Chapter 2 Chapter Two

When the boat arrived in Youzhou, Lou Shide personally came to greet him, and sent Tai Ya and a group of entourage back to the Dudu Mansion. After they settled down, they held a meeting with Longying, Wan Renyu, Feng Guoting and Fang Jun in the inner hall of the Dudu Mansion. Confidential meeting. In the past few days, out of twelve hours a day, ten hours of Longying's were occupied by diagnosis, treatment, experimentation and reflection. He memorized the "Treasure of Ten Thousand Poisons" by heart.Although he was reluctant, he still followed the fat father-in-law's order and burned the treasure book before landing. It felt like history was repeating itself by burning the "Dafa of Dao Heart and Demon Planting" to ashes.But the biggest achievement is to roughly understand the ridicule.On the one hand, it is because of his extraordinary talent, and more importantly, there are similarities between Xi language and Turkic language.

Lou Shide is a big fat man, astonishingly tall, a little taller than Longying, like a mountain of meat.He is in his fifties, and the years of fighting against foreigners have left traces of weather on his face, but he is still loyal and kind.The left foot is a little lame, which must have been badly injured.Although it is not as good as the extraordinary demeanor of the Confucian general with black teeth, he does not have a power and influence due to his figure. After a few opening remarks, Lou Shide said: "Yuan Zhen has told me the situation. The Holy Majesty has made a big decision this time, and of course I will go all out. Now those two idiots have been recalled to the country, so I can let go and do it again. With you and Yuan Zhen coming to help me, if we can’t deal with the Khitan people like this, we will have to hide behind the Great Wall and be human. Oh! It’s a pity that Xiaojie died in Xia Shigu and couldn’t fight side by side with us, otherwise he would be very happy.” Yan I'm so sorry.

The two idiots refer to Wu Youyi and Wu Yizong. Xiaojie is the general Wang Xiaojie. He is a contemporary famous general who once defeated Tubo. His death is really an irreparable loss for the Great Zhou Dynasty. Wan Renyu asked, "How is the situation of the Khitan people now?" Lou Shide said: "Sun Wanrong temporarily stood still and consolidated the land of the city. Although they are good at attacking and not good at defending, they are indeed brave and good at fighting. They are all soldiers. They are good at riding and shooting, even if our troops are twice as strong as theirs. , and fought against each other on the battlefield, they were still unbearable in their shock battle and were defeated."

Long Ying asked: "Why are the Khitan people better than us?" Lou Shide said: "First of all, the government is harsh. No one dares to disobey. They would rather die than surrender. Everyone is brave and not afraid of death. They are united in one mind. In addition, Sun Wanrong is well aware of the reality of our army. Use wisdom and tactics. So far, Against them, there was never a time when we didn't suffer. In addition, those two idiots were timid, half-hearted, unable to advance or retreat, and the morale of the generals was greatly affected. One after another, we are not opponents."

Feng Guoting said: "Now that the situation has been reversed, it is no longer Sun Wanrong's turn to show off his prestige." Lou Shide said to Long Ying: "The Holy Majesty issued a secret edict. Brother Long is going to the expedition on behalf of you this time. Your decision will be the highest decision. No one can object to it. What instructions does Brother Long have?" Long Ying hurriedly said: "Don't be serious, Commander. You said so. In fact, I'm just here to help, and the opinion of Commander is the most important." Lou Shide said happily: "I know who Brother Long is. You are welcome. I have never heard the old man speak so highly of a person. You broke the Grand Canal and the Great River. What’s more, there are endless tricks and tricks, which can’t be achieved by capable people. One of the old man’s comments on you made me even more impressed.”

Fang Jun said, "What kind of comment is it?" Lou Shide's eyes flickered, and he said slowly word by word: "Guo Lao said that Brother Long is another young commander, Kou Zhong." Everyone was moved. Long Ying blushed, and said embarrassedly: "Guo Lao is too famous." Lou Shide smiled and said: "The old man has never misjudged anyone. Brother Long boldly speak out what is in his mind, and let everyone consider it." Wan Renyu said: "The matter is of great importance, Brother Long, there is no need to be modest. Ha! You have never been a humble person."

