Seeing Yao Chang return with a great victory, Yao Xiang was very happy, and now, he not only got the 'heirloom jade seal' but also successfully repelled the attack of Zhang Yu and others, which can be described as a double happiness.

Yao Chang rode his horse to Yao Xiang's side, and when he saw Yao Xiang holding a gold-plated copper box in his hand, he was slightly shocked in his heart, and said softly: "Fifth brother, this must be the heirloom jade seal!" ”

Yao Xiang nodded and said softly: "That's right, it should be the heirloom jade seal, just wait to open it and take a look." ”

Yao Chang was very excited and said loudly: "Fifth brother, this heirloom jade seal has finally arrived in our hands, and the whole world will be ours in the future." ”

Yao Xiang smiled, looked at the dozen or so locksmiths in front of him, and said softly, "You guys, you have to open this box in the shortest possible time." With that, he handed the gilded copper box into the hands of these locksmiths, and personally supervised them to open the locks.

Yao Chang stood next to Yao Xiang, also closely watching the locksmiths' every move.

"Report, General Qiyu, the Jin army of 20,000 soldiers and horses has rushed from the southeast." Just as Yao Xiang and Yao Chang were paying close attention to the locksmiths' unlocking, a scout loudly reported the urgent military situation.

When Yao Xiang and Yao Chang heard this, they were both shocked, and glanced at each other, and then looked at the scout together.

"How many miles does the Jin army have, and who is in command?" Yao Xiang hurriedly asked.

The scout immediately clenched his fists and said: "General Qiyu, the Jin army is only more than ten miles according to this, and the vanguard cavalry can arrive at our army's camp within an hour, and the leading generals are Wang Wu and Wang Liu." ”

"Fifth brother, aren't Wang Wu and Wang Liu responsible for guarding Pengcheng and Xiapi? Why did he suddenly appear in Yongqiu, could it be that Yin Hao also came to join in the excitement. Yao Chang said suspiciously.

After all. Wang Wu and Wang Liu were the generals of the Yangzhou Army and the generals under Yin Hao, and the two of them suddenly appeared near Yongqiu, Yao Chang naturally suspected that Yin Hao also had the idea of seizing the jade seal of the country.

Yao Xiang smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Although Yin Hao is despicable and shameless, he has no ambition to be the emperor, he will never snatch the jade seal of the country, but will accept the Wei delegation and escort the jade seal of the country to Jiankang City safely." ”

Hearing this, Yao Chang thought for a moment. He said loudly: "Fifth brother." The Wei delegation had more than 100 people, first Hua'an sent 3,000 troops to escort it, and now, Yin Hao sent 20,000 troops to respond. Such a posture of facing a great enemy. That seems to be enough to illustrate. The Great Jin Imperial Court doesn't trust us generals, and is guarding us everywhere! ”

Yao Xiang nodded and said softly: "The so-called non-clan must have different hearts. This is what the Great Jin clan often says, besides, we were originally the generals of the Zhao State, and we have been enemies of the Great Jin Dynasty for many years, and we have a lot of deep hatred and hatred between each other, and it is not so easy to gain the trust of the Great Jin court. ”

"Fifth brother, since Wang Wu and Wang Liu led the army of their subordinates and came to meet the Wei delegation, if we find out that our army has seized the jade seal of the country, we will definitely not give up, what should we do?" Yao Chang asked loudly.

Yao Xiang looked at Yao Chang and said softly, "Fifth brother wants to hear your opinion, what do you think should be done?" ”

Yao Chang thought for a moment, hugged his fists and said: "Fifth brother, the 20,000 horses of Wang Wu and Wang Liu of the Jin army came from afar, they must be tired divisions, our army has more troops than them, if it suddenly launches a surprise attack, it will definitely break the Jin army, and then, our army can retreat." After speaking, he looked at Yao Xiang.

Yao Xiang shook his head with a smile, and said, "No, never!" If it really fights with the Jin army under Wang Wu and Wang Liu, our army will really have a deep hatred with the Great Jin court, and with the strength of the Great Jin court, our army will have no place to live. ”

"Fifth brother, we have already taken the jade seal of the country, and we have a grudge with the Great Jin court, so why should we care about fighting with the Jin army." Yao Chang said suspiciously.

Yao Xiang waved his hand and said softly, "How can this be the same?" Although our army captured the jade seal of the country, it was not won in the hands of the Jin army, but from the hands of Zhang Yu and others, and it was not a fall out with the Jin court. However, if our army rashly launches an attack on the Jin army, it will be a blatant provocation and an infringement of the Great Jin Dynasty. ”

When Yao Chang heard this, he thought for a while, and said softly: "According to the meaning of the fifth brother, our army cannot fight with the Jin army, so there is only a quick retreat." ”

Yao Xiang nodded and said softly: "Exactly, our army should evacuate immediately, return to Changyi first, and then make a detour to Taishan County, so that not only can we avoid the Jin army, but also avoid the entanglement of Zhang Yu and others." ”

"Fifth brother, if we evacuate quickly, what should we do with the large amount of baggage of our army, as well as these gold and silver treasures, do you give them all up?" Yao Chang said with some reluctance.

