There were about 2,000 men and horses dispatched to Xiang Xun, including three or four hundred cavalrymen with complete armor and good military appearance, which should be counted as the elite and core strength of this army. It was followed by a long line of infantry, marching in long columns along the main road; The four of them were in a row, and the line seemed to be about three or four hundred steps long, so Guo Shaocai estimated that he was carrying two thousand people.

This infantry army cannot be compared with the infantry army of Guo Shao's former palace division Xiaodi army, most of them are not fully armored, a few people do not even have helmets, the figures of the soldiers are staggered, and all kinds of weapons are mixed. It seems that what Xiang Training Department really relies on is the three or four hundred elite cavalry around him, and I am afraid that only these cavalry have strong combat effectiveness.

Thinking about it this way, Guo Shao felt that the more than 20 cavalry under his command were not dispensable for Xiang Xun's reinforcements, and could be regarded as a force. Because Guo Shao felt that the soldiers in the team were all strong, and Yang Biao was even more of a fierce general, but he didn't get out of the way.

The army marched during the day and camped at night, and on the morning of the third day, the march suddenly stopped.

I saw that there was a village next to the main road, a very ordinary village, most of the scattered houses were very dilapidated, and there were a few big trees between the houses as usual, and there were not many unusual places.

Guo Shao soon noticed something unusual. A group of chaotic soldiers are coming out of the entrance of the village, not only soldiers, but also a few mule-drawn double ** carts; Behind the cart were several young women, their hands tied to the frame of the cart, crying and following the mule cart on foot.

Those soldiers are soldiers of the Zhou army, which is not yet in Xinzhou, far and near are in the control area, and there are only men and horses of the Zhou Dynasty.

In the cavalry training unit, two groups of cavalry mounted their horses, left the main road and outflanked them from the left and right, and soon surrounded the rebels who had just come out of the village. At this time, I saw Xiang Xun personally passing over with his entourage, Guo Shao and the others were behind him, and when he saw this, he also led the horse and slowly followed to see what was going on.

Xiang Xun saw the rebels pulling the cart full of things, and there were women behind him, so he didn't need to ask to know what was going on. These rebels not only robbed money, but also robbed ** women.

"!" Xiang Xun scolded, "Take it all for me!" ”

Those rebellious soldiers were surrounded by elite cavalry, and they did not dare to resist when they saw this battle, and they all stood there dejectedly.

At this time, a general beside Xiang Xun said: "This place is close to Xinzhou, and the people and horses here are the soldiers and horses of King Wei (Fu Yanqing), Guo Congyi, Bai Chongzan, and Shi Yanchao, and the rebels must be their people." It is inconvenient for the lord to kill and punish, so he can be tied to the army and handed over to their chief general for disposal; and all the goods and women were sent back to the village. ”

Xiang Xun listened to his anger and was about to give an order, when he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the north, and everyone followed the sound and watched.

After a while, he saw a troop of horsemen riding up. The current person is very tall, and he may be half a head taller than Guo Shao by eye, and his torso is thick, and he looks like he is "one size bigger" than the average person behind, and even the war horse under the seat is lined smaller...... It was much harder to think about the horses he was riding. When he approached, I saw him with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his face like a knife, and a murderous aura. Just looking at the appearance is not like an ordinary person.

Guo Shao has been at the bottom of the forbidden army for a long time, and he doesn't know who this person is at all.

However, it seemed that Xiang Xun recognized it, and he immediately bowed his hand and said, "I never thought that I would meet Shi Qianfeng here." ”

The big man squinted his eyes and was very arrogant, but he also returned the salute and said simply and simply: "General Xiang." ”

Xiang Xun immediately said: "Brother Shi should know that after our army attacked Hedong, the military discipline was lax and there were loots from time to time, so that the officials and people in Hedong defended themselves, making it more and more difficult for our army to supply. The officials have strictly ordered the soldiers not to rob the people anymore, you see that these people are good, not only robbing things, but also robbing people...... They shouldn't be Brother Shi's soldiers, right? ”

"Humph!" Unexpectedly, the big man responded to Xiang Xun like this. Xiang Xun is also a general, but the thick man doesn't buy it, and I'm afraid it's not a small person.

Guo Shao on the side pondered, just now a general mentioned Fu Yanqing, Guo Congyi, Bai Chongzan, Shi Yanchao, only Shi Yanchao's surname is Shi, could it be that he is Shi Yanchao?

Rao is Guo Shao, who has only been a low-level general for a long time, but he is also a member of the army; If Shi Yanchao's name has never been heard, he is embarrassed to call himself a martial artist? This Shi Yanchao is recognized as the first fierce general in the military circles of the Zhou Dynasty, and his reputation is comparable to Zhang Yuanhui of the Northern Han Dynasty. It is not known which of the two country's first fierce generals has higher force...... In the end, none of them singled out anyone, and Zhang Yuanhui was shot to death by Guo Shao, a nobody, on the battle array.

