"Brother Wan, three hundred miles ahead is Yuanping City. From Yuanping City, continue traveling north. After about two days of travel, you can reach Yanmen." Li Jing stood beside Wan He, stretched out his hand, and said Point to the north.
Four or five days had passed since he left Taiyuan. Li Yuan sent Li Shentong to deliver 300,000 taels of gold to the military camp honestly. However, Wan He did not break his promise this time and returned Li Xiaogong to Li Shentong, but According to Li Jing, Li Xiaogong's bones were broken in at least ten places, and it would take less than a year for him to recover. Seeing that his nephew, who had a master-disciple relationship with him, was injured so seriously, then Li Xiaogong Shen Tong almost went crazy, but fortunately Li Jing and Pei Xingyan were protecting him, so Li Shentong could only leave with resentment. As for the three hundred thousand taels of gold, Wan He also sent more than a thousand imperial guards. He escorted and transported the gold to Shandong. Anyway, it was apparently donated to the bandit-suppressing army in Shandong, so Wan He didn't have to worry about anything.
Looking at the small town standing alone on the Gobi desert in the distance, Wan He frowned and said: "Brother Li, as long as we arrive at Yanmen, there is basically nothing to worry about." It's not that Wan He is timid. But when Li Shentong left with resentment, his expression gave Wan He a shuddering feeling. He could be sure that Li Yuan would never let it go. Along the way, Li Yuan would definitely make arrangements to seek revenge on Wan He.
Li Jing nodded and said: "Yanmen Pass is originally the gateway to the Central Plains. There are ten thousand elite soldiers in Yanmen Pass, and all weapons and equipment are available. If Li Yuan deliberately wants to plot against us, as long as we can get to Yanmen Pass, there is no need to worry. "
Wan He was relieved. According to the information from the people who had been specially arranged in Taiyuan, Li Yuan's troops in Taiyuan had not moved. From this point of view, even if Li Yuan intended to pursue Wan He, the time would have passed. It was too late. After knowing that he was safe, Wan He immediately relaxed. He smiled and shouted to Pei Xingyan behind him: "Xingyan, send the order, let the soldiers speed up, get to Yuanping early, and rest early. ah,"
"Here," Pei Xingyan bowed to Wan He, then accepted the order and left. During the time he stayed with Wan He, Pei Xingyan also gained a lot. Not to mention that by following Wan He, his future was already guaranteed. In these days alone, Pei Xingyan followed Li Jing and learned many skills in marching and fighting. Although Pei Xingyan was very skilled, marching and fighting could not be solved entirely by force. Li Jing taught Pei Xingyan step by step. For me, it is like adding wings to a tiger. I am even more grateful to Wan He, and my loyalty to Wan He has reached a new level.
After Wan He's order was conveyed, the marching speed of the Royal Forest Army accelerated a lot. It originally took an hour to travel, but it only took more than half an hour to arrive. At the city gate, Wan He just showed up. After Pei Xingyan shouted, the general who was responsible for garrisoning Yuanping City immediately ran out in a hurry to welcome Wanhe's army into the city.
Yuanping City is more like a small town than a city. In fact, around Yanmen Pass, the only cities that can really be called a city are Nao County, which is not far from Yuanping, and Mayi, where Li Jing was originally stationed. The four walls of Yuanping City are not so much city walls as they are more accurately described as four small earth walls. They are similar to the earth walls of Lulongsai that Wanhe passed by when he went north last year. If such a wall is really to be attacked, Wanhe will not be able to attack it. He only needed to send 500 imperial troops to capture it.
However, the original role of Yuanping City was only as a transit point between the outside of the Pass and the Central Plains, so it didn't matter that the defensive force was weaker. And precisely because of this, the total number of residents in Yuanping City was only one or two thousand. As for the defenders, There were only less than a hundred people in the army. Wan He led his soldiers and horses into the city. When he saw the scene in the city, he shook his head. Looking at the fawning guard next to him, he couldn't help but feel sympathy. Heart, there is a saying in later generations that it takes three years to clear the magistrate's office and one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. This unlucky guard was sent to such a place where no one can shit. Where is there any oil or water? Wan He immediately stretched out his hand. He patted the guard beside him, shook his head and sighed: "Brother, thank you for your hard work."
"No hard work, no hard work, this is what a general should do." Regarding Wan He's sudden and unclear words, the guard didn't know what it meant, but he didn't dare to ask. For this guard general To put it bluntly, the greatest official he has ever seen is only the guard general of Yanmen Pass. At most, he is just a subordinate general. And the person in front of him is the minister of the Ministry of Rites and a marquis personally conferred by the Holy Emperor. Although the guard general is on the border , I have never heard of Wan He's name before, but these two titles alone are enough for him to look up to, not to mention that the other party now has the position of a vanguard, which represents the current saint, the guard general is afraid He had somehow offended the great god in front of him, so he apologized and said with a smile: "Master Marquis, you have had a hard journey, I will arrange a place for you to rest here."
