"That person is Chen Zixiao! He has excellent riding and shooting skills, and he is quite low-key when he joins the Hutou Village. However, I didn't expect that he would be instigated by people like Zheng Hui this time and kill Tang Biao of the Wind-breaking Sword to seize power."
Chen Zixiao is an outsider. It is said that he committed a crime in Dengzhou or somewhere. He fled to Tongbai Mountain and stayed in Huaiyuan Market for a while. Xu Wukun met him and saw Xu Huai staring at the man in a daze.
, said to him.
However, Xu Wukun did not know that what Xu Huai was deeply shocked at this time was not the Chen Zixiao in front of him, but the small piece of written memory that flashed in his mind.
It's really amazing.
"In the first year of Jianhe, the emperor wanted to flee the captives and wanted to go to Nanyang. At that time, Chen Zixiao, a big bandit in the Huaihe River, gathered a large number of troops and blocked the Tongbai Mountain Road. General Han Shiliang destroyed him..."
Which year was the first year of Jianhe?
Xu Huai was far away, so it was difficult to see Chen Zixiao's appearance carefully, but others said that he seemed to be in his mid-forties at this time.
Xu Huai thought to himself that the most important thing for the Shanzhai forces was the law of the jungle. The thief chief would either die a violent death or give way to others and find a corner to hide in for the rest of his life. He had not heard of any big bandits who could die of old age on the hospital bed in the Shanzhai.
If we follow the original historical trajectory, no matter how Chen Zixiao rises, he will still be famous in the first year of Jianhe, which means that the first year of Jianhe should not be too far away from this time.
Of course, what really shocked him was the number "The Emperor wants to flee to Nanyang".
What kind of shocking changes happened in the first year of Jianhe, which caused the emperor to flee from Bianjing and take refuge in Nanyang?
In order to sort out a short period of memory that flashed from time to time, Xu Huai recently found a few history books to read. In similar texts, "captives" mostly refer to barbarian enemies.
It's just that he couldn't figure out whether the "captives" who could make the emperor frightened and avoid him were Dangxiang people or Khitan people?
He got along with Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong, and listened to them discussing government affairs from time to time. Although they talked in general terms, Xu Huai did not feel Wang Zhen. Lu Xiong believed that the Dangxiang people and the Khitan people were still a serious problem for the court.
As far as the Western Army is concerned, Wang Zhen is dissatisfied with Cai Zheng who has been in charge of the military affairs of the Western Army for nearly 20 years. He has repeatedly provoked border provocations but has not achieved any success. But let alone Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong, Deng Gui and Xu Wujiang usually talk about border affairs.
They all generally praised the Western Army for its ability to fight.
Another, the shortest and most convenient road from Bianjing to Nanyang should be starting from Bianjing, crossing Yingshui River via Xuchang, taking the road at the west foot of Funiu Mountain, passing through Fangcheng and going straight to the Nanyang Basin, which is today's Dengzhou.
Tangzhou, Xiangzhou and other places.
However, this small piece of written memory says that bandits blocked the Tongbai Mountain Road.
This shows from the side that after the emperor escaped from Bianjing, he did not escape directly to Nanyang along the post road at the western foot of the Funiu Mountains, but first went to Huainan West Road.
Tongbai Mountain Road is the only way from Huainan West Road to Tang and Deng and other important towns in Nanyang. Just like Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong went from Xinyang to Biyang...
Xu Huai thought about it in confusion, but found that he couldn't analyze anything from this short paragraph of only 4 to 5 characters, which was similar to historical records.
The only thing he can confirm is that in the near future, the entire Central Plains will undergo earth-shaking changes due to the invasion of barbarians.
The disaster may be a hundred or a thousand times more severe than what is happening in front of you!
"What's wrong?" Seeing that Xu Huai seemed to be possessed by some kind of demon and was stunned for a while without coming back to his senses, Xu Xinan couldn't help but tugged on his clothes and asked.
"Nothing. I think I may need to go to the military camp to meet Mr. Wang at this time!" Xu Huai came back to his senses, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and said to Xu Xin'an and Xu Wukun, "You go to Xiema Mountain first!"
