Chapter 22: The Circle
Lonely City Mountain.
From the top of the mountain, the south of the mountain is a barren sandy and gravel field with grass roots, and the north of the mountain is an endless wide grassland with large and small pastures surrounded by fences.
In a pasture built on the mountain, several Hu soldiers patrolled back and forth vigilantly, and the other herdsmen did not dare to approach, and rode their horses far away to avoid this place.
There are thousands of red wind Hu horses in the wide pasture, and several Hu people next to them are loudly expelling the horses, and more than a dozen wide stone gates have been dug out of the mountain, and each stone gate is guarded by two strong Hu soldiers, and occasionally a few ragged Hu Nu pull out the tightly covered cars from inside the stone gate, all of which are secretly concentrated in the stone room near the innermost.
Behind the stone gate, a high space was carved out, and the distance from the foot to the top of the top was about three zhang, and the further it went inside, it was as if it was about to hollow out the entire Gucheng Mountain. And every twenty meters there will be a Hu soldier guarding.
In a dug room about half a mile into the interior, the furnishings inside are typical of the Hu aristocratic style, the feet are covered with thick ice bear beast fur, a low table is placed in the middle of the room, there are also a few low tables on each side, and there are fist-sized pearls on the lampstand chiseled out of the stone wall, which shines in the stone room as if it were day.
A grim-faced bearded man was sitting cross-legged in the middle, holding a golden cup full of milk wine in his hand, and drank it all with a slight frown, while the bearded maid behind him hurriedly filled the glittering golden milk jug before retreating.
On the right side of the bearded man sat a graceful girl with a black veil on her face, and in front of her there was also a steaming whole plate of hand-grasped mutton, as well as fresh fruit, and the girl took a black and purple grape and put it in her mouth, and the sweet juice overflowed the tip of her tongue, and she couldn't help but squint her bright eyes.
At this time, the bearded bearded man said: "Miss Su, now that the army of Daqi has left the Muzha Pass, do you see if the matter of the mining of red chalcedony stone is postponed." ”
Miss Su's cherry lips under the veil opened slightly, and she said coldly: "What's the matter? Is the Great Khan of Kulie still afraid of the 20,000 city guards in Luming City?"
Kulie hahadaxiao said: "Miss Su is really joking, I have more than 80,000 sons in Kulie's headquarters, will I be afraid of him in Luming City? ”
"This Gucheng Mountain and Muzha Pass has always been the middle ground between our two sides, every few years, either we go south to attack Muzha Pass, or they will send troops to Gucheng Mountain, and they will withdraw their troops after a period of time, so every time at this time, I will arrange for the sons and daughters to temporarily avoid the edge, anyway, they will not lose anything, and they will naturally come back in two or three months. ”
Miss Su shook her head and said: "I don't care about the matter between you and Daqi, but our agreement has already been decided, you mine the ore layer to forty zhang, and then you will have nine and one ore, and I will also teach you the method of refining the red chalcedony stone, if you go back like this, won't you give up the red chalcedony stone to Daqi." ”
Ku Lie's face also changed at this time, and he said a little ruthlessly: "Although I want the refining method of the red chalcedony stone, but I don't want to exchange my son's life, now the ore has just been mined to twenty-five zhang, if it is mined to forty zhang, the fastest speed will take half a year, this lonely city mountain is not conducive to our cavalry fighting, do you know how many lives will be filled in if we defend it?"
Miss Su glanced at him with contempt and said, "Although I haven't fought before, I also know that if I can completely destroy the city guards of Luming City this time, then Daqi will have to mobilize an army for at least half a year before it can attack Gucheng Mountain again, you think about passive defense every day, why don't you want to attack to buy time?"
Ku Lie tapped his forehead, looked at Miss Su like an idiot and said: "We and Daqi have captured these two mountain passes back and forth no less than a thousand times, not to mention me and Guan Shuo's bastard, that is, the senior lieutenant general knows everything in this place, how many troops each other has, roughly where they are stationed, that place is conducive to ambushes, that place can be supplied, all of this is like being touched through by his own mother-in-law." ”
"Back and forth, just like this, he can't take advantage, I won't suffer, this time I also have two sons with their tribe to the northwest of the Luoxue River, a few days ago the boys who touched the camp came back to say, all the clan soldiers in Luming City have been pulled up, I have suffered a little in numbers, I am ready to withdraw first, and come back after a while. ”
Miss Su thought for a moment with some hesitation in her eyes, and then said resolutely: "No, maybe Daqi has already received the news that there is a red chalcedony stone mine here, and it must not be withdrawn, so if I help you set up a magic circle of hundreds of miles below, you should always be able to defeat them." ”
"A hundred miles away?" Ku Lie couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and immediately said with great joy: "If it is really a magic circle within a radius of a hundred miles, I can naturally stew the entire army of Luming City in one pot." ”
Miss Su nodded and said, "Naturally, it is a radius of a hundred miles, but I need ten holy masters in your clan, and it is up to you to decide where the formation is distributed." ”
Kulie then said loudly, "Bring the map." One of the Huren guards outside agreed, and hurried to the other stone chamber.
