Li Wanqing straightened his phoenix helmet, waved his sword to fight, and when the sword was tense, he rode out on a horse, and immediately saw Fu Xunyu at a glance, raised his hand to stop the left and right, and shouted: "Foreign envoy Fu!" ”

Fu Xunyu recognized the person and replied with a smile: "Yang joins the army." And said to Li Wanqing, "Li Zhangpan, this is Yang Zhaofeng, who joined the army in my Zhao camp." At that moment, Li Wanqing was introduced to Yang Zhaofeng.

Yang Zhaofeng sat down and panted for breath, it seemed that he had been galloping for a long time, Fu Xunyu asked why, Yang Zhaofeng said: "The rangers scattered around the county town returned to say that there was an abnormality in the north of the city, and the Korean commander was worried about the safety of the foreign envoys, so he specially ordered me to come and respond." As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked into the distance, "What happened to the north of the city?" ”

Fu Xunyu sighed, and briefly told the story of He Jin and the others' attack on Luo Rucai, Yang Zhaofeng immediately solemnized, and arched his hand towards Li Wanqing: "Li Zhangpan, your sacrifice with He Zhangpan and Lin Zhangpan for my Zhao Ying is admirable. My Zhao Ying will take revenge and repay his kindness, and He and Lin will not lose their lives in vain. ”

Li Wanqing stopped crying, nodded with red eyes, his face was full of misery, and he didn't seem to have come out of the result of Liu Xiyao's betrayal and He Jin and Lin Yang's death.

As a few people were talking, a sentry horse galloped over and reported loudly: "A horse army has come out of the north gate of Zaoyang County, and it has arrived less than two miles away!" "It was difficult to investigate in the dark night, Yang Zhaofeng, Fu Xunyu and others patronized and talked, but they did not guard against the rapid approach of Cao Ying's horse army.

"There is only one Wang Kehuai in the Cao thief horse army in the north of the city, and this thief must be chasing after him!" Li Wanqing suddenly swept away his frustration and said viciously, "This thief has killed my two brothers, He and Lin, and Lao Tzu is going to kill him!" After that, he was in high spirits, flew on the horse, and grabbed the horse's belly hard to turn back and kill back.

Fu Xunyu hurriedly stepped forward to grab Li Wanqing's horse and persuaded: "Cao thief is in power, it is not appropriate to fight again." Stay in the green mountains and don't be afraid of no firewood, Li Zhangpan should not be impulsive! ”

As soon as the words fell, the shouting and killing sound not far away suddenly erupted, and sparks from the collision of metal occasionally flashed in the dark, Yang Zhaofeng listened to the report of the sentry horseman, and shouted to Fu and Li: "Han Tongzhi has led his troops to arrive, with him intercepting Cao Thief's chasing soldiers, let's evacuate first!" Speaking of this, he deliberately said to Li Wanqing, who was still indignant, "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, although those who offend my Zhao Ying will be punished from afar, hasn't Li Zhangpan heard this sentence?" Since the Cao thieves provoked me Zhao Ying, is Li Zhangpan still worried that he won't have a chance to clean them up in the end? ”

When Li Wanqing heard this, he gave up. Immediately, Yang Zhaofeng led more than 100 horse troops to protect Li Wanqing, Fu Xunyu and other remnants of the army all the way to the east. After a while, on the way, Han Gon and hundreds of other horsemen caught up from behind, saying that Cao Ying's pursuers did not know the truth and reality, and they took the initiative to evacuate first when the melee was not long. So at that moment, the two sides merged into one and retreated straight to the temporary camp of the Feijie Camp located in the Pozi Temple forty miles east of Zaoyang County.

Li Wanqing's camp was mainly a foot soldier, so only more than ten cavalry of his own soldiers escaped with him. Han Gon saddled his horse and did not stop, he immediately came to the door and asked Zhao Ying's horse army to counterattack Cao Ying, Han Gon spread his hands and said honestly: "Today's camp is full of soldiers and horses, but there are only 500 horses, and attacking the city is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg." ”

Li Wanqing was disappointed and shouted: "What about Zhao Dangshi? Why isn't he here? ”

Han Gon first said a few good words to calm him down, and then said: "The lord is still dealing with the camp on the northern front, and he will not come here. ”

