When Zhi Yanchong and others went to intercept the Khitan outpost, Cao Guangbi took Shi Kang, Yang Kaiyuan and more than 100 people to quietly cover Zhao Lumin's border village.

When they came to the edge of the village, Yang Kaiyuan led more than 100 people to ambush them, and Cao Guangbi and Shi Kang rode towards the gate of the village. Cao Guangbi's wound on his buttocks was painful, but his face was silent.

The night watchman saw the two of them and asked who they were, and Cao Guangbi shouted: "I am Cao Guangbi, an official of the Xiongzhou Prefecture!" Is Zhao Lumin here? If not, ask Zhao to talk back to Steward Zhao. ”

The minion who was keeping vigil had seen Cao Guangbi before, looked carefully under the lights, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Cao Dianzhi." Wait, wait. ”

The village is not big, and after a while, the Zhao steward ran over, and said through the gate of the village: "Cao Dianzhi, come to visit late at night, is there anything important?" ”

Cao Guangbi said: "The two of us just came back from Liaojing to do confidential things, and we should have rushed back to Xiongzhou overnight, but the horse was tired and tired, and I couldn't run anymore, and my brother's mount was tired to death a mile away, so I could only come to you to beg for saliva and drink, and borrow a horse by the way." Hurry up and open the door, I'm still on my way after drinking water! ”

Cao Guangbi has been to this village a few times, and Zhao Lumin also attached great importance to Cao Guangbi in the past, so the Zhao steward did not suspect him, opened the gate of the village, and Cao Guangbi rode in.

Steward Zhao glanced at the horse in the firelight, and said in his heart: "This horse can't see how tired it is." Suspicious in his heart, Cao Guangbi knew that the matter was about to be exposed, so he rushed over preemptively, and Shi Kang left and right, separating Steward Zhao from the others. Steward Zhao screamed badly in his heart, but he was already restrained by Shi Kang's sword, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Cao Dianzhi, what are you doing here?" ”

Cao Guangbi shouted, Yang Kaiyuan rushed over with someone, and Cao Guangbi said, "Old Zhao, I'm sorry." I just want to borrow some food and horses this time, I don't want to kill anyone, so I'd better your men not to move. ”

Steward Zhao said: "Cao Dianzhi! Have you fallen into the grass? You don't know how many things I have in this little village, it's worth your robbery! ”

While speaking, Yang Kaiyuan and the others had already rushed closer, and Steward Zhao saw the momentum of them rushing up, and the gate of the village had been lost, so he knew that he couldn't resist, and shouted: "Don't move, everyone." He said to Cao Guangbi again: "Cao Dianzhi, just now you said that you wouldn't kill people, look at my master's face, please keep your promise!" ”

Cao Guangbi said with a smile: "Don't worry, I also want to stay on the front line and meet Zhao Daguan in the future." ”

The handover of the defense of the village was quite smooth, and Steward Zhao felt a little relieved when he saw that they really didn't kill anyone.

Cao Guangbi said: "Let me tell you directly, I want to borrow some money, grain, cloth, horses, and weapons when I came this time." I won't take anything else, no matter how valuable it is. You make a count of what you have lent us, and if our group of people has a prosperous day in the future, we will pay it back! Let's repair it and leave, and this stockade will still be returned to you. ”

How dare Steward Zhao say a word, and obediently lead the way for them to open a position.

When Zhi Yanchong, Yang Yingqi and others arrived after dawn, Cao Guangbi and Yang Kaiyuan had already packed their things, and in addition to money, grain, and cloth, there were still twelve horses and more than 20 donkeys. In addition, there are several swords and armor. What made Zhi Yanchong and others the most happy was that they got five strong bows and ten waist crossbows, although Zhang Laoyu was a skilled craftsman, but at that time, there was a lack of materials in the valley and could not make a good bow. After a few hundred people spent a day repairing in the stockade, they set out again.

