Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 41

[Chapter 41]

Wei Liang led 2,000 horses on a light ride. According to the report sent by Gongsun Yang, he followed Chen Xiang’s way to marry his daughter. A few days later, he found the marriage team in the north of Liyang. Because the team was loaded with tens of thousands of grains and rice, it was difficult for them to travel quickly. Although they started early, they could not even make it halfway. Wei Liang led people to ambush in a col in the front, and when the team entered the col, a golden drum was heard, and the two ambush soldiers at the front and rear shouted out. Gao Shun, the general of Zhenwei Zhonglang who was escorting the team by Chen Xiang’s order, was taken aback and hurriedly raised his halberd and shouted and asked who was coming. Gao Shun hurriedly raised his halberd to deal with it, where was Wei Liang’s opponent, but he was beheaded in three rounds. The companions on the left and right saw that Wei Liang was fierce and surrounded by men and horses. They were frightened and frightened. Where would the remaining soldiers resist, they fled in an instant.

The purpose of Wei Shao’s trip was not to kill the enemy, nor to pursue him. He ordered people to gather the supplies and go up to open the incense cart in the middle. He saw a young woman huddled in a corner and shivering. She had lost all her color. Liang probed in, his head was messed up, he screamed and fainted on the spot, but Wei Liang was startled. Seeing that the two servants and wives on the side were also pale, knelt down and begged for mercy.

Wei Liang knew that the one who fainted was Chen Xiang’s daughter, so he asked the soldiers to escort the car and drove back and forth to Yangzhou. A few days later, he arrived in Huainan and was stationed in Xiacai, and there was a newspaper to visit Malay. Yang Xin sent his envoy Song Xian to welcome him. Song Xian respectfully invited Wei Liang and his entourage into the city, but Wei Liang refused, and only ordered the sergeant to stand in a camp outside the city.

This Yang Xin and Xue Tai have always had grievances. In the previous battles, they were evenly matched, each with their own victories and defeats. A few days ago, Wei Shao’s messenger Zhang Yong arrived unexpectedly and handed over Wei Shao’s handwritten handwriting, expressing his intention.

Wei Shao sat in the north, famous for Haiyu, and heroes from all over the world went to defect. Yang Xin had heard of it for a long time, but he had never dealt with it. Suddenly, he sent an envoy Zhang Yong to lobby. Zhang Yongben was born in an aristocratic family in Jiangdong, and because of his admiration for Wei Shao, he went to defect to him. Although Chen Xiang was strong, Wei Shao was blocking him, so he was not afraid. They sent troops to attack Xuzhou, where there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses left.

Those grains and silks are enough, and the 1,000 northern horses are the most important. The southern land does not produce horses, and it is undoubtedly a powerful thing to get a thousand northern horses. On the spot, he promised to make a blood alliance with Zhang Yongzhen. A banquet was arranged that night, and the next day, 100,000 soldiers and horses were selected, and they went to Xuzhou in three mighty ways.

Xue Tai sent troops to Yanzhou half a month ago and robbed people’s wealth all the way. The people who passed by did not leave behind, and the people complained. Now the army has reached Juye, only 100 miles away from Dongjun. Ten miles away, Qiao Ping and his son, the prefect of East County, led 50,000 soldiers and horses to line up. Not at all worried, the army rushed straight away. The two armies met outside Juye City. Xue Tai looked at the opposite side, and saw that the white horse at the front sat a middle-aged general with a handsome face, knowing that it was the prefect Qiao Ping. A jujube red horse sat next to him, and immediately sat a young general, with a silver robe on his body, a pair of halberds in his hands, his eyes like stars, and he was very handsome. He guessed that it was the son of Qiao Ping, and laughed: “Yanzhou is really unmanned. Now, a girl was actually sent to fight!”

As soon as these words came out, laughter erupted everywhere. Qiao Ci was young and vigorous, how could he bear such humiliation? Regardless of Qiao Ping’s obstruction, Pima rushed out and scolded the old man Xue. There was Xue Tai’s 18-year-old son, who was about to marry Chen Xiangzhi. The woman, Xue Liang, urged the horse to raise a gun to fight. The two sides took over the horses in the open space, and the sergeants on both sides shouted loudly, and after a fierce fight, after dozens of rounds, Qiao Ci pushed Xue Liang off the horse. Xue Liang hurriedly fled back to the position, Qiao Ci chased after him with red eyes, and threw a knife out, stabbing Xue Liang in the back, and Xue Liang fell to the ground and died.

