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Volume 1: Who Rides the Star to Break the Void Chapter 437: Horseshoe Rush in the North of Heyang Bridge

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    "Mr. Ye, Cheng Qianli's army is in danger of Huainan and Henan, so we must save it." After coming back to his senses, Li Cheng said eagerly that the troops in Cheng Qianli's hands were the last mobile troops of the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains. Although  These forbidden troops have been stationed in the capital for a long time and have been sparse for a long time. However, they are still trained and are much more decent than the group of people Ye Chang is recruiting now.  If there is a problem with this army, it means that in front of the rebels, from Huainan Road to Henan Road, there will be no force that can resist the rebels.  "How to save him?" Ye Chang felt a little irritable and glanced at Li Cheng: "Tell me, how to rescue him?" Li Cheng was stunned for a while, and said quietly for a while: "Ye Gong, the famous generals in the world, will always find a way." "  It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. With these soldiers, how can I save it?" Ye Chang cursed, somewhat rude. He expected that the Central Plains would be in chaos, and he had made a lot of preparations for it, but when there was chaos  After the truth came to light, he realized that his so-called preparations were of no avail in the face of this. If Cheng Qianli could not defeat those traitors quickly, Huaxia would suffer huge losses. Since Ye Chang came to this world,  There is no way to explain the regret that the Anshi Rebellion turned China from expansion to introversion. If it happened like the Anshi Rebellion, most of the people were lost, and only the remaining population could hold on to the essence of the Central Plains. It would be good, and it could still be gained.  How can we compete with Dashi for Hezhong, and how can we compete with Bohai and Silla for Liaodong, not to mention Ye Chang's next plan to open up the South China Sea. "Now let's see Xi Ke and Lu Yiif they can recruit some people.  The situation is still improving As soon as Ye Chang said this, he saw dust rising in the distance. He frowned and his heart skipped a beat: There seemed to be something strange. The people of Henan Province were quite resentful because of the famine and the harsh government.  Ye Chang also knows about this matter, but his sources of information are mainly concentrated in the two cities of Chang'an and Luoyang. In remote villages, where the clan's power is stronger, his power is basically unable to intervene.  Therefore, although Ye Chang knew that Henan Road was also unstable, he did not realize how serious the problem was.  After all, he is not omniscient and omnipotent. He focuses on the city and inevitably neglects the countryside.  When he looked again, he realized that they were two policemen covered in blood. When they arrived in front of Ye Chang, they couldn't breathe: "Ye Gong, Ye Gong something bad has happened something bad has happened, something happened." "You guys  You guys went to Chenliu with Lu Gong to recruit troops, what's going on?" Li Cheng recognized the two officers and asked in surprise.  "Ye Gong, Li Gong, it's not good. We just arrived in Xingyang and we encountered thieves Lu Gong was killed. Among the people accompanying him, we were the only ones to escape. The thieves are powerful, thousands of them." The thieves are powerful, thousands.  Li Cheng felt dizzy for a moment and almost fell to the ground. He was stunned and didn't know what to say.  Lu Gong is Lu Yi, the father of Ye Chang¡¯s old enemy Lu Qi.  "There are thieves in Xingyang?" Ye Chang's expression finally changed. This was beyond his expectation, and his expression changed even more immediately: "Xingyang" The track leading to Dongmou passes through Yishui.  From Yanshi and Gongxian to Xingyang.  The presence of thieves in Xingyang proves that thieves can cut off tracks. For Henan Road, which is facing hunger, Xingyang is the lifeline in the coming severe winter. "If there is a loss in Xingyang, the east-west traffic will be cut off. What should we do?"  ?" Li Cheng also said anxiously.  Ye Chang¡¯s brows were tightly knitted together. In this case, he had no choice but to use his trump card.  Originally, he was not preparing this trump card for rebellion, but was preparing to reverse the situation at a critical moment.  "It's urgent, Mr. Lang, please allow me to go back to practice martial arts and recruit disciples." While he was hesitating, someone suddenly said to him.  Ye Chang suddenly realized: Luoyang is only one water and one county away from Xiuwu, so the distance is not that far away.  Xiuwu, Wuzhi, Huaizhou and Huojia counties are Ye Chang's hometown.  Although he has been away from Xiuwu for many years and has not returned to Xiuwu's hometown for six consecutive years since Tianbao Eight Years, there are not a few children from his hometown under his command.  Thanks to him, these counties are in relatively good condition in the entire Henan Province, with no shortage of food or money.  "But because he hadn't been back for a long time, he had forgotten about this base camp." He turned around and saw that the person who made this suggestion to him was Zhuo Shunfu, who was tall and sturdy, with a strong back and a strong back.  This man¡¯s ancestral home was Luling, and he later moved to practice martial arts. He was not from a martial arts family, and his family was poor, so he was taken in by Ye Chang.  