The days passed in a hectic way, the weather was getting colder than the day, and everyone knew that the day when the Huns would march south was getting closer and closer. Helian Bobo has coveted Guanzhong for a long time, and the Xiongnu nobles are eager to go to Chang'an to make a big profit, this year there is a lot of rain in the north, the grasslands are rich in water and grass, and the horses are fat, which makes the Daxia court and the field full of a kind of commotion ready to go.

After the autumn, the Jin army in Guanzhong stepped up its training and raised food, preparing for the hammer blow that could fall from the north at any time. Although Chen Song and Guo Xu were already military deputies, they were also in command of the flying cavalry and hussars, and at this time the two strong brigades had already driven out of Chang'an and were stationed on the north bank of the Wei River, taking advantage of the open terrain there to intensify drills. If the Huns went south from Tongwan, the main force would inevitably pass through here. The task given to Chen and Guo by Mao Xiu was to go north as much as possible to guard and discover the movements of the Huns as soon as possible. The two had to cooperate tacitly, counterattacking head-on all the way, and flanking all the way, forcing the Hun army to deploy in advance, delaying its spearhead, and winning time for the counterattack.

For a whole month, Guo Xu didn't go home once, and he was crazy about Xiaoqiao and his son. He and Chen Song were originally hardcore brothers, but now they are suffering from the same illness and lovesickness. When naming her son, Xiaoqiao took great pains and was finally liberated by Guo Xu's words. Guo Xu said that since Brother Chen's son is called Chen Changan, then according to what you said last time, it is okay to call our child Guo Xi. Xiaoqiao said that it was good, and this name was originally reserved for Brother Chen's second child. Guo Xu said that it doesn't matter, I'll use it first, he has regenerated, and it's good to be called Chen Guanzhong.

Chen Chang'an, Guo Xidu. And their mothers, like two kite strings. Pulling the hearts of Chen Song and Guo Xu. These two hearts have been used to the wild in the past few years, and they are free to run around. One person eats enough for the whole family and is not hungry, but now he smokes from time to time, for the sake of the young women and quacks in Chang'an City behind him.

An autumn rain and a cold, further north, the cold mountains have begun to snow, the Huns are about to carry the cold to ride south, and the hope of returning home is getting slimmer and slimmer. Two days ago, a convoy of baggage sent by Chang'an City brought winter clothes and cotton tents, and the officers who led the team brought a message from Wang Xiu. said that he was about to be ordered to inspect the front line, and he was looking forward to drinking with Chen Guo and the others by the campfire. He asked Chen Guo and the others what they needed to bring to the house, and he could go to the house to pass a message to Mei Hong and Xiaoqiao. Guo Xu didn't know what Chen Song wanted, he wanted a pair of baby shoes from Xiaoxidu. This pair of small soft shoes with baby milk, he wants to carry it close to his arms.

The baggage soldiers went back, but Wang Xiu never came. The spies sent to the territory of Great Xia had already discovered that the Hun soldiers were gathering, and if Wang Xiu did not come again, as soon as the war started, there would be no need for him to come.

The hussars and the flying cavalry had long made an appointment to race horses. Behind the barracks is the Wei River, and in front of it is a belt of hills, from the mountain pass to the river bank, ten miles of land and a flat river. It's just the right time to decide the winner. The two armies agreed to send ten of their best knights, take the bank of the Wei River as the starting point, and plant a red flag at the mountain pass. Whoever pulls the flag first wins. There is a lookout wooden tower on the top of the hill to avoid suspicion. The two sides did not send someone to supervise the game, but asked a local elder to decide the winner.

It's the day. The wind stopped, and the sky was full of white clouds. The ten members of the flying cavalry team were led by Hu Luzheng, and the ten members of the hussar team were led by Xu Zhihao, with white tassels on their helmets and white cloaks on their bodies; The hussar's red tasseled cloak, with a sound of arrows, two lightning bolts, one white and one red, swept across the field and plunged into the distance. On both sides of the track, the two teams each set up soldiers to shout and cheer, and the soldiers cheered for their teams with their voices, and the drummers were eager to break the drum surface.