Qiao Ping watched the battle from behind and was very nervous. Although the eldest brother has already sent an envoy to Yuyang to move soldiers for help, he has not heard back yet, let alone the arrival of Wei Shao’s troops. A few days ago, he learned that Xue Tai’s army was approaching, and Qiao Ping personally led the army in Juye, ready to fight to the death. The only son was underage, and Qiao Pingyuan did not want him to accompany him to the front line, so he ordered him to stay and defend the city. It’s just that although Yanzhou can gather 50,000 troops, they can’t find a few good generals who can hold the battle. Qiao Ci is determined to fight in the front line. Qiao Ping is helpless, and thinks that if Dongjun is lost, it will be like a nest. Next, how can there be any eggs, and finally gritted his teeth and let him go into battle with him. When he saw that he couldn’t stand the excitement, he went into battle with Xue Liang, and finally killed Xue Liang under the horse, he was relieved, and hurriedly ordered Ming Jin to return him to the battle.

Over there, Xue Tai saw that before the battle started, his parents and children were killed in front of the battle, and also died at the hands of a young boy with a stinky hair. Kill Joe Ci. Cao Xu and Zhang Biao were ordered, and they headed out of the horse, and in a blink of an eye, they surrounded Qiao Ci in the horse formation.

Although Qiao Ci was a new-born calf and a young hero, he was not yet an adult, and he had not experienced many battles. Cao Xu and Zhang Biao were veterans of Xuzhou, and he was used to charging into battle. Accidentally, his left arm was slashed, and blood flowed.

When Qiao Ping saw that his son’s retreat was cut off and his body was injured, he was so anxious that he immediately brought two generals to help him, but it was too late. Revenge!” He watched helplessly as the spear in his hand was thrown towards Qiao Ci’s chest. Qiao Ci’s halberd was pressing against the long knife that Zhang Biao had slashed, and he couldn’t dodge, so he was about to splatter blood on the spot. Above the wilderness in the middle, a fast horse came galloping like lightning, and rushed to the front of the battle. The three war horses neighed in unison and raised their front hooves angrily, throwing Cao Xu, Zhang Biao, and Qiao Ci, who were fighting together, off their horses in one fell swoop.

Cao Xu and Zhang Biao’s mounts were all great horses that had been used for a long time, and Qiao Ci’s mount was also raised from a young age. Unexpectedly, the stranger whistled and the horse overturned its owner to the ground. The three fell and rolled together. The man drove his horse and rushed to the front. He leaned over and raised Qiao Ci’s arm on the ground, dragged him onto the horse, turned and ran towards Qiao Ping. Pushed down, Qiao Yue fell to the ground and stood firm, but people were still in shock and did not respond for a while.

Qiao Pingyuan thought that his son was going to be splattered with blood, but he never dreamed that at the critical moment, this bucket hat guy came out like this and saved his life. Needless to say, he was surprised and grateful. Knowing that this man did not come from the two armies, he looked intently , seeing that his bucket hat was pressed very low, covering his forehead and eyes, he looked like he was only in his early twenties, he clenched his fists and thanked him: “Thank you Engong for saving my dog. Two minutes ago, I didn’t have time to thank him, but please leave your name. Thank you very much in the future!”

Standing on the ground, Qiao Ci happened to see the eyes of this man under the hat. One of them was green. Suddenly, he felt that he had seen it before. It seemed to be familiar, but he couldn’t remember it for a while. The drum ordered the attack, and he had no time to think about it any more. The two armies fought together in the blink of an eye. Qiao Ping is familiar with military books and is also diligent in training troops on weekdays. At this moment, he is struggling to command the formation, but he has no good generals around him, and his troops are only half of the opponent’s. With a cannon shot from the left and right, Xue Tai’s two flanks were pressed by 10,000 horses, and Yanzhou sergeant’s formation was immediately rushed, causing countless casualties. Qiao Ping knew that if the battle continued, 50,000 troops would be enough I want the whole army to be annihilated here, I want Ming Jin to retreat into the city for a later calculation, but the formation is already in chaos. If Jin Jin is suddenly called at this time, the scene may be even more difficult to clean up. The two sergeants Xue Tai who were surrounded by them roared horizontally. The roar sounded like thunder. The dozens of people in front of them were terrified, and they didn’t dare to approach. Watching him smash a bloody road, they rushed to Qiao Ping. , shouted sharply: “Let Jun Ming Jin retreat into the city quickly, and the entire army will be wiped out if it is too late! I will block it for you here for the time being!”

Qiao Ping froze.

This young man who came from nowhere, although his clothes are simple and looks like an ordinary person, I don’t know why, in such a melee, he is like a god of war, majestic and majestic, making people involuntarily obey him . He turned around immediately, and was about to withdraw his troops when he suddenly heard the sound of gold ringing in Xue Tai’s formation. He looked at the opposite side in amazement. Seeing that something had happened on the opposite side, Xue Tai on the horse’s face was full of anger, scolding the sky, and quickly ordered his life. The generals withdrew their troops and returned to the battle, and they took their son’s body and retreated, and quickly left in the direction of Xuzhou in the southeast.

