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Chapter 26 Huaibei
During the day, he had to travel, and when he camped at night, besides arranging a lot of business, Li Xia also had to exercise, wash up, learn foreign languages ​​with Han Qiaoer, etc. In fact, he couldn't tell too many stories.

On the third