Sun Li, who rushed to the south bank of the Shengshui River overnight, did not find anything abnormal, but for the sake of safety, he immediately sent someone to cross the river to get in touch with Murong Ping, who was in charge of Liu He's southward defense mission, so that Murong Ping could grasp the movements of friendly forces and avoid any accidents before the two sides converged.

As for why Sun Liwei took a thousand elite cavalry to hide in the mass grave two miles upstream of the ferry, it was because he didn't want people to discover the existence of this army. Sun Li knew very well that his mission this time was to receive and protect Gongzi, not to parade through the streets, so he chose to march at night, and he also made a long detour along the lower reaches of the Shengshui River to rush upstream.

If the eldest prince successfully arrived in Zhuo County all the way, Sun Li planned to always lead the cavalry to cruise around the periphery, and did not let Liu He know his existence.

For ordinary people, the mass grave is an eerie, filthy and ominous place, but for the Youzhou cavalry who have killed many people, it is really not terrible. It's deserted and overgrown with weeds, just enough for everyone to hide in and recuperate.

After Sun Li dismounted, he ordered the soldiers to hurry up and eat some dry food they had brought, feed some forage to the horses by the way, brush the horse's mouth and nostrils, and then send some spies to spread out, while the rest lay down on the spot to make up for sleep.

After a while, a large number of soldiers fell asleep in the mass grave, looking very strange.

In the city of Liangxiang, the eldest prince had breakfast, and after a few polite words with the Liangxiang County Commander who came to see him off, he marched to the ferry port south of the city according to the established route.

After walking a few miles, Guo Jia, who was with Liu He, claimed to be relieved, and then fell behind the back of the team.

Guo Jia found that there were dozens of cavalry at the rear of the team at some point, and these cavalry had not appeared before. knew that it was his own person, but Guo Jia was still suspicious, so he deliberately stayed behind and took a closer look, and then quietly returned to Liu He's side.

These cavalrymen who crossed the river to report to Murong Ping had followed Zhao Yun and Guo Jia in a fierce battle in Chang'an three years earlier. So they all know Guo Jia, and they don't feel that there is anything wrong with being seen by Guo Jia, so they behave very naturally.

While Liu He was looking around, Guo Jia quietly stuffed Murong Ping with a note, and he didn't know when he wrote it down.

An hour later, the team came to the ferry. The Liangxiang County Commander sent people to prepare more than a dozen ferries one day in advance, just waiting for the eldest prince to cross the river.

Although the number of 500 soldiers who protected Liu He to the south was not much, they were the elite soldiers of the 100 battles in the guard battalion of the Dragon and Tiger Guard, and dozens of swordsmen belonging to the Yanshan Martial Arts Hall were mixed in.

Before crossing the river, all the boatmen were politely invited ashore by the guards. Soldiers in charge of the inspection immediately inspected more than a dozen ferries from front to back, from the inside to the outside, and only after making sure that the ferries had not been tampered with were they organized personnel to board the boats.

There were some trained soldiers in the guard camp, and the boatmen were even better than the boatmen, so the ferry boats prepared for the eldest prince by the Liangxiang County Order were requisitioned, but all the boatmen remained on the north bank of the river.

Murong Ping commanded four ferries carrying a hundred people to cross the river first, and after the 100 people had completely controlled the ferry on the south bank, he then organized 200 people on the north bank of the river to continue boarding. Prepare to cross the river. Liu He was also among the soldiers who crossed the river, and he boarded the largest and most stable ferry, Guo Jia was still by his side, and Murong Ping stayed on the north bank to take charge of the palace.

The ferry was steadily pushed away from the ferry. Slowly approaching the south bank of the Seongsu River.

At this moment, a mutation protrusion!

Suddenly there was a terrible scream among the people crossing the river who had been temporarily isolated from the ferry.

"Murder!"

"The river bandits have killed someone!"

Hundreds of strong men in black armed with sharp blades and crossbows suddenly rushed out of the panicked crowd, and they slashed down all the innocent people who were blocking the road one by one. Then go straight to the ferry.

When the guards battalion, who had gone ashore in advance to take charge of the guard, heard the screams of the people, they immediately took action, and they quickly lined up according to the weapons they held. Among them, those with small round shields on their left arms and long knives in their right hands stand in the first column, those with short crossbows stand in the second column, and the archers stand in the last column.

There was no unnecessary shouting or intimidation on either side, and before they could get close to each other, the arrows began to fly.

Liu He, who was already about to dock, witnessed the drastic changes on the south bank, and at this time he watched with some distress as the soldiers of the Guards Battalion suffered casualties due to the arrows.

"Turn around now! Paddle up the river! Guo Jia didn't wait for Liu He's order and preemptively gave the order.

Murong Ping, who was on the other side of the river, saw the sudden change on the other bank, but he didn't show too much panic, but instead loudly ordered the two hundred soldiers left on the north bank: immediately face the north and form a formation to prevent the back from being attacked!

Liu He was surrounded by several guards with round shields in the middle, and on the periphery were a few swordsmen who had achieved kung fu, so he was safe. Through the gap in the crowd, Liu He discovered Murong Ping's abnormality.

"Hey, at this time, Murong Ping didn't hurry up and organize the remaining soldiers to rush across the south bank for reinforcements, why did he line up with his back to me?" Liu He asked Guo Jia beside him a little puzzled. "By the way, why did you preemptively give the order to row upstream just now?"

