Zhang Mingyue didn't know why Sima Yun suddenly proposed the idea of transferring the southern army to the north, but no matter what, he wouldn't believe that Sima Yun was just for the people of Western Chu, the two of them had been friends for so many years, and they almost knew each other well, Sima Yun has never been a selfless person, and he was even a little selfish when he said it ugly, and he would not let himself suffer in everything he did in the past？

But I have to admit that Sima Yun has insight into people's hearts, and just a few simple words made Princess Zhaoyang confused.

"How do you know that Xuanyuan Hongtu will definitely be willing to send troops here?" Princess Zhaoyang wondered.

Sima Yun stood up, put his hands behind his back, and there was a lot of singing and laughter outside the camp tent, even if it was cold and frozen, this camp was also a special spring, he said lightly.

"Xuanyuan Hongtu has great ambitions, but he is too brutal, if he really cares about the world, Xuanyuan Qingshan will not pass on the position of the crown prince to Xuanyuan Hongye, but I have to admit that this person is a military general, leading troops well, and the 200,000 iron horsemen under his command are invincible, but he Xuanyuan Hongtu just wants to repel the Western Regions?"

"What do you mean by that?" Princess Zhaoyang frowned.

"I guess these words should be guessed even if I don't talk about the princess, if the Central Plains wins the war in the future, even if it is a victory, it will be a miserable victory, who can stop him under the loss of soldiers? He wants to unify the Central Plains and the Three Kingdoms to achieve a thousand years of hegemony, and has to plant a seed in Western Chu, we borrow troops from him to fall into his arms, if he really listens to the words of Shi Xiuqi, the sixth armor of the Spring and Autumn Period, he will not send troops to come, and would rather return 50,000 soldiers from Western Chu, and one person will guard the two boundary mountains, but Xuanyuan Hongtu is arrogant by nature, and he will definitely not listen, so we will have a plan to come over, and the combat effectiveness of these 50,000 horses is extraordinary, as for how to assimilate these 50,000 iron horses, Sima Yun has his own good strategy, to make him Xuanyuan Hongtu regret not being at the beginning。 ”

After saying this, Princess Zhaoyang was already covered with frost, but saw Sima Yun continue.

"The princess doesn't have to be like this, no one thought that Xixia would ally with the Western Regions, otherwise His Majesty the Emperor would not have sent troops to guard the Two Realms Mountain, now the matter has come to this, only this plan can solve the danger of the Tiger and Wolf Pass, most of the soldiers and horses in the north are brave and good at fighting, and now they have the help of the Western Regions and are well-equipped, and they are proficient in the mecha battle formation that the Xue Zi Army has never had, and the Xuanyuan Hongtu Iron Cavalry cannot be defeated, although some words are ugly, but Sima Yun also has to say that there are no large-scale wars in Western Chu all the year round, except for the Xue Zi Army, almost all of them have been slack, even if such a soldier and horse comes, it is a shame, and the battle has been seen a while ago, even the Xue Zi army, which is extremely strong in individual combat effectiveness, almost won a miserable victory at the cost of two people for one, not to mention the regular army that has not really killed anyone in the Guannai for so many years?"

"Xuanyuan Hongtu wants to prepare for the things after the war, and he will definitely transfer the elite of his army to come to Tiger Wolf Pass, first, to let the people of Western Chu see how powerful his iron cavalry is, and secondly, he also wants to use this army as a seed to take root after the war, even if he Xuanyuan Hongtu does not come to Xichu in person, no one in Western Chu can stop this iron cavalry, believe me, princess, Xuanyuan Hongtu will definitely be so tight with what I said. ”

The sun was shining in the day of the first month of the first month, and the north wind began to blow as soon as the sun set, it was late at night, most of the soldiers guarding the border began to sleep soundly with the wine jar after the song and dance troupe dispersed, and they still did not get drunk and gathered together to drink and chat, the general and the old man were still talking and laughing, Princess Zhaoyang came out of the camp, and she was clearly wearing a snow fox fur cloak that could not be blown in by a trace of wind, but she still felt a trace of chill for no reason.

