Xiao Buyi shot and killed the beggar, and the group of thieves were leaderless and dispersed in a hurry.

The ironclad cavalry stood behind Xiao Buyi, and their eyes were also full of respect.

They may not be the best in each of them, but their strength lies in unity. But Xiao Buyi only had four arrows with one bow, like lightning, which had already surpassed the limit of people in their eyes, and the shock caused to them was self-evident.

Under Xiao Buyi's command, all they need is obedience.

Lu Laosan came from a distance and said in a low voice: "Boss Xiao, General Pei has only chased half the way and has turned back to take Jiangxia City." ”

Xiao Buyi nodded, and said in a slight mutter: "Third brother, you took the head of the beggar and took it to Jiangxia City to help General Pei." I will lead the troops to Yuzhang first, and if the Jiangxia matter is decided, I can let Xiao Mo and Dong Jingzhen temporarily guard it, and let General Pei quickly send troops to the designated place in Yuzhang to gather. ”

Lu Laosan nodded, cut off the head of the beggar, and quickly turned the horse, but Xiao Buyi ordered his subordinates to rest for a while, got on the horse and ran straight in the direction of Yuzhang.

Lu Laosan quickly turned back to Jiangxia City with the head of the beggar, and saw that Pei Xingyan's army was still in front of the city, and his heart sank slightly.

Pei Xingyan's face sank like water, and he shouted loudly: "The master begged the thieves to make trouble, the county guard Zhou Faming abandoned the city and fled, and General Xiao's army has been pacified, in order to ensure the peace of the people of Jiangxia, why don't you open the city to greet you?" ”

The head of the city was a little scratchy, the Taishou was not there, the dragons had no leader, and no one dared to open the city without permission.

Pei Xingyan was beside him, his fat face was full of oil, it was Xiao Miao, and he said with a smile: "No, Xiao Miao, it was originally the county order of Luo County, and now it has long been returned to General Xiao." General Xiao is benevolent and righteous, re-issued the Juntian order, to ensure the peace of the people in the Quartet, where the banner passes, the people of the county all sound from, now it is said to protect Jiangxia City, it is really the blessing of the people of Jiangxia. Don't hesitate, Kaicheng is attached to General Xiao, and the bandits will come again, so don't worry. ”

The officers and soldiers at the head of the city were talking a lot, and they all knew the name of Xiao Miao, just because the famous family still had a lot of prestige in the eyes of these people. Someone has already said loudly: "I heard that Xiao County Ling is a descendant of Xiliang, and the nobles of Wang and Sun have all submitted to General Xiao, I don't know what kind of ability this General Xiao has to penetrate the heavens and the earth......"

Xiao Mo smiled: "Although I am a descendant of Xiliang, but in terms of dignity, it is still far inferior to General Xiao, don't you know, now Empress Xiao is General Xiao's aunt, and the identity of this noble descendant is self-evident!" ”

Everyone in the city looked at each other, and one of them turned red, but he said loudly: "Don't listen to this person's rumors to confuse the people, Xiao Buyi is a rebel of the imperial court, and the arrest document has arrived in Jiangxia, if he is let in the city, it will be like a rebellion." ”

That person's name is Liao Shiji, he is the captain of Jiangxia, Zhou Faming fled for his life, he is one of the biggest. He opposed Xiao Buyi and others entering the city.

The city was noisy again, there were different opinions, Pei Xingyan still had a gloomy face, and when he saw Lu Laosan throwing his head, he stabbed it with a lance, raised it high and shouted: "If General Xiao does not come, Zhou Faming will flee for his life, and the master will have already captured Jiangxia, so I can let you wait." We are here to keep the people safe, and you are waiting for the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain. ”

Liao Shiji sneered: "Who is a villain and who is a gentleman, that maybe...... Pei Xingyan...... You ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a gust of wind in the back of his head, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

didn't wait to dodge, only felt a cold neck, Liao Shiji only felt that his body was light, and he actually flew high.

In an instant, he found that everyone was looking at him in horror below him, but there was a headless corpse on the city tower, and blood was gushing wildly.

