My country, you can pinch it

Fang Jinling compared the list of accounts and letters left by Lu Wanshan one by one, marked them, and rearranged them into the book.

In addition to the illegal evidence of the Zhang family, there are also the handles of other big families in Yongliang. These letters and account books for distributing the spoils seem not difficult but extremely trivial.Because there was not much time, even Shang Qingrong brought the maid beside her to help in the end.

As the former Mrs. Hou, the director of bookkeeping is first-rate, but faster than Fang Jinling, who is weak and sick.

But tonight, Shang Qingrong saw him stop writing frequently in a daze, so he couldn't help comforting him: "Lingling, don't worry, isn't there news, your eldest brother-in-law and the Jianfeng camp have arrived half a day early, with them here, there will be no trouble of."

Fang Jinling recovered, smiled and nodded: "Tonight, I want to wait for them to come back."

He looked out of the window, a full moon was hanging high in the sky, and the quiet night was destined to be unsettled.

After midnight, Yongliang City became quiet, the drunkard staggered home, and the homeless wanderer also found a leeward corner to huddle and close his eyes.

But suddenly, the sound of hooves sounded on the street, not like a horse's hooves. With the sound of bells, camels were pulled out one after another, with heavy loads on their backs.

"Move faster." Someone urged in a low voice in the darkness.

Tonight, the moonlight is bright, like a disc hanging on the star cloth, and the silver light shines on the northwestern city. No need for torches, just like this, the dim caravan goes through the remote streets to the north gate.

On the long Silk Road, even the barbarians would not dare to walk alone with their own team. Only in groups can they resist horse thieves and keep their goods.

Ronin hid his body in a corner, waited until the camel caravan was far away, and then ran towards Hufang in a swift motion.

"It's out!"

He yelled at the gate of a house, and then the doors opened one after another. Wang Mazi led the refugees out of the workshop with a knife, and raised his head and said, "Go, brothers, let's stop them! Our food is not enough!" Let these dogs take it away!"

Wang Mazi has a wife and child, but he didn't go to pick him up, but stayed. He knew that if he wanted to make contributions and live a different life, this was his opportunity.

The refugees here all had the same idea, so they rushed out of the gate after him, and also headed for the North City Gate.

However, just as they converged into the main street, a group of soldiers suddenly rushed out from both sides, blocking their way.

The big horse in front had a profound silhouette that was different from that of the Han people. General Hu with a big ring hanging from one ear looked at the refugees coldly, "I don't sleep in the middle of the night, and I hold a murder weapon. Is it planning to gather a crowd to make trouble, or to rob houses? ? Surround me."

The person who came was Hu Erya, the deputy general of the Yongliang Guards.

This ability to open their eyes and tell nonsense made the refugees look angry. Wang Mazi took a sip, "Fart, you are deliberately stopping us so that Hu Shang can be let out of the city, and we don't know? If you are sensible, let us go." Go in the past, or you will not be able to eat in front of His Royal Highness King Ning!"

Hu Erya and Yuan Gen didn't take it seriously if he said this with claws and claws.

Whether it is the Zhang family or the Hu people, they all know that King Ning has no one who can use them, only these refugees, so he led the Yongliang army to stop Hufang. As long as the caravan leaves the city smoothly, he will naturally have his excuse.

"Encircle."

Holding the knife, Wang Mazi looked at the thousands of Yongliang guards in front of him, his teeth itching with hatred. Even if the refugees had enough to eat, they were still a bunch of mobs after all, and they would only suffer when they fought.

Hu Erya sat on the horse and looked at him contemptuously, while rows of Yongliang soldiers stopped in front.

After some confrontation, in the end Wang Mazi had no choice but to say to his side: "Quickly inform His Highness King Ning."

"it is good."

Some of the refugees obviously left, but Hu Erya didn't care. Anyway, when King Ning arrived here, he was ordered to let him go. By this time, the caravan had already left the city gate and arrived at Yuhua Pass.

He leisurely said to his side: "Go and report, the refugees have stopped you."

Wang Mazi laughed sarcastically upon hearing this.

The Zhang family is also brightly lit.

Zhang Feng sat steadily on the grand teacher's chair with his eyes closed, as if he was resting his mind. Zhang Dayu had already gone to the North City Gate, staring at Hu Shang as he left.

Hearing the news sent by Hu Erya, he finally showed a smile, "That's good, where is Shen Xing?"

The staff next to him said: "There is no news yet."

"His Royal Highness Prince Ning will go there in person. I wonder if Shen Xing can stand up to it?" Zhang Feng looked at Patriarch Shen below him and asked with a smile.

Patriarch Shen sitting here is full of uneasiness, not only him, but also his wife and children are in the back house of the Zhang mansion, he forced a smile and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, even if you can't stand it, you have to stand it."

"That's good. We are both prosperous and we are all in a relationship. My wife likes your little granddaughter. She always tells me to stay and be a granddaughter-in-law. When things are over later, why don't we make a baby marriage? "

Master Shen smiled and raised his hand: "That's a good relationship."

