Downstairs at the Changping Gate in the southern city of Xuanfu, Miao Kui, who had arrived a few days earlier, was standing a step ahead of Zhang Jun, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, and looked thoughtfully at the group of people on the horizon who were getting closer and closer. Just looking at the smoke and dust, he knew that there were not many people coming, and then calculating the distance, he guessed that Xu Xun would definitely leave most of the attachés behind to guard the self-purifying people who were escorted all the way to Shaanxi, and he couldn't help but shake his head at this moment.

"Why can't he change his temperament of loving light cars and simple obedience in everything!"

"Young and vigorous people love to show off, but Ping Beibo's temperament has always been the opposite."

Zhang Jun was able to sit firmly in the position of the chief soldier of Xuanfu as a defeated general, because Xu Xun was able to protect it, watching this person who was in the court and approaching Liu Jin with grace, and now that his leg injury has healed, he no longer has to worry about those patrols who are eyeing the imperial history, and he only feels much more relaxed in doing things. Seeing that the riders in front of him were already dozens of steps away, he had to follow Miao Kui to meet him a few steps.

"Father-in-law Miao." Xu Xun didn't stand tall on the horse, jumped off the horse and arched his hand at Miao Kui, and then looked at Zhang Jundao with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, it's been a long time. I heard that your leg injury has healed now, and your treasure knife can come in handy again. ”

"Where, where the defeated army will not be brave, if I can make up for my previous mistakes with my old body, I should do my best."

Zhang Jun smiled, seeing that Zhang Yong was naturally half a step behind Xu Xun, and gently tapped his hand with a horsewhip, he remembered that because of the defeat before, the town guard eunuch Liu Qing took refuge in Zhang Yong, and finally was able to stay in Xuanfu smoothly after wearing the crime and making meritorious service, even if it is now a big reshuffle of the town guards everywhere, but the town guards and eunuchs in Xuanfu Datong have not moved at all, which shows that Zhang Yong and Xu Xun are all the way. So, he looked at the two or three hundred sergeants who came up, and suddenly said with some embarrassment: "Before, Gonggong Miao said not to alarm too widely, so I only brought a few servants, and even Gonggong Liu's deputy general and a few generals were not informed...... But Ping Beibo is a Qincha after all this time, isn't it too simplistic? ”

"If the emperor is here in person. It is inevitable to say that don't want red tape to usher in, I am on patrol this time, just keep a low profile, or Miao Gonggong understands me as a person. Xu Xun waved his hand to stop Zhang Jun from going any further, and then said with a smile, "After all, we are old acquaintances, and I won't talk nonsense with you, there is nothing to see in Xuanfu City." Gonggong Zhang and I have already gone to Longmen Guard and Monolith Fort first, and then go to Zhangjiakou Fort, Xinkou Fort, Wanquanyou Acropolis, and turn around the large and small Acropolis Stone Fort along the road, and I will go to Datong immediately. I left my old son and daughter-in-law behind. Naturally, you have to rush to the venue non-stop, but you don't waste time to go around to the banquet. ”

Although there were two eunuchs present, Xu Xun said this bluntly, and even Miao Kui and Zhang Yong laughed, not to mention Zhang Jun and Chen Xiong, who understood it. The five of them had experienced that battle before, Xu Xun and Shenying went out of the customs, Zhang Jun backed up, Miao Kui and Chen Xiong transferred Wanquan right guard reinforcements, and Zhang Yong and Liu Qing went to Datong to ask for reinforcements. It can be said that they share a great relationship, and their friendship with each other is certainly not ordinary. At this time, since he said it, Zhang Jun did not delay any longer, and said a few words to Wu Dahai, who was now back under his command, and he asked people to take out his and Miao Kui's mounts, and said bluntly: "Even so, I don't dare to delay your time Pingbeibo, let's go!" ”

The hundred households and more than a dozen sergeants guarding the Changping Gatehouse saw such a group of big people say something from a distance, and then they rushed out of the city. I was taken aback for a moment. They looked at each other for a while. A more clever person watched Wu Dahai return to the city with a few retinues of the General Soldier's Mansion, and he couldn't help but step forward and say to his own hundred households: "Master Hu." Did you hear it just now, it seems to be Pingbei Bo who was ordered to inspect the border affairs? Why didn't this go into the city, but even Mr. Zhang followed along? "You ask Lao Tzu, who is Lao Tzu going to ask?" ”

