In the southern suburbs of Jingzhao, a group of people were walking eastward. There are about 100 of these people, the small ones are 14 or 5, and the big ones are only in their early twenties, which looks a little weird.

Although this group of people is not very old, they each carry bows and knives, and they look heroic one by one, which makes people dare not insult them, even if there are bandits and outcasts in the wilderness, after watching from afar for a while, they all leave with interest and dare not approach.

The crowd of people walked through the water, and the speed was not slow. Occasionally, when someone was tired and left behind on the way, they would be ridiculed by their companions, and they would grit their teeth and chase after them.

There was a burly, weak-crowned young man in the procession, who seemed to be the leader of the group, with a bow at his waist and a long bow on his hip, two pots full of arrows on his back, and a spear in his hand. Our trip is to serve the platform, to follow the king's meritorious service, and the trace of the king's master has not yet been seen, but it is hard to hurry! ”

When the young people around heard this, they raised their arms one by one and shouted to cheer up, and their speed increased a little faster. It was only after another hour of walking, and even the young man who was cheering everyone on was exhausted and out of breath, before the group finally stopped at the edge of a forest to rest.

"Qilang, isn't it a little rash for us to leave our hometown Dongtou this time? I've heard that these kings who are heading west are not kind to our Guanzhong disciples......"

While resting in the woods, a young man who looked quite old approached and looked at the leader with some apprehension.

When the young man who was the leader heard this, he glared at him and said unhappily, "Brother, what are you talking about?" When we set off, we had already made an appointment to rely on this bow and knife and devote ourselves to the service, and not to be a lazy guinea dog in the countryside! ”

"I, I'm not cowardly, but the elders in the family say that these kings are real, really ......."

"This point, I didn't say it very clearly earlier, we are in Guanzhong, we have been chaotic for a long time, Wang Hua has been unable to understand for a long time, and Wang Shi is going west, and it is inevitable to be suspicious. Tingmen, father and son, brothers, if there is a lack of teaching and communication in daily life, it is inevitable that they will be estranged and unable to know each other, not to mention that I have long been from Guanzhong and consider myself a foreigner. Wang Ye is revived, thousands of years of meritorious deeds, is in need of wide introduction of loyalty and courage to help, even the lord of Hulu understands this truth, our township Yong sincerely to vote, how can the king refuse to accept us! ”

Hearing this, the spirits of the young people around him became invigorated again, and another red-faced young man waved his fist and said loudly: "The revival of the royal industry, the whole country is looking forward to it, how can we Guan Zhonghua only be a bystander!" In previous years, Wang Ye could also be excused to send it to the south of the Yangtze River, and it was difficult to do it, but now Wang Shiye has entered the three auxiliaries, bravely killing thieves and recovering the countryside, how can I lack the athletes in Guanzhong! ”

"Strong cultivation, fortunately, this body should be entrusted to the master of wisdom and majesty, so as to live up to his life!"

The young people shouted one by one, and soon the fatigue disappeared, and then they imagined what kind of work they would create in the coming day to join the king's command.

This group of young people are mostly young children of various hometown sects in Jingzhao, such as the leader named Wei Rail, a member of the Jingzhao Wei clan, and the red-faced boy is Lu Jingzong of the Fufeng Lu clan. Different from the vigilance and wait-and-see of the elders of the family to the westward expansion of Wang Shi, they have been looking forward to it for a long time, hoping that the arrival of Wang Shi can sweep away many old difficulties in the countryside and allow them to use their talents.

However, it was obvious that their ardent deeds were not recognized by the clan elders, so a group of young people with the same ambitions simply gathered together and left their hometowns to join the king.

"The elders of the family have been in trouble for a long time, holding this ugly soil in vain, they are afraid of fighting bravely, and the Tao can be relied on to be good alone, but after many years, Guanzhong Tianfu has become a ruin! endure humiliation and steal life, even if you have to be a whole time, it is just a laughing stock in the world. They are all young and strong, and the kings and generals in the sky are already famous in the world, and none of our Guanzhong disciples can be called heroes! This time, the line, whether the achievements are still secondary, the ambition is to show itself under the account of the king, so that people know that I still have loyalty and courage to boast of! ”

The young man raised his arms and shouted again, and all the young people around him responded, and then the group continued on the eastward journey.

In fact, they went east to join the army this time, and it was indeed reckless Meng Lang, one did not know where the army had already traveled under Wang Shi's eyes, and the other did not have a complete plan at all, and they rushed on the road just with enthusiasm, and not many people even had the experience of long-distance travel.

So in the evening, the crowd couldn't help but be dumbfounded, they didn't even prepare basic food and lodging. Fortunately, it was midsummer at the moment, even if it was not hard to sleep in the wild, plus some people brought some food, plus hunting in the countryside, it was finally okay to spend the night.

