The bow guard at the head replied: "Yes, the guard lady will be cautious and avoid it when she is outside, and she will not be rude." ”

Mu Changzhou frowned, who said this: "Madame's safety is the most important." He lowered his voice, "If Madame doesn't come back, don't come back either." ”

Everyone immediately clenched their fists silently and quickly followed the figure in the distance.

CHAPTER XLII

The secluded city lies between the mountain passes, not long, but extremely dangerous, towering in the thick of the night, as difficult to climb.

At this moment, the gate of the city below opened a small opening, and Hu Xiao'er stood in front of the gate and said in a low voice: "Quick! Let's go, now! ”

The group immediately walked out.

Hu Xiao'er saw the slender figure sitting on the horse who led the way out, touched his beard, looked puzzled, and turned his head and beckoned to the guards: "Close the door quickly!" Just as if no one had ever come! ”

The soldiers hurriedly closed the door, and they barely made a sound.

Shunyin walked out of the pass, clamped the horse's belly, instantly increased his speed, and went straight forward.

Behind him, the archers followed silently, except for the sound of hooves.

There is no moon in the sky and there is wind in the wilderness, so it is a good time to walk at night.

Until a leeward slope was down, and she was hidden, and she reined in her horse.

The archers stopped, and when they saw her raise her hand in the darkness, they immediately gathered around her.

Shun Yin whispered: "In addition to the guards, you will also do the things of scouts, and act according to my orders, and do not rush forward." ”

The archers seemed to hesitate for a moment, but immediately whispered yes.

Shun Yin began to arrange the affairs to be explored in a low voice, one by one, from the direction to the traces on the ground, no matter how big or small, all of them were explained clearly.

But every two people only confess one, these people can only take turns to act, not all leave, she must ensure her own safety, otherwise this trip will not be a help, but a burden.

After everything was explained, the night was a little thicker.

She didn't pause, and grabbed the reins: "Come with me." ”

All the archers followed her away......

When the morning sun sprinkled on the city, Zhang Junfeng came down from the west city gate, and saw Hu Xiao'er coming across a chestnut horse from afar, so he quickly glanced at it, and stepped forward to ask, "What happened last night?" ”

Hu Xiao'er got off the horse, looked left and right, and replied in a suppressed voice: "How do I know!" Anyway, that's how the military division arranged! If he hadn't ordered it himself, I wouldn't have believed it! ”

Zhang Junfeng muttered: "It's weird......"

I really can't figure it out, what did the military secretary do when he sent his wife out? In the past, I always took her with me when I went far away, but at this juncture, I actually got her out of the gate, and now it's not peaceful there.

"How was your last night here?" Hu Xiao'er asked.

Zhang Junfeng said "whoosh" and whispered: "I only know that the military secretary stood under the city for a long time before leaving." ”

Looking at it like that, I suspected that I wanted to go with it myself.

When there was a sound of horses' hooves on the street, the two looked over and immediately said no more.

It was Changfeng who came, dismounted closely, saluted the two, and whispered: "The military secretary has instructed that everything should be done according to the plan, and it should be accelerated." ”

Zhang Junfeng and Hu Xiao'er glanced at each other, and they were both correct.

On the day when the governor's office ordered the transfer of the power to command the army, Mu Changzhou had already explained various matters to them in private, but it was not so urgent, and now it seemed that the military power should be withdrawn as soon as possible.

The two nodded in agreement, and immediately walked away to get down to business......

The sun rises and the grasslands to the north stretch as far as the eye can see, with only a few gravel-strewn ravines to hide.

Several fast horses approached, and the horses' hooves were wrapped in thick cloth, which were already covered with dust and mud at this moment.

When they came near, the archers came down and went down to the ravine, and saluted those who dwelt in it, and then approached and whispered what they had discovered.

Shun Yin sat in the dark, listened carefully, unfolded the map in his hand, pointed his finger at his position, slowly moved up to the north, stopped, and roughly determined the direction.

After all, the archers are guards, not real scouts, and they can only explore as she tells them temporarily, but it is enough for her to sift through the available information.

The Western Turks were separated from the Turks, and the nomadic tribes were all cavalry, characterized by light and fast, and the camp was difficult to find. However, according to the direction of the horse's hoof prints that were detected, compared with the place where Liu Qiantai sent troops and horses to encounter the enemy before, and then carefully pushed the abundant water and grass in this area, it can be roughly concluded that it should be within the pause of her fingers.

She rolled up the map: "Don't probe any more, just follow me later." ”

As soon as the crowd followed her to go out, the last two archers returned and descended the ravine.

One of them reported in a low and anxious voice: "Madam, there are soldiers and horses sent out at the pass, and they have just encountered the enemy on the plain ten miles away. ”

Shun Yin looked at his mouth shape and asked first: "Defeated again?" ”

"Yes, fortunately, I returned to the customs in time and there was no major damage."

"......" She only felt incredible, Liu Qiantai should be even more cautious when he was frustrated in the first battle, and he rushed out again, which was simply stupid, thought about it, and asked, "Do you know who led the soldiers and horses sent?" ”

The bow guard replied: "I don't know who led it, but the soldiers and horses seem to be from the barracks commanded by Zhang Zuoshi." ”

They have been following Mu Changzhou for a long time as archers, and they can tell which soldiers and horses come from which military camp.

Zhang Jun received the 5,000 elites from Shanzhou before, but there was trouble in the camp behind, so he remembered very clearly that the soldiers and horses sent today should be from the 5,000 elites.

Shun Yin thought for a moment, his eyes turned, if this is not the will of heaven, then it is for people.

