A series of ugly words came out of Xu Liang's mouth, and Dai Yingying frowned when he heard it.

The scolding continued, Dai Yingying finally couldn't help it, slapped the stack of silver tickets in her hand on the side of the candlestick, and said coldly: "If you think that the fourth lady is not authentic, let's not cooperate with her, and the five thousand taels of silver will not suffer a loss when it comes to us." ”

Xu Liang was stunned for a moment, thought about it, and couldn't help laughing: "This is also true." ”

After a while, Xu Liang sighed again and said, "Although the fourth young lady is not righteous, we still have to help her." ”

"Why?"

Xu Liang said: "Not to mention the rich reward after the success of the matter, just this time we have neglected the prince, according to the prince's temperament, he will inevitably make trouble behind the back after this old guy returns to Beijing, it is rare to have the opportunity to kill people with a knife so that the prince can not return to Beijing, this kind of opportunity, it is a pity to miss it." ”

Thinking about the plan to murder Wang Tiqian, Xu Liang thought that he fell asleep very late.

The next day, Xu Liang called Luo Rucai over, and arranged it like this, and when Luo Rucai took the order, Xu Liang was about to pacing into the prince's room, when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps outside the yamen.

Xu Liang looked out in surprise, only to see a Liang army messenger rushing into the ya, sweating profusely, stopping in front of Xu Liang, presenting a letter with both hands, and shouting eagerly: "My lord, Pingliang is urgent!" ”

Xu Liang felt a grid in his heart, it had only been a few days since the 20,000 Liang army set off, and there was an urgent letter in Pingliang City? Quickly pulled the envelope, opened it and looked at it hurriedly, his face suddenly turned pale, and he waved his hand to rebuke the messenger, Xu Liangchao shouted at the Tsing Yi guards scattered around the yamen: "Pass the order, except for the pioneer battalion." All battalions urgently assemble! ”

A few Tsing Yi guards rushed out of the yamen and scattered.

The warbler who had just finished combing rushed out of the house. Surprised, he asked, "Xianggong, what's wrong?" ”

Xu Liang shoved the letter into her hand. He said in a deep voice: "Pack up your things, prepare the carriage, and go back to Pingliang." ”

With that, Xu Liang strode into the residence of the prince.

Seeing Xu Liang entering the house with a calm face, the prince asked inquiringly, "Lord Xu, what's wrong?"

Xu Liang calmed some of the anger in his chest and said in a deep voice: "Something happened in Pingliang City. Anton's central guard and the Pingliang guerrillas competed for the right to garrison the west gate of Pingliang. There was a clash and General Dai was seriously wounded. ”

"Huh? How so? The look of surprise on the face of the prince did not seem to be fake, and he shouted wildly in his heart: Sure enough, I did it!

Xu Liang's gaze stayed on the face of the prince for a while, and said regretfully: "Father-in-law, according to the news sent back by the spies from the periphery, a team of thieves was found fifty miles outside the city, which is likely to be the main force of the Li family's army. The official has to go back immediately, and I ask my father-in-law to worry more about the affairs here. ”

The prince's heart moved, and he remembered what his subordinates had heard. Xu Liang's carriage left the city in the middle of the night twice, and he was faintly uneasy, but the prince was an old man who had been polished in officialdom for many years. What is in my heart is a matter of a moment.

"Lord Xu is polite." Wang Gonggong understood very well and said kindly: "Pingliang is the foundation of the Liang army. Pingliang does not allow for mistakes, and Lord Xu can go back with confidence. ”

"That's right. Then I'll leave it to you. Xu Liang arched his hand and said: "Early in the morning, I have ordered the vanguard battalion to prepare to go out of the city to pursue and suppress the Li family's army, but Luo Xianfeng is a rough man, it is okay to charge into battle, if it is said that the marching strategy is not enough, since the official wants to rush back to Pingliang, then please also ask the prince to go out with the army, so as to check for Luo Xianxian." ”

"How can this be?" The prince instinctively wanted to shirk and said.

"Oh, this official has the right to say this, and it is up to your father-in-law to make up your mind whether to go or not." Xu Liang chuckled and arched his hand at the prince, "Farewell!" ”

"Walk slowly."

Xu Liang walked to the door, paused suddenly, and said as if explaining: "It is reported that Li Xinbei, the leader mentioned by my father-in-law a few days ago, is very likely to be in this team. ”

The prince shrank suddenly, his eyes followed the background of Xu Liang's disappearance, thoughtfully.

Outside the yamen, Dai Yingying and others had already prepared the carriage, and the Tsing Yi guards lined up and were ready to set off at any time. Xing Zhongshan, Wan Wenshan and other Liang generals got the order, and after assembling the army, they came to wait outside the state office, Xu Liang explained a few words to the generals, and briefly said what happened in Pingliang City, and several tiger generals turned around and left.