Outside the city of Juye, where the sky and the earth have no light, it died in a blink of an eye. Qiao Ping’s intuition was as if he had experienced the rest of his life after a catastrophe, but he still couldn’t believe it. At this moment, I couldn’t even think about it, I ordered to clean up the position first, send the dead and wounded soldiers into the city, take a breath, suddenly remembered the bucket hat just now, and hurriedly searched around, but where is there any trace of him?

…

Qiao Ci kept chasing him all the way, and chased him out dozens of miles away. Seeing that the man in front couldn’t get rid of him, he finally stopped his horse on the side of the road.

Qiao Ci’s face was stained with blood, and the blood scab from the wound on his arm had not yet solidified. He was still bleeding slowly out, but his eyes were shining brightly. You! Your green eyes! My eldest sister was kidnapped by you? Where is she now? What have you done to her?”

Bi She slowly raised her hat: “I and she have become husband and wife. Don’t worry, son, I I will do my best to treat her. The son is seriously injured, so go back to heal as soon as possible.”

Qiao Ci’s eyes widened, showing disbelief.

Bi She nodded slightly at him, then urged the horse to raise its hoofs, and galloped away in a blink of an eye, disappearing at the end of the wild trail.

Qiao Ci stayed where he was.

Back then, when Da Qiao eloped with Bishe, the Qiao family kept it a secret, and even Qiao Ci didn’t know it very well, and only vaguely heard that it seemed to be related to the family’s Manu Bishe. Therefore, as soon as the war was over, he immediately set his sights on Bi She and chased here in one breath.

He did not expect that his cousin Da Qiao would marry him. Listening to his tone, it seems that Da Qiao is still willing.

Qiao Ci couldn’t imagine such a thing happening.

He couldn’t accept it for a while. Stopped there for a moment, he suddenly remembered that when he was about to die under the sword, this person seemed to have rescued him from the sky. In front of the two armies, he was amazingly brave, with a high level of force, which he had never seen in his life.

What kind of person is this?

Joe Ci was confused.

…

After Wei Shao sent troops to leave, there was a man missing in the family, as if the backbone was missing, and the Wei residence became deserted.

Except for the difficult time when Xiao Qiao met Mrs. Zhu face-to-face every day, the rest of the time was very free. It’s just that she is concerned about the military situation in Yanzhou, and she is worried every day. Fortunately, more than half a month after Wei Shao left, news finally came, saying that when Xue Tai attacked Dongjun, he suddenly learned that Xuzhou was attacked by Huainan Yang Xin, and immediately retreated to the rescue. The two sides encountered a battle at Jiuli Mountain in Liucheng. Xue Tai was defeated, his troops were destroyed, and he lost countless food and grass. In the end, he returned to Xuzhou in a panic, and his vitality was severely damaged. In the short term, he should be unable to attack again.

Xiao Qiao’s heart, which had been hanging for many days, finally let go. Back in the room, just as he was about to write a letter to his father Qiao Ping, a message came from the north house, saying that Mrs. Xu asked her to come over.

Xiao Qiao immediately put down the pen, changed clothes and went to the north house. Surprisingly, he saw that Wei Yan was also there, kneeling beside Madam Xu, as if he had just finished talking, Wei Yan bowed to Madam Xu, turned around on the bed, and met Xiao Qiao, his eyes stopped on her face for a moment. stop.

Every time Wei Shao sent troops to go out on an expedition, he always entrusted Wei Yan with the important task of defending Youzhou. It is not surprising to meet him here at this moment.

Xiao Qiao lowered her eyes and called out “Uncle”.

Wei Yan nodded slightly, turned to Mrs. Xu and said, “The grandson has to retire first. The grandmother is ready, the grandson will come to see him early in the morning.”

Mrs. Xu nodded.

Wei Yan glanced at Xiao Qiao and walked past her.

Xiao Qiao got on the couch and knelt down beside Mrs. Xu. I saw that there were several volumes of letters on the case. Seems to have been sent from different places.

Mrs. Xu smiled and said, “It’s been more than half a month since Zhonglin went out. Grandmother is afraid that you will be worried. As soon as there is news, I will tell you first. The army has arrived at Shiyi a few days ago, and the troops are strong and strong, and the formation is very smooth. ”

Xiao Qiao suddenly felt a little guilty.

These days, what she remembers the most is actually Yanzhou. On Wei Shao’s side, perhaps because he was strong enough, she also knew that he would definitely come back, but she didn’t really remember much. He lowered his eyes and said, “I hope my husband returns home soon.”

Mrs. Xu nodded and said, “I also received another letter today. Tomorrow I’m going to Zhongshan to visit an old relative. I think you’ll be fine at home, why don’t you come with me and show your face? Son, I also have a companion on the way.”

Xiao Qiao was a little surprised. I didn’t expect to go out of the door all of a sudden. I don’t know what Madam Xu is going to do in Zhongshan. Only since she opened her mouth, she nodded naturally.

“Go back and pack up and leave early tomorrow morning.” Mrs. Xu smiled.

[End of This Chapter]