At noon the next day, Lu Yao was sitting on a high slope, looking at the marching queue.

After yesterday's military meeting, there were several fewer military academies that once held considerable positions. Fortunately, the rest of the officers were very effective, and under Lu Yao's arrangement, they reorganized the team overnight and quickly filled the command vacancy without causing an adverse impact. It's just that the pace of the soldiers seems to be a little tired now, which makes Lu Yao frown slightly, but there is nothing he can do.

In recent years, the weather has been different from the past, with severe cold and snowstorms in winter, and drought and heat in summer. At the beginning of May, when I was in the annexation of the state, I didn't feel unbearable; Now that the summer season is approaching, Lu Yao raised his head slightly, and was dazzled by the fierce sun. The scorching sun scorched the earth, and even cracked the ground on the banks of the Zhangshui River. Even the wind blowing on the surface of the water is hot and dry, with the smell of sand. Such hot weather inevitably slowed down the march.

Ding Miao came from the rear: "Daoming, estimate the distance, the Jizhou military horse is about to arrive." Do you want the soldiers to get out of the way first, and also take the opportunity to rest for a while? ”

Lu Yao nodded, and pointed to a river bay in front of him with a horsewhip: "How about getting there?" It is easy to draw water and has a wide view. Chu Kun, you go and inform the soldiers of each battalion. ”

Chu Kun flew away in response.

Lu Yao squinted his eyes and looked at the vast plain in the distance, and suddenly asked: "Brother Wen Hao, I have been in Bingzhou for a long time, and I feel that my vision is ugly, and I don't know much about the heroes in the world...... What kind of character is Shulungong, can you tell me about it? ”

The Shulun Gong in Lu Yao's mouth is the assassin of Jizhou, Ding Shao, one of the most powerful Fang towns in the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Jizhou is one of the 19 states in the world, and the post of assassin history has always been a non-prestigious person who cannot be appointed. Strictly speaking, the Ding's portal is not the world's first-class; And Ding Shao's previous prestige and official position were not significant. However, this should be a weak assassin history, who has been in charge of Jizhou for several years, "being an official and doing everything", it is said that Jizhou scholars are all afraid and love him.

Lu Yao has been in the army in Bingzhou all these years, and he really doesn't know much about this high-ranking official who has risen rapidly. But if you want to make a move in northern Xinjiang to meddle in the Xianbei ceremony for a few days, the support of Jizhou is indispensable. Not to mention Lu Yao's plan to seize Daijun to deter Xianbei, although Daijun belongs to Youzhou, it borders on Hebei and Hebei Prefectures. Without the help of Jizhou Assassin Shi, it would be difficult for Lu Yao to have any effective measures.

Yue Shigong, who was in Jinyang, naturally expected this, so he specially appointed Ding Miao as Lu Yao's deputy.

Ding Miao's father, the word Boyuan, is the eldest brother of Ding Shao and the contemporary patriarch of the Ding clan of the Kingdom of Qiao, only because he has been weak and sick since childhood, so he is not a minister. Ding Miao is Ding Shao's nephew, the so-called "son of a brother, a son of a child", and the relationship between the two is very close. Ding Miao is naturally very familiar with this uncle.

Hearing Lu Yao's question, Ding Miao said in a deep voice: "Uncle Jia holds the style of his own clan, is well versed in Confucianism, and has strict self-discipline. Ahem, it's very different from me...... His personality is resolute and upright, calm and decisive, and when he was in the countryside in the past, he closed his door and cleaned himself, and never traveled with others. Yes, the scholars of this county are afraid of the wind. ”

Lu Yao nodded slightly, and he noticed that Ding Miao used the word "looking at the wind and respecting the wind". Considering that Ding Miao is a nephew and has the instinct to be a venerable person, this Ding Thorn Shi may be a person who is upright and serious, or even old-fashioned and not easy to get along with.

