Bright moon out of Tianshan

There was a chaotic crowd in front of him, and there were chaotic voices in his ears. Xiao Jian stared blankly, as if he had returned to the winter of last year.

Xiao Jian slowly woke up.

He looked at the Mongolian cavalry leader Ari Silan again, and saw that he was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, fighting fiercely with people with an expression of indignation on his face, but unfortunately he was outnumbered, and he fell to the ground, and gradually became helpless.

Xiao Jian suddenly dodges, rushes into the encirclement surrounding Arisilan like a ghost, slashes out with his backhand, and immediately swings several spears away, then turns around, brushes past Arisilan, reaches out and lifts his clothes The collar was pulled up, the toes were lightly tapped on the bushes, and he started to step out from the shadow of the sword, light and sword, and swept out.

Ari Silan was shocked and struggled desperately, Xiao Jian sealed his acupoints casually, walked buoyantly against the wind, and after a while, the chaotic crowd disappeared without a trace.

When he reached a place where no one was around, he just put Ari Silan on the ground, stretched out his fingers to untie the acupoints for him, and asked, "Are you really a Mongolian?"

Arisilan looked at him in amazement, and suddenly remembered that he had led his troops into a trap, and suddenly became angry, cursing in Mongolian.Seeing Xiao Jian's silence, he thought he didn't understand, so he continued to curse in broken Chinese.Xiao Jian listened to him swearing back and forth, only a few words, nothing new, so he ignored him.When he got bored of cursing and gradually lost his energy, Fang asked, "Among the troops you brought with you, are there Dong Qi soldiers?"

Ari Silan said angrily: "I want you to take care of it!"

Xiao Jian said: "I am also from Dongqi, and it has been half a year since I was sent to raise horses as a prisoner of war." He looked up at Ari Silan, and asked solemnly: "Speaking of which, is it mixed with Dongqi? Soldier?"

As soon as Ari Silan heard this, he cursed angrily: "You traitor who betrays the country and seeks glory! You are from Dongqi, how did you lead the soldiers of Dongqi into the trap set by Zhao?" When Xiao Jian heard the word traitor, he lightly After a slight tremor, he said in a low voice: "You are all dressed up as Mongolians. I didn't figure it out. Your name is Ari Silan, right? Don't be angry, tell me why you came across Luliang Mountain to attack Zhao Guo ?”

Although Arisilan couldn't see his face, he felt that his attitude was humble and kind, so he stopped swearing, and said angrily: "The king of Zhao is a shameless pervert. They took away many of our girls and horses. I want to take back what belongs to us. As for the Dongqi people, they found us. They sent envoys to contact us and send troops together, saying that they each retrieved the stolen things. They borrowed our clothes and mixed them in."

Xiao Jian pondered for a moment, and said: "It's very dangerous for you to go deep into a sneak attack alone. Even without these traps, you can easily be cut off by Zhao's soldiers. Then you will be unable to advance or retreat. You should run away quickly."

Ari Silan said angrily: "My people are dead and wounded, how can I go back by myself? It's easy for you to say, would you go back?"

Xiao Jian sighed: "If I change it, I won't go back. But with your own strength, do you want to save your clansmen? Even if you send your life here, it is useless. Why bother to show off this momentary ambition?" You should go back and discuss long-term plans." Seeing him staring at him with two tiger eyes, with a stubborn expression on his face, but he didn't want to talk to him anymore, turned around and left on his own.Arisilan followed him for a few steps, but he didn't catch up, so he had to give up in dismay.

The next day Xiao Jian heard the news that Xiu Mei and Ding Xiang went to inquire.In this battle, more than 300 Mongols were captured, and there were more than [-] soldiers from the Eastern Qi Dynasty. All of them were taken to the quarry outside Taiyuan City and imprisoned, and the rest were killed in battle.

Hearing this, Xiao Jian pondered for a long time, and said, "Xiu Mei, go and inquire again, when will this group of prisoners of war be disposed of."

Xiumei left as promised, and returned half a day later, but got an even more shocking news, it turned out that this time the Mongols and Dongqi jointly dispatched troops, they went out three ways, and the cavalry led by Ari Silan was in the middle.The other two groups had more soldiers and horses, they outflanked both sides and went straight to Taiyuan. Qi Jia was the first to catch the news and led a small group of imperial guards from the capital to resist. In order to save his soldiers and horses from the shackles, he resisted the enemy alone, but was captured.

Zhao Yuancai was on his way to the front line for inspection. He heard that a group of soldiers and horses had been dispatched from the front line to come back aggressively.As soon as his soldiers and horses were withdrawn, the soldiers and horses of Dongqi on the southern front line took advantage of the gap, and Zhao Guo lost three important towns in a row.Zhao Yuancai was furious, and threatened that there was a battle ahead, and there was not enough money and food, so he didn't want to feed so many Eastern Qi prisoners of war, and wanted to find time to kill them all.Then a minister reminded him that Qi Jia had fallen into the enemy's hands, and he suddenly felt remorseful, and just now he stopped making noise, thinking of ways to rob Qi Jia back.

