This man was still panting when he came in, and said to Li Zhien that when Xue Li, the general of Zuo Qianniu, took thirty people and one hundred horses from Yingzhou to the Songmo Governor's Mansion, he brought an order from the military department:

In the first-line military towns of Liaozhou and Yingzhou, if it is found that personnel from Longxing Ranch have arrived, it is necessary to provide convenience and ensure that they pass smoothly.

Li Zhien took it and took a look, this time it was a genuine official document from the Ministry of War.

But he spread his hands and said with deep regret, "Ah, it would be better if you arrived a little earlier, it is reported that the people from Longxing Ranch have returned!" ”

Yingzhou joined the army and said, "Then why didn't Governor Li send someone to recover it quickly?" I heard General Xue say that this is a major event arranged by Shang Shuling, and it is related to the stability of the Jieli Army! ”

The governor of Liaozhou said to him, "Then there is no need, it doesn't say let us chase after it...... However, as soon as the people from the ranch come again, the official will comply immediately, so please go back. ”

After the others left, Li Zhien dusted off his robe, "Serve tea to this official!" Add two more snacks. ”

He drank tea and thought, what's wrong with this Zhang Yandu Governor of Yingzhou, holding chicken feathers as an arrow, why did he not know how to delay for half a day, but let people run out of breath and send it.

He won't chase it.

……

On the thirteenth day, in the dead of night, it is the deepest time for people to fall asleep.

Lu Xiaoyu jumped up, "Go back to the river!" ”

It turned out that the people of Longxing Ranch did not go far at all, they just made a gesture of returning to Longxing Ranch, and then walked on the edge of the mountain forest, and stopped digging into the forest.

After the shepherd guards who crossed the river to deliver the letter returned, Lu Xiaoyu didn't say anything, and he didn't believe Li Zhien's nonsense at all.

If Lord Gao has a change of mind and doesn't want Jin Huanming anymore, then he will definitely have another Feixin to the ranch. It had only been a day since they left the ranch, and after the ranch received the letter, a light horse would chase after them to convey that they should have arrived.

Gao Chengxiang and several other guards said, "If you want to say that Chief Pastoral Supervisor Gao has not changed his mind, why didn't he give an order to Liaozhou City, but Liaozhou is still stuck with us?" ”

Lu Xiaoyu said, "Lord Gao's methods have not been figured out by the official yet, and it is estimated that he has not figured it out, but his temper is understood by the official, you see, Lord Gao has a reason to do this." ”

The shepherd team asked, "Lord Lu, you can't even cross the river, so what do you say we should do?" ”

Lu Xiaoyu said, "In short, we can't receive the order of the chief pastor, so we have to carry out the established ones, and we must do it to the letter!" But there is finally one thing that will not go wrong-Jin Huanming, what we send is fresh goods, and when the time comes, it will be decided whether to return or keep it for yourself. ”

The shepherd team asked anxiously, "But Lord Lu, we haven't crossed the river yet!" ”

If the chief pastor had changed his mind and it was inconvenient to send the letter to Longxing Ranch but to Liaozhou, then Li Zhien should not have been so vaguely refined.

Lu Xiaoyu understood that Li Zhien, the governor of Liaozhou, stared at the people from the ranch as "idle people", because he didn't want the ranch to give people away, and his attitude would not come from the chief pastor.

"Humph! Some people don't want us to cross the river, which means that the words of the chief pastor can't be delayed, and we want to cross! Datang's shepherd team has always only blocked others, but has never been blocked by anyone! ”

"Lu Da, give the order, what should we do!"

On the riverside, eight horses quietly went and returned, and the river patrol boat in Liaozhou on the opposite side was quiet, the four people were sleeping soundly, and the lantern carried by the bow of the boat was reflected swaying on the river.

The people silently carried the tied bamboo rafts from the woods and lowered them into the water, on which only four people could squat.

Four guards jumped up and paddled the bamboo raft.

Jin Huanming was riding on a horse, and his feet were locked to the stirrups with iron chains, he didn't know how these people could be so bold, they didn't have a boat, they robbed when they crossed the river, and the object of the robbery was like the Tang Army.

The raft paddled silently towards the center of the river, which was the darkest time of the day, and the river was dark and flowing slowly against the white snow on both sides.

The raft and the people on the raft could only see their general outline for a moment when they rowed into the reflected lights on the opposite boat, and then disappeared again.

Then, Jin Huanming saw that the lantern on the high pole at the bow of the river patrol boat shook slightly, and on the foredeck of a dim halo illuminated by the lantern, two black shadows first silently grabbed the side of the ship and poked up to half of its body.

On the shore here, Lu Xiaoyu, Gao Chengxiang and a member of the herding team all stared intently at the movement on the opposite side.