One person was holding a thick-backed machete, and the blade was dripping blood, but it was Zhang Xiu, the Jiangxia captain at the same level as him.

Liao Shiji's eyes were bloodshot, and then he realized that he had been attacked by Zhang Xiu from behind and cut off his head!

Pei Xingyan looked at the city, smiled slightly, and said in his heart Lao Tzu wants to take the city, you have to look at those who are not convinced, you kid has been talking for a long time, and you don't know that you are dealing with the king of Hades.

With the sound of 'bang', the head in the air finally fell to the ground, and the soldiers of the city looked at Zhang Xiu silently, not understanding what he meant.

After Zhang Xiu hacked Liao Shiji to death with a knife, a group of people came around Hulala, but they were all standing behind Zhang Xiu, and all the soldiers saw that they were Zhang Xiu's subordinates, and they couldn't help but be awe-inspired. Zhang Xiu picked up Liao Shiji's head and said coldly: "Those who follow the sky prosper, those who go against the sky die, General Xiao succeeds in the sky, and the Jingxiang area is attached. But there are so many people who are rebellious and obstruct the will of heaven, and it is inevitable that they will kill themselves, and Liao Shiji is the fate of these people! Among you, who else doesn't want General Xiao's general to enter the city? ”

The soldiers of the city looked at each other, looked at the bloody head and machete, and said, "I am willing to welcome General Xiao into the city." ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and ordered: "Then don't open the city gate yet, welcome General Pei into the city!" ”

After opening the city gate, they went out of the city and knelt down in two columns, Zhang Xiu was the first to say: "Jiangxia soldiers and people welcome General Xiao's army, please General Pei enter the city!" ”

All the soldiers followed in unison: "The soldiers and people of Jiangxia greet General Xiao's army and invite General Pei to enter the city!" ”

For a while, the call spread far away, and the city and outside the city were full of cheers, Pei Xingyan was on the horse, and he was majestic for a while, secretly thinking that Xiao Buyi had already prepared, and he should take the city and the outside together, and lift the weight lightly, which is much smarter than the master begging. According to the current trend, in the near future, Lin Shihong will be repulsed, and all the counties in the south of the Yangtze River are under the control of General Xiao!

**

When Pei Xingyan entered the city, Xiao Buyi was galloping fast, and he brought no more than hundreds of soldiers and prepared three days of rations. galloped south, and by the time dawn had arrived at Yongxiu County.

Although these hundreds of soldiers are very few, they can first fight with Li Jingnan in the north and follow Xiao Buyi to fight in the east and west, all of them can be said to be one to ten, and the equipment and horses equipped are the most sophisticated.

Of course, there are many people, but there are also advantages of fewer people, at least the army is marching, and the baggage is indispensable to follow, but the baggage of the three hundred cavalry can be digested by itself, and there is no need to think too much about the supply of grain and grass, they ran extremely fast, and even left the subordinates of the beggar behind.

Although the vicinity of Yuzhang was under Lin Shihong's control, this did not delay the supply of Xiao Buyi's soldiers.

After arriving in Yongxiu County, Xiao Buyi first ordered Ah Rust to lead his soldiers, but he took Zhou Muru straight to the east of Yongxiu County.

The rivers and canals in the south of the Yangtze River are vertical and horizontal, the water and land are unimpeded, the rivers and waterways can be seen everywhere, and the boats are vertical and horizontal.

There are many water systems near Yongxiu County, there are Xiu River flowing, straight into Poyang Lake, there are also several mountains around, with Jiangjun Mountain being the most famous. Legend has it that the fierce generals under Han Gaozu had destroyed Jiujiang Wang Yingbu here, in the name of leaving the General Mountain.

