Ding Liao and Fengcheng.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
Yi Xiaodao and Bai Xinglong were walking in Fengcheng when a group of soldiers came towards them, roaring and driving away pedestrians on the road. The people all gave way, fearing that if they were too slow to hide, they would cause an unnecessary disaster.
"What wave is it?" Yi Xiaodao asked.
Bai Xinglong replied: "This is the seventh wave."
"Although Fengcheng is the capital of Dingliao, there are not so many soldiers in the city!" Yi Xiaodao was quite puzzled.
An old man passed in front of Yi Xiaodao and kept sighing.
Yi Xiaodao grabbed the old man and said, "Old man, we are from Donglu. Why is Fengcheng in such a state of chaos? It's a fight with the rest of us. What's going on?"
The old man looked at Yi Xiaodao and Yi Xiaodao, and advised: "Young man, go back to Donglu as soon as possible. It's not peaceful in Dingliao! Alas, if it weren't for the old woman at home, I would have left long ago! I have lived for most of my life. I have never seen so many soldiers in Fengcheng in my life..."
"Ah? Really?" Yi Xiaodao pretended to be surprised: "Then when did these soldiers come?"
The old man raised his hand and said angrily: "Just last month, it was said that all the soldiers outside the customs were transferred back. At that time, I thought it was just for defense, but Old Li was very happy and said that his son was coming back! But who You know, the soldiers have been transferred back, but they won’t leave! And the soldiers transferred back are not our soldiers from Fengcheng!”
"Not a soldier from Fengcheng? Where are they from?" This was beyond Yi Xiaodao's expectation.
The old man sighed and said, "Oh, who knows? The armor he is wearing is indeed the armor of our Dingliao soldiers, but I don't know anyone about that person..." After the old man finished speaking, he ignored Yi Xiaodao and left.
Bai Xinglong approached Yi Xiaodao: "Brother Yi, what's going on?" The two of them had gotten along well over the past few days and had become familiar with each other. Bai Xinglong finally changed the title of "Mr. Wu Dinggong" and directly evoked "Brother Yi."
Yi Xiaodao shook his head slightly: "I don't know. If these people are really not soldiers from Fengcheng, then I now doubt that they are not even soldiers from Dingliao!"
"Beiyi people?" Bai Xinglong tensed up.
"It's not certain yet." Yi Xiaodao said: "These people can be said to have lived in the border for a long time. Whether they are from Beiyi or Dingliao, they will not know. Let's see what the situation is."
Yi Xiaodao and Bai Xinglong continued to move forward, avoiding the passage of the officers and soldiers while moving towards the direction of the officers and soldiers' advance, trying to find out.
Suddenly, while avoiding another group of officers and soldiers, Yi Xiaodao accidentally glanced and saw an old acquaintance.
"Why is he here?" Yi Xiaodao looked at the man in surprise. When the man glanced over, he quickly lowered his head, afraid of being seen by him.
Bai Xinglong followed Yi Xiaodao's gaze and saw a general riding a tall horse, leading his soldiers through the city. There was nothing unusual about it. If there was something wrong, it would be that there was a sinister air between this man's eyebrows, unlike other battlefield generals who were full of pride and roughness.
"Brother Yi, do you know this person?" Bai Xinglong asked curiously.
Yi Xiaodao remained silent until the person left. Yi Xiaodao raised his head and looked at the person's back and said, "It's more than just acquaintance, it's just like we are enemies on a narrow road! Do you know about the flood in Wancheng?"
Bai Xinglong nodded: "Everyone knows about the flood in Wancheng three years ago! There were even people in Wancheng who fled to my Taiyi Peak at that time! What does it have to do with this person?"
"This person is Xu Mo, the general of Kong Bao's tribe who took advantage of the flood in Wancheng and was ordered to lead his troops to Wancheng and massacre the people of Wancheng!" Yi Xiaodao has a good memory. Even though he only met Xu Mo briefly, But I remember his face firmly.
Bai Xinglong was a little confused and didn't understand what this meant.
"When Xu Mo followed Kong Bao and led his troops to slaughter the people in Wancheng, His Majesty sent people to capture them. Kong Bao killed three tribes, but Xu Mo was spared death because he reported on Kong Bao and was sent to the border. If I If I remember correctly, Xu Mo should have been sent to Anxi!" Yi Xiaodao had some impressions of this Xu Mo.
"Anxi? But this is Dingliao!" Bai Xinglong was surprised.
Yi Xiaodao nodded: "He was sent to the frontier. Logically speaking, he could only be an unknown soldier from Anxi for the rest of his life. But now he has become a general, and he is still in Dingliao..."
In Daqi's law, the most important thing is to kill three tribes, the second is to behead one person, and the third is to be sent to the frontier. Because the border areas are responsible for guarding the territory, they are in short supply of soldiers all year round. These prisoners assigned to the border areas are one of the important sources of supplementary soldiers for the border areas.
Being sent to the frontier means that they have just missed the death penalty of beheading, which means they have saved their lives. Most people have changed their minds and do not dare to go further. Otherwise, there are many ways among the border troops to deal with them.
"It is said that the three kings of the north are in the same spirit, and they are both prosperous and destructive. I didn't expect that they could do this." Taiyi Peak is located near the Qinling Mountains, close to the northern border. Even Bai Xinglong didn't know about the three kings of the north. The relationship between them is so close that prisoners assigned by the imperial court can also communicate with each other.
