Volume 4 The Family Affairs of the Son of Heaven Chapter 17 Cavalry
When the crown prince proposed to write a letter to the king of Hejian to remove Yang Suzi, Zhang Qiu Taiyi frowned, "Your Highness is wise!" Yang Suzi naturally wants to get rid of it, but it is best not to bother the King of Hejian in this matter. ”
"Why?" Yang Yong asked puzzledly, Wuwei County is thousands of miles away from the capital, and it is a desolate place in the northwest, although the Dark Clothes Guard is strong, but it will not let people go to Wuwei County, without the help of the power of the King of Hejian, can't it be possible to send people over directly?
"Of course, it is best to be able to use the power of the King of the River to remove Yang Suzi, but the poor road wants to remind His Highness that the King of the River can only be used as a help, but he cannot put his hope completely on the King of the River, the so-called life to see people, death to see the corpse, if the King of the River is casually perfunctory to His Highness, or refuses, His Highness is not asking for trouble?"
"You mean the King of the River will refuse this palace?"
"Your Highness, have you forgotten that the King of Hejian and Yang Su have fought side by side several times, if the King of Hejian feels sympathy for Yang Xuan, I'm afraid His Highness's trust won't be of much use?"
"Yes, this palace has forgotten about this stubble." Yang Yong was embarrassed, there were thousands of soldiers who were assigned to the army at the beginning, most of them were Yang Su's generals, although not all of them were assigned to Wuwei, but there were at least hundreds of people in Wuwei County, these people were Yang Su's elite subordinates, how many people are left now, if you don't rely on the King of Hejian, how many people do you have to send to get rid of the five Yang brothers?
The snow-capped Qilian Mountains rise high all year round, and the snow at the foot of the mountain begins to melt with the arrival of spring, revealing a verdant green, which moves up day by day with the turn of the weather. The melted snow water cascades down and merges into small rivers that moisten the green earth.
If it is Guanzhong, it is already the middle of summer at this time, although the grass here is already green, it is obviously still in the spring, the tender grass is already more than a foot high, and an earthy brown dirt road passes through the grass and extends into the distance.
The clanging of bells rang out. A long caravan appeared on the dirt road, hundreds of horse-drawn wagons carrying heavy goods slowly marching forward, and in front of and behind the wagons, hundreds of livestock carrying goods.
This is a medium-sized caravan. The Great Sui is rich in products, such as silk, porcelain, tea, and cotton cloth and other materials added in recent years, which are exported to the Western Regions, Dashi, Daqin and other places, and through these places they are transferred to further overseas. Every spring, caravans appear on this road.
Although the merchants are lucrative, it is needless to say that they are hard, and they are accompanied by all kinds of dangers, so they must be guarded. The medium-sized caravan numbered about two hundred men, seventy percent of whom were guards, who rode on horses. Scattered around the convoy. Only a tall figure in the front walked like a fly.
This tall figure is a wheat iron rod. He was ordered to take Yang Shi and Yang Shi to Wuwei County with twenty East Palace Iron Guards to check the whereabouts of Yang Xuangan and others. If they didn't die, they would naturally be responsible, and the warriors would use the power of the King of Hejian to remove the Yang brothers independently.
On the surface, it is really simple for the prince to kill a few soldiers, but after listening to Zhang Qiu Taiyi's suggestion, Yang Yong can't help but make preparations with both hands, twenty people don't seem to be much, but these people are all elite people, in order to be foolproof, Yang Yong even sent the wheat iron rod that has not left his side, Yang Shi and the two together.
Twenty tall horses and men with swords set off alone It was too eye-catching, Yang Shi and the others simply blended into the caravan to act as escorts, they had been walking for more than a month since they set off from Luoyang in late March.
In the distance, the sun was red, slowly sinking towards the mountain, and a thin old man in front looked at the sky, raised his hand, and shouted behind him: "Stop advancing, and camp here at night." ”
The sound of mules and horses sounded, and the caravan suddenly roared and neighed, and the whole caravan became busy and began to prepare for the night's camp.
Mai Tiezhu strode up to the old man who gave the command just now, and shouted, "Sun Jiaotou, how far is this place from Wuwei County?" ”
Sun Put's name is Sun Zixin, is the leader of this caravan, out of the fortress for more than 20 years, can be described as experienced, now he is over fifty years old, he is thin, but riding on a donkey-like short horse, the wheat iron rod stands beside him as if it is a thick wall, than Sun Gang head with people and horses and a little higher.
"Don't worry, my lord, I can let you enter the city tomorrow." Sun Zixin said heartily, incomprehensibly, how could such a loud voice come from such a thin body.
