readx;? Chapter 5: Grass Valley (5)

Although he seems to be vulgar on the surface, he is extremely cautious in his heart. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 At the same time as deciding to partner with Zheng Ziming to open a market, info has repeatedly weighed the pros and cons behind this move.

Although his clan uncle Fang Jianjun is also regarded as a town, it is weak compared with the new forces in the DPRK and China represented by Guo Yunming and others, or compared with the forces of Shi Hongzhao, Guo Wei, Yang Wei and any other ministers who care about their lives. If someone slaps you casually, you may be crushed.

Therefore, in view of his own situation, the best choice for Sun Fangzhi and the leaders in the Yiwu Army at the moment is to curry favor with both ends, and neither end will be offended. Otherwise, if you recklessly get involved in the dispute between the two factions, I am afraid that before you see the result of the battle, you will already be in ashes.

In addition, Sun Shan is also quite optimistic about Zheng Ziming himself. In the spring, the young man was just a knife-headed dart master, but in the autumn, he had already become the head of the Lianzhuang Association. The foundation that Li Youde has worked hard for many years is easily in his pocket. Now in winter, the original little dart master has become a three-state inspector, a high-ranking official of the fifth grade, and there is still a privy councillor standing behind him. If you give him three years and five years, oh my God, at this rate......

"Dong Weng, Dong Weng, the letter has been written. Please take a moment's look!" suddenly came the master's voice in his ears, quickly pulling Sun Shan's thoughts back from an unknown place.

Taking the paper, which had been blown dry, he looked down and quickly examined it. In no time, I finished reading all the contents. He first praised the master with a smile to show encouragement, and then, with his finger, he pointed to the blank space at the end of the letter, and whispered: "Yes, very good! But here, it is better to add a sentence." 'The younger generation looks at Zheng Ziming and his person, and it is definitely not a thing in the pool. Since our Yiwu Army is tolerant of Guo Jiaque's face, it can't be eliminated with a spicy hand, so it is better to take advantage of its fledgling wings and make a deep acceptance. Even if it does not succeed in the future, what our righteous army loses is just a little money and food. If it soars into the sky in the future, then our righteous army will be able to sit back and relax within 20 years!"

"Yes!" the master listened with straight eyes, agreed with a wooden smile, grabbed a brush, and wrote the content of Sun Shan's dictation at the end of the letter. After dropping the last word, he raised his head hesitantly and reminded in a low voice, "Dong, Dong Weng, say so, isn't it, isn't it a little too much, I value the surname Zheng too much." He, although he has some achievements now, after all, after all, he still borrows the momentum of Guo Jiaqi'er. Even if it was replaced by other young people......"

"Do you think that Guo Jiaque's momentum is willing to be lent by any person?" Sun Shan sneered slightly, and quickly interrupted. "If you want to strike iron, you have to be hard enough, and the mud will never be able to support the wall. Master, if you think carefully about what he has done in the past year, and look at the people he has befriended around him, as well as the people he relies on, you will understand that what I said today is right!"

After that, he ignored the master's confused face. He smiled again and looked straight out the window.

Outside the window, the night is dark, and the stars are extraordinarily bright.

Under the bright starlight, Zheng Ziming, Tao Dachun, Guo Xin and Pan Mei led a small team of personal soldiers and hurried westward on horseback.

The two battles that have taken place recently in quick succession, although neither of them are large in scale nor too intense. But it's like two whetstones, sharpening the big guys. Especially Pan Mei, in just one month, from the appearance image to the inner temperament, has made a leap forward, at first glance, it seems that the two of them are simply the same as before.

But no matter how the image and temperament change, the nickname of "Pan Xiaomei" has been completely called. Not only Tao Dachun and Tao Sanchun, brothers and sisters, would never change their words in the absence of outsiders. Even Guo Xin, Li Shun and others, who were not very familiar with him, took the nickname as his real name, and the name was extremely crisp. On several occasions, Pan Mei was even annoyed and angry, and asked the two to the martial arts arena and fought. However, when the two sides met the next day, Guo Xin and Li Shun still called their nicknames with two black and dark eyes. Pan Mei was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but there was nothing she could do about the two.

