After more than 20 days of trekking, we are about to arrive at Yecheng.

In a small town, Zhao Qi, the chief of the guard, received a flying pigeon and conveyed his gratitude to Shence, "Little Hou Ye, I received a flying pigeon book from my humble position, and the prince has been waiting in Yecheng for many days to welcome the little Hou Ye back to Beijing." The little marquis can stay here for one night, and he can go to Yecheng tomorrow. ”

"Big brother is here? Good! It is still eighty miles away from Yecheng. Well, no waiting! You are stationed here, I will hurry up, and I can go to Yecheng tonight. "Xie Shence and Xie Shenwei haven't seen each other for two years. The brothers have a very good relationship, and when they heard that Xie Shenwei had been waiting in Yecheng for many days, Xie Shence couldn't wait to meet.

casually hung the big chopping horse promised from the last meeting on the horse, and beckoned back: "Xie San'er!" Follow me first! ”

In other words, Xie Laosan has been tired enough for more than 20 days. This time, because Xie Shence was in a hurry, he arrived in Yecheng five days earlier than before! Poor Xie Laosan had a good time in Chuzhou City, and he hadn't enjoyed the pain caused by the violent friction between his inner thigh and the saddle for a long time. As soon as he heard this at this time, a shoehorn face suddenly straddled, and if he ran for eighty miles today, his thighs would not have to wear out three layers of skin, so Xie Sanye's leisurely days in the Pink Mansion in Jindu would be postponed for I don't know how long.

"Young master, young master, San'er can't stand it anymore, young master, just listen to Commander Zhao, rest for one night and won't delay the meeting with the eldest young master."

"Look at your bear-like look! Timid! What a shame on the young master! Since he started doing business three years ago, Xie Laosan has no mistakes in his business and a mess in life, and his body has almost been hollowed out in just a few years.

"Little Hou Ye, rush to Yecheng at least until night at this time, and let your subordinates escort Xiao Hou Ye to go." Commander Zhao responded.

"It's okay, you can take this horse with you, young master, my little pony is not as good as the excellent war horse of your Northwest Army." As he spoke, he threw the horse chopping knife that was specially made by the Mo knife to Zhao Qi.

Zhao Qi took the chopping horse and hung it on the horse. Said: "It's very easy for the little marquis to want good horses, before I went to Chuzhou, I heard that the prince had snatched several good horses from the Northwest Army, so I waited for the little marquis to go back and choose." ”

"Haha, the eldest brother grabbed it directly? Uncle must be in pain, haha! ”

When there were still thirty miles away from Yecheng, the sky was already completely dark, and the official road was faintly invisible. The speed of the two also slowed down.

"Lao Zhao, Lao Zhao, listen, is there a voice?" Xie Shence stopped his horse and said to Zhao Qi.

"Phew, it seems to be a voice." Zhao Qi turned over and dismounted, put his ear on the official road, listened carefully for a while, got up and said: "Little Marquis, it's the sound of fighting, and there are horses, it's war horses!" There were not many of them, about a mile away from us. ”

"Huh? In a place not far from the official road, he dared to use war horses to fight, and he was not small, and he should have a lot of background. Let's go, lean in quietly and take a look! Xie Shence said excitedly. There's a play tonight, can't miss it!

"Yes, little marquis." Zhao Qiying said.

The two of them put on their horses' chewing heads, wrapped their hooves, and walked slowly along the path, and in a short time they saw torches flashing not far away. The two of them carefully hid their bodies behind the tree, quietly drew their knives, held them across their chests, lowered their bodies, and lay on their horses, barely seeing the situation through the messy branches and by the light of the fire.

Five black-armored guards formed a circle, protecting a general in a silver-armored regimental battle robe in the middle, surrounded by more than twenty masked black-clothed riders, the formation was scattered, just running back and forth around the six people, making sporadic contact from time to time, trying to break through the formation.

After several contacts, four black-clad riders were killed, and one of the five guards was killed, and the formation suddenly became flawed. The man in black whistled, regrouped, and distanced, apparently ready to end the battle.

