Liu Guangzu and Liu Hanzi secretly crossed the river from the south bank of the Baigou River.

Originally, I thought that the north bank of the river rode back and forth, and there were cards along the road from time to time, and the scene did not appear at all, not to mention that there was no fancai, what road cards, and even half of the soldiers were not seen.

Along the way, just like on the hill in their hometown, they didn't see a single person for half a day. Along the way, they passed through several towns, starting from Yongqing, the first county capital after crossing the river, and then Gu'an, but they didn't dare to go in, and the defenders in the city did not come out, and the banner on the city also became the banner of "Wansheng Army", and there was a big "Zhou" character handsome flag.

Before coming, Liu Guangzu really didn't want to cross the river, let alone go to Yanjing. It was his distant family, General Liu Guangshi, who found him, and promised that after returning from the investigation, he would reward him with all the money, and also told him that from the north bank of the river to Yanjing City, there were no more soldiers, and they all returned to the imperial court.

Fool it! Liu Guangzu secretly scolded in his heart, if everyone really returned to the imperial court, where would there be any need to secretly investigate, just drive the army across the river.

But on the face, he didn't dare to say this about General Xiao Liu, and he still pointed at General Xiao Liu. Just go for it.

After another day of delay, Liu Guangshi was really anxious, so Liu Guangzu took Liu Hanzi and Wang Erniu to ask Liu Guangshi to send someone to send them across the river in the middle of the night. While walking, Liu Guangzu had already calculated in his heart: don't care about the damn, how far can you go, if there is a soldier in front, you will turn around and go back. General Liu Xiao asked, and when he said that he had reached the outside of the moat in Yanjing City, he said that the wall of Yanjing City was ten zhang high, and the moat alone was twenty zhang wide, and there was not even a boat—yes! No boats!

If you ask how the road is, you will say that all the way north along the river, and there are no people.

Well, that's it. As for what the army will encounter when it goes north in the future, that is, the people will re-arm.

The three of them went north along the east bank of the Wuding River, but they didn't know the villages, towns, rivers, and roads they passed along the way, and there were few people on the road, so there was nowhere to ask; It's just that when I meet someone occasionally, their Shaanzhou accent, if they talk angrily, isn't it rushing to let people arrest their own spies? Liu Guangzu is still smart about this.

So the three of them walked and stopped, rested when they wanted, and slept when they wanted. Woken up by mosquitoes in the grass that morning, the three had no choice but to continue north. Far away, across the river, he saw a man and horse on the west bank. The horses are all big horses in the north, and they are by no means comparable to the western horses in their army, and the cavalry on the horses are also well-armored, all of them are strong, and there are hundreds of people in a team of cavalry, and they run at the same speed, at the same intervals, and their movements are uniform, and they are running closer and closer to the riverbank.

Liu Guangzu and the three of them were so frightened that they hurriedly leaned over into the grass, for fear that the other party would see them shoot them to death with an arrow. Liu Guangzu is a person who has an aunt, and he is reluctant to die.

Fortunately, the other party just ran over and didn't notice the three of them. A cavalry soldier at the front held a flag in his hand with the word "Yang" on it, and this team of horses came to the other side of the river in an instant, less than four zhang wide on the river, so that Liu Guangzu and the three of them did not dare to let go, and squatted tightly in the grass.

A thick voice floated along the river breeze: "Walking a horse early in the morning is more beautiful than sleeping!" ”

Liu Guangzu's heart moved, and he was bold, peeking through the cracks in the grass, only to see familiar figures standing by the river one by one, letting the horses graze by the river, taking off their helmets, and enjoying the morning breeze.

Sure enough, it was him, Liu Guangzu thought in his heart, and said that this Yang Keshi sneaked into the camp, but he was captured and surrendered, and sure enough. Otherwise, how could you meet him here?

Liu Guangzu never believed Liu Guangshi's words in his heart, saying that all the south of Yanjing had surrendered to the imperial court. It was all to trick him into probing the road.

