It's twilight.

Kong Sheng's four horsemen had already broken away from the boundary of Chuzhou, to which Wangjiabao belonged, and entered the junction of Pengcheng and Sizhou. As for the more than ten rebel stragglers who chased and killed, after chasing for more than ten miles, they saw that they couldn't be pursued, so they returned in a huff.

Entering the boundary of Sizhou, the official road has become wider, but pedestrians are still scarce, and the surrounding scenery is still desolate. In fact, up to this point, Kong Sheng and the four of them have entered the territory of Henan Province -- because Sizhou is now under Henan Province and has jurisdiction over six counties: Linhuai, Lianshui, Xucheng, Xiapi, Suqian, and Hongxian.

In other words, in fact, even if you have entered the edge of the Jiangbei Army's territory to which King Yu belongs. It's just that the main forces of the Jiangbei Army are all deployed outside Pengcheng, and the Yan army of An Lushan is attacking Pengcheng in a big way, and there is no time to take care of this piece behind them.

This is also an important factor in the breeding and proliferation of Hongze water bandits and Chemen bandits.

Mu Changfeng stopped the horse, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "Childe, we will bypass Pengcheng and go north, at most two hundred miles will arrive in Suiyang, if we are fast, we can arrive in two days." This time he has entered the Jiangbei territory, which belongs to the sphere of influence of Li Ju, the king of Yu, and the chance of encountering the rebels is not very large. But there is Chemen Mountain in front of us, and there is a bandit on the mountain, should we avoid it? ”

Mu Changfeng meant, of course, to ask if he wanted to go around Chemen Mountain. This is the safest and safest choice, anyway, Suiyang is close at hand, and it is not bad to detour this area for dozens of miles. But Kong Sheng had already studied the map, and the car door was on the way to Suiyang, and if he avoided the car door, it would mean that he would be inserted diagonally into the territory of Pengcheng.

It is said that it is safer to enter the territory of Pengcheng and be under the control of the Tang army, but Kong Sheng is worried that he will be detained in Pengcheng by Li Ju, the king of Yu-he is absolutely unwilling and unwilling to become a lackey and slave of the powerful, which is the key to his resolute refusal of Li Xuan, the lord of Fengyang.

Serving the court and obeying orders under the tent of the king. It doesn't seem like much of a difference, but it's actually a world of difference.

Kong Sheng groaned, and suddenly said softly: "Brother Mu, you and I have no wealth, only four people and four horses, it may not cause the thieves to covet it, right?" Moreover. There are quite a few twists and turns along the way, but we are unlucky after all, and we can still meet bandits? ”

After leaving Jiangning, he encountered a heavy snow road closure that was rare in ten years, a conflict with Li Xuan's men and horses, a encounter with Nangong Wang's Hongze Shui Kou in Huanggang, and Wangjiabao intersected with the rebels...... Along the way, it can be said that there are many difficulties and obstacles, and several times and three times have been in the critical moment of life and death, and endless turmoil has been entangled.

In Kong Sheng's opinion, the so-called Noji Tailai, he will not be so unlucky. Seeing that he is about to enter Suiyang, will he still be robbed by bandits?

Mu Changfeng laughed: "That's right, Mu is just unwilling to make extraneous branches, in fact, there is nothing to be afraid of just bandits, we have encountered Shuikou, Jiangbei Army, and Anthi rebels along the way, and a few little thieves can't afford to make any waves." ”

Wu Xian smiled: "Gongzi is invincible, Mu Daxia is skilled in swordsmanship, plus the two of us." What bandits are you afraid of? If you're afraid of an egg, go to Chemen Mountain! ”

Wu Xie was silent. He was reticent by nature. He is the first to look forward to the horse and rarely express his personal opinions. But in his heart, he doesn't take the car door thieves in his eyes. I've experienced strong winds and waves, what are you afraid of?

Kong Sheng looked around at the two of them and smiled slightly: "Since you all think that it is feasible to go through the car door, then." Let's go straight from here, rest in the town in front tonight, and cross Chemen Mountain tomorrow! ”

Early the next morning.