Turning around, Ku Lie's attitude towards Miss Su became a little respectful, and he showed a look of embarrassment and said: "Miss Su, there are not many Holy Masters in our own clan, I also hope to kill a few of them Dan Masters this time, otherwise, I will send you eight Saint Masters, and the other few will deal with Dan Masters." ”
Miss Su shook her head and said, "I want ten holy masters, as for the problem of Dan masters, don't worry, I have a way to solve it." ”
At this time, the Hu guards took out the map and hung it on the stone wall opposite Miss Su, Kulie drank the milk wine in the golden cup in one gulp, stood up suddenly, walked to the map, and said to Miss Su: "In the next few days, Guan Shuo will send troops from Muzha Pass along this road, and in three days, they will supply here, and I will send five thousand Erlang to harass them." ”
"Then retreat to the west, according to my understanding of Guan Shuo, he will definitely not divide the troops, but continue to advance the troops, and then I will send troops to disturb him every time I go to a garrison for supplies, so that he will not be suspicious, and when he reaches the bluestone beach of a hundred miles south of Gucheng Mountain, he will set up his Chinese army camp there. ”
As he spoke, he slapped the position of the bluestone beach with his palm and said: "Miss Su, your magic circle is spread on the bluestone beach, so that I can eat the entire army of Luming City in one fell swoop, and I will unite some other tribes in the next few days, waiting for the sons and daughters to wave their sabers, and this Daqi border city will be mine in the future, haha." He excitedly drew a big circle on the map.
Miss Su said coldly: "All I want is the red chalcedony stone mine, and I don't care about your capture of Luming City, but you have to promise that after half a year, you will dig to a depth of forty zhang." ”
Ku Lie's eyes flashed at this time, and then he hid it and said: "That's natural, even when I am fighting with Daqi, the progress of mining here will not stop, however, I heard the holy master of the clan say that this red pith mine is more than 100 zhang deep, and the breadth covers almost the entire mountainous area, you only need 40 zhang of ore under this lonely city mountain ......." ”
Miss Su interrupted him at this time, and sneered: "Don't think about finding anything from me, when you dig to forty zhang, I will close the mine for two months, and all the people here will be withdrawn, if you are curious, you can come and see it then, but I can't guarantee that you can get out of the circle." ”
Ku Lie was slightly embarrassed for a moment, but his face immediately recovered and said: "I'm also thinking about Miss Su, since Miss Su said so, it can be regarded as my mouth, and I will punish myself." As he spoke, he took up the golden cups on his case and drank them all.
Miss Su got up at this time and said lightly: "Since the matter is so decided, I will also go back first, and tomorrow you will let ten holy masters wait for me here." After speaking, he walked out of the stone chamber.
Ku Lie's fiery eyes kept looking at Miss Su's elegant back, and waited until she disappeared outside the stone room, then sat down and muttered: "Circle within a radius of a hundred miles? ”
However, when he raised his eyes and saw the map hanging on the wall, his heart burned like a hot fire, and after laughing maniacally, he said to the guards outside, "Gather the leaders of all the tribes for a meeting." ”
The next day, Miss Su took ten Hu people's holy teachers to drive their horses to the bluestone beach surrounded by dozens of Hu people's personal soldiers, and looked up, the surrounding faint mountains were about a hundred miles away, and in front of them was a barren flat grassland, a small stream flowed slowly from the middle, and there were cyan pebbles distributed by the stream.
Miss Su turned over and dismounted, walked a few steps to check the situation on the ground, and then took out a formation flag and handed it to a holy master and said, "You are standing in this position, you can't move out of the range of three meters." ”
The Holy Master took the array flag with both hands and sat cross-legged on the grass.
After riding a horse and running around the bluestone beach, there were only a few dozen cavalry left around Miss Su, and all the holy masters were arranged in various positions within a radius of a hundred miles of the bluestone beach.
At this time, she was holding the yellow array disk in her hand, and a stream of vitality in the dantian was input into the array disk, and she said in a low voice: "Array." The holy masters standing around felt that the vitality in the dantian automatically flowed into the array flag in their hands, and the bluestone beach in front of them faintly appeared a misty scene.
Miss Su saw that the fog was getting thicker and thicker, and the killing aura of the soldiers had already appeared inside, so she nodded, and then withdrew the vitality from the array, and the mountain wind drifted by, and the fog gradually dispersed again.
On the way back, Miss Su asked a holy master behind her, "What is the highest realm of the Dan Master that Daqi came here this time?"
The Holy Master thought for a moment and replied, "It shouldn't be higher than the lower level of the Xuan Master." ”
Miss Su smiled coldly and nodded secretly.