The official road leading to Lin'an Mansion passes through the county town of Fenshui, and the first two horsemen to arrive here will go on the road against the big sun after a short rest. In less than half an hour, Tonglu Water has been left behind, and if you go a little further, you will enter Lin'an Mansion.

Because of the hot weather, the speed of the two is not fast, in order to keep the horse in the body at all times in case of emergency. Of course, they wouldn't think that moment would come now, because the Kyoshi was already close at hand.

Both of them are only twenty years, they are young in the army, and the number of years they have been in the army is not low, they are all veterans who have seen blood in battle, and they have been rolling between life and death countless times, and they have long looked down on it.

This section of the road is different from other places, with many hills and trees, and the official road winds through it, looking like a long snake. As soon as they came out of the county seat, the two naturally maintained the state of marching one person in front and one person later, and they didn't need to say anything, they could know what the other party was thinking with one look.

Both of them were dressed in the same attire, one in light armor, with a bending knife on his waist, and the rest of his weapons were hung on horses, a large spear, a bow, a pot of feather arrows, and a rolled felt, which was all the equipment of a Song army scout.

The sergeant a little further back had two more things, except for a pair of binoculars on his chest, a walkie-talkie strapped to his left hand, and an antenna in his ear that was pulled out and fluttering in the air.

At regular intervals, he would stop and look around with a telescope, a thing known in the army as a clairvoyant was very popular with the scouts and was a weapon for observing the enemy's movements from a distance.

This is a bend, the official road is blocked by a hill, and it has made a curve, and the rider in front has already taken the straight. The sergeant in the back did not immediately catch up, but crossed the horse, and while looking ahead with a telescope, he turned on the walkie-talkie button in his hand, ready to report to the brigade in the rear.

"Hey"

Just connected, Shi Zhong's voice came out, and before he could come up to speak, there was a sudden change in the camera, and the sergeant in front suddenly fell off the horse, just when he wondered if the kid was stunned, the sergeant had already staggered up and waved his hand at him, and in the camera, he clearly saw a crossbow arrow stuck in his chest.

The meaning of the gesture could not have been more obvious, and the sergeant behind immediately bowed down on his horse, and instead of turning his horse's head, he slammed the whip behind him. Frightened, the horse leaped to his feet, and had just rushed out of the place where he had been shot, and with a few soft sounds, three or four crossbow arrows were nailed to his place.

"There is an ambush, retreat quickly."

Before he could say the final word, the sergeant tore off the walkie-talkie and threw it in the middle of the tree, followed by the clairvoyant mirror hanging on his chest, and solved the two things. He had time to take out the short bow and feather arrows from the side of the horse, put his feet on the iron pedal, leaned forward slightly, and as soon as he raised his hand, he shot the feather arrows, threw away the short bow casually, and when he got up again, the big gun had already been picked up in his hand, and not far ahead, several men in black were blocked on the official road, and there were many people in the forest, and I don't know how many people were ambushed in between.

", him off, right away!"

The shopkeeper's mouth urged again and again, what he couldn't understand was that Fang Ming had hit him in the chest with an arrow, and the person had also fallen under the horse, why could he still lean on the horse and fight back there? Shoot so accurately.

A half-dead man blocked the way of more than fifty people, and several of his men who came forward were shot by arrows as soon as they approached, and in this short moment, he had already lost seven or eight good hands, which made him angry.

Under his orders, a group of black-clothed men formed a circle and forced up, and the Song soldier hid in the body of the fallen horse, his body and limbs almost completely enveloping him. As a last resort, they could only rush up, and paid the price of two lives, before finally rushing to the small fortress, picking up the horse's body, several people were stunned, Song Bing had clearly closed his eyes, firmly holding the bow in his hand, his chest was bright red, and his face was pale and fell in a pool of blood, could it be that his soul was being launched just now?

"Let's go!"

The shopkeeper came over to take a look, and then ordered, too much effort has been delayed here, their target is still three miles away from here, and they should be able to block them under the full pursuit, and at this moment on the official road, the pedestrians are all frightened by this sudden battle, either running around or hiding with their heads to the side.

Not far from the front, the Song man who ran away was also intercepted, of course, it was just a corpse, next to the two horses that had lost their owners, the two corpses were strung together by two spears, and the two sides were actually killed together. And not far away, several of his men died, this scene made him unbelievable, it seemed to be different from what he had expected.

"Leave a few people to clean up, and the rest go with so-and-so."

He couldn't help but be angry, there were only two people on the other side, and they were still attacked by the other side first, how could his losses be far greater than this? Could it be that all the detainees are the elite of the army? It was hard for him to accept, but what happened in front of him was true.

Fortunately, there were still enough manpower, and with his order, more than 100 riders dressed in black gathered on the official road, and galloped wildly without hesitation, and everyone carried a crossbow on their backs, which was expressly forbidden for the people to own. Pedestrians don't dare to squeak even if they see it, who knows if it's an official or a thief?

Lin'an City Liu Mansion, Jin Ming is still the first time to set foot here, it's not that he doesn't want to come, Liu Yu and his wife have also invited many times before, but there are always miscellaneous things to delay, plus he stays in the barracks most of the time, so it has become like this.

The relationship between the two families is actually very good, Liu Yu has never regarded himself as an outsider, and even when he saw him with Jing Niang, he was also an "uncle", but he made Jin Ming embarrassed.

