Xiang Shaolong's words were not groundless. In fact, before this, they had already been attacked by the Horse Gang. Because of this, after seeing Fangzheng, Xiang Shaolong immediately thought of asking for help from this' Bane of the Horse Gang '. Fangzheng's attitude towards this was still the same as before. As long as there was money, everything was negotiable. After all, it didn't matter how many mounted bandits he killed, right?
Xiang Shaolong also had his own plans. Now the enemy is in the dark while they are out in the open. Although the number of people in the envoy group is not small, once they confirm that the horse bandits are actually the soldiers of the King of Wei, then it can be said that they have entered the Wei territory and the King of Wei can mobilize all his forces to exterminate them.
Under such circumstances, the solution Xiang Shaolong came up with was to … defend with all his might.
"We'll find a high and dangerous place with the back of a mountain facing the plain and build a fortified trench. We'll store some game and spring water and guard it for ten days to half a month. At the same time, we'll send our light cavalry to Fengqiu to ask for reinforcements from the garrison there. No matter how much the King of Wei wants to kill us, on the surface, we are still sending the Princess to make peace with the King of Wei. The other party will definitely have no choice but to obey. Once the Wei army is with them, it will be difficult for the King of Wei to do anything. "
"Commander Xiang's idea is not bad, but I'm a little worried. What if those people intercepted the light cavalry scouts or secretly killed them and announced to the public that they didn't get any information about us? What should we do then?"
At that moment, another general asked as well. Xiang Shaolong smiled and looked at Fangzheng.
"In reality, sending light cavalry scouts to deliver the message is just a pretense. Just as you said, the other side has plenty of ways to pretend that they didn't receive the message. However, sending a message was only one of the reasons. The second reason was to force the other party to attack earlier. After that, we can capture them all in one fell swoop. "
"Commander Xiang seems to be very confident about this?"
Seeing Xiang Shaolong's calm face, the others were very surprised, but Xiang Shaolong shook his head.
"In short, we don't have any other choice at the moment. We can only give it our all."
The others thought for a moment and felt that it was the same, so they accepted the order and dispersed to do their own work. At this time, Ji Yanran also came down from the carriage and walked to Fangzheng's side.
"Young Master Fang, Yanran just chatted with the Third Princess and heard about the situation here. It seems like the situation here is not good."
"Yeah, but it's not our business."
Fangzheng clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the blue sky, the white clouds, the grassland, and the lake.
"What plans does Master Ji have? I've just talked to Commander Xiang, I've decided to stay and help them deal with these Horse Gang. If Master Ji feels that it's dangerous, why don't you return to Great Liang first? "
"Young Master Fang wants to stay?"
Hearing Fangzheng's question, Ji Yanran frowned.
"Young Master Fang should know that these mounted bandits are not real mounted bandits."
"But since they call themselves mounted bandits, then they are mounted bandits. What's wrong with earning money?"
Fangzheng laughed and looked at Ji Yanran again.
"Not only can we protect the peace of a region, we can also eliminate villains, and we can also earn a large sum of money. Isn't this a profitable business?"
"Young Master Fang is really … unexpected."
Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Ji Yanran was speechless. She didn't know what to say. Generally speaking, most of the young geniuses in front of him would act all high and mighty, treating money like dirt. But Fangzheng straightforwardly expressed that money was really sweet … It really made Ji Yanran speechless.
"Oh right."
Fangzheng didn't intend to continue discussing the mounted bandits, but changed the topic.
"Has Master Ji met Commander Xiang before? What do you think of him? "
"Xiang Bingwei … hmm …"
Ji Yanran tilted her head and thought for a moment.
"The Third Princess seems to be infatuated with him, but unfortunately the difference in status is too big. Not to mention that the Third Princess is going to Wei to marry King Anli … Sigh, all the girls in this world have a hard life."
Speaking of this, Ji Yanran also let out a long sigh. She was smart and was very clear about the news in the court. So she already had a clear understanding of the whole matter. Although it was said that the Third Princess of Zhao was going to Wei to marry King Wei, but in reality, King Wei didn't have this idea. The one who really made this happen was Prince Xinling. And because of this, King Wei was very dissatisfied with him. This was very normal, an official could even decide the marriage of the King, then why not let Prince Xinling be the King of this country.
And Zhao Qian herself was even more pitiful, no matter if she reached Daliang safely or not, she would not have a good ending. Even if she married King Wei, but just from the fact that King Wei was willing to send people to kill her, it was obvious that King Wei was very dissatisfied with this marriage. Even if the two of them married in the end, the best outcome for Zhao Qian would be to be banished to the Cold Palace, and almost die from an unknown "sudden illness".
As a woman, Ji Yanran understood Zhao Qian's difficulties. But unfortunately, with her high status, she couldn't intervene in such matters. Other than feeling sorry for Zhao Qian, there was nothing else she could do.
"Master Ji, you don't have to worry so much. If Commander Xiang is really Zhao Qian's hero, he will definitely save her."