Cao Guangbi listened to the good deeds done by Zhi Yanchong and others, sighed, and knew that he would not be able to return to the Great Song Dynasty, so he decided to go to the Saiwai nomadic with these five hundred people. Two years ago, he had crossed the Great Wall to inquire about information in the area of Xijing in the Great Liao, so he knew that there was a mountain road that could be stolen across the Liao-Song border. Di Yu had another route in his heart, and after the two of them went through detailed research, they finally finalized the mountain road that Cao Guangbi said, and Di Yu made some additions.

Five hundred people haunted the mountains and forests, gradually moving north. During the march, Di Yu did not forget to teach people to ride horses, and Zhi Yanchong also conducted martial arts training for the five hundred people again.

Cao Guangbi was not very old, but he was very knowledgeable, and in a short period of time, he brought out a group of trustworthy scouts, and it was this group of Hou cavalry that allowed them to avoid conflicts with the regular Khitan army several times.

One day, Yang Yingqi said: "Look at your ability, it doesn't seem to be completely honed in the army." Could it be that there is a family education? ”

Cao Guangbi heaved and said: "I'm a deserter, what do I have to learn!" ”

Ouyang Shi smiled when he heard this: "I am a pirate who went ashore, you are a deserter who left the camp, and everyone really smells the same." ”

The Liao Dynasty did not build the Great Wall, and when Yang Yingqi stepped through the ruins of the Great Wall, he knew that he had stepped into the territory of the nomads.

Cao Guangbi said: "Spring has not yet arrived, and the aquatic plants are not yet in full bloom. We rely on these eight horses, and the twelve donkeys want to cross the Xijing Road of the Liao Kingdom, and then cross half of the Shangjing Road, that is a joke. Besides, we don't have enough food. "When they set out from Zhao Lumin's village, they had more than 20 horses and 20 donkeys. But these days through the mountains and valleys, the roads are rough. In some places, donkeys and horses could not pass, and it was actually relied on strong men such as Aruban to carry, carry, hang, and drag donkeys and horses. Horses spend more time riding people than people riding horses. Rao is like this, but he still fell to death and died of illness a lot.

Ouyang Shi smiled after hearing Cao Guangbi's words: "Then naturally I can only do it for a while to 'borrow' grain and 'borrow' horses for a living." ”

Cao Guangbi snorted and said: "The Khitans often use the name of horse herding, and the cavalry fights grass valleys everywhere on the border, and now we just happen to do him for a while, so that they can know the pain of being plundered!" ”

Yang Yingqi looked at Zhi Yanchong, and Zhi Yanchong nodded and said, "Brother Cao doesn't object, so let's do it." However, the civilians of the Liao State are actually no different from the civilians of the Song Dynasty, they are all deeply oppressed by the officers and soldiers, we want to fight the grass valley, can we go to the grass valley of the Liao State official mansion? ”

Yang Yingqi exclaimed: "No! There are only a few of us, and we can't hide from the Liao army, and we are going to attack the official mansion! ”

Di Yu smiled slightly and said, "It's naturally not okay to attack the government, but it shouldn't be a problem to loot a ranch." ”

Yang Yingqi said: "Ranch? ”

Di Yu said: "Liao has the government of herds, the number of herds is more than 10,000, and each group has no less than 1,000 horses. I remember there was a ranch around here, but I had to explore the path first. In this way, Yan Chong, you first find a place to station the people and horses, and Guangbi and I will take a few people to explore the number of roads. ”

After Di Yu and the other five left, Zhi Yan Chong looked at the intermittent Great Wall and sighed: "I didn't expect that we would really come over, if the Song Dynasty also sent a strange army, along the route we walked, outflanking the rear of the Liao State......

Yang Yingqi interrupted him and said, "That shouldn't be possible. We were able to sneak here, firstly, because we were a bunch of foot soldiers, and secondly, there were not many of them. If I send 500 infantry to the court, I will face the same situation as we are, and we will be exhausted - how much effect will that make? Besides, do you think the current Song army can be as united as us? Some people are also thinking of surrendering with their backs to the fortified city, let alone letting them go deep into the enemy's territory! ”

Yang Kaiyuan said: "If it's the beginning of the country......

Yang Yingqi said: "At the beginning of the country? At that time, the Great Liao country was in full swing, and I was afraid that the defense was much tighter than now. At that time, we were afraid that we would not be able to get by. ”

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