The current festival envoys of the Great Song Dynasty have never had tens of thousands of soldiers under their command.

However, under Lao Cao's command, not counting Liangshan and Gaotang Prefecture, there are nearly 50,000 people, and if it spreads, it will be appalling.

Therefore, the imperial court transferred troops from two directions, Mu Hong and other five teams went to the Daimyo's mansion, and they all asked him to bring more than 1,000 people each, and Wu Song's three who came to Bianjing to participate in the southern expedition only brought more than 3,000 people.

These more than 3,000 people are all carefully selected, and they deliberately pull out heroes who are light and good at walking, and who are bold and dare to kill. This time to be a pioneer, but also to make the best use of people, a day of sixty or seventy miles, early to leave the brigade behind, about 20 days, to Yangzhou.

At this time, it was the middle of February in the second year of Xuanhe (1120), Cao Cao and his entourage walked along the riverside, looking around, a good early spring scene, there is a way:

The river is on the side, the glacier dissolves, the stinging insects begin to vibrate, all things recover, the treetops have seen hazy and tender green, the waterside hills and mountains, and there are new plum blossoms.

Yan Qing saw that the plum blossoms of the tree were blooming just right, and she couldn't help but be interested, climbed the hill, climbed a lot of flower branches, and came back to share them with a group of brothers, each inserted in the sideburns.

When the plum blossom was handed to Cao Cao, Lao Cao did not accept it, but only looked at Dao Mo in front of him and was stunned, Wu Song saw it on the side, stretched out his hand to pick up the flowers for him, and asked in a low voice: "Brother, but what is on your mind?" ”

Cao Cao was called by him, Fang came back to his senses, shook his head, and told: "But I accidentally remembered the previous life, hehe, I remember that when I was begging Dong Zhuo, all the princes did not want to forge ahead, sang songs every night, disdained to be in the company, went deep alone, fell into Xu Rong's ambush, almost died, and most of the soldiers under his command were also lost, so I had no choice but to take Xiahoudun to Yangzhou to recruit troops, and Yangzhou Assassin Shi Chen Wen and Danyang Taishou Zhou Xin helped to recruit 5,000 soldiers. ”

Wu Song smiled: "In this way, isn't this a blessed land for my brother?" ”

Cao Cao glanced at him, sighed and said: "What a blessed land, the five thousand troops are about not willing to go north, they rebelled at night, set fire to my tent, and all of them wanted to kill me, and I stabbed dozens of people, so they were scattered, and most of them escaped in the morning, and only five hundred people remained without rebellion." ”

Wu Song didn't expect his brother to have such an experience in his previous life, so he couldn't help grinning and said: "Fortunately, my brother is capable, if he changes people, even if he escapes his life, I am afraid that his ambition will be lost." ”

Cao Cao smiled when he heard this: "The man's husband, since he is determined to serve the country, he should be indomitable, and the more frustrated he is, the more courageous he becomes." ”

After that, he took the plum blossom in his hand and put it on his head.

At this time, Yan Qing finished dividing the plum blossoms, rode back, and heard Lao Cao's words of "perseverance", thinking that he had seen the plum blossoms and felt something, and said with a smile: "Brother said well, this flower is covered with frost and snow, shining, which is a portrayal of my generation." ”

Lao Cao didn't bother to elaborate, and laughed: "Xiao Yi's words are good, that's exactly the truth." ”

Looking at the scenery in front of him, although thousands of years have passed, it seems to be just like the beginning, on a whim, he improvised a song of seven laws, and chanted:

"The spring breeze and clear water fill the stone bridge, and the smoke and rain are affectionate and willowy.

Unforgettable to pick up the old dream, endure the old tears and new knives.

Thousands of autumns are full of strong waves, and the Yangtze River is rolling in the tide.

