Seeing that the sky was getting dark, and Xu Hong and the others had not yet returned, Meng Yunping was anxiously sending someone to inquire about the news, and suddenly saw the spies rushing back: "General Meng, several large groups of Liao troops suddenly appeared on the border of Mayi, about tens of thousands of people!" ”

Meng Yunping stood up with an "ah", where did these Liao troops come from? With a pang in his heart, he hurriedly called the master of Xijing Village to order a team of people and horses, and waited for Xu Hong and them fifty miles ahead. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIf this Xiao Su secretly crossed Chen Cang in the name of peace talks, and even used this to trap and kill Song envoys...... He didn't dare to think about it anymore.

He didn't know that Xiao Su was also confused at this time, and he didn't know who was so bold, without his instructions, he actually mobilized more than 10,000 troops to approach the border. While they were investigating, a secret letter was delivered to Yelu Hongyu. This letter is written by Xiao Youyuan, the king of Han, and the letter says, your father is sick and sick, and he knows that the Song envoy wants to delay time through the peace talks, so he specially asked my uncle and I to send 3,000 cavalry and 8,000 infantry to make a strong nephew's prestige, and return to the dynasty as soon as possible, so that the father and son can see each other for the last time.

"What a King Han, he's forcing a battle!" Xiao Su sneered after taking the letter.

"I think that Xu Hong is quite tough, but I don't know what Song Ting behind him is planning, so it's good to simply force them."

"Your Highness, don't forget what Your Majesty said."

"Xiao Qing, don't worry, I'm not a greedy person for merit, I just want to try how deep the water of this Yanmen Pass can be."

"And now?"

"Let's use my uncle's soldiers first."

Anxiously waiting until the sky was dark, a team of people and horses vaguely appeared on the northern road, Meng Yunping breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly called to open the gate of the village, and went to meet him in person, and when he saw the two people, he said: "The Liao people seem to have plans to attack on the border." ”

Xu Hong was shocked and hurriedly turned back to look at Xiao Yanran. Xiao Yanran was also stunned: "I didn't expect them to do this, Xiao Su was really kept in the dark." ”

Meng Yunping listened to him and wondered, "Could it be that you noticed it in advance?" ”

"Brother Yunping, I'll introduce you to two people first," Xiao Yanran pointed to the two little guards behind him, "These are Nan Xiaoxue and the two girls." ”

Meng Yunping looked at the two people who came out of thin air: "Who are they?" ”

"Before I came, I asked them to go out of Yanmen Pass to investigate the movements of the Liao State, only to know that in addition to Xiao Su, there were other people who mobilized the army, and we were able to bypass the Liao army and come back. Although Xiao Su can't kill the killer because of his status as an envoy, there is no guarantee that others will not. ”

"Who is this other person?"

Xiao Yanran frowned: "People who want Song Liao to start a war." ”

"Then we need to hurry back to Yanmen Pass to prepare."

"Indeed, but," Xiao Yanran muttered as she looked north, "it should be possible to delay for a few days." ”

On the way back to Yanmen Pass, Xu Hong briefly described the negotiation process, the Liao people took advantage of the old problem of the unclear border between Song and Liao, framed the Great Song Dynasty to build a city tower on the border, and threatened the Liao border. Perhaps Xiao Su also acquiesced to the other person's actions because of this.

"General Xiao, there was a flying pigeon just now," the guard held a thin bamboo tube in both hands and presented it, Xiao Yanran checked the wax seal, took out a thin piece of paper and twisted it open, and slapped the note on the case with a smile.

Meng Yunping leaned over, and there were only four words on it, "Go and fish it yourself".

"Find a team of people and wait in Xiaohuishuitun."

"What's the catch? The ice has just broken, are you in a hurry to catch fish or turtles? ”

"You'll know tomorrow."

Room.

Even more leaky next to the stove pit, holding a big bowl of hot knife-cut noodles with dried cowpeas, big meat, and dried tofu, was snoring and eating.

"It's still the right taste here, Liaoguo is actually a cow or a sheep, and the smell can't be washed off," Nan Xiaoxue took two bites with emotion, and suddenly frowned and stopped chopsticks, "Why are there no eggs?" There are no eggs in this marinade. ”

"Eggs are not easy to transport, but they are expensive here."

