Yang Ming and the others went all the way south, and they were already exhausted from the long-distance run, but they didn't dare to stop.

It wasn't until Hongtao Mountain that Yang Ming ordered a rest, and Xu Huang also released scouts to investigate in the direction of Pingcheng and Shanwu.

Everyone sat down to eat, and Xu Huang came to Yang Ming's side at this time.

"Sima, I'm a poor disciple, and it's not worth Sima's risk." Xu Huang blamed himself with a face, it should be for Yang Ming's return before.

If Wang Rou hadn't arrived, he would have put Yang Ming in danger with him.

"Gongming, do you think there is a difference between me and a good family?" Yang Ming said indifferently.

Xu Huang shook his head and said, "No." ”

"That's it, I will save other people who are under siege, I will bring you here, naturally I want to bring you all back, not to mention ......" Yang Ming said and paused, "You, Xu Gongming, are the person I trust the most." ”

Xu Huang was stunned when he heard this, as if thousands of emotions were surging into his heart, but he didn't know where to start.

Yang Ming didn't say much, just patted him on the shoulder, signaling that he didn't have to blame himself.

"Sima, this is what I snatched from a Xianbei person, and because of this thing, those Xianbei people went crazy and besieged me." When he came back to his senses, Xu Huang took out something from his arms.

Yang Ming took it and looked at it.

This is a pure gold product, with two horse heads, one left and one right, and the buttocks are connected, like a talisman, which looks quite valuable.

"This is held by the Xianbei shaman, and it is a sacred relic of Xianbei." Wang Rou saw it and walked over and said.

Xianbei believed in the gods, and the person who presided over the sacrifice in the tribe was the shaman.

Yang Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then couldn't help laughing, and asked people to bring cloth to wrap it.

"In this way, Komeito has a great credit." Yang Ming continued.

"I almost hurt Sima, what credit is it, this thing will be handed over to Sima." Xu Huang hurriedly said.

Yang Ming did not refuse and took it into his arms.

If it is really as Wang Rou said, it will be very useful when you return to Luoyang.

At this time, the scouts are returning one after another, bringing news.

The first is that the Shanwu generation did not find the Xianbei cavalry, and the second is that Pingcheng has been breached.

It seems that as they judged, the Han army had been defeated.

Once again, they were also glad that the leader was Yang Ming, and if they took the front line of Pingcheng, they would probably encounter the main force of Xianbei halfway.

"In this case, hurry to Mayi, make a little supply there, and then go to Yanmen Pass." Yang Ming said and got up.

All the way back and forth, there was not much dry food and water left.

Walking all the way south along Hongtao Mountain, when they got out of the hilly area, they saw green smoke rising in the distance.

The crowd couldn't help but stop at Lerma.

It seems that the situation is worse than they expected, Xianbei has not only broken through Pingcheng, but has also plundered all over Yanmen.

Yang Ming rode forward.

If Yanmen was full of Xianbei cavalry, they should have rushed to Yanmen Pass earlier.

Yanmen Pass is Xiongguan, and it is the only moat in Yanmen that blocks Xianbei people from going south.

They galloped all the way, and when they approached Mayi, they saw that the city of Mayi had just been breached, and Xianbei cavalry was pouring in from the city gate.

Xu Huang was about to ask if he would be rescued, but Yang Ming had already galloped towards Mayi City.

At this time, there were still Han troops resisting at the head of the city, and when they saw Yang Ming and others appear, they shouted excitedly: "Cavalry! It's our cavalry! ”

In just one hour, nearly a thousand Xianbei cavalry who rushed into the city before they had time to deploy were completely killed by Yang Ming's other troops and the remaining defenders in the city.

These Xianbei cavalry didn't understand until they died, where did they get such a scale of elite soldiers from Yanmen, which had been swept by them.

Yang Ming ordered the sergeants to clean the battlefield and at the same time strengthen the city gates.

The people of the city also participated in it, and there was no panic.

The border county is good at martial arts, which can be seen.

Yang Ming found Mayi County nearby and asked where the county magistrate was.

The reason why he chose to rescue Ma Yi was that in addition to not finding other Xianbei cavalry nearby, the rescue risk was controllable, and the more important reason was supply.

There are still nearly 100 miles from Mayi to Yanmen Pass.

This is a maximum of half a day's distance for the cavalry on weekdays, but at this time, the Xianbei cavalry was everywhere in Yanmen, they ran for several nights in a row, and there was a lack of supplies, and the Xianbei cavalry was in a very dangerous situation in the field.

So after successfully rescuing Ma Yi, what he had to do immediately was to resupply.

"The county magistrate led the people of the whole city to fight to the death...... Deceased. The county gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.

"I have a lot of loyal and brave people, I should go and mourn." Yang Ming said immediately.

Whether it's for the purpose of replenishment, or if you really admire such a county magistrate, there is a reason to go.

The county immediately led Yang Ming over.

At this time, the body of the county magistrate had just been buried, and his son was welcoming him at home.

Yang Mingzhi bowed down to offer condolences, and his son returned the salute.

Yang Ming saw that his son was extraordinary, and suddenly remembered someone.

They had also passed by Ma Yi when they went to Yunzhong before, but he didn't have time to think about it when time was tight.