Although Hu Baihu was puzzled, he also knew that this was not the time to investigate the reason, so he hurriedly ordered a few capable people to report everywhere. In less than an hour, the news that Pingbei Bo Xu Xun and his entourage had arrived in Xuanfu had spread. Among them, Liu Qing, the eunuch guarding the town, had already arranged a big gift for Xu Xun and Zhang Yong, but he didn't want people to not enter the city, and the chief soldier Zhang Jun didn't let it go, and he didn't know where to go. He is like this, not to mention everyone from the deputy general to the general of the guard, the guerrilla general, and so on. After waiting for ** days in the city, he finally looked forward to the return of the chief soldier Zhang Jun, but Zhang Jun faced a lot of questions, but opened his mouth to give them a jaw-dropping answer.

"Uncle Pingbei and Father-in-law Miao and Father-in-law Zhang have already gone to Datong."

In the face of the dumbfounded crowd, Zhang Jun, the chief soldier, had to spread his hands helplessly and said, "Xuanfu's grain reserves are not within the scope of this inspection, so Pingbeibo said that there is no need to enter the city." If he is free on the return trip, he and Gong Zhang of Miao Gong will go to the city for a walk. As for the armament and gunpowder......" he paused, and then said with a strange expression, "The government army's avant-garde military intelligence bureau has already been deployed in the city, and the detailed report has already arrived, so Ping Beibo said that there is no need to look at it. ”

In the past, whenever they were ordered to make an inspection, it was not always the local civil and military officials who followed the buttocks of the ministers, to look at the drills of those majestic soldiers, to look at the warehouses with sufficient grain, to see the most neatly repaired side walls, and then go to the banquets of officials everywhere, and if there was spare time, to see the gentlemen who longed for Tianyan...... It's always been like this, it's never changed. But this time, they finally saw what it means to pass through the door without entering.

Therefore, when Zhuang Jian, the chief soldier of Datong, learned that Pingbei Bo Xu Xun and his party had arrived at Yonghe Gate, the south gate of Datong South Town, he was also surprised. Zhang Jun also had a Miao Kui who arrived a step earlier to report to him, he heard that there were one or two hundred people who were wandering around the Acropolis Stone Fort this time, but he didn't expect that Xu Xun had already arrived, and this time he was completely unprepared. Originally, he had to order the generals under his command to greet him, but who expected that Cao Qian, who came to see him, didn't even say no, and he finally had to hurry out of the General Military Mansion with Cao Qian with only a dozen servants.

Datong town because to the north is a horse flat river, although this city is not as vast as Xuanfu, but outside the four gates to build the urn city, the urn city outside the urn city and build a small city, layer upon layer as if a largest fortress in general, unbreakable. The southern small city, like the eastern small city, was built during the Tianshun period, after all, the Emperor Yingzong, who had fallen into captivity, was a painful pain for the captivity. The south town opens four gates, east Yinghui, south Yonghe, west Yongfeng, north Wenchang. Except for the Yonghe Gate in the south, the other three gates were built on top of them for wartime command and deployment. At this time, as soon as Zhuang Jian went up to the Yonghe gatehouse, he saw Xu Xun, who was holding the arrow stack, pointing and talking with Miao Kui, Zhang Yong, and Chen Xiong, and hurriedly greeted him.

"I thought that Pingbeibo would have to stay in Xuanfu for a while, but I didn't expect to come so soon."

"That's because you didn't expect him to think much about the daughter-in-law at home." Zhang Yong smiled and quipped, and then changed to a positive face. "We came all the way from Wanquan Zuowei, and first went to see Zhenyuwei, Tianchengwei, Gaoshanwei, Yangchengwei, and those stone forts along the line. In all fairness, the border preparations on the side of Xuanfu Datong are not bad, but those breaches on both sides of the big side still abound, and even the stone forts in front of them are also damaged. If the battle doesn't start, that's it. If it really starts, I'm afraid the outcome is not easy to say. ”

As soon as Zhang Yong's voice fell, Xu Xun also spoke: "Chief Soldier Zhuang, we are old acquaintances, and I won't hide it from you, I have brought with me the latest map drawn by the staff department of the Ministry of War on this trip, marking the status of the side walls of each road along the way, and recording the soldiers of each stone fort along the road. Empty salaries, this kind of thing is a cliché. I don't want to say more, but if the border army at the forefront is as vigilant and lax as usual, it is not a sentence that has always been so confusing. In Baiyangkou, more than 200 people in our group, pretending to be a group of merchants in Taiyuan Mansion, Shanxi, entered it all by ingenuity, do you know what this means? ”…,

