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Chapter 817: Don’t kill everyone, otherwise no one will report the news (Second update)

Chapter 826

To the east of Xingqing Mansion, the ferry on the bank of the Yellow River, which is nearly a hundred miles north of Huaizhou and more than [-] miles south of Dingzhou, is now very lively on the originally sluggish river, with countless large and small boats going to and fro.

The gentle and wide Yellow River did not bring any difficulty to the passage of these ships. It took less than a day, and 3000 of the 8000 people had crossed the Yellow River and arrived at the west bank of the Yellow River.

And here, Li Mao, Luo Ping, and Liang Shou were standing on the west bank of the Yellow River at this moment, and on this vast river beach, two thousand elite knights and another four thousand war horses carrying their baggage were ready to go.

"Here, I'll leave it to you." Li Mao saluted Liang Shou deeply.

"The two generals are going to be very careful, and you must not be careless. If the plan fails, you can return to the ferry quickly, and Liang will definitely keep his back." Liang Shou said sincerely after returning the salute.

"That's natural, but General Liang, you don't expect us to do anything good." Luo Ping, who is about the same age as Liang Shou, laughed. His mood was actually much more relaxed than that of Li Mao and Liang Shou.

"Of course I hope that you will have smooth sailing and come back victorious, but the worst plan is for the two generals not to be brave, otherwise, the last general will really have no face to go back and explain to General Zhe." Although Liang Shou is young, it may be because of long-term With his brain, the Sichuan character line between his eyebrows is even deeper than that of Li Mao, who is more than ten years older than him.

"General Liang, don't worry, the two of us still remember General Zhe's confession, and we will not dare to disobey. Time is urgent, so the two of us will not stay any longer, and we will leave..."

"Liang also has a heavy responsibility, so I will send it off soon. The two generals have a smooth journey."

Liang Shou watched the two of them quickly blend into the main force, and with the sound of thousands of galloping horses, gradually drifting away, his expression could not help showing deep regret.

It's a pity that what I need to do is to be in charge of the back road, otherwise, there is really a kind of follow these two people, rush to the hinterland of Xingqing Mansion, burn, kill and loot, and all the Liang clan will be wiped out. Tu's anger.

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Located seventy or eighty miles north of Xingqing Mansion, the Mausoleum of the Xixia Emperor is buried here. Several ancestors up to Li Yuanhao, as well as the kings of Xixia after Li Yuanhao, including his youngest son Li Liangzuo, and Li Liang Zuo's son, Li Bingchang, who is now the father of Li Ganshun, the lord of Xixia.

A dozen or so large cemeteries with different heights and scales and areas with a radius of tens of miles are all guarded by Wei Mingzhuo and his thousand infantry.

Originally, there should be at least two thousand elites here, and there will also be two hundred elite cavalry guards.However, due to the heavy loss of soldiers and generals in Daxia, the two hundred elite cavalry were transferred away early.

After that, the leader of the country, Li Qianshun, decided to raise an army to go south. He also transferred the original two thousand elite soldiers from the imperial tomb defenders and replaced them with some old, weak, sick and disabled people who had been recruited back from the army.

The youngest ones are only three years younger than Wei Mingzhuo, who is over fifty, and one of his legs is lame because he went to the battlefield...

This made Wei Mingzhuo almost explode with anger, but after all, this place is located in the hinterland of Xingqing Mansion, surrounded by Dangxiang tribes. Since the imperial mausoleum was built, there has been no banditry, and no blind tomb robbers dare to Being so arrogant here, coupled with the strict decree of the king, even if he was given ten heads, he would not dare to disobey the decree.

It's just that among the thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled infantry, there are less than [-] who are able to wear armor and armor to cope with any serious event.

But fortunately, the years of leisure have made Wei Mingzhuo, who has been in charge of guarding the imperial mausoleum for nearly 20 years, gradually regain his former indifference after the final anger.

However, it was approaching noon, and Wei Mingzhuo had not yet waited for the return of the patrol team responsible for inspecting the imperial mausoleum and surrounding areas in the morning.

"What's going on, this brat named Ah Song was drunk last night, where did he take the team to me today?" Wei Mingzhuo was pacing around the room a little irritably.

"Father, why don't you bring some people over to look for him?" Wei Ming Ayong stood up, and this young man in his early twenties suggested to Wei Mingzhuo, who was the person in charge of the imperial mausoleum.

"Alright, go find that bastard and ask him to bring him back to me as soon as possible. Now is an extraordinary period. We are responsible for guarding the imperial tomb. If there is any mistake, no one will stand up if the whole family's head is lost. Speak a good word for us, understand?" Wei Mingzhuo nodded helplessly, and specifically said another sentence.

"My son knows, and he will be cautious." Wei Ming Ayong jumped up excitedly, saluted his father Wei Mingzhuo, and then rushed out of the room. Soon, he summoned two people under his command. Hundreds of soldiers jumped on their horses and led the troops away.

At this moment, in the north of the imperial mausoleum, after leading soldiers to patrol here, Wei Ming Asong, who had a headache because of yesterday's hangover, ordered to rest here, and he slept against a big tree for more than an hour. , Only then did you wake up and turn around.

Looking up at the hot sun in the sky, he couldn't help but patted his head in frustration. It seemed that he might have slept through and missed the time. He must have returned to the camp, and he would have to be scolded by his uncle.

Stretching a lot, he stood up, yelled and cursed at those soldiers who were lying around and hiding under the trees and loafing, it took a long time to organize the team and continue walking eastward.

However, what none of them noticed was that there was a dazzling flash of light on a mountain ridge about two miles away from them.

"They have started to move. What do you think? Do we want to do this?" A battalion commander put down the telescope in his hand and asked Luoping.

"It seems that the defenders of the imperial tomb are really getting worse and worse. Since we are here to lure the enemy, we must not be too strong. How about this? You lead two hundred cavalry, but remember, don't kill them all. Otherwise, if no one goes back to report the news, we will have no way to divert the tiger away from the mountain." Luo Ping thought for a while and gave instructions.

"The last general obeys, you, and you, come with me..." The battalion ruler pursed his lips excitedly, turned around and picked two heads, and in less than half a cup of tea, two hundred The cavalry had already assembled, quietly crossed the mountain ridge, and rushed towards the defenders of the imperial tomb led by Wei Ming Asong.

When Wei Ming Asong heard the sound of hooves coming from behind and turned his head, this team of murderous cavalry almost scared Wei Ming Asong to pee on the spot.

With a wave of his whip subconsciously, he galloped directly from the middle of the team to the front, ignoring the already chaotic infantry, and led two officers with horses straight to the front at a fast speed. Go everywhere.

The sound of weapons colliding from behind, and the screams and wailing of the soldiers who were dying, could not affect the speed of Wei Ming Asong, the fastest rider in the imperial tomb, in the slightest.

(End of this chapter)