Three bells and drums rang out in Baifeng City, and the high-pitched and melodious bells spread back and forth among the black and oppressive crowd, which made the already restless caravan even more active, and hundreds of horses were also neighing under the traction of the traders.

"It's on!"

With the loud cry of the guards of Baifeng City, all the traders were ready to enter the pass, and the horses and wool purchased from the north could be exchanged for gold and silver in the south of the Yangtze River, and then the silk and salt were bought from the south of the Yangtze River, and then poured into the north of the country. It won't be long before a beautiful wife and concubine are at your fingertips.

Just as these vendors were thinking about their better tomorrow, the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves came to them, and everyone looked up, only to see the iron hooves with no end in sight, and the coercion alone made everyone breathless.

Some vendors who had seen the market whispered.

"Do you see it, that's our Beiyan's back army."

"Back Army?! That's the elite of our Northern Yan, although the number is only a few thousand, but the only exception is the best in the army, could it be that Huo Ping also took them with him on this expedition this time? ”

"Look, look, there's an ironclad battalion in the back."

There was another climax in the crowd, and even these vendors, who had been running in and out of the frontier all year round, couldn't help but be terrified when they saw such a scene.

Everyone in the world knows that Yanyun has three provinces and twenty-nine states, the real estate is barren, and it has been a place for the imperial court to exile prisoners for hundreds of years, but it is such a barren place, so that Shen Yue brought out such a sonorous and iron-clad army, the military department of the Huayang Dynasty once estimated that Shen Yue's soldiers and horses were no less than 200,000, of which the iron cavalry accounted for 100,000 people, and the population of Beiyan was only 1.5 million.

The rumors about Shen Yuegong's high earthquake are not groundless, the horse stepped on the north, the sword pointed to the south of the river, and wherever the 200,000 soldiers and horses went, the enemy fled in despair.

More than a dozen old-fashioned battalion military flags that stood tall in the sea of corpses and blood, such as the Beiwei Army, the Iron Armored Battalion, the White Horse Battalion, and the Trap Camp, were even more terrifying to the world.

These 200,000 people did not obey the emperor's orders and were not coerced by the Ministry of War, and they only had the banner of the Shen family in their hearts.

Different from the special forces that are fast and mobile for thousands of miles to attack the Beiwei Army, the ironclad battalion is more like a grinding disc that crushes all the enemies into pulp on the battlefield, they are wearing heavy armor, and the three horses are linked to chains, once they are launched, they are unstoppable, this is designed by Shen Yue according to the previous dynasty Tiefutu, and because the heavy armor has very strict requirements for horses and soldiers, more than 1,000 people were selected out of 200,000 people.

All the vendors held their breath for fear of provoking these murderous soldiers, and thousands of soldiers crossed the city gate in unison, and not one of them was left behind.

It just so happened that this quiet and tense atmosphere made those ordinary people who had only seen fights in the countryside feel endless killing intent.

The whole army didn't say a word, only the Shen family handsome flag kept whirring.

In an hour, this tiger and wolf division slowly came out of the customs, and all the traders breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Phew, you see, this is the real soldier."

"You're still saying it, it's scared me to death."

"What do you know, these people are the elite of the Shen family, and any one of them is the master of those child soldiers of the Huayang Dynasty."

"These people can be more powerful than the emperor's old man's inner guards."

"You know a fart, which of those big internal guards is not a father to a son, and a son to a brother? Can those people be the same? There are no one or twenty northern Xinjiang barbarian heads, which one can bring a swallow embroidered scarf? ”

These words made everyone who wanted to raise the bar shut up one after another. Yes, for the soldiers of Huayang, who have not seen a sword soldier for more than ten years, they may have long forgotten the feeling of being trapped in the enemy camp and embattled.

With the departure of the Northern Yan military horses, the ranks of traders also began to enter the customs one after another, they are just ordinary people, and they are always more or less one-sided about national affairs. The safety of the society is in danger, and the people at dawn are just a little talk about it, and those officials in power in the DPRK talk about it all day long, serving the country and the people. Sometimes they forget that they only need to give the people a full meal, and the soldiers have a little salary, so that the world can be peaceful.

It's a pity that the Huayang Dynasty looks like a song and dance on the surface, but there is already a dark tide behind the scenes.

An ordinary soldier on the Baifeng Pass looked at the thousands of soldiers and horses that had disappeared on the horizon, and whispered to the slightly older veteran next to him, "Master Wei, we don't seem to have received any news from these people leaving the customs today." ”

Wei Ye, who was already full of gray hair for more than half a hundred years, said indifferently: "What a fuss, what do you know, the matter that can make two elite battalion horses go out of our small road so vigorously must not be something that our people can inquire about, little fifth son, you are so curious, be careful to let the overseers catch you and treat you as a spy in the northern frontier." ”

Hearing the words of the Northern Xinjiang spy, Xiao Wuzi immediately shrunk his neck and shuddered.

