It is estimated that they floated in the river for more than an hour, and the two fazi gathered one after the other for more than 300 steps on the north bank of the Yellow River. Especially the daffle that Nalan was riding, if it weren't for Yongyue, I don't know how many miles it would float down, and it was impossible to say whether it could dock or not.

Nalan didn't dare to talk about Yongyue, for fear of touching Duguyue's pain. When I came to the north shore, everyone was not familiar with where I went, but fortunately, there was Ah Weng, he looked left and right: "It may be near Dayudu." ”

Duguyue said: "Dayudu? On the other side of the river is the Shantang Station! ”

"Yes." We're drifting for dozens of miles. Fortunately, they are all alive. Tonight, I also drank wine and had the courage to go to the ditch, if I didn't drink, how dare I. It was freezing on this day, and he died if he fell into the water. ”

But Duguyue muttered: "Yongyue can only stay in this river forever." ”

Everyone was silent for a long time, and Shangguan Yun stepped forward and said, "When I have a chance, I will find you two more good horses, don't be sad." ”

……

Nalan said: "In most of the capital, the clothes are wet, the weather is cold, this is cold and hungry, do you want to go to the ferry to find a few inns first?" Present"

Ah Weng hurriedly said: "No, I heard that the rebels have been stationed at the ferry more than ten days ago. Isn't it the same as a sheep in the mouth of a tiger? ”

Shangguan Yun said: "Then why don't you find a hidden place, burn some fire, and roast your wet clothes." ”

Aweng replied, "Then go upstream, and there may be some abandoned clay kilns scattered along the riverbank, and we will go into the cave and make a fire so that we will not be discovered." This view of Pingchuan, there is a fire at night, and it is easy to be found. ”

Several sergeants wanted to lift the fazi away from the river and carry it away, but Aweng said: "The fazi by the Yellow River is used by whoever needs it, you just drag it to the beach and don't let the water wash it away." ”

So after dragging the fal to the beach, the group went upstream, there were no torches, no moonlight, by feeling, everyone touched a post road by the river, and touched Xu Xu on the post road.

Fortunately, the old man sailed on both sides of the Yellow River all the year round, and was familiar with the terrain, and after groping for a mile or two in the dark, he stopped at a high hill on the side of the road, stopped to look around, and said under a few high ridges: "Enter from here, there is a broken kiln inside, let's go there first for the time being." ”

Shangguan Yun nodded, and the group followed the old man through a long and narrow passage, about two hundred steps to the bottom of a high hill. The old man looked around, picked up a clump of withered grass, and vaguely saw a hole.

The old man grabbed a handful of grass, got into it, groped in the dark for a while, as if wiping out the fire from his arms, blowing gently, there was light, and the grass was lit up after illuminating the cave, like a brick-burning earthen kiln, and there were some bricks and tiles and some firewood and grass that had not been moved out.

The old man said while lighting a fire: "I also came here a few years ago, that time to help cross a person, the Yellow River rose, accidentally drifted to Dayu to cross here, and lived in this small cave for a night when it was dark." ”

Nalan replied, "It's good, we'll live here tonight." ”

Only Shangguan Yun, with a difficult face, a dignified and five-grade outsider, fell into the situation of living in an earthen kiln. Duguyue found a few bricks, folded a platform for him, invited him to sit, and said with a smile: "My lord, first grieve for one night, and when you arrive at Fenglingdu tomorrow, let Ah Weng send you across the river first." ”

At this time, the old man's fire had been lit, and the kiln suddenly warmed up and dispelled the cold.

Shangguan Yun sat up, shaking the water on his clothes before saying, "Thanks to Ah Weng, I would have been buried in the river." ”

"My lord, you're welcome, the old man has been ferrying on the Yellow River for decades, and it is generally for the convenience of our Guo family to travel north and south. I didn't expect to be able to serve you all tonight, which is really an honor. ”

Shangguan Yun listened and turned to Duguyue and asked, "It is said that your Guo family is powerful, and from Fenglingdu to Dayudu, how many ferry points have your family arranged?" ”

The old man wanted to answer, but was robbed by Duguyue and said, "My lord, I don't know how many are lowly positions." I only know that there are people from our family by the Yellow River. ”

Shangguan Yun said stupidly: "It is said that your family's clan power is all over Kuihan, and it seems that it is true." ”

"My lord is really serious, our Guo family is just a small family by the Wei River in Guanzhong, where did the power come from all over Cuihan? Don't listen to those rumors. ”

……

As he was talking, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves on the post road outside the kiln, and everyone's hearts were tight, and the old man hurriedly withdrew the firewood, so that the flames were smaller, and piled up some grass at the entrance of the cave: "As long as the fire does not penetrate out, they can't see here." Rest assured, gentlemen."

