Huo's words did not calm Hua Ji'an's mood, but made him feel more uneasy. Patient Huo is not afraid of death, and it is better to say that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and to say that it is difficult to say that those who do not know are fearless. The Huai army knows best what kind of goods Hua Ji'an knows, the Huai army claims to be excellent, but that is only compared to the regimental training of other vassal kings and town guards in the country, and Liu Yu's soldiers cannot be compared.

Hua Ji'an walked out of Nanhua Pass with the army with a complicated and anxious mood and entered the endless grassland.

Each man carried two horses, one on horseback, and the other on a leash, because there was no garrison on the steppe, and if the army had to march in a hurry, he had to change horses and gallop like this. In terms of speed, it will be a lot slower.

When marching on the grassland, the most important thing is to distinguish the difference between mountains and mountains, and in most places where there are no mountains, it is necessary to distinguish the difference between grasses.

The tall grass can reach the belly of the horse, while the low grass can only have no horses' hooves, and there is a guide to lead the way, and the way down is not fast, and it is completely impossible to follow the 800 miles a day when in the pass.

"It's not good, it's not good, it's not good at all, it's not okay! If you continue like this, all the credit will be lost! After a morning of driving and walking for dozens of miles, Huo Yi complained a little, mainly that the guide was too slow to ride a horse.

"Master Jun, few people in this Jinyao City dare to do business, and now that the army is in such a chaos, who would dare to leave! I'm not as good as you! Leading the way was a middle-aged man with a Shandong accent, that is, a merchant who traveled outside all the year round, and only such a guide could accurately find the direction of Jinyao City.

"Tie him up and tie him up on his horse! Master, I personally tied his horse to run! ”

Huo Ill gave this order, and the guide was unlucky. I was supposed to be on an errand with the imperial court. I thought I could make a lot of money. Who knew that this general was a trickster. directly asked people to tie him to the horse, and then the horse was tied to Huo Yi and dragged behind, and the whole body was involuntarily.

"Master Jun, you spare your life!"

After that, the guide said anything, Huo was too lazy to care, and to find out the direction was to hurry, until sunset and dusk, and then the guide was untied from the horse and rested for a while. At this time, the guide had already vomited and diarrhea all the way, and the whole person was about to collapse.

"Master Jun, I've never seen you rush like this, just spare the villain and let me go back!" The guide knelt and pleaded with Huo Ai.

"Less nonsense, how can I find Jin Yaocheng when you leave? If you can't get there on time, I'll cut you, sir! ”

When the guide heard this, he howled and cried there, and the crying ghost cried wolf, and Hua Ji'an couldn't bear to hear it. He was a soldier and could barely keep up with the marching rhythm of this group of perverts. And it was an ordinary person, and he felt that it was indeed a bit too much for Huo to embarrass others. But. If it's not so excessive, it can't go to the aid of Jin Yaocheng in time.

The guide cried, and the wolf's horn echoed in the distance. Huo Ill, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, was a little hairy, Huo Ill looked around, and said with some fear: "Damn, there are really wolves on the grassland?" ”

Although wolves are not rare animals within the four seas, Guanzhong is rich and there are few wildernesses, and Huo disease has heard of wolves but has not seen them. is not afraid of the Turkic cavalry, Huo Yi is actually afraid of wolves, Hua Ji smiled helplessly, it seems that it is really a thing.

"Quick...... Come on! Huo said illly, "If you don't hurry, my master will lose all my credit." Whoever is that, don't cry, when you get to the local master, I will add silver to you, and I will add ...... Five taels, how about it? ”

The guide was also stunned, the court promised to give two hundred taels of silver, and this plus silver would cost the family five taels? What's the difference between that and not adding?

He didn't know what to say, the promised five taels of silver were paid out of his own pocket by Huo Ill, for Huo Ill from a poor family, five taels was already an astronomical amount, and he felt that this should be an extremely attractive price.

"Master Jun, why don't you add five hundred taels?" The guide asked tentatively.

"Five hundred taels?" Huo Yi was anxious at the moment, "Do you think I'm worth five hundred taels?" You are almost going to kill the master's life, come on, tie up the horse, and continue to set off! ”

This time, the guide was completely helpless, sitting on the ground and crying, but instead he was tied to a horse and cried. Huo didn't care about it, and ran far in one direction, and the guide shouted: "Master Jun, you ran in the wrong direction!" ”

was whipped up by Huo Ill, and the guide was honest from then on, neither crying nor making trouble, and honestly pointing the way.

"You also said that you can't play muddy, don't brush muddy, who will listen to the master's words?"

The road that was originally planned to be completed in one day and one night, when the next morning dawn appeared, there was still no shadow of Jin Yaocheng. Huo Yi looked depressed, and hurried slowly this night, but he walked more than 200 miles, walked more than 400 miles in one day and one night, and was still half the way from Jinyao City.

"I hope that the kindness of the surname Liu will leave me some reward!" Huo Yi muttered during the break.

Hua Ji'an secretly thought that with such a high ability of the Huo Ill Road Army, he would not be able to complete the feat of going from Chang'an City to the front line in four days and four nights. Min Shaoqing's imperial court military has been very fast for half a month, I don't know where Liu Yu is now, and whether he is in another hurry.

In the pass, there is basically no time to rest, and they are all rushing all the way, but outside the pass, because the wind is strong, the body is easy to feel uncomfortable, and the air is a little thin. Not only do people have to rest, but horses also have to rest, and when two horses change, the horses are already tired and almost unable to support them.

It couldn't be done in four days, so it had to be completed in five days.

In the morning, everyone rested for two hours, and continued on their way, and on the second night, when they encountered the Turkic stragglers, Huo led a small group to attack and won a great victory, and a Turkic camp was sacked. Huo Yi's face was triumphant, but Hua Ji Anzhi said that now this vanguard army has been exposed to the vision of the Turks. Huo is sick and heroic, and he causes trouble.

"Hurry up." Hua Ji'an said to Huo Ill, "We have entered the Turkic ambush circle, and in less than an hour, the surrounding camps will gather troops, and we will have no way to retreat!" ”

"Retreat? Brother Hua, you are too cautious, we didn't plan to retreat when we came today, what did you say, the soldiers will block the water...... Mud cover, that's how it should be said. If we run away, I won't have the face to mess around again! ”

After a while, the light of the camp could be seen in the distance, and the road of one or two hundred miles passed by three or four Turkic camps. And the camp of the Great Shun Dynasty, which fought against the Turks, was not seen at all. Along the way, it has been discovered by many Turkic cavalry scouts, and there are not a few pursuers behind them.

"Damn, if you weren't in a hurry, the master would have killed them all first! Dare to chase Lao Tzu! ”

It was the morning of the sixth day of the fifth month. After a long night's march, the troops finally had a short rest, and at this time, they were only forty miles away from Jinyao City, and they were also on the periphery of the Turkic encirclement of Jinyao City.

Huaji Anzhi said, if you go further, you will have to fight head-on with the Turkic cavalry. As Huo Yi said, the soldiers will block the water and cover the mud, and there is no way out. (To be continued......)