(There's one more chapter before 12 o 'clock.)
The Four Horsemen who did not stir up any trouble were like a drop of water thrown into a ravine. They could not stir up anything.
After Hsu Fengnian and Zhang Xiucheng finished their discussion, they quickly left the restaurant. Qing Zhuniang only said one sentence when she saw them off. She said that the last time they parted, he gave her a sentence, and this time she returned it to him. Hsu Fengnian smiled and accepted it.
Zhang Xiucheng returned to the window of the private room and watched the Four Horsemen leave on the street. He did not turn around. The woman was slowly tidying up the wine jug and wine cups on the table, as well as the exquisite plates with side dishes. Zhang Xiucheng asked curiously, "Qing Zhuniang, what was that sentence? Can you say it? "
Qing Zhuniang smiled gracefully, "Why can't I say it? Last time he told me to live well. There's no greater reason than this in the world."
Zhang Xiucheng sighed, "The world is going to be chaotic."
Qing Zhuniang asked softly, "Who is he? If you can't say it, don't say it. "
Zhang Xiucheng turned around and was a little confused, "I really can't say it. But I talked to him for so long. Qing Zhuniang, can't you guess?"
Qing Zhuniang's cheeks were slightly red, "I don't know what I was thinking at that time. Anyway, I feel like I can't remember anything now."
Zhang Xiucheng was stunned for a moment and held back his laughter, "Just think of him as Xu Lang. Anyway, his real identity will be revealed one day. When that time comes, even if you escape back to Beimang and close your ears, it will be useless. From the details of how he treated the servant girl, I can see that he is not a good person, but he can't be bad. "
Qing Zhuniang rolled her eyes at this Taoist priest who always liked to laugh at himself and only knew how to subdue demons in old books. She said softly, "He is bad."
Zhang Xiucheng did not know the inside story and was not willing to get involved in this matter, so as to avoid being in a difficult position. Oh right, after the Shenzhou Continent sank in the eyes of scholars of the Spring and Autumn Period, some scholar who did not accumulate virtue with his mouth said a derogatory sentence that spread far and wide. It said, "Xu Xiao is not a person when he looks at himself in the mirror." After Zhang Xiucheng settled down in Ji Zhou, he did not understand at first. Later, he found out that they were scolding the old Prince Liang for killing too many people, and that he was a malicious spirit who had intruded into the world of the living. As for others, such as "When the Great General walks, one is high while the other is low," this was simple and clear. It was insinuating that Xu Xiao was a cripple, and "If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked." This was once used to mock the Hunchback Butcher and his eldest son, Hsu Fengnian, for being hedonistic and unscrupulous. However, with the rise of Hsu Fengnian's reputation, very few people brought it up.
Zhang Xiucheng sighed. It was a pity that he would not be able to take a look at the great general who had achieved great merits and had met a good end. Putting away these useless thoughts, Zhang Xiucheng looked at the sky outside the window. It was time for him to leave the city. The First Master was still waiting for him.
With his own news. Zhang Xiucheng suddenly returned to his seat and asked Qing Zhuniang to put back the cup, chopsticks, and dishes. He poured himself a cup of wine and drank slowly.
She leaned against the window and quietly watched the bustling streets of the foreign city.
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After Hsu Fengnian's group of four passed through the Wild Goose Stop Pass north of Dazhan City, they abandoned their horses and traveled on foot to avoid any unexpected problems. They quickly traveled north on the mountain roads where woodcutters and hunters rarely went. Both Mi Fengjie and Fan Xiaochai had a whole new level of respect for the child. It was not strange for him to have such a high level of comprehension at such a young age, but it was completely inexplicable that his internal energy was so strong. Of course, they would never have guessed that the shepherd boy, Yu Long, had inherited half of Wang Xianzhi's legacy. During the trip to Ji Zhou, the sixth year Feng Zong was able to accurately find Hsu Fengnian and pass on the situation of the battle in You Zhou. When the group of four was running along a high ridge along a canyon, Hsu Fengnian suddenly stopped again. He raised his arm to support the handsome sea eagle that was falling through the clouds. Mi Fengjie saw that the usually calm King of Beiliang was somewhat dignified this time. He stood at the edge of the cliff in a daze. Yu Long sat on the ground and took off his sturdy leather boots. He lifted them upside down and threw away the gravel that was sticking to his feet.
Mi Fengjie could not help but ask, "Is the battle at the Calabash Gate not going well?"
Hsu Fengnian shook his head and said, "In the first battle at Zaoma Village, the losses on both sides were actually within the expectations of Chu Lushan and Yan Wenluan. However, based on the intelligence reports I've received so far, there are some 'accidents' outside of the battlefield that we must pay attention to. Yang Yuanzan personally led the vanguard to attack Crouching Bow City. Since ancient times, the nomads of the north have lived half their lives on horseback. Naturally, they are skilled in horseback archery. However, during the early days of the Great Feng Dynasty, they still maintained an absolute advantage over the grassland forces. You might not expect this, but even at the end of the Great Feng Dynasty, even if they did not rely on the sturdy city walls and elite crossbows, the Great Feng army was still able to fight to a draw against the grassland cavalry. The reversal of victory and defeat between the two sides happened in the last 200 years or so. Countless border trade with smuggled goods for huge profits, in addition to the countless raids down south in the last 200 years, allowed the northern grassland to have a considerable number of craftsmen and ironware. The scholars of the Spring and Autumn period, Hong Jia, rushed north and brought Beimang a rich population, a profound culture of the Central Plains, and a subtle influence on the concept of war. Dong Zhuo's private army attaches importance to infantry, siege, and auxiliary soldiers. This is one of the obvious changes. "
Hsu Fengnian squatted down and picked up a handful of yellow dirt. Gently holding it in his hand, he said, "Beimang claims to have invested 300,000 soldiers on the eastern front. If we were to go back 30 or 40 years, when we were in the early days of the Nine Kingdoms of the Central Plains, we would definitely take it for granted that the 300,000 soldiers were, at most, a hundred thousand soldiers. Even if we added in the laborers who transported the provisions and the auxiliary soldiers who were responsible for the maintenance of the equipment, it would still not reach 300,000. Xu Xiao might not be the first person to resist this kind of bad habit of bolstering one's courage before the battle, but Xu Xiao was definitely the military general who resisted it the most resolutely and thoroughly. Ever since he attacked the various Li Yang bandit towns to set up separatist forces, he said that he had 5,000 troops and horses. Later on, he even became a huge joke. When the Northern Han battle had just begun, the Northern Han frontline general heard a spy report that Xu Xiao had brought 20,000 soldiers with him. The general defending the city counted on his fingers. According to the old rules, there were only 6,000 to 7,000 soldiers, at most 10,000. There was still a battle to be fought and there was no need to retreat. In the end, the Northern Han general was captured by Xu Xiao. Before being beheaded as a sacrifice, he cursed Xu Xiao as a swindler. Xu Xiao was so angry that he kicked out half of the general's teeth. He retorted, 'If this daddy says 20,000, it means 20,000. I don't cheat the old or the young. You have the face to call such an honest person a swindler?!' "
Originally, Yu Dilong had been swinging his two boots back and forth, as if he wanted to take a stroll in the boots. Hearing this, he quieted down and perked up his ears to listen to his master talk about something that was very far away from him, 'war'.
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