"Quick! Push hard! If you delay the march, no one will please you! ”

The soldiers urged the soldiers sharply, whipping the horses pulling the carts in their hands, trying to drag a cart barricade out of the mud. The soldiers in the rear pushed with their supports, but the wheels had just lifted a little, and they fell heavily into the quagmire.

"What's going on?" Zhao Xiao came on horseback, and the military officials hurriedly surrendered their hands when they saw this, explaining the reason.

This kind of fortress can be used to carry weapons and baggage when marching on weekdays, can be used as a wall when camping, can also be used to defend against charges during battle, and can be said to be used to stand on a high place for archers to release arrows, which can be said to be tried and tested for a long time.

However, in order to be able to resist attacks, these barricades were made of several layers of wooden planks to form carriages, and the outer sides were covered with thick fireproof leather, and the inner and middle were loaded with heavy baggage. In the current rainy and muddy conditions, the road is slow.

"You push on both sides." Zhao Xiao turned over and dismounted, came to the back of the base, transported the mighty force, and lifted it up. The other soldiers worked together to push the whole barricade out of the mud pit.

"You guys speed up!" Clapping his hands at will, Zhao Xiao got back on his horse, and the surrounding soldiers were both shocked and admired, watching Zhao Huang ride away.

"Do you see? Zhao Changshi alone can lift the entire car base! A soldier shook his head and exclaimed: "These two arms, I'm afraid they don't have thousands of catties of strength, right?" ”

"I can't see it, Zhao Changshi is tall and thin, and he looks like a Sven man when he grows a beard, I didn't expect his strength to be so great."

"You don't understand, do you?" The military officer smiled and said: "Zhao Changshi uses magic to bless himself, even if he looks similar to ordinary people, but people can pull the crazy horse with a casual drag, and poke a hole in the bluestone slab with his fingers!" ”

"With such great strength, how many acres of land can be watered in a day? There is no need to rent ploughing cattle from large households. ”

"Look at you poor! What is Zhao Changshi's identity? Do you need to work in the fields yourself? ”

"That's it! The family is a marquis, and the servants serving at home are not one hundred but eighty. ”

The officer shook his head and said, "I have never seen the world when I say this, what are one hundred and eighty slaves?" In those big families and big families, there are thousands of slaves and more than 10,000 tenants. Gao Pinggong, who used to guard Pujia Pass, had more than 1,000 private soldiers alone, and his own manor could not be seen at a glance, and he had to set up another market in it. ”

"How do you know?"

The military official said as he walked: "I used to go to Gao Pinggong's market with my father to sell mountain goods, and when I went in to set up a stall, I had to collect a sum of money. ”

"The old man can make money lying down, and I want to live this kind of life."

"Do you have this life? Push the cart obediently! ”

"But I don't think Zhao Changshi is like a big man, there is more than one immortal in Pujia Pass, which one have you ever seen who will roll up his sleeves and help everyone do heavy work?"

All the soldiers nodded when they heard this, and the military officials couldn't help but sigh: "Not only that, before in Pujia Pass, every night we, the hundred chiefs, had to be called to the palace, and Zhao Changshi took a few of the main books of the army to personally teach us how to use ordnance and utensils, or by distinguishing the orders and changing the formation." When we learn it, we will teach you. ”

"I'll just say, why do you have to practice on the school field every day."

The officer admonished: "Don't do anything wrong! When it comes to the battlefield, what Zhao Changshi taught is a life amulet! ”

……

As the sky was getting dark, Zhao ordered the soldiers to camp in the ruins.

The paper crane was released to reconnoiter the surroundings, and Zhao Xiao walked among the dilapidated houses at will.

"Zhao Changshi be careful, the houses here have not been repaired for a long time, the beams and pillars are unstable, and the slightest movement may collapse." Lieutenant Zhang arrived with a few people on patrol.

"What is this place? Look at the pattern like what kind of big house. Zhao Xiao looked around and asked intentionally or unintentionally.

