"The county lord, absolutely!" Pei Yunxiao blushed: "The county lord is the body of Jingui, and the ministers dare not humiliate at will!"

After thinking about it again and again, Pei Yunxiao added in a low voice: "The county owner is worth finding a loving, affectionate man."

The host of Jinglan County was stunned for a moment, his expression was a little moved, his eyes drooping slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Pei Yun waited quietly, never raising his head to look at the host of Jinglan County from beginning to end.

After a long time, the county lord of Jinglan spoke again: "The seventh son is so sincere, and I don't know what to do."

Pei Yunxiao was a little surprised: "Why did the county owner say this?"

"The remarks just now are so shameless now that I think about it, and Jinglan is even more embarrassed." Jinglan County Lord said: "You know, my son, what I said is not my true heart?"

"Uh... I hear it."

The host of Jinglan County looked sad: "I also have no idea at all."

"Today, the son has not shown up for a long time. I know that the son is completely unintentional about the marriage. But I can't wait!"

"I'm not afraid that the son will know that the Northern Territory Jiejie country recently sent a letter of credence to be married to Dali. The emperor's uncle does not have a princess of the right age, and I am the only suitable candidate among the clan. But I don't want it. Unwilling to marry an enemy, commit himself to a barbarian, leave his hometown, and die."

"Jinglan guessed that the son must have no intention of marrying now, but it is difficult to fight against his parents' destiny. Jinglan has no other choice but to ask the son for help. Jinglan is willing to take her fate as an oath. After this matter is over, she is willing to make peace Leaving, going to the temple for clean repairs, no longer have anything to do with the son, and will never delay the marriage of the son!"

"Marriage?" Pei Yunxiao finally raised her head to look into the eyes of the county lord Jinglan: "Jiejie has never been in contact with Dali for many years, so why do we want to marry at midnight?"

"Xu is the emperor's uncle who didn't make the matter public. There has been news from the Jiejie country that the old king has passed away, and now the new king has succeeded to the throne. It seems that the situation has changed. If not, the emperor's uncle would not be so embarrassed... …"

Pei Yunxiao's heart shook.

In the original book, Jiejie was never mentioned in detail. She just remembered that Jiejie and Dali would indeed fight in the future. Unexpectedly, the change would come so quickly!

I don’t know, what is the situation at the border of Suizhou now?

The dusk on the border really complied with what the poem said-the desert was lonely, and the river was sunset.

Today is the date when Tang Heng's second team routinely inspects the border. In the dusk, the first team will have to pass through four villages on the border before returning to the Suizhou camp.

As he was walking, someone in the team took a bite and cursed in a low voice: "His grandma's, which was also the territory of our Dali before, is now all taken by those barbarians! What a shame!"

Zhou Bi was also very distressed: "I heard the veterans in the army say that the people of the nine cities occupied by Jiejie are worse than cattle, and how many people have never seen an army in Dali again in their lifetime. "

"Big Brother Tang, there has been a lot of rumors in the army recently, saying that there is another change on the Jiejie side. Is it going to be a war?"

Tang Heng kept walking, but he remembered what Chi Yuan had said to him a few days ago.

In the past few years, it is not a coincidence that the border between Jiejie Country and Dali was "harmonious".

As a result, Jie Jie had seized the nine cities in the Dali before. If there were more people, he would have to give more food. Jie Jie didn’t want to give up the cities he had grabbed, but he didn’t want to invade further south, thus increasing the burden for nothing.

On the Dali side, some gold, silver and silk are sent to Jiejie every year. Although it is a drop in the bucket for Jiejie, it is better than nothing.

Secondly, Jiejie has also had a hard time in recent years. It is said that the wizards in Jijie have asserted that the climate in Jijie is the worst period since the founding of Jijie. The aquatic plants are not abundant, the cattle and sheep are not fat, and the people of the Jiejie country who depend on the sky for food also have a very difficult time. Therefore, the extremely authoritative old Jiejie king is unwilling to go to war to make the country worse.

But now, the change has occurred.

The old king is dead, and the new king is the old king's favorite son. However, the power of the new king was far less powerful than his brothers and uncles, and could not suppress the domestic situation at all.

At the same time, the main fighting faction in Jiejie took advantage of the chaos, intending to re-enter the war with the Dali to solve the bleak current situation in his country and achieve selfish goals.

It is said that the new king of Jiejie has submitted a letter of credence to the capital and asked to marry the princess of Dali in order to maintain his royal power, so as to obtain the support of Dali.

"It's hard to say, maybe this battle won't be fought." Tang Hang replied.

If the emperor agrees to Jiejie's friendship, the two countries will become relatives by marriage. People in Jiejie's domestic misconceptions must not dare to stir up any storms.

It was getting darker and darker, everyone lighted a torch, chatted quietly, and marched forward.

The howls of wolves and howls of tigers from far away from time to time are all under the starry night, decorating the scene of the border.

