The Beiliang Iron Cavalry broke into the hinterland of Jiangnan Province, and there were tens of thousands of taels of Huai Border Army's previous experience, and this cavalry army that fought against Jing was unimpeded all the way, and the cavalry did not commit any crimes in the autumn of the place they passed, which barely gave the Zhao court a step.

If according to today's Liyang territory, located in the north of the Guangling River, Jiangnan Province, in fact, is not worthy of the name, but in the early Spring and Autumn Period, the territory south of Guangling has always been regarded as a miasma of barbarian land, the old Southern Tang Dynasty, which occupied most of the territory south of the Guangling River, in addition to fighting a few heart-wrenching battles under the leadership of Gu Dazu, caused a lot of trouble to the Liyang army led by the general Gu Jiantang at that time, said to the monarch of the Southern Tang Dynasty who was surrendered to Beijing, people are in Western Chu, and the location is in your Southern Tang Dynasty, but the sky is in my Liyang, and everyone in the world says that the time is not as good as the location and the place is not as good as the people, so in my opinion, this is not true.

After Liyang in the hands of the first emperor Zhao Dian and the state into the road, which set up Jiangnan Province, it was not that there were no Wenchen objections, suggesting that Jiangbei Province is more appropriate, but Wenzhi and martial arts are known as the best of the monarchs in the past Zhao Ton, laughing and rejecting, the reason is very rich in a kind of wild history of the legend, Zhao Dian took a large collection of poems newly compiled by the Hanlin Academy at that time, laughing and said that since ancient times, how many literati and scholars have written about the beauty of the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, is it difficult for future generations to read this book, but also to turn a corner? I had to shift my gaze to see a note of "Jiangnan is today's Jiangbei in ancient times", and the rhyme of the word "north" is too hard, which is too bad for the scenery.

In Jiangnan Province, where thousands of miles of fertile soil has cultivated a prosperous literary style, this ironclad and strong Northern Liang cavalry army with strong horses is particularly abrupt. Hong Shuwen, a group of young Beiliang barbarians who were born and raised in the northwest, are particularly unaccustomed to the water and soil, saying that the ground here is soft and soft, not refreshing, and there is no sound of horses' hooves stepping on it, not to mention the dusty flying when the horses are whipped in the desert outside the gates, and the beautiful scenery on both sides of the official road is the grass warbler flying and the willows spitting green, so that Hong Shuwen and others do not feel how to be pleasing to the eye, only feel that they are holding a breath of stuffiness in their chests, and they can't show their hands and feet. Compared with these young warriors who are accustomed to the wind and snow of the yellow sand in the northwest, Yuan Zuozong and a group of big snow dragons who experienced the Spring and Autumn Wars when they were young are much calmer.

This iron cavalry marches day and night, and does not deliberately pursue speed in the territory of Jizhou, Hezhou, Youzhou, but when it goes south to the Central Plains, it becomes extremely fast, but the cumbersome rules set by the Beiliang border army are still untouchable, and they want to form an invincible cavalry army. In the past 20 years, the whetstone of the Beiliang border cavalry has never been only the Beimang army, such as the opponent of the Liangzhou crossbowman, the vast majority of them are brave enemies such as the crow fence under Dong Zhuo, which makes the Beiliang border army form a very interesting illusion, that is, to a large extent, the overall combat power of the world's soldiers and horses is overestimated, which is just the opposite of the so-called elite soldiers and horses in Liyang, especially in the Central Plains, for example, Yang Shenxing's Jizhou infantry has always looked down on Yan Wenluan's infantry army, and the cavalry of Zhao Yi, the king of Guangling, firmly believes that it can have a battle with the Beiliang Iron Cavalry, and the Qingzhou Army of Jing'an Road never takes the Beiliang Iron Cavalry seriouslyNot to mention that in the poor place where the birds don't in Beiliang, can the proportion of soldiers wearing armor reach half?

Then when this big snow dragoon army appeared in the Central Plains at a glance, the government and the opposition went up and down, closed the city, closed the camp and retreated, and of course, by the way, shut up.

