[Comprehensive] Number of Merry

Wang Lang touched the longbow in his hand and looked towards the vastness in the distance.

In March of Yangchun, the grass and trees are luxuriant, and the forest path leading to the heart of Wu County is also verdant and verdant, completely enveloping the three hundred sharp men who are leading the horses and walking briskly.

They had spent the night galloping from Kuaiji to Wu County, crossing Wuxing County, which was also under the control of the government and army, without causing any disturbance—this was a surprise attack.

Now that the clouds were breaking, the sun was rising, the sky was shining, and the team sneaked into the forests in Wu County before dawn as planned, Wang Lang ordered the horses to walk, while sending scouts to explore the road far away, and at the same time let the soldiers who had just swallowed dry food take a walk to digest food .

"Lang Jun, there are soldiers practicing ahead."

The scouts sent earlier turned around and reported the news from the front.The reason why Wang Lang is called "Lang Jun" is because Wang Lang led the soldiers in white clothes and was not awarded an official position—for various reasons, it was not uncommon for soldiers in white clothes to lead soldiers in the Jin Dynasty. There are such precedents in the Yu family and the Yu family, as does Wang Yunzhi.

Wang Lang tightened his fingers on the bow, but his voice was as calm as a mountain: "Stop."

There are heralds who wave the flag to give instructions to the whole army.

I don't know how to do it, the soldiers who were relaxed and leisurely just now changed their momentum, one by one, they stopped and reined in their horses, and in a blink of an eye they were all in awe.If you have seen the coherent scene of dominoes falling one after another, you can more or less imagine the scene where 300 people are suddenly divided into several teams, and the other teams stop their pace one after another.

"Do you know if they are officers or private soldiers? How many are there? How good or bad?"

Wang Lang looked at the scouts and asked questions clearly and calmly.

According to her and her elder brother Yunzhi's previous plan, this team should detour from the small road to Qikou, and cut off the route for Su Jun's troops to transport Wujun's military equipment, food and rice back to Jiankang.And the small road they are walking now was personally walked by Wang Yunzhi when he visited Wu County last year and was guided by the locals.Su Jun's troops are mainly deployed on the defense line in the northwest, and it is impossible to divide troops to guard even this kind of trail.

In other words, it was completely beyond Wang Lang's expectation that there were soldiers practicing in the forest.

Where did the soldiers come from?Bypass or clear?Everything will depend on Wang Lang's judgment, Wang Yunzhi can't help her, and neither can Jiang Shang.

"Two thirty people, looking at the clothes and armor, they seem to be private soldiers of the Wu people."

In the Three Kingdoms of the Eastern Han Dynasty, wars continued, and the custom of aristocratic families raising private soldiers intensified.The four surnames of Wu, Gu Lu Zhu Zhang, each raised hundreds of private soldiers and stored more than a thousand soldiers, and their fighting power far exceeded that of the general official army.

Of course, it is only higher than ordinary officers and soldiers.

For the [-] cavalry under his command, Wang Lang was still very confident.

"Which Wubao is nearby?"

As she asked, she recalled what her second brother Yunzhi had introduced to her by pointing to the map of the prefectures and counties. If her memory was correct, there should be no fort built by a rich family nearby.

"Nothing." The scout who came back first shook his head and denied it. Wang Lang looked at the next group of scouts who returned and scouted further away, but the other party did not disappoint her: "My lord, there seems to be smoke and people on the mountainside ahead."

After saying this, she seemed to remember that Gu's manor was built nearby.The second brother Yunzhi only told her the location of the large and small docks and government fortifications in the county, but did not mention the residential houses such as manor villas. Zhenshi told her the location of Gu's manor.

From the topography point of view, the shady side of the mountainside is flat, with both mountains, forests, lakes and waters, it is reasonable to choose to build a manor there.

It's just that the well-defended Wubao couldn't stand it, and instead ran to the manor to have fun and play. What do these guys think of war...

Without changing his face, he hid the black thread all over his head, and was about to order the team to bypass Gu's private soldiers, when Wang Lang suddenly came up with an idea:

"Wei Wu, you follow me to Gu's Manor on the mountainside, and the rest of you stay put and stand by."

The black eyes are surprisingly bright.

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Led by two private soldiers of the Gu family, Wang Lang set foot on the road leading to the mountainside manor.

Boys in their early teens are at the time when men and women cannot distinguish between men and women. Most men in the Jin Dynasty had a habit of shaving their faces in smoked clothes, and wearing powder and vermilion. Confuse gender.

Wang Lang has never been suspected of being a woman since he wore the military uniform. Instead, he was secretly praised by many soldiers as a real man.

In addition, Wang Lang walked evenly and had a handsome figure. He didn't even miss a breath from the bottom of the mountain to the side of the mountain. Obviously, he was full of strength. Wu, just like Sun Ce and Zhou Yu back then.

Not only did the two private soldiers of the Gu family have no doubts, but they had a good impression of her.The same is true for Gu Pi, the owner of the manor, who is entertaining guests.

