Fan Zhixiang was alert, and he was the first to awaken among the leaders of the native soldiers who came from Jiaozhi, and when others were still stupidly rushing to the front line of the Ming River, he chose to return.

It's a pity that many times in life it's not about who you're smarter, it's about who isn't the stupidest, and the stupidest people are often unlucky, and the smartest people are the same.

As the first to return, Fan Zhixiang crashed headlong into Gao Daquan's blocking line unprepared.

The sun hung obliquely in the western sky, like a white face, mocking Fan Zhixiang who came out of the Qiqi River Valley.

Fan Zhixiang stepped out of the river valley, and saw Gao Daquan riding on a horse not far away, dressed in iron armor, holding a spear, and a white sun on his head, and felt that the sun was laughing at himself.

Stopping, Fan Zhixiang thought for a while, beckoned a cronie to come over, and said to him: "Go, go to the front and ask why the Song army is blocking our way, and say that we want to go back." ”

The cronie looked ahead, and in the center was a tall and complete 500 cavalry, one on each side commanding the infantry, the two wings in the distance were pressed by the other commanding cavalry, and the other two commanding the infantry in the rear. Thousands of people spread out in front of the valley, and they couldn't see the end at a glance, although they were silent, but they were chilling to look at.

The cronies said to Fan Zhixiang pitifully: "Lord Dong, how can I ask about this formation?" ”

"What are you afraid of! The two countries are fighting each other, and they will not be killed! Come back when you ask, I have my own ideas! ”

Fan Zhixiang looked calm and asked his cronies to go obediently.

This cronie is helpless, how can he not listen to the words of the master's family? usually eats and drinks, and is not raising a son, he was originally raised to die, so he had to step forward.

The man had no horse to ride. He ran to the front of the army of several thousand people. No matter how you look at it, it looks funny.

Look at the one hundred and ten steps before the Song army's formation. The cronie felt that the distance was almost over, and he panicked and wanted to stop, and hesitated whether his voice was loud enough.

At this moment, I heard a string sound beside Gao Daquan.

The pro-confidence, who was hesitating, panicked, looked up, and couldn't really see the sun, only heard a scream in the air, and then a sharp pain in his chest.

Looking at the arrows stuck in his chest, he still trembled. fell headlong to the ground. Falling to the ground, the last thing I saw consciously was that the lord was climbing on his horse, turning his head and running into the valley from which he came.

The words have been finished, the swords and soldiers meet each other, and the battle begins, but the only way is to kill the enemy.

Gao Daquan remembered what Xu Ping told him, and clearly told him that as the main general of one party, he had to fight hard to kill the enemy, and nothing to do with him in any talk or negotiation. Before the battle formation. The only condition on which he spared the enemy's life was that the enemy surrendered, and beyond that. He can only share life and death with the enemy.

Watching the enemy who had just come out of the valley rushing back to the valley in a mess, Gao Daquan did not react. The Song army did not enter the river valley, and if they could survive in the Luzhou area, these Jiaozhi native soldiers could stay in it until the end of the war. Otherwise, they would go to the open field outside the valley to face the rain of arrows of the Song army and hedge against the cavalry.

Xu Ping didn't have such a high consciousness, so he let the limited number of troops go to the mountains to play hide and seek with the Jiaozhi native soldiers, just for a few Tuzhou that were not very populated.

After Fan Zhixiang returned to Luzhou, he recruited various local army leaders to discuss the situation he was facing and how to break through the blockade of the Song army outside the valley. For these thousands of Cochin-bound soldiers, this task could not be discussed in a few days, and it would take ten days and a half months to gather people after talking, and at that time I didn't know what it would look like outside the valley.

Li Qingcheng only felt that his legs were sore, and his eyes were a little blurry, but Xu Ping in the yamen was still busy and didn't mean to meet him.

People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, Li Qingcheng can be regarded as a profound understanding of the meaning of these words.

It wasn't until the sun fell on the top of the mountain that it faded its pale color and began to blush, and finally began to fall in the cold in front of the yamen.

The cool breeze in the evening rose up and blew on Li Qingcheng's body, he shivered, came to his senses, regained his spirits, and looked at the yamen with his eyes.

Tan Hu walked out of the yamen, looked at Li Qingcheng, whose legs began to bend and his face turned pale, and smiled: "Li Zhizhou, it's hard to wait outside, and the official asked you to go in and talk." ”

"Xie Guanren, Xie Ti Ha, the small ones are not hard."

Tan Hu glanced at him, turned around and led the way.

After standing for most of the afternoon, Li Qingcheng's legs were numb, where could he walk? Trembling, moving step by step like an old woman.

Tan Hu glanced back and said unhappily: "Zhizhou, the officials are very busy, do you want to go to tomorrow if you walk like this?" It's inconvenient today, I'll go talk to the officials! ”

"Convenient, convenient, of course today!"

As Li Qingcheng spoke, he gritted his teeth and moved tightly, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and beads of sweat the size of beans kept flowing downward.

When I entered the yamen, the official hall was empty, and only two soldiers were guarding the door.

Tan Hu bypassed the official hall, entered the back office through the side door, and came all the way to the small flower hall.

Xu Ping was drinking tea, looking at the paperwork in his hand, he heard footsteps, and looked up to see that it was Tan Hu who brought Li Qingcheng in.

Putting down the paperwork in his hand, Xu Ping motioned to Tan Hu to guard outside the door, and said to the embarrassed Li Qingcheng: "I'm slacking off Zhizhou, sit down." ”

Li Qingcheng said with a smile: "In front of the officials, how can there be a small place to sit? ”

"Then stand and talk."