"Oops!" Nan Xiaoxue slapped her thigh in annoyance, "I was in a hurry this time, I only brought two baskets of eggs, and they were sold out in Xijing." You don't know, in fact, the right jade chicken breed here is good, a big meat thick, frangipani out of the clear yellow, fried and broken, tsk, really like osmanthus, to make that osmanthus wings in the big restaurant, it has to be. It's a pity that I have been fighting for many years, and there are few good chickens, so I decided to open a Suxue Gang Yanmenguan chicken farm here, well, a chicken lays an egg every day, an egg hatches a chick, and the chick grows up and lays eggs......"

Soon, the leader of the South Gang was intoxicated with the beautiful fantasy of the Yanmen Pass Chicken Farm.

Watching the hourglass finish drinking the last mouthful of soup, Xiao Qing'er smiled evilly: "It's all full." I'll take you somewhere. ”

Out of the camp, turning a small hill, there is a small cave with a very hidden entrance, and there is a clanging sound from time to time below, Xiao Qing'er doesn't know where to conjure up three torches, and stuff them for Nan Xiaoxue and one for one person. He was about to go down the stone wall, when he suddenly saw the black ash on his hand, and changed color and said: "This is the Shuozhou ore vein, and there is often colorless and odorless gas in the vein. ”

"The leader of the alliance is really an expert, but when I dig here, the ore veins have been exhausted, just borrowing the air duct of the mine earlier, and I also have bellows in the newly opened place, and there are people who fill the air full-time day and night, so you can go down with confidence."

Even more leaked, he followed Xiao Qing'er down the well, and sure enough, the cool breeze in the road was gusting, and even the torches kept shaking. After walking down the well for about a mile, and walking sideways for a while, I saw a fire in front of me, and an old man was leading a group of young men to dig hard. Seeing Xiao Qing'er, the old man hurriedly walked over: "Gate master, this place should have passed the city, but I just want to pick up the yellow tooth well, and there is still a long time, I don't know if I have time to dig it." ”

"Liao Tou'er, this more alliance leader has a long-term relationship with Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall and is proficient in gunpowder, do you think you can speed up the progress?"

The old man's face was embarrassed, and he said, "Master of the door, you don't know that this gunpowder exploded, and the ground was loose but it couldn't hold it, and it was very dangerous." ”

"I calculated that it was less than half a mile away from the bottom of the Huangya Well, and the Liao soldiers had already reached the border at this time, and it was too late to dig with their hands, so they had to use extraordinary methods. The door frame is tightly propped up, and it should be able to cope with it for a while. ”

Liao Laohan thought for a while: "It can only be like this." What about the idea of the alliance? ”

glared at Xiao Qing'er even more: "Why don't you dig a pit and wait for me here?" If I don't agree, I'm afraid that the Liao people will take the silver taels and go home to drink. But what are you bringing my in-laws for? ”

"Your in-laws are good at dispensing gunpowder, well, I think it should be easy to help you dispense gunpowder."

"It's incumbent!" Nan Xiaoxue said categorically.

"My in-laws, your consciousness is really high," said even more embarrassed.

"If it is occupied by the Liao, what will happen to my farm! Be sure to keep the Liao dog out of Yanmen Pass! ”

On the second day, the soldiers guarding the small river reported that many carts loaded with food and ordnance had floated downstream, although many of them had been knocked apart, and the things did not know where to sink, and they were full of arrows. But I still got thirty carts.

Meng Yunping exclaimed: "This can be regarded as falling from the sky, it's too godly." ”

Xiao Yanran was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "It's really from the sky." If the Liao people are not in a hurry to attack the city, they will not have to transport this batch of grain, hey, I don't know if Jin Huang is too lucky, or I am too unlucky. ”

It turned out that Jin Huang took the map given by Xiao Yanran that day, and found that there was a tributary from north to south on Yanmen Mountain, which happened to intersect with the grain transportation route of the Liao army, so he made up his mind and went straight to the mountain pass to wait. Sure enough, at dusk on the second day, a convoy of grain came from afar, Jin Huang counted it, fifty-five carts, only four or five hundred Liao soldiers, and thought, this Xiao Su is really generous, don't you make it clear to me to rob it.