When Xiao Buyi and Zhou Muru rode through Xiushui, Zhou Muru saw Xiao Buyi frowning, and couldn't help asking: "Boss, you just won the battle, why are you sullen all the time?" ”

Xiao Buyi looked into the distance and said softly: "Yuzhang is located next to Poyang Lake, Poyang Lake is blue, there are villages in the lake, and the waterways are vertical and horizontal, which is extremely complicated. When I was in Xiangyang, General Xu drew a map for me, where it was difficult for cavalry to be used, and only by land and water could we win. If Lin Shihong fights by land, we should not be afraid of him, but if he goes deep into Poyang Lake, divides his troops to fight, and fights us with a naval army, we have no certainty of victory. ”

Zhou Muru frowned and said: "It turned out that General Xu was strategizing, boss, you won a thousand miles." I always thought that Xu Shiji didn't do things. ”

Xiao Buyi smiled and said: "You don't have to say that about him, getting Xu Shiji is really our greatest wealth." If you talk about martial arts, he is not as good as me, if you talk about major events in the world, I am not as good as him, and even worse than Second Brother Li. ”

"Boss, they all say that you have a good relationship with Li Jing, but now that you are in Xiangyang, he doesn't know why he still doesn't come to you, is it in his mind, look ...... That one...... Felt ......"

Zhou Muru hesitated, Xiao Buyi shook his head and said: "He doesn't look down on me, sometimes, he can't do things as he wants like me." However, Second Brother Li is not idle, although we are far away in Yuzhang, but the fast horse is back and forth in Xiangyang, it is just a day and a night, plus the carrier pigeon exchange, in fact, General Xu has always kept in touch with me and made suggestions. And the same is true of Second Brother Li, although he is far away in Taiyuan, he also contacted me once to plot the world. Now that we have taken Jiangxia and attacked Yuzhang, we have actually learned from the three of us and the rest of the strategists. Yuzhang must attack, and Lin Shihong must be driven out of here! Now the north is the most powerful with Wagang, but the south is the strongest with us at the moment. Sooner or later, there will be a war between the north and the south, we occupy Xiangyang, like a nail on Wagang's body, they will have to pull it out sooner or later, we can only resist along the river, and Xiangyang echoes the rescue, but we can fight with Wagang. Lin Shihong is on our side, and he should be a big trouble, and he should be eliminated first, so that he can concentrate on fighting against the northern heroes. ”

Zhou Muru suddenly realized: "I see, but we took Yuzhang and only brought a few hundred people, is it less?" ”

Xiao Buyi said with a smile: "There are not many soldiers but they are fine, what can a beggar with tens of thousands of soldiers, and it is not a complete defeat?" Even if we defeat the beggars, if Jiangxia City does not have internal response, Pei Xingyan's invincible cavalry will not be able to beat the city. Understand your own advantages and disadvantages and then fight to survive a hundred battles, and fight with Lin Shihong, how can we win? ”

Zhou Muru was puzzled: "Then what's the use of us rushing here in a hurry, we can't create a naval army in a hurry?" ”

Xiao Buyi smiled and said, "Actually, we rushed here today, but we were not the main army to start a war with Lin Shihong. ”

"I know, we must be luring the enemy, and General Pei arrived later?" Zhou Muru's inspiration flashed.

Xiao Buyi shook his head again, "The main force to start a war with Lin Shihong is Liu Ziyi, the Sui army is fully equipped with land and water, when we can fight with Lin Shihong, we will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, just wait for the opportunity to make a move." ”

"Then boss, what are you doing in Yongxiu County?"

At this time, Xiao Buyi had already come to a large mansion, turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "Of course, let's see if there is any benefit." ”

The high wall of the mansion is the Zhu Door, the two copper door knockers are shining brightly, and the two big stone lions on the left and right are big families at a glance. But the door was closed, and there was not a single one under him.

Xiao Buyi arrived at the door, slapped twice, and then three times in an instant, stopped and didn't slap, and didn't summon.

The door creaked and opened, and an old servant poked his head out of it, looked Xiao Buyi up and down, and said, "The master is not here, who are you looking for?" ”

Xiao Buyi said softly: "I'll find eleven." ”

The old servant's eyes were cloudy, and he asked softly, "Then do you have a copper coin?" ”

Xiao Buyi reached into his arms, took out a copper coin and put it in the old servant's hand, the old servant looked at it for a long time, handed it back to Xiao Buyi, and stepped aside and said, "Please come in." ”

Xiao Buyi and Zhou Muru led their horses in and found that the courtyard was in a mess and had not been cleaned for a long time.