Chemen Mountain.

Compared with the majestic mountains in the north, the top of this Chemen Mountain at the junction of Sizhou and Pengcheng is mostly a very low altitude hill, and the mountain is not high and deep. It's just that the surrounding area is a large plain with a flat river, so it reflects the illusion that Chemen Mountain is towering into the clouds and ravines.

The Grand Canal bypasses the car gates and nurtures the water and soil. This place leans on the Luoma Lake in the north and Hongze in the south, and the mountains are lush with trees, and a group of bandits have been nourished since the year before.

Originally, there were only dozens of people gathered in the mountains and forests, but after the rebellion of An Lushan, the smoke of Henan Province was everywhere, and the official and military escapees who fled from the battlefield, the displaced refugees from Hedong in Henan, and the local natives who could not make a living all flocked to the mountains to join the gang, resulting in an unprecedented increase in the number of bandits in Chemen, and there were four or five hundred people in the huge cottage.

This was something that Kong Sheng and Mu Changfeng did not expect.

The rising red sun stained the clouds and mountains and forests in the east, the cold wind was clear, the simple mountain gate cave of the Chemen cottage located in the middle of the mountain was opened, a fast horse galloped up along the mountain road that was not very steep, and a horse dressed in black shouted into the cottage, turned over and dismounted outside the Juyi Hall, and hurried straight to the hall.

It is said to be a righteous hall, but in fact it is just a spacious thatched house. In the center, behind a desk, sat a woman about twenty years old, with a gorgeous appearance, dressed in red, this woman was dressed in fiery red, even the scarf with a head was made of big red jokes, on her desk, there was a delicate longbow with gold thread, the bowstring was shiny, and a quiver inlaid with gold and jade was full of arrow feathers, which was pressed diagonally on the back of the bow.

The woman is in the center, and there is a case on the left. Behind the case was a man dressed in sackcloth dressed as a scholar with a delicate face and elegant temperament, with long hair floating at random on the back of his head.

If Kong Sheng was present, he would definitely recognize that this was Nangong Wang, the leader of Hong Ze Shuikou. Nangong looked behind him, and there was a majestic bearded man Tang Genshui, holding a sword in both hands, with a solemn face. Tang Genshui is the first fierce general under Nangong Wang, with superb martial arts, he was defeated by Kong Sheng in a hurry the previous time, and was also snatched away by Kong Sheng, in fact, there are accidents and accidental factors, which does not mean that Tang Genshui's combat effectiveness is low.

And further down, there are two rows of tall, short, fat, thin, and young bandit leaders, although the standing posture is a little casual, but the atmosphere in the hall is solemn and silent, no one is lying nonsense, it seems that this group of bandits is actually a little different.

It's not like an ordinary rabble.

The black-clothed tanma hugged his fist upwards: "Meng Zan has seen the red-clothed leader." ”

The woman in red kept her expression unchanged, and pointed to Nangong Wang on the side: "Meng Laosan, this is my senior brother Nangong Wang, the leader of Hongze Water Village." A few days ago, more than 100 brothers of the Hongze Volunteer Army came to the car door to meet with us, and you came forward to salute! ”

Obviously, this group of Chemen thieves is no stranger to Nangong Wang, and it is obvious that the two groups of people are actually in close contact with each other.

Meng Zan was no stranger to Nangong Wang, and when he heard this, he turned around and clasped his fists and saluted: "Meng Zan has seen Mr. Nangong!" ”

Whether it is Hong Ze Shui Kou or the Chemen Bandit, Nangong Wang is called Mr. rather than "leader", which is a conventional title and a kind of respect from the heart.

The people who really belong to the core layer on Chemen Mountain know that the senior brother of the leader of his own family is talented, and he is almost all familiar with the art of war, Tao strategy, metaphysics, music and rhythm, and Qimen miscellaneous. Being able to get involved with Zhuge Liang at least shows Nangong Wang's talent and wisdom from one side. (To be continued.) )