In the early morning of the next day, the group of people was no longer as energetic as yesterday, not that they had discouraged their ambition to join the army, but they all realized that this trip was far from being as simple as they imagined. They didn't know how many days they would have to travel east to meet the king, and even eating became a problem.

"Further forward here, there is a family of my family to build a dock, let's go to the dock to borrow some food first, and then return it after leading Wang Shi into ......the township."

One of the young men proposed, and soon a group of hungry young people agreed.

So the group continued on the road, and after wandering in the countryside for most of the day, they finally found the relatives that the young man said, and the group was finally able to have a full meal.

After learning the purpose of this group of young people, the owner of the dock wall also sighed and shook his head for a while, disagreeing with the thoughts and actions of this group of young people: "The Jin army came to the west, and it is difficult to determine whether it is good or bad for my country. You young people really don't know the severity, not to mention whether the army will accept you, even if you are included in the army, the greed is nothing more than that you can know the countryside, if you attract its military disaster to our country, how can the victims be separated! After the meal, I will immediately send someone to send you home, obey the instructions of your relatives, and do not go out again......"

Hearing this advice, the young people had disagreements, some of them bowed their heads, acquiescing in their mistakes, while people like Wei Rail, Lu Jingzong and others were still firm-minded, and when they heard the master say this, they even pushed the case up: "I can get the benefits of the Lord's family to entertain and eat, and I will never forget it!" We also know that we are underestimating the dangerous journey, but especially so, we are even more deeply uninformed, and if we return to the gate fence, this life will be even more hopeless! ”

In addition to Chen's thoughts, the red-faced young man Lu Jingzong pointed to several young people who were sitting on the dock wall and said: "Husband, be strong, while I am strong and strong in the world, how can I lie deep on the country couch with a brave body and wait for death!" The people of Hulu dare to take advantage of this troubled world to fight and abuse, am I not as good as the people of birds and beasts? The elder Shang Ke said that he was worried about the family business, and the son did not wait for the opportunity to move, but when! ”

As soon as these words came out, the young people's eyebrows and eyes gradually revealed a look of impatience.

Seeing that these young people were so stubborn, the owner of the dock wall could not persuade them, but was so instigated by them that he couldn't hold back his own sons, and felt helpless for a while, and after serving a meal, he simply sent them away. But when I returned to the dock wall to count my sons, I found that a few people had disappeared!

Not to mention how the owner of the dock wall jumped like thunder, a few new young people explained the geography of the surroundings a little, and these young people realized that although they had been running for nearly a day and night, they had only just arrived at the edge of Bashang, and there was still a long way to go from Hongnong, where Wang Shi was stationed.

"However, there is news from the east, Wang Shiye has moved west, let's go all the way east, and in three or five days, we may be able to see Wang Shi's exploration of the forward scout......"

As he spoke, a faint sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the field, and soon the sound of horses' hooves became clearer and clearer in the suburbs, and the young people were still in doubt, and there were already traces of cavalry in their field of vision.

"Master Wang? Or bandits......"

There was little shelter in the wilderness, and when the young men saw the trail of the cavalry, the cavalry on the opposite side also spotted them.

Although these young people lacked the knowledge of long distances, they were fortunate to have no experience in actual combat, and when they saw the other side coming straight towards them, before they could determine the identity of the other party, they retreated into a dense forest, each of them clinging to trees to form a rudimentary defensive formation, and the Wei Rail took the initiative to move out, standing within the range of the most front companions, and shouted loudly: "Who is coming? ”

The knights galloped very fast, more than 500 in total, and there were as many as 1,000 horses, and the roar of horses' hooves was even more terrifying. They did not answer immediately, but first surrounded this dense forest, and then nearly 100 people dismounted, and the array Xu Xing advanced, and at the same time shouted: "The advance of the Wang Shi Fenwu army is here, and the people in the forest quickly abandon their weapons and march!" ”

Hearing the shouting from the other side, Wei Liang was also both happy and suspicious, signaling his companions in the rear not to move for the time being, while he himself walked forward slowly, throwing the weapons in his hands on the grass, and waited until they could see each other clearly, before waving his hand and said: "We are all righteous and brave for Jingzhao Township, I don't know if the king master on the opposite side can have a talisman mark?" ”

In fact, at this time, Wei Liang can generally determine the identity of the other party, and it is well-equipped and neat, far from being comparable to ordinary rural weapons. But he was also responsible for the hundreds of companions behind him, so he asked to see the talisman.

But in fact, his caution was superfluous at this time, the other party had already surrounded this small wood, and if they really had malicious intentions towards them, they would not be able to escape at all.

