Chapter 018 - Retreat(1/2)
(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***)(XX website www.xxx.***) Listening to the "bang bang" collision between Leimu and Zhuangmen, Lin Chong raised his spear and walked towards Zhuangmen. Wu Zhi grabbed his arm and smiled and said, "What? Want to fight to the death?"
Lin Chong wanted to jump down and kill these people, of course he had no chance of surviving. Seeing that Wu Zhi saw through, Lin Chong said, "Master! It seems that there are not many people dead in Liao people, and Lin Chong also went to gamble!"
Wu Zhi smiled and said, "You know what gambling is? What is gambling if you lose your life regardless of your winning or losing? That's called hard work!" The fastest update http://***.****.**)
Lin Chong was still waiting for it, Wu Zhi waved his hand to stop him, looked at the eight dead soldiers who were coherently moving under the city, and frowned: "The movement is quick."
Lin Chong said: "If the Liao Dog pauses for a moment, our divine arm crossbow doesn't have to waste arrows!"
Wu Zhi asked, "Can your mount chase these Liao people?"
Lin Chong looked at Wu Zhi in confusion.
Wu Zhi smiled: "Just think that our village is made of paper, you can just ride a horse and break in and out. Are you sure that you can catch up with these Liao people and kill these Liao people and return safely?"
Lin Chong still didn't quite understand what Wu Zhi meant, so Wu Zhi shook his head: "Forget it, I'm afraid I can't come back with such a short distance. Let me think about it again..."
Wu Zhi was lowering his head to ponder, and Lin Chong suddenly said, "Master, look!" Wu Zhi looked up and looked in the direction of Lin Chong. He saw a ball of white shadows galloping from the east under the moonlight, at a very fast speed. In a blink of an eye, he had arrived in front of the village. The Liao people were alerting the 100-man team at the East Gate shouted and greeted them. However, the white shadow was extremely fast and did not entangle with them. He walked around in the distance and threw away the pursuers, and then rushed towards the east gate of Wujiazhuang.
Lin Chong said, "It's Miss Hu!" Lin Chong has been in the northern border for a long time and is familiar with Hujiazhuang and Zhujiazhuang.
Wu Zhi nodded slightly, surprised, why did she run away? Lin Chong waved his hand, and the village soldiers at the east gate were in a hurry, and the village gate slowly opened. Bai Ying jumped into the village gate with a whistle and waited for the 100-man team to arrive, and first ate a mess of arrows on the city wall. The east gate had slowly closed.
Only a moment from beginning to end, the Liao people's brigade at the south gate had no time to react. At first, he saw a cavalry coming, but he didn't care about it. When the other party threw away the pursuers, the east gate opened, and the brigade was too late to rush there. He could only watch others enter the village from the east gate and close the village gate.
Xiao Tiancheng was not angry but happy. After being on the border for more than a year, he naturally knew the name of Hu Sanmei of Hujiazhuang in the east. If Wujiazhuang hadn't suddenly risen, Hu Jiazhuang would have been the number one thorn in the Liao people's eyes. It seems that the person who came here must have been the legendary Hu Sanmei of Hu in the white horse and jade armor. Humph, he fell into the trap, but this woman was so born, so he should keep a close eye on her side and not be run away by her.
When Wu Zhi saw Hu Sanmei enter the village, he felt relieved. When he looked at her again, he didn't like her, so he should not leave it to the Liao people.
"You are very familiar with her?" Wu Zhi asked Lin Chong.
Lin Chong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have been in the northern border all year round, but my subordinates have only met her a few times."
Wu Zhi smiled and said, "I thought she was here to save her husband..." Wu Zhi suddenly stopped talking awkwardly, and Hu Sanmei, wearing snow-white armor, was slowly walking over. She was listening to her nonsense.
As if Hu Sanmei didn't hear Wu Zhi's words, she nodded slightly to Lin Chong, saying hello, and then stood at the city wall and looked at the Liao army below.
Wu Zhi naturally would not take the initiative to pay attention to her, and turned to see the situation below. Lin Chong saw that the two of them were not in the same direction, so he was even more reluctant to interrupt, so the city wall fell into an awkward silence.
After a while, Lin Chong couldn't bear it and said, "Master, Miss Hu is quick, why not ask Miss Hu to take her wife first and come back to pick her up."
