Xie Ming

Chapter 518: News from the North
Xiao and Ma made a big bet on the grassy slope on the way.

After the incident, Xiao Lang's peripheral vision suddenly swept across the rear of the team, and it seemed that a light cavalry was galloping towards this side from far away.

In a short while, the rider reached the rear of the team.

Yue Xiu, who was standing nearby, looked intently, and without waiting for Xiao Youling to leave, he rode back on his horse and had an argument with the cavalrymen who were rushing towards him at the end of the team.

After a while, the rider seemed to have delivered some message and then went back the same way.

Yue Xiu also turned around and came to Xiao Lang's side.
"My lord!"

"Some news. Uh."

Yue Xiu ran over, walked calmly and skillfully to the outside of Xiao Lang, bent over and whispered something in his ear.

However, Ma Weimin was nearby now, and in order to prevent the news from being exposed, Yue Xiu spoke carefully, and while speaking, he intentionally glanced towards Old Ma's position.

Seeing the situation, Ma Weimin also had his own ideas.

"Uh, cough cough!"

"have to!"

"Hey bro, take a rest. I'm going to go borrow a pair of knee pads from those guys at the back to see if they have any!"

"Oh, those two legs!"

"You still have to put on some protection and wait for the patient to come before you start working!"

After saying this, Lao Ma struggled to stand up, panting and quickly left the place to avoid being an eyesore or a nuisance.

Seeing this, Xiao Lang had no intention of stopping him and let him go.

After the man had clumsily moved away about ten steps, Xiao then suggested to chase him to where Yue Xiu was.

"Okay, go ahead!"

"From what you said, I think Feiyu has some message for me!"

Xiao Xun first determined the cause of the matter.

"Uh, yes!"

"My Lord, you have good intentions!"

"That's right. The man just now was a whistleblower in my Jinyiwei who was responsible for spreading information."

"He is under the order of General Ti to deliver a message!"

"It is said that this morning, we have just received reports from two places heading north to Shandong!"

"First, it was sent back by Mr. Liu from Yanzhou, saying that it was the Duke's order, and he had reported it to Li Huchen in secret according to the original intention."

"And Hu Chen said that today, Gao Jinku and Gao Hu have already led their troops to escort Gao Jie's body on their way back to Fengyang!"

"As for Xu Wen Ze, there is no need to rush. When he arrives in Yanzhou, we can tell him that he is following the Duke's order and will go to Fengyang himself!" Yue Xiu reported truthfully.

Upon hearing the news, Xiao Lang nodded repeatedly and continued listening in silence.

"Well, as for the second one, Qi Gang will have someone personally bring it back!"

"It is said that after the Death Star brought Xin'er to Jinan, Yuan Ping and Pei Zhong in the city set out with their troops at night and left Jinan. They arrived in Qingzhou at night and joined Qi Gang and others!"

"They replied, 'You can rest assured, Duke. After a day of rest, we will continue to move eastward as ordered!'"

"Occupy Pingdu, Laizhou and other places, and quickly expand the recruitment of soldiers!"

Yue Xiu told all the inside information.

After hearing this, Xiao Lang let out a long sigh, thought for a moment, and then looked back.

"Okay, great!"

"It seems that this matter is going smoothly!"

"However, the situation in the northern border will become more complicated in the future." As he spoke, Xiao became distracted again and looked up at the sky.

"Tonight, before dark, we will definitely not be able to enter Changzhou County!"

"That's it!"

"Yue Xiu, when it's night and the whole army is resting, you can ask one of your men to go back and tell Feiyu!"

"First of all, I'm not sure about Fengyang's affairs!"

"Tell him to send more people to intervene, in case Gao Hu, Gao Jinku and the others are incompetent and cause trouble!"

Xiao Linghou sent someone to give orders.

"Yes!" Yue Xiu responded.

"Also, secondly, Qi Gang must get in touch with Li Huchen in Yanzhou as soon as possible."

"Hu Chen is a man who is good at charging into battle, but he is not good enough at stationing troops!"

"He loves drinking and has a fiery temper. It's inevitable that he will do things in an impulsive way." "Tell Qi Gang to have more people keep an eye on him. It won't be wrong!" Xiao ordered again.

"Well, yes!"

"I have written down all of them!"

"When it's night, I'll send someone to deliver the Duke's message back to the capital!"

After the matter was done, Yue Xiu clasped his fists and accepted the order.

Xiao Lang raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder to show his affirmation.

He put more strength on his arms and rose from the grass.

Just as he was about to give the order, the whole team mounted their horses and without waiting for the court, the combined army continued to chase after Qin Jing!
Suddenly, I heard another whistle in the distance ahead!

"drive--"

"drive!"

"I'm home!"

"We're back!"

Xiao You raised his eyebrows and followed what he had remembered. He saw that on the top of the grass hill not far away, Chang Ting and Qin Jing's guards and cavalry had indeed returned and were coming towards this side.

That day and night!
The beginning of the hour of Hai (around 21: pm).

After a day's journey, Xiao led the team and hurried to the east of Changzhou County, more than 30 miles away.

It can be said that the people and horses are exhausted, and Xiao Lang is worried, so they have to stay in Pucheng for the night, which is very inconvenient.

So they found a sheltered place under a stone hillock nearby and set up camp temporarily, preparing to rest for a night in the wild and recharge their energy tomorrow to go into the city to do their work.

That night, it was late until almost midnight!
Unexpectedly, trouble suddenly arose for no reason!
At that time, Xiao Jingchuan was also sleeping in his tent, but was suddenly awakened by shouting outside!

As a soldier, Xiao had been stationed at the front line not long ago, so his reaction to emergencies was naturally very quick.

He woke up suddenly and went out of the tent to find out what happened.

"Qin Jing! Quick!"

"Hurry up and block the west opening. There are thieves heading that way!"

"I know! Go ahead—"

"You guys, follow me!"

As Xiao Lang emerged from the tent, he heard shouts from both sides.

Following the voices, it should be Generals Chang Ting and Qin Jing.

Xiao Jingchuan hurriedly grabbed the torch from Yue Xiu, who was guarding the entrance to the tent, and was about to go closer to ask for details.

Unexpectedly, just after I took a few steps, I saw Changting running past from the side.

When Xiao Lang saw him, he quickly pulled Gu Changting in front of him.

"Long Court?!"

"what happened?"

"Why is it such a mess everywhere?!" Xiao Guan asked in a stern voice with a frown on his face.

As they were talking, there seemed to be two more fights in the team not far away. The fight was fierce in the dark and never stopped.

The sound of swords clashing and knives clashing lingered in front of my ears.

"what?!"

"Hey, General!"

"Thieves are attacking the camp!"

"Yes, there was a night raid."

Chang Ting was not in a panic at the moment, but he was in Jiangnan at the time and was on official business under the Emperor, not on the battlefield in the north, so he encountered this kind of thing suddenly at night, and it was difficult for him to prepare in advance.

As the deputy general, he was in command of the team in the dark, and it was inevitable that he was nervous. So at this juncture, he was suddenly pulled by Xiao Lang, and his whole body shuddered, and he uttered these words hesitantly.

"What?!"

"Night attack?!" Xiao Zi was also stunned and couldn't believe it.

"Ah! Yes, it's a night raid!"

"I've counted the number of people who have been killed so far, and there are almost twenty of them!"

"What the hell is this world!"

"This place is so unreliable! Sigh"

(End of this chapter)