Five days later, a herald soldier reported that Marshal Zhong Shidao led 30,000 horses to arrive in Linzhou, and the vanguard had arrived in the city.

Liu Jiqian and several generals went out of the city to welcome Zhong Shidao into the mansion, Zhong Shidao has been in the army for decades, can fight well, and has won everyone's respect, although he is nearly sixty years old, he is still in good spirits.

Zhong Shidao said: "General Liu, you hold on to Linzhou for half a month, and the Xia army retreats without a fight, I will commend your merits to the imperial court." This time, the emperor decreed that the Xia State had repeatedly invaded the territory of our Great Song Dynasty in recent years, and it must be exterminated, and the Hedong Road was responsible for capturing the two states of Xia and Yin, blocking the exit of the Xia State to attack our Great Song Dynasty, and General Liu would also go with me on the expedition. ”

The generals were very happy when they heard it, and Liu Jiqian said: "In the past few years, we have only defended and not attacked, and the people of Xia have become more and more rampant, so we must teach them a hard lesson this time." ”

In the end, Liu Jiqian introduced Yang Huaide and the three to Zhong Shidao and praised: "Although they are young, they are very brave. ”

Yang Huaide handed Master Huiming's letter to Master Zhong and said, "Marshal Zhong, this is a letter from our Master Huiming to you. ”

Zhong Shidao read the letter and said: "Master Huiming is a high-ranking monk, I have a friendship with him for many years, you are his apprentices, you must also be both civil and military, and you will follow General Liu in the future." The two of you are also descendants of the Yang family, I hope you can make contributions to the frontier like your ancestors, and you can come to me if you have any difficulties. ”

Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing said: "Thank you Marshal Zhong for your concern. ”

Zhong Shidao said to the generals again: "Before we capture the two states of Xia Yin, we must first destroy the army of Yeli Wangrong, this person is good at using soldiers, it is the disaster of my Great Song Dynasty, the imperial court has long intended to get rid of this person, you must contribute your efforts." The generals were silent.

Yang Huaide pulled Yang Huaixing's clothes, and the two stepped forward and said, "Marshal Zhong, the master has taught us the art of flying eaves and wall walking and fighting, and we are willing to go to assassinate Yeli Wangrong." ”

Zhong Shidao said: "Okay, sure enough, a famous teacher produces a high apprentice, what help do you need?" ”

Yang Huaide said: "Only two fast horses are needed. ”

Zhong Shidao said: "When to go." ”

Yang Huaide said: "Let's go now. ”

Zhong Shidao said: "Heroes are young boys, waiting for your good news." The two men took only their short swords and set out on their horses.

At dusk, we arrived near the camp of Yeli Wangrong. The two tied their horses to a grove and ate some dry food.

It was already dark, and after changing into night clothes, the two of them touched into the camp and found that the big tent of Yeli Wangrong Zhongjun was built in front of a red clay mound, and there was a tent with handsome flags on each side of the red clay mound.

Yang Huaixing asked, "Big brother, which tent will he sleep in tonight?" ”

Yang Huaide replied; "Let's take a closer look."

The curtain of the Chinese army's tent was pulled aside, and Yeli Wangrong and a few people were drinking and having fun. The two waited patiently, and about an hour passed, and when the feast was over, the two attendants helped Yeri Wangrong back to the tent on the right. After a while, the two attendants left, and only two guards stood guard.

Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing went around behind the two of them, covered their mouths with one hand, and slammed each other's weaknesses with the other, knocking the two unconscious. Then, when they got into the tent, Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing were taken aback, the tent was empty, and there was nothing abnormal.

Yang Huaide said: "What about the people, they obviously watched him come in. ”

Yang Huaixing found that there was a big knife on the knife holder, and the handle was carved with a dragon bird pattern, and when he pulled out the knife, he saw the cold light flashing, and the knife body was engraved with four words "Daxia Dragon Sparrow",

Yang Huaixing said: "This must be a treasure knife, bring it back to Keshi." He tore the tablecloth and wrapped it behind his back.

Yang Huaide said: "Let's go to another tent and take a look. ”

The two people went around to the tent on the left, knocked down the two guards, and got into the tent, the two were taken aback again, Yeli Wangrong was sitting on the felt mat, Yeli Wangrong was also surprised, and asked, "Who is it?" What are you going to do? ”

Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing didn't say a word, they drew out their short swords and stabbed them, Yeli Wangrong picked up the table and threw it over, and then, standing up and throwing the felt mat over, lifted the wooden board below and jumped in.

