There was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, a loud long neigh, through the early morning mist, from the direction of the city gate, in the fog and shadows, it seemed that there was only one man and one horse, galloping here from the direction of the east city, the knight on the horse, with two flags faintly planted on his back, looked like a general, but like a herald soldier.

Yuan Wendu's face sank, he turned his head suddenly, turned his head and glared at Sima Meng Haisong of Qijun who was standing beside him, and said in a deep voice: "General Meng, what's going on?" ”

This Meng Haisong was originally the Eagle Strike Lang General of Qi County, and he was also the deputy of Tang Xiaofang, the Eagle Yang Lang General who was also the Sima of Qi County, Tang Xiaofang sent troops to quell the rebellion with his hands two months ago, and Meng Haisong also led the troops as a deputy general.

Compared with Yuan Wendu, Meng Haisong longed for Zhang Xutuo's arrival more, not because he knew more about Zhang Xutuo, but because with the presence of General Zhang Xutuo who was fighting, he and his defeated soldiers would no longer have to face those terrible jungle demons. So this time to welcome Zhang Xutuo, he was more active than anyone else, not only took the initiative to give up the garrison camp outside the city, but also sent a few groups of heralds to contact Zhang Xutuo's department, and it was he who patted his chest last night to promise Yuan Wendu that Zhang Xutuo's army would arrive early in the morning today, and Yuan Wendu would lead the whole county to wait here early in the morning.

The corners of Meng Haisong's mouth twitched, he didn't dare to face Yuan Wendu's angry eyes, and bowed his head and said: "The last general, the last general was still in contact with General Zhang last night, he said that he would arrive early this morning, and the army stayed in the military camp outside the city, and General Zhang." General Zhang himself would bring his officers to the city. Meet the county keeper. The last general, the last general doesn't know what's going on. ”

The loud neighing of horses came from far and near, and soon reached a few dozen steps in front of Yuan Wendu and his party, Yuan Wendu glared at Meng Haisong fiercely, turned his head to look at the knight, and said coldly: "Who is coming?" ”

More than ten steps away, a tall divine horse, a blue and white horse. Sitting on the end of a member of the five big and three thick, strong as a tiger and leopard, wearing a bright silver winged helmet, red phoenix eyes, face like a heavy jujube, two sword eyebrows flying obliquely, full of heroic spirit, and the long hair draped from both sides of the helmet shows that this person is not tied with hair, but with a cloak and forehead. Wild and unruly.

He wears a full set of serial armor and shiny silver heart guards on his chest. It can illuminate people's faces clearly, and on top of the two large shoulder armors, there are several sharp barbs standing obliquely, if it is hand-to-hand combat, just a savage shoulder rush can kill people, plus the horse lance that this person is holding in one hand, and a pair of heavy wrought copper and iron maces on the hook of the secondary weapon, all of which show that this person is a warrior among warriors, and he is absolutely extraordinary.

And the horse under his seat, blue and white, the width of the horse's shoulders and height exceed any horse that Yuan Wendu has ever seen, there is a pinch of curly hair between the ears of the horse's head, just now this knight did not rely on the reins of the horse, but directly grabbed this ball of curly hair, so that the horse galloping at full speed stabilized its body with a small jump, but the roar like thunder still shook Yuan Wendu's eardrums and felt a faint pain.

The knight on the horse thrust his lance into the ground, and gave a military salute to Yuan Wendu on the horse, saying, "Dare to ask if this is the Yuan County Guard of Qi County?" ”

Yuan Wendu nodded, and the whiskers on his lips moved: "It's this official, who is the general?" Is it a subordinate of General Zhang Xutuo? ”

The knight on the horse rolled the saddle and dismounted, and bowed his hand to Yuan Wendu: "The little one is General Zhang's personal guard, surnamed Qin Mingqiong, who was ordered by General Zhang to meet the Yuan County Guard!" ”

Yuan Wendu's face changed, and the officials behind him were in an uproar, no one thought that Zhang Xutuo, who was just Yuan Wendu's deputy, actually only sent a personal guard to deliver the message, and it seemed that he didn't take Yuan Wendu, the county guard, in his eyes at all, otherwise how could he not even talk about basic etiquette?

Meng Haisong scolded: "What an arrogant Zhang Xutuo, even his soldiers are so arrogant!" In the face of his boss, he was so rude, come on, take this person down for me, and see that I don't treat him for the crime of despying the official! ”

Yuan Wendu's face just now had been gloomy, but after hearing Meng Haisong's order, he suddenly smiled slightly and waved his hand: "General Meng, wait, the so-called strong generals have no weak soldiers, although General Zhang is nominally the county of Qi County, but after all, he is a general who has been fighting for many years, and he is only afraid that there is urgent military affairs, so he can't come here, now is an extraordinary period, you can't be too rigid about etiquette, and peace is precious." ”

Originally, Meng Haisong ordered the soldiers, and the soldiers behind him looked at Qin Qiong, who was as strong as a mountain, no one dared to step forward, and none of them even dared to respond, but they were all secretly retreating, Yuan Wendu's words made these soldiers feel relieved, and they all promised to make a promise, which was much higher than the voice just now.

Qin Qiong smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Thank you Yuan County Shou, you are right, General Zhang did not mean to despise the county guard, it is really an urgent military situation, now General Zhang has led his troops to sneak into Changbai Mountain, and the small one has come to inform Yuan County Shou, please calm down with the officials of Qi County, and wait for the good news." ”

Yuan Wendu's face changed: "What? General Zhang has already led his army to Changbai Mountain? What's going on? As soon as he came to Qi County, he knew that there were rebels here? ”

Qin Qiong nodded: "When our army came to Qi County, General Zhang had already sent secret agents to inquire about the situation in Qi County, and he knew everything about the rampant behavior of the two big bandits in Changbai Mountain and Ge Qian of Douzikeng in the past few months, and he said that the two thieves themselves were not strong, and the reason why they were able to defeat the official army repeatedly was that they were widely distributed in the official army and carefully planted, so every move of the official army, from the march route to the battle plan, the thieves were clear. ”

"In addition, the terrain of Changbai Mountain is steep, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, so it can take advantage. But this time, General Zhang wanted to do the opposite, while sending heavy auxiliary troops to take the avenue, come to the city, and enter the barracks, while leading 3,000 elite main forces, secretly starting from the trail, stealing from the Tiger Leaping Stream to Changbai Mountain, and going straight to Wang Bo's lair, I am afraid that at this moment, the thieves of Wang Bo's department have been annihilated! ”

Yuan Wen couldn't believe his ears, he felt that all this was like a dream, he fixed his mind, and doubted: "General Zhang has never been to Qi County, how can he be so familiar with the terrain of this place?" You must know that Changbai Mountain is a place where even the local officials and soldiers have suffered great losses, can he really find Wang Bo's lair? ”

Qin Qiong smiled slightly: "Qin Mou is a native of Licheng, and Cheng Zhijie, the eldest son of Cheng Lou, the local clan of Qi County, has already been a guide to the army, he is familiar with the location of Wang Bo's lair, and Yuan County is waiting for good news!" (To be continued......)