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From Datong City to the north is a place called Baigou. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The reason why it is called the ditch, perhaps there is a small river from the west through, the river meanders to the east, because it is winter, so the riverbed has not dried up, the aquatic plants on both sides of the bank are unusually abundant, at this time it has reached the early winter season, under this clear blue sky, the aquatic plants are swaying, and the heaven and earth are connected as a line, just like a fairyland.

The caravan arrived here after two days of trekking, countless mules and horses loaded with goods gathered together, everyone went to camp in each place, after a while, a simple tent was piled up, the camp was backed by the river, in front of the open grassland, fences were set up on all sides, the black background of the chamber of commerce flags fluttered in the big tents around the camp, hunting sound.

After Liu Chengfeng chose the location of the camp, he rode a horse and galloped around the nearby horse with a dozen retinues, and then returned to the camp with people.

Liu Chengfeng was wearing a fur coat, walked into the tent, only to feel a little hot, just ran the horse, did strenuous exercise, and when he entered the tent, he felt a stream of heat rushing to his face, so he took off the thick fur, only wearing an undershirt, and a few people who came in with him told him the origin of this white ditch.

It is said that when Emperor Wen was in, he went out to Mobei, encountered tens of thousands of Mongolian iron cavalry here, when the Ming army had an army of 300,000, surrounded this iron cavalry on three sides, leaving only a gap, but this gap is precisely the turbulent river, the two sides fought here in the open air, fought for three days and three nights, the Northern Yuan people were defeated, but there was no way to escape, blood and corpses almost filled the river, Emperor Wen rode to the bank of the river, saw the miserable scene after the war, pointed to the river water that was soaked in blood in the ditch, and said to the horse: " The blood is flowing like a river that is ominous, and since then, this is the boundary of my Ming Dynasty, so it is better to name it Baigou. ”

Since then, the name has been handed down. It's just that whether history is really like this, Liu Chengfeng doesn't want to delve into it, whether it's true or not, out of this desert, he can really feel the majestic posture of Emperor Nawen sweeping the desert, hundreds of thousands of tiger elite soldiers, with the direction of the banner converged into countless rivers, advancing towards the depths of the desert, where they passed, the Northern Yuan Dynasty was invincible.

What a majestic scene, the neighing horses, the clanging drums, the endless foot soldiers, under a command, like a beast devouring everything, shattering the last bit of pitiful ambition of the desert people.

Liu Chengfeng sat cross-legged on the tent and couldn't help but say: "The country has been peaceful for a long time, and it has gone through the changes of the civil fort, how much is it necessary to have an Emperor Wen to regain his strength." ”

After he said this, he asked the guides to go back to the tent to rest, and called the little shopkeeper Wu Peng, who had just recovered from his injury, about the storage of goods, Wu Peng replied, and Liu Chengfeng said to him: "You can rest well, the injury is just right, don't work too hard, and it doesn't matter if you leave trivial things to the next person to do." ”

After a while, someone outside came to see him, but it was Qian Fang.

Qian Fang came with him this time, but he never showed up, his current identity is the captain of the caravan's guard, and he made a report outside, Liu Chengfeng invited him in, Qian Fang said: "What Master Hou ordered, the student army has been prepared." ”

Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly and said, "For the time being, the caravan will not be in danger, you let everyone take a good rest, and when you have enough spirits, there will be a time when you are busy." Tell everyone that raising soldiers is a thousand times and using soldiers for a while, and this Hou will borrow a major family tonight and make contributions, and it is only today! ”

Qian Fang replied and couldn't help asking, "Master Hou, will something really happen tonight?" What if the bandits don't come? After all, this Baigou is not far from Datong, if there are really horse bandits, I am afraid that they will not choose to do it here. ”

Qian Fang is Xuanfu Tong, first the guerrilla of the Shenji Battalion, and then transferred to the scout camp, the terrain inside and outside this pass can be roughly understood, there are really no large-scale horse bandits in this vicinity, even if there are really any, outside this pass, there are not many people who can eat the treasure caravan in one bite, besides, the horse bandits are not able to be in Baigou, after all, Baigou belongs to the patrol range of Xuanfu scouts, if you want to set up an ambush, how can you escape the eyes of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Chengfeng smiled coldly: "It's not a horse bandit who came, it's just a disaster for Xiao Wall." ”

Woe to Xiao Wall, it means that the disaster happened in one's own home; It is a metaphor for internal trouble; Qian Fang listened to Liu Chengfeng's words, couldn't help but gasp, and said, "Could it be the ...... of Xuanfu?"

Liu Chengfeng felt a little hot, uncovered a strap under the placket, rolled up his sleeves, and said, "Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, it'll be clear when the time comes." ”

Qian Fang didn't ask any more questions, and left the house.