"I don't know, but I just came to explore the way and found a stone tablet, but unfortunately it was blurry and I couldn't identify it." Lieutenant Zhang said.

"The stele? Lead the way. ”

Zhao Xiao followed Lieutenant Zhang, stepped over a pile of knee-high withered grass and scattered bricks, and saw the stone tablet nearly one person high, the text on which was obviously deliberately erased, and only sporadic words could be seen.

"Framing and withdrawing the feudal domain...... The traitorous desire to destroy the clan...... The trapped beast thought about fighting......" Zhao Xiao touched the stone tablet, half reading and half guessing.

He Dangguan in the back had a subtle expression: "Trapped beasts want to fight? I seem to have heard these words somewhere, it should be the text of the Qingming Gong's army. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Huang asked, "Qingming Gong?" Isn't he one of the people in the Three Princes Rebellion more than 20 years ago? ”

"That's him!" He Dangguan said.

In that year, the first monarch of Huaxu Kingdom died, because there was no heir, in order to choose a new monarch from the children of the clan to succeed to the throne, the ministers and officials argued endlessly. At that time, Liang Tao took a fancy to the mediocre Gao Pinggong, and the other three clan members who were defending one side of the clan were interested in competing for the throne and raised troops one after another.

Among them, the Qingming Gong in the south did not hesitate to transfer away from the army guarding Pujia Pass. However, in the middle of the march, Liang Tao personally killed the Qingming Gong, and the imperial court also made a complicit leader, which allowed most of the soldiers and horses to return to Pujia Pass to block the Jiuli Kingdom that intended to invade.

Liang Tao made outstanding contributions in the Three Princes Rebellion, but Gao Pinggong, whom he himself selected, did not inherit the throne, but won the power in the current turmoil, skillfully maneuvered around the government and the opposition, and successfully ascended the throne.

In order to appease Liang Tao, the current lord of the country also canonized him as a national teacher, and praised Chongxuan Pavilion a lot. Gao Ping Gong replaced the Qingming Gong to guard Pujia Pass. As for how much open and secret fighting there is in this private place, it is unknown to outsiders.

"The stele is engraved with the inscription of the soldiers, and I want to come here to have a lot to do with the Qingming Gong." Zhao Xiao looked around: "Seeing that this place is dilapidated, it is estimated that after the death of the Qingming Gong, the imperial court sent people to destroy it, and even the words of the stone tablet were erased." ”

"Sometimes I have to admire that Liang Guoshi, if it weren't for his decisive action, Hua Xu would be in a domestic war." He Dangguan sighed: "It has not been a few years since I came to Huaxu Country with my elders, if the members of the clan are bloody, the common people will not want to have a good life. ”

Zhao Huang pouted and was silent, He Dangguan knew that what Fang Cai said was inappropriate, and hurriedly apologized: "My subordinates are talking nonsense, please ask Deacon Zhao to forgive me." ”

"Do I look so stingy?" Zhao Xiao laughed: "Okay, you go and rest, continue to track the movement of the soldiers and horses of the Jiuli Kingdom tomorrow, and if you encounter a military convoy, escort it back to Pujia Pass by the way." ”

After saying this, Zhao Xiao glanced at Lieutenant Zhang deeply, and the other party bowed his head and said yes.

……

"Oh no! The convoy escorting the quartermaster has been attacked by the enemy! ”

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhao Huang was leading his troops on the road, and Zhang Yanshou arrived quickly, and an urgent report came.

