Being a Lady of an Influential Family

"We are currently in the middle of the Qiyun Mountain Range. The entire Qiyun Mountain Range is distributed in a ring and divides the entire Northwest into two parts. The source is located outside and crosses the Three Kingdoms. Therefore, it has been an important barrier to prevent the Western Regions from invading the Northwest from here throughout the ages."

In the meeting room, Lou Lanzhou stood by the wall with the map hanging on it and said to the people sitting on the side, "This mountain range not only prevents the countries of the Western Regions from peeking at Anxia from the northwest, but also divides Dayin and these countries in the Western Regions into two parts." The world. Until the Dayin people expanded westward hundreds of years ago, Dayin had very little communication with countries in the Western Regions. And it is still difficult for them to communicate through the Qiyun Mountains."

Leng Sa held his chin and said, "So we don't have to worry about those small countries in the Western Regions attacking us from the Qiyun Mountains?"

Lou Lanzhou nodded and said, "Yes, if those countries want to participate in the war to the north of Qiyun Mountain, it is almost impossible to cross the Qiyun Mountains directly, so they can only take a detour and pass through the southern territory of Dayin from the west. I am afraid that Dayin people will not will tolerate their presence on their territory."

Jiang Yu said, "People from Dayin probably don't like the fighting power of those small countries either."

Lou Lanzhou smiled and said, "It is indeed possible. Dayin has a strong army. In their eyes, dealing with the Northwest may not necessarily require these small countries to share a piece of the pie. Most of them were recruited by Sun Liang."

Leng Sa asked, "We are still about two hundred miles away from the Yin Army, will they abandon us and march towards Yanming Pass?"

Lou Lanzhou said, "Unless the Yin army has a large number of reinforcements, it may not be big, and the Yin army also has to worry about their own rear. Since we have arrived here, they will never leave us and run away unless they are in a hurry."

"That's good, Lou Shao will have to work hard in the future." Leng Sa is still self-aware of her abilities.

Lou Lanzhou smiled and said, "Thank you, Young Madam, for your kindness. Lou will definitely do his best."

Coming out of the meeting room, they are now stationed outside a small town at the foot of the middle Qiyun Mountains. There are not many people in the small town, most of the people have already migrated to the east, and those who stay at home are old, weak, sick and disabled.

However, the environment of this place is quite good, with the Qiyun Mountains as its back, and even in summer, the top of the mountain can be vaguely covered with white snow. The ice and snow on the top of the mountain melted into water and flowed down the mountain to form a river that meanders on the grassland, and this water also nourishes the grassland below the mountain, making it more lush than other places.

Leng Sa strolled in the small town. Compared with the Yanming Pass in the north where yellow sand danced from time to time, this small town looked very clean. The air is fresh and the grassland stretches as far as the eye can see. This is what Leng Sa thinks the grassland should really look like.

Occasionally, a few old people and children could be seen in the small town, but these people were obviously a little afraid of outsiders, and they all hid in their homes when they saw someone. Only the braver children would dare to open the door to peek out. Leng Sa met a pair of swarthy eyes, and Zhanyan smiled at him as if he was frightened, and the door closed with a bang.

Jiang Yu walked slowly beside her, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect there to be such a good place in the northwest. It's really good. I always thought it was like the north, either in the wild Gobi, or even in the grassland. .”

Leng Sa nodded and said, "It's really good, it's in the south. But it's still too far from the center of Anxia, ​​and it's difficult to build a large-scale city because of inconvenient transportation."

"Indeed." Jiang Yu said, "I heard that people in the northwest border have more daily exchanges with Dayin people than with people in the east." After all, the range of activities of ordinary people in a lifetime may not exceed a hundred kilometers from where they live. This vast area and the few large cities are still concentrated in the east. Even herdsmen seldom travel that far. Except for some businessmen, the people here may never come into contact with those people and things in their entire lives.

"Where is the young lady planning to go?" Jiang Yu asked curiously.

Leng Sa said, "Walk around, you don't have to follow me."

Jiang Yu also has other things to do, so she naturally nodded in agreement, "Okay, Young Madam, be more careful. Didn't the people of Dayin secretly look at Young Madam with covetous eyes?"

