41. Chapter 41
Wei Liang led two thousand horses and rode lightly. According to the horse exploration report sent by Gongsun Yang, he followed Chen Xiang's small path to marry his daughter. A few days later, he found a marriage trip in Liyangbei. Because the team carried ten thousand hu of grain and rice, the baggage was difficult to move quickly. Although he set out early, he has not even arrived halfway. Wei Liang led his men to ambush a valley ahead. When the team entered the valley, a golden drum and a cry of ambush soldiers from both sides of the front and back were pouring out. He escorted the team's power at the order of Chen Xiang.
The Lang general Gao Shun was shocked and hurriedly raised his halberd and shouted loudly. Wei Liang said, "Grandpa is here." He slapped forward and waved the sword in his hand. Gao Shun hurriedly raised his halberd to deal with it. He was not the opponent of Wei Liang, but he was killed in the horse in three rounds. The left and right generals saw that Wei Liang was fierce and surrounded by people and horses were scared. They were frightened. They waved their own way and took the horse away. Where could the remaining soldiers resist, and they were defeated in a blink of an eye and fled around.
Wei Shao's purpose in this trip was not to kill the enemy or pursue him. He ordered people to gather the supplies and food together and lift up a fragrant cart in the middle. When he saw a young woman huddled in the corner, she was already shaking. He had already lost all her color. When he saw Wei Liang poking his head in, he screamed in a mess and fainted on the spot, which scared Wei Liang. He also saw the two servants begging for the faces of the earth, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.
Wei Liang knew that the person who was shocked was Chen Xiang's daughter. He asked the soldiers to take the car and drove the way forward and headed to Yangzhou. He arrived in Huainan soon and stationed in Xiacai. A visitor came to report to Yang Xin. Yang Xin sent a personal envoy Song Xian to welcome him. Song Xian respectfully invited Wei Liang and his team to enter the city. Wei Liang refused and ordered the soldiers to set up camp outside the city to stand by, strictly ordering the soldiers not to approach Chen Xiang's tent, and patrol day and night without mentioning them.
Yang Xin and Xue Tai have always had grudges. They had a few encounters before, and each had a match and had a victory or defeat. They also fought each other in the past two years. A few days ago, Zhang Yong, the envoy of Wei Shao, came unexpectedly and handed over to Wei Shao's handwritten letters to express his purpose.
Wei Shao was famous in the north and was famous in the sea. The heroes of the world went to join him. Yang Xin had heard of it for a long time, but he had never dealt with him. Suddenly, he sent an envoy Zhang Yong to lobby. Zhang Yong was born in a Jiangdong family. Because he admired Wei Shao's name, he went to join him. He was appointed as the chief minister and was eloquent. In a few words, he led Yang Xin to what he said as a confidant. Although Chen Xiang was strong, Wei Shao blocked him and was not afraid. He sent troops to attack Xuzhou, which had only 20,000 troops left, and had a great chance of winning, and there were also the grain and silk promised by Wei Shao and the Northern Horse.
Those grains and silk are just fine, but a thousand northern horses are the main focus. If you don’t produce horses in the south, you will undoubtedly be like a tiger with wings. You promised it on the spot and formed a bloody alliance with Zhang Yong. You arranged a banquet that night. The next day, you selected 100,000 soldiers and horses and went to Xuzhou in three directions.
Xue Tai sent troops to Yanzhou half a month ago, robbing people's wealth all the way, and the people complained. Now the army has reached Juye, only one hundred miles away from Dongjun. He came to report that thirty miles outside Juye City, Qiao Ping, the prefect of Dongjun, had already formed a formation. He was not at all relieved, and urged the army to rush straight away. The two armies met outside Juye City. Xue Tai looked at the opposite side and saw the formation round. The white horse that took the lead was a middle-aged general, with a face like Xiushou, and knew it was the prefect Qiao Ping. A big red horse next to him immediately sat on a young general, wearing a silver robe, holding a double halberd in his hand, and his eyes were like stars, and he was extremely handsome. He guessed that it was Qiao Ping's son, and laughed: "Yanzhou really deserves no one, and he actually sent a girl to fight!"
As soon as these words were said, laughter rose up everywhere. Qiao Ci was young and energetic, how could he bear such humiliation? Regardless of Qiao Ping's obstruction, the horse rushed out of the formation and scolded Xue Laopin. There was Xue Tai's youngest son who had been eighteen years old on the opposite side, Xue Liang, who was about to marry Chen Xiang's daughter, and urged the horse to fight with a gun. Both sides picked up the horses in the empty place in the formation. The soldiers on both sides shouted loudly, and fought fiercely. After dozens of rounds, Qiao Ci pushed Xue Liang down. Xue Liang hurriedly fled back to the position. Qiao Ci chased after him with red eyes, threw it out with a knife, stabbed Xue Liang in the heart, and Xue Liang fell to the ground and died.