"Master Wei, then when do you say that I will be able to be like those people? That's so handsome, it's not better than standing on this wall all day and waiting. Xiao Wuzi said with envy.

Wei Ye snorted coldly: "You think that's a good thing?" Who in the world doesn't know that our soldiers in Beiyan have all rolled through the sea of swords and fires three times, and your physique is still forgotten. You are the only seedling in your family, think of your father. ”

Xiao Wuzi was unmoved: "My father and mother and I have already said that the eldest husband should carry a sword and make meritorious contributions, I don't want to eat here and wait for death for the rest of my life, I want to be the next Shen Yue." ”

A wave of appreciation in Wei Ye's eyes when he heard this sentence instantly appeared, and then quickly disappeared, replaced by a fierce face: "You rabbit cub, you can't talk nonsense if you have something." Wouldn't it be nice to live this life peacefully? ”

Xiao Wuzi didn't speak, but straightened his chest, and the early morning sun shone on Xiao Wuzi's thin body.

Seeing that Xiao Wuzi didn't speak, Wei Ye's lips moved slightly, and he squeezed out a sentence for a while.

"Stinky boy, it's a bit like me back then, wherever our men from Beiyan go, they all stand up to the sky. Soon a military merit will be delivered to you, you have to grasp it well. ”

Taking advantage of the toilet time, Wei Ye released a carrier pigeon with an envelope tied to his legs.

Under the reflection of the early morning sun, there seems to be a large line of characters written on the note.

"Back to the Wei Army, the ironclad battalion has passed through Baifeng City, and the target is Shen Jin'an."

Ping'an Town is the farthest town from Beiyan, and the rest is a small town rather than a market. The permanent population of Ping'an Town is less than 100 people, and most of the people who come and go are merchants and vicious criminals who come and go.

Dashupo Teahouse is the only restaurant in Ping'an Town, saying that the restaurant is actually just a few broken shacks connected together, the only wine and food is only a few pickles and a few pieces of donkey meat, the wine is only yellowed wine fairy drunk, and the tea is only a big bowl of tea.

It may be because the merchants come here to rest, but the business is quite good.

"Xiao Anzi, you haven't slipped over yet. The guests here have no tea in their tea. A woman of five years and three thicknesses snarled with a handkerchief in her hand and pinched her waist with both hands.

The voice was so loud and so heavy that even the bolted steed began to go berserk.

"It's coming, it's coming." Behind the tea shed, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy trotted all the way with a large pot.

The young man has silkworm phoenix eyes, a pair of slender eyebrows fall on his forehead, if you suddenly look at it, it doesn't look like a boy, but like a weak woman who fled from Jiangnan.

It is not too much to say that he was fleeing, the young man was dressed in tattered clothes, and the sewn and patches were crawling all over it, and even the disciples of the beggar gang would call him a brother when they saw it, a pair of broken straw shoes under his feet, and a few weeds on his head, presumably he slept in the stable last night.

"Guest officer, the big bowl of tea you want, boil it for a while, so that the taste of the tea is stronger." The boy was looking for an excuse for his tardiness.

The merchants who came and went didn't care, but teased the young man: "Little Er, do you want to follow me." ”

The young man rolled his eyes and said playfully, "Come with you?" Don't know who you are yet? ”

The merchant laughed evilly and said, "We are doing business, I can take you to Jiangnan to make a fortune." ”

Before the young man could speak, a woman's roar followed: "Wu Bailie, you don't fucking fart here, it's not that you have a crush on Xiao Anzi and want him to go to Jiangnan with you, but I don't know who you sold Xiao Anzi to when you get there." ”

The merchant who was exposed by the woman was not annoyed: "Sun Sanniang, what nonsense are you talking about, my old Wu is the kind of person you think?" Even if I want to sell, I won't sell him, and if I want to sell, I will sell you. ”

"Let your mother's fart, eat quickly, get out of me when you're full, be careful when you run into horse bandits." The woman cursed.

Hearing the word horse bandit, all the merchants shrunk their necks, and the merchants who made some money by running the single gang all the year round knew that the horse bandit was the lord of Yama in this industry, and it was over when he encountered a good-tempered person to grab some money, and when he encountered a bad-tempered person, he might even be dragged to the deep mountains and old forests to feed the wolves.

It turned out that there were patrols from Beiyan patrolling here, and the horse bandits were not so blatant, but recently the northern frontier has been constantly invading the border, and the Beiyan scouts are overstretched, and there are no house cats, and the mice are naturally arrogant.

Hearing Sun Sanniang's roar, all the merchants present lowered their heads and looked worried.

Sun Sanniang immediately laughed when she saw this scene: "Hey, my mother still thinks that you are all good men, you will bully orphans and widows, and a horse bandit will scare you old men?" If you have the courage, you might as well go home and pick up the child, Xiao Anzi, why don't you hurry up and see the steamed meat behind the stove, is it okay, is it difficult to grind and chirp, and I really want to go to Jiangnan with them to be a male prostitute. ”

When the young man heard the scolding, not only was he not sad, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.