Early the next morning, the convoy continued to set off, Ouyang Che, the county guard of Yudu, and Cui Linyuan, the governor of Yudu, seemed to have understood Wu Jing's "informality", so when they said goodbye, as yesterday, there were still only two people.

On this day, the sky was overcast and dense with clouds, and a faint snow fell down, making the surrounding body of the convoy almost a country of snow, and the second snow in southern Xinjiang came like this.

The next road is the road out of Xinjiang, and after a few days of walking, the convoy arrived at the northernmost part of the boundary of Yudu, that is, the Qinshan Mountain Range. When the convoy passed through the continuous mountains, Zuo Yin looked back at the land of southern Xinjiang on the mountainside, this was the first time he went out of Xinjiang, and the mood was similar to when he left Qingshan City.

Lin Lao was originally beside Zuo Yin, and when he saw this scene, he naturally couldn't help but admire, turned to Zuo Yin and said, "Zuo boy, do you know what is north of this Qinshan Mountain Range?" ”

With this kind of common sense, Zuo Yin naturally said without thinking: "Western Wilderness." ”

Lin Lao sighed slightly, "That's right, it's not right, the north of this mountain is indeed the Western Wilderness, but it can't be regarded as the word 'Wilderness', but a rather prosperous plain, the reason why it is called the Western Wilderness is that it is north of this plain, west of the plain, and most of the yellow sand is full of yellow sand, so it is named the Western Wilderness." ”

Lin Lao's eloquent talk made Zuo Yin a little taught, but he asked suspiciously:

"Why did Lin Lao introduce me to these things today?"

Along the way, Lin Lao also gaged with him, and he didn't have the solemnity when he closed his eyes and recuperated at all, and it was very rare to introduce something seriously.

Lin Lao's eyes had a playful look, "Gongsun Tao revealed something to me yesterday afternoon, I know you are going to that place, but if you want to go in, you still have to make up for your knowledge." ”

Get in? Zuo Yin had some bad premonitions, "I, still not counted?" ”

Lin Lao put his hand on Zuo Yin's shoulder with a "snap", and began to educate earnestly:

"The Imperial Martial Arts Hall, what kind of place is that, to cultivate the best talents in the future Emperor ** Martial Arts, the regulations in this regard are very strict, even if it is Duke Wu, he can't let you in directly, you have to go through a test."

Zuo Yin suddenly felt a little bad in his heart, he originally thought that he had entered directly by virtue of Wu Gong's recommendation, but when the soldiers came, he was relieved. Zuo Yin asked generously: "May I ask Lin Lao, I don't know what things are being tested?" ”

Lin Lao touched his shiny head and smiled maliciously: "That's a lot, martial arts, archery, horsemanship, frontal combat, military strategy, eloquence, etc., military strategy is also divided into the general trend of the empire, as well as the analysis of a small battle." ”

Zuo Yin's head suddenly became big for a while, and he could barely make do with his riding skills, but archery was exempted, he basically couldn't, and there was a military strategy, so he wanted to analyze the general trend of the empire? And what the hell is eloquence?

Zuo Yin smiled bitterly: "I don't know what this eloquence is?" ”

Lin Lao was surprised: "Isn't this normal? As a general, it is natural to know how to motivate the soldiers under him, and in the planning with the staff officer, he must be able to persuade everyone to agree with the formulated strategy. ”

Zuo Yin faintly had some internal injuries, and he seemed to have embarked on a road of no return.

The roads in the Qinshan Mountains are steep and difficult, and the convoy is very troublesome, but the empire once spent a lot of money to build the road, so that there is the Shu Road that can be opened to traffic today, which is much better than before.

Walking to the top of the mountain, it is naturally another scenery that exhausts thousands of miles, not only with the mountain dancing silver snake, the magnificence of the original Chi wax statue, but also with the independence of the bewildered world.

When Zuo Yin was enjoying the scenery after the snow, the marching team suddenly stopped, Zuo Yin stretched out his head to look, but it was Wu Jing who was stroking a stone tablet on the side of the road, and his face was a little nostalgic.

At the end, Wu Jing started to hurry again, the convoy continued to move forward, and when Zuo Yin walked to the side of the stone stele, he looked carefully, but it was "the difficulty of the Shu Road, it is difficult to go to the blue sky", probably saying that the previous Shu Road was difficult to walk.

It's just that when Zuo Yin saw the small words at the bottom, he couldn't help but be stunned, they were three elegant words - Li Taibai.

Zuo Yin couldn't cry or laugh a little, his ancestor's ink treasure is really all in the world.

However, thinking of a young man who once had the same kind of thing, a pot of wine, a book, a sword, walking the world, and wandering the wreckage, this free and easy inexplicably made Zuo Yin a little excited.

When Zuo Yin turned the last bend of the mountain with the convoy, he saw a horse team of at least four or five hundred people in front of him, eyeing him.

Enemy!

Zuo Yin instinctively put his left hand on the riding knife at his waist, squinted and carefully observed the horse team in front of him, from the outside, most of these people had fierce eyes, and looked at the convoy of only two hundred people one by one with bad intentions, but they were all wearing shabby cloth clothes, and the swords in their hands were also worn out.

It stands to reason that the gap in the number of people between the two sides is not too big, and even if these people rob the road, they should not be so reckless.

