Chapter 996 Respect and Awe of the Riding School

The First Battle of the Qin River

Almost all of Zheng Ziyu's troops were killed in battle, tens of thousands of horses, and the number of prisoners was only three or five thousand. Most of them were still wounded, and no more than one thousand and a half thousand were captured alive and surrendered unwounded. In a battle of this magnitude, the number of wounded was less than one-tenth of the dead, which shows the tragedy of the battle.

Fang Xie strictly ordered that the wounded in Zheng Ziyu's department should be treated together with the wounded of the Black Flag Army, and after they recovered from their injuries, they decided to stay at their own discretion. The same is true for those who were not wounded.

Yan Zeng and Li Tai's soldiers and horses on the Lingmen Pass have withdrawn, Zheng Ziyu's men and horses arranged in the Lingmen Pass were trapped to death, and the Gao army, which was really trying to store water, was defeated by Yan Zeng and retreated to the Lingmen Pass, Li Tai's soldiers and horses patrolled back and forth along the river, and the defenders in the Lingmen Pass were trapped to death, and they did nothing.

As soon as the battle on the Qinhe side ended, Yan Zeng and Li Tai were ordered to retreat. There is no need to attack Lingmen Pass, that place is high and dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is no need to spend troops in such a place. Almost all of Zheng Ziyu's soldiers and horses were killed, and the Gao family army in Lingmen Pass became a lone army, and those thousands of troops would not make a big difference. Perhaps, after the Black Flag Army drove away, these thousands of people would become mountain bandits.

Fang Xie sent someone to surrender, but the defenders in the pass were closed, so Fang Xie simply ignored it.

Returning from the battlefield, Fang Xie summoned his generals to study the plan for entering the army, and it was not over until almost nightfall. Xiang Qingniu came several times, Fang Xie was discussing military affairs with his generals, and he didn't bother. He waited until the meeting in the big tent was over, and then he walked in, yawning and seeming to be a little bored.

"Something?"

Fang Xie asked.

"It's not a big deal."

Xiang Qingniu sat down on the chair, stretched his waist and said, "It's not about the Moon Shadow Hall, I've been thinking about it in my heart for the past few days, and I always feel a little uneasy. ”

"What comes to mind?"

Fang Jiefang put down the booklet in his hand, which was a report sent from the camp of Vermilion Bird Mountain. Every seven days, such a report will come up from the side of Suzaku Mountain.

"If the Moon Shadow Hall is still there, and has infiltrated the Martial Arts Academy, didn't my master notice it when he was there? With his old man's experience, mind, and cultivation, if those Heavenly Monarchs of the Moon Shadow Hall were good at cultivating, they should not be able to hide it from him. And then there's ...... At that time, the Ouchi Guards almost didn't know anything about the affairs in Chang'an City, and the flying fish robes of the Ouchi Guards recorded all the large and small sects on the underworld of Chang'an City, and with the scheming of Luo Weiran and Hou Wenji, it seemed unlikely that the Moon Shadow Hall wanted to hide in Chang'an City all the time. After all, it was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and it was not so easy to hide. ”

Fang Xie nodded: "According to what the swordsman who was captured by me said, the cultivation of the Heavenly Monarch is stronger than the other, so the cultivation of the strongest Nine Heavenly Monarch will definitely alarm Old Man Wan." Besides, Mr. Zhuo was still in the Ouchi Guard, he was a perceptual type cultivator, much stronger than his small waist, and there were so many great cultivators hidden in the city, he wouldn't not know it. ”

"If the main hall of the Moon Shadow Hall is not in Chang'an...... Where will it be? ”

Xiang Qingniu frowned and said, "The Moon Shadow Hall has been living in the shadows for more than two hundred years, if it is in Jiangnan, it is impossible for those old guys in Tonggu Academy to not know about it. It can't be in the southwest, you've turned the southwest upside down. It is also impossible to be in the Northwest, and the Northwest Rebellion did not see their shadow...... Could it be that in the Northeast? ”

