"How far are the enemy troops from here?" Liang Xiao immediately got out of the car and asked about the situation.
Mu Qinxue, who was "teasing" Gongsun Yue, was also surprised, let go of her hand, and got out of the car.
Gongsun Yue, who looked confused, also followed out.
"Not six miles away, in the northwest!" Xuanwei replied.
Liang Xiao immediately put on his iron helmet, picked up his iron spear, mounted a swan horse armed to the teeth, climbed to a high place, and observed the northwest, feeling surprised.
There are often officers and soldiers patrolling the official road. There are only three possibilities for someone to avoid the sight of the officers and soldiers.
Either someone is collaborating with the enemy, or the leader has excellent troop command skills and is quite familiar with this area, or both.
Fortunately, he had considered the worst-case scenario and sent ten Xuanwei and cavalry guards in advance to guard various places to clear the way.
The cavalry can ride and shoot to harass. Even if there are fifty Xuanwei and more than two hundred guards in his team, it is still a passive defense. If it is not discovered in time, the convoy will face the harassment of the enemy cavalry, and there will inevitably be casualties.
But what really makes him curious is why this cavalry south of Youzhou was born under the eyes of the northern defenders.
It is said that they have more than a thousand cavalry. Including spare horses, it means that they need to raise at least 2,000 horses. The entire army needs tens of thousands of infantry-level logistics!
The convoy slowed down and a row of light wooden shields were set up around it.
Xuanwei and cavalry guards were distributed all around, ready to go.
Gongsun Yue looked at Liang Xiao who was climbing up in the distance and looking into the distance, and was a little distracted for a moment.
She found that she followed Lanling out of anger and now seemed to be dragging down Liang Xiao.
Liang Xiao's calmness just now made her seem to see the shadow of her grandfather.
A moment later, Liang Xiao saw a Xuanwei riding back in the distance, followed by a small cavalry team chasing after him.
"Master Marquis! We have discovered that the Northern Hebei Rangers are approaching, and there are hundreds of them!"
The Xuanwei immediately returned to the team and reported the situation.
"Why did the Youqi from Northern Hebei come here?!"
Everyone looked at each other.
Liang Xiao asked: "The enemy has no other reinforcements?"
"It hasn't been discovered yet!" Xuanwei replied.
"You guys are on guard here. I'll come as soon as I go!" Liang Xiao's eyes were stern, he leaped on his horse, walked down the high ground, and ran straight towards Baiqi in the distance.
"don't want!"
Mu Qinxue and Gongsun Yue screamed almost at the same time, with worried faces on their faces.
Unexpectedly, Liang Xiao has gone far.
Mu Qinxue immediately picked up the iron gun on the carriage and called to the guards behind her: "Prepare the horses!!"
The male and female guards tried to dissuade them one after another: "Miss, the Jibei Rangers are regular troops, you can't take risks!"
Seeing this, the Xuan Guards quickly mounted their horses and said, "I will follow the Marquis to fight, please guard the convoy!"
Mu Qinxue breathed a sigh of relief and dismounted angrily, not wanting to argue with Gongsun Yue anymore.
Gongsun Yue saw this and felt an inexplicable sense of frustration.
She only knows swordsmanship, and this man obviously has extraordinary martial arts skills and a comprehensive range of weapons.
At the same time, Long Wushuang led hundreds of cavalry to keep approaching. From a distance, he saw a man and a horse coming towards here, and suddenly felt bored.
"Young Marshal, there is a man coming towards our army three miles away, and he is drawing his bow on horseback!"
Long Wushuang's eyes turned cold: "Alone? How dare you treat me as an unmanned person in Northern Hebei! Fight!"
Hundreds of cavalry were about to attack when a scout suddenly reported from behind: "Young Marshal! A group of black-armored cavalry is approaching here, with more than 500 people in number!!"
"Where did these five hundred mysterious guards come from?" Hundreds of cavalrymen were all surprised.
Thousands of them were divided into ten groups, and they finally managed to get into this place, but there were actually so many Black Guards oriole behind them!
Long Wushuang was also taken aback and made a decisive decision: "Retreat to the northwest immediately!"
