Xiao Kuohai stood under the tree on the top of the mountain, looking at the Yinma Beach under his feet. He stood for a long time with his hands behind his back, shook his head, and finally sighed.
Qin Gan, who was standing behind him, said: "If Brother Xiao wants to defend here, I will advance and retreat together with Brother Xiao."
Xiao Kuohai turned to look at him, then took out a letter from his arms and handed it over: "This is from an old friend in Roufu County. I just received it."
Qin Gankai accepted it doubtfully. This letter was written by Fang Jinshi to Xiao Kuohai, telling him that the Jin soldiers would besiege Yinmatan in the near future and were planning to flood the place, so that Xiao and Qin should be more careful.
Xiao Kuohai watched Qin Gankai finish reading and asked, "What do you think, Brother Qin?"
Qin Gankai raised his head and said, "If this news is true, we should take more precautions."
Xiao Kuohai smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "The golden dog is powerful. If they want to dig a river embankment, we will have no defense at all."
Qin Gankai frowned and said: "Then we can't just watch them release water and drown us without doing anything. It's better to withdraw from here and find another place to camp."
Xiao Kuohai said: "Now that Jin general Wanyan Guamujin has led 10,000 gold soldiers to block the retreat back to Huangfeng Mountain, if we want to change places, the most direct way is to capture Roufu County."
Qin Gan said: "Roufu County is occupied by the Song Army. Not to mention that it is not easy to attack, even if we really capture it, we will not be able to defend it. At that time, we will offend the friend who sent this letter."
Xiao Kuohai glanced at the letter in Qin Gankai's hand: "This letter is clearly to remind us to be on guard and to show us goodwill, but in fact it is to persuade us to surrender. The person named Fang is no better than a golden dog. He also wants to eat Drop us."
Qin Gankai lowered his head and read Fang Jinshi's letter again, and said: "Then what should we do?" Xiao Kuohai said: "It's not what we should do, but what Brother Qin should do. If we insist on holding on to this place, that's We are waiting for death. Most of Brother Qin's subordinates are Han, so joining the Song Dynasty army in Roufu County is also a way out, but if I, Xiao, take my Khitan brothers to defect, that is absolutely impossible."
Qin Gan said: "Brother Xiao, didn't we agree that we would advance and retreat together?"
Xiao Kuohai raised his hand to stop him and said: "Brother Qin misunderstood. Xiao didn't want Yinma Beach to fall into the hands of Jin Bing. Secondly, he couldn't bear to see the life of Yinma Beach in ruins. Now he can relieve Yinma Beach." The beach is in danger, and this may be the only way to enter the stone, so" He paused before saying: "I would like to ask Brother Qin to lead his people to guard here and surrender to the Song army in Roufu County, so that he can They take over here.¡±
Qin Gan said: "Then where does Brother Xiao want to go?"
Xiao Kuohai looked in the direction of Yunnei Prefecture City and said: "Now, only Yunnei Prefecture City is still our territory of Daliao. Although Liu Chengchuan is at odds with me, he is still my loyal minister of Daliao. I can't help him." Who else can help him?"
Qin Gan said: "The Jin soldiers are too powerful. Brother Xiao and I will go together." Xiao Kuohai saluted him solemnly and said: "Thank you very much, Brother Qin. I have made up my mind. Thousands of people are drinking in the horse beach." I entrust my life to Brother Qin."
Qin Gankai knew that Xiao Kuohai was determined to leave here. He only had a few hundred people, and his future was dangerous and unpredictable. Maybe after this separation, he would never see each other again. In just a few days, Qin Gankai and he fought against the enemy together. Soldiers, like each other, already feel some sympathy for each other.
Fang Jinshi, who lives in Dahuaishu Lane, Roufu County, finally woke up from his sleep at three strokes in the morning. He was over the alcohol, although he was still dizzy.
There was no one in the room. He patted his forehead and vaguely remembered that he slept with Yun Nuer in his arms last night.
