"Ye Gong, Cheng Qianli's army is in danger in Huainan and Henan, and it must be saved"

After coming back to his senses, Li Cheng said eagerly, the troops in Cheng Qianli's hands are the most mobile troops of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains, although these forbidden troops have been stationed in Gyeonggi for a long time and have been fighting for a long time, they are still trained, and they are much more decent than the group of people that Ye Chang is recruiting now.

If something goes wrong with this army, it means that in front of the traitors, from Huainan Province to Henan Province, there is no strength to resist the rebels.

"How can I save it?" Ye Chang was a little irritable, and rolled his eyes at Li Cheng: "You say, how to help."

Li Cheng was dumbfounded, and said sneeringly for a while: "Ye Gong is a famous general in the world, there will always be, there will always be a way"

"It's difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, with these soldiers, how can I save it" Ye Chang scolded, somewhat out of shape.

The Central Plains will be chaotic, he expected, he made a lot of preparations for this, but when the chaos really started, he realized that his so-called preparations were a drop in the bucket in front of this. If Cheng Qianli can't defeat those traitors quickly, Huaxia will suffer great losses, and the regret that Ye Chang has wanted to change since he came to this world has made Huaxia turn from expansion to introverted regret is impossible to talk about.

If it is like the Anshi Rebellion, most of the people are lost, and it is good to be able to hold the essence of the Central Plains with only a little remnant of the population, and what else can be used to compete for the river, what to use with the Bohai Sea and Silla to compete for Liaodong, not to mention Ye Chang's next plan to open up the South China Sea.

"Now look at Da Xikun and Lu Yi...... If they can recruit some men, the situation will be different...

As soon as Ye Chang said this, he saw dust rising in the distance, he frowned, and his heart suddenly jumped: there seemed to be something unusual

The people of Henan Province have a lot of complaints because of the famine and the harsh government of the imperial court, and Ye Chang also knows about this matter, but his sources are mainly concentrated in the two cities of Chang'an and Luoyang, and the remote villages where the clan's power is stronger, and his strength is basically unable to intervene. Therefore, although Ye Chang knew that Henan Road was also unstable, he did not realize how serious the problem was.

After all, he is not omniscient, his attention is focused on the city, and he inevitably neglects the countryside.

When I looked at it again, I found that there were two bloodstained servants, and when they arrived in front of Ye Chang, they couldn't breathe: "Ye Gong, Ye Gong...... Big things are not good...... Oh no, something happened."

"You ...... You went to Chenliu with Duke Lu to recruit soldiers, what's going on? Li Cheng recognized the two errand officers and asked in surprise.

"Ye Gong, Li Gong, no, we just arrived in Xingyang, and we met thieves...... Lu Gong was killed, and we were the only ones who escaped, and the thieves were powerful, thousands."

The thieves are powerful, in the thousands

Li Cheng felt dizzy for a moment, and the whole person almost fell to the ground, he was stunned, not knowing what to say.

Lu Gong is Lu Yi, that is, the father of Ye Chang's old enemy Lu Qi.

"There are thieves in Xingyang?" Ye Chang's expression finally changed, which was something he didn't expect, and then his face changed even more: "Xingyang"

The rutted track leading to Dongmu passes through Yanshi and Gongxian to Xingyang after crossing Yishui. The thief in Xingyang proves that the thief can cut off the rut track, and for Henan Province, which has to face hunger, Xingyang is the lifeline of the coming harsh winter

"If Xingyang is lost, the east-west traffic will be cut off, how should this be good?" Li Cheng also said urgently.

Ye Chang's brows were tightly locked, so that he could only use his hole cards. Originally, he was not prepared for a rebellion, but was prepared to reverse the situation at a critical time.

"It's urgent, Lang Jun, please allow me to go back to Xiuwu to recruit disciples" He was hesitating when suddenly there was someone beside him.

Ye Changhuo Ran was shocked: Exactly

Luoyang is only a water and a county away from Xiuwu, and the distance is not far away. Xiuwu and Wuzhi, Huaizhou, and Huojiazhu counties are Ye Chang's hometown. Although he has been away from Xiuwu for some years, since Tianbao has been eight years, he has not returned to Xiuwu's hometown for six years, but there are not a few people in his hometown who are under him. Thanks to these counties, in the entire Henan Province, the situation is relatively good, and there is no shortage of food and money.

But because he didn't go back for a long time, he forgot about this base camp

He turned his eyes and saw that the person who made this suggestion to him was a sturdy man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and it was Zhuo Shunfu.

This person's ancestral home is Luling, and he later moved to Xiuwu, not a martial arts family, and his family is poor, and he is accommodated by Ye Chang. After Tianbao graduated from Lushun Academy for 12 years, this Zhuo Shunfu followed Ye Chang's side, his studies were not outstanding, and he was able to be selected as a personal guard because of his excellent skills - in the courses offered by Lushun Academy, in addition to Chinese, arithmetic, nature and moral education, there is also technical fighting, which is taught by the good and upright stick monk brothers.

