The flag cutting team belongs to the action department of the Zuo Mansion, and the chasing wind and the hidden armor are called the three trump cards of the Zuo Mansion, although the main tasks of the three teams are all sharp weapons for killing, each has its own characteristics,

The characteristic of chasing the wind is the word "chasing", as long as you are locked by them, whether you are hidden in the city, small hidden in the wild, or flee to the ends of the earth, or boating overseas, after all, you will be called to the ground.

The characteristic of hiding armor is a "hidden" word, the people who hide the armor are very particular about camouflage when performing tasks, they first hide themselves, and then slowly approach the target, when the time is ripe, or kidnap the target person and take it away, or take the head of the target person away,

The characteristics of the flag chopping is a "chop" word, sneaking thousands of miles, chopping the opponent's flag in the army array, the way to complete the task is very different from the "chasing the wind" and "hidden armor", the first two pay attention to individual combat, do what the heroes do, "kill one person in three steps, leave no trace for a thousand miles" is the ideal realm they are pursuing, the soldiers who cut the flag are also heroes and heroes who are one in a million, they do not lose to the companions of "chasing the wind" and "hiding armor", but the heroes who cut the flag like to gather together to do things,

They also hide their whereabouts in order to quietly approach the enemy, but they will not kill people like chasing the wind and hiding armor, people don't know who the opponent is, and the flag will definitely let the opponent know who he died in, they will send dozens or hundreds of people to perform a mission, wearing golden silk armor, sitting under the oolong horse, walking thousands of miles at night without a trace, and smashing the Yellow Dragon Weixian,

The three families also have their own characteristics in the means of killing, chasing the wind likes to use knives, guns, and arrows, which are bright and straightforward, and concealment is often used in roundabout and obscure methods, poisoning, drowning, and killing with knives...... They appreciate killing people invisibly, and they only believe in violence.

For example, to kill a rampant horse bandit leader, after chasing the wind and finding out the location of the target, he will send a good hand to sneak in at night and kill him, and when the body of the horse bandit leader is found, the assassin is already a hundred miles away, drinking tea and tea.

Hidden armor will send people to try to blend in with the horse bandits, find a way to get close to the leader, and then either poison the wine, or cover his mouth and nose with a sheet when he is exhausted from playing games with the girls, so that he will suffocate to death, although the leader of the bandits is dead, the people who hide the armor will not be exposed, because they are well hidden.

The method of cutting the flag is to find out the hiding place of the horse bandits, according to the number of enemies, dispatch dozens or hundreds of people, travel thousands of miles in a day, travel 800 at night, run a long distance, take the enemy's head with lightning speed, and after killing the bandit leader, if they have leisure, they will also kill other bandits.

Killing people and saving people are originally two sides of the palm, and the personality when killing is often the personality when saving people, so when sending which team to save Li Qing, Yang Hao took a lot of time to think about it, sending chasing the wind and hiding the armor to go, although there will be a lot less trouble, but Li Qing's willfulness, Yang Hao has fully understood, he is worried that chasing the wind and hiding the armor will not be able to control the situation when the time comes, but send the flag to go, Yang Hao is afraid that they will kill for a while, so he will kill a few relatives as flags,

Guan Suo repeatedly assured Yang Hao that the flag cutting could definitely complete the task of rescuing Li Qing beautifully, otherwise he would like to come to see him, Yang Hao didn't want anyone's head, he just hoped to take Li Qing out quietly,

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On April 16 of the third year of Kaiyuan, the escort of Yichun princess Li Qing to Lingwu sent the family delegation to officially leave Beijing, the family envoy was the Ministry of Rites Lang Long Yunyue, this person was Wu Chen's old classmates, is one of the cadres around Qiu Shiliang, there are two deputy envoys, one is Hao Zan, the general of the Zuo Shence Army, and the other is Xue Mosheng of the Yingwang Mansion Army, let Xue Mosheng be the deputy envoy of the Yingwang Mansion, it is Wu Chen's idea, in order to "avoid accidental interference", the family mission originally planned to go to the first line of Pizhou and Gyeongju, but in the area of the Hulu River in the northwest of Suining, the Tubo people are at war with the Shatuo people, all the states and counties in Suining are preparing to meet the enemy,

So Long Yunyue decided to divert to the line of Yanfang and Yanzhou, from Yanfang to Yanzhou in Shuofang, and it was necessary to pass through Youzhou in Xia Sui Town, Xia Sui is now in the hands of Lian Yong, Lian Yong is as his name suggests, he is a mediocre person, Long Yunyue concluded that he would not dare to make a hindrance from it, so it is safe to take this line,

Sure enough, everything was as Long Yunyue expected, the family envoy traveled all the way in the states and counties of Dunfang, and Zhang Yueming sent the tooth army to guard all the way, and the villages and towns in the states and counties were very rich.

Youzhou Thorn Shi Fang Fulai set up a welcoming pergola at the border intersection, prepared refreshments and fruits, the state and county catchers, the Turkish army dressed neatly drove away the border people, and cleared a transit road for the family mission, Lian Yong wanted the etiquette of the imperial court, but also did not want to be too attentive to Long Yunyue, who was a minion of the eunuch party, and provoked people's words, and the ceremony of welcoming and sending off seemed a little shabby, but after all, the meaning was reached, think about what kind of scene it would be if Meng Bochang was in power,

Long Yunyue didn't use the refreshments sent by Fang Fulai, and the sending the family delegation continued to the west non-stop, eighty miles away is Yanzhou in Shuofang Town, where Wang Dongchuan, the deputy envoy of Shuofang Town and the former commander of the army, and Lou Heyan, the general of the Ya Army, are waiting for 30,000 elites, as long as they arrive in Yanzhou, it is equivalent to entering Lingzhou City, and this errand is considered to be a success.