Long Ying's eyes were full of magic light, as if he had become another person.He said calmly: "The first is to build momentum. Now whether the Turks, the Khitans, or through our old friend Huangyuanwu know about the situation, they all know that I have the heart to attack the new city of the Khitans from a long distance. The question is how many people are there in this surprise army?" , which route will be taken. We will play tricks on these two aspects.” Lou Shide nodded and said, "This is called tricking." Long Ying took out the folding bow from his coat, put it on the table, and said with a wry smile: "I really don't want this baby to leave me, I just regret that I have no other choice, because the second move is called a trick of suspicious soldiers, I suddenly disappeared, you are the enemy What would you think? So no matter under any circumstances, I must never reveal my identity with this bow, and I must not even show off my archery skills, otherwise no one will be able to tell that the ugly doctor is Longying."

Wan Renyu and Feng Guoting showed worried expressions at the same time. Lou Shide said: "This is equivalent to a strong man breaking his wrist. The enemy will have no idea where you are going, and can only be suspicious." Longying said: "The so-called building momentum is to create a fake momentum. Except for the 3,000 elites of General Guo and I, everything is laid out, and 10,000 elite soldiers are trained day and night. At the same time, spies are sent to draw up a surprise attack route. Wasteland Dance is in charge, so that he has no doubt that we have seen him through."

The letter box was attached to the arrow that Fang Jun shot that night, and the letter in the tube pointed out that half an hour after "Tian Pang was killed", Huangyuan Wu flashed the lights four times to send a signal to the shore, because Fang Jun sent people to take turns day and night Monitored the cabin of Wasteland Dance, and found something unusual, so he reported it to Shangjun. Feng Guoting said worriedly: "Since Ningyan knows that Tianpang's operation has failed, she must redeploy, so Thea must be in danger on her way back to the country, but you use up your archery skills and want to keep Thea. The situation makes people not optimistic."

Long Ying sighed: "I have no choice, if I can't bear it, I will mess up big plans. If my identity is revealed, Xi people will think that I am deceiving them. At that time, painting a tiger will not be a rebellious dog, and suspicious tactics will become a joke." Lou Shide said: "What is the effect of this suspicious strategy?" Long Ying said: "Whether Turkic or Khitan people regard me as the number one enemy now, the most ideal is that they think that I have penetrated into the territory of Khitan and assassinate Zhongzhong or Sun Wanrong. Go guard and search for me. This is to build momentum. Under such a situation, Sun Wanrong on the front line dare not act rashly, so we can deploy secretly, and the enemy will be very embarrassed when we launch it."

