Chapter 1390: Above the Long Street
Xu Sanhu stood at the gate of the post station with a grudge. At this moment, the surroundings of the post station were heavily guarded. Xu Sanhu was puzzled because the general Xian Bisong had sent all his personal guards here to serve as guards, and Xu Sanhu was the captain of Xian Bisong's personal guards.
This is Changning County, with large troops from Qi State gathering. At this moment, the God of the Great Qi army, Prince Cao Yun, who lives in the inn, is the King of Qi. Even if there is no guard, no one dares to be disrespectful to the general. Why does the general seem to be extremely worried and drive away all the original postmen and let himself guard here.
Although he couldn't figure it out, Xu Sanhu wouldn't ask. On the contrary, he was very excited. Being able to get close to the military god of Daqi, this was something that many people could not reach. You know, at this moment, he was the only person who could set foot in the inn and report the guard situation to His Royal Highness himself.
Xu Sanhu was about to seize the opportunity and go to see him. Such an opportunity may be the only time in his life. If he missed it, he would have no place to regret it.
Looking around, the soldiers stood upright, no matter how good they were in their military appearance, they were unprecedented. It seemed that these people knew who was guarding the inn at this moment.
Nodded with satisfaction, Xu Sanhu looked up at the sky, and was about to enter the door and ask His Royal Highness the Prince for a first peace.
His Highness the Prince didn't seem very happy. When he just came back, His Highness the Prince gave a loud slap from the ghost commander Cao Hui. Xu Sanhu witnessed it with his own eyes. After arriving in Changning County, His Highness the Prince entered the county town this time, but he still refused the general's banquet and moved directly into the inn.
As he stepped on the steps, his hand was just putting his hand on the thick gate and was about to push it open, he suddenly turned around. At the end of the street, the sound of rapid horse hooves and neat footsteps came.
Seeing the person in charge riding on the tall horse with a sling on his head, Xu Sanhu's heart suddenly twitched. Isn't this the ghost commander Cao Hui? Why did he come here to pay homage to His Highness the Prince, and you don't have to bring so many people, right?
Xu Sanhu doesn't think that Cao Hui is a magnanimous person. In the past two years, the large-scale purges in the army have been basically carried out by ghosts. As for those former colleagues who were taken away, Xu Sanhu has not seen anyone come back to this day.
He was slapped in public by His Royal Highness. It must be a great shame for a person like Cao Hui. Is he here to take revenge now? He is really brave. This is Changning County City, and there are tens of thousands of troops stationed outside the city. His ghost is useless!
As soon as he thought of this, Xu Sanhu suddenly understood why General Xian drove the postman away and let him guard here himself. It turned out that it was just to prevent Cao Hui from doing this!
Turning around, walking down the steps, gaining a foothold, Cao Hui's war horse stopped in front of Xu Sanhu.
"Xu Sanhu has met Lord Cao." Xu Sanhu bowed as a tribute.
Cao Hui nodded, his eyes did not stop on Xu Sanhu, but looked at the inn behind him and said lightly: "After order, in order to protect the safety of His Highness the Prince, all the defenses in the inn will be taken over by us. You can retreat!"
After saying that, he received no response. Xu Sanhu still stood in front of him straight.
Cao Hui lowered his head in surprise and looked at Xu Sanhu. Seeing that the other party still had no reaction, he couldn't help but his eyebrows stood up: "Didn't you hear?"
Xu Sanhu smiled and stretched out his hand to Cao Hui, "Mr. Cao, military order!"
"What military order?" Cao Hui asked coldly.
"The last general is here under the order of General Xian. Now Lord Cao says he is here to take over the defense. Without General Xian's military order, how dare the last general leave his post without General Xian's military order?" Xu Sanhu said softly or hard.
Cao Hui narrowed his eyes, "Do you know who I am?"
"I know, sir!"
"If I say that, you General Xian dare not disobey me." Cao Hui said coldly: "You little general, dare to stop me?"
When Xu Sanhu was squinting at Cao Hui, he felt a chill in his heart, and a layer of oil and sweat came out on his body, and his whole body was almost about to get a tree.
"Mr. Cao, this is your business with General Xian, but the last general can only listen to the general's military orders. Disobeying the military orders will cause a loss of his head, and it is a very unfamous thing." Xu Sanhu's voice trembled a little.
"Then I can kill you too, and I can't need any reason." Cao Hui sneered, waved his hand, and the ghost spy behind him immediately surrounded him.
Xu Sanhu took a step back and pressed the hilt of the knife. With this action, the soldiers behind him immediately let out a neat roar and quickly gathered behind Xu Sanhu.
Xu Sanhu was afraid of Cao Hui because he knew who Cao Hui was, what he did, and what kind of power he had. The ordinary soldiers behind him had no idea who the guy with his arms was in front of him. From the first day of joining the army, they were told that military orders were greater than heaven. For them, the specific military orders were Shangguan's actions.
