Chapter 165 Chapter Thirty-Third

Chapter 33: Smoke and Clouds in Daizhou Princess Hongxia Lin Tong, the youngest daughter of Marquis Lin Yuanting of Daizhou, the younger sister of Princess Jiaping, the princess has always been loved and loved by her parents and siblings, but the master loves martial arts, often goes out alone, and shoots with a bow and knife.In the first year of Yonglong's prosperity, the twenty-fourth year of Rongsheng in the Northern Han Dynasty, Princess Jiaping went to Qinzhou to help in the war. The barbarians were in a hurry to attack Yanmen. , led a crowd of barbarians, although the Lord was young, he was as majestic and brave as his father and sister, so he was supported by everyone as a general to resist the barbarians.

——"Yong History.The Biography of Princess Hongxia" Lin Tong was dressed in red, standing on the top of the Yanmen Pass, and quickly passed down the military order to resist the barbarians who were attacking the city violently. Although they did not have enough siege equipment, with their bravery and superiority in numbers, they still Huge pressure was placed on Yanmen Pass. In order to effectively kill the enemy, Lin Tong precisely chose the time to throw the rolling water and rocks.The enemy's attack became more and more fierce. Although the barbarians are good at riding and shooting, they have also learned the skills of siege after years of fierce fighting with the Daizhou army. There are barbarians who are good at lassoing and climbing the city with ropes.Lin Tong could feel that the barbarians were getting stronger and stronger in the past few days. Presumably, the barbarian tribes in the entire grassland had gathered together to attack the city, break through the Yanmen pass, drive straight in, and plunder everything, so as to overcome the difficulty of lack of rations this spring.Finally, the barbarians who had suffered heavy losses began to retreat. Lin Tong breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that it would not be long before the barbarians would regroup and attack. Even so, a short rest was enough to comfort her.

After many days of hard work, Lin Tong's appearance has faded, but her expression is very calm. In order to boost morale, she has not stepped down from the tower for three days and three nights. Her red dress is like a flame, always burning on the city. , Inspiring the army to fight bloody.Ever since his elder brother was ambushed when he went out of the city and died from an arrow in front of the pass, his father became sick again and again. The elder brother Lin Chengyi only knew how to fight. As the main general.This was originally an expedient measure, but who knew that Lin Tong supported the overall situation with his slender body, and commanded operations in every way, no less than a veteran general in a hundred battles, so in just a few days, the soldiers and civilians of Daizhou had already captured Lin Tong. Become the coach who can succeed Lin Bi.

Speaking of which, although Lin Tong has never commanded a battle before, she is intelligent by nature, likes horseback riding and archery, and is very interested in battles on the battlefield. I like walking around with Lin Bi the most, so I have been influenced by what I have heard and seen, and I am already quite insightful in military strategy.After the incident in the East China Sea, Lin Tong grew up suddenly, and he was very attentive in military strategy. In addition, he accompanied Lin Yuanting to command at Yanmen Pass a few days ago, with talent and knowledge coupled with humility, Lin Tong became a qualified commander in a short period of time. .Even if there were some small mistakes, with the help of the uncles and brothers of the Daizhou Army, it was enough to make up for it. Moreover, Lin Tong was born with agility and had a good grasp of the battlefield, which made him famous as Princess Hongxia.Of course, Lin Tong didn't care about these at all at the moment, and he didn't realize that everyone had already regarded her as a substitute for her sister, and was just thinking hard about how to deal with the barbarians.