The building near the water is the first to get the moon, and the world has been peaceful for a long time, and Shanxi businessmen first relied on the salt law to make a fortune. This was followed by the popularity of Lu silk. Almost overshadowed the always famous Hangzhou silk Su Juan, but these businesses. None of them can compare to smuggling all kinds of salt and iron outside, and all Jin merchants have more or less such special ways, and even he, the general soldier, cannot control it. However, it is clear that Xu Xun, who has only led that soldier before, even knows this, and he has also caught the real handle, so the matter is not trivial.

"Pingbeibo, the border army never adjusts its defenses, and relies on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water, so after many years, it is inevitable that it will ......"

"Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft water, I don't need you to say it, I know it. There are some things that have been banned repeatedly, and I don't expect to be known to the whole world in one fell swoop and be able to curb them from now on. But have you ever thought that if the business traveler can travel so gently and skillfully between inside and outside the customs, will the Tartar spies be able to get in lightly and skillfully? Will these stone castles be easy to handle? Even, if there is a change, will someone simply bring in the Tartar? ”

No matter how tight the wall is, it will prevent unexpectedly ubiquitous flies, this is an iron law that exists in any era, therefore, when Xu Xun said this, seeing that Zhuang Jian was already very ugly, he didn't say any more. At this time, it was Miao Kui who said with a smile: "We passed through the door of Xuanfu before and did not enter, and this time there is nothing to see in Datong." Zhuang Zongbing, this time let's go all the way southwest from Zhenchuan Fort to Baode Prefecture to cross the river, you can lead us all the way to see the past. ”

From Zhenchuan Fort to Baode Prefecture, there are one or two dozen stone forts in the middle, ranging from a dozen miles to dozens of miles apart. At this time, it was still a cold spring weather, although the group of people except for the strong sergeants, that is, Xu Xun, Zhang Yongmiao, Kui Zhuangjian, people who had worked quite well, and in the end, they couldn't help but be unbearable, and when they arrived in Baode Prefecture at the end of February, the group inevitably rested for two days. In the past two days, Xu Xun compared the map of the Ministry of Military Affairs and recorded the actual soldiers in his booklet, not to mention the heavy feeling in his heart.

There should be six or seven hundred soldiers, but the actual garrison is only five hundred, or even only three or four hundred, which is not uncommon in the forts along the road. Moreover, the age of the sergeant, the combat power, and the armament and weapons, all of them cannot be said to be very sophisticated. Even in a stone castle, a drunk old man shouted that he didn't know when he would die, and it was better to take the opportunity to have a lot of fun, which shows the mental state of the top and bottom. Nowadays, civilian officials are the most reluctant to fight, for fear of incurring a large amount of military spending. And the sergeant did not want to fight, because the compensation for defeat was pitiful, and the victory might not be much merit, so it became a vicious circle.

When he stared at the stack of maps drawn by the staff of the Ministry of War, Cao Qian, who was copying those numbers for him, was also immersed in writing, and at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door outside. Cao Qian hurriedly put down his pen and went to open the door, and as soon as the two doors opened, he saw Zhuang Jian standing outside, and a burly and powerful young officer standing behind him.

"Mr. Zhuang."

Zhuang Jian knew that Cao Qian was the eldest son of Cao Xiong, the general soldier of the town guarding Guyuan, and he was also a confidant who was deeply favored by Xu Xun, so he opened the door and saluted when he saw someone. He smiled and nodded, and then entered the house. Although he is said to be the chief soldier of Datong, after being promoted all the way, he also felt tired after looking at the forts and acropolis one by one. Regarding the situation of Bian Bei, he used to know that he knew everything about it, but now he no longer dares to have such self-confidence. After all, if there is another defeat like Yutailing. He didn't dare to be confident that he had the same luck as Zhang Jun. You can see such a scene everywhere, but what if you look at it more carefully? ..., "Pingbeibo, tomorrow you wait to cross the river, that is in Shaanxi, but I have to go back to Datong." Although the next road was not difficult to walk, it happened that Jiang Bin, the guerrilla general under his command, urgently sent an urgent report from Datong. The road is that there are captives near the Dry Horse Terrace, and I have to go back as soon as possible. Along the way, I will take Jiang Bin and twenty sergeants to send you across the river. ”

Hearing another familiar name at once, Xu Xun immediately raised his eyes to look at the young officer who was kneeling down on one knee behind Zhuang Jian to perform the military salute. Compared with Cao Qian's slightly civilized appearance, Jiang Bin, who is in his early thirties, is surprisingly majestic, with extremely long arms and a slight lap in his legs. Just looking at the majestic appearance, it is even inferior by three points. Thinking that this person, a guerrilla general, had taken over the errand of coming here to deliver an urgent report, and asked Zhuang Jian to leave him to escort him for a ride, it was obvious that the drunkard did not mean to drink, and he couldn't help but smile slightly.