Liu Chengfeng sighed, and immediately fell asleep, and when he was on the couch, he couldn't help but be a little shaken by his guess, they ...... Will it really come? This is just a possibility, but Liu Chengfeng is still a little sure, because he knows in his heart that the contradictions between himself and some people in Datong are irreconcilable, these Qiu Ba will not be polite, once they violate their vital interests, they will definitely not have too much hesitation, white knives in red knives out This is their principle of doing things.

What will happen after tonight?

Liu Chengfeng took this question and slept with his clothes.

It was late at night, and everything was silent.

Under the moonlight, among the undulating aquatic plants blown by the evening breeze, there were dark shadows one after another on the horizon where the five fingers could not be seen.

At this time, it was close to dawn, the night was like ink, and the dim light of the crescent moon hanging high in the sky seemed to be shrouded in this black mist, and the whining wind came and went, if you listened carefully, there was only the sound of flowing water. There were more and more dark shadows on the horizon, more and more dense, and on a small hill, the tired Wang Fen reined in his horse, looking at the campfire that was almost extinguished in the caravan camp from a distance, and the starry firelight entered Wang Fen's eyes through the thick fog.

Wang Fen's face suddenly showed a look of eagerness, behind him, dozens of generals surrounded him, set off last night, until now it was only three hours, three hours, Wang Fen led people to run for hundreds of miles, and finally as he thought, found the traces of the caravan in the Baigou area.

At this moment, Wang Fen is like a hungry wolf who has found its prey, and her whole face is a little hideous.

"Lord Commander, do you want to rush over now?" Behind Wang Fen, a guerrilla couldn't help but ask.

Wang Fen shook his head and said: "You look at the layout of this big camp, secretly in line with the method of marching and camping, it can be seen that the prohibition of this caravan is no different from the march, I heard that the caravan has 3,000 guards, but I am afraid that with this caravan, it is also a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time......"

After all, Wang Fen was born as a border general, and his reasoning was the first word, and he continued: "Since they have arranged their camp according to the method of marching, there is bound to be a vigil army horse ready to deal with surprise attacks at any time. ”

Wang Fen's horse and the rest of the people nodded one after another, although they are a group of Qiu Ba, but they have fought for half a lifetime, they are familiar with these things, since people use the method of marching to camp, then there will definitely be people patrolling at night, as soon as there is an enemy situation, you can resist on the one hand, and at the same time to wake up others, then this surprise attack will not play the greatest effect, if the two sides are deadlocked together, it will be very bad, this time everyone comes here, they are all pinning their heads to the waistband of their trousers, the most important thing is to fight quickly, Otherwise, if the war drags on and the news leaks, whether or not the caravan is crushed by them, it will be fatal for them.

Therefore, it is too risky to rush in, and it is really not a good idea.

It's just that you can't kill it directly, so what should you do?

Wang Fen seemed to have already figured out their thoughts, and said lightly: "Zhu Qianhu, you take a team of scouts to go over slowly, don't have any hostility, just say that the chief officer of the army led the troops out to patrol the border, and happened to bump into them, so he sent you to negotiate, at this time, we are sleepy, can we let them give up some positions for us to rest." ”

After listening to Wang Fen's words, everyone suddenly woke up, what is their identity? That is the dignified border army of the Ming Dynasty, the border army of the Ming Dynasty encountered the caravan of the Ming Dynasty on the road, and it is completely possible to swagger over, will the other party have any defenses? When everyone approached their camp, they suddenly attacked, and at that time, even if the guards in the caravan were prepared, they could not organize any resistance under this haste.

That Zhu Qianhu obeyed the order, and galloped away into the darkness, and then, he ordered dozens of people to set off, swaggering towards the caravan camp.

Wang Fen's analysis is not wrong at all, the ban of this camp is not lax at all, when Zhu Qianhu took people to the camp three hundred zhang away, the camp has already moved, in an instant, countless torches are lit, behind the fence, one by one the guards poked their heads out, there were hundreds of them, an arrow flew out of the air from the camp, pounced, and fell under Zhu Qianhu's horse, and then, a question came out of the darkness: "Who is outside the camp, take another step forward, I'm not welcome!" ”

The person who spoke was on deep alert, after all, it was a big night, and it was outside this pass, so it was normal to be careful.

Zhu Qianhu stopped his horse, but he was not in a hurry at all: "We are the officers and soldiers of the Xuanfu, are you a treasure caravan?" The contemptible people patrolled the border on the orders of the chief military officer, and they didn't expect to bump into you here. ”

The camp fell silent, as if it was digesting Zhu Qianhu's words.

(To be continued)