Chapter 162: Taking a shortcut

In the early afternoon.

Kong Sheng wore a green shirt, led a white horse to chase the wind, took Mu Changfeng and Wu Xianwuxie, and quietly left the Li Xuan Courtyard where he lived through the back door.

When the news reached the prince Li Chuan, Kong Sheng and his entourage had already left the gate of Pengcheng and galloped along the official road leading to Suiyang. Li Xuan did not break her promise, and more than 100 guards she sent out in advance waited outside the city for a long time under the Qingshi Ridge in the direction of Suiyang.

More than 100 fierce Jiangbei men dressed in the Mingguang armor of the official army lined up strictly, all of them were cavalry, holding cold and bright Mo knives, standing under the hillside, mighty and intimidating. The two captains led by Kong Sheng recognized at a glance that they were Li Xuan's cronies Li Hu and Li Biao, who were in Wangjiabao with him that day. Li Xuan's ability to dispatch these two people to Kong Sheng's side is enough to explain a lot of problems.

Kong Sheng stopped his horse, took a deep breath, looked back at the tall and majestic city of Pengcheng that was gradually moving away, and said secretly in his heart: Lord Fengyang, this love of yours Kong has been recorded, if he has the opportunity in the future, he will repay it.

Li Xuan sent more than 100 people to follow Kong Sheng and go all the way to Suiyang, which was really important to Kong Sheng.

It's not about the safety of the road, it's about the symbolism. This is the sergeant under the command of King Yu, and these hundred people went to Suiyang with Kong Sheng, which means that the authoritative support of King Yu has a crucial role in the inspiration of the people and Kong Sheng's foothold in Suiyang.

Therefore, Li Xuan's group of people is a charcoal in the snow, which is an extra boost that Kong Sheng expected.

Kong Sheng galloped over, Li Biao and Li Hu got off their horses with solemn expressions, and saluted Kong Sheng with fists together: "Kong County Order." The last general, Li Biao (Li Hu), was ordered by the county lord of Fengyang. Come and serve! ”

Li Biao and Li Hu's eyes flashed with a little awe.

There is no one who knows better than them what makes Kong Sheng's bravery. On that day, fighting with the rebel stragglers outside Wangjiabao, Kong Sheng was shot in the palm of his hip, and he sprinted vertically and horizontally as if he had entered a no-man's land, and that style was deeply engraved in the minds of the two.

And yesterday, Kong Sheng was undefeated in the military academy field with one person and one horse, and the hundred-man Mo Sword Team of the prince Li Chuan was undefeated, especially the almost god-like blow of the true qi that penetrated Fang Tian's painting halberd at the end, that kind of earth-shattering power, it was hard to help but see that these soldiers were full of blood.

Kong Sheng took a deep breath. He bowed solemnly to Li Hu and Li Biao and the more than 100 soldiers behind them: "Henan is full of smoke, the rebels are in charge, and Kong Mou was ordered by the imperial court to enter Suiyang to take office. Although he knew that there was danger everywhere and there was a possibility of dying here, Kong still did not hesitate. It's not that Kong is not afraid of death, but the husband acts, doing something and not doing something, my generation of hot-blooded sons, beware of national disasters, how can you be afraid of danger because of danger? ! ”

Kong has long put his personal life and death aside. If you brothers are willing to go to Suiyang with Kong to fight the rebels. Kong was grateful. But if you don't want to, please go back to Pengcheng. Kong never complained. The county lord of Fengyang, Kong is willing to repair a book and explain it to you. ”

Li Biao's face was solemn, and he stepped forward and said: "Kong County Order, we are not greedy for life and afraid of death, since Kong County Order and a scholar can bravely go to the country, how can our generation be afraid and make the world laugh!" Please also rest assured that we, a hundred brothers, have been ordered to leave Pengcheng, and we will not go back! ”

Li Hu also said angrily: "The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, we should swear to follow Kong County's order to the death, and never be a turtle with a shrunken head!" We are not a bad seed, we have a big scar on our head, and we are a good man after 20 years, what are we afraid of? Sons, are you afraid of death?! ”

Li Hu turned to face more than 100 subordinates, and a group of soldiers broke out with a thunderous roar: "If you die, you will die, and you should die well!" ”

Li Hu clapped his hands and laughed wildly: "Kong County Order, my son's son is full of blood, what are you afraid of?" ”

Kong Sheng nodded slowly, and slowly bowed down to a cadre of soldiers: "Thank you for your high righteousness, from now on, Kong Mou should live and die with you, and share blessings and misfortunes!" ”

"Live and die together, good and bad together!"