Xu Ping put down the teacup, turned around, looked at Li Qingcheng, and slowly spoke: "You are the governor of Langzhou of the Great Song Dynasty, holding the official seal of my Great Song Dynasty, but doing things for the Jiaozhi people, this sin is not small." ”

"The conscience of heaven and earth, officials, I can't disobey Jiatong, but it is said that it is for the Jiaozhi people, but it is really not. Over the years since my father, we have only been here to prepare for our seats, and we have not been able to do anything about Langzhou. I am ashamed of the court's favor, I admit it, but it is said that it is to do things for Jiaozhi, which is really not! ”

Seeing that Li Qingcheng was about to cry, Xu Ping said: "The official army entered Langzhou twice, and you closed the city and refused to accept it, I didn't wronged you, are you guilty?" ”

"The lower official is guilty. The situation in Langzhou is like this, and I hope that the officials will understand it and be able to deal with it lightly. I opened the city gate to welcome the officials in, and the two sons in Jiaozhi and Jiatong didn't dare to think about it, so I hoped that these family members who stayed in Langzhou could let them live, and the great kindness of the officials would be rewarded! ”

Xu Ping said: "Disaster is not for your family, rest assured, no matter what, I will keep your family safe." ”

"Thank you for your mercy!"

Xu Ping looked at Li Qingcheng and pondered for a while before asking, "Let me ask you, if you are given a chance, the official of the Great Song Dynasty, do you still want to be it?" ”

"The officials are joking, I know that I have committed a lot of crimes, how can I have a chance to be a new person?"

"Do I look like a joke?"

Li Qingcheng looked at Xu Ping looking at him with a calm face, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly said: "What kind of person is an official, how can he tell lies, it's a small nonsense." ”

"Would you like to do it?"

Seeing Xu Ping's serious face, Li Qingcheng struggled in his heart. Not only can he not ask for his guilt, but he can continue to be an official, of course, such a good thing cannot be taken off his head out of thin air, and the price paid must be not small.

Seeing that Li Qingcheng was silent, Xu Ping shook his head: "Forget it, I won't be reluctant if you don't want to." If you can take the initiative to open the city gate, you can still know that you are lost, and I will not punish you severely, and you will be allocated three thousand miles-"

"Official, I'm willing to do it!"

Li Qingcheng knelt on the ground and looked at Xu Ping with a blank eye.

"Get up, since you are still willing to serve Da Song, then sit down and talk."

After speaking, Xu Ping shouted to Tan Hu outside: "Serve tea to Li Zhizhou!" ”

Li Qingcheng let out a sigh, held his legs and barely stood up, seeing that Xu Ping didn't look at him, he hesitated to sit on the empty chair next to him.

Tan Hu came in with tea and said to Li Qingcheng: "Zhizhou uses tea!" ”

Li Qingcheng took the tea bowl, watched Tan Hu walk out of the hall, turned back to face Xu Ping, and said in a trembling voice: "Official, if you need a small service, please command." ”

Xu Ping smiled: "You don't have to be nervous, I won't let you die." The Great Song Dynasty **** went to the country, and it would not be as small as a small country like Jiaozhi. Since you are a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, of course you use your talents, and you will not be killed, what are you worried about. ”

Li Qingcheng saw that Xu Ping's appearance did not look like a fake, and his heart hanging in the air was more stable, and said to Xu Ping: "Although the official commands, as long as you use the place where the official is lower, you must do your best!" ”

"Okay, it's good to have your words!" Xu Ping said and instructed Tan Hu outside: "It's not early, order someone to prepare a meal for Li Zhizhou's family, and let them wait in the back office with peace of mind!" ”

"Thank you!"

Xu Ping turned his head and looked at Li Qingcheng and said, "Actually, things are very simple, it depends on your dedication." You are a local native, and you must be very familiar with the Poor Strange River outside. ”

"Official, Xia Guan really understands the water nature of the Qiqi River."

"That's good! Now there is not a single ferry on the Qianqi River, although it is the dry season, and the depth of the water is unfathomable. You only need to give instructions to the officers and soldiers, where to wade through the water, where to build bridges. In the shortest possible time, build two pontoon bridges on the Poor Qi River, and it will be your great achievement! ”

Li Qingcheng was stunned and almost fell off the chair: "The official wants to cross the river?" Do you want to fight the armor? ”

Xu Ping glanced at Li Qingcheng and said in a deep voice: "Supposedly, you shouldn't ask if you shouldn't ask." But it's not easy to read you, I won't care about it this time, and I'll remember it later! ”

"Little reckless!"

"There is only one Langzhou, when can Jiaozhi be divided into half? When the soldiers and horses arrived, of course, they had to take back the place that the Jiaozhi people had privately occupied. If you do this well, not only will you be absolved of all your previous crimes, but even your relatives in Jiaozhi and Jiatong may not have no choice. ”

"Really?" Hearing this, Li Qingcheng looked at Xu Ping with a blank eye.

Xu Ping said: "It's all up to you whether it's true or fake." If I can get things done and let the officers and soldiers cross the river smoothly, I will hold Jiatong in the palm of my hand. Their own lives are in the hands of the officials and soldiers, what are you worried about your son doing? ”

Li Qingcheng's eyes lit up suddenly: "Don't worry, officials, I will definitely let the officials and soldiers cross the river unconsciously!" ”

(There's another chapter in the evening.) (To be continued.) )