"Brother and sister are indeed good, you kid is blessed."

Eating people has a short mouth, Jin Ming is no exception, he praised it in a blink of an eye, Liu Yu happily responded, the little wife has nothing to say about this, she can always do it just right.

"They told you?"

"Well, the cardinal called so-and-so early in the morning, and so-and-so has already responded. When the official edict comes down, you can leave, you have your head and tail in this matter, Ziqing, what are your plans? ”

Jin Ming is not an anxious person, to be able to say this, it means that he is a little tired of staying in this Jingshi, Liu Yu understands his mood very much, he doesn't want to stay in this place himself, but it's not time yet.

"The imperial court has the plans of the imperial court, and a certain has its own plan, and the key to this battle is not in the city, but on the sea."

Liu Yu took out a schematic map of Quanzhou City, which was not the same as before, it was all hand-drawn, but Jin Ming was an expert, and the approximate location could be understood at a glance.

"This is Quanzhou City, the port is here, they should deploy heavy troops on the city, you look at this port again, it is blocked from here, and the ships inside will be unable to fly."

"So you had this idea, tell me, what are you going to do?"

Liu Yu only said a rough idea, and Jin Ming heard the meaning of his words, starting from the capital division and waiting until the south to assemble, even if it was a qiēshun lì, it would take a lot of days, and Liu Yu obviously did not plan to wait so long.

"It's very simple, after the edict comes down, you don't need to rush to set off in Beijing, you might as well make a big splash, the more ostentatious the better. They will have eyeliner here, so let them wait, and guess. ”

"I see, I understand, your next move is Jiang Cai, right?"

This kind of plan naturally couldn't hide from Jin Ming, and he broke it with a word, Liu Yu was about to sue him, but since he expected it, he nodded with a smile.

It is impossible to send troops from Qiongzhou and cross two roads without the consent of the cardinal, and now that Liu Yu has helped Jin Ming to come to the right to transfer troops in three ways, as well as the freedom to dispose of it on the spot, similar actions have become Jin Ming's words, so what he is waiting for now is Jin Ming's official appointment and promulgation, and he got the official seal letter, isn't it much simpler to appoint an order?

And he also had to cooperate with Yang Xingqian's itinerary, so that he could take the lead in opening up the relationship in Guangzhou and lay a good foundation for borrowing through Guangdong. understood Liu Yu's intentions, Jin Ming also put his mind at ease, he is good at military strategy and short at planning, this kind of thing is better to leave this kid in front of him, don't say more at the moment, just drink and eat with him.

"Big brother, Sister Pheasant is fine, don't worry."

He wanted to tell the story, but he changed his mouth when he came to his mouth, he didn't know what Jin Ming would do after hearing it, in case he was impulsive, he would get into more trouble.

"With you taking care of it, I'm not worried, but this is fine, but it may not be, right?"

I don't know what flaws were revealed in that sentence, Jin Ming heard it at once, but looking at Liu Yu's expression, he understood that there was no consequence of Yan zhòng, otherwise he would have said it early in the morning.

"Yes, she and a few people went to Jiangzhou under the rule of the Tartars, and asked Li Shiyi to take people with her. There are not many Tartar soldiers and horses there, the danger is not impossible, but it is not big, and the life of the most unfortunate pheasant sister will definitely not be exceeded. ”

Jin Ming listened to his explanation, the sister acted without permission, he had a headache, and Liu Yu was probably the same, don't look at what he said easily, he didn't know how to jump in private. But since he said that there was nothing to do, there must be a way, and the two men with a headache smiled bitterly and both had the same feeling.

The news has been coming from Jiangzhou, at least so far, they have not had an accident, and Li Shiyi has roughly locked the target, even if they take action, they will provide support, so Liu Yu dared to say that.

Just put down this topic, the two were frequently exchanging glasses, and a personal soldier hurriedly came in from outside the house, and he was Liu Yu's subordinate in charge of communication, the walkie-talkie in his hand was still flashing with a red light, and he looked anxious. made his heart sink, could it be that this person really didn't talk casually, and the bad news came as soon as he mentioned it?

"Where did the news come from? But Jiangzhou. ”

Seeing this, Jin Ming couldn't sit still, stood up, and asked in a deep voice, but the soldiers looked at Liu Yu and didn't answer immediately.

"Say."

"It was sent by Shi Dutong, and they met bandits at the junction near Lin'an Mansion, and they suffered heavy losses, and people were also surrounded there."

"What?"

This time it was Liu Yu's turn and he couldn't sit still, he knew that Shi Zhong and his party would arrive in Jingshi recently, but he didn't expect it to be so soon. What I didn't expect was that they were almost there, and they actually ran into thieves, they were the elite of Jiang Cai's men, and their equipment and abilities were good, where did the thieves come from to make them suffer?

"Give the microphone to a certain use, let them go now, stop eating the wine, and talk about it when they come back."

"Okay, I'll go to the privy mansion to get the order, and we'll go our separate ways."

Shi Zhong is a person, of course Jin Ming knows, he has an accident, and he is in Lin'an Mansion, so he can only take care of it himself, the other party is not even afraid of the sergeant, and he dispatches the officials of Lin'an Mansion? It was no joke, and the two of them immediately ended the banquet and hurried out of the house. R1058