In the deep night, near a scenic spot called Shuangluan Pond in Wucai County, Jiangnan Province, the cavalry of the brigade stopped their horses and rested on the spot for three hours, the Beiliang ranger scouts were still in a military system to cast a net around, ten miles back, before the reconnaissance and parade, each ranger commander would take over a topography map from the hand of the standard commander, the drawing was extremely precise and rigorous, not only marked in detail the name of the mountain and river passes, many times even the large and small village outposts were recorded, obviously, this is definitely not a temporary map, let alone borrowed from the local government army, it can only be Beiliang has long been recorded in the border army confidential filesWhat does this mean when looking at the old and new of those maps, which was only about three years ago at the earliest? This means that the Beiliang Border Army, which has been entrenched in the northwest overlooking the Central Plains for 20 years, has never really turned a blind eye to the Central Plains! This kind of clues, which are not obvious in words or on the table, have caused the entire cavalry army from scouts to main forces, from army commanders to generals, and from top to bottom, there is a kind of suppressed heat that cannot be endured, like a furnace in the snow.

The army was silent and clean, but the group walked slowly on this snowy night, quietly left the station, and rode to the famous thousand-year-old temple Hanshan Temple in Shuangluanchi, a famous spot in the south of the Yangtze River. Nearly sixty years old, sackcloth and straw shoes, at a glance, looks like an old farmer who works in the fields all year round, but this person is a veteran figure who created a water house, and is regarded as a confidant by Chu Lushan. The other person is the same age as the spy, surnamed Zhang Longjing, but the gas is diametrically opposed to the former, full of wealth and wealth, is the richest man in Wucai County, black and white, nicknamed Zhang Shoufu, meaning that his hands and eyes in Wucai County, Jiangnan Province, are no different from the first assistant, the Zhang family is not an outsider in Wucai County, but it really rose twenty years ago, before it was only a county within the gentry family, in the hands of Zhang Longjing began to soar, rich and generous, do not forget to feed their hometown, generously funded nearly 100 poor scholars, more than 10 of them are now not low official real power figures, the most outstanding two are respectively officials to the household Langzhong and a state of don't drive。

In order to take care of Zhang Longjing, who had not ridden for many years, the group did not go fast, which made Zhang Shoufu very uneasy, he originally arranged for his henchmen to come from the car, but the young vassal king temporarily wanted to go to Hanshan Temple to enjoy the scenery, Xun Gui such as Yuan Zuozong, the commander of the Northern Liang Cavalry, also rode on horseback, Zhang Longjing dared to go by car alone, from a young lieutenant who was brave and good at fighting in the Xu family's army, he became a young lieutenant who was brave and good at fighting, and he was immersed in officialdom in Wucai County for more than 20 years, and many of the edges and corners of the battlefield have been worn off, not to mention that the incense has been separated by a generation, Zhang Longjing did not dare to lose etiquette in front of the famous Xinliang King。

This time the identity was revealed, and the Beiliang cavalry of the old owner Xu family funded grain and grass, Zhang Longjing, who was full of children and grandchildren, was not without concerns, and he moved his whole body, in fact, all aspects inside and outside the family had ripples, not to mention the close, just say that those Hanshu children who sent charcoal in the snow in the early years of the Zhang family to help are now officials dressed in green scarlet, presumably the next letter of renunciation will be sent to the Zhang family's house, I can't say that the person who wants the Zhang family to be beheaded most is this group of people, Zhang Longjing, who is familiar with the world, thinks of this, and is still a little bitter。 But if you want to say regret, you can't talk about it, Zhang Longjing knows better than anyone that the Zhang family can have today's status, whether it is officialdom ability or status in the rivers and lakes, at this moment, the old spy Song Shanshui, who has never appeared in front of him, this old man behind the scenes hiding in the deep shadows, has made great contributions.

Zhang Longjing had a hot stinging pain on both sides of his legs, and he was in a trance for a while, as a veteran battalion cavalry soldier, he thought about following the general to fight in the north and south, and even being able to doze off on the back of a bumpy horse without falling off the horse, not to mention the extremely skillful horse fighting, I never thought that twenty years later, it would be so difficult to travel on horseback, it turned out that I was really old.