At this moment, the North City Gate was wide open, Shen Xing turned his head and watched the camels leaving Yongliang one after another, his heart rose in his throat.

He was very clear about what he was doing and what he shouldn't be doing, but he was like a boat following the waves, he couldn't control the direction he was going, he could only go one way to the dark.

"General, here we come!"

Shen Xing's mood sank, he looked at the jumping torches in the distance, and took a deep breath, "Follow me to meet you, let the barbarian move faster, get out!"

"Yes."

King Ning came from a long way, and the loss is here. There are a total of 600 soldiers in his hands. Those who left the post house were removed, those who were still taken away by Xiyun, and those who did not have Bing's men. Can't fight against the soldiers in his hand!

Shen Xing had calculated the strength of the troops, but when he got closer, he realized that Liu Ke brought fewer people than he expected, not even 500, and at most 300, what can he do?Come and take a stroll to see the scenery?

He easily stopped King Ning.

Liu Ke wasn't annoyed either. With rows of Yongliang guards standing in front of him, he raised his hand and stopped, looking playfully at Shen Xing in front of him from a distance, "Do you know what you're doing?"

Shen Xing settled down, and raised his hand to report: "His Royal Highness Ning, please don't interfere with Hu merchants' return to the Western Regions, and affect the peace between the two countries...The humble position is also the responsibility."

"Even if you know what you took away?"

"Humble job doesn't know."

Liu Ke nodded, his eyes glanced at the besieging soldiers and they landed at the city gate. At this moment, the camels were quickly leaving the city under the lead of their master. "It seems that they have already gone more than half of the way."

"Your Highness, please go back, you are too late." Shen Xing did not budge.

Liu Ke was not angry, he just turned his eyes back, looked at the young general, and said with emotion: "Originally, the king only planned to kill the Zhang family first, and settle the rest slowly. I didn't expect The Shen family is also so impatient, do you think I want to be fulfilled?"

Liu Ke's casual words raised Shen Xing's heart. He didn't know why King Ning brought such a small number of people, so why he still had such a big tone.

"Your Highness is joking, everything depends on evidence."

"Evidence? Yes, isn't it there?" Liu Ke raised his whip and pointed at it.

Shen Xing turned his head involuntarily, and found that the Hu businessman Liu Ke was referring to had almost left the city!

The reason why evidence is evidence is to shake hands. If you can't grasp it, even if you know what the barbarian took away, it doesn't count.

King Ning should understand this truth better than him.

But why Liu Ke is still not in a hurry, he couldn't help but wonder.

Are you waiting for refugees?

He couldn't help reminding: "Your Highness, the refugees will not come."

Liu Ke nodded: "This king knows, so I didn't count on them."

This unhurried attitude made Shen Xing even more uneasy. He looked back frequently, and even the soldiers on the city gate began to wave their flags, indicating that all the caravans had left smoothly.

If he doesn't count on refugees, who can he count on?

"There are a total of [-] guards, and Hu Erya has to take at least half of them to Hufang to stop the refugees. If you stop the king here, then there should not be many left at the gate of the city."

Liu Ke's words made Shen Xing finally pluck up the courage to ask: "Does Your Highness have other plans?"

Liu Ke asked back: "Do you think this king will tell you?"

Shen Xing clenched the knife in his hand, thinking what else could he have, even if he sent people to the Shamen Pass three days ago, it was impossible to bring back the soldiers!

Once Hu Shang ran far and passed the Yuhua Pass, he would not be able to catch up even if he wanted to!

"If you can't figure it out, then keep thinking about it. Don't worry, this king is such a small person, even if he fights, he will suffer, and he won't be bored." Liu Ke actually sat on the horse and chatted, "What if there is something wrong? , your soldiers will have to bear the crime of assassinating the prince, what an injustice."

Obviously everything went according to plan, and he also stopped King Ning, but Shen Xing couldn't be at peace.

He turned his head again, only to see that the waving flag on the city gate was still the same, but it was getting bigger and bigger... He couldn't see the soldier's expression clearly, but he felt that the other party was anxious.

At this time, the guards around him said in surprise: "General, this is... an enemy attack!"

In an instant, Shen Xing's gaze was filled with fear.

"What kind of enemy attack, this is reinforcements." Liu Ke sneered from the front, "You just sent Hu merchants out of the city, so you can avoid the trouble of going into the city and arresting them everywhere."

As soon as the words fell, a soldier came running towards the gate of the city, and shouted in a panic: "General, the Shang family army is here, yes, it is the Heijia Jianfeng Battalion!"

Shen Xing's hand trembled suddenly, while the soldiers beside him looked at each other in panic.

These days, there are really not many armies that can repel the Xiongnu who dare not invade. The Shang family army is well-known, and the most vicious one is the Jianfeng Battalion.