"Going to see Wang Zhen at this time?" Xu Wukun was stunned and said, "Deng Gui is a man who cherishes his life and has some abilities. He has been on guard against Hutou Village for a long time. He will soon know everything that happens here, no matter what
We need to spread the word."
Xu Wukun thought that Xu Huai was worried that the inspection department was unprepared and wanted to report it, but he thought that Deng Gui did not need them to do anything extra.
Other than that, he couldn't imagine any reason for Xu Huai to see Wang Zhen at this juncture.
"I have a lot of confusion in my heart, and probably only Mr. Wang can answer it. I'll go back quickly, and it won't be in the way." Xu Huai said.
In the past, when he was in Tongbai Mountain, although he saw the hardship of the people at the bottom, he always felt that the world was still peaceful, and there was no chance of success for someone who fell into trouble and turned into a bandit.
He was not very concerned about the fighting in the court and the stalemate between Dai Viet, the Dangxiang people, and the Khitan people for more than a hundred years, and no one could take over the other.
Wang reported that Lu Xiong had talked about these things in the past, and he had listened to them in his heart. He did not inquire about many of the details, let alone analyze them.
This also made him unable to decipher too much when faced with the sudden flash of crosses.
However, the situation with the barbarian enemy was so serious that the emperor had to go south to escape the disaster. It was absolutely impossible for such a disaster to break out suddenly without any warning.
Before that, Dai Viet had a border defense line stationed by hundreds of thousands of Forbidden Forces, which showed that it had been beaten to a pulp; before that, there were a hundred thousand elite Forbidden Forces stationed in the defense system, which showed that it was no longer enough to resist the threat of barbarian invasion.
How could a drastic change of this magnitude happen suddenly without any warning?
Xu Huai thought that he couldn't understand now because his understanding of the overall situation of the world was too little and too superficial. When he regained his consciousness, he paid more attention to the disputes and chaos in this corner of Tongbai Mountain.
And to say that Tongbai Mountain has the deepest understanding of the overall situation of the world at this time, who can match Wang Zhen?
Xu Huai didn't know if Zheng Hui and Chen Zixiao had any plans to storm the inspection team's stronghold at this time, but when the time came, they would probably do so.
He could not wait until the patrol commander's camp was besieged by bandits, or after Wang Zhen had died at the hands of bandits, before he thought about finding someone to consult on the general situation of the world.
However, there was no way to explain these matters clearly to Xu Wukun, Xu Xin'an and the others, so he could only let them return to Xie Mashan first, and he would find an opportunity to sneak in to see Wang Zhen.
"I'll go with you." Xu Wukun said.
Xu Huai said it would be no problem, but last time he left without saying goodbye, but went to assassinate Guo Caoling alone. Xu Wukun must have been so serious. I really feel that Xu Huai went to inspect Si Junzhai and suddenly thought of meeting Wang Chen.
He had long known that Xu Huai was a very independent and firm-minded person. He had no intention of stopping him and just wanted to accompany him so that he could take care of everything.
"I'll go too; I can't show up. You go see Wang Zhen, and I'll be hiding outside the military stronghold. I can take care of anything." Xu Xin'an said excitedly.
He was thinking that Xu Huai was really going to assassinate someone this time. He couldn't be absent any longer, and his name must be left behind in the blood letter - by the way, he had to come up with a loud and clear statement first that would make people listen.
Then you can remember the best name to call the child to stop crying.
Xu Huai couldn't laugh or cry, but seeing that he couldn't get rid of Xu Wukun, Xu Xin'an and the others, he thought that the banditry would not spread to the mountains east of Baijian River for a while, so he decided to go directly to the Inspection Department with Xu Wukun, Xu Xin'an and Han Qi.
Military stronghold.
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Xu Huai, Xu Xin'an and the others walked out of the dense forest at the west foot of Mopan Ridge. From a distance, they saw three sentries from Taibai and black scarves standing guard there, but there were no thieves left or right.
There is a fifty or sixty-mile mountain road to Huaiyuan Town. There are no mules and horses, so we have to walk there overnight. But now that the black turban bandit army is showing up, Xu Huai and the others will certainly not be polite.
Xu Wukun took Han Qi, who had just started practicing Fumang Quan again, to set up the formation behind him, while Xu Huai and Xu Xin'an used the cover of the trees to get closer.