The words of the young vassal king interrupted this Zhang Shoufu's fugue, "Zhang Longjing, when my Beiliang cavalry army returns the same way, will there be any twists and turns in the matter of the Zhang family following us to move into Beiliang? Also, I said ugly things ahead, even if the Beiliang cavalry went to the battlefield of Guangling Road, as long as they still stay in the Central Plains, generally speaking, no one will dare to touch your Zhang family, but if you don't migrate to the cold, the whole family will be a grim situation of enemies on all sides, don't expect that your friends in the past will miss the old feelings, and when the court is silent, the local government and the local garrison will also be moved, so if there are young children in your clan who are lucky, you had better explain the reason to them, if you don't understand, you have to fight to understand, after all, the family is not harmonious for a while, it is better than the family in the future。 Of course, just like the previous sixteen families, I can guarantee that after the Zhang family arrives in Beiliang, I dare not say that the days are more comfortable than in the original place, but it is certainly not much worse, whether the children of the family are from literature or martial arts, Beiliang will open the door of convenience, I have already said hello to Chu Lushan and Song Dongming, officialdom and the military will squeeze out more than 50 positions for you, and share them, a family can get about three, and the lowest official body is also the fifth grade of real power. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Fengnian laughed at himself: "From the fifth grade, even if it is a little higher, it is actually a bit shabby for you county wang clans, so I can also promise you privately, if it is not a local garrison like Lingzhou, but a border army outside the Guan, the official rank can be one level higher, if it is not the Liangzhou officialdom, it is the Liuzhou Yamen, and it can be one level higher." The second big war is imminent, and you can do it yourself by weighing the pros and cons here. ”

Zhang Longjing was about to speak, Xu Fengnian suddenly turned his head and looked at this old soldier who had not forgotten the Xu family for twenty years, and spoke first: "Plus your Zhang family in Wucai County, my Beiliang cavalry army has traveled all the way, and the entire seventeen families have not hesitated to risk the crime of killing their heads to come to the front of the scene, I, Xu Fengnian, am very grateful to you, and I will try my best to win Beimang, so that you have no worries." ”

Zhang Longjing was silent, his expression complicated.

The Zhang family has been in Wucai County and even the entire state road for many years, this time the head of the family is bent on going his own way, and the next violent rebound inside and outside the family will definitely not be less, but in the final analysis, the Zhang family has no way to retreat from Yang, and it is no longer a question of whether to live a moist life or not, but if you want to live, you can only retreat to Beiliang step by step. Zhang Longjing has often asked himself recently, the children of the Zhang family have started a new door in a completely unfamiliar place, even if the young vassal king and the Beiliang officialdom are willing to open the back door and let the younger generation of the family take a shortcut, it is difficult to say whether it will go smoothly or not, whether it will be far or near.

The old spy Song Shanshui is also silent, compared to Zhang Longjing, who is only in a corner after all, he wants to know more secret insiders, in fact, after the Beiliang Tieqi left the jurisdiction of the vassal king, the family that was taken care of and supported by the water house along the way was not seventeen, but twenty-four, and the four families in Jizhou, Hezhou did not hesitate to come forward and completely break with the imperial court, but further south, there began to be repeated generations, such as the two families in the north of Jiangnan Province, one because the previous head of the Xu family died for many years, this time he chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and then the family secretly contacted Zhao Gou through the government, trying to draw a line with Beiliang, and the old head of the latter is still aliveIt is not known what the reason is, whether it is greedy for wealth or taking into account the future of children and grandchildren. After that, six families successively made similar choices, Song Shanshui believed that the farther away from Beiliang Road, there would only be more and more families who treacherously protected their lives, but what made Song Shanshui strange was that the water houses everywhere were immovable, and the old spy thought that he would clean up these white-eyed wolves in the future, but after seeing and hearing about it with his own eyes and ears by King Xinliang's side tonight, the ruthless old spy suddenly became a little uncertain, and his intuition told him that it should be more likely that the well water would not violate the river water from now on.

Song Shanshui, who was born as a scout, felt a little regretful in his heart, feeling aggrieved for Bei Liang. But for Bei Liang, especially that young man, the old spy was actually not disappointed, for this young vassal king who was thundering in Liyang at the moment, Song Shanshui had a somewhat familiar feeling that he should have been so familiar.

Not to mention the soldiers who died on the battlefield before, how could the great general Xu Xiao treat all the living people too badly? For so many years, there have been many generals in Beiliang, and there are fewer children of the evil side, until the death of the general, these families have not been moved, but they have tried their best to build the elite division of the Beiliang border army, which guards the gate, patrolling the border again and again, and more or less turning a blind eye to the black smoke miasma behind him, especially in Lingzhou, and finally kept the promise of the early years from beginning to end, "I, Xu Xiao, have become rich and noble, and I want to ensure that the old brothers under my hands follow me to enjoy happiness!"

