The envoy was praised and in a good mood, and the words were opened: "Our people are unlucky, and they have not been able to share the errand to the east. Only thirty miles to the east there is a post station, and to the north has to run eighty miles. It's not just a matter of running an extra 50 miles, you have to adjust your pace, breathe well, and know how to rest on time; You must not rely on your physical strength and run vigorously, you will definitely not be able to run; You must choose a good place to rest, otherwise it will be broken if you are found by a strong man; You have to eat and drink on time, or you won't cramp ......" the military envoy chattered endlessly. Mang Mao stopped and said, "Have you ever met a strongman on the road?" ”

The military envoy said: "Thanks to the blessing of the people, everything is going well with us." ”

"Have you seen anyone?"

"I've seen it, the merchant, the Shimoda, but they've all been careful to avoid it. When those people are fine, they trade and farm, and when they have a gap, they kill people and take money. Our lives are small, and the delay in the military situation is big! ”

When the gentleman on the right side of the car heard this, the corners of his mouth curled upward. Mang Mao and Mang Shen both burst out laughing.

"Well done!" Mang Mao complimented, "Are there many people like this?" ”

"Have you met three or five times?"

"Three-five? How many people are there in each case? ”

"Perhaps, there are about a dozen people, or thirty or fifty people...... There are many merchants, but there are few people in Shimoda...... But there are more than a dozen people. Did they make an appointment to go together? ”

"Of course the merchant has to make an appointment first, does Shimoda make an offer?"

"If it's friendship, it's going to be ...... I can go to the field with about a dozen people, and this friendship ......"

"What do merchants bring, carrying burdens or driving?"

"Drive, ox cart, go slowly. What to bring? It's not certain, it's covered by a big car. ”

"Are they going south or north?"

"To the south, to the north?"

"That is, they are going in the same direction, or the other way around."

"Everything!"

"There are also head-on encounters with you?"

"Yes!" The envoy affirmed, "The last one we met was the one we met head-on." I heard the sound of a car ahead, so I quickly turned onto another road, lay down in a ditch, and waited for them to pass before I came out. It's a team of merchants! ”

"Is there a patrol along the way?"

"Not seen!"

"Ridiculous!" Mang Mao said fiercely. Seeing that Mangmao was angry, the military envoy wisely closed his mouth.

In the silence, the shadow of the city wall that appeared in front of him was exactly in the middle of the confinement. The doorman who set off first had already taken the city guard to the crossing outside the city to wait, and ten ox carts were full of grain behind him. Mangmao and his party went slowly and slowly when they were an arrow away, and the formation also changed from a goose shape to a square, and Mangmao's car was in the front. Mr. Che You jumped out of the car, ran to the city guard first, and reported to the city guard that the general Mangmao had arrived, and the city guard and his party came to the convoy, and the convoy saw that the city guard and his party were coming on foot, and also stopped the carriage, and the left and right sides of the car jumped out of the car, and Mangmao also jumped out of the car and walked towards the city guard, only the military envoy was at a loss and was still standing in the car. Manshen whispered: "Get out of the car and stand behind the car." "The envoy knew what he had to do.

After Mang Mao and Yu Shou met, they saluted each other for a while, and Mang Mao said: "Mr. Jia treats each other with honor!" You still need to go forward, if you are given a change of horses, it will be very fortunate! ”

The guard hurriedly asked one of his subordinates to ride into the post station to change horses with the doorman at the front station. Mang Mao whispered a few words to the doorman and let them leave.

After the guest left, Mang Mao said to him: "Please leave it for the time being." The two waved their hands, and everyone around them stepped back ten paces away. The two people in the center approached each other, and Mang Mao said: "The Qin people have entered Nanguan, and most of them have gone straight to Kaifeng, and there are already business travelers to transport baggage for them, and there may be follow-ups." ”

Yu Shou was surprised: "I saw the Nanguan beacon fire in the morning, but I didn't receive the report, how did the general know?" ”

"The military envoy entered the nursery field when he handed over the day, and returned to the DPRK with me in the same car, so he didn't have to travel all the way, and it was a waste of time. So I know. Otherwise, the envoy will arrive when it is outdated. ”

"I see. What does the general say? ”

"It must be up to the king's decision. Qifeng is the south of the Great Liang, known as the collection of business travel, only a few Jing'an pawns, for my whip beyond the reach, must not be kept. And if the seal is lost, the girder is in danger! ”

"When the general enters the court, he must have a plan!"

"The only thing I plan is to summon the current Liangjiao army to be stationed in the Liangjiao, so that it is prepared, so it should be abandoned in the middle of the war. Only one person knows about this plan, and prepare in advance, so as not to give the king's decree and make a temporary hurry. ”

The guard replied and asked: "The general can enter the city to rest his horse, if the king's order is urgent, and the life is also carried by the roadside, you can rest for a while." ”

Mang Mao looked at the ten ox carts in the distance, and said: "The military situation is urgent, there is no delay, the moon is bright tonight, you can gallop quickly, and you can definitely go to the girder, or you can discuss with everyone in front of the king." The cart was slow, and it was stored in the confinement for the soldiers. ”

"So, how safe is life!"

"Prepare with all your heart, this time to solve the difficulties of the beam, or to be confined to it."

"Dare not to die!"

"But we must not leak it out in advance and provoke a popular uprising."

"Respectfully!"

Mang Mao walked back to the convoy and said, "Take a break and set off!" ”

At this time, the driver left the car, either conveniently or to eat water, and the driver untied the water bladder to drink the horse. The city guard and his party turned around and left to return to the city. While eating and drinking, Mangmao walked around, communicating with the gentlemen of each car, discussing the itinerary and pace of the road. In the end, it was agreed that there should be no problem in driving straight into the city; If you're galloping, you should take a short break halfway through. The cars once again confirmed the horn sound of the formation change. After this beating, everyone felt a lot more relaxed, and each got on the car, and each car slowly lined up in a predetermined formation, and then each car tacitly shook the silk reins, and the carriage changed to a fast pace.

The sky had darkened, and the moon was rising in the sky, shedding coolness. None of the cars spoke, and they hurried away, only military envoys, riding in the car in the cold, their legs were numb and hard from the cold; Seeing that Mang Mao, Mang Shen and Mr. Che You were all motionless in clay sculptures, he couldn't move much, so he could only quietly change his legs and shrink his shoulders, and fly to the girder in one step.

I don't know how long it took, but the girder was finally in sight, and a stone's throw away from the girder, there was a team of torches. The torches also seemed to see the convoy, and one of the torches came forward to meet it, and when it came closer, it was a cavalryman, and then a question was heard: "Who is coming?" ”

One of the people at the front of the convoy replied: "General Mangmao has returned to the court!" ”

When the convoy approached, the person could see clearly, and the man turned his horse's head, held a torch high, and shouted: "General Mangmao returns to the court~" Pegasus walked forward. A trumpet sounded from the convoy, and the convoy quickly turned into a column on the march, following closely behind the cavalry. The cavalry horses ran so fast that the carriage had to change to galloping, and in an instant it crossed the torches, which turned out to be two teams, the front team was the cavalry with the same torches, and the back was the cavalry with the bow and the string. After the convoy had passed, the group followed in a horizontal formation, and did not enter the city gate in a double column until it was in front of the city gate. As they entered the city, the gates creaked shut. And the convoy has been directly guided by the military envoy with torches in hand to the gate of the girder of the Wei Palace.