With the skills of the four shepherd guards, if you want to subdue the four sleeping Tang troops, you will have eighty or ninety percent certainty.

Then they could take advantage of the pre-dawn scene and cross to the other side without noticing.

If you can bypass the military towns around Liaozhou, if you think about it, you really can't get around, and Li Zhien will not have anything to say in the face of the ranch people who have already crossed the river.

But at this moment, Jin Huanming sat on the horse and shouted at the top of his voice, "There are - people - stealing - boats - ——, stealing ......"

Gao Chengxiang didn't allow him to shout anymore, jumped up and punched Jin Huanming's nose, "Fuck you!" The shepherds also jumped to the other side, again.

Jin Huanming covered his face with his hands, and tears flowed from his eyes. It felt as if his nose was no longer his own, and the sticky blood was dripping down all of a sudden. He was hunched in the saddle and was silent for a moment.

Lu Xiaoyu stared at the opposite side of the river and said in a low voice, "Don't slap your face!" ”

On the boat, the herding team that had leaned out to go up had to retract, and then, the four Tang soldiers on the boat came out of the cabin, two with longbows and two with knives, leaning out left and right along the edge of the boat to look out, and shouting loudly.

But there was no sound from under the big boat.

Tang Jun, who was holding a knife, bent down and used the knife to touch the black row on the outside of the boat and pull it back and forth, Lu Xiaoyu's heart tightened for a while.

The two Tang Army colonels with bows mounted arrows and shot a few arrows each into the river under the boat, shouting, "I haven't come out yet, I see you!" ”。

The four rangers on the raft still didn't move.

The shepherd team who had just beaten Jin Huanming on the shore here pulled out his saber, put it on Jin Huanming's neck, and scolded in a low voice, "Call again, I'll send you back to Grandma's house!" Jin Huanming was silent.

On the boat, a Don soldier shouted, "Look at the raft! ”

The leading Tang Jun looked down the river and saw that in the heart of the river, there was an empty bamboo raft floating down the river.

He lit a lantern in his hand again, craned his neck and looked down, but there was nothing.

The man complained, "Just scare him away, who told you to release your arrows?" I know it must be from Longxing Ranch, it seems that the arrow fell into the river, and then the chief shepherd will be in Chang'an, do you think our governor can protect you?! ”。

"What then?" The Don army who shot arrows was afraid.

"What to do! Go back to sleep, just don't do it! A cold wind had risen on the river, and several Tang soldiers shrank their necks and went back to the cabin.

Here, Lu Xiaoyu and Gao Chengxiang stared at each other with their four eyes, but they heard the grunt behind them "oops".

The two quickly turned around to look and found that the shepherd team was injured and fell to the ground, with one hand on his shoulder. Although he was in pain, he was worried about the other side of the river, and his cry just now was not high.

And Jin Huanming beside him had already snatched the knife of the young shepherd team, kicked the stirrup and ran away.

They couldn't care about the boat anymore, and the shepherd team who fell to the ground was only stabbed in the shoulder, and they didn't have time to take care of it for the time being, so Lu Xiaoyu and Gao Chengxiang urged their mounts to chase after them on the way back.

Jin Huanming locked his feet on the stirrups, knowing that he couldn't drill into the forest, and his body couldn't leave the horse at this time, and he was not flexible.

He just ran along the riverbank, and this time there were five guards with crossbows, four of whom went to steal the boat, and one of them had him cut down.

Jin Huanming snatched the knife in his hand, although it was a short weapon, but he knew that Lu Xiaoyu and Gao Chengxiang both used big guns, and they had to worry about the result on the other side of the river, and they would definitely be distracted, but he had nothing to worry about, just run.

This is the only opportunity he has been waiting for, otherwise, when he gets ashore, he will take a step and be one step closer to death, and if he doesn't run with his life at this time, he doesn't take his life seriously!

He swung his knife backwards and slashed at the horse's buttocks, and the horse flew on all fours, and played with his life.

At first, Lu Xiaoyu and Gao Chengxiang didn't dare to shout, for fear of alarming the Tang army opposite.

ran out for a while, and found that Jin Huanming was getting farther and farther away, so he shouted, "Stop for Lao Tzu!" ”

Jin Huanming will not be stupid enough to stand down obediently, it is best to get rid of the two of them, he can't get rid of them, and he can prolong his life for a while and avoid the hurdle of 23 days.

On November 13, the 22nd year of Zhenguan, the morning light vomited slightly, and there were already signs of rising, and there were faint waves flashing on the river, and the outline of the big ship was gradually visible.

The Tang army patrolled the river, and the side of the ship was obliquely inserted over the top. On the outboard side, a thick cable was tied to a muddy iron ring, and four rangers climbed from top to bottom.