Could it be that if Liang Reckless didn't fight, the new Liang King Xu Fengnian wouldn't have made a big move in Lingzhou officialdom?

Originally, the old spy was very curious about this matter, but now he can't ask.

As for whether the Beiliang Iron Rider will go south to the Central Plains next time, and whether the New Liang King has the idea of sitting on the dragon chair. The old spy suddenly stopped thinking about it for some reason.

In the following chatting between King Xinliang and Commander Yuan, the two old men learned that not only the Jizhou army was going south to intercept it, but the 20,000 Shu elites also went out of Shu to pursue eastward, and the Jing'an Road in the hinterland of the Central Plains seemed to be ready to move.

Once a war breaks out, the backbone of the Beiliang Iron Cavalry, who is really responsible for intercepting the backbone of the Beiliang Iron Cavalry, Xu Gong, the squire of the military department, will definitely carefully select a place that is not conducive to the cavalry to carry out the formation.

In Zhang Longjing's eyes, the Liyang Imperial Court is going to invite the king into the urn.

Zhang Longjing had to be worried, because after all, he had been away from the Xu family for more than 20 years.

I haven't even seen Liangzhou Hutou City, Youzhou Hulukou, and Liuzhou Qingcang City.

For the first time, the old spy took the initiative to chat with Zhang Longjing, who was on a par with him, and asked in a suppressed voice, "Scared?"

Zhang Longjing, who was exposed to his heart, was not annoyed and angry, but just sighed: "It's not that I'm afraid, I'm just worried, I'm worried that the tiger will fall into Pingyang." ”

The old spy sneered and said: "The tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by the dog?

Zhang Longjing was dumbfounded.

The warm voice of the young vassal king suddenly came from the front, "Old Song, I will accept the sycophants, but there is no guarantee that you can be promoted in the water room, that is Chu Lushan's territory, and his words are more effective than mine." ”

The old spy who is used to being moody and unobtrusive smiles.

Zhang Longjing turned his head and glared at the old bastard who had pitted himself, "The surname is Song, and I have never thought of it in my life, I will invite you to drink back!"

The inconspicuous old spy replied softly, "I'll stay here for the rest of my life, and you can't invite Zhang Shoufu even if you want to." ”

Zhang Longjing asked curiously, "Why don't you go back?"

The old spy tugged at the corners of his mouth, "I'm old, stay in the Central Plains, and rely on the little experience I have accumulated, maybe it's still a little useful." When I went to the battlefield outside the Guanwai, I couldn't afford to lose this old face, for fear that the descendants of the Beiliang Border Army would look down on our Xu family. ”

Zhang Longjing was speechless, only sighed.

Suddenly, the old spy opened his throat and shouted, "Lord, let me shoot my ass again?"

The young vassal king in front of him turned his head and smiled: "But it doesn't hurt to say it, but if you say that you will go through the sky, you still won't be rewarded." ”

The old man straightened his waist slightly, and the spy, who had not used his real name for twenty years, reported the three words that he had almost forgotten, and said: "If I can be twenty years younger, I will follow the prince to kill the barbarians together! Just like when I followed the general, every time I rushed to the battlefield, there was only one thought, when I died in battle, I was surrounded by robes, and there were living brothers to help me live, and I didn't lose if I died!"

Xu Fengnian continued to ride forward.

But Yuan Zuozong slowly slowed down, took off the saber at his waist, threw it over, and said with a smile: "Old Song, the prince has already sent out a lot of new cool knives this time, and I didn't bring it with me on this trip, so I will send it to you for the prince." ”

The old spy caught the cool knife that killed 300,000 Beimang barbarians outside Beiliang Pass, and said with a bright smile: "Commander Yuan, I don't want a knife, a spy who can't see the light, I don't need it, and it's not appropriate to keep it." ”

Zhang Longjing was confused and wondered: "Then why are you holding so tightly?"

I saw the old spy carefully hanging the war knife at his waist.

The old pawn wears a new knife.

I only heard the old man say in a deep voice: "Just let me, an old pawn, hang a cool knife for ten miles!"