A few miles outside the east gate of Jiawu City, Yitianhang led the army to move slowly, and sent people to report to the Jiawu defenders, saving it from being like Jiangyang, and was regarded as a false alarm of the barbarian army.

Yi Tianhang rode in front of the soldiers, and Huang Facai stepped forward and said: "My lord, I waited for the self-funded transfer to Jiangyang and then to Jiawu, although the morale of the brothers is high, but they are all a little tired, after entering Jiawu City, can we let the brothers rest for two or three days?" ”

"Lao Huang, you think it's quite beautiful, I'm waiting for myself to go to the official road, haven't you noticed anything abnormal? The post station is fast and horses are constantly coming and going, but I am afraid that the defenders of Jiawu and Jiangyang have already started a war with the main force of the barbarian army! ”

"Huh? In this way, then I have to wait until I enter Jiawu City, and I must not be sent to the front line? ”

"Not necessarily, the military order received by our department is to search for and encircle and suppress the thieves in the central and southern parts of Zizhong, and in the understanding of this governor, the south of Zizhong can be called the southern part of Zizhong, including Jiawu."

"Your Excellency is clever, and your subordinates admire you." Huang Facai was completely convinced by Yi Tianhang at this time, and he had money to be able to have a lot of eyes, no wonder General Mu made him, a hairy boy, a pioneer.

The two were talking, but they saw dozens of horsemen rushing in front of them, and when they got closer, they turned out to be acquaintances, and the person who came was Captain Qian Du, the top boss of Yi Tianhang.

Qian Duwei's face was slightly ugly, and he said: "Yi Tianhang, I will come to pick you up and wait for you to enter the city on the order of Captain Dong... ”

Jiawu City, Dong Fei's camp, and the big tent of the Chinese army, several people sat upright.

Dong Fei looked at Qian Duwei and Yang Duwei, and then at Yi Tianhang, thinking that this Qu Du's participation in the discussion was the first time since the establishment of the Shu Army, and he didn't know what General Mu thought, so he specially told him about it.

Dong Fei sighed and said: "Five days ago, the barbarian army suddenly launched an attack on our two defenders of Ogishan and Tangting Mountain. The day before yesterday, General Demu ordered us to find out as soon as possible whether there was any infiltration of the barbarian army in Jiawu, once the battle was fierce and protracted, if the hinterland was disturbed by the enemy, the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

Qian Duwei said: "Our army has been searching in Jiawu for several days, and it is difficult to find any trace of the barbarian army. ”

Dong Fei waved his hand and said, "Qian Duwei is cautious, are you sure about this?" In the unlikely event that a baggage camp or city is attacked by a barbarian army in the future, it will be your responsibility at that time. ”

After Dong Fei finished speaking, he looked at Yang Duwei again and asked, "What is Yang Duwei's opinion?" ”

"Captain, the last general is only shallow in learning, and there is no good way to find the enemy." Yang Duwei was very cautious.

Dong Fei shook his head and said secretly: "I thought this was a good errand, just to search for the encirclement and suppression of the rogues, and the battle exploits sent to the door, but I didn't expect it to be a barbarian army in disguise, and the barbarian army is just that, and it's not that it can't be defeated, the question is where is this barbarian army?" Is it hiding and not fighting you? Or this Jiawu realm has not been infiltrated in the first place. ”

"Captain Dong, I have an idea below, I don't know if you want to hear it?" Yi Tianhang saw that these people looked embarrassed, so he took the initiative to speak.

"Oh? Yiqu Du can just say it directly, and I will listen to it. Dong Fei saw Yi Tianhang speak, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, this surnamed Yi wiped out two barbarian armies with 500 troops, a total of more than 1,500 people, there must be something outstanding.

"Your Excellency should know that the last general has defeated two groups of barbarian armies at the southern border of Zizhong and the junction of Jiangyang and Jiawu, captured some prisoners, and obtained some information. Yi Tianhang said calmly, without a trace of the restraint of being a small official.