Sure enough, I only heard a man with an accent on the other side of the river say: "General Yang, I can raise horses in Zhuozhou water and grass the most, and if I walk it once in the morning and evening, this horse will not have miscellaneous diseases." ”

Liu Guangzu was afraid that Wang Niu and Liu Hanzi would rashly go out to recognize each other, so he gently dragged the two of them for a night, shook his head at the two, and signaled not to act rashly. Wang Niu and Liu Hanzi are not fools, they naturally understand what Liu Guangzu means, and they just hope that this group of people will leave quickly and go far away.

The three of them waited for a while in shock and fear, only to hear Yang Keshi vaguely say: "When will you go to Ancicheng on the east bank of the river and ......recover Ancicheng" I couldn't hear it clearly, and I saw Yang Keshi and the others riding on their horses and going back and forth.

Liu Guangzu saw that Yang Keshi and the others were far away, so he said to Wang Niu and the others: "This is already the boundary of Zhuozhou, and Yanjing is in front, and I am afraid that there will be more and more people going forward." ”

When Wang Niu saw Liu Guangzu say this, he hurriedly said: "If these people saw us just now, I was afraid that a burst of arrows would come, and the three of us would become hedgehogs." Let's go back. ”

Liu Hanzi nodded again and again: "Back!" ”

Liu Guangshi nodded while listening to Liu Guangzu's report, and only listened to Liu Guangzu say: "The three of us have become homeless people, and they have not stopped all the way, braving the wind and rain, and enduring hunger and ......" Seeing Liu Guangshi's face slightly angry, he hurriedly changed his words and said: "Since crossing the boundary river, I have never encountered soldiers all the way to the north, and the county capital and state city I have passed through are all under the banner of "Wansheng Army", and they do not come out to patrol, but just guard in the city. After Yongqing, through Gu'an, until the south of the moat in Yanjing City, I saw that there were Fanren cavalry under the city, the city wall of Fanren was ten zhang high, and the moat was about twenty zhang wide, and the three of us were starving along the way......"

Liu Guangshi threw him a piece of silver, and Liu Guangzu immediately nodded and walked out of the camp.

Liu Guangshi rode into the city of Xiongzhou and relayed Liu Guangshi's words to his father Liu Yanqing. These words were relayed by Liu Guangshi, but they sounded more credible than the nonsense made up by Liu Guangzu.

Liu Yanqing twisted his beard and pondered his son's words. Tong Taishi also told him that Zhou Nan had taken Zhuoyi Erzhou and had surrendered to the imperial court. This time, his son sent someone to Yanjing to investigate, and the situation reported when he came back also confirmed the words of Master Tong. It seems that the journey from the north of the Jiehe River to Yanjing is already a smooth road. It's just that although Zhou Nan said that he was obedient to the imperial court, the imperial court could not go to garrison the army, which shows that this person's intention to return to obedience is not true. However, as long as he dodges a little, marches along the route on the east bank of the Wuding River, and does not violate the river water with his Zhou Nanjing water. Besides, his army of 50,000 is still afraid that he will become a mountain king?!

Master Tong has already given him a strict order, raise an army within five days, cross the boundary river, send troops to Yanjing, and attack Yanjing City! and promised that as long as he entered Yanjing City, he Liu Yanqing would be the first hero to restore Yanjing.

Now after listening to Liu Guangshi's words, after weighing it, he feels that there is no danger in going north this time, even if he goes to Yanjing City, he will fight if he can beat it, and if he can't beat it, he will run away! Along the way, it doesn't matter if his mother is the state city of Fanren, or the state city of Zhounan, he grabbed it! Eating food and becoming a soldier is not just trying to make some money?

"Immediately straighten out the soldiers and horses, and cross the river at the end of the day!" Liu Yanqing ordered Liu Guangshi.

(End of chapter)