The fast horse that quietly went to Kaifeng City from Nameless Town arrived after galloping all the way for an hour. This person seems to have an official position, and the soldiers guarding the city will not stop him when they see him, and let him go directly.

The fast horse went straight to the main street in Kaifeng City, although there were not many pedestrians, but it also caused a lot of commotion, and finally stopped in front of the government office in Kaifeng.

The man on horseback turned over and dismounted, and then passed directly into the palace without notification, and ran all the way to a study in the backyard and stopped.

"My lord, there is an urgent report!" The man stood in front of the closed door of the study with his hands down, and shouted softly into the room.

"Come in!" A deep voice came from inside the room.

The man didn't hesitate and pushed the door in.

There were two people in the study, the older one was in his fifties, his face was white, and he was still a fat man, and this person was wearing the official uniform of the prefect, and he was obviously the prefect in the palace.

The other man, with very dark skin, wearing the armor of a general and a sword pinned to his waist, was about thirty years old, and was Bi Yuan, the general who guarded Kaifeng City.

The man who came in a hurry closed the door with his backhand after entering the door, and then knelt in front of the prefect and said: "My lord, there is a gold lord in Nameless Town today, and he is recruiting people on a large scale. ”

"Oh, do you know this gold owner?" The prefect immediately asked in a deep voice.

"My lord, this gold lord looks like Mao Wenlong from Ye County, and among the people accompanying him, there is also Hong Chengchou who has not had any news for a long time." The man said truthfully.

Hong Chengchou ...... Are you sure? The prefect was slightly surprised.

The general sitting next to him also had a great change in expression, obviously the fact that Mao Wenlong came to Nameless Town that the man said just now was true.

Mao Wenlong suddenly sent troops to attack Xiaguidefu, which had already worried the prefect of Kaifeng City. Unexpectedly, only a few days later, I heard that Mao Wenlong had come to Nameless Town to recruit people.

If nothing else, Mao Wenlong obviously intends to expand the army, and the purpose of the expansion is obviously to continue to attack other cities, Kaifeng is adjacent to the city of Guide, Mao Wenlong's spearhead is directed at Kaifeng, which is already obvious.

"How many men are coming?" General Bi Yuan, who had been silent, suddenly asked urgently.

"Back to the generals, they only have a hundred followers, and they didn't find any extra people." The man hesitated for a moment before replying to Bi Yuan's question.

"Well, you go down first, continue to monitor, and any disturbance must be reported as soon as possible." Bi Yuan waved his hand to let the man step back.

"Yes, General! The villain retired. The man clasped his fists and saluted and left.

The prefect pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked Bi Yuan: "What is the general going to do?" ”

Bi Yuan said fiercely: "My lord, this is a good opportunity, we must send troops as soon as possible and ambush and kill Mao Wenlong halfway." In this way, all the predicaments of our Kaifeng City will be solved. ”

A bright light flashed in the prefect's eyes, and he asked with a smile, "Is the general sure?" Mao Wenlong rumored that the soldiers around him were all ten at a top, which was extremely powerful. ”

Bi Yuan smiled and said, "My lord, rumors are rumors after all, and they can't be believed easily." Besides, Mao Wenlong only brought a hundred followers this time, which is definitely a good opportunity for us to start. ”

The prefect did not have any doubts, he knew that if he missed this opportunity, he and Bi Yuan in front of him would definitely have no good life in the future. I don't even know when the black gauze hat on his head will be gone.

Recently, the grain and grass sent by the imperial court have become less and less, and the military posts in various places have been in arrears for three months. During this period, although some were sent more or less, they were sent in order to feed their own soldiers.

These officials and generals in the army can only be intercepted. This also led to the discouragement of those ordinary soldiers below, and those who fled fled and left, and there was not one out of ten.

It can be said that there are no troops in Kaifeng City today to defend the city, except for the personal soldiers of various generals, almost all the ordinary soldiers have run out.

This is also the reason why they will panic when they hear that Mao Wenlong actually came to Nameless Town to recruit people.

At this moment, Kaifeng City is simply unable to resist Mao Wenlong's attack, so it must eliminate all threats first, and there is a good opportunity in front of him.

"Then I'll leave everything to the general. The stakes are so high that we must succeed and not fail, so I can bring all of my 2,000 personal generals with me. The muscles on the prefect's fat face trembled.

"My lord, please rest assured, this time I will kill Mao Wenlong under the knife. When I ask the court for credit afterwards, I hope that my lord will not forget me. Bi Yuan let out a sinister laugh.

This will be that he has already begun to make arrangements for what will happen after success, and killing Mao Wenlong will not only be able to immediately eliminate the safety of Kaifeng City. The most important thing is to ask the imperial court for credit, which is a good opportunity for promotion.

I think he Bi Yuan has been a small general in Kaifeng City for ten years, but he has never taken another half step. This time it's time for him to put on a good show.

"The general can rest assured, you and I are all in the same boat, and I will naturally not forget the general when I get better." The prefect assured Bi Yuan.

Bi Yuan smiled and nodded, and then resigned and went to arrange for people to intercept and kill Mao Wenlong.

Until the evening of the same day, Bi Yuan had gathered his four major generals, and brought all his personal soldiers, a full 10,000 elite soldiers, and hurried to the nameless town.

After a dreamless night, Mao Wenlong rested for a night in the post inn in Nameless Town. After waking up early, he ordered to prepare for the return of Defu.

After all, Nameless Town is too close to Kaifeng City, and Mao Wenlong's identity cannot be exposed, once the defenders of Kaifeng City learn that he has arrived in a low-key manner. It will inevitably lead to death, and for safety reasons, it is natural that the sooner you leave, the better.

In order not to attract the attention of Kaifeng City, Mao Wenlong was still escorted back to Defu by a hundred guards. As for the recruited manpower, it was led by Chen Jisheng and rushed back.

The guards were quickly assembled, and Mao Wenlong only took the five people of the Song Dynasty and Hong Chengchou, and under the escort of a hundred guards, he set off early and left the nameless town.

More than 100 people were still dressed as merchants, and after leaving the nameless town, they walked along the official road.

Chen Jisheng had to bring a lot of people, and Mao Wenlong was an hour late before the whole army set off, a lot behind.

More than 100 rode on the official road, all of them only brought a little dry food, and all the other items were carried by the men and horses led by Chen Jisheng behind.

Nameless Town is less than a day's journey from Guide City, and Mao Wenlong, who was traveling lightly, was able to return to Guide Mansion in one day, so there was no need to carry those burdens.

Half a day after Mao Wenlong and the others left the nameless town, they came to the deserted suburbs, but there were no pedestrians on the official road in broad daylight. Something was clearly wrong, but nothing was out of the ordinary.