Lou Shide asked: "According to Brother Long's estimate, when should we launch it?" Longying said: "When our 3,000 raiders successfully gather somewhere outside the pass, it will be launched. I hope it will take no more than three months. We will attack the new city of Khitan with raiders, and the commander will attack Sun Wanrong on the front line to contain him. Look at him. When I cut off the loyal head, it will be Sun Wanrong's turn." After studying the details of the actions, the military meeting to decide the future fate of Da Zhou came to an end. In the early morning of the next day, Fang Jun led two thousand elite soldiers and sent Xi Ren to Shanhaiguan. After talking with Lou Shide, Long Ying had a deeper understanding of the situation in the Northeast beyond the Great Wall. Regardless of the Khitan people or the Xi people, due to the characteristics of nomadic peoples, they do not have a fixed territory or a clear boundary, but only a rough range of activities.In response to this situation, Tang Taizong adopted the strategy of confinement, and brought the surrendered foreigners under his jurisdiction.Then the Songmo Dudu Mansion was set up in Khitan, with the largest chief of the Khitan as the governor, and the Rao Le Dudu Mansion was established in the Xi Clan, with the largest Xi Clan chief as the governor.Songmo is in the north of Raole, only a few hundred miles apart, and the governors of the two clans basically retain the ruling power. In the west of Raole in the Tang Dynasty, on the north shore of Bailangshui, Yingzhou City was established, and the Tang Dynasty sent generals to garrison to supervise the two prefectures of Raole and Songmo.Therefore, Yingzhou is actually an important town outside the pass, and it echoes with Youzhou in the pass. As long as Yingzhou is preserved, even if foreigners have different ideas, it is difficult to invade Youzhou. Khitan's loyalty and Sun Wanrong rebelled against the Tang Dynasty and captured Yingzhou, turning the whole situation around in one fell swoop. All foreign clans became kings one after another, and they were no longer under the control of the Great Zhou. The good situation Taizong created outside the Great Wall was wiped out overnight. The loss of Yingzhou has a far-reaching impact, and the situation outside the Great Wall will never return to its previous appearance.After going to Xiashigu, he was defeated twice, and the reputation of Dazhou was in decline.The Khitan gathered 80,000 people, claiming to be 100,000. They used Yingzhou as their base camp, traveled south along the Bohai Sea, and captured Pingzhou again, and their prestige became even stronger.However, due to limited troops, the Khitan soldiers had no choice but to temporarily truce and return to Yingzhou when the Great Zhou army kept them outside the city with high walls and deep ditches. It has become a stalemate inside and outside the plug. After leaving the customs, a group of people joined Xi Jun's five hundred cavalry, and Fang Jun led the troops back to Shanhaiguan, while Longying and Xi Ren continued northward, heading towards Rao Le. Arriving at the south bank of a big river at night, Xiren set up a tent and camped overnight, preparing to cross the river tomorrow morning.According to Tai Ya, after crossing the river, it only takes two days by horse to reach Rao Le, which is located at the south end of the Tuhuzhen River, where Li Zhiji's tooth tent is located. The scenery beyond the Great Wall opened Long Ying's eyes. The vast wilderness and the blue sky formed a boundless and open world. Except for the banks of the river, there were not many trees.The terrain in the distance is undulating, and there is a sparse forest in the middle, which is quiet and peaceful. Longying rode Xue'er, galloped along the river, and returned to the camp when exhausted.Dozens of wildfires were lit in the camp, roasting the wild boars and deer that had just returned from hunting, and the aroma was overflowing. He was invited to join Tai Ya's group, all six masters including Wensi Zhunv and Bian Shi were present, as well as Xi Jun's young conductor Le Liu who came to meet them this time. Drinking thick porridge made by Xi people with broomcorn millet, eating wild game, facing the beauties of the Xi clan, the starry night outside the Great Wall is particularly charming, and Long Ying deeply enjoys the pleasure of traveling far away. Le Liu obviously learned about his amazing medical skills from Thea, and became interested in him, and kept asking him about this aspect. When he agreed to treat his relatives, Le Liu stopped questioning with satisfaction. After changing the subject, Le Liu asked, "How does Empress Da Zhou deal with Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong?" Everyone who was talking and laughing calmed down to see how Longying would answer. Long Ying sorted out the ridicule in his head, and said calmly: "I don't know if Brother Le Liu has heard of a man named Long Ying in our country?" Le Liu said with a smile: "The chief guard just talked to me for a long time. Congratulations, you finally have a hero." Long Ying cast his eyes on Thea, who lowered her head with a reddish face, and was even more beautiful under the firelight.Long Ying felt that she really belonged to the world beyond the Great Wall, and after leaving the customs, she naturally blended into the surrounding environment. Longying said indifferently: "Longying has become the person the Turks and Khitans most want to kill, but they are doomed to fail." Including Tai Ya, everyone showed disapproval, because Long Ying talked too much.Long Ying is