And when all the sorrows are cleared, the plum blossoms bloom all over the child. ”

Everyone listened, although they didn't know what it meant, but they also applauded in unison, Wu Song listened to the best sentence "Look at Er Cao", and said with a smile: "Brother does you want to be a little barbarian?" ”

Cao Cao said: "My own son, who can not want to? Don't you miss Ah Xiao? ”

Li Kui heard them talk about their children, and stepped forward and shouted: "I also miss my family, hey, now that I have children, I know the heart of parents, thinking that I beat someone and fled on the rivers and lakes, but my mother is so worried." ”

Cao Cao heard him say this, and said happily: "Tie Niu is becoming more and more sensible, your mother is now cured of her eyes, and she can be regarded as enjoying your blessings, but although you are filial, I am afraid that I am also worried about your brother, when I go back this time, you go to pick him up, and do some business in Qingzhou, in the future, you will send troops with me to release horses, and my mother also has a son in front of him to do his filial piety." ”

Li Kui smiled when he heard this: "If this is very good, Tie Niu has also saved a lot of money in the past two years, so he will buy a few hundred acres of land and give it to his brother, and also ask him to be a landlord and live happily for half his life." ”

While talking and laughing, suddenly there was a loud shout in front of him, Cao Cao listened carefully, and felt very familiar: "Defeated, defeated, our army defeated." ”

Cao Cao's expression was solemn, the prancing horse climbed the mound, and the brothers followed, looking down from the heights, only to see hundreds of officers and soldiers, all dressed in Song military uniforms, throwing away their armor and jumping up, shouting: "Defeated, defeated, go, go." ”

Cao Cao couldn't help laughing: "The officers and soldiers I see from the south to the north are like pouring out of a mold, like this kind of people, if there is no generation, how can I deal with the Jin people in the future?" ”

In the defeated army, there was a white-bearded official, wearing a civil official robe from the third grade, covered with a pair of heart armor, nondescript, with a scabbard hanging from his waist, but the sword was lost somewhere, riding a big donkey was fleeing for his life, and when he looked up and saw Cao Cao and others, he hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "Hurry up, go quickly, the old man has been defeated by the thieves, and he chased after him." ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he thought that this old man was not bad, and he knew that he called me to flee for his life, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid of him, I am the vanguard sent by Tong Shumi, and I have come to suppress Fang La." ”

When the old man heard Tong Guan's name, his face was immediately full of anger, he glared at him, and shouted: "What kind of ability can Tong Guan's subordinates have?" You must not be reckless, you will die by yourself, you will harm the soldier's surname in vain, and you will not feel at ease as a ghost. ”

Wu Song laughed when he heard this: "Don't panic, old man, just look at me and other means." ”

With a wave of the handle, more than 3,000 people rushed out from behind the mound, and set up a formation on the road, shouting in unison, it was like a spring thunder exploding in the clear sky, and those who were caught off guard by the rout, the front hurriedly stopped, and the back was still rushing forward, and suddenly fell into a piece, and the big donkey was also frightened, and Ang Ang screamed, and the old man hugged the donkey's neck tightly, for fear of being thrown off.

At this time, I saw a thousand thieves shouting and chasing after them, and among the thieves there were two sides of the flag, one side was a big book: Taibai God Zhao Yi, and the other side read: Shen Ze, the giant spirit god.

Cao Cao shouted: "You and other sergeants, all of them are frightened, quickly go around behind our army's formation, and see how our army kills the enemy." ”

The old man was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't underestimate the enemy, these two are the generals under the command of the pseudo-privy envoy Lu Shinang, who are among the 'Twelve Gods of Jiangnan', and his martial arts are strong, so he should not be underestimated." ”

Wu Song laughed and said: "What are the twelve gods of Jiangnan, when they meet us and others, they have no choice but to be the twelve dogs of Jiangnan." "After mentioning the halberd, we are going to fight.

