Zhen Mansion, inside the huge hall.

I saw Hu Niu'er rushing back from the camp again, his forehead was full of sweat, but his expression was indeed very excited, and his eyes flashed with a belligerent gaze.

"Yu Gongzi, the big battalion has sent troops, and the fifth prince said that I should immediately escort the ransom over to meet him"

Hearing this, Zhen Shu hurriedly said: "The ransom has already been loaded into the car and prepared at the east gate, and when the military marquis goes out of the city, he can take it away directly."

"Don't worry" Yuan Xi suddenly waved his hand, looked at Hu Niu'er and said solemnly: "Niu'er, you tell me about the situation of sending troops"

Although this time the opponent was just a group of bandits with no training, poor weapons, and no more than three hundred, after all, it was the first time that the Iron Guard Battalion sent troops, and he was still quite concerned.

"Nuo" Hu Niu'er nodded, and hurriedly said: "This time, the battalion dispatched a total of 2,000 people, 1,000 Iron Guard Battalion, 1,000 Blood Tiger Battalion, the Blood Tiger Battalion is the main attack, and the Iron Guard Battalion is the rear army. ”

"Who's leading the troops?" A hint of anticipation flashed in Yuan Xi's eyes.

"It's the fifth prince who leads the troops, Captain Jiao sits in the camp, and Captain Tie will support him at any time," Hu Niu'er replied.

Hearing this, Yuan Xi finally smiled, "Okay, you immediately escort the ransom over, remember, everything must be up to Brother Ping, if you dare to act recklessly, come back and see how I clean you up"

"No!" Hu Niu'er hurriedly turned around and left excitedly.

"Xianyi, although there are not many bandits, they are all outlaws, the fifth prince is young, can he do it?" At this time, Zhen Shu was a little worried, after all, this was related to Zhen Yan's life, he would rather send an old and serious general over, as long as Zhen Yan was brought back safely.

"Haha, uncle, rest assured, the talent of the fifth brother is extraordinary, you just wait for the good news" Yuan Xi said with a confident smile, after this period of training in the military camp, not to mention a group of bandits, it is a real big war, with Yuan Ping's ability, he can definitely deal with it, this battle will be regarded as the start of his future conquest of the world!

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At about dusk, a group of ox carts suddenly appeared on the avenue, accelerating in the direction of Niutou Mountain, only to see that the car was full of large boxes, and the car marks on the road were very deep, on the first ox cart, Lu Si, a descendant of the Zhen family, was sitting on it a little nervously.

"Don't be nervous, isn't it just a gang of bandits, a certain personal guard battalion can deal with them" I saw that by Lu Si's side, Hu Niu'er, who had already taken off his armor and put on a gray coat, appeared in front of him.

Lu Si nodded hurriedly, and at the same time said with some doubts: "Marquis, where has the army gone?" ”

Hu Niu'er frowned, and said: "You don't have to worry about this, and my current identity is the guard of the Zhen family, don't call the military marquis"

"Yes!" Lu Si immediately responded.

When the convoy gradually approached the direction of Niutou Mountain, I saw that in the dense grass on both sides, several figures hid their figures, lying in it, and after seeing Lu Si on the ox cart, a trace of excitement flashed in their eyes, and then they looked at the rear of the convoy without turning their eyes, waiting for about half a pillar of incense, and finally breathed a deep sigh of relief, and then quickly disappeared into the grass.

Not long after, in the cottage of Niutou Mountain, in a huge thatched hut, the big boss sat on the main seat, looking at the few people who had just come back from staring with a serious face.

"Are you sure there are no troops?"

"Sure, we've been waiting for half a pillar of incense, and then we're back ahead of them," one of the bandits replied.

A trace of joy suddenly flashed in the eyes of the big boss, "Okay, it seems that this Zhen family is still quite sensible, go and invite that Zhen family son, as long as we receive the ransom, we will release him."

"Yes!" Several of the bandits immediately left the hut.