With heavy steps, Lin Tong patrolled the city regardless of her fatigue, inspecting the defense, and condolences to the wounded sergeants. It was not until she finished dealing with the military affairs that she found a place to sit, leaning against the city wall, and wrapped the cloak around her body. , put your hands on your knees, ready to take a nap.Not long after, Lin Tong had already fallen asleep. At this moment, she naturally didn't know that there was a pair of eyes watching her silently. The sergeants and minzhuang guarding the gate were divided into two rounds. This round has gone down to rest, and the sergeant and minzhuang who came up to guard the gate in rotation began to accept defense. Daizhou minzhuang also trained according to the army standard and organized into a team. Everything was in an orderly manner. In progress.Among them, there is a team that is a little different. Their actions are obviously a little lax. This is the militia from other counties conscripted by the Daizhou Army. Restraint, one is to worry that there will be barbarian spies among them, and the other is to strengthen the combat power. These people will be organized into an army, and the veterans of Daizhou will be the commanders. The Daizhou veterans who are responsible for commanding and monitoring them are all experienced battlefield warriors. These people can be cowardly and greedy, but they have absolutely no chance to perform their duties as spies.

This Min Zhuang, about a hundred people, is a brave young man recruited this time, and he has no fear of going into battle to kill the enemy, so he was sent to Guanshang to assist the Daizhou army and civilians in defense, and was responsible for commanding the army. The name of the hundred-man team history is Lin Yuanchong, who is thirty-nine years old this year. He is a descendant of the Lin family in Daizhou. In terms of seniority, he is the uncle of Lin Bi and Lin Tong. , is an excellent junior officer, and he is very careful. He is most suitable for commanding and monitoring these rather brave people from other counties.He directed everyone to deploy their defenses. Although they were a bit disordered, they were still within the acceptable range. Besides, these people were all good players, and guarding the gate for a while could play a big role, so he was quite satisfied.Lin Yuanchong frowned slightly when his gaze fell on an ordinary-looking young man by accident. This young man Wang Dalang was the person he paid the most attention to. Compared with the warriors of Daizhou, there is neither excessive fear nor abnormal display of excitement and impulsiveness towards killing, but with the perception of many years of fighting, Lin Yuanchong always feels that there is a faint sense of danger in him, which makes him approach this person every time. Around, there is a feeling of depression.

He secretly paid attention to this young man without any trace. In fact, upon closer inspection, this young man's facial features are all handsome and handsome, but somehow combined together they become ordinary, and there is a bit of downcast feeling. His complexion is fair and seems a little weak , but the slightly rough skin and agile and powerful limbs let people know that he is not a weak person.Although he doesn't show his mountains and dews on weekdays, he often has excellent performance in battle, obeys military orders, assists his comrades, and is able to defeat enemy warriors. These are the characteristics of people who have a military career.Usually reticent, but at critical times, a word often has a deafening effect.All this cast a layer of fog on this young man who came to Yanmen a few days ago and was expropriated in the name of visiting relatives and friends.

Of course, Lin Yuanchong would never believe that this young man was a spy of a barbarian. He only saw his tricky hands when killing the enemy, and the calmness with which he assisted himself in commanding everyone. Unless the barbarian is a fool, he would never send such a person undercover. Instead of letting him lead the attack.Seeing the young man holding the horizontal knife, sitting there resting with his eyes slightly closed, this is also inconsistent with his identity. Only a warrior who has experienced the battle knows that he needs to try his best to maintain his physical strength in any leisure time, not like the other few. Like a young child, he looked out nervously, worried that the enemy would come to attack.Lin Yuanchong withdrew his gaze. No matter what the identity of this person was, as long as he was not a spy of the barbarians, then it didn't matter. As for the future, the barbarians had to be driven away before he had time to think about it.