After all, this is Liangzhou, not his Suzhou, if there is a finely woven net in Liangzhou, the person holding the mouth of the net is in the military secretary's mansion at this moment.

Thinking of this, Shun Yin couldn't help but think about what he looked like at the moment, and always felt that he was starting faster than she expected, as if he couldn't wait for the military power to fall into the hands of others again.

Her mind was moving, and suddenly she saw that the archers were still waiting, and she realized that she was almost distracted, so she immediately retracted and got up and walked out.

The archers immediately followed.

Soon the group got on their horses to avoid the daylight, and the horses' hooves sounded muffled and headed north......

Mu Changzhou stood in front of the table in the main room, looking at the map spread out above, and his eyes fell on the north.

He had always been busy, and he was always in his room to attend to business, and he put all these things in his room, and even more so today, for how many hours he had been here.

Changfeng came in to serve, and saw that he was wearing a robe, his face was calm, and he didn't dare to say anything until now.

"What day is it?" Mu Changzhou suddenly spoke.

Chang Feng immediately understood what he was asking, and replied, "It's the second day." ”

Mu Changzhou nodded, and then asked again: "How is it in the city?" ”

Chang Feng replied: "Liu Dudu suffered another defeat, and the people in the city were panicked, and many caravans left in a hurry. ”

Mu Changzhou sneered: "Then it's time to loosen." ”

Suddenly, an attendant walked to the backyard door.

Chang Feng saw it, walked over quickly, listened to him whisper a few words, and hurriedly walked back and reported at the door of the main house: "News has come from the official office, and the governor's office has passed the news that all the officials have entered the palace to discuss matters." ”

Mu Changzhou paced slowly: "It seems that we have to wait a little longer." ”

Chang Feng looked up and saw that there was a trace of impatience on his face, and he didn't dare to say more.

No more news came.

Until it was dark, the door of the military secretary's mansion was suddenly slammed heavily.

Changfeng heard the movement and hurriedly opened the door, and as soon as he opened it, a large group of people came in Hulala, all of whom were Liangzhou officials.

He hurried to salute, but no one paid any attention.

Zhang Junfeng took the lead, and shouted when he entered the door: "Please come forward and lead the troops to retreat from the enemy!" ”

The officials behind were driven, and they all shouted in unison: "Please come forward and lead the troops to retreat from the enemy!" ”

After several times, it resounded through the military secretary's mansion, and a figure appeared on the corridor.

Mu Changzhou came slowly, his robe was still loosely draped, and he was idle.

Zhang Junfeng made eye contact with him, clasped his fists and shouted: "Please come forward!" ”

"How?" Mu Changzhou asked softly, as if he didn't know anything about the situation outside.

Zhang Jun stepped forward and said the current situation in front of everyone-

Liu Qiantai took the power of the army, and he did not personally take the lead in attacking, and he handed it over to the generals below, and he only commanded with his mouth.

That's it, the first battle encountered the enemy's vanguard, and he was already frustrated, but he thought that it was the Liangzhou soldiers who were difficult to use for him, and proposed to use the original Shanzhou soldiers and horses.

Zhang Jun sent the elite to him according to the order, but the elite attacked and was still frustrated.

It was still thanks to Hu Xiao'er's cavalry battalion that responded in time in the pass, so there was no major damage.

The officials present frowned when they heard this, Liangzhou was not his base camp of the governor of Suzhou after all, but it was the net worth of everyone present, and it was the capital of the fourteen prefectures in Hexi.

At present, there is no face, and if it fuels the arrogance of the enemy army and the army presses it, it will be even more misguided.

Mu Changzhou was silent after listening.

Liu Qiantai was not good at fighting, but he was very suspicious, and he had expected that he would put the blame on the Liangzhou soldiers if he lost the first battle.

Since he is staring at the two Ganzhou military horse farms he has gotten, he must also be staring at the Shanzhou elite he has gotten, so it is expected that he will propose to use the Shanzhou elite this time.

When the military power was transferred, various outcomes were thought of, and this was just one of them.

Zhang Junfeng acted according to the plan, cooperated with Liu Qiantai in everything, and some of the elite soldiers sent belittled the Liangzhou soldiers, and he was confident that his combat strength was far superior to that of other soldiers and horses in Liangzhou, and this battle was no big deal.

Liu Qiantai lost the first battle, and he was anxious to prove himself, and when he got them, he felt that there was hope, and it was inevitable that he would underestimate the enemy, and now he would lose again, which was inevitable.

Hu Xiao'er's response was naturally an early morning arrangement.

"Please take a stand." Zhang Junfeng said again.

All the officials looked at him with a blank eye.

Mu Changzhou sighed and said regretfully: "I guess it's a momentary miss, why don't you wait?" ”

An official hurriedly said: "Military Division, don't wait any longer, two defeats in a row, the people in the city are panicking, today the governor's office summoned us and others to discuss, and there are soldiers who have come to risk their lives to ask for their lives!" ”

Mu Changzhou asked unhurriedly: "What kind of life, please?" ”

Zhang Junfeng specially approached and whispered a few words in his ear.

A few hours ago, the governor's office was deliberating, and in the middle of the discussion, suddenly a soldier came to risk his life to ask for his life, saying that Liu Qiantai had no way to lead the troops, and he did not sympathize with the Liangzhou sergeants at all, and the lower-level soldiers were not satisfied, and they were unwilling to follow him, and they wanted to ask the general manager to come forward to personally lead the troops, claiming that the Liangzhou soldiers and horses only obeyed the orders of the general manager and would never obey others.