The length of ten miles requires not only the speed of the war horses, but also their endurance, and the knight to be good at grasping the rhythm. Halfway through, both teams are no longer solid, the strong one drives forward, the weak one falls behind, and the one who is neither strong nor weak is maintained in the middle. When they reached about seven miles, there were only two or three horses left in the front. At this time, it can already be seen that the last person to capture the flag must be one of Hu Luzheng and Xu Zhihao.

The horses of the two are hybrids of the Dawan horse in the Western Regions and the earth horse of the first generation in the clouds, they have endurance for long runs, speed for impact, and similar age teeth, but Hu Luzheng grew up on horseback since he was a child, and the horse's temper is clear, except that he can't neigh, standing next to the horse like a brother. Although Xu Zhihao studied hard and practiced hard, he was one of the best riders in the hussars, but after all, he was a monk halfway, and he couldn't forget to memorize the law in his driving skills. What's more critical is that Hu Lvzheng's weight is only sixty percent of Xu Zhihao's, and there is a gap in the burden of their respective horses, and when it comes to the last mile of sprinting, Hu Lvzheng's advantage is revealed. As a result, Hu Luzheng led Xu Zhihao by three horses, lightly stretched his ape arms, pulled up the red flag, jumped into the saddle, and waved in the direction of the way he came. Xu Zhihao gasped and had to admire the skill of the big brother of the Xianbei fox. If he is replaced, even if he wins, he will never have the ability to jump into the saddle and wave the flag without falling.

Amid the cheers of the brothers, they rode back slowly, and the brothers no longer had the strength to continue running, and followed them back to the bridle.

It is said that Chen Song and Guo Xu should come out to greet them, and according to the agreed rules, award a lambskin jacket to the winner.

But they didn't catch up.

Halfway through the race, the emergency army of Chang'an City arrived. One hundred armor cavalry, Zhang Gong showed his blade, and the leading officer was Mao Kanzhi, the brother of Sima Mao Xiuzhi of the Assassin Mansion, in addition to announcing Liu Yizhen's seal, he also took Liu Yizhen's sword, and asked Chen Song and Guo Xu to hand over the command on the spot, and immediately returned to Chang'an with the military envoy.

Chen and Guo were stunned by this order.

The officers and men of the two teams of flying horses and hussars were stunned.

In the eyes of the military, handing over command on the spot has only two meanings, one is to immediately command another army, and the other is to remove from office and investigate. If Chen and Guo were to be appointed otherwise, Chang'an would not have to use this kind of sabre-rattling position.

After a moment of silence, Chen Song's personal soldiers came back to their senses first, shouted, and surrounded Chen Song, and led the captain to shout Who dares to move Deputy Chen Jun, Lao Tzu chopped him into meat paste! This reminded the brothers that they were divided into two teams, one group gathered around the two generals Chen and Guo, and the other team grabbed their weapons and surrounded the hundred armored horsemen from Chang'an in a circle. Pressed by the master's tightening of the reins.

A trace of anger flashed across Mao Kanzhi's face, but it was quickly replaced by a gentle smile:

"Brethren. What is this for? It's all their own family, is it still hot? Mao Kanzhi's order. You are escorting the two generals Chen and Guo back to Chang'an, and you are not here to arrest them, don't you use knives and guns like this, don't you want to trap the two generals in injustice? ”

Chen Song didn't speak, he quickly swept through it in his heart, and didn't find any fault of his own. He thought of sending a secret letter to Liu Yu, but he instantly judged that this matter would not be implicated in him so quickly. In this way, it is more and more difficult to understand why Chang'an summoned him in this way.

He was silent, and his brothers did not move. The dense lance array is still there. Although the weather was cold, there were already people in the armor who were covered in sweat.

Mao Kanzhi's face was gloomy, he reached out and took off Liu Yizhen's sword, and raised it in front of him:

"Yizhen stabbed Shi has an order, this sword is like his own presence, and those who dare to disobey will be killed immediately!"

