The southern region of Yan State and the north of Heyang City.
Bai Ze left Dushan, bought two bay-red horses from a nearby village, and headed for Heyang City on a starry night journey.
There are seven kingdoms in the north, and the Great Zhou Dynasty is located in the north of the Yan Kingdom. The Yin Mountain serves as a barrier and divides the national boundaries. Whether it is the Great Zhou Dynasty in the north or the Wei Kingdom in the northeast, their cavalry is unparalleled.
The difference is that the Great Zhou Dynasty shocked the six countries with heavy cavalry charges. In particular, Ji Wuzi, one of the four war gods who emerged from the Great Zhou Dynasty War, studied the art of war and pioneered the first three-stage cavalry charge, allowing the Great Zhou cavalry to cross the border like a torrent and sweep across the country. Eight deserts.
The Wei Kingdom is famous for its horse archers, which come and go like the wind, and surprise attacks are the main means of attack. During the National War, there were many military columns in various countries. Smoke and dust were billowing from the sky, and arrows were raining down from their pockets. Even the soldiers wearing heavy armor suffered many casualties. When they reacted and wanted to pursue them, The defending cavalrymen drove away again with billowing smoke and dust.
Although there are natural dangers in the Yinshan Mountains in the northern region of Yan State and the Great Wall of Yan serves as a barrier, once the cavalry from the two countries enters, they will inevitably be destroyed. The Yan State army cannot resist directly and can only defend the city.
Therefore, in the years when the national war was about to begin, King Yan Zhao promulgated the Horse Policy and ordered all farmers in the country to raise horses instead of cattle, use horses to plow the fields, and kill cattle for cooking. It is the decree of "Dismount the horse to plow the fields, mount the horse to pick up the sword".
As soon as this order was issued, the Yan cavalry was quickly armed. Although compared with the powerful horses of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Wei Kingdom - nearly ten feet tall, the angry horses raised their hooves and crushed the pig iron square shield with one foot, there was still a huge gap. However, during the fierce national war, the Yan Kingdom's field battles would not be defeated by the two. Guobin was lying on the ground and couldn't get up.
The two bay-red horses that Bai Ze bought were the products of Ma Zheng. Although their speed was far inferior to the nine-color spirit deer that can travel thousands of miles a day, their endurance was quite impressive due to year-round farming.
Bai Ze's innate Tao embryo is not as good as Xie Xuan's supreme physical knowledge, but he always has the ability to have a photographic memory. Before entering the mountain, he had memorized the map of the southern region of Yan State in his mind.
"There is a small town ahead, not far away." Bai Ze galloped, and Mu Qingling followed closely. "It is said that it was the camp where King Yan Zhao went out to confront King Qi Cheng's general Tian Dan. There was an old man at the gate of the camp. Liu, hence the name Liuying, and its name continues to this day.”
"Tian Dan, Tian Dan, one of the four war gods of the National War seventy years ago?" The two of them traveled on a starry night. At this time, they were already exhausted. Mu Qingling just wanted to go to Liuying to recuperate, "What was the result of that battle? "
"Qi's infantry fighting was unparalleled, and Yan's cavalry charged in the plains. The two sides were in a stalemate. They fought for three days and suffered more than 50,000 casualties. Each of them retreated." Bai Ze said, "Thinking back to the time of the National War, the army was like a sea, and thousands of horses galloped. The battles are endless. The strategists of the seven countries are planning the world, famous generals are emerging in large numbers, and their swords are competing in the world. If I can see it with my own eyes, I will have no regrets in this life!"
"Countries are fighting, and the blood is flowing." Mu Qingling frowned and said, "If you fight and kill, you are the one who suffers."
"Haha," Bai Ze laughed, Liu Ying was already in front of him, "If you and I are both kings, you must be a king who practices benevolence and wins the hearts of the people in the world! But I, on the contrary, act domineeringly, swallowing mountains and rivers with anger, but with The people’s will is against them.”
While chatting and laughing, the two rode through the stone gate of Liuying Town. The watchman held a lantern and saw a bay-red horse spraying white steam. Although the two people on the horse looked embarrassed, they were both extraordinary and famous. Men Zhiqi didn't dare to be presumptuous at the moment, so he just asked: "You two young heroes are passing through this place, don't you know?"
"The men and horses are trapped. I wonder if this old man has an inn in the town where he can rest and eat?" Bai Ze got off his horse and handed over his hand to the old man who was just waiting.
The watchman saw Bai Ze with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes and two swords at his waist. He looked like a monk. He didn't dare to neglect him and said hurriedly: "Go straight for more than fifty feet to the east. This is the only inn in this town."
