Dong Ce returned to Luoyang from Bishan at noon, and after separating from Huang Zhongqin, Dong Ce did not immediately make a plan for the racecourse, after all, tens of thousands of investments are required, and Huang Zhongqin needs to consider the time.

When Dong Ce returned to the school, he immediately learned from the mouth of the sixth son that Zhang Dagui had been here yesterday, and he had also come to the school early this morning to wait until now.

Dong Ce hurriedly entered the backyard and found Zhang Dagui sitting upright, staring at Xiaohu who was napping with fear.

"Any letters?" Dong Ce asked directly.

Zhang Dagui came back to his senses when he heard this, hurriedly got up and took out the letter and handed it to Dong Ce, and said very anxiously: "I didn't read the letter, but I heard from the Brother of the Ninth Stream Hall who delivered the letter that the Hall Master Zhong was ambushed!" ”

"Oh! Who is the other party? Dong Ce asked as he opened the letter.

"Zhongli Mansion, Yuan Guangping, the commander of the guard!"

"It's this person!" Dong Ce was surprised for a moment, and then hurriedly set his eyes on the letter, and when he saw it, his heart couldn't help but go up and down.

The letter is metabolized by someone, because judging from the penmanship like a dragon and snake, it is obvious that he is a master of calligraphy, and in the art garden, including Ouyang Zhi, he can't write this good hand, let alone the people of Jiuliutang and Zhong Xiaoshi who don't know a few words.

But Dong Ce didn't care about these at all at this time, he was surprised why Fang Mu was running?

Do you trust him? Or is there something else?

There is also the matter of Huzhou, from the general situation in the letter, Dong Ce is sure that Huzhou has been divided!

"Yuan Guangping was transferred to Zhongli Mansion, and he also privately raised a group of robbers, did he raise enough people to send them to Huzhou, or did he only collect money and send them to Huzhou? But that's not right! ”

Although Dong Ce does not understand military affairs, he has read more books, and he also knows the importance of military important places, Huzhou is not a place where soldiers must fight, how big is it, although there are three prefectures and twelve counties, but they are all condensed, the reason why it can develop now is because Ningzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou and Hangzhou and other places were the first to try to change the law, and after the cancellation of the Fang market, it became an economic explosion and gradually developed from the side, but in just twenty or thirty years, how rich can it be? What's the use of seizing this place? ”

Moreover, even if you raise enough soldiers and horses in Huzhou, and suddenly launch an offensive to occupy Jiangnan in an instant, it will not last long, because Jiangbei is all the land of Daning, and it is very easy to send sailors to raid Jinling from the upstream, which is also the reason why the Northern Expedition to the south has lost more and won less since ancient times, even if it is Hong Wuye, there is only time and people, at that time he got Jinling's power was too small, and the world was in chaos, and there were too many powerful people around, all of them were holding each other back, and there were rebellions everywhere, and the Yuan Dynasty was not busy at all.

And the situation before the establishment of the Ning Dynasty was similar to that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, so Ning Taizu could succeed, but this chance is too small after all, and now that the world is peaceful, what do you mean by separating Huzhou, do you want to go to Zhu Chenhao's end?

The more Dong Ce thought about it, the more he felt that it was impossible, unless, there were also their forces north of the Yangtze River, which could block the army of the Ning Dynasty from going south, but this was too nonsense, if they really had these forces, then what would they do in Huzhou, wouldn't it be more convenient to directly attack the north and directly approach the middle?

Zhongdu must be all right, if Jiangnan is still not satisfied, and then send the sailor to sweep all the way from upstream to downstream, there will be white flags everywhere, unless, today's people don't know where the west gate of Jinling is, or, many Xishu are contained!

"It's complicated!" Dong Ce found that the current situation is becoming more and more difficult to see.

"Hmmm! Pregnant! Dong Ce suddenly thought of a person, maybe this guy could help him check it!

Thinking of this, Dong Ce immediately beckoned Zhang Dagui into his newly repaired study, quickly wrote a letter and handed it to Zhang Dagui: "Let people send this letter to the southwest and hand it over to Qin Qi and Qin Duzhou!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Dagui accepted the letter and said, "Does the sect leader have any other orders?" ”

Dong Ce thought about it, shook his head and said, "It's not easy to make a decision before you find out the situation in the southwest. ”

As soon as Zhang Dagui left, Fang Shuwei came in, and she didn't ask Dong Ce why he didn't return last night, but said, "Has Brother Dong had lunch?" ”

"Not yet, what did Wei'er prepare to eat?"

Fang Shuwei smiled, ran out, and after a while, she entered the study with food.

Dong Ce looked at Fang Shuwei who was setting up the food, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "I have to tell you something, your father may be in trouble!" ”

Fang Shuwei was shocked, and looked at Dong Ce curiously: "What's wrong with my father?" ”

"I don't know." Dong Ce shook his head, and continued: "But I guess it should be because of Xiaoyao Palace, or Huzhou!" But no matter what, he should be safe at the moment, besides, I have seen your father's skills, and he himself is very cunning, since he has left Jinling, it is difficult for others to catch him! ”

"Brother Dong, you are the most cunning!" Fang Shuwei glared at Dong Ce dissatisfied, but she felt a lot more relieved, she also had full confidence in her father, as long as he was not surrounded by heavy surrounding, no one could stop him from escaping.