When Hu Sanmei heard "Madam," she looked at Wu Zhi in surprise, but didn't say anything.
Wu Zhi said lightly: "Do you think the wife will leave? Do I know how to leave again?" Lin Chong was hoarse and lowered his head without saying a word.
"Listen to the people in the village, just throw your owner down and die! I will let Wujiazhuang live a life! I will never harass you again in the future!" Suddenly, someone from the village shouted loudly in Chinese.
Wu Zhi looked over with a funny look. He didn't have a deep impression of Xiao Tiancheng. In addition, under the moonlight, his face was hazy, and Xiao Tiancheng was mixed with the Liao brigade. Wu Zhi naturally did not recognize him. However, the Khitans' Chinese language was so fluent that they must have been trained by the Liao Dynasty. Khitans were popular in Liao Dynasty, especially in the southern part of Liao Dynasty. Most Khitans also knew Chinese, but they were not very fluent in speaking.
Wu Zhi laughed and shouted, "I heard that the Khitan dog in the village is here! If you want to save your life, cut off the head of the person who was barking just now! The owner of this village will let you wait for a way out, and you will never harass you when you sweep across the capital in the future!"
The Liao people in Zhuang were clamoring. Seeing that the Zhuang was about to break, the other party dared to be so arrogant, making the Liao people so angry that they screamed. Xiao Tiancheng's whip in his hand changed shape. He resisted the impulse of cursing, thinking about one vicious way to torture Wu Zhi after another.
"Blast hard for me! I will break Wujiazhuang and reward you for waiting for your daughter to return home!" Xiao Tiancheng yelled at the Eight Knights.
The eight dead soldiers were greatly motivated and they broke through Wujiazhuang. The death penalty for themselves and others was spared! No need to charge as dead soldiers! The eight people roared and instigated war horses and rushed towards the Wujiazhuang Village Gate, and their excited voices were trembling.
"It's still the same as before, I know how to show off my verbal skills," Hu Sanmei said lightly as she looked at the Liao Qi in the Zhuangxia.
Although she didn't name her, Wu Zhi knew that she had hurt her when she first met Hu Sanmei. She said so calmly that she was "showing off her words." After more than a year, the little girl still looked like this, and she didn't look angry at all. Wenwen was quiet, but in fact she was extremely proud. It seemed that when she met her on the official road a few days ago, the little girl was probably nervous and gave herself a smile. It was an accident, an absolute accident.
"Miss Hu has always been a real sword and a spear, why not kill the Liao leader?" Wu Zhi said with a smile.
Hu Sanmei said: "The dispute between words and verbal is useless."
Wu Zhi said: "The girl started the dispute between words and verbal affairs first."
Hu Sanmei stopped talking.
Lin Chong saw that the enemy was attacking from below. Wujiazhuang was imminent. The two ancestors still had the leisure to fight here. They were anxious and could not interrupt. Just as they had no choice, Wu Zhi said, "I wonder if Miss Hu's BMW can be used by Teacher Lin?"
Hu Sanmei said, "Yu'er never rides for outsiders. If the owner of Wu Zhuang has a good plan to defeat the enemy, he will be fine."
Although Wu Zhi didn't want to lend her favors, now is not the time to be angry. He had no choice but to mutter to Hu Sanmei. Hu Sanmei nodded repeatedly as she heard this...
Looking at the impact dozens of times, although he was shaking slightly, he still stood firm. Xiao Tiancheng frowned. This was too strong. He was almost caught up with the city gate of the prefecture. If he didn't break through the village gate quickly, the Song army on the border would be troublesome to get news to come to support him.
The Eight Dead Warriors were still so energetic. They remembered that they could return home in glory and had already thrown their fatigue to Java. They shouted and launched a charge again. "Bang," the rapmu collided with the Zhuangmen, and then the eight riders returned. At this moment, the Nanzhuangmen of Wujiazhuang suddenly "bang", and a wooden board fell down and dust flew. Looking again, the Zhuangmen seemed to be a small door several feet high and more than one foot wide. Before the Liao people came to their senses, a white shadow suddenly jumped out of the small door, with a very fast speed. In the blink of an eye, they had already caught up with the returning Eight Knights. Then they saw a flash of black light, and a few muffled sounds of "punching", and the Eight Dead Warriors were all dismounted one after another. They became real "dead" soldiers.
