Yuan Hong is a hidden danger in the eyes of Wei Jingshao Qing as well as the Kou family.
However, since Kou Xuan was employed, there would be more concerns regarding his only sister.
Wei Jing did not deal with Yuan Hong personally, but let Kou Xuan handle it first. If there were any changes or he was dissatisfied, it would not be too late for him to take action.
But as far as Shao Qing knew, Kou Yue had always had deep feelings for Yuan Hong. After getting rid of Sun Zong's shackles, not only did their feelings not become dull, but she was even more looking forward to marrying him.
Kou Xuan must be very distressed too, right?
In this sense, this expedition to the barbarians was a great opportunity for him.
Once and for all, Yuan Hong has been eliminated and there is no longer any risk of leaks. In addition, letting Yuan Hong die in the battle at least earns him the title of a hero, which puts a perfect end to Kou Yue's relationship without hurting the relationship between the siblings.
…
That evening, Kou Xuan selected several assistants to accompany him, one of whom was indeed Yuan Hong.
He patted Yuan Hong on the shoulder and said, "It's probably not easy to get promoted normally. If you want to stand out, it would be much better if you have some rare qualifications."
Kou Xuan had always been kind to his future brother-in-law and had never shown any displeasure. What he said was not only reasonable but also had a sense of sincerity.
Yuan Hong thought about it and realized that it was rare for him to be admitted to the county government. He couldn't just be a clerk forever. He swallowed his saliva, suppressed his fear, and said, "Thank you for your support, brother."
Kou Xuan is going too, and he will follow closely behind. There won’t be anything wrong, right?
"Okay, go back and pack some clothes. We'll leave at five o'clock tomorrow morning."
Kou Xuan watched Yuan Hong's back as he walked away, lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then he went to ask to see Wei Jing and borrowed two people.
Although these staff and civil servants followed the army, they were also protected by special people. What he meant by "borrowing people" was that he wanted these two to obey his orders.
Wei Jing didn't ask any questions and just nodded in agreement.
…
"Is it Chief Kou Wen?"
Shao Qing, who had just finished bathing, came out from behind the screen with a flushed face and the collar of her pajamas slightly open, revealing a section of fair, pink, smooth skin and a small section of delicate collarbone.
Wei Jing's dark eyes darkened: "Well, he asked about tomorrow's guards."
Shao Qing responded. Compared to Kou Xuan, she was actually more concerned about Wei Jing. It was her first time to be so close to the war, and she felt a little uneasy.
"The Pu people are good at using poison, so you have to be careful. Also, there is a lot of miasma in the southwest jungle, so don't leave your miasma-relieving pills with you. And, ah..."
Just as Wei Jing was checking the cloth bag containing the pills, Shao Qing suddenly let out a small cry. A pair of strong arms suddenly hugged her from behind. It was a familiar embrace, a familiar warmth.
"You scared me."
Shao Qing was startled. Since they got married, Wei Jing had often shown affection to her, but this was the first time he suddenly hugged her like this. After the shock, I felt a little uncomfortable, and my face was tinged with heat.
"Don't worry, I'll be back in a few days."
Instead, he was worried about her: "If you have something to do, send someone to do it. Don't leave the county government office. I have already told Wang Jing and others to stay by your side at all times, even at night, and they must guard your door and window."
The county government is now taken over by Qing Zhaiwei, which is the safest place. Wei Jing has given Zhang Yong a strict order that he can give up everything if necessary, but Shao Qing's safety must be guaranteed.
Shao Qing didn't know this, but this was the third time he had reminded himself of this today.
Her heart softened, and she turned back and said softly, "I will take good care of myself, and you should too."
Under the dim light, she had green eyebrows, red lips, and a pair of gentle eyes, and was looking at him with a smile.
Wei Jing's heart warmed up and he couldn't help but lean forward and kiss those two red lips.
Gentle sucking and licking, this was not the first time, and with the efforts of both parties, she gradually relaxed from the stiffness and tension in the beginning. Shao Qing's two rows of black eyelashes trembled as if frightened, and she closed her eyes for a moment. She relaxed her body and leaned into his arms, raising her head and letting him kiss her.
However, this time was a little different from the past. He did not stop for a short while, but increased his strength. Finally, he held the back of her head with his big palm, tentatively attacking the city.
"Hmm."
Shao Qing hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not refuse. He opened his lips slightly and immediately broke through the barrier and entered.
A passionate and deep kiss, lips and tongue blending together, his breathing became faster and faster, and the rhythm became more and more intense. Shao Qing couldn't breathe. The strange feeling brought on by the passion made her extremely uncomfortable. She struggled a few times and couldn't help but push and slap him hard.