Niu Gao hurriedly grabbed his bridle and begged: "Second brother, what kind of cattle slaughtering knife is used to kill chickens, and when the younger brother goes to catch those two enemy generals, he just inquires with him about the news in the south." ”

Li Kui shouted: "I've been on the road for days, it's easy to meet an enemy, if you can't resist it, wouldn't it be a sharp loss?" I'll go with you. ”

The two went down the mound and stood in front of their own phalanx, at this time the defeated soldiers all crawled around to the back of the formation, fled hundreds of steps away, and bravely turned back to watch the battle, only the old man had just pacified the donkey, and before he could move in with his subordinates, Li Kui was anxious and shouted: "Get out of here, grandpa splashed your blood when he was fighting, don't scare you to death again." ”

The old man is presbyopia, the generals on the mound, he saw a blur, at this moment Niu Gao Li Kui came to the front of him, only then did he see clearly, seeing that these two are up and down eight feet, ghost-like strong bodies, general black charcoal faces, thick eyebrows, steel whiskers like needles, and heavy blades in his hands, he couldn't help but say happily: "Ah, look at the appearance, but two good men who can fight." ”

When Li Kui heard this, he turned his anger into joy, and said with a smile: "You old man, you can see that the two of us are heroes, and our eyesight is extraordinary, so you might as well get close." ”

The old man saw that he was brave and brave, and saw that the more than 3,000 people were lined up neatly, so he immediately went to fear, stroked his beard and said: "The old man's surname is Xu, his double name is Ren, and he chooses the cursive word. But I don't know who the names of the two generals are, and who are the generals? ”

Niu Gao saw that his words were gentle, and he refused to weaken his demeanor, so he straightened his back, pretended to touch his face and said: "It turned out to be Xu Zhizhou in person, easy to say, the two of us are military generals from Qingzhou, I am a partial general Niu Gao, known as 'Qingzhou Poetry Saint', nicknamed 'Black Wind Tiger', this is my brother Li Kui, known as 'Qingzhou Poetry Immortal', nicknamed 'Black Whirlwind', hehe, today's soldiers are in danger, not in a hurry, otherwise my brother will sing peace with you, the old gentleman." ”

When the old man heard his name as a poet and a poet, he became more and more surprised, and looked up and down: "Ah, it's disrespectful! Unexpectedly, the two generals turned out to be geniuses in both civil and military affairs! Wonderful, wonderful, there are two generals here, and I must be worry-free in Yangzhou. ”

Li Kui Niu Gao was very proud when he saw him respectful, and they glanced at each other, and they both saw each other's smug looks: Thanks to you and I who have learned the ability to compose poetry, otherwise how could these sour people be so admired!

He couldn't help but want to say a few words, but the thieves had already rushed to the front, and he saw that many officers and soldiers were blocking the road, so he hurriedly stopped at a distance, and made a random formation.

Two thieves rushed to the front of the battle, and one of them shouted, "Ah! Don't you know the twelve gods of Jiangnan? How dare you stand in the way of Lao Tzu. ”

Niu Gao laughed, and pointed at the four-edged iron shovel: "Bah! Wait for the rivers and lakes to be small, don't you know my 'Qingzhou Poetry Saint' and 'Qingzhou Poetry Immortal', two geniuses who are both civil and military? Seeing that the old man is not ready to surrender, do you dare to resist stubbornly? ”

The other party shouted that it was the "Taibai God" Zhao Yi, the Taibai one, Venus also, the war disaster between the masters, this Zhao Yi took this as a nickname, and his temperament was the most easy to kill, seeing that Niu Gao was even more crazy than himself, he was furious, and he didn't say much, Pegasus danced the gun, and went straight to Niu Gao to kill, Niu Gao was not afraid, and danced to meet him.

These two patting battles are just opponents, and I only saw the two of them:

A spear dances left and right, and a double hammer slashes up and down. The cold light of the gun dance is majestic, and the wind is heavy.

Here Shandong Black Wind Tiger, that Jiangnan Taibai God. The Taibai God will be good at fighting, and the black wind is hungry and the tiger wants to pounce.

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