After leaving the county magistrate's house, Yang Ming asked the county magistrate: "Came in a hurry, and I don't know the name of the county magistrate?" ”

"The county magistrate's surname is Zhang, his name is Zhong, and his name is Bocheng." The county replied.

"That is the son who greeted the guest?"

"Exactly?"

"Call Zhang Liao?" Yang Ming asked.

The county was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head.

"His son's name is Heng, and he has not yet reached the crown." The county replied.

Yang Ming smiled bitterly when he heard this, he was confused, Zhang Liao should only be an eight-year-old child at this time, how could the boy he saw just now be thirteen or fourteen years old.

History records that Zhang Liao is the descendant of Nie Yi, and Nie Yi is the mastermind of the "Ma Yi Scheme", because the Ma Yi plot was not successful, Yu Han spent money and food, and Yu Xiongnu was treacherous, and both sides were not pleased, so he changed his surname to Zhang.

However, now the county magistrate is also surnamed Zhang, which shows that the Yanmen Nie family, or the Yanmen Zhang family, is still a prominent family in the local area, so it is not impossible to find Zhang Liao.

At that moment, a sergeant came quickly.

"County Cheng, the scouts are back, and most of Xianbei has returned to the north!" The sergeant's face was full of joy.

"Really?" The county couldn't believe it.

"It is said that there is a change in the Xianbei royal court!" The sergeant said excitedly.

The county was overjoyed when he heard this, and then hurriedly said goodbye to Yang Ming, presumably to pass the news to the military and civilians to boost morale.

Yang Ming also breathed a sigh of relief.

Since Xianbei's main force has returned to the north, he and his army are not in a hurry to go to Yanmen Pass, they can have a good rest in this Mayi first.

It is said that the burning of the royal court was originally a spiritual blow, but now it has accidentally burned the grain and grass, and the results have exceeded expectations.

The county magistrate died in battle, and the county magistrate became the temporary leader of Ma Yi, he was busy dealing with various affairs, and it was rare to see people.

However, he arranged for Cao Yuan and Yang Ming to dock and provide supplies.

From his point of view, although the main force of the Xianbei cavalry returned to the north, it was difficult to guarantee that there would still be those who stayed to loot, and Yang Ming's other troops stayed in Mayi, which was a big guarantee.

On the Ruoyang side, because the battle report did not arrive so quickly, and there was no new order issued to them for the time being, so after continuous attacks, Yang Ming and his troops ushered in a rare rest of more than ten days.

Catching up on sleep, resting, and patrolling have become their main things these days.

On this day, Yang Ming personally took his personal guards out to patrol near Mayi.

Suddenly a group of men appeared from the northwest, and he asked them to come forward to inspect, and after a while, the man led the other party over.

Yang Ming was surprised that it was Zhang Yi, who he had sent to inform Tian Yan of the news.

"Sima!" When he saw Yang Ming, Zhang Yi was very excited, and he got off the horse and knelt directly on the ground.

Yang Ming didn't know what was going on, so he also got off the horse and helped him up.

"Sima, I couldn't bring the others out!" Zhang Yi looked ashamed.

"What's going on? I'll let you go and inform, when the front line in the cloud can get out of the way? Yang Ming asked.

Although it was possible to infer that the Han army had been defeated after seeing so much grain and grass in the Xianbei royal court, the worst-case scenario of the first army in Yunzhong could also retreat to the four cities of Gukou.

Xianbei lacked siege equipment, and the four cities were strong, and it was difficult to break through for a while, and when the grain and grass ran out, they naturally retreated.

"After Tian Yan learned the news, he set up an ambush at the mouth of the valley, but he did not expect that Xianbei had tens of thousands of cavalry, and the sergeants were forced to retreat to the four cities of the valley mouth, which was a stalemate, but I never thought that the sandalwood acacia actually transferred tens of thousands of cavalry, regardless of casualties, and finally the city was broken, I only took a few people with minor injuries from other departments to break through, and the rest ......"

Yang Ming was stunned, he didn't expect things to develop in such a direction.

However, he didn't think that the four cities in the clouds were broken because other departments burned the royal court, because if he hadn't asked Zhang Yi to go and inform them, those people would have died as well.

He just felt sorry for those knights from other tribes, who followed him all the way from Luoyang to Yunzhong, and it was also Dingxiang that he arranged for them to go.

Including Zhang Yi, if he hadn't succeeded in breaking through, he would have died in Dingxiang.

Thinking of this, he stretched out his hand to help Zhang Yi up, and blamed himself: "It's because I didn't think it through, and I should have asked you to go back to Jinyang directly." ”

"Sima has thought it through, and it was Tian Yan's light on the enemy that caused him to do this." Zhang Yi hurriedly said when he heard this.

"Anyway, it's good to be alive, go back to Mayi with me first." Yang Ming said and turned around and got on the horse again.

The group walked back to Mayi.

"How did Sima come to Mayi?" Zhang Yi said with a puzzled face, he was arranged by Yang Ming to inform the news, and he didn't know what other departments would do next.

"It's a long story, but why did you come to Mayi?" Yang Ming asked rhetorically, after breaking through, they should go to Wuyuan's side.

"I am a man of Mayi." Zhang Yi replied.

Yang Ming reined in the horse, looked at Zhang Yi, and suddenly realized something: Zhang Yi is also the Zhang family of Yanmen?