"Shunsuke, I remember that you are nineteen years old this year, and you don't know words yet, right?" Ye Chang said: "You have the wisdom to adapt, and you can be calm and calm when things happen...... I'll give you the word Dingchen. ”

Zhuo Shunfu's eyes lit up, and he straightened his chest and said: "Yes, thank you for the words"

"Take you as the left-behind soldier in Luoyang, Cao joined the army, and went to cultivate martial arts and recruit soldiers...... I'm looking forward to it in Luoyang."

Zhuo Shunfu answered again, the companions next to him were both envious and jealous, he said this time, and he gave himself a chance to get ahead, seeing that he was leaving, Ye Chang called him again: "Twenty days, I will only give you twenty days, you must remember"

Ye Chang ordered, next to Liu Changqing pen the dragon snake, quickly wrote the appointment, and then stamped the seal, when Ye Chang finished speaking, he handed it over to Zhuo Shunfu. Ye Chang gave him another arrow, and Zhuo Shunfu flew on his horse and did not return to the city, so he went straight to the north.

Looking at Zhuo Shunfu's back, Liu Changqing was a little worried: "Ye Gong, this Zhuo Dingchen is just a young man, such a big thing, should you send an old and serious person to help him?" ”

Ye Chang shook his head, now that the people around him are tight, where is there still an old and serious person who can help Zhuo Shunfu? Moreover, Zhuo Shunfu is a talent from Lushun Academy, although he is not very outstanding in schoolwork, but he can be selected to his side, how can he be a mediocre person?

The roads around Luoyang were smooth, and he went to the northeast, not stingy with horsepower, so he arrived at Heyang Bridge in more than two hours. Heyang Bridge is a pontoon bridge, erected on the Yellow River ancient Mengjin, has always been a place where soldiers must fight, the south of the bridge, the north of the bridge each build a city, and there is a city on the sandbar in the Yellow River. There is a post station outside the north and north of this bridge to change horses, Zhuo Shunqing did not stay in the city, only then did he talk to the post Ding to change horses, suddenly heard the sound of chaos in the distance, he looked up in amazement, and saw hundreds of people outside the north to help the old and the young, and the smoke and dust in the distance were even bigger.

Zhuo Shunfu frowned, knowing that it was not good, since there was civil unrest in Xingyang, Anzhi knew that there was no civil unrest in Heyang

"Give me three horses," he exclaimed.

Na Yi shook his head again and again: "This is not in accordance with the rules......"

"It's all at this time, what rules do you say, the thieves are coming, I was ordered to recruit soldiers, if you push again, don't blame me for being ruthless"

Zhuo Shunfu said, while putting the knife on the neck of the Yicheng, the Yicheng was so frightened that he was so frightened that he was urinating, where to care about the rules, he was busy ordering the soldiers to bring the good horses, Zhuo Shunfu was not picky, flew on the horse, and then turned around and shouted: "You must guard the Heyang Bridge......

Before he could finish speaking, the post man himself jumped on a horse, turned and galloped away, and the soldiers in the post station also grabbed the horses, and those who did not grab the horses ran on foot, and in the blink of an eye, they fled in all directions

This has been peaceful for a long time, and where has I seen the war, so from the post to the post soldier, they are all fleeing from the wind

Zhuo Shunfu's heart sank, and he said secretly: "These waste officers and soldiers are unusable, Ye Gong wants to defend Luoyang with these fools, it is really difficult, Ye Gong'an is in danger, but it is all on himself"

Thinking of this, he drove his horse forward. But at this moment, when he heard the crying again, he stopped his horse a little, and saw that the people who were fleeing were shouting, and then he looked back, and saw that the gate of the northern city of Heyang began to close after the post man and the post guard fled in, blocking these people from it

Zhuo Shunfu felt that his heart was entangled.

Judging from the smoke and dust, the thieves were still far away, and the officers and soldiers in the city could have waited for the people to flee into the northern city of Heyang before closing them up, but they were so timid that they ignored the people fleeing outside the city

If Zhuo Shunfu hadn't had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, he would definitely have rushed back to drink Ling Kaecheng, but thinking of Ye Chang's safety, he could only grit his teeth fiercely, and then turned his horse to avoid the people fleeing onward, and went diagonally to the northeast.

The thief came from the northwest, and he went to the northeast, and although he did not meet him head-on, he also crossed shoulders. The leader of this gang of thieves was Yuan Ying, he saw Zhuo Shunfu from a distance, and when he saw Zhuo Shunfu's tight-fitting buttoned clothes, he suddenly remembered that Tianbao was dressed like this in the arithmetic competition he saw outside the Chunming Gate. His heart moved, and he shouted, "Stop that guy quickly, stop him quickly."