"Enemy attack?" Zhao Xiao asked, "How many enemies are there?" ”

"I can't see clearly! As soon as I arrived nearby, I saw a large cloud of black smoke blowing from the other side of the hillside, covering the convoy in the blink of an eye, and I did not dare to rush closer! Zhang Yanshou pointed to the west and said, "It's about four or five miles away, bypassing a forest." ”

Zhao Xiao immediately ordered: "All members of the T-shaped battalion, speed up the pace and set up a formation along the forest." Cavalry sentry on both wings! ”

After giving these orders, Zhao Xiao concentrated on the senses, and peeked ahead from a distance with the paper cranes in the sky, and could find that there were batches of chariots and horses that were carried out by the crowd of unknown origin with black smoke, and the movements were swift, without the slightest delay, and they were far away from the official road in a blink of an eye.

Moreover, among the people who robbed the chariots and horses, there were clearly several monks, including the second brother, who moved the ground dirt in the air to erase the traces of the chariots and horses' footsteps. In addition, some people cast illusions, distorting light and shadow, so that the chariots and horses gradually faded into obscurity.

Zhao Xiao secretly exclaimed, even if he expected that Chiyun would send someone to "rob" this batch of salt and iron medicines, but he didn't expect them to act so fluently, and with the cooperation of many monks, even if they didn't have their own secret layout, it was estimated that it would not be too difficult for them to rob this batch of military supplies.

Originally, Zhao Huang also wanted to take advantage of the gap between the soldiers and horses of the T-shaped battalion in armor to leave an opportunity for the men of Chiyundu, but now it seems that by the time most of the soldiers and horses arrived, the military supplies would have been robbed a long time ago, and it was not suitable for him to delay here.

"Get on the horse, follow me!" Zhao Huang called Lieutenant Zhang and a few people, and walked towards the official road covered in black smoke, Zhao Huang cast a spell to attract the wind, blowing away the black smoke in one fell swoop, and saw hundreds of soldiers Ding Minfu fall to the ground unconscious.

Zhao Huang hurriedly stepped forward and woke up the little official who was escorting the quartermaster, the other party choked and coughed a few times before he woke up, and when he opened his eyes and saw Zhao Huang and others, he was so frightened that he looked around in a panic, and found that the quartermaster was missing, and immediately howled in despair: "Quartermaster!" This is the military supply ordered by the Marquis of Zhenming!! ”

"No need to scream." Zhao Xiao said: "I am Zhao Xiao, Marquis of Zhenming." ”

When the little official heard this, he hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "Marquis Zhenming spared his life, the villain was derelict in his duties, and let the military needs fall into the hands of the barbarians!" ”

Zhao Huang was stunned, he was still thinking about how to deal with words, but he didn't expect this little official to cover it up for him like a clever one.

"It's not your fault, I just arrived, and I'm a step late." Zhao Xiao got up and ordered: "Immediately search for the whereabouts of the chariots and horses, think that the enemy has not gone far yet!" ”

Lieutenant Zhang and the others were ordered to go, but he knew very well that the military supplies that were robbed by Chiyundu would definitely not be traceable, and he was nothing more than cooperating with Zhao Huang to play this scene well.

And when most of the people of the T-shaped battalion arrived, everyone learned from Zhao Changshi that this time the Jiuli Kingdom sent a powerful master to use the smoke miasma spell to stun the soldiers and civilians who escorted the military quartermasters, and robbed a batch of valuable military supplies.

"Keep looking! I don't believe that such a chariot and horse can disappear out of thin air! Zhao Xiao shouted angrily in public.

Zhang Liwei said at the right time: "Zhao Changshi, could it be that the traces of the chariot and horse were covered by the witch Zhu of the Jiuli Kingdom? ”

"Huh?" Zhao Xiao looked suddenly enlightened, and knocked his forehead repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, I lost my mind in my busy life, and I almost forgot that there was this way." You camp on the spot, the cavalry continues to reconnoitre, and I look for a high place to search. ”

Zhao Xiao actually knew very well that even if Chiyun had the assistance of monks, it would be impossible for the chariots and horses full of military supplies to fly away after all, and their manpower was probably still not far away.

And his move was just to avoid the eyes and ears of many soldiers, so that the people of Chiyundu would take the initiative to send the map of the mountains and forests.

