In the direction of that hill, the army rumbled towards the battlefield in the distance. Immediately, in the direction of nowhere, there was a sudden sound of fierce fighting. Several cavalrymen straightened up in their saddles and put their hands on the pergola to look out, but they were blocked by the billowing smoke and dust, and they couldn't see it clearly. Only the ground trembled slightly by the footsteps of countless people, proving that the fierce battle was still going on.

"Good guy......" The black strong man who was called the earth dog exclaimed: "The Youzhou army is indeed not simple, look at the current sky, they have been fighting for a whole day!" There was no fatigue at all, and the soldiers and horses in the various military formations were not scattered...... General Pingbei is really amazing! What a majesty! ”

"You praised them because you were beaten stupid by the Youzhou army, right?" Several people laughed at the same time, and some people sang a ballad specially made up to tease him in a strange tone: "Wow! Ooh! The earth dog is not afraid at all, the earth dog is beaten into slag! ”

When the soldiers and horses of Youzhou and Jizhou were stationed in Hebei, the junior sergeants inevitably had friction and fought several group fights with each other. Youzhou people are more domineering and arrogant, and secondly, whenever they suffer losses, they will blow the horn and summon reinforcements, so they always pack up the Jizhou soldiers miserably. That earth dog can also be regarded as a thorn in the Jizhou army, but when he encountered this group of murderers in Youzhou, he suffered several big losses, and even lost face among his companions. At this time, when everyone heard him praise the people of Youzhou, they couldn't help but mock a few words.

The temperament of the earth dog will never fall behind, or ridicule each other on the spot, or they will fight. Who knew that this time he sneered and whispered: "I praise them because they killed thieves and my enemies!" ”

Tugou was originally a local farmer in Jizhou, with a family of five and ten acres of land, and he also planted the farmland of the local clan. Although the imperial court has been perverse in recent years, and natural disasters have continued, life has always been barely able to get by. But later, he made a lot of trouble, and a large number of evil bandits went on a rampage, and they were brutal everywhere they went, and the whole family of Tugou died at the hands of thieves, leaving him alone.

Since the thieves were rampant in Jizhou, I don't know how many people have been ruined and killed, and their wives have been separated, and more than half of the soldiers of the Jizhou army have suffered the same as the dogs. Compared with the gritted teeth and hatred of the thieves, it is really unnecessary to entangle a small friction with the Youzhou army.

As soon as the earth dog said this, everyone was silent for a while, and no one wanted to speak again for a while.

Ye Yunzheng's knowledge is broader than that of ordinary sergeants, and he is a person who likes to think crankily. At this moment, the scene of the military formation being dispatched, the pawns only saw the majesty of General Pingbei in their eyes, but Ye Yunzheng saw other content. He keenly felt that the Youzhou Army in front of him was different from the Jizhou Army, and even completely different from any army he was familiar with.

Since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, it has never been known for its military achievements, and even if it has been a matter of merit, the vast majority of people regard it as the legacy of the previous dynasty. Except for the small number of troops deployed on the northern border, even the elite of the forbidden army in Luoyang is lackluster. Later, when the kings used a large army to fight, they often used tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, but in fact, they were all temporarily recruited servants and servants, which was more like a rabble.

The current Youzhou Army was recruited and formed by Ding Shao, the assassin of Jizhou, when he was in office. Able to support 100,000 horses with half of Jizhou, and fight endlessly with Shile thieves, Ding Shao does have the eloquence to do things. However, experienced officers like Ye Yunzheng understand that the combat quality of the Jizhou Army is actually far inferior to that of the thieves. Those thieves and robbers use the people as the backbone, and the miscellaneous beards of all tribes as their minions, plundering like fire, coming and going like the wind, fierce as wolves, and cunning as foxes. Relying only on the strength of the Jizhou army itself, it is difficult to match. Even if the generals of the beggar army were later invoked to actually take charge of the military, they could only barely maintain the situation, and in terms of the number of casualties, they suffered a big loss.

It is precisely for this reason that after learning that they were going to Henan and fighting against their old opponent Shile, the grassroots officers and soldiers of the Jizhou Army were a little heavy: although human life is not worth much in troubled times, it is always earned to live a few more years, and it is better to live than to die, isn't it? What's more, in the eyes of most soldiers born in Jizhou, it is necessary to defend Sangzi, and it is too miserable to bury bones in a foreign land. This kind of tired mood and slightly depressed state, Ye Yunzheng has seen a lot and is used to it.

