The light of dawn shines on the tall walls.

The city wall, which once protected one side of the water and soil and one side of the Li people in the Ezhou War, is still majestic, and the red flag on the city is dancing fiercely in the wind. It's just that unlike usual, there are more tall figures standing on the city wall, and there are more soldiers who check back and forth under the city.

Although they don't know exactly what happened last night, the people of Longxing Mansion knew that last night must have been a bloody night when they looked at the smoke column in the distance and the sound of horses' hooves and fighting from far and near, but they didn't know how many people had spilled blood here.

The Tianwu Army, which rode into the city yesterday and was full of heroic posture, did not seem to have suffered much loss, not even the slightest tired look, but the blood stains on their clothes and armor added a bit of murderous aura that was different from yesterday, making the people in their vicinity subconsciously retreat slightly, not wanting to get too close to these killing gods.

A team of cavalry turned out from the corner of the street, and the cavalry patrolling with the Xiang army on the nearby streets also joined the team silently, and the entire cavalry team was like a snowball, non-stop along the way, but when they arrived outside Longxing Mansion, except for the more than 50 cavalry of Baizhan who stayed to protect Ye Yingwu's family, the rest of the cavalry was quite a lot.

Zhang Cheng and Ma Tingyou still need to stay behind to clean up the aftermath, while Jiang Hao leads the remaining cavalry to set off later. Therefore, Ye Yingwu Jiang Tie on the left and Yang Bao on the right are quite like Ye Yingwu's second general.

After all, this time there was a lot of trouble in Longxing Mansion, Wang Yao and others rushed to the exploration site to deal with the aftermath, so no one greeted them when they came, and no one saw them off when they went, Ye Yingwu looked at the city gate behind him and subconsciously rolled his eyes. Having said that, no matter how Ye Mengding and them are his uncles, even if there is nothing to do, they will naturally not send him.

Seeing the city gate, Ye Yingwu suddenly remembered Wu Chucai who he met at the city gate yesterday, but he didn't know if this person, who was short-lived in history but wrote a strong stroke, would really leave his life track and join Ye Yingwu's command. This kind of staunch national personage, even if he does nothing, can be regarded as being able to stir up the morale of the army if he is put into the army. After experiencing the jute battle, Ye Yingwu could also see that the Song army was not as vulnerable as he imagined, but needed a strength to support them to fight desperately.

And Wu Chucai is just right.

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Along the spacious official road, this time without the restraint of a few carriages, all the cavalry in a hundred battles naturally spread their hooves and ran wildly, kicking up billowing smoke and dust. Although it is close to the height of summer and the south, there are a little clouds today, and even if there is no cool breeze, it can finally block out a little bit of the hot sun.

Last night, there was a lot of danger, where did Jiang Tie and Yang Bao dare to let Ye Zhijun take the lead in the front and play majestic, and even the more eye-catching black clothes were not allowed to be worn by Ye Yingwu, and a group of people specially put on the battle armor for this envoy when they set off.

On the hillside on the side of the official road, watching the cavalry galloping past the official road like a whirlwind, a young man in a coarse cloth shirt almost blended with the field hurriedly slid down the hillside, but the other side of the hillside and the official road turned back.

Several carriages had stopped in the woods at the bottom of the hillside, and the same men in cloth were sitting or standing around, and occasionally a few men in black had blades hanging from their waists, and some even had some wounds on their bodies, but they were fine.

"Enlightenment······ Lord Qiyu, there is a cavalry heading north! The man who had rushed over and was sweating profusely said.

The sound of horses' hooves could be faintly heard from behind this hillside, so these people were not too surprised, and the man in black in the lead only nodded slightly: "Do you see the flag clearly?" Is it Ye Yingwu's little rabbit cub's hundred battles? ”

"The banner is the 'Song' flag, Ye Yingwu entered the city in black, there are no men in black among this cavalry, but these people are galloping long distances and the formation is not chaotic, they are all wearing armor, and the mounts are all high-headed horses, and I am afraid that the entire Jiangnan West Road will not be able to find another such elite cavalry." Although the young man came in a hurry, he could see it clearly.

The black-clothed leader nodded appreciatively, and the companion behind him had already subconsciously stood up, wearing a blade and even pressing the hilt of the knife, his eyes full of anger. Realizing the emotions of his subordinates behind him, the black-clothed leader immediately snorted coldly: "It's not for you to kill people, let's sit down well." ”

The sound of short footsteps sounded again, but it was a sturdy man in black, obviously a sentry who was scattered far away, I am afraid that only these black-clothed men with some footwork can rush over so quickly and even breathlessly: "Lord Hui, at the intersection of half a mile ahead, a group of cavalry is heading northeast along the official road." ”

"What is the northeast direction?" The voice was not made by the black-clad leader, but from the carriage behind him.

The black-clothed leader respectfully stepped forward and lifted the curtain of the car, a scribe with a somewhat pale face walked down from the car, and the rest of the people in black and cloth got up and bowed and clenched their fists: "My subordinates have seen Mr. Weng." ”

This person is Weng Yinglong, who suffered a big loss in Tongshan County. In the Song Dynasty, Mr. was also a title that could only be used by people with a very high status status, which was equivalent to the meaning of teaching a teacher, and these people all called Weng Yinglong Mr., which shows his high status in the minds of these people.