"Thank you, old man." Bai Ze got on his horse and headed straight to the inn with Mu Qingling.
Liuying has a population of thousands, and the town roads are paved with bricks and stones. After years, there are inevitably potholes. The sound of horse hooves is heard, and the lights of the houses on both sides of the town road are out. The cold late autumn wind is chilly, and the horse riding through it has a unique flavor.
The lights in the inn had been turned off, and the two dismounted and knocked on the door. After a while, the waiter rubbed his sleepy eyes and opened the door with a lantern, "Who is it?"
"Waiter, a bottle of old wine, three pounds of beef, two good dishes, and two bedrooms!" Bai Ze greeted the visitor with a smile, pushed the door open and got in. He tossed the money casually to the waiter, "There's plenty. No need to look for it, let’s count it as your reward.”
"Okay, guest, please come in!" The waiter, who was worth the money, immediately got out of bed and lost all energy. He smiled brightly, wiped the table and lamp, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to prepare food and drinks.
The two of them waited for two-quarters of an hour, and the food and wine were ready. The waiter nodded and bowed, tossed his towel, and said, "Please be patient, sir! I'll prepare it for you two in the upper room. I'll take the horses to feed you, and I'll boil the hot water for you two." !”
"Yes!" Bai Ze picked up the chopsticks and started eating in a hurry.
Mu Qingling was also tired and hungry, and when she ate, she lost her ladylike demeanor, but compared with Bai Ze's devouring food, she was still much more delicate.
Bai Ze ate the beef with soy sauce, poured a cup of farm grain-aged turbid wine, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "Good wine, would you like a glass?"
Mu Qingling was eating rice. When she heard this, she glared at Bai Ze and said vaguely, "How old are you to drink?"
"It's cold to drive away the cold. Try it. If it doesn't taste good, just pour it over." Bai Ze poured a glass for Mu Qingling and said with a smile.
When Bai Ze said that, Mu Qingling really felt that the weather was cold. Especially when the horse galloped for thirty miles, the autumn wind was bleak, and the cold was even more pressing. The coldness of the body has not gone away at this moment.
"Okay." Mu Qingling picked up the wine glass, sniffed it, and stuck out her tongue, "It tastes so pungent, I won't drink it!"
"Try a little bit." Bai Ze encouraged her, holding back his bad taste. If Mu Suifeng knew that Bai Ze had bad intentions and tricked his daughter into drinking, he would probably have to break Bai Ze's thigh into three sections.
Mu Qingling took a small sip and immediately spit out the wine. It was so spicy that she stuck out her tongue and turned red, "How dare you, Bai Ze, lie to me!"
"Haha." Bai Ze smiled happily.
The candlelight flickered, making the two of them look like angry horses in bright clothes, young heroes and heroines who had just entered the world. Unfortunately, their bay-red horse was not an angry horse, and because they kept a low profile, they changed into ordinary coarse cloth clothes at the house of the uncle who bought the horse.
After having enough wine and food, they each undressed, washed, and fell asleep. But Mu Qingling was preoccupied. She was always worried that the visitor from the Southern Territory family would be unkind and that something would happen to her father. She tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Finally, she tied her hair with a coarse cloth, grabbed the green smoke on the bed, and knocked on Bai Ze's door.
Bai Ze was sleeping soundly when he was suddenly awakened by a knock on the door and asked: "Who?" He grabbed the Huangshan beside him and secretly guarded himself.
"I couldn't sleep, so I came to talk to you." Mu Qingling said.
Bai Ze felt relieved and said, "Come in."
Mu Qingling pushed open the door and entered. The room was dark, the doors and windows were closed, and the moonlight was hazy tonight, so I could finally distinguish the positions of the tables, chairs, and benches. The girl touched the edge of Bai Ze's bed, poked him with a green smoke to signal him to get out of the way, and then sat on it cross-legged without any hesitation.
Bai Ze pulled himself out of bed and sighed: "My lord, it's not good to be in the same room without sleeping in the middle of the night, isn't it?"
"Bah!" Mu Qingling looked at him with disdain, "You are a little brat, you can be more like my younger brother, but you are still alone?"
"Hello, sister." Bai Ze said shamelessly, hitting the snake with a stick.
Mu Qingling: "..."
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"At midnight, be careful of candles!" The watchman said, holding a lantern and yawning all day long.
A horse with thundering hooves came from the north.
The watchman's eyes widened, and he thought it was strange. Visitors tonight are coming one after another. This is the third wave, whether it was the uncle girl group at the beginning, the second wave of young heroes and heroines, or the current one. this……
The watchman noticed Zongheng's murderous intention.