Hundreds of people turned their horses and ran away without looking back, rushing into the mountain forest trails.
Liang Xiao arrived at the scene and looked at the mountains and forests in the distance. When he was confused, he heard the neighing of horses in the distance. He turned around cautiously and breathed a sigh of relief.
It was five hundred black-armored Xuanwei who came on horseback.
"We are entrusted by the Prime Minister to escort the convoy of Marquis Lanling!"
After the five hundred Xuanwei reunited with the convoy, everyone felt very safe.
Mu Qinxue took the opportunity to throw herself into Liang Xiao's arms, with a hint of crying: "I'm scared to death, don't do this in the future..."
Liang Xiao smiled and said: "It's nothing to worry about just a hundred riders. We can't let them get close to the convoy under any circumstances."
Gongsun Yue felt even more disappointed when she looked at the two people who were so close.
She could see that Liang Xiao was confident in herself.
If it were her eldest brother, he would definitely form a defensive formation when facing this kind of situation, how could he take the initiative casually?
"Brother Liang Xiao can't put himself in danger in the future..."
In order not to lose to Mu Qinxue, Gongsun Yue still had the courage to hug Liang Xiao's arm and act coquettishly.
The guards of the Gongsun family looked at each other.
Is this really the unattainable third lady in their family?
Liang Xiao just smiled and agreed without saying anything more.
The motorcade set off again, and Gongsun Yue no longer dared to ride in the carriage with Liang Xiao and Mu Qinxue.
Long Wushuang led his troops back to the mountain forest and met up with another team. He looked puzzled: "These are five hundred Xuanwei who came out of nowhere and came along the official road... Anyway, this time only those are to blame. The family’s intelligence is insufficient, but our army has tried its best. Gather all brothers and withdraw to our headquarters!”
Due to the power of the Xuanwei cavalry, the Northern Hebei cavalry was forced to withdraw.
After Liang Xiao's motorcade rested in a nearby town, they also received news that the Tuoba clan had been punished.
In another courtyard of the inn, Gongsun Yue also received all the news and was shocked: "What? It was done by Yan Yun's Eighteenth Cavalry..."
Mu Lingxiao and Zhuo Mingfeng visited Yan Yun Junjie together and expressed their intention to recruit, but Yan Yun Junjie rejected them.
How long had it been since they took refuge in Liang Xiao, and they had achieved such great success?
Moreover, the Tuoba family had to hand over four million taels of silver to fill the national treasury.
These are not good things for the Gongsun family.
Once the Great Zhou Dynasty gets through the difficulties, the lowering of the status of the Bashu Gongsun family is just a trivial matter. Maybe the court will be free to conquer the Gongsun family!
By that time, if the Guanlong nobles cannot clearly align themselves with Bashu and even submit to the imperial court, the situation of the Gongsun family will be even more difficult, and the Sword Clan will be helpless.
As for Da Chu, because of the relationship between customized newspapers and cheap books, they will definitely fully support the reconciliation between the two countries, let alone go north easily.
"It's all because of this animal!"
Gongsun Yue sat in the yard and talked to herself, feeling unhappy.
She should have hated Liang Xiao, but for some reason, she couldn't...
For the sake of her little sister, she seemingly established a good relationship with him on behalf of the Gongsun family, but in fact the Gongsun family also benefited a lot from this.
Sugar, wine, newspapers... even official salt was mostly approved by the empress thanks to his blessing.
Except for her own injustice, the Gongsun family is basically making a profit without losing anything...
The team just rested for a day and set off immediately.
Xuanwei also rushed back to the capital to report the situation.
In the imperial study, the empress sisters, Zhuge Hui, Yang Ling and other ministers were all delighted when they learned that Lan Ling had discovered a large iron mine.
"Your Majesty, how do I feel that Marquis Lanling applied to the Ministry of Industry to send people to explore for iron ore one month in advance, as if he knew that there would be high-quality large-scale iron ore in Lanling area?" Yang Ling asked curiously.
"It shows that he knows astronomy and geography~" Duan Yun's sleeves were full of excitement.
"Why is the Prime Minister unhappy?" Duan Yunyi looked at Zhuge Hui doubtfully.