After Tianbao graduated from Lushun Academy in the twelfth year, Zhuo Shunfu followed Ye Chang. His academic performance was not outstanding, but he was selected as a personal guard because of his excellent martial arts. In the courses offered by Lushun Academy,  In addition to Chinese, arithmetic, natural science and moral education, there is also martial arts, taught by the upright stick monk brothers.  "Shun Fu, I remember that you are nineteen years old this year and have no words yet, right?" Ye Chang said: "You have the wisdom to adapt to changes and be ready for big things.?If you can be calm and composed I will give you the name Dingchen.  "Zhuo Shunfu's eyes lit up, and he puffed up his chest and replied: "Yes, thank you so much for the gift of the title." "I will serve as Cao, the left-behind soldier in Luoyang, to join the army, and go to practice martial arts and recruit troops I am eagerly looking forward to it in Luoyang." Zhuo Shunfu agreed again.  With a sound, the companions next to him were both envious and jealous. His words this time gave him a chance to get ahead. Seeing that he was about to leave, Ye Chang stopped him again: "On the 20th, I will only give you two  "Ten days, you must remember this" Ye Chang ordered, Liu Changqing beside him wrote the appointment quickly with a dragon and snake pen, and then stamped it with a seal. When Ye Chang finished speaking, he handed it to Zhuo Shunfu. Ye Chang gave it again  He ordered the arrow, Zhuo Shunfu flew on his horse, and went straight north without returning to the city. Looking at Zhuo Shunfu's back, Liu Changqing was a little worried: "Mr. Ye, this Zhuo Dingchen is only a young man. Such a big thing is not possible."  Why not send another mature and prudent person to help him?  " Ye Chang shook his head. Now that he is short of manpower, where is the mature and prudent person who can help Zhuo Shunfu? Moreover, Zhuo Shunfu is a talent from Lushun Academy. Although he is not very outstanding in his studies, he can be selected.  How could he be a mediocre person? The roads around Luoyang were smooth. He headed northeast and did not hesitate to use his power, so he arrived at Heyang Bridge in more than two hours. Heyang Bridge is a pontoon bridge built on the ancient Mengjin River.  Above, it has always been a battleground for military strategists. A city was built in the south and north of the bridge, and there was another city on the sandbank in the Yellow River. There was a post station outside the city in the north of the bridge where you could exchange horses. Zhuo Shunqing did not stay in the city.  Only then did he talk to the postman about changing horses. Suddenly he heard the sound of chaos in the distance. He looked up in shock and saw hundreds of people supporting the elderly and young coming from outside to the north. There was even more smoke and dust in the distance.  The assistant raised his eyebrows, knowing that something was wrong. Since there was civil unrest in Xingyang, he knew there would be no civil unrest in Heyang. "Give me three horses," he shouted sternly. The Yi Cheng shook his head repeatedly: "This is against the rules" "  It's already this time, what rules do you have? The thieves are coming, and I was ordered to recruit troops. If you push back again, don't blame me for being ruthless with the sword." Zhuo Shunfu said, and put the knife on the Yi Cheng's neck.  On the way up, Yi Cheng was so frightened that he didn't care about the rules. He immediately ordered the soldiers to bring the good horses. Zhuo Shunfu did not care about being picky and jumped on the horse. Then he turned around and shouted: "You must defend Heyang."  Bridge" Before he could finish his words, the postmaster jumped on a horse, turned around and galloped away. The soldiers in the posthouse also rushed to grab the horse, and those who didn't grab the horse ran on foot.  In the blink of an eye, they fled in all directions. There has been peace here for a long time, and no one has ever seen war. Therefore, from the Yi Cheng to the Yi soldiers, they all fled. Zhuo Shunfu's heart sank, and he said secretly: "These useless officers and soldiers are useless, Ye  It is really difficult for Mr. Ye to defend Luoyang with these idiots. Mr. Ye's safety is all on him." Thinking of this, he drove his horse forward. But at this moment, he heard the cry again, and he stopped his horse for a moment to watch.  Seeing the people fleeing in front of them shouting, they looked back and saw the gate of Heyang North City. After the postmaster and the postmen fled in, they began to close, blocking these people out. Zhuo Shun assisted.  I feel like my heart is twisted together. Judging from the smoke, the thieves are still far away. The officers and soldiers in the city can wait for the people to escape into Heyang North City and then lock themselves up. But they are so cowardly that they ignore the people fleeing outside the city.  If Zhuo Shunfu hadn't shouldered the heavy responsibility, he would have rushed back to give orders to open the city, but thinking about Ye Chang's safety, he could only grit his teeth, then steered his horse to avoid the people who were fleeing towards him, and headed diagonally toward the northeast.  The thief came from the northwest, and he went to the northeast. Although he didn't meet him head-on, he met him side by side. The leader of this group of thieves was Yuan Ying. He saw Zhuo Shunfu from a distance.  