Eunuch Zhou was very cautious. Seeing Chang Sheng's expression changed drastically, he was worried that the two young eunuchs outside the door would notice something strange and hurriedly moved sideways to block Chang Sheng.
Changsheng came back to his senses, quickly wrote the beginning and end, then dried the ink, closed the folder and handed it to Eunuch Zhou, "I'd like to trouble you to forward the memorial to the emperor. We are about to leave immediately and there is no time to enter the palace to meet the emperor."
Since Chang Sheng did not avoid Eunuch Zhou when he wrote it, Eunuch Zhou had already seen what was written in his memorial. After hearing what he said, he hurriedly took the memorial with both hands, "Don't worry, Mr. Li, I will present it to the emperor as soon as the Za family returns to the palace." "
Chang Sheng said nothing more to Eunuch Zhou. He raised his hand sideways and asked Eunuch Zhou to go ahead. At the same time, he shouted who was coming.
Hearing Changsheng's call, Datou, who was waiting outside the door, hurriedly walked to the door and answered, "Sir?"
"Reward." Changsheng said casually.
At this time, it had become a common practice to reward eunuchs who delivered orders, and since immortality was a rule, Eunuch Zhou did not refuse. He calmly accepted the twenty taels of silver and returned to the palace with the two young eunuchs.
After writing a note to the emperor, Changsheng no longer had any worries. With a reasonable excuse, he no longer had to hide his whereabouts. After a brief packing, the three of them rode out of the city and headed westward.
The reason why he brought an extra horse was not to keep it as a spare, but to carry the big iron stick of Batulu. Yang Shouxin had 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command. The five of them went in alone. It is true that soldiers are in danger and trying to catch chestnuts from the fire. If Batulu has not been killed, he can break out of the encirclement with the others with the iron rod after being rescued.
After traveling for more than ten miles, the three of them met up with Yu Yi and Shi Xuanming who were waiting by the roadside. Yu Yi and Datou were familiar with Qinzhou, so they rode their horses ahead to lead the way.
The four of them all knew that this trip was very dangerous. Regardless of whether the owner of the iron rod was killed or not, everyone would inevitably clash with Qingyang's soldiers and horses. The four of them were not afraid, but it was inevitable that the enemy would be nervous at the moment.
The four people looked solemn, and Changsheng also frowned. In addition to worrying about Batulu's safety, he was also worried about the emperor's previous decree. The emperor's reward for him not kneeling before you was not a reward or an honor, but a worry. Accepting his kneeling will be punished by the gods.
When the emperor secretly summoned him for the first time that day, he once asked him why there were so many thunders falling from the sky when he was in Wangjiakuang. In other words, the emperor suspected that he was a person born in the sky at that time, and now he has Si Ming Xingjun came into the dream, blaming the emperor for blaspheming the gods and disturbing the dignity. If the person who entrusted the dream to the emperor was really Si Mingxing Jun, then this old immortal was in great trouble. After this incident, the emperor would confirm that he is from heaven. The gods come to the world, and they will have a deep fear of him, especially the sentence that messing up the dignity is the most fatal. The emperor is the ninth highest honor, and he is even more noble than the emperor. Doesn't that mean he is above the emperor? ?
At this time, the sun has set, and the cold night wind has gradually blown away the worries and irritations in Changsheng's heart. Now that the matter has come to this, there is no point in worrying and getting angry. No matter what the emperor thinks, all he can do is to be loyal, filial, and loyal. To serve the country, no matter what he does, he will try not to give the emperor a chance to be suspicious. As for the final result, he does not know and cannot control it.
The horses the five of them rode were all wild horses, which had great endurance. In addition, the temperature was low and the horses' body temperature rose slowly, which also allowed them to run for a long time. By the second watch, everyone was already four hundred miles away.
Not far ahead is a county town, and there is also a post station outside the city.
Arriving here, Chang Sheng confirmed the remaining distance to Yu Yi and Da Tou. According to their estimates, there was still about 1,100 miles left.
At this time, the horses everyone was riding were already a little tired. Everyone was faced with the choice of changing horses and continuing on the road, or taking a break and starting again tomorrow. After calculating the remaining distance and time required, Changsheng decided to rest one night first and start early tomorrow. leave.
Everyone carried a small amount of dry food with them. In order to ensure that no news leaked out, they did not stay in the county town or disturb the inn. Instead, they found a shabby house next to the official road to rest.
Everyone was worried, and no one said anything. Each of the four people watched the fire for half an hour, and the five of them continued their journey at dawn.
By noon, everyone had arrived at the border of Qinzhou, which was only five hundred miles away from Qingyang.
Five hundred miles was still an awkward distance. After a short rest, everyone changed their route to the northwest and traveled another three hundred miles. This place was called Fuyang, which was less than two hundred miles away from Qingyang.
Even though they were riding Hu horses, they were very tired from the long-distance attack. Seeing the county town ahead, Changsheng and Datou and others went to the city to find an inn to stay. They called for the boy, threw out the silver, and ordered him to use rice. The horses are carefully fed with porridge and fine fodder.
Changsheng then wrote down two more prescriptions and ordered Datou and Yang Kai to go get them. One of the two prescriptions was a prescription for golden sores to stop bleeding, and the other was a prescription for strengthening muscles and bones and improving the spirit. The former one was for giving people prepared, and the latter one was prepared for these horses.
His plan is to buy six more horses from here. As long as they are strong horses, it will not take much effort to run two hundred miles. The six horses he bought when he arrived at the enemy's camp will be useless. There must be more horses in the camp. If there is a war horse, you can rob the enemy's war horse and then ride the enemy's war horse to break through.
