"Dunmao Chao and Ladd are the most promising heroes in the northern grasslands in the past hundred years to unify the grassland tribes, but neither the grassland tribes nor the imperial court want to see this scene, the people on the grassland are unwilling to live under people, and Da Yao does not like the originally loose barbarian tribes twisted into a rope to exert force on Da Yao. ”

Zhang Ziwen took Wei Changpan, who seemed to have changed his face, into the house, and the first thing he saw after entering the threshold was the map, covering Jinzhou and nearby states and counties, and even 200 miles north to the grassland, the terrain and water sources were extremely detailed, as small as a spring or a boxwood forest were clearly marked.

Compared with this map, the map of Wu and the dart board is dwarfed, if the dart board can have such a map, then why do you need to serve those many cows, ghosts, snakes and gods along the way, just change the route, not to mention a year, you can save thousands of taels of snowflake silver.

After looking at the picture for a long time, Wei Changpan came back to his senses, and felt rude and apologized to Song Zhiwen.

"This picture can't be seen outside, and it doesn't hurt to look at it more and have more knowledge, but there is some information on the original map, if it flows outside, not to mention that your life is not guaranteed, even my official position as a general of Jinju will probably be lost." Song Zhiwen smiled, "It's okay to give you a picture of Tuo." ”

"General!" Zhang Ziwen was shocked, "This is not a secret in the army...."

"People who have been born and died for you, and they have to deal with these secrets with others, which is inevitably too petty. Sitting down on a rosewood chair with velvet upholstery, Song Zhiwen picked up the copper stove that warmed his hands and said with a smile, and then turned to Wei Changpan and Liu Ziyi, "There is no floor dragon in the house, and you can't take off your coat, so you can hold a copper stove first, sit down and talk." ”

Zhang Ziwen was always stubborn and unwilling to sit down, Song Zhiwen knew that this subordinate did not have much temperament to persuade him, so the three of them sat around holding a small copper stove, and the charcoal fire in the middle furnace was booming.

"If only I could roast a red weed at this time. Liu Ziyi's neck shrank into the warm fur on his shoulders, and he sighed casually.

"I never thought I would meet my peers. The two crisp sounds of palms hitting each other reached the ears of the soldiers outside the house, and after a while, a basket of washed red lotus came in, Liu Ziyi glanced at it and shook his head with some regret, "It's a good red lotus, but the mud has been washed away, and I am afraid that I will take the brush to brush it all over before I dare to give it to you, this red lotus taste can be left two or three out of ten." ”

"This is still good, I told them a few days ago that I wanted to eat roasted red lettuce, and the people in the stove room directly picked two loads and came back, and picked a few peeled and cut pieces without flaws and cracks before bringing them. Song Zhiwen put the red lotus on the side of the weak charcoal fire, and then looked up and asked Liu Ziyi, "After reading your case file, there are a few famous chefs in Jinzhou at home, why did you practice martial arts and become a ranger?"

"A manly man, you always have to go out and take a look, otherwise you will be buried in a world as small as the stove room for the rest of your life, how can you have a big future?" Liu Ziyi patted his chest and said, "But we have also learned the skills of the family, if the general wants to eat and drink, just say hello." ”

"That would have been disrespectful. ”

The three of them gathered around the fire and said some homely words, not to mention the war in Jinzhou, the stove and the thick clothes on their bodies made Wei Changpan and Liu Ziyi feel the warmth they had not seen for a long time, this is a luxury that will never be available in the northern grassland, Zhang Ziwen stood aside and sneezed three or five times in a row and was also pulled to the stove to sit down.

However, many things still have to be said, such as their journey back and forth along the way, what Wei Changpan can't remember is made up by Liu Ziyi, and Zhang Ziwen serves as the secretary of the two.

Speaking of the barbarian martial arts leader, Wei Changpan still remembered it vividly, and it was true that the man's methods were too terrifying, and he pulled his head out of the human torso alive, and it was difficult to remember it or not. In addition, Wei Changpan also asked Song Zhi about the person's description and appearance.

"What you see should be the number one warrior of the Taiqige Division, Ballobatu Laerhua, regardless of whether there is water in the name of this first samurai, fortunately you lured him out of the nameless valley with half of the men and horses, otherwise you dozens of people don't say whether you can defeat the hundred-man team of barbarian warriors, and Balabatu alone may eat most of your people. Song Zhiwen rubbed his index finger on the tip of the forehead, "There were once six or seven skilled dead soldiers who went north to break off their arms, but they did not make any contributions, but they were killed most of them. ”

The dipping place is a very new name for Liu Ziyi and Wei Changpan, but it doesn't sound like an idle yamen, and it is inconvenient for the two to ask more about confidential matters.

