Although the strategy was set, he was still a little apprehensive after all, and there was no one to suppress the force of a realm, and Yang Yi acted a little more cautiously.

The snow didn't fall for long, but it stopped for a while.

The sky seemed to be clearing, and Yang Yi, who had received the eunuch's report, stood up in front of the bookcase.

"Pass the order, send a hundred brocade guards and a hundred internal guards, and go out with me."

"No." When the chamberlain heard this order, he immediately went down to prepare.

When Yang Yi sat in front of the palace gate, a hundred internal guards and a hundred brocade guards were already dressed in civilian clothes and were waiting in front of the gate on horseback.

The brocade guards and internal guards in the palace all belong to the Praetorian Guards, and they are the elite of the elite, and they can be a team leader when they are released.

Yang Yi also changed into civilian clothes at this time, turned over on the horse, and said lightly: "You will follow me on patrol." ”

"No!"

With these two hundred horsemen, Yang Yi took the lead and walked out of the city from the palace gate. The prestige of the Jinyi guards and the inner guards, the city guards at the city gate naturally no one dared to stop them.

Jin Yiwei was accompanied by the commander Zhang Muzhi, as a close minister, he naturally knew how to do things, and Su Xiang, the commander of the internal guard, was also personally promoted and trained by Yang Yi, and they were all confidants.

At first, the two of them didn't care, they rode a selected fast horse, although it was snowy and could also gallop, an hour later, they actually ran for nearly a hundred miles, and had reached the edge of the northern part of Guanzhong.

The Han land in the north has been gradually occupied by the Beiyi, but it has been dispersed before, and now the northern frontier is expanding to the north.

Yang Yi placed Lin County here, but Lin County only has two counties, not long after Lin County, at this time all the way to the north to continue to go, Zhang Muzhi urged Ma to come to Yang Yi's side, and asked: "Your Majesty, although this Lin County is calm, but further to the north there is constant turmoil, you are a golden body, how can you take the risk yourself?" If you believe in Weichen, Weichen is willing to take a team of people to investigate the situation in northern Xinjiang. ”

Obviously, Yang Yi's intentions were discovered, and Zhang Muzhi wanted to persuade Yang Yi back.

"Hehe, how did you find out?" Yang Yi asked casually, and the horse's speed slowed down slightly.

"Your Majesty, you have almost crossed the border of Linjun, and Weichen doesn't know it, it's a capital crime." Zhang Muzhi said.

"I'm just going to patrol the border, not to go to dangerous areas, so if I encounter a situation, won't I still have you waiting? Why, two hundred elite guards, can't they protect me thoroughly? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Muzhi, who was still planning to persuade him, immediately looked grim, and said in a loud voice: "I am willing to swear to protect Your Majesty!" ”

Seeing this, Yang Yi's face softened and said, "What are you waiting for?" Walk. ”

The group continued to walk towards the border, at this time, it was already possible to see the wanderers slowly coming from the north, although the Xiongnu and Qiang occupied the northern border counties of the Han Dynasty, but compared with the number of Han people in their place, it was only half of the number at most.

However, due to the decline of the Central Plains Dynasty, these areas were occupied by the Beiyi, and the Han people could only be slaves here.

At first, there were still groups of displaced people on the road, but the further we went to the border, the more displaced people gradually disappeared.

Yang Yi's face did not improve, but became more and more ugly, just because although the number of displaced people is decreasing, there are more and more frozen corpses on the ground.

At first, there were only a few corpses lying on the side of the road, but later on, corpses could be seen almost everywhere on the roadside, all ragged and skinny.

looked at Zhang Muzhi, Su Xiang and others on the side, all with unbearable expressions.

Yang Yi didn't say a word, just asked, "Who is the county guard of Linjun?" ”

"It was originally demoted to Tian Xu."

Yang Yi didn't speak, this situation, Tian Xu has done a very good job, causing the displaced people to come here, and now there are very few dead people close to the Han realm, and there are many dead people near the border, which can be commended.

At this time, Zhang Muzhi intercepted for the second time and said, "Your Majesty, you can't go any further." ”

Yang Yi didn't say a word, reined in the horse, sighed, and almost reached the border at this time, stared at it for a while, and finally sighed, and said, "Go back!" ”

I thought about how to go back and see Tian Xu, and I still had an impression that if I could, I should promote him again and entrust him with a heavy responsibility.

Yang Yi was about to go back, when suddenly there was a "huh" sound, and there was a group of people in front of him, running towards this side.

It's said to be running, but it's actually just walking a little faster.

"Let's take a look." After Yang Yi finished speaking, a horse went over first, and when Zhang Muzhi and the others followed, Yang Yi had already restrained the horse in front of the group of people.

