The happy life of the devil and the devil

After the Mid-Autumn Festival passed in a hurry in Pingluo, the Emperor Tiantong set off again and headed for the hunting ground.The big hunting is an annual grand event in Beiliang. The emperor used it to watch the army and parade, and the princes gathered. The seventeen guards of Beiliang below the Jinwu Guard—well, now even the Xuanjia Guard is the eighteen guards—all participated .In Yuan Shao's words: "If you don't fight, you have to grab some bones for them. After the snatching, you know who can bite and stop."

"Your Majesty, would you like me to go down and grab it together?"

"Why don't you go? Try to grab it. If you grab it, it's yours, but if you can't grab it, it's mine." Yuan Shao took a sip of wine without any pressure, "Forget about the gadgets at the beginning, you don't have many people with you. The last one Show them some color!"

"...The minister obeys the order."

There are many ways to grab bones, such as hunting, wrestling, archery, and horse racing. The warriors of all tribes tried their best to show off their strength to the emperor and the brother army directly or indirectly.However, the highlight of the big hunt is the nine-white hunt in the last three days.

This is the first time Ling Yucheng has seen the Beiliang version of the military exercise.The wooden fence wrapped in yellow satin has been opened, and a white camel and eight white horses are dressed in red and hanging, standing quietly with green jade around their necks, and a string of firecrackers tied to their tails.Yuan Shao took a few steps forward, took the incense stick from the waiter, and personally lit the firecrackers on the tail of the white camel. The eight ministers standing beside him immediately stepped forward and lit the firecrackers on the tail of the white horse in front of them.For a moment, the sound of crackling firecrackers sounded, the camel horse neighed, and rushed out like crazy——

Behind the wooden fence, eighteen small armies stood quietly.

In the eighteen guards of the Kingdom, each army sent 500 people in. The knives and guns were replaced with wooden ones, and the feathers and arrows were removed. They searched, Compete for these nine auspicious prey.After three days, the team that brings the most prey alive to the emperor will receive the richest reward——

Half a day later, with the sound of trumpet guns and thunderous horseshoes, seventeen of the eighteen armies rushed out impatiently.

What remained in place was a black flag with no words or writing. Under the black flag, Ling Yucheng reined in his horse and stood there, with five hundred Xuanjia guards lined up neatly in front of him.

"Let's all be more energetic." Ling Yucheng looked solemn, scanning from the head of the team to the tail, meeting his gaze, every guard involuntarily straightened up more and more, "In this battle, follow me to fight with dignity, Show off your murderous intent and let them know what we are capable of!"

"Willing to follow the adults!"

With a whistling sound and the rumble of cars, twenty carts were rolled out end to end from the side Xuanjiawei garrison.With a gesture from Ling Yucheng, someone had already put the cart on the horse, and five hundred soldiers guarded the cart and got up and left, completely ignoring the louder and louder uproar behind:

"We agreed to go hunting, but why did we even push out the car..."

"It's not fair..."

Nai He looked left and right, and all the generals led the team off the field, and there was no one to call the shots when there was a commotion——Your Majesty?His Majesty stood there without intending to say a word...

Xiao Ran rode his horse and galloped in the night.

As soon as he entered the hunting ground, he and nine companions were assigned to a designated area to start searching.Relying on fast horses and plenty of arrows, they plowed this ten-mile-long and ten-mile-wide area back and forth. On the way, they played hard with Huben Wei Yitong, who was under the command of the head of the country, Na Muyan—— Listen to the seniors Said, those are also old acquaintances, the adults killed them in the first battle of their debut.Speaking of which, Hubenwei's luck was really good, and he unexpectedly met a white horse for them, but it's a pity that there are few people on his side who can't snatch it.It's okay, go back and report to your lord!

Under the thick night, you can occasionally see dots of fire, Xiao Ran secretly calculated the distance and kept the location of this camp in mind.Eighteen small armies of 500 people were scattered in the hunting grounds with a radius of [-] miles. It was fine during the day, but at night, no one could see anyone—wait a minute, where should the adults' camp be?He looked up at the Big Dipper and corrected his direction, and after running for a while, it should be less than ten miles away from the camp, when a golden flame suddenly burst into the sky with a scream!

...It's great to have fireworks to guide the way at night...Speaking of which, which cavalry was it that I passed by before?I hope he can find the camp in the middle of the night... Xiao Ran mourned insincerely.