Seeing that the two of them reacted to Song Zhi's question, they bowed their heads with satisfaction, and they should not ask much, Wei Changpan and the two of them still grasped this measure very well, "The dipping pole is the place where the imperial court raises the martial arts of the rivers and lakes, there are not only those who personally protect the court officials such as generals, but there are also those who have footprints all over the world to spy on intelligence, but there are still not many cases of assassinating a person with martial arts in the rivers and lakes, after all, not only Yao people in the world can use martial arts, and the most assassins from all sides go out to assassinate in the year, and it is also the year when assassins from all sides enter Beijing." ”

"The sword has two edges, the knife stops one edge, and assassination with an assassin is like a sword, and you have to be careful not only to hurt yourself, so when the emperor ascended the throne for six years, the murder list planned by the dipping pole is one of the few people who can carry it out, which can also be seen in the eyes of the imperial court, such a martial artist who can even control the outcome of a thousand people is so tricky. ”

What Song Zhiwen didn't say was that the temple rumored that the emperor of the dynasty suffered an assassination in the early years of his reign, but fortunately the dragon body was unhindered, and then he hated the assassination. But when the people of this world made arrows from stone for the first time and forged swords from metal, it was doomed that the assassination of the world would never be stopped.

At the beginning of his reign, Emperor Yao Lie hated the pole site, but over time, the emperor also discovered that assassination was the only means left for those who could not be executed by the law of the day, so the pole began to operate carefully again. As long as the emperor reigns for one day, the heresy in the world will also survive for one day, and the pole will gradually return to its former grandeur.

"The barbarians' siege equipment is nothing more than two kinds of stone chariots and rams, there are no giant trees on the grassland that can be used to build ladders, the barbarians lack this kind of equipment, it is not easy to climb, so they can only hope that the stone chariot throws boulders to smash the city wall out of a hole and then lead troops into the city. ”

Song Zhiwen learned from the descriptions of the two of them about the types of siege equipment of the barbarians in the valley, and breathed a sigh of relief. Without the help of the ladder, then only need to put more fire oil barriers, wood and rocks and other city defense equipment near the city gate, the city hammer is cumbersome, you have to rely on manpower traction, when the arrows on the city are like flying locusts and falling stones like rain, and then add the help of fire attack, even if the barbarian siege equipment is still a little, he will not have the opportunity to enter the city by guarding the four city gates.

Yu Gao's defection to the enemy, Wei Changpan and the others did not hide it, originally thought that Song Zhiwen would inevitably be furious, but it was just an understatement, "When did you fight a war, there was no such person?"

"The last question, you two have seen with your own eyes, that the siege equipment in the nameless valley has been burned, and there is no possibility of repair?"

"I used the fire oil given by the general, and I was afraid that I would be left with ashes when it really burned...."Liu Ziyi was a little puzzled, Song Zhiwen and Zhang Ziwen had asked more than once, and he was also a little hesitant, "But if there is something left in the corner, it is estimated that it is reasonable." ”

"When it's burned, it's burned, and what's left is what's left, and the two can't be generalized. Song Zhiwen's tone was rarely serious, "This is an important matter. ”

"General, I watched the fire burn with my own eyes, and nothing remained, and the pig iron was going to be burned in the future. Wei Changpan said, "General, why do you say this?"

"Another city has broken in the north of Jinju .... Guanshan County...."Song Zhiwen muttered, "The news of the flying pigeon was sent in the morning, half a day ago, the two city gates in the northeast of Guanshan County were all broken, and the remaining two city gates in the city were opened to let the people flee for their lives, but they were intercepted by the barbarian cavalry, and there were countless casualties..."

If the previous two small county towns were broken can be explained by the fact that the city walls were not repaired and the garrison was weak, and the barbarians did not hesitate to attack as if they were dying, the destruction was only in the morning and night, but it was a little earlier. Guanshan County looks at the whole Jinju, and the city wall is also heavy, the grain and grass are abundant, and the defenders are many generals, how can it be broken?

"If this Guanshan County Keeper didn't lie about this flying pigeon's biography, and you are not mistaken, then the barbarians must have another siege equipment, according to your statement, there are only a few weapons transported out of the nameless valley, to break through a city like Guanshan County, how can it be done without sufficient equipment?"

According to the steppe proverb, "A wise woman does not put all the dried meat in her tent together", and Dun Mao clearly drew wisdom from this proverb.

"Guanshan County is not those two county towns, general!" Liu Ziyi came back to his senses, the copper furnace in his hand did not fall to the ground, and the charcoal sparks rolled to the ground, but he couldn't care about anything, "There are 100,000 people in Guanshan County plus the people nearby, and these 100,000 people fall into the hands of barbarians..."

"What will Ben do to save these foot soldiers in the city? Or the cavalry army with less than 1,000 people in the city?" Song Zhiwen looked bitter, looking at the red grass that had been baked into charcoal in the furnace, "If that cavalry army is still there, the Jinju state army will not shrink here." ”

Jinju is now at a critical juncture, the barbarians are captive in the breached city to celebrate, the cavalry, the only cavalry army in Jinju that can not fall in front of the steppe cavalry, but has been dispatched by Song Zhiwen, the general of Jinju, I don't know where it is at this moment.