The winter snow has not receded, and the mountain roads are difficult to navigate.

Zhu Qing, the guard general of the Langcheng Changce Army, took a hundred soldiers and escorted five carts of supplies to the road of the Liang army camp.

Snow-capped in the distance, green pines and ancient roads. Zhu Qingnai is the chief general of the Changce Army stationed in Langcheng, and manages 10,000 soldiers under his command. It stands to reason that there is no need to come in person to deliver supplies, and it is enough to send a centurion.

But after accepting Yang Xian's order, Zhu Qing had no complaints, because he was also very curious about the situation in this group of mountains.

Zhu Qing is in his forties, and he is the general who followed Yang Zhong into Shu at the beginning. As a monk in the army, this age is the time to be full of energy.

Zhu Qing has two beards, handsome eyebrows and eyes, and an elegant temperament, if it weren't for the fine scale armor on his body, he wouldn't be able to see that he was a general at all.

He strolled over the dirt, looking at the outline of the cottage in the distance, and his heart was even more curious.

There are hardly any towns in the mountains of Badi, and they are all inhabited by Tuyi. And since Rong Can entered this place with the remnants of the Liang army, it has attracted Zhu Qing's attention.

First, Rong Can's command is the elite of the elite of the Liang army. Although there are only a few thousand people, if they meet in the plains, even if they directly shake the same number of Xiliang Iron Cavalry, they will not fall behind at all, and even surpass it. Of course, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry would not be stupid enough to fight the heavy infantry of the Liang army.

Even in the Liang army, there are only 50,000 such troops, which are the family funds that Huan Wu has saved over the years. At the beginning, the eight heavy armor followed Huan Biao into Yizhou, and the battle in southern Zhou, the 20,000 heavy armor were scattered. Up to now, only about five or six thousand people are left by Rong Can's side, and they can't return to the north, so they have entered the mountains of Badi together, and even colluded with a local force called Heifeng Village, which seems to be a bandit.

Of course, this is just one reason for Zhu Qing's attention. What's more, a few months ago, the news of the disappearance of the King of Shu came out, causing chaos in Shu.

In fact, the King of Shu had disappeared a few years ago, but that time Yizhou was calm. In the final analysis, that time Xia Gong Ni was taken away by Meng Xuan, and the Xia family behind Jian Chang needed to join forces with the Prime Minister's Mansion to save Xia Gong Nirvana. With the two-phase bomb pressure and Yang Chun in charge, Yizhou at that time was calmer than before.

And now it's different, Yang Xian has just defeated the Liang army in the battle of Southern Zhou, his momentum is like a rainbow, and his prestige is also rising. At this time, Xia Gongni suddenly disappeared, and Yang Xian disappeared inexplicably for two months. Judging from the appearance, the Prime Minister's Mansion didn't care about this matter at all, how could it not make the Xia family frightened?

Yang Xian holds the military power of Yizhou and commands tens of thousands of troops. Now the generals and colonels who guard the armies in Yizhou are either the Yang clan's subordinates, or the generals who are loyal to Yang Xian himself.

And the big families in Yizhou, if they have some ability, they either die like Li Bi and Zhang Bo, or they take refuge in the Prime Minister's Mansion like Yan Yi.

The Xia family originally wanted to use Yang Xian to balance the local clans of Shu. But they never imagined that everything was out of their control. Yang Xian completed the task very well, but the completion far exceeded their expectations.

So much so that now, apart from the tens of thousands of forbidden troops in the palace of the King of Shu, there is nothing left in their hands.

In the eyes of the Xia family, Yang Xian has eliminated dissidents in the past few years, installed cronies, suppressed the family, recruited foreign troops, and plowed the Shu State up and down, while firmly controlling the military and political affairs of the Shu State, and they couldn't stop it at all. Yang Xian Weifu is self-dedicated, even more so than Huan Wu.

And all these contradictions, because of the disappearance of Xia Gong Nirvana, completely intensified, and because of the letter sent by Rong Can, directly erupted.

At this moment, in Fucheng, hundreds of miles north of Xiancheng, Jian Chang and the forbidden army were confronting Jin Xin's black army, and the arrival of Qin Feng with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry made the confrontation even more complicated.

Jin Xin and Qin Feng are not Shu people, but they both have extremely strong military power in their hands, and even Jian Chang Shi does not dare to start a war easily. The two of them were not afraid of being embarrassed by the Xia clan, and they were even looking forward to fighting the forbidden army.

The confrontation in Fucheng caused chaos in Yizhou, but Zhu Qing didn't care. Because the key to unlocking this chaos is in the cottage ahead.

Zhu Qing didn't believe that Yang Xian would rebel and stand on his own, they still needed the banner of the Xia clan if they wanted to go to the Central Plains in the Northern Expedition. But Yang Xian's silent and almost indifferent attitude made Zhu Qing full of curiosity.

And the answer lies ahead!

The gate of Liang Jun's cottage slowly opened, and a team of people ran out of it.

Zhu Qing was a little puzzled, and Liang Jun's reaction was too strange, neither like a welcome nor a precaution.

It feels like you're fleeing!

When he got closer, Zhu Qing realized that he didn't feel wrong.

At this moment, he was like a galloping Liang army, his body was thin, his expression was haggard, his face was yellow, his clothes were rotten, and his beard was like a wild man.

The captain Hong Quan, who was the leader, held Zhu Qing's hand, his eyes were full of tears, and he couldn't tell whether he was crying or laughing at this time, as if he was seeing a relative.

"Why are you here?"

After Hong Quan finished saying this, the rest didn't say any more, and didn't even pay attention to the five carts of supplies at all, and took Zhu Qing's hand and walked inside.

This attitude, how is it like the Liang army, which is not in the same sky as the Shu Kingdom?

Zhu Qing was puzzled, there were not many soldiers in the camp of the Liang army, and there were not many facilities. He followed Hong Quan inside, directly in front of the ancient temple.

Rong Can is holding his shoulders with his hands, looking melancholy like a philosopher thinking about life. Zhu Qing fought with Rong Can on the battlefield, and now that they meet, they can't recognize him.

Rong Can saw Zhu Qing, and a light emanated from his empty eyes.

"General Rong Can, where are the soldiers in this cottage?"

"I'm going up the mountain with the King of Shu to catch wild boars!" Rong Can took a slight breath and adjusted his mood, "As long as the prime minister is willing to agree to our conditions and provide the necessary materials, we will return the king of Shu." ”

"General Rong Can, the prime minister asked me to come, just to provide you with some supplies. As for other matters, the prime minister does not have the right to deal with me on the spot. ”

"The matter of the King of Shu..."

As soon as Zhu Qing finished speaking, Rong Can couldn't wait to ask. Such an attitude made Zhu Qing a little surprised, and Rong Can quickly discovered his abnormality and adjusted his tone.

"I heard that the Kingdom of Shu is in turmoil because of the affairs of the King of Shu, and we are not willing to be enemies of the prime minister. The name of the prime minister's benevolence and righteousness is spread all over the world, as long as he is willing to promise to let me wait for the return to the north, then we will return the king of Shu immediately. ”

Rong Can's attitude was already very low, and he just begged Zhu Qing to take Xia Gong Nirvana away quickly.

"I will report this matter to the prime minister. During this period, the king of my family also asked General Rong Can to take care of him. ”

Zhu Qing smiled and turned to leave.

"Alas! You're just gone, no longer waiting? Brother Zhu Qing, as soon as possible! ”

Rong Can looked at Zhu Qing's distant back, looking sad like a woman who had been separated from her husband for a long time.