The subordinate pointed ahead, Xue Mu looked up, and his eyes widened.

On the vast plain ahead, under the sunset, a cavalry spread horizontally from north to south at the border of Youzhou.

"Impossible!"

Xue Mu's face was full of shock: "Why did the cavalry of the Eastern Battalion arrive so quickly, according to the itinerary, it will take five days to arrive." ”

Seeing that all of his subordinates were pale, and the hilt of the knife on his waist was clenched in his hand, Xue Mu drank: "Don't act rashly!" ”

The entire caravan stopped, and more than ten horsemen galloped in the army in front, but just these more than ten horses, the sound of rushing was like a hundred horses galloping, and the entire official road shook violently, which was several times louder than the sound of the cavalry of the front battalion of Beizhili rushing to the road before, listening to the heavy voice, looking at the dust flying behind the cavalry, the people beside Xue Mu were all frightened.

"Beifu Iron Rider!"

Xue Mu's heart was half cold, he turned his head to look at the troops lined up in the distance, and said in disbelief: "These are the troops of Fuzhou!" ”

Beifu Iron Cavalry is the first heavy armored cavalry in the history of the mainland, because the load-bearing and endurance of the dark cloud sand that sits down is strong, the war horse is covered with armor in addition to the ears, eyes, mouth, nose, limbs and tail exposed, the cavalry on the seat is wearing heavy armor, head guards, ear guards, front and rear breastplates are hidden in the heart of the bronze mirror, shoulder cover, arm sleeve arm protection, waist tie, knee skirt leg guard, even if the cavalry is twisted by the iron cable, it will not fall, a cavalry has a hundred forces to block when fighting, And when these cavalry gather together to charge, they can easily break through the formation, which is a veritable killing machine in the plain battle, and it is also a nightmare that will never go away in the hearts of the soldiers of the former dynasty such as Xue Mu.

A dozen cavalrymen scattered around the caravan and shouted, "Wait for the speed and turn back!" According to the order of the Northern Mansion, no one is allowed to leave the Youzhou Realm! ”

"Master Jun!"

A caravan consul from Luzhou asked loudly: "We are all good citizens, and we all have road guides issued by Youzhou City, we just want to go back to Luzhou to unload the goods, I don't know if it is convenient?" ”

Those cavalrymen ignored it, and just blindly repeated: "From now on, no one is allowed to leave the Youzhou Realm!" ”

After the caravan negotiations were fruitless, everyone had to return, and Xue Mu thought anxiously, "What the hell is going on?" Could it be that Dugu Shao went directly to Fuzhou to ask for help? But didn't the emperor of the Dugu family ever issue an order that the Fuzhou army should always guard the Jingbei Mansion, no matter what, even if there is an accident on the northwest border, they are not allowed to leave the state without authorization? Why do they dare to disobey? ”

……

In the distance, a general accompanied a man dressed as a scribe, who was in his forties, with a short beard and a thin build, sat upright on a horse in a leather robe.

The scribe arched his hand to the general beside him and said, "The long-distance attack, General Yuwen has worked hard all the way. ”

The general's hair was scattered, his face was black, and his facial features were as distinct as knives, and he laughed loudly: "Lord Bai is polite! I have been recuperating in Beifu for almost ten years, and I have already been idle birds, if it weren't for the hundred adults who persuaded the old lady with your clever mouth, I don't know how long it would take to come out and move my muscles. ”

The black-faced general licked his dry lips, and a bloodthirsty gaze appeared in his eyes: "I just don't know why the hundred adults don't let me wait to enter Youzhou City, but instead set up defense lines and outposts on various routes on the border." ”

The common people looked at the general who was eager to try beside him, and thought to himself: "In order to prevent General Yuwen from being warlike and making mistakes, it is better to inform him of the matter in advance." ”

The scribe smiled and said, "Although the old lady has repeatedly warned me to keep it a secret, I see General Yuwen as a person, not like a person with a loose mouth, so I will inform the general about this now." ”

When General Yuwen heard this, his heart was greatly applied, and he looked at the scribe's gaze more pleasing to the eye, and he nodded his head a few times and said, "Yes, I am guarding, guarding something." ”

"Tight-lipped as a bottle?" The scribe laughed.

"Yes, hahaha, I've always been tight-lipped, you literati are particular about what you say, and you can make so many meanings in a few words." The black-faced general said.

The common scribe leaned into the ear of the black-faced general and whispered.

The black-faced general's ears itched, and he patiently listened to a few words, and then exclaimed, "What did you say?!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is trapped?! ”

The sound was so loud that it was deafening, and it traveled far before it dissipated, and the cavalry all around turned their heads in surprise.

The black-faced general looked at the unkind scribe, reacted immediately, smiled embarrassedly, and then turned to the surrounding soldiers and shouted: "Whoever wants to spread the news of the prince's trapping, military law will serve!" The voice was twice as loud as before, which directly caused a commotion.

