The vast expanse of the expanse stretches in all directions, with undulating green grasslands dotted with wild forests and sparse trees and lingering rivers and streams. The beauty of nature is so fascinating.
Tao Fang suddenly felt emotional and sighed: "When I think of the Wei people, I also feel very contradictory. The southwest corner of the Jin Dynasty is cut off by the Yellow River, and then there are dangerous mountainous areas, with the potential of 'mountains and rivers outside and inside', tightly strangling the Qin Dynasty."
The only way for people to come from the east is to enter. After the three families were divided into Jin, this part was borne by the Wei people. As long as the Wei people remained strong, the Qin people were trapped in the west and could not invade eastward. Alas, should we hope that the Wei state becomes strong or declines?
What’s better?”
Xiang Shaolong asked: "Why does Mr. Tao hate the Wei people so much?"
Tao Fang's face darkened and he said: "Since the return of Marquis Wen of Wei, Wei has been invading from all sides, which not only weakened our strength, but also made the Qin people powerful and became a nuisance. The Wei people are really the main culprits in the current chaotic situation. Secondly,
It is the traitorous Qi people who joined forces with Chu and attacked us again when Han attacked Qin. He gave the Qin people the opportunity to destroy Ba and Shu and more than doubled their territory. They are all short-sighted people.
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Another samurai said: "But the most stupid one is King Huai of Chu. The Qin people lured him to break off relations with Qi with six hundred miles of land. As a result, he was defeated by the Qin people in Danyang without any help. Eighty thousand people were killed, Hanzhong was lost, and the capital of Ying was lost."
The Northwest Ping vassal was wiped out, causing a great setback to the country. Later, he was lured to Wuguan by the Qin people and captured alive, and finally died of illness in another place. It is really pitiful and ridiculous."
Xiang Shaolong became more ambitious after hearing this. In the turbulent times of the 21st century, where everything is decided by war, only here can he make full use of his strengths and be at home like a fish in water. At this time, he thought less and less about the issue of return.
After everyone studied how to set up defenses on the hilltop, they split up and carried out their respective tasks.
Xiang Shaolong led more than thirty people to set up traps and pits on the surrounding slopes to prevent enemies from attacking in the dark. He also worked out emergency response measures with Tao Fang, who couldn't help but nod his head in approval.
These days, Xiang Shaolong practices fencing and archery whenever he has free time. These are events he was trained in before, but of course they are not as focused as practicing shooting, so he has to practice more frequently now.
For a comprehensive professional soldier like him, any weapon can be made better than others. He also humbly asked for advice from other warriors, and even eliminated the essentials from their swordsmanship, creating his own weapon that was as free as the sky and the most lethal.
Although my swordsmanship still felt inadequate, I couldn't find a master to seek advice from, so I had to give it up.
It was late at night before he returned to camp to rest.
Tingfang, who was nourished by love and became even more beautiful and charming, had just woken up and was about to change his clothes when Xiang Shaolong stopped her and said, "Sleep like this tonight. I have a feeling that thieves will come to rob the camp tonight."
Tingfang's pretty face turned pale with fright, and she said in a trembling voice: "Then what should we do? If this concubine falls into the hands of a horse thief, she will be greatly ravaged. Life would be worse than death."
Xiang Shaolong held her in his arms and comforted her: "Don't be afraid. I, Xiang Shaolong, am here to ensure that you are safe and sound. I may stay behind to fight against the enemy. You and Mr. Tao will go to Handan first, and I will come back later."
Meet you."
Tingfang's face turned pale, and she said with tears: "Please God, please have mercy on Tingfang and bless Mr. Xiang. In the past, there was no difference between my concubine and any man. But now I know that if there is no Mr. Xiang, my concubine may not be the same for a day."
I don’t want to live anymore.”
Xiang Shaolong knew that this charming beauty had true feelings for him. His heart trembled. He licked the tears hanging on her face with the tip of his tongue. His other hand reached into her single clothes and moved on her breasts. He suddenly thought of the beauty.
Canniang, I secretly thought that it was a wise move not to let her follow, otherwise I might scare her to death now.
Tingfang's delicate body trembles, her face is as red as fire, her beautiful eyes are almost bursting with fire, her mouth is open, she can't help but gasp for breath, her amorous mood is extremely tempting.
Xiang Shaolong suddenly stopped and said, "I want to maintain my strength tonight to cope with any situation. Can you endure it for one night?"
Ms. Tingfang groaned in frustration and reluctantly nodded in agreement. But as long as she saw her breasts rising and falling rapidly, she knew that she was burning with desire and could not control it.
