is the Northern Qi Dynasty, but many merchants gathered here, sold the grain and cloth of the Southern Dynasty to the Northern Qi Dynasty, and then brought the coal and iron of the Northern Qi back to the Southern Dynasty.

Although the Southern Dynasties and the Northern Qi Dynasty fought each other for many years, Lingdong has never been affected because of the terrain, especially in the last year or two, the war has become more and more intense, and the merchants have used this place as a bridgehead for trade with the Northern Qi, so although Lingdong City is not large, it is also very lively.

Outside the city of Lingdong, fifteen carriages were parked beside the pipeline, the first one was inlaid with gold and jade, richly decorated, and at first glance it was ridden by the magnates, and the fourteen behind it were all carts that pulled goods, which were full of goods, and the outer layer was covered with cloth, which was the same as the goods pulled by the merchants to the Northern Qi Dynasty.

"Young Master, we're here ......"

A man in his thirties, dressed as a steward, leaned over to the carriage and shouted, his tone a little stiff and reluctant.

Although he changed his clothes and put two mustaches on his lips, the old people of Beiwuwei could still recognize him at a glance, because he was the deputy general of the forward battalion who led five hundred warriors from the sky and broke through the Yushan Pass.

Xu Rui slowly and leisurely got out of the carriage, he was wearing a black and gold embroidered robe, the materials were extremely exquisite, the needlework was also very exquisite, the price was very expensive at a glance, only those who knew how to know knew that it was the most popular "hunting suit" in the capital of the Southern Dynasty, a piece of clothing cost three hundred taels of silver, and those who could afford it were rich and expensive.

Xu Rui is only sixteen years old this year, he is still young, he has red lips and white teeth, fine skin and tender meat, dress up well, and with his unique lazy temperament, he looks like a gentleman and a noble son.

It's just that as soon as he got out of the car, his two eyes flashed and looked around, and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he immediately scratched Mei Chuang's eyes fiercely, and said in a low voice: "Hey, do you know how to act?" Who is in charge of such a big spectrum? Dozens of brothers' lives are tied to your trouser belt, and you are so perfunctory? ”

Mei clenched her teeth, clenched her fists loosely, loosened and clenched, struggled for a long time, and finally put on a flattering face, and said with a smile: "The lesson of the young master is that the little one will not dare next time." ”

The brothers of the forward battalion in disguise didn't dare to laugh, and they were so red that they were red in the face, but Xu Rui snorted with satisfaction and beckoned behind him.

"Three dogs, let's go, go into the city with the young master!"

Sangou, who was hiding behind the cart, immediately agreed, and ran behind Xu Rui.

Xu Fang on the side also hurriedly ran out: "Young master, there are still old slaves, and old slaves." ”

Xu Rui glanced at him and said angrily: "Hmph, I said that I wouldn't let you come, you actually played a play for the young master and me, and I haven't settled accounts with you yet, so I will stay." ”

Xu Fang licked his face and smiled: "Young master travels far away, how can there be no old slave?" Don't worry, the elixir has been handed over to General Liu, he is precious, and there will never be any problems. ”

Xu Rui rolled his eyes and ignored him, Xu Fang immediately followed him happily, and the three of them walked towards the city gate with such a swagger.