Although his eyes are slightly closed, everything around him is reflected in his heart, and he is watching the person he is eager to see from the gap between his eyes. Chiji is not as calm as he appears on the surface.He just used some small means of disguise and slightly modified his facial features, which made his original handsome appearance lose its brilliance. Lin Tong of the Yanmen garrison would not notice a small outsider.In this way, Chiji mixed into the Daizhou army, and by Lin Tong's side, he naturally knew that no one was suspicious of him, but he knew a little about Daizhou, and knew that as long as he didn't show signs that he might be a barbarian spy, no one would After questioning himself in detail, he smiled slightly, and after the barbarians retreated, it didn't matter even if the Daizhou Army wanted to settle accounts after the fall.If Lin Tong was still alive at that time, even if he killed himself, he would have no regrets. If Lin Tong died, Chi Ji felt a pain in his heart, believing that he would go with her.That being the case, why should I be cautious everywhere, anyway, although the young master hopes that I can go back to see him alive, Chiji himself has no such extravagant hope.Since Qiang came to Daizhou, he can say that he has betrayed the young master in a certain sense. As a Ba Jun, he will take the young master's wishes as his own wishes, and the moment he chooses to fight side by side with Lin Tong , his position as the head of the eight horses has been shaken.What's more, Dayong will not let the separatist rule of Daizhou be allowed to go. The Yong army will definitely suppress Daizhou, and Chiji himself absolutely does not want his sword to be stained with the blood of his beloved and his relatives.

After a while, Chiji was awakened, and it was his turn to go up to monitor the enemy's situation. He stood on the door, staring at the distance with burning eyes, but his hands were doing the same job repeatedly, taking out the sharp arrows in the quiver beside him. , took a gourd from his waist, then took out a square towel, took out a pair of deerskin gloves from his arms and put them on, then poured out the black liquid from the gourd, soaked the square towel, wiped the arrow with the square towel, his His movements were sensitive and light. After he handled the arrows one by one, the arrows appeared gray-black. While he was doing this, the young men around him tacitly blocked the eyes of others until he finished. These work.