Xiang Shaolong once thought about how peaceful and beautiful things would be if there was no war.
Mrs. Tingfang blew out the oil lamp and squeezed into the man's arms, making him unable to control himself.
Xiang Shaolong hugged a ball of hot fire, lay down on the bed, and said softly: "I forgot to ask you, did you go behind your husband's back and have sex with other men that day?"
Tingfang wrapped her limbs around him, bit his ear and whispered softly: "He controls me very tightly, but I always have to accompany the man he assigns. When he is happy, he will let his relatives and friends play with me.
,Fortunately, serving other men is much better than serving him."
Xiang Shaolong secretly sighed in his heart, women in this era have no status at all, they are just vassals of men. Listening to what she said, there is really no big difference between a woman who married a husband and a prostitute. Thinking of Qin Shihuang in the movie, his mother
It was given to his father by Lu Buwei as a concubine from a different person, so he felt that it was not surprising.
Extremely tired, he fell asleep.
Suddenly, Tingfang woke up and heard the sound of rapid footsteps coming closer and closer. Tingfang was also frightened and woke up.
Xiang Shaolong told her to stay in the tent, quietly took his sword out of the tent, and met the nervous Li Shan. Knowing that something was wrong, he hurriedly followed him to the east-facing hilltop.
Tao Fang and all the warriors got up, lay down on the top of the mountain and looked around.
Under the magnificent starry sky, in the seemingly silent grassland, local birds flew away in fright, and occasionally the roar of tigers could be heard.
Tao Fang's face turned pale and he said, "Here we come."
Xiang Shaolong was proficient in observing the enemy's situation. He guessed that the enemy was still far away and had not yet formed an encirclement. He suggested: "Why don't Master Tao take the woman and escape immediately? Leave the horses here, and I will lead fifty soldiers to intercept the enemy."
, see you again in Handan someday."
Tao Fang also knew that there were many horse thieves and they were all brave and ruthless, which made his heart feel chilly. He reached out and grabbed his shoulder and said gratefully: "I'll leave everything to you. You must save your life and come to Handan to see me. I, Tao Fang, will take good care of Tingfang for you."
Shi." After saying that, he hurried away.
After a while, Tao Fang and the girls got on the carriage, and under the protection of more than sixty other warriors, they walked through the untrapped passage from the other side.
Xiang Shaolong and others immediately got busy, strengthening defensive measures, deepening the trenches, and setting up more snagging ropes, stones, and the like.
Three hours later, the horse thieves finally arrived. Hearing the neighing of the strong horses on the mountain, they hurriedly surrounded the hillock. For a moment, they were surrounded by murderous horse thieves. The warriors were frightened by the sight, because the momentum was so different.
Far.
Xiang Shaolong's scalp was also numb and he kept telling himself to calm down.
There was a sudden sound of hoofbeats, and two teams of more than a hundred horse thieves each rushed up the mountain from the east and west.
Xiang Shaolong knew that the other party was just testing the truth, so he ordered everyone to stay at their posts and stay calm and not to act rashly.
Two teams of horse thieves began to ride up the slope and let out sharp roars, which truly chilled the hearts of those who heard them.
The horse thieves reached halfway up the hillside, spread out, and sprinted up the mountain.
Suddenly, the horse thieves in the front row fell on their backs and either fell into a pit full of upward spikes, or their horses were tripped by the ropes and fell down the slope one after another. The horse thieves following behind were so tired that they also fell sideways, including both the horse and the thieves.
They rolled down, and in a chain reaction, the two teams of nearly 200 horse thieves suffered more than half casualties and were completely defeated.
All the warriors cheered and shouted together, and their morale increased greatly.
Xiang Shaolong felt lucky, knowing that the opponent was just careless and underestimating the enemy, and had caught the enemy without warning. He quickly ordered everyone to move down the slope, hide in a deep pit without spikes, set up their bows and arrows, and prepare to deal with the enemy's second attack.
Round of attacks.
Hundreds of torches were lit up all around, illuminating the mountains and below with blood red.
I saw a strong man with a big gray beard walking out of the enemy camp, sitting proudly on the horse, pointing his finger and shouting: "The devil of Zhao who killed a thousand swords, if I, Gray Hu, teach you that one of you can leave the whole body, I will never be here again."
There’s confusion on the road.”
Xiang Shaolong secretly scolded the other party for being stupid. If he said this, wouldn't he force his own people to fight to the death?
Relying on his extraordinary physical strength, Xiang Shaolong fired an arrow at Hui Hu. The powerful arrow reached the end of its path and landed ten meters in front of Hui Hu's horse. However, the horse thief's expression changed as well. Who has such physical strength?
