Li Ma and Ma Keqing, who were standing below, heard Yang Zhen say this and immediately jumped onto a nearby ruined wall to look west.

Under the silver moonlight, on the horizon of the western grassland, something dark suddenly appeared out of nowhere. If you look carefully, you can see that it is a crowd.

But it seemed that there were livestock among the crowd, and a large, swarming mass was coming towards Tuchengzi.

If you look closely, in front of this group of people and the herds of animals being driven, there is a small group of white-armored riders, riding their horses and whipping their whips, approaching quickly.

When Li Ma saw this scene, he felt uneasy and immediately asked Yang Zhen for help: "Sir, there is a group of cavalry from the west approaching quickly. Do you want to humble yourself and take someone over to take a look?"

"No need! If I'm not wrong, it's Zhang Guogan and the others who are back! Behind them, they must be the troops brought back by Yang Shen from the Xuan Mansion, and there must be other gains!"

This time, it was a good idea to go to the grassland with armor full of Tatars and white flags. Not only could I fish in troubled waters full of Tatars, but at this time, I could also distinguish the identity of our enemy from a distance.

Although the armor with white flags all over the Tartars has red edges, the background color is white after all. Not only is it very easy to identify under sunlight during the day, but it is also easier to identify one's identity at night under a bright moonlight.

Besides, Yang Zhen was very familiar with Zhang Guogan and the team of people Zhang Guogan took away. Their armor and attire even looked like they were carrying long muskets. Yang Zhen could clearly recognize them from a long distance away.

After hearing Yang Zhen's words, Li Ma was a little doubtful, but when he saw someone in the distance riding a horse and rushing to catch the group of people, he didn't say anything more.

Sure enough, without much effort, the team passed through the area around Tuchengzi that had become empty and rushed onto the platform where Tuchengzi was located.

The first few people arrived not far away, got off their horses, and walked quickly towards the high place where Yang Zhen and others were, while someone said loudly:

"Master! Yang Shen and the newly recruited warriors are here! Moreover, they stopped the people fleeing to the west and brought back many cattle, sheep, packhorses and camels!"

Among the people who came, the first one was Zhang Guogan.

Yang Zhen had already had an overview of what Zhang Guogan said from a high place, but when he heard what he said, he felt extremely happy. He immediately came down from the high place and greeted him with a face full of joy.

Zhang Guogan came to the front, quickly greeted Li, and made way for the two people behind him.

Among the two people following Zhang Guogan, one was the big black man holding the post, and behind him was a tall and thick man in another outfit. Under the moonlight, Yang Zhen looked a little strange.

Gao Lizhu had been following Yang Zhen during this period, and he had already understood Yang Zhen's habits. When they met, he just clasped his fists and bowed, and then stood aside.

But the last strong man was not like this. When he saw Yang Zhen face to face, he quickly knelt on his knees, kowtowed and said: "Young Yang Dagui, I have seen the eldest young master! The eldest young master is mighty! The younger ones followed from a distance,

But he didn't dare to take action. This time, thanks to the young master's timely arrival, otherwise it would be really unpredictable!"

Yang Zhen had already guessed that he was sent by Yang Shen to report the situation. When he heard this, he suddenly felt enlightened. Just as he was about to ask about the situation of Yang Shen's department, he heard this Yang Dagui say immediately:

"These past few days, we have been spreading out and hiding during the day, and marching together at night. In the afternoon today, we were originally hiding in a place west of Hongmiaozi. After detecting the caravan's hasty departure to the east, we quickly gathered our troops and risked following up.

In the end, I almost missed something important by rushing too slowly!

"Fortunately, at the last moment, we blocked the way for the caravan to escape westward, intercepted a group of people, and intercepted a large amount of cattle, sheep and livestock! We, Yang Shoubei, asked the younger ones to follow Mr. Zhang Qian and go first to the larger ones.

Master, please forgive me! They will arrive shortly with the intercepted people, horses and animals!"

After listening to Yang Dagui's words, Yang Zhen stepped forward to help him up, and said to him with a smile: "It's already good that you can come back safely with the newly recruited warriors. If you don't apologize, you won't be punished in the future."

No need to say such words again!

"What's more, this time, you happened to block the caravan's escape route to the west. This trip is not only faultless, but also meritorious! Get up, get up, get up quickly!"

While Yang Zhen and the others were talking here, the group of people from the west who originally seemed far away had arrived nearby. Xu Changyong, Zhang Chen and others had already led their teams to greet them.

In the evening, when the caravan camp was attacked by Xu Changyong and Yang Zhen, the men, horses and animals that escaped from the west were intercepted by Yang Shen's troops who were following the caravan from a distance.

