Chapter 194 Chapter 11 Battle of the Ranch

The ranch is brightly lit, and the two thousand Wujia warriors and the thousands of Wujia shepherds in the ranch are rushing to build various defensive projects, and the smoke trap has become the primary special item. The animals in the wooden stalls were surprisingly quiet, unaware that the war was approaching gradually. Xiang Shaolong and Qin Qing strolled along the gravel road that runs through the ranch, and when they came to a well, Xiang Shaolong fetched a bucket of water and drank a couple of sips, almost froze his blood. Qin Qing sighed: "The life in Muye is really touching, living in the city always gives people the feeling of being unreal and without flesh and blood."

Xiang Shaolong sat down on the edge of the well, and patted the empty seat beside him.He smiled and said, "Would you like to rest your feet?" Qin Qing meekly sat down beside him, lowered her head and said softly: "Does Mrs. Xiang know why Qin Qing is willing to accompany you out alone?" Feeling uneasy, Xiang Shaolong took a deep breath and said, "Say it, I can accept anything." Qin Qing sighed, shook her head and said, "It's not as bad as you think. I never blame the Tai Tuo at all. In fact, Qin Qing couldn't help herself, so she came here with you. As you said, I I have been lying to myself and suffered a lot for it, but starting tonight, Qin Qing will never be so stupid again."

Xiang Shaolong was overjoyed, leaned over to take a closer look at her peerless appearance, and said fascinatedly: "Teacher Qin means..." Qin Qing couldn't hold back her shame, and said angrily, "It doesn't mean anything. Why do these people work non-stop all day? Is someone coming to attack the ranch?" Xiang Shaolong knew in his heart that if he was too aggressive towards Qin Qing, points would be deducted by her, and the best thing was that she couldn't help throwing himself into his arms, that would be brilliant.So patiently, he revealed Lu Buwei's conspiracy, and then said: "Will Taifu Qin blame me for putting you in danger?"

Qin Qing shook her head resolutely and said: "How could it be? People will only be happy in their hearts, because you finally regard Qin Qing as... oh, nothing." Xiang Shaolong couldn't help looking up to the sky and laughing loudly: "Does Master Qin want to say that I, Xiang Shaolong, finally regard you as my woman?" Qin Qing said embarrassingly: "It's not like that, but the head is yours, so you can do whatever you want to think about it." Xiang Shaolong stretched out his hand and grasped her delicate hand, pulled her to stand up and said, "Let me introduce the military arrangement here to Mrs. Qin, so that Mrs. Qin won't blame me for keeping everything from you."

Qin Qing accepted the jade hand's fate after earning a few strokes.The shy man nodded slightly in reply, and then gave him a hard look for the last sentence, blaming him for settling old scores. Xiang Shaolong's heart melted, he resisted the urge to kiss her and touch her, and led her to the ranch at night. When they returned to Yinlong Bieyuan, Xiang Baoer had already been coaxed to sleep by the nanny, Wu Tingfang and Zhao Zhi were playing chess, the Tian sisters were watching the battle, and Ji Yanran and Uncle Qing were studying how to make Zhou Wei's design. fake black dragon.

Seeing Xiang Shaolong and Qin Qing coming back, Uncle Qing hurriedly saluted. Ji Yanran looked at Qin Qing's expression, and smiled knowingly with Xiang Shaolong, who could only shrug his shoulders to express his innocence that he had never done anything. Qin Qing saw that the two of them were flirting, but the target was obviously herself, so she went back to her room embarrassingly. Xiang Shaolong joined the discussion, and when Uncle Qing had fully grasped their needs, Xiang Shaolong asked casually, "Does Uncle Qing know how to make fireworks and firecrackers?" Ji Yanran said triumphantly: "Uncle Qing is good at forging swords. When it comes to fireworks, please ask me, Ji Yanran, for advice!"

Xiang Shaolong was surprised and said, "Do you know gunpowder?" Ji Yanran proudly said: "Of course, I still know a lot. Give me a try!" It was no accident that Xiang Shaolong knew the name of a talented woman. He was thinking whether he should ask Uncle Qing to forge a primitive pistol for self-defense, but Xuan put down this idea, because such a simple gun is not as powerful as a crossbow arrow , and there are always problems with ammunition, he said with a smile: "Where can I get the qualification to test you?" After Uncle Qing left, Ji Yanran said solemnly: "Then I will test you, go back to my room and sleep. Starting tomorrow morning, I will take on the responsibility of training you to become a master with a gun. After meeting with Guan Zhongxie Before the duel, my lord is only allowed to sleep alone, and sexual intercourse is not allowed."