Seeing that the faces of the common people and scribes were becoming more and more ugly, the black-faced general also knew that he had done something wrong, but because of curiosity, he still comforted him with a cheeky face: "Don't worry, Lord Bai, my Beifu Iron Cavalry is strictly disciplined, and no one will leak the news, you continue." ”

The scribe sighed helplessly, and continued: "We don't know if the Jiuqu rebellion hiding in Youzhou has captured the prince, so besieging but not attacking is the best way at the moment. ”

The black-faced general pondered for a while, but he didn't understand anything, and he couldn't help but scratch his ears and cheeks in a hurry: "Lord Bai, I'm a rough person, I can't figure out the mystery of this, so you can open up and tell the truth." ”

The scribe smiled, and then explained: "If the crown prince is already in their hands, then they find themselves besieged by us, and in order to survive, they will not harm the prince. ”

The black-faced general nodded, and then asked, "Then if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in their hands?" ”

The scribe's eyes were slightly cold: "It is best if the prince is not in their hands, we will take advantage of this period to send people to sneak into various places in Youzhou, find out the whereabouts of the prince, rescue him, and after His Royal Highness is safe and sound, we will kill into Youzhou and arrest the rebel!" ”

The black-faced general was stunned, and said in a dejected manner: "What do you mean by the hundred adults that we can only wait now?" ”

The scribe stroked his beard and nodded, "Wait! ”

The scribe glanced at the sky and asked worriedly: "General Yuwen, using cavalry to set up a checkpoint post is not a long-term solution after all, when will the foot soldiers of Beifu arrive?" ”

General Yuwen said confidently: "Hundred people are relieved, although my Beifu Iron Cavalry is known as cavalry, but after all, people and horses are wearing heavy armor, and the speed is not fast, and the infantry of Beifu set off at the same time as us, so we can arrive tonight." ”

The scribe nodded: "As soon as the infantry arrives and the cavalry hands over the checkpoint post, please ask the general to lead the Beifu Iron Cavalry to be thirty miles outside Youzhou City to strictly prevent the Jiuqu rebellion from attacking from the east." ”

The black-faced general said loudly: "It's easy to say, if they really want to raid to the east, it will save trouble." ”

Then he was puzzled: "Youzhou is vast, with the troops sent by my Fuzhou Prefecture can only defend a small part of the eastern and southern fronts at present, and the west side is the territory of the Northern Daying, I don't think they will go back and throw themselves into the net, but what if they enter Yaoshan from the south side?" ”

The scribe shook his head and said, "Don't worry, they won't." ”

The black-faced general was puzzled: "Why are the hundred adults so sure?" ”

The scribe smiled: "The matter on the south side, my father clearly said that he has his own clever plan. ”

General Yuwen exclaimed: "The old man is out of the mountain? ”

This scribe is the head of the hundred families who left Jingnan Mansion, Bai Zihuan's father Bai Shixiang, Bai Shixiang smiled and said: "If it weren't for my father going to Beifu to visit the old lady of the Dugu family late at night, how could the old lady allow the army of your Beifu to leave Fuzhou." ”

General Yuwen muttered: "No wonder, it turned out that the old man Bai personally went out." A gust of evening wind blew, and General Yuwen shivered coldly.

……

At night, in the inner city of Youzhou City, in Meng Feng's study, Shen Song looked out the window with cold eyes, he thought about his plan to break Meng Feng into pieces, and secretly sneered: "When people's lives are all under the same threat, people will unite because of a common threat, but if this threat is only against a certain person, and others have a chance to live as long as they leave this person, will these people still gather around that person?" ”

Shen Song never thought of helping Qiao Qi from beginning to end, although the strategy of breaking up into pieces could help him leave temporarily, but it was also a desperate plan, the Jiuqu soldiers of Youzhou City had lived in this land before, and their families still lived in various places, because of the war, they were forced to follow the ruler of the previous dynasty on the Jiuqu Thirteen Rings, and became rebels, and there was no hope of survival. Now that they have come to Youzhou alive, they have created an opportunity for them to return to their hometown to see their relatives and live together in the future as long as they leave Qiaoqi. So will they continue to obey Qiao Qi's orders, and will anyone return to Qiao Qi's old man after they disperse? Perhaps, but in the minority.

The corners of Shen Song's mouth turned up slightly, what Qiao Qi is relying on now is these veterans of the Jiuqu Dynasty, once these people leave him, he will have a way to kill this person in the future, Shen Song is not worried that this plan will be discovered, people's greed is endless, as long as people think that they can get it all completely, it is difficult to resist the temptation. And the current situation so far, broken into parts, dispersed to Yizhou can not only allow Qiao Qi's side to preserve its strength but also allow it to leave safely, so tempting, Shen Song believes that Qiao Qi and the others will definitely not refuse.

Because of this, when Xue Mu explained the task to his subordinates, those soldiers were aware of this and began to plot secretly, although Xue Mu, who has always been resourceful, has a strange heart, but he can't find the problem, he never imagined that his most loyal subordinates, the soldiers who are the least likely to betray him and others, are now all double-minded.

Shen Song held a wine glass, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and drank it.

But he didn't know that because of the sudden appearance of the Fuzhou army, his plan had been completely disrupted, and although Xue Mu avoided the consequences of his subordinates fleeing, he also ushered in greater trouble.