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The warriors cheered in their hearts, but did not dare to shout out for fear that the enemy would discover their position.
At the sound of the horn, the horse thieves dismounted one after another, divided into two groups, and launched an attack from all directions.
The first wave of the offensive consisted of horse thieves armed with shields and spears, who carefully climbed up the slope under the light of torches and destroyed the traps set by Xiang Shaolong.
Behind them were all archers, constantly firing arrows into the mountain to cover the spearmen's climbing movements. Little did they know that Xiang Shaolong had already hid in the arrow shelter in the middle of the slope.
At this time, all the warriors were impressed by Xiang Shaolong's ability to detect enemy aircraft, and their confidence increased greatly.
Xiang Shaolong roughly estimates that the opponent's number of people who can still fight is still close to 700. Even if all the more than 400 people who are currently attacking can be eliminated, the opponent's numbers are still far greater than ours, not to mention that it is impossible to annihilate all the people currently attacking.
The enemy and our own side must suffer casualties. With a thought in his mind, he ordered Li Shandao beside him: "When the offensive and defensive battle begins, immediately bring ten people to the stables. When you hear the sound of three long and three short horns, immediately break the fence."
Release the horses and drive them down the mountain from the southeast, then we can escape by the west."
Li Shan quickly agreed to find a cooperative partner.
At this time, the first group of horse thieves climbed up the mountainside and slowly approached, creating a tense atmosphere.
Gray Beard and three hundred of his men rode their horses to form a formation in the east, gearing up and ready to rush forward and start a killing spree at any time.
This was the first time Xiang Shaolong encountered this kind of scene. After his heart beat wildly for a few times, he ordered: "Let the rolling stone go."
More than a dozen piles of tree trunks and stones hidden behind bushes and bushes were torn off the blocking wood and rolled down like waves, smashing the opponent's shields and knocking them over.
Xiang Shaolong shouted, "Shoot the arrows". The warriors hiding in the pit appeared one after another, and the powerful arrows were sprinkled down like rain. The enemy was in chaos. Those who were able to resist were hit by arrows and rolled down the slope, and they were injured again.
More than two hundred people.
The warriors' morale was greatly boosted and they cheered loudly.
Gray Hu was so angry that he withdrew the wounded and sick soldiers and immediately organized a third round of offensive.
Xiang Shaolong observed the opponent's movement and knew that the main force was to be placed on the east hillside, which was less steep. He secretly called God to help me and ordered all the warriors to retreat to the mountain one by one.
Having a small number of people also has the advantage of being small in number, making it difficult for the enemy to detect their movements.
When they all retreated to the mountain, Xiang Shaolong taught them to fetch their mounts and told them his plan. When the warriors heard that they could escape, their spirits were lifted, and they became united and had no objections. Until this moment, they still
No one was injured, so he naturally worshiped Xiang Shaolong like a god.
When the trumpet sounded, the horse thieves attacked from all directions, but most of the nearly five hundred horse thieves who remained climbed the mountain from the east.
After Xiang Shaolong waited for the horse thieves to pass halfway up the mountain, he ordered someone to give the order. There was a burst of horse neighing and trampling. More than a hundred wild horses were driven out from the stable in the north of the camp. All the warriors hurriedly joined the procession and drove the horses.
He ran wildly down the east slope and stabbed the horse's butt with a spear, arousing the wild horse's madness. In the flying sand and dust, the wild horse ran down the east slope and rushed straight towards the horse thieves who were climbing up.
Xiang Shaolong didn't have time to watch the result, so he led fifty warriors, rushed to the west slope, and ran down the mountain through the safe passage.
There were only about a hundred horse thieves killed from here, so I couldn't prevent them from killing one of them.
Xiang Shaolong knew that this move would surprise the enemy. Gray Beard didn't know that all the women had been transported away, so why were there only fifty-one knights who wanted to break through?
The east slope was in chaos, but the horse thieves from the other two slopes came to help one after another, and the sound of killing was loud.
Although Xiang Shaolong had learned how to ride in the army, he was never as skilled as these horse thieves and warriors who had grown up on horseback. When he rushed down the slope, he was already behind the other warriors. They thought he was loyal.
He was brave and brave, risking his own life to cover everyone's retreat.
At this time, only about thirty of the fifty warriors were left, and they fled in panic.
Relying on his amazing physical strength, Xiang Shaolong used his spear to kill several horse thieves who were pestering him. Just as he was about to follow the group, he suddenly felt severe pain in his shoulder and was hit by a powerful arrow.