Leng Sa smiled and said, "Thank you Young Master Jiang for your concern, I know it well."

Watching Jiang Yu turn and leave, Leng Sa said to Fu Yucheng and Jiang Zhan who were following him, "Let's go outside the town and have a look."

The two didn't ask the reason, just nodded and silently followed Leng Sa's pace.

Not far from the town is a small river formed by the melting of ice and snow on the mountain.

In the evening, the sun sets, and the setting sun dyes the river surface with bright colors. It meanders towards the distance like a ribbon lying on the grassland. Leng Sa squatted by the river and stretched out his hand to dial the river water. The river water just flowing out of the mountain was slightly cool to the touch, and it made people feel refreshed after washing off the summer heat.

Fu Yucheng and Jiang Zhan stood aside and watched Leng Sa's movements. Fu Yucheng was a little puzzled, "Sister-in-law, is there something wrong with the water?"

Leng Sa glanced back at him and stood up, "No problem."

Fu Yucheng was even more puzzled but didn't speak anymore, because he saw Leng Sa gesturing towards them.

Leng Sa said, "There's nothing to see here, let's go ahead." So the three of them walked forward again, and the river turned a corner along the foot of the mountain before heading in another direction. The three of them turned along the river, and were soon blocked by the foot of the mountain extending outward.

The setting sun gradually fell, and the last ray of the setting sun disappeared into the sky.

The light on the entire grassland seemed to be gradually dimming, but the three of them never turned out from there.

Several men appeared by the river, got together and talked for a few words before walking cautiously towards the place where the three disappeared.

They were wearing the costumes of herdsmen in the Northwest region. If you didn't look closely at the outlines, they looked almost like local residents.

Leng Sa sat behind a protruding stone above the col, sighed with disgust while observing the surrounding situation.

The mountains here are different from other places where there are dense pines and cypresses or towering trees. A large part of the Qiyun Mountains has not only big trees, but even small saplings are rare. It is the smooth rocks and the sparse yellow thatch, which are very inconvenient to hide their whereabouts.

I don't know how long I waited, so long that she wondered if the other party had given up, and finally saw a few figures walking into her sight.

The four tall men with deep brows and deep contours did not look like Anxia people at first glance, but they were wearing clothes similar to those of ordinary people in the small town, and they were holding guns in their hands. They were walking forward cautiously while looking around, as if I'm looking for someone.

Leng Sa smiled slightly, raised the gun in his hand, aimed at one of them, and pulled the trigger.

A loud bang broke the tranquility of the evening. Facing the sudden collapse of their companions, the other three quickly scattered around to find cover to block their bodies before stretching out their hands and shooting indiscriminately in the direction of Leng Sa.

They didn't see Leng Sa, they just shot according to the direction of the bullet. It can be said that the feeling is quite accurate. Leng Sa just slid off the stone, and seven or eight bullets greeted him.

As soon as Leng Sa landed, he rolled on the spot and disappeared behind a rock below.

At this time, Fu Yucheng and Jiang Zhan also appeared at the top of the two sides of the col, shooting at the bottom. They were different from Leng Sa who only carried pistols. When they came out with Leng Sa, they were fully armed.

The small mountain depression was filled with gunshots for a while, and a few minutes later two more people fell under their guns.

The remaining man immediately wanted to run away when he saw this, but before he had just exited the mountain, before he could turn around, a cold dagger was pressed against his lower back, "Don't move."

He couldn't understand Anxia, ​​but people all over the world had the same perception of danger.

The man froze, slowly raised his hands and threw the gun in his hand to the ground.

Fu Yucheng and Jiang Zhan were sure that the other three were indeed dead, so they walked over quickly with guns in hand. Seeing the two people coming, Leng Sa smiled with satisfaction, "Yes, the speed is quite fast."

Fu Yucheng said, "These people are Yinjun who came to assassinate sister-in-law? It feels very ordinary."

Jiang Zhan nodded coldly to express his agreement with Fu Yucheng. Fu Yucheng said, "Just these few people? Could it be... Sister-in-law, be careful!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw that the man held hostage by Leng Sa suddenly took out a dagger from his arms, turned around and stabbed towards Leng Sa regardless of the danger behind him.