Qiao Ping was watching the battle situation behind him, very nervous. Although his elder brother had sent envoys to Yuyang to ask for help, there was no reply yet, and no Wei Shao's troops arrived. A few days ago, he learned that Xue Tai's army was approaching, so Qiao Ping personally led the army to Juye, preparing to fight to the death. His only son was underage, so Qiao Ping was unwilling to let him fight with him in the front and ordered him to stay to defend the city. However, although Yanzhou could gather 50,000 troops, he could not find a few good generals who could suppress the formation. Qiao Ci was determined to fight the front and Qiao Ping had no choice but to think that if Dongjun lost it, it would be like a collapsed nest. If the nest was destroyed, there would be no end to the end. Finally, he gritted his teeth and let him join him in the battle. He saw that he could not bear it and went out to fight Xue Liang in a fierce battle, and finally killed Xue Liang on the horse. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly ordered someone to call the gold to return to the formation.
When Xue Tai saw that the battle had not started, his parents and children died in front of the formation, and died at the hands of a young man who was still dry. He was shocked and furious, and was furious, and he was reluctant to let go. He ordered the two left and right generals to attack and kill Qiao Ci. He received the order from Cao Xu and Zhang Biao, and rode out on his horse, and surrounded Qiao Ci in the horse formation in a blink of an eye.
Although Qiao Ci was born as a calf and a young hero, she was underage and had not experienced many wars. Cao Xu and Zhang Biao were the longest general in Xuzhou and were used to charging into battle. How could Qiao Ci resist it by fighting against two? If she was not careful, her left arm was scratched and blood flowed.
Seeing that his son's retreat was broken and his body was injured, Qiao Ping was anxious and immediately rushed to support him with two generals, but it was too late. Before he rushed to the front of the formation, he heard Cao Xu shout "Huangkou child, I will avenge the young master!" and watched the spear in his hand slapped towards Qiao Ci's chest. Qiao Ci's two halberds were pressing against the long sword that Zhang Biao could not dodge, and blood was about to splatter on the spot. Suddenly, at this moment, a fast horse rushed over in the wilderness between the two formations, and rushed to the front of the formation. The horseman wore a hat, put his finger on his lips, and whistled at the three war horses that were in a group in front. The three war horses were like hearing the sound of a demon, and they actually neighed in unison, angrily raising their front hooves, and threw Cao Xu, Zhang Biao, and Qiao Ci, who were fighting together, and immediately threw off the horses.
Cao Xu and Zhang Biao's mounts were all good horses in Dayuan that had been used for a long time, and Qiao Ci's mounts were raised since childhood. Unexpectedly, the stranger whistled, and the horse overturned the master to the ground. The three of them fell and rolled together. The man drove the horse to the near future, leaned over and put up Qiao Ci's arm on the ground, pulled him up, turned around and ran towards Qiao Ping, and went to Qiao Ping's horse and pushed Qiao Ci down. Qiao Ci landed and stood firm, but the man was still shocked and did not react for a while.
Qiao Ping originally thought that his son would be blood splattered three feet long, but he never dreamed that at the critical moment, the guest of the hat actually came out to save his life. He didn't need to say much about the surprise and gratitude. He knew that this person was not from the two armies. He looked closely and saw that his hat was pressing down very low, covering his forehead and eyes. He looked only in his early twenties. He clasped his fists to thank him: "Thank you, my husband, I have no time to thank me two times ago, but please leave my husband with a font size, and I will thank you again in the future!"
Qiao Ci stood on the ground and saw clearly the eyes of the man under the hat. One of them was green. Suddenly, he felt that he had seen it. He seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. When he was stunned, Xue Tai, the opposite side had already beaten a drum to attack. He had no time to think about it. He hurriedly whistled, called back his war horse, and turned over to fight the enemy. The two armies fought together in a blink of an eye. Qiao Ping was familiar with military books and was diligent in training troops on weekdays. At this moment, he tried hard to command the formation. However, there was no good general around him, and his troops were only half as strong as the opponent. The position was gradually compressed to become smaller and smaller. He could only go and fight. Suddenly, a cannon sounded on both sides. Xue Tai had 10,000 troops pressed up on each side. Yan
The formation of the state soldiers was immediately washed away, with countless casualties and wounded. Qiao Ping knew that if he continued to fight, the 50,000 troops would be wiped out here. He wanted to retreat into the city in order to calculate it later, but the formation was already chaotic. If the sing of gold suddenly came, the scene would be even more difficult to deal with. He was struggling to support him. He was shocked to see that the hat guest had just killed two soldiers Xue Tai who were surrounding him with a knife. He roared with a sword, and the roar was like thunder. The dozens of people in front of him showed fear on their faces and dared not approach. Seeing him breaking out a bloody path, he rushed to Qiao Ping and shouted loudly: "If you quickly sing Jin and retreat into the city, you will definitely be wiped out if you are late! I will block here for you!"
Qiao Ping was shocked.
Although this young man who came from somewhere was simple, seemed to be just an ordinary person. For some reason, in such a melee of thousands of troops, he was like a god of war from the sky, majestic and majestic, which made people involuntarily obey him. He turned around and was about to withdraw his troops, but suddenly heard the sound of gold sounds sounded in Xue Tai's formation. He looked at the opposite side in surprise. Seeing that something seemed to have happened to the opposite side, Xue Tai on the horse's back was full of anger and cursed, and quickly ordered his subordinates to withdraw their troops. He hated his son's body and retreated, and went quickly to Xuzhou, southeast.