Fang Xie asked, "Where is the main altar of the Moon Shadow Hall so entangled now, what do you want to do?" ”

Xiang Qingniu picked the corners of his mouth: "Damn, these people have bullied me to the top of my head." Even if their main purpose is not to kill you and me, we are also piggybacking on to get rid of them, right? They can bully the door, can't the Taoist master bully back? If Dao Ye finds out where their main altar is, Dao Ye will go over and step on a few feet. ”

"I killed a Heavenly Monarch, even if it is the weakest and weakest Heavenly Monarch, it is also unacceptable for the Moon Shadow Hall, no accident, it won't be long before someone will come to the door by themselves, you wait, when the time comes, catch a prisoner with a high status, and interrogate it. Besides, Sanjin Hou has gone to meet the master of the Assassin Sect, and it is estimated that he will be back later, and he should be able to bring back some useful news. ”

"I suddenly thought ......"

Xiang Qingniu glanced at Fang Jie: "Back then, the Moon Shadow Hall was picked by my master and his old man, and then it was besieged by various sects, even so, the Moon Shadow Hall did not collapse, and it has developed in secret for more than two hundred years, and now it has regained its strong strength...... The Ten Thousand Swords Hall created by my master was disbanded by his order, and he did not suffer the slightest trauma...... Since the Moon Shadow Hall has people who have survived, will the Ten Thousand Swords Hall ......?"

Fang Xie was moved by what he said, and glanced at Xiang Qingniu.

"You mean, the four of you are just your master's outer disciples? The real heirloom didn't show up at all? ”

"Phew!"

Xiang Qingniu glanced at Fang Jie: "The four of us are the heirs...... However, in my master's old man's life, are there really only four of us descendant disciples? Probably not, right? ”

He looked at Fang Jie, and both of them felt that this matter seemed to be a little unreasonable.

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Suzaku Mountain Camp

After Fang Xie led the army to the expedition, the soldiers and horses left behind in the camp of Vermilion Bird Mountain did nothing else except practice every day, but they were also calm. A large number of villages have been formed near Daying, and the people of Huangyang Road knew that it would be safe to rely on Suzaku Mountain, so they gradually moved to live here.

These people got the food from the Black Flag Army, and the villages were also built with the help of the soldiers of the Black Flag Army, so the people felt cordial to the Black Flag Army from the bottom of their hearts. The land was distributed to the people, and they handed over half of the grain they had beaten to the Black Flag Army, and kept half for themselves, and they didn't know how much better it was than before. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Huangyang Road is now the most peaceful place to live and work in the entire Central Plains.

When the people are not working, they will go to Suzaku Mountain to find some work to do. The battalion is still being improved, and the dock of the sailor is constantly being renovated. In order to ensure that larger warships could go out of Xuanwu Lake, the river channel should also be widened. The Black Flag Army never withheld the wages of the people, and the food was good.

This is true not only near Suzaku Mountain, but also in the entire Huangyang Road.

You Enzhi, a hundred households of the Xiao Riding School, came out of the camp of Zhuque Mountain with more than a dozen Xiao Riding School, and walked around several nearby counties according to the custom. According to the rules set by Fang Jie, the people of Huangyang Road can directly go to the Xiao Riding School to complain about their grievances, and the Xiao Riding School regularly inspects the county seats, which has become a practice.

However, the current Huangyang Dao is very good in terms of both the rule of officials and the people, and it is the entrepreneurial period, and Fang Jie's officials and generals are very responsible.

You Enzhi actually knew that nothing would happen during this inspection.

The team set off from the camp of Suzaku Mountain, and more than a dozen fast horses traveled along the official road. At the beginning, Huangyang Dao did not suffer any war disasters, so the official road was still very intact, and after Fang Xie began to govern, he sent people to repair it.

"Baihu, where are you going first this time?"

A riding school asked.

The inspection route of the Xiao Riding School is not fixed, and the prevention is that in case there are officials who do evil in advance, they will be prepared after knowing the inspection route of the Xiao Riding School.