Leng Sa sneered, leaned to the left, and threw the dagger out without hesitation.

The severe stabbing pain made the man grunt, but the dagger in his hand was still unwilling to give up and slashed towards Leng Sa relying on his height advantage.

"Bang! Bang!" Two gunshots sounded at the same time, and Jiang Zhan and Fu Yucheng behind them fired at the same time.

The man was stabbed in the waist with a dagger still stuck in his waist, he was shot twice in the back and his body trembled uncontrollably, Leng Sa took the opportunity to kick him out.

"Why is it so difficult to keep someone alive?" Leng Sa had a headache, and Jiang Zhan said, "Young Madam...we didn't hit the vital point." Both of them shot the man's left and right shoulder blades a little further out, so no one should be killed.

The two of them glanced at the man who was lying on the ground and couldn't get up, then at Leng Sa who was standing aside, they couldn't help but silently clutched their waists.

The knife was so precise and hard that they all felt the pain.

Leng Sa sighed, waved his hand and said: "Take it back first, you shouldn't be able to die for a while... right?"

"..." It's hard to say.

Fu Yucheng said, "Why are there only these four people?"

Leng Sa lightly kicked the person on the ground, and said casually, "Come to test it."

The gunshots naturally attracted the attention of the people stationed outside the town. When Fu Yucheng and Jiang Zhan carried the half-dead man back, Lou Lanzhou had already brought people to find him.

Seeing the person in the hands of the two, Lou Shao raised his eyebrows slightly, "What's going on?"

Leng Sa said, "Find someone who can speak Dayin and ask."

Lou Lanzhou understood, nodded and waved to ask people to take him to treatment quickly, if he died like this, he would not be able to ask anything.

To everyone's disappointment, they didn't ask any questions, because the man died before reaching the camp, the cause of death was excessive blood loss.

Leng Sa was very sorry about this but also helpless, Lou Lanzhou was even more worried, "Young Madam, you should be more careful these days." No matter how you think about it, it is impossible for the Dayin people to send only four people to assassinate Leng Sa. Sa is now in the army most of the time, and even if she is not in the army, she is protected by someone. It is not easy to assassinate her.

Leng Sa nodded and said, "I know, don't worry."

Lou Shao expressed that he was not at ease, "Young Madam, did you lure people out on purpose?"

Leng Sa sighed, "If you do something in a small town, you will inevitably hurt the innocent." Sometimes there is really no way, for example, the other party does not say a word and does it directly. But since he can choose the battlefield by himself, he must try his best not to cause any impact.

Lou Lanzhou shook her head, "No wonder Brother Fu always feels uneasy."

Lou Shao felt that if he married such a wife, he would always be worried. So no matter how much Lou Lanzhou appreciates Leng Sa, they will only become friends. Because he thought that he didn't have the strong bearing ability of Young Master Fu, one or two times would be fine, and he really couldn't bear it if there were too many times.

Leng Sa didn't take it seriously, these men always felt that women's adventures made them worry, but when they themselves took risks, they only took it for granted and didn't think much about whether women would worry.

However, when Lou Lanzhou mentioned Fu Fengcheng, Master Leng was still a little embarrassed, "He is looking for you?"

Lou Lanzhou smiled and said, "One telegram every day, if something happens to my wife, I won't be able to explain it to Young Master Fu."

"..." He is not so diligent in contacting me, does Fu Fengcheng not love me anymore?

While the two were talking, someone outside the door reported, "Mr. Su, who claims to be Adjutant Fu Shao, asked to see him."

Leng Sa was a little surprised, is Su Ze so fast? Arriving here from the southwest, it seems that it has not been a few days since Fu Fengcheng told her the news.

Lou Lanzhou smiled meaningfully at Leng Sa, and ordered, "Adjutant Su, please come in."

Su Ze didn't come alone, he was accompanied by four young men. These four people knew at a glance that they were all masters, and Jiang Zhan's eyes lit up just seeing a few people walking in.

"Young Madam." Su Ze respectfully saluted Leng Sa before turning to Lou Lanzhou, "Young Master Lou."

Lou Lanzhou said, "Adjutant Su, you've worked hard all the way. I think Mr. Fu still has a lot to convey to Adjutant Su, so Lou will leave first."