Qian Duwei was once beaten by Yi Tianhang, and sneered coldly: "What kind of lofty arguments do I have, and you still need to say such words?" ”

Yi Tianhang did not pay attention to Qian Duwei, and continued: "Jiawu is different from Jiangyang and Zizhong, Jiawu is surrounded by Dishan and Xiaobie Mountains, and the territory is full of lofty mountains and mountains, and the Dishan Mountains go deep into southern Xinjiang. ”

Hearing this, Yang Duwei smiled lightly, slightly disdainful, and said: "What does Yiqu Du mean is that this barbarian army is hiding in the mountains in the west? However, the official road passes under the mountain, and in the past few months, the passage of the Jiawu military and civilians has been fine, and if the barbarian army was hiding in Ogiyama, it should have made a move a long time ago. ”

Dong Fei nodded, the three of them didn't think about the mountains, but they had already ruled it out.

"It's been safe and sound, because it's not worth making a move, I'm afraid that as soon as there is movement, Jiawu will fall! At that time, the grain route of the 50,000 army in the south of Ogiyama will be cut off, and the back road will be blocked! Dare to ask everyone? Can you afford it? Yi Tianhang replied unceremoniously.

"You? Alarmist listening! Don't think that with Xing Zongliang supporting you, you can talk nonsense! Qian Duwei accused.

Yi Tianhang glanced at Qian Duwei with slanted eyes, and said, "The barbarian army hiding in Zizhong and Jiangyang didn't want to expose their tracks too early, but they were too stupid and I found out!" ”

Dong Fei saw that Qian Duwei's face was slightly angry, and he was about to argue, and hurriedly said to Yi Tianhang: "Okay, the general will believe you, your subordinates are tired, have a good rest today, and tomorrow I will go with my army to search for the barbarian army!" ”

Dong Fei didn't have any holiday with Yi Tianhang, and last year he got some credit for Yi Tianhang's search for the Northern Zhou secret agent, if it weren't for Qian Duwei and others being cleaned up by Yi Tianhang, he really wouldn't embarrass Yi Tianhang, this is the person that the Marquis and General Mu value! What's funny is that Qian Duwei and the others still thought that Yi Tianhang relied on Xing Zongliang's disciples, but he Dong Fei knew it very well, after all, he had just been reprimanded by Mu Ziyu in a handwritten letter.

More than dozens of miles west of Jiawu City, a majestic Qi army is marching, the forefront of the army, is a short and thin general, a black iron armor, a big horse in the crotch, holding a truncated long knife, extremely majestic, it is the captain of the Shu Military Academy Dong Fei.

Although this Dong Fat is short and thin, he is a warrior and has a lot of courage.

Needless to say, on both sides behind Dong Fei, there are Qian Duwei and Yang Duwei, and then Yi Tianhang, who made an exception and followed.

Dong Fei has been in battle for a long time, a veteran general in the army, and is familiar with this leading troops to fight, and now he is leading more than 3,000 people and horses to search for the enemy in the mountains, in his opinion, it is really overkill, in his opinion, he should go to the front line to lead the troops to fight against the barbarian army, at this time this is naturally a little uncomfortable.

"Yiqu Du, this army is not as good as the rivers and lakes, you and I have the old, last year's cut off of the Northern Zhou secret agent, the general still remembers your favors, but a few days ago you beat the soldiers, and also beat Qian Duwei and others, it is too much, the general wants to teach you a lesson, if it weren't for General Mu's face, you would have been dealt with by military law a long time ago." Dong Fei has always felt uncomfortable holding back some words, so he can't say it, so he said it at this time.

Yi Tianhang heard Dong Fei's sudden words, and looked at Lieutenant Qian with a smug face, thinking that he would still have to work with these people in the future, so he replied: "What Captain Dong said is that his subordinates have just entered the military camp, and their temperament is too hot, and they are indeed a little reckless, but fortunately, several lieutenants are fine. ”

Dong Fei, Qian Duwei, and Yang Duwei were choked enough by Yi Tianhang's words, and secretly said that this kid is really good, and he actually had a knife in his words.

Qian and Yang were silent, just to see how Dong Fei responded.

"Ahem, scooping rice in a pot and eating, they are all their own brothers, and the days will be long in the future, so you still have to get along well. Well, after a day's march, it is almost evening, and we are waiting to find an open place to camp, there are mountains and forests on both sides of this official road, and the whole army is ordered to be on alert, so don't take it lightly. "Dong Fei doesn't want to offend Yi Tianhang, he is a person valued by Mu Ziyu and the Marquis of Danqu.

