Liu Tiehan was sincerely convinced, and completely took refuge in Su Tiancheng.

He burned down the cottage and handed over all the wealth he had accumulated for many years to Su Tiancheng, but unfortunately, these belongings, in Su Tiancheng's opinion, were indeed a little little, two hundred taels of gold, three thousand taels of silver, and two hundred stones of grain, and there was nothing left.

Following Su Tiancheng, these greeting gifts are indeed too few, and Liu Tiehan himself is a little embarrassed.

The brothers in the cottage have already left a lot, especially since Su Tiancheng was in Mengjin County, many people have gone to help clear the dredging and get paid, and seeing that they can survive the famine, they will go home honestly, unwilling to live a life of licking blood from the knife.

The situation in Henan slowly settled down, Liu Tiehan also distributed a lot of silver taels, and the brothers who were willing to go home took all the silver taels and went down the mountain, and everyone wanted to live a peaceful life.

Knowing that Liu Tiehan had been the king of the mountain for more than three years, but he had gathered all this wealth, Su Tiancheng nodded slightly.

It seems that the reward of the brothers of the Xiaoqi Battalion must be returned to Jiangning County before it can be resolved.

On September 16, the large army arrived at the water city of Guide Province.

After a day, everyone can leave Henan and enter Nanzhili, there are two roads to choose from, or take Fengyang Mansion, pass through Chuzhou, and return to Yingtianfu, or take Luzhou Mansion, pass through Hezhou, and return to Yingtianfu.

Everyone's mood has obviously improved, and they have been away for more than two months in a blink of an eye, and when they left, it was still midsummer, and when they returned to Nanzhili, it was already late autumn.

Su Tiancheng discussed with the officers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and everyone's opinion was that it was better to go from Luzhou Mansion, which was shorter, which could save one to two days.

On this day, it is time for everyone to set up camp. A little earlier, when the unitary time, the large army was encamped, and they had to rest well, recuperate their spirits, and return to Nanzhili. In the eyes of everyone, entering Nanzhili is considered to be going home.

The place where the camp was set up was less than twenty miles away from the county seat of Shuicheng, and it took only a quarter of an hour or so for a fast horse.

After leaving Mengjin, the team did not enter any of the cities, but marched along the official road, as if to unify their thoughts. No one came forward to receive the officials in Henan, all of which was expected by Su Tiancheng.

The rush is still very hard, and the bumps on the horse's back are a waste of physical strength.

Su Tiancheng sat in the tent, closed his eyes and pondered, after eating. He's ready to rest, too.

When the officers of the cavalry battalion came in, they looked a little panicked.

"Your Excellency. Oh no, no......"

The sergeant of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion had never been so flustered, Su Tiancheng stood up violently, could it be that he was going to leave Henan, would he encounter something big. The bandits in Henan did not dare to mess with the Xiaoqi camp at all, and the rogues were active in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and as for the Houjin soldiers, they were all in the north. It's impossible to get here.

"What's the panic, what's the matter, talk slowly."

Su Tiancheng's expression was calm, and to a certain extent, stabilized the officer's heart.

"My lord, the scouts came to report and found that there were large groups of people in front and behind, these people are not the army of the imperial court, nor the soldiers of the local inspection department."

"Oh, how many centaurs do they have, and what is the approximate purpose, have you figured it out?"

"The last general has already sent scouts to investigate again, but the last general predicts that these centaurs are coming against us."

"Why are you only finding out now?"

"The last general also thinks it's strange, I haven't found it before."

"I know the truth, notify all the brothers, strengthen vigilance, if there is any new situation, report it immediately."

Deng Hui and Liu Tiehan entered the tent.

Su Tiancheng had been thinking for a few minutes, and he couldn't figure out who these people were, who dared to deal with the sergeants of the Xiaocai battalion, and when he was about to leave Henan and return to Nanzhili, could it be said that they were bandits in Henan, it is said that the bandits did not have such courage.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing the other can one survive a hundred battles, in the current situation, relying on the scouts of the Xiaocai battalion, it is difficult to figure out the situation, it seems that it is still necessary to rely on Deng Hui and Liu Tiehan.

"Deng Hui, Liu Tiehan, just now the scouts have been detected, we have a large number of people in front and behind, I don't know what the purpose of these people is, tomorrow we will leave Henan and return to Nanzhili, at this time, there can be no accidents, according to your experience, these people are aimed at us, who are they, will they be bandits."

"I thought that it wouldn't be bandits, the bandits in Henan, I wish the Xiaocai Battalion would leave as soon as possible, Du Laosan has such a huge force, in front of the Xiaocai Battalion, they are all wiped out, and no one should be looking for their own hardships."

What Deng Hui said was very affirmative, Liu Tiehan did not speak.

"Liu Tiehan, what do you think?"

"My lord, I can't say it, but I can take my brothers to investigate, these brothers of mine still know a little bit about the terrain here, and we are also familiar with the local situation, so we will not arouse their suspicions."