His clothes were thrown on the floor, and new clothes were put on the bed. Fang Jinshi was dazed for a while, and then lazily changed his clothes. There still seemed to be a strong smell of alcohol in the room. He walked to the window and opened it. , the sun shone directly in from the outside, and the room suddenly became much brighter.
Outside this window is the small garden. The garden is very quiet. There is a small pond in the middle with some fish. Yun Nuer is standing by the pond, feeding the fish with something unknown.
She had her back to the window, her long hair fluttering, and she had a charming aura. Fang Jinshi looked at her, feeling a little guilty in his heart. He remembered Liang Cuirong's ardent expectations for him before leaving, hoping that he could get ahead and do something in his career. However, in the blink of an eye, During this period, nothing was accomplished. He and Yun Nuer went from being ambiguous to sleeping together. He was really sorry for Liang Cuirong.
Fang Jinshi knew that Yiliang Cuirong¡¯s personality and methods would not be able to tolerate Yun Nuer, and Yun Nuer was by no means a fuel-efficient lamp. Even she and Fang Jinshi had premeditated love in bed so quickly.
Fang Jinshi thought for a while and looked through the sheets, but he didn't see any blood stains. He really couldn't remember whether Yun Nuer gave him her virginity last night. He even regretted drinking too much last night. He would ratherYun Nuer has always been ambiguous, so he won't possess her before he has thought about it.
Fang Jinshi walked out of the room and washed up outside. The maid and the woman went to pack his clothes and clean up. He had some breakfast in the main room. As soon as he put down the dishes, Wei Chong came in from outside.
Fang Jinshi asked: "Old Wei, have you eaten?" He now called Old Wei directly and was no longer polite to Wei Chong.
Wei Chongdao: "We have eaten earlier. Today, Miss Huang has brought a letter from Yanzhou Mansion." He took out a letter with no words on the outer cover from his arms and presented it to him.
Fang Jinshi heard that it was a letter Huang Jinmian brought from Yanzhou Prefecture, and felt his scalp tighten. He guessed that the letter was written by Liang Cuirong. In fact, he was a little afraid of Liang Cuirong deep down in his heart, let alone doing something wrong like this. Big things come out.
Fang Jinshi opened the letter and took it out. The word "brother" was written on the right side of the title. This letter turned out to be written to him by Shi Quan.
After reading the letter, he stood up from his stool with a groan. Shi Quan said in the letter that he had heard about what he had done and was very satisfied with his current achievements. The deadline for his assassination had expired, and although his leg injury had not healed, But he was eager to return home, so he had already packed his bags and asked Li He to drive him back to his hometown to celebrate the customs.
Fang Jinshi regretted that he had not bothered to visit Shi Quan for a while. He was injured and his relatives were not around. He wanted to visit him when he had some free time, but things kept happening one after another. Shi Quan and Miss Wang Yumei hadn't seen each other for several years. Once they were free, they no longer cared about the injury on their legs. They found Li He who was driving a cart and went back to his hometown alone.
Fang Jinshi asked Wei Chong, "When did my eldest brother go back and how long have he been gone?" Wei Chong actually didn't know the content of the letter and had no way to answer, so he had to shake his head and said, "Miss Huang only gave me this letter. Nothing was said."
Fang Jinshi asked: "Where is Miss Huang?"
Wei Chong said: "In the musical instrument store." Fang Jinshi remembered the musical instrument store where he bought Yun Nuer a pipa last time. He folded the letter and put it in his arms, walked out, and was going to ask Huang Jinmian at the musical instrument store. clear.
As soon as he walked to the big locust tree, he saw that Zhao Liang was going to his home with a subordinate. Zhao Liang greeted him from afar, and Fang Jinshi said, "What's going on with Zhao Juntou?" Zhao Liang greeted him from afar. Liangdao: "Early this morning, a man shouted at the north gate, saying that he wanted to meet Colonel Fang. He is waiting in the camp now."
