Shen Xiaoshan knew that Liu Rongsheng had always done things safely, and he would never boast about Haikou if he was not sure, what he meant by this was that even if he and Xie Wu and his subordinates were in danger, they would protect the safety of these foreign craftsmen to reach Huluyan.

Shen Xiaoshan suddenly felt that his nose was a little sour, and when he saw Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu looking directly at him, he stood up and scolded: "I said that I will meet in Zhaoyuan in a day, dog's day, if you are missing an arm or a broken leg, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up!" ”

Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu naturally understood the meaning of Shen Xiaoshan's words, and stopped talking with a smile.

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On December 30 of the fourth year of Chongzhen, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the sky began to have snowflakes from the morning, gradually beginning to dense, and the Denglai area has a special geographical location, and the winter snowfall is particularly frequent and very much.

There is a saying that "Rui Xue Trillion Year", this is a little less effective when it comes to Denglai, it is covered with heavy snow every winter, but in spring and summer, God does not rain, this year is dry year after year, and it is not uncommon for the land to be harvested in a year!

In the snowflakes flying, the east gate of Dengzhou City slowly opens.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, most people stay at home to prepare for the old and welcome the new, but the city gates that used to be crowded are now full of people.

The soldiers guarding the city gate all know that the Dengzhou staff general Kong Youde led the troops to make a rebellion, and now they are killing in the direction of Dengzhou, and the four gates of Dengzhou City are open regularly every day from the beginning of the new year, and once the traces of the rebels are found, the four city gates will be closed and no one will be allowed to enter or leave.

Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, no one enters or leaves the city gate when it is opened, just to cope with official business!

The defenders of the city did not want to stand in the snow and freeze. They all hid in the city gate to avoid the cold. Looking forward to the early handover and change of guards, go back to reunite with my family.

When he was bored, one of the soldiers defending the city suddenly saw a group of cavalry marching towards the gate of the eastern city with four or five well-covered carriages.

The soldiers defending the city saw that the cavalry was all dressed in bright clothes and full of momentum, and guessed that this team must be the personal cavalry of someone in the city.

"On this New Year's Day, dozens of cavalry went out of the city surrounded by these well-covered carriages, I don't know what happened?" One of the defenders muttered quietly.

Another city gate guard said: "Look at the appearance of these people riding war horses to show off their might, they are actually straw bales, and they are old and fight with one hand." ”

The captain of the guard turned his head and scolded: "Don't fuck your wordy, let Lao Tzu stand at the gate of the city." ”

The captain of the guard said. Take the lead in leading the defenders to stand at the gate of the city. Guarding the city gate all the year round, encountering all kinds of people entering and leaving the city gate, whether the people and things entering and leaving the city gate are suspicious, the first thing you see will be judged.

Watch the four or five well-shielded carriages sway back and forth. Apparently there is a suspicious person or object hidden in it. But these defenders could only turn a blind eye. Because they can't afford to mess with these powerful people.

The captain of the guard calculated in his heart, although this group of cavalry and four or five carriages were suspicious, they were related to the adults in Dengzhou City. Their small city gate guards can't afford to provoke, as long as this team is not too conspicuous on the surface, they will open their eyes and close their eyes to let them go, but on the surface, they still have to put on a business-like posture.

The city gate guards watched the cavalry team in the wind and snow, and when they were about to reach the city gate, they suddenly galloped out of the team, came to the city gate guards, and jumped off their horses.

The captain of the city gate guard hurriedly stepped forward and said to the cavalry standing under the horse: "If you want to go out of the city, please show your waist plate and road slip, and you can be released after inspection." ”

Guo Tai stepped forward and casually stuffed two large ingots of silver to the other party, and said: "I am waiting for my family to go out of the city on the orders of my family, and there is something urgent to do, please do something special!" ”

The captain of the city gate guard only felt that his hands sank, and when he looked down and saw that there were two silver ingots in his hand, he suddenly smiled in his heart.

He suddenly said in a huffed voice: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, since there is an urgent matter, then it should be handled specially." The brothers moved the fence and let the military master out of the city. ”

Not long after Shen Xiaoshan, Guo Tai and others left the city, the governor suddenly ordered martial law in the whole city, and the four gates of Dengzhou City were closed, and no one could enter or leave.

The officials of the governor's office and the officials of the Dengzhou county government office carried out inspections throughout Dengzhou City, and it is said that they are looking for dozens of missing foreign craftsmen.

The gate of the east city of Dengzhou has been urgently closed, and the original guards of the city gate looked at the strict defense of the city gate by the soldiers with anxiety, and had some intuition in their hearts, this suddenly closed the city gate, and the whole city was under martial law to search for the missing foreign craftsmen, most of which were related to the cavalry who had just left the city! I hope no one comes to the bottom of it!

Shen Xiaoshan and the others, who had already left the city, didn't know how lucky their party was, they had just left the city on the front foot, and martial law began on the back foot of Dengzhou City. If they delay a little longer, they'll be stuck in the city!