Xu Liang got into the carriage, Dai Yingying jumped on the front of the carriage, flicked the whip, and the carriage started slowly, and then accelerated and ran.

Wang Gonggong and his subordinates stood outside the gate of the state government, watching Xu Liang's carriage arch back and forth and leave quickly.

The carriage was out of sight, and the sound of heavy marching footsteps was heard from the direction of the barracks from a distance, and the unique horn sound of the Liang army was also sounded one after another, whining and drifting in the Jingning City in the early morning.

The prince stood with his hands in his hands for a while, squinting slightly, not knowing where he looked or what he was thinking.

Regarding Xu Liang's remarks about the accident in Pingliang Mansion, Wang Gonggong was very willing to believe it, not to mention whether Anton's Zhongwei Ye Yanqing and his gang had the courage to compete with the Liang army, but only whether Zhang Fengqi, the prefect of Pingliang, would be tough, regardless of the consequences of provoking Xu Liang, he blatantly stood on the side of Commander Ye and supported Commander Ye to seize the right to defend Pingliang City.

The prince would not believe that Zhang Zhifu had the courage to die, and at the reception banquet that night, Zhang Zhifu's nest was like a bear, and several people present could see it.

At this moment, a Dongchang fan galloped over, turned over and dismounted, and whispered a few words in the ear of the prince.

Wang Gonggong's face changed, and he asked in disbelief, "Is that really the case?" ”

Fanzi nodded affirmatively and said, "General Dai was hit by an arrow in the chest and was hurriedly carried into the Xu Mansion by his own soldiers, which was seen by the brothers in Pingliang City. ”

It turns out that Governor Zhang really has the guts! Wang Gonggong thought that since the turmoil in Pingliang was true, it was reasonable for Xu Liang's anxiety and hurry, and it was a trivial matter that the city gate was robbed by Anton's central guards, but the Pingliang guerrilla general Dai Feng was injured by an arrow, which is not trivial! No wonder Xu Liang burned the fire.

Wang Gonggong came to his senses and shouted urgently to the captain of Dongchang who was beside him: "Go to the camp to see if Luo Xianfeng is out of the city!"

Luo Xianfeng was already dressed neatly, and he was just about to lead the army out of the city. The prince arranged the defense of Jingning City, and led his forty or fifty Dongchang fans to join the expedition.

Luo Xianfeng looked much more modest than a few days ago, following the carriage of the princess, one head behind the horse, walking unhurriedly, coming forward from time to time, smiling and greeting a few times.

"Luo Xianxian, where is the place where the Li Jiajun reported by the spies appeared?" The prince was still quite satisfied with Luo Xianxian's attitude, and even when he asked, his voice was much softer, and he would not listen harshly.

Luo Xianxian's horsewhip pointed forward and said, "Father-in-law, please look, the place where the spies reported is in the canyon ahead." ”

Wang Gonggong looked in the direction pointed by Luo Xianxian, and saw an urn-shaped canyon entrance in front of him, with high mountains and dense forests on both sides, and there was only one road in the canyon to walk.

Looking at the lush mountains and forests, the prince hesitated and asked: "The terrain here is dangerous, so you must investigate carefully, and you must not be careless." ”

Luo Xianfeng shook his head indifferently and said with a smile: "Father-in-law, don't worry, the last general has sent a ranger to explore the way into the canyon first." ”

After a while, the pathfinder rode past the marching infantry of the vanguard battalion and headed for the carriage.

"Report! After the front inspection, a qiē was normal. ”

Since it was normal, it was difficult for the prince to say anything, and more than 3,000 Liang troops slowly drove into the canyon.

As the team continued to deepen, the prince's heart became more and more uneasy.

Suddenly, the forward of the team roared angrily: "Enemy attack!" ”

"Alert!"

There was an orderly commotion in the vanguard battalion, and archers, sword and shield men, and pikemen formed a defensive formation in front of them according to the way they had long been trained. Luo Xianfeng patted the horse's back and stepped forward. Wang Gonggong turned his head towards the captain of Dongchang, and the captain also followed the horse to the front.

In the middle of the canyon is a gourd shape that spreads outward, and in the middle of a flat land about ten meters wide, a troop of thieves with thousands of people will block the middle of the road, staring at the vanguard battalion soldiers opposite.

The captain of Dongchang looked at it for a while, looked at the steep slopes on both sides, and arched his hand towards Luo Xianxian: "Luo Xianxian, beware of the other party's ambush!" ”

Luo Xianfeng glanced at him, held the gun in his hand, and laughed: "You captain is too careful, even a thief with thousands of people dares to block the way of my pioneer battalion!" The soldiers of the pioneer battalion, follow this general to kill! ”

The vanguard battalion burst out with a shout, screaming all the way, following behind Luo Xianxian, rushing towards the rogue team that was waiting on the opposite side. (To be continued......)