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Li Xin closed his eyes and frowned slightly.

"No matter what, we still have to go north, so let's set off quickly, without saving horsepower, change horses along the post station, and rush to Jizhou at the fastest speed."

Ye Mao frowned and said: "In such a hurry, there are not enough horses at the stations along the way for hundreds of people to rotate."

"Then let those Habayashi guards chase after them slowly, and let's go north as soon as possible."

Chapter 1000 Li Yexiang Covenant

In the early morning of the next day, before dawn, dozens of members of the Ye family all got up, quickly arranged their equipment, and then got on their horses and set off. The Habayashi guards over there saw Ye family There was a movement, under Xie Dai's order, they also started to break out of the camp, and then each led their own horses.

When the sky was about to dawn, the Ye family had already tidied up, and a group of people got on their horses. Li Xin was surrounded by Ye Mao and others, and was about to ride on his horse. Xie Dai quickly got on his horse, chased after him, and shouted at Li Xin. Said: "Teacher, Habayashi Wei is ordered to protect the safety of Tai Tu, you should go with Habayashi Wei!"

Before Li Xin could speak, Ye Mao on the side said, "My uncle and I received an urgent report last night that Jizhou is in a hurry. We are going to change horses along the road and gallop to Jizhou. There are no stops along the way. Maybe there are so many horses on hand, Captain Xie should lead them to walk slowly behind, and then we will meet in Jizhou."

Hearing this sentence, Xie Dai couldn't find any reason to refute it for a while. He gritted his teeth, got on his horse, turned his head and shouted to Yubayashi Wei: "After you break out of the camp, immediately catch up, two hundred per day Go north and meet at Jizhou City!"

After finishing speaking, he clamped his horse's belly, walked in front of Ye Mao, and said in a deep voice: "Duke Ye, I'm going to walk with you."

Ye Mao narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "Lieutenant Xie, please."

After all, the Ye family's cavalry surrounded Li Xin and galloped north from the official road. Xie Dai also rode to keep up with the Ye family's cavalry. These dozens of people did not consider the damage of the horses, and ran at a high speed, waiting In the afternoon, after running almost [-] miles, Li Xin rode at the front of the team, looked up and suddenly saw a black banner hanging on a big tree on both sides of the official road.

Li Xin looked at the black flag silently, and let out a long breath.

This black banner is the logo of Li Xin's Anbu. Seeing this black cloth means that the surrounding area is almost under the control of Shen Gang and others. That is to say, he has completely lost his life when he gets here. worry.

In the capital for the past few months, although Li Xin had a plan in mind, it was more or less risky to gamble with his own life.

The horse team ran along the official road until the evening. When it was getting dark, they found a post to rest. At the gate of the post, a man in sackcloth had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Li Xin get off his horse, he immediately stepped forward, bowed and said, "Your Majesty."

Li Xin patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's hard work."

Because there were so many people, it was not convenient to talk, after Li Xin threw the horse to a Ye family member, he led Shen Gang into the backyard of the inn, and under his signal, Ye Mao also walked in.

Xie Dai, who dismounted with him, was not invited, and could only watch silently from the side, then led his own horse, and tied it to the pillar of the station.

Because there are dozens of horses and the backyard of the post station is not small, Li Xin and others endured the strong smell of the stables and sat down beside a haystack. Shen Gang lowered his head and took out about seven or eight letters from his arms. Handing it to Li Xin, he said, "Master Hou, these are letters from Southwest, including General Mu's, Zhao Jinglue's, and your family letter..."

Li Xin nodded, put the letters in his sleeve, and asked, "How is the situation in Southwest?"

Shen Gang lowered his head and did not speak.

Ye Mao stood up very sensiblely, and said with a smile: "Uncle Shi, there may be something ahead, I'll go and have a look."

Li Xin shook his head, and said to Shen Gang in a deep voice, "Grandpa Ye is one of his own, so don't be shy about saying what you want."

Then Shen Gang lowered his head and said: "Back to Lord Marquis, the Southwest campaign went very smoothly. Xie Jing in Hanzhong felt unwilling after his defeat, and sent troops out of the city to fight each time, but they were all defeated by General Mu and General Li. Now the imperial army in Hanzhong Less than half of them are already there, and Ankang's General Pei chose to stand still after two defeats, but he didn't lose too many troops."