What Wan He just said was just based on his feelings. As for the guard, Wan He just waved his hand and let him make his own arrangements. As for his imperial guards, they naturally settled in Yuanping City. Wan He was in Taiyuan before. What he said at the time about disturbing the people was just an excuse. Since there is a city to settle in, Wan He will naturally not stay outside the city and suffer.
After leaving the task of arranging the army to Li Jing and the guard general, Wan He himself took Pei Xingyan for a walk around the city. Not to mention, although there were few people in this small town, it had a unique atmosphere of Northern Xinjiang. The charm of the vicissitudes of life, Wan He walked, while looking at the people and things on both sides of the street, which was quite interesting.
"Young Master," Wan He was shopping happily. Suddenly, Pei Xingyan, who was behind him, took a step forward, leaned into Wan He's ear, and whispered to Wan He: "There seems to be something wrong. Let's hurry up and talk to Wan He." General Li and others, please join us,"
"Uh," Wan He couldn't help but be startled after hearing Pei Xingyan's words. He turned his head and followed Pei Xingyan's gaze towards the surroundings. Sure enough, he saw many tall and strong people on both sides of the streets. From the outside, the men seemed to be no different from other ordinary pedestrians, but they turned their eyes to Wan He from time to time. There was an inexplicable chill in their eyes. After all, Wan He had experienced several fierce battles, although his skills were very poor. , but there is still some intuition from the battlefield. Being stared at by so many cold eyes, Wan He felt uncomfortable all over. Even then, he nodded slightly and signaled Pei Xingyan to prepare to return the same way.
"Well," just when Wan He and Pei Xingyan were about to turn around and walk back, they suddenly discovered that five or six strong men had unknowingly blocked the street behind them. Pei Xingyan frowned and immediately He just stretched out his hand to protect Wan He behind him, pulled Wan He back slowly, staring at the strong men with his eyes, but after taking a few steps, Wan He stopped again. He lowered his voice and said to Pei Xingyan: "No, it's blocked over there too,"
When Pei Xingyan heard this, he immediately looked back. Sure enough, there were five or six more strong men on the other side of the street. They seemed to be inadvertent, but they also slowly moved towards this side. Not only that, on both sides of the street, , the strong men pretending to buy things also stood up straight one by one, surrounding Wan He and Pei Xingyan. Several of them slowly moved their hands behind their waists, as if they were going to take out something.
Faced with this situation, even a blind man knew that the other party had evil intentions. Pei Xingyan was charged with the important task of protecting Wan He, so he immediately protected Wan He behind him and touched his lower back. It was all in vain, and then Pei Xingyan remembered that his double hammers were too dazzling. They had been placed in the army and were not brought out at all. Immediately, Pei Xingyan's face darkened again. He had no weapons at his disposal, facing such a situation. There were so many unknown opponents that Pei Xingyan could not guarantee that he would definitely win. Pei Xingyan took a deep breath and his face immediately turned red. This was a sign that he had started using his master's skills.
Of course Wan He would not do nothing at this moment. What he needed now was to buy time. Wan He immediately shouted at the strong men approaching: "Who are you? You don't know that I am the one today." Marquis of Yangcheng, who was personally granted the title of Emperor of Heaven, do you think you can rebel?"
The people who lead the land are the royal ministers. Especially in an era like this, the imperial power represents the supreme power and prestige. Wan He used the title of emperor at this time because he wanted to take advantage of the emperor's prestige. Can these people with evil intentions be scared away? Even if they can't be scared away, at least they can be made to have some scruples. But what I didn't expect was that those strong men didn't react at all after hearing Wan He's words. Still moving towards Wan He step by step, two of them drew out daggers and long swords from their waists. The cold light flashing on the blades was breathtaking.
"Damn it," seeing that his intention had no effect, Wan He couldn't help but cursed, but his heart was spinning rapidly. If the other party was sent by Li Yuan, there was no way he wouldn't be interested in the emperor's name. I have some scruples. Could it be that I am not from Li Yuan? When did this young master provoke such a group of people?
"Young Master," Pei Xingyan, who was already blushing when he saw these people's actions, snorted coldly and said, "Be sure to follow me carefully later. These people must be coming for us. The emperor's Names are of no use to them." As he said this, Pei Xingyan placed his hands on his chest, and his entire palms turned red.