"Zhao Hai, how is the situation I asked you to check?" Zhao Xi asked Zhao Hai, who was following him, since he paid attention to this wild boar ridge, he took the most careful Zhao Hai to secretly investigate the situation of the bandits in the wild boar ridge.

"Big brother, there is very little information, I only know that there are seven or eight hundred people, and there is nothing else?" Zhao Hai smiled bitterly.

"What? Didn't you say you wanted to tell me about Boar Ridge? ”

Zhao Hai continued: "I was going to say, but you didn't let me. It's not that I didn't check carefully, but I was almost beaten out by the people of four or five villages and towns there several times. ”

"Oh? Tell me about it? Zhao Yi suddenly became interested, slowed down the war horse, walked side by side with Zhao Hai, and asked.

Zhao Hai said helplessly: "The mountain bandits in the Wild Boar Ridge are not ordinary, I thought they were just a little better in reputation, but I didn't expect that they were not ordinarily good." ”

"How?" Zhao Yi also became interested.

"Later, I asked a few little beggars in those towns to find out that it turned out that the mountain bandits in Wild Boar Ridge never robbed ordinary villagers, but only robbed the big ones who were evil, and opened warehouses to release grain, and also defeated the mountain bandits who came there." Zhao Hai smashed his mouth and sighed.

"No, if he was so good, he wouldn't have a reputation as a bandit with us." Zhao Qingshan, who was following closely behind Zhao Di, said puzzled.

Zhao Yi chuckled and said: "It's getting more and more interesting, it seems that the mountain bandits on this wild boar ridge are not ordinary people, I want to see it." Speed up and slow down when you reach Shihe Town. Finally ordered.

"The whole army is speeding up the march, and the sentinel is three miles away!"

"My lord, why did Daoshihe Town slow down, and only after two villages did it go to the foot of the Wild Boar Ridge?" Zhao Qingshan followed closely behind Zhao Xi, and was a little puzzled by Zhao Xi's order.

"That's because several towns and villages below the Wild Boar Ridge have their people, fast and slow, and they can't have the effect of surprise attacks, so it's better to speed up and rest and recuperate." Zhao Hai explained.

"Well, Zhao Hai, you have progress, that's what it means, in addition, you have to prevent the other party from raiding with the help of these villages and towns." Zhao Xi was very satisfied with Zhao Hai's progress, in his opinion, the Zhao family brothers, except for Zhao Xiong and Zhao Lin, the rest of the people could not be handsome. Therefore, it has also been asking others to read more military books.

Half an hour later, Zhao Xi approached Shihe Town with six hundred and fifty people.

"Raise the flag!" Zhao Yi shouted.

The Shunzi behind Zhao Yi took a log with a length of three meters and a half and a thick human wrist that was dragged by two people, and Zhao Qingshan took out a roll of blue flags from behind the horse and hung it at one end of the log.

"Up!" Under the loud cheers of Junko, the banner has been hoisted. Above: "Yanzhou Left Soldiers and Horses Envoy Imperial Discussion"

This was followed by several small flags, hanging in the army.

"My lord, are we good at Yingzhou with the flag of Yanzhou?" Li Lingfeng came behind Zhao Yi and asked.

"Ling Feng, although this is the boundary of Yingzhou, it can be more than ten miles to the northeast corner is the southwesternmost corner of Yanzhou, and the soldiers and horses of the first government are nothing if they cross ten miles, besides, it is the best, and it is nothing if it is not successful." Zhao Yi said indifferently.

"In Youzhou, every town has a town wall, and in the Central Plains, there is no zài at all." Lin Luo sighed. Standing 200 meters away, you can see the town gate running back and forth on the town wall in a panic.

"Located on the border, the common people can only do this, if there are no mountain bandits, it would be better. By the way, Lin Luo, are your family members still there? Zhao Yi suddenly remembered that Lin Luo and the five rarely mentioned their families.

"I guess they're still there, I guess they've already received the news of our death." Lin Luo said uncertainly.

"In this way, when this matter is over, I will ask Uncle Li to secretly send someone to take your family over, and the right is to go to the south to sell leather goods, and you will leave the address and tokens to Uncle Li when you go back." Zhao Yi remembered what he said to Uncle Li, selling horses, cattle and sheep, and mountain goods from the north to the south in exchange for funds, of course, this also had to use the signboard of Su Yun, the envoy of soldiers and horses.

"Thank you, sir, the five of us are all from Qingzhou, and I'll tell Captain Li when I go back." Lin Luo said excitedly, and Li Lingfeng was also full of excitement.

"Qingshan, you take someone to the town to call the door, you don't have to go in, just tell them, just say that we are the people of the Yanzhou soldiers and horses, and we have something to talk to the leader of the Wild Boar Ridge, let them go to communicate, and we will rush to the Wild Boar Ridge. If we arrive at the other party and have not received the information, the soldiers of Yanzhou Mansion will definitely break through Shihe Town in the future, and the chickens and dogs will not be left. ”

"Yes, sir!" Zhao Qingshan led more than a dozen people to the town gate more than 200 meters ago, and communicated with the people at the town gate.

"Your Excellency, mission accomplished!" After Zhao Qingshan finished shouting, he didn't listen to what the people above said, and ran back directly.

