In the early afternoon, on the muddy official road after the snow melted, a large team of chariots and horses loaded with goods was escorted by hundreds of red-robed and black-armored light horses, and climbed a gentle slope with difficulty. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Fortunately, the downhill road stretched diagonally along the mountain, and the axles of hundreds of large cars squeaked and cheered, but there was no overturn.

When the soldiers escorted the cargo wagons and horses past, the four official cars followed and climbed up the gentle slope, and the four corners of the carriages were planted with triangular apricot yellow flags, showing the extraordinary identity of this group of officials.

The front car was erected with a large "Tang" character representing the national name, and next to it was a "Pan" byte flag with a white yak tail string. The flag erected by the latter car also has a white yak tail, but the flag is the word "Huangfu". The flags of the two carriages behind are the words "Wu Yue", "Yuan", "Shao" and so on.

The official car followed down the gentle slope, followed by more than 100 freight carriages, and the group braved the cold wind to the north for more than ten miles, and saw a wide river in front of them in the distance, and there was a group of figures looking at the height of the feet on the opposite side of the river shaking, as if waiting to be greeted.

The curtain of the previous official car was lifted, and a middle-aged scarlet-robed official wearing a sara hat leaned out, this person was a Tang envoy, named Pan You, and he shouted to the cavalry soldiers who accompanied him outside: "Go and ask Yuan Gong, see Lantian if you want to stay here." ”

When the soldier heard this, he turned his horse's head and trotted to the official car behind, and asked loudly: "Yuan Gong!" Are you getting better? But his mother is in Lantian, if you want to stay overnight, please say it! ”

"Although the snow in the north is cold, it's just that, the old man can still hurry, if you Tang envoys want to stay, please stop!" An old voice came from inside the carriage, and he replied without saying anything more.

The soldier returned, and Pan You showed displeasure, but Yuan Yuan Yuan Dezhao was the prime minister of Wu Yue, high and old, and he was just a member of the Southern Tang Yu Department, a member of the Inner Shi She, and a member of the Fifth Rank, although he was also an envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, his status was not as high. However, the Southern Tang Dynasty is a big country in the south of the Yangtze River, and neither its reputation nor national strength can be compared with Wu Yue, so this Yuan Dezhao will also be a man, so let himself wait for the Tang envoy to go ahead.

The chariot and horse team crossed the Bashui from the Shiping Bridge, and went forward for a while to the city of Lantian County, thinking that the county order was welcoming him with a guard of honor, and even prepared hot tea, but when he stepped forward, it was actually the chief bookkeeper of Lantian County, the county lieutenant with a cadre here, Pan You was suddenly very unhappy in his heart.

Seeing that the county lord came up to greet him, without mentioning the reception, Pan You asked mockingly: "I heard that Guanzhong is also a rich land of humanities, and we came all the way from the south of the Yangtze River to ask for a sip of hot tea, is His Royal Highness the King of Qin so polite and virtuous?" ”

"Dare to love this is the Tang envoy, right? Lantian County does not accept foreign guests, please check the customs to prevent the passage before you can pass! The master replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Pan You was greatly annoyed, he wanted to go into the city to stay for one night before leaving, looking up at the sky, it was estimated that there would be no change, so he asked the deputy envoy Huangfu Jixun to show the guard painting, and sent another officer into the city to buy some food, and the team continued to hurry.

Seeing the carriage and horse convoy heading north along the outskirts of the city, the county magistrate caught up and shouted: "Wake up everyone, it is advisable to cross the Ba water west on the outskirts of the city, not to the north!" ”

Pan You snorted, ignored it at all, and preferred to go north along the east bank of Bashui, but after traveling several miles north, he heard the roar of horses' hooves, and the sound of drums and horns resounding throughout the field, and sometimes there were countless roars of human voices gathered together.

"Not good! This is the place where the army gathers...... "Deputy envoy Huangfu Jixun is the son of Huangfu Hui, a general of the Southern Tang Dynasty, who was killed by Zhao Kuangyin during the battle of Qingliuguan, and is quite sensitive to military affairs as a martial artist.