"Little Hou Ye, it's a Shandong horse bandit. You see, the saber used by the man in black has a larger arc than the Great Jin standard saber, and it flowed out of the Fan Yang army in Youzhou of Northern Yan. The six people who were besieged, oh no, five, listened to the voice of the people in the northern army. It's strange, why did the Shandong horse bandits have a conflict with the people in the northern army in Yecheng, and the people in the northern army are actually at a disadvantage, little Hou Ye, those five people are almost finished. Zhao Qi said to Xie Shence while observing carefully.

Brother Xiao Xie has been in the Huai Army for eight years, so he naturally knows what kind of role the Shandong horse bandits are. Wang Ding has an evaluation of "coming like the wind, leaving without a trace, moving like a mountain, and aggression like fire", and its combat effectiveness can be seen.

In the northeast of the Great Jin Dynasty and the border area with Beiyan, due to the frequent wars between the two countries, a buffer area of "three regardless" was created in Shandong Province. There was a horse bandit of nearly 10,000 people in this narrow strip of three countries, composed of post-war displaced people and Northern Yan disaster victims, who were not attached to either the Great Jin Dynasty and Northern Yan, and the two countries survived by robbing caravans and "baskets" (looting) in peacetime. During the war, the two countries acted as mercenaries to receive war payments.

This horse bandit can be said to be a thorn in the hearts of the Jin and Yan countries, it is not easy to destroy, and it cannot be surrendered, it is very uncomfortable.

Looking at the situation tonight, it seems that the horse bandits are on the bar with the people of my Great Jin Northern Army? Look at the armor of the white-robed general, the horse is a first-class war horse, and the battle armor is the Mingguang armor that only senior generals of the Great Jin Dynasty are qualified to use, and the status is definitely not low, so why was it bitten by horse bandits near Yecheng? Looking at the comparison of the number of people, it should have been a premeditated ambush. It's not scientific. The horse bandits did have friction with the northern army, but they would never dare to openly attack the senior generals of the Great Jin Dynasty, and if they leaked the slightest rumor, the horse bandits would inevitably attract the wrath of the Great Jin Dynasty. This is more than worth the loss, the horse bandit will not be so brainless, there must be something extremely important, which can make the horse bandit bear the wrath of the Great Jin in exchange. Could it be...... Treasure? No way. Belle? It's even more impossible. So what is it exactly?

When the thoughts were flying, he heard Lao Zhao shout softly: "Yuhua Pavilion!" He's Yukatei! ”

Haka Pavilion? Sounds familiar, right! It seems that the uncle mentioned in the letter that Yuhuating, an upstart in the Northern Army, was born in the Xiaoshi clan, not very old, twenty-five or sixteen, and was one of the best young and Zhuang officers in the Northern Army, and was extremely favored by the second child of the Sima family.

In terms of generation, he can barely be regarded as his cousin (the son of a distant cousin whose blood relationship with one of Uncle Xie's concubines is so weak that he can't be lighter). Because of Uncle Xie's relationship and strong force value, he has always had a good reputation in the army. It's just that he later took refuge in the Sima family and was criticized.

At this point, the battle was coming to an end, and after a charge, only one of the four guards was left to barely stand on his horse. There were still fifteen men in black. Fifteen to one and a half, no matter how Xie Shence looks at Yuhua Pavilion, he will definitely die.

"Lao Zhao, are you sure to grab the Yuhua Pavilion?"

"Huh? Little Hou Ye wants to intervene? Wait, wait until Yuhua Pavilion can't hold it before making a move. Let's see how powerful this spear is. Although he didn't understand why Xie Shence intervened, Zhao Qi still agreed. The soldiers of the Northwest Army brought out by Uncle Xie did not have the slightest good impression of the white-eyed wolf-like Yuhua Pavilion, and it was already Lao Zhao's biggest concession to be able to promise Xie Shence to leave the Yuhua Pavilion at a critical time.

"Hmm, I also want to see what the Flower Spear Feather Flower Pavilion is capable of, which even my uncle admires."