The old servant walked tremblingly, led the two into the living room, and then asked the two to wait and walked into the back hall alone.

Zhou Muru was inexplicable, he didn't know that this was a unique code for Xiao Buyi to contact some people, and when he saw Xiao Buyi's calmness, he could only be silent.

There was a sound of footsteps in the back hall, Xiao Buyi looked up, and suddenly felt a little surprised, the person had a clear face, dressed as a literati, with a smile on his face, it was Yuan Lan.

The location here was Yuan Lan informing him to contact, as a way to understand Yu Zhang, but he didn't expect Yuan Lan to come in person.

"Brother Yuan, why do you need to come here in person?"

Yuan Lan sat in front of Xiao Buyi, a strange look flashed on her face, "I can't rest assured." ”

Xiao Buyi frowned and was puzzled, "I don't know what Brother Yuan can't rest assured of?" ”

The footsteps in the courtyard sounded, and a woman walked in with a tea tray, put it to the table, and said softly: "Brother Xiao, please use tea." ”

Xiao Buyi was even more surprised, stood up and said, "Qiaoxi, why did you come here?" ”

The woman is a little taller than back then, she has reached the age of a flower, and her face is delicate, and she is Yuan Lan's daughter Yuan Qiaoxi.

Hearing Xiao Buyi's greeting, the woman raised her head and glanced at Xiao Buyi, and her snow-white and beautiful melon seed face instantly swelled with red clouds, and she said in a low voice: "Brother Xiao, such a coincidence...... See...... It's your turn. ”

When she said this, she lowered her head, but there was indescribable joy in her eyes.

Xiao Buyi was unexpected, he didn't expect that when the two armies were fighting, Yuan Lan would bring Yuan Qiaoxi here, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. For Meng Chenxue, he sees the truth in adversity, and is more responsible, for Pei Bei, he and her have parted several times in life and death, and he cherishes it extraordinarily, but for this Yuan Qiaoxi, he is more compassionate.

From the rejection of hearing this name at the beginning, to the silent acceptance later, it cannot be denied that Yuan Lan has played a great role in promoting it here. Xiao Buyi also clearly knew that he and Yuan Lan were now tied together, and it was impossible to divide them. Only by experiencing it personally can you know how much of a role the gate lord clan has in the troubled times. Whether it is to take Yiyang, enter Xiangyang, attack Baling, and occupy Jiangxia, if there is no Yuan Lan secretly rebelling and helping, it will definitely be much more difficult for him to attack, and he is far from the time to fight with others. But he can't deny that Yuan Qiaoxi's moisturizing and silent surname not only made him begin to accept it, but even Pei Bei was very impressed.

She was still as shy as ever, and peeked at Xiao Buyi from time to time, as if she had met at the beginning.

Xiao Buyi's heart was a little sweet, Yuan Lan glanced at the two of them and laughed, "It's not a coincidence, but I came to see you on purpose." ”

"Daddy......" Yuan Qiaoxi said coquettishly, but he sat on the chair but did not leave.

Yuan Lan laughed heartily, "Actually, I was going to send Qiaoxi to Xiangyang and send all the people to Xiangyang, but she heard that I was coming here, and it was very likely that she would meet you, so she followed here." ”

Yuan Qiaoxi's face turned even redder, even up to her neck, and her hands were grabbing the corners of her clothes, full of twists.

Xiao Buyi looked at Yuan Qiaoxi and smiled, "Actually, I miss Qiaoxi too." ”

Yuan Qiaoxi looked up at Xiao Buyi, with joy in his eyes, "Then I'...... Then I'...... You ......"

She is still shy, and she is familiar with Xiao Buyi, but when they first met, her mood was agitated, coupled with her natural shyness, she couldn't even finish speaking.

