In Youzhou City, soldiers lined up under the city in full armor, rows of armor shining in the sunlight.

The street behind them was lined up with black-clad and black-armored Jiuqu cavalry, their sabers shining against the sun, scorching their eyes.

The people of the city watched the movement in the streets from their houses, and they still thought that the soldiers had gone on this expedition to protect themselves, and the people silently prayed for the soldiers and prayed for their safe return.

"Teacher." Xue Mu rushed over from the inner city.

"Why so long?" Qiao Qi asked with a frown.

Time was in a hurry, Xue Mu didn't explain much, he said briefly: "Clean up the scene a little." ”

Qiao Qi looked in the direction of the inner city, looked at the thick smoke, and was silent.

Xue Mu asked, "The little general has already set off?" ”

"Zheng'er just took someone out, and now I'm just waiting for your senior brother to come and join us."

"What about General Zhao?"

"I'm here." Zhao Zhi'an just walked down from the city wall.

Xue Mu said: "General Zhao, you can call the city gate guard down, as soon as Meng Feng arrives, we will set off." ”

Zhao Zhi'an rubbed his eyebrows and said, "You don't have to wait for the state capital, the state capital doesn't plan to go with you." ”

Qiao Qi and Xue Mu were both in their hearts, Xue Mu held the handle of the knife, and said in a deep voice: "What are you kidding?" Do you want to betray us? ”

Zhao Zhi'an said lightly: "So far, do you think the imperial court can still spare us?" ”

"Then why didn't you go with us as planned?"

Zhao Zhi'an's voice was a little lonely: "The state capital and these Youzhou soldiers have been here all their lives, and we don't want to give up our homeland, so we decided to continue to defend Youzhou." ”

"Keep going? That would be a dead end! Without our replenishment of troops, Youzhou will be conquered within a day. Xue Mu said angrily.

Zhao Zhixin sneered, Xue Mu would care about the safety of himself and others? All he cared about was the thousands of people in Youzhou, and he replied: "The Lord of the Prefecture is also for the safety of Qiao Laoshangshu, and if we stay in Youzhou, we can contain some of the imperial army's troops and reduce your pressure." ”

"This." Xue Mu looked at Qiao Qi with some hesitation, he didn't think that Meng Feng would choose to stay in Youzhou at the last time, thinking that this kind of change was inseparable from the disappearance of the crown prince.

Qiao Qi's expression was a little sad, and he asked hoarsely, "Where is Meng Feng now?" ”

Zhao Zhi'an lowered his head and said respectfully: "The lord of the state capital is afraid that it will be difficult to make a decision after meeting with Lao Shangshu, so I only let me pass a message to you, the lord of the state capital asks you not to always think about revenge, and I wish you to spend your old age with peace of mind." ”

"Then these soldiers below, you also want to take them back?" Xue Mu's face was very ugly, the infantry lined up under the city gate were all subordinate to the army of Youzhou, after all, they brought all the cavalry troops themselves.

"These people are all soldiers who are not registered in Youzhou selected by me and the state capital, and General Xue can take them by himself." Zhao Zhi'an replied.

Xue Mu's face improved a little, and he sighed in his heart: "It seems that Senior Brother has already had such a plan, so he selected these soldiers in advance. ”

After all, Qiao Qi is a person who has come over, and after a short period of sadness, the old man's face turned resolute, and he arched his hand to General Zhao and said, "General Zhao, don't pass!" ”

Zhao Zhi'an hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Old Shangshu, be safe all the way." ”

"Open the gates!"

"Open the city gate~"

Outside the city gate, Qiao Zheng led more than 20 horsemen to stand by the moat, seeing the city gate open, Qiao Zheng rode his horse to Qiao Qi and others, and replied: "It has been confirmed that the official roads to the south of Youzhou have been emptied, except for the Beidaying on the west side is still stationed in place, the Dongdaying on the south side and the Beifu Iron Cavalry on the east side have retreated back for more than 20 miles. ”

Xue Mu and the others were slightly relaxed, what they cared about was the movement of the Beifu Iron Cavalry, in their plan, as long as it was dark, their large army that originally drove to Yaoshan would quickly divert to the southeast and move towards Luzhou, at this time the only threat to them was the Beifu Iron Cavalry stationed on the southeast side of Youzhou.

"Let's go!"

Qiao Zheng raised his head and was about to answer, when his body suddenly shook, and he shouted: "Who are you?!" As he spoke, the spear in his hand was thrown behind Xue Mu.

Xue Mu was taken aback, and hurriedly turned around, only to hear the sound of "bang".

The spear was blocked by a person behind Xue Mu and fell to the ground.

This person was Su Yan, who had just returned from the City Lord's Mansion, Su Yan used a steel knife to open the spear in great danger, and when he was frightened, Qiao Zheng had already rushed towards him.

Without thinking, Su Yan crossed his hands, pulled out the Yangzhou double blade on his waist, and prepared to jump up.

"Stop! Own! Xue Mu hurriedly reprimanded.

Qiao Zheng had no intention of stopping, whipped the war horse, and rushed towards Su Yan.

Su Yan supported the saddle with both hands, squatted on the horse's back with agility, jumped over, flew to Qiao Zheng's horse, and threw Qiao Zheng to the ground.

"Protect the little general!"

The people around me were shocked! rushed over.

"Stop it!" Xue Mu bent the bow and shot the arrow, and the serial arrow stunt reappeared.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh." After three arrows in a row scared back the soldiers who were swinging their knives, Xue Mufei came to the two who were rolling and fighting on the ground, and kicked them away with a forceful kick.

Qiao Zheng said angrily: "Why did I let me kill him?!" ”

Xue Mu said angrily: "You didn't hear me clearly? He's his own person! ”

"Your own people? I clearly saw the murderous aura in his eyes, just now, if I hadn't stopped you, I'm afraid you would have been in a different place by now! Qiao Zheng shouted.

Xue Mu's eyes widened, and he looked at Su Yan and said coldly, "You want to kill me?" ”

"I didn't!" Su Yan refused.

"I can see clearly, the killing intent in your eyes is definitely a precursor to the move." Qiao Zheng said coldly.

Su Yan no longer talked to him, he looked at Xue Mu and said angrily: "Who is this madman? ”

Xue Mu had stabilized his mind at this time, although he didn't believe that Su Yan would harm him, but seeing Qiao Zheng swear so much, his heart was also a little shaken: "Could it be that Su Yan really has a problem?" ”

Qiao Qi came from behind, and he asked Xue Mu, "Who is this person?" Why haven't I seen it before? ”

Xue Mu replied in a low voice: "Teacher, this person is the son of Su Yuan, the former capital of Yangzhou Prefecture, that Su Yuan seems to have been killed by his subordinates, and this Su Gongzi is here to defect to us." ”

"Su Yuan?!"

Qiao Qi's eyes lit up, Su Yuan was his colleague back then, and the two had a relationship for a while, and the most important thing was that Su Yuan was in charge of the forging and use of the Yangzhou Double Blade, which was a big killer against the Baiyi Tribes.

He looked at Su Xian, who had a look of hatred on his face, and said with emotion: "Sure enough, the hero is a young man, and he has the appearance of your father at that time." ”

"Who are you? Do you recognize my father? Su Yan looked suspicious.

"Your father used to be my subordinate, and it was also my idea for him to go to Yangzhou to join the army." Qiao Qi looked at Su Yan with hot eyes, as if he saw that the people of the Baiyi tribe were already kneeling at his feet.