Of course, if he didn't have to intercept and chase these fleeing people, horses, and animals in the dark, Yang Shen might have arrived at Tuchengzi an hour or half an hour earlier.

But no matter what, Yang Shen finally led his team to arrive just when he was about to make up his mind to evacuate.

"Sir, I'm late for my humble duty!"

As soon as Yang Shen and his team arrived in the Tuchengzi area, accompanied by Xu Changyong and Zhang Chen, they quickly came to pay homage to Yang Zhen. As soon as they met, they knelt down on one knee and bowed their heads to Yang Zhen to apologize.

Under the moonlight, Yang Zhen couldn't see very clearly, but even so, he could tell that Yang Shen and others in this industry had probably suffered a lot and suffered a lot.

Yang Shen has lost weight and is much darker. His hair is disheveled and his beard is unkempt. He looks no different from those grassland horse thieves.

When Yang Zhen saw this and heard what he said, there was a bit of self-blame in his words, he immediately stepped forward, supported him with both hands, pulled him up, and said to him at the same time:

"It's not late, it's not late, it's not late, you came at the right time! There's no need to say anything else. I can totally relate to the hardships you've endured and the sufferings you've suffered while traveling thousands of miles on the grassland!

"The people you arranged in advance, such as Jia Lizhu and Ma Zhuang, also played an important role this time and made great contributions. Without the news they conveyed, we would not be here at this time. In short, you are very good, very good

Not bad!”

After Yang Zhen pulled him up, he talked to him and patted his shoulders to comfort him so as not to blame himself anymore.

Yang Shen's basic understanding of the caravan coming out of Zhangjiakou comes from Yang Jie and his subordinates who are currently stationed in the Zhangjiakou Fort.

Dunn and others, who had previously been assigned by him to break into the caravan and serve as caravan guards, were unable to help themselves in the caravan and were unable to deliver more and more accurate information in a timely manner. There was nothing he could do.

Although the number of troops he brought out from Xuanfu and Zhangjiakou was more than a thousand, most of them were newly recruited brave men from good families.

Even though he was equipped with swords, shields, bows, arrows and spears, and even some of the troops were equipped with shotguns, firecrackers and war horses allocated for support by Xuanfu Town, when facing the caravan with a large number of troops, Yang Shen never dared to take action.

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He is on the grassland outside the Great Wall, and his troops are unprepared. There are not many reliable and capable old troops at all. It can be said that if he is not careful, what awaits him is that he will steal the chicken but lose the rice, or even the entire army will be annihilated.

fate.

So along the way, he could only lead his team to follow cautiously, and followed the caravan from a distance.

At the same time, in order to avoid exposing their whereabouts, they had to break into pieces and hide in scattered places during the day. Only at night did they dare to gather and march, desperately following the marks left by Dunn and others.

However, Yang Shen had nowhere to express these sufferings.

At this time, Yang Zhen's reaction and Yang Zhen's words suddenly made him have mixed feelings. He was extremely grateful to Yang Zhen. He bowed to Yang Zhen and said with a choked voice:

"In my humble position, I should have done better, but I didn't do it. I can get all the credit for this trip. It really depends on your wisdom. I don't dare to take credit for my humble position!"

"Brother Yang Shen, General Yang, it's getting late. If we have anything to say next, let's talk about it carefully when we get on the road! It's not a good place to stay here for a long time!"

Xu Changyong, who accompanied Yang Shen to look for Yang Zhen, saw that the night was getting darker and couldn't help interrupting the conversation between Yang Zhen and Yang Shen, urging Yang Zhen to evacuate quickly.

"Yes, sir, what Xu Shenjiang said is right! Although I have intercepted most of the people, horses and livestock escaping from here, I can't prevent the fish from slipping through the net. Once someone takes advantage of the loophole and flees south, it will alarm the people."

Haraqin people, I’m afraid there will be complications during our trip!”

After hearing what Xu Changyong said, Yang Shen also immediately expressed his support for everyone to leave here as soon as possible.

Zhang Chen, who was standing aside, nodded frequently after listening to what Xu Changyong and Yang Shen said, and the meaning was very clear.

"Yes, it is indeed time to leave! Everyone, go and gather the people on the west bank of the Laohua River. Let's cross the river and go home!"

At this time, the night wind was getting colder and the dew was getting thicker. Yang Zhen listened to everyone's opinions and saw the groups of mules, horses, cattle, sheep, and camels that had been intercepted and driven back by Yang Shen's men and horses. They had also crossed the river in a mighty way.
Chapter completed!