Yang Yi's eyes swept over these people, and found that they were all ragged, yellow-skinned, and some women were mixed in, but they were so thin that they couldn't see any of their appearance.

When Yang Yi and the guards appeared in front of them, these homeless people had already stopped, and they were trembling with fright, and some women even cried in low voices.

Yang Yi's eyes fell on the leading man, and seeing that his performance was better, Yang Yi frowned and asked, "You are from the north?" ”

He could see that this group of people came out of one place, supporting each other, and they looked very familiar, and at this time, they were even surrounded by this man, their eyes full of fear and vigilance.

"Your Majesty, we're from over there......" Looking at the cavalry that appeared in front of him, the faces of the homeless people showed a look of horror, and the leader of the man was actually the same.

It's just that behind him are the villagers, and after Yang Yi asked, the man stood up straight and replied.

"Someone chasing you from behind?" Looking at the expressions of these people, there were some injuries on their bodies, Yang Yi immediately said guessingly.

Who knew this question, several women among the displaced people cried more and more fiercely, Yang Yi motioned to the man to continue to answer, the middle-aged man said with a miserable smile: "Shangjun, the winter is sad, the Huns and Qiang people kill people and grab food in winter, it is already a common thing, this year is particularly fierce, and kill, we really can't go on, I heard the merchant say that the Han land can live, the Han emperor loves the people, we desperately escaped, these are the villagers and clansmen of the same village, our village has been destroyed, just to be able to go to the Han land to make a living." ”

Talking nonsense, the old decay in the village talked about the situation of the Han Dynasty back then, and they made up their minds to make a living in the Han land.

Yang Yi listened to the mournful cry, was silent at first, and then turned his head to Zhang Muzhi for a moment and said: "That is the case, in the past, there are porridge sheds in the counties and counties of the Han region, you can rush to receive relief, and then go all the way south, naturally someone will answer, come, give them a bag of dry food, so that they can walk." ”

It only took an hour for the cavalry to travel more than 100 miles, but these men needed to walk at least a day and a night.

The Janissaries traveled, each carrying with them a five-day ration in case of emergencies.

When Zhang Muzhi heard the order, he threw the dry food he brought with him to the man, he used it for five days, which was enough for these people to eat a bite, and Su Xiang saw this, and also threw away his own dry food.

The dry food for the two is not small, this group is only a hundred and ten people, it is enough to eat a bite, and if you walk for a day and a night, this dry food is barely enough to reach the relief place.

The man took it, and then knelt on the snow with a "snap": "Thank you, thank you!" ”

One person ate it one bite at a time, and with some light food that he had originally carried, he was able to survive to the relief place. Book every day

It's not that Yang Yi is unwilling to give more, two hundred guards, and a few more bags are nothing, but people are greedy, and this is enough, and the soldiers must also prepare dry food just in case.

"Alright, let's move on!" Seeing this, Yang Yi said lightly, not looking at the appearance of those homeless people lying on the ground crying and thanking, Yang Yi shouted, and led people to continue to run towards the border.

Along the way, I didn't meet the homeless people again, and the bloody atmosphere gradually became stronger.

"Prepare for battle, there may be an enemy ahead." Seeing that Yang Yi had no intention of retreating, Zhang Muzhi had no choice but to turn around and command the guards behind him.

The crowd responded to the promise and became more and more vigilant.

After walking for more than ten miles, I had already crossed the border, and I saw bloody corpses on the side of the road, but I did not meet any enemies.

"Your Majesty, we have crossed the border, and if we go over there, it is the territory of the Huns, and we can't move forward." Zhang Muzhi stepped forward at this time and said again.

"Zhang Qing is scared?" Yang Yi turned his head to look at him and asked.

Zhang Muzhi said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I will wait for the horse to go forward, and I will not give up, but how can Your Majesty take the risk, and then move forward, Weichen will not dare to obey the order!" Death to the courtier! ”

When Yang Yi saw it, he was stunned, smiled bitterly for a moment, and said, "Alas! It seems that I am bent on going my own way, okay, forget it, go back! ”

When Zhang Muzhi heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand to the back, and immediately followed.

This time, Yang Yi slowed down his horse, and only turned around not far away, and there was no cooking smoke.

"Let's go back." Seeing the barren land here, Yang Yi already had an understanding of the situation in the northern Xinjiang in his heart.

The situation here is already very tricky, if Beiyi continues to wreak havoc, I am afraid that in the future, I will recapture the northern frontier, and it will be difficult to defend without people.

These Yi people are very brutal to the Han people, just look at this way, the corpses of the displaced people on the ground, you can see the clues.

At this time, Zhang Muzhi urged the horse to come to his side and whispered: "Your Majesty, I heard that a team of horsemen is coming this way." ”

At this time, it was in Diaoyin County, and it had already crossed the Han control line and reached the border of the Huns, and Zhang Muzhi and others were very careful at this time.