"Mr. Huiyu, the northeast is to Xing**, and the northwest is to Ezhou and then to Sichuan and Shu." The black-clad leader replied respectfully.

Weng Yinglong smiled slightly: "Originally, Ye Yingwu even stayed in Longxing Mansion and hurriedly went north, and he thought that there must be a conspiracy in this, but now that I think about it, I am afraid that this son is worried that if he stays longer, the Tianwu Army will fall into the hands of others, so he hurriedly went back to stabilize." With such an opponent, there is nothing to worry about. ”

"The lord is strategizing and playing with the entire Longxing Mansion in the palm of his hand, and Ye Yingwu is just a little lucky, so he has lost the sharpness of Ah Shu." The black-clothed leader hurriedly said complimentally, it is the right thing to pat the ass and conform to the will of the emperor when Weng Yinglong is complacent, "Thanks to the adults this time, although the brothers have also suffered some losses, it is a great achievement to be able to take down the Shen family and deter Guo Huai!" ”

Squinting his eyes and smiling, Weng Yinglong did not deny it.

"My lord, then we came here to watch Baizhan leave safely, they killed many brothers last night." Another man in black asked hurriedly, the look of indignation on his face was still uneasy, a few of the people who died under the sword of the hundred battles yesterday were his brothers who had a good relationship with him on weekdays, and he had to avenge this blood revenge if he said anything.

"I'm satisfied to be able to send this little evil star away." Weng Yinglong has experienced the incident in Tongshan County, although he doesn't think that Ye Yingwu has much ability, but after all, the Tianwu Army under his command is the first elite here, if Ye Yingwu is forced to jump over the wall in a hurry, no one will end up in a hurry, so it is the best move to let Ye Yingwu get out of this matter.

At that time, even the entire Jiangnan West Road will be cleaned up, and you will still be worried about a Tianwu army that only occupies the land of the three counties?

"This time it's not just the Hundred Battles, everything shows that there is an elite under the command of the Tianwu Army that is only weaker than the Hundred Battles, but it is not to be underestimated, and this elite is more of an elite than charging into battle, but a sentry into the enemy's intelligence, and even performing assassination and espionage like the Imperial City Division." Weng Yinglong remembered this fight in the dark, and couldn't help frowning again, and said softly, I don't know whether to say it to the black-clothed leader, or to himself.

The black-clothed leader was stunned for a moment, and then carefully recalled the fight last night, and couldn't help but say: "My lord, the Imperial City Division is owned by the official family, and the Tianwu Army imitates the Imperial City Division to establish such an elite, isn't it a conspiracy to rebel!" ”

Weng Yinglong smiled bitterly, but did not answer. The heart of rebellion, looking at the entire Great Song Dynasty, the government decree is not out of the two Zhejiang, and the loyalty of the local officials and generals is no longer this official family, this Jia Xianggong, but this court and this nation, if there is no Mongolian Tartar who came from the border, I am afraid that the civil strife of the Han family has already been in full swing.

Seeing that Weng Yinglong didn't answer, the black-clothed leader stabbed Weng Yinglong's sadness by himself, and hurriedly retreated half a step back and lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Weng Yinglong.

Leisurely raising his steps and walking around the woods for two steps, Weng Yinglong sneered and said, "It remains to be said whether it is considered a rebellion, but at least in a short period of time, you need to face this strong team." You have heard about Tongshan County, right? ”

Slightly stunned, the black-clothed leader hurriedly said, "Sir, are you talking about the Yang family's uncle and nephew?" ”

Gritting his teeth, Weng Yinglong sneered: "That's right, it's this old immortal and that little slut, I saw the little slut surnamed Yang from a distance yesterday, and he was guarding Ye Yingwu's side, thinking that without the two of them, the Tianwu Army is afraid that it doesn't have that much ability to compete with the Imperial City Division overnight." ”

"The Yang family was favored by the emperor, and he did such a thing to deceive the teacher and destroy the ancestors, he should be killed!" The black-clothed leader suddenly realized, "No wonder the subordinates felt that the black-clothed woman's sword momentum was quite awe-inspiring when they fought yesterday, and they had a sense of familiarity, but it was the swordsmanship of the Yang family, but I didn't expect that the brothers and uncles of these two people were all killed by the Imperial City Division, and in the end, the two of them were embarrassed by Ye Yingwu, and the next time they met, the subordinates would definitely break them into pieces!" ”

Weng Yinglong paced back and forth, but did not say a word.

The black-clothed leader didn't dare to disturb the gentleman's contemplation, bowed slightly, stepped back, and stood aside silently waiting.

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Twenty miles north of the fork in the official road.

In the shade of the mountain, there is a cool breeze.

