Chapter 717: Both civil and military
Quiet as a virgin, moving as a rabbit.
Since Chen Gong had already made up his mind to clear the wilderness, he would naturally be resolute and resolute, and he began to move the people not long after posting the notice.
"Grandmother, I have exchanged all the food at home for property, and I will leave some after buying armor and weapons, so you can bring all these belongings."
The young man's name is Xu Xian, and his name is Bird, and he holds the old woman's hands tightly, his eyes full of reluctance.
Although Xu Xian also knows that the role of property in troubled times is far less than that of food, and it may depreciate at any time; But he couldn't get an old lady to leave with the family's food.
Moreover, the old lady of the Xu family also hopes to be able to order armor and weapons for her grandson, so that the quality of things can be guaranteed.
It's just that these things are too expensive, even if you take out the wealth that the family has saved for many years, some of them are not enough, so the old lady asked Xu Xian to sell all the food.
The old lady of the Xu family looked at Xu Xian, who was heavily armed, and saw that the rest of the people had begun to leave, so she gently patted the back of Xu Xian's hand.
"You're almost in your prime, but because of me, you haven't gone out. The old lady and I are in good health, not to mention that there are officials from the government to take care of me, so Bird doesn't have to worry about it at all. ”
"After you help the envoy repel the Yuan army, I hope you can come to see me in a beautiful and mighty armor."
Speaking of this, the old lady of the Xu family showed an expectant look on her face.
Xu Xian wiped a handful of tears, nodded heavily, and said, "Grandmother, please rest assured, your grandson will definitely make a name for herself this time, help Jun repel Yuan's army, and then go to see you in the scenery." ”
The old lady of the Xu family showed a bright smile on her face, and said: "My grandson is ambitious, good, good, good!" ”
After finishing speaking, the old lady took Xu Xian's hands away from her and said, "I'm leaving, you should hurry up and join the army." ”
Under the protection of a few soldiers, the people rushed to the west, until the figures of everyone had disappeared, Xu Xian still stood in place, refusing to leave for a long time.
"Grandmother, after repelling the Jizhou army, I will definitely come back to accompany you."
Xu Xian looked into the distance and muttered to himself, then turned around and rushed to the east, but did not go to Jinyang to join the army as he said.
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"Ahem, ahem!"
Following the convoy all the way forward, the old lady of the Xu family finally couldn't bear it anymore and coughed violently.
She hurriedly took out a handkerchief to cover her mouth, and after coughing, spread her hands, only to find that there were already a lot of blood on it.
She sat on the carriage and horse specially prepared by the government for the elderly, looked back in Xu Xian's direction, and muttered to herself: "Although my grandmother has not studied, she also knows that now is the time for men to make contributions." ”
"Since my grandson is full of talent, naturally I can't delay my future."
"Grandmother has no other wishes, only that you can repay the Lord's kindness, make meritorious deeds, and glorify your ancestors."
After finishing speaking, the old lady of the Xu family coughed violently a few more times, coughing up more and more blood, and her face showed a strange flush.
"Grandson, don't blame me for hiding my illness!"
It was the last thought on her mind, and she fell unconscious on the carriage, and even though the medical staff quickly came to her rescue, her body gradually grew cold.
A long time ago, the old lady of the Xu family had already felt that she was a little close to running out of oil and the lamp was dry, just to not let Xu Xian worry, so she forcibly endured it and didn't even take medicine.
The crowd gathered around her and shouted anxiously, but the sound could not reach her ears.
……
The sky gradually darkened, but Xu Xian was like an agile ape, moving forward at great speed on the mountain road.
"Whoa!"
The wind blew, and the sound of a flag shaking came, and Xu Xian's heart immediately sank.
"Did Yuan Jun enter Taiyuan County so soon?"
In a hurry, he didn't retreat, but advanced, and actually touched the direction of the road.
Yuan Jun drove slowly on the road, without the slightest anxious look, and the flag covered the sky, but in Xu Xian's opinion, it always felt a little weird.
"The soldiers are fast, but they are so good, but what do they mean! Is there no shortage of food in Jizhou? ”
Carefully hiding his body in the mountains and forests, Xu Xian carefully probed Yuan Jun's movements.
"Hey, it doesn't seem right, why is the number of Yuan Jun so small?"
Xu Xian observed for a while, and suddenly let out a shock in his heart, and his brows couldn't help frowning.
"I'll count them carefully."
"One, two, three, four......"
"How is it possible, there are less than a hundred people in one song!"
Counting this, Xu Xian suddenly had a creepy feeling.
It must be known that according to the regular establishment, there are 500 people in a song, but now although the Jizhou army is under the banner of a song, the number is only 70 or 80.
"Count again, you have to figure it out!"
Xu Xian counted a few times and found that the Jizhou army under the banner of a song was actually only seventy or eighty people, and he couldn't help but feel a little chill in his heart.
"Could it be that the Jizhou army attacked Taiyuan County, just to confuse the envoy. And this so-called 70,000 army is simply a scam, a suspicious strategy? ”
"There are junzhou army scouts, Hugh is going to leave them!"
At this moment, a shout came, and Xu Xian was shocked, but he found that he had revealed his identity at some point.
