After the manor land was purchased, Su Liu was busy hiring people to cultivate it, weed it, plan the forest, buy manure for fertilization, and at the same time he was busy drawing the design of the manor.
Spring has begun at this time, and the spring rain is as thin as oil. I heard that someone is asking someone to open up wasteland. People around Yuncheng have come to sign up one after another. It is said that money can make the world go round, even if spring plowing is already being prepared at this time, it does not matter.
I'm worried no one will do it.
After signing all the contracts, Su Liu didn't care, and directly put the newly hired servants given to her by Chen into use. She also wanted to see who could do the job. If they were really good at it, they would be reused.
Naturally, these people also understood that the opportunity was rare, and they all had the intention to compete. For a while, everyone who had received the errands worked hard and performed, and various matters related to the reclamation of the manor were carried out very smoothly.
After finishing another design drawing, Su Liu glanced at the cowhide letter bag aside and pursed her lips.
Ning Guang's letter this time has only four words: Be well, don't read it!
Su Liu was dissatisfied. She always wrote a full letter every time. This time she replied like this again. But she was dissatisfied and she still wrote a reply.
It was already April when Ning Guang received Su Liu's letter. It had been more than two years since he left her, but it felt like a long, long time had passed.
The letter mentioned that she had bought another ten thousand acres of wasteland and was planning to build a Jinpai store in Yunzhou City, Yuncheng City. She also mentioned that Chen and Cao Mingzhu were about to have a baby, and now they were like a baby.
There were a bunch of little tails coming and going behind them, and when they ate some fruit, some people were so nervous that they almost didn't even put it in their mouths. It was very funny.
Ning Guang smiled while watching, as if he saw the girl gloating about her misfortune, playful and cunning.
After reading the letter again and again, Ning Guang's cold face softened.
"Report!"
Ning Guang folded the letter and put it back at the lap of his clothes. His soft face instantly turned cold and hard, and he said, "Come in."
"General, Hu Sandao has finally issued a letter of challenge." Tietou came in. He was wearing armor, with a beard on his face, but his eyes were bright.
Ning Guang stood up, took the cloth in his hand, looked at it, narrowed his eyes and said, "He can't hold it anymore."
"My army has conquered Linhuai Pass and defeated two cities in a row. The morale is like a rainbow. Now that spring has begun again, it is a favorable time for our army. He will definitely not be able to hold it back." Tietou snorted coldly and said: "Don't say that.
He can't hold it in anymore, and neither can I. I don't believe I can't conquer Beili City."
As long as Beili City is captured, they will take a step closer to the imperial city. This battle has lasted long enough and they have lost three cities in a row. Can the King of the North still sit still?
"The second prince of the Northern Kingdom personally came to Baili City to supervise the army. As a general from another country, all he can do is attack." Ning Guang said calmly: "He must have found it boring."
Tietou was stunned and asked: "You mean, Yeluhong doesn't believe him?"
Ning Guang walked slowly to the sand table, looked at the signs of the captured cities, and said: "The death of Yeluhong was like losing a right arm to Yeluhong. As a general protecting the country, Yeluhong
His sudden death was so strange, do you think Ye Luhong had no suspicion? It's just that he couldn't find any evidence."
"But Hu Sandao didn't."
"That's right, he didn't, but you forgot that he is from Qi after all." Ning Guang said sarcastically.
The lips under the iron-headed beard pursed. He was a native of Qi, but he was a general in the northern country and even lost two cities. Anyone with a little bit of sense would not be able to help but think, isn't this a trick?
"This battle should be a last-ditch battle. Pass the order and the three armies will be on alert." Ning Guang said coldly: "I accept this gauntlet."
"yes."
Ning Guang looked at the sword hanging on the tent tent for a while, then picked up a jug of wine and walked out.
In Beili City, in an atmospheric house, a tall, tough-looking man sat in the study. He had sinister eyes and put his hands on his thighs, listening to the reports of the people below.
"Keep staring at him. If he makes any move, kill him immediately." Yeluhong said coldly.
"yes."
When the soldiers at the bottom went down, Yeluhong said to the man sitting on the right: "General Tu, you also need to make preparations. Hu Sandao is not just careful. Once the army is defeated, he will immediately lead Ning Guang into the city. I want him to come."
Nowhere to go.”
"Yes, Prince! But Prince, there are still people in the city." General Natu hesitated.
Yeluhong's eyes widened and he said: "Those who achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters. The Qi army occupied our mountains and rivers. What's the point of their sacrifices? Once Ning Guang dies, I will personally cook the wine and take the heads of Ning Guang and others."
Sacrifice their dead souls.”
General Tu hesitated for a while and said: "Yes."
"Go down and get ready!"
General Tu retreated. Yeluhong picked up the wine cup on the table and drank it. He licked the wine at the corner of his lips, squeezed the wine cup in his hand, smiled coldly, and said to himself: "Hu Sandao
, whether you are loyal or traitorous, I will use the words you Chinese people say: wait and see." After saying this, he threw the wine cup in his hand to the ground.
At this time, Hu Sandao was standing on the city wall, listening to the words of an inconspicuous soldier below and laughing at himself.
In the eyes of the people of Qi, he betrayed the country and sought glory, and designed to kill the three thousand brothers who had been with him through life and death. From then on, he became a glorious general with a high bed and soft seats, fine food and wine, and beautiful women in his arms.