Riding the horse and galloping in the direction of the fireworks, it didn't take long to see a balanced and stable fire.After another moment, the lights in front of him were brightly lit. Although there were only 500 people, the small camp was still well-organized. There were no shortage of deer villages and trenches. Xiao Ran even saw piles of rolling logs arranged along the mountain road.Twenty carts had already been pushed to the top of the slope, and a three-story watchtower was set up on the top of one of the carts, and a bonfire was burning on the top of the terrace.

"My lord, we found Xiongwuwei's camp!"

"My lord, we found Feixiongwei's camp, and they captured the white camel!"

"My lord, Habayashi Wei's camp..."

Ling Yucheng sat cross-legged on a blanket, with the map spread out, ticking off the map while listening to the report of the ranger team.The squad leader who finished speaking was led away by someone, and listened carefully. There were snoring sounds in the darkness in the distance. The comrades who did not go out to scout and the cavalry who came back first were already fast asleep.

"Good job." After the last report, Xiao Ran watched Ling Yucheng put down his pen, raised his head and smiled leisurely at his subordinates: "Everyone went to sleep for an hour, we set off at midnight, with a man in his mouth and a horse wrapped around his hooves, quietly went to fetch the tiger ben Wei's camp!"

"Obey!" A low-pitched echo echoed.

At four o'clock, in the deepest darkness before dawn, two sentry posts were knocked down by a ranger who was approaching quietly. Ling Yucheng drew his sword out of its sheath, raised his right hand and swung it down fiercely——

"kill!"

Horseshoes are like thunder.

The sleeping Huben Wei was kicked upside down by three hundred horses.

Startled by the sound of killing and flames in the distance, Yalutie, the chief general of the Frostwolf Guards of the Naiman Division, yawned and muttered, "It's none of our business...Tie Le Division fights as they like..." Wrapped The tight blanket rolled over.Farther away, Yi Lishu, the chief general of the Xiongwuwei of the Tie Le tribe, frowned and called out the soldiers. However, after finishing his team with great difficulty, he was shot by a round of arrows before he even got close to the camp——

"Next, Feixiongwei!" Back at the camp, and sending the first white horse into the circle surrounded by carts, Ling Yucheng turned the horse's head around without hesitation.

On this day, Xuanjiawei's audacity shocked the entire hunting ground.

In half a night plus a day, Xuanjiawei broke through three camps in a row, snatched a white camel and two white horses back to camp, and the family reaped 1/3 of the harvest of this big hunting; this is not counted, during the march At least three teams met them face to face. Except for the Habayashi Guard commanded by Ge Shuye, the other two armies were all shot by the arrow rain, and a round of vigorous and anxious gunfire was poured down. When Xuanjiawei's cavalry rushed over wielding their sabers, at most only half of the opponent was left.

"Where did they get so many arrows!" General Yingyang Chihan, who had suffered heavy losses, roared as he hammered his saddle.Of the eighteen guards in Beiliang, there are three guards under Xi's department. Now Feixiong Wei has been beaten to shame, and even the white camel that was so easy to get was taken away; The loss was heavy, and only Leopard Taowei kept a little bit of face.Everyone set off with one horse and one horse, and each of them only brought three pots of arrows. Why did the Xuanjiawei shoot arrows like they couldn't run out!

"They came out with a cart..." The subordinate who had already shot all the arrows replied timidly.

"Big cart? That thing is not easy to move..." Chihan twirled the whip in his hand, "Go out and gather all the people. Let's take their camp tonight!"

On the second night of the big hunt, there were bonfires under the hill where Xuanjiawei was located.After two days and one night of conflict, a total of twelve teams, three thousand soldiers and horses formed a formation at the foot of the mountain.

"Hahaha... Interesting!" Hearing about the situation on the hunting ground from the people leaving the field, Yuan Shao laughed so much that the wine in his hand almost spilled. "Go to a few people to watch, according to the rules, dead people don't play."

According to the rules of big hunting, all the soldiers participating in the hunting wear colorful helmet tassels-once the helmet tassel breaks off, no matter whether you pull it off by yourself, it is blown off by the wind, rubbed off by a tree branch, or shot off by the enemy's arrow, it will not hurt. If you take off the helmet tassel, you will be regarded as a dead person, and you will leave the scene immediately under the supervision of the envoy carrying the king's flag.In a surprise attack in the middle of the night, the Huben Guard was almost wiped out, and even the Huben General Namlong was shot off by Ling Yucheng with an arrow on the top of his helmet.The remnants and defeated generals of the other divisions were not much better. There were three or four hundred soldiers left, and only a few dozen soldiers. The twelve teams had only three thousand soldiers.

