The father and son of the king of Chu took the lead, followed by countless military chariots and light horses, followed by tens of thousands of foot soldiers, scrambling to break into the formation from all directions. As soon as they entered the formation, the gate of the Zhou army was immediately closed, and the Chu people only felt that there were figures and horses' hooves in all directions, constantly turning, and they couldn't tell the direction at all.

Just as he was dizzy, countless tripping horses were pulled up from the ground, whether it was the horse pulling the chariot or the cavalry's mount, all of them were hit by the trick and fell staggered. Before he could stand up, he was pierced through the chest by a halberd. Although Xiong Qu has unparalleled archery skills, he has entered the enemy formation and cannot shoot arrows, so he changed to a hundred-pound iron gun, and stabbed when he saw someone, and no one could stop him.

Shenhou and Suihou intercepted Xiong Qu to fight, Ji Duoyou fought Xiong Kang and Xiong Hong alone, and Eyu Fang fought with Chu Lingyin. The two sides fought in the battle, and the chess met the opponent, and more than 50 rounds were evenly matched.

Shenhou gasped and said cruelly: "Xiong Qu, I think you and I are the same piece of water and soil, if you are willing to surrender, your father and son will be rich and rich!" ”

"Phew!" Xiong Qu spat out: "The man surnamed Xiong can't be killed!" ”

Suihou was impatient: "What is polite to him, today I will take the head of Erxiang!" ”

On the Copper Green Mountain, Ji Hu looked at the formation under the mountain, the dust was flying, and countless people and horses were shuttling back and forth, but there was no flaw, and he was very surprised: "Young Master, what kind of formation are you arguing?" So powerful! ”

Zhao Bohu smiled faintly: "This is called the 'Eight Gates Golden Lock Array', according to legend, this array was used when the Yellow Emperor fought Chiyou. There are eight formation gates, which change the formation gate with the flag and alternate transformation. As soon as the enemy enters the formation, he cannot find the direction and cannot break through, hence the name. ”

"That's amazing!" Ji Hu couldn't stop admiring.

Ji Zheng, the veteran who had just been transferred back from the supply line to guard the prince, also came to join in the fun: "Don't talk about the prince, the old minister has been fighting for many years, and he has never seen this kind of formation." Zhao Gongzi really deserves to be the first wise man in Hojing! ”

Xiong Qu in the formation has tried to break through many times, but each time he can't touch the formation door, and he suddenly goes crazy. He looked back at the copper green mountain, suddenly realized, and patted his head: "Oops! Why are you so stupid? The array is moving, but the mountain is not! ”

Xiong Qu roared: "Listen to the soldiers, break through in the direction of Tonglu Mountain, don't care about the harassment of the enemy, just rush in this direction!" ”

This method is really clever, the father and son of the King of Chu with personal guards, only rushed and stabbed in the direction of the copper green mountain, and broke through the two-layer encirclement after a while. Seeing that the situation was not good, Ji Duoyou shouted: "Make a trip! ”

Two groups of soldiers led a long iron rope to Xiongqu father and son, these three people were riding in the same chariot, the head horse pulling the cart tripped, and the other three horses also fell on their backs. Xiong Qu's father and son fell to the ground, rolled over, and finally stood up. But the situation is critical.

At this moment, a group of men in black broke into the west, wearing black hoods on their heads, revealing only their eyes, nose, and mouth. One by one, holding a machete in their hands and hanging bows and arrows on their waists, they broke into the formation and killed and slashed at the soldiers of Zhou. Their martial arts are obviously higher than ordinary soldiers, and they are all not afraid of death. rescued Xiong Qu and his son from the battle alive.

After these black-clothed men were broken, Xiong Qu's father and son each grabbed a horse, held the troops with one hand, and shot arrows with the other, and finally came out of the battle. After running wildly for a while, I saw some remnants and a dozen men in black following them.

Xiong Qu bowed to the black-clothed man in the lead: "Thank you for saving your life!" ”

The man in black took off his hood, revealing a very young face that was dark and dark, he hurriedly helped Xiong Qu up, and thanked: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be!" The villain has long heard that the king of Chu can shoot stones without feathers, and he is a rare warrior in the world, with the ambition to swallow mountains and rivers! I heard that you are in Tonglu Mountain, so I specially led my subordinates to come and see if there was any place to serve. I don't want to save the king, it's really providential! No thanks. ”

Xiong Qu was so obedient that he heard his meaning and asked, "Is the strong man willing to follow Gu and achieve a great career as a man?" ”

"Rong Yi will wait for the king for the rest of his life!" The man in black bowed his head.

"So your name is Rongyi! Let's follow this king back to the camp first! ”

"No!"

Seeing that the father and son of the King of Chu got on their horses one after another, another man in black leaned into Rong Yi's ear and asked softly: "Boss, will we really stay in the Chu State in the future, and won't we return to the Qi State?" ”

"Back to Qi Kingdom?" Rong Yi snorted coldly: "Do you want to take refuge in that lost power prince Hui again?" He himself is a parasiter, what ability can support me to take revenge? Good birds choose trees to perch, I can see clearly, the rise of Chu State's power is unstoppable, and I regard Zhou as a mortal enemy. I will stay in the state of Chu and never return to the country of Qi. ”

"But," the man was anxious, "do our brothers still have a family in Qi State?" What about parents, wives and children? ”

Rong Yi patted him on the shoulder: "Why does the husband have no wife?" Parents also have their own brothers to take care of, so why worry. When you achieve fame in the future, won't it be glorious for you to return to your hometown one by one? ”

After speaking, he no longer paid attention to the complaints of his subordinates, Rong Yi turned over and got on his horse, chasing after the father and son of King Chu.