How did she know that Xiao Youyuan relied on his own secrets, and he didn't expect that someone would come to rob the grain, and he didn't want to be discovered by Xiao Su, so he only sent this little soldier.

The grain road is along the river bank, and one side of the cliff is the most dangerous place, and the Liao soldiers are also extra vigilant when they arrive here.

Jin Huang stuffed the last bite of cake into his mouth and muttered indistinctly: "I can't figure it out, what's the use of this son's vigilance." He stretched out his foot and kicked the big rock in front of him.

These stones are connected by thick ropes, one by one, suddenly, several long rows of large stones on the cliff mixed with gravel and soil mercilessly smashed towards the Liao soldiers, and the cliff suddenly screamed.

Jin Huang clapped his hands, flew down the prepared rope, and took out a dagger to take advantage of the chaos to take advantage of the chaos to eliminate a few small bosses. When the dust stabilized, I saw the Liao soldiers who were running in scattered places looking at themselves in horror who were holding daggers against the grain officer.

"This ...... The woman ...... What are you ......?" the grain keeper was shocked, and suddenly did not know what to ask.

"Hand over the eggs!"

"Eggs?" The grain officer was even more surprised, "We never transport eggs, so we can't transport them." ”

"Whew! If you hadn't attacked Yanmen Pass, Xiao Yanran would have been there, and if he wasn't there, he would have taken my eggs? If he doesn't take my eggs, will he give them to the soldiers on duty at night? If I don't give it to the soldiers on duty at night, I won't be able to get it back? It's all your fault! Hand over my eggs! ”

"Woman, this, really not."

"Useless thing," Jin Huang shook his dagger angrily, "Hey, you guys, throw the car into the river for me." ”

"This is not ......" Before the grain officer finished speaking, a puddle of blood spurted out of his throat, and he was already lifeless.

"If you don't have eggs, who else wants to try it?" Jin Huang rubbed the dagger clean on the grain bag and said with a smile.

The Liao soldiers, who didn't have time to escape, had to think that they were unlucky, and pushed the cart into the river.

Jin Huang folded his fingers and calculated: "Just Du's little honorarium, it's not enough for me to kill so many people...... Never mind. Seeing that Liao Bing threw the last car into the river, he waved his hand and said, "Go back and raise chickens!" Send more eggs next time. Then, in the disbelief of Liao Bing's eyes, he disappeared.

After ordering the grain, dried meat, bows and arrows, Xiao Yanran suddenly remembered something: "Yunping, go and invite Master Xu to my tent." ”

"General Xiao, are you looking for me?"

"Hmm. There have been so many things in the past two days that I forgot to tell you that I met a person in Mayi. ”

"Oh? Who is it? ”

"The Liao prince Yelu Hong pardoned. Actually, Lord Xu, you've seen it too. ”

The picture at that time swept in Xu Hong's mind: "Could it be that the young man behind Xiao Su, no wonder he looks extraordinary." ”

Xiao Yanran nodded: "Liao's action this time is really strange, asking for a mere 200,000 taels of silver, but a prince came, and the envoys of the two countries just met each other, but the army has been forced to the border." Master Xu thinks, what the hell is going on? ”

Xu Hong shook his head: "These two **** have also thought about it over and over again, and they have never figured out a clue." However, the 200,000 taels of silver were not the same. As he spoke, he took out a letter from his sleeve and put it in front of Xiao Yanran.

The new peace conditions proposed by the Liao State were bounded by the watershed between the Song and Liao countries, which means that the Great Song Dynasty was bounded by Yanmen Mountain and cut 700 miles of land, and even the natural danger of Yanmen Pass was shared by the two countries.

Xiao Yanran slowly put down the letter and said, "Lord Xu, there will be a war in the near future, at this time, can you make a deal with Yan Ran?" ”

Xu Hong's eyes flickered, as if he didn't know how to speak, and he thought for a while and said: "I have also seen General Xiao's courage, and when the time comes, the general will not blame me Xu Hong for falling into a dilemma." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, dipped the tea and wrote four words on several cases.

Take what you want.

Xiao Yanran only felt a sorrow in her heart, and the seven-foot man almost burst into tears. He spread out his palms and slowly erased the four words, as if he wanted to erase them from his heart. (To be continued.) (To be continued.) )