When Wang Lang heard his first sentence of greeting was "The visitor is calm", he knew that he had already noticed the clue from the relaxed look on his face when he arrived at the manor so quickly, and he could also see the undisguised appreciation in his eyes.

The second brother Yunzhi was right, as long as she was capable enough, it was easier for the southerners to accept her age than the northerners.

Confirming this, Wang Lang knew that the matter was half done.

The purpose of her trip was to borrow troops from the Gu family, but what she performed was a very simple and easy task, that is, after she defeated the enemy army escorting weapons and fodder, she bluffed and made a formation that the army was coming to further defeat the enemy's psychology, so as to facilitate her pursuit That's all.

According to her and her second brother's original plan, they just took back the weapons, food and fodder hoarded by the officers and soldiers.

But after discovering that the Gu family had hidden a group of private soldiers here, and their combat power was quite strong, Wang Lang had a new idea.

Anyway, the quality of the ordnance hoarded by the officers and soldiers was mediocre, and she didn't like it. It would be better to take the well-armed enemy's ordnance and go back. If you are lucky, you might be able to capture a group of enemy soldiers-the soldiers under Su Jun are The elite soldiers of the Beikang Hu nationality are much better than the general army.

After roughly telling Gu Bi about her reason for coming, and revealing that there was someone on the water surface to answer her, Wang Lang got a satisfactory answer.There is plenty of water in spring and summer. From Wujun to Kuaiji, it is downstream. The boat is faster than the horse, so there is no need to worry about being caught up.

In addition, Gu Pi also promised to send someone to help her contact the officials of Wu County who fled in all directions immediately.

These subordinate officials are familiar with county affairs and have mastered the books, so they should have gone to Kuaiji together with Yu Bing, the internal history of Wu.It's just that Su Jun's main target is Yu Bing, and Yu Bing is usually unpopular, so these officials are like birds in danger, each finds his own relatives to hide, and doesn't care about Yu Bing's life or death. Yu Bing fled to Kuaiji.

Wang Lang didn't care much about the moral quality of these people, that was something her father and brother needed to worry about; but she knew that most of the scholars who could be selected as officials were from Wu County, even if Su Jun captured Wu County, he would have a way to control the county It is much more useful than Wang Lang to find the scholars he can find.

Thinking of this, Wang Lang left the table with a bow, thanking Gu Pi for his kindness.

This kind of behavior is naturally easy for Gu Pi, but it is a great help to her. Besides, the other party mentioned it on his own initiative, which naturally means he is optimistic about her future. Wang Lang must express his understanding and attitude.

"I'm on military duty, I dare not sit for a long time, and I'll disturb Gu Gong again in the future."

"In this way, the old man will wait here for the good news of Wang Lang's defeat of the army."

After the discussion, Wang Lang broke up and bid farewell. Wang Lang went down the mountain with Wei Wu, who was accompanying him, and the five hundred private soldiers borrowed by Gu Pi.In terms of quantity alone, the private soldiers borrowed from the Gu family were more than the elite soldiers she herself led, and this was just the number that Gu Bi casually took out. The weakening of the Eastern Jin Dynasty's royal power was really extreme.

Having said that, her thinking now is also a bit strange.

Dispersing power in the hands of aristocratic families is more democratic than concentrating it in the hands of the king. The clan system of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is a bit close to the modern responsible cabinet system. Why does she prefer Han and Tang II, who has unprecedented concentration of monarchy?

Maintaining a serious expression, Wang Lang was distracted for a while, holding the rein, and glanced at the bamboo forest diagonally behind.

Hiding in the bamboo forest and peeking at the sight, do you dare to be so presumptuous, thinking that she is a dead person?

As if he didn't expect to be discovered, the little head that was looking around suddenly froze, and then hurriedly hid behind the companion who was originally standing at the back, grabbed the other's clothes and whispered quietly: "He found gone?"

If you want to speak quietly, keep your voice down...

Wang Lang twitched the corners of his mouth, with black lines hanging all over his face, but Wei Wu let out a gasp in amazement.Wang Lang had just glanced casually at first, but he retracted his gaze in an instant. Hearing the exclamation of his subordinates, he followed his gaze and glanced at Lin Hou again.

What a small steamed bun carved with jade.

Looking at the other party's demeanor as bright as a jade tree facing the wind, Wang Lang's eyes could not help showing admiration.Even among aristocratic families who monopolize the resources of beauties, such an outstanding appearance can be called top-notch.

"I think it should be."

The leisurely and gentle voice was probably answering the question of the other steamed bun hiding behind him to block others.

At the same time, Wang Lang found that the other party turned his black eyes with the same leisurely and gentle charm, and met his gaze very naturally, and the eyes met.

"gone."

Although there was some surprise, Wang Lang didn't take it seriously.Slightly nodding to the young boy who was looking at her behind the bamboo forest, she flicked the reins and steered the horse down the mountain.