Xiang Shaolong cried out for help, so could it be that he couldn't pick up the chopsticks because of Qin Qing's delicious treasure in front of his eyes?He muttered: "According to the investigation report, intercourse will never affect the athletes' physical fitness!" Ji Yanran frowned and said, "What the hell are you doing?" Xiang Shaolong raised his hands in surrender and said, "Everything must be obeyed by my virtuous wife." I went with a wry smile. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ For the next five days, Xiang Shaolong got up before the rooster crowed every day, received Ji Yanran's strict training, and took the initiative to go swimming in the nearby big river for winter swimming. Winning Qin Qing's love for him, he felt that Xiang Shaolong was not just greedy for her beauty, and the relationship between the two became more harmonious.

Teng Yi and others worked hard to strengthen the fortifications, and the ranchmen were high-spirited and gearing up, waiting for the enemy to come. On the sixth day, it snowed heavily again. The spies found the enemy's vanguard in a dense forest five miles away. The atmosphere immediately became tense. Xiang Shaolong led the three beautiful wives in military uniforms and Qin Qing to inspect the city wall. Uncle Qing was directing his men to install a fixed heavy crossbow machine on the city wall. This crossbow machine was designed according to Xiang Shaolong's requirements. According to the principle of a machine gun, it can fire twelve crossbow arrows in a row, with a range of more than a thousand steps, which is nearly twice as long as that of ordinary hand-held crossbows. The only disadvantage is that it is inconvenient to move , but it is ideal to defend the city.

Looking far away, Xiang Shaolong could only see confusion in all directions, it was the weather that was good for attack and bad for defense. Ji Yanran said: "The enemy will definitely attack while the snow stops, they come in such a hurry, there will not be enough preparation and rest, and Meng Ao is arrogant and conceited, he will not take us seriously, it is his kind of underestimation of the enemy Heart, we will be sure to win." Sure enough, at dusk, the spies came to report that the enemy appeared in the southeast corner. There were tens of thousands of people, but there were only a dozen or so wooden carts that hit the city wall and gate.