This Dong Fei led his soldiers and horses out of the city for a day, all the way without incident, not even the shadow of a barbarian soldier, although he did not scatter the army into the mountain to search, but also sent a lot of scouts into the mountain, if there is a barbarian army hidden nearby, it is impossible not to even have a breeze.

In the evening, the army set up camp, Dong Fei's big tent had just been erected, and before he could sit down, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent, and Captain Qian led a group of wounded soldiers to break in.

Dong Fei knew that something was wrong as soon as he saw this posture, and before he could ask, he only heard the soldier say: "My lord, it's not good, Jiawu was attacked by the barbarian army, and now the city gate has been lost, Zhang Duwei's life and death are unknown, and I hope that the adults will come back to help quickly!" ”

"What?! Where did the brutes come from? How many people are there? Why was the city attacked and breached?! Dong Fei didn't expect this to be more serious than he thought.

"The villain doesn't know where this barbarian army came from, an hour ago, first the arsenal in the city suddenly caught fire, and then the military camp in the south of the city was on fire, Zhang Duwei saw this, knew that it was attacked by the enemy, so he ordered the defenders of the four gates to hold on, he took a hundred soldiers to reinforce the granary, but unexpectedly was ambushed halfway, Zhang Duwei told the villain in every possible way to be sure that the army of Captain Dong must return to help, and strive to ensure that Jiawu is not lost."

"Jiawu is the important place of our army, it is the gateway to the front line camp and the hinterland of Shuzhong, and there is a large amount of grain and grass hoarding, if Jiawu is lost, the 50,000 troops of the southern camp of Dishan will be rested!" Dong Fei was already in a cold sweat, looked at Captain Qian, and said, "Order the whole army, immediately return to Jiawu!" The whole army is lightly armed! ”

This Dong Fei didn't even want a lot of materials and the newly established Dazhai, so he rushed back with the people and horses, and also walked with the Tianhang Department.

This place is sixty or seventy miles away from Jiawu, if it is a normal march, it will take four hours to rush back without stopping, and it will take three hours for the whole army to travel lightly, and when they go back, this Jiawu City may have fallen long ago.

"Captain Qian, you and the general led the cavalry to help, Captain Yang, you led the army later, this matter is already related to the stability of my Great Qi country, and the stability of Shu depends on your fight today!"

Dong Fei seemed to have seen the scene of him turning the tide and being praised by the King of Qi, but he forgot that two important points mattered, how did the barbarian army reach Jiawu City? Is this messenger credible?

Dong Fei and Qian Duwei led five hundred light cavalry first, Yang Duwei led a group of infantry to follow, and the cavalry galloped, which could arrive in an hour.

Yi Tianhang was suspicious in his heart, drove his horse to Yang Duwei's side, and said: "Yang Duwei, I came all the way from Jiawu with Captain Dong, how did this barbarian army cross our department to Jiawu?" ”

"Huh? What does Yiqu Du mean is that Jiawu lied about the military situation? Or am we negligent? Yang Duwei looked disdainful, it was such a critical juncture, this kid still wanted to think twice.

"Yang Duwei, what I mean below is that Jiawu's attack may not be true, why don't you carefully check it and make a decision?"

"The military situation is urgent, how can it be delayed?! If Jiawu is lost, the grain and grass will be robbed, and the retreat will be cut off! The 50,000 people in the southern camp of Ogishan will be unstable, and then the army will be defeated like a mountain, you and I will die without a place to be buried, and half of Shu will be exposed to the long knife of the barbarian army. Even if we lie about the military situation this time, we have to go back to the division to rescue! "Yang Duwei rarely spoke at length, but it was very reasonable.

"What about the messenger?" Yitianhang is not dead.

"Huh? It should have followed Captain Dong and them first. ”

"I hope so." Yi Tianhang replied helplessly, and then returned to his own tribe, and instructed Huang Facai: "Order all the brothers, be careful and vigilant, for fear that this barbarian soldier will come at us." ”

"Huh? Why do you say this? ”

"You don't have to ask, just tell me to go down."

"Yes, my subordinates obey."