Guo Jia didn't have time to deal with Liu He, he was observing the situation on both sides of the strait, and just said simply: "Don't worry, Gongzi, reinforcements will appear immediately, and if there are still enemies, they will also show up immediately!" ”

Before Guo Jia's words fell, a dull roar on the south bank of the river came from afar.

I saw a young general in silver armor rushing to the front with a spear in his hand like a tiger descending from the mountain, and he shouted loudly: "Sun Lilai of Rongxian County!" Dry people wait for the speed of dodge! ”

A thousand elite horsemen arrived in an instant, killing from behind the black-clothed men who were besieging the hundred soldiers of the Guards Battalion on the south bank of the river, and soon trampled these hundreds of people into meat paste and chopped into pieces of meat.

Liu He looked at Sun Li who suddenly arrived with excitement, and muttered: "When did Sun Li's goods come, and he didn't even report to me in advance!" ”

"Childe, look at the north bank of the river!" Guo Jia reminded Liu He in a timely manner.

Liu He turned to look at the north bank, only to realize that at this moment, Murong Ping on the north bank actually led his soldiers to kill a group of strongmen who came out of nowhere.

Although Sun Li was fierce when he killed, he was not a brainless reckless man, he specially left some live mouth when he started, just smashed it with the handle of the gun, and then asked the soldiers who followed behind him to quickly grab the "tongue".

The fighting on the south bank ended quickly, except for a dozen "tongues" who were captured alive, more than 300 unidentified bandits were all killed, and the 100 soldiers of the Guards Battalion who landed in advance also paid dozens of casualties.

Sun Li looked at the captured longbow and crossbow, and his face became very ugly. These weapons are not used by ordinary people for hunting, but standard military weapons with extremely lethal power!

The other group of enemies who came to attack Murong Ping on the north shore were also quickly routed by the Guards Battalion, and Murong Ping alone shot thirty deadly feather arrows in a matter of moments. The soldiers of the Guards Battalion had undergone repeated training in hand-to-hand skirmishes, and these improvised privately organized soldiers could resist it.

The remnants of the enemy on the north bank saw that something had happened on the south bank, and they fought and retreated to get out, but they were chased and killed by the dozens of Youzhou cavalry who rushed to the city of Liangxiang to deliver the letter, and in the end only a few dozen guys who jumped into the river and went downstream to the river were able to escape.

No matter how small the number of Youzhou cavalry is, they are still the pride of the battlefield and can still play a role.

An obviously premeditated interception was completely suppressed by Sun Li and Murong Ping on both sides of the river, but Liu He, who stayed in the middle of the river, showed a thoughtful look.

Murong Ping asked the soldiers to tie the captured live mouths with ropes, and stuffed cloth balls in their mouths to prevent these outlaws from chewing their tongues and committing suicide, and then organized the last group of soldiers to board the boat to cross the river.

After the people on the north bank of the river and in the middle of the river landed, Sun Li simply saluted Liu He, and then the two teams joined together and marched non-stop to the city of Zhuoxian.

In the middle of the night, Liu He arrived in Zhuo County smoothly, and everyone was tired and out of breath.

According to the original plan, Liu He was originally going to stay overnight in a manor twenty miles north of Zhuoxian, and then enter the city at noon the next day. Because of this accident on the south bank of the Seongsu River, the team not only changed its route, but also hurried overnight.

Before Zhang He rushed to Zhuo County, he had already received an urgent report sent by Sun Li in advance, and was very angry when he learned that someone was really attacking the eldest prince on both sides of the Shengshui River. He immediately sent 5,000 infantry out of the city and deployed heavy troops at various village intersections along the road, on the one hand, to welcome Liu He's arrival, and on the other hand, to send a silent demonstration and warning to certain people near Zhuoxian!

Liu He was a little embarrassed by Zhang He's formation, and the first thing he said after seeing Zhang He was: "Oh, isn't it just that I met a few little thieves on the road, how did I make such a big movement in the middle of the night, and now the people of the entire Zhuo County know that I Liu someone is here." ”

Zhang He said without a smile: "Childe has been tired all the way, eat some supper first, and then rest quickly." I will send someone to interrogate Sun Li and Murong Ping overnight, and report the results to you before dawn tomorrow! ”

Liu He nodded, didn't say anything more, and took Guo Jia into the residence that Zhang He had prepared for Liu He.

After Xu Miao, who had been waiting in the courtyard for a long time, saw Liu He, he shouted and said, "Childe, you have arrived!" Let me see if there is any damage? ”

Liu He rolled his eyes and said to Xu Miao: "I haven't seen you for three years, you cursed me as soon as we met, and you want to be beaten, don't you?" ”

Xu Miao pretended to be scared, ran to Guo Jia, grabbed Guo Jia's hand and shouted, "This is the scheming brother Fengxiao, right?" ”

Guo Jia saw Xu Miao for the first time, and was a little uncomfortable by his enthusiasm, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to nod, and then hurriedly said: "Childe is in a hurry all day, and I ask Director Xu to hurry up and prepare some meals!" ”

Xu Miao was called the director by Guo Jia, and he was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Liu He had written to inform him some time ago that he would serve as the director of the Cultural and Propaganda Department of the Jicheng Commander's Office. (To be continued......)