The sun was setting in the west, it was already past the time to hurry, there were fewer ox carts and armor soldiers on the official road, Zhou Wu drove the horses to continue to gallop, at this time it was close to Yaozhou Station, Zhou Wu drove nearly two hundred miles in one day. Both horses were sweating, although Zhou Wu had special training in riding two horses and knew how to adjust the horse's body, but after dark he was ready to leave the official road and enter the field near Yaozhou, where it was impossible to ride in the dark, so he did not deliberately keep the horse's body.

Yaozhou Fort was soon in sight, it was located between Haizhou and Gaizhou, it was an important node, Gaizhou was deserted when it was useless, after the Battle of Lushun began to be valued by the Houjin, they repaired the walls of Yaozhou Fort, and moved some of the Zhenyi with red flags to live.

The official road passes through the fort, although there are other roads to bypass, but they are all within the sight of the city wall, and abandoning the official road and taking the trail will attract the attention of the Houjin armor soldiers, so Zhou Wu decided to pass guò directly from the fort.

At this time, the city gate was not closed, Zhou Wu learned the style of the Houjintang horse, took out a back flag and held it high, and a Houjin white-armored soldier on duty glanced at him lazily, and did not stop him from asking. Zhou Wu put away his flag and rode his horse, the roadside in the city was crowded with ox carts, and the road seemed very crowded.

There was a sound of horses' hooves behind him, and Zhou Wu didn't turn his head to look, the sound of horses' hooves came behind him, and an enthusiastic voice said: "Ha, it's also our brother with a white flag, where are you going." ”

Zhou Wu turned his head and saw a young Zhenyi Tangma looking at him with a smile behind him, Zhou Wu smiled back and said in Mongolian: "It's not a message, where did you come from?" I see that your face is tight, which cow recorded it? ”

Zhou Wu casually perfunctory, and asked which Tang Ma in turn. Natang Ma was very young, quite outgoing, and he didn't look guarded, he said to Zhou Wu happily: "I came from Haizhou." The master of Yierhan asked me to go to Gaizhou to see the number of grain and grass we have with white flags, I am also a soldier who has just entered, no wonder you don't recognize me, big brother. ”

Zhou Wu nodded and said, "It turned out to be recorded by Niu Erhan, the master of Yierhan." Then you all walked with Fourteen Belles, and lived far from us, and the grain and grass were separated from us. ”

That Zhenyi Tangma nodded again and again, because what Zhou Wu said was the real situation. The white flag is two large parts, namely Azig and Dolgon, and Dolgon usually does not control Azig's self-managed cattle record. And there are some contradictions between the two sides in private. Zhou Wu is the elite of the Intelligence Bureau, and he knows all about the shape of the various banners of the Houjin, and he deliberately said this to imply this Zhenyi Tangma, so that he should not be close to himself, so as to avoid losing too much of his words.

Unbeknownst to him, the Zhenyi Tangma was very enthusiastic, and he continued to ask Zhou Wu: "Then the eldest brother, you must be from the side of the master of the Twelve Baylors." So what are you going to do in Gaizhou? ”

Zhou Wu replied coldly: "I can't tell you about this." ”

The Tang Ma touched his nose, but he didn't care at all, "Which cow recorded the eldest brother, I have two relatives and friends who are also in the Twelve Baylor Cattle Records, maybe you know the eldest brother." ”

Zhou Wu was very impatient with Zhenyi Tangma, if there was no one around, he was afraid that he would be cut off with a knife, he stabilized his mood and asked the Tangma calmly: "Then you tell me their names, maybe it is really me who is a cow." ”

Zhenyi Tangma didn't think too much, he immediately said two names, one was his maternal uncle, Zhou Wu asked suspiciously: "It seems that you have heard it, they were recorded by that cow?" ”

Zhenyi Tangma said with expectation: "Niu Lu is really the master of the shell. ”

At this time, the two of them followed behind the ox convoy, and they were already close to the south gate, and there were many armor soldiers on duty around them. Zhou Jun's thoughtful appearance dragged out time, and the real Yitang horse was a familiar acquaintance, constantly reminding Zhou Wu.

