"The news has been confirmed!" Dongfang Chen replied.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and asked, "Does my mother-in-law know about this?" ”

Liang Xiao said here: "As soon as the news arrived, it spread in the Assassin's Mansion, and when Mulan got married, there were a few family members who were still in the mansion, can they not pass the news over?" Mulan's mother already knew about this, I heard that she cried all night last night and didn't sleep! ”

Zhao Junsheng was worried, not only worried about Mulan's safety, but also worried about his mother-in-law's health, but he couldn't solve the problem.

Returning to the Assassin's Mansion and sitting in the lobby in order, Zhao Junsheng said: "Time is pressing, this king must set off to Pingcheng overnight today to organize the rescue, and the affairs here in Youzhou still have to rely on you to worry a lot!" ”

Dongfang Chen frowned and said, "Lord Wang, is it too hasty?" The subordinates suspect that this is a trap, the prince wants to organize people to rescue him, he has to bring more people over, but the number of people is also easy to expose, once the Pingcheng side receives the news, I am afraid that the precautions will be more strict, in case of falling into the trap, our strength in Pingcheng is too thin, there is no way to organize the rescue in time! ”

Cui Hao also said: "Lord Wang, my subordinates also think that this matter should be discussed in the long run, and my subordinates also have some understanding of the new emperor, and that is a person who will be retribution, as Dongfang said, this matter is likely to be a trap ······"

"You don't need to say much, Mulan and I are in love, and we are married to each other, even if Pingcheng is a big trap, I must step into it!"

Zhao Junsheng stopped the others from persuading him again, and said to everyone: "This king's decision is not reckless, some arrangements have been made before, even if the rescue is unsuccessful, it is still no problem to retreat, you can rest assured!" ”

When everyone heard him say this, they were secretly relieved, these people followed him for a future and opportunity, if Zhao Junsheng is gone, the future and hope of these people will be gone, for many people who have bet their lives on him, once Zhao Junsheng has an accident, they will be finished.

In fact, Zhao Junsheng was not sure at all, although he had made a little arrangement before, but he definitely didn't expect that it was Tuoba Jun who would ascend the throne as emperor after Zong Ai's death, if he had known that Tuoba Jun would succeed to the throne as emperor, he would have arranged enough manpower in Pingcheng long ago.

But at this time, the arrow is on the string, and he has to send it, he now knows that there are tigers in the mountains, and he prefers to go to the tiger mountains!

Zhao Junsheng said to Liang Lian again: "Second uncle, please prepare dry food and water for me and three hundred guards for five days, each with two horses, strong bows and crossbows and steel arrows. Prepare another thousand gold! ”

"Good!" Liang Xiao hurriedly agreed.

At dusk, Zhao Junsheng came to Huafu with some gifts to see his mother-in-law.

"Son-in-law to meet my mother-in-law!" Zhao Junsheng bowed respectfully.

Hua Mulan cried and cried: "Son, Hua Mulan was arrested by the imperial court as a prisoner, and I heard that she will be beheaded in a few days, how is this good?" is such a daughter for her mother, she can't die! You have to save her, she is your wife, you have to save her! ”

Hua Xiong wiped his tears on the side, and hurriedly said, "Mother, you better let your brother-in-law get up and talk first!" ”

"Yes, yes, you see that I am so anxious about your sister's affairs that I am in a mess, Junsheng, you get up and speak first!" The flower mother said as she wiped her tears.

Zhao Junsheng got up and sat down next to him and said to Hua Mu: "Mother, don't worry, Junsheng won't let Mulan have an accident even if he dies." I've made arrangements, and the Pingcheng side is doing their best to rescue them! The news from the imperial court was obviously deliberate, and the purpose was to let me know that if they didn't want to force me to rebel, I wouldn't dare to touch Mulan easily! ”

Hua Mu kept wiping her tears and said, "Why does the court treat you and Mulan like this?" Over the years, you and Mulan have been born and died for the imperial court, even if you have no merit, you have worked hard, why can't the emperor tolerate you? I can't figure it out how the old body thinks! ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't know how to explain the dirty things in the court to the flower mother.

To tell the truth, judging from Tuoba Jun's order to arrest Mulan and put him in prison, and threatened him with Mulan as a hostage, to deal with their couple, he looks down on Tuoba Jun, this person's strength and pattern are too small, although this person has been forbearance all these years, but on the other hand, people who have endured for too long will not be too open-minded, and their strength will not be too big, so this person's achievements will be limited after all.

As an emperor, if he does not have a big pattern and boldness, he does not give up his prejudices when he has suffered many attacks and pressures from the outside and is not stable at home, and unites all the forces that can be united to solve the external pressure first, but he is bent on engaging in internal fighting to eradicate dissidents, such a person is destined to become a big thing!

When Zhao Junsheng thought of this, he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, if Tuoba Jun not only did not make a move on Mulan, but also co-opted him, the general of the expedition to the east and the assassin of Youzhou, he would have to be vigilant and deal with it carefully.

After returning to the Thorn Mansion, Zhao Junsheng had dinner, and the family prepared everything for him.

At the end of the day, Zhao Junsheng went out of the city at night, and in the Youzhou military camp outside the city, three hundred guards were already ready.

These 300 guards were carefully selected and personally practiced by him from the whole army two years ago, everyone is good at marksmanship, good at strong bows and crossbows and horsemanship, and has also undergone special training in rock climbing, these horses are the elite cavalry in the elite, and the infantry who are good at battle formations when they get off the horse can be arranged into an infantry formation in an instant, and they can attack and retreat!

For this pro-guard team, Zhao Junsheng spent a lot of effort, in order to be able to come in handy one day, and now he can finally use them.