"Sima Yun, do you know that since you came to Xichu, my uncle has reminded me at any time to be careful of you. ”

Princess Zhaoyang was reluctant to say what this great Confucian Ning Zhiyuan reminded her, but this woman silently remembered the ups and downs since the four of them met, although Sima Yun seemed to be very deep in the city, but this man had never done anything sorry for himself, since this was the case, it was still a friend, and for friends, the princess would never be stingy.

"But I don't want to be wary of you everywhere, for I feel like we've been friends since we've known each other, and I don't want to speculate on my friend with the worst malice. ”

The night was cool and quiet, the soldiers were snoring, and there were only a few dozen people left who were really good and not drunk and were still talking and laughing, the north wind blew the woman's long hair, and the snowflakes were blowing again.

"Tell me honestly, what are you playing this game for?"

"For what?"

The man in the green shirt smiled faintly.

"For the sake of the country's hatred and family hatred, Sima Yun is a businessman, the princess let me have a place to live in Xichu, Sima Yun should give advice to the princess, the princess doesn't need to think about it, Mr. Ning's reminder is free of his own truth, but the princess only needs to remember one thing, I have a common enemy with the princess, so Sima Yun will not be stupid enough to consume the strength of his allies, there is a way that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, not to mention that Sima Yun has always regarded the princess as my friend. ”

"With your words, I am relieved, I will convey your suggestion to my father, presumably my uncle will not have any opinions, but the martial arts conference will start in the summer this year, and at that time, my Xichu martial arts will be out to compete for the position of the leader of the alliance, I have long said that it is impossible for you to be the leader of the alliance, and it is impossible for the old man, I hope you don't blame me." ”

"The princess is too worried, Sima Yun has never thought of being the leader of the alliance, not to mention that this is a grand event in the martial arts of Western Chu, so it is not my turn to be an outsider to mix, so the princess can rest assured, Sima Yun does not seek fame or profit, he is just willing to be a strategist under the princess. ”

"So...... Best. ”

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There are still more than 60,000 guards and soldiers, even if it takes six days to condolence 10,000 a day, the next day the princess took a group of people to other camps, the original camp only left the aftermath of singing and laughing last night, but the old man and Sima Yun and Ranger did not go together, Princess Zhaoyang also knew the love of the four, not to mention that the three of them originally came for Zhang Mingyue.

Zhang Mingyue got up early in the morning, and the young man who had always slept in the haystack slept under the general's tent for the first time, and the old man drank with the general all night last night, and did not fall asleep until dawn.

"It's also a loss of the New Year's Pass, if the soldiers are so unarmed, the Tiger and Wolf Pass should be like no one to defend it. ”

"Then you're wrong. ”

Zhang Mingyue looked at the man in green shirt who had just told the princess about family and country affairs last night.

"Even if the soldiers are so asleep, as soon as the horn sounds, I guarantee that all the soldiers of my Xue Zijun will immediately wake up with swords in their hands and go into battle to kill the enemy. ”

"You Xue Zijun, it seems that you really think of yourself as one of the people here. ”

Sima Yun said with a smile.

"I've been here since the day I came here, but I'm not very familiar with the land outside the Tiger and Wolf Pass, otherwise I'll rush to the Western Xia last time, and I have to ask the general to kill a thousand men and horses outside the pass. Zhang Mingyue said coldly.

"What you said is too difficult, the terrain of the Tiger Wolf Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if once the Tiger Wolf Pass is out, the soldiers and horses of Western Chu enter the Western Xia Land, it will be equivalent to a sheep entering the mouth of the tiger, and any normal general will not allow his subordinates to die in vain. Not to mention a thousand soldiers and horses. ”

Zhang Mingyue asked.

"You said that normal people would not allow their subordinates to die in vain, just right, there are few normal soldiers in my Xue Zi Army, just the same as what you said, I don't want a thousand people, I only need a hundred people. ”

Sima Yun smiled dumbly.

"In the past half a day, you have not encountered any assassinations against you because of General Xue Pingchuan Xue sitting in the Tiger Wolf Pass, ordinary masters can't get close to the Tiger Wolf Pass at all, but once you get out of the Tiger Wolf Pass, you will be targeted immediately, do you know how dangerous it will be?"