They carried their crossbows on their backs, and waited patiently until this time, listening to the top of their heads, there was no movement except for the sound of the cold wind blowing over the mast of the ship, and the people at the bottom coughed lightly, and the four of them turned over and boarded the boat in turn.

They tiptoed to the entrance of the cabin with crossbows in their hands, and with a push from the leader, the hatch was unbolted, and suddenly opened quietly.

It was pitch black in the cabin, and they couldn't hear any snoring.

There was a Tang Jun inside who said clearly, "Ranch brothers, why didn't you come up earlier, and make us wait for a long time." ”

When the shepherd team heard the sound, they sensitively flashed behind the hatch, and their hearts said that it was broken, and the whereabouts of this side had already been known!

The sound of the fire sickle sounded two or three times, and the light in the cabin lit up.

The Tang Jun said, "Come in, the ropes are all ready, come, tie us all up." ”

Only one of the guards appeared, standing in the door with a crossbow, and he saw four people sitting cross-legged side by side on a large wooden bed in the cabin, and their knives and bows were hung on the bulkhead a few paces away.

Tang Jun said, "Brother, be careful, don't hurt anyone." ”

The shepherds coughed again, and the other three dodged in.

Tang Jun said, "We also know about the brothers' errands, it's really unambiguous!" The boat is used for its own use, but," Tang Jun Nunu gestured to the rope underground, "come and tie my brother tighter." ”

Another Tang Jun said, "Be quick, it's time to change your value today, and you will be on the throne in half an hour!" ”

The third Tang Jun said, "Untie the stern cable, and the boat will be yours." It is best to go up thirty miles against the river, and only then can you go ashore from there to be quiet. ”

One of the guards asked the other three, "Who's going?" I'm not going to rudder. ”

Another shepherd said, "I'll ...... Able to ride horses. ”

A Tang Jun jumped up, "It's very neat, why is it so late!" Look at me. He ran out, untied the cable and turned the rudder, and the big ship sailed from the shore to the center of the river.

"This brother, I have a good idea, this ship can't go directly into the sea? I heard that General Niu led the Tang Army's naval division from the sea this time, I think we ......"

Tang Jun said, "Brother, you are a layman, this boat is fishing for fish by the river, and it is still small in the sea, so you can only feed the fish." The shepherds were silent.

The big ship came to shore, but there was not a single man except four horses there.

……

As the saying goes, those who are horizontal are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of dying.

Lu Xiaoyu only learned today that he wanted to die, but he would be so desperate when he ran.

Gao Chengxiang couldn't catch up with the left and couldn't catch up with the right, so he had already thrown the big iron gun forward, but he didn't tie Jin Huanming.

He jumped off the horse and picked up the gun, and Lu Xiaoyu and Jin Huanming had already run out for another while. Jin Huanming is a general, his riding skills are already good, and he is exceptionally good in a state of playing with his life.

also because of these two nights, making rafts and thinking about crossing the river, and having to take turns to watch General Jin Huanming, Lu Xiaoyu and Gao Chengxiang are not resting well.

Jin Ming, on the other hand, is recuperating, and it is enough for people to take a look.

He listened to the sound of chasing hooves behind him, not only did not see it close, but it gradually became a little farther away, "Play with Ben General, then play with you!" ”

In this way, the three people in front of the other ran out of the river bank for many miles.

In this season, there should be fog on the river, but because the wind is blowing, I can see a hazy giant ship speeding in at the mouth of the river.

On the three-story tower of the ship, a Tang soldier in charge of the lookout shouted loudly, "Lord Changsun, there are three horsemen running over on the riverbank, one Goryeo general in front, and two ranch people chasing behind!" ”

In the cabin, there was a young Tang military attache who was the eldest Sun Run, and he strode out to look at the shore when he heard the sound.

He didn't recognize the Goryeo in front of him, but at a glance he saw Lu Xiaoyu wielding a silver spear, who had been the captain of his Tianshan herding team.

"Take my bow and arrows." The eldest grandson commanded.

Immediately, a soldier handed the bow and arrow, and the wind at the bow of the ship was stronger at this time, and the distance at this time was a few points farther than the normal arrow, but the Goryeo generals in front of him were already galloping closer and closer.

The Tang Jun on the ship are a little uncertain, they have just heard that Sun Run, the middle chief of Mabu Lang, has outstanding shooting skills, but today the bow of the boat is undulating in the middle of the journey, and there is wind, and the other party is still galloping on the horse, can you be sure?!

Jin Huanming had already seen the big ship heading towards the mouth of the river, with the flag of the Tang Army flying high on it, and a person bent his bow at himself at the bow of the boat, and he also saw it.

But he didn't worry too much, and under such conditions, he didn't look at who was going to shoot! Here, however, he is an expert in arrows from the Kingdom of Goryeo! Who do you think you are???