"It's okay, Mr. Zhuang has also worked hard this journey. Then go back as soon as possible. ”

After Zhuang Jian said goodbye and left, Xu Xun sat down and asked Jiang Bin with great interest: "Just now General Zhuang said that you are a guerrilla general in Datong?" ”

"Yes, the lowly hereditary commander of the Ulzhou Guard. Promoted to the rank of guerrilla general in Datong. ”

"You are in your early thirties. How heroic is it? ”

"I don't dare to be the hero of Pingbeibo, but I have only retired from a small group of prisoners. How can it be compared with the exploits of Ping Beibo who led the army out of the fortress and retreated tens of thousands of enemies, beheaded hundreds, and redeemed the defeat of Yutailing in one fell swoop? If you want to talk about heroes, Ping Beibo is the hero of the world. ”

This sycophant kung fu is on par with Qian Ning!

Xu Xun couldn't help but wonder, thinking about the fact that the two sides of the capital are at loggerheads now, it is obvious what such an ambitious guy wants. However, while he was thinking about it, Jiang Bin actually said with a straight face: "Besides, only under the command of Pingbei Bo can he make the best use of his resources and make the best use of his talents, otherwise the current Admiral Qian of the Inner Factory was originally just a hundred households, and he went out to investigate in violation of military orders, so why would he seize the head of the general among the thousands of troops in one fell swoop, and give the command to the envoy with miraculous merits, and rise to the top of his wife and son within a few years?" He has followed Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhuang successively, both of whom are generals, but before that, they were both guilty of being punished, and they were good at sending troops and horses, but in the end they were also praised for their merits. If it weren't for the good knowledge of people in Pingbei, there would not be the trend of peace in Xuanda today. ”

This kind of sycophant who knows people and is good at his duties is a cut above the simple praise of heroes just now. Even Cao Qian couldn't help but look up and down at Jiang Bin, secretly thinking that with Xu Xun's disposition to collect heroes from all over the world, the people who sent it to the door might be able to get it in their pockets. However, to his surprise, Xu Xun still only smiled slightly.

"The Lu of the Eater, the matter of loyalty to the King, I am also a person of the end of the world, the emperor is the real knower, I should do my best to repay it." After such a panacea-like prevarication, he said slowly, "It's the first time I've been to Shaanxi, since Mr. Zhuang recommended escorting me across the river to Shaanxi, it's up to you next!" ”

If you want him to know people and be good again, you can't just talk in the vernacular! He Xu Xun has never been afraid of the coexistence of risks and rewards, even now, he will never regret using Qian Ning in the first place, after all, that big victory laid his foundation in the court! In order to prevent people from changing their minds, he didn't need people, he simply went home and became a rich man!

Jiang Bin was originally quite disappointed with Xu Xun's coldness, however, when he heard the last sentence and saw Xu Xun looking at him meaningfully, he only felt that this young magnate who had been younger than himself for more than a round seemed to see through his own thoughts, and after he agreed to leave the room in a row, his vest felt a little hot. Taking a deep breath, he finally calmed down. …,

Rich and dangerous, Qian Ning is just the adopted son of the eunuch Qian Neng, a mere brocade guard hundreds, and he is a hereditary commander, from Xuanfu to Datong Army for many years. What Channing can do, there is no reason why he can't do it!

Early the next morning, the group began to cross the river. The official road from Shanxi to Shaanxi was originally supposed to go from Datong to Ningwu, Taiyuan, and Fenzhou. Then to Suidezhou, and finally to Yansui, the road is extremely smooth. However, due to the fact that there were too many detours on this journey, and there were not many people and horses led by Xu Xun, the dry food had been fully supplied before, so he naturally only went northwest along the side of the Shaanxi Great Wall.