Just as he was tying the gourd back to his waist, a pleasant and slightly hoarse voice came from behind and asked, "What are you doing?" Chiji's heart trembled, but his movements did not hesitate at all. He turned around and bowed down, "Little man!" Poisoning the arrows." Lin Tongfeng said with a puzzled look in his eyes: "Why do you need to quench the poison? A warrior in our army, whose arrows can kill the enemy instantly, poisoning takes time and effort, but it is of little use." Chiji said with a changed accent: "The villain is not from Daizhou. Although he can shoot arrows, he is not strong enough. He often penetrates the enemy's leather armor and is no longer able to kill people. Therefore, quenching poison on the arrows is not enough To increase the possibility of killing the enemy." Lin Tong suddenly said: "So that's it!" She said with great interest, "Who are you? How can you make poison? It is very troublesome to poison like you. But there is a way to make a large amount of poison and poison arrows quickly. Get up and talk." , stop kneeling." Hearing this, Chi Ji calmed down a bit, stood up, bowed his head and said, "The villain Wang Dalang is a wandering doctor, and he also knows some medical skills. This kind of poison was prepared by the villain. Seeing the blood to seal the throat, it is just used It’s also very troublesome to get up. The poison can’t last long on the arrow, so the villain will only quench the poison now. The princess guards the gate and needs a lot of arrows. It is really time-consuming and laborious to make poisonous arrows. But as far as the villain knows, Daizhou Bow and Arrow Workshop They can be found everywhere, and there is a lot of lacquer in them. The lacquer is inherently poisonous. If the princess asks people to dip bundles of arrowheads into the lacquer and then dry them, if such arrows hurt someone, the wound will definitely itch. It's swollen and hard to heal." Lin Tong's heart moved when he heard it, and he looked carefully at the young man in front of him. He saw that although he spoke neither humble nor overbearing, he lowered his head and eyebrows, and did not glance at him. It was with a touch of murderous malice that made people feel cold, and couldn't help saying: "You raise your head." Chi Ji raised his head slowly, Lin Tong looked at his face, a trace of confusion flashed in his eyes, the face in front of him was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it, she was about to ask another question, the guard behind said: "Jun Lord, Old General Qi is here." Lin Tong relied heavily on this father, and turned to go to meet him.Walking halfway, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration in her heart, and she had already remembered that the boy's appearance was 90% similar to the person in her heart, but the difference in his expression, bearing, and the corners of his eyes and brows made it impossible for him to remember for a while, the appearance was so similar, Maybe that person is Chiji, Lin Tong paused.For a moment, Lin Tong smiled mockingly, how could it be Chi Ji? Dayong swallowed mountains and rivers like a tiger, and the Marquis of Chu Township is glorious. He must serve by the master's side and has a bright future. How could he come to this crisis-ridden Daizhou and A barbarian fights. Besides, since that person has the ability to hang out in the barbaric land of the Northern Han Dynasty, he must have some ingenious skills. How could he appear in front of me with a face that is 90% similar, and he doesn't even change his surname, so why should he think wildly. After hesitating for a while, Lin Tong stopped, turned around and asked, "Wang Dalang, do you have siblings?" Chi Ji showed a look of confusion, and said: "Back to the princess, the villain has no brothers and sisters." Lin Tong said disappointedly: "Really." Turning around and continuing to walk forward, she quickened her pace, raised a smile, and walked up to Old General Qi a few steps, said with a smile: "Uncle Qi, can you preside over the shooting of the arrows?" Are the arrows painted black?" Looking at Lin Tong's nimble back, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Chi Ji's mouth. Before setting off this time, the young master once told himself that if he went to the battlefield, he would definitely not be able to pay attention to his disguised appearance anytime, anywhere, rather than being seen through Changing your appearance, treating yourself as a spy, why not just change some details of your appearance, and then deliberately change your tone and demeanor.Sure enough, even Lin Tong, who was most familiar with him in the Daizhou Army, just became suspicious, and immediately he didn't think about his identity because he had too many "flaws".Although it would be easy for Lin Tong to recognize him if he got along with him for a long time, Chi Ji believed that Lin Tong might hold a grudge against him and would deliberately avoid him.Although he was a little proud, Chiji also had a little regret in his heart, so far away, what could be more frustrating than this. After half an hour, when the tempered poisonous arrows were half prepared, the shadowy figures of barbarians appeared outside Yanmen Pass.After Chi Ji issued the warning, a cold light flashed in his eyes. Judging from the totems and costumes of the barbarian army this time, all the eight major tribes on the prairie had arrived. This time, the barbarians were preparing to start a general attack.The barbarians were lined up according to their tribes, and one of the tribes suddenly set up a golden banner with a black wolf totem. A handsome young man