As soon as he got out of the city gate, Shen Xiaoshan urged everyone to speed up and march forward for a while, and Niu Er suddenly drove his horse close to Shen Xiaoshan and said, "Boss, those foreign craftsmen ask to talk to you." ”

Shen Xiaoshan said: Don't care about them, the danger we face when we come out of Dengzhou City is greater, everyone should be careful, I estimate that the road from here to Mishen Mountain is the most dangerous, tens of thousands of troops in Dengzhou City are stationed outside the south gate of Dengzhou, we will be found if we don't pay attention to it, and when the officers and soldiers of the brigade come, we will be unable to escape! Therefore, once the sentinels are discovered, they must all be killed to ensure that our whereabouts are not revealed. ”

Guo Tai reined in his horse and said to Shen Xiaoshan: "Boss, this wind and snow are too big, I think we should hurry up and find a place to avoid for the time being." I couldn't tell the direction in this snowy day, and it was troublesome to rush into the Dengzhou official army camp. ”

Niu Er said on the side: "Bah, Guo Taijing of the dog day will talk nonsense, let's just walk along the official road in Dengzhou, will the officers and soldiers still tie up the military camp on the official road." ”

Shen Xiaoshan said: "According to the plan, we must rush to Zhaoyuan to join Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu's team before today. Now it seems that not only is this road not smooth, but even God is adding to the chaos, so we can't stop until we reach Zhaoyuan. ”

Guo Tai muttered in his mouth: "No matter how thick this snow is, it is difficult for even the war horses to walk, not to mention the carriage that follows these five taels." He looked up to the sky: "God, please don't snow!" ”

It's going to snow, and my mother is going to get married, which is something that no one can help.

Shen Xiaoshan sighed and said: "Try your best to hurry, but you can't walk, so you have to find a place to pause, and Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu can't walk." Hey, I don't know where they're now.

Most of the members of the Enemy Hunting Division under Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu came from the cavalry of Daqingfeng, these people were originally the elite people who were selected by thousands of people, and those who could be selected for the Enemy Hunting Division of the Zhenshan Battalion were even the best among the cavalry.

Leaving from the West City Gate easily, Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu chose to return through Xishan and Pingdingshan, avoiding the beacon tower set up on the seaside, passing through Longkou and finally reaching Zhaoyuan.

There is no danger on the surface of this road, and the sentry detectives outside Dengzhou City have not relaxed their investigation here, once they find a suspicious brigade of people, the beacon tower set up on the seaside will light a beacon fire warning, of course, like Liu Rongsheng, a cavalry of dozens of people, will not arouse the vigilance of the beacon tower guards at all,

As soon as he left the city, Liu Rongsheng ordered all his subordinates to prepare bows and crossbows, ready to deal with emergencies at any time! Then he ordered the whole team to increase the speed of their march.

Liu Rongsheng himself and Xie Wu each led more than a dozen soldiers of the Hunting Division armed with bows and crossbows, alternating back and forth in the ranks, while the remaining twenty or so soldiers of the Hunting Division followed the side of the five carriages and watched vigilantly the movements around the official road.

Soon Liu Rongsheng commanded the team to turn around and walk up to the official road in the direction of Zhaoyuan, and the beacon tower by the sea was gradually out of sight.

Liu Rongsheng shook his head and shook off the snowflakes above his head, and pointed to Xie Wu behind him: "The front is the West Mountain, this should be the place where the official and military sentinels are haunted, our dozens of horsemen are fully clothed and armored, and they will definitely attract greedy people, maybe there will be an ambush in front of us, so we should be more careful." ”

Xie Wu nodded and said, "I estimate that even if there is an ambush, it should be ambushed in the pine forest at the foot of Xishan Mountain." ”

The two were discussing in a whisper, when there was a sudden sound in the snow more than twenty paces away in front of them, and they saw a piece of crossbow arrows whistling towards Liu Rongsheng, Xie Wu and others.

The soldiers of the Enemy Hunting Division were all vigilant at all times, and although Liu Rongsheng and Xie Wu were talking in a whisper, they immediately lay their whole bodies on the back of their horses when they heard the noise.

"Sneer" A sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air passed through his body, Liu Rongsheng felt that his shoulder was hit by a foreign object and it hurt very much, and he looked sideways to see that a crossbow arrow was blocked by the chain mail on his body and slipped to the ground. At the same time, there were several muffled snorts in my ears.

Liu Rongsheng straightened up directly from the horse, and the crossbow in his hand was aimed at the source of the crossbow arrows just now, and flew over, and at the same time, the crossbow arrows in the hands of all the soldiers of the Hunting Division who could move in front of him and behind him roared and shot towards the same position.

I saw a dozen figures howling out of the snow nest, and a dozen other figures in the snow nest were covered with crossbow arrows, and they could no longer move, these people were not wearing armor, and soon the blood stained the surroundings a dark red.

Liu Rongsheng's face was expressionless, put the bow and crossbow in his hand into the horse bag, took out the waist knife he carried and shouted in a low voice: "Kill them all!" ”

As he spoke, he first grabbed the belly of the horse and rushed towards the more than ten figures who fled in all directions, and the soldiers of the Hunting Division behind him each pulled out their waist knives, urging the war horses to start slaughtering these greedy Denglai sentinels.

Liu Rongsheng urged the horse to quickly run to a Denglai sentinel who fled the farthest, raised the waist knife in his hand, and slashed over with the whirring wind, and the sentinel was also an elite soldier in the escape, and when Liu Rongsheng's waist knife was about to split himself, he suddenly pounced forward and then rolled just to avoid Liu Rongsheng's attack.

The man rolled over and got up, quickly pulled out a flying axe from the belt around his waist, and shook his hand towards Liu Rongsheng in front of him.

Liu Rongsheng saw that this sentry had dodged his own slash, and the war horse could only rush forward, and suddenly heard Xie Wu's angry cry behind him, so he subconsciously lay his body on the horse's back.

Suddenly, a flying axe flew overhead with the sound of the wind, and Liu Rongsheng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Then he heard a terrible howl behind him, Liu Rongsheng turned his horse's head, and saw that the sentry who had just plotted against him had his entire right shoulder being halved by a long knife, Xie Wuzheng swung the long knife again and slashed at this person!! (To be continued......)