"That's easier said than done …"
Ji Yanran couldn't help but laugh, but looking at the mysterious smile on Fangzheng's face, she was taken aback.
"Don't tell me there's something more to it?"
"Hehehe, anyway, we just need to watch the show. No matter what, this is their own problem."
Fangzheng shook his head, not intending to reveal any spoilers.
In the next three days, the envoy group set up camp on the spot, dug ditches and built mud walls. It could be considered as building a simplified version of a fortress. Fangzheng, on the other hand, found it fresh and lively, and found it rather interesting. This was also the first time he saw how the ancient people dug pits and built fortifications. After all, in the main world, this kind of work is usually done by mages. Now it seems that even without relying on magic, this can be done.
Xiang Shaolong sent out light cavalry scouts to ask for help, while he himself was busy reorganizing the fortifications. Finally, after three days, the scouts reported that a group of almost ten thousand horse bandits were rushing over from the plains.
Hearing this news, Xiang Shaolong's face fell.
The rest were not much better.
After another day, at dusk, a large group of horse bandits appeared majestically on the plains.
"Looks like King Wei is really ruthless."
Standing on a high vantage point, looking at the horse bandits in the distance, Fangzheng chuckled, while Ji Yanran's expression was solemn. Although she knew that the situation was critical, she didn't expect it to be this critical. Over ten thousand horse bandits, this showed that King Anli was determined to kill Zhao Qian. It must be known that this envoy group only had about a thousand people, and some of them were family servants. Only a few hundred people could really fight. Although they were all elite cavalry of Zhao, against over ten thousand horse bandits, no matter how elite they were, it would be useless, right?
A few hundred cavalry against over ten thousand horse bandits?
If they were all 59 horses, then there might be some hope.
Just as Fangzheng was enjoying the breeze, he saw Xiang Shaolong walk out of the Third Princess' tent with a serious expression. He came to Fangzheng's side and cupped his hands towards Fangzheng.
"Master Fang, I'll have to trouble you this time."
"No problem, but Commander Xiang, don't forget what you promised me."
Fangzheng narrowed his eyes and looked at Xiang Shaolong. He didn't need to enter the tent to know what had happened. Zhao Qian saw that the enemy was strong and felt that she would definitely die this time, so she asked Xiang Shaolong for a dagger so that she could commit suicide when the city was breached and avoid being humiliated by the horse bandits.
Xiang Shaolong was also agitated and swore to ensure the Third Princess' safety. But he also knew that whether he could do it or not was still unknown, so he had no choice but to look for Fangzheng again to confirm — — after all, the enemy had ten thousand people!
The most exaggerated thing he could do would be to fight against a thousand men alone. One man against ten thousand, this was something that no one would even dream of.
However, Xiang Shaolong had seen Fangzheng's prowess before. He had some confidence in Fangzheng's unfathomable means. Seeing that Fangzheng was so calm, he heaved a sigh of relief.
"That's good. Don't worry, if Master Fang can help me overcome this difficulty, I will be eternally grateful."
"Hehe."
Fangzheng glanced at Xiang Shaolong and turned away. I don't care if you are grateful, but you can't be short of money. If you are short of money, don't blame me for being rude.
I didn't even fight with you for the lead role, it's not too much to ask for some money as compensation!
If you don't even give me money, I might sell you to Lord Dragon Goat.
"Dong dong dong dong!!!"
At this moment, war drums sounded from the foot of the mountain. Everyone immediately came to the front and looked down the mountain. They saw that the horse bandits had chopped down the trees and sealed off all possible escape routes. It was as if they had surrounded them. When the rest of the diplomatic party saw this scene, most of their faces were ashen. After all, no matter what angle they looked at it from, they would not be able to escape death.
"They want to attack the city during the night."
Seeing the horse bandits hang up their lanterns and raise their wooden shields, Ji Yanran's expression was solemn. Even she gripped the long sword in her hand tightly.
"Don't worry, Master Ji. You just have to watch the show."
Seeing Ji Yanran's nervous expression, Fangzheng chuckled and raised his head to look at the horizon.
"It's good that it's night. This way, we won't have to see something that spoils the fun."
"Young Master Fang? What do you mean by that? "
Hearing Fangzheng's baffling words, not only was Ji Yanran surprised, but the other soldiers also looked over in confusion. However, Fangzheng didn't answer. All he did was whistle gently. Soon, his huge white deer walked over from behind and obediently stopped beside Fangzheng.
"It's simple. I hate horse bandits the most. Since these horse bandits have appeared in front of me, they can forget about leaving alive …"
After saying that, Fangzheng casually patted the wooden box hanging on the back of the white deer. In the next moment, the wooden box opened, and a zither flew out and landed steadily in front of Fangzheng.
It's a pity that this isn't the Three Kingdoms. Otherwise, I would have used the Empty City Stratagem.
Fangzheng stretched out his hand and caressed the zither. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
Then, let's begin.
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