The fourteenth section of the Azure River soup flows eastward, and it seems to be endless. It divides the entire Qingting grassland into two parts, one part is next to Daya Snow Mountain, accounting for about a quarter of the entire grassland, and the other three-quarters is north of the Tianqing River. Now, Wu Ming finally knows why this river is called Tianqing River, although it is after the rain, but after two days of precipitation, the river water is still green. Like a piece of green shining jade.

It's just that now the entire south bank of the Azure River is estimated to be the world of the Persians.

After bidding farewell to Pabri, everyone left early the next day and headed north along the Azure River. At the beginning of the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, a large census was conducted on the population of the whole country, and the population of the country was nearly 500 million. However, the Qingting Grassland has a population of only two million, which should be regarded as vast and sparsely populated compared to its area. They traveled all the way, but there were few people.

But even so, they were starting to see people. When they came out of the wind chime, except for the old and weak women and children, everyone hardly saw anyone else, but now, there are more and more people on the road. Although most of them are some messy horseshoe prints.

It rained for several days, but the sky was clear, but the sky was as blue as a cloth, and there was no trace of variegation.

Wu Ming walked in the middle of the team and said to Liao Gang, who was excited beside him: "Young Governor, why are there so few people here, and after walking so far, there is not a single ghost." Was that how it used to be? ”

"How come, this place is not far from Qingting, in the past, at this time, when the herdsmen finished threshing the grass, they would take the fur and other specialties produced by the family to the court to exchange the necessities of life. This road is full of people, and it is very lively. ”

Wu Ming looked at it, although the grassland is as flat as an expanse, but other places can still see the grass stubble after the herdsmen beat the grass, only here are potholes, trampled into shape, fresh are horseshoe prints, old are wheel prints and footprints. Obviously, this road used to be very prosperous, but it has only recently become a military one.

Wu Ming lowered his head and thought about it: "This is a bit strange......"

Liao Gang said: "Lord Wu, you think too much, now that the Persian ** has invaded, it is estimated that the eldest brother has imposed martial law, and these herdsmen have moved to the north." ”

"I've thought about this before, but even so, I should have sent people around to reconnoitre, not like I have now seen no human figures."

This is really against common sense, the total strength of the Green Wolf Army is nearly 200,000, although Liao Qing is very strict in governing the army, but also very protective of shortcomings, this army under his leadership, is even more contaminated with the habit of retribution. Now that the Persians have reached their doorstep, they are closed, which is a bit abnormal.

Just thinking about it, Liao Gang suddenly cheered: "Look, there's smoke ahead!" ”

Wu Ming looked up and saw a wisp of smoke rising from the distant sky. Like a straight line, it reaches the sky, and it looks particularly eye-catching under the blue sky.

Where there is smoke, there will be people, Wu Ming was overjoyed. Turning his head and asking Liao Gang, "Young Governor, is there a court tooth in front of you?" ”

Liao Gang shook his head and said, "It's so close, from here to Tingya, according to the current distance, it is estimated that there are still several hours away." ”

Wu Ming thought for a while and said, "You wait a while, I'll go and talk to Niangniang." ”

Tao Yu's location was not too far from Wu Ming, and he walked there in a few steps. At this moment, she was being carried by two warriors, sitting on a sliding pole, looking into the distance, and apparently, she also saw the smoke. Wu Ming walked over, saluted and said, "Niangniang, for the sake of safety, I'll see, let's go over and have a look first." ”

Tao Yu's brows furrowed, and he said, "Lord Wu, now that the motives of the Green Wolf Army are unknown, wouldn't it be dangerous for you to rush over?" ”

"Because of this, I should go over and take a look first, with the strength of my eight sections, as long as I want to run, it is really a bit difficult for them to keep me, besides, Niangniang returned to the Eastern Han Dynasty this time, and made such a big move, but they closed the door, this thing is also weird, it is better for me to go and see first."

Tao Yu pondered for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Wu, be careful, call Liao Gang, maybe it will be of some use at a critical time." ”

He wants me to kidnap Liao Gang to get out, Wu Ming smiled bitterly, and Tao Yu came up with it, and she also came up with this kind of obscene idea. However, bringing Liao Gang can really reduce a lot of trouble, he nodded and said: "I know, but it shouldn't be as bad as we thought, the Green Wolf Army is not here with Liao Qing now, and it is estimated that this is the main reason for their abnormality." ”

He Yi stretched his neck beside him and whispered, "Be careful." ”

Wu Ming agreed: "I can save it." "Let them rest in place first, and then rush to the front with Liao Gang.

It has been more than half a year since the prince's southern expedition, and this is the first time he has seen the Eastern Han people on the land of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Liao Gang arrived now, and he seemed to be a little nervous, so he kept his mouth shut and didn't speak, and the two of them just hurried away.

After walking for several miles, I saw a temporary camp in the distance, faintly built along the Azure River. It is said to be a camp, but in fact, it is a dozen small camp tents. The cooking smoke I saw just now came from these dozen or so small tents.