Xu Xin'an deliberately compared herself with Xu Huai, so she first crept and hid behind a big tree. After seeing Xu Huai's gesture indicating that he could take action, he suddenly jumped out. When his figure suddenly rose, he held the bag knife in his right hand and aimed at the thief's armpit.
Poke it down.
This time, they lurked near Hutou Ridge to spy on the movements of Zheng Hui, Chen Zixiao and others. They could not carry any bows and crossbows that would reveal their identities; except for the bag knives, the main weapons were only hidden among wooden staffs and carrying poles.
The special staff knife in.
The thief was wearing leather armor, and Xu Xin'an knew that the blade of the bag's knife was short, so piercing his armpit might not be enough to kill him with one blow.
When he suddenly raised his sword, he jumped on the horse's back, grabbed the thief's neck with his left hand, and threw him to the other side. The two of them were still in mid-air, Xu Xin'an pulled out the saber and pointed towards it again.
The thief stabbed him in the chest.
There is already a shortage of horses in Tongbai Mountain. Those who can ride on horseback to guard the outside are mostly good players among bandits. They also fight fiercely all year round and lick blood from the knife edge. Even if they were accidentally stabbed in the armpit, they were pulled away by Xu Xin'an.
When he dismounted, he also reacted and struck quickly with his fists, not daring to give Xu Xin'an another chance to use his sword.
Xu Xin'an faced the door and was hit several times in the chest before stabbing the man in the left shoulder with the second knife - he didn't know how long it would take for other thieves to come to rescue him if the sound of fighting here spread out. He didn't dare to relax at all, and his whole body
The muscles were tight, and in an instant, he exchanged dozens of moves with his left fist and right knife with the seriously injured but struggling thieves, and finally pierced the vital part of his throat with a knife, ending his life. His clothes were splashed with blood.
As if soaked.
Xu Xin'an gasped and stopped, only to see that Xu Huai had wiped the blood on the knife with a piece of rags. The two thieves were not dead yet, one on the left and one on the right fell twitching at his feet.
Xu Xin'an had exhausted her energy and was sweating profusely at this moment. She took out clean clothes from her baggage and changed out of her blood-stained shirt. Then she noticed that Xu Huailian had killed two people, but there was no blood on his body. He asked doubtfully: "What do you choose?"
The two people who arrived are weaklings. If they didn’t resist, they were asked to be killed by you?"
"I'll let you choose someone first next time." Xu Huai said with a smile.
Xu Wukun and Han Qi brought the frightened horses back; Xu Huai, Xu Wukun, and Xu Xinan took one horse each.
In order to kill the enemy quickly, Xu Xin'an exploded all his strength in an instant and consumed a lot of energy. He rode on horseback and Han Qi led the horse for him.
Han Qi has not yet entered the martial arts world, but he has long muscles and strong bones. He has been in the deep mountains and forests since he was a child. He has hunted animals and fished for everything. He has strong legs and is good at climbing high and low. At this moment, he is helping Xu Xin'an lead the horse on the mountain road.
Xu Xin'an was surprised to be able to walk quickly without gasping for breath:
"Your legs are very strong. Xu Huai is going to take you out on this trip to gain experience. I don't expect anything else, but you can go across mountains and ridges to report a message. You can be much faster than others. You will be a soldier in Xiema Mountain in the future."
If you go up to the boss, you can be called the "Magical Taibao". By the way, the thief I just killed is not weak in martial arts. If you practice hard for a few more days, you can find a good person like this to practice. You will definitely improve your martial arts.
Don't imitate Xu Huai, who only picks soft sticks to pinch, as the fight will be boring."
"The two thieves Mr. Xu picked were more powerful than the one you killed; I think Mr. Xiao An, the ones you picked were the weak ones." Han Qi said in a loud voice.
"You're a kid, it's just that you have no eyesight, and you can't be lovable at all with your words. Fortunately, I sent you to Jinshagou, otherwise I would have pissed you off all day long," Xu Xin'an asked Xu Huai, "Where is this kid?
,Are you angry?"
Xu Huai was thinking about the catastrophe that would only happen in the first year of Jianhe. When Xu Xinan asked, he forced a smile and said, "I am always the one who is angry with others..."