However, the other party still threw a talisman military card, and two people stepped forward quickly and led Wei Liang back.

"Why are you and the others wandering in this wilderness?"

A Rongjia general stepped forward immediately, seeing that his age was not much older than Wei Rail, his people first glanced at Wei Rail, and then pointed to the dense forest behind him, and said in a deep voice: "Quickly call your companions out, if I order a siege, you will not be able to escape." ”

Wei Liang saw that these soldiers were stained with blood on their armor and blades, and he was also very palpitating for a while, and said suddenly: "We waited for the volunteers to travel here, originally to serve the king's division, and had no intention of being an enemy of the general......

When the young general heard this, a hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly roared loudly, and a wooden staff in his hand swept straight towards Wei Liang's shoulder. Seeing this, Wei Liang subconsciously withdrew and retreated, but the head of the cane came like a shadow, and he could not retreat, his arm wrapped the wooden cane under his armpit, and he stood still with his strength.

Seeing this, the young general waved his arm, but the wooden staff still did not move, he rode his horse a little, raised his arm and sent the wooden staff out, seeing that Wei Liang could not retract his momentum, staggered back a few steps and then fell to the ground, and let out a loud laugh, and then turned over and dismounted, and saw Wei Liang get up from the ground in a little embarrassment, so he walked forward, put his hand on the young man's shoulder and patted it, and said with a smile: "It's a rare strength, and call your companion out." ”

Wei Liang's face was a little flushed at this time, although the young general immediately stabbed him a little bit of horsepower, but it was obvious that he also made a little temptation casually and did not do his best, Rao was so that he almost picked him off the ground with a shake, which shows that the other party's arm strength is also amazing.

This inevitably made the young man feel quite discouraged, he was born in the Jingzhaohao clan, and often boasted about the township because of his strong arms, so he was full of confidence in serving the king, but he did not expect to be completely suppressed by the young general when he met the king for the first time.

No matter what Wei Liang's mood was, the young general was actually quite surprised in his heart. The person was none other than Shen Yun, the general of the Fenwu Army, and although he left more than half of his strength for a little temptation, he already had some insight into how strong this young man was.

When a group of Jingzhao disciples came out, Shen Yuncai asked people to recruit Nawei Rail to the front, and asked for a little about the location of the area near Zuo, and learned that this group of young people left their hometown to join the army, and their good impression of them was inevitably greater: "In the Guanzhong realm, the king's life has been extinct for a long time, and the journey has come here, and the township has not dared to get close to it from afar, but I didn't expect that there would be such brave and strong men to join the army." You can enlist in the army for the time being, and when the war is over, you can use your own good talents. The king's life is on all sides, many brave encounters, loyal and righteous people are diligently used, and there is no trouble with the fame! ”

After confirming the identity of the king master on this road, Wei Liang and the other villagers were also surprised in their hearts, originally they thought that they would need to continue to move forward for a few days before they could visit the king master, but they didn't expect to meet each other in this Jingzhao hinterland realm.

This way, the king master took a short rest here and continued on the road, because there was no shortage of war horses available for transfer, and Wei Liang and the others also shared one. Their weapons were collected, and their men were scattered and placed in their ranks.

"General, further on, is Ba Shang...... Du Hong's thief army has a lot of defenses on the ba! ”

Seeing that the other party had no scruples all the way, Wei Rail couldn't help but open his mouth to remind, but the other party did not slow down his pace, and drove straight all the way, without following the winding path, and actually arrived at Ba Shangpi in the evening.

Bashang is the outermost part of the Chang'an defense line operated by Du Hong, because of the recent wide help from the township, Du Hong's military strength has also surged, and scouts are widely distributed around Bashang to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and by the way, other goods and goods from the countryside are sent to help.

This cavalry drove in, and soon attracted the attention of the defenders of Bashang, and soon nearly a thousand knights were gathered on the periphery of the hill and came straight to this way of enemy troops.

"Ready to kill!"

Shen Yun laughed out loud when he saw this, then pulled down his armor, lifted the strong bow hanging on the saddle, and bravely rushed straight towards the enemy team opposite. The knights behind him also gathered their formations and rushed forward.

Wei Liang and the others were powerless to do anything else at this time, they were coerced and rushed straight to the opposite side, almost ten thousand horses galloping in their ears, almost no sound, their vision was also messy to the extreme, the strong wind poured into their mouths and noses, and they could hardly open their eyes and see.

"Kill!"

The loud and magnificent shouts of killing shook the sky, although both sides were cavalry hedges, but the enemy troops in the opposite direction were completely inferior to the magnificent posture of the Fenwu army.