In the center of the hunting ground, another person also said the same words. "Interesting... You said just now that there are a total of twelve guards under the banner?... Which ones didn't come?"

"This—" He Liu didn't realize that Ling Yucheng's question was exactly the opposite of the answer he had prepared, so he quickly turned over the list, "Jinwuwei and Habayashiwei did not arrive, and the banners of Guangwuwei and Xingwuwei did not appear, and, And... ah, Xiao Wuwei didn't come either!"

"Xiaowuwei..." Ling Yucheng pondered slightly.The Jinwu Guard and the Habayashi Guard prided themselves on their identities, and it was expected that they would not get involved in this mess. The Guangwu Guard and the Xing Wu Guard were formed by the Xia people under the tent of the Tie Le Ministry, so they naturally had a close relationship with the Xuan Jia Guard. It means that it is also due to not appear in the besieging team.As for Xiaowuwei...

I remember that when Yuan Shao led people deep into Dayu, it was Xiaowuwei's troops who showed off their might on the border.General Xiaowu Bu Xizhi and Ge Shuye have been friends for many years. On the way from the border of the two countries to Pingluo, the capital of Beiliang, whenever he gave lectures on the art of war, Ge Shuye would drag him in and squeeze him in together.Fighting for many years, this valiant general has always been cautious in using his troops. Although there is nothing ingenious, he has always followed the rules and never made mistakes.

... So, Xiao Wuwei didn't come, did he feel that he couldn't take advantage of it, or was it a goodwill gesture, or was it because the oriole was behind?Expelling the messy thoughts from his mind, Ling Yucheng narrowed his eyes slightly, counting the scattered bonfires under the mountain, and suddenly let out a low laugh:

"How do you feel? There are 3000 people below, and we only have 200 here. Do you have the confidence to withstand the night?"

"Your Excellency underestimates us!" He Liu blurted out his answer. Before he finished speaking, a group of people, headed by Ding Bai, the vice-captain of the personal guards, answered in a hurry:

"A group of rabble, let alone one night, another day is not a problem!"

"The defeated generals are afraid of what they will do!"

"What is 3000 people, double it is enough!"

All the young faces who were a little nervous at first relaxed amidst the laughter.Ling Yucheng looked around, and directly clicked on Xiao Ran, who was newly elected to the guard:

"The mob? How did you see it? ——Xiao Ran, tell me."

"My lord..." Xiao Ran was suddenly asked by name, quite at a loss, his palms were sweating when he was pushed forward by his companions: "Their camps are clustered here and there, and the thickness of the lights is uneven. It just looks like they are fighting on their own, and no one is convinced by the other - this, as long as you survive a few rounds, it is best to kill a few generals, and no one is willing to fill in their own lives as a stepping stone for others... ..."

"That's a good point. I'll leave it to you guys! Before dawn, don't let them wake me up!" With a glance, the slightly older soldiers around were nodding slightly. Stepping into a cart, I pulled up the blanket and wrapped it around my shoulders.

"My lord, don't worry!"

"Before dawn, don't let those barbarians take a step to the top of the mountain!"

"My lord, sleep peacefully, we are here!"

Among the Eighteen Guards of Beiliang, if the Xuanjia Guard of Lingyu City is also counted under the name of the royal family, half of them belong to the Tie Le tribe of the royal family, and the other half belong to the other clans.In the besieged team at the foot of the mountain that night, apart from Hubenwei, who was maimed early in the morning and killed even the chief general, the other Shenwuwei and Tiancewei were in charge of the close clan. , the chief general of Xiongwuwei was born in a humble background and had a rough temperament. He has nothing to do except that Yuan Shao talks about things and he doesn't talk about things.This group of people could imagine that no one was convinced, they quarreled for a long time, and managed to connect the camp with the most powerful Tiance Guard as the center.As for the troops that do not belong to Tiele's army, it's fine to listen to the emperor at ordinary times. Now that everyone is doing their own thing during the big hunting, they still have to listen to your military orders?no way!

The problem is that they're not much better off themselves.It is said that the Xi Department is relatively powerful, and there are three teams under its command, but Ying Yangwei and Fei Xiongwei both lost in disgrace. There is only one Leopard Guard with the lowest rank to support the facade, and they cannot keep up with the Black Water Guard under the Bohai Department. And the Baishanwei forces are complete.As for the Flying Cavalry Guards of the Dingling Division and the Frostwolf Guards of the Naiman Division, although they are alone and alone, they will not buy them.Let me rush up?Why don't you go yourself?