Danger often appears when negligence, when Long Yunyue said goodbye to Fang Fulai and went west along the Great Wall of Qin and Han Dynasties, he suddenly deviated from the direction for some reason, and sent the delegation into a Gobi barren mountain, Long Yunyue was busy with the mission to stop, took the map and looked carefully, and found that he had walked more than sixty miles to the northwest, and at this moment it was nearly one hundred and fifty miles away from Yanzhou, Long Yunyue was annoyed, and regretted that he should not have refused Fang Fulai's kindness, if there was a guide from Youzhou to lead the way, why not,

Hao Zan said with a grin: "One hundred and fifty miles of land, let's hurry up and go over overnight, even if this errand is completed in Yanzhou, Lord Long, what are you waiting for." ”

Hao Zan's rank is higher than Long Yunyue, and he thinks he is Qiu Shiliang's cronies, he is very unkind to Long Yunyue between words, Long Yunyue has always put up with him, and when he heard this, he smiled faintly and said: "General Hao, don't be anxious, we have all come over thousands of miles, don't be in a hurry at this time, what do you say, Mo Sheng." ”

Xue Mosheng is the youngest of the three, has the least qualifications, and the lowest official rank, and has always been the target of Long Yunyue's wooing.

"What Lord Long said is reasonable, the border pass is not as good as the pass, the bandits are rampant and not quiet, this place has always been a place where Shatuo horse bandits come out, these people only recognize money in their eyes, attack the state and county, kill officials, and can do anything.

Hao Zan has not taken a step out of Chang'an City, and he knows very little about the border pass, although Xue Mosheng is young, he has been training in the border pass for many years, Hao Zan is red-faced and red-eared, in order to save face, he said with some strong words: "Lang Lang Qiankun, where did the horse bandits come from, the so-called horse bandits, they are all made up by the border generals in order to ask for rewards for their merits, it's just that, the princess is delicate and frail, and the brothers are tired, so let's stay here for one night." ”

Long Yunyue and Xue Mosheng looked at each other and smiled, neither of them spoke, and sent the family delegation to camp in an abandoned dock fort, the princess Li Qing and her flower-clothed guards lived on the innermost floor, the middle layer was a brigade of Jinwu guards, and then outside were miscellaneous servants, musicians, and people, and the Shence sergeants were responsible for the outer guards.

Xue Mosheng was named the Jinwu guard and horse envoy by Li Ang before leaving Beijing, and led a brigade of soldiers to guard outside the princess Li Qing's tent.

Jin Taoyin walked behind her and reminded: "Princess, you better go back to the tent, and be careful to expose flaws to make them suspicious." Li Qing wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said to Jin Taoyin: "I think it's better to forget it, when will it be time to retribution." ”

Jin Taoyin said with a dark face: "The princess now has a conscience, but where is the slave and maid, it's okay, the life of the slave and maid is yours anyway, whatever you say, I will do it." ”

"Well, you're back." Jin Taoyin was just about to leave, but was stopped by Li Qing, she had expected Li Qing to be like this, with a smug smile on her face, but after turning around, her face returned to her original indifference, she held Li Qing's hand: "If you take this step, you will regret it in the future, if you don't take this step, you will regret it in the future, where to go, the princess has to make up his mind." ”

Li Qing grabbed Jin Taoyin's hand and said in a pleading tone: "Can you help me, I really don't know how to choose." Jin Taoyin didn't answer, just silently pushed Li Qing's hand away, Li Qing fell into infinite pain, she suddenly covered her face and sobbed, at this moment the sunset on the horizon suddenly dimmed, and the night came,

After dinner, Long Yunyue, Hao Zan, Xue Mosheng and a steward reported to Li Qing the big and small events that happened that day, as well as the itinerary for the second day. The three of them then bid farewell to Li Qing, each went back to the tent to rest, Li Qing's sleeping tent was defended by Huayiwei, there were more than 100 people in the heyday of Huayiwei, and there were only more than 30 people left, Li Qing dismissed a group before leaving Beijing, and now there are only 22 people left.

Xue Mosheng told the Jinwu guards: "Put the tricks on the spot, the princess's safety is all on you." ”

Someone laughed: "Aren't there still twenty-two sisters in flower clothes?" ”

Xue Mosheng snorted disappreciatively: "Count on them...... Hmph, what can they do, have children. ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and suddenly someone shouted, "Miss Jin is here." When everyone heard this, they all bowed their heads to avoid it, only to see Jin Taoyin walking quickly in front of Xue Mosheng with a golden basin, and slammed the basin to the ground, with a piercing "clang" sound, everyone held their breath and stared, and no one dared to make a sound.

Xue Mosheng smiled and asked, "Who made Miss Jin angry?"

"Water, water for bathing the princess." Jin Taoyin said with a cold face,

Xue Mosheng's heart suddenly rose a wave of anger, in this Gobi desert, where is the bath water, but it is only mid to late April, the night in the north is very cold, where you need to bathe every day, but this can't be said to Jin Taoyin, it's useless to say it, people say "This is the royal system", you can choke for a long time speechless, Xue Mosheng is in the Yingwang Mansion as a pawn army, what is the royal system, he still knows very well in his heart,

To put it simply, it is something that the royal family wants, and it is done without compromise to be a subordinate and a slave, and you must not ask why.