readx; Although it is already the season of Xiaoman, the border area north of Xuanfu is still a reckless and desolate scene. www.biquge.info The majestic and cold Yanshan Mountain is like a black dragon, lying between the Central Plains and the Mongolian steppe.

For thousands of years, it has been a natural barrier for the Han Chinese regime against the invasion of steppe nomads. After the Ming Empire expelled the Meng Yuan from the Central Plains, it built the majestic Ming Great Wall along the Yan Mountain, and for more than 200 years, it has been silently guarding the Jingshi who is only more than 200 miles away from the border fortress.

However, with the development of history, the Jurchens of Liaodong gradually rose, and the Mongol tribes became weaker and weaker in the cannibalism year after year, and the defense focus of the imperial court naturally shifted to the Shanhaiguan line. Although Xuanfu is also one of the "nine sides", it has not had a war for many years since it was outside the Chahar Department, so the border preparations have been greatly relaxed. Coupled with the fact that the imperial court was financially stretched and unable to maintain the Great Wall, the greatest building in history was already devastated and dilapidated in this section of Xuanfu.

As soon as the day was bright, a large business team was marching on the official road from Xuanfu to Dushikou. This is exactly the caravan of the Luliang Merchant Gang, but unlike a few days ago, the number of mule carts is no longer more than a hundred, but a full five! There was more food on the cart than when they came to Xuanfu, so that the mules with excellent endurance were also exhausted, and they could only slowly move forward under the merciless whipping of the men.

This caravan quietly set off from Xuanfu City in the middle of the night last night. Originally, according to the rules, all cities must close the city gates before the end of the day, and the border fortress city was closed earlier, and this caravan obviously bought off the guards of the city. What's even more surprising is that there is actually a team of about 300 officers and soldiers escorting all the way!

But neither the caravan nor the officers and soldiers expected that less than two miles behind them, there was a small team of dozens of people falling towards them in the distance. These dozens of people are all ordinary people's clothes, but the other embroidered spring knives on their waists reveal their identities: Jinyiwei!

The leader was none other than Shi Chunhu, the Jinyi Guard, his eyes locked on the team in front of him, and he suddenly raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "They stopped, probably to let the mules rest for a while, and hide immediately!" ”

Dozens of brocade guards immediately fell into the wild grass beside the official road. The young Baihu was a little nervous and very excited, and whispered to Shi Chunhu: "Lord Qianhu, since we already have the evidence that the caravan is smuggling grain from the Mongols, why don't we do it yet?" As long as the adults give an order, don't look at the fact that they have 300 officers and soldiers to protect them, our fifty brothers are enough to clean them up! ”

"Wang Guozheng, what are you anxious about?" Shi Chunhu said in a low voice, "As the saying goes, if you catch a thief, you need stolen goods, and if you catch a traitor, you need to double." Let's go over now, what if people don't admit it to death, and only say that they are sending food to the officials and soldiers in Dushikou? It was only possible to do so when they handed over the goods to the Mongols. And after all, there are 300 officers and soldiers, and they are in collusion with the caravan, and they will definitely fight hard if we do it. We have too few people, and hard work is not a foolproof strategy. ”

Wang Guozheng was still about to argue, but Shi Chunhu glared at him and said, "Besides, didn't the Holy Flying Pigeon Biography only let us follow and didn't let us take people?" Execute the command! ”

The kingdom is cowering in fear. At this time, the caravan began to move slowly again, and the brocade guards continued to follow cautiously all the way.

The caravan had walked about twenty miles to the northeast, and a huge rock suddenly appeared next to the official road, lying alone in the wilderness. Looking ahead, the shadow of Sekijo has already faintly appeared. The caravan immediately abandoned the official road and took a sheep's intestine path instead, heading into the valley in the last two ridges of the Yanshan Mountains.

Shi Chunhu led the Jinyi guards to carefully keep a suitable distance, and followed the caravan into the mountain gradually. The trail is winding and often obscured by large thickets, and if you are not a local who is familiar with the terrain, you will not find such a road at all.

After seven or eight turns, the mountain wind suddenly increased, and a mountain pass about several zhang wide appeared in front of it. The caravan's mule carts had all passed, and the leader of the officers and soldiers guarding the caravan said a few words to the leader of the caravan at the mountain pass, and then led the officers and troops back by the same route.

The mountain road was narrow, and the Jinyi guard had no way to avoid it, so he had to lie down in the thorny bushes. Soon, three hundred officers and soldiers walked here with a grin, and they were close to the bushes where Jinyiwei was hiding. The brocade guards all held their breath and didn't dare to move, for fear of being discovered by the officials and soldiers, and at the same time they all tightly grasped the handle of the embroidered spring knife in their hands.

However, this officer and army obviously did not expect that there were dozens of people hiding on the side of the road, and walked over with a swagger. One of the people at the end of the line probably drank too much water in the morning, and unbuttoned his belt and poured urine on the bushes, and poured it on the kingdom's head impartially.

It wasn't until the official army was far away that Wang Guozheng jumped out of the bushes, retching and wiping the urine off his face, while jumping to his feet and scolding: "What a bad luck! ”

The brocade guards couldn't help laughing, and Shi Chunhu also smiled: "Okay, okay, you did a good job this time, after the task is completed, I will definitely give you a great credit!" And this is a good sign, don't you think the monkey in "Journey to the West" also sprinkled a soak of urine between the fingers of the Buddha? As a result, he was crushed by Rulai at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain. You were also doused with urine today, which means that we will definitely be able to catch all these smugglers! ”

After this thrilling episode passed, dozens of brocade guards hurriedly stepped forward, and soon came to the mountain pass.

Through the pass, the beautiful Mongolian steppes are unobstructed in front of them.

Except for Shi Chunhu, these brocade guards have never seen the appearance of the prairie. I saw that under the blue sky, the green grassland was endless; The north wind blows, blowing the grass more than half a person tall and swaying incessantly, like the rolling sea, and at the same time bringing with it the refreshing aroma of the earth. At the extreme horizon, there seemed to be white clouds drifting; If you look closely, it is the sheep of the Mongols, sometimes submerged in the grassland, sometimes revealed, which really responds to the sentence "the sky is blue, the wilderness is vast, and the wind blows the grass and sees the cattle and sheep".

"Wow, that's beautiful! I really want to ride a horse on the grassland for a day and a night! "The kingdom is envious of the authentic.

Shi Chunhu raised his hand and signaled everyone not to speak out. Everyone followed his gaze and gasped!

It turned out that at the foot of the mountain, a Mongolian cavalry of nearly 2,000 people had been waiting for a long time! The caravan had already driven the mule cart over, and there was no need to unload it, so it gave the mule cart to the Mongols. The Mongols handed over the baggage to the caravan guys, and they didn't have to think about it, they must have been silver to buy food.

"Senhu-sama, what should I do?" Seeing this, the kingdom said in a hurry, "The Mongols are going to leave when they get food!" ”

Shi Chunhu was also so anxious that he clenched his teeth. If he had a chance to attack the caravan just now, he couldn't do it now, because there were too many Mongols! Although dozens of Jinyi guards are all good hands, when they come to this kind of grassland battlefield, in the face of the fierce Mongolian iron horsemen, they can only be sent to death! But if you don't do it, will you watch thousands of stones of grain fall into the hands of the Mongols?

But at this moment, the east of the grassland suddenly shook with a killing sound!