This group of cavalry was still far away, and the sound of horses' hooves on the ground could not be heard, so it was noticed by Zhang Muzhi.

"Send a few people over to investigate the situation and see how many people there are on the other side." Hearing this, Yang Yile stopped his horse and said commandingly.

"No." Zhang Muzhi responded, came to the guard, selected a few scouts, listed them as a team, and sent them out.

Zhang Muzhi was originally a wealthy family in the mountains, although the ancestors of the family were also inherited from the top, but their family has declined, but it was a great luck at the beginning, with the merit of the dragon, but this vein is hardworking.

From the wealthy family who lived in seclusion in the mountains, it has now become a noble family, and the nine brothers of the Zhang family have all joined the army, all of whom are above the position of Sima in the army, but five of the nine brothers have died in the state war now.

And Zhang Muzhi's Jinyi Guard Commander, although he seems to be only a guard general of the First Army, and he is only a miscellaneous general in terms of position, but he is humble and powerful, and his power is even comparable to Jiuqing.

The few people selected by Zhang Muzhi were extremely cautious, and when they returned, they had already investigated the situation clearly, but they were not noticed by the other party.

"So, there are only more than fifty people on the other side, all of them are cavalry sentries? Didn't notice a large number of enemy forces nearby? Yang Yi asked.

"Your Majesty, that's exactly what happened." Zhang Muzhi responded.

"And this cavalry is coming this way?" Yang Yi asked again.

"Yes." Zhang Muzhi replied.

"That's fine, pass on my orders, wait here, and destroy this enemy army!"

"No!"

Investigate clearly, Zhang Muzhi will naturally not be disappointed and die again, this passage, as long as he does not move forward, if there is really a large number of enemies, he can also protect the emperor and quickly retreat.

Then, Yang Yi took dozens of internal guards, under the escort of Su Xiang, waiting in a snow forest next to him, Zhang Muzhi refused to let Yang Yi go into battle, Yang Yi had to take more than a dozen people to watch from behind.

In a moment, the enemy cavalry was galloping forward.

Obviously, this cavalry did not expect that an enemy twice their size would suddenly appear in front of them.

"Gentlemen, kill the enemy with me!" Zhang Muzhi immediately rushed forward with his men and horses at this time, and he didn't entangle with these people, he knew what he should do.

Yang Yi didn't have to rush up to fight, under the protection of Su Xiang and other internal guards, he only watched the battle in the open space not far away.

With the sound of horses' hooves, the two teams of cavalry quickly met and immediately fought.

In just a battle of more than 100 people, it seems that there is a tragedy of thousands of troops at this time, Yang Yi looked at each other from a distance across an open space, and each other's cavalry fought in the wilderness.

I thought that with the strength of the Praetorian Guard, it would be easy to kill this enemy, but the result in front of me made Yang Yi frown.

The tide of the attack, blood splashed on the snow, but this enemy, although the horses they rode were not as good as the guards, they were also good war horses, and the weapons in their hands were sharp long knives, and they were very brave in fighting.

However, although he resisted, it only took Zhang Muzhi some more time, and about a quarter of an hour later, all the Hun knights of this group were killed, and more than a dozen of them were wounded.

"Zhang Qing, according to what you see, how is the combat effectiveness of the Huns?" On the way back, Yang Yi asked.

"Your Majesty, judging from this enemy, the opponent's combat power is very strong, and he is used to fighting on horses, and he is ruthless, especially in the rush to kill, if it is not for the Praetorian Guards to be strong and strong, the armor is better than the other, I am afraid that I will die in battle!"

"That's true, the Huns are very strong!" Yang Yi sighed.

"The minister thinks that Your Majesty does not need to worry too much, although these cavalry are strong in combat, there may not be many of the Huns, the minister suspects that they are elite, and the Huns have a brutal temperament, Your Majesty sent a large army to attack the north, and the Huns are impossible to fight no matter what."

This time, he naturally had to go to Linjun once, and Zhang Muzhi also sent a detective to remind him in advance.

One is to remind, and the other is to investigate, after all, Tian Xu is a general, although there is still a soldier and horse here, but you have to be careful.

However, nothing strange happened, when Yang Yi arrived, Tian Xu had already led someone to greet him at the door, and when he saw Yang Yi's royal horse approaching, he hurriedly bowed down.

Yang Yi smiled and said, "Let's all get up." ”

Tian Xu led the way and let Yang Yi take a look at the homeless people outside the city, there were about five hundred or so homeless people, waiting in front of a porridge shack in the clearing.

"The minister calculates that there have been 20,000 displaced people from here, General Zhang Teng has raised 1,000 soldiers, the minister has raised 500 county guards here, and the rest who do not want to join the army will be sent south......"