But no one knows that he just doesn't want to be subordinate to one person forever. He also wants to win every time, stand in the highest position with glory, and tell the world that he is no worse than that person.
Therefore, on the grassland, he diligently trained his troops, set up formations, and was willing to associate with those barbarians. In order to blend in and gain trust, he turned himself into a barbarian.
But no matter how vast the grassland is, the military strength is far less than that of Qi State. It is like a cricket shaking a big tree, and it is simply worthless. So, he persuaded the Khan to make an alliance with the Northern Kingdom, but barbarians are barbarians, and they have no brains except brute force.
He was still arrogant and was eventually beaten to pieces.
Don't be afraid, there is the Northern Army behind him, and he can still compete with Ning Guang.
Battle after battle, he won and lost. If you asked him if he was happy when he won, it would be false to say he was unhappy. He finally won, but the battle was not over yet, and no one knew who was the final winner.
winner.
Yeluhong suspected that he was right. He was a native of Qi, but he was a general in the northern country. He took the lives of the northern army as a joke and led them to attack the Qi army.
Because he was not the Qi army, he just wanted to have soldiers to compete with Ning Guang. Therefore, he never paid attention to the life and death of the Northern Army. When he lost the city, he also lost the trust of the Northern Army.
Nowadays, the people of Qi hate him as a traitor, and the people of the north are wary of him as an outsider. It is really embarrassing for him to be a general!
Hu Sandao took a sip of wine and looked around. There was not a single star in the dark night sky, and the enemy camp not far away was lit with candles. In the darkness, it looked like an eager tiger peeping at its prey.
"It'll be over tomorrow. I'm tired too." Hu Sandao raised the wine bottle, not knowing who he was honoring.
In the Qi army camp, Ning Guang also raised the wine bottle and said: "Tomorrow is the final battle."
Under the same sky, two men, two jugs of wine, each on one side, drank all the wine in the jug, and with a bang, the jug was smashed to pieces.
It was a battle that officially determined the winner or loser. Either you died or I died!
On the ninth day of April in the 24th year of Jiahe, in Baili City within Linhuai Pass, the war horn sounded again. With the sound of war drums, the gate of Baili City, which had been closed for two months, finally opened. A man wearing red armor and riding a black horse
He took the lead and came out holding a big sword.
Less than ten miles away from Baili City, there was a neat Qi army. When a man in black armor and a black horse saw this, he grabbed a carriage and rushed forward.
"Come on!"
"Kill him, son of a bitch."
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
The two armies were fighting together. As the drums of the two sides and the postures of flag-wavers kept changing, the formations of the two sides also changed.
None of this attracted the attention of the men fighting in the center of the battlefield.
"Qiang!" The sword and the sword collided, a burst of sparks flashed and a buzzing sound was made.
Ning Guang held the horse's rein in one hand and held the sword in the other. He suddenly rose from the horse's back, picked up a sword flower, and stabbed Hu Sandao.
"Well done!" Hu Sandao roared excitedly, and also jumped up from his horse, advancing instead of retreating, to meet him.
The swords clanged again, and the two fell to the ground. They continued to fight each other without even taking a breath.
"General."
"Get out of the way, no help is allowed."
Ning Guang and Hu Sandao shouted separately, and their eyes shone sharply in unison.
Both of them were moving very fast, sometimes in the air, sometimes on the ground, leaving only a trace of phantom, no martial arts moves visible, only the clang of swords clashing together could be heard.
After about a few hundred moves, Ning Guang was shocked and took five steps back. He held the sword in his right hand and poked it on the ground, gasping for breath. His left hand covered his right arm. There was a big gash there and blood was flowing down.
Hu Sandao on the opposite side was not having a good time either. He vomited out a mouthful of blood, panted and looked at Ning Guang with a strange smile: "Happy! Take another blow from me!" He then raised his knife and killed Ning Guang.
Ning Guang curled his lips coldly, shook his sword, tiptoed, stepped forward quickly, and stabbed vertically with the sword, making a pop sound.
He was stunned!
Hu Sandao's sword was stuck heavily on the ground. He held it firmly with one hand and laughed.
Ning Guang looked at the sharp sword inserted into his chest and pierced the armor, looked at him like a fool, and murmured: "Why?"
Hu Sandao pulled out his sword with all his strength and threw it at his feet. He couldn't help but knelt down on one knee and said: "Ning Guang, in this life I only want to compete with you in a real battle and win against you."
A game, but in fact, I have never won." He spit out a mouthful of blood: "I don't want to admit it, but I am not as good as you."
Ning Guang staggered to him and knelt down: "You..."
"I'm tired and don't want to compete anymore." Hu Sandao showed a smile and said: "It's not that difficult to admit defeat, is it?"
Ning Guang pursed his lips and said nothing.
Hu Sandao looked at him: "Ning Guang, don't go into the city, otherwise it will be hell for you."
Ning Guang's pupils shrank and his face changed slightly: "Why?"
Hu Sandao's body was shaking, and he vomited out a mouthful of blood. He said with relief: "Just take it, I will pay back the lives of those three thousand brothers!"
Yes, give them back their lives. In this way, he can leave in peace and style. From now on, there will be no more burdens and heavy baggage!
