At dusk, the sunset glows against the mountain scenery. The mountain breeze blows and the shadows of the trees sway gently.
"Brother Mu, my sister-in-law!"
Xu Mu raised his head and saw the graceful figure running under the sunset, and couldn't help feeling a little sore in his chest. He pulled up the reins high, and General Feng jumped up in an instant, flying through the dirt and jumping over the stream.
"Xu Lang!"
Jiang Caiwei ran forward hurriedly, ignoring her untied bun.
"Xu."
General Feng quickly lowered his horse's hoof, probably still remembering his mistress's appearance, and even scratched his hoof happily.
"Caiwei, mount your horse."
After Jiang Caiwei got on the horse and the two rode together, General Feng followed Xu Mu's instructions and ran toward the woods...
"What are they doing in the grove?" Si Hu looked carefully and was stunned. "Brother Yu, what are they doing in the grove?"
"Don't ask any more, General Xu will be back soon."
"That won't work, I want to protect Brother Mu." Si Hu said angrily, slapped the horse under his crotch twice, and rushed forward.
Yu Wen rubbed his forehead and blocked it in front of him.
"You go, your shepherd brother will beat you to death. Follow me into the city first."
"Brother Yu, tell me what they are going to do."
"Go pick mushrooms."
"Then I'll go too."
"Get rid of the eggs." Yu Wen couldn't bear the trouble, so he stretched out his hand and took away half of the roast chicken in the bag in front of him, then turned around and ran away. Si Hu was so frightened that he cursed loudly and rushed forward in pursuit.
…
"Chen Sheng, Xu Lang came back and you didn't call me!"
Li Dawan stared angrily, then stretched out his hand to straighten his newly combed bun.
"Second Madam, I shouted eight times, but you don't want to wake up." Chen Sheng looked helpless.
Li Dawan, who knew he was in the wrong, had no choice but to stop talking and hurriedly took a few steps forward. Unfortunately, Xu Mu was not found among the army entering the city.
"Brother Mu, they went to pick mushrooms." Si Hu grinned and said something nonsense before jumping off the horse, holding the roast chicken he had snatched back, and stepped forward excitedly.
"Puppy Fu, Ergoudan, San Lunzi, your brother Tiger is back."
Several children who were huddled behind their mother heard Si Hu's words and ran out howling. This time, they did not grab the roasted chicken first, but hugged the silly big boy and wiped several snot from their noses.
"Young master has practiced eighteen kinds of peerless martial arts. Without Brother Tiger, no one in Zhuangzi would dare to challenge me."
"The old lame was beaten by me. Both legs are now lame!"
…
Zhuge Fan, who was only lame on one leg, stood up and was still thinking about where the branches were strong, but suddenly he found that the army had completely entered the city.
"welcome--"
Wei Feng led 2,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry, steadily forming two teams and making way for a passage.
Including civilian husbands, nearly 20,000 people slowly entered Fufeng City. There were only tens of thousands of people who could hardly get out of their houses and kept cheering.
Jia Zhou, wearing a brand new scribe's robe, stood in the middle and bowed his hands in worship to Yu Wen and others.
At this moment, he is happy.
Not only did his master come back safely from the border, he also brought back so many people.
"I've seen the military advisor."
Cao Hong, Yu Wenchaizong and others quickly dismounted their horses and bowed hurriedly back.
"Guard Cao, where is the master?"
"Going into the woods..."
"This is a great act of kindness." Before Jia Zhou could speak, Chen Jiaqiao next to him had already spoken, "I know a little about the art of mountain viewing. Everyone, please look at the mountains and rivers in the distance, which are dragons and phoenixes chirping, and the soil is the breeding ground. Di, the young master of my imperial family, if nothing unexpected happens, will be born."
Except for Jia Zhou, everyone around them twitched their mouths and didn't know how to reply, so they could only walk forward with a dry smile.
"Brother Sheng, let people prepare a banquet. There will be a lot of drunkenness in Fu Feng City today."
…
As the sky darkened, Xu Mu burped inexplicably, and he and Jiang Caiwei rode General Feng back to Fufeng City.
"Xu Lang, please go back to the house first."
Jiang Caiwei's face seemed to turn redder when reflected by the surrounding firelight.
"Go ahead."
Xu Mu smiled. The pain of lovesickness was relieved, and the long-standing estrangement faded away in an instant.
"Greetings, my lord!"
As soon as Xu Mu entered the city, loud shouts rang out from all around.
Xu Mu raised his head, his face a little touched.
Jia Zhou, Chen Sheng, Zhou Zun, Chen Jiaqiao, and even Yu Wen, Chaizong and Fan Lu all bowed to him and called him their lord.
"Get up!" Xu Mu was high-spirited.
A battle of fame and fortune, but in the end, he reached this point. Even though it is a small Fu Feng City, it still has a city gate where you can live.
After walking a few more steps and just getting off the horse, Xu Mu was surprised to see a ball of nephrite falling into his arms. When he lowered his head and looked down, he realized that Li Dawan, who was crying like a tabby cat, was facing towards him. Tears washed away from his nose.
"Xu Lang, I've had a hard time waiting for you to have a baby."
Xu Mu, who lost his strength in the grove, gritted his teeth and reluctantly rejected Li Dawan's suggestion.
…
A banquet passed.
Only then did Xu Mu have time to sit with Jia Zhou and discuss the next thing.
"Lord, how is this Fu Feng City?"
"Wen Long is quite capable. He really captured Fufeng City with an army of a thousand men."
"Here's a little plan. My lord doesn't want to say it, so let me tell you that Fufeng City is too small after all. My lord's target should be the Thirteenth County of Shuzhou."
Xu Mu nodded silently, this was not his plan. Fufeng City is equivalent to a small town, and it is located on the border of Shuzhou, so it can only be used as a temporary refuge.
For future development, Fufeng City’s auxiliary power is almost non-existent.
"I did some calculations and found that the lord's current strength, excluding the settled civilians, should be about 16,000. Excluding the wounded and veteran soldiers, it is only about 12,000."
Twelve thousand, for many big warlords, is nothing more than a small shrimp.
Even if you want to recruit soldiers and gather refugees. But given the current situation in Fufeng City, it simply cannot afford it.
"On the other side of the Anling Mountains is Muyun Prefecture. Further forward from Fufeng City is Shuzhong. With the two sides pinched, the situation is very unfavorable for us."
Xu Mu understood what Jia Zhou meant.
Time is running out. If they succeed in entering Shu, they can only find a way to enter the territory in Shu earlier.
It is not a good idea to live here for a long time in a crumbling border town. Don't expect that there is any way to show filial piety to Zhang Yongnian by presenting him with a geographical map of Sichuan.
Of course, there may be other hidden bonus points for the two feats of killing the traitor and rescuing the border gate. But no matter what, you still have to rely on yourself after all.
"Does Wen Long have any good ideas?"
"Fish in troubled waters." Jia Zhou's expression remained unchanged, "My lord's best chance is to find a way to provoke a war between the three kings of Shuzhou. The oriole is behind and has the opportunity to enter Shu."
"The weakest of the three kings of Shu is King Nan, who only has two counties. In order to support his 30,000 subordinates, I heard that he sells horses everywhere in exchange for food."
"The king of Shu sells horses?"
Xu Mu was startled, and for no reason, he thought of someone in his mind.
"Lord, what's wrong?"
"I seem to know a horse dealer. I'll go look for him when I have time. I hope I can gather some information about Shuzhou."
