Du Chengfeng, the governor of Jizhou, knew this person.
Like the famous swordsman Liu Qingyun before him, Governor Liu mostly just served as a backdrop when people were chatting. However, as a big shot in charge of the entire Jizhou, Governor Liu's status was much higher than Liu Qingyun's.
This can also be seen from Liu Qingyun's life. He may talk about Governor Liu in conversation, but he has never actually met Governor Liu himself.
In the final analysis, no matter how famous a swordsman is, he is just a swordsman. If he wants to enter the Governor's Mansion, there is still a big gap.
But Liu Qingyun can't do it, it doesn't mean that Du Chengfeng can't do it.
After all, in the process of sharpening the knife, he had already understood that this time the barbarians went south, it was not an ordinary robbery, but an all-out war initiated by the Khan deep in the grassland, with the Qingyang tribe as the vanguard. These grassland warriors who have survived the bitter cold in Mobei will do whatever it takes to seize the warm land in the south. At this time, the Qingyang tribe has a terrifying figure like He Xiqing who has almost no shortcomings. general.
There is no doubt that this is extremely important military information. If this information is handed over to Commander Liu, the other party may actually be able to arrange their troops in advance and set up an ambush to expose He Xi Xuan and even Qing Yang behind him. Everyone is here to fight head-on.
However, although this idea is good, Du Chengfeng still feels that he will encounter many difficulties in actual practice.
For example, like now.
"What? You said the barbarians are coming?"
The next day, Du Chengfeng got up early early and rushed all the way to the Governor's Mansion in Ji Town, but the soldiers guarding the door stopped him.
"Okay, I understand. You can go back. Governor Liu will send troops to rescue you later."
Obviously, the guard at the door didn't take Du Chengfeng's words seriously at all. As for the reason, it was because there was too much similar information - Jizhou is located on the border, with grassland to the north, and it seems that people from the grassland are heading south. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of robberies every year. A dozen or so barbarians mounted their horses and dared to run over to grab things. Anyway, they had little possessions and were left with only one life. Faced with such endless harassment, no matter how much troops the governor's office sent to support, they could not keep up with the speed of the barbarians' looting. .
It is precisely because of this that strong men like the Yang family appear in some villages in Jizhou. After all, if everyone does not engage in this kind of behavior of forming a stronghold to protect themselves, and just points to the Governor's Mansion and sends troops to save lives, then wait for these soldiers By the time they arrived, everyone was already dead on the ground.
However, after the villages and towns under its jurisdiction have formed strongholds to protect themselves, the Dudu Mansion has been idle. Unless there is intelligence that can confirm that the barbarian army is pressing down on the border, the Dudu Mansion is also willing to let villages and towns like Yangjiabao organize themselves. Resistance can also reduce some of the burden on the Governor's Mansion.
Fortunately, Du Chengfeng really brought the exact information this time.
"This is the ax left by He Xixuan of the Qingyang Tribe, the Hu general who attacked Yangjiabao not long ago."
While saying this, Du Chengfeng untied the coarse cloth wrapping the ax blade.
"I am a knife sharpener, so I can get information on this axe. Take it to your grinder, and someone will understand what I am talking about."
"this……"
Just looking at the axe, the two soldiers guarding the gate of the Governor's Mansion subconsciously took half a step back.
After Du Chengfeng handed over the axe, the two guards did not dare to accept it.
As soldiers, they have been exposed to weapons all year round, but they can't see how dangerous this big ax represents.
"You wait here, we will go in and report!"
The two soldiers rushed into the Governor's Mansion as if they were fleeing, which made Du Chengfeng frown.
Originally, Du Chengfeng thought that since Governor Liu was in charge of Ji Town, which was on the border, he must be a fierce warrior. Naturally, the soldiers under such a figure would not be any worse - but at least he What I saw now was that the two soldiers guarding the gate of the Governor's Mansion looked like ordinary servants of a wealthy family. Even a mere big ax could scare them into running away in confusion.
This mental endurance is too poor, not even as good as Carpenter Li. You know, after Carpenter Li got drunk last night, he asked him if he could pour wine on the ax so that he could take it back to cut wood.
From this point of view, the Governor's Mansion may not be able to count on it. If all the soldiers under Governor Liu's command were at this level, it would be difficult to say whether these people would be counted as combat effectiveness after they were gathered together, or whether they would be counted as materials for He Xiqing to improve his strength.
The news brought back by the two soldiers also made Du Chengfeng shake his head even more.
Governor Liu was not in the house, and neither was the grinder. According to the two soldiers, they rode out early in the morning.
It was hard to tell whether this was the truth or an excuse used by the two soldiers to distract him, but now that he knew that he would not be able to see Governor Liu, Du Chengfeng had no interest in continuing to stay in Jizhen.
It is better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself. Instead of being like Liu Qingyun, who placed his hopes on other aspects and eventually died, it is better to use the methods he has recently learned to polish himself.
Although you may not necessarily win, but even if you die, you may be able to die heroically.
So, after leading the horse out of Ji Town, Du Chengfeng got on his horse and returned to Yangjiabao.
But when he just returned to his small courtyard, Du Chengfeng suddenly saw Yang Xuan, the old man in charge of Yangjiabao, standing at the door of his small courtyard.
"What's the matter?"
Du Chengfeng turned over and dismounted, with a puzzled look on his face.
"Did you bring me a new knife again?"
"It's not a new sword, it's an old sword... Oh, that's not right either, strong man, let's borrow a step first to speak."
Yang Xuan hesitated for a long time, and finally pulled Du Chengfeng aside.
And Du Chengfeng also knew the whole story.
It is indeed about the old sword, the long sword that broke the horse yesterday. After Liu Qingyun was killed by a sword in the duel, Yang Xuan almost immediately bought the horse-breaking sword from Liu Qingyun's family and took it to Du Chengfeng.
Du Chengfeng gained the opportunity to sharpen weapons and swords, and the Jizhou Yang family also gained Du Chengfeng's friendship. This was a win-win situation.
But that's where the problem lies.
"I only found out last night that the grinder of the Governor's Mansion also had his eye on the horse-breaking sword."
Having said this, the old Yang Xuan couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.
"That's the grinder of the Governor's Mansion, this..."
"In other words, you want me to confront you, right?"
Du Chengfeng immediately heard the implication of Yang Xuan's words, but he didn't feel bored at all.
Anyway, he has been sharpening his knife alone all this time, and it was the time when he wanted to communicate with his colleagues. Now because of this long horse-breaking knife, he just had this opportunity.
"You make an appointment and I'll go talk to him."
"No need to make an appointment."
Yang Xuan smiled awkwardly and raised his hand to point to the small courtyard beside him.
"They're already here and they're in the yard now."