It took most of the day to cross the Yellow River by boat one after another, which was Fugu, and Xu Xun only asked Jiang Bin to take Cao Qian into the city and go to get some supplies. Immediately after rushing for most of the day, in the evening, when Shenmu County was in sight, Xu Xun heard a burst of unusual sounds, Cao Qian and Jiang Bin, who were originally galloping at the front, stopped at the same time, and signaled the rear team to stop at the same time. After this stopped, it was only a blink of an eye. Smoke was already burning on the city over there.

"Shenmu's Zhenqiang has changed!"

Even Jiang Bin, who had the heart to make meritorious contributions, couldn't help but be nervous when he looked at the more than 200 people in the back team at this moment. At this time, Chen Xiong, who had been fighting for many years, was more calm. There are few people this time, either they have been practicing in the left and right official halls for a long time, or they are the elite of the Imperial Horse Prison Army, and the real backbone is the elite selected from the group of people who rushed outside the Saiwai before, not the first brother who has not been in battle. At this time, he turned his horse back and drank a few times. Immediately, all the general flags and small flags shouted one after another, and suddenly, more than 200 people had vaguely formed a small wedge array.

Miao Kuice immediately stepped forward and asked in a deep voice: "Who dares to go to the sentry!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Bin knew that the terrain here was the most familiar to him, and if he shrank his head as a turtle at this time, it would be useless to shoot his sycophants. When it was, he took a deep breath, slapped his horse and said in a deep voice: "The last general will lead five people from the headquarters to go to the sentry!" ”

"Okay, it's you!" Miao Kui has been in charge of the horse supervisor army for many years. I don't see anything when it's silent. At this time, there was a domineering momentum, "Find out the enemy situation and come back." All of them will be promoted to the next level! ”

These words are just a big incentive for Xiao Bing, but for Jiang Bin, this level is not trivial. He was full of energy for a while, and seeing that Xu Xun also nodded slightly, he immediately beckoned five accompanying sergeants, turned his horse and galloped towards Shenmu County. As soon as he left, Zhang Yong immediately said: "There are many forts on the side roads in the area of Shenmu County's Zhenqiang, and there will be a fort every ten miles. ”

"Moreover, Zhenqiang is located in Shenmu County, which is the largest fortified city in the vicinity, and it is also a thousand households, and the garrison should have 1,200 people." Although he has never been to Yansui, the books and books that Xu Xun read from the Ministry of War are not in vain, and he also feels that something is strange at this time, "In this way, it should be a temptation?" ”

"If it is a temptation, there should be a big battle on the front line of Yansui next, I don't know where Governor Yang is now."

Chen Xiong answered, and he only hated that he had left the team behind Xu Xun when he heard Xu Xun's words, and now he was walking along the side road in a good manner, and he would encounter such a thing by chance. If he hadn't looked at the shape of the beacon smoke and determined that this was not the Tartar brigade, he would have ordered him to go down and wrap these people in retreat first. A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, he knows this truth even if he is not a scholar!

Several people were all hidden in the army and horses, and I don't know how long it took, Cao Qian, who was sharp-eyed, saw three or five horsemen galloping towards this side, looking like the previous horses. However, before he could be glad that these men were safe and sound, they were followed by thirty or forty horsemen. Although he had never seen this kind of situation when he was in Yansui Town, the person he had to protect at this moment was not trivial, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Attack!"

Chen Xiong's hoarse voice suddenly sounded, and for a while, Cao Qian didn't have time to think about it, he pulled out his bow and arrows, clamped the horse's belly and galloped, seeing that he was within a hundred paces of fire, he opened his bow almost without thinking, and immediately tried his best to bow down and pull out his saber and rush forward. At this time, he finally found that the three or five pioneers who were desperately trying to run away from the horses had gone around in a big arc at all, and they passed not far from him at this time, especially Jiang Bin, who was extremely conspicuous in front of him, and almost took the lead in breaking straight into the group of pursuers. In just one round, he saw the opponent raise his sword and cut people off his horse.

Dare to love this Jiang Bin attracted so many prisoners, not because he couldn't beat him and run, but because he wanted to make his own merits. And give credit to these people...... This guy can really confirm with certainty that his more than 200 people will definitely be able to clean up this little bit of captivity!

ps: Anyway, yesterday Yuzu reminded me that I found out that I jumped from more than 400 chapters to more than 500 chapters for no reason, I was really confused...... Now that the big mistake has been cast, the title can't be changed, so it's just like that, bow and apologize, 55555......