Jingdong Road, the junction of Dongping Mansion and Jinan Mansion, more than 40 miles north of Dong'e County, a military village camped in the wild, there are several teams of light cavalry soldiers who went out to guard the sentry just returned to the camp, and the patrol foot guards guarding the gate of the village have made a handover, but each other looks solemn, few people say that they laugh and make noise.

There were a large number of war horses in the camp, and the generals of each division gave orders to the soldiers and horses of the department, and ordered the men to replenish the forage in the stables where the war horses were placed. Although it is now a military state under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, but entering the western boundary of Jingdong Road, it is not far from Eryongshan Mountain, Qingfeng Mountain and Jeju Shuibo Liangshan on Jingdong Road.

Inside and outside the camp, in addition to the exchange of orders and the shouting orders of the generals of various ministries, only the sound of hurried horses' hooves sounded from time to time, and the atmosphere in the barracks, which was originally a solemn atmosphere, was even more depressing. Because this army was mainly composed of the officers and horses of Runing County, Yingzhou, and Chenzhou, many of them were also assigned to follow Xiao Tang to pacify the Jingnan Road, conquer Tianhu in Hedong, and even serve in the Song and Xia wars. Now they are dispatched by the Bianjing Privy Council, and the leader of the Green Forest Group to crusade against is the former commander Xiao Tang.

The thoughts are complex and contradictory, and it is even more so for the three generals in the army, Hu Yanzhuo, Peng Xi, and Han Tao.

In the big tent in the military village, after Hu Yanzhuo had arranged important military affairs, he ordered his sentry scouts and horses to explore the road first, and not to delay the schedule, and after arriving at the Jeju Mansion within the time limit, he sat down silently with a calm face.

And Han Tao and Peng Xi, the two brothers who had been fighting with Hu Yanzhuo for a long time, also looked at each other, and there was silence in the tent for a while, until Han Tao sighed, and then said: "I finally understand why Lin Chong, Hua Rong, Yang Zhi, Xu Ning and many other good generals in the army who are not acquaintances with our brothers in Bianjing, but also the comrades in arms of Pao Ze who followed Xiao Renxia's southern expedition to the north and the north, even if they were persecuted by treachery and evil, why would they go to the two mountains of Qingzhou together.

I heard that Yun Tianbiao, the commander of the soldiers and horses on Jingdong East Road, gathered the officials and troops of Zhuzhou to crusade against Erlong Mountain, but was defeated by a leader who was good at making stone throwing cannons one after another in the Qiang Kou Village, I thought that there was another capable person in the Qiang Kou Village who was good at making artillery, so it seems that that person must also be the brother of Lei Lingzhen......

Hu Yanzhuo smiled bitterly when he heard Han Tao say, and also sighed and said: "But I really don't understand, although Xiao Renxia once punished Gao Yanei, the son of Gao Yu, and made enemies with him, and raised troops to aid Liu Jingluo when he was using troops with the Xia people, and he spoke up for him in the court and offended Tong Shuxiang ruthlessly, although he wanted to commit adultery with the court... The power is against you, but you are also favored by the Holy Grace, so why do you have to turn your back on the country, but become an opponent of your former colleagues? ”

Han Tao and Peng Xi glanced at each other again, they could probably guess that maybe it was the people of the court, and what else was the reason why Xiao Tang did not want to be harmed by the calculations of the traitors, so he had to leave the court, but even if they were unwilling to be enemies with Xiao Tang and even the green forests and grasses under his command, they had to come, otherwise some people in the court would have suspected whether they would still be involved with the thief Xiao Tang, and they still had to be dispatched by the imperial court.