Needless to say, the person who came was Hu Sanmei. He used Wuzhidi Wujin Sword to cut a hole in the door of the village. Relying on Yu'er's feet, he caught up with the Eight Dead Soldiers and removed him.
Wu Zhi and Lin Chong saw clearly on the city wall and were both very happy. Just by the repeated attacks of these eight dead soldiers, it was concluded that the other party had no iron-armored knights. Otherwise, they would have charged in turn, so how could they use only eight people?
The two of them smiled before they suddenly opened their eyes wide again, but they saw that Hu Sanmei did not say in advance to go back to the village like that, but instead rode her horse toward the Liao team. In a moment, they had arrived in front of the other side. The Liao people reacted and shouted and rushed forward. They saw that Hu Sanmei's hands were moved and the Liao people were all down. However, the Liao people were in large numbers. Seeing that Hu Sanmei could not rush to the other side, she would be surrounded by the Liao people if she fought again. She clamped her legs and the horse's belly. Yu'er made a long neigh. When she approached her, the Liao people's mount was so scared that she retreated repeatedly and made a ball. In the chaos, Yu'er shook her hands and a black light flew into the door hole. Then she pulled the reins and Yu'er turned around and galloped eastward.
Wu Zhi shook his head. The little girl seemed to care nothing, but she was very concerned about it. She just kept her quarrels and said, why didn't she kill the other leader? She actually held her breath and rushed to the other camp. Now she ran away like flying. Could it be that she didn't kill the enemy commander and felt embarrassed? I'm sorry to come to see me again?
In fact, it is not just Wu Zhi. Hu Sanmei, who was immediately at this time, was also wondering why she wanted to go to Wujiazhuang? Why was she feeling a little depressed when she heard Wu Zhi say "save husband"? Why did she be fooled by the word "madam", and she, who has always been as calm as water, suddenly became upset about fighting? Why did Hu Sanmei sigh lightly, lean on Yu'er's back, and her thoughts were like water..."
Lin Chong didn't have so many thoughts. He just ordered the Chongjia Army to raise a gun array in front of the broken door hole. If the Liao people rushed in through the door hole, they would discipline him to become a hornet's nest. On the other side, there was a guard who picked up the Wujin Sword for the noble king, Wu Zhi returned the sword to the sheath, and looked down with a cold eye.
Xiao Tiancheng stared blankly at the battlefield, as if he had returned to a year ago, and his mood was also so disappointed. The difference was that last time he was scattered because of his opponent's cruelty, but this time he was extremely happy and disappointed. Looking at the door that could allow one person to enter and exit, gritted his teeth, resisted the desire to charge, and turned around and whistled. With the sound of horse hooves, the Liao people rushed north. Although the same rumbling sounded, there was no sense of majesty when he came. Every Liao people could only be speechless in their hearts.
On the second day, Wu Zhi handed over the financial power of Wujiazhuang to Lin Chong. He didn't want Lin Chong to be upset about these miscellaneous things, but now it seems that General Manager Liu really can't bear the burden of Wujiazhuang, so he can only push it to Lin Chong. General Manager Liu just manages some trivial matters. Yesterday, in the battle, except for the few people who were injured by the Liao people's meticulous work, Wujiazhuang did not hurt a soldier and repelled the attacks of thousands of Liao people. It can be said to be a big victory, but Wu Zhi was not happy at all. The Liao people repeatedly provoked, and their Wujiazhuang would not be so lucky every time. What should I do? If the owner of the Wujiazhuang, who is a left-behind Beijing, was broken by someone, wouldn't that be a big joke?
He instructed Lin Chong to take strict precautions and check the origins of new tenant farmers. Although the guards killed several Liao people last night, and the man who almost shot Jinlian had tasted the taste of life worse than death, he was always afraid that there would be fish that would miss the net. What's more, Zhujiazhuang sent people to the village to make trouble. Hujiazhuang might not be honest. Hu Sanmei is Hu Sanmei, and Hu Yuanwai is Hu Yuanwai. It cannot be generalized.
