The Golden Age Chapter 697: Flying army outside the sky

The cavalry all led their horses into the woods. The woods are not small in size. It is not difficult to hide two hundred war horses.

Tie Lin, Captain Jiang Xiaochun's subordinate, sent scouts to patrol the surrounding area to prevent anyone from approaching the forest. The scouts were all three-person teams. After they went out, they placed checkpoints around the forest.

Go into the depths of the forest and light a few bonfires. The bonfires are in the depths of the forest, so they don’t need to be seen by people outside the forest.

In the forest, in addition to Jiang Xiaochun’s Neiku guards, there were also some Neiku staff and some handymen. When he broke out of the Neiku, Jiang Xiaochun brought all the food stored in the Neiku with him, and naturally there were no horses left behind. , But there are still tens of thousands of taels of cash in the warehouse, so I can't bring all of them out, and they can be distributed to individuals to bring some, and the rest can only be left there.

Jiang Xiaochun sat down by the bonfire. Fei Xin had already handed over a roasted duck leg. Jiang Xiaochun was not polite. He took a bite and ate as he said: "Shuning City’s defense is very good. Well, the defenders are also very brave. It seems that the rebels want to take Shuning City. Now it is not easy. However, the rebels are divided into two groups. The north and south sides have besieged the city gate. My initial estimate is that their strength is not enough. For the five thousand people, although it is impossible to break the city, it is possible to trap Shuning City."

"I only worry about the princess and Master Qin in the city. Are there enough food and grass?" Fei Xin said anxiously: "Once there is a shortage of food in the city, there is no need for rebels to enter the city, the people in the city themselves will start making trouble. "

Jian Xiaochun said: "Shuning county magistrate is Dong Guangxiao. This person is brave and martial. He is a rare person in the Dong family. He is backed by the Dong family and the backing is not weak. I believe that since he dares to stand by and wait for help, It should have been prepared for a long time. On the other hand, on the rebel side, the granary was burned, and I don’t know how much food was saved, but in my estimation, even if some were really rescued, there shouldn’t be much, and it won’t last long. Shu Ning The villages within a hundred miles of the city were all looted by the rebels. They wanted to grab food, but there was no more food to grab."

Fei Xin sighed: “Suzhou Qian’s family has sufficient money and food. If there is a shortage of food here, there will definitely be relief.” Raising his hand and caressing his beard, “I just don’t know if the court has sent reinforcements. , If the reinforcements have now set off from Kyoto to Jiangnan day and night, it will take at least half a month, I am worried that the princess will not be able to support it."

"The food on our side can't last long." Fat fish suddenly said: "When I left the inner warehouse, I brought out all the food stored in the inner warehouse. I just checked the remaining food. It will last two more days at most."

Jiang Xiaochun frowned, and suddenly felt that the duck meat in his hand was not fragrant.

"From tomorrow, let’s halve the rations." Jiang Xiaochun thought for a while: "Master Fei will continue to...!"

Fai Xin shook his head and said: "You should always go out to harass the rebels, and you should eat your stomach, even the saints are not hungry soldiers. I and these officials are still halved, but even if this is the case, it is nothing more than support. For two days, the problem could not be solved."

"Commander, it's really impossible. I'll lead a team to find food." Tielin said, "We have silver brought from the inner storehouse on our bodies. We go all the way south and enter Hangzhou, where we can buy food. The rebels in Shuning County are all assembled under Shuning City, and the road to Hangzhou should no longer be blocked. It will take three or four days to go back and forth at most, and just enough food can be supplied."

Fai Xin nodded and said: "Wei Tie Xiao has a reason, but this is a good way."

"But what we brought out is the inner library library silver, we use the inner library library silver without authorization, this...!" Jiang Xiaochun was trusted and reused by the moon,

Observe the rules, now I want to use Treasury, but I still hesitate.

Fai Xin smiled and said: "How wise the princess is, how can you account for this? Commander Jiang, if the princess really wants to blame in the future, I will bear it."

"Master Fei is serious." Jiang Xiaochun screamed ashamed, thinking that he was a little bit frustrated, and he was not as bold as a civil official, and said to Tielin: "Take some brothers and silver biscuits, and go south to buy food. But remember, you must never plunder the people’s food, otherwise military law must be used."

Tie Lin hurriedly said: "The commander can rest assured, the general will never dare to violate the military regulations." As soon as the words fell, but the footsteps were heard, one person hurried over, panting and saying: "Master, there is a team of people. Come here to Linzi!"

Seeing that it was the scout he had sent out, Tielin immediately got up and asked, "Which direction?"

"North." The scout said: "They are crowded and crowded. We looked over by the moonlight on the slope, and there was a lot of darkness, and there were also horse-drawn carts, which seemed to transport a lot of supplies. Small estimates are at least two. Three thousand people."

Jiang Xiaochun, Fei Xin and others are slightly discolored.

Fat Yu frowned and said: "Could it be the rebel reinforcements coming from Suzhou City?"

"The grain and grass of the rebels were only burned last night. Even if Suzhou City gets the news, it can't fly so fast." Jiang Xiaochun shook his head and looked at the scouts and asked, "Fighting the flag? What equipment are they? "

The scout replied: "I didn’t fly the flag, and marched at night. It was very fast and there was no armor. They were all coarse clothes. They would never be officers and soldiers. They were definitely not the people of the Suzhou Battalion. There was no sound when they marched, it seems It’s for fear of being discovered, so it’s less than five miles away."