"The whole army, go around the front of the town!" Zhao Yi lifted the reins of his horse and walked rampantly from seventy or eighty meters in front of the town gate, just wanting to go north.

"My lord, there is a village five miles ahead, should we still go and inform you?"

"No, just notify one, just let the other party see our flag and soldiers, and we just need to walk slowly to the bottom of the mountain.

Wild Boar Ridge and Wohu Mountain are in the same vein, one in the southwest and the other in the northeast, with a difference of nearly 30 miles. It is only because the wild boar ridge was once flooded with wild boars, so it is called the wild boar ridge. Wild Boar Ridge is a long mountain range, more than 300 meters high, except for a passage in front of it, the rest are difficult to climb cliffs.

In a big house in the middle of the Wild Boar Ridge Mountain Bandit Village, the leader of the Wild Boar Ridge Mountain Bandits is lying on a chair basking in the sun. Not far away, however, a warrior in black armor was practicing martial arts, and a bright silver spear swirled around him like a silver snake, bringing a whistling sound.

"Daddy, what do you think of my marksmanship?" The black-armored samurai stopped his marksmanship and came to the middle-aged man lying on the chair and asked.

The middle-aged man is about forty years old, and his face is resolute, which makes people think that this person is a perennial martial arts practitioner at first sight, with wide and powerful palms, constantly banging on the chair.

The black-armored warrior is unusually handsome, and if Zhao Yi is allowed to see it, he will definitely shout at the little white face.

"It's okay, you have flexibility, you don't have enough strength, you have to be careful when you meet a real strong player."

"Got it, it's the same sentence every time!"

"Report! The big leader, the brother of Shihe Town, reported that the people of the Yanzhou soldiers and horses passed by Shihe Town just now, and came to us, saying that they had something to talk to you about, and if the leader refused to meet, the army would attack on the other day, and the chickens and dogs would not be left! A gray-clad guard reported back.

"Bold!" The black-armored young man's face turned red and he shouted angrily.

The middle-aged man slowly sat up, frowned, and asked, "How many people are on the other side, and what is the weapon?" ”

"About seven hundred men, dressed in black, some wearing red cloaks, and all of them were fine war horses, long knives, and one with a black iron round shield. By the way, it is said that the guard of the leader has a crossbow hanging from his waist. ”

"Hand crossbow?" The middle-aged leader was taken aback, this was a piece of equipment that only the guards of those state officials had.

The black-armored boy was also stunned by the news and remained silent.

"Did they say what to do?" The leader asked.

"He said that he wanted to meet the person at hand, and he asked the leader to send someone down to greet him."

"Immediately send someone to gather all the brothers and prepare them in the arena." The middle-aged leader hesitated for a moment and said.

"Yes!"

"Daddy, what are we going to do? It seems that they are really the people of Yanzhou's soldiers and horses? Don't know what they're coming to do? ”

The middle-aged leader knocked on the armrest of the chair, frowned and said, "We haven't robbed that big household recently, let alone the boundary of Yanzhou, why did the people from Yanzhou come here?" ”

"Lan'er! You take the humane mountain down to take a look, and if the other party is all going up the mountain, then immediately withdraw and fight to the death with the other party. If only a small group of people go up the mountain, they will be greeted by them. ”

The black-armored young man named Lan'er asked puzzledly, "Why did you decide like that?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "If the other party really wants to talk to us, just send a messenger, there is no need for hundreds of people to go up the mountain, if the other party insists on coming up all, it means that they have bad intentions." ”

"Okay! I'll go. ”

"Be careful!"

"Got it!"

"Report! My lord, Boar Ridge has sent someone down! The sentinel of the former army replied to Zhao Xi.

"How many people have come down?"

"About forty or fifty!"

Zhao Yi had a smile on his face and said, "Okay, go down and rest, it's hard work." ”

"My lord, they really came down, my lord is really like a god!" Shunzi followed behind Zhao Yi with a big banner and said with a smile.

Zhao Yi smiled and said: "Shunzi, this banner of yours has also made a meritorious service!" ”

Shunzi didn't know why, so he had to smile honestly.

"Let's go!"

Lan'er saw a rumbling sound in front of her, followed by a burst of black clouds rushing over, and red flames floated in the black clouds, and a murderous aura came towards her.

"Stop!" Zhao Yi shouted an order, and the whole army gradually slowed down and stood twenty meters away in front of the other party.

"You guys came down from the Wild Boar Ridge cottage?" Zhao Yi raised his spear and pointed at the young man in the middle of the other party and asked.

Lan'er's group of people were suppressed by the other party's strict momentum, and only replied after a while: "We are from the Wild Boar Ridge Cottage, I don't know who you are?" ”

Zhao Xi's face changed, and he shouted: "Blind your dog's eyes, see clearly, the flag behind us, such a big word, don't you see it?" ”

Lan'er's face changed, and she was about to scold, but when she saw the other party's spear like a forest and a flaming cloak, she immediately suppressed the anger in her heart.

Damn boy, he scolded us like this, so irritable, he really grew an elegant and delicate face for nothing.

Lan'er hurriedly said: "This adult is angry, we are all taken by the adult's great military might, and I really didn't notice the flag, the so-called ignorant is not to blame, I don't know what this adult is doing when he comes to my cottage?" ”