The mount was still a little worse, although in order to buy this horse, it cost Chen Yingliang more than half of the copper money obtained from selling the engagement jade, but when he rode to the city of the eastern capital at the risk of running away from the horse, the time was already noon on June 11, and the new city of the eastern capital was already under martial law, and the inner and outer city gates were closed, blocking Chen Yingliang's footsteps from entering the city to join the army.

Finally came here, Chen Yingliang of course refused to give up, after a little pondering, Chen Yingliang circled around the eastern capital for a small half circle, turned to the northeast corner of the eastern capital outside the Anxi Gate, from the building outside the city to judge that the Anxi Gate should be the city gate that the people can enter, then dismounted on foot, led the horse slowly approached the city gate, as a result of just approaching the moat, before he had time to walk on the stone bridge of the moat, there was already a loud shout above the city gate, "Stop!" Blind? I didn't see that the city gate was closed, what did I want to do on the bridge? ”

Chen Yingliang followed the sound and saw that the person who shouted to himself on the city wall was a Sui army general wearing Mingguang armor, and at the same time, a row of bows and arrows were also shown behind the arrow battlements of the city wall, Chen Yingliang was still a little flustered, and after taking a deep breath, he shouted loudly: "General, don't misunderstand, Xiaosheng is a Daxing clan, I heard that the traitor Yang Xuangan rebelled and made a rebellion, threatening the Eastern Capital, and specially came to join the army to serve the country, and killed the traitor Yang Xuangan, please accept it!" ”

"Join the army?" Chen Yingliang's answer made the Sui army general stunned, looked at Chen Yingliang condescendingly, and then asked loudly: "How old are you this year?" Not by the age of twenty-one? ”

"Xiaosheng is seventeen years old this year." Chen Yingliang answered truthfully, and at the same time had some doubts, and said in his heart what am I doing at my age?

"Bastard boy, you're entertaining me?" The general of the Sui army was furious and roared: "According to the law of this dynasty, the soldiers of the government must be at least twenty-one years old, and the little doll of seventeen years old, what is the reason for running to mix with it?" Get lost! If you want to join my right guard, I'll talk about it when I'm twenty-one years old! ”

"There is still this rule when you are a soldier in the Sui Dynasty?" This time it was Chen Yingliang's turn to be dumbfounded, because Chen Yingliang really didn't know that the Sui Dynasty army had this regulation.

"Get out! Otherwise, you will release the arrows! The general of the Sui army was an anxious man, and urged: "If you want to be an auxiliary soldier of the township soldiers, go to the old city of Luoyang, this is the imperial city of the eastern capital, if you don't accept the township soldiers, get out immediately!" ”

"Master Jun, can you let me come close and talk?" Chen Yingliang opened his mouth and begged, wanting to show Fang Xuanling's letter of recommendation to see if there were any knowledgeable people in the Eastern Capital.

"Less nonsense! Get lost! The general of the Sui army didn't take advantage of Chen Yingliang's stubble, and shouted: "The eastern capital is under martial law, and idlers are not allowed to enter and exit, if you want to be a soldier and eat food, go to the old city in the west, or go to Bai Sima Ban, where there is a war, maybe they will accept you!" ”

"Bai Sima Ban is fighting?" Chen Yingliang was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "General, how do you go to Bai Sima Ban?" Xiaosheng is willing to go to the front line to serve! ”

"Hahahaha! What a kid who isn't afraid of death! The Sui army general laughed, and the Sui army soldiers next to him also laughed. - I can't help but laugh, you know, just yesterday when Fan Zigai, who stayed in the eastern capital, decided to send troops to meet the enemy, the generals and soldiers in the eastern capital were all afraid of being picked on their own team, and as a result, they were all happy to go out of the city to face the battle, and those who were selected to go into battle cried and wiped their tears, and now Chen Yingliang asked where there was a battlefield to go to, and the defenders of the eastern capital who were lucky not to be sent to the battlefield really couldn't laugh if they didn't want to.

