Six hundred cavalry galloped on the official road, and the horses continued to run for more than fifty miles, and the speed slowed down significantly.

"My lord, Tianjin Wei is ahead, let the war horse take a breath." Yu Feng shouted loudly. Running for such a long distance in a row has almost reached the limit for these war horses, and it is likely that there will be damage if they continue to run, and they have walked one hundred and twenty miles today, which is close to the limit of people and war horses.

"How far is it from Tianjin Wei?" Chen Yue ordered a short rest, and all the cavalry dismounted.

"It's only ten miles away from the Acropolis, and three miles ahead is Yanguan!" Yuan Kewang said. Yanguan is the place where the imperial court inspected the salt administration, on the North Canal north of the Tianjin Acropolis.

"Liu Neng, you take someone to investigate the movement of the salt pass and the pontoon bridge, and the others rest for a quarter of an hour and give the war horse water." Chen Yue ordered to go down.

"Yes, sir." Liu Neng agreed and went away with a few nights. Because the Tianjin Acropolis was built at the southeast corner of the confluence of the Haihe River and the South Canal, it was necessary to reach the Tianjin Acropolis from the official road through two pontoon bridges, one pontoon bridge on the North Canal and the other on the Haihe River. If there are rebels heavily guarding the pontoon bridge, it will inevitably bring difficulties to reach the acropolis.

Chen Yue took out a small bag from the saddle, poured out a handful of black beans, and began to feed the horse, waiting for the war horse to eat before raising the water bladder and drinking a few sips by himself. All the cavalry also waited for their war horses like Chen Yue, and only rested after feeding.

"My lord, there are no soldiers on the pontoon." It didn't take long for Liu Neng to run back on horseback and report the good news to Chen Yue, "And the Tianjin Acropolis is in chaos, it seems that the rebels are plundering!" ”

"How's the Acropolis?" Yuan Kewang asked anxiously, he had been out for half a day, and he was very worried that the rebels would break through the governor's yamen.

"I just saw that the pontoon bridge was able, so I hurried back to report the news, and I didn't approach the Acropolis." Liu Neng shook his head and said.

"Maybe the rebels have already broken through the governor's yamen, so they have time to plunder." Yuan Kewang said bitterly, his face full of despair. Wang Yin and him are also teachers and friends, and the relationship is extraordinary, and he really doesn't want Wang Yin to have an accident.

"Isn't there still 500 brothers under Yang Zhengping? It's not so easy to get killed! Chen Yue said lightly, although he was also anxious, as a commander, he had to stay calm, at least not show panic in front of his subordinates.

"Yes, the rebels are just some broken soldiers, how can they have any combat effectiveness, and nothing will happen." Yu Feng also said on the side.

"Everyone's rested, right? Let's go as soon as you're rested! After Chen Yue finished speaking, he took the lead in stepping on the war horse.

After resting for a while, the physical strength of the war horse increased significantly, and the distance of three miles passed in a flash, and soon a pontoon bridge appeared in front of him, the narrow pontoon bridge was made of wooden planks, spanning the north canal, allowing the carriage to pass, but the swaying could not gallop at all.

Standing on the edge of the pontoon bridge and looking at the other side, sure enough, there were no soldiers to defend it, and I heard the sound of crying and fighting faintly.

Yu Fengbu was still the vanguard, and the two hundred cavalry got off their horses, pulled the horses and carefully passed the pontoon bridge, until they crossed the bridge without encountering any obstacles.

After crossing the pontoon bridge, there are more buildings, and there are many buildings scattered along the canal bank, including villages where canal boatmen gather, and mansions built by wealthy merchants, and hundreds of shops on both sides of the official road near the canal.

Tianjin, in the north, is second only to Beijing in the town, where a population of 200,000 is gathered, and it is already very prosperous. But it is not the Tianjin Acropolis that is prosperous, but the city outside the Acropolis facing the canal. Because Tianjin Wei has a strong acropolis, with tens of thousands of military households in three guards, this is a place where the imperial court is heavily armed, and it is very close to Beijing, so the previous Manchu invasions have not tried to break through Tianjin.

It is already a rare prosperous place in the north, relying on the canal, the golden waterway of the Ming Dynasty, countless imperial relatives and noble ministers have opened shops here, Qianzhuang grain store, silk and satin tea shop, all kinds of business are available here.

However, today, the city of Tianjin was completely robbed, and countless rebels rushed into the shops, killing people and committing adultery, plundering and setting fires, and the whole city was crying. Chen Yue led his troops to rush across the pontoon bridge and saw such a scene.

A rebel in tattered clothes dragged out of a shop shopkeeper, and was about to raise a knife to kill when he was shocked to see the cavalry of the Xishan Army driving along the official road, and turned around and ran away with a scream.

"What should I do?" One of his subordinates asked Yu Fengdao.

"Ignore them, go to the Acropolis first!" Yu Feng knew the priority of the matter, ignored these rebels, and rushed towards the acropolis first.

Two hundred cavalry were running quickly in the streets, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves was loud, whether it was the people or the rebels on the street in front of them, they could not stop the speed of the war horses, and the people on the streets dodged and fled.

"The cavalry of the Xishan Army has come back!" Some rebels recognized the identity of the attacking cavalry, shouted in panic, and fled with the looted property.

Downstairs in the four seas, Yuan Yuzong was scolding Cao Youyi, the commander who was defeated from the acropolis, and the 3,000 army was defeated by 500 people in the governor's yamen, which made Yuan Yuzong extremely angry, but fortunately, the Xishan army did not chase out of the city, but only guarded the city gate, which gave the escaped guards a chance to breathe.

"Gather your army and prepare to storm the Acropolis. In addition, send someone to find Lou Guangxian and tell him not to loot, if Tianjin Wei can't beat it, no matter how much silver he robs, it will be in vain! Yuan Yuzong ordered sharply.

"Yes." Cao Youyi agreed with a bitter face, it was easy to say, the defeated soldiers fled everywhere, how easy is it to retract?

"General, it's not good!" One of his subordinates ran over in a panic and said to Cao Youyi in a panic.

"The defenders chased it out?" Cao Youyi grabbed the placket of his shirt and asked repeatedly.

"Cavalry, a cavalry has been killed!" The soldier gasped and pointed to the north and shouted.

If the sound of thundering horses' hooves came faintly, getting closer and closer, the ground trembled slightly, and there was no need to say anything more about his own soldiers, and experience told him that a cavalry was approaching rapidly.

Looking around, there were only three or four hundred defeated soldiers gathered around him, and Cao Youyi suddenly despaired.

"Quick, stop them!" Yuan Yuzong grabbed Cao Youyi's arm and ordered hurriedly.

"Block? How when? "Judging from the momentum alone, there are at least hundreds of cavalry, not to mention the people under his command, even if the three thousand troops have not been dispersed, they are definitely not the opponents of others.

"Block it yourself!" Cao Youyi shook his arm vigorously, throwing Yuan Yuzong to the ground, and he stepped on the war horse and took the lead in escaping into the distance.