Then the King of the State of Zhao heard a report that the Central Route Army who came to attack the troops this time was severely damaged. It was because the masked men at the Jianyun Ranch led the horse team to resist the enemy and led the enemy soldiers into a trap. machine.Suddenly his blood boiled, he put Qi Jia's matter aside for the time being, and turned to Jianyun Ranch on the way.

Shu Xingcao had already returned from the south, and when he saw Zhao Yuancai coming with a group of people, he immediately became impatient: "Why are you here again?"

Zhao Yuancai laughed and said, "Is it okay for my nephew to come and see my uncle? My nephew is thinking about my uncle, and all goodness and filial piety come first!"

Shu Xingcao said: "Okay, okay, let's stop talking nonsense. I haven't seen you come to see me for a whole year, but now I'm filial. What exactly do you want, just say it."

Zhao Yuancai approached him and said in a low voice, "Uncle, I want to take him back to Taiyuan, so you just... agree to it!"

Shu Xingcao shook his head: "I'm afraid he doesn't want to, let's forget it. You come here to pester and harass him like this every day, forcing him to have nowhere to go, to come up with other thoughts, to leave and die, the old man may not be able to give you a firm grip all the time." Watch."

Zhao Yuancai had no choice but to say: "Then can I say a few words to him? My nephew promises to frighten him without moving his feet. That's all right. Where did he go? When he saw me, he hid in the room where?" He said, accosting Xiao Jian and approaching the door of Xiao Jian's room, Shu Xingcao couldn't force him to stop him, so he said: "Ah Cai, don't be afraid to speak, just speak seriously. If he continues to mess around, the old man will really send him away."

Xiao Jian had already heard the movement outside the room, and when Zhao Yuancai's footsteps reached the door, he opened the door on his own initiative, and asked, "Your Majesty, what are you looking for from the villain?"

Zhao Yuancai was taken aback for a moment, but when he understood, he was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Let me come in and talk about it."

He squeezed in, closed the door, and looked at Xiao Jian with a smile.Xiao Jian was a little nervous, stepped back a few steps, kept away from him, and said, "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

Zhao Yuancai barely controlled the idea of ​​fighting with him. Seeing that he was hiding far away, he found a chair and sat down by himself, and said with a smile, "Xiaoxiao, I heard that you led a team of horses to intercept a group of Mongols who came to attack you." , and led them into a trap, and let Zhao Guo win a small victory. You are so smart and capable, and you are so dedicated to me, how can I not come to thank you?"

Xiao Jian hesitated for a moment, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, that was an unintentional act, and the villain regrets it now. Thinking of so many people being imprisoned, I feel very sorry. So please let your Majesty let them go."

Zhao Yuancai rested his chin on his hands, pretending to be in deep thought, and looked at him with his eyes turning around, his face full of interest.Xiao Jian let him watch, and after a while he said in embarrassment: "This is not very good. There are still many Dong Qi soldiers mixed in there. Dong Qi and I are fighting in full swing, and the prisoners here have been released for no reason. Now, don’t others call me a fool? Even with the ministers, I can’t justify it. Even though I am the emperor, I can’t be too self-willed, right?”

Xiao Jian knew that he would not agree easily, so he said: "Their life and death are destiny, and I cannot change it personally, so it is up to you. Your Majesty, please."

Zhao Yuancai squeezed into his room with great difficulty, how could he just go out like this, and said with a smile: "Don't rush me away, I won't eat you. Xiaoxiao, if you can show some sincerity, this matter is fine." There is no room for negotiation.”

Xiao Jian knew that when he opened his mouth, he was using this opportunity to blackmail him, so he said: "The villain is stupid, your Majesty's so-called sincerity is unknown, please explain it clearly."

Zhao Yuancai sneered: "You pretend to be confused with me! I let you obey me, will you agree? Or forget it, master tell you something else. You can let me let you go, but you are not allowed to think about it again in the future." I'm in Dongqi, if you want to go back to Taiyuan with me, I will give you an official position, and I will definitely treat you well. How about it?"

Xiao Jian was very hesitant, and Zhao Yuancai observed his words, and then said: "Don't worry, I will treat you with courtesy until the day you are willing. I have a lot of people in the harem, so I don't owe you this one. If you like it, I will pay you back." I can give you a few rewards. It would be great if the big guys are having a good time together. What can you do here with my uncle to herd the horses?"

Xiao Jian looked at him, Zhao Yuancai quickly put on a face of sincerity, Xiao Jian nodded slightly, Zhao Yuancai smiled: "I don't care about the status of a prisoner of war, let's say, what kind of official position do you want, I must satisfy you You are so attractive, you are qualified to be a general. Of course, my official position in Zhao State is not determined by appearance alone, but standing in the resplendent court hall of the Lord, it is too ugly but it is Obscure, obstructive."

Before he finished speaking, he heard Shu Xingcao shouting from outside the room: "A Cai, come out!" The voice was very stern, the two of them were stunned at the same time, Zhao Yuancai said: "Come out as soon as you come out, old man thinks I am plotting against you? Hey, I've changed my ways!"