Nalan felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly said to the pro-soldier team: "You and I go outside to see what's going on." The others must ensure that the adults and the post keeper are safe. It is also a night cat barking. ”

After speaking, the two of them took out their horizontal knives from their bags and pushed the grass out of the kiln, and walked gently through the narrow road, only to see more than a dozen torches coming from the downstream direction. Nalan and the others hurriedly crouched in a bush on the side of the post road.

The sergeant with the torch did not seem to be in a hurry, but strolled along the post road and searched for something. When I got closer, I heard their voices, it was Fan Yang's accent. But with a guide, the words were clearer. The guide was apparently forced to come, and one of the sergeants whipped him from time to time. He just pleaded bitterly: "Master Jun, I'm really not very familiar with this area, and I don't know where your captive has gone?" ”

"You're not honest! Wait for your head to be unloaded for the night pot. ”

"Master Jun, I'll do my best! I tried my best! ”

"Humph! Don't play any tricks and see what happens to those who don't cooperate at the ferry. ”

The forced people were shocked: "I understand, I understand!" ”

"It's good to understand!" Then he shouted, "Brothers, keep your eyes open, this boy is wounded and can't run far." This time, if you catch him, you won't let him go. The rest of the sergeants chimed in.

Nalan wondered if the rebels were searching for escaped captives. When I was in Hangu Pass, I heard that the rebels were brutal and all the prisoners were killed, why did you value this prisoner? And the person who led the way was forced to look around, if he found the brick kiln where Lord Shangguan was located, if he was not prepared, it would be difficult to deal with these dozen people.

So he quietly commanded the team next to him, and the team slowly got up, bowed and ran in the direction of the brick kiln. I didn't think about it, I ran too fast, and I made a noise, which attracted the attention of the team. The guide hurriedly said, "Master Jun, there are a few old brick kilns that have been installed for a long time over there. Why don't we take a look here first, will we hide here? ”

"Oh! You lead the way, and we'll go over and see. ”

Nalan's heart was in his throat at this time, he was worried that the team was hesitating, and if the notice was late, they would become turtles in the urn if they were not prepared. This time, they dressed up as ordinary people and did not bring heavy weapons such as knives and crossbows. And the other party has horses, Mo knives, and bows and crossbows......

The group of men and horses passed by him, and counted them, and there were twelve horses, eleven besides the guides, three of whom carried swords, three archers, and five of whom held horizontal swords.

After Nalan saw that the men and horses had already walked inside, he got up and tiptoed to follow, and the archer behind the rebel palace seemed to feel movement behind him, looked back, and shouted: "Who? ”。 The moment he turned around, Nalan quickly flashed behind a mound of dirt.

The commander in front of the rebels scolded disapplausively: "What are you shouting, I'm afraid of ghosts!" We fought all the way from Fanyang to here, killing enemies when we met enemies, killed gods when we met gods, and killed ghosts when we met ghosts. ”

"Boss, I'm not afraid, I really heard a sound behind me."

"Huh? Really? The three of you go over and take a look!" The three people in the back were about to turn the horse's head and come over to see what was going on, Nalan had already drawn his knife and was ready to fight.

Unexpectedly, the Mo knife hand in front shouted: "Boss, come quickly!" There was indeed a fire in that kiln, and that guy must be hiding in the cave. ”

When Nalan heard this, he was even more nervous.

Then I heard the captain shout, "Go in and get this guy out!" The five horsemen in front rushed over, and Xu saw that the hole was too small, so he dismounted and went in.

Nalan felt that sooner or later he would be killed, so he stepped out from behind the mound, approached the last horseman, and when he was almost a few steps away, he rushed forward and stabbed the crossbowman in the chest, and the crossbowman had been pushed off his horse before he knew what was going on.

The people in front saw movement behind and shouted, "There are scouts in the back." "When he was about to drag the horse's head, one of them was shot by an arrow and fell. At this time, Nalan shouted: "Kill quickly, there are only eleven of them." ”

As soon as he shouted, more than a dozen pro-soldiers from the front and back had already killed, and suddenly swords and swords. At that moment, I saw a flash of fire in the kiln, and it collapsed, and several rebels who went in were buried.

Nalan thought that Shangguan Yun and Duguyue were also among them, and shouted: "The kiln has collapsed, you quickly save the Lord and the post chief." ”

I saw a person on Gao Kan answering: "Captain, adults and aunts and grandmothers are safe, what are you shouting nonsense, quickly cut off the rebels." ”

Only then did Nalan relax and prepare to deal with the last four rebels, who were so brave and rampage, trying to break out of the encirclement and escape on the post road.