Yang Huaixing bent down to look, a bright light flew in, he dodged to the side, his left arm was scratched, it turned out to be a flying knife, he didn't care when he saw that it was just a flesh injury.

Yang Huaide said: "There must be a tunnel connecting the two tents, I will go to the tent on the right to catch him." ”

At this time, I only heard Nori Wangrong shouting outside: "There are assassins, come and catch the assassins." ”

Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing put away their short swords, each picked up a spear from the weapon rack and rushed out of the tent, only to see twenty silver-armored guards blocking the door with big swords, Yeli Wangrong standing on the red clay mound, and ten gold-armored guards forming a circle of human walls.

Yeli Wangrong shouted: "It's these two people, don't let them run." ”

Twenty silver-armored guards surrounded Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing in the middle, these guards were well-trained and fought to the death, and the two could not pierce their armor with their spears at all, and they could not get close to Yeli Wangrong when they rushed left and right.

Yang Huaide saw Yeli Wangrong stretching out his head to look around, and threw the spear at his head with all his might, Yeli Wangrong was stunned, but he didn't expect a golden-armored guard to jump up and stab the gold-armored guard's chest with a spear, but he was unscathed.

Yang Huaide saw that he had no chance to kill Yeli Wangrong, and shouted to Yang Huaixing: "Huaixing, let's escape quickly." ”

Yang Huaixing used a trick to descend the dragon and swing his tail, knocking the three silver-armored guards aside, and the two of them rushed out of the encirclement, taking advantage of the night to escape from the summer army camp and return to the grove to rest.

The next morning, Yang Huaixing felt a little pain in his left arm, but he didn't care.

At this time, the sound of people and horses came from not far from the grove, and the two looked out, and it turned out to be a cavalry team of more than fifty people, and the leader was Yeli Wangrong, who was not wearing armor, but wearing an official uniform.

Yang Huaide said: "Let's follow him and see what he has to do. ”

The two followed Yeli Wangrong to a summer army camp, and the camp gate flag had the word "Liang" written on it.

Yang Huaide whispered a few words in Yang Huaixing's ear, and the two turned around and went back.

Let's say that Yeli Wangrong came to the military camp of the Empress Dowager Liang of Xia Guo, and reported that the Empress Dowager Liang led 50,000 horses and horses to just come to Dijinze, so she sent someone to call Yeli Wangrong to meet immediately. Yeli Wangrong and Empress Dowager Liang often disagreed, and he was unhappy when he heard that Empress Dowager Liang was coming, but he still had to bite the bullet and go to meet him.

When he came to the big tent of the Empress Dowager Liang, the Empress Dowager Liang directly questioned him: "Marshal Yeli, why do you stop, you are afraid of death?" ”

Yeli Wangrong defended: "Linzhou is not suitable for cavalry combat, and the minister is considering luring the Song army to Dijinze to destroy it. ”

There was a person standing next to the Empress Dowager Liang, with a fierce face, a black mole on the left cheek, and a pinch of black hair growing on it.

He didn't hide the black wind and said: "Yeli Wangrong, is Linzhou suitable for the Song army to fight?" You have to obey the command of the Queen Mother! ”

Originally, Yeli Wangrong was unhappy in his heart, and when he heard what he said, he reprimanded: "I didn't hide the black wind, I have been fighting for more than ten years, and you are not qualified to teach me a lesson." ”

Empress Dowager Liang said: "I heard that Zhong Shidao has led the army to Linzhou, you must immediately attack to destroy this Song army and promote the prestige of my Great Xia country." ”

Yeli Wangrong was dissatisfied, but he still had to obey his fate. After Yeli Wangrong left, he didn't hide the black wind and said: "Queen Mother, Yeli Wangrong will do whatever he wants because he is the big chief of the Yeli family, once he has great power in the future, I am afraid that there will be different intentions." ”

Empress Dowager Liang nodded and said, "Send someone to monitor him." ”

Yeli Wangrong was sullen on the way back, and when he passed through a reed bush, a spear suddenly flew out and pierced his front heart, Yeli Wangrong was frightened with an "ah" sound, the spear did not stab him, and fell to the ground, it turned out that he was wearing a thick layer of armor in his official uniform, and he was not injured at all.

Just as he was rejoicing, another spear flew and stabbed his horse's neck, and the horse's front hooves flew into the air in pain, and he was lifted off the horse at once.

Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing jumped out of the reeds, Yang Huaixing raised his sword and slashed at Yeli Wangrong's neck, Yeli Wangrong hurriedly blocked it with his hand, blood splashed, his two fingers were cut off, and two gold-armored guards pounced on Yeli Wangrong to protect him.

Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing had no chance to kill Yeli Wangrong again, so the two rushed out and ran forward desperately, and Yeli Wangrong's guards chased after him.

The two saw that there was a military camp in front of them, which was full of grain and grass, and they also had time to think about it, and climbed over the fence and got into the camp.

The guards did not dare to follow, but came to the gate of the barracks, and one of the guards shouted: "We are the men of Marshal Yeli Wangrong, two assassins have fled into your camp, we will go in and search." ”

A leader at the gate of the camp shouted: "This is the grain and grass camp of the Empress Dowager Liang, how can you go in and search." ”

A stalemate ensued.

After a while, he came to the gate of the camp without hiding the black wind, and shouted to Yeli Wangrong's guards: "Is Yeli Wangrong going to rebel?" I even sent you to search the camp of the Queen Mother, don't get out of here, or I will shoot you to death as rebels. ”

Yeli Wangrong's guards hurriedly patted their horses away.

The black wind commanded, "Search the camp to see if there are any assassins." ”

Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing hid in a haystack, quietly listening to the movement outside.

After a while, there was the sound of footsteps outside, and a soldier shouted, "This haystack seems to have been moved, open it and take a look." ”

Several soldiers picked up the hay with their spears, and Yang Huaide shouted: "We can't hide it, let's rush out." ”

The two jumped out of the haystack, repelled several soldiers, jumped on their horses and ran towards the camp gate.

I didn't hide the black wind and saw the two of them rushing out of the camp, one of them looked familiar, and was shocked, how could it be Yelu Longyun? By the time he came to his senses, it was too late to catch up with the two.

There were no pursuers between the two, so they returned to the grove, Yang Huaixing rolled off his horse, sat on the ground and frowned, grabbed his left arm with his right hand, and shouted, "Big brother, my left arm can't move." ”

Yang Huaide ran over to inspect it, his left arm was already blue, and Yang Huaixing said: "Numbness and pain." ”

Yang Huaide said: "Were you scratched by a flying knife last night, it seems that the knife is poisonous, I will take you back immediately." ”

Yang Huaixing gritted his teeth and said: "Brother, I can hold on, and we will go back after killing Yeli Wangrong tonight, and now we have returned in vain, I feel embarrassed!" ”

Yang Huaide said: "Huaixing, it's not clear how powerful this poison is, if there is danger at night, then you will regret it, and Yeli Wangrong can kill it another day." Yang Huaixing nodded.

In the afternoon, the two returned to Linzhou City, Liu Jiqian hurriedly called the military doctor, and the military doctor looked at it and said: "This is the poison that the Xia people are good at, if you come back later, this arm will be useless." The military doctor immediately gave Yang Huaixing a dressing.

Zhong Shidao also rushed over when he got the news, Yang Huaide told him what happened, Zhong Shidao said: "Yeli Wangrong is scheming, it seems that he has already taken precautions, and it is difficult to assassinate him!" ”

Suddenly, the knife on the table attracted him, he took the knife, drew its scabbard, and said in surprise: "Isn't this the Dragon Sparrow Treasure Knife of Yeli Wangrong!" ”

Yang Huaide replied: "This was found in the tent of Yeli Wangrong. ”

Zhong Shidao said with a smile: "Haha, this time Yeli Wangrong will definitely die, Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing, you have a good rest and recuperate, and you will have a great contribution to getting the treasure knife!" Zhong Shidao held the treasure knife in his hand and left mysteriously.

Zhong Shidao immediately ordered someone to bring the wild people and the wild cattle.

Zhong Shidao had a calm face and said: "Ye Limin, your uncle and nephew came to the Great Song Dynasty to steal information, and they should be beheaded according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, and now I will give you a chance to survive, your big chief Ye Li Wangrong has returned to my Great Song Dynasty, and he has now been appointed as the envoy of Xia Yin Erzhou Festival, and he will always enjoy wealth and wealth." If both of you are also obedient, there will be a reward. ”

Ye Limin thought to himself that the chiefs had all surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty, who did he work for here!

Ye Limin replied: "We are willing, thank you Marshal Zhong." ”

Zhong Shidao said: "Okay, this is my letter to Marshal Yeli, you go back and hand it to him immediately." ”

Zhong Shidao rewarded the two of them with some more property, and the two left happily.