Chapter 728: Chess Piece Layout
Cheng Hao's move to disperse Cheng Hao's amorous silk was originally intended to make things simpler, and he didn't want to face emotional entanglements anymore, who knew that it would make things more complicated, Hu Xianxian didn't expect to push himself into a more difficult situation.
Zha Cuo proclaimed his love and pressed forward step by step; Cheng Haofeng ignored her feelings, suddenly ran lightly, and forced her to accept the arrangement; Huo Fei and the like still want to get involved and make trouble, Hu Xianxian feels that this situation that seems to be surrounded by bees and butterflies and has many admirers is much more difficult than the situation when he was treated as a bad star and couldn't get married.
Cheng Haofeng said that she should act according to her own wishes unless she becomes very strong, Hu Xianxian really wants to become stronger, not to follow the crowd of rootless duckweed, but to be a towering tree with deep roots and thick leaves.
Everything is under control, there is no need to be forced to choose, there is no need to be controlled by others, and the chess pieces are not willing to be pawns forever, and only when the layout can they control their destiny.
In the early morning of the twenty-fifth day of the winter month, the order was issued in the army, appointing Fan Dingyao as the general of the border guarding of the Western Route Army of the Ma Army, and Hu Xianxian as the vanguard of the border guard, and ordered them to go to the border city.
Zheng Tianba was removed from his position as a border general and demoted to Fan Dingyao's deputy general.
Fan Dingyao recovered the three counties and consolidated the entire Qiongzhou border defense, and could have rested well in Qiongzhou, but because he was depressed about Amujia's repeated escapes from him, he took the initiative to go to the court to ask for war.
After Fan Dingyao was transferred to the border city, Huo Fei came to serve as the general of the Ma Army's Western Route Army.
Huo Fei originally belonged to Jin Longwei, and his transfer to General Dingqiong was reduced by several levels, and he couldn't follow Tianzi in the capital and went to remote Qiongzhou.
This time he was degraded, his old department had many complaints, but he obeyed the order, he knew that Cheng Haofeng was angry with him about taking the initiative to face Zacuo, and Cheng Haofeng didn't want to see him take the lead for Hu Xianxian's affairs.
His father, Huo Tu, also supported him to go to Qiongzhou, because he didn't do anything with those gentlemen in the capital all day long, for fear that he would get into trouble.
The situation between the DPRK and China is changing rapidly, and since the rebellion has been quelled, the wealthy families in Beijing have converged a lot, and they have sent their sons and nephews out of Beijing.
Lu Kaizun and Cheng Haofeng are old friends, and this time they also went out of Beijing to join the army, became the supervisor of the Western Route Army, and came to Qiongzhou with Huo Fei.
Huo Fei and Lu Kaizun set off after receiving the order in the capital, so not long after Fan Dingyao and the others received the order, Huo Fei and Lu Kaizun had already arrived in Qiongzhou.
In the first guard house in the eastern suburbs of Qiongzhou, the setting sun was shining on the simple barracks, Fan Dingyao was packing the luggage needed to go to the border city, and Fan Chuyao and Hu Xianxian were helping.
Huo Feilang strode in with a smile, first saluted Fan Dingyao with a fist, and then greeted Hu Xianxian and Fan Chuyao.
"General Huo is moving so fast, since he has arrived in Qiongzhou, then we will go and hand over various affairs first." Fan Dingyao stretched out his hand and pointed out the barracks and asked Huo Fei to go to the study.
"Don't be busy, I arrived here first on a fast horse by myself, and the school secretary and Confucius and other subordinates who accompanied the army have not yet arrived." Huo Fei said and looked at Hu Xianxian, "I'm in a hurry to catch up." ”
Seeing his blazing eyes, the Fan brothers and sisters understood that he was in a hurry to come for Hu Xianxian, so they all retreated outside the barracks in embarrassment.
"Since we want to catch up with the old days, let's go to the flower hall to drink tea and chat." Hu Xianxian followed them out, inviting Huo Fei with an expressionless face.
The four of them sat down in the flower hall, and after saying a few words that were not salty or light, Huo Fei didn't care about the Fan brothers and sisters beside him, and said directly to Hu Xianxian: "Xianxian, what are your plans after the matter of the border city is over?" How about I accompany you into the mountains to cultivate? ”
"General Huo was born in a famous family, both civil and military, how can he have the heart to leave the world? Could it be that he looks down on fame and fortune and wants to cultivate himself? Hu Xianxian asked with a light smile, knowing what he meant, but deliberately pretending not to know.