At the gate of Wujiazhuang, Zhu'er and Daniu cried together. Wu Zhi wanted to take Daniu back to Daming Mansion, but this honest man just didn't want to, so he could only let him do it.
Mr. Liu next to him was full of guilt. Wu Zhi knew how subdued he was, so he just patted him on the shoulder. "Help me take care of my home!"
Manager Liu nodded silently.
The satin curtain was lowered, the carriage set off, and the left and right knights followed, bringing dust to the point. Everyone in Wujiazhuang watched the carriage gradually disappeared, and then turned back to the village.
The first thing that Wu Zhi did when he returned to Daming Prefecture was to give Zhao Ji a statement about the danger in Wujiazhuang this time. The Gaoyang Pass Pacification Strategy made Liu Yu know the enemy unknown. The border defense was like a waste, making it like a joke for thousands of Liao troops to enter and exit the Song realm. It is really not appropriate to entrust important tasks, so the emperor asked the emperor to make a judgment.
In fact, Liu Yu's official position has long been unstable. He blamed him for losing more than a thousand soldiers the previous time. However, Wu Zhi later blamed Youzhou for attacking and winning a beautiful victory. Liu Yu also helped him. In addition to his activities, he finally suppressed the matter. Now Wu Zhi impeached him, and the 19th black sha was not guaranteed.
Wu Zhi originally wanted to recommend Zong Ze as the appeasement commander of Gaoyang Pass Road, but thinking that Zong Ze originally recommended himself and then brought him to his own territory, he could not help but be suspected of forming a clique. Therefore, he did not mention the candidates for the election, but only asked Zhao Ji to make a decision.
The second thing Wu Zhi did was that Dujian Wenda came to distribute the arms supplies by Wenda. If he wanted to expand his arms for Wujiazhuang, he naturally had to find Wenda.
Wenda heard the summoned by the noble king and rushed to the garrison office. The garrison office was not far from the Daming Office, which saved Wu Zhi from running back and forth.
In the main hall, Wenda, who had removed the armor, was still very stern in his movements, and sat in the lower head in a regular manner. On the table next to him were served tea. Although the tea was filled with fragrance and green snails were like silk, it was good tea when you smell it, Wenda did not move.
Wu Zhi smiled and said, "General, do you think I am apologizing for being inferior to me?"
Wen Da was shocked and hurriedly stood up and said, "I don't dare, but I don't like tea!"
Wu Zhi is a bit weird. There are still people who don’t drink tea in this era? “Why don’t the general like to drink tea?”
Wen Da said: "I don't mention a hatred when I was young."
Wu Zhi said: "Since the general refuses to say it, I cannot force it. Please sit down."
Yue Da hesitated slightly, but was afraid that Wu Zhi would blame him. He said, "My subordinates are young and poor. My father loves to drink tea the most. His family's affairs are pawned as tea exchange. At that time, Wen Da vowed... he will never get involved in the tea ceremony in the future."
Wu Zhi nodded slightly. It seemed that Wen Da was a very stubborn person. If he was Liang Zhongshu's best friend, he would probably not be able to turn around. I hope he was not a clique.
"A few years ago, Lord Liang had dispatched a batch of heavy armored crossbow arrows. Do you know this?" Wu Zhi asked casually.
Wenda nodded and said, "I know that it was assigned to the soldiers of Wujiazhuang Township, Zhending Prefecture. Later, Wujiazhuang won several battles with those armies. The Privy Council issued a special document to commend Lord Liang."
Wu Zhi was almost angry and vomited blood after hearing this. This old fox thought that the weapons he sent secretly, but who knew that he had reported to the Privy Council in a blink of an eye must have found some high-sounding excuses to push the relationship completely. The several victories in Wujiazhuang made him get a bargain. It was because of this, the old man An Gongtao had a good impression of him?
Since that's the case, Wu Zhi didn't care about it anymore. "Wujiazhuang fought hard with the Liao people a few days ago. Not to mention anything else, the crossbow arrows were exhausted. I am going to allocate some crossbow arrows to Wujiazhuang. What do you think?"
Wen Da stood up and said angrily: "Liaogou is here to provoke again?"
Wu Zhi didn't expect him to react so much. Fortunately, he was nervous and was not scared by him. He frowned and said, "What a fuss?"