Zhuo Shunfu's tight-fitting buttoned clothes immediately reminded him of the students from Lushun Academy who were dressed like this during the arithmetic competition Tianbao saw outside Chunming Gate in the eleventh year. He was moved in his heart and shouted: "Quickly stop that."  "Sir, hurry up and stop him." "The thieves are mostly hungry people, and the people they ride on are just oxen and donkeys, and the riders are all the sons of powerful people in the countryside."  They coveted the three horses around Zhuo Shunfu, so they sent out more than ten horses to intercept them.  The thief walked in a straight line, while Zhuo Shunfu walked diagonally. Although Zhuo Shunfu was a superb equestrian, he was intercepted by the thief's vanguard.  Zhuo Shunfu did not panic. When he was still thirty steps away from the thief, he had a bow in his hand. By the time he was twenty steps away, he had already cocked the arrow and shot it with a buzz. The first thief fell off his horse and said, "Shoot him."  Shoot him!" Yuan Ying, who was rushing over not far away, shouted.  The thieves also bent their bows, but when they were taking aim, they found that Zhuo Shunfu had disappeared.  After being stunned for a moment, before they could react, Zhuo Shunfu, whose whole body was hidden under the horse's belly, raised his bow diagonally and shot the second arrow.  Because of the incorrect posture, the arrow was shot inaccurately and only hit the forehead of a thief's horse.  The horse neighed in pain, turned away, and bumped into the other thief. The two thieves fell off the horse at the same time, which was a coincidence.  Seeing excellenceThe assistant broke through the interception, and Yuan Ying was furious. She stood up from her horse and shouted sternly: "Ye Chang, villager's dog slave, dare to fight with me." Ye Chang was born in a peasant family, and there have been no high-ranking officials for generations.  Everyone knows.  Yuan Ying judged that this young man should be one of Ye Chang's subordinates, so he yelled like this.  Zhuo Shunfu had already run away, but when he heard such scolding, he became furious. It was okay to scold him, but it was more than he could endure when he scolded Ye Chang. The three horses all turned around and went in a circle to face the thief.  Then come up.  Yuan Ying was overjoyed when he saw this, and gestured to the left and right: "This boy is young and irritable. Everyone will definitely take his life in a while. He must be the envoy sent by Ye Chang." Everyone responded in agreement, but before the response could be heard, they could only hear "  "Creak, creak, creak" followed two sounds, and Yuan Ying screamed and fell off the horse. Zhuo Shunfu put away the short crossbow that had been fired, hung it on the horse's shoulder, turned the horse's head again, and laughed.  He walked away. As Ye Chang's guard, although he came out temporarily without heavy armor, he had all the weapons and equipment. Although this short crossbow had a short range, it was a must-have for Ye Chang's cavalry, and because it fired  It is simple and can be used with one hand, so one person often has two of them. Zhuo Shunfu looked back while laughing, and found that the thief who had been shot down got up from the ground again. He was surprised: he didn't shoot him to death.  After all, the horse is galloping. If you want to hit the target, you have to have a master shot like Nan Jiyun. Zhuo Shunfu learned his shooting skills from Nan Jiyun and practiced hard for eight years.  It can be said that he is outstanding, but there is still a gap between him and Nan Ba. "Bah, bah, you're going to lose your head if you can." Yuan Ying spat out two mouthfuls of dust and shouted loudly.  Send it to the item temporarily, I will pick it up in a few days. Remember my name, Zhuo Shunfu, Ye Gong gave me the title of Dingchen," Zhuo Shunfu shouted in the distance. No matter whether the other party heard it or not, he urged  The horse galloped away to the northeast. To his surprise, everywhere he went in Heyang was extremely poor. After crossing Hanoi and arriving in Huaizhou, Zhuo Shunfu felt a little better when he saw the poverty of the people.  Even more anxious: These people have no way to survive, so they can only act as thieves. Doesn't this mean that the thieves have a very broad source of soldiers?  The emperor was suspicious and the prime minister was jealous, so Ye Gong did not do his best to care for the people We just came back from Liaodong not long ago. When I was in Liaodong, I never saw such a situation. No matter how poor the people in Liaodong were, they only had two meals a day.  But for food and clothing, most of them have three meals a day, and they have the opportunity to eat meat once a week, and fish is often eaten" They received moral education courses at Lushun Academy, and there was a lot of content about beautifying Ye Chang.  Hidden in it was Ye Chang's private information when he was writing teaching materials for them. At this time, comparing the situation in the Central Plains with that in Liaodong, Zhuo Shunfu's feelings for Ye Chang naturally sublimated. At first, it was just a personal favor, but now it has a very special feeling.  I really understand why those literati always said that "there is no way to save the lives of the people" When they arrived in Huaizhou, the situation gradually improved. Zhuo Shunfu went straight to Huaizhou City and sent the general's order to the county governor to ask him.  He sent people to spread the news to Wude and Wuzhi, and he continued to practice martial arts without stopping.
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