"I'm not joking on a whim, I'm a registered disciple of Master Kutan, it's just that I used spells as something to pretend to be a god and deceive people, and I was greedy for fun and unwilling to improve, so I didn't cultivate.
When the sheep demon assassinated the emperor, the treasure knife I used to use was broken, and after a lot of hard work, I finally got a piece of cold iron that can contain spiritual energy.
After forging into a divine weapon, there are two treasure knives, one large and one small, the big one is called the 'Yukong Knife', which I will use, and the small one, the 'Yuchen Knife', which is given to my younger brother to use. ”
As he spoke, Huo Fei handed the saber at his waist to Hu Xianxian.
Take a look at it, the body of the Yukong Knife is two feet long, and the blade is cold, it is indeed not a mortal product used by brute force, and it can withstand the aura of the imperial envoy.
Huo Fei solemnly said to her: "I am more than ten years late to the heart of the Dao, but with my qualifications, there will be a small success in a few years." You can be young, and if I can live forever, you don't have to worry about our different lifespans. ”
Hu Xianxian's lips squirmed, but she didn't say anything, she thought to herself: This Huo Fei attributed the reason for the rejection to the fact that he did not cultivate the Tao and had a different lifespan from Hu Xianxian?
Not to mention that rejecting him has nothing to do with the difference between immortals and mortals, even if it is, how can anyone who has just cultivated to achieve youth and immortality? Hu Xianxian's previous life was cultivated as a full storage dream crystal, and there was still a mandate of heaven in his body, and this cultivation has always stayed in the heavenly immortal position and is difficult to advance.
In order to improve his cultivation, Cheng Haofeng has put a lot of effort into it, and now his cultivation method and the aura he gathers are different from those of cultivators, but he is not really cultivating demons, he has become a special existence, although his cultivation is high, he has suffered a lot.
If Huo Fei wants to compete with Hu Xianxian, if the opportunity is good, it can be achieved in a few hundred years, and if the opportunity is not good, he may not even be able to be a Qingfu Immortal until he dies.
Thinking about this, Hu Xianxian couldn't say it, she said goodbye to them and said that she would go to the border city first.
She didn't have any luggage to pack, and she heard that Lu Laizun still hadn't heard from her, so she was going to look for Lu Laizun.
Although she has only a few encounters with Lu Laizun, she has regarded this simple-minded, kind and enthusiastic young man as her younger brother.
Huo Fei wanted to stay, but Fan Dingyao immediately answered and said, it is better to let Hu Xianxian go to the border city early, find out all kinds of situations earlier, and lead the army to enter the battle as soon as possible.
The military plane cannot be delayed, Huo Fei didn't say more, Hu Xianxian said goodbye to them, turned around and took Tang Cai'er to fly away.
At dawn on the twenty-sixth day of the winter month, Hu Xianxian went to the sky above the border city, flew around the border city twice to investigate the situation, and then fell to the ground and went to the military camp guarding the border to find Zheng Tianba.
Hearing the soldier's report that Hu Xianxian was coming, Zheng Tianba jumped up from the couch, knelt on one leg at the door of the barracks to greet him, and pleaded guilty.
Zheng Tianba was wearing a single coat, his left arm was wrapped in gauze, and his abdomen was also injured, and the injury on his abdomen should still be very serious, and the single clothes were also soaked in blood.
"General Zheng, please hurry up, the danger of the border city is not your fault." Hu Xianxian helped him up with both hands, "After Zacuo's last provocation, on the surface, he promised to make peace under the mediation of all parties, but in fact, he had already had the intention of taking advantage of the unpreparedness of our army to attack suddenly. Of course, you have no chance of winning in a hurry, but you only blame Zhatso for being treacherous and treacherous. ”
Helping Zheng Tianba back to the barracks, Hu Xianxian listened to him say something brief, and when he learned that the Ma army and the infantry army plus the elite of the Xiang army in the border city at this time were only 500 people, and the rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled were only more than 1,000 people, Hu Xianxian frowned and said nothing.
