The night sky is secluded, the stars are faint, and a wisp of the moon is clear and bright. The wind whistled in the vast wilderness, and in the overlapping Mingsha Mountain not far ahead, there were bursts of howling moon wolves, which made people tremble when they heard it.

Stepping off the war horse snorted uneasily, and refused to run fast no matter how much he whipped, Hao Tianying was annoyed in his heart, and simply took off the victory hook in front of the saddle, took off the big iron spear with hidden cash yellow, and whipped it at the tail of the horse behind him. This time the war horse suffered pain, and finally raised its four hooves and galloped wildly.

This war horse is called "Gale Wind", which was captured by Xue Wenqian, but after the defeat, he became the head of the forbidden army, and under the persuasion of Zhang Yue, Xue Wenqian returned it. And now, it's time for the gale to come out.

In less than one night, the gale ran wildly for more than 100 miles, and before dawn returned to the suburbs of Lingzhou Prefecture to return to Lecheng, Hao Tianying first found a small forest in the suburbs of the southwest corner of the city to hide the war horse, but there was no need to tie it to death, and when it came to a whistling, it could be summoned.

When the city gate opened at dawn, Hao Tianying changed into a green coat and wore a straw hat to cover his face, so as not to be recognized by his colleagues in Shuo Fangjun, and calmly entered the city in the crowd. He first went to a jewelry store, stuffed a handful of gold coins into the shopkeeper, explained the situation, took out the jasper bracelet, and asked the shopkeeper to send it to the Shuai Mansion to Hui Niang, and then went to the old place where they used to have a tryst and wait. This kind of trick is the secret between them.

There is an alley called Linhe Alley, and there is an old poplar tree at the mouth of the alley, so the alley is very deep and narrow, even in the daytime, it looks gloomy, and few people usually pass through here.

The tree is still the same tree, only the bare branches remain, Hao Tianying stretched out his hand to caress the rough trunk, with some emotion and excitement in his heart, looking at the street entrances on both sides from time to time. After a long time, I finally saw a carriage coming, and the curtain seemed to be lifted and put back in.

Here it comes! Hao Tianying's heart moved, and he dodged into the alley. The carriage stopped not far away, and a woman in a hood got out of the carriage, looked back, and walked briskly.

As soon as the light at the entrance of the alley dimmed, the woman walked into the alley, slowly took off her hat, and sure enough, it was Yu Xuehui, her expression seemed to be excited, and she seemed to be sad, with tears in her eyes, slowly sliding down her cheeks. A few steps ahead, the man who was thinking about it was still tall, and his heroic face didn't seem to change at all, but it was a little darker. But there was a look of shame on his face and guilt in his eyes.

"You're finally here!" She threw down her hat and rushed over without hesitation, threw herself into his arms, and began to cry.

"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have gone forever, but I put you in a dilemma and suffered too much for me. Hao Tianying affectionately caressed the back of the woman in his arms, and said warm words to soothe.

"Nothing...... That is, when the incident happened, I was detained by Feng Jiye for more than a year, and then I was released under pretenses, coerced and enticed, and even tried to be rude, but I didn't follow him, and I didn't ......" Yu Xuehui was eager to confess her heart, and the more she spoke, the quieter her voice became, and she was also very worried in her heart, she was afraid of being suspected.

"That's all mine, isn't it...... Now that I am a commander under the command of Zhangdu Prison, this belongs to the forbidden army, and I don't need to look at Feng Jiye's face, and I am not afraid of having no place to stay. Since you're here, don't go back, did Da Lang bring it? Hao Tianying looked embarrassed, thinking of her younger brother Yu Zhongqing, so she asked expectantly.

"He's in the carriage! If you want me to elope with you, I'm willing! It's just that...... Don't leave me alone, except for you, and Zhongqing, I really don't have anything......" Yu Xuehui blushed, looked up at Ailang with tears in her eyes, and begged sadly.

"Where's the bracelet? Did you put it on? Hao Tianying said meaningfully.

