The matter of the man in black was imminent, Wang Xu did not dare to delay, and after Zhou De's permission, he led five hundred forest troops and one thousand high-grade war horses, escorting ten thousand taels of gold to the military camp outside the city, ten taels of gold in the Hongzhou Continent is equal to one catty, and ten thousand taels of gold weigh a thousand catties; Eight large boxes were packed, and two wagons were loaded; Wang Xu rode a big red war horse and walked in the forefront, followed by a thousand war horses, five hundred forest troops, and two big carts.

When passing through the outer city, the prince and the kneeling officials were gone, and it is estimated that they have been taken into prison by Zhou Bo; For this wonderful prince, Wang Xu poked his nose; Wang Xu hadn't been to other counties and didn't dare to make assertions, but this Guxi County was a mess managed by him, and the people were hungry and miserable; Every day, people starve to death and leave their homes.

When he first came to the Hongzhou Continent, Wang Xu didn't understand that the people were so hard, why hadn't anyone rebelled? I'd rather starve to death than fight to the death; After more than ten days of understanding, Wang Xu finally figured it out at this moment; The strength of the imperial court was too great to imagine, and no one dared to take the lead in raising the banner of rebellion, because it would be self-defeating.

The Hongzhou continent is divided into nine counties; Hexi County, Guxi County, Qingyuan County, South County, Wu County, Bao'an County, North County, East County and the imperial capital; The imperial capital is the capital of the Hongtiandi Empire, with 1.2 million elite soldiers, which can be described as strong and strong; The other eight counties are all fiefs of the eight princes, and they are hereditary; Each county has 200,000 soldiers and horses, eight counties are 1.6 million, plus the 1.2 million in the imperial court is 2.8 million; With such a powerful army, who would dare to rebel? A strong military can certainly make the country permanent, but the people are suffering, nearly 3 million troops, how much food do they have to eat a day? Where does this food come from? It is nothing more than an increase in taxes and the levy of military rations; Often, the people toiled for a season, but they did not get any food. Wang Xu dared to say that if anyone raised the banner of rebellion at this time, then there would be countless people who enthusiastically joined the army.

"General, five miles ahead is the barracks of the army" This time, it was a commander of the Yulin Army who came out with Wang Xu to escort the gold, and he was in charge of a thousand men and horses of the Yulin Army; is named Huang Quan, who has been in the army since he was a child, and follows Zhou Bo, which can be described as Zhou Bo's right-hand man.

Looking in the direction pointed by Huang Quan, as far as the eye can see, there is a black spot at the end of the sky, it is estimated that it is the barracks of the 100,000 army.

"Huang Quan, order the brothers to rest in place first, and immediately send scouts to the four sides of the barracks to find out if there are houses on all sides of the barracks and what is wrong."

"No". The whole army dismounted and sat on the ground, Huang Quan immediately sent several scouts in all directions, Wang Xu only knew that the residence of the man in black was not far from the army camp, but the specific location was not yet known, he knew that this was the case, he should have left one person, it would be good to lead the way, don't come out to reward others, but he couldn't even find anyone, and he transported the gold back again, which would be a big shame.

"Huang Quan, how are your martial arts?" After seeing that Huang Quan had finished arranging, Wang Xu asked.

Huang Quan replied: "General Hui, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, but my qualifications are dull, and my martial arts are sparse and ordinary."

Huang Quan's respectfulness made Wang Xu very uncomfortable; Although he is a general, he is very beautiful in the eyes of outsiders, but his family knows his own affairs, and he is a general, whether he wants soldiers or not, and whether he has power or not; But although Huang Quan is only a small commander, in Wang Xu's opinion, he is much stronger than himself, at least there are a thousand soldiers under him. Speaking of martial arts, I am a person from the 21st century, and my cognition of martial arts can be said to be equal to zero; People have learned martial arts since childhood, even if their qualifications are dull, after practicing for more than ten years, how bad can they be?

"Brother Huang, don't be too restrained, come, sit down and say", regardless of whether Huang Quan agrees or not, he pulled him to his side and sat down, smiled, and said: "I'm not afraid of your jokes when I say it, although I am a general, but I don't know martial arts, I want to worship you as a teacher and learn martial arts from you, do you think it's okay?" "The general is too humble, there is no need to apprentice, if the general wants to practice martial arts, he can come to me at any time, and he is willing to accompany the general to practice martial arts."

In Huang Quan's eyes, Wang Xu may be a general with the worst martial arts, but he is also the most approachable general, Huang Quan has been in the palace for nearly 20 years, and has seen countless generals, but Wang Xu is the only one who can say to others that his martial arts are low.

"Okay, that's settled, we'll start when we get back to the palace."

The scouts sent returned one after another, but none of them found the location of the man in black, which made Wang Xu puzzled and embarrassed; Could it be that Ah Da and the others have already suffered an accident, and their residence has been razed to the ground by the army? "Report to the general, three miles south of the barracks, I found two groups of people fighting, one side is an officer and soldier, and the other is a black-clothed samurai."

Before the scout finished speaking, Wang Xu had already turned over and ordered loudly: "Leave a hundred people to escort the war horse to continue to advance, and the rest will come with me." ”

Since Ah Da separated from Wang Xu, he led all the black-clothed warriors back to the station, and sent their unique signal to the outside, signaling all the black-clothed men to return immediately; The long wait, that is, without waiting for the return of his teammates, nor waiting for the prince to send someone to deliver gold and horses, and the 100,000 troops stationed beside him showed no sign of withdrawing.

Time passed minute by minute, and when Ah Da saw the dust in the distance and thousands of troops coming out of the barracks, Ah Da was desperate; Those who should have come did not wait, but those who should not have come came; But the man in black did not admit defeat. They can't throw in the towel, because they have their parents, wives and children behind them.

The cavalry galloped and arrived in the blink of an eye, and when Wang Xu came to the battle site, the battle was in full swing; Although there were only a few dozen people in black, they worked in groups of three, two people defended and one attacked, and the cooperation was seamless, and there were few casualties; On the other hand, on the side of the officers and soldiers, although there are people falling all the time, the front ones fall, and the back ones immediately come forward to make up for them, and they are not afraid of death; No matter how hard the man in black tries, he always can't finish the fight and kill.

"Stop", Wang Xu led the four hundred Yulin army to arrive, stood on horseback outside the battlefield, and shouted: "Pass on the prince's command, the army outside the city is stationed in place, and you must not leave the camp without the permission of the prince." ”

If you want to help the man in black, it is also skillful, if he helps the man in black to besiege and kill the officers and soldiers as soon as he comes up, then Wang Xu should be unlucky, maybe he will be charged with a rebellion, but if he gives the order first and then he acts, it is not the same, if the officers and soldiers retreat, it is fine, if they do not retreat, then it is an order of resistance, even if they kill Wang Xu on the spot, there is no fault.

Sure enough, as Wang Xu expected, a black man in the armor of a lieutenant in the official army walked out of the crowd, looked at Wang Xu, and sneered: "You are also worthy of being a general?" New here, right? It's so hard for you to know that we are subordinates of the prince, and we have always listened to the orders of the prince and not listened to the announcement, so please go back, general."

"Bold, dare not listen to the prince's orders, come to someone, take it."