More than 100 soldiers roared and roared, waving the Mo knife in their hands, the blade was like rain, and under the brilliant sunlight, it flew all over the sky, and the sound shook all over the wilderness.

Mu Changfeng and Wu Xian Wuxie watched from the side, and a smile appeared on the corner of their mouths. With more than 100 soldiers as Kong Sheng's protectors, they went to Suiyang, which increased a lot of safety factors.

Although this is Li Xuan's person, it is impossible to become Kong Sheng's absolute hardcore for the time being. But over time, Mu Changfeng believes that with Kong Sheng's personality charm and influence, sooner or later he will influence this group of military men and become the first team force in this era that Kong Sheng started to work hard for.

There are more than 300 miles from Pengcheng to Suiyang, if you are fast, you can arrive in three or four days. Kong Sheng considered that it was too dazzling to rush with more than 100 armored Modao soldiers, and after thinking about it again and again, he decided to let Wu Xianwu Xie and Li Biao and Li Hu's Modao cavalry team rush along the official road day and night. And he and Mu Changfeng disguised themselves as businessmen and took a shortcut, striving to arrive in Suiyang as soon as possible, and the two sides agreed to meet in Yucheng, northeast of Suiyang.

Kong Sheng is the commander of Songcheng County under the jurisdiction of Suiyang, but in fact, Songcheng County is the seat of Suiyang, which is where Suiyang City is located today.

After Wuxian Wujie and the cavalry team galloped away and disappeared at the far end of the official road, Kong Sheng turned over and got on his horse and exchanged a knowing look with Mu Changfeng, and then left the official road and inserted it diagonally towards a path, choosing to take this road, which was the result of Kong Sheng and Mu Changfeng's previous discussions according to the map, this trail crossed a hill and was not suitable for a large group of people and horses, but it was not a big problem for the two of them to hurry quickly.

There is another important factor, that is, to avoid the secret obstacles set up by Li Chuan, the prince of the prince, to avoid unnecessary trouble.

If you think about it with your ass, you can understand that Li Chuan covets Kong Sheng's BMW chasing the wind, and he will definitely not give up, he will definitely arrange for people to ambush somewhere in the direction of Suiyang, and in the name of bandits and even rebels, he will first seize the BMW and then kill people.

Li Chuan never expected that Kong Sheng would be separated from the brigade and choose to take the rugged, narrow and difficult mountain road with Mu Changfeng, so when Li Chuan lurked on the side of the official road dozens of miles away from Pengcheng, more than 100 henchmen and guards dressed as bandits worked hard for a day and a night, and they did not wait for Kong Sheng and BMW to chase the wind, so they had to go back in a huff. Inevitably, he was severely punished by the angry Li Chuan again, and he didn't mention it.

Sunset. The entire western sky was stained red by the intense glow. Kong Sheng led the horse and slowly climbed up the mountain. Mu Changfeng followed. The mountain wind was cold, the temperature in the mountains was lower, and seeing that there was an empty field on the top of the mountain in front of him, Kong Sheng stopped his horse, held Fang Tian's halberd, looked back at Mu Changfeng and said with a smile: "Brother Mu, after getting off this mountain, we will enter the territory of Shandong, and we will turn back from Ningling to the east." It is about fifty or sixty miles to reach Yucheng. The trail was a bit more difficult, but it saved more than a day. At this time, I estimated that Wuxian Wuxie's brigade had not yet arrived in Shenqiu. At this rate, we could get a day ahead of them. ”

Mu Changfeng looked up at the sky: "Son, it's getting late, let's hurry up and hurry up, and strive to go down the mountain to invest in the store and rest for a night." If it's late, you'll have to sleep in the mountains. ”

Kong Sheng nodded: "That's right, it's important for us to hurry!" ”

After speaking, Kong Sheng continued to lead the horse forward. Turned to the road down the mountain.