Everyone was relieved and entered a state of full preparation for battle. All the soldiers deployed outside withdrew back to the city, while Jing Jun led 500 elite soldiers and hid them in the hidden bunker that had been built earlier behind the high hill. The remaining 1,500 members of the elite regiment were waiting on the wall.The other 20 people from the Wu family in the ranch, men, women, old and young, were dispatched as a whole, ready to serve as firefighters and support soldiers on the wall.The fighting spirit is high, and it is full of the atmosphere before the rain is about to come. Xiang Shaolong asked Qin Qing beside him, "Is it cold?" Qin Qing shook her head to show that she was not cold, exhaled white air and said, "This is the first time he is in a war, or because of you being by his side, he is not afraid at all." Xiang Shaolong remembered that her husband was buried on the battlefield, so he asked casually, "Does Master Qin hate war?" Qin Qing pondered for a while, and said in surprise: "This is the first time in my life that I heard someone ask such a strange question. In the Great Qin War, it was a glorious thing for a man to show his abilities and be supreme. But when you think about it, how many people have lost their homes in the struggle and vendetta?" Parents, husbands and children are indeed tiresome. How does Xiang Taifu view this matter?" Xiang Shaolong smiled wryly and said: "Although I don't want to admit it, war seems to be the nature of human beings. Struggles between countries and nations are certainly the source of chaos, but there is always a competitive heart among people, which also causes the weak to prey on the strong." , that is not just a desire for profit, but everyone hopes to step on others, and it is chilling to think about it." Wu Tingfang moved over, leaned into his arms coquettishly, admiringly said: "Xiang Lang speaks the truth." Ji Yanran nodded and said: "This is exactly the reason why godfather and Yanran have been looking forward to a new sage coming out. Only under the great unification, can there be hope for a situation where there will be no war." Xiang Shaolong silently watched the snow powder flying in the light of the fire.Thinking of something, he said with a smile: "Do you know, good wives, that I love listening to Taifu Qin call me Taifu Xiang. If she calls me Commander Xiang or Master Xiang, the situation will be very bad." Qin Qing said angrily: "You are always remembering the old things." Zhao Zhi took Qin Qing's jade arm and teased: "When will Sister Qing change her mouth and learn from us and call him Xiang Lang...hehe...you know what I want to say!" Qin Qing was embarrassed, and she couldn't bear to blame her. When she blushed like fire and didn't know what to do, the enemy came. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ As Teng Yi expected, the enemy first set up an formation on Gaoqiu, and then moved the wooden chariot and the ladder to 20 steps away from the city wall, preparing to attack the city. Xiang Shaolong and others pretended to be caught off guard, the soldiers in the city were running around, and the horns sounded, as if they were caught off guard. There is chaos, so as to attract the enemy to attack. Ji Yanran said with a smile: "The key to defending the city is that the top and bottom must be united in one mind, seeing death as one's home; the second is to organize properly and make the best use of people; the third is to have sufficient defense; the fourth is to have no shortage of food. Although the walls of our pasture are not strong enough now, but Sheng is trapped everywhere outside the city, which can make up for the shortcomings, and all four conditions are in place, so this battle is sure to be sure to win." Teng Yi came at this time, and said, "Yan Ran still missed the truth that to defend the city, one must rob the fortress. This is called attack instead of defense!" Ji Yanran smiled and said, "It depends on Xiaojun's ability." The drums of war suddenly sounded.The enemies pretending to be horse thieves began to move and charge the chariot, and divided into four groups to attack from the front. Teng Yi smiled and said: "Meng Ao is trying to deceive me. The frontal attack is only pulling our main force. The real intruders must come from behind. Let's play with them first." The words are still there.With a bang, one of the enemy's rushing vehicles fell into the pit, and the people were turned on their backs for a while, in a panic. These traps were all within the range of the crossbow arrow machine. Teng Yi gave an order, and immediately arrows rained down. In the pit of the sharp knife. The drums of war rose again, and the sound of killing from the left and rear shook the sky. The enemy finally launched a full-scale siege. Yashi firearms were flying in the air. Due to the long range of the crossbow machine and its condescending posture, it forcibly killed the waves of enemies rushing up. After a whole hour, only two rams managed to get under the city, but they were thrown huge stones by the trebuchet, smashing them abruptly. Occasionally, rockets were shot into the city, but they were quickly extinguished. Everyone knew that if the enemy broke into the city, it would be a situation of massacring the city, so they did not spare their lives, and the enemy's blood flowed like rivers, and their corpses lay across the field. At this time, the enemy has successfully crossed the pit with wooden boards, protected himself with a huge shield, and pushed the remaining five chariots to attack, and the momentum suddenly increased. Xiang Shaolong knew it was time, he issued an order, and the horn