After a moment of silence, Peng Xi also said with some frustration: "Even Chief Guan was defeated at the hands of Xiao Renxia before, although he was justified, but in the end, it was still the two colleagues of Xuanzan and Hao Siwen who were overlapped to fill the army, but at this time, we can't be defeated, otherwise Hugh said that it will be a repeat of the mistake of Chief Guan ... I'm afraid that Captain Gao will take the opportunity to do evil, if we talk about the responsibility for the defeat, I am afraid that the three of our brothers will be deposed and the official body is an extravagant hope...... This trip is dangerous, but listening to the meaning of Captain Gao, my brother summoned the old troops and horses of Runing County in Hedong, and after meeting with the army in Jeju, he wanted to entrust the military power, if this is the case, and teach the three of us how to fight with the heroes under Xiao Renxia? ”

Listening to Peng Xi's angry words, Hu Yanzhuo couldn't help but think of Gao Yu's words to himself when he was in the White Tiger Festival Hall in Bianjing: "Hu Yanzhuo, you are the descendant of Hu Yanzan, the famous general of Hedong, the founding of the country, and the descendant of the generals for generations, although the old man doesn't believe you, you will be like Xiao Tang's wolf-hearted thief, and you dare to go against the country...... But in the old days, you have obeyed orders in front of the anti-minister thief's account, even if the old man doesn't deal with you, there will be other courtiers in the court to attack and take your handle, this time the old man must you gather the old department of Hedong to go together to recruit and suppress the rebels who followed Xiao Tang's rebellion, and it also gave you a chance to exonerate, how do you deal with it, but you have to do it yourself. ”

Hu Yanzhuo's family has been a leader for generations, and he has been in the officialdom for many years, Gao Yu just let him use him to deal with Xiao Tang at this time, it is nothing more than to watch the good show of cannibalism between his subordinates and Shangguan in the old days, how can he not know? But Hu Yanzhuo had to bow his head and admit it, Xiao Tang didn't want to fall into the control of the traitor, so he resolutely rebelled, but how could Hu Yanzhuo, who was bearing the glory of his ancestors, be reversed? As long as he is still serving in the official army, whether he wants to or not, Hu Yanzhuo knows that he has to obey the dispatch of Gao Yu and other powerful traitors, and his merit may not be reused, and he has the danger of ruining his future, but for the sake of the reputation of the Huyan family, he has to submit to ......

"What's the use of saying something angry now? The three of us brothers are still national officials, and we have to obey whatever the officials send, even if we are bound to be enemies of Xiao Renxia...... Even if he dies on the battlefield, he can be regarded as a horse leather shroud, which has fulfilled the reputation of our Jiangmen family, and the small family of the Zamo clan can still do their best for the country, and will not fall into the middle of the family road, so it is not in vain......"

Hu Yanzhuo sighed for a long time, and Fang said to himself, but a military academy anxiously ran to the handsome tent and reported: "Report! General Qiyu Huyan, the light cavalry sentry sent by the sentinel found that there were a large number of thieves and horses and infantry troops forty miles to the east, covering 20,000 or 30,000 people! ”

Is it finally coming?

Before the military academy's voice fell, General Hu Yanzhuo, Peng Xi, and Han Tao immediately stood up. Hu Yanzhuo shouted again: "Could it be that the strong men of the two mountains in Qingzhou have discovered that our old troops in Hedong are about to go to Jeju to join forces with the troops and horses of Gao Taiwei's troops, so they plan to strike first?" It's okay to come, but I don't know how many hopeful old acquaintances I will meet in this fight. ”

Originally, Hu Yanzhuo was already fighting to the death, but at this time, he heard a report from the military academy: "Although the thief army has many soldiers and horses, they are only camped on the spot, and it seems that they have no intention of attacking our army." ”

Hu Yanzhuo, Peng Xi, and Han Tao felt a little relieved when they heard this, but at this time, someone came to the account and said: "Tell General Huyan that there is a long-haired man outside the camp, who is alone on a horse, and he walks to the front of the village. ”

Hu Yanzhuo frowned, and asked again, "But didn't you ask his name?" ”

The little colonel immediately replied: "He has no armor or weapons on him, but he refuses to say his name, but insists on seeing General Huyan." ”

Hu Yanzhuo listened, and looked at Peng Xi and Han Tao in confusion, and after thinking for a while, he finally said: "Since that's the case, call me." ”

The little colonel took the order, and after a while, he led the man to the big tent in the military village, and Hu Yanzhuo, Peng Xi, and Han Tao just got a look of surprise on their faces, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

Because the long-haired man who came was the same colleague in the army who had been summoned by Xiao Tang in the past with General Huyan, Han, and Peng, and had cooperated with each other in many battles.