After a while, I saw that under the escort of the two bandits, Zhen Yan, whose clothes were a little messy, slowly appeared in front of him, looking at the fierce bandits with sharp blades in their hands, although their faces were a little pale, their eyes were still calm.

"Zhen Gongzi, let you suffer" After the big boss saw Zhen Yan, he immediately said with a kind face.

Zhen Yan's face froze, it seemed that his uncle had already sent the money, and sneered: "Big boss, needless to say, I hope that after you collect the money, you can let me go back."

"Haha, don't worry, although a certain person is a rough person, he only knows the word credit," the big boss smiled.

"Report!!" At this time, a thief suddenly ran in, and said excitedly: "Big boss, the people of the Zhen family have arrived at the gate of the village."

"How many people are here," the big boss asked cautiously.

"There are only about a dozen people, two people in a box"

"Okay" The big boss slapped his thigh, stood up happily, and was about to go out, when he suddenly frowned, turned his head to look around, and asked, "Where is Mr." ”

"Sir said he was a little unwell and was resting in his room," one of the small leaders replied immediately.

Hearing this, the big boss suddenly shook his head in disappointment, "Although Mr. is smart, he really doesn't have the same heart as us, it's a pity."

After finishing speaking, the big boss took a group of people and Zhen Yan and walked outside.

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At this time, at the foot of Niutou Mountain, violent footsteps sounded, and I saw Yuan Xi finally rushing over with a mighty army of two thousand soldiers and horses.

"Fifth Prince, why did we set off an hour late, with the strength and strength of our army, there is absolutely no problem in dealing with a group of bandits" Yuan Xi beside him, a military marquis in black armor asked with a little puzzlement.

Yuan Xi smiled faintly, "There is no reason, it is completely out of prudence, although the other party is a bandit, weak, does not read military books, and does not know how to line up, but I am also worried that they will leave scouts near Niutou Mountain, if they find out that our army is coming with the ransom, then Zhen Gongzi will be in danger, and at the same time, I am worried that he will not be willing to release people after receiving the money, so I let Hu Junhou, who is strong in martial arts, lead the soldiers of the personal guard battalion and disguise them as guards, even if an accident occurs, it will leave us plenty of time." ”

"Oh! That's right," the marquis nodded in understanding.

"You have to remember that no matter whether the enemy is strong or weak, you have to be cautious, maybe you will miss some fighters, but it is still the first element of the battlefield, undefeated is victory, understand?" Yuan Xi taught.

"Understood," the marquis replied admiringly.

"Fifth prince, Niutou Mountain has arrived" At this time, another military marquis rode over, looked at the high mountain with two peaks in front of him, and said loudly.

Yuan Xi immediately reined in the war horse, and said loudly to the military marquis who reminded him: "Li Peng, you take a thousand soldiers from the Blood Tiger Battalion to secretly ambush between the mountainsides, so that you can hide, once Zhen Gongzi goes down the mountain, immediately launch an attack, the speed must be fast, fierce, remember that the shield soldiers are in front, and the crossbowmen are behind."

"No!" Li Peng hurriedly responded, quickly waved his hand, and left with a group of soldiers holding shields and carrying crossbows.

"Xu Feng, you take the soldiers of the Iron Guard Battalion to ambush behind the mountain of Niutou Mountain, remember to disperse the troops, a group of five, the distance between each group must not exceed ten meters, and the Blood Tiger Battalion in front of you will form an encirclement of the cottage, and you must not let a single bandit escape" Yuan Xi ordered solemnly again.

"Fifth prince, rest assured" The black-armored military marquis who began to ask Yuan Xi immediately took the soldiers around and hurried towards the rear of Niutou Mountain.

Yuan Xi took a few personal soldiers and waited in place, looking at the tall Niutou Mountain in front of him, with a cold light in his eyes.

"It's really stupid that a few hundred bandits, after robbing a wealthy merchant near Yecheng, didn't flee immediately."