His arms were like iron pincers, like an ant trying to shake a tree, but as soon as she struggled, he immediately let go and held her in his arms.
Shao Qing's face was flushed, her almond-shaped eyes were full of spring water, her hands were against his chest and abdomen, and her face was buried deeply in his neck.
Her face was hot, the feeling was too strange and too oppressive, so she won’t come again next time.
Wei Jing was breathing rapidly, his heart was beating wildly, and the roar in his blood was almost bursting out of his blood vessels. He closed his eyes and practiced Qigong for a while before he was able to barely suppress his restlessness.
"Go to sleep."
Shao Qing lay in his arms, hugging him tightly face to face. Something hard was pressing against her lower abdomen. She didn't dare to move and nodded randomly.
She was flustered and her ears were red. Wei Jing couldn't help but chuckle when he saw it.
In just two months, he will be out of mourning.
Shao Qing was so angry that she glared at him. As soon as she touched the quilt, she immediately rolled inside and pulled the thin quilt over her head and face, "Humph, I want to sleep."
…
Before going to bed, she turned her back to Wei Jing and refused to look back at him, but Shao Qing was still thinking about his going to the war. In the deep night, as soon as he moved, she immediately opened her eyes.
"Is it three o'clock?"
She hurriedly got up, put on her clothes, and helped Wei Jing wash and have breakfast. Finally, Wang Jing and others brought armor, and she and Nanny Ping put it on him.
Compared with the Mingguanghuan chain mail that Wei Jing once used, this red iron armor can be considered simple, but he has thin arms and thin waist, and a slender figure, as if he was born for conquest. Once he puts on the armor, he looks mighty and majestic, and his whole body is so awe-inspiring that people ignore everything.
"My husband, you will surely win this battle."
Wei Jing squeezed her hand vigorously: "Wait for me to come back."
He looked at her deeply and walked out quickly.
Having shared life and death together, this is the first time the two are separated. Both Wei Jing and Shao Qing are worried about each other. She chased him out of the main room, stood in the corridor, and watched his figure disappear into the darkness.
After a long while, Nanny Ping advised: "Madam, it is dark and cold at night, you should go back and rest."
Isn’t it? Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival, and the night wind is getting colder day by day. She gathered her cloak, took one last look at the courtyard gate, and then turned back to the house.
Wang Jing and the other three did not leave and stayed closely under the door and window of the main house.
…
Wei Jing was not lying. Compared with the battles he had experienced, this jungle battle was really insignificant. Moreover, he did not slack off because of this and made thorough preparations before the war.
"The combined forces of the two barbarians must have arrived here." He tapped on the newly drawn topographic map.
In fact, this was not an estimate. The secret sentry of Qing Zhai Camp had already sent back a military report that the Puyi joint army was indeed at the location he pointed out.
Four thousand Pingtao County soldiers entered the mountains early in the morning and are now about fifty miles away from the enemy. The fifty miles in the deep mountains is different from the plains. Kou Xuan said solemnly: "My lord, we need to be more cautious to prevent the barbarians from cheating and poisoning."
Zhuang Yan agreed with a serious look.
The barbarians did have some confidence and were very good at jungle warfare, and Wei Jing had no intention of using his own weakness to attack the enemy's strength. He nodded, and then pointed his index finger at another place: "Forty miles northwest of the two places, there is a concave area. After the battle, we can pretend to be defeated, lure the two barbarians into this place, and then besiege them together."
In this way, the barbarians' advantage will almost disappear, and our victory can be established.
Wei Jing had a unique sensitivity to military affairs. After combining the light and dark topographic maps into one, he immediately circled this area.
"Chen Liang and Deng Guang, you two will be the vanguard. When you engage the barbarians, you must be defeated but not victorious. After you feign defeat, immediately flee to the northwest."
"Xu Xin, you are the rear army. As soon as there is a sign of defeat in the front, you will immediately lead the rear army to the front and lead the way." Han Xi had seen the more detailed topographic map sent back by Qing Zhaiwei. It was difficult to travel in the mountains and forests, so it was most appropriate to have him lead the way.
Chen Qi, Deng Guang, and Han Xi said in a loud voice: "Under command!"
"You must remember that you must not reveal your flaws when you pretend to be defeated."
"yes!"
…
The Pingtao side arranged dense gongs and drums, and the two barbarians did the same.
In a valley fifty miles away from the Pingtao County Army, thousands of barbarian soldiers wearing round-necked short cloth robes set up camp.