"It's also possible that I haven't had an accident in the past six months because I'm not the person you told the old man about, isn't it?"

"That's not going to happen, maybe you have the relics of the saints of Jiuhua Mountain Buddhism who can help you avoid evil, but not necessarily, I know that this kid has made up his mind that things will never change, if you want to go, it is enough to ride into Xixia to burn and loot, you are only sixteen years old to become a master, I am more and more sure, but it is difficult to say clearly about the number of fate, there is a providence in the dark, I believe that there will always be a day when the water will come out, and that day should not be too far away." ”

Zhang Mingyue said that he wanted to ride out of the tiger and wolf and enter the territory of Xixia to burn and loot, many soldiers in the battalion were eager to try, and the pain of the war not long ago has made these soldiers vivid, since sooner or later it is a death, why not kill vigorously before death, and let these Xixia dogs try the feeling that their land is invaded by foreign enemies.

General Xue Pingchuan had no opinion on this as Zhang Mingyue expected, and ordered the soldiers and horses to be chosen by Zhang Mingyue at will, but the premise was that the people who were brought out had to be brought back alive, after all, if they died in battle, there would not even be a person to collect the corpse.

Zhang Mingyue received the order and personally selected a hundred people in the barracks, and what was surprising was that even the scholar Li Qiushu was included, when even many soldiers were indignant, saying that you are just a recruit who has only been in the camp for a few days. This kind of murder and arson can't be done, and we veterans have to do it.

How did the scholar wearing armor and carrying the Chu knife not know that this group of lovely veterans did not look down on themselves as scholars, but everyone understood that if they went like this, most of them would not be able to come back, not so much because they killed more Western Xia barbarians, but directly because they died faster than whom.

Li Qiushu said heartily.

"What's wrong with the veteran? The old soldier is not from the new recruits? When Lao Tzu comes back from outside the gate, who of you will dare to say that Lao Tzu is a new soldier. ”

This scholar, who had only been in the camp for half a month, scolded and scolded in the tone of a veteran for the first time, and many veterans could not bear to personally bid farewell to another group of soldiers who were about to set foot on Huangquan Road, so they turned around and left gloomily.

The old man didn't expect Zhang Mingyue to take the initiative to ask for battle, after all, he was only a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man, sixteen or seventeen years old, and when other people's children were still in school, he Zhang Mingyue had been fighting on the battlefield for half a year.

Before parting, the battalion commander once again brought out the famous sword.

"This knife is sharp, it kills quickly, it can kill a few more, don't show mercy, everyone you see, old or young, male or female, kill them all and avenge my brothers who died on the border. ”

When the battalion commander said this, his eyes were red and there was no trace of emotion, if it was in the past, Zhang Mingyue might not really have used a knife to kill the old and weak women and children, but now, he believes that all the more than 60,000 soldiers of the Xue Zi Army at the border have hated Xixia to the bone, and they can't peel off their skin and cramp.

"You'll never have to worry about that. ”

Zhang Mingyue took the knife from the hand of the battalion commander who was missing an arm.

"Nothing left, I said. ”

A hundred war horses came out of the Tiger and Wolf Pass, and the soldiers of the whole battalion watched them at the time of parting.

"Do you need the old man to go with you?"

The old man was dressed in a robe, and he was very vigorous.

"That's not necessary, the old man's responsibility to come this time is to protect the princess, don't worry about me, as early as three or four years ago, I walked with the old fox for three years, and now I have been fighting at the border for half a year, even if the master of the Cave Realm wants to kill me, it is not so easy. ”

"In this case, then you should be careful yourself, and the old man will not send you. ”

The people in the army did not know that the one-armed little old man in front of him was a land immortal who no one in the world could stand out, and he was only a half-crippled man, and at most he was only the general who remembered his old age last night, and how could he be responsible for protecting the princess instead of drinking so many more glasses? Most of the border sergeants were bold and liked to go straight, and they would say a word or two if they were not used to seeing him, and even those who did not know how powerful the old man quipped.