As we got closer, there was a sudden commotion in the camp, and then there was the neighing of horses, and after a while, a dozen horsemen rushed out of the camp. It seems that they also found Wu Ming and the others.

Listening to the messy sound of horses' hooves, Wu Ming's heart also lifted. There is no doubt that these people are the Blue Wolf Army, but I don't know what their attitude is.

It was not long before the men had come near, and the galloping horses were reined in, and the one that was running in front of them was so hurried that the horses stood up.

Liao Gang shouted from afar: "I'm Liao Gang, are you the general's subordinates?" Wu Ming also had a smile on his face, and kept waving his hand to show friendship, and the two approached them while waving.

Before they had gone a few steps, the knights suddenly took their spears from their horses and lined up on the road as if they were facing a great enemy. One of the short men raised his spear and said nervously, "Don't move, if you move again, we will charge." ”

Wu Ming's heart sank, could it be that the person named Qianshi had already brought back the news of Cao Lie's death, otherwise, how could these Blue Wolf Army have such an attitude?

Liao Gang's face sank, and he said, "Who are you, so bold, do you know who I am?" ”

The short man in the lead said, "Who do I care you are?" The eldest prince ordered that the entire southern shore of the Qingting Grassland be blocked, and all herdsmen must reach the north of Tingya before the winter comes. ”

Is it winter already? Wu Ming was stunned, he really didn't pay attention to this. Liao Gang was already furious and said, "I'm Liao Gang!" ”

The leading soldier was stunned, and another soldier spoke in the dialect of the Iwagawa area, and coaxed: "Liao Gang, who is Liao Gang's hama skin?" ”

"Shut up!" The leading soldier gave the soldier a snort, and then patted his horse and walked over. But he was still cautious, the spear was held in his chest, ready for a thunderous blow at any time, he walked up to Liao Gang and asked, "What did you say your name was?" ”

Liao Gang's face was blue and red, obviously angry, and said: "I am Liao Gang, the third son of Liao Qing, the commander of the Green Wolf Army, Liao Gang." The soldier looked up and down for a long time before turning over and dismounting, saluted, and exclaimed: "It's really the third son, I saw it once when the young marshal was parading in the past, and you are much thinner now." ”

Liao Gang escaped all the way, sleeping in the open air, it is strange if he does not lose weight, just now the soldier who spoke the dialect of the Panchuan area stepped forward and said tremblingly: "Third son, I don't know your identity either, you don't blame you." The leading soldier turned his head and scolded in a low voice: "Xiao Jiang, how many times have you been said, you have to change your mouth, you can't control the wind every time, the third son has a big ** amount, so naturally he won't care about you." ”

Liao Gang was originally angry in his heart, but when he heard the other party say this, he didn't have a good seizure, so he had to snort secretly and said, "What is your name in that part?" ”

The leading soldier immediately changed to a flattering smile and replied, "The small one is the vanguard officer under the Second Route Army, the Governor of Ludu, named Liao Xiongsheng. He bit his name out loud and spoke with a lot of pride.

Liao Gang was stunned, then he looked at the other party with his eyes and said, "I didn't expect that you are still a surname giver, how many generations are you?" That Liao Xiongsheng replied: "The third son, my father was given the surname Liao by Qingshuai, and I am the second generation." ”

The various ethnic groups in the Green Wolf Army are mixed, and it seems that Liao Xiongsheng is also a native of his ancestors. Due to the large number of people and miscellaneous, the Green Wolf Army is divided into ten route armies, the higher the front, the more valued by Liao Qing, this Liao Xiong was born in the second route army, and obviously belongs to Liao Qing's cronies.

Liao Gang nodded, then pointed at Wu Ming and said, "This is Lord Wu, this time I was able to escape safely, thanks to him." "He was able to escape this time, and Wu Ming naturally didn't have any big credit. He said this just for the convenience of Wu Ming.

Wu Ming opened his mouth, and was about to give in two sentences, when the soldier named Xiao Jiang suddenly exclaimed: "Ouch, that Lord Wu, isn't it the one who single-handedly saved the crown princess in Nanban and captured the Nanban Emperor......" He was about to say more, Liao Xiongsheng had already turned his head and shouted: "Shut up, are you kid going to die if you don't say a few words?" ”

"I didn't see a three-headed and six-armed ......" That Xiao Jiang was startled, and he couldn't continue to say the rest of his words.

Wu Ming naturally didn't have the heart to worry about the other party, on the contrary, he breathed a big sigh of relief, looking at the other party's attitude, the Green Wolf Army didn't know that he had killed Cao Lie. At least, it was not announced, and a hunt order was issued. Moreover, looking at the appearance of these ordinary soldiers, they obviously regarded themselves as members of the Eastern Han Dynasty, proving that Liao Qing had not officially rebelled, otherwise, they would not have this attitude.