not bragging for himself, but just hopes to expand his benefits.At least it made Li Zhiji dare not join Khitan against Dazhou. Le Liu couldn't help asking: "Why does the imperial physician have such confidence in Long Ying?" Long Ying slowly said word by word: "Because Long Ying is another young commander Kou Zhong." Everyone was moved. "Young Marshal Kou Zhong" is more convincing to the tribes outside the Great Wall than thousands of words. Bian Shi patted his leg and said: "Well said! No wonder that at the state banquet that night, watching Long Ying suppress Ning Yan so hard that I couldn't lift her head, I had a feeling of deja vu. Yes! From the stories I heard, the young commander also It's such power." Tai Ya said: "So what about Wan Renyu? He used Jing Zhongyue, the young commander." Long Ying said: "Wan Renyu and Feng Guoting are Long Ying's good brothers who take care of each other with all their heart, waiting for Ba Fenghan and Xu Ziling to Kou Zhong." Everyone showed a shocked expression, which shows that the prestige of Kou Baxu and the others has not declined in the slightest after nearly a hundred years. Long Ying said in a deep voice: "Tonight will never be a quiet night. As I expected, there will be enemies coming before dawn." Le Liu was taken aback, and said, "Why did the imperial physician say that?" Of course, Longying couldn't tell him. He felt that he was being watched secretly, so he had to say: "Because I am proficient in the art of the Great Liuren, and I can tell good or bad by pinching my fingers. I was riding along the river just now. Suddenly I felt something, and immediately made up my mind. , so it was expected.” Dandan believed him the most, and said in amazement: "The imperial doctor's words must be right, we must listen to his advice." Another master named Huang Junning frowned and said: We are already in our own place, who dares to attack us? " Tai Ya said: "Could it be that Ningyan is determined to give up? But how can I blame you outside the Great Wall?" Bian Shi said: "It must be a Khitan." Long Ying knew that the assailant was not a Turkic, and he told Tai Ya the reason, but he was not a Khitan, because he overheard the conversation between Yue Zhongqian and Ning Yan that night, and knew that Yue Zhongqian opposed Ning Yan's killing of Tai Ya. Ya's proposal.There is only one possibility left.Even though it seems impossible, when all other possibilities are excluded, this impossibility becomes the only answer.It means that the attackers are from their own clan. But Long Ying can't say it either. Le Liu was dubious, and pondered: "There is only one big river here, and there is no other danger to defend. The only way is to dig trenches and pile up mounds." Long Ying said: "In this way, none of us will be able to leave alive. Because when the enemy comes to attack, we are already exhausted from building military facilities, how can we fight?" Tai Ya said: "How sure is the imperial doctor that there will be an enemy attack?" Long Ying said: "I am quite sure. But we have only one choice. It is to set up a formation of suspicious soldiers. When the enemy thinks that we are in the tent to rest, only a few people are left to guard around, and we quietly cross the river in the nearby places where there is no light. We will greatly increase the chances of escape.” Le Liu said painfully: "It's not that I disrespect the imperial physician's prediction, but... alas!" Thea asked: "Why did the master say that even if we successfully cross the river, we still cannot escape the fate of being hunted down?" Longying said: "There are two sayings in our middle land, those who come here are not good, and those who are good will not come. The enemy knows our truth and the truth, and their goal is to kill us all. If there is no one alive, we can go back and tell your king who is the murderer. Therefore, an ambush must be laid on the opposite bank to prevent anyone from fleeing to the other bank by water, and the situation in the downstream is also the same." Wensi said with admiration: "It turns out that the imperial physician is not only skilled in medicine, but also proficient in the art of war." Long Ying said to Le Liu: "We have two sayings in China, that is, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case. I am wrong, you can put the blame on me. But if I am right, it is to pick up return most, if not all, lives." Le Liu looked up at the starry sky and said decisively: "I was persuaded by the imperial physician. But I will send spies to search far and near." Long Ying was taken aback and said: "It's absolutely impossible, doing so will only force the enemy to launch earlier." Le Liu finally showed displeasure. Long Ying said: "I have a method to prove that my hexagram is correct." Le Liu was surprised: "How can I prove it?" Long Ying said confidently: "The enemy's smartest way to attack is to build a raft upstream, and attack silently while it is dark, first burn the camp with rockets, making us an obvious target, and then attack the camp with fast horses, and it will be easy for anyone to see us. Kill them. And set up ambushes on the opposite bank and downstream to catch us all." Le Liu turned pale, nodded and said: "Under such circumstances, we really have no power to fight back." He added: "But how to prove it?" Long Ying said in a deep voice: "As long as you send someone with the best lightness kung fu to go upstream with me, I guarantee that within ten miles, you can see the enemy starting to build a raft, so there is no need to have any doubts." Thea said, "I'll go with you!" Le Liu said: "Okay! But don't