Yuan Lan smiled again, "Since you know that Buyi is thinking about you, you won't come in vain." Buyi, Qiaoxi wants to ask you, how are you doing? I think it's good, I beat a few cows to death! ”

Knowing the daughter Mo Ruo's father, although Yuan Qiaoxi said it incompletely, Yuan Lan added, Yuan Qiaoxi slowly lowered her head, presumably it was not bad at all.

Xiao Buyi nodded and said, "Qiaoxi, I'm fine, are you okay?" ”

"Good...... Very good......" After Yuan Qiaoxi finished speaking, she bit her red lips, and she was cute.

Xiao Buyi frowned slightly, pondering something, "Brother Yuan, why did you say that you sent everyone to Xiangyang?" He didn't marry Yuan Qiaoxi, but he was still a brother to Yuan Lan.

Yuan Lan finally sighed, "Buyi, Li Mi has captured Luokoucang, he summoned seven thousand soldiers and horses to march around the Tiger Pass, attack Fangshan from Yangcheng, and break through Zhang Xutuo's guard left in Fangshan in one fell swoop, Luokoucang's city defense is not strong, and the soldiers are not their opponents." ”

His face was heavy, Xiao Buyi's brows furrowed even tighter, and he muttered, "So fast? ”

Yuan Qiaoxi's face was also worried, and she felt empathy, only Zhou Muru was a little puzzled and asked, "Is Luokoucang important?" ”

Yuan Lan smiled bitterly: "I don't know much about the way of using soldiers, but I also know one thing, that is, soldiers are based on food, and food also determines the number of soldiers." Luokou warehouse is the first granary in the world, when Wagang captured the Xingyang granary, opened the warehouse to release grain, and quickly summoned nearly 200,000 people to take refuge. Now that Luokoucang has been captured, and the grain has been opened, the people of the surrounding counties have all followed, and I am only afraid that by now, Wagang will have at least 400,000 troops available. ”

Zhou Muru gasped, "400,000 troops, how many are there?" ”

Yuan Lan shook his head and said, "I don't know how many people there are, I only know that our troops are only tens of thousands now." In the early stage, Wagang only attacked the counties around Xingyang, and the troops had already touched Yingchuan, but when I heard that they had conquered Luokoucang, I knew that there was no place for us in Henan! The world is so big, we can only go to Xiangyang if we want to survive. ”

Xiao Buyi nodded slowly, but his mind was racing and he frowned secretly. He had already understood Yuan Lan's thoughts, Runan was bordering on the southwest of Yingchuan, Li Mi and they expanded to Yingchuan, and now there are really 400,000 people, it goes without saying that in addition to capturing the eastern capital, it is to develop to the surrounding counties, and Runan County should be their next target. When Yuan Lan heard that Li Mi had conquered Luokoucang, he knew that if he wanted to protect his family, he had to flee for his life, and now he put all his net worth on himself, of course, he had to go to Xiangyang to defect. But the rapid expansion of Li Mi's power is really unimaginable, if he insists on attacking Guanzhong, I am afraid that it will not be long before he has to fight Xiangyang with heavy troops.

He thought more about his kung fu at this moment, but said with a smile on his face: "It's okay, the soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, although Li Mi is strong, we are not necessarily afraid of him." ”

Yuan Lan also laughed, "Bu Yi is right, although Li Mi is a soldier, after all, there is little training, if he sends heavy troops to attack Xiangyang for a long time, the eastern capital will definitely cut off his back road." His successor is weak, and the difficulty of taking Xiangyang is no less than conquering the eastern capital. ”

Xiao Buyi nodded, "Xiangyang is guarded by Xu Shiji, so it's okay for a while." By the way, Brother Yuan, you didn't come here to bring Qiaoxi to see me, right? It's not peaceful here, Qiaoxi is too weak, and there is only danger in staying here. ”

Yuan Qiaoxi bit her red lip with her teeth, and said like a mosquito, "I...... I just watch...... Brother Xiao is leaving, Brother Xiao ...... I'm not going to bother you. ”

