"Drive, drive, drive!"

A man and a horse gallop on a narrow official road that has long been abandoned, and the scenery on both sides is rapidly receding.

The speed of the war horse is very fast, but the peace on the horseback is still anxious, and he can't care about the horsepower, and the whip in his hand keeps whipping the horse.

You know, this is the fourth day that he has gone out of the city to look for reinforcements, but he still hasn't seen any reinforcements.

In the past few days since he left the city, he has almost never left his horse or his saddle, and he has been on the road day and night.

If he was hungry, he immediately ate a mouthful of dry food that he had with him; If you are thirsty, there will be a water bladder in the package placed on the horse's side.

Even if I entered the post station along the way, I just changed horses, replenished food and water, and did not dare to stay for a while, for fear of missing a major event.

Time is of the essence, as long as he finds reinforcements as soon as possible, Lin Fan's side will be saved a moment earlier.

Days of continuous galloping almost dragged down An Ning's body, and now his clothes have long been repeatedly soaked with sweat, emitting a strange sour smell.

The flesh on both sides of the thighs had already become bloody and blurry in the bumps, and the rotten flesh, which already had some rancid smell, was tightly glued to the clothes.

Unable to be at peace and in a hurry, after coming out of Yongyang, he had already lost the news over there.

Four days passed, and no one knew what had become of it. He didn't even dare to think about the battle over there, so he could only choose to believe Lin Fan, believing that he would definitely be able to lead the soldiers defending the city to persevere.

The speed of the stagecoach under the crotch has begun to slow down, the horse's nose is constantly panting, and the sweat oozing from the whole body makes the whole horse look as if it has been washed, and the hair is adsorbed to the skin.

An Ning hadn't met a post station for more than a day, and without a post station, he couldn't change horses.

Since the founding of the country, Taizu customized, thirty miles to set up a post, but three hundred years later, the post station that was originally responsible for connecting the world was abandoned to this point.

After galloping for nearly three hundred miles along the way, An Ning knew that this stagecoach, which was not a good horse, would not last long. After this time, even if the horse can not die, it will probably be useless.

If it were in the past, An Ning would definitely not be willing to waste the horses so much, after all, with the family background of the Inspection Division, every horse must be regarded as a treasure, and Lin Fan and they value those horses more than anything else.

But these horses are now precious, and Anning can't care about them. Judging from the news obtained yesterday at the Huangzhou Mansion, the army sent by the Governor's Office to suppress the bandits gathered near Macheng to prepare to encircle and suppress Zhang Feng'er and other thieves.

Now that Macheng is close at hand, An Ning can't relax at this time no matter what.

In fact, not only the war horse, but even An Ning himself couldn't hold it anymore, his lips were chapped, and even his vision had begun to blur, relying on his last breath to hold on.

Just before An Ning could hold on any longer and was about to faint completely, a military camp finally appeared in front of his eyes.

An Ning's expression perked up, and he urged him to step forward. But before he came to the camp, the war horse under his crotch had already reached the end of the crossbow.

I saw that the horse's front hooves were weak and fell to the ground suddenly, and An Ning on the horse's back was caught off guard, and was also thrown out fiercely, falling a foot away.

At this time, the stagecoach fell to the ground, neighing weakly, but it had lost the strength to stand up.

It raised its head helplessly, wailed, and kept trying to get back on its feet, but eventually it gradually lost all its strength.

In the end, it resigned itself to its fate, no longer struggling in vain, and its head hung limply and stuck to the ground

, only the eyes are still moving, until the breathing in the mouth and nose gradually stops.

At this time, the peace was no longer up, he was delirious, but the camp was close in front of him, he was unwilling and could not give up, he could only try to climb in the direction of the camp, and crawl towards it one by one.

Fortunately, the movement just now had alarmed the soldiers in the camp, and the military attache guarding the gate sent several sergeants out to investigate.

The sergeant who came out to check was shocked to see An Ning on the ground, and hurriedly helped him up.

They carried An Ning's shoulders and didn't let him fall. Someone began to feed water into An Ning's mouth, patted him lightly on the back, and then asked a little anxiously, "Hey, brother, brother, wake up!" Are you okay? What's wrong with you? ”

An Ning subconsciously swallowed a few mouthfuls of water, and his consciousness regained somewhat.

Vaguely feeling that someone around him was talking to him, he raised his head vigorously, but he could only vaguely see the figures in front of him shaking, and he couldn't hear what they were talking about.

However, he still saw that these people were wearing the standard armor of the imperial court, which made him breathe a sigh of relief: it's good if it's his own people!

After a few days of sleeplessness, Anning's lips were already chapped, and his mouth was full of burning bubbles, even if he had just been moistened by water, his throat was still very dry and dumb.

Enduring the pain coming from all over his body, he said in a hoarse voice, "Please... Please go and report it quickly, and say that there is an important military intelligence report on the lowly position! ”

The military situation was urgent, and the military attache guarding the gate did not dare to slack off, so he hurriedly asked people to go in and report.

Soon after, An Ning was on a stretcher and carried into a tent.

During this period of time, the tranquility of a short rest has recovered a lot, I have eaten some things, and my spirit has improved a lot, and I am no longer as delirious as I was just now.

So he looked up slightly, and there was a bookcase in front of him, and on the main seat behind the case was a middle-aged man with a bit of bookish atmosphere.