In the low tent in the center of the camp, two men, one in blue and one in black, sat cross-legged. Their attire was not much different from the barbarians outside, but the embroidery on their collars was more delicate and colorful, and each had a colorful feather on their headscarf.
The shorter one is Gahan, the leader of the Pu tribe, and the one who is half a head taller is Mengmo, the leader of the Yi tribe.
Gahan laughed loudly: "What an ignorant boy, how dare you go deep into the jungle?!"
He really doesn't know how to live or die. Among all the Pingtao county magistrates in the past, none of them dared to do this.
A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. Do you really think that the Pu people who have entered the dense forest are the same as those outside? Gahan showed a bloodthirsty smile and said grimly: "I want him to pay with blood!"
Meng Mo frowned: "This Yang guy is quite capable, we need to be careful."
"We are deep in the mountains. What is there to be afraid of? I think you are scared to death!"
Not only did the two tribes not have much friendship, they had previously been in a hostile relationship. If it weren't for Pingtao's new county magistrate, they would never have sat together. Gahan showed disdain on his face and mocked without hesitation: "Are you really a child of Han people? Your courage is no different from that of the Pingtao people in the past!"
The southwestern barbarians are generally short in stature and more agile in moving through the jungle. Meng Mo, on the contrary, was half a head taller than the average tribesman. It just so happened that he was born when the former Yi tribe leader took his wife out. The leader's wife died in childbirth and only brought back her bones. Therefore, his enemies maliciously mocked him, saying that he was not the son of the leader's wife, but the son of the leader and a Han woman.
Meng Moji and the barbarian guards who were waiting in the tent were furious. With a few "swish" sounds, the guards immediately drew their swords and glared at each other.
"It's just a joke, Meng Mo, don't mind it."
Under normal circumstances, Gahan would definitely not say this, but with a powerful enemy in front of him, he also knew that he could not provoke internal strife, so he laughed a few times and said, "Let's set off and kill that Yang guy as soon as possible."
He left as he finished speaking. The Pu guards filed out, leaving only the Yi people in the tent.
"Chief, he..."
Meng Mo suppressed his anger and watched Gahan and the others walk away coldly: "With a powerful enemy at hand, we should not engage in internal strife."
But he always felt that the county magistrate surnamed Yang was not that simple. He took down the Qu Party that had been entrenched for many years right from the start, and later caused the Pu clan and them to suffer a lot of losses.
Meng Mo thought for a moment and whispered, "Pass my words quietly. When fighting with the Pingtao County Army, do not rush to be the first. Follow behind the Pu people. Be careful and adapt to the situation."
…
The next morning, the two barbarians of Ping and Tao met each other. After a few brief tentative confrontations, they finally engaged in a head-on battle.
Due to Wei Jing's battle strategy, Pingtao's side seemed to be out of strength. The dark and humid jungle seemed to limit the performance of the county soldiers. After being charged by the barbarians several times, they finally showed signs of decline.
"Warriors, come on!!"
Gahan licked the bloody slender short blade and sneered bloodthirstily: "Kill this bastard named Yang, don't spare a single one!!"
"Charge! Kill!"
The Pu people screamed and howled as if they were injected with chicken blood, scaring the birds in the distance to flap their wings. They raised their swords and pounced on them like wolves and tigers.
The time had come, Wei Jing waved his hand.
The command flag was waved quietly, and the Pingtao County soldiers who were well prepared saw it. They were quickly defeated by the fierce attack of the barbarians and fled to the northwest in a panic.
"Chase! Chase them quickly! Kill all the enemies!"
…
Han Xi and Chen Qi were experienced and successfully led the county barracks and lured the enemy into a natural depression. With the command flag waved, Deng Guang and others immediately led their soldiers to surround them.
The depression was not shallow, which made climbing difficult. The soldiers from Pingtao County held bows and arrows and aimed them downwards from a high position.
At this point, what else is there that you don’t understand?
Meng Mo waved his hand with a cold face and asked his tribesmen to retreat quietly to the center and near the entrance, and stay as far away from the Pingtao arrow formation as possible. Gahan roared: "What a sinister and cunning thief Yang! If you have the guts, fight us face to face and die!"
His eyes were red as he stared coldly at Wei Jing, who was surrounded and appeared at the highest point. However, he raised his hand behind his back, signaling to release the poisonous smoke.
There was no need for Wei Jing to personally fight in such a small battle. He raised his lip coldly, and Chen Qi stepped out in anger, pointing his finger and saying, "You killed people and robbed goods, using those despicable methods of poisonous smoke and poisonous fog, and you even have the nerve to insult others. Pah!"