Xiang Shaolong roared and galloped on his horse. He didn't choose the path, he just galloped forward. After a while, he was riding alone, riding alone on the vast grassland.
The healthy horse suddenly stumbled, throwing him off the horse and rolling into the grass. Even the tail of the arrow was broken. It turned out that the horse could not hold on anymore and died from exhaustion.
Xiang Shaolong felt weak and dizzy, with a burning pain on his shoulders and back. His whole body was covered with blood from the wounds. He gritted his teeth and climbed up. He took out the dagger given by Tao Fang and endured the severe pain to put the arrow cluster together.
The skin and flesh were cut open from the injured area, and then the clothes were torn off and wrapped up hastily.
His throat was burning and he was thirsty. He knew it was due to excessive blood loss, so he endured it and got up.
A glimmer of dawn appeared in the east of the grassland, and he ran all night without realizing it. No wonder the horse couldn't bear it, and after looking at it apologetically, he ran for his life.
After walking in the uninhabited wilderness for more than twenty days, Xiang Shaolong experienced the most painful and arduous journey in his life.
In the first few days, I relied on wild fruits to replenish my muscles. Later, with my excellent physical fitness, I pounded mountain herbs and applied them on the wounds to prevent inflammation and infection. The arrow wounds gradually healed, and I hunted some hares raw to satisfy my hunger.
His hair and face were unkempt and his clothes were not covering his body.
Following Tao Fang's instructions, he watched the sun during the day and the stars at night, heading towards Handan. One day he came to a large mountain. Looking at the steep cliffs that were unreachable, he had no choice but to go around the mountain. How could he go further?
After more than ten days, we were still wandering around in the endless mountainous area. By the time we left the mountainous area, we were so exhausted that even our sword broke. Just when we were panicking, we found an official road outside the forest.
, he was overjoyed and walked away along the road. At this time, even his boots were worn out.
On the way, he encountered two groups of businessmen consisting of dozens of people. Seeing his desolate appearance, they all left in a hurry and ignored him. Xiang Shaolong sighed greatly and walked for three more days, arriving at the west side of Handan.
Wu'an, another big city of Zhao State.
At this time, the weather turned cold at night, and he was shivering from the cold. When he was about to enter the city, he was driven out by Zhao Jun who was guarding the city. Only then did he realize that those who entered the city had to pay city customs duties and had to check their household registration status. Don't say anything about him.
He was penniless and looked like a beggar, making it difficult for him to enter the city.
Xiang Shaolong never expected that he would become a human being with no one to take care of him. Fortunately, he had received strict military training and had a perseverance. He was not discouraged and stayed outside the city waiting for opportunities.
He made up his mind that after entering the city, he would not hesitate to steal, steal, and kidnap to obtain clothes, food, and horses. After asking about the route to Handan, he immediately went there to seek refuge with Tao Fang, so that he could end his current painful life.
That night he relied solely on wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, huddled in the dense forest beside the road, and endured the bitter cold that wore away one's will all night.
At dawn the sun shone on the ground, and he finally fell into a deep sleep.
I don’t know how long it took before I woke up to the sound of wheels.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was a mule team transporting sheep. He was overjoyed that no one was paying attention, so he hid in the last sheep cart, squeezed among the sheep, and sneaked into the city.
This was a big city in the Zhao State during the Warring States Period. It had tall halls, numerous terraces, large buildings, and a prosperous population. However, there were more women than men. Xiang Shaolong thought that this must be the battle of Changping that was defeated by the Qin generals.
The aftermath of Bai Qikeng killing 400,000 Zhao soldiers.
I wonder if there is a career as a male prostitute. If so, he may be able to use his physical ability to win the favor of his wife, earn a lot of money, and travel to Handan with fat horses and beautiful clothes.
Thinking of this, I felt so funny that I jumped out of the car.
When people on the street saw him, they looked at him with disdain.
Xiang Shaolong touched the beard on his face and almost burst into tears. Before entering the city, he had another purpose in mind, which was how to sneak into the city. Now that he was really in the city, he didn't know what to do.
Feeling ashamed, he turned into a remote side alley, but was discovered by a group of children playing in the courtyard. They chased him like monsters and made fun of him. The naughty ones even picked up stones and threw them at him.
When he turned around to scare him, dozens of children dispersed. One of the little girls couldn't escape and fell to the ground.
When Xiang Shaolong tried to help her up, the little girl panicked and burst into tears.
Immediately, several adults armed with swords, guns and sticks came out, shouting and killing.