Qiu Yizhi pushed the door out of the study, then took his subordinates twenty horses, returned along the original road, and went to the main gate of the county office.

As soon as he came out of the county office, he saw Sun Peel, the magistrate of Huaiyang, leading more than 100 yamen officials and city guards in front of him. I only heard this Sun peel shouting: "Anti-thief! Are you a restaurant in Huaiyang County? Come when you want, go when you want? Don't give me a quick dismount and surrender! ”

Qiu Yizhi saw that among the hundred or so people, there were more than 20 people hiding at the back of the crowd with blue noses and swollen faces, trembling, and swaying, obviously the ones who had just been beaten, so he laughed loudly: "Your grandson is interested in being my enemy, but I still want to ask if your subordinates have the courage to act for you?" With that, he raised his hand and waved forward, saying, "Brothers, rush me!" ”

Huaiyang County, a few soldiers in this district, although eating imperial food, but there is no difference with the rabble, the group of elite cavalry under the command of Qiu Yizhi has a slight impact, and they have already fallen into the water and fled in all directions, leaving only Sun Papi and his official uniform is very conspicuous, and there is nowhere to hide.

Qiu Yizhi didn't embarrass him, and said to him: "Sun Zhixian, what you are leading is just an ordinary army of Youyan Dao, but in the eyes of your officers and soldiers, it is like a divine soldier descending from the sky. Also, don't forget what you just said. Two hundred stone grain is nothing remarkable, you quickly send it to the camp in Bianzhou. I'm doing this for your good! After that, he turned the horse's head, and in a blink of an eye, he had left the county seat.

Leaving Huaiyang County, Qiu Yizhi was about to spread his hooves and head southwest, but he heard someone behind him shouting: "Wait! Sir and so on! ”

Qiu Yizhi looked back, but saw that it was Wang Lao Wu shouting at him, and he rushed over. He smiled, stopped the horse under his crotch, and asked, "It turned out to be Wang Lao Wu!" It's a pity that you came late and didn't see the excitement just now. ”

That Wang Lao Wu really had very fast legs and feet, and he had already run to Qiu Yizhi when he spoke, and he didn't take a breath, only his face was flushed, and he said: "I saw it, I saw it!" The old man broke into the county office, and there were two violent beatings of the errand officer, I saw it on the side! The master is really the blue sky, and he is the master of the people! ”

Qiu Yizhi was just about to speak, but he heard Wei Chi Lianghong whispering in his ear: "This Wang Lao Wu, born with good foot strength, if the virtuous brother is under the tent, then the foolish brother will pass on some light skills to him, and it will be useful in the future!" ”

Qiu Yizhi nodded secretly when he heard this, and then asked Wang Lao Wu with a smile: "Wang Lao Wu, I think you are also a man." When is farming here in Henan a head? It's better to follow me to fight and make meritorious contributions, and earn a fame, which can be regarded as your creation! By the way, your dad can come with me. ”

Wang Lao Wu was the most straightforward and said: "Since the master can see me, it is my Wang Lao Wu who has a light on his face, so I will go with the master!" ”

Qiu Yizhi said: "What are you anxious about? It's not time yet, it's not more than two or three years, or even a year, and it's not too late to come and get you when I'm done! After that, the horse whip pointed to Wang Lao Wu, "You can rest here for a while, we will meet when we are fated!" He drove the sweaty BMW and led everyone down the road south.

The local Jiedu army in Henan was beaten by the Tianzun rebels at the beginning of this year, and they had just recruited displaced poor peasants to supplement the source of soldiers.

Therefore, the hinterland of Henan is very empty, and the horses of Qiuyi do not stop, all the way to the southwest, and attack seven or eight county towns such as Fugou, Yanling, Xuchang, and Changge, without even encountering the slightest obstacle.

After entering the county office, Qiu Yizhi made a noise, first interrogated the county order, and if the county magistrate was still a good official, he would say a few words of comfort; If it is a corrupt official or a corrupt official, he will inevitably be threatened a few more words after being beaten and reprimanded. In short, the rumor that Dai Luanxiang was in collusion with Zheng Rong, the king of Youyan, spread all over Henan.