Compared with the Jizhou Army, the Youzhou Army, as a border army, is naturally much stronger. Generally speaking, the worse the living conditions in the area, the more strong and brave the generals, the so-called poor mountains and bad waters out of the people. The former Youzhou Army swept the Central Plains several times, which has fully proved this point. The hard life has sharpened the patience and tenacity of the people of the thistle, and after they go to the battlefield, they have no comfortable life to nostalgic for, so they also dare to work hard. And the Youzhou army in front of them is not only like this, their desire to fight and their confidence in victory are something that Ye Yunzheng has never seen.

Although they will have to fight against the fierce enemy with obviously inferior forces, and although they are far away from Jizhou and not fighting to defend their hometown, their courage and sharpness seem to be completely unaffected. The discipline embodied in their every move was like steel cast into iron, and the atmosphere of enthusiasm and daring to die was like a raging flame that wanted to burn everyone up.

To be able to do this, the soldiers' enthusiastic support for General Pingbei must be one of the reasons. Lu Daoming can win people's hearts to such a point, he is really a masterpiece...... But is that enough? Ye Yunzheng couldn't help but ask himself: What magic power does General Pingbei have to forge an army like this? There is a feeling that comes out even more involuntarily: such an army is the real army, and it is the place where real soldiers should be!

Even illiterate ordinary soldiers like Tugou knew that the Youzhou Army was indeed fighting against the thieves and was working hard to save the crisis of the Great Jin. In contrast, he has vain knowledge beyond his peers, but he ...... Ye Yunzheng unconsciously folded the horsewhip into a ball, and then let go violently. He felt a little out of breath.

"Brother Ye! Brother Ye! "It seems that someone is calling.

Ye Yunzheng suddenly woke up from his thoughts, only to find that the person who claimed to be named Lu Jun came to him on a horse at some point. This person rode for a long time, which was very hard, but this person became more and more energetic. His eyes also changed a little when he looked at Ye Yunzheng: "Brother Ye, there is something I have always wanted to ask ...... for advice."

Ye Yunzheng is not used to being treated so politely by literati, but the two have been walking together for a long time, even if there is no communication, they have a little less strangeness to each other. So he nodded and replied solemnly, "Mr. Lu, please tell me if there is anything." ”

"From Puyang to Wating, you deliberately slowed down your pace all the way, and made a few long detours without notice. Why is that? Lu Jun said lightly.

Lu Jun's words were not loud, but they sounded like a thunderbolt in Ye Yunzheng's ears. He exclaimed, "What? ”

This shout was too loud, and it was placed between the neat and serious military formations, which was particularly abrupt. The patrol commander who happened to pass by everyone stopped, and looked at Ye Yunzheng coldly with the long knife on his waist a few times, and then turned to leave.

I don't know if it's because of a weak heart or other reasons, Ye Yunzheng suddenly felt hot and sweaty. Perhaps for a warrior, such an occasion is much more difficult than a white-knuckle fight. He wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and after a while, he laughed violently: "Haha, haha." Mr. Lu, Brother Lu, I didn't understand. What are you talking about......"

Lu Jun also smiled: "Although I am not from Yanzhou, I traveled here with my father and brother many years ago, and then I carried letters to get news from all over the country, and I traveled back and forth over the mountains and mountains, often thousands of miles away. I am familiar with the geography of the mountains and rivers of Beijing and the Central Plains, as well as the roads and rivers. Your design and arrangement along the way, although you are careful, can never hide it from me, and there is really no need to make unnecessary excuses. ”

He shook his head and continued, "I thought that you were afraid that there was some kind of plan, so I was careful along the way...... But you went around and around, and you finally brought me here, and you didn't want any malice. Haha, to tell you the truth, I was very timid, and I didn't have the courage to ask until I was under the guard of the army...... You and your subordinates don't look like spies, so why ......?"

"I'm not a spy!" Ye Yunzheng interrupted Lu Jun's words angrily. At this time, the cavalry noticed the conversation between the two, and the eyes they looked at made Ye Yunzheng even more anxious. He tried to keep his voice low, repeating, "I'm not a spy. ”

"Then why are you doing this?" Lu Jun's playful smile became more and more hateful in Ye Yunzheng's eyes: "Brother Ye, if you can't give me an answer, when you get to General Pingbei, this matter will be difficult to end." ”

The sweat on Ye Yunzheng's forehead had already rolled down like a waterfall, bringing all the scattered strands of hair into his eyes. He wiped his sweat violently, rubbed his eyes, and gritted his teeth, "I...... I'm not afraid! General Lu may not believe your words! ”

"That's not true." Lu Jun smiled and shook his head. He turned his head to look in the direction of General Pingbei, and slowly revealed a look of pride and a little bit of amazement: "General Pingbei will naturally listen to my side. Because...... He's my brother! ”