"Go back to the camp, go back to the camp...... Li Wanqing was still very excited, his face was sad, he walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, and his mouth was not polite, "Isn't it just a thief who returned to the camp, and it is not a heavenly soldier sent by the Jade Emperor, and he has not known for a long time?" ”

Cui Shuqiang on the side was short-tempered, and when he heard it, he was not happy, and he also shouted: "You are amazing, why don't you take Zaoyang County and cut off the head of the surnamed Luo?" ”

Yang Zhaofeng said: "The situation in the north and south is different, and it cannot be generalized. Continued to say to Li Wanqing, "Li Zhangpan is eager for revenge, and we can all understand it." The battle on the northern front is all in the hands of my Zhao Ying, and the day of the defeat of the thieves is also the time when the Cao thieves are destroyed. ”

Han Gon nodded and said, "After this chaos, the Cao thief has to rest for two or three days, and it is giving our battalion in the north a good opportunity to break the enemy and win." Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, there will be good news. As for when the battle to return to the camp will have results, he has no bottom in his heart, and he looks at the eyes of his eyebrows, and it is just a moment to delay it.

Li Wanqing knew that it would be useless to ask Han Gon and Yang Zhaofeng again, sighed heavily, and walked to find a quiet place, but inadvertently caught a glimpse of a figure sitting by the broken monument more than a dozen steps away, which was somewhat familiar, so he wanted to get closer and see clearly. When the man saw Li Wanqing walking towards him, he was stunned for a moment, and then quickly got up and wanted to leave, but he was grabbed by Li Wanqing after only taking two steps.

Han Gon and Yang Zhaofeng glanced at each other, feeling that something was wrong, and they both followed up with their hind feet, and asked, "What, Li Zhangpan, do you recognize him?" ”

The man was trembling, raising his big sleeves to cover his face, but how could he be able to defeat the rude Li Wanqing. Li Wanqing exerted a little effort, and the man "oops, hey, hey", his hands involuntarily loosened.

"You are, Chu ......" Li Wanqing's eyes were full of doubts, and halfway through speaking, he scratched his sideburns, obviously forgetting the other party's name.

"Chu Xidi." Yang Zhaofeng reminded him, "He is a warden of Zaoyang County, is Li Zhangpan ......" Since he was obtained by the Feijie camp, Chu Xidi has been locked up in a dark room in Pozi Temple.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Wanqing patted his head, "Chu rhino land, this is Chu rhino land!" ”

Yang Zhaofeng frowned and asked, "What about him?" ”

Li Wanqing let go of his right hand that was holding Chu Xidi, and Chu Xi shivered with pain and retreated two steps away, but he didn't dare to go, and he lowered his head weakly. Li Wanqing squinted at him and said coldly: "The Cao thief was able to enter the city, and this guy is indispensable." ”

Han Gon said: "Is this true? ”

Li Wanqing shook his head and said: "I have no grievances with him, why frame him." continued, "This guy is meticulous in his work, and he secretly colludes with the surname Luo, and few people know about it." It's just that I was one of the troops attacking Zaoyang County that night, and I once entered the city to help defend for a night. In order to reward the soldiers, the surnamed Luo plundered the army, but my subordinates watched a few points to ensure that they were not affected by the rebellion, and one of them was the mansion in the city. ”

"What happened?" Han Gon asked again.

"At that time, I was responsible for sending troops to guard several important places such as the county government and the county treasury, but I vaguely remembered that there was a family surnamed Chu in the room, and I needed to live well. After a night's time, he was driven out of the city and camped, and Ben didn't pay much attention to it, but later, two days ago, he had a drink with some of his brothers, and talked about some recent events in the city, and the topic fell back to this guy. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"It was said that there was some chaos in the city, and some people resisted, I think that the city had been under attack for a day or two at that time, and there were still such hard bones standing up, and I was quite interested, so I asked a few more questions. Who knew that after asking, he realized that the cause of the chaos was actually the Chu family. Li Wanqing said, and looked at Chu Xidi, whose sleeves were messy in the wind, "I don't know the specific situation, it seems that the Chu family and the Cao thief had a dispute, and the Cao thief was ruthless. ”

Han Gon said thoughtfully: "No wonder my camp saw this person for the first time, but he was mixed in with the homeless people. Now that I think about it, I must have been persecuted by Luo Rucai and escaped from the city. ”

