Lingyi They marched rapidly along the way, with sweaty and bloody footsteps, the ruffians were not tired along the way, and when it was dark, they finally set foot on the border of Youzhou.

Looking for a relatively flat and grassy hill, Ling Yi and the others set up camp, first took care of the horses, and the ruffians began to rest.

Along the way, the ruffian bent his whole body in inky black armor, majestic, and his war horse was also covered with armor, with a halberd and a bow and crossbow in his hand, and a steel wedge pinned to his waist.

In terms of equipment, their defense is not weaker than that of heavy cavalry, their movement speed is not lower than that of light cavalry, and their attack power is stronger than that of both major arms, this is an army with the highest individual quality, as long as they pass the baptism of war, they will become an invincible army!

Different from other cavalry, in addition to bags and supplies, there is an extra wine bottle on the back of the ruffian's horse, which is specially prepared by Lingyi for the brothers, this tradition originates from the ruffian, more from the samurai army, Lingyi is to create a new samurai army, the prestige of his samurai family will not die in his generation, he will rebuild the glory.

After a night's rest, the next day was a hurried march again, and it was already close to the first contact point, Tongshan Pass.

Tongshan Pass is located in a hilly area, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also difficult to form a pursuit, so last time Lingyi they came to block the Northern Wilderness cavalry, and did not meet the army of Youzhou. This is also the reason why many cavalry in the Northern Wilderness have been able to escape from the hilly area of Youzhou for so many years.

In the afternoon, Lingyi and they were not in a hurry, they passed by the territory of several bandits, and those bandits looked at Lingyi and their army from afar, so they retreated early, and it was not their style to directly clash with the army.

Ling Yi, you look at the map mainly to plan the marching route, between Tongshan Pass and Beiwei Pass, he doesn't have to be too careful, there will be 20,000 light cavalry stationed here, and this place will be left to the light cavalry to take care of at that time.

What Ling Yi needs to consider is the northeast area after the Beiwei Pass, where the terrain is relatively flat, and it is the location that the Northern Wilderness likes to raid. Marking the key mark, Ling Yi hastily ate the dry food and began to rest.

The next morning, Ling Yi and the others finally arrived at Tongshan Pass, where the defender was a martial arts powerhouse named Chen Kongming.

Ling Yi held the military order in his hand and explained his intention to Chen Kongming.

Chen Kongming seems to be very unsettling towards Ling Yi, firstly, there are few of them, secondly, they are too young, and thirdly, this is the territory of Youzhou, and a merger state army has come here, and when this kind of war is about to start, he will definitely be suspicious.

At Tongshan Pass, Ling Yi found that an army was stationed on the east side of the checkpoint, and from the tent, there were about 30,000 soldiers. It stands to reason that there will only be one battalion of troops stationed at an ordinary checkpoint, about 5,000 troops, and now it seems that Youzhou has begun to gather troops, but I don't know where the main force is gathered!

This was not the focus of Ling Yi, so after making up the necessary supplies, Ling Yi and the others left Tongshan Pass directly.

On the wall of Tongshan Pass, several generals stood together, looking at the ruffians in the distance, and discussing with each other.

A cavalry general said: "This Prince Long is really generous, he actually equipped such a team with sweat and blood horses and river meandering horses!"

Another general said: "Looking at the age of these officers, they are the children of the clan, they are gold-plated from the army, and they also say that the promotion of the state is all based on military merits, I don't believe it, what military merits can such a young officer have?"

All the generals nodded in agreement, Chen Kongming took over and said, "I have read their military orders, they are here to investigate the situation on our border, in fact, they are monitoring us, this Prince Long's hand is too long!"

"What can this be, if it provokes me, and I force them into battle, I want to see what strength they have to match these good horses?" said the general who spoke at first.

In recent years, many of the Youzhou army have been squeezed out by Prince Long of Bingzhou, either because they are disheartened in the army, or because they are not engaged in the military, which makes the Youzhou army very unhappy.

These generals are still discussing, Ling Yi and they have already gone far, all the way to the northeast, the hilly area is gradually slowing down, and the war horses are much better than before.

Approaching dusk, the ruffian Qu, who was still marching, came to a gentle slope, and at this time, he saw a group of people running towards Ling Yi and them from afar.

Judging from their clothing, it can be seen that they are people from Yongmao and the Chamber of Commerce, after being cheated by Yongmao and the Chamber of Commerce last time, Ling Yi is very reluctant to contact with Yongmao and the Chamber of Commerce, let alone employment cooperation.

Looking at these businessmen, Ling Yi was not ready to contact, and directly asked Zhang Cheng to ask, and Sun Ze and the others were not interested in talking.

At the same time that Zhang Cheng stepped forward to question, a group of more than 100 bandits chased behind Yongmao and the Chamber of Commerce, only to see the members of the Chamber of Commerce throwing themselves into the army, and they stood far away, observing the situation here.

Under normal circumstances, when a bandit encounters a soldier, no matter how powerful the bandit is, he will not provoke, but will only retreat far away.

But this group of bandits is different, they have already seen Lingyi and their army, and they are still watching the situation here from afar.

