Early the next morning, Jian Xin and the two said goodbye to Gao Guangyuan and Wu Daquan, and planned to go to Huashan again. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAs for Duguyun's ashes, it was handed over to Gao Guangyuan to help send them to Hengshan, the tenth day of the first month of next month, it happened to be the death day of Qixia Zhenren, Gao Guangyuan, as a proud disciple of Zhenren, how could he not go back to worship his master on this day? In this way, when he sent Duguyun's ashes to Hengshan and returned to Qiyun Mountain, the time was just right.

As for the matter of Jin Bing's southward departure, before last night, Wu Daquan had already sent someone to Ezhou to report to Yue Fei, so there was no need to worry. On the contrary, this Xuzhou city has always been a battleground for soldiers, and this time the Jin people will not let go of this opportunity, and they are bound to conquer Xuzhou. Because at this time, in Xuzhou City, in addition to the thousands of gangs of the Liding Gang led by Wu Daquan, there were more than 10,000 newly recruited soldiers, but unfortunately they didn't go through the battle formation much, and when they really fought, all they could rely on was that kind of blood. But fortunately, it is not far from Chuzhou, and Han Shizhong's soldiers and horses can arrive to support within three days, so everyone is not very worried about the problem of holding Xuzhou.

However, when they reached the gate of the city at this time, they could still feel an atmosphere of solemnity, and the defenders above and below the city wall were obviously much more numerous than when they came yesterday, and from time to time they saw sentry horses passing by and going out of the city to inquire about the news.

Bidding farewell to Gao Guangyuan and Wu Daquan, Jian Xin got on his horse and headed west. Only one day, the two of them came to the territory of Yongcheng County, which was returned to the Great Song Dynasty last year when the Song Dynasty was negotiated and made peace, but Qin Hui has been suppressing all kinds of soldiers and horses, and did not allow the troops to come to receive, so the Jin soldiers have not retreated. After the Chinese New Year, Jin Wushu continued to quietly increase troops to the south to strengthen the troops on the front line of Jianghuai.

Yongcheng can be regarded as a bridgehead in the east of Kaifeng Mansion, and it is close to Xuzhou, so the natural troops are also a lot more. However, these have nothing to do with Kenshin, they passed by here and did not enter the city, so naturally they didn't know anything about the number of defenders. When the two rode to the northwest of Yongcheng, they saw a horse coming towards them.

"Brother Dugu, let's hide first!" Looking at the hundreds of cavalry who were galloping over, although they still didn't know whose soldiers and horses it was, it was right to want to dodge. So they turned their horses and went north, but the horses were not interested in them and went on their way.

At this time, suddenly a more urgent sound of horses' hooves came, "General Xu!" Although the two Kenshin were far away, they also heard the shout, and immediately reined in their horses and glanced back. Since the abolition of the puppet Qi Liu Yu's regime, there are very few Han soldiers among the Jin people who can serve as generals, and it just so happens that the surname of this leader is Xu, which has to make them suspicious. Looking closely, the armor and banners of the soldiers and horses did not look like the dress of the Jin people, but somewhat like the dress of the Song army. What's more, the general at the front is also a white horse and gold armor, although the distance is a little far, and he can't see his appearance clearly, but just looking at his figure, he is indeed a little similar to Xu Tianchang!

"Could it really be the second brother?" Dugu Jian was a little unconvinced, after all, this place was already more than a hundred miles away from Mengcheng, Xu Tianchang had no reason to lead the army here? Zhang Linxin looked at it for a while, but he couldn't see it clearly, so he said: "Brother Dugu, I don't think there will be such a coincidence, right?" Why don't we walk over and take a look, if it's really Brother Xu, then stop him, if not, one or two hundred zhang away, they may not be able to catch up with us. ”

When Dugu Jian heard this, he immediately replied, "Okay!" The two of them turned their horses' heads and slowly walked towards the team of soldiers and horses. He didn't go far, he could already see very clearly, and sure enough, the person in the lead was Xu Tianchang! At this moment, he was listening to what the sentry rider who had just run over said, and he didn't notice the two Kenshin who were more than a hundred zhang away. However, one of the lieutenants behind him saw the two people approaching, so he took a few steps to this side, and shouted: "Those two people, what are you doing?