Obviously 3000 people besieged a hillside, but just to decide who was the first to charge, they kept arguing until it was time to set the watch.In the end, General Tiance personally led the charge. Before halfway through the run, there was a loud roar on the mountain, and the rolling logs fell, and the arrows were like locusts. Not to mention the fringe of the helmet, even the helmet flew to nowhere. .

The main general was defeated in the first battle, and all the generals under Tie Le's subordinates looked at each other in blank dismay, feeling that there was no need to touch this bad luck.In the next burst, the Heishuiwei and Baishanwei from the Bohai Department jointly charged into battle. They could only go up a hundred steps from the foot of the mountain, and a powerful crossbow whizzed down, shooting General Heishui's horse from three hundred steps away!

"Isn't it?" The somewhat knowledgeable general Shenwu, who had fought several battles with Dayu, murmured behind the formation, his face full of disbelief, "It's just a big hunt, they even brought out the bed crossbow?"

Looking up, the campsite above was brightly lit. Five large vehicles crossed the body, connecting head to tail to form a row of short camp walls, completely blocking the road up the mountain—— Ten steps away, arm-thick deer villages criss-cross, and further forward, a moat half as deep as a person winds in front of the deer villages.As if this kind of defense was not strong enough, a row of one-person-high baffles was erected on the side of the cart facing outwards. Even if they jumped over the ditch and rushed to the front of the cart with the rain of arrows, they could only climb with bare hands. Only through the baffle can you cut people.

...is this a big hunt?This is defending the city!Yesterday—no, it should have been the day before yesterday—who let them relax and set up camp!No, whoever watches them push the car here will not stop it!Yes, more than ten years ago, there was a family that pushed the cart into the hunting ground with a whimsical idea, but that company lost miserably in the end, so everyone didn't take it seriously today-but can this one compare? !

Contrary to General Shenwu's deep grievances, in Xuanjiawei's camp, there was another low-pitched cheer.

"Kill the third one!"

"yeah!"

The small high-five cheers were soon followed by a slap on the top of the head, Xiao Ran turned his head, and his team leader walked past behind with a dark face, but the corners of his mouth still couldn't stop turning up: "Hush your voice, your lord is sleeping! "

"Yes yes yes..." Xiao Ran tried his best to hold back a laugh and lowered his voice.Just now he knelt on one knee behind the baffle and shot off the helmet of the third enemy through the shooting hole, adding a small sum to his victory.He cast a quick glance behind him, and saw a familiar figure wrapped in a blanket under the black flag fluttering high, lying motionless on the car.More than half of the log has been let go, and the arm that has been reloading and firing the bow many times has already begun to tremble. It has been a long night until the third watch—what's the big deal, it's just one night, and it will definitely be able to withstand it.Didn't see the adults still sleeping!

"They're here again!"

"Look, look, there are big fish this time!"

"Hurry up, go to bed!"

The young soldiers lowered their voices and shouted, chatted and laughed, and once again aimed the gun full of arrows at the shooting hole.They knew that as soon as the day dawned, the three hundred cavalry who had already ambushed outside would cover up and kill the group of remnants and defeated generals under their feet. adults get a good night's sleep.

The author has something to say: Make a list: Beiliang Eighteen Guards:

Jinwu Guard—the emperor's pro-army, guarding the palace

Habayashi Guard - the emperor's pro-army, palm in and out of the retinue

Xuanjiawei - Xiaoling's pro-army

Shenwuwei - close branch clan

Huben Guard——Namuyan, the head of the country, belongs to

Xiaowuwei - close to the clan, the general Bu Xizhi and Ge Shuye are friends

Tiance Guard——Close Clan

Hussar Guards - relatives of the ancestors and queens, in other words, the former head of the country belonged to

Xiongwuwei - a distant branch of the Tie Le tribe, the main general came from a humble background and was loyal to Yuan Shao

………The above are the nine guards under Tiele’s department

Yingyang Guard, Leopard Tao Guard, Fei Xiong Guard——Xi Clan Belongs

Heishuiwei, Baishanwei——Bohai people belong to

Flying Cavalry——Ding Ling Department belongs

Frostwolf Guards——Affiliated to the Naiman Division

Guangwuwei, Xingwuwei - the Xia people who had previously surrendered to the Tiele tribe belonged