sounded. Dozens of thick smoke immediately came out of the smoke pit, followed the wind to cover the enemies outside the city and on the hill, and there was a loud coughing sound for a while. Teng Yi scolded the supervisor and stepped up his counterattack. Xiang Shaolong kissed Wu Tingfang and Zhao Zhi's cheeks respectively, ordered them to stay in the city, and finally came to Qin Qing. Qin Qingqiao's face was flushed, she tilted her face, shyly waiting for a kiss. Unexpectedly, Xiang Shaolong stretched out his hand to tease her chin, kissed her heavily on the lips, and then went down to the city with Teng Yiji Yanran with a smile. At this moment, the thick smoke gradually receded, but the sound of shouts of killing and arrows piercing the air could be heard from the distant mound. It was obvious that Jing Jun and his men were planning to launch arrow attacks on the enemy in the dense fog. At the gate, the soldiers of the Qianwu family were waiting on their horses. After the three of Xiang Shaolong got on their horses, they beat the drums, and the large army rushed out of the city in an orderly manner. Following a safe route, they pierced straight into the enemy's formation like sharp knives. . Holding the flying dragon shield in one hand and the flying dragon gun in the other, Xiang Shaolong took the lead and picked on anyone he saw, and even defeated the enemies who had already been choked by the thick smoke and lost their fighting ability. The Wu family fighters showed a strong attack power, everyone was desperate, like a tiger entering the flock, they broke through a big gap in a blink of an eye, and attacked the enemy's main force on the top of the hill. At this time, the enemies on the mound were already in a mess due to the thick smoke and Jing Jun's surprise attack, and then they gave the Wu family fighters a thunderous and powerful attack, how could they survive, everyone had no fighting spirit, and fled in all directions. The city gate was opened again, and another team of 300 Wujia soldiers rushed out under the leadership of Wu Yanzhu, coordinating with the offensive on the city, killing the enemy and running wildly, only looking for their lives. At this time Xiang Shaolong and Jing Jun's army joined forces and chased and killed the enemy for more than twenty miles before turning back to the pasture. This battle was a complete victory, with 2,000 enemies wiped out and 200 captured.Only thirty-one people died on our own side.There were only 200 wounded, and although it can be said that the battle record was outstanding, Xiang Shaolong still felt unhappy. For a peace-loving person like him, war casualties are always not a happy thing. After dawn, people from the Wu nationality came out to clean up the mess.Jing Jun was in charge of taking the captives back to Xianyang immediately, so as to cause some troubles for Lu Buwei. When Teng Yi and Xiang Shaolong inspected the battlefield after the war, they regretted, "I just wish I couldn't hold Meng Ao and Guan Zhongxie, otherwise Lu Buwei would be even more speechless." Xiang Shaolong knew that before Xiaopan ascended the throne, no one could shake Lu Buwei's position, so he sighed and did not speak. Teng Yi said: "The captured people are either Meng Ao's personal soldiers, or Lu Buwei's family generals. I really want to know how Lu Buwei can explain this matter." Xiang Shaolong said in a deep voice: "Don't underestimate Lu Buwei, I guess he has a way to deal with it, we can only let this matter go." Two days later, the answer came back. Jing Jun sent someone to report that when they first arrived in Xianyang City, they were intercepted at the city gate by the guard in charge of Zhongxie, and then Lu Buwei personally went out to take the prisoners there.But at this moment when Lu Buwei's ferocious flames covered the sky, even Xiao Pan couldn't speak, and finally nothing happened. Jing Jun had already been mentally prepared under Xiang Shaolong's guidance, and only handed over the report written by the talented woman Ji to Wang Ling, and then forwarded it to Zuo Chancellor Changping Jun according to the rules, and he presented Zhu Ji and Xiao Pan in the early court. The great thing about this memorial is that there is not a sentence that directly accuses Lu Buwei, but there is not a sentence that does not imply this meaning.No matter how daring Lu Buwei is, he will never dare to send people to attack him in the short term. ◇◇◇◇◇◇ Xiang Shaolong was extraordinarily energetic in spear practice that day, because Qin Qing got up early to watch him. For the first time in the sound of "cracking crackling crackling crackling", Ji Yanran was forced to use all her strength to hold him back. Xiang Shaolong saw that he was sweating profusely from killing his beloved talented girl Ji, he laughed, retracted his gun and retreated quickly, standing still, as mighty as a heavenly general descended from the mortal world. Amidst the applause from Wu Tingfang and Qin Qing, Ji Yanran said happily, "My lord is really amazing. In just a few days, you can grasp the essence of marksmanship. Yanran is willing to bow down." Teng Yi came at this time, carrying the long knife that Uncle Qing had just forged.Haha laughed and said: "Second brother is here, so I can see whether your flying dragon gun is powerful, or the knife designed by Uncle Qing Yi Shaolong's suggestion. Shaolong must not take it lightly, this knife contains a substance called 'chrome' I have tried to use it to break more than a dozen long spears in a row, and the edge was only slightly damaged." Ji Yanran is naturally curious about new things, and moreover, this is a treasure designed by her