This sentence was clearly heard by Hu Luzheng and Xu Zhihao, who had just arrived, they didn't know what had just happened, and they saw that there was already a confrontation here. Hearing such a fierce posture of the person again, I was completely confused. A veteran ran over and said the truth in a few words, and Xu Zhihao cursed in Guanzhong dialect. asked someone to get his hammer, but was stopped by Guo Xu's vicious look.

Hu Luzheng dismounted and pushed away the soldiers. walked in front of Mao Kan's horse, although he knew that the latter's official rank was not as high as his. still gave a military salute, but the tone was loose:

"Don't blame the envoys. The brothers had never seen such a formation. If it were you, and suddenly a team of people appeared and wanted to take away your chief officer for no reason, what would you do? ”

Then he turned to the flying hussars:

"Okay, put the guys away, how can there be a reason for the Beifu soldiers to fight the Beifu soldiers?"

The soldiers looked at Hu Luzheng, looked at Mao Kanzhi, and then looked back at Chen Song and Guo Xu, some put away their weapons, and others remained vigilant. Chen Song had already made up his mind at this time, and shouted at the brothers:

"Give me all back!"

With a hula, the soldiers dispersed and returned to their respective teams. The captains of the two teams tacitly issued a series of commands, and the flying horses and hussars quickly formed two formations, like two thick walls sandwiched on both sides.

Chen Song beat his horse and walked in front of Mao Kanzhi:

"The brothers have come from afar to work hard, and it is not at this time and a half time to return to your life, do you want you to eat in the camp first, and then we will go with you."

Mao Kan gave one of his hands:

"General Chen's good intentions, Kan's heart has understood. But Kanzhi received an order to bring the two generals immediately wherever he saw them...... Please return to Chang'an immediately, without the slightest delay. ”

Rao is he changed his words quickly, Chen Song already understood what the original intention of the order was, but as a soldier, let him go, there is no need to dwell on the details.

Glancing at the brothers around him, he glanced at the sword that was like a thorn in himself:

"I understand, let's go, but ask more, now the Huns are ready to move, and the war can start at any time, let's go, who will command the flying horses and hussars?"

Mao Kanzhi shook the paper in his hand and said that this order did not say this, and the two generals might as well let their deputies bring the army back to the camp first and hand it over to the military master for dispatch.

Chen Song scolded secretly in his heart: The rice buckets in the Assassin Mansion don't even know a little bit of basic ways to use soldiers, and they transferred two main generals from the army, and they didn't even arrange the aftermath! He and Guo Xu are now under Fu Hongzhi's control, and the army is handed over to him, so he will not be blindly commanded. But Fu Hongzhi was not in the Weihe camp at this time, he was stationed in Hongnong with the main force of infantry, and after preparing to collect enough recruits and food, he was stationed on the south bank of the Weihe River, and he could retreat to meet the cavalry and retreat to defend Chang'an. At this time, Chen and Guo left and Fu Hongzhi was not there, and there were flaws in the handover.

After thinking about it, my mind sank even more: Chang'an is so sloppy and urgent, it must have happened to a big change, so that the Assassin's Mansion was in chaos.

borrowed a little time from Mao Kanzhi, and summoned the officers of the two armies in the field, asking them to immediately send fast horses to pick up Fu Hongzhi here, and at the same time send more scouts to the north to explore horses, and strictly prevent the Huns from raiding day and night. Hu Luzheng and Xu Zhihao temporarily acted as the commander of the two teams, and the rest of the officials must obey the order.

As soon as the arrangements were made, the two went south with Mao Kanzhi. After walking far away and looking back, the flying hussar was still standing in place. After so many years in the army, it was the first time that they had left the army in such an unknown way. Charge into battle, fight your way out of the encirclement, or go on a solo expedition. Stay in a lonely city, as long as you are with your brothers. They've never been sad, but this time. As the brethren gradually sank to the end of the horizon, the fog was so thick and gloomy that it could not be removed.

Walking more than ten miles away, Mao Kan gave an order, and the first horse surrounded him, squeezing Chen and Guo, pointing at their chests with a long lance, and the arrow was aimed at the vital point like a hedgehog. Guo Xu shouted angrily and wanted to draw his sword. was held down by Chen Song.