After laughing, the general of the Sui army had the intention of watching a good show, and really pointed out the way to the Bai Sima Ban battlefield to Chen Yingliang, and kindly told Chen Yingliang, saying that the main commander who led the army to quell the rebellion would be Henan Zanzhi Pei Hongce, Chen Yingliang was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly, and he really immediately got on his horse and rushed to the eastern battlefield. Looking at Chen Yingliang's happy departure, the generals and soldiers of the Sui army on the city wall leaned forward and backwards, laughing heartily, but they were so happy and sad, just when they were laughing extremely happily, there was a majestic shout behind them, "What are you laughing at?" On duty on the city wall, why is it out of shape?! ”

Hearing this reprimand, everyone looked back, and immediately frightened their souls, and hurriedly closed their voices and saluted, it turned out that what appeared in front of them was Fan Zigai, the highest military and civil governor in the eastern capital who was left behind with a large number of overseers and was now the highest military and civil governor in the eastern capital!

Fan Zigai, who is nearly seventy years old, is already full of white hair, but he is still wearing dozens of pounds of Mingguang armor, his armor is neat, his old body is standing straight as a pine, his expression is extremely majestic, and his momentum is overwhelming, and he asked, "What's wrong?" Why are they all laughing like this? ”

"Stay behind, just now there was a little ghost who wanted to join the army, saying that he wanted to serve the country and kill the traitor Yang Xuangan." The previous general of the Sui army played truthfully: "Because he was only seventeen years old, the last general confiscated him, saying that if he wanted to be an auxiliary soldier of the township army, he could go to the front line of Bai Sima Ban, but the little ghost was really stunned and went to the front line, and the brothers felt strange, so they all laughed." ”

"What's so funny about that?" Fan Zigai was furious, and said angrily: "Look at the ambition of others, I want to serve the country at the age of seventeen, I want to kill the traitor Yang Xuangan, and then look at yourself, who is more ridiculous?!" ”

All the soldiers of the Sui army present were speechless, but Fan Zigai shouted again: "Also, don't think that he is only seventeen years old, so he is destined to not be able to do great things!" Sue you, Qi County Zanzhi Zhang Xutuo, this year there is a new young general named Luo Shixin, who is only fourteen years old! Do you know how many enemies this fourteen-year-old general has killed on the battlefield of Weishui? Speaking out scares you to death! After the first battle of Weishui, he killed three thief generals and twenty-five thief soldiers by himself! ”

"Fourteen-year-old imp, so crazy?!"

The soldiers of the Sui army who heard this all gasped, and some people screamed, but Fan Zigai snorted coldly and said: "The seventeen-year-old boy just now, although the old man didn't see his people, but with his ambition, the old man dared to say that you missed a talent!" You will regret it in the future! ”

"Lord Stay-at-Guard, do you want the last general to send someone to chase him back?" The previous general of the Sui army said timidly: "He has just left, and it is too late to chase after him now." ”

"No need." Fan Zigai shook his head and said: "Since he went to Bai Sima Ban, then he must have gone to Pei Hongce, Pei Hongce was there to face the thief Yang Xuanting, just to give him a chance to show his strength, if this kid is really a talent, the old man will definitely be able to see him in the future." ”

The general of the Sui army only agreed and retreated to the side, but Fan Zigai turned his gaze to the direction of the battlefield in the east, and muttered in his heart, "It should have reached the stage of fierce battle, Pei Hongce, Da Xi is kind, you must not let the old man down." ”

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Let's turn back and take a look at Chen Yingliang's situation, bidding farewell to the Sui generals who pointed the way, Chen Yingliang wanted to go straight to the battlefield quickly, but after running for two or three miles, Chen Yingliang, who had been running for several days, was a little unbearable under his crotch, the speed was getting slower and slower, and he began to foam at the mouth, Chen Yingliang couldn't help it, in order not to let this pit father die expensive horse tired to death, Chen Yingliang had to dismount again, and led the horse on foot for a while to save horsepower. Fortunately, the distance from Bai Sima Ban is not too far, and you can reach it before dark on foot.