While Dong Ce was eating, Fang Shuwei suddenly said, "Brother Dong, I want to write a letter and ask your people to help me send it to the northwest!" ”

"To your mother?" Dong Ce frowned.

"Well, maybe she's on her way back to Jinling, but I want to remind her anyway!"

Dong Ce did not refuse, this is also an opportunity for the disciples of Jiuliutang to exercise, although it is a little hard, but the bonus after completion is very high, and there are many young people in Jiuliutang, and they also like to run outside, so it is more unrestrained, and they can see all the great mountains and rivers, it is simply beautiful, but when they really arrive in the northwest, they don't know if they are still in the mood to see the wind and sand.

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In the eastern suburbs of Gaoyang County, Xuzhou, Zhong Xiaoshi looked at the disappearing figure behind him and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sure enough, after approaching Gaoyang County, the pursuers didn't dare to approach."

"Aren't you talking nonsense, if they dare to get closer, they will have to go to war with the county soldiers!" Cao Luorong rubbed her cold hands and said.

"Thanks to the guidance of Cao Niangzi all the way, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get to Gaoyang County, it's difficult to leave Shansang County!" Zhong Xiaoshi said solemnly.

Cao Luorong ignored Zhong Xiaoshi, but looked at the county seat at the end of the official road, and after thinking about it, he said, "Tell your people to go directly to Xuchang around the county seat." ”

"Didn't you say you wouldn't go to Xudu before? Why do you have to take a detour now? On the side, Zhong Xiaoyi was puzzled.

Cao Luorong immediately said impatiently: "Just let you go and tell you to do it, what nonsense, if you are tired, then you can go in, I guarantee that you won't be able to get out if you go in!" ”

"You ......" Zhong Xiaoyi was about to have a seizure, Zhong Xiaoshi immediately glared at him and said, "Follow Cao Niangzi's words." ”

"Big brother!" Zhong Xiaoyi was very dissatisfied, in the past few days, they were almost exhausted in order to escape the pursuers, and finally had another safe resting place, but they bypassed it directly, even if he didn't complain, but the other brothers would definitely complain.

Zhong Xiaoshi didn't persuade anything, because he also felt that if he stopped here, the pursuers would inevitably be able to deploy outside, and it would be difficult to get out at that time, so it was better to bypass them, so that the pursuers would think that they had entered Gaoyang County, wasting time in investigation and deployment.

When Cao Luorong returned to her carriage, Liu Su immediately asked: "Sister, let's come all the way, there are more and more chasing soldiers behind us, there was a group of gangsters robbing the road yesterday, if it weren't for Brother Zhong's strong martial arts, they would have to be surrounded by the chasing soldiers behind them, how could the world outside be so chaotic!" I don't know if I can reach Luoyang safely. ”

"Don't worry, the robbers yesterday are actually in the same group as the pursuers, as long as they enter the realm of Zhongdu, they won't dare to chase them, and even if they catch up, there are these people to protect us." While Cao Luorong spoke, she was also surprised in her heart, but she was not surprised that the world was in chaos, because she knew very well that those people were all Yuan Guangping's subordinates, and what surprised her was Zhong Xiaoshi and others!

They are obviously judged by Zhong Xiaoshi who they saw in Zhongjia Village before, and now they are obviously two people, although they have not become much smarter, but they are extremely powerful for fighting, and they are completely different from the guys who can only hold hoes and flat shoulders at the beginning, they are decisive in killing, know when to attack, when to defend, even if they start to be passive, they can instantly turn the situation around and become active!

The most important thing is that they work together, and it is really intimate! At the right time, one rope is divided into two and two, one near and one far, and the protection and cover are brought to the extreme, which is stronger than the elite in the army, which is too rare.

Cao Luorong knew that they could be so powerful and couldn't do without that evil eye, but she didn't know how they trained, but ordinary training couldn't train such a team, and why did the evil eye train this team? Just to escort merchandise? Or was it the purpose of his hiding in the first place?

On the way to Xuchang, Cao Luorong was thinking about Dong Ce's purpose, and unconsciously, it was already dark, but the caravan was still on the way, and it was not until it was close to Xiangcheng that it stopped to rest, waiting for tomorrow to cross the river by ferry, enter the city and continue on the road after purchasing.

The wilderness was quiet in the middle of the night, and Cao Luorong slept in the caravan's special tent, feeling extremely uncomfortable!

It's not that the tent is not comfortable enough, but it's too comfortable, this kind of tent is extremely convenient to carry, or to build, like a four-cornered bun, there is a bamboo mat at the bottom, and there are doors and windows, if you feel cold, you can close the door, ventilation only needs the window, the window has a tulle to block mosquitoes, it is really good to be better.