Mao Kan gave one of his hands:

"The two generals forgive me, and Kanzhi is also acting on orders. Please surrender your weapons. ”

It's a shame like never before.

Chen Song and Guo Xu have never taken off their swords since they became officers, not to mention in front of their brothers, even when they met Liu Yu.

But if it is hard at this moment, it will inevitably cause a fire and merge, although the two are brave, but they are not the opponents of so many armor riders, even if they do not die. Eventually, they were able to hand over their weapons in a more humiliating way.

Chen Song slowly took off his saber, stretched out his hand and handed it to a childish officer beside him, who took it with both hands with a little panicked expression, and turned around to hand it to a lieutenant beside Mao Kanzhi. After Guo Xu handed over his sword. Before he could reach out and pick off the hammer on his waist, one of the armored riders couldn't wait to take it off. He had just handed the gavel to another lieutenant. Mao Kanzhi, who was hit by the horse, whipped him fiercely, and the skin on the back of his hand suddenly tore a big hole. Mao Kanzhi scolded;

"What kind of dog thing are you. How dare you offend General Guo like this! General Guo's weapons have to be handed over by himself. We take it respectfully, how can we allow your dog's paws to move at will? Don't hurry up and make amends to the general! ”

The man apologized to Guo Xu repeatedly, but Guo Xu didn't appreciate Mao Kanzhi's affection, and accompanied Chen Song with an expressionless face, and the brothers walked forward silently. First they left their men, then they were disarmed, and they were no longer officers, but prisoners of their own. Guo Xu, like Chen Song, couldn't figure out what his guilt was. He thought of the secret letter, but if this matter was exposed, it would be Wang Xiu who would bear the brunt, if Wang Xiu didn't say it, no matter whether Chen Song or the fourth child would not surface. What's more, he himself only learned about it afterwards and did not participate in the planning. Unless......

Unless people want to deliberately connect.

At the thought of Zhu Lian, his heart immediately tightened.

He thought of Xiaoqiao and Xidu.

What happens to them if he makes a mistake?

Although the days of Xiaoqiao marrying him for a year are far less rich and generous than when she was in Jiangdong, she is also loving husband and wife, the small courtyard is abundant, peaceful and leisurely, and there is a taste. They already have their first child, and there will be a second, third, seventh, eighth. They would move to a larger courtyard and gradually take root in a corner of Chang'an City. When Guanzhong is really stable, and then welcome back the coffins of grandfather and parents, so that the grave is in Yan, the wife and children are in Yan, the brothers are in Yan, singing in Si, crying in Si, drunk in Si, fishing and hunting, and buried in Si, this life will also turn from the surging torrent to the river and the sea, and it will come to an end.

But if he loses it now, this qiē will be in vain.

Will it be damaged?

He was neither sure nor denied.

Turning his face to look at Chen Song, he was obviously also in deep thought.

Both of them are the same, the battlefield is invincible, the love field is home, and the good days have just come to an end.

Mao Kanzhi was obviously in a hurry to return to Chang'an, and stopped at a post station in Xianyang until late at night. Guo Xu and Chen Song were slept separately, as if they were afraid that they would conspire with something. Guo Xu tossed and turned for a while, but finally couldn't resist the sleepiness, fell asleep, and was woken up in the morning to find that only the battle robe was left, and the armor had been taken away. When I looked at Chen Song when I went out, the armor was gone.

The two of them smiled bitterly at each other: now they were ordinary people through and through, and there was no trace of a soldier except for the tan skin on their foreheads and the combat boots under their feet because of their helmets.

Then, they didn't see the horse.

Mao Kan beckoned, and a soldier came over with a carriage and made a gesture of please.

Except that there are no cages, this is already escorting prisoners.

Mao Kanzhi saw them sit still and asked someone to hand them two sheepskin jackets. Guo Xu felt a trace of warmth in his heart, thanking him for knowing that it was cold. At the moment when he put his hands into the sleeves of his leather jacket, a group of soldiers rushed from both sides, and while he could not use his hands, they pressed him down, and a thick hemp rope came over him, bound him hand and foot, and fixed him to the crossbar of the carriage. The same is true for Chen Song.