The only one who has never called him a nickname is Zheng Ziming. For some reason, he admired Pan Mei from the first time he saw him. never looked down on this person because Pan Mei was younger than himself. never because Pan Mei once had a love for Tao Sanchun, so he included him in the list of disciples.

On the contrary, no matter how big or small things are in the village now, the person Zheng Ziming likes to discuss with him the most is Pan Mei. Even if Pan Mei's suggestions were obviously smelly several times, he just laughed at them. Next time, I will invite this person to my side and bow down like a sleeping dragon and phoenix to ask for advice.

People need to be respected. Especially a guy like Pan Mei, who is cautious and arrogant, but has never found a chance to prove that he is different, is especially sensitive to the gaze of others looking at him. When she found out that Zheng Ziming was sincerely treating herself as a young hero, instead of playing some trick of "horse bones in the golden city", Pan Mei finally put away the initial "spoiler" mentality and began to plan for the other party seriously. Although occasionally because of Tao Sanchun's choice, I still feel lost in my heart, but between public and private, I have always made a clear distinction!

A few days ago, in the nameless valley leading to Lijiazhai, most of the battle to annihilate the "Guo Jiajun" was due to Pan Mei's plan. Later, a certain Zhuang Ding who came to take advantage of the fire to rob was fished out, and most of them were also written by Pan Mei. The results of both battles were perfect. Not only did it reduce the loss of the inspection yamen itself to an unprecedented low. The shock to the outside world is far greater than the sum of the previous battles.

Today's inspection yamen, in the eyes of outsiders, has definitely become a mysterious and terrifying behemoth. Any force that dares to provoke this behemoth will end up with no bones left. It can be said that on the ground in Dingzhou at present, the prestige of Zheng Patrol Inspection has made people smell and change. And as time goes by, it is still rising, and sooner or later it will be able to stop the child's night crying.

"Little Sister Pan, you say, can you really make money every day?" Walking at night is the most boring, there is no scenery to see, and the head is dizzy from fatigue. So soon, some people began to look for words.

"Commander Guo, could it be that I feel sore and sour again recently, and I need Pan's help to loosen it?" Pan Mei was immediately teased, and her eyes widened and she responded loudly. "If so, early tomorrow morning, Pan will be waiting on the school field. ”

"Go, Commander Guo, go, the brothers have prepared a drink and are waiting for you to return triumphantly!" A few pro-soldiers, fearing that the world would not be chaotic, tore their throats and pouted loudly beside them.

"The army does not take private fighting as brave!" However, Guo Xin has been beaten once, but he has already learned to be obedient. knows that although Pan Mei is young, her fist and foot kung fu is far above herself. Unless you really treat it as an enemy and fight for your life, you can't take advantage of it at all. So he simply shrunk his neck and talked about military discipline without shame!

"Huh!" Pan Mei saw that he didn't dare to answer, and immediately raised her nostrils and spewed out a long white mist towards the sky.

"I just, I just think you're a little too wishful thinking. Guo Xin was embarrassed by the sound made from Pan Mei's nostrils. But he couldn't really fight with the other party, so he took a few breaths, and struck around the bend: "The goods in the past are worth millions, and five out of a hundred are also fifty thousand." There are 50,000 copper coins, which are enough to fill the official treasury of Dingxian County twice. You said that such a good way to make a fortune, why has no one been able to think of it for many years? Even if others did not expect that when they saw that we could make money by opening a field here, wouldn't people follow the gourd? At that time, Ding, Xiong, Mo, and Ba states will be full of fields. Who's crazy to have to go from you!"

"Huh!" replied to him, still with a cold snort and a white mist. Pan Mei's head was raised high, as proud as a peacock with an open screen.