Everyone watched Lou Lanzhou leave, and the atmosphere in the tent instantly became much more relaxed. It is true that Lou Lanzhou is an approachable person, but to the people of the Fu family, he is still an outsider after all, and there is a completely different difference between the presence of outsiders and the absence of outsiders.

Leng Sa walked over and poured a few glasses of water to Su Ze and the others, saying, "Sit down, you have worked hard to get to the northwest so quickly."

Su Ze smiled helplessly and said, "The young master is very worried about the safety of the young lady. He just returned from the battlefield and heard about the great achievements of the young lady and let us set off."

Leng Sa sat on the side, propped his chin and said, "Fu Fengcheng asked you to watch me? But, can Adjutant Su beat me?"

Su Ze smiled and said, "I can't beat you, but the young master said that the people around you listen to you, and they may not dare to persuade you if you want to take risks. So..." So the main task of Adjutant Su's coming here is not to protect Young Master Fu Madam, but watch her not to do something too dangerous. Even if you can't dissuade him, you can notify First Young Master Fu as soon as possible.

Leng Sa glanced at him, and said coldly, "So he's a spy."

Su Ze wasn't afraid either. He and Leng Sa had known her for a long time, so he knew her temper. He said with a smile, "Young Madam, my subordinates are just doing nothing."

"The youngest of your family has time to worry about me. Why didn't he say anything about what he did?"

Su Ze immediately looked around and talked about him with a guilty conscience, "This... hey, isn't the young master afraid of the young lady? How is the young lady doing in the northwest recently? Is there anything you are not used to?"

'..." Leng Sa was speechless, and asked after a while, "What... the battle where 3,000 wins 20,000, you went with it? "

Su Ze shook his head quickly, "No, Xu Shaoming went with the young master."

Leng Sa said, "Then you must have heard about the process." No matter how detailed the information the military received was only tactical thinking and the process of the battle, they would not describe in detail what they experienced in those seven days.

Su Ze shook his head frantically, "I don't know."

Leng Sa tilted her head slightly and showed him an amiable smile, "If I ask Xu Shaoming, he said he told you..."

Su Ze suddenly lost face, "Young Madam, it's all over, and the eldest and youngest are not injured, really."

Leng Sa nodded and said, "I know, it's because it's all over, so why don't you tell me a story, and let us worship the great achievements and majestic demeanor of the young master?"

"..." Young Master, it's not that I want to betray you, it's that I have to.

When a person is covered with glory, outsiders can often see only glory. When everyone is crazily praising Fu Fengcheng's victory this time, few people will really care about what it is to play hide-and-seek for seven days and seven nights with only 3,000 troops leading the opponent's 20,000 people in the swampy and miasmatic primeval jungle. Feel.

In that mountain, the greatest enemy is not even the hostile parties to each other, but the primeval jungle itself.

Leng Sa had experienced wild survival training in the primitive jungle, but what Su Ze told her still shocked her. It is true that Fu Fengcheng was not injured, but he did not close his eyes for several days and nights. After returning home, he forced himself to finish the arrangement and then fell asleep and passed out. Later, he suffered from respiratory infection because of the miasma in the jungle.

Naturally, these news did not spread to the northwest, and when Su Ze contacted Xu Shaoming for the last time on the way to the northwest, Fu Fengcheng's illness was only a little better and he had not fully recovered.

And those who followed Fu Shao, including Xu Shaoming himself, said that they never wanted to be close to that primeval jungle again in this life.

As for the Nile people who were wiped out there, Su Ze believed that that place would become a nightmare and a restricted area for the Nile people from now on.

After listening to Su Ze's words, Leng Sa was also silent for a long time without speaking.

Su Ze was a little worried, and said hesitantly, "Young Madam, Young Master really...it's nothing serious, you don't have to worry."

Leng Sa waved his hand and said, "I know, it's getting late and you are tired from rushing all the way here, go and rest."

She also knew that no matter how much she worried about the current situation, it would be useless. The biggest expectation is that this war will end soon, and then everyone will be able to live in peace.

Seeing that she was in a low mood, Su Ze and the others couldn't bother her anymore, so they got up and left.