"Brother Yi, should we avoid it?" Bai Xinglong has also heard about Yi Xiaodao's past, the flood in Wancheng. Yi Xiaodao had some merits in reporting Li Changwen and Taishi Li's bureaucracy, and he was a mortal enemy of Xu Mo. , more or less an enemy.
Xu Mo is so prosperous now. If he encounters Yi Xiaodao, how can he let it go?
Yi Xiaodao thought for a while and said: "I know there are tigers in the mountains, but I prefer to go to the Tiger Mountains! What are you afraid of? Not afraid!" After saying that, he walked in the direction of Xu Mo.
Bai Xinglong felt uneasy, but he still followed Yi Xiaodao.
Outside the Dingliao Prince's Mansion, soldiers and horses were patrolling incessantly, swords and guns were shining, and ordinary people did not dare to get even half a step closer here.
Yi Xiaodao put his hands behind his back, and Bai Xinglong moved with his sword. The two of them slowly approached the Dingliao Prince's Mansion, immediately attracting the attention of the surrounding soldiers.
"Stop, this is the Dingliao Prince's Mansion. No one is allowed to wander around!" A group of patrolling soldiers and horses trotted over and stopped Yi Xiaodao and Bai Xinglong with guns.
"Get out of the way, don't block the uncle's way!" Yi Xiaodao changed his usual kindness, glared and scolded.
The leader of the soldiers was shouted at by Yi Xiaodao, who thought he heard wrongly: "Hey, I think you are an old man who hanged himself. You are tired of living, right? Can you leave?" More than ten soldiers immediately aimed their spears at the two men. , this moderate commotion quickly attracted the attention of more soldiers, who rushed here one after another.
"You don't understand, right? Get out!" Yi Xiaodao had just said the word "get out", and his feet were not idle. He kicked the leading soldier in the chest with such force that even several soldiers behind him were kicked. They have to fall to the ground together.
"Kill!" The soldiers around him didn't need to give orders. They all waved their guns and swords and greeted Yi Xiaodao.
Yi Xiaodao took a few steps back and dodged behind Bai Xinglong. Judging from his appearance, he didn't intend to take action and left it to Bai Xinglong to deal with it.
Bai Xinglong cursed secretly in his heart, but the sword and gun were already in front of him, so he had no choice but to draw his sword to resist. Although he had used force, Bai Xinglong did not dare to seriously injure anyone. He mostly focused on parrying and was forced to retreat by a group of soldiers.
"What happened?" Yi Xiaodao heard the shouting from behind and knew that Xu Mo was coming, so he did not turn around and just turned his back to him.
"General Xu, I don't know where this unruly man came from. He insisted on breaking into the palace. Just when the young man was about to ask questions, he hurt someone first!" The young leader who was kicked down by Yi Xiaodao quickly got up and got there first. Made a small report.
Xu Mo looked at Yi Xiaodao. Because he was from behind, he couldn't see Yi Xiaodao's face at all, and shouted: "This is a forbidden area in the palace, not a place for ordinary people. Let's go!"
Bai Xinglong looked back at Yi Xiaodao. Yi Xiaodao winked at him. Bai Xinglong understood and replied bravely: "What if we don't?"
Xu Mo was also taken aback and was about to get angry, but then quickly calmed down. How could ordinary people have the courage? It looked like he was no ordinary person.
"I wonder what you two have to do? If it's important, you can also tell Xu. Xu may be able to help." Xu Mo changed his tough tone and softened slightly.
"Nothing to do, just casually strolling around!" Bai Xinglong said happily. It turns out that these officials are just paper tigers. As long as you are tougher than him, he will immediately give in. As everyone knows, it is the great god Yi Xiaodao who is here that makes him feel confident. How can ordinary people have the confidence to talk to the general like this?
Xu Mo tightened his grip on the spear in his hand: "If you two don't want to tell each other, Xu can't let you go." I don't know whether it was because of the Wancheng incident or the polishing of the frontier, but now Xu Mo has restrained himself a lot. A domineering edge.
When Yi Xiaodao heard Xu Mo's words, he knew that he could no longer anger him, so he turned around calmly: "General Xu, long time no see."
When Xu Mo heard "Long time no see", he thought it was an old friend of his. When he saw Yi Xiaodao's face clearly, there was a "boom" in his mind and he froze on the spot, dumbfounded.
"Looking at General Xu's behavior, do you not want to see me anymore?" Yi Xiaodao said with a smile.
Only then did Xu Mo regain his composure and quickly dismounted: "Xu Mo has seen Duke Wu Ding."
As soon as Xu Mo said this, the other soldiers were all shocked. Is this Duke Wu Dinggong, who has become famous all over the world in recent years? The other soldiers hurriedly bent down to salute. This is because he is wearing armor. Otherwise, when meeting a prince who is only one level below the prince, he should kneel down and kowtow.
"I heard that General Xu was transferred to Anxi by the imperial court. When did he come to Dingliao?" With the courtesy, Yi Xiaodao could no longer be aggressive and changed "transferred to the border" to "transferred to Anxi." But why Xu Mo appeared in Dingliao, he must find out.
Xu Mo thought he had an idea already, so he quickly replied: "A few days ago, the Northern Yi people launched a large-scale attack on Ding Liao. The last general was ordered by King Anxi to accompany the army to Ding Liao to assist in the defense."
"What happened? The Beiyi people launched a large-scale attack on Dingliao. It is indeed no small matter. Then... where are the soldiers and horses of Dingliao?"
Xu Mo froze again, not knowing how to answer.