Outside the Juye City, which was still dead, was almost gone. Qiao Ping felt as if he had experienced a life of disaster, but he was still a little disbelief. He didn't know why Xue Tai suddenly withdrew his troops. He didn't care about thinking about it at this moment, and ordered the position to be cleaned up first, and the injured soldiers were sent into the city. He took a breath and suddenly remembered the guest of the hat just now. He hurriedly searched everywhere, but where was his trace?
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Qiao Ci chased him all the way and kept chasing him for dozens of miles away. Seeing that the man in front could not get rid of him, he finally stopped on the side of the road.
Qiao Ci's face was stained with blood, and the blood scab on her arm had not solidified. She was still bleeding slowly, but her eyes were bright and she chased after her in one breath. She stopped and drew her sword and pointed at the other party and said loudly: "I recognize you! Your green eyes! My eldest sister was kidnapped by you? Where is she now? What did you do to her?"
Bishe slowly raised the hat: "I have become a husband and wife. Don't worry, young master, I will do my best to treat her. Young master is injured, so it's better to go back to heal as soon as possible."
Qiao Ci's eyes widened, revealing an incredible look.
Bishu nodded slightly at him, then urged the horse to raise its hooves, and rushed away in a blink of an eye, and his figure disappeared at the end of the wild path.
Qiao Ci stayed there.
When Da Qiao ran away with Bi Zi, the Qiao family kept it hidden. Even Qiao Ci was not very clear. He only faintly heard that it seemed to have something to do with the Ma Nu in the family. Therefore, as soon as the war ended, he immediately targeted Bi Zi and chased him here in one breath.
He didn't expect that his cousin Da Qiao would marry him. And from his tone, it seemed that Da Qiao was willing to do so.
Qiao Ci couldn't imagine that something like this would happen.
He couldn't accept it for a moment. He stopped there for a moment and was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that when he was about to die, it was this man who rescued him as if he had descended from the sky. In front of the two armies, he was astonishingly brave and powerful as he had never seen before in his life.
What kind of person is this?
Qiao Ci was confused.
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After Wei Shao sent his troops to leave, there was a missing man at home, as if he had lost his backbone, and the Wei family suddenly became deserted.
Except for the difficulty facing Mrs. Zhu every day, Xiao Qiao was very free in the rest of her time. But she was concerned about the military situation in Yanzhou and was worried every day. Fortunately, more than half a month after Wei Shao left, news finally came, saying that when Xue Tai attacked Dongjun, he suddenly learned that Xuzhou was attacked by Yang Xin in Huainan, and immediately retreated to rescue. Both sides encountered a battle at Jiulishan, Liucheng. Xue Tai was defeated, and the generals were lost, and countless food and supplies were lost. Finally, he retreated back to Xuzhou in a mess and stayed in a closed door. His vitality was severely damaged. In the short term, he should be unable to attack again.
Xiao Qiao's heart that had been hanging for many days finally let go. When she returned to the room, she was about to write a letter to her father Qiao Ping, and a message came from the north room, saying that Mrs. Xu called her over.
Xiao Qiao immediately put down her pen, changed her clothes and went to the north room. She unexpectedly saw Wei Yan, kneeling beside Mrs. Xu, as if she had just finished speaking, Wei Yan bowed to Mrs. Xu, turned around, met Xiao Qiao, and his eyes stopped on her face.
Every time Wei Shao sent troops to fight, he always handed over the important task of Youzhou's defense to Wei Yan. It was not surprising to meet him here at this moment.
Xiao Qiao lowered her eyes and called "Uncle".
Wei Yan nodded slightly, turned to Mrs. Xu and said, "The grandson is back first. Grandma is ready, and the grandson will come to see him off early in the morning."
Mrs. Xu nodded.
Wei Yan glanced at Xiao Qiao and passed by her.
Xiao Qiao got on the couch and knelt down at Mrs. Xu. She saw a few rolls of letters and silk on the table table. It seemed that they were sent from different places.
Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "Zhonglin has been out for more than half a month. Grandma is afraid you will be worried. When there is news, I will tell you first. The army has arrived in Shiyi several days ago, and has been firmly building up the troops and setting up camps. It is very smooth."
Xiao Qiao suddenly felt a little guilty.
These days, the one she cared about the most was Yanzhou. Wei Shao. Perhaps because he was strong enough, she knew that he would definitely come back. In fact, she didn't remember much. She lowered her eyes and said, "I hope my husband will return soon."
Mrs. Xu nodded and said, "I also received another letter today. I will leave for Zhongshan Country tomorrow to visit an old relative. I think you are fine at home, so why not go with me and take you to recognize your face, and I will have a companion on the way."
Xiao Qiao was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, she was about to go far away. I don’t know what Mrs. Xu was going to Zhongshan Country in person. But since she spoke, she naturally nodded.
Chapter completed!