The opening of a field next to the water fifteen miles away from the county seat was the earliest of his proposal. In his opinion, the best way to deal with the goods like Dingxian Lingsun Shan is to use the benefits that can be seen when you open your eyes to firmly tie it to the yamen of the inspection department. It's just that he never expected that Ning Ziming would attach more importance to this proposal. In fact, it was supplemented and perfected as quickly as possible, and all the specific details were worked out as quickly as possible. And on the basis of the original, its scale and expected revenue target have been fully enlarged by five times.

Therefore, Pan Meicai doesn't care about Guo Xinhe's questioning and slander. It is enough to have a wise and brave boss like Zheng Ziming who understands his plan and fully supports him to put it into practice. I don't have to worry about the shortcomings of words with some stupid guys, and I'm not in the mood to teach some stupid guys to learn skills.

"You, will you do anything other than breathe smoke through your nostrils?" was despised several times in a row, and Guo Xin couldn't get off the stage. Lifting the reins of the horse, he stroked Pan Mei's shoulder, and continued to ask angrily, "Little Sister Pan, the adults have always treated you as a brother and brother! If you give the wrong idea, even if the adults don't pursue it in the future, I see what kind of face you still have, stand in front of the brothers!"

"Whether Pan has a face or not, he will naturally see within half a year. It's you, Commander Guo, and the adults also treat you as their own brothers, and you ......" Pan Mei didn't continue to sneer this time, turned her face, and sneered at each other. Unexpectedly, just halfway through the words, the war horse under his crotch suddenly raised his front hooves high, "Shh

"Woo——! Woo ——!" Pan Mei couldn't care about arguing with Guo Xin anymore, her legs tightly clamped the belly of the war horse, and she freed up her right hand to gently comfort the war horse's neck, "Don't panic, don't panic, I have the master?

"Set up a formation, be vigilant!" Guo Xin didn't care about continuing to tease Pan Mei. With his hand on the hilt of the knife, he quickly turned around on the horse's back, "Double Dragon Formation, protect the adults in the middle." If there is a situation, just cover the adults and rush over!"

"Yes!" the soldiers agreed in a low voice, quickly adjusted their mounts, and lined up in two columns along the official road. One left and one right, firmly sandwiched Zheng Ziming in the center of the two teams.

In the cold wilderness, there were no enemy troops. The stars above his head were as big as fists, and the cold starlight shone down, together with the reflection of the snow on the ground, illuminating everything within a radius of more than twenty paces.

In this environment, it is difficult for a sneak attack to be effective. And in a head-on fight, unless the number of opponents exceeds ten times that of this side, it is really difficult to say who will eat whom in the end with the skills of Zheng Ziming, Tao Dachun, Guo Xin, Pan Mei and others. Quickly looked around with their eyes, and everyone mentioned the heart of the throat and eyes, and slowly began to fall. The corner of his eye gave some of it to Pan Mei, who was comforting the mount, with a hint of schadenfreude.

Obviously, Pan Mei was too proud this time, and he couldn't even stand the war horse under his crotch. That's why when he was arguing with Guo Xin, he categorically "defected". Just as everyone's nerves were gradually relaxing, behind a tree twenty steps away, there was a low sound, "boom", followed by a cold light flashing, rushing towards Guo Xinmian, who had just given the order.

"Ah——! "The soldiers wanted to come to the rescue, but it was too late. With his mouth wide open, Qi Qi closed his eyes. "Dangchang!" another crisp sound, snatching their hearts back from despair, suddenly opened their eyes, and everyone was pleasantly surprised to see that a delicate silver-covered round shield just protected Guo Xin's head, and there was a wolf tooth arrow nailed to the shield surface, and the tail feathers kept trembling.

"Thirty steps to the left of the road, half a foot to the left, salvo!" Zheng Ziming's voice suddenly sounded without the slightest hesitation.

With the instinct of hard training, everyone quickly withdrew their gaze, drew their riding bows from their waists, and launched a counterattack in the direction indicated by the order.