Yao Xiang nodded, and said: "In addition to the baggage necessary for the army, the remaining baggage and these dozens of carts of gold and silver treasures are all abandoned, for the sake of the great cause, don't covet these things." ”

"Yes, fifth brother, I'm going to gather troops." Yao Chang answered, turned around and went to prepare.

Yao Xiang looked at more than a dozen locksmiths and urged from time to time, but unlocking requires skill and luck, and it is not possible to open the iron lock quickly if someone urges him.

Soon, under Yao Chang's order, all the troops were ready, and they could march towards Changyi City just after Yao Xiang's order, and at this time, the iron lock on the gilded copper box was still not opened, which made Yao Xiang anxious.

However, with 20,000 Jin troops receiving them, Yao Xiang was already convinced that the contents of the box were heirloom jade seals, so he decided to take the gold-plated copper box with him, and it would not be too late to open it after arriving in Changyi City.

"Fifth brother, the three soldiers and horses are ready, let's go quickly!" Yao Chang reminded softly.

Yao Xiang nodded, looked at more than a dozen locksmiths, and reprimanded loudly: "Okay, you group of rice buckets, go down!" After speaking, he stepped forward and took the gold-plated copper box and handed it to the personal soldier beside him.

"What's in this gold-plated copper box is important, more important than your life, I see." Yao Xiang looked at his personal soldiers and said loudly.

"Understood, General." The personal soldier answered loudly, took out a white cloth, wrapped the gold-plated copper box, and then hung it on his chest.

Seeing that his personal soldiers put the gold-plated copper box on his chest, Yao Xiang was a lot relieved, and then looked at the generals beside him, and said loudly: "The whole army will set off immediately and return to Changyi City." ”

"Let's go, the whole army is going." Yao Chang let out a loud shout and conveyed the order for the army to set off.

Immediately, Yao Xiang and the 30,000 elite cavalry under his command left the camp and rushed towards Changyi City at the fastest speed.

At the same time, Yao Xiang still sent scouts to closely monitor the movements of all parties, including Zhang Yu and others, Wang Wu and Wang Liu, and the Pu Hong army, which Yao Xiang feared the most.

After Yao Xiang led his army to leave the direction of Yongqiu, he left behind dozens of carts of gold and silver treasures, and this qiē was naturally discovered by the scouts under Wang Wu and Wang Liu, who saw dozens of carts of gold and silver treasures being discarded in the open space, and hurriedly reported to Wang Wu and Wang Liu.

When Wang Wu and Wang Liu learned of this, they immediately led the main army to rush over.

Seeing dozens of carts of gold and silver treasures being discarded in the wild, Wang Wu and Wang Liu were extremely surprised, but from the handwriting on dozens of carts, they could be sure that these carts belonged to the Wei mission, and these gold and silver treasures were naturally the tribute of Wei Guojin to the Great Jin court.

Now, all the tributes were there, but the Wei envoy was nowhere to be seen, which made Wang Wu and Wang Liu, who had no idea, a little confused, they didn't understand what was going on here, and they didn't understand where the Wei mission had gone.

Just when they were confused, Zhang Yu's scouts dressed as ordinary people were discovered by the generals under Wang Wu's command and called them over.

"Are you a citizen of the neighborhood? What exactly is going on here, why is there only a car and no one. Wang Wu looked at the scout and asked softly.

The scout was extremely shrewd, and hurriedly spoke: "General, not far from the north, there was a battle not long ago, and many people died. After speaking, he raised his eyes and saw the large iron box that had been opened.

When Wang Wu and Wang Liu heard this, they were all shocked, they both thought that the Wei envoy had encountered an accident, and regretted that they had moved slowly, otherwise, such a thing would not have happened.

"Fifth brother, that's not right! If a thief has the idea of striking at these treasures, why should they throw away their hard-earned treasures here? Wang Liu looked at dozens of carts of treasures and said in surprise.

"Yes! Why should the thief throw away all this treasure? Wang Wu was also a little puzzled.

"General, there is an iron box that has been opened here, and other than that, nothing seems to be missing." A general in charge of counting the supplies reported softly.

Wang Wu and Wang Liu walked to the big iron box, looked at the empty iron box, unconsciously glanced at each other, and guessed what it contained.

"Fifth brother, when I heard that the Wei State was a vassal to my Great Jin Dynasty, he promised to dedicate the jade seal of the country to my Great Jin court, will the missing thing in this iron box be the jade seal of the country." Wang Liu guessed softly.

Wang Wu nodded, and said with a straight face: "There is this possibility, the goal of the thieves is not these treasures, but the jade seal of the country, in this way, it makes sense, but the most important thing at the moment is to find the people of the Wei State Mission, even after a fierce battle, they must still be alive, besides, the three thousand men and horses sent by the eldest brother cannot all be killed!" There must be some alive. ”

"Fifth brother is right, I'll send scouts to the vicinity to investigate." Wang Liu answered, and immediately sent his scouts to investigate the location within a radius of ten miles.

Just when Wang Wu and Wang Liu were speculating about what was going on here, the scout under Zhang Yu, who was dressed as a common man, quietly left and went straight to the location of Zhang Yu's camp. (To be continued......)