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The Jin army, which was full of grief and determination to win, did not launch an offensive rashly. Instead, it set up its camp in Liujiashan, [-] miles away from Jiazhou.Most of the Zhou army was dominated by infantry, and it was a natural disadvantage to use infantry to face the Tatar cavalry, who were strong and skilled in bows and horses. Can not attack by force.

Shen Si divided the soldiers under his command into three teams, each led by a regular general and ran to the Tatar camp in turn to attack and provoke.But once the Tatars came out, they immediately retreated and broke into pieces, using their familiarity with the terrain to quickly escape into the overlapping mountains and forests near Jiazhou.Cavalry is more suitable for fighting on the plains. After entering the mountains, the power of the horses will be reduced sharply due to the limited speed of the horses. Furthermore, there is a saying in the art of war that no one can enter the forest, and the poor should not chase. Don't dare to chase easily.However, before the Tatars returned to the camp to take a breath and drink a sip of water, the second team of the Jin army arrived immediately, and when the Tatars were fully dressed and went out again, the Jin army wiped oil on their feet and walked without a trace. gone.

At first the Tatars couldn't figure out what Shensi was up to, so they didn't dare to take it lightly. However, as the Jin army harassed them day and night, the Tatars were stunned and furious, but there was nothing they could do. Their battle formation became more and more loose, the speed of counterattack became more and more perfunctory, and their vigilance against the Jin army became lower and lower. Shen Si knew that the time was coming.

At the same time, Shensi was also paying attention to the changes in the weather. Until the seventh day, he found that the sky was covered with black and gray broken clouds, and they were surging with the wind. There is a folk proverb, "The black pig crosses the river, "Heavy rain is coming", this is a sign of heavy rain, and the time has really come.

Sure enough, it was a night of violent storms, lightning and thunder, and mountains and forests howling, leaving only a tumbling black tide in the world.In the middle of the night, the Jin army repeated its old tricks and went to the Tatar camp to provoke again. The Tatars were so disturbed that they got up from their sleep one after another and rushed out full of obscenities. To scare and frighten those short and thin Han soldiers, drive them all into the mountains like sheep, and then they can go back to the camp to catch up on sleep. But this time it was completely beyond their expectations. Standing firmly on the same spot, in a neat formation, standing still, with firm eyes, waiting for the battle, seeing death as home.

The archers lined up in the outermost circle. Following the general's order, they opened their bows and fired all arrows. The arrow clusters pierced the rain with cold lights and shot towards the enemy. The road was muddy and slippery. The charge speed of the cavalry was greatly slowed down. Coupled with the interference of rain and the blocking of the arrow array, more than half of the attack power that the cavalry was most proud of was removed.

Seeing that the distance between the two armies was less than a hundred steps, the crossbowmen were removed and replaced by leather chariots. The cavalry did not dare to directly hit the heavy armored chariots, so they could only rein in one after another.The leading soldiers stopped, and the soldiers in the rear continued to push, people bumping into each other, horses bumping into horses, and the team suddenly became a mess.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Jin army who were hidden behind the leather chariot jumped out like ghosts, lit up their long knives, bent over their backs, slashed left and right, and slashed at the enemy's horse's legs, waiting The war horse neighed and fell to the ground, and the Tatar fell off the horse, and would be ripped open and cut in two by long knives stabbing from all directions.

The knife was improved from the Mo knife of the Tang Dynasty. The handle of the knife is long and thick, and it dances vigorously and decisively.The rainwater splashed on the blade, causing a trembling trembling sound. Wherever it went, people and horses were smashed, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and there was no one left alive.

Many years later, people still have lingering fears when talking about the Battle of Jiazhou that night, and merchants never dared to pass by the small road outside the city alone. The sound of people and horses fighting, ghosts crying and wolves howling, creepy.

The fierce battle lasted until early in the morning, and then the rain stopped, the shouts of killing disappeared, and a crack opened in the clouds at the intersection of Dongfang Tiandi, and the gray-white twilight slowly poured down. A piece of glaring bright red, twisted corpses, mutilated horses, scattered weapons, messy clusters of arrows, fallen flags... sticky and thick blood flowed on the ground, even the water of Bald Tail River was dyed red, and the air was full of blood. There was a disgusting stench floating in it.