Pure cavalry, all in black armor, roaming across the grasslands and deserts, even if the Huns see them, they have to weigh their own strength, and avoid them one-on-one.

Unexpectedly, the Shang family army sent such a cavalry!

"...how many people?" Shen Xing asked with difficulty.

The soldier swallowed and said, "It's too dark to see clearly, but judging by the number of torches, at least two or three thousand!"

In an instant, the gasps sounded one after another.

"It's over, it's over..."

"The sharp point battalion is actually here!"

Although the soldiers obey orders without asking why, if they are not dispatched suddenly without warning, they will more or less always know what they are going to do.

Fighting against King Ning for the sake of the aristocratic family is a violation of the etiquette and law. If the army of lawlessness wins, it's fine. If it loses, the end can be imagined.

Before Shen Xing said anything, commotion had already begun.Obviously, facing the Shang family's vanguard battalion, they didn't dare to fight at all.

Liu Ke looked at Shen Xing whose face was as pale as the white moon in the sky, and said calmly: "Get out of the way, since I didn't do anything, I don't need to pursue them."

Shen Xing was taken aback by these words, he turned his head slowly, the soldiers behind him had been with Shen Xing for many years, at a glance, there were all familiar faces under the firelight, he was a little afraid to look at them.

If you follow him in a daze, you can't die with him in a daze.

He finally smiled miserably, dropped the sword in his hand, and knelt down on one knee: "Your Highness, I plead guilty in a humble position."

Liu Ke raised his hand and waved, "Take him down."

Two guards stepped forward and tied up Shen Xing, while the Yongliang guards silently moved out of the way.

"Go and have a look."

As soon as Liu Ke clamped his horse belly, he led the soldiers to the North City Gate.

At this moment, one mile outside the northern city, the Hu merchants were already surrounded by the black armored cavalry regiments that suddenly appeared. Chen Du sat on the horse, raised his eyelids, and didn't even look at the Hu merchants who were holding knives and wanted to struggle again. , ordered: "Kick people aside and inspect the goods."

"Yes."

As soon as the voice fell, Jian Fengying made a sound, and Qi Qi opened the bow and arrow, only to hear the guards shouting: "The general has an order, keep the goods, people stand aside, kneel down with their heads in their arms, and anyone who dares to resist, shoot and kill!" , Count down to ten!"

"nineteen……"

"We, we are normal merchants. We have customs clearance certificates. The Dashun army can't search casually!" A leader of Hu merchants shouted.

"Eight, seven..."

"Does Dashun disregard the peace between the two countries?"

"Six, five...aim—"

"Is it reasonable? We are wronged!"

"three two……"

The firelight reflected on the tip of the arrow, reflecting icy light, seeing that "one" was about to fall...

"Let's go, let's go, don't kill us!"

In an instant, there was a clanging sound, and the Hu merchants could no longer hold the knives in their hands tightly and threw them on the ground. Then they raised their hands and hurried to the designated open space on one side, squatting down and holding their heads tightly.

"One!" The guard took a look, then turned around and said, "General, there is no one left."

The twins who witnessed everything: "..."

Chen Du turned his head and said, "Why are you two still here, go and occupy the city gate!"

"Oh, good, good."

After finishing speaking, the twins led a part of the cavalry towards the city gate. Since Shen Xing was captured, they replaced the city gate soldiers without any effort.

At this time, Liu Ke had also arrived.

"Your Highness, fortunately you fulfilled your mission." The two of them yelled at the city gate.

Liu Ke led people out of the city, looking for the direction of the torch, and when he got close, he saw hundreds of barbarians squatting on the ground with their heads in their arms, like quails, and on the other side were hundreds of camels mooing, mooing Camel bells, at night, are busier than anywhere else.

Behind them are the uniform black armor and black cavalry, stepping on horseshoes and exhaling white air. The cavalry has a cold slashing knife in its hand, just looking at it makes people feel a chill from the soles of their feet.

This is the Jianfeng camp that even the Huns were rumored to be terrified of when they saw it, and the nine-foot man in front of him was Chen Du, the pioneer officer.

"The humble Chen Du met His Royal Highness King Ning, and was ordered by the General to come to help!"

"Thank you General, General Chen came at the right time!"

The loads on the camels were unloaded one by one, and they opened the camels. The soldiers said: "His Royal Highness King Ning, General, it's all food."

"Count the number."

Chen Du looked at the bodyguard behind Liu Ke, and couldn't help but ask, "Where's Qingqing?"

sunny?

Shang Chuqing?

Liu Ke suddenly realized that the person in front of him was still Shang Chuqing's husband, so he couldn't help answering: "General Shang is leading soldiers to monitor Zhang's mansion. By the way, since the food has been found, we can take down all the Zhang family. General Chen is not as good as now." Bring someone to help General Shang?"

That's really wishful, Chen Du clasped his fists and said: "Yes."

He left a thousand cavalry to support Liu Ke, and the rest marched into the city in mighty force.