Wen Da bowed his hand and apologized: "I am reckless, but the Liao Gou really doesn't know how to advance and retreat. The noble king taught them a lesson and dared to provoke them again. I am angry for a moment..."
Wu Zhi waved his hand: "Forget it. I have my own idea to teach Liaogou a lesson."
Wenda heard Wu Zhi want to "teach Liao Gou a lesson," immediately became furious and said anxiously: "The prince who went to war with Liao Kingdom must take his subordinates!"
Wenda has always been a mature and steadfast person in contact these days. Unexpectedly, he was still a militant. Wu Zhi nodded with a smile, feeling that Wenda's personality should not be a party member of Liang Zhongshu.
Wen Da said again: "Prince, the Liao people have repeatedly invaded Wujiazhuang, and it seems that they have regarded Wujiazhuang as a thorn in their eyes. The flesh is thorny, and it is probably not enough to just thorns to Wujiazhuang crossbow arrows. Should they give them some armored crossbows?"
Wu Zhi was stunned and stared at Wen Da. Wen Da thought Wu Zhi was in trouble. He lowered his head and said, "I also know that this is difficult. I also asked the prince to report to the Privy Council. Just say that it was a young general's idea and then first."
Wu Zhi remained silent: "No need, the general and I jointly report it. This is a major event in the border people's livelihood. How can I refuse?"
Wenda was very happy when he heard the noble king agreeing to his proposal and thought that the noble king was the noble king, with a broad mind and a strong spirit. If someone else had changed, he would definitely be very harsh to the people who had taken care of the former chief. With his own power, even if he did not make things difficult, he would not be very good to him. The noble king was impartial and did not care about these ways of being an official. It was really rare.
"I will now give the crossbow arrows to Wujiazhuang, and send the rest of the military documents to my subordinates before preparing!" Wen Da said excitedly. It seemed that the official documents of the Privy Council must be accurate. No wonder he thought so. There was a noble king who was very popular in the sky who wrote a letter, and the Deputy Privy Councilor Liang took great care of Wujiazhuang in the past. How could this happen?
When Wenda left excitedly, Wu Zhi could no longer bear it and laughed.
In the prosperous place of the southern city, there is a mansion with a low wall. It can be seen that the willow branches inside, the corners of the eaves and pavilions look inconspicuous, and it is no different from the houses of ordinary people. No one would have thought that this is the residence of Lu Yuanwai, the richest man in Daming Prefecture. Mr. Lu is innocent in his family and has extensive friends. He is one of the best roles among the merchants in Hebei.
Mr. Lu has high moral character and good popularity. The house near Mr. Lu's mansion is naturally the best choice for merchants in Daming Mansion. No matter how other places, they have a lot of benefits to keeping Mr. Lu's coats every day. At the beginning, it was indeed true. Two houses adjacent to Mr. Lu's mansion were once speculated by Daming merchants. Unfortunately, the money was getting lower and lower. Now the two houses are still unwilling to live here.
There is nothing more, because Mrs. Lu, the wife of Mrs. Lu, likes to visit her neighbors and chat with her neighbors. This is nothing. At first, the merchants who moved here wished that their wives could get in love with Mrs. Lu, and were very welcome to Mrs. Lu. Who knew that after a long time, Mrs. Lu was very harsh and fond of her talk. She often criticized her husband for being worthless, praised her master to the sky, and talked about her own trivial matters every day. Naturally, between the lines, it was a show of the wealthy family, how luxurious it was.
After a long time, who can bear it? Even those merchants felt very embarrassed, so they sold the house and left. The price was too high. Gradually, Mrs. Lu's reputation spread. The two houses were gradually lower in money, but now they can't be sold again. The two houses could not be sold, and they were unwilling to live there, leaving only two empty houses.
On this day, the house on the east side of Mr. Lu's mansion suddenly became noisy, with people coming and going, and it was very lively. Mrs. Lu, who was bored in the back garden of the Lu family, heard the voices and hurriedly called her personal maid Lu'er to inquire about the news.
Soon, Lu'er ran back panting and panting: "Madam, the house on the east side has been sold. I heard that the buyer is a beautiful young lady. I don't know the name, but I only know that she is from Shandong."
To be continued...