Mentioning that the soldiers' weapons and equipment and military salary supply were not enough, Hu Xianxian asked Zheng Tianba with a gloomy face: "Does Cheng Haofeng know about these?" ”
Cheng Daochang...... He knew the national teacher, but he didn't care, we don't know what he meant...... "Zheng Tianba, such a bold person, rarely squeaks in words."
Hu Xianxian didn't say a word, raised his hand to summon Zhang Lingfu, and wanted to question Cheng Haofeng and ask for military supplies, but Zheng Tianba hurriedly stopped her.
"The national teacher has his plans, let's not interfere with him, I think the national teacher must also attach importance to the defense of the border city, before the order is given to transfer you, the national teacher has already let the broken army iron guard march to the border city." Zheng Tianba still paid respect to Cheng Haofeng when he talked about it.
"I brought out the Iron Guard, and he let them come to the border city in advance, so I will agree to him to participate in the war?" Hu Xianxian once again couldn't understand what Cheng Haofeng was thinking.
After asking about the route and speed of the march of the Iron Guard, Hu Xianxian estimated that they would arrive in the middle of the night tonight, and they had some confidence in facing Zacuo.
Then, Hu Xianxian asked about Lu Laizun's disappearance, why he has not been found so far.
Zheng Tianba said that although Lu Laizun was a son-in-law, he had also learned some flower boxing and embroidered legs, and it was no problem to protect himself on the battlefield, and he also used the Qinghui sword to cut an enemy soldier that day.
But the bad thing is in the Qinghui sword, Amujia in the enemy army recognized the Qinghui sword and knew that the person who used the sword was Lu Ge Lao's second son.
Because the best sword-casting craftsmen of all ethnic groups in Qiongzhou gathered to cast three swords as tribute, namely Qingyang Sword, Qingguang Sword, and Qinghui Sword, Emperor Deyuan gave these three swords to Lu Huanbang.
Lu Huanbang used the Qingyang Sword, Lu Kaizun used the Qingguang Sword, and Lu Laizun used the Qinghui Sword.
Amujia informed Zacuo of the situation, and Zacuo learned that Lu Laizun was able to go into battle in person, so he ordered Amujia to capture Lu Laizun alive.
It was not easy to capture the generals alive, but that day Zheng Tianba was injured, and Lu Laizun was young and vigorous and wanted to wash away his name as a useless son, so he led people out of the city to fight, and was led by Amujia to a place where the guards did not notice, and disappeared from then on.
The reason why he said that he was captured by Amujia and said that he was "missing" was because the enemy did not use Lu Laizun to blackmail us, and he did not even admit that he was captured, and it was not clear whether he was captured that day.
Hu Xianxian thought that the specific affairs of the army would not be of much help, so he decided to go to find Lu Laizun first, and then make arrangements for the war after Fan Dingyao arrived.
After leaving the city, Hu Xianxian and Tang Cai'er split up to find Lu Laizun, and they extracted his residual breath from Lu Laizun's commonly used items left in the army, so as to follow the breath to search.
It was only in the afternoon, Hu Xianxian had already sensed that Lu Laizun was in the direction of Lingshan, and after approaching Lingshan, she met Tang Cai'er, and it turned out that she also sensed Lu Laizun in this direction.
After flying for a while, he arrived at Manatha's safe place, and saw Lu Laizun laughing happily with Manasha in the wild horse herd.
I didn't expect to find Lu Laizun so easily, Hu Xianxian was stunned in the air and forgot to greet them, but they greeted them warmly first.
Hu Xianxian and Tang Cai'er fell down and asked Lu Laizun why he was here.
"I was led into a sand nest by the barbarian Amujia, and he was about to capture me, when the whirlwind swept the yellow sand, and I took the opportunity to run. I ran around and got lost, almost freezing to death and starving, but a fairy in red suddenly appeared to save me and pointed me in the direction where Sister Mai came from. Lu Laizun said with a smile, completely unaware of how many people were anxious about him.
Manasha affirmed Lu Laizun's statement, and said that she was going to send a letter to Metaha, asking him to inform the people in the army to pick up Lu Laizun, but Lu Laizun begged her not to send the letter out, because Lu Laizun wanted to stay here to find the fairy in red.
For such a reason, Hu Xianxian couldn't help but feel that Lu Laizun was too ignorant, and just wanted to reprimand him a few words, Lu Laizun took out a token that was said to be given by the fairy in red, and asked Hu Xianxian if he had any information about this thing.