Taking advantage of the time that these people had not yet put themselves down, An Ning secretly looked at this person with his spare eyes. I saw that this person was about forty-four or five years old, with a thin face and a beard of more than three inches under his chin.

An Ning was reading a book when they came in, wearing a cyan official uniform, because he was sitting on a chair, the patch on his chest was blocked by the bookcase in front of him, but An Ning still recognized that the embroidered on it was a white pheasant, which showed that this person was already a five-rank official of the imperial court.

An Ning, who was born in the Lin family in Jiangzhou, knows very well what the five-rank official means, in addition to the capital, the five-grade official has a pivotal position in all the prefectures and counties in the world, and it can be said that he is a high and powerful position.

A five-grade civil official appeared in the barracks, which also proves that in this big camp, this person in front of him must be an important person.

According to the tradition of this dynasty's use of literature to control martial arts, even if this person is not the commander of the big battalion, he is definitely one of the few people who can speak.

Although An Ning's mind was full of thoughts, for everyone, it was only a moment. When Tranquility was settled, the man looked away from the book and looked at Tranquility.

An Ning also recovered some of his strength, but his body was still very weak. He bowed slightly on the stretcher, and saluted respectfully: "The sergeant of the Wuguan Inspection Division of Yongyang County, Anzhou is peaceful, see your lord!" ”

The pain from his body made An Ning's movements seem a little difficult, and soon sweat oozed from his forehead.

This person looked at An Ning from top to bottom, and then said softly: "You are injured, save it!" ”

An Ning lowered his body a little lower, and hurriedly said: "I am afraid of my humble duties, thank you for your understanding!" However, the etiquette of humility and humility does not dare to be abolished, and the lowly position does not dare to be presumptuous! ”

The man nodded secretly, and his heart was peaceful

There is some appreciation for such knowledge, and if the words just now were heard by people who didn't know how to lift, they would have to climb up the pole.

Especially these big men and coarse people in the barracks, one by one, they don't know the etiquette, not only are they ashamed, but they think that they are real men and real heroes. Therefore, in the days since he entered the camp, he has had a terrible life.

In such a comparison, in his eyes, An Ning, who was already good-looking, looked more pleasing to the eye.

He said: "This official is Ma Qingze, a member of the Huainan Provincial Governor's Mansion, and you just said that you have important military information to report, you can say it now!" ”

Only then did An Ning, who had received permission, speak: "My lord, Zhang Feng'er's tens of thousands of thieves have been besieging Yongyang City for several days now. The thief army is large, and the total number of Yongyang defenders is only hundreds, and it is now in danger, so the military attache inspection department patrol envoy Lin Fanlin sent a lowly post to ask for help, which is a letter handed over by Lord Lin to the lowly post when he set off. ”

As he spoke, An Ning took out the letter he had been guarding carefully along the way from his arms, and held it up respectfully with both hands.

At Ma Qingze's signal, a person who looked like a soldier took the letter from An Ning's hand, checked it, and made sure that there was no problem before handing it to Ma Qingze.

The stakes are very high, this matter is related to the movement of the thieves and the next step of the deployment of the official army, Ma Qingze also attaches great importance to this matter, he opened the envelope, and carefully read the content of the letter.

After about a few teas, Ma Qingze finished reading the letter carefully, and he raised his head again to look at An Ning: "I already know about these things written in the letter, and I will report to the Governor." ”

An Ning didn't expect that Shi Qiuming, the governor of Huainan Province, was also in this military camp, it seems that Zhang Feng'er made too much noise this time, so big that a governor would come out to clean up the mess in person.

However, this is also an opportunity for An Ning, at least it will not delay the military situation when this letter of request for help is reported to the next level, leaving time for the transfer of the army.

An Ning looked at Ma Qingze behind the bookcase, he knew that he shouldn't open his mouth at this time, but he still couldn't help it: "On behalf of the people of Yongyang, I beg you to send troops as soon as possible, and the army will arrive sooner, so that more people can be saved!" ”

Hearing this, Ma Qingze looked up at An Ning, who was begging for mercy below, and his expression also turned cold.

Judging from the conversation, this An Ning also looks like a scholar, but I didn't expect this person to be so ignorant of current affairs. How to deploy the army, how can you, a small soldier who doesn't even have an official body, dictate to you? As for the slight affection for him just now, it has long been gone.

Ma Qingze said in an indifferent tone: "How the army is arranged, and when it sets off is not something you should care about. ”

An Ning still didn't give up, tears couldn't stop flowing, crossed his cheeks, and said eagerly: "The people of the city are looking forward to it, begging for my lord...!" ”

"Enough!"

Ma Qingze interrupted him with an unswerving expression: "It's enough to do your own thing, your task has now been completed, and the next thing has nothing to do with you, let alone your turn to worry, let's go down and rest first!" ”

An Ning also knew that he was too anxious this time, but Lin Fan and the others were now uncertain, and he didn't even know if Yongyang City had been lost, so how could he not be in a hurry!

But Ma Qingze has already said this, obviously not giving An Ning a chance to speak.

He could only say helplessly: "Shicai is unreasonable and has offended adults, please forgive me!" Retire from your duties! ”

Ma Qingze's face was a little better, and he waved his hand to carry An Ning down, and he began to read the letter again.

But just as An Ning and the others were about to leave the camp, he suddenly said, "Wait! ”