Lin Lao was originally closing his eyes immediately, but after hearing the voice, he glanced at it and said lightly: "I'm afraid it's been a long time since I had a big deal, so I'm dizzy." ”

A man at the front of the team hesitated, and then took a few small steps forward, the man with a dark red headband wrapped around his forehead, his eyes as sharp as eagles against the ground, and his arms were exposed in winter, showing strong muscles.

The man inserted his sword into the scabbard to show that there was no hostility, and said to Wu Jing in front of the convoy: "Our brothers have hundreds of people, life is really difficult, and I hope that the old man can pull the brothers." ”

Behind the man, hundreds of swords flickered brightly.

said humblely, but Zuo Yin knew that this was the temperament of the soldiers of the guard battalion in the convoy that calmed the opposite side, if it was an ordinary caravan, it was estimated that it would have started to kill a long time ago.

Zuo Yin turned his head a little puzzled and asked, "Didn't Lin Lao say in the morning that there is a prosperous plain north of Qinshan?" ”

Boss Lin was embarrassed, scratched his bald head, and quibbled: "Even Bian'an City, the most prosperous city in the world, will have down-and-out beggars. However, both of them knew that this answer was untenable, and the horse team of about 500 people on the opposite side was not a trivial problem.

Wu Jing glanced at the entire horse team casually, and the people who were seen suddenly had a trace of coldness, which was not the cold brought by winter, but the heart was frozen to the bone.

The man at the front of the horse team couldn't help but take a few steps back, as if he was a little afraid, and his heart was also entangled, finally there was a big deal, if he didn't do it, the brothers were sad for the winter, and he did it, looking at this posture, the brothers would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and for a while, it was difficult to decide.

Wu Jing opened his mouth and said, "You have been a soldier? ”

The man hesitated for a while, and seemed to feel that this old man suddenly had a little kindness, and nodded: "In the first year of Yongshou, I was a column leader in the Jiangxi Army. "That person doesn't care about this information, anyway, he has a criminal record in the government.

Wu Jing sighed, "So, the people behind you are all your subordinates?" ”

The man looked back at the horse team behind him, many of them had some broken knives, some of them were still yellow and thin, most of their clothes were not cotton clothes, just some grass filled with cloth, and he smiled helplessly.

"It's my former subordinates, and now they're all my brothers."

At this time, Wu Jing was a little angry, "Even if you are an imperial soldier, you are a shame for a soldier to rob the road!" Wu Jing's beard seemed to be a little fluttering, which was the prelude to the old man's extreme anger.

The horse team of more than 500 people was a little confused for a while, why didn't the soldiers rob the road? Is this old man going to be so angry about it?

Wu Jing ignored the thoughts of these people and shouted: "You dismount and surrender, I, Wu Jing, will find out the truth for you, if there is any grievance in it, I will definitely clear the snow for you." ”

When the members of the horse team heard the name of Wei Guogong, most of their faces changed greatly, from the former famous generals of the Northern Expedition to the imperial generals who had been guarding southern Xinjiang for more than 20 years, such identities almost overwhelmed these people.

The former column commander smiled miserably, and there was no fear in his eyes, and he asked:

"What should I do after Zhaoxue?"

Wu Jing did not hesitate.

"After Zhaoxue, according to military law, they should all be beheaded."

The man seemed to sigh, and then said resolutely:

"In that case, I've offended the Duke of Weiguo."

As soon as the man's words fell, everyone in the convoy and the guard camp drew their swords.

As soon as the man opened his mouth, before he could shout the words of the charge, the long arrows that had been pitch black were already screaming, but it was the crow hidden in the convoy that took the lead in firing the bow.

"Bell!" As the man raised his sword to block, the battle between the two sides officially began.

Naturally, Gongsun Tao would not participate in such a battle, he just watched indifferently as the people in his guard battalion began to charge.

Zuo Yin followed the team, although he didn't understand the conversations in front of him, but when he saw the leader of the horse team start to raise his knife, he also knew what to do.

Zuo Yin immediately said to Lin Lao: "Lin Lao, you should be careful about these, I will come back soon." ”

After saying that, without waiting for Lin Lao to respond, Zuo Yin directly accelerated his horse and began to advance.

The people of the guard battalion, during the itinerary of these days, have a somewhat delicate relationship with Zuo Yin. On the one hand, this young man is an entourage hand-picked by Wei Guogong, but on the other hand, they are calm and a little envious and indescribably jealous of Zuo Yin's attention to Wei Guogong.

Frankly, it is because at Zuo Yin's age, reaching the late stage of forging is indeed a great achievement. What's more, Zuo Yin's practice has been less than a year, which is even more rare than those who have practiced martial arts since childhood. Jealousy is the people in their guard camp, and there are also people who can reach Zuo Yin's talent, or even higher, but they guard the safety of Wu Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, on weekdays, and they don't have too many opportunities to go to the front line, so the improvement of the realm depends on hard practice.

And when Zuo Yin began to break through, the surrounding guard battalions understood why Wu Jing would take a second look at this young man. When he looked resolutely in front of him, there seemed to be a faint force, or momentum, in his body, which made people faintly feel the urge to follow him.

Inexplicably, the soldiers of the guard battalion remembered someone.

The most unruly tiger in Cangnan.