"In Suzhou, no one can gather so many people except the Queen Mother's Association." Tielin said: "Commander, it seems that it is really a reinforcement of the rebels."

Fat Yu shook his head and said: "No, commander, if it is a reinforcement of the rebels, there is no need to sneak in the march."

"It's too late to evacuate now." Jiang Xiaochun thought for a while and ordered: "The order goes on, everyone is on guard and ready to fight."

The moonlight was faint, and the Neku cavalry used the big tree as a cover, prepared bows and arrows, and quietly waited for the appearance of the team.

Jiang Xiaochun is holding a sword in his hand, his eyes are like torches, and everyone is holding their breath.

It didn't take long for me to see a team appearing in the distance, crowded with darkness under the moonlight, and there are really a lot of people.

The team came straight to the woods, but they stopped outside the range of the arrow. Soon, four cavalrymen came out of the team and patted their horses towards the woods.

Jiang Xiaochun could see clearly that the equestrian skills that came to ride were very average, much worse than the skills of any cavalry under him. They were obviously not regular cavalry, and these people did not wear red turbans like the Queen Mother Congregation.

Seeing that Tielin had bent his bow and set an arrow, Jiang Xiaochun raised his hand and waved it, indicating not to act rashly.

When the cavalry arrived at the edge of the forest, they turned over and got off their horses. Two of them walked directly towards the forest. Jiang Xiaochun immediately made a gesture, and Tielin also passed on the gesture. Outsiders can’t understand these gestures, but inside The Ku cavalry were quite clear.

When the two men had just entered the forest, several cavalrymen hiding behind the big tree swarmed up. Before the two of them resisted, they rushed forward and pushed them to the ground.

One person has already yelled: "There is an ambush, run...!"

The two cavalry outside the forest listened to them, without saying anything, they turned their heads and left. Although the Neiku cavalry had already bent their bows and set up arrows, they were all well-trained. Without Jiang Xiaochun’s order, they did not. Shoot arrows easily.

After the two cavalry returned and returned, the team over there quickly reacted. Many soldiers rushed out of the team. There were many people holding shields. The shield players quickly formed a long shield wall. Then he pushed forward towards the forest.

Jiang Xiaochun saw that the opponent's reaction speed was extremely fast, obviously well-trained, the Queen Mother's congregation did not have such a rapid reaction ability, frowned, the opponent advancing only twenty steps away from the forest, stopped immediately, and then listened. A heavy voice came over there: "Which one are you?"

Jiang Xiaochun heard her voice full of anger, and said in a deep voice: "Who are you again?"

"Release people and walk in different ways." The other party said coldly: "It is really no good for both parties to meet each other with swords and soldiers."

Although Jiang Xiaochun judged that the opponent should not be a rebel, for a while, he didn't know where the opponent came from, let alone whether it was an enemy or a friend. Suddenly he saw Tielin approaching and whispered: "Lord, look! "I passed something, but it was a bunch of crude pendants hanging around my neck with a fishbone spur.

Naturally, this is not an ordinary fishbone spur. There is no big fish weighing several tens of catties. There is absolutely no possibility of such a fishbone spur. Moreover, the fishbone spur has been processed and carved, and it looks very delicate.

"Picked off from the person caught just now." Tielin said, "They seem to be fishermen!"

Jiang Xiaochun was shocked, thinking of something, and surprised: "Is it a Taihu Pirate?"

"How could the Taihu pirates land here and come here?" Tielin also looked solemnly: "Commander, this thing is strange."

Jiang Xiaochun thought for a while, and suddenly said loudly: "I wonder if the leader Linghu can be there?"

As soon as the words came out, there was silence for a while. After a long time, the heavy voice said, "Which one are you guys?"

Jiang Xiaochun said to Tielin: "I will go out to meet them, if there is an accident, you will lead the protection fee adults to break through."

"Commander, you...?" Tielin's face changed suddenly.

"Taihu pirates and Jiangnan family are incompatible with fire and water. If they are really Taihu pirates, they are not enemies."

Tie Lin whispered: "The enemy and the friend are unknown, commander, if the Taihu Pirates have already been in trouble with the Jiangnan family, then...!"

"If that's the case, Jiangnan is at stake, we are nothing more than a fight with them." Jiang Xiaochun did not hesitate, got up, put the knife in its sheath, walked directly out of the woods, walked forward ten steps slowly, and finally stopped. After taking a step, he glanced, and said in a deep voice: "Jiang Xiaochun, the commander of Jiangnan Neku, is here, please lead the head of Linghu!"

"Are you from Neiku?" The voice on the other side looked very surprised.

Jiang Xiaochun nodded and said: "Yes, who is your excellency?"

Soon, a person walked over from the opposite side. Under the moonlight, I saw that person was in his thirties, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, high nose and wide mouth, a square face with Chinese characters, wearing a brown cloth robe, and a knife at his waist. , Stopped three or four steps away from Jiang Xiaochun, looked up and down, and saw that Jiang Xiaochun was dressed in refined armor, and said: "Taihu Tukuohai!"