Six people and six horses. The people are all wearing big cloaks. The first one is dressed in black and yellow, and the remaining five are dressed in iron black. The horse is by no means a plowing horse produced by the horse administration of Yan State, but a Dawan horse from the north of Yinshan Mountain. It is nearly ten feet tall, and its hoofs are inlaid with the best horseshoes of Yan State. It is the size of a bowl mouth and can break bluestone with one foot.
Six horses came galloping and stopped in front of the watchman. The Dawan horse neighed as loud as a morning bell, and the white steam spurted from its mouth and nose hit the watchman's face like a stick, making it wet and hot, like a Steam from scalding hot water.
"How to get to the inn?" Huangpao, who was leading the way, looked down at the watchman, his voice as cold as iron.
"Go straight to the third fork, heading east." The watchman found that his voice was trembling.
The six horsemen galloped away, and the sound of hoofbeats shook the town road. The sound was astonishing, and they rode away, quickly disappearing into the darkness.
In the room, Bai Ze suddenly noticed that the edgeless sword on the bedside was shaking. His eyes were sharp. Mu Qingling was about to ask what was going on when the young man said, "Brother Lu said that there is murderous intent." After that, he took the two swords. Hanging on his waist, he pushed open the wooden window and said, "Let's go!"
Mu Qingling mentioned Cui Yan, and without even thinking about it, she and Bai Ze jumped out of the window, jumped off the second floor of the inn, and walked straight to the manger in the dark.
At the same time, the six cavalry were rampaging, and the leader, Huangpao, rode through the inn door and broke in.
There was a loud bang, and the waiter woke up from his dream. Also waking up at the same time as him was the girl in the upper room on the second floor of the inn.
"What's wrong?" The girl woke up from her dream and got up. She saw an oil lamp lit on the square table in the room. A stern man was sitting at the table drinking, with a sharp sword standing by his hand, unmoving.
"It doesn't matter, he's just a man seeking death." The stern man gently put down his wine glass. There was no wind, but the strong wind had already blown out.
To be precise, it was not a strong wind, but the fierce and domineering sword of the unsheathed sword.
The sword passed like a strong wind, passing through the door without damaging the door, and rushed down the second staircase to the next floor. The leader in yellow robe felt murderous intent coming from behind, jumped up, and the long sword only had time to unsheath, his hips Xialie Ma has been torn into pieces by the swift and fierce sword.
Before the remaining five cavalrymen could get to the door, they were faced with thirteen swords. The strong wind swept away the fallen leaves and blasted them all out, smashing into the houses opposite the inn.
Three men in black robes stood up. None of the Dawan horses, which were nearly ten feet tall, stood up. They all fell into a pool of blood.
"The Promise Sword is indeed worthy of its reputation." Huangpao said in a harsh voice, looking straight towards the room where the man was, and slashed out with a strange evil sword. The yellow light flashed like thunder and lightning, breaking through the door in the blink of an eye and stabbing the man in the face. Door, "Huang Laoxie pays homage!"
"The Yellow Evil Sword is seeking death." Zhao Dun, the Grand Duke of the Yan State, snorted coldly. The Wuji Sword was unsheathed an inch, and the blade was as sharp as a shield. It suddenly collided with the Evil Sword's sword practice energy. The second floor of the inn was suddenly attacked from all directions. Qi destroys half.
Bai Ze and Mu Qingling ran out of the back door of the inn, only to hear another loud noise. Looking back, the roof of the inn exploded, and the remaining sword energy blew the two back. Mu Qingling's green hair was like a waterfall, At this moment, I was so shocked that I forgot my words.
"Not an assassin?" Mu Qingling asked.
"It's an assassin, but it doesn't seem like the target is us." Bai Ze clamped his legs tightly on the horse's belly, "Let's go, stay here, for fear of something bad happening."
The two horses ran wildly out of the town, but within thirty feet of their horses, the road ahead was blocked.
The one blocking the way was the Thirteenth Cavalry. Chasing cloud horses, everyone is dressed in black and has their face covered. They have thirteen long swords in their hands, and they look murderous.
"It seems that this group is meant to deal with us." Bai Zele rode his horse, the yellow mountain around his waist was unsheathed, and faced off against the assassin who blocked the road.
Mu Qingling looked back and saw that the escape route was also blocked. The old man in the bamboo hat was alone, his sword was not unsheathed, and he was sitting high on the horse. However, the pressure he put on Mu Qingling was steady enough to hold down the thirteen horses on the opposite side.
The situation is tense.
Without saying a word, the Thirteen Horsemen galloped forward. The Thirteen Long Swords swallowed up the dark light in the night sky and killed the two of Bai Ze!