After a while, Zhang Cheng returned to the center of the team and said: "This group of people are the horse stewards and subordinates of Yongmao and the Chamber of Commerce, they seem to have been robbed in the front stockade, and all the goods have been robbed!"

Ling Yi asked, "Didn't they hire a gang or a warrior escort?"

Zhang Cheng replied: "According to them, these people have all been killed, leaving only these few people!"

"All killed?" Ling Yi asked curiously, and said: "Ordinary robbers only want money, and they won't kill them all, there is definitely something greasy in this, you go and ask again!"

Zhang Cheng was going to ask, and it was still the same rhetoric, but seeing that Steward Ma's expression was a little floating, deliberately avoiding Zhang Cheng's gaze, Zhang Cheng naturally saw the problem, but he didn't ask in depth.

Zhang Cheng reported to Ling Yi again, and after Ling Yi heard it, he directly ordered and said, "The whole army continues to advance, don't pay attention to these merchants!"

"Yes!" Zhang Cheng agreed, turned his head to the ruffians, and said in a loud voice: "The whole army is forward!"

Watching the army advance, these members of the Chamber of Commerce began to panic, and they shouted loudly: "Please save our lives......!

Ling Yi didn't pay attention to these people at all, only to see that the horse steward thought he was clever and mixed up on the side of the ruffian, ready to use the barrier between the ruffian and the bandit to escape.

However, the brothers on the periphery of the ruffian Qu suddenly surrounded him, blocking Yongmao and the members of the Chamber of Commerce around him, and the horse steward saw that these troops did not let himself and his subordinates fish in troubled waters, and instantly changed his previous grievance and pleading, and shouted at Ling Yi's side: "I am a member of the Ma family, do you not want to live anymore, just wait for the revenge of the Ma family!"

At first, Ling Yi was not ready to deal with this so-called horse steward, but the horse steward's words became more and more difficult to hear: "You big-headed soldiers, don't you know the strength of the Ma family? Do you want to go against the Ma family? Do you want to die in the hands of the Ma family? You are ants in Youzhou, I will kill you!"

Ling Yi said to Zhang Cheng: "Go and shut him up!"

Zhang Cheng received the order and rode his horse in the direction of the horse steward.

When the horse steward saw Zhang Cheng walking towards him, he thought that Ling Yi was afraid of him and wanted to beg for mercy, but Zhang Cheng's move scared the horse steward into a cold sweat!

I only heard Zhang Cheng say to the ruffians under him: "Let him shut up forever!"

As soon as he finished saying this, he saw a soldier with a halberd and stabbed at the chest of the steward horse.

Although the horse steward was chased and killed by the bandits, he was also a martial artist, dodging to avoid the attack, and reached out to grab the ruffian's halberd.

These ruffians already have a certain amount of experience in battle, one of them did not succeed, and when they were counterattacked, several ruffians around them rushed to the aid of the halberd, blocking the counterattack for the ruffian soldiers who were the first to attack, and directly defended all the members of the Chamber of Commerce, as long as Zhang Cheng gave an order, he would definitely kill these personnel.

Steward Ma looked at these big-headed soldiers who were extremely disrespectful to him, and became even more angry, first chased and cut by the bandits, and now attacked by a group of big-headed soldiers who didn't know whether to live or die, as a member of the Ma family, it was the first time he was bullied in this Youzhou land!

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the Ma steward continued to curse loudly: "Let the Ma family know that you are attacking the people of the Ma family today, don't talk about you, even your generals can't eat and walk around, this Youzhou Ma family is the sky, you can't turn against the sky?"

At this moment, a voice came from the army: "Are you from the Ma family?"

"Does anyone finally understand what the Ma family means?" Steward Ma proudly puffed up his chest and said arrogantly: "It's good that you know that I am a member of the Ma family, I will wipe out all those bandits, and also, these big-headed soldiers who just shot at me will be executed according to the fornication bandits!"

The voice didn't agree to any request from Steward Ma, but continued to ask, "Do you know Ma Shutong?"

As soon as he heard someone mention Ma Shutong, Steward Ma's face changed, could it be that there are officers here who know the eldest lady, if it is really a friend of the eldest lady, today's words of cursing them reached the ears of the young lady, and he must have made his skin open, although he said that he was a member of the Ma family, but the peripheral personnel were not those clan blood relatives at all, and in the huge Ma family, he had no status, but he was just relying on his identity to show off his power outside.

Steward Ma couldn't get it right, so he could only ask tentatively: "Do you know my eldest lady?"

The person who spoke had already come to the caravan members at this time, and it was Ling Yi himself who came to question!

The horse steward is a person, he is not very old, he is just a teenager, his face is handsome and resolute, and there is still a trace of immaturity, he can lead the army at such an age, the horse steward must be a child of a family, such a person is not something he can provoke, besides, this person seems to know the eldest lady, and the horse steward does not dare to be arrogant.

Ling Yi sat on the horse, looked down at Steward Ma and his men, and asked, "Are you threatening and intimidating us, and you still want me to walk around without eating? In this Youzhou, it is really the world of your Ma family? Ma Shutong didn't dare to say this, and she didn't dare to talk to me like this!"

As soon as these words came out, the steward Ma was scared, this is to provoke a big man, such a character is more difficult to deal with than those bandits, and if you don't make your own life, you have to stay here!