As he was speaking, a light white smoke rose from the opposite side and rushed towards this side with the wind. Chen Qi immediately shut up, took out a brown-yellow medical handkerchief from a pocket on his waist, covered his mouth and nose with it, and held his breath to let the poisonous smoke pass.
The soldiers from Pingtao counties also made the same move as him. Gahan took the opportunity to order their troops to break out, but they did not expect that a rain of arrows had arrived from the downwind position, greatly hindering their progress.
With such a delay, the poisonous smoke passed. Chen Qi put the medicine handkerchief in his pocket and waved his hand: "Attack!"
Arrows rained down, screams rang out from below, blood splattered, and barbarians fell to the ground frequently. Gahan shouted with red eyes: "Retreat! Retreat quickly!"
The depression is not small, and there are many short trees and shrubs in the middle, which can be used as a temporary shelter. The barbarians were also good archers, carrying short bows and quivers on their backs, and would immediately fire back with arrows once they had gained their footing.
Gahan commanded his people to attack one place. The barbarians who had lived in the jungle for many years were very flexible. As long as there was a gap in the chaos above, they could immediately rush up and open the gap.
Short arrows shot up from below, whizzing and dense like rain.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Wei Jing waved his hand, and the archers took a step back in unison, and two groups of shield soldiers came up. Two rows of wide rattan shields provided complete coverage, but the gaps did not prevent archers from shooting their arrows.
Han Xi laughed loudly: "Barbarians, this rattan shield is useful, isn't it? Gao Ling specially dispatched it here because he knew we were going to attack the barbarians!"
The quiver was not big, and the arrows were limited. If the plan failed, they would face a great defeat. Gahan looked up to the sky and roared: "What a thief Gao Ling! What a thief Bao and Dong! And you, thief Yang, I will not be a human being until I teach you to pay your blood debt with blood!!"
The battle situation was urgent, so he had to bite the bullet and lead his people to break out of the only exit when they entered the trap.
Stepping on the corpses and blood of his tribesmen, Gahan screamed at the top of his lungs, his eyes bulging, showing his gnashing of teeth in hatred.
The goal had been achieved, and Wei Jing gave a calm order: "Send a message to Deng Guang to open the gap and let the two barbarians out."
It should be noted that Wei Jing's battle was not intended to completely annihilate the two barbarians. Defending against the two barbarians was an important reason for him to recruit more soldiers. Once they were all killed, the county barracks could be disbanded.
The purpose of this battle is to weaken the strength of the two barbarians so that they can no longer organize manpower to carry out crazy looting in a short period of time.
The second is to arouse the hatred of the Pu people to the maximum extent, and to make them have deep hatred towards Ping Tao, Wei Jing, Gao Ling, Bao Zhong, Dong Du and others.
Wei Jing's eyes have never been on Pingtao alone. Opportunities will only appear when the peace is broken and conflicts are intensified.
…
When the command flag was waved, Deng Guang understood what he meant and immediately ordered his soldiers to act according to the original plan.
The barbarians fought desperately to break out and finally saw results.
Seeing that the two barbarians had already reached the exit and short arrows kept shooting up, Kou Xuan, who was standing not far from Deng Guang, had a slight flash in his eyes.
He and Deng Guang were responsible for the layout of the exit. As he was a staff member, he did not need to fight. He was safe under the protection of the guards' rattan shields. It was time to retreat, but...
Kou Xuan turned around inadvertently, glanced at Yuan Hong who was huddled behind him, pursed his lips, and winked at the two guards who had greeted him.
…
“Aaaaaaah!”
The vine shield moved, and Yuan Hong nervously followed it. However, at this moment, someone tripped him, causing him to lose his balance and fall straight down.
Just by coincidence, he was met with a short arrow. He widened his eyes in horror and had no time to say anything before the short arrow hit him right in the left chest with a "puff".
Yuan Hong screamed, stopped moving suddenly, and fell straight to the exit of the depression below.
…
Wei Jing had extremely sharp eyesight, and the movement at the exit in the distance did not escape his eyes.
This Kou Xuan's movements were quite decisive and efficient.
He raised his eyebrows and ordered Han Xi: "Send someone to the exit to wait and make sure Yuan Hong is dead."
Wei Jing's move was originally a cautious one, as if he had placed a spy next to Yan Ming, a member of the Kou family, just in case.
But he didn't expect that he actually received the news that Yuan Hong was not dead.
Yuan Hong, who was hit by an arrow, fell into the hands of the Pu people.
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