The tenth day of October.

The Emperor of Chu offered sacrifices to heaven and granted seals.

Yang Hao accepted the seal on behalf of his father, worshiped the Marshal of Chu, and led the military talisman.

Marquis Ningyuan commanded the troops on the western frontier of Chu, controlled the world's troops, and granted him the power to make arbitrary decisions based on the situation. He also gave Shang Fang a sword to kill first and then report.

On the same day, the Emperor of Chu issued a decree to grant amnesty to the whole country. All prisoners who were sentenced or awaiting trial before the day of worshiping heaven were included in the amnesty.

With this in mind, I don’t know how many people who have not reported their crimes on their own because they have waited and watched regret it.

The next day, October 11th, Yang Hao and his party left Beijing and started their return journey.

When they came, Yang Hao and his entourage were very large. When they left, they were even more powerful.

In addition to a hundred Imperial College students including Shen Mu, Zeng Yiming and Duan Xinqiao, there were two more people who Yang Hao had not expected.

One is Lin Xuan.

Knowing that Lin Xuan would return to Ningyuan with him and fight on the battlefield in the future, Yang Hao was both relieved and worried.

I was happy, naturally, because my grandfather and uncle were willing to let Lin Xuan go to the battlefield. Moreover, Lin Xuan also seemed to have a very high fighting spirit.

The big head is of course because there is a restless guy like Lin Xuan on the road, who knows what kind of trouble he is going to cause.

The other one is Ning Buque.

The cavalry general who was named and scolded most by the Emperor of Chu in the Great Chu Court, somehow managed to get the Emperor of Chu to agree to his participation in the upcoming war.

Lin Xuan and Ning Buque each brought only two followers. One was their own personal soldier, and the other was their respective family general.

Yang Hao and Ren Zhong should be happy to have six more people who can fight, but they are not happy at all.

Although Ning Buque is a general who has fought hundreds of battles, and is even better at fighting, he is still on the battlefield.

On the battlefield, although there are various strategies, the real emphasis is on fighting openly and openly with swords and spears open and closed.

Those who can fight on the battlefield may not be good at handling assassinations, but may actually suffer losses.

As for Lin Xuan, although he also held the rank of captain in the Jiucheng Army and Horses Division and had a battalion of officers and soldiers under him, Lin Xuan had never really dealt with it, whether it was an open gun or a hidden arrow.

Therefore, if they were to be assassinated, these two people would be more like two lulls to Yang Hao and Ren Zhong than two helpers.

However, everyone had already arrived, and they were all here under the orders of Emperor Chu, so Yang Hao could only accept them.

As for the one hundred students from the Imperial College, they all traveled lightly, each carrying a book box, and gathered outside the gate of the Zhenguo Palace early in the morning to wait.

Yang Hao slandered Emperor Chu for being stingy and suspected that Emperor Chu did it on purpose.

A hundred people didn't even send a carriage. They were deliberately trying to kill themselves, who had been taken advantage of!

Criticisms will come true. Since people are here just like this, they still have to make arrangements. We can't let this number one hundred scholar walk to Ningyuan.

Fortunately, although Yang Hongyi had been away from the capital for a long time, the Zhenguo government still had more than a dozen carriages available. In addition, Yang Ling, Yue Min, the Lin family, the Ning family and other people who came to see him off were also related to the Zhenguo public transport. When the good dignitaries saw that there were not enough carriages, they shouted, huffing and puffing, and suddenly hundreds of them came together.

Yang Hao did not refuse and chose fifty carriages for each of the one hundred students to ride on.

Shen Mu, Zeng Yiming, Duan Xinqiao and more than a dozen other students were able to ride horses, but when they asked to accompany them on horseback, they were sternly rejected by Yang Hao.

After the arrangements were made, everyone bid farewell and saw off the people. Ren Zhong gave a loud shout, and a group of a hundred or more people and dozens of carriages formed a long dragon and sped off toward the northwest.

And as this huge team set off, countless carrier pigeons flew up and horses raced out, both inside and outside the capital.

October 11th, safe and sound.

October 12th, safe and sound.

October 13th, safe and sound.

In the past few days, except after staying in the evening, everyone can sit down and have a good meal. Breakfast and lunch are all very simple. Lunch is even more casual and eat some dry food prepared in advance.

Saving time in this way is naturally to rush on the road as quickly as possible, and on the other hand, Yang Hao and Ren Zhong try to reduce the chances of their group gathering with others to prevent accidents.

After three days of traveling like this, this huge team was already more than five or six hundred miles away from the capital. If this continues, in another three or four days, the team will be able to enter Ningyuan.

In the evening of the 13th, a large group of people arrived at Liuzhen and settled here.

Liu Town is a medium-sized town with more than 300 households, and most of the families in the town have the surname Liu.

The place where Yang Hao and others stayed was the mansion of a businessman named Liu.

This businessman named Liu was once a primary school student under Yang Yanding, and he also participated in the war twenty years ago.

During that war, the businessman surnamed Liu broke an arm. After the war, he returned to his hometown of Liu Town to settle down, started business, and made Ningyuan his main import and export place.

Twenty years later, with the help of Ning Yuan and his old friends from the army, his business was booming.

When Yang Hao and others passed through Liu Town when they entered Beijing, the businessman surnamed Liu tried his best to persuade Yang Hao and his party to stay overnight. However, because Yang Hao and others passed through Liu Town too early and they were in a hurry to enter Beijing, they only had time to drink. After a few sips of tea, we were on our way again.

When Yang Hao and his entourage left Liu Town that day, the businessman surnamed Liu rode a horse for more than ten miles. When leaving, the businessman surnamed Liu even begged earnestly, asking Yang Hao and others to stop at Liu Town on their way back. Stay one night so that he can fulfill his duties as a landlord.