Thinking about how to flatter Pei Hongce, who led the army to quell the rebellion, Chen Yingliang unconsciously walked out of the seven or eight miles of road, and saw that the mount had recovered a certain body, Chen Yingliang got on the horse again, ready to continue to ride the horse eastward, but not long after the horse trotted, Chen Yingliang suddenly heard a loud noise in front of him, a knight wearing Mingguang armor but not wearing a helmet rushed over, followed by a dozen cavalrymen with weapons, constantly shouting, "Chase!" Pursue! Get him! Catch this official! ”

"What's wrong?" Chen Yingliang was taken aback, subconsciously strangled his mount, and quickly drew his knife in his hand.

"Boom!" When he was only ten steps away from Chen Yingliang, the war horse under the helmet knight's crotch suddenly neighed miserably and fell to the ground with a bang, and it was only at this time that Chen Yingliang saw that the helmet knight's war horse was wounded, and the horse's blood had already dyed one leg red. At the same time, after the war horse fell, he also pressed the helmetless knight with his cape under the horse.

"Hahaha!" The cavalrymen chasing the Helmetless Knights laughed wildly and scrambled to shout, "Catch them alive!" Catch it alive! ”

"Little brother, save me!" The helmetless knight also screamed, crying and pleading, "Help me, save me!" ”

"What to do?!" Without knowing the slightest about the situation, Chen Yingliang made a choice to decide the direction of his life, "I'd rather send charcoal in the snow than icing on the cake!" Save! It's more rewarding than helping the winners! ”

Determined, Chen Yingliang immediately slapped his horse and rushed up, went to the helmless knight's horse, jumped off the horse and pulled him out of the war horse, and pushed him onto his mount. You're looking for death! Hold it! Hold it! Don't run! ”

There were more than a dozen pursuers behind, of course Chen Yingliang would not run, without saying a word, he climbed on his mount, sat behind the helmetless knight, and fled west with him.

It stands to reason that the expensive dead horse that Chen Yingliang rode was difficult to run too fast after carrying two people, but fortunately, the horse bodies of the chasing soldiers behind may have also consumed a lot in the previous battle, so Chen Yingliang and the helmetless knight rode together for more than two miles, and only one of the pursuers barely chased Chen Yingliang's flank, and swung a knife to cut Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang hurriedly waved his knife to parry, and used the army knife technique left in the memory of the dead ghost Chen Yingliang, collided with the chaser's horizontal knife, and struggled to swing away the chaser's saber, and the chaser sighed, Without saying a word, it's another slash.

"Damn! Fight! In the troubled times, Chen Yingliang didn't want to cut people, but he didn't want to be cut off, seeing that the pursuer wanted his life with two knives in succession, and the pursuers behind him were getting closer and closer, Chen Yingliang also went out, neither dodging nor dodging, and roared and slashed the head of the pursuer directly, using a scoundrel style that ended up together.

"Holy shit!" The pursuer was taken aback by Chen Yingliang's rogue play, and he was unwilling to die with Chen Yingliang in sight, so he could only quickly turn sideways on the horse and dodge Chen Yingliang's fatal knife, and at the same time, his knife to slash Chen Yingliang naturally failed, and the helmetless knight who controlled the mount for Chen Yingliang took the opportunity to kick the horse's belly, forcing Chen Yingliang's dead horse to speed up and reopen the distance from the pursuers.

"Stop!" Another pursuer approached, and stabbed Chen Yingliang in the back with a spear, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to turn around and swing his knife and slash the spear, shouting in his mouth, "Die!" ”

Bang, to Chen Yingliang's surprise, a knife slashed on the spear, his tanned steel horizontal knife, which can only be regarded as an ordinary good knife, actually cut off the spear handle at once, Chen Yingliang took a closer look, only to find that the spear shaft was quite rough, it was a spear shaft cut from ordinary miscellaneous wood, the quality was very poor, and naturally Chen Yingliang couldn't stop Chen Yingliang from cutting out a knife with his milking strength.

"Well done!" The helmetless knight saw it out of the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but shout loudly, "Little brother, if my soldiers were like you, I wouldn't have lost so badly today!" ”

Chen Yingliang didn't understand the words of the helmetless knight at all, but shouted at a small forest on the side of the road, "Brothers, come out quickly!" I brought people in, came out to kill people and steal horses! Fast! Come out and kill and steal horses! Come on! Brethren! ”

"There is an ambush?!" The pursuers behind were startled, and subconsciously turned their heads to look at the groves, unconsciously slowed down their horses, and beware of the ambushes that came out of the woods.