Zhou Wu suddenly clapped his hands, "Is it the family that just got married?" ”

The Zhenyi soldier said excitedly: "It's not a daughter-in-law, a daughter-in-law who only married last year." ”

Zhou Wu was originally talking nonsense, he looked at the age of the Zhenyi armor soldiers, and guessed that his maternal uncle should also be in his forties, almost when the children got married, after listening to the words of the Zhenyi armor soldiers, he frowned and thought for a moment and said: "It seems that yes, someone in our Niu Lu went to see the ceremony, but I haven't been there, it should be that family." ”

The Zhenyi soldier pulled the relationship, and the conversation box immediately opened, starting from this relative, and pulling it to other relatives, the two suddenly seemed very enthusiastic, Zhou Wu observed the surrounding situation, and talked at the same time, trying to keep the topic away. The Mongolian language that Zhenyi had been using, the soldiers next to him looked at their appearance, and they didn't come over to ask, and finally the ox convoy went out of the city, and Zhou Wu breathed a sigh of relief.

After Zhou Wu left the city, he whipped on the horse stock, and the Zhenyi armor soldier shouted: "Big brother, my horsepower is not good, you go slower and we will go to Gaizhou together, and we will stay in Polo Pot at night, and I have some wine hidden on my body." ”

The idea of taking this Zhenyi Tangma and then stabbing it in no one flashed, Zhou Wu immediately denied the idea, what he needed was to go to the beach to deliver the letter, not to kill a person and make more trouble, and said loudly at the moment: "I have urgent business, so I won't wait for you, and I'll talk about it in Gaizhou." He said as he beat the horse, the armor soldier did not pass the urgent message, he only had one horse, he did not dare to hurry like Zhou Wu, so he had to say loudly behind him: "My name is Musegg, eldest brother, you can find me when you go to the fourteen Baylor camp in Gaizhou......"

Zhou Wu responded from afar, and finally got rid of this chatter, and Zhou Wu's mood relaxed a lot.

"When Lao Tzu finds you again, you will be miserable." Zhou Wu thought proudly in his heart.

Zhou Wu continued to gallop, and soon threw the armor soldier out of sight, and after Yaozhou Fort, there was Polo Pot in front, which was about thirty miles away from Gaizhou, which could already be regarded as a front line, and the inventory would be much stricter. Zhou Wu estimated that the Tangma would also spend the night there, but Zhou Wu did not need to enter the Polo Po.

In the early years, Polo Po was also cleaned up by Dai Shan, and later some people were moved, but because of its proximity to Gaizhou, it was attacked in successive offensives in Dengzhou, except for the Polo Pot, the surrounding countryside was completely deserted, especially from Polo Po to the seaside, there was no one inhabited, and the Dengzhou special service team often used that area to land activities, there were two fixed joint locations, and sometimes there would be special service personnel there to answer, which were very beneficial to Zhou Wu's stealth. Therefore, Zhou Wu would break away from the official road before Polo Po and sneak to the sea to get a boat at night.

The sun was getting closer and closer to the western horizon, and some of the armored soldiers who came and went were in a hurry, and they had no intention of talking to Zhou Wu. Success is in sight. Zhou Wu proudly hummed a minor tune, but he still remained vigilant, and even the minor tune he hummed was Jiannu's.

After about a quarter of an hour's clearance, more than a dozen cavalry soldiers appeared on the side of the road. They were all wearing chain mail, and they were giving the horses water to drink by a pond, and Zhou Wu put away his thoughts, because the armored soldiers were sturdy and calm. There was a faint murderous aura, obviously not a new Ding like the Tang Ma just now, and. They are also inlaid with white flags.

Zhou Wu hit the horse and sped up the horse's speed. The two sides quickly approached, and Zhou Wu did not avoid his gaze, but looked at them a few times like a normal Zhenyi, and the armored soldiers feeding the horses on the side of the road just glanced up, and most of them ignored Zhou Wu.

Just when he thought he was going to pass the test, a Yi language sounded in the group, and Zhou Wu had learned some Manchu language. I heard that it was to ask someone to ask, and sure enough, a soldier came out of the pile, and he asked Zhou Wu loudly, "Which Niu Lu?" ”

Zhou Wu had to stop, and said angrily in skilled Mongolian language: "Which of your cattle is recording, what is it to stop Lao Tzu, I don't know that it is a big crime to stop the pond horse." ”

Seeing that Zhou Wu was violent, and Houjin also had a rule that Tang Ma was not allowed to be delayed, he coughed and said, "We are the ...... recorded by Niu Niu, the master of the Bazaar ceremony."

