The bright moon hung between the branches, the evening breeze blew slowly, and the shadows of the trees on the official road swayed gently.

It has not been a few years since Nanchen recovered Huainan, and most of Huainan's operations have stayed on the construction of military facilities, after all, it is not so easy for the war-torn Huainan to recover in the short term, and secondly, the current Nanchen does not have enough funds and time.

Therefore, this may still be the official road built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it is very rugged and difficult to walk, there are many potholes on the road, and more importantly, the wild grass on both sides of the road has begun to erode the road surface made of rammed earth after so many years of rain infiltration, and even the wild grass with vitality and tenaciousness has appeared in the middle of the road.

The official road, which could have been used for two carriages in parallel, was now only allowed to pass through one carriage, and it was often stuck in potholes. The grass on both sides of the road is barren and miserable, and you can see deserted villages from time to time, and the scene of broken walls and ruins is not much different from what Li Xinchen in Huaibei has ever seen.

This war, which spread throughout the land of Shenzhou and lasted for more than 300 years, made the Huainan and Huaibei wars completely become wastelands.

The sound of horses' hooves echoed on the empty official road, and a team of horses gradually appeared in the moonlight. The soldiers in front and behind this horse team were all armed with swords and weapons, and their eyes were full of murderous aura, constantly sweeping around them among the waist-high barren grass, and at a glance they knew that they were elite scouts sharpened in the blood and fire of the battlefield.

It's just that the official road is too narrow, so the large number of horses has to open a long line.

Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian are both dressed in inconspicuous soldier clothes, and the two of them are sitting on horseback with their swords in their hands. Because of Wu Mingche's physical reasons, there was no way to ride a horse, plus Wu Mingche needed to bring some of his family members into Beijing, as well as Li Xinchen's sister, so there were five carriages in this team.

Maybe the scale of such a convoy is nothing in Jiangnan, but in a deserted place like Huainan, it is definitely eye-catching, so Xiao Maha and Wu Mingche did not intend to hide their whereabouts from beginning to end. However, Rao is like this, when he arrived outside Yangzhou City, although the sun was setting, Xiao Maha still planned to rush to Guazhoudu in advance while the night was bright.

If Chen Shuling was prepared, it would definitely be more likely that he would still be doing tricks and feet in Yangzhou City, so Xiao Maha simply didn't give him this opportunity. What's more, if you get out of this Yangzhou as soon as possible, you don't have to worry about it.

After crossing the Yangzhou boundary, even if Chen Shuling had the courage, he did not have the strength to make a move in the rest of the places. And it is not much distance from Yangzhou City to Guazhou, which crosses the river, and it may be possible to reach Jiangnan tomorrow morning if you go to it overnight.

It's just that Xiao Maha didn't expect that the official road outside Yangzhou City would be barren and dilapidated, and the surrounding barren grass and those broken walls and ruins that constantly appeared in the field of vision, always with a gloomy feeling, even Xiao Maha, who had always been bold, was in a cold sweat behind him at this time.

"Daddy, there should be more than ten miles away from Guazhoudu," Xiao Shilian urged him to take two steps forward, "When we get to Guazhoudu, there is a sailor waiting to pick us up, so we will be safe." ”

Chen Ji's will arrived after Xiao Maha and them left, the will was as concise as ever, Chen Ji in order to facilitate the old governor to enter Beijing safely, specially arranged for the sailor warship to go to Guazhou to meet him, with Chen Ji's will, naturally no one dared to do it on the road from Guazhou to the capital, but Chen Ji said this is actually making it clear that he can't guarantee this part of the road in Yangzhou.

First, it is impossible for Chen Ji to take down Chen Shuling or limit his power without saying anything before he does anything, and secondly, this is also a test for Chen Ji for Xiao Maha. Small Yangzhou can't come, and it's better not to come to this capital.

"Go and tell the Metropolitan Governor," Xiao Maha nodded, the more he didn't dare to take him lightly the last part of the distance, "Tell the brothers, all ······ wide."

A trumpet arrow rose into the air on the side of the road, and the piercing whistling sound broke the silence on the official road, and also interrupted Xiao Maha's words. Xiao Maha's face changed drastically, and the guards around him also subconsciously drew their blades.

The arrows roared, directly submerging the few people who opened the way in front, and under the moonlight, the figures that appeared in the barren grass could be clearly seen, they crawled forward, and disappeared into the barren grass in an instant.

"Be careful!" Li Xinchen pulled the rope violently, and the Ziyun spear tied to his back had already slid down his arm into his hand, pulling a spear flower.

And behind it, another trumpet arrow rose, but the sound of this trumpet arrow was obviously different from just now, obviously Pei Zilie was asking about the situation.

"There are a lot of people here," Xiao Maha Huoran mentioned the horse lance, "Since they are here, then teach them a good lesson!" ”

Arrows kept coming from the darkness, but the Xiao family's guards, who had already been on guard, naturally would not suffer any more, and the spears and flowers danced without leaking, and the soldiers with shields skillfully rushed to the periphery. At the same time, the carriages paused, the curtains on both sides were lifted, and the sound of bows and crossbows was heard endlessly.

One after another, the figures that appeared and disappeared in the moonlight were shot, screaming and falling. The arrows released from the weeds hit the wagon, but they only made a crisp sound and then landed helplessly.

It turned out that before entering Yangzhou, Li Xinchen proposed to vacate the two carriages in front and behind, and hide some of the crossbowmen in the team into the carriage, and those arrows could not hurt the carriage, because when leaving Zhongli, iron plates or shields were placed in the side walls of the carriage, and it would be strange if they could shoot through.

So the wagons were actually simple enough to be armoured, and ordinary arrows could hardly hurt the people in the carriage, while the selected crossbowmen in the carriage could calmly and continuously shoot the ambushes through the windows.

"Be careful!" There was a sudden shout from the front of the team, and the two cavalrymen were overturned by the tripping horse, and the first carriage followed did not have time to stop, and also hit the tripping rope head-on, and the whole carriage was thrown directly into the air, and it spun half a circle before falling heavily to the ground, and the carriage was torn apart, and the crossbowmen in the carriage could not survive when they saw it.

And although the carriage overturned, it still landed in the middle of the road, and the official road was narrow, and it was suddenly blocked by the wreckage of the carriage.

"Kill!" Seeing the tragic death of their companions, the angry Xiao family and the Wu family's personal guards instigated their war horses one after another, and the long lance in their hands pierced into the chests of these killers.

"There are about a hundred people, and this Yangzhou assassin really looks up to us." Xiao Maha sneered, and on the horse lance in his hand, blood was dripping down. And Xiao Shilian had already rolled up his sleeves and rushed into the chaotic crowd with his personal guards.