Since the previous battle between Lijun and Yongchang County, the land of Sancang has been completely included in Lijun's territory.
Zhengcang City, as the arrowhead of Sancang Land to the north of Guang County, has undertaken a huge defense task. Inside and outside the city, overt and covert, Li and Guang have fought countless times, and even the chief general of Zhengcang City and his assistant general Shen Cheng They all encountered danger more than once, and even narrowly escaped death.
But this kind of fight is always only a matter for adults. For ordinary people and even merchants, after the lifting of military control and the resumption of trade, the peace they thought has come, as long as there are no soldiers from other counties or even Foreign barbarians came to the city, and an official died, and even the generals who guarded the city died. It was just a replacement of someone to manage it, and the life would not change.
Liangcang City, like Zhengcang, was originally a border city between Li and Guang counties and would bear greater pressure. However, after the Battle of Sichuan City, it became an inner city in the hinterland of Li County. As a result, this city not only did not The size of the garrison in the border town was reduced, and there were no restrictions such as military control. After experiencing the suffering of the war and the population being almost cut in half from its peak, the city finally ushered in a stage of recovery like rebirth. After re-dividing the fields and Under the new policies of Sansifu Yamen, which actively accommodated refugees, Liangcang City's post-war recovery can be said to be the fastest and best in Sancang Land.
As for Tongcang City, military control has not been completely lifted until today, and there are walled cities in many directions east of Yongchang County. The two largest ones are located in Tongcang City and Xingcheng. In between, it was during the previous battle that Chen almost lost his
The pass where Shao Xiong died in battle. Today's Xiongguan has expanded several times compared to the small pass on the hilltop. A taller and thicker city wall is being built and is about to be topped out.
The other place, located between Tongcang City and Yicheng City, was the small town Shouting that had been used as a frontline garrison in the previous war.
Perhaps it is precisely because of the high-pressure offensive posture that Li County has maintained in Tongcang City that the large area at the junction of the two counties has always been a wilderness with few people since the war, except for many people from other places. Except for the refugees who had no choice but to worry, as well as many vicious people who could turn into bandits at any time, we had not seen a large number of people returning home for a long time, even though Li County and Yongchang County quickly signed an agreement after the battle. The Southern Xinjiang Alliance, and even the subsequent Yashui Alliance, did not alleviate this situation in the slightest.
In the early morning of this day, when the sky was still dark, outside a remote village not too far from Tongcang City, five figures were walking on a path that was almost half covered with withered yellow grass.
These people were tall and short, and they were cautious when moving. Even at this moment when everything was dormant, they did not dare to relax their vigilance at all.
The person at the head was slender and tall, obviously a woman. She was wearing a black tights. She was walking in such a place. From a distance, she almost blended in with the shadowy tree trunks on the roadside. The one at the end of the team was also wearing a dress. The person wearing a black tights was actually a man. He followed the team closely while turning around from time to time and looking around very carefully.
Protected by two people in the middle, there are two
A woman and a child.
There was a woman who was quite tall, with bright eyes, white teeth, and fair skin. Even though she was wearing tattered and patched clothes, her nobility could not be concealed at all. She was actually Meng Waner, the daughter of Yongchang Prefect Meng Jiaoyang!
Meng Waner pressed lightly on her chest with one hand, and held a six or seven-year-old boy with the other hand. The boy was obviously very tired. His two short legs were dragged behind him and he took a laborious step step by step. However, he gritted his teeth and remained silent, showing that A burst of extraordinary ferocity.
Behind the two of them, a young man wearing tattered linen clothes and a gray face, but with a handsome face could still be seen, was actually the mysterious leader of Lijun Qiufeng, Yin Huayu!
The group of people moved forward in silence, not at a very fast speed, but when they were about to cross a stone bridge overgrown with weeds over a small river, they were stopped by four men with their faces covered in linen cloth who jumped out of the grass.
The four masked men each held knives and axes, and the leader held a rusty spear. He stepped across the small stone bridge and looked at Yin Huayu and the others through the dim light from the horizon. At one glance, he shouted, "Then
Where do the few on the side come from? ! "
The tall black man headed by this side frowned slightly, turned around and glanced at Yin Huayu, but saw the latter shaking his head slightly, and let it go.
Yin Huayu looked in the direction of the four masked men, deliberately lowered her voice, and said timidly, "Hero, forgive me, we are merchants from Tongcang City, heading to Xingcheng, and we met some bad guys on the way. After finally escaping back, we are now penniless. Please let us go. When we return to Tongcang City, we will definitely have a lot of money.
Thank you! "
The masked man on the other side did not speak, but the three following behind him started to mutter. One of them snorted, "That's nice. When you return to Tongcang City, you will be able to come to a place like this again." Are you giving us gifts? Do you think we are fools?!"
However, Yin Huayu didn't seem to listen to the reply at all. Instead, she looked at the dark surroundings, dead trees and weeds, and the sound of insects in the wilderness. She couldn't see anything unusual.
When the four masked men on the other side saw no reaction at all, the one who had spoken earlier impatiently yelled, "You over there! Be honest and throw all the valuable things you have on me over here. I can see it." Only when you are satisfied can I let you go, otherwise... you won't be able to leave!"
Yin Huayu remained silent. When the three masked men on the opposite side couldn't bear it anymore and bypassed the leading masked man to cross the small stone bridge, she spoke softly, no longer covering her voice, and said lightly, "Sister Mingyue, don't use your true energy and kill them."
The tall man in black who was leading the group was naturally Mingyue, the strong ANBU expert. She was already impatient to wait. When she heard this, she dwarfed and ejected like a cannonball. A pair of black daggers in her hands were thrown in such light. , there won’t even be a tiny bit of reflection!
The three masked men who had already walked onto the small stone bridge did not even have time to react before their throats were slit. The weapons in the hands of the three men fell off, and they fell into the river with their hands tightly covering their necks. In addition to the splash of three flowers, Water splash, leaving nothing behind.
And the masked man holding the rusty spear had already turned around and fled, and his speed was actually very slow!
this
Ming Yue, who had dealt with three masked men in an instant, couldn't help but utter a surprised sound when she saw this scene. Then her already extremely fast speed increased again, and she took a few steps and rushed behind the masked man holding the gun. The black dagger made no sound. He slashed at the back of the gun-wielding man's neck without stopping!
But as if the man sensed it one step ahead, he shouted loudly, twisted and swung the gun, and stabbed Mingyue's throat with one gun. At the same time, his other hand quickly grasped Mingyue's dagger-holding wrist.
It was actually a very subtle move, the carbine!
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