Ding Miao said again; "The uncle of the family is too guarded by Guangping, although there are small ridicules in governance, the people all praise the ease. At that time, the kings of the court and the middle of the court fought for power, and the war extended to Hebei, so that the counties harassed and had a complete town. And the uncle maneuvered between the kings, and finally preserved the stability of Guangping County. In the second year of Yongxing, Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, gathered Gongshi Liang, Lou Quan, Hao Chang and others to attack Yecheng. The uncle led the county soldiers to the south to rescue Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang, who was sitting in Yecheng, and destroyed tens of thousands of people in the first battle. The king of Nanyang was able to save his life, and he was deeply grateful for the kindness of his uncle, and specially erected a monument to thank him. ”

The Ding Shao described in these words is different from Fang Cai. What appears in these words is a capable official who is good at handling various affairs, a politician who is extremely sensitive to judging the direction of the political wind and is good at speculation, and a soldier who is deeply versed in military strategy. Lu Yao couldn't help but become more and more interested in the Jizhou assassin who was about to meet.

The two were talking when they heard the sound of hooves in front of them.

Zhu Sheng, who was assigned by Lu Yao to fight the front station, rode back at a gallop until Lu Yao rolled in front of him and dismounted: "General, a large number of military horses have appeared in the direction of Guangzong and Shangbai, and the forward is only fifteen miles away from me. Along the way, people and horses rolled in, obscuring the road. The banner is all books: Jizhou Thorn Sting! ”

"It's coming so fast!" Lu Yao took a deep breath: "Wen Hao, Lao Xue, Shao Gong, let's go and greet it quickly!" ”

At this moment, it was only ten days before the thieves attacked Yecheng, and before the Yecheng envoy arrived, Jizhou Assassin Shi Dingshao gathered Hebei military horses and marched south. Obviously, Ding Shao was extremely concerned about the situation in Wei County, and he must have his own unique intelligence channels in Yecheng, and he did not need to rely on the imperial court mail.

This army and horse stayed in Guangzong yesterday, and at noon it had already entered the border of Ping'en County in Quang Binh County, and the speed of the march was not even under the command of Lu Yao, who was mainly cavalry. As a bicycle assassin without a general's name, Ding Shao was able to freely drive the soldiers and horses of Jizhou and cross the border without scruples, which shows his extraordinary governing skills, tough personality and strong desire to intervene in the chaos of Wei County.

In fact, according to the system of this dynasty, the state pastor is 2,000 stones, and the assassin is only an official of 600 stones, who is responsible for checking and questioning matters and passing on the six edicts to the county. And Lu Yao is the general of Yamen, and Ding Miao is the general of Wuwei, both of which are high-ranking military positions of 2,000 stones, and their status is more prominent than that of the state assassin history. To be more serious, it should be Ding Shao who came to meet him.

But in terms of actual power and status, Ding Shao will make the two of them stunned. Lu Yao and Ding Miao only led thousands of troops, and they were eagle dogs under Liu Yueshi's tent. And the Jizhou Assassin Shi Ding Shao's authority is within reach, the thirteen counties, eighty-three counties, millions of soldiers and civilians are like the wind and grass, and they also command tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the prefectures and counties, and they are all unsatisfactory to attack thieves. Don't say that it is Lu Yao and Ding Miao, even Liu Kun and Liu Yueshi, who are the generals of Pingping and Peking University, are far from being as powerful as Ding Shao.

Now that the movement of the Jizhou military horses has been determined, everyone has whipped and urged the horses, and ran forward along the official road to greet them.

When a large army travels, it is impossible to form a column. Normally, the front team of light troops will take the lead in setting off at dawn, and be responsible for opening roads and building bridges in the mountains; The troops then proceeded separately along a predetermined route, and depending on the road conditions, the whole force could sometimes be listed horizontally for several miles; The same is true for the longitudinal direction, if the size of the troops reaches a certain level, the whole army will even set off in order in several days, sometimes the front army will set off for hundreds of miles in several days, and the rear army has not even left the initial assembly area.