When the two of them couldn't move, Mao Kanzhi came over, his expression and words were both sincere:

"This is also a last resort. Both of them are 10,000 enemies, if they want to escape, Kan Zhi is afraid that his subordinates will not be able to stop him, so he made this decision, and I hope that the two generals will forgive. ”

Guo Xu was so angry that he trembled and couldn't speak, he had grown so big, he had never been so humiliated as a lamb waiting to be slaughtered today. Chen Song was very calm:

"The surname is Mao, I'm not surprised that you are so yin, I just wonder why you are so stupid! Lao Tzu didn't run away early or late, and he ran away when he saw Chang'an! ”

Mao Kanzhi snorted:

"Chang'an is now a den of thieves, and when you enter the city, you may be like a fish in water!"

Chen Song was taken aback.

It seems that something happened to Chang'an.

Since it is said that there is a den of thieves, it is that there is a villain force in Chang'an; Since it is said that he is like a fish in water, it is that Chen Song is considered a part of this force. Even if the matter of passing the secret letter is revealed, even if the people around Liu Yizhen are annoyed, at most it is just internal revenge, and they will never make things as if someone is going to rebel. But if it weren't for this matter, what else could be linked to Chen Song and Guo Xu, and still need to be on the top of the peak like a great enemy?

Chen Song flashed lightning, and suddenly thought of a possibility:

Yao exterminates the leopard!

Could it be that someone reported the last time Yao Anbao was released?

But no one knew about it that day.

He carefully went through all the insiders, and finally found the only suspect;

Purple clouds!

She may not have the intention of framing her, and she has no reason to frame her, but what if she leaks her mouth one day and is heard by a madman?

Lunatic!

This brother in the past is now neither friend nor foe, is it possible for him to report this matter to Shangfeng?

He was frightened by the thought. If this matter reached Liu Yizhen's ears, the Assassin Mansion would inevitably come to a conclusion: Chen Song and Guo Xu collaborated with the enemy. And that's not the scariest of all. The most terrifying thing is that Xiaoqiao and Mei Hong were both present at the time, so they even knew that they didn't report it, and they had to sit together. By the way, there are also Hu Luzheng and Xu Zhihao.

Sitting.

Clan punishment.

Babies also have to lose their heads.

Oh, my God!

But the thought changed in an instant. If it was really because of the release of Yao Annihilation Leopard that the prison was raised, then how could they only arrest him and Guo Xu and not Hu Luzheng and Xu Zhihao?

What would make the Assassin Mansion treat two loyal veterans of the Beifu like this?

He was drowsy with all kinds of sinister thoughts, his whole body was tormented by the speeding car, and his flesh was strangled by the tightly tied ropes. The cart was covered with armored horses on all sides, and at this height, only the horse's neck, the horse's buttocks, and the cowhide combat boots in the stirrups could be seen. He simply closed his eyes, lest he touch the scene and give birth to a strong sense of shame as a prisoner.

I don't know how long I was in a daze, but suddenly I heard one of the knights next to me say to another, thank goodness we finally arrived. When I opened my eyes, the car was already passing through the north gate of Chang'an, and the sound of the wheels pressing against the stone ground was very ominous.

The group galloped through the streets and drove until they reached the Assassin's Mansion. In the open space of the Assassin's Mansion, there was already a team of soldiers waiting, and the leader of the team turned out to be a madman. After Chen and Guo were untied, they got out of the car to move their muscles, and the soldiers wanted to drag them away, but they were stopped by the madman. When Chen Song stretched out his arms and turned his back to the sky, he found that there was something hanging on the flagpole in front of the mansion. He was facing east, blinded by the rising sun, and couldn't see what it was. After taking a few steps to the east, he finally saw clearly when he turned to face west.

The heart was immediately cut open by a knife made of ice.

It was a human head.

Wang Xiu! (To be continued......)

PS: Fate is unpredictable