Ye Yingwu jumped off the horse, galloped all the way, and had not yet drunk a sip of the water in the water bladder, and only then did he pick up the water bag and feel the pain in his throat as if it was burning. Yang Bao and Jiang Tie hurriedly wiped the beads of sweat from their foreheads, replenished some water, and came over.

"Envoy, why do you want to go another twenty miles north?" Yang Bao looked at the road where he came, the smoke and dust had gradually subsided, and the spacious road was empty. Because of the war, the people's livelihood in the state capitals north of Jiangnan West Road has inevitably withered, and it is already considered to burn high incense to see three or four business travelers coming and going in one day.

After drinking half a bag of water in a row, he finally felt more comfortable, Ye Yingwu gasped for breath and said with a smile: "Baizhan is out of the city in such a hurry, I don't believe that the Imperial City Division will turn a blind eye, so that we can embellish most of the people of the Imperial City Division behind us, and let them watch us go all the way north, so that we can relax our vigilance and leave aside all the hundred battles." After that, it is no longer something that his Imperial City Division can figure out. ”

"Envoy, wouldn't it be good to send out sentry riders so that they don't get close to this area, why bother so much." Jiang Tie asked. In the first battle of jute, Ye Yingwu finally found the Ashu army through the continuous pursuit of the sentry cavalry, and finally guided the Tianwu army to determine the overall situation like a divine soldier descending from the sky, and since then Jiang Tie has also tasted the sweetness of the use of the sentry horse.

After all, for a small but elite cavalry like Baizhan Du, it is more as a big net to control the enemy's every move in his own hands, or as a sharp sword to give a fatal blow when the opponent is defeated, rather than covering up and killing all over the mountains like the Mongolian iron cavalry. Therefore, sentinel warfare should be the top priority for all battles.

Ye Yingwu smiled and shook his head: "Sending out sentry horses, isn't that an attempt to cover up, even if there is an ambush in front, there is no need to send cavalry sentry spies on such a large scale." ”

"Subordinates are taught." Jiang Tie was slightly stunned, scratched his head and said, he had been thinking about how to give full play to the strengths of Baizhan Capital, but he forgot about this.

Not far away, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the three of them glanced at each other, and immediately revealed a comfortable smile. In this Jiangnan West Road, there are only more than 200 other hundred battles left behind in Xing**.

The soldiers of the hundred battles resting in the shade of the hillside stood up one after another, and sure enough, a red flag appeared in the sky first, followed by the smoke and dust in the sky and the figures dressed like them. Ye Yingwu smiled slightly: "This kind of people are finally gathered, we should go west." ”

The horses neighed, and three or four hundred war horses stopped, not only two hundred battle capitals, but also more than 100 war horses that were transferred, this time it can be said that the cavalry of the Tianwu Army poured out. And the first one was also dressed in military uniform, but it was difficult to hide the bookish atmosphere.

Ye Yingwu was stunned, and then laughed heartily.

The scholar general also smiled and said: "It is very dangerous for you to go here, can a certain Wen Song Rui accompany you to make a journey?" ”

In addition to Wen Tianxiang, who else could there be. It's just that I didn't expect that in order to let these five hundred lonely soldiers play to the extreme, the cheap daddy of Longxing Mansion and even Wen Tianxiang were transferred, and Ye Yingwu's heart was moved. The two hadn't seen each other for many days, and they were naturally very excited when they remembered the friendship they had been in the same boat through thick and thin along the way, but after all, this was not a place to complain about the past, and it was not allowed to stay for a long time, so Ye Yingwu just laughed a few times to show his welcome, and Wen Tianxiang also replied with a smile.

It's all in plain sight.

"This time it's not just so-and-so, even General Zhang is also rectifying the ship." Wen Tianxiang walked to Ye Yingwu's side, although he was talking about business, his smile did not decrease, but the faint sorrow behind it was difficult to hide.

Ye Yingwu knew that he still had a knot in his heart, that is, he abandoned a large piece of land in Huangzhou, but this was also a helpless move, only by abandoning Huangzhou could the entire two Huaishui divisions get out, and also made Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Shijie a general who could calmly free up their hands.

After all, although there are a lot of people who have moved in Huangzhou, Xing** has been planned almost here, and with Lu Xiufu and Xie Fang and a number of famous ministers, it will naturally not be a big problem. In addition, there is Su Liuyi, a general, with a group of newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, relying on the gradually forming Xing** fortresses everywhere to hold the throat of the river, and if you want to come to Ashu, you will not go to Huangzhou and Xing in Xiangyang in front of you.

However, Wen Tianxiang is a person who has the world in mind after all, and the good and evil here can also be seen clearly, so although he is a little dissatisfied and helpless in his heart, he also strongly supports it.

With Wen Tianxiang by his side, Ye Yingwu's pressure was relatively small.

"Let's go!" Ye Yingwu laughed, the horsewhip was raised high, the horse was in pain, and took the lead to the west. Although there is no official road to the west, it is only a field with some weeds, and it doesn't hurt to go slower, not to mention that you can't go far to get on another official road heading west.

The cavalry of the hundred battles urged the war horses one after another, and the envoys who followed them closely, raising puffs of smoke and dust and soaring into the sky.