Before the words fell, I saw a small group of about fifty rangers and horses trotting over, and the soldiers were dressed a little strangely, all wearing iron helmets with eaves like Fan Yang hats, dark green battle jackets, light black fine scale armor with vests and shoulder pads, and a layer of leather armor on the outside, one bow bag and one crossbow machine on the left waist, and a half-sheathed long-handled waist knife was exposed, and a quiver was hung under the right waist. There is a string of small leather bags on the right thigh, as well as six short daggers with small handles. The most eye-catching thing is the six small iron guns inserted upside down on the back, the guns and heads are completely black, and only the tips of the guns scatter cold light.

"Who are you waiting for? Is there a military order? The cavalry stopped fifty or sixty paces away, and the leader of the ranger squad shook his whip and pointed to a large wooden sign on the side of the road and shouted.

Pan You turned his head and saw that there was really a black lacquered wooden sign with white lacquer characters written on it: The barracks are heavy, and no one is allowed to approach without an order! Trespassers are killed!

"Sergeant Vanna, so rude! Don't you see this flag? We are envoys from the south of the Yangtze River, and we want to go to Yongxing Military City to meet the King of Qin, and quickly notify your general to come to greet us! Pan You shouted in annoyance.

"Wrong! Yongxing Military City is now called Chang'an City! Since he is an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, there is no military order, and there is no one to guide the way! Right now...... I command you to get out quickly, get out quickly! The squad leader waved his hand impatiently, and the fifty cavalry squad spread out in a fan shape, about to surround and drive away.

"Is this still reasonable, the road is facing the sky, why don't you let people go? Why can't I just walk along the river if I don't go to the barracks? "Pan You felt that he was also a fifth-grade official, if he was in the Southern Tang Dynasty, how could a small captain dare to talk much, and he would not have to come up obediently to curry favor.

But he obviously didn't understand the soldiers of the Northwest Army, and the officer didn't buy it at all, so he waved his hand and shouted, and the fifty knights trotted their horses, pulled out a small iron spear from their shoulders and held it high in their hands, and threw it in unison. I saw a black shadow flying in the air, flying down like a meteor, and it fell upside down in the open space in front of the chariot and horse team, forming an arc-shaped fence wall in an instant.

"Hurry up, hurry up! Go west! Otherwise, shoot and kill in a hurry! The squad leader shouted.

Pan You was stunned, although he was a civil official, he could also see that if the other party got closer to throw a gun, whether it was a person or a horse, whether it was a person or a horse, whether he was wearing armor or not, a shot would penetrate it.

"Turn around! Turn around! Walk to the outskirts of the city and cross the river! Yuan Dezhao in the carriage behind him was already shouting in the carriage, he was Wu Yuexiang, and this time he came to Guanzhong to accept an ordinary mission. Although there were only fifty horsemen in front, the killing aura exuded was by no means something that the southern sergeants could have. Even Qian Hongyu's palace guards are overshadowed by comparison.

The chariot and horse team in front began to turn, and Pan You immediately put himself on the spot, and when he saw that the captain shouted again, he took the lead in beating the horse, and the man reached out on the horseback and picked up a small iron spear erected on the dirt ground and ran away. The soldiers followed in groups, each drawing his gun and leaving, leaving only a long series of small gun holes in the dirt.

"How can it be a green robe? Could it be that this is the guard of His Royal Highness King Qin? You see that equipment is really fucking good......" Huangfu Jixun stepped forward on his horse, and counted with his fingers: "knee-length leather boots, green cotton jacket military uniform, a set of light fine scale armor, a set of outer leather armor, a knife, a gun, six small guns, a bow, a crossbow, six small daggers, plus a set of horse harness, this is a lot of money!" ”

Pan You snorted disdainfully, and said angrily: "It's just a small cavalry, what's so strange." ”

"No...... I think it's unusual, I don't believe it, when you enter the city, you will see it, there must be a lot! "Huangfu Jixun is a military attaché, and he can see at a glance that this seems to be a small detachment patrolling the perimeter of the camp. The light cavalry has such sophisticated equipment, think about the cavalry that really rushes into battle, what kind of equipment it should be.

That night, I went to Mingqiyi to stay, and when I arrived at the outskirts of the city the next day, there were Yao Guangchun, the counselor of the Qin Palace, and Zhuang Shao, the commander of the Guards Brigade, led 500 soldiers to greet him.

"How so? It's really weird......" Pan You was greatly surprised, the illusion that the army in front of him gave him was too strong, and it seemed that he had not come to Guanzhong, but to a foreign country.