Liuzhou.
This ancient city located in the southeast of Xia Kingdom was once a famous city in Huangzhou.
There was a poem that said: The most ruthless willows in the ancient city are still smoke-covered ten miles away from the embankment.
Liuzhou's Liuzhou is more than ten miles away?
Willow trees can be seen almost everywhere on riverbanks, fields, ponds, and in cities.
Whenever the breeze blows, the soft branches sway with the wind, poetic and picturesque, like a graceful dancer performing the rhythm of life.
Nowadays, many "dancers" in and outside the city feel like their pants have been stripped off. They are burned down, broken and broken, and they no longer have the grace they once had.
yamen.
There are two people in the lobby, one is sitting on the main seat and the other is standing in the hall.
The man on the main seat was wearing an official robe and was about forty years old. He looked like a civil servant, but with his fat head and Xia Guo's peculiar hairstyle, he looked like a military general.
The man standing was wearing a black armor on his upper body. He was in his thirties and had the same hairstyle, but his body shape and appearance were closer to those of Zhou people.
These two people are the chief officials of Liuzhou. The one on the chair is named Tuoba Yong, and he is responsible for all important military and political affairs in Liuzhou. The one standing is named Ma Su, who is nominally in charge of city defense.
Tuoba Yong stared at Ma Su with his big copper bell-like eyes and said, "Have you checked everything out? Who exactly raided my Liuzhou?"
"Uh..." Ma Su opened his mouth, not knowing where to start.
Tuobayong slapped his hand on the table and scolded: "Stop hesitating! Speak!"
"Judging from the dress and language, he should be from Gaoshan Country." Ma Su said.
Tuoba Yong didn't even think about it and scolded him directly: "What the hell! Gaoshan Country is separated from Liuzhou by a mountain range in the south. Did those savages fly here with wings?"
Ma Su was scolded so much that he didn't dare to reply, so he cautiously said: "I also made another discovery. That group of people seemed to be in chaos, but in fact they had clear goals and orderly actions. Untrained cavalry could not do this. "
Tuobayong narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "You mean, they are Zhou Jun pretending to be?"
Ma Su said: "It's very possible."
Tuoba Yong groped his chin and analyzed: "The Zhou army closest to us is the Nanli garrison. Nanli County is hundreds of miles away from our Liuzhou, and there is Zhangzhou in the middle. The garrison in this state is all fucking You are so blind that you don’t even know that thousands of Zhou troops are coming to kill you?”
"My subordinates have asked Mr. He Lian, but no large numbers of Zhou troops have entered the country in the past few days," Ma Su said.
Tuoba Yong said coldly: "So, there is still no way to completely determine their identities?"
Seeing Ma Su nodding, he said in a deep voice: "Then that's damn weird. Are those people really a group of savages who came down from Gaoshan Country?"
Ma Su remained silent, and he did not figure out the true identity of that group of people.
"No need to check! They are Zhou Jun!"
At this moment, a voice came to the ears of the two of them, and then a figure appeared in the lobby.
This was an old man, with wrinkles all over his face and a body as thin as a bamboo pole, so that the green robe he wore seemed unusually wide.
As soon as Tuoba Yong and others saw this person, they immediately saluted: "Mr. Zhu!"
Mr. Zhu nodded slightly.
Tuoba Yong didn't care and said bluntly: "What Mr. Zhu just said is that those people are all Zhou Jun?"
"Not bad!" Mr. Zhu said.
Tuobayong and Ma Su glanced at each other, and Ma Su asked, "How did you see it, sir?"
Mr. Zhu turned his palm, and several crossbow arrows appeared in his palm, saying: "These are enough to prove their identity."
Tuoba Yong and Ma Su all focused their attention on a few crossbow arrows, and said in unison: "Iron-armed copper crossbow!"
"good!"
Mr. Zhu nodded and continued: "I have already fought with them. There is no doubt that they must be Zhou Jun."
The two of them had no doubt about the credibility of this statement, because if the person in front of them could not identify the group, they would not be found in Liuzhou.
"Mr. Zhu, does he know where this group of Zhou Jun came from?" Tuoba Yong asked.
"This group of Zhou cavalry was well-trained, and I was discovered by them after following them for a while. They left some of their troops to fight with me. Although I killed hundreds of people, I finally let them get away. "Mr. Zhu said.
Tuoba Yong said "It's a pity", but in fact he knew very well that it was not "escape" at all.
Thousands of well-trained cavalry armed with iron-armed copper crossbows are so powerful that a single martial arts master cannot stop them. If they are not careful, they may even lose their lives.
After coming back to his senses, Tuoba Yong was furious: "Damn it! This week, people are so brave that they dare to send people to sneak attack Liuzhou. Aren't they afraid that I will send troops to attack Daxia?"
"Sir, we don't have enough evidence." Ma Su reminded from the side.
"Not enough evidence?"
Tuoba Yong sneered: "Can't these iron-armed copper crossbows explain their identities?"
Ma Su glanced at Tuoba Yong and didn't say anything more. He just said "it's difficult."