As twilight fell, the two led their horses along a winding snake-like mountain path. A woman in red with a longbow on her back and a red horse hurriedly chased the figures of the two of them.

When the evening canopy completely fell, Kong Sheng and Mu Changfeng finally descended the mountain and entered a deserted town at the bottom of the mountain. It is said to be a small town, but in fact it is more like a medium-sized village, many cottages are arranged along the foothills, the candles are faint in the night, the smoke is curling, Kong Shengyang pointed not far away: "Brother Mu, there seems to be a family in front, let's go and stay overnight?" ”

The two originally wanted to find an inn to live in, but after walking for a long time, they didn't see the inn. Obviously, this place is poor and remote, there are only poor mountain people, and pedestrians are rarely visited, how can there be an inn for doing business?

Mu Changfeng nodded: "Okay, son, I'll go knock on the door." ”

On the left side of the foothills, there are two thatched huts, a ring of firewood fences, and the thatched huts are clearly inhabited. Mu Changfeng led the horse, and as soon as he approached the chai courtyard, he heard a fierce dog barking, and two fierce big yellow dogs burst out from the shadows, surrounding Mu Changfeng and Kong Sheng, and wanted to pounce.

With a squeak, a burly man, wrapped in a fur jacket and holding a spear in his hand, strode out of the thatched hut and stood in the courtyard and shouted, "Who is it? ”

Mu Changfeng glanced at the strong man by the moonlight, and said with his hands clasped into his fists: "This big brother, the two of us are passers-by, it's getting late, I want to spend a night resting, and it's convenient for the big brother to trouble." ”

The strong man slowly approached the courtyard gate at this time, the spear in his hand was in his hand, and he stared at Kong Sheng and Mu Changfeng quite vigilantly, looking up and down a few times.

This place is deserted, and most of the people living here are mountain people, who make a living by hunting, and are almost isolated from the outside world, and few outsiders come, not to mention Kong Sheng and Mu Changfeng, young men and women who are well-dressed and generous.

Seeing that the strong man was a little suspicious and alert, Mu Changfeng smiled again: "Brother Tai, we are not bad people, we came from the direction of Pengcheng on the other side of the mountain, because we were in a hurry, we took the mountain road, and it was too late to walk to your place, if it is convenient for the eldest brother, please allow us to stay overnight." ”

The strong man sighed, looked at Kong Sheng for a long time, seemed to feel that the two of them should not be like bad people, hesitated for a moment, nodded and said in a muffled voice: "It's okay to stay, but my family's conditions are poor, you can only spread grass in the hall for a night, if you want, come in." ”

The strong man drank off the two fierce guard dogs and opened the firewood door.

Kong Sheng and Mu Changfeng glanced at each other and led the horse into the courtyard. The small courtyard is not big, and when two people and two horses suddenly come in, it is extremely crowded. The strong man took the reins of the horse from Kong Sheng's hand, and tied the chasing wind to the firewood fence in the courtyard at will, while Kong Sheng inserted the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand on the ground at will.

The moonlight was bright, and the strong man only glanced at the chasing wind and couldn't help but exclaim and praise: "What a white horse, this must be the best among the Turkic horses, the whole body is snow-white without a single miscellaneous hair, it is really extraordinary!" ”

Kong Sheng was stunned, and immediately looked at the strong man seriously, seeing that this strong man was twenty-five or sixteen years old, eight feet long, with a leopard's head and eyes, swallow jaws and tiger whiskers, a majestic figure and rude clothes, a heroic demeanor between his expressions and demeanors, and a kind of heroic spirit between his eyebrows.

can recognize the Wind Chaser, obviously this person is not an ordinary mountain people.

Mu Changfeng quietly said a few polite words, but he threw a hidden vigilant glance at the strong man. (To be continued.) )