Just no quilt! It's a thing called a sleeping bag, although it's made of silk, it's very warm to get into, but you can't move! And Cao Luorong is very dishonest when she sleeps, she likes to turn over and over, cross her legs and lie on her stomach, etc. But in the sleeping bag, I can only squirm like a worm!

Unlike Cao Luorong, Liu Su sleeps very comfortably, she can fall asleep by lying down, and she stays in one position until dawn to wake up.

Looking at Liu Su with envy, Cao Luorong kept secretly scolding the person who made the sleeping bag in her heart, she was so stupid that she wouldn't make the sleeping bag into two legs?

When Cao Luorong was secretly scolding, suddenly, a vigilant shout startled her, and even Liu Su, who was sleeping on the side, opened her eyes in shock, looked around absurdly, but couldn't see the situation outside the tent at all.

"Oh no, two ladies, there is an enemy attack!" Feng Bo did not stay away from the tent, he put on a sleeping bag and squatted at the door of the tent to prevent anyone from approaching the tent, so when the cry sounded, he notified Cao Luorong and the two daughters as soon as possible.

"Enemy attack? How can there be an enemy attack? Cao Luorong was surprised, the route they took was already very hidden, and also asked Zhong Xiaoshi to send people to explore the front and back, if they found someone approaching, they should have known it a long time ago, and they would not risk staying overnight in the wilderness.

But the other party can accurately grasp their foothold, which shows that either the other party's spies are more powerful, or the other party is unlucky!

But no matter what, Cao Luorong hurriedly jumped out of the nasty sleeping bag and got out of the tent to check the situation.

The situation seems to be very bad, and the other party did not kill them directly, but used a rocket surprise attack, which is obviously going to burn them all to death!

Cao Luorong's tent was in the middle and was not attacked, but the tent in front was already burning, and Zhong Xiaoshi didn't care about fighting the fire, so he sent someone to leave the shield and retreat to the woods behind him while packing up his things.

Although the other party suddenly made a move, which caught Zhong Xiaoshi and the others off guard, but in the blink of an eye, Zhong Xiaoshi and the others stabilized the situation and retreated step by step in a neat and orderly manner.

"Don't go into the woods, or if the other party sets fire, we will not be burned to death, but we will also be smoked!" Now it is the east wind, and the other party is killing from the east, so Cao Luorong's words are still very reasonable.

However, Zhong Xiaoshi and the others didn't care at all, and still retreated into the forest.

"You ......" Cao Luorong was about to remind again, when suddenly Zhong Xiaoyi rushed to her, threw her three unique leather masks, and said: "If you bring it well, you won't be afraid of cigarettes, you still don't talk nonsense about the war, we have our own measure!" ”

Zhong Xiaoyi's heart is so cool, he has been waiting for this opportunity for I don't know how long, and he can finally return to Cao Luorong!

And Cao Luorong was angry in her heart, her judgment was obviously not problematic, but Zhong Xiaoshi and the others wanted to flee to the forest to the west, although the weather is humid now, the forest will not catch fire, but if it is forced to burn, it will inevitably cause a lot of smoke, will it not be choked to death by relying on this mask?

Cao Luorong didn't believe it, but she didn't want to be smoked too badly, so she still put on a mask.

In this area, Cao Luorong was surprised, because after wearing this mask, she actually smelled a very refreshing fragrance, and the whole person's spirit was also lifted, and she could no longer smell the slightest smell of fireworks.

Cao Luorong couldn't check the structure of the mask, Zhong Xiaoshi and the others were about to retreat to her, and Zhong Xiaoyi also put away their tent, but because of Cao Luorong's daze, she forgot to give the mask to Liu Su and Feng Bo, causing the two of them to choke on the smoke blowing over.

Cao Luorong hurriedly handed the remaining two masks to Liu Su and Feng Bo, and the three of them followed several guards who were transporting goods to the forest.

"It's stupid!" On the opposite side, a general who led the archers to attack the caravan camp sneered, and then waved his hand and ordered: "Send the order, divide the troops of 300 and go around to both sides of the forest, always pay attention to the rear, don't let them escape!" ”

Cao Luorong didn't know that Yuan Guangping's power had extended to Xudu, and when he was about to deal with this caravan, he had already sent someone to send a letter over, and the county soldiers of Xiangcheng County happened to be Yuan Guangping's former subordinate "Sun Tangyi".

As soon as the battle began, the stupid performance of the other party ruined Sun Tang Yile.

Although there is a lot of rain in spring, because of this, burn a fire, cover the straw, and the smoke is enough to smoke people to death!

However, if the art garden caravan is not like a forest behind it, Sun Tangyi really doesn't know where they can escape, because he has set up ambushes on the left and right, and only the forest behind him is temporarily safe, which is actually Sun Tangyi's worry that the other party will break into the left and right wings, after all, Yuan Guangping wrote to say that this caravan escort is extraordinary, and it should not be underestimated, so he deliberately left a trap for them to drill, and when they stayed in the forest, they were unable to move, and then they smoked you half to death, and then went in to harvest it was not a fetal sac? (To be continued.) )