After a few words, regardless of whether the magistrate of this county sincerely surrendered or prevaricated, Qiu Yizhi also stayed for a short time, so he went to attack the next county seat. In less than a month, he traveled to Zhengzhou, Haizhou, Qingzhou and other prefectures and counties in western Henan, and finally chose to settle in Jizhou.

At the same time, Zheng Miao, the commander of the Eastern Front battalion, immediately sent several capable teams after receiving the military order from his father Zheng Rong, each with its own division of labor, to break through the defense of the forbidden army in Bianzhou, and then attacked various counties in Henan according to Qiu Yizhi's method.

The eastern part of Henan is full of plains, and although the cavalry sent by Zheng Miao is not as capable as the one led by Qiu Yizhi, the speed of the march and surprise attack is still faster. After just half a month of operation, all the county offices have been attacked without leakage. One of them had a fast foot, and it was killed until the territory of Shandong Province, and then it turned around and came back.

This matter was done very neatly, and when the imperial court reacted and wanted to send troops to surround and intercept it, several troops that were sent out had already returned to repair. A few branches didn't have time to come back, so they simply robbed a few bandit cottages in the local area according to the strategy taught by Zheng Miao when they set off, and then they closed their doors and became the king of the mountain, but they also happened to hide people's eyes.

In short, after more than a month of tossing, the news that Dai Luanxiang secretly took refuge in the imperial court has spread throughout the whole territory of Henan, the left and right of Tongguan, and the north and south of the Yellow River.

At this time, Qiu Yizhi had already passed through the boundary of Jizhou, entered the Yanzhou Mansion of Guannei Dao, and attacked several of the remote counties, so he changed his outfit, no longer showed his head, sneaked into Linzhou, lurked under Tongguan, and prepared to enter the customs at any time.

Because Youyan Road is being carried out with the imperial court, most of the business travelers to and from Tongguan are less, and although the flow of people in the town under Tongguan is less than half of the before, it is still full of people coming and going, without stopping. The news about the former army commander Dai Luanxiang's secret communication with the King of Youyan also spread through this group of businessmen who traveled south and north.

On this day, Qiu Yizhi was rarely busy, changed his clothes, and took a break in the teahouse with Wei Chi Lianghong and Zhao Chengxiao, and heard the next table discussing the matter.

I only heard one of the young men say: "Marshal Dai secretly communicated with the prince of Youyan, have you heard about it at this time?" ”

A middle-aged man with a beard sitting next to him replied, "You are right, I heard that Henan Province has been occupied by the prince of Youyan. I have a young man who works on an errand in Jizhou, and I heard that the messenger of the prince urging grain has come twice. ”

A white-bearded old man sitting with him said, "Don't talk nonsense. Marshal Dai was a notoriously loyal man, how could he easily rebel against the imperial court? ”

The middle-aged man said disapprerovingly: "Then you say, the loyalty of Prince Youyan is not as good as Marshal Dai, and he didn't take the lead in rebelling!" ”

The old man said: "That's because the court has mistreated the prince, and the prince has no choice, so he has no choice but to go against the court!" ”

The young man next to him interjected: "That's it, since the imperial court can treat Prince Youyan badly, why won't it treat Marshal Dai badly?" I heard that before Marshal Dai set out on the expedition, there were still people who played to impeach him! ”

The middle-aged man said: "I've heard about it too, do you know the reason for this impeachment?" He suddenly lowered his voice, "It is said that Marshal Dai had a relationship with the prince before, and he was afraid that he would not have to fight with the prince, and he was afraid that he would vote for the prince in battle." Alas, in the final analysis, the imperial court is still not worried about Marshal Dai! ”

The white-bearded old man sighed and said: "The court is also in a dilemma, those who are at ease can't fight, and those who can fight are not at ease, alas! ”

After all, the young man was strong-blooded, so he only heard him say hatefully: "Right now, in this court, good people are also forced to be broken." In my opinion, I really need someone like Youyan to rectify it! ”

Halfway through his words, a team of city patrol soldiers outside the teahouse walked straight to the table where the old, young and middle-aged three people were sitting, and scolded loudly: "What? You dare to scold the court here? I don't think this tea tastes good, do you want to go to the prison to drink thin porridge soup? ”

The three men finally stopped talking, and when the pair of soldiers were far away, they scolded in unison, "Lackeys!" Then he began to whisper again.

