Early the next morning, Nie Zheng ordered everyone to put away the camp defense, and after rectifying the grain and grass, he led the army of 5,000 dragons and tigers, and went straight to Linjiang County, sixty miles away.

On the way to Linjiang County, due to obstacles, Nie Zheng's men and horses had to make a detour to Maqiao Town.

Before entering the town, Nie Zheng issued a special order, no one should harass the local civilians, let alone trample on and destroy the local crops, otherwise, he would be severely punished.

Maqiao Town, one of the ten towns under the rule of Linjiang County, is less than 30 miles away from the Yuanjiang River.

Yesterday evening, something happened to all the residents of Maqiao Town, and when they had eaten dinner, they faintly heard the sound of dull explosions coming from the direction of the north bank of the Yuan River, as if someone was setting off artillery on the riverbank.

However, the north bank is twenty miles away from Maqiao Town, what kind of artillery battle can make such a big noise and spread more than ten or twenty miles away?

However, this is not the strangest of all.

The strangest thing is that that night, the indigenous lord who had a big fat belly and had been in Maqiao Town for many years suddenly fled from Maqiao Town overnight with his cronies and family, and he fled in a very hurry, very embarrassed, as if he fled half a step slower, and he would be killed.

The hasty escape of the indigenous lords who ruled Maqiao Town baffled many of the town's residents.

That night, all the inhabitants of the town wondered what had happened and why the natives had left so suddenly.

And in the process of being here, except for carrying some gold and silver, I didn't take anything else.

This doubt has been bothering the residents of Maqiao Town all night.

All night, the local residents were a little restless and couldn't sleep soundly.

At dawn the next day, many local residents gathered in the town and gathered around the respected Lu Lao, discussing this strange thing one after another.

Lu Lao is the most respected old man in Maqiao Town, his original name is Lu Shengming, it is said that from the day Maqiao Town appeared, their Lu family has settled here for generations.

Now, in the entire Maqiao Town, except for a small number of residents with foreign surnames, the rest are all descendants of the Lu clan.

Lu Shengming Lu Lao is ninety years old this year, which is a very rare old birthday star in that era.

Because he has lived for a long time, has seen a lot of things, and has been famous for his talent when he was young, he is a famous talent master in the entire Linjiang County, and at the same time, he is also the patriarch of the Lu clan in Maqiao Town.

It is said that before Annan County was occupied by the indigenous people of Dayue, like some Linjiang county lords appointed by the imperial court, they would personally visit Lu Lao before taking office.

Moreover, when Lu Lao was young, he once served as the master of Qiangu for many Linjiang county lords, so it was even more respectable.

At this moment, many villagers gathered around Lu Lao and talked about it.

"Old Lu, what happened last night? Why is there such a big movement on the north bank of the Yuan River? ”

"Why did those natives flee overnight, did there be any fighting?"

"Yes, something must have happened, I got up to pee last night, and I saw with my own eyes that Baku, a big fat pig, led his family and cronies, and fled from Maqiao Town in the dark."

"What are we going to do now? Lu Lao, you have an idea......"

There was a lot of noise at the scene, and everyone's expressions were full of panic.

Obviously, for those indigenous lords who fled overnight, the common people living in Maqiao Town were all a little uneasy.

At this moment, with the support of several young clansmen, Lu Lao slowly raised his thin hands and said calmly: "Fellow villagers, don't panic first, listen to the old man's words. ”

As soon as these words came out, in an instant, the noisy scene of discussion immediately quieted down.

Everyone turned their eyes to Lu Lao, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Lu Lao looked at everyone calmly, and said slowly: "Last night, the old man had already sent Lu Feng to the north shore with a few skilled clansmen to investigate, calculate the time, and now it's almost time to come back." When they come back, we won't know what happened by then......"

Before they could finish speaking, they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the streets of the town.

Suddenly, a young clansman standing next to Lu Lao reminded loudly: "Patriarch, it's Lu Feng, they're back!" ”

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads to look behind them.

Sure enough, I saw a lean young man, leading several big men on horseback.