"Boy Zhang, what is your old man's ability to take on the important task of protecting the princess? Why don't you let the old man show his hand or two, so that we can see what kind of magical means the old man has, and let me wait to open my eyes. ”

Xue Pingchuan, the general in front of the barracks, was suddenly a little unhappy, and was also annoyed that these soldiers under his command were so big and small, if even the old man in front of him was not qualified to protect the princess, who in this world could take on such a heavy responsibility?

The general said coldly.

"Boys, keep your mouths shut, don't you understand the old man's methods that can be taken out casually?"

Two or three hundred soldiers all stopped talking, they had never seen the general so respectful of a person, and they were even more puzzled at the moment, even the scholar on the horseback was very curious about this, if it wasn't for the general's words, I am afraid that I really couldn't help but ask a question.

One hundred rode out of the Tiger Wolf Pass, out of the Tiger Wolf Pass is a piece of ice and snow, the selected war horses are all good horses in the camp, accustomed to the border environment, even if the weather is cold and frozen, they can still walk like flying, the soldiers are equipped with three kinds of weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows, in winter, there is no need to replenish the water, the snow is the water source, but each person reserves three days of dry food and set off, come to the Tiger Wolf Pass for half a year Zhang Mingyue also probably figured out the habits of the Xixia soldiers, just alone out of the Tiger Wolf Pass is not less than ten times, the difference is that the first ten times are just to exterminate the real horse thieves, and now the face is the regular Xixia border guards, the Xixia land is barren, the border between the two countries is even more vast Gobi, few people, In addition to the bandits who are dispatched from time to time, who first dispatches troops and horses to invade each other between the big countries can be regarded as provoking a war, so although the Tiger Wolf Pass is adjacent to the Western Xia, the Western Chu has never sent a soldier to cross the border, even if the bandits are eliminated, they are only deployed in the pass, and now that the war between the two countries has been completely provoked, there are not so many worries, and a hundred horses are all into the Western Xia.

Even if Zhang Mingyue doesn't know how to lead the army to fight, he should know that the territory of Xixia is all over the Xixia army at this time, and it is difficult to attack the people of Xixia from the Xixia army safe and sound, from the Tiger Wolf Pass to the territory of Xixia can be seen at most fifty miles, and the black cavalry and the ice and snow can be seen clearly within fifty miles, if it is far away, it will not be visible, so the Xixia military camp must be fifty miles away, forty miles away from the Tiger Wolf Pass, Zhang Mingyue ordered the soldiers to drive the war horse back to the Tiger Wolf Pass, 100 people waited here, and touched the border when it was dark.

"The land of Western Xia is vast and sparsely populated, and the land is barren, in my opinion, the last time 10,000 soldiers and horses were not prepared in advance, if they were prepared in advance, they would not just send 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack. ”

In the ice and snow, the hundred-person team did not dare to make a fire, so they could only wear white robes and merge with a piece of silver-white land to report for warmth.

"Do you mean that last time the Western Xia soldiers hastily gathered 10,000 horses? But if this is the case, how can these 10,000 men and horses drawn from different places have such a high combat effectiveness? The Western Xia Emperor is not a fool, knowing that we have heavy troops in Tiger Wolf Pass and only send 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack, isn't this burying those 10,000 men in vain? ”

Before leaving, Xue Pingchuan said that he would bring all the hundred horsemen back, but everyone knew that he was afraid that he would not be able to go back, and he probably knew that the final outcome would be nothing more than death, and the scholar Li Qiushu's tone was a little scary. In the end, the people who were in charge of cleaning up the battlefield and personally sending many half-life enemies on the road were more or less beginning to be cold.

"I don't understand this either, but no matter what, 10,000 horses in Xixia in exchange for 17,000 men and horses in my Tiger Wolf Pass are definitely earned, it is very likely that Xixia is just preparing to consume my Tiger Wolf Pass troops, whether these soldiers have been prepared or hastily assembled, we will know at night, half a year ago, there were many horse thieves in this radius of twenty miles to occupy the mountain as kings, and now it is empty, most of them were recruited by Western Xia. ”

Zhang Mingyue was worried, there were many masters among the horse thieves, and there were even strange people who were proficient in various mechanical techniques, and I don't know how many people would survive.