Most of the thieves are hungry people, and the riders are only oxen and donkeys, and the riders are all the sons of the powerful in the township. They coveted the three horses around Zhuo Shunfu, and immediately divided more than ten horses to intercept them. The thief walked in a straight line, and Zhuo Shunfu walked in a diagonal line, although Zhuo Shunfu had superb equestrian skills, he was also intercepted by the thief's striker.

Zhuo Shunfu did not panic, when he was still thirty steps away from the thief, he had a bow in his hand, and when he reached twenty steps, he had already buckled the string and arrow, and with a buzz, the first thief fell off his horse

"Shoot him, shoot him" shouted Yuan Ying, who was rushing over not far away.

The thieves also bent their bows, but when they were aiming, they found that Zhuo Shunfu had disappeared. was stunned, and before they could react, Zhuo Shunfu, who was almost completely hidden under the horse's belly, raised his bow diagonally, and the second arrow shot out again.

The arrow was not shot accurately because of its improper posture, and only hit the forehead of a thief's horse. The horse neighed in pain, and ran away, and struck the other thief headfirst, and both thieves fell from their horses at the same time.

Seeing that Zhuo Shunfu had broken through the interception, Yuan Ying was furious, stood up from his horse, and shouted sharply: "Ye Chang's dog slave, dare to fight with me"

Ye Chang was born in a peasant family, and there have been no high-ranking officials for generations, and this matter is known to the world. Yuan Ying judged that this young man should be Ye Chang's subordinate, so he scolded like this. Zhuo Shunfu had already run away, and when he heard such a scolding, he was immediately furious; It's okay to scold him, but when it comes to Ye Chang's head, it's beyond his endurance

The three horses turned in unison, circled around and came up to meet the thief. Yuan Ying was overjoyed when she saw this, and signaled to the left and right: "It's because he is young and irritable, and everyone will definitely take his life after a while, he must be the messenger sent by Ye Chang."

Everyone responded in an uproar, but the response did not fall, only the "creaking and squeaking" were heard connected by two sounds, Yuan Ying screamed in surprise and fell from the horse.

Zhuo Shunfu put away the short crossbow that he had shot, hung it on the horse's shoulder, turned the horse's head again, and walked away with a smile. As Ye Chang's guard, although he did not have heavy armor when he came out temporarily, his weapons and equipment were complete. Although the range of this short crossbow is not far, it is a must-have for Ye Chang's cavalry, and because it is easy to fire, it can be deactivated with one hand, so one person often has two.

Zhuo Shunfu looked back while laughing, and found that the thief who was shot down got up from the ground again, and he couldn't help but be stunned: didn't shoot this guy to death?

After all, it was the horse that was galloping and wanted to shoot the target, unless there was a magic shot like Nan Jiyun. Zhuo Shun's auxiliary archery technique was indeed learned from Nan Jiyun, and he had eight years of hard practice, which can be said to be outstanding, but compared to Nan Ba, there is still a gap.

"Bah, bah dog slave, I fell Aye, there is a kind of escape" Yuan Ying spat out two mouthfuls of dust and shouted loudly.

"Your head is temporarily mailed, I will come to pick it up in a few days, remember my name, Zhuo Shunfu, Ye Gong gave me the word Dingchen" Zhuo Shunfu shouted in the distance.

Regardless of whether the other party heard it or not, he urged the horse to gallop northeast.

What surprised him was that the whole of Heyang, everywhere he went, was extremely poor, and after passing through Hanoi and going to Huaizhou, it was only slightly better. Seeing that the people were destitute, Zhuo Shunfu was even more anxious: these people have no way to live, so they can only act from thieves, doesn't this mean that thieves have a very broad source of soldiers?

"When the princes of the dynasty are all the disciples of wine bags and rice bags, Ye Gong is a talent of the world, but he cannot be reused, the Son of Heaven is suspicious, and the prime minister is jealous, so Ye Gong is not able to appease the people...... We have just come back from Liaodong, when I was in Liaodong, where can I see such a situation, no matter how poor the people of Liaodong are, they can also have food and clothing for two meals a day, most of them are three meals a day, and they have the opportunity to eat meat once a week, and fish is often eaten......"

They received moral education courses in Lushun Academy, and there were a lot of beautifying Ye Chang's content hidden in it, which could be regarded as Ye Chang's private goods when he wrote the teaching materials for them. At this time, comparing the situation in the Central Plains with that of Liaodong, Zhuo Shunfu's feelings for Ye Chang were naturally sublimated, at first it was just a private kindness, but now he has a very real understanding of why those literati always say Ye Chang, "An Shi does not come out, such as the common people."

When he arrived in Huaizhou, the situation gradually improved, Zhuo Shunfu went straight to Huaizhou City, passed the general order to the county guard, and asked him to send people to Wude and Wuzhi.