husband-in-law. She hurriedly asked Teng Yi for a long knife, and after studying it for a while, she sighed: "This is really a treasure of Ma Zhan, I really don't understand it, sir. How did the dragon come up with this idea? If on the battlefield, when riding a horse and holding a sword to attack the enemy, because the speed of the horse is too fast, it mainly attacks the enemy by swinging its arms and slashing instead of thrusting forward with the sword. In this way, the sharp The long blade is of little use. Although there are sharp blades on both sides, the thickest part of the sword can only be arranged at the middle spine because of its narrow body. It is very difficult to fire, and it is easy to break when chopping. Now this The knife only has a cutting edge on one side, and a thick spine on the other side, not only is it extremely difficult to break, it is good for chopping, and it is more powerful. Well, Uncle Qing also needs to make a handle for others to play with." Xiang Shaolong was dumbfounded. The reason why he asked Uncle Qing to make a knife is mainly because he has always admired Japanese Japanese swords, but he never thought there would be such a reason. Wu Tingfang took the long knife from Ji Yanran's hand to appreciate it, and after a closer look, she said in amazement: "The pattern on the edge of this knife is so beautiful, oh, there is a name on the handle, it is called 'Baizhan'. A hundred battles are victorious, meaning The head is really good. Ah! This Baizhan Dao is really heavy!" Teng Yi explained: "Uncle Qing's method of forging swords is the 'Hundred Refining Method' secretly handed down by Ou Yezi of the Yue State. It is forged many times, and then repeatedly forged many times, and then tempered with intense fire. Therefore, it is far superior to ordinary weapons. " Then he smiled at Ji Yanran and said, "If Yanran wants to get a sword like this, I'm afraid she will have to wait another year, but she may not be able to match this sword of hundreds of battles. This is the masterpiece of Uncle Qing's painstaking efforts. After countless failures, it was only when God opened his eyes that he managed to master such a skill. Alright, Shaolong, come on!" Everyone was very excited and retreated to the side. Snowflakes were falling, and Teng Yi stood with a knife in his hand, with extraordinary momentum. Xiang Shaolong let out a loud shout, and the flying dragon gun flew into the air as if it had come to life, and it nimbly enveloped Teng Yi's chest and abdomen. Teng Yi knew that he was afraid that because the weapon was twice as long, it would be easy to hurt him by mistake, so he said: "You have no confidence in the second brother, let the horse come here." Wu Tingfang saw Teng Yi's arrogant words, hurriedly booed Xiang Shaolong all over the place, even Qin Qing was no exception, it can be seen that this beauty has completely devoted herself to Xiang Shaolong's life. Xiang Shaolong laughed, sat down on the horse, and pierced Teng Yi's abdomen with his long spear like lightning.Only this kind of long weapon can attack from such a tricky angle, without any fear that the enemy's blade will be caught in the gap to counterattack. Teng Yi snorted coldly, and the Hundred Wars Sword slashed down. Xiang Shaolong changed from stabbing to picking, with a sound of "Dang!", he couldn't pick the Hundred Wars Sword.Terrified, he lowered his gun to defend himself, and when it turned into a shadow of guns, Teng Yi rushed forward to attack, and the sound of clanging was endless. Every time the swords and guns collided, the long spears would swing away. If it wasn't for the fact that the dragon spears were all made of fine steel and replaced with ordinary wooden spears, they would have broken more than ten times. At this moment, Eighteen Iron Guards and Shan Lan came to join the applause, making it even more lively. After another heavy blow, the two retreated, both feeling exhausted. Ji Yanran applauded: "This trip can be said to be evenly divided, but as long as the second brother has time in the future and is familiar with sword skills, the loser will undoubtedly be our invincible Xiang Shaolong." Xiang Shaolong looked up to the sky with a long smile, threw the flying dragon gun casually, and said happily: "I don't use the gun anymore. Next month, I will use the treasured sword of hundreds of battles to take Guan Zhongxie's life." Teng Yi happily tossed the knife to him and said, "I wish Shaolong victory in every battle and invincibility in the world." Xiang Shaolong took the precious sword, picked it up and put it down, weighed it, and praised: "The weight of this precious sword is almost comparable to my Mozi sword, but it can't be seen from the outside, so Guan Zhongxie must be surprised and regret it You're going to fight me." Teng Yi smiled and said, "From today onwards, your Mozi Sword is mine. After using the Baizhan Saber, all other weapons except the Mozi Sword have become dull." When the two looked at each other and laughed, Ji Yanran over there had just finished listening to Wu Guang's report, and shouted excitedly: "Wu Guang said that Baiyue found a big hot spring, and we rushed there immediately." Wu Tingfang, Zhao Zhi, Tian Zhen, Tian Feng and others cheered in unison. Xiang Shaolong said in astonishment, "Don't you need to practice today?" Ji Yanran showed a charming sweet smile, and said softly: "With an invincible sword, what's the point of taking a day off!" Strong confidence surged in Xiang Shaolong's heart.In the final analysis, the reason why I can live until now is because of more than two thousand years of insight, and the knife in my hand is the best proof.