"The amount of money it costs to gather such a powerful force is simply sky-high, and these guys in the Western Regions are really willing to do it. Zhang Mingyue teased.

"Do you have a great master, don't you say that your old man is very powerful? I think we should bring your old man with us when we come out, no matter how strong the opponent is, as long as there is the old man alone, we are not on the ground?"

The scholar in armor smiled and said with a smile. In the past, he definitely didn't want to joke so much with the seemingly beautiful but murderous guy in front of him, but now he knows that he won't live long, so he might as well laugh for a day.

“......”

"How do you want me to explain to you, my old man is not a soldier, there is no need to get involved, not to mention that when the martial artist is finally exhausted, I estimate that the old man will kill at most 4,000 people in one go, and in the end, the real war will have to be completed by us little soldiers. ”

Zhang Mingyue touched her chin, which was actually not bearded, and thought.

"How much? four thousand, oh my mother, you are really good at talking. ”

Li Qiushu almost laughed, not only him, but all the soldiers who died on this trip couldn't help laughing.

"You don't believe it?"

Zhang Mingyue was a little displeased, when the old man entered the realm of heaven and man, he could kill two thousand iron horsemen in one go, not to mention that now he has entered the land fairy realm that is rare in a hundred years, killing heaven and man with one sword, even if it is a true immortal, it is nothing more than that.

The scholar nodded and immediately shook his head.

"Believe it or not?"

"We are all our own brothers, and if you take back what you just said, I will treat it as if it never happened, and I will not tell my brothers when I go back. ”

The scholar blinked.

"Fuck off, believe it or not, I didn't lie to you. ”

Zhang Mingyue frowned, and she didn't bother to see this group of "poor worms" who had lived on the border all their lives and had never seen the rivers and lakes of the Central Plains.

"You guys just rest here, I'll go ahead and find out what to do next. ”

"You're alone? That's not good, it's too dangerous. ”

Li Qiushu shook his head and said.

"I'll go with you. ”

"You're going with me?"

Zhang Mingyue was a little disdainful.

"You tell me that you don't even know martial arts, so you can read some stuff, what are you going to do with me?

He took out an ancient book that was carried by the scholar from the scholar's armor, in fact, he had already found it, but he never said it, and saying it would only make people laugh, and sure enough, the soldiers laughed when the book was turned out.

"We're here to kill people this time, but we're not here to read, do you really think that reading books can read the enemy to death?"

Zhang Mingyue didn't tear up the book that looked more like the art of war, but returned it to the scholar's arms.

The scholar who was exposed to the "conspiracy" was a little angry.

"What do you know, Lao Tzu is indeed not as good as your kung fu, and he has not been a soldier for a few days, and Lao Tzu can't read the enemy when he reads, but Lao Tzu has a strategy, a strategy, do you have it? ”

Zhang Mingyue was stunned.

"Then tell me what your strategy is?"

"This ......"

The scholar took off his helmet and scratched his somewhat messy hair that hadn't been washed for a few days.

"I can't tell what I should do when I go with you to spy on the Xixia soldiers, believe me, it's absolutely right to take me, our Xue Zijun can't be as brutal as before, this time it's a loss of the past tradition, and I have read a lot of books since I was a child, and I am extremely interested in the art of war, so I came to this border to be a recruit, when the time comes, you just have to do what I say, whether it is useful to try it or not." ”

Seeing that the scholar who had only come to the border for half a month said this, Zhang Mingyue's heart also made waves, could it be that this guy in front of him is really like Sima Yun, and his wisdom is close to the demon's character? If so, it doesn't hurt to take it and take a look.

"In that case, then you go with me and observe it before making a decision. ”

"Well, don't worry, it's absolutely proper to leave this matter to Lao Tzu. ”

For the first time, Li Qiushu felt that he had other uses on the border besides being called by the general to clean up the battlefield, who said that scholars were useless? How many military divisions from Gulai were not scholars? Whether scholars are useful or not, we will soon find out.