The battle was won, Jiazhou was taken back, and Shensi's bet on the military order was also saved, but no one cheered and sang.They just moved the corpses silently, buried their brothers silently, and lit a fire to burn all the enemies.Thick smoke billowed, covering the sky and the sun, covering the surrounding fields. The flames roared and engulfed the stumped limbs and arms, burned them to ashes, and then scattered them with the wind.Perhaps Jiazhou at this moment is a huge tomb under the gloom.

After the flames were burnt out, people cleaned up the remaining bones and piled them up into a nameless hill. Those who thought about celebrities who erected a stone tablet at the foot of the hill to offend me will surely die here!

The Tatars suffered a big defeat in Jiazhou, and the few remnants of the remaining soldiers fled back to Yulinwei in embarrassment. After a few days of recuperation, they regrouped and marched towards Yanzhou further south.

Seeing that the Tatars were really planning to avoid Jinyuan and go directly to the hinterland of the Central Plains, the little emperor finally couldn't sit still. The imperial court immediately dispatched the southwest army to defend the enemy northward, and even the Liu clan led by Wei You was also sent to Yaozhou arm.In this way, the Jin army can breathe a sigh of relief.It's just that the Tatars are savages and don't respect enlightenment. No one knows whether they will take advantage of the chaos to attack Jinyuan again. Therefore, after Jin Wang explained the military affairs of Haoluzhou, he recruited Shensi and rushed to Tongzhou to meet up. I want the army to take a good rest for a while.

It was early autumn when the two met again.The chilling cicadas are miserable, the forests are dyed, the wind is blowing thousands of miles, the geese fly from the north to the south, and the land of Jinyuan is full of pale colors.

Maybe it's been too long, and we have experienced too many tribulations. Faced with the contemplation of the long-lost reunion, King Jin is filled with an indescribable childlike attachment from head to toe. He refused to let Shen Si out of his sight, as if he couldn't see enough, a pair of eyes were always glued to Shen Si's face.Facing this sticky and naive feeling, Shen Si was helpless, but unexpectedly still had some benefit.When it comes to lovesickness to the bone, how could he be less than King Jin?

When they are free, the two will change into casual clothes and take a few bodyguards to the nearby mountain for a horse racing tour, climb high and look far away, and experience the pleasant feeling of "stealing a half-day leisure in a floating life".

It was still early, and the milky white morning mist in the mountains had not yet dissipated, lining the trees with wormwood and grass, like being in a fairyland.The pony named Zhanfeng that Shen Si rides stops and stops along the way, or drinks a few mouthfuls of cool spring water in the stream, or sniffs a few unknown wild flowers by the roadside, Shen Si does not urge it, let it do whatever it wants dawdling.

A few years have passed in a flash, and compared with the Shen Xiaowu who was taken away by King Jin in Wei Daying, Yifu, the pensive brows now have less childishness, a little more handsomeness, and a calm and steady gesture, clearly already He is a tall and handsome young man.At that time, he only wanted to rush forward, to be ahead of everyone, but now he is more used to quietly following behind King Jin, and only when needed, he will turn into a sharp arrow and go to Overcame thorns and thorns for the king of Jin, and went through life and death.Or maybe there is someone living in my heart, and if I worry too much, it will naturally slow down.

King Jin looked back at Shen Si from time to time, and seeing that no one was following, he quietly reined in the horse's head and retreated a few steps, side by side with Shen Si, and whispered, "It will be Mid-Autumn Festival soon, and it will be your birthday too. I don't know what kind of birthday gift Xiao Wu wants?"

Shen Si thought about it for a while: "I don't want anything else, I just want no more gunpowder in Jinyuan, and the people live and work in peace and contentment."

King Jin raised his eyebrows: "Is it that simple?"

"Is it simple?" Shen Si shook his head with a wry smile, "But it's not simple at all."

King Jin sighed: "This king is really incompetent. I am so tired that Xiao Wu is worried everywhere. Thank you for your hard work..." He cast his eyes on the rolling hills in the distance, and fell into reverie, "When this battle is over, Let's walk back to Lanyue Mountain together. Find a place with an excellent view and buy a house. There should be a sunny hillside nearby, where you can put horses and grow vegetables. The yard is paved with polished bluestone bricks, which is convenient for you Dance swords and practice kung fu, plant an old locust tree at the gate of the courtyard, and hide under it to enjoy the shade in summer. The stables should be built outside the courtyard, with a higher shed roof, your horses are dishonest, and by the way, you need to buy a guillotine for cutting grass in winter... ..."