For them, Xu Sanhu's action of pressing the handle of the knife was tantamount to a signal of preparing for a battle.
The spear and sword instantly formed a shining shining with a dark light behind Xu Sanhu. Not only that, teams of archers appeared on the top of the walls and on the roof of the inn. The fingers were buckled on the strings and the arrows were buckled on the fingers. These were all sharpshooters in the personal guards, and their archery skills were extremely accurate.
Outside the inn, murderous intent emerged instantly. The ghost soldier who was moving forward immediately stopped and looked at Cao Hui.
"Xu Sanhu, you are so brave. You dare to show off your sword in front of me!" Cao Hui turned over and dismounted, sneering, "Do you know how to write the word "death"?"
Since he showed his sword and tore his face apart, Xu Sanhu calmed down and bowed down, saying, "Mr. Cao, as a soldier, he only has military orders in his eyes. As long as Master Cao takes out the military order, the Mo General immediately gives way. If Master Cao cannot provide the military order, Xu Sanhu will not dare to give way even if he dies."
"Then you go and die!" Cao Hui was furious, and he flipped his left palm and slapped Xu Sanhu. Xu Sanhu shouted loudly and punched him. With a muffled sound, Xu Sanhu took several steps in a row but still couldn't stop. He leaned back, and the personal soldiers behind him immediately rushed up and held him up.
With a choking sound, Xu Sanhu, who was standing firmly, drew his sword and stepped back three steps. Several rows of soldiers immediately surged in front of him. With the shouts, the raised swords and guns were instantly flattened and took a step forward.
Seeing this scene, Cao Hui laughed, "Okay, very good, Xian Biban really has a good army. You want military orders, right? I will give you military orders."
He turned around and left, and what surprised Xu Sanhu was that the ghost did not follow him.
Cao Hui didn't go very far, stopped in front of a house, looked back at Xu Sanhu, and sneered.
At the end of the street, the sound of squeaking carriage wheels pressing against the bluestone slabs sounded again. An ordinary carriage drove straight out of the darkness. Seeing the old man driving the carriage, Xu Sanhu immediately gasped.
That was Jiang Tong, who had participated in the battles between the Qi army and the Ming army many times, and this was a master. Although this person was not very lucky, he was defeated by Fu Baoshi when fighting the Chu army. Later, he was injured by He Rentu when fighting the Ming army. He was defeated in a row, but this person was still an absolute master.
Who was sitting in the carriage? Can a master be a groom? Could it be that the emperor came in person? Xu Sanhu felt that his whole body became cold and stood there blankly, unable to make a sound.
The carriage was also parked in front of the door of the house.
Cao Hui raised his hand and knocked on the copper ring on the door.
"General Xian, have you seen enough fun? Open the door!"
There was no sound in the house, nor any reaction.
"General Xian, do you want Cao to break this door?" Cao Hui said in anger and said in a tone.
Xu Sanhu, not far away, took a step forward unknowingly. Has General Xian been here all the time?
There was still no echo in the closed door. Cao Hui was obviously really angry, and raised his hand and clenched his fists, and was about to hit the door. Jiang Tong in the carriage jumped off the horse and reached out to hold Cao Hui's fist. The carriage door was opened, and a man wrapped in a cloak walked out, went straight to the door, took out a thin thing from his arms, stuffed it in the crack of the door, and then hugged it in front of his chest with both hands, waiting quietly.
The next moment, the door that had been closed before opened instantly. Xu Sanhu opened his mouth and saw General Xian Bisong, Deputy General Xu Junsheng and others walked out of the gate.
The man covered in the cloak said nothing and turned to the carriage. Xian Bisong hesitated for a moment, turned around and said to Xu Junsheng and others: "You go back, there is nothing wrong here."
Xu Junsheng closed his lips tightly, bowed and turned around and left.
Xian Bisong also walked onto the carriage. Jiang Tong raised his whip, and the carriage slowly walked towards the inn. When he arrived at the gate, the window was opened. Xian Bisong said to Xu Sanhu: "The defense here is handed over to Lord Cao Hui, you guys, go back to the barracks immediately."
"Abide by the order!" Xu Sanhu bowed and took the order, straightened up, waved his hand, and retreated cleanly with his personal guards in an instant.
The carriage did not stop and drove straight towards the gate of the inn.
Inside the inn, Cao Yun stood alone in the middle of the yard, with his hands behind his back and his head up, watching the gradually rising moon in the sky, and he naturally knew everything that happened outside the inn.
At this moment, the door opened and the carriage drove straight in. He slowly lowered his head and looked at the carriage.
The carriage stopped, and Xian Bisong jumped down first, looked at Cao Yun with a bitter smile on his face. Then, another person walked off the carriage. At this time, the man had taken off his cloak and a thin and familiar face appeared in front of Cao Yun.
"It's you!" Cao Yun shook his head.
Chapter completed!