Nalan shouted, "Brothers, do not allow this thief to escape, for if they do, they will bring a large number of men and we will all be killed." ”

When the soldiers heard the commander say this, they trapped the four people to death, but they had no long weapons and did not dare to get close, and the four people were also trapped in the dark, plus five people in the kiln had been pressed and two had been attacked from behind and died, and the tactics were chaotic. Although Nalan's soldiers did not have long weapons, they picked up bricks and rubble, and smashed them violently, and the four of them were also dizzy, and they couldn't find their way for a while.

Nalan saw the opportunity, released two arrows in a row, and two more people fell off the horse, and the captain of the Wu saw that some dogs jumped off the wall in a hurry, and saw that the pass guarded by Nalan was weak, and pulled the reins and rushed towards Nalan with a strong kick towards the horse, Nalan was shocked, if he was allowed to escape, then all the plans for this trip would be in vain.

So his heart was horizontal, and when he rushed over, he also stepped diagonally onto the rock wall, and Wu Chang may have seen a figure in front of him, taking a knife to grid, Nalan slashed over with a horizontal knife, unstoppable, Wu Chang's knife was immediately broken, and he didn't have time to groan, and he was already at both ends of his body. And the horse was frightened, and ran up the post road, but could not catch up.

Seeing this, the remaining rebel sergeant quickly dismounted and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Brothers, I was forcibly recruited by them, don't kill me, don't kill me, don't kill me......." At this time, the soldiers had already captured him with the guide, intending to kill him to prevent future troubles.

Nalan said: "The guide was forced to bring the prisoner over first." Others hurriedly packed up their belongings and buried the bodies. The guide kowtowed like garlic and said, "Thank you, Lord Mingjian!" ”

Nalan asked, "Who are you chasing?" ”

The rebel captive said like pouring beans: "My lord, we are chasing a scout of the Shuofang army, and he has spied on our army, oh! Some of our rebels' military deployments were arrested, and the general said that he would interrogate him personally, but he did not expect that during his detention, he was allowed to escape. ”

"Was you arrested in Dayudu? How many people are there in your Dayudu? ”

"Yes! He came to our Dayudu to spy on the military situation. We have a ......"

"Say it! How many people are there? ”

The rebel muttered, "At least a thousand! However, the follow-up army was almost more than 10,000 people. ”

At this time, Shangguan Yun and Duguyue also came down to hear it, and they were all surprised.

"How many people are there in Fenglingdu?" Nalan asked.

"Fenglingdu, we only sent some sharp soldiers to operate there. I heard that when we were waiting for the attack on Tongguan, we were ready to occupy Fenglingdu in order to respond. ”

"How can you know such a secret thing?" Nalan asked sharply.

"My lord, spare my life, spare me, you will be of great use."

"What's the use?"

"My lord, the kid is actually a record, today is just an invitation from the same township, come out to play, breathe, I didn't expect to meet all the adults."

Shangguan Yun said: "Then you are missing now, they will not look for you everywhere, and if we don't kill you, it will be a disaster." ”

"My lord, don't, spare my life, and I will repay it. I can give you more information and intelligence. ”

"Tell us everything you know."

"My lord, you must promise not to kill me, I will say, otherwise I will not spit a word."

Nalan pointed at Shangguan Yun and said, "He is our head, he said he would do it." ”

"To keep you from killing me, I can only say one thing a day?"

At this time, the team came over and lifted his neck and said, "You are still bargaining here, I will kill you now." ”

"Don't! Other! I said, I said, in fact, the 10,000 recruits in your area have already rebelled......"

He spit out dozens of pieces of information at once, which made Shangguan Yun a little unable to remember, and he needed to write this information into a document and pass it on to the imperial court as soon as possible.

So he stepped aside and discussed with Nalan and Duguyue: "This captive is very important, it can't be killed, if it can be brought to Tongguan, it is very important." ”

Nalan worried, "What if he does something halfway?" ”

"Do everything you can to take him to Tongguan. I also have to find a way to find the scout of the Shuofang army. ”

At this time, the team came over and said, "The guide said that he knows where the scouts of the Shuofang army are hiding?" ”

"Bring him over for questioning."

After the team came over with the guide, the guide said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the scout was hidden by me, but the hiding location is near Dayudu." Did you send a few people to pick it up? ”

"Is what you're telling true?"

"The little ones will never dare to lie, the rebels will kill my people and destroy my homeland......"

"Even if we believe you, we can't save him. This group of people has been intercepted by us, and they will definitely touch more people to search! ”