Chapter 247 Yuan Ping Town
"Ten thousand brothers! Three hundred miles further on, there is Yuanping City! Continue to the north from Yuanping City, and after about two days of travel, you can reach Yanmen! Li Jing stood beside Wan He, stretched out his hand, and pointed to the north.
It has been four or five days since he left Taiyuan, and Li Yuan sent Li Shentong to honestly send 300,000 taels of gold to the barracks, but Wan He did not break his promise this time and returned Li Xiaogong to Li Shentong. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info It's just that according to Li Jing, the bones on Li Xiaogong's body have been broken in at least ten places, and there is no one for a year, so don't think about recovery! Seeing that his nephew, who had a master-apprentice relationship with him, was injured so badly, then Li Shentong was almost going crazy! But fortunately, with Li Jing and Pei Xingyan protecting them from left to right, Li Shentong could only go with resentment. As for the 300,000 taels of gold, Wan He also sent more than 1,000 Imperial Forest Army escorts to transport the gold to Shandong, anyway, it was also donated to Shandong's bandit army, so Wan He didn't need to worry about anything.
Looking at the small city standing alone on the Gobi in the distance, Wan He's brows furrowed, and he said, "Brother Li, as long as we arrive at Yanmen, there is basically nothing to worry about?" It's not that Wan He is timid, but when Li Shentong left with resentment before, that expression made Wan He shudder, he can be sure that Li Yuan will definitely not give up! Along the way, Li Yuan will definitely make arrangements to find Wanhe for revenge!
Li Jing nodded and said: "Yanmen Pass was originally the gateway of the Central Plains, there are 10,000 elite soldiers in Yanmen Pass, and all weapons and equipment are readily available, if Li Yuan intends to plot against us, as long as we can rush to Yanmen Pass, there is no need to worry!" ”
Wan He breathed a sigh of relief, from the information from the people who had specially arranged in Taiyuan before, Li Yuan's soldiers and horses in Taiyuan had not moved, so it seemed that even if Li Yuan intended to hunt down Wan He, it was too late in time! After knowing that he was safe, Wan He's whole person immediately relaxed, smiled, and shouted to Pei Xingyan behind him: "Okay!" Pass the order down, let the soldiers speed up, get to Yuanping early, and rest early! ”
"Whoa!" Pei Xingyan saluted Wan He and took the order. During the time he stayed by Wan He's side, Pei Xingyan also gained a lot, not to mention that with Wan He, his future was already guaranteed, just these days, Pei Xingyan followed Li Jing, and he also learned a lot of skills to march and fight! Although Pei Xingyan's skills are good, this march and war cannot be solved by force alone, Li Jing taught it hand in hand, for Pei Xingyan, it is tantamount to adding wings to a tiger! I am even more grateful to Wanhe in my heart, and my loyalty to Wanhe has also reached a new level!
After Wan He's order was conveyed, the marching speed of the Imperial Forest Army was much faster, and it originally took an hour to arrive, but it only took more than half an hour to arrive! At the gate of the city, Wan He just came out and showed his face, so that Pei Xingyan shouted, and the general who was in charge of guarding Yuanping City immediately ran out to welcome Wan He's army into the city.
Yuanping City, not so much a city, but a small town, in fact, around Yanmen Pass, the only real city can be called a city, not far from Yuanping, and Li Jing's original garrison of Mayi. The four walls of Yuanping City are not so much city walls, but four small earthen walls are more appropriate, which are similar to the earthen walls of Lu Longsai that passed by when Wanhe went north last year! Such a city wall, if it really wants to attack, Wan He only needs to send five hundred royal forest troops, which is enough to take it!
However, the original role of Yuan Pingcheng was only used as a transit station between Guanwai and the Central Plains, so it didn't matter if the defensive force was weaker. And it is precisely because of this that the total number of residents in Yuanping City is only one or two thousand, and as for the defenders, there are only less than a hundred! Wan He entered the city with soldiers and horses, and when he saw the scene in the city, he also shook his head, looking at the flattering guard next to him, he couldn't help but feel sympathy. There is a saying in later generations, called the Qing Governor's Mansion for three years, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, this unlucky guard, was sent to such a place where birds don't, where is there still a little oil and water! Immediately, Wan He stretched out his hand and patted the guard beside him, shook his head and sighed: "Brother! Thank you! ”
"It's not hard! It's not hard! That's what the last general should do! For Wan He's sudden headless sentence, where did the guard know what it meant, but he didn't dare to ask. For this guard, the biggest official he has ever seen is only the guard of Yanmen Pass, and it is only a general at most! And the person in front of him is the marquis of the Ministry of Rites and the Holy Lord! Although the guard general is on the frontier and has never heard of Wan He's name before, these two titles alone are enough for him to look up! Not to mention that the other party now has a position as a royal pilot, which represents today's saint! The guard was afraid that he would annoy the great god in front of him somewhere, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Master Hou has a hard journey!" In the end, this will arrange a resting place for Hou Ye! ”
Wan He just felt it, and for the guard, Wan He just waved his hand, that is, let him arrange it himself, as for the Imperial Forest Army under his command, it was naturally stationed in Yuanping City! What Wan He said when he was in Taiyuan before to disturb the people, it was just an excuse, since there is a city to settle in, then Wan He will naturally not stay outside the city to suffer!