"Wait!" Suddenly, Tang Hang raised his hand, motioned everyone behind him to stop, and listened with bated breath.

In the desolate field and the silent night sky, every sound will be particularly obvious.

Tang Heng was almost 100% sure that what he heard was the sound of horseshoes nailed to iron horseshoes running across the ground!

"Everyone is on alert! There is a situation!" Tang Hang shouted in a low voice.

The crowd drew out their sabers and looked around vigilantly.

The sound of horseshoes came from the southwest. There was no sign of approaching, but it never stopped.

"Zhou Bi, where is the southwest?"

"It's Yongshun Village, the closest village to our camp on the border!" Zhou Bi replied.

Tang Hang thought for a while and made a decisive decision.

"Tear off your clothes, wrap your horseshoe, put out the fire, and go to Yongshun Village!"

"Yes!"

At this time, the surrounding area of ​​Yongshun Village was full of flames, mixed with the desperate cry of the fleeing crowd.

At the entrance of the village, a group of black men and horses gathered. They were dressed in the most common clothes of ordinary people in the Dali period.

But the scimitars in their hands and the spikes on the horses revealed their true identity.

"General, I have set fire around the village as you ordered." A soldier replied to the burly man on the horse.

"Are all the exits in the village enclosed?" the general strangled asked.

"Yes, none of the villagers can escape!" the soldier replied.

Le Shu nodded in satisfaction: "Play with them for a while, don't see blood, wait until the Dali Army arrives."

The lieutenant next to Le Shu was a little puzzled: "General, didn't the prince want you to find a way to fight the Dali Army, so as not to let the new king and the pros succeed? What are you doing?"

Le Shu smiled complacently: "You don't understand. I have read the art of war written by their Han people. Some things should be kept secret."

"The new king is so cowardly, he wants to bow his head to these vulnerable Han people. The prince is at a critical juncture in seizing power. If the new king and other princes seize the handle, it would be bad. So I chose here, away from the Dali military camp. The nearest place is to bring them here by themselves!"

"When they come, we will immediately retreat, lead them to the territory of Jijie, and then wipe them out! We will not kill people in the territory of Dali, and no one can prove that we have been here. Then we can say that it is Dali. People first provoke and intend to go to war. When they see what the new king has to say! At that time, the prince can benefit from the development with the Dali!"

The lieutenant immediately gave a thumbs up: "The general is a good strategy!"

Le Shu and a group of Jijie soldiers triumphantly waited for the Dali army to enter the trap that had already been set up.

Suddenly, there were shouts not far away, accompanied by the harsh sound of gongs, from the Jijie soldiers guarding outside the village.

Le Shu was shocked, and a probe horse rushed right in front of him.

"What's the matter?" Le Shu asked.

"Return to the general, the cavalry from Dali has arrived!"

"Why did you come so quickly?" Le Shu felt something was wrong: "How many of them are there?"

Tan Ma answered truthfully: "I don't know. They extinguished the torch. It was too dark to see clearly. They only vaguely saw a lot of banners of the Da Li army fluttering!"

"Don't you hear the sound of horseshoes!" Le Shuqi said.

Tan Ma hurriedly said: "General, I have already listened! But they should have wrapped the horseshoe with cloth strips, it is difficult to judge the number of people!"

The lieutenant quickly analyzed from the side: "General, wrapping the horseshoe must make us ignorant of their number. Extinguishing the fire bar does not want us to see the main force behind the forward cavalry! These Da Li people have always been scheming and they want to attack. US!"

Le Shu was also panicked. Did the Dali people know that they had come for a sneak attack and were ready? If that's the case, wouldn't he not only fail to make a plan, but also die here?

He still remembered the benefits that the prince promised him to confine the territories.

Before he could think about it, Le Shu gave an order: "Withdraw!"

In any case, let's first introduce the Dali Army to the territory of Jiejie. Back to the place where he camped, the thin group of soldiers in Dali was not vulnerable!

The horse's head turned around, and the Jijie soldiers ran towards the depths of the night in a line.

If they look back and take a closer look at this time, they will find that there are actually only thirteen people and thirteen horses chasing behind them!

"Captain, I really made you right, they really cheated! They turned their heads and ran away before confronting us!"

The soldiers next to Tang Heng now admire Tang Heng's five-body cast to the ground.

They sneaked out of the village to observe and saw that the Jijie soldiers were all wearing Han Chinese clothes, saying that they were nearby thieves in bad Central Plains language, frightening the people in the village.

Obviously, the whole village has been surrounded, but there is no killing at all, but fire everywhere.

Tang Heng immediately felt that something was wrong, and ordered everyone to tear off the red cloth strips on the uniforms, disguise them as banners, rush in pretending to be a vanguard, and give him a try!

Unexpectedly, there is really fraud!

Tang Hang didn't dare to take it lightly, his horse rushed under his hips, and he snarled: "Counting the time, Zhou must have reached the ambush point. Brothers, today, no matter what, they must not be allowed to cross the border!"

"Catch me!"

"Yes!"