However, after all, there were more than two dozen bows, and the feathered arrows were extremely well-made, and only two volleys forced the figure of the sneak attacker out of the woods, and rode three war horses, and fled in the wilderness!

"Surround it, don't let anyone go!" Zheng Ziming gave another order, and rode his horse after the sneak attacker. Fearing that their master would make a mistake, the soldiers also rode their horses to follow, quietly protecting Zheng Ziming's sides, while spreading out the formation like geese, outflanking the sneak attackers left and right.

"Thank you!" Guo Xin grabbed the life-saving silver shield from his face, gently threw it back to Pan Mei, and thanked him loudly with two nosebleeds that were smashed out.

This kind of protective gear as delicate as a big girl's dowry, except for Pan Mei, no one can use it, and they can't afford it. So there's no need to bother to guess, he knows who to thank.

"You're welcome!" Pan Mei grabbed the little shield and shook her head proudly. "If we chase it now, we can't help. It's better to search the forest together. Those three people didn't even know who was the main general, and they didn't necessarily come with the intention of running for adults. They were running in a hurry just now, and there might be some clues left in the woods!"

"Listen to you!" Guo Xin raised his hand to wipe the nosebleed, and responded angrily.

The cold arrow that came earlier was very powerful, and although it was blocked by the shield in time, the remaining strength still pushed the shield surface, smashing the Venus in front of him. So he couldn't control his mount at all now, so he might as well follow Pan Mei's advice and search for anything left behind in the woods by the sneak attackers, and then find out their identities.

One of them was in charge of guarding with a knife, and the other was carrying a torch to search carefully. It didn't take long for the discovery. I saw that in the half-foot-thick snow, four burlap bags were lost. Each one was stuffed with clothes, shoes and socks, bedding, pillows, teapots, wooden bowls and other daily necessities, and one of them actually poured out an iron pot. On the edge of the pot, the red blood stains were shocking.

"It's broken, it's the Khitans! My lord, they're dangerous!" Guo Xin's face began to turn blue when he saw his clothes, shoes, socks and other things. When he saw that even the iron pot was put into a sack, he immediately jumped up and ran straight to the war horse, "Quick, let's catch up quickly and chase the adults back." It's the Khitan soldiers, and the Khitan soldiers secretly went south!"

"How do you know it's a Khitan soldier? If it's a Khitan soldier, why was there only one person who fired an arrow just now?" Although Pan Mei was resourceful, her knowledge was far less than that of Guo Xin, and she was stunned, and asked loudly while running behind.

"This is the standard structure of the elite of the Khitan regular army, one regular soldier, one auxiliary soldier, and one fighting grass valley!" Guo Xin rushed to his war horse in three steps and two steps, flew up, and forcibly endured the dizziness and added loudly.

"Hitting the Grass Valley, what do you mean by hitting the Grass Valley?" Pan Mei also flew up and jumped on his mount, galloping with him, her voice blown up and down by the night wind.

"The regular soldiers are responsible for killing people, and the auxiliary soldiers are responsible for carrying armor for the regular soldiers, carrying ladders, taking care of war horses, and cutting off heads from dead corpses to remember their merits!" Guo Xin's voice had changed because of excessive nervousness, no matter what the focus of Pan Mei's question was, he introduced it in one go. "As for the grass valley, it is a special class of troops on the Khitan side, which is responsible for looting the people and collecting all possible materials. ”

"That's a robbery! Why is it called such a strange name as Dacao Valley?!" Pan Mei seemed to understand whether she understood or not, and continued to dig into the bottom of the matter with her slightly innocent eyes.

"Because, because in the eyes of the Khitan people, we, we are the grass valley!" Guo Xin clenched his teeth and let out a series of angry roars from his throat.

Note 1: Send a big chapter, I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival.

Note 2: Recently, it has been argued that the Khitan army is highly disciplined and does not harass the people. Fighting grass valley does not refer to robbery, but to a kind of formation in the Khitan army. Hehe, this makes the drunkards want to ask, their name is Grass Valley, who is Grass Valley?

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