Listening and listening, he pondered and smiled: "The most important thing is to prepare a large bed that is strong enough. It would be even better if the bed frame is made of cast iron. It must not be shaken, kicked or smashed." Just do it."

The King of Jin was ridiculed by Shen Si, but he refused to suffer: "Exactly, the little monkey should reach the age of 'dragon is fine and tiger is fierce'."

Shen Si was bitten back, and he was very angry, but he had no chance of winning the bickering, so he had to "tsk" weakly, pretending to be disgusted: "Guard, when you go out today, you must have forgotten to put on your face. Already!"

King Jin hit the snake with a stick: "I have Xiaowu, why should I be so cheeky?"

There was a farmhouse halfway up the mountain ahead, and smoke was still rising. King Jin smiled and waved at the crowd: "Go, go and ask for a cup of tea."

When turning over and dismounting from the horse, Shen Si staggered unexpectedly, and for some reason, his knees were a little stiff and he couldn't control himself, but he quickly stabilized his figure and didn't show anything wrong.He joined the army since he was a child, and he has never felt tired for many years, but this time, for some reason, a trace of tiredness surged from the bottom of his heart, and it seemed that he really had to stop and rest.

The small farmyard is somewhat crude, but it is clean and tidy. The walls are built of yellow mud, the roof is covered with straw, the window lattices are newly pasted with hemp paper, and there is a single head of garlic hanging in a long braid under the eaves.The owners of this farmhouse were an old couple who were nearly sixty years old. Seeing that King Jin and his party were dressed in gold and silver, they thought they were merchants passing through this place, so they enthusiastically brought out tea to entertain them.

The tea is a bag of broken stems worth a few pennies, and the tea container is a large cracked bowl, but the autumn scenery of the mountains and fields with "white stones coming out of Jingxi, cold weather and thin red leaves" has a special flavor.The King of Jin inadvertently spotted the big red happy letter on the door of the west wing, and casually asked the master, "Old man, did you just have a happy event at home?"

The male host smiled honestly: "It's my son who just married a new wife three days ago. No, the young couple got up early in the morning and rode donkeys to the mother-in-law's house and went back to the house."

King Jin couldn't help feeling a little emotional when he heard this: "Nowadays the war is in chaos and the world is not peaceful. You are the lucky one. I think you will be able to embrace your grandson soon."

The male host was naturally happy when he heard this: "The world is not peaceful, but this life has to go on, right? Speaking of which, I am not afraid of your family's jokes. I married my wife when I was 17 years old, and now I have been reconciled for 40 years. Although we are poor, we are blessed after all. According to our rural saying, the wedding candles on the wedding night are spiritual. The wedding candles lit by our old couple are now taken out for our son and daughter-in-law to light again. Thinking about it, they will be able to be like the two of us, with white hair and eyebrows for a long time."

King Jin listened carefully, and couldn't help nodding his head in agreement, with envy on his face.

After drinking the tea, everyone stood up to express their thanks, and when they were about to leave, the King of Jin pulled over the host and muttered something, and took out two small gold coins from his purse and stuffed them into the host.The other party took the gold and went back into the house happily, took out an oiled paper bag and handed it to King Jin, and kept saying auspicious words in his mouth: "I also wish you two mandarin ducks fly together, and the phoenix sings in harmony. Congratulations, congratulations... ..."

Walking out of the yard and leading the horse, Shen Si squinted at the paper bag in King Jin's hand: "Shouzhi, what are you doing?"

King Jin saw that the guards on the left and right were standing in the distance, and couldn't help but whispered in Shen Si's ear, "Xiao Wu, how about I light candles with you on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, enjoy the bright moon, and drink together?"

Shen Si lost his temper after being quarreled by King Jin, so he could only hold back his smile and turned his head to ignore him.But gradually, the smile that could not be concealed disappeared, and was replaced by an inexplicable worry. He always felt that behind Jin Wang's contented and nonchalant expression, there was a desire to finish certain things as soon as possible. Urgent and anxious.

In the distance, a series of galloping horseshoes sounded on the mountain road, rattling, rattling, rattling, making people's heartstrings tense...