wearing a yellow Khan costume raised his arm under the banner, and then there was an earth-shattering cry from outside the Yanmen Pass, "Dark!" Long live sweat, long live sweat!" Thousands of people shouted at the same time, shaking the gate of Yanmen, and everyone was pale.The golden wolf flag and the cry of Long Live the Great Khan indicate that the disintegrated ministries were reunited after being defeated by the Central Plains army in the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.Chi Ji could estimate that there were 60,000 barbarian troops in front of him. He remembered that when he was running on the grassland, the various ministries had a tendency to reconcile. The prestige on the grassland is famous for being wise, decisive, brave and good at fighting. However, most of the other chiefs are of the same generation as his father. Chiji never thought that he would be able to dominate the grassland.Now that the barbarian court is rebuilding, Daizhou is only their first goal. Chiji is thinking nervously, when the sound of a weapon falling can be heard from his side, but a big man with him is pale and is threatened by the barbarian's voice Get out of your wits. Chi Ji frowned and looked around. Even the Daizhou Army couldn't help but look panic-stricken. Just as he was thinking about how to boost morale, Lin Tong jumped onto a wall and pointed at the barbarian king's flag and said loudly: "Are you all afraid? These barbarians have scared your guts out. Listen, behind the Yanmen Pass are our family members. The Daizhou warriors standing here wielding knives, your parents, wives and children are all there. Looking at you from behind, now the imperial court is competing with Dayong for territory. We have no reinforcements outside Daizhou, and the inside is empty. No one can protect us except us. If the barbarians break through the Yanmen Pass, Daizhou will turn into hell on earth, don’t you? These men are not as good as me, a little girl who is fighting for the first time, even if we die, we will die first, it is better than watching our fathers and villagers die under the butcher's knife." Lin Tong's fiery anger and heartfelt words made everyone look ashamed, and the old general Qi raised his arms and said loudly: "The princess is so brave, we dignified men, how can we still be greedy for life and fear death? Unless I Not a single man in Daizhou is left, otherwise the barbarians will never try to break through Yanmen. If you don't retreat, you will be invincible." Everyone's spirits were lifted, and they all shouted loudly: "If you don't retreat, you will be invincible." The sudden surge of momentum made the barbarians who were shouting long live look at each other, and couldn't help but stop shouting. At this time, under the king's banner, the trusted Khan Wanyan Najin raised his hand, and a personal guard handed over a huge bow that was as tall as a man, and Wanyan Najin rode out on his horse. Yan Najin had already set out on his own, rode his horse to a position five hundred paces closer to the Yanmen Pass, drew his bow and shot an arrow while breathing, and the three spiked arrows connected end to end, shot towards Lin Tong who was standing on a high place like a phantom.Almost instantly, the first spike was close to Lin Tong. Lin Tong turned over and fell, avoiding the first spike, and pulled out his waist knife, trying to block the second spike. The spike was extremely powerful. Lin Tong I only felt a numbness in my arm, and that spike shot through the hundred-smelting steel knife, but the third spike was less than ten steps away from Lin Tong, but Lin Tong could no longer move his body. It was about to penetrate Lin Tong's delicate body. Amidst the exclamation of the crowd, as if they had traveled through endless time, a feathered arrow appeared suddenly and hit the spike arrow, but the force was obviously far away. Can't help but sigh in unison, who knows that at the moment when the first feather arrow rebounded, the slightly deviated wolf teeth were shot into the body of the arrow by the second feather arrow, and then, the third, fourth, until the fifth arrow , the five feathered arrows shot at the powerful wolf's fangs one after the other at almost a slight distance, and the water dripped through the stone. The wolf's fang arrow finally changed its direction and passed by Lin Tong's cheek, bringing up a streak of blood, deep Dive deep into the wall behind. Although these five arrows are not powerful, their accuracy and speed are rare in the world.Not only thunderous applause from the Daizhou Army, but also praise from the barbarians outside Yanmen Pass.Lin Tong floated down on the ground, and several personal guards were already protecting her with heavy shields. Lin Tong also ignored the slight scars on her jade cheeks, staring blankly at the young man who was about to shoot dozens of steps away, and bowed. Wu Jian, no matter what changes he made this time to cover up, Lin Tong has already recognized his identity, two lines of tears dripped down, and was blown dry by the wind that closed the Yanmen in an instant, Lin Tong called out softly but firmly: "Red Ji!" Chiji smiled wryly. After his identity was leaked, he didn't need to cover up any more. He casually took out a elixir from the treasure pouch around his waist and crushed it, wiped it on his face to remove the small amount of disguise medicine, and then smiled calmly. Said: "Princess Hongxia, I haven't seen you for a long time." Adding a bit of handsome appearance, as well as a handsome, slightly cynical smile, made him instantly reborn and stood out from the crowd.Everyone couldn't help but