"Go to Dongxian County first, it's still the old rule, don't alarm the local government, put a case on the street directly and wait for the people to come and complain, if there is no case, let's stay in Dongxian County for a day, and go to Xilai County early the next morning."

You Enzhi thought for a while and answered, and then said a little distractedly: "Du Tong took most of the brothers to follow the lord to make contributions in the north, if those of us who stayed at home slacked off, we would be even more compared." You must know that a lot of military achievements on the battlefield are a lot, and we can only ensure that nothing goes wrong. If we slack off any longer, those meritorious brothers will only take advantage of our current errands immediately after we come back. ”

"What Baihu said makes sense."

Another riding school said: "As long as we have been doing things conscientiously, we can't be dismissed for no reason." ”

"So, although I know that nothing can happen on this trip, I still don't relax and do what I have to do. Wait until you come back from a spin and then rest. ”

"Whoa!"

More than a dozen riding schools won at the same time, and then urged the horses to rush forward. The farmlands and farmers in the fields along the way will all get up and say hello when they see Xiao Riding School. Although those riding schools will not return the gift, the people will not blame anything. Because they also understand that the Xiao Riding School still has to maintain the majesty it deserves, and besides, if they return the salute one by one, people will not be in a hurry.

When it was almost dark on the ninth day of the trip, You Enzhi and the others stopped to rest in a place called Fangshan Ting Town. This place is not far from Dongxian County, and after a night's rest here, Ming'er happened to enter the city early in the morning to do business. You Enzhi asked people to find an inn and told the boss not to advertise that the people who were from the Xiao Riding School would live in.

The innkeeper was a very talkative man of about fifty years old, with a dark face and a very honest look.

After arranging food and lodging for You Enzhi and them, the boss had to say goodbye and leave, and according to the usual practice, You Enzhi warned the boss not to disclose their whereabouts to Dong Xianxian. The boss smiled and said don't worry, you are here to do things for the people, and we won't spoil your business.

When he was about to go out, the boss suddenly remembered something.

"That's right, Lord Hyakho."

The boss turned around and came back, looked out, and then lowered his voice and said: "There is a young student living in my inn, who arrived less than an hour before you, and looks no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, with a dark complexion, and he looks like he has walked a long way to be sunburned. He was alone, carrying only a small bag, and he was expected to have only a few pieces of silver...... How can anyone who goes out of the house not bring an umbrella or a few changes of clothes? ”

"That's not the most important thing."

The boss leaned over and lowered his voice: "When I was eating, I asked a lot about the Suzaku Mountain Camp, asked how far the Suzaku Mountain Camp was from here, asked who was in charge of the mountain now, and asked if Grandpa Guo's family was still on the mountain." ”

The instinctive reaction made You Enzhi's face change, and he stood up violently and grabbed the boss's hand: "How do you answer?" ”

The boss was taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "I just don't know, I don't know anything when I see that guy, we are all blessed by the grandfather of the country, how dare we talk nonsense." I was going to wait for him to sleep, so I went to Dongxian County at night to report to the official. ”

You Enzhi let go of his hand and nodded: "It's okay, which room does that person live in?" Did you ever have a weapon on you? ”

"I didn't see a weapon, the package was so small......"

The boss thought for a moment: "By the way, he came on a very strange horse, I haven't seen it, it's in the backyard." There seemed to be a package on the horse's back, and he didn't take it down. ”

You Enzhi looked at his subordinates and smiled at the boss: "Well, you don't have to go to Dongxian County to report to the official in this matter, we will check on him in a while, don't worry, there will be nothing wrong with us." ”

The boss nodded hurriedly: "We are obedient and respectful to the Xiao Riding School, and I am naturally relieved that you are here." Who doesn't know the name of our Black Flag Army Xiao Riding School, in Huangyang Road, no one dares to make trouble. ”

"Haha"

You Enzhi smiled: "Don't be afraid of us, as long as we keep to ourselves, we won't look for us randomly." ”

He waved his hand and ordered, "Go to the backyard first and see how unusual that horse is." ”