Li Wanqing continued: "The Cao thief and the Chu family had a falling out, and no one kept Neiying's identity secret for him, and the name of 'Chu Rhino Land' soon spread throughout the city. I recalled that on the night of the city's break, when I was patrolling Chu's house, I met a middle-aged man who was very grandiose, and I was deeply impressed. At this time, you naturally recognized it, and you reported his name again, there is no doubt that this person is this person! Speaking of this, he stretched out his big hand, grabbed Chu Xidi's clothes, and grabbed a chicken and slipped over, "Stupid, you are in cahoots with Cao Thief, you should have this fate!" ”

Rao is Yang Zhaofeng has a gentle personality, but when he thought that this Chu Rhino Land was the initiator of the fall of Zaoyang County and the death of Lian Buxin, he was angry from his heart, and evil was born to the side of his guts, "Bang Dang" pulled out his knife, and scolded sharply: "Dog thief, what else do you have to say!" After speaking, driven by anger, he actually had the idea of slashing on the spot.

Han Gon was quite calm, blocking Yang Zhaofeng, who was about to move, with one hand, and said: "The reason for this matter, including the fate of this surnamed Chu, needs to be handed over to the lord to decide." I just want to ask him one thing here. Yang Zhaofeng listened, took a deep breath, and inserted the knife back, while Li Wanqing pushed and shoved and brought Chu Xi to Han Gon.

"As an official of the imperial court, why did you collude with thieves and betray the city?" As the group of Feijie battalion horse soldiers trapped in the city and the untrustworthy superiors, Han Gon's anger towards Chu Xidi was no less than that of Yang Zhaofeng. To be honest, if he didn't have the title of Zhao Ying's commander now, Chu Xidi would probably have been in a different place long ago.

"Nonsense." Chu Xi looked unremarkable, but as soon as the words came out, he was still as tough as ever, "If any person makes irresponsible remarks, you will be convinced." With the appearance of this person, he is embarrassed to call himself a Ming official? ”

Li Wanqing immediately became angry, and reprimanded angrily: "Lao Tzu is full of food and support, and he made up this thing to harm you for a dog day? ”

Chu Xi looked at each other coldly: "People like you, what can't you do?" ”

Li Wanqing screamed "oops", and couldn't help but learn from Yang Zhaofeng to draw a knife, Han Gon shook his head and signaled him not to be impulsive, but Chu Xi stretched his neck instead, and said: "If you want to kill, you will kill, if I frown, I will not be surnamed Chu." The head can be broken, the knot cannot be humiliated, you want to bend into a move, but you can die of this heart. ”

"Dead duck has a hard mouth!"

Li Wanqing scolded, the knife was not drawn, and his fists danced to beckon towards Chu Xidi. Han Gon pulled him over, surrounded by Yang Zhaofeng and the others, and said in a low voice: "We are now officials and soldiers, not rogues, and we need to pay attention to the word 'reason' in case of trouble." At present, there is no conclusive evidence, and the crime of this surnamed Chu cannot be convicted, and the lynching is unfavorable to the lord and Zhao Ying. Now that he is in our hands, he can't fly out, take care of it, slowly circulate, and always catch clues. Don't be too anxious either. There was a kind of majesty in his words, and although Yang and Li were angry, they also weighed the weight and agreed silently.

Han Gon didn't want Chu Xi to show his eyes outside, looking at the tightness in his chest, and with a wave of his hand, the soldiers on the left and right quickly took him away. Li Wanqing was in a bad mood, shaking his head, muttering gossip in his head, and walking away. Yang Zhaofeng said: "Chu Xidi is just a disease of ringworm scabies, and the current major problem is still in the north. The war in the north has been delayed for a long time, and Cao Ying can be delayed for a while, but not for a lifetime. What is the situation on the lord's side, you still have to ask clearly. ”

"Very much. Tang Ma passed the news back and forth too roughly, I asked Lao Meng to go to Fanhe City this morning, and he should be able to come back later. Han Gon patted Yang Zhaofeng's shoulder, "Chenglin will also return from the direction of Zaoyang County in a while." Only when the situation on both sides is checked clearly can it be planned. ”

Yang Zhaofeng said with a smile: "With Lao Meng, Chenglin and the system, it is the blessing of Zhao Ying." ”

Han Gon also laughed, laughed for a while, and stood sideways, as if from the bottom of his heart, and said meaningfully: "It is also my blessing to have you in the camp." ”