The same is true of the Jizhou army, Lu Yao and the others walked forward for a while, and first saw more than ten cavalry galloping over. Seeing the people carrying their own blades, the cavalry showed a vigilant look. Half of them waited where they were, while the other half slowed down their horses and asked aloud, "Who is on the side of the road?" ”

Shao Xu looked at Lu Yao, and Lu Yao made a gesture of encouragement to him.

So Shao Xu strode forward and said, "Are the Jizhou soldiers coming?" The envoy of General Liu and the envoy of Yecheng are here to greet the history of Ding Thorn! ”

The cavalryman looked him up and down: "Your Excellency is from Bingzhou?" From Yecheng? ”

"I am the envoy of Yecheng, Shao Xu."

"What's the situation in Yecheng?"

Shao continued: "The Jisang thief army is strong, the defenders are caught off guard, Yecheng falls, and King Xincai is in chaos...... Fortunately, the military orders and the help of the state have been killed, and the rest of the middle has gradually withdrawn from Yecheng and gradually fled to Neihuang. The situation at the time of our departure was such that there has been no update of the military report in the past few days, and I think there has been no change. ”

The cavalry nodded, and then asked, "Since you are a messenger, can you have a document to rely on?" ”

"This is the second public book Guan Wen of General Yang Wu Li Yun and Che Rider Shi Yangheng." Shao Xu took out the document from his sleeve and presented it, and said: "The seal letter and other things of the envoy of the state are not in Yecheng. However, I saw that Ding Tingshi's brother-in-law, Wuwei General Ding Miao was waiting here. ”

The cavalryman's serious expression eased down, took the document with both hands, and said politely: "In this case, please take a break from the roadside, and I will report to the assassin immediately." ”

The cavalry with the document in hand returned on horseback, and the rest of the scout cavalry continued to advance without much delay. And the light army in the front, which was about 1,000 people, also passed quickly.

Lu Yao waited for another half an hour. It was almost noon, accompanied by the sound of drums and heavy footsteps, and the Jizhou army marched.

Looking from afar, I saw that on more than ten large and small roads as far as the eye could see, there were soldiers moving forward in an orderly manner. In the middle of the procession, the halberd stands like a forest, and in the middle of it, a military flag with the surname of the main general written on the side or painted with the pattern of a fierce beast is displayed in the wind, which is very spectacular. Lu Yao preliminarily estimated that there were more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in front of him, most of whom were light infantry wearing crimson uniforms and holding long and short weapons. There were not many armorers and cavalry.

At the forefront of these ranks was a cavalry force of more than 100 men. The equipment of these cavalrymen was evidently far superior to that of the others, and most of them wore purple or crimson robes, armor, lances, and bows; Some horses even wore horse armor. A particularly tall cavalryman walked among the knights, holding a banner in both hands.

Under the banner of the wind, several people rode their horses.

Lu Yao's eyes were sharp, but he saw that the leader was an old man about fifty years old, this person had a clear face, a slightly yellowish face, and a white beard under his chin. He was dressed in simple leather armor, and used cloth without a hood, and saw that he pressed the sword with one hand and controlled the horse with the other hand, and his waist was straight, and he had a resolute and decisive demeanor.

Lu Yao stretched out his hand and smashed Ding Miao's shoulder socket: "Is that the one under his banner Ding Thorn History?" ”

Ding Miao's face showed a rare look of nervousness: "Exactly." ”

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Thanks to Mayor Daliushu, Tint, Jing Nanbo, Chu Jianghan and other people for their support, and thank you for the monthly passes of Blossom and Sandai. By the way, it was an honor to find that the collection of this book has entered the top 80 in the historical military category...... Please allow the crabs to rejoice :)

Finally, I sincerely thank my friends in Fengyun ykong, the paragraph of "Tongque Taifu" is really a crab wrong, fortunately there is a mentor and friend to point out, ORZ