Fang Jinshi asked: "Who is he?" Zhao Liangdao: "It's a Yi Di from the north. He said his name is Zhelun." Fang Jinshi knew that this Yi Di was a contemptuous name for some ethnic minorities. Zhelun came here to find him. I don¡¯t know what happened, but I passed by Zhao Liang¡¯s military camp when I went to the musical instrument store, so I went to see what happened to Zhelun first.
Zhao Liang led Fang Jinshi to the military camp. From a distance, he heard Zhelun arguing with someone. Fang Jinshi followed the sound curiously and went to the horse gallery behind with Zhao Liang. He saw an elderly soldier arguing. Zhao Liang coughed, and the two of them turned around and said nothing.
Zhao Liang asked the old soldier: "What's going on?"
The old soldier said: "This Hu Man is unreasonable. He wants me to find some salt to feed the horses because the fodder I feed the horses is too watery. Some families in Roufu County cannot afford salt, but he is planning to use it." Feed the horses.¡±
Zhelun didn't wait for Zhao Liang to speak, and said: "Fang Jinshi, if you want to feed the horse to have the strength to run far and fast, you must give it some salt. We are all like this." Fang Jinshi Only then did he understand what was being argued about. Although he didn't know how to raise horses, he knew the importance of salt to animals. In ancient times, the government only provided salt and iron. Salt was a scarce commodity. Some poor people couldn't even afford salt, let alone salt. Feed the horse.
Fang Jinshi pondered for a moment, then turned to Zhao Liang and said: "Zhao Juntou, in my opinion, the war horses also need to add some salt. How about this? I'll write a document to Magistrate Cai and ask for a few hundred ounces of salt to feed the horses. "
Zhao Liang said with an expression of embarrassment: "Well Magistrate Cai is probably not easy to talk to." Fang Jinshi frowned and said, "General Zhao only handed over the documents, he refused to tell me anymore."
Zhao Liang agreed, and Zhelun smiled and said: "Fang Jinshi, you are right. If you are reluctant to feed the horse, the horse will not have the strength to run."
Fang Jinshi smiled helplessly when he heard that he still called him by his first name. He and Zhao Liang took Zhelun to the military tent in the camp to talk. Fang Jinshi asked: "Brother Zhelun, you went to burn the Jin soldiers' food and grass last time. Is it done?"
Zhelun sighed and said: "It could have been burned. They had already rushed into the Jurchens' grain and grass camp, but there were too many people and they had no chance to set fire to it, so they had to withdraw."
Fang Jinshi knew that Zhelun was a real man, and he said it easily. He was afraid that the night would be extremely dangerous and the whole army would be almost annihilated. With more than 400 cavalry, he rushed into the Jin soldiers' tightly defended grain and grass camp. Although it was a surprise attack, it was actually??It is indeed something that cannot be underestimated.
Fang Jinshi said: "Then Brother Zhelun is here now?"
Zhelun said: "Some of my brothers are injured and want to ask you for some medicine and food. Fang Jinshi, didn't you say that I can come to you if I have anything? So I came here."
Fang Jinshi sighed, feeling that this was not easy to handle. He now had Feng Miaoji, a member of the army, in the military camp, and Magistrate Cai Jinting in the county. It was really not as convenient as before to handle things.
Fang Jinshi thought for a while and said to Zhao Liang: "Send someone to find Deng An." Zhao Liang sent someone. Fang Jinshi turned around and chatted with Zhelun. Zhelun said: "In addition to borrowing some food and medicine from you, can you Lend me some help?"
Fang Jinshi said: "Brother Zhelun, what do you want to do?" Zhelun said: "Last time I didn't burn the Jurchens' food and grass. I will go again this time. You send some troops to contain the defenders. I will definitely do it this time." can succeed."
Fang Jinshi hurriedly said: "I'm afraid that the Jin soldiers are already on guard, and it will be useless no matter how many people we borrow" He suddenly remembered something and said: "How many people do you want to borrow?"