Qiu Yizhi was sitting on the side, listening with great interest, but saw a person hurriedly running forward, sat down at his table, handed over a note and said: "The prince has sent a letter, and His Royal Highness wants to open it in person." ”

Qiu Yizhi recognized this person as the iron-headed Jiao, one of the eighteen thieves under Zhao Chengxiao, so he took the note, poured a glass of water for him with his own hands, and observed the surrounding situation, and saw that no one was peeking around, so he spread the paper and began to read.

On the paper is Zheng Rongji's handwritten regular script, I saw him write: The news that Dai Luanxiang is about to surrender Youyan has been full of wind and rain, and the hearts of the forbidden army are even more fluctuating; In recent days, Dai Luanxiang has taken the initiative to attack, as if someone was urging him, but our army was very well defended, and the forbidden army was shot back by the crossbow before it could get close. It can be seen that Qiu Yi's plan has begun to play a role, and Zheng Rong's words in the letter also reveal unconcealable pleasure, so Qiu Yizhi must act according to the plan, and there must be no mistakes.

Now is the time when the two armies are clashing, Qiu Yizhi and others are behind enemy lines, although they look as stable as Mount Tai, but in fact, they are in danger. Therefore, Qiu Yizhi strictly ordered the eighteen personal soldiers under his command to take turns on duty when they slept at night, and they were even more fully armed and ready to set off at any time during the day.

Therefore, under the order of Qiu Yi, these eighteen people rode war horses from the broken temple in the countryside where they were hiding, and walked quickly in the direction of Tongguan.

Although there were a lot fewer merchants crossing Tongguan due to the war, the inspection of Tongguan was stricter than usual, so the queue in front of the pass was not much shorter than before.

Zhao Chengxiao saw that the soldiers guarding Tongguan were inspected very carefully, and even the luggage carried by each person had to be opened and checked one by one, so he couldn't help but be a little worried, so he asked Qiuyi: "Your Highness Yi, this Tongguan is inspected so carefully, how can our group of people pass through it one by one with knives and straddle horses?" ”

Qiu Yizhi said with a relaxed face: "Brother Zhao, put your heart in your stomach and see how I pass!" As he spoke, he gently pinched the horse's belly, and then crossed the long snake-like procession and went straight to the pass.

It turned out that Qiu Yizhi had already observed it in the past few days, and today it was officially Zhong Likuang's secretary Ruan Wenyuan's clan brother - the Qianzong surnamed Ruan Wenlong, who was on duty, and drove up to him and smiled without saying a word.

Ruan Wenlong had also seen Qiu Yi once, but at that time, Qiu Yi was just a nephew of the wealthy merchant Zhou Cijing, and he was not conspicuous in the caravan. Ruan Wenyuan is a person who has seen a thousand faces every day, and he only felt that Qiu Yizhi was slightly familiar, so he asked: "This son, what is the matter with Ruan?" ”

Qiu Yizhi smiled and took out a note from his arms, handed it to Ruan Wenlong and said: "I came here from Youyan Dao, Ruan Qianzong's brother Ruan Shuban has a family letter, and I want to bring it to you." "This letter was taken from Zhong Likuang before Qiu Yizhi went south to Henan to do business.

Ruan Wenlong was already shocked when he heard that the young man in front of him was from Youyan Dao, and when he heard that he said that there was a letter from the clan brother who was running an errand under the chief strategist of Youyan Palace, he was even more frightened, and quickly stood up, took the letter in Qiu Yizhi's hand, hurriedly opened it, and read it carefully.

Qiu Yizhi patiently waited for him to read the letter, and then said with a smile: "Since it is a letter from Brother Ling, can you give it a convenient way to go down?" ”