Yuan Lan shook her head and said: "Buyi, you don't have to worry about this, since I have the ability to bring Qiaoxi here, of course I can take her to Xiangyang safely, by the way, Miss Mengdie, Fat Huai, Wan'er and Little Brother also went to Xiangyang." ”

Xiao Buyi was silent for a long time, "I know." ”

The courtyard door suddenly rang again, the old servant went out to open the door, and led in a man, his skin was dark and shiny, and he was very strong, and when he saw Yuan Lan and Xiao Buyi, he arched his hand and said, "Master Yuan, General Xiao." ”

Xiao Buyi knew him as the fourth child, and he was also in a group with Lu Laosan, and he followed him when he first went to the grassland. Xiao Buyi's grassland quickly turned around, but the five brothers and the soldiers withdrew in separate ways.

The five brothers all have their own abilities, the eldest bat is a must, the third is ordinary in martial arts, but familiar with the local dialects, and went straight to Jiangxia to answer, but the strength of the fourth brother is that the surname Shui is excellent, so he rushed to the vicinity of Poyang Lake in Yuzhang.

Yuan Lan asked, "What's going on now?" Fourth, sit down and talk. ”

The fourth sat down and said: "Master Yuan, Liu Ziyi's army has arrived in Duchang in the east of Poyang Lake and set up camp, and more than 100 warships along the Yangtze River have gathered in Poyang Lake. Lin Shihong ordered tens of thousands of bandits to hoard near Wucheng and build small boats, just to fight Liu Ziyi to the death. Wucheng is well connected in all directions, and the water and land are extremely smooth, I am only afraid that it will be easy to defeat that kid, and it will be difficult to kill him. But Liu Ziyi's heavy troops are pressing, even if we defeat Lin Shihong, it is not wise to resist Liu Ziyi's army for fear of resisting. ”

Xiao Buyi nodded, "We can wait......"

Before he could finish speaking, a person suddenly flew in from the wall outside the courtyard, like a bird. Xiao Buyi squinted, recognized that it was a bat, and said in a deep voice: "Bat...... What happened to you? ”

The bat's clothes were soaked, his shoulders were bloody, and he gritted his teeth and said, "General Xiao, I have a heavy trust, and I missed it this time." ”

The fourth child was surprised: "Big brother, aren't you going to spy on the enemy with the second brother?" Why only one of you came back, second? ”

The bat said hatefully: "Originally, we mixed into Wucheng, I don't know why, but they found out our whereabouts, hundreds of people came to arrest us, I relied on light kung fu to escape, the second child could not be killed, and fell into Wucheng." I originally wanted to save the second child, but they were very strict and there were too many people, so I had nowhere to do but come back for help. ”

Xiao Buyi frowned, Yuan Lan took a long breath, there was something strange in his eyes, but he clenched his fists.

The fourth Huo Ran stood up, "I'll save it!" ”

They have a deep brotherly relationship, knowing that the second child was captured, and his life and death are unknown, of course, they are in a hurry.

"Sit down and listen to Buyi's plan." Yuan Lan shouted.

Although the fourth child was in a hurry, he still sat down and looked at Xiao Buyi with pleading, the bat was also gritting his teeth, and the wound on his shoulder was not bandaged.

Xiao Buyi pondered for a long time before saying: "Saving must be saved, but you have to think about how to save it, could it be that Lin Shihong already knew that I had arrived in Yuzhang, so he took strict precautions?" Or did he guard against Liu Ziyi's spies, but he caught you? ”

The bat and the fourth child are at a loss, their martial arts are not high, but they are all chickens and dogs, and they are very cautious, so they will be entrusted with an important task by Yuan Lan, although the bat is an old man, but he also has no clue, shook his head and said: "I don't know how the news leaked, I lived in a broken temple with the fourth child, and I was going to act at night to listen to Lin Shihong's movements, where did I think that there would be no three watches, and hundreds of people surrounded the broken temple!" It stands to reason that no one knows us! ”

(To be continued)