He only stayed for a few days, and when the matter of improving the heavy cavalry was settled, Xu Mu prepared to take his escort to the front line of Lizhou.
At this point in the fight, both Xishu and Beiyu have no way out. Only when two tigers fight, the one who survives will win.
"Xu Lang'er!" Among the people seeing him off, Li Dawan was the first to cry, his voice full of reluctance.
Xu Mu, who was riding on the horse, turned around.
Suddenly, Jiang Caiwei, Li Dawan, Xu Qiao, Xu Feng, and Zhao Fei, who had not yet passed the door, all looked up at him.
Li Tao, along with a group of officials from Xishu, cupped their hands and clasped their fists.
Si Hu rarely became gentle and hugged Mrs. Bai Luan, and actually hugged Sun Xun who was also crying.
"Brother Sheng, let's go."
As a companion, Chen Sheng, who was also riding a horse, raised his arm high and then waved it down heavily. The "Xu" flag fluttering in the wind suddenly waved.
The three thousand escorts of Shuqi, after bidding farewell to their relatives and friends, firmly picked up the reins and rushed forward to protect Xu Mu.
"The King of Shu sets out to conquer——"
"We await the King of Shu's triumphant return——"
Xu Mu closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he resumed his previous killing spree.
"White robe goes to war!"
"Go to war!"
The newly repaired Shu Road was finally run over by horse hooves, and the dust was flying. Along the way, the seven or eight post stations and villages on the Shu Road were just like the people in Chengdu who were sending each other off. The soldiers all came out of the villages one after another and faced Xu Mu's direction, clasping their fists in greeting.
"Lord, we are leaving the valley." After about two days, I finally heard Chen Sheng's joyful voice.
After becoming the king of Shu and taking charge of Chengdu, Xu Mu issued a decree and spent a lot of time and resources on repairing the Shu road from Chengdu to Yuguan. In the past, it would have taken at least three or four days to travel like this, but now, it took less than two days to leave Yuguan.
Seriously speaking, there are two passages from Chengdu to Lizhou, one is out of Yuguan, and the other is from Bailu County by crossing the river north, which is slightly faster.
But in the end, Xu Mu chose the road to Yuguan and took a look at Liangdi along the way.
We spent the night in the walled city last night, and it was dawn now. There was no need to enter the pass to rest, so we simply continued to rush towards Liangdi with the escort of 3,000 people.
"My lord, my lord!"
But he never thought that not long after leaving Yuguan, the general stationed at the pass came over in a hurry on horseback.
"What?"
"Lord, someone came looking for me, saying he was from the north outside the pass. I was originally worried that he was a spy, but he said he was sent by a general named Li——"
Before he finished listening, Xu Mu looked shocked.
The person coming from the north outside the pass is General Li... Then there is only one possibility.
"Where are the people?"
"I'm still waiting outside the Yu Pass. If my lord summons me, I will respond immediately."
"Go quickly."
Xu Mu frowned, feeling that things were not simple. He was extremely cautious in his contact with General Li Zhengbei. Even last time, he asked Yin Hu to be careful.
But not long after, General Li sent someone over again. Xu Mu understood that this was not reckless, but that he probably had something big to say.
The war in the north... is probably related to Sha Rong. Thinking back to Master Suanzao's previous words, I couldn't tell that it was King Sha Rong's business.
"Lord, people are coming!"
It didn't take long, and very quickly, the veteran guard general arrived in front of Xu Mu with a team of men and horses worn by the weather.
"Su Chen, Yongguan Army, has met the King of Shu!" Without any pretense, the visitor immediately dismounted his horse and clasped his fists.
"No courtesy." Xu Mu calmed his voice and dismounted, "Yongguan Army?"
Su Chen looked around and lowered his voice, "King Shu, wait a moment. I have General Li's personal letter here."
After saying that, Su Chen's expression didn't change and he suddenly drew his knife and stood up.
Chen Sheng and Si Hu next to them suddenly looked shocked. Even Fei Lian, who was secretly there, quickly revealed his body and held the poison dart in his hand.
"Back off." Xu Mu raised his hand. Not far away, he could clearly see that this person named Su Chen was actually cutting flesh with a knife.
General Li was in the enemy's camp, and Su Chen was going south, not only to avoid the Sha Rong people, but also to avoid Beiyu, so there would be a secret way to hide the message.
Crack.
Su Chen's expression remained unchanged, his upper body was bare, he lifted the knife to separate the flesh of his right shoulder, then calmly stretched out his two fingers, and pinched out a bamboo tube the size of his little finger from the bloody area.
In order to hide the letter, he had been cut to the ground, and now he was stabbed again. This shows what a fierce man Su Chen is.
Looking at Si Hu next to him, he bared his teeth.
"The king of Shu has seen it." Su Chen abandoned the knife on the ground, holding the bloody bamboo tube and handed it to Xu Mu.
"Chen Sheng, go and ask for a military doctor quickly."
Chen Sheng clasped his fists and walked away quickly.
Xu Mu pulled out the bamboo tube, took out the letter, rubbed it open, and read it in silence.
There are many letters, but only a few sentences. What he said before was exactly what he thought. Hao Lianzhan, the king of Sha Rong, personally entered the Central Plains using the art of cutting off bones to disguise himself.
But the content behind it is really shocking.
"My brother, King Sha Rong entered the Central Plains for the purpose of killing tigers with dogs. There is a rice road in the south, and there are people who help Sha Rong in the north. In addition, in the past January and February, liaison envoys from outside entered the grassland. , the body has the salty air."
"Zhao Qingyun, the Daji rebel general, has entered the Central Plains with him."
…
Xu Mu looked solemn and tore up the secret letter in his hand.
"Brother Mu, you can't eat this blood."
Xu Mu nodded and threw the scraps of paper into the wind.
"Si Hu, do you remember Zhao Qingyun?"
"That greedy dog? Of course you remember, if I see him again, I will chop him with an axe!" Si Hu cursed.
"I remember it too." Xu Mu slowly closed his eyes. Not to mention anything else, he watched Zhao Qingyun grow from a loyal and righteous lieutenant to a sinner in the Central Plains.
He couldn't tell whether the hundred military honors he had given as a gift had harmed Zhao Qingyun, made him greedy for power, made him greedy for military honors, and made him go down the wrong path step by step.
But in these troubled times, as mentioned before, everyone has their own way of living. If they don't know each other, the worst they can do is go their separate ways.
But unfortunately, the fall of Colonel Zhongyi became a pain in his heart.
"There is a rice road in the south, who will be in the north?" Xu Mu half-squinted his eyes. Now, he found more and more that Hao Lianzhan, the hero of the grassland, was at least three stages higher than Tuoba Hu, the former King of Beidi.
In addition, General Li also mentioned that the envoys who entered the grassland had the salty air on their bodies. That is to say, at least the people in Linhai. Thinking of the previous third force in the South China Sea, it is almost a real deal.
The country in the Central Plains has not yet decided the winner, and the foreign tribes in the north, the rising Sha Rong, will take advantage of the opportunity to come. General Li can be made to send people all the way, and there will be no problem with the intelligence. It is urgent.
"Fei Lian."
The secret guard Fei Lian walked out, cupping his hands and fists.
"I will write a letter later, and you will send the fastest secret guard to sneak into Changyang. Remember, there is no need to hand it over to the King of Beiyu, just leave it behind the gold in the Zhongyi Temple of Yuan Hou Ye."
"My lord, if this is the case... I'm afraid King Beiyu won't notice."
"He will." Xu Mu lowered his head, his voice choked, "I have always known that every few days, he would take a clean cloth and personally help wipe the golden body of Lord Yuan."