I don't know if it's because Chen Yingliang's deception was successful, or the city wall of the eastern capital is already in sight, the dozen or so chasing soldiers saw Chen Yingliang running away, and finally did not chase again, scolded and chose to turn around and go back, looking back and seeing this scene, Chen Yingliang and the helmetless knight were relieved, but still did not dare to stop, still continued to urge the horse to gallop, and fled to the eastern capital together.

Probably fate, the helmetless knight controlled the mount, and actually brought Chen Yingliang back to the Anxi Gate, where he had been rejected before, and when he was less than a mile away from the city gate, Chen Yingliang's dead noble horse finally couldn't support such a violent load gallop, and he neighed and foamed at the mouth and fell on the road, taking Chen Yingliang and the helmetless knight to the ground together, but fortunately, the chasing soldiers had gone away and the danger had been eliminated, so the helmetless knight and Chen Yingliang not only did not scream and fear, They were still lying on the ground and laughing together.

After laughing enough, Chen Yingliang pulled out his leg from under the horse, stood up with his hands on the ground, and once again helped the helmetless knight wearing heavy armor to his feet, and it was also at this time that Chen Yingliang found that the helmetless knight was a middle-aged man in his early forties, with blood on his face in addition to sweat and mud, and there were also blood stains on the Mingguang armor, as if he had just gone through a fierce battle. In addition, Chen Yingliang also carefully discovered that this helmetless knight only had a scabbard on his body, but the sword was missing.

"Little brother, thank you so much today, if it weren't for you, I would have died today." The Helmetless Knight thanked him first, and then asked, "By the way, I haven't asked for your high name yet." ”

"I don't dare to say thank you for the effort." Chen Yingliang was pretended to be modest, and replied: "Xiaosheng Chen Yingliang, Daxing people." ”

"It turned out to be Brother Chen." The Helmet Knight nodded, and asked curiously, "Brother Chen, why did you go to Bai Sima Ban just now?" You don't know that there is a war going on there? ”

"I know, it's because I know that I went to Bai Sima Ban." Chen Yingliang replied truthfully: "Xiaosheng was recommended by others, and he wanted to go to Liaodong to join the army to serve the country, but who knew that after arriving in Mianchi, he heard that the rebel Yang Xuan felt the rebellion, and Xiaosheng was angry, and decided to defect to the army to participate in the counterinsurgency. ”

"Are you going to Bai Sima Ban to join the army? Are you not afraid of death? The helmetless knight's face was full of astonishment.

"Serve the country and be loyal to the emperor, why be afraid?" Chen Yingliang replied shamelessly.

"And who are you going to go to?" The helmetless knight asked.

"Henan Zanzhi, Pei Hongce Pei Daren." Chen Yingliang continued to answer truthfully, "Xiao Sheng heard that he was the commander of the counterinsurgency army sent by the imperial court, so he wanted to defect to him, serve under him, and participate in the counterinsurgency war. ”

After that, Chen Yingliang had an idea again, and hurriedly said to the helmetless knight: "My lord, Xiaosheng and Master Pei don't know each other, and they come from humble backgrounds, even if they go to him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get him to meet in person, I wonder if the adults can be gracious and introduce one or two to Xiaosheng?" ”

"There is no need to introduce me, I am Pei Hongce." The helmetless knight replied with a wry smile: "It's a pity that you came one step late, my 8,000 army has been wiped out, and I am left with a bare-bones commander." ”

"Ahh Chen Yingliang was really surprised this time, not surprised by Pei Hongce's annihilation, but shocked that he could encounter such good luck and go to the army to save the commander of the target army!

After the shock, Chen Yingliang hurriedly knelt down to Pei Hongce, saluted respectfully and said: "Xiaosheng Chen Yingliang, I have seen Lord Zanzhi Pei, Xiaosheng has no long skills, but he only has one heart to serve the court, willing to serve the adult, and dare to ask the adult to take him in."