For such an important matter, Zhao Huang was not at ease to hand it over to Zhang Liwei, and if something went wrong in the intermediate link, Zhao Huang didn't dare to imagine what the consequences would be.

Waiting for Zhao Xiao to arrange the simple mandala and was about to summon the soldiers, he suddenly felt a gaze.

Transporting Ying Xuan's Jingjing Technique to look around, Zhao Xiao noticed a vague outline in mid-air.

The cultivator who came was profound, and although he intended to restrain his breath, Zhao Xiao still sensed a warmth like the sun. It is the light that radiates from the inside out, which is difficult for ordinary people to see with the naked eye, but as long as you are sincere, you can feel it.

"The eyes of the gods, the supreme view of the sky, a clear and ten thousand, the words are up to the mysterious." Mr. Huaiming slowly fell, appeared next to the mandala, did not pinch the trick, did not chant the mantra, and directly forbade the sound and light around him to prevent outsiders from prying eyes.

"Ying Xuan Zhaojing Technique, this is a technique used by the Tianxia Dynasty Praise Officer to gain insight into the rheology of the qi machine and illuminate the yin and yang people and ghosts." Mr. Huaiming said with a negative hand.

"Your Excellency seems to know the celebrant of the Tianxia Dynasty very well?" When Zhao Xiao opened his mouth, he looked up and down, and he saw that the other party's beard was red, his eyes were like torches, and he was dressed in ochre and short brown with pudding, which was already shabby, barefoot and bare-shine, dressed like an old farmer in the countryside, and there was a bit of majesty in his calm bearing.

"The predecessors of Chiyun Mountain were invited by the Praise Officer to assist in the compilation of the Burning Ritual." Mr. Huaiming said.

"Oh?" Zhao Xiao recalled carefully and confirmed that this incident had not been seen in the classics of his predecessors. However, the celebrant did have rituals such as burning incense, lamps and candles, etc., and most of them can be classified as this.

"I haven't asked your Excellency for a name yet." Zhao Xiao asked.

"The common name has been abandoned, only Huaiming."

Zhao Xiao's face changed slightly: "Mr. Huaiming, one of the three elders of Chiyun? ”

"What? Are you scared when you see the leader of the rebellious party? Mr. Huaiming's eyes were scrupulous, and his eyes were burning like fire.

Zhao Huang arched his hand: "Mr. Huaiming is here in person, and he is really scared." ”

"The hot Marquis Zhenming of the Huaxu Imperial Court today, presiding over the Jinding Division, the assistant Wu Kuijun, and sitting in Pujia Pass, has a great responsibility." Mr. Huaiming suddenly changed his words: "What will happen if I kill you here?" ”

Without waiting for Zhao Huang to speak, a real killing intent enveloped his body, if Mr. Huaiming wanted to make a move now, he wouldn't even be able to escape.

The three elders of Chiyun have been famous for a long time, at least in the troubled times of the late Tianxia years, they have entered the Tao and cultivated the truth, considering that they can still protect themselves in the face of Liang Tao, it is estimated that they are also similar to the teacher Zhang Duanjing, and they have the cultivation realm of turning into a fetal immortal.

"Chiyundu has just received a batch of military supplies, so he can't wait to cut off contact?" Zhao Xiao couldn't help but ask: "If Chiyun is really so short-sighted, then I, Zhao Xiao, am blind, and I actually pin my hopes on such a group of ignorant bandits!" ”

"It's the same sophistry." Mr. Huaiming snorted coldly, and his words seemed to mean something, but it was incomprehensible.

"I would like to ask Mr. Huaiming, what good will I gain by killing me?" Zhao Xiao hurriedly said: "It is impossible for Chiyun to hide in the Cangwu Mountains forever and be isolated from the world. ”

Mr. Huaiming restrained his killing intent and said with a smile: "Chiyundu is not only in the Cangwu Mountains, and when you say this, it can be seen that you are still standing outside the threshold." ”