Therefore, on the way back, Ren Zhong calculated the time and arrived at Liu Town at almost You hour, so he decided to rest here today and sent someone to inform the businessman named Liu in advance.

When the businessman surnamed Liu heard the news, he was immediately overjoyed and ordered people to start preparations early to prepare for the arrival of Yang Hao and others.

By the time everyone arrived at the mansion of the merchant surnamed Liu, everything was already ready.

After everyone finished their greetings and washed up a little, a hundred or so people were divided into a dozen tables and began to eat. The guests and hosts had a great time, so there was no need to mention it.

The only incident worth mentioning is that the businessman surnamed Liu did not expect that Ning Buque would be on this trip and even come to his home.

Twenty years ago, although the businessman surnamed Liu was not under Ning Buque, he had already heard of this fierce general's reputation and admired him very much.

When they met today, they could be regarded as former comrades-in-arms. At the wine table, when talking about the war in the past, it was inevitable to have a few extra jars of wine.

After finishing the meal, the businessman surnamed Liu was already very drunk, and he would rather not go straight than not.

Not only that, when the two were chatting about the war in the past, there was Lin Xuan beside them who was also joining in the fun. He was also so drunk that he couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north.

After Yang Hao finished dinner, he and Xiu'er returned to the small courtyard specially prepared for them by the businessman surnamed Liu.

After saying goodbye to Xiu'er, not long after Yang Hao returned to his room, there was a slight knock on the door, and Ren Zhong and a middle-aged man ducked in.

This middle-aged man is exactly the Uncle Hong in Yang Hao's mouth. His name is Hong Laowei. He lives up to his name. He doesn't talk much and looks a little bored.

However, this Hong Laowei, who looks a bit boring, is extremely famous among Ningyuan's civil and military people. Because this Hong Laowei is the leader of Ningyuan's scouts. Over the years, Ningyuan has become famous because of the intelligence collected by Hong Laowei and his scouts.

, I don’t know how much loss has been avoided.

This Hong Laowen met with Yang Hao as early as the night Yang Hao and his party left Beijing, and came to secretly provide support on the orders of Yang Yanping and his wife.

However, Hong Laowei belonged to the border army and was not among Yang Hao's pre-reported escorts to Beijing. It was against the law to leave Ningyuan rashly and bring ten good scouts with him.

Therefore, in the past few days, Hong Laowen only met with Yang Hao and Ren Zhong secretly at night, and reported the information collected by his group to Yang Hao, but never showed his face in front of others.

"Master, Uncle Hong discovered that there are four to five hundred people gathering in hiding ten miles north of the town." As soon as he entered the room, Ren Zhong said straight to the point.

Yang Hao had already used his spiritual consciousness to scan dozens of miles around Liu Town, and he already knew the clues, but without showing any expression on his face, he asked: "Uncle Hong, do you know where these people came from?"

"Your Majesty, some of them are not great Chu people. Others are desperadoes. There are some masters." Mr. Hong said with a wilted voice.

"Master, these people should be coming for us," Ren Zhong said.

"Hundreds of people are lurking at night, and they must be here for us." Yang Hao hummed, and then asked: "Uncle Hong, is there a killer from the 12th floor lurking among them?"

"No. The Twelfth Floor never colludes with foreign enemies." Mr. Hong said.

"Brother Ren, tell me what you think." Yang Hao said.

"Young Master, this group of thieves has an absolute upper hand in numbers and will probably attack at night. My idea is that we fight them outside the town," Ren Zhong said.

"A fight outside the town? Fifty versus five hundred. Don't you think it's a bit risky, Brother Ren?" Yang Hao said with a smile.

"Master, we are outnumbered and it is naturally the best strategy to send the thieves into the town to fight in the streets. However, once the thieves enter the town and start fighting, it will inevitably affect the people of Liu Town and hurt innocent people. Therefore, this

We can't fight this battle in the town." Ren Zhong said.

A trace of relief flashed in Yang Hao's eyes, and he hummed again and said, "Brother Ren, go on."

"Master, Uncle Hong, come and see." Ren Zhong said, taking a map from his arms, unfolding it on the table, pointing to a few places, and said: "Liu Town only has two entrances and exits in the north and south. The one in the south is

The opening is narrow and is not suitable for large groups of people to charge. If these thieves attack, they will definitely choose the north entrance and exit. It is five feet wide and can pass through a dozen people at a time. When we place our soldiers and horses here, they can be divided into five groups, each group

Ten people, one group on each side on the left and right, and three groups in the middle. When the thieves charge, the five groups take turns to fire several rounds, which can knock down a large area. When the thieves are frustrated and fall into chaos, the brothers take advantage of the chaos to kill them and win.

Very big.”

"Where are those masters?" Yang Hao asked.

"We need to borrow from Uncle Hong." Ren Zhong looked at Hong Laowang and said.

"Leave those people to me," Hong Laowen said while frowning.

"Uncle Hong, do you have a question?" Yang Hao said.

"Your Majesty, there are at least a dozen masters among these people. If they disperse into the town, set fire to kill people, and create chaos, there will be some trouble. Your Majesty, you have to be careful too," said Mr. Hong.

"Uncle Hong, Brother Ren will personally lead the defense at the entrance of the town. All you need to do is lead the brothers to assist Brother Ren in frontal defense. Leave the rest of the thieves on the loose to me." Yang Hao said with a smile.

Hong Laowen and Ren Zhong looked at each other, said nothing, bowed their hands to Yang Hao, and left the room together to prepare themselves.

After the two left, Yang Hao walked outside the door and looked up at the sky.

Thirteen.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse.
Chapter completed!