The task of placing the army was handed over to Li Jing and the guard, and Wan He himself was taking Pei Xingyan around the city. Not to mention, although there are few people in this small city, it is full of the unique vicissitudes of life in the northern Xinjiang, Wanhe walked while looking at the people and things on both sides of the street, but it was also quite interesting.
"Big young master!" Wan He was strolling around with great interest, and suddenly, Pei Xingyan behind him took a step forward, attached to Wan He's ear, and whispered to Wan He: "This seems to be a little wrong, let's hurry up and meet General Li!" ”
"Huh?" Hearing Pei Xingyan's words, Wan He couldn't help but be stunned, turned his head, and followed Pei Xingyan's gaze to the surroundings and forgot about the past. Sure enough, I saw that there were many tall and strong men on both sides of the surrounding streets! From the outside, it seems to be no different from other ordinary pedestrians, but they turn their eyes to Wan He from time to time, and there is an inexplicable chill in their eyes! After all, Wan He has experienced several vicious battles, although his skills are very poor, but there are still some intuition from the battlefield! Being stared at by so many cold eyes, Wan He was also uncomfortable, and even nodded lightly, signaling Pei Xingyan to prepare to return the same way!
"Huh?" Just when Wan He and Pei Xingyan were about to turn around and walk back, they suddenly found that five or six strong men were already unknowingly blocking the street behind them. Pei Xingyan frowned, and immediately stretched out his hand, protected Wan He behind him, and pulled Wan He to slowly retreat backwards, staring at those strong men with a pair of eyes. And just after taking a few steps, Wan He stopped his steps, lowered his voice and said to Pei Xingyan: "No! It's blocked over there, too! ”
When Pei Xingyan heard this, he immediately looked back, and sure enough, on the other side of the street, there were also five or six more strong men, seemingly inadvertent, but they also leaned over slowly and leisurely! Not only that, on both sides of the street, those strong men who pretended to buy things also stood up straight one by one, surrounding Wan He and Pei Xingyan in the middle, and several of them slowly moved their hands behind their waists, as if they were going to take out something!
In the face of this situation, even a blind person knows that the other party has bad intentions! Pei Xingyan was responsible for protecting Wanhe, and immediately protected Wanhe behind him, and touched his waist with his hand, but he was empty! Only then did Pei Xingyan remember that his double hammer was too eye-catching, and it had been placed in the army, and he didn't bring it out at all! Immediately, Pei Xingyan's face sank again, he didn't have the weapon to take advantage of, in the face of so many opponents who didn't know the depth, Pei Xingyan didn't dare to guarantee that he would win! Immediately, Pei Xingyan took a deep breath, and his face immediately turned red, but it was a sign that he had picked up the master's **!
And Wanhe, of course, will not do nothing at the moment! All he needs now is to buy time! Immediately, Wan He shouted at the strong men who were approaching: "Who are you? Don't you know, I'm the Marquis of Yangcheng who is the son of today? Do you want to rebel but not? ”
The shore of the land is not the king's minister, especially in such an era, what the imperial power represents is the supreme power and prestige! Wan He moved out of the name of the Son of Heaven at this time, originally wanting to use the prestige of the Son of Heaven to see if he could scare away these people with bad intentions, even if he couldn't scare them away, at least he could make them have some scruples. But what I didn't expect was that after those strong men heard Wan He's words, they didn't react at all, and they still surrounded Wan He step by step! Two of them drew daggers and long swords from their waists, and the cold light flickering on the blades was breathtaking!
"Mommy's!" Seeing that his intentions didn't work, Wan He couldn't help but scold, but his heart was spinning rapidly, if the other party was sent by Li Yuan, it was impossible not to have any scruples about the name of the Son of Heaven! Isn't it Li Yuan's people? When did Young Master Ben provoke such a group of people!
"Big young master!" Seeing the actions of these people, Pei Xingyan, who was already blushing, snorted coldly and said, "You must be careful to follow me later!" These people are definitely coming for us! The name of the Son of Heaven is of no use to them! While speaking, Pei Xingyan's hands were also standing on his chest, and the entire palm turned red!