"In ...... In my hands! ”

"Then let's go! Let's go now! Send you to Yanzhou, when you get there, there is a garrison of Yanzhou Marshal Suo to transport grain and grass, I will ask them to take you to Jincheng County, Yanzhou, and Mr. Han Sheng will help arrange for you to stay, and then come back to see you when you get to Huizhou! ”

used to be a robber, once Hao Tianying showed up and was discovered, he would be surrounded and chased by the army. Now that he has a protective umbrella, it is different, even if Feng Jiye knows about it, he can't do anything about him, but it is better to settle the dispute, this matter still has to be dealt with.

Hao Tianying explained the situation, asked Yu Xuehui to bring his younger brother Yu Zhongqing over, and the three of them went around the deep alley to Chengxi Street together, all the way out of the city, and then went to the suburban grove to recruit war horses, rode three people, and went straight to Yanzhou on fast horses......

Early in the morning, Xuan Chongwen came to find Zhang Yue and said that Hao Tianying was gone. Zhang Yue showed a meaningful smile, looking indifferent, which made Xuan Chongwen incomprehensible.

More than 10,000 troops are stationed here, and a lot of grain and grass are consumed every day, but the spies sent by Feng Jiye to Huizhou still haven't returned, and he has transferred four miscellaneous auxiliary soldiers under his command from the rear, saying that they will stay south of Mingsha Mountain as a supply station, but they don't want to get close to Wei Rushui, and they look very cautious.

Zhang Yue and the others were a little anxious, and the next morning they asked Feng Jiye to come to Judge Xue Chucun as a guide, called Xuan Chongwen and Li Chuyun together, and took 300 cavalry soldiers to the east bank of Weirushui to inspect the terrain in person, find a suitable crossing point, and then build a bridge to pass.

Thirty-five miles to the west, it will arrive at the confluence of Weirushui and the Yellow River, this section of the Yellow River flows gently, Weirushui from the south of Quwu Mountain to the north, through Shimenguan, Xiaoguan and other highlands rushing down, bringing a large amount of sediment, the confluence of the Yellow River here forms a huge delta, everywhere is the water, the Zedi is full of reeds, the waterfowl, ospreys are flocks, circling on the river bay delta.

In later generations, it was called Zhongning, a bright pearl on the bank of the Yellow River. When Zhang Yue was serving in the army, he also came to this place, but now, it is desolate as far as the eye can see, and it is like a wetland ecological park.

"This section of the Yellow River can be sailed, and it can enter the blue water for thirty or forty miles, and then the south water flow is turbulent. Every spring and summer, when the water rises, the party members will hold the raft down the river to fish, and our Lingzhou side will send troops to expel them, and they are not allowed to cross the river for a step, so they often fight, but they will be restrained and will not make a big fuss. In the autumn and winter, the party people will not come, they will go on safaris. If something happens this year, they may have withdrawn to Ulan. Xue Chucun pointed to the riverbank and said.

"They will also support the raft, will they go down the Yellow River to Lingzhou?" Zhang Yue asked with a smile, but then he realized that the raft was not reliable and could not travel far.

"How dare they, the broken raft is okay to cross the blue like water, and the Yellow River will overturn. But if we want to cross the river, we can go to the south of Yatou Ridge, where the water level narrows, where the water level rises, why don't we go there and see? Xue Chucun said.

Zhang Yue has nothing to do, a line of more than 300 horses along the river down the river for 35 miles, to Xue Chucun said that the duck head kan, only to see the terrain on both sides of the river increases, this is a wide canyon shape, and the river surface is narrower, but there are still two or three zhang wide, to build a bridge must first build a bridge pier by the river, this is a trouble.

Zhang Yue first hit his horse and rushed down the slope and went to the river to inspect. Xue Chucun, Xuan Chongwen and others also followed the horses and walked slowly along the riverbank, and at this time, a Shuofang soldier brought by Xue Chucun shouted: "Look! There was a horse corpse in the water, and there was blood, it was fresh! (To be continued.) )