In the second charge, the black-armored guards did not retreat, pulled out the horse's head, rushed to the front of the Yuhua Pavilion one step ahead, and rushed towards the horse bandits. Suicide Charge! In order to alleviate the positive pressure of the Hakatei. The guards were dismembered in an instant, and even the horses were cut down. Before the guards used their lives to spell out the small gap opened by a horse bandit, Yuhuating suddenly lifted the horse's head, and the war horse leaped up from the gap, and the silver spear in his hand instantly stabbed out, and after knocking over a horse bandit, the war horse fell to the ground.

Pulling out the horse's head, Yuhuating chased after the horse bandits.

The horse bandits' momentum slowed down, and when they were pulling out the horse's head, the Yuhuating people shot and killed, and the silver spear spat out the letter like a poisonous tongue, and instantly killed two more horse bandits. At this time, the horse bandits surrounded and prepared for hand-to-hand combat. To Xie Shence's surprise, in the face of the approaching horse bandits, Yu Huating turned over and dismounted, with a spear in his left hand and a sword in his right hand, and galloped towards the nearest horse bandit. Seeing this, the horse bandits all turned over and dismounted to fight.

Now Brother Xiao Xie really saw it, because the two of them were on slightly higher ground, the formation of the eleven horse bandits was very obvious, that is, to besiege from three directions, always leaving one direction for Yuhua Pavilion to retreat, encircling three missing one, the most consuming the opponent's physical strength, while minimizing their own casualties. Shandong horse bandits, as expected, live up to their reputation, and they can still be so sober and cautious when they are sure to win.

The battle was not far from the fire, Xie Shence saw it more clearly, the horse bandits were in groups of three, one shield, one gun and one knife, attacking from far and near, forming a three-talent formation, and the three groups became a big three-talented, scattering the attacks received by each other, but they could contain the attack of Yuhuating, no matter which side attacked, there would be two other parties to interfere with the auxiliary attack.

"Hehe, surrounded by the little three talents. At this time, Yuhua Pavilion has been fighting for a long time, and he should have been plotted in advance, otherwise this little Sancai array would definitely not be able to trap him. Lao Zhao chewed a leaf in his mouth and said.

Xie Shence also saw that Yuhua Pavilion's physical strength was exhausted, and the scale armor on the right side of his back was pierced, and a large amount of blood had been left behind, almost half of his back was wet.

After struggling to cut down the three of them, Yuhuating finally exhausted his strength, holding the silver spear in his left hand, his right hand was already trembling slightly, and the sweat on his head had blurred his vision.

At the roadside wine stall in the evening, he saw that something was wrong with the restaurant, but it was too late, at least half of the people had drunk and eaten beef and were numb. How can there be a restaurant that overturns the wine jar for the guests, and it is impossible for the roadside wine stall to have enough wine for 50 people to drink and hundreds of catties of cooked beef at one time.

Although there were only thirty sergeants left in one hand, in the face of a hundred horse bandits, he was confident that even if he couldn't be defeated, he wouldn't be unable to escape. But who knew that there were spies mixed in among his own soldiers, and a knife in the back was smeared with poison. Fortunately, the horse bandit had no intention of killing him, but now that he has a drug attack, his mind is a little blurred, his eyes can't see clearly, and the strength in his body is losing very quickly, and if he continues like this, he will inevitably be captured alive.

In their hands, the secret may not be kept.

Be sure to hold on! The signal has been sent, and it is believed that support will come soon. Hold...... This was the last thought of Yuhuating before he lost consciousness.

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"Report to General Guo, no body of General Yu was found, only General Yu's gun and sword were found at the scene." A minor corrector reports the situation to a gloomy man.

"Captured alive? Yuhua Pavilion, Yuhua Pavilion, you pus, what is the first in the spearmanship of the Northern Army, and the horse bandits of more than 100 people captured you alive, now, you are killed by a head, right? It's good to die, it's easy to die. Lao Tzu won't stay up late with you as a dead ghost. The man surnamed Guo shook his head, not wearing a helmet or armor, his long hair and bare explosive muscles were extremely wild under the flickering of the torches. He turned his head to the little colonel and said, "Order, leave twenty people to continue the search, search the whole city tonight, and transfer five hundred people from Yecheng tomorrow to guard the main roads to the north." If there is a situation, I will wait until General Ben sleeps well! After speaking, he turned his horse's head and walked slowly in the direction of Yecheng.