In fact, Tuoba Yong also knew that there was insufficient evidence to provoke a war between the two countries based on just these crossbow arrows, but when did the Xia people rely on evidence when doing things?
What he wanted to do was to quickly find out the details of this group of people and then destroy them, the sooner the better.
"Why do I feel that Zhou Jun is right next to us?" Tuoba Yong said in a deep voice.
Ma Su nodded and said: "The humble people also feel this way. Maybe they have a secret base nearby."
Tuoba Yong's face gradually turned ugly, and he cursed: "What does He Lian do for a living? So many Zhou troops appeared nearby, and he didn't know anything about it beforehand."
"Perhaps the Zhou people have a secret passage leading here." Ma Su guessed.
"It's possible!"
Tuoba Yong immediately said to Ma Su: "You should immediately send someone to notify He Lian and ask him to guard the border defense line and monitor every move of the Zhou army!"
He then added: "In addition, let all the people in our hands be released and search vigorously for me to find that group of people!"
"Yes!" Ma Su nodded.
The two of them moved very quickly. As soon as everything was settled, they started taking action.
A large number of people poured out from Liuzhou City and began a carpet search outside the city in the direction of the Nanli Mountains.
Although they lost thousands of defenders last night, today they pulled up a team of 3,000 people from the city. Together with the 2,000 surviving defenders, there were a total of 5,000 troops.
This is the war potential of the country built on horseback. When you dismount, you are a herdsman, and when you mount, you are a warrior.
If they hadn't been robbed of 3,000 horses yesterday, they could have pulled up more people.
However, thousands of people searched from morning to afternoon, and from afternoon to evening, but Zhou Jun was still not found.
When Tuobayong learned the result, he was so angry that he smashed the table.
"Search! Search hard for me! I don't believe it. So many people, so many cattle, sheep, and treasures can disappear out of thin air? These things must be nearby!"
The soldier responsible for reporting was so frightened that he did not dare to raise his head and ran out of the hall quickly.
Tuoba Yong looked at Ma Su who was standing below and said, "What did He Lian say?"
"Lord He Lian has arranged for people to block various traffic arteries to ensure that no one can cross the border from Zhangzhou." Ma Su said.
"Already arranged?!"
Tuoba Yong was furious again and said angrily: "So, he didn't enforce martial law before?"
Ma Su hesitated for a moment and nodded.
He could actually understand He Lian's approach. Nanli County had just suffered a heavy blow, and it was too late to rest and recuperate. How could he have the energy to use troops against Xia State?
"Master He Lian said that it may not be the Nanli defenders who came from Zhangzhou." Ma Su added.
"uncertain?!"
Tuoba was trembling with courage and furious: "Although He Lian is not a soldier, he has been in charge of Zhangzhou for so many years. In addition to the Zhou army coming from the south, could it be that he is also the Zhou army flying over from Wuping County?"
"Bitch, he just wants to see me make a fool of myself! Don't think that I don't know what he's thinking!"
Ma Su lowered his head and said nothing. His master was always at odds with He Lian from Zhangzhou.
There is no way, Liuzhou is really good, whether it is population or economy, it crushes Zhangzhou in all aspects.
At first, both of them were vying to be the chief official of Liuzhou, but in the end it was Tuobayong who had the stronger power behind him and won this position.
Tuoba Yong has made a lot of money in Liuzhou over the years, and he collected half of the gold, silver and jewels robbed by the Zhou army this time.
That was his years of hard work!
He was robbed at once, so it’s strange that he didn’t rush!
Tuoba Yong roared: "Search! Even if we dig three feet into the ground, we must search out those people!"
Ma Su wanted to say, "It will be dark soon, and we can still find shit!" But he still agreed.
Night falls.
A group of Xia cavalry walked leisurely on the path. This group of people searched from morning to night. They didn't even see Zhou Jun's hair, but they were very tired.
"Damn it! This is a fool's errand! What can you find out? Are our minds broken?"
"Say less! According to what you say, the Zhou army is probably hiding around here."
"Hide your ass! We've been wandering around here for most of the day. If someone had been there, we would have been discovered!"
…
Several people were wandering around and complaining.
As it got darker and darker, they were so tired and sleepy that they even fell asleep while sitting on their horses.
"Boohoo!"
Suddenly, a gust of wind sounded, instantly waking up several cavalrymen who were about to fall asleep.
However, before they could make any move, the crossbow arrows had penetrated their chests from behind, killing them almost instantly.
"Dong dong dong!"
As these people fell to the ground, the horses were frightened and raised their hooves to prepare to run wildly.
At this time, several figures jumped out from behind and grabbed the reins of the horses to prevent them from getting away.
Several people were all dressed in black, and their hair was tied with a piece of black cloth. Only a pair of eyes were exposed, but they all held the same thing in their hands - an iron-armed copper crossbow.
There is no doubt that these people are all Zhou Jun!
As a few people controlled the horses, a large group of people slowly walked out from behind them.
Each one is wearing red fish scale armor, with a war horse on his hip, wearing strong armor, and looks very majestic.
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