Zhou Wu stared at the eyes of the armored soldier and interrupted: "Lao Tzu doesn't need to tell you Niu Lu, Lao Tzu was sent to Gaizhou by the Fourteenth Baylor." ”

The soldier gritted his teeth and asked, "What are you doing at this time?" ”

Zhou Wu said coldly: "Fourteen Baylor doesn't want people to know, are you qualified to ask me." But I can tell you that Lao Tzu has urgent military affairs, so if you want your dog's head, get out of the way. ”

The armor soldier's eyes were fierce, and several scars on his face seemed to be about to erupt fire, but Zhou Wu concluded that he didn't dare to come to the real thing, because Bazali was Azig's subordinate, and Zhou Wu said that he was Dolgon's cronies, although there was a conflict between the two above, but Dolgon was the flag bearer after all, and the people below would not offend them lightly.

Sure enough, there was a shout from the people who were feeding the horses over there, and the armored soldiers hatefully pushed away two steps and got out of the way, Zhou Wu looked at him without showing weakness for a moment, and after he got out of the way, he beat the horse and left, and in a moment he was away from those armored soldiers.

Lucky again, Zhou Wu's back was already soaked with sweat, those armor soldiers were veterans of a hundred battles, if they were recognized, it would be absolutely difficult for him to escape, but after a while, he thought of a loophole, and beads of sweat appeared on his head again.

Zhou Wu immediately whipped the horse on the horse, the mount snorted and sped up a few steps, and immediately slowed down again, Zhou Wu's all-day gallop had basically exhausted the bodies of the two horses, and he couldn't get up fast at this time.

Zhou Wu cursed in his heart, immediately glanced back at the direction of the sun, and observed the surroundings at a turning position, there are a lot of wild grasses on both sides of the official road here, and shrubs taller than people, it is an excellent place to get out of the road, he rode his horse away from the official road, first ran east into the wild grass on the side of the road, after running forward for a while, he jumped off the horse, took off two coats, loaded four stones in them, and then put them on the back of Fang Cai's mount, this horse is slightly poor, it is already difficult to accelerate, he intends to use it to make a deception.

After the blanket was loaded, Zhou Wu led the horse's head to the east, and then pulled out a short knife and stabbed the horse strands, the horse neighed miserably, and ran eastward. After Zhou Wu looked at the marks of trampling in the grass, he broke a few branches of several nearby shrubs, and then immediately turned around and got on another horse, crossed the official road and entered the grassy wilderness to the west......

"I have bought three oxen, pulled a cart of cheese, and tied with ura grass......," said the chatter, humming a song, and walking leisurely along the official road, preparing to spend the night at Polo Po, and should be able to arrive before the sun sets.

More than a dozen armored soldiers appeared on the side of the road, and when the Tang horse saw that it was inlaid with a white flag, he roared with joy: "Brothers, I am also inlaid with a white flag, where are you going." ”

Those soldiers looked unwilling to deal with him, and Tang Ma was about to leave, but he heard someone there command, and a soldier reluctantly came out and asked: "Which of your cattle is recorded, and which master is helping to pass the message?" ”

Tang Ma said in detail: "I am a subordinate of the Fourteenth Baylor, I went to Gaizhou to ask for the grain and grass of our banner, but today I have been walking for a day, and I have met three times the people we have with white flags, are you going back to Gaizhou, we can be together." ”

The soldier waved his hand boredly, and said loudly to the feeding horse: "Master, it's the Fourteen Baylors again." ”

Tang Ma was overjoyed and said: "It turns out that you have also met the people of the Fourteen Baylors, but I just met the people of the Twelve Baylors in Yaozhou Fort, he should have just passed, the two horses, you can see it." ”

Soldier A lazily replied: "I saw ......"

"You say he's a dozen Baylor!" A cold question from the pond interrupted the soldier's reply, and several of the soldiers outside got out of the way, revealing Xingna's grim face.