The commander of the pro-guard team used to be Li Bao, and after Li Bao left, Chang Kun took over the position of commander, but since Zhao Junsheng asked Chang Kun to lead the troops, the post of commander was given to the deputy commander Fu Zhan.

Fu Zhan is a descendant of the former Qin royal family, when his ancestor's fief was in Youzhou, after the fall of the former Qin, in order to avoid being killed by the Xianbei people, abandoned the homeland fiefdom and hid in the countryside.

"Lord Wang, the three hundred personal guard warriors are all ready, and they are ready to set off at any time!" Fu Zhan beat the horse and came over to report to Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng rode his horse and walked in front of the three hundred personal guard cavalry and waved: "Let's go!" ”

He didn't do any mobilization, these three hundred people had been trained by him to obey and fight, and they could fight to the death without motivating their morale.

Everyone held torches and lined up in four columns to gallop on the wide roads that had been repaired, and in Youzhou, all the roads above the county level were repaired, widened and reinforced, and even paved with gravel in many places, and there was no pressure to ride four horses side by side.

If there is no way to march at night, the cavalry will generally not gallop on horseback, because in the case of unclear vision, the war horse is easy to step into the pothole and cause the horse to stumble or break the horse's legs, even in most of the day, the situation of the horse stumbling in front of the horse is also from time to time.

However, this time Zhao Junsheng was in a hurry, and prepared a spare war horse, as long as it was in Youzhou, even if the spare war horse was used up, it could be replenished at the post station, which was a major project for Zhao Junsheng to rectify since he was the assassin of Youzhou, and comprehensively strengthened the communication ability and supply capacity of the post station.

The passes and cities in Youzhou are not a problem for Zhao Junsheng, and they are unimpeded along the way, but it will be much more troublesome after passing through Youzhou, but fortunately, Zhao Junsheng has asked Guo Yi to send a fine work to his outpost in advance.

Before departure, enough dry food has been prepared, even if you don't enter the city to supply along the way, it will not affect the march, you can bypass the city and continue to march, but you can't get around the pass, you can only let Guo Yi send a fine work in advance to dredge up the relationship, and buy the pass guards or soldiers.

The most dangerous pass from Youzhou to Pingcheng is the Flying Fox, which is naturally not in Youzhou, but under the jurisdiction of Sizhou.

Two days later, in the night, Zhao Junsheng came to the Flying Fox Pass with three hundred personal guard cavalry, and a figure jumped out of the woods next to him, "The villain Jia Geng visited the prince, and Captain Guo ordered the villain to answer the prince here!" ”

Zhao Junsheng stopped and asked, "What about Guo Yi and the others?" ”

"Pick up the prince in the Flying Fox Pass!"

"Let's go, go to Flying Fox Pass!"

The Flying Fox Pass was not built strongly, but it was in danger, and Zhao Junsheng and other groups of people came to the pass and stopped.

"The villain is Guo Yi, but Guan Qian is the head of the family?" There was a voice from Sekijo.

Zhao Junsheng replied: "It's this master!" ”

The city gate soon opened, and the two teams of soldiers ran out to line up, Zhao Junsheng waved his hand, and took the lead in riding into the Flying Fox Pass.

There are torches lit everywhere in the pass, Guo Yi and the guards and a lot of guards will be in the city, there are still many soldiers on the city wall, Zhao Junsheng noticed that all the soldiers are holding blades, and there are many archers on the city wall to draw bows and ready to shoot.

Zhao Junsheng was very unsure, Guo Yi came forward with the guard general to introduce: "General Liu, this is the head of my family, this time I am rushing to Taiyuan to deal with some business matters!" ”

This guard surnamed Liu is in his thirties, and his face is plain, but his eyes are very sharp, and he has been scanning Zhao Junsheng back and forth.

Zhao Junsheng clenched his fists: "General Liu, I'm sorry for you!" ”

The guard waved his hand, he looked at Zhao Junsheng and the three hundred cavalry behind him, saw that they were all holding long sticks wrapped in strips of cloth in their hands, and asked, "What are you holding?" Seems to be a spear? Take it and take a look! ”

Guo Yi hurriedly said: "General Liu, it's too chaotic outside these days, and the head of my family goes out to bring some entourage and weapons mainly for self-defense, and I also ask the general to make it convenient!" ”

The guard is very talkative, but as soon as he speaks, he asks for money: "Yes, but you have to add money!" ”

"How much?"

"Double!"

Guo Yi was furious when he heard this, this guy was simply insatiable, he had already received fifty gold from him, but now he wanted to strengthen it temporarily.

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand to stop Guo Yi from speaking, so as not to have a conflict, he really didn't want to make a fuss, so he waved his hand to Fu Zhan: "Give!" ”

Fu Zhan had no choice but to order someone to open a wooden box on horseback and take out fifty gold from Li Mian, but the moment the box was opened, the guard's eyes flashed, he saw all the gold in the box, and then swept the cavalry behind the spare horses hanging a dozen boxes, if these boxes were filled with gold, wouldn't it be ······

The guard quietly made an attack gesture in the back, Zhao Junsheng's ears were particularly sensitive, he heard the sound of drawing the bow, and immediately his eyes flashed with fierce light, the spear in his hand shook, and the strips of cloth wrapped around it were all shattered, and the war horse suddenly accelerated and ran two steps, and a cold and shining spear pressed against the guard's throat.

"Let your people stop, or I'll splatter your blood in five steps!"

The guard general didn't expect Zhao Junsheng to be so lightning-like, and he was restrained by a single move, and shouted in fright: "Don't do it, don't do it, put down the bow and arrow for me!" This old man has something to say, and he will hurt his anger! ”

Zhao Junsheng squinted his eyes and waved his hand to Fu Zhan behind him, and his soldiers quickly dismounted to control all the defenders in the city and under the city, and confiscated their ordnance.