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The days that followed were very peaceful. Xia Heyu's barracks were stationed far away, and the Yizhou defenders did not dare to act rashly. The two sides were in a stalemate, and neither of them crossed the line first.

Of course, this is all superficial.

In fact, since the day he was stationed, Jiang Linyuan sent a few people to find white moss seeds in the forest, and then sprinkled them under the city walls of Yizhou under the moonlight.

The white moss almost caught fire, Jiang Linyuan just waited for the white moss to grow when spring came, and then used a few rockets to burn the Yizhou defenders.

Yizhou was not idle either, there were no less than ten Yizhou spies in the barracks, and Xia Heyu did not execute these spies, but was sent to do hard work by him.

In the past few days, Jiang Linyuan led his soldiers to look for seeds in the ice and snow, and his hands were often whiter than fish, so he developed some chilblains on his hands.Seeing this, Xia Heyu stopped letting him go, lit a fire in the tent, and asked Jiang Linyuan to stay honest.

Jiang Linyuan was wrapped in a robe in the tent, roasting the fire boredly, holding a handful of winter dates in his hand, grabbed one and threw it into his mouth without chewing, just gurgling in his mouth, and glanced at Xia Heyu from time to time.

Xia Heyu fiddled with a few letters sent from Wanzhou City. There was not much content on them, just some instructions from Xia Jing.

After reading it, Xia Heyu put away the letter, stood up and stretched, came to Jiang Linyuan, pinched his face, leaned over to cover his upper lip, hooked the winter jujube in his mouth into his own with the tip of his tongue , chewing vigorously.

Jiang Linyuan rolled Xia Heyu's eyes, threw another date into his mouth, and asked vaguely, "Is it sweet?"

"It's very sweet." Xia Heyu said with a smile.

Jiang Linyuan chewed the winter dates, spat out the kernels, and threw the kernels into the fire, making a slight "bibo" sound.

At this time, the little wolf who was originally nestled under the bed got out and rubbed Jiang Linyuan's feet in a daze.

Jiang Linyuan stuffed all the dates in his hand into Xia Heyu's hands, and said: "You are rewarded." Then he bent down, picked up the little wolf, put it on the small table beside him, rubbed its head and said to Xia Heyu Said: "This little thing has grown up a lot."

Xia Heyu gnawed on the dates and said, "Eat or sleep all day long, so it's natural to grow well."

Jiang Linyuan smiled and said, "That's great, you don't have to think about anything."

Xia Heyu nodded slightly. He didn't know whether he agreed or was thoughtful. He put down the dates in his hand, picked up the little wolf on the table, walked to the door of the tent, opened the curtain, and threw the little wolf out without saying a word. .

"It's better for this little bastard to move around." Xia Heyu turned to Jiang Linyuan and said.

The little wolf was thrown on a patch of snow outside the tent, turned over twice, and lay down on the snow with sleepy eyes and a puzzled look on his face.

Jiang Linyuan walked to the tent door, kicked Xia Heyu out of the tent, and said, "Then you go out with me to move around."

Xia Heyu staggered and was kicked out of the tent. He turned around and was about to scold him when he saw Zhang Ling walking up from a distance and waving at him, followed by a man in a black robe.

Xia Heyu straightened his clothes, greeted him and asked, "What's wrong?"

"General." Zhang Ling arched his hands, took a step closer to Xia Heyu, pointed at the person behind him sideways, and said, "The envoy of Yizhou asks to see you."

Xia Heyu tilted his head and looked at the man behind Zhang Ling. This man's hair was neatly tied behind his head. His hair was half black and half white. His face was a little blue, with some wrinkles on it, and his eyes were downcast, extremely obedient.

"An envoy from Yizhou?" Xia Heyu took a step closer to the envoy and said, "What do you want from me?"

"General." The envoy called out in a hoarse voice, and bowed with a big gift, "My master invites the general's mansion to tell you a story, which can be regarded as a cleansing for the general."

"No." Xia Heyu rolled his eyes at him and said, turning around to let Zhang Ling send the guy who sent the message out.

"Then general!" Seeing that Xia Heyu turned around, the envoy hurriedly called out, "My master also asked, what does General Xia want?"

Xia Heyu turned around slowly, smiled at the messenger, and said, "If you have something to say, you can speak it directly."

The envoy paused, saluted again and said, "General Xia, my master knows very well that if he does not rely on the danger of the valley, it is not enough to resist the general, so my master asked whether the general can bypass Yizhou if he wants to go north."

"It's because Li Su doesn't care about your master." Xia Heyu crossed his arms and said, "Otherwise your master would be so humble to me?"

The envoy smiled wryly. Li Su was too late to protect himself due to the situation. How could he have the time to send troops to Yizhou? The history of Yizhou Prefecture saw that Xia Heyu was stationed outside the city and there was no movement, so his heart was hanging outside. Stopped, and then sent an envoy to ask.

"That's fine." Xia Heyu understood after seeing the envoy's expression, and said, "I can bypass Yizhou, but you have to ask your master to prepare a bunch of good horses for me, not too many, a hundred horses are enough. Your master has agreed, we will stay until spring and leave."