Before the two of them could speak, Xu Tianchang saw the two of them first, and was immediately overjoyed, stopped the lieutenant general, and greeted him on horseback: "Big brother!

Dugu Jian and Zhang Linxin also kicked the horse's belly and hurried over. "Second brother!" "Brother Xu!" came to the front, both sides dismounted, and Dugu Jian and Xu Tian hugged each other vigorously.

"Big brother, long time no see!"

"Yes, second brother, you and Miss Li, ah, no, after marrying your younger brother and sister, it's been more than four months, it's been a long time. ”

After exchanging a few words of greeting, Xu Tianchang shouted at the deputy general behind him: "Adjutant general, let everyone rest in place for a while!" The deputy general answered, and ordered everyone to dismount and rest, and naturally no one would disturb them.

Dugu Jian looked at the soldiers and horses not far away, and asked Xu Tianchang again: "Second brother, where did you lead the troops?" Xu Tianchang replied with a smile: "Oh, it's not a big deal, a few days ago, I visited the Malay newspaper and said that in recent times, Jin Bing has been constantly transporting grain and grass to Bozhou and Yongcheng, and the scale is not small. After careful discussion with my father-in-law and Uncle Yan, I felt that this was a signal that the Jin people were preparing to enter the army, so we decided to strike first, cut off their grain routes, and delay their attack. So I took the initiative to ask Ying, with the 200 or so cavalry trained in the past few months, to raid a group of Jin soldiers who were transporting grain to Bozhou last night, burned a large amount of grain and grass, and before they could react, didn't they prepare to withdraw. ”

Hearing Xu Tianchang say this, the two of them could understand why he appeared here. Dugu Jian hurriedly asked: "Then are your casualties big, are there any golden soldiers to pursue?" Xu Tianchang replied: "It's okay, because it's night, and there is no intention, only about 20 people were lost, but forty or fifty good horses were captured, and counting the grain and grass that was burned, it can really be regarded as a big victory." Those golden soldiers are all infantry, and they can't catch up with us at all, so big brother doesn't have to worry about chasing soldiers. ”

Zhang Linxin clapped his hands and said, "That's really good, congratulations, Brother Xu, for making such a great contribution." Xu Tianchang waved his hand and said, "This can't be counted as me alone, if it weren't for the soldiers' lives, how could I do such a big thing alone?" The girl looked around again and asked, "Brother Xu, why didn't you see Sister Li come together this time?" Dugu Jian also had some questions, Xu Tianchang and Li Yao had always advanced and retreated together, why didn't they come together this time? Could it be that there was something else?

Xu Tianchang's face was a little embarrassed, and he looked around before saying, "So that you can know that Sister Yao is already happy!"

"Ah, Sister Li is happy, how long has it been?" Zhang Linxin couldn't believe it, this is too fast, isn't it? It's only been four months, and Li Yao has already conceived a child? Dugu Jian is relatively normal, he arched his hand and said to Xu Tianchang: "That's really good, second brother, congratulations!"

Xu Tianchang hurriedly replied: "Rejoice and rejoice, the eldest brother will be promoted to uncle in the future." But the child is only four months old, and it will be six months before it is born. During this time, Yao Mei was at home to raise the baby with peace of mind, so she didn't come with me. ”

"Brother Xu, when the child is born, you must call us over! I still have to be an aunt to the child!" Zhang Lin hurriedly said. Xu Tianchang looked at her and said, "Okay, when you are born, I will definitely call you to celebrate." But I'm afraid this aunt won't be able to do it, I think it's better to be an aunt!" It was rare for Xu Tianchang to joke, Zhang Lin was not unhappy, but said: "No matter what you call me, let's talk about it when he comes out." ”

As soon as the girl said this, Xu Tianchang stabbed Dugu Jian, "Big brother, Miss Zhang has said so, you have to hurry up, strive to marry me a sister-in-law as soon as possible, I can wait for the wedding wine with you!" Dugu Jian's face was slightly embarrassed, and he agreed hesitantly, although the matter between him and Zhang Linxin, although the two of them are in love with each other, and they have long been set for life, but they have been running around, where can they take care of these things? Shanhe Shejitu "found it, eradicated the Five Color Sect, and then killed Nangong to extinguish, it is estimated that they will be completely idle, and then they will consider marriage." (To be continued.) )