"Oops, since the Jizhou army has used a suspicious tactic, in order to avoid being found out of the truth, it will definitely be careful to hunt and kill the eyes and ears of the state! And my appearance was mistaken for a scout of the state army. ”
"Kill!"
The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and I saw a group of ten cavalry rushing towards this side.
"Let's go!"
Xu Xian didn't dare to slack off, and when he saw a small road, he began to run wildly.
"Drive!"
The Jizhou knight chased after him, and it didn't take long for the person at the front to catch up behind Xu Xian.
"Die!"
The man had a hideous look on his face, and brandished the weapon in his hand to kill Xu Xian directly.
"Poof!"
The spear pierced through the body, and blood splattered out.
A neighing sound of horses came out, but I saw that Xu Xian had killed the knight at some point, and then flew on the horse.
"Kill, kill him!"
The nine Jizhou knights in the back were all furious when they saw this, and they roared and killed them. Xu Xian was in the belly of the horse, and he didn't fight with those people at all, so he galloped forward.
"Chase!"
The remaining knights chased after Xu Xian.
"Hmph, I don't know if I'm alive or dead!"
A cold light flashed in his eyes, Xu Xian hung the spear on the horse's back, and then picked up the bow and arrow behind him, lying directly on the horse's back, and kept shooting arrows backwards.
"Poof!"
"Poof!"
"Poof!"
Xu Xian shot three arrows in a row, and three of them fell down one after another, and the rest of the Jizhou knights were shocked when they saw this, and they couldn't help but slow down the speed of their horses.
"Frustrate its sharpness first, and then attack it by surprise!"
The light flashed in his eyes, but Xu Xian suddenly turned the horse's head and shouted to kill him.
The cowardly Jizhou knight didn't expect that the fleeing enemy scouts would dare to turn around and fight, and the person at the front would be killed defenselessly.
"Kill!"
Xu Xian killed five people in a row, and his morale was even better, and the spear in his hand danced with the wind, blooming blood-colored phoenixes in the dusk.
If Zhao Yun was here, he would definitely be very surprised, why did this person know how to shoot a hundred birds and a phoenix.
"Poof!"
In the blink of an eye, the ten Jizhou knights who chased and killed were actually slaughtered by Xu Xian alone.
Killing all the pursuers, Xu Xian secretly thought: "If my expectations are correct, this Yuan Shao in the middle of the road must be a thief pretending, and he himself must have died down and personally led the army to attack Yanmen County." ”
Thinking of this, Xu Xian was very anxious in his heart, and he couldn't wait to rush to Jinyang quickly to report his guess to Chen Gong.
"If I go to the governor's mansion alone, so that the king may not believe me, why not cut off the heads of these thieves as a gift of worship."
The night was getting thicker and thicker, and the commander of the Jizhou army saw that none of the knights who went out to chase and kill the enemy scouts came back, so he sent a few more people to find out the details.
They didn't see Xu Xian and the war horses, they only found ten headless corpses, and the military badges on these people's identities also disappeared.
When these headless corpses were transported back to the army, Gao Ran couldn't help but change his face when he saw the wounds on the corpses of several people.
"Hundred birds and phoenix marksmanship, the murderer is not Changshan Zhao Zilong?"
Gao Ran's knowledge is extraordinary, and he has naturally heard of the Penglai Gun God who lives in seclusion in Jizhou.
Especially after Zhao Yun became famous all over the world, Tong Yuan's name became even more prosperous, even Yuan Shao, the lord of Jizhou, once sent people up the mountain to invite Tong Yuan to teach his sons martial arts.
However, Yuan Shao sent people to look for him several times, but there was no trace of Tong Yuan.
Tong Yuan didn't teach a few disciples at all in his life, so after seeing these people die in the Hundred Birds Chaofeng Marksmanship, Gao Ran thought of Zhao Yun.
He didn't believe that a generation of grandmasters like Tong Yuan would actually kill these Jizhou knights for no reason.
"If Zhao Yun is in Jizhou, then who is that Zhao Yun in Yizhou? Could it be that Zhao Yun, who went to Yizhou, was pretending to be someone else? ”
The more Gao Ran thought about it, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, and the speed of the march couldn't help but slow down a lot again.
As Xu Xian expected, Yuan Shao was fake this way, but the coach was Gao Lan, a famous general in Hebei.
The sun rises in the east, and the breeze picks up the fallen leaves.
On the official road, ten horses galloped unscrupulously, raising a cloud of dust.
Xu Xian wiped a handful of fine beads of sweat on his face, looked at Jinyang City, which had gradually revealed its outline, and finally smiled.
"Who's coming?"
As soon as Xu Xian arrived at the outer wall of Jinyang, he heard a roar, and saw dozens of Bingzhou troops with bows and crossbows suddenly surround him.
Xu Xian was shocked and said, "I have something important to see the envoy, and I would like to inform you of it." '
The soldiers of the state who surrounded Xu Xian looked at the different armor on his body and the bloody head on the back of the war horse, and the look of vigilance in his eyes became even stronger.
"Throw away your weapons and dismount, or you will be killed!"
The leader of the state general, pointed at Xu Xian with a bow and crossbow, and shouted loudly.