The messenger smiled and said, "General, don't worry, it's only a hundred horses, and they can be delivered within two days."

Xia Heyu also nodded in satisfaction, and waved off the envoy.

Jiang Linyuan had been listening on the sidelines, and after the messenger left, he picked up the little wolf who was still lying on the snow, shook the white snow and broken soil on its belly, walked up to Xia Heyu, and gave a soft "tsk", Said: "You are simply despicable and shameless."

Xia Heyu pursed his lips and smiled, and asked nonchalantly, "What's wrong with me?"

Jiang Linyuan hooked the little wolf on his arm, and said: "You take other people's things, and you will definitely attack other people's cities. Poor Yizhou Shi, who accompanied the horse and lost the soldier."

"Don't do it in vain, it's all on my head, why should I refuse." Xia Heyu puffed up her chest and said.

"Tsk tsk, how can a person who doesn't believe his words win the trust of the world?" Jiang Linyuan shook his head and said, although the words were reproachful, there was not much tone of reproach.

"Soldiers never tire of cheating, and besides, I learned this from you." Xia Heyu said, "It's a pity that his family doesn't know much about the history of that state."

"It's better not knowing." Jiang Linyuan muttered.

In the afternoon of the next day, the envoy drove a horse team from Yizhou City Gate to Xia Heyu's tent.

Xia Heyu counted, no more, no less, exactly one hundred horses. These horses were strong and healthy. Although they were not as good as Mongolian horses, they were much better than those horses in Xia Heyu's camp.

Even so, Xia Heyu still had a cold face, and said to the messenger: "Your master is really good at handling things. If it is a hundred horses, it will be a hundred horses, and he will not give me any extra horses."

The emissary couldn't say anything, he just nodded and smiled apologetically.Xia Heyu was tired after training him for a long time, so he waved him away impatiently, and took the horses to the racetrack behind the camp.

Yuan Wendong had already been waiting at the racetrack with some cavalrymen he had chosen. He watched Xia Heyu lead the lead horse from afar and went up to meet him.

Xia Heyu handed the reins of the winning horse to Yuan Wendong's hand, and said, "What do you think of these horses, are they useful?"

Yuan Wendong took the reins, patted the leading horse's neck, looked back again, nodded and said: "It can be used."

"Then you have to worry about it." Xia Heyu said, "A hundred horses are not enough, but I believe you can bring out some elite soldiers."

Yuan Wendong smiled, "Don't worry, General, Wendong will do his best."

Xia Heyu nodded, patted Yuan Wendong on the shoulder, and turned his head to find Jiang Linyuan leading a horse from behind the team.The horse was blood-brown all over, and its fur was shiny and shiny, without a stray hair.

"This horse is beautiful." Jiang Linyuan touched the horse's forehead and smiled, then turned to Yuan Wendong: "Vice General Yuan, I've always wanted to ask, how many of the horses Liu Chun sent over are mares?"

"Mare?" Yuan Wendong scratched his head and said, "If I remember correctly, there should be ten horses."

"That should be enough." Jiang Linyuan said, "Do you still want to keep those poor horses?"

Yuan Wendong shook his head, "Those horses are not made of war horses."

"That's good." Jiang Linyuan nodded, "Vice General Yuan might as well let those mares out."

Yuan Wendong was startled, then smiled, and said, "This is a good idea, but I don't know if the males brought back by these mares will be too wild."

"No matter how wild the horses in the Central Plains are, they are not as wild as the Central North Grassland." Jiang Linyuan said, "Don't Vice General Yuan have the confidence to tame them?"

"What Mr. Jiang said is true." Yuan Wendong said, "When the weather gets warmer, I will let those mares out."

Xia Heyu blinked and listened to the conversation between the two. After listening for a while, he finally understood that Jiang Linyuan wanted to use the estrus mares to lure back a few male horses. Although the number is not many, there are so many now. One horse counts one horse.

Xia Heyu cleared his throat, glanced at Jiang Linyuan, and said, "Only you can come up with such a dirty method."

Jiang Linyuan leaned on the horse and kicked Xia Heyu, "You are the dirty one."

Xia Heyu patted his back, jumped onto the horse Jiang Linyuan was leading, and said with a smile on the horse, "Don't tell me, this horse is really good."

Jiang Linyuan took a step back, pointed at Xia Heyu on the horse and said, "Get down for me, this is the horse I'm looking for."

"So what?" Xia Heyu said indifferently, "Isn't yours mine?"

Yuan Wendong stood aside and listened, lowered his head and coughed in embarrassment, but when he raised his eyes again, Jiang Linyuan was pulled onto the horse by Xia Heyu.

It stands to reason that it is not uncommon for two people to ride a horse, but Jiang Linyuan is facing Xia Heyu, and that posture can be said to be unique in the world.

Even Jiang Linyuan felt a little awkward at the moment, he kept poking Xia Heyu and said, "Hurry up and let me down, there are so many people and horses watching."

Xia Heyu shook his head with a smile, and said, "What are you afraid of? I won't fall you." After saying that, he rode away, leaving behind a trail of smoke and dust.