gasp in surprise, such a change from fish to dragon made them feel like a dream. Only Lin Tong said without any surprise: "Why are you here? Dayong has the upper hand, why do you need to be an undercover agent? What kind of thoughts does your master have?" Everyone looked at Chi Ji in amazement, the gratitude in their hearts immediately turned into doubts, he is Dayong's secret spy, and now Princess Bi is fighting Dayong, how could this man have any good intentions.The requisitioned young men standing beside Chiji retreated, while the Daizhou Army slowly surrounded him, but this man had just rescued Lin Tong, and those people hesitated in their hearts, and they were unwilling to do it immediately, and they all turned to Lin Tong. Tong looked away. At this moment, the eyes of Wanyan Najin, who had already been brought back to the camp by his personal guards, flashed brightly. Although there was a distance of several li, the man standing alone at the head of Yanmen Pass was clearly someone he knew, and he was tall He said: "Who does this king think it is? It turns out to be Mr. Wang, Bole's genius doctor. Although you are also from the Central Plains, you are famous in our grassland. In the past, on the vast grassland, the chiefs of all ministries treated you like a guest of honor. You are not from the Northern Han Dynasty. Rather than being regarded as an enemy at the top, it is better to come to serve under the king's tent, the king is willing to treat you like brothers and sisters, with glory and wealth, women, gold and silk, and let you take whatever you want, what do you want?" He openly surrendered like this, with a hint of provocation in his tone, even those young men from other counties who were not very hostile could not help but clenched their weapons and looked at Chi Ji with a tiger's eye. Chiji smiled wryly, turned around and looked down, and said loudly: "Chief Wanyan, I came down to your Gele department in the past and was treated favorably by you. I will heal your beloved horse for you. You teach me the skill of riding and shooting. You My friendship with friends is very deep. However, personal affection cannot harm justice. I am originally from Southern Chu, and now I am a citizen of Dayong. I have nothing to do with Northern Han, but no matter whether it is Dayong, Northern Han or Southern Chu The lineage of the Central Plains, the Han family is orthodox. If you King Khan traveled to our Central Plains today, I would treat him with courtesy and regard him as a distinguished guest, but now you are marching south and invading our Han land, you are my sworn enemy. However, thinking about the past friendship, I would like to persuade King Khan that now we are about to unify the Central Plains. Although King Khan is brave, he is not the enemy of Dayong. , the grasslands flow into rivers of blood." Wanyan Najin sneered and said: "It has not been a day since the Central Plains fell apart, and now there are repeated civil wars. How can there be any power to stop my army from going south? This king is not greedy. As long as you take Daizhou, your people in the Central Plains will be powerless to stop me." Iron cavalry is fine, if you don’t surrender, don’t blame this king’s subordinates for being heartless.” Chiji smiled coldly, took out a feathered arrow, broke it into two pieces, and said loudly: "Today I break the arrow as an oath, you and I will be bound together, even if the King of Khan comes to attack Yanmen, I will die under the arrow of the King of Khan. It is also death without complaint, but if King Khan dies at my hands, don't blame me for being unjust." Wanyan Najin raised his sword eyebrows and said loudly: "You are looking for your own death, no wonder this king started to attack the city!" At his command, the barbarian army rushed towards Yanmen Pass. After Chiji finished speaking, he looked back, feeling uneasy, wondering whether these people could accept him to fight side by side with them. When he turned his head, a bag of feathered arrows was stuffed into his hand, and he saw Lin Yuanchong's enthusiastic expression. Smiling, raising his head and looking around, everyone's eyes were full of warmth, but Chi Ji felt tears welling up in his eyes, but he couldn't speak.Everyone looked at Lin Tong. After all, whether Chiji could stay or not was up to Lin Tong to decide.Lin Tong turned his face away, and said calmly: "I'm not going to defend the city yet, the barbarians are coming up." Chi Ji felt excited, held his bow and arrow tightly, and tears rolled down his face. At this time, Wanyan Najin sighed softly. He knew Wang Ji quite well. When he met him in the past, he thought that this person was extremely talented. Unfortunately, although he was ambitious at that time, he could not openly force him to stay on the grassland due to lack of strength. The Bole genius doctor respected by everyone can only be accepted with affection.This time, he took advantage of the severe disasters in the various ministries, took the opportunity to use the hoarded food to control the various ministries, and forced them to make an alliance with blood, rebuild the Han court, and restore the glory of the Wanyan family in the past, but Wang Ji had disappeared without a trace.Just now, Wang Ji rescued Lin Tong and ruined his act of establishing his prestige. In addition to being angry, he wanted to use his conflict with the Yanmen defenders to destroy this person, so as not to cause bad consequences to his plan to attack Daizhou. Impact, but unfortunately it fell short.Don't the Central Plains people like infighting the most, Wanyan Najin thought a little depressingly.