Before the people arrived, the stray arrows full of strength had already come to the air first, because the bow was not strong, and many knights on the opposite side were shot and fell from their horses. The originally not very solid formation became more loose and a few points looser, and many people subconsciously turned their horses around the side, intending to temporarily avoid the opponent's sharp rushing formation, and reassemble on the flank.

However, this retreat made the opponent's momentum more violent, like a steel knife directly inserted into the formation, quickly chiseled through the loose formation, and then the horse's head turned slightly, the tail chased and killed, and chased all the way, and even directly cut this cavalry out of the Ba Shang Plateau, chasing and killing in the wilderness!

The enemy soldiers on the Ba Shang saw this Fenwu army whirling through the realm, cutting and chasing their own cavalry all the way under their noses, and they were also palpitating for a while, and they were afraid of the strength of their troops, and no one dared to go out to the rescue, and watched the nearly 1,000 cavalry being killed in the wilderness!

Of course, this was also because the enemy's horsepower was not too sufficient, and by the time they were in the camp to assemble and reorganize, their own cavalry had already been chased out of the field several miles away. And they didn't know what the enemy's military situation was, so they didn't dare to pursue them far away. So in a meagre quarter of an hour, they lost the first battle, losing nearly a thousand horses and soldiers!

The first battle of the Fenwu army was won, in fact, it was not easy, they were originally a long-range attack, the end of the crossbow, and there were constantly war horses killed in the process of killing, only because the army was too fierce, these delays and accidents were covered up.

It was not until these enemies were chased and killed that Shen Yun ordered the collection of the enemy's horses, ordnance, and their respective transfers, and slowly retreated.

And it was not until this time that Wei Liang and other Guanzhong disciples realized that they had just been fortunate enough to experience a field battle in which fewer won more, and it was a pity that they had no chance to win in this battle except for chasing horses.

The Fenwu army did not leave Bashang too far along the way, and when they retreated more than ten miles away, they each dismounted and rested near a river valley.

Soon after, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the east, and another new Fenwu army rushed here, and after the two sides met, there was a little exchange of information, and Shen Yun and the others handed over some of the remaining arrows from the captured horses and the army to the new team. Then the team rushed into the night, and then slaughtered Ba Shang not far to the west!

On this night, the Fenwu army came from all walks of life, and the defenders of Bashang were attacked one after another. Although the enemy did not directly attack the camp and only made noise outside the camp, the sound of iron hooves sounded one after another was also terrifying. Originally, the cohesion of the army was not strong, and in the second half of the night, more battalion soldiers could not stand the huge pressure and directly abandoned the camp and retreated to the rear.

As for Du Hong, who was in Shiji City in Chang'an, this night was not easy, and the enemy army was killed so quickly, more than ten days faster than he expected, which really surprised him.

Although he did not have the determination to defend Chang'an, there were still many township sects that had agreed that aid had not been delivered, which made him feel very anxious, and he finally managed to survive until dawn, so he sent a group of cavalry scouts under his command to investigate the specific military situation of the enemy army while urging the township sect to send aid quickly.

However, the 3,000 elite cavalry of the Fenwu army arrived here, and soon took control of the suburbs from Du Hong's hands.

For example, after Shen Yun's department slept in the middle of the night to recuperate, he got on his horse again at dawn and wandered around Bashang, and soon encountered some township tribes who transported materials to Chang'an. At the same time, the information of the villagers who funded the Chang'an thief army was gradually sorted out and sent to the rear on flying horses.

At this time, the Huan Xuan Department of the Central Army of Wang Shi had just entered Lantian, and the troops were advancing and did not compete for time. When the forward Fenwu army sent a list, they all sent their divisions outside the dock wall that financed the thief army, and if there was a knock on the door, they would not open it, and they would be killed by the general's artillery and used for military purposes.

As for Guo Yu's rear army, it spread out horizontally when it entered the territory of Jingzhao, and all the people wandering in the field were all collected and imprisoned in the wreckage of those dock walls for preliminary reorganization.

The front and rear armies of the three roads, each performing its own duties, the forward Fenwu army elite cavalry is responsible for sweeping the countryside and clearing the ears and eyes, the middle road Xiangyang army and the Yangwu army are responsible for pulling out the strong and attacking the village, uprooting the strongholds of the villagers, and the back road Guo Yu army is collecting the wandering crowd and clearing the scattered pawns in the wilderness.

As for Lu Yong's navy, it marched along the Weishui, on the one hand, to provide nourishment and replenishment for the land army, and on the other hand, to cooperate with the offensive to deter the aftermath of the rural turmoil.

Wang Shi pushed all the way, and nearly a month after the troops were dispatched, the troops of the Huan Xuan Institute in the middle road had already been forced to attack.