"Now, the imperial court's southwest defense line has been breached by General Mu. Zhao Jinglue asked his subordinates to ask Lord Hou what should be done next."

Li Xin lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said: "At this time, the imperial army should have slowly withdrawn from Hanzhong and Ankang, tell Muying that if they retreat, they will lead the troops to occupy Hanzhong and Ankang, and then temporarily stand still. If the imperial army does not retreat, we will directly take down Hanzhong, and we will guard the gate of the southwest by ourselves."

Shen Gang bowed his head deeply.

"This subordinate will send a message."

After all, he stood up and said goodbye.

Li Xin continued: "During this period of time, the information collected in northern Xinjiang will be sorted out later and sent to me."

Shen Gang stood up and clasped his fists.

"Subordinates obey."

After that, he immediately bowed and said goodbye.

When Shen Gang was far away, Ye Mao, who was sitting on the flat ground like Li Xin, looked at Shen Gang's back as he went away, and praised: "Master Uncle's methods are so powerful, the north and south sides are not out of Master Uncle's eyes and ears."

He looked back at Li Xin, and asked with a smile: "How many people under Master Uncle's hands are they investigating the news?"

Li Xin chuckled: "It is estimated that there are almost 2000 people now."

Ye Mao clapped his hands and said, "Uncle Shi is still generous, with so many people, I'm afraid only the imperial court can support them."

"I couldn't afford to support them in the past. There were only a few hundred people. Now that I've gotten rich in the past few years, I've gradually acquired more."

Li Xin recalled the past, and said with emotion: "Most of the previous income was spent on this. You may not know that in the past four or five years of Taikang, in order to get more money, I even carried the money on my back. Secretary, sold a lot of bootleg alcohol."

Ye Mao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Taikang four years... Uncle, don't you have a good relationship with the late emperor? Why did you start at that time..."

Li Xin took a look at Ye Mao, and said angrily: "In Yonglefang, there are few people who inquire about the news. Isn't there a Wu Daoxing in your Chen Guogong's mansion?"

Mentioning Fatty Wu, Ye Mao shook his head and didn't speak any more.

This fat man left the capital after the old man Ye passed away, and he didn't take care of the Ye family's affairs. He heard that he had gone back to his hometown, but he didn't know where he went.

The two chatted for a few more words, Ye Mao suddenly looked up at Li Xin, and said, "Listen to what Shen Gang said, the army in the southwest is fighting very well, and they are ready to leave Sichuan at any time..."

"Probably because Xie Jing is stupid enough."

Li Xin half-closed his eyes, and said: "I said earlier that the uncle of the country is a fool. They all like to use him, Hanzhong's [-] troops were in Senior Brother Ye's hands, there were occasional battles with Southwest, and they all won and lost, but in Xie Jing's hands, they lost more than half of them so quickly."

Ye Mao bowed his head in silence for a while, and then asked, "Uncle Shi, what are you going to do next after the Xianbei tribe is pacified?"

Li Xin smiled, lowered his voice, and told Ye Mao about his plan.

Ye Guogong's expression changed drastically upon hearing this.

On the other hand, Li Xin's face was calm, and he said lightly: "I didn't intend to involve the Ye family in this matter, but now, the Ye family has been pulled in, what are you going to do?"

Ye Mao smiled wryly.

"If Master Uncle fails, it will be a dead end if the Ye family does not participate."

He took a deep breath, stood up and cupped his hands at Li Xin.

"Uncle Ye Jiaxin."

Chapter 1001 Breaking the Jimen Pass

Li Xin and others changed horses along the way and headed north. It only took more than 20 days for dozens of people to rush to Yancheng.

Yancheng is the nearest big city to the south of Jimen Pass, and it was also the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It was after Ye Cheng entered Yancheng that he officially declared the fall of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and drove the people from the Yuwen Department out of Jimen Pass. .

After the fall of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yancheng became the most powerful city in the northern border of the Great Jin Dynasty. Because the Northern Zhou Dynasty was tyrannical for more than a hundred years, the Jin State took unknowable benefits from Yancheng. When Chengde Emperor Ji Man was still the prince, Emperor Wu was once sent to Yancheng to preside over the work of taking over the capital of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Chengde, who was only a teenager at the time, did a good job in this matter, which made Emperor Wu very satisfied.