The battle of Tonglu Mountain lasted several months, from late spring to early autumn, and finally ended with a complete victory for the Zhou army. Although the three of Xiongqu, the king of Chu, his father and son, escaped, Yin Qizhao was killed. On that day, the frightened Xiong Qu thought about it again and again and did not return to the camp, he was afraid that the Zhou army had taken advantage of the emptiness in the camp to seize the old camp, and was waiting for him with his mouth open. I didn't dare to return to the camp until I found out the real news.

That night, the Chu army rose up and withdrew to Danyang overnight. Later, I heard that Xiong Qu immediately looked back and pointed to the Tonglu Mountain, and swore: "I, the descendants of Xiong Qu, no matter how many generations, will definitely take the Tonglu Mountain." If you don't take this mountain, it's not my descendants! ”

When Zhao Bohu heard the return, his brows furrowed, and he couldn't be relieved for a long time.

After the battle, mountains of corpses and a blood-soaked land were left at the foot of the Copper Green Mountain. Zhao Bohu presided over the battle, and divided the capture and prisoners of this battle with the various vassal states participating in the war. Of course, some of them had to be sent to Hojing to offer victory to King Zhou Yi. Most of the princes returned to their respective countries, and only Shenhou and Eyufang stayed behind to walk with the king.

It was the end of autumn and August when all this work was completed, and the cold wind was blowing, and the copper grass flowers began to bloom. The mountains are full of small blue or purple flowers, which are very dazzling. Tonglu Mountain is worthy of being the first copper mine in the Great Zhou, with patches of copper grass peanuts on the hillside, and purple petals resembling lavender. The breeze blows, the branches of the flowers sway, and the air is filled with the strange smell of flowers mixed with copper ore. The smell was so intoxicating that even the bees refused to fly from the flowers.

How can such a beautiful scenery not attract tourists who want to leave? After all, Ji Hu is a child, and he has a heavy heart for fighting these days, and he can't help but have a lot of fun when he comes out to play, jumping up and down the hillside, picking flowers suddenly, catching bees, and being busy.

Zhao Bohu followed behind like an old hen guarding her chicks, and kept instructing: "The prince be careful!" Don't get too close to the cliffs! Beware of being stung by bees! ”

Ji Duoyou on the side was happy: "Look at you like this, mother-in-law!" Like a! Could it be that the family is close, and I am thinking about the new daughter-in-law! ”

"you!" Zhao Bohu punched him in the back in retaliation.

Ji Duoyou pretended to grin and shouted at Ji Hu: "His Royal Highness the Prince, your cousin-in-law beats me, and you don't care?" ”

Ji Hule said: "Brother Duoyou, do you know why my uncle was the first to leave Tonglu Mountain?" ”

Zhao Bohu blushed, and Ji Duoyou asked knowingly: "Yes!" Why? ”

"He was in a hurry to return to China to pick up my cousin, and then go to Shenguo to meet us, so that he could go all the way back to Haojing to marry the young master!"

"Oh, I see!" Ji Duoyou quipped: "No wonder he protects the prince so much, it turns out that he is about to become someone's cousin-in-law!" ”

"That's it!" Zhao Bohu didn't want to dwell on such a boring topic anymore, and suddenly saw Ji Hu standing in the copper grass bushes, carefully packing the plucked petals into a bag one by one. Then he asked loudly, "Prince, what are you doing with these flowers?" ”

"Of course, I'm going to Shen Guo right away, a gift for the future crown princess, right?" Ji Tayou forked.

"Brother Duoyou laughed," Ji Hu Zhengse said: "My mother was born in Jianghan, and I think she should have seen a lot of copper grass flowers since she was a child." Since I came here, I wanted to pick some of them and make them into dried flowers, so that I could take them home to relieve her homesickness. ”

"The prince is indeed pure filial piety!" Ji Duoyou didn't laugh anymore, he squatted down and looked at these small purple flowers carefully, and suddenly: "Huh": "These flowers are very special, like ------ like the brush we use to brush horses!" ”

Take a closer look, isn't it? Although there is only one flower per plant, the upper part is divided into many stems, and many purple flowers bloom on each stem. This flower is very peculiar, it has leaves on one side and flowers on the other. The petals are enclosed in a rectangle, not to mention, it really looks like a brush with a ponytail, but it is much smaller.

Ji Duoyou also picked a handful and put it in his sleeve, and when he saw Zhao Bohu staring at him, he smiled self-deprecatingly: "Although my mother is not from Jianghan, she likes flowers and plants, and there are few such strange flowers in the north, so I will pick some and go back to give her a look." ”

"If you want to raise your son but you don't want to be a parent, you can all offer flowers to your mother. But my mother has been dead for more than two years, and my father doesn't know if he has recovered from his illness. Zhao Bohu sighed. After being away from home for more than half a year, I suddenly felt a deep nostalgia in my heart, which was so thick that I couldn't dissolve.

Tired of playing, a group of three sat on the ground under an old tree. Looking at the sea of blue-purple flowers in the mountains and listening to the sound of mining coming from the valley, the three of them were speechless for a while, and a sense of sorrow arose in their hearts for no reason.

Ji Duoyou saw Zhao Bohu's eyebrows raised again, and asked curiously: "This battle is a great victory, the father and son of the King of Chu fled in embarrassment, why is Zimu depressed?" ”

"Although this battle was won, it was difficult to eradicate the troubles of Chu, and the Jianghan countries had their own thoughts. What should I do when he recovers and makes a comeback again? ”