"Okay, Liu Tiehan, you take a few brothers to touch the situation, you must be careful, if you can't find out the situation, come back immediately, don't force it."

The atmosphere of the cavalry camp seemed to be tense, and everyone didn't know what kind of opponent they were facing.

This kind of emotion is very annoying, the other party's origin is unknown, how many people and horses there are, it is impossible to make it very clear, after all, there are only more than 1,100 soldiers in the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, plus the people brought by Liu Tiehan, less than 1,300 people, the other party is two groups of people and horses in the front and rear, if it is aimed at the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, it is ready to attack back and forth.

In such a situation, no one dares to be sloppy.

Several officers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion sat in Su Tiancheng's tent, and everyone didn't speak.

After discussing for a long time, all kinds of situations have been guessed, but I don't know who these people are, which is indeed a bit strange.

Su Tiancheng has some ideas, but he won't say them, which involves contradictions between officials.

The vigilance of this night was very strict, and everyone had no joy to go home.

When it was close to the time of the child, Liu Tiehan and the others came back.

When he entered the tent, his expression was very solemn, and he obviously felt something.

Several officers of the Snap Cavalry Battalion. All of them were in Su Tiancheng's tent, and they also knew that Liu Tiehan and others had gone to touch the situation, but they didn't expect to come back in the middle of the night.

"My lord, we already know a little bit about it."

"Don't be in a hurry. Take your time. ”

"The two groups of people in the front and back are together, they are rogues from Shanxi."

Su Tiancheng stood up in shock, not only him, but the faces of several officers also changed, and Liukou followed here, knowing that Lu Dao, coming from Shanxi, almost crossed the entire Henan. It's not that easy to do, and there are so many mysteries in it.

Rogue is not so easy to deal with, compared to bandits, rogue has experienced conquest and has a wealth of experience.

"Liu Tiehan, have you really figured it out?"

"Figured it out, their leader is called Fang Ming. I only learned about this by accident, which is a coincidence. The people who showed them the way had some fate with me before, and they told me what they knew about the road, and besides, they had been in Shuicheng for several days, and they had been active near the official road. Do not harass the government or rob the people. ”

"Oh, you mean they're just waiting for us."

Liu Tiehan nodded and did not answer.

"How many of them are there. Got it figured out? ”

"They were two thousand men in all, of whom eight hundred cavalry, divided into two groups of men and horses, and in front of us in the valley of the eagle's beak there were two hundred men waiting, including two hundred cavalrymen, and behind us eight hundred."

"What is Eagle's Beak Valley?"

"The Eagle's Beak Valley is the place where Henan and Nanzhili meet, and it belongs to the jurisdiction of Suzhou of Nanzhili.

Inside the tent, it is very quiet, two thousand people, although there are not many people, but the combat effectiveness of the Liukou, everyone knows the way, not to mention the Liukou who came all the way from Shanxi, they can cross Henan and come to Shuicheng safe and sound, it is not simple.

Everyone looked at Su Tiancheng.

After a moment's thought, he spoke.

"Since it is a rogue, then we have to face it carefully, we must not be negligent, the rogue is used to mobile combat, they came from Shanxi, traveled thousands of miles, it is not simple, it seems that it is bloody, we must be killed, the people in ambush ahead, in the eagle's beak valley, it means that this rogue does not want to do it in Henan, otherwise they can't wait now, the place to do it is also in the eagle's beak valley, today we have a good rest, tomorrow slow down the trip, set off at the time of the hour, rest at the time of Shen, and pass through the eagle's beak valley in the middle of the night."

No one spoke.

"Since there are no other opinions, let's go down and arrange, and don't disclose the relevant arrangements for the time being."

The officers of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion left, and Deng Hui and Liu Tiehan stayed.

"Liu Tiehan, what else is there, you can say it now."

Liu Tiehan looked at Deng Hui and gritted his teeth to speak.

"My lord, Fang Ming's subordinates who are not muddy, and he is also the best brother, he came to Henan this time to deal with adults, they have already come over, but the adults are for disaster relief, and they have no chance to start."

Su Tiancheng's brows furrowed.

"Liu Tiehan, there are two questions, do you know the Dao?"

"My lord, may I ask?"

"First, since Fang Ming wants to avenge the mud, he must have been carefully prepared, and they didn't have the courage to go to Nanzhili, I came to Henan to help the disaster, although the news spread widely, but ordinary people, it is impossible for ordinary people to know my name, how did Fang Ming know Lu Dao?"

"Second, Fang Ming didn't do anything in Henan, he had to wait until I left Henan and entered Nanzhili, and we didn't follow the usual practice to return to the capital and go back to Nanzhili directly, there are fewer people who know the news of Lu Dao, how did Fang Ming know Lu Dao and be able to prepare in advance?"

Deng Hui and Liu Tiehan, their faces were a little pale, and some information was faintly revealed in Su Tiancheng's question, it was impossible for them to know the Tao, perhaps this was also the question that Su Tiancheng was thinking about, and he did not ask them to answer. (To be continued.) )