Even if Batulu is successfully rescued in Qingyang, the enemy will definitely pursue and intercept them. Therefore, these Hu horses will remain here for backup. When everyone comes here on the stolen war horses, these Hu horses who have taken the medicine will The horse has regained its strength, and everyone on our side can immediately change horses and continue eastward to get rid of the pursuers behind.
Datou and Yang Kai went to grab medicine, Yu Yi and Shi Xuanming went to buy horses, and Changsheng stayed in the inn with his eyes closed to rest. He was the commander and needed to make plans and control the overall situation.
There are two ways to save people this time, one is secret robbery, and the other is open robbery. The so-called secret robbery is to try not to alert the enemy, try to find Batulu and quietly rescue him. As the name suggests, clear robbery means to go in and rob people directly and openly.
Both methods have advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of secret robbery is that it is relatively safe, but the disadvantage is that it is very troublesome because he does not know where Batulu is. It is difficult to find and rescue Batulu without alerting the other party. It's huge and very cumbersome.
There are advantages and disadvantages to attacking openly. The advantage is that you can rush in and capture Yang Shouxin directly. As long as you capture the enemy's commander, the opponent will not dare to act rashly no matter how many troops they have. The disadvantage is that he directly breaks up with Yang Shouxin. Even if Batulu is rescued, Yang Shouxin will immediately rebel.
After pondering quietly and thinking carefully, Changsheng decided to choose the latter and attack Yang Shouxin directly. Firstly, it was much easier to find Yang Shouxin than to find Batulu. Secondly, he wanted to take the opportunity to capture the 50,000 soldiers and horses under Yang Shouxin. Qingyang is an important town guarding the chokepoint. Capturing these 50,000 soldiers and horses is like a timely rain and life-saving food for the court.
After making up my mind, I began to ponder and weigh again and again. The path of secret robbery really didn't work. During the entire process of rescuing people, my identity might be exposed at any time. Once my whereabouts were exposed, it would be difficult for both sides. It would be better to From the beginning, he attacked Yang Shouxin directly.
This is the only place to go south from Mobei, and there are many horse traders. It didn't take long for Yu Yi and Shi Xuanming to drive back six strong horses.
When Datou and Yang Kai came back, Changsheng Datou personally fed the medicine powder that strengthened the muscles and bones to the six wild horses that everyone rode, and then drove the horses out of the inn.
There is a city wall around this county town. Once the city gate is closed at night, you cannot change horses. You have to leave these wild horses in a hidden place outside the city. When the horses come, you can change horses directly.
After finding a sheltered place to place these wild horses, Changsheng and others rode on the purchased horses and headed straight to Qingyang. He also knew the time to do it, and decided it around one to three quarters. By that time, it was already dark. You can hide your figure, and the enemy will not be very alert. If it's midnight, Yang Shouxin and others may notice if they make any noise.
Due to careful time calculation, the five people arrived at Qingyang calmly at the first watch. The situation in Qingyang was slightly different from what Chang Sheng had imagined before. The area where the army was stationed was not a remote place far away from the crowd, but was stationed in the east of Qingyang. flat area on the side.
Although Qingyang is a county under Qinzhou, its scale is much larger than ordinary county towns. At this time, the counties of Tang Dynasty can be divided into Shangjun, Zhongjun and Xiajun based on their size and population. Qingyang undoubtedly belongs to Shangjun.
Everyone dismounted from the forest in the southeast of Qingyang. It was only then that Changsheng told the four of them his specific plan.
For Chang Sheng's idea, Datou and others all support it. They are not simply following orders, but they also thought about how to start after coming. At present, the plan mentioned by Chang Sheng is undoubtedly the most feasible. a set of plans.
The general will only stay in the central army tent when the army is marching and fighting. On weekdays, the general will live in the city. It is easy to confirm this, just arrest a captain and interrogate him.
The task of arresting people was given to Datou and Shi Xuanming. Shi Xuanming took back a school captain within half a stick of incense. Shi Xuanming was proficient in many Shaolin stunts, including acupoint sealing and acupuncture.
The prisoner was taken to a distant place, and as soon as the mute point was untied, the captain begged for mercy, "Don't do it, don't do it. If you have something to say, it's easy to say it."
Seeing that although this man was a captain, he was so greedy for life and afraid of death, I felt disgusted and despised.
Yu Yiben was the head catcher of Dali Temple and was good at interrogation. Before Chang Sheng could speak, he asked in a deep voice, "Is Yang Shouxin in the camp?"
Shi Xuanming only unlocked the man's mute point, and the captain had only one head to turn. At this time, he was shaking like a rattle, "No, no, the commander-in-chief and several generals are not in the army."
After the captain finished speaking, he saw that no one asked any more questions immediately, so he hurriedly asked cautiously, "Excuse me, how many of you are the heroes of the Beggar Clan?"
"Why do you ask this?" Yu Yi asked coldly.
"Didn't the imperial court appoint the heroes of the Beggar Gang to hunt down Eunuch Yang?" the captain said with a trembling voice.
Yu Yi heard the hidden meaning of this person's words, frowned and asked, "Yang Fugong is in the city?"
"Yes," the captain nodded repeatedly, "when Eunuch Yang and his party came to the city a few days ago, I was on duty."
Hearing the captain's words, everyone looked at each other in shock. They did not expect that Yang Fugong was really in Qingyang.
"A month ago you captured an unusually tall and strong man..."
Before Changsheng could finish speaking, the captain rushed to answer, "Yes, yes, I have been tied to the stable before, and was taken to the city a few days ago..."