Yang Shi and the others joined the caravan when they left Xiao Pass, and the caravan was originally the most taboo and did not know the details
, Especially twenty fully armed goblin strong men, it's just that these people are Sun Zixin, even if they want to refuse, it is impossible, however, there is a letter from the government, the origin is naturally reliable, and the caravan is equal to twenty more free guards, and if you do the math, the caravan will not suffer.
"Tomorrow, seriously? You don't have to lie to someone. "Mai Tiezhu didn't know how many times he asked the road along the way, so that Sun Zixin was annoyed, every day just said fast, fast, there was never a quasi-letter, today Sun Zixin said so happily, but made Mai Tiezhu suspicious.
"How dare the little old man lie and deceive the adults." Sun Zixin cried out, he was well-informed, but he had never seen such an elite team, whether they were sitting or lying down, they showed that they had been rigorously trained, and their weapons were a little better than the formal armies he had seen, and the horses of the caravan were a head shorter than the horses of these people, and even the steppe peoples who traded with them could not pick out many such good horses.
With such a free guard, Sun Zixin felt that he had traveled all the way, and his heart was much more down-to-earth, and he didn't even meet a small thief, Sun Zixin wished that these people had been escorting them through the Yumen Pass, and it was best to escort them to their destination all the time, but unfortunately they would not leave when they entered Wuwei County tomorrow.
Yang Shi dismounted and paced over, and said with a smile: "Sun Tuotou, I want to ask you about someone, I don't know if you have heard of a person named Yang Xuangan in Wuwei County." ”
"Yang Xuangan? Excuse me, my lord, I don't know what this person does, businessmen, officers and soldiers, or ordinary people? Sun Zixin asked rhetorically, although Yang Shi and the others did not disclose their identities, but they had the government as a guarantee, and the weapons they carried were more sophisticated than those used in the army, Sun Zixin has always regarded this team of people as officers and soldiers, and Yang Shi did not deny it, so Sun Zixin and his party were all commensurate with adults.
When he asked this, Yang Shi was suddenly a little dazed: "Hmm, it should be in the army, right?" ”
"My lord, since you are in the army, this is not something that the little old man can know." Sun Zixin said calmly.
Yang Shi just asked casually, and didn't expect to learn about Yang Xuangan and the others from the caravan, otherwise he would have asked on the road, but now it is only a day's journey from Wuwei County, and Sun Zixin on the road has a well-informed look, so he couldn't help but ask, seeing that Sun Zixin couldn't answer, he shook his head, and there was not much disappointment.
There was nothing to do that night, the next day dawned, the caravan set off again, less than half an hour, a towering city appeared in sight, the caravan cheered, although the front is not their destination, however, the city is a place for the caravan to rest and relax, not to mention the big city in front, you can still sell a lot of goods, and add the goods into the truck, this in and out, how much has been profitable.
"Speed up, enter the city, let's rest in the city for five days." Sun Zixin turned his head and shouted.
Hearing Sun Tzu's order, the cheers of the caravan became louder, and the guards whistled loudly, and when they entered the city, the owners of the goods still had to buy and sell things, but the guards could rest completely.
As the saying goes, Wangshan runs a dead horse, and the same is true of the cities on the grassland, the caravan has been traveling for an hour, and Wuwei County in the distance is still out of reach, as if the distance has not been shortened at all.
Mai Tiezhu suddenly stretched out his hand, glared at his eyes and shouted, "***, what is that?" ”
Everyone hurriedly looked in the direction of the finger of the caravan, the east side of the caravan first showed a little red, and then turned into a red cloud, as soon as the wheat iron staff finished speaking, the rumbling hoof sounded, and then the whole earth seemed to shake, the red cloud turned into a long red line, and rushed in the direction of the caravan with unstoppable power.
The entire caravan looked at the left front in amazement, the team stopped unconsciously, the red line was getting closer and closer, Mai Tiezhu and the others could already see that it was a team of red cavalry, red banners, red armor, and even the knights' faces were wrapped in red armor, no wonder it looked like a red cloud.
"Red Wolf Ride! Red Wolf Ride! Sun Zixin muttered out of his mouth, his face excited, but there was no fear in it.
After Yang Shi and the others saw that it was a cavalry, they all subconsciously drew their long knives, but when they saw that the guards were not afraid, their faces became excited, and they couldn't help but suddenly realize that Wuwei County was close at hand, and it must not be some robbers who came, otherwise the king of Hejian would be in vain in the name of good warfare.
"Red Wolf Ride, Red Wolf Ride?" Mai Tiezhu looked at the excited caravan guards and asked with great interest.
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