Two days later, everyone received the news that the Yin Army in the Qiyun Mountains suddenly tried to move north to join the reinforcements of the Yin Army who had just entered from Dayin.

Upon receiving the news, Lou Lanzhou gathered his soldiers and horses to intercept without hesitation. Leng Sa and his party were still accompanying, and the originally peaceful Qiyun Mountain line began to become full of wars.

The battle in the north is stalemate, and the life of the Sun family coalition forces in the south of the Qiyun Mountains is also difficult.

These days, Sun Liang is almost ten years older. Ever since Qu Jing disobeyed orders and turned eastward and was defeated by the Fu family, Sun Liang felt that everything was not going well.

The reality is indeed the case. He originally thought that according to the relationship between those people in the capital and the Fu Jialong family, it would take at least a long time to reach an agreement to support the Northwest. But I didn't expect that these people would reach an agreement so quickly.

What's more terrible is that Fu Fengcheng suddenly appeared in the southwest when he didn't expect it at all, and fought several battles in succession, and drove back the Nile people who were about to approach Yue's house in less than a month.

If this continues, the Nile people will not be able to hold the southwest territory at all, and they will be driven back to Nile directly.

Once the Nile people withdrew, the rear of his grandson's family would be completely exposed to Fu Fengcheng's eyes!

Every time he thought of Fu Fengcheng, Sun Liang felt a throbbing pain in his heart. Just like many people regretted not killing Sun Liang in the capital, Sun Liang also regretted not killing Fu Fengcheng when he was not yet full-fledged.

With these victories in the southwest, even if Fu Fengcheng does nothing in his life, he will be able to leave a glorious mark in the history of war.

The soldiers and horses of the Sun family in the southwest and the Nile soldiers and horses are like stepping stones specially prepared for Fu Fengcheng to forge brilliant achievements.

On the other hand, Song Ye and Long Yue are not fuel-efficient lamps either.

Sun Liang has never taken advantage of Song Ye's rivalry in his life. This time, he finally found an opportunity to stab Song Ye a few times, and maybe he would drain his blood. Who knew that a group of nosy people would appear on the way. guy.

Now that Song Ye is guarding the eastern defense line, it is difficult for the Sun family's army to advance even a single step. Long Yue is invincible, beating those small countries in the Western Regions into a dizzy state, and even many of them have faint intentions of retreating.

If it wasn't for Sun Liang's good reassurance and the return of a lot of supplies and promised benefits, many people would have already quit.

Looking at the trembling young man standing in front of him, and thinking about Long Yue and Fu Fengcheng, Sun Liang became even more angry and finally couldn't help kicking over the coffee table in front of him.

The young man standing aside was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Father... calm down, calm down. Getting angry is not good for your health..."

He is Sun Liang's son, but he is just a concubine whose biological mother is his concubine, and he was not favored in the past. His father almost treated them as if they didn't exist, and after Sun Rui died, they finally had a chance to stand out, but no one could completely occupy the top spot.

So Sun Liang's sons and even nephews joined the competition. After all, Sun Liang's ability to gain a firm foothold in the family should not be underestimated. Sun Liang's brothers, family brothers and cousins ​​all have considerable power in the Sun family.

Sun Liang snorted softly and asked, "What's happening in the southwest?"

The young man breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly reported, "After the last battle, the Nile suffered heavy losses and was temporarily unable to fight again. They took the initiative to retreat dozens of miles and distanced themselves from the Sixth Southern Provincial Army. There has been no movement from the Sixth Southern Provincial Army these days. , seems to be resting. Father, is there also a loss in the six southern provinces..."

Sun Liang sneered, and said, "There are only 3,000 people in Fufeng City, even if they are wiped out with the whole army, what kind of loss is it?" During this period in the Northwest, more than 3,000 people died in battle a day.

The young man was a little puzzled, "Then why don't the six southern provinces move?"

Sun Liang frowned, obviously thinking about this question, and said after a while: "The Army of the Six Southern Provinces has been advancing too fast during this time, and Fu Fengcheng may have to guard against Yue. In this way, you can ask someone to go to Yue's house , you must see Yue Zhao in person."

The young man's eyes brightened slightly, "Father, what do you mean..."

Sun Liang glared at him angrily, "Stop talking nonsense, go!"

"Yes!"