disturb the other party's sentry, otherwise the enemy will start early." He smiled bitterly and said: The confidence of the imperial physician is powerful, and now I feel like I am in danger. " Long Ying and Tai Ya stood up at the same time, and the atmosphere immediately became tense. Long Ying patted Le Liu on the shoulder, and said: "We Chinese people have another saying, call a dead horse a living horse doctor. Don't be idle, make all the preparations, as soon as we find the enemy, we will come back immediately, and then Follow the plan." Le Liu said: "We also need to use local materials to build two rafts, otherwise it will be very bad if the imperial doctor loses two medicine boxes." Long Ying said: "It doesn't matter if you lose anything, the most important thing is that you don't lose your life. Without this batch of medicine, I can collect medicine everywhere." Then he smiled at Dandan, whose face was pale with fright, "I will protect you no matter what." Shuobi and Taiya left the camp, and took advantage of the cover of the trees on the bank to rush upstream. Long Ying squatted down next to a pile of bushes, and Taya came to him, hiding like him, and asked, "Did you find anything?" Longying said: "There is a sentry in front, there are four enemies in total, two of them are at the branches of trees." Thea looked forward with her head. There were many shadows of the trees, and the darkness was overwhelming. Long Ying leaned close to her little ear, couldn't help but kissed lightly, and said, "Can't you see it? Let me throw stones to ask the way, and Baobao will respond." Thea said: "Don't! It will alarm them." Long Ying kissed her cheek again, and under the starry night, Tai Ya turned her head to look at him, with indiscriminate joy and anger, which made Long Ying's heart soften.He smiled and said: "There are many ways to throw stones to ask for directions. My kind will misunderstand the enemy." He picked up a fist-sized stone and threw it toward the river with strength. The stone bent out of his hand, bounced up after touching the water, and bounced continuously, leaving more than ten ripples and making a series of water sounds. In the depths of the forest more than twenty feet away, there was a slight sound, continuous, it should be the footsteps of someone moving to the riverside to check, stepping on the blades of grass. Then someone mocked in a low voice: "It must be a fish, and it must be a fish with a big tail." Longying looked at Thea, her face was pale, and her beautiful eyes showed a look of shock. I really felt pity for her, and I couldn't help but kiss her cheek again.Unexpectedly, Tai Ya responded with sweet lips and kissed him passionately and painfully, which made Long Ying's soul melt away. Lip points. Thea said, "Let's go back!" Long Ying said: "Don't you want to see who the other party is?" Thea leaned over, bit his earballs lightly, panting lightly: "I want to die! But it's too dangerous." Long Ying said: "It's not dangerous at all, you can go as I go, completely follow my movements, you can avoid the eyes and ears of the enemy." To prevent her from objecting, she retreated more than 30 zhang, then rushed to the right, and went straight to a rising hill before stopping. Thea followed closely, reached out and pinched his thigh lightly, and said, "You are so bold." Longying smiled and said: "We have a saying in China, how can you get a tiger's son if you don't enter the tiger's lair. Follow me obediently." After talking, he went up and down, stopped and walked, and made a big circle in a zigzag, and came to a sparse forest, put his arm around Thea's small waist, straightened up, and came to the side of a big tree. Dry, stood firm and said: "Look!" Thea didn't need his reminder, she looked towards the river bank, the lights were on half a mile away, thousands of warriors were building rafts, the place was more than 20 miles away from their camp, and the felling site was on a hill After that, unexpectedly, the voice spread far and wide. Long Ying kissed the corner of her lips and said, "Is it from your tribe?" Tai Ya said: "It's a member of the Department and Department, it's too disgusting, this matter must be reported to the king." The Xi people are divided into five major tribes, namely Ahui, Chuhe, Aoshi, Duji and Yuanzhe.The Ahui tribe is the largest, and Li Zhiji is the head of the Ahui tribe, and Ahui is his family name.This discovery is not trivial, and it shows that there is discord within the Xi clan and there is a big crisis of splitting. Thea wrapped her hands around his neck and said gratefully: "The feeling was not strong last time, but this time you really saved my life, as well as everyone else's." Long Ying accepted her sweet kiss unceremoniously, this time it was more intense and lingering than ever before, showing that he played an ugly doctor and finally touched her heart. Le Liu received the exact information, and immediately ordered to cross the river in an orderly manner as if he had been reborn.When it was imperative to do it, no one showed panic, and silently followed the order, showing the excellence of the male and female fighters of the Xi nationality. The location chosen to cross the river was more than 30 feet upstream from the camp. Le Liu had already made preparations. First, he asked people to detect the water potential and regime. He knew that this section of the river was narrow and shallow, and the deepest point was only eight feet.It is fixed on both sides with four thick cables.The best thing is to bundle up a large number of spears and use them as floating rafts for negative objects.