Shi Yanchao snorted, jumped off his horse, and walked straight in front of those rebels. The dozen or so people who had just been tied up all lowered their heads, not even daring to look at him.

Shi Yanchao didn't say a word, and everyone didn't move, standing and watching what he was going to do.

He then looked at the little ladies tied to the back of a mule cart, all of them with a look of fear, but one of them looked at him quietly. Shi Yanchao suddenly pulled out a long sword from his waist, and walked up with the sword; Although the little lady took a few steps back timidly, she was not overly alarmed...... Maybe this general is here to cut the rope for them, didn't the general here just now talk about not allowing the people to be plundered?

"Poof", and then a scream, and then the little girls screamed. That Shi Yanchao actually walked up and stabbed one person to death without saying a word.

"This ......" someone next to Xiang Xun stepped forward, and Xiang Xun stretched out his arm to make a stop gesture.

Then Xiang Xun ignored the women's pleadings and cries, and killed them in a moment with one sword, and the ground was a pool of blood.

At this time, there was a "plop", and one of the rebels took the lead in kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy: "General Xiang, we know that we are wrong!" ”

Shi Yanchao's chest was full of blood, and he walked back with a sword dripping with blood, and when he went up, he swung a sword and slashed down, and the kneeling sergeant screamed and fell to the ground. Shi Yanchao spat "bah", "Dog|mother-raised, greedy for money and lustful soft bones!" ”

After killing one person, he walked up to the second one, and the guy stood there with his eyes round and pale, and his hands tied behind his back. Shi Yanchao grabbed his hair and slashed a sword on his neck, and the blood rushed out. The man fell on his side, not yet dead, his limbs twitching like a sheep's madness.

At last, one of the people who was kidnapped shouted angrily: "You murderous brutal! Shi Yanchao, you can't die well! ”

The soldiers present watched him kill more than a dozen people one by one. No one moved, and no one dissuaded them.

Shi Yanchao threw the blood sword on the ground, and his entourage hurriedly picked it up and wiped it. At this time, he walked to the horse, took the reins, turned around and sneered: "General Xiang, you are quite satisfied with my disposition, right?" ”

Xiang Xun was speechless, hugged his fists and said: "There will be a period later, let's meet in Xinzhou." ”

When Shi Yanchao and his team left, he said to Xuncai: "Bury the body." ”

The army lingered for a while next to this unknown village, looking at the height of the sun, and the time was close to noon. Xiang Xun ordered to continue on the road, as if it was close to Xinzhou, and walked to the place just to have lunch.

Sure enough, at noon, I happened to see a city in front of me, and I walked north from Jinyang, and the first city with a slight scale was Xinzhou.

The gates of Xinzhou were closed, and there were troops in the city to help defend them. Sent people to the training army to the city to shout and negotiate, and hung up the voucher, which opened the city gate, and the foot cavalry drove into Xinzhou one after another.

The location of this city is important, but the city is not very large, and the scene inside is still a bit bleak. However, there seems to be a lot of troops stationed in the city now, and there are constantly queues of infantry and cavalry on the central crossway, and a large number of soldiers and horses are stationed in the city gate that has just entered.

Guo Shaozheng was curious about how many troops Xinzhou had transferred, but he was not very good at asking Xiang Xun, the low-level generals were used to it, and they knew that he didn't need to understand and inquire about these military situations.

But at this moment, the general who first spoke to Guo Shao in Jinyang and questioned "why do the infantry have so many war horses" opened his mouth to ask about it. He asked, "How many people are coming from Xinzhou?" ”

Xiang Xun said: "Now there are more than 10,000 generals under the control of King Wei, and there are several thousand people in the Northern Han Dynasty, and there may be 20,000 people in total. ”

The general said: "With so many troops, you still want us to reinforce?" Didn't there be a report that the Liao army only had a few thousand horsemen? ”

"Whatever, you tell the soldiers to rest on the spot, and I will go to the Chinese army to see King Wei first." Xiang Xun said.

For the time being, the group could only rest in a small open space inside the city gate, the place was too small to repair the stove and build a pot to make food, so everyone sat on the ground, eating dry food and drinking cold water to satisfy their hunger. Some people are looking for wells, while others are busy feeding the horses with bean cakes and salt. Guo Shao and the others were from the infantry, but they were more familiar with war horses after staying in the army for a long time, and Luo Mengzi was carefully inspecting the horseshoe.

Although there were many soldiers in Xinzhou, they felt very quiet for a while, and it looked much more peaceful than Jinyang, where the city was full of ants.