In an instant, they were in the middle of the street and headed straight for the crowd.

Seeing this, all the fathers and villagers retreated under the eaves and made way for the road.

Soon, the lean young man led several horses to Lu Lao's side, and when Lu Lao was still five zhang away, they quickly turned over and dismounted, and walked quickly to Lu Lao's side.

I saw that the lean young man saluted Lu Lao, and said respectfully: "Grandpa, Feng'er is back." ”

Lu Lao nodded and said with a smile: "Feng'er has found out?" ”

Lu Feng took a deep breath and said, "There is a strange group of men and horses on the south bank, who forcibly crossed the Yuan River, and yesterday there were several fierce battles on the edge of the Yuan River, and the corpses of those Dayue River defense troops were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone at the scene was shocked.

Lu Lao slowly opened his cloudy and dim eyes, and suddenly burst out with a burst of fine light, and said, "Strange team? Could it be a secret army sent by the imperial court? ”

Lu Feng shook his head and said: "I don't think so, that team has a total of 5,000 people, all of them are fierce dragons and tigers, and their expressions are fierce, at first glance, they are a group of ruthless people who often lick blood on the edge of the knife, judging from their style of acting and weapon dress, they don't look like the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty." However, the combat effectiveness of this team was extremely fierce, and with only 5,000 people, they defeated 10,000 large cross-border defense coalition troops, and they actually didn't know what method they used, and they actually killed all the water monkeys blocking the river, and we found a large number of water monkey corpses on the banks of the lower reaches of the Yuan River. ”

Hearing this, Lu Lao's heart was shocked and he fell into deep thought.

After pondering for a moment, he slowly raised his head, looked at Lu Feng and said, "Feng'er, have you seen clearly who the leader of this team is?" ”

Lu Feng lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "I didn't see clearly, in this team, there are many warrior masters, and their vigilance is extremely high, and the hidden piles of the horses are distributed around the camp, and Feng'er can't get close to the camp within a hundred steps at all." However, because the carbon head is good at concealment, he seems to see it more clearly than me, according to what he said, the leader of this team seems to be a young man who has no martial arts cultivation, as for what he looks like, he doesn't dare to get too close, because near the young man, there are always more than a dozen warriors with more than six rank strength secretly protecting. ”

"A young man with no martial arts cultivation?"

After learning this information, the doubts in Lu Lao's heart became more and more intense.

Seeing that Lu Lao was suddenly silent, Lu Feng couldn't help but say again: "Grandpa, what are you saying about these people?" Why are their combat effectiveness so ferocious? In previous years, the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, which time they crossed the river and were not killed by the Dayue people, but this time, this team that suddenly crossed the river was able to kill the corpses of those arrogant Dayue people all over the field, without the power to fight back. The background of these people is really amazing. ”

After being silent for a while, Lu Lao spoke again: "Feng'er, where is this team now?" ”

Lu Feng said: "Last night they camped on the north bank, and early this morning, they set off from camp, looking at the direction they were heading, it seemed that they were going to take Guanyang Road and go to Linjiang County." ”

Hearing this, Lu Lao's body shook violently, and he changed color on the spot: "Are they carrying a large number of chariots and horses?" ”

Lu Feng nodded and said, "At least hundreds of cars." ”

Lu Lao took a deep breath and said, "Hurry up and inform all the fathers and villagers, let everyone find a place to hide as soon as possible, and within two hours, that team will definitely pass by our Maqiao Town." ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Feng was stunned for a moment, and said puzzledly: "Grandpa, if they want to go to Linjiang County, it will be half faster to take Guanyang Road than Zoumaqiao Town, how can they abandon the near and far?" ”

Lu Lao shook his head, sighed softly and said: "There is a river blocking the road in Guanyang Road, their carriages and horses are heavy, and they can't cross the river at all, plus there are no trees cut down in that area, they can't cross the river even if they want to." In this way, they will definitely make a detour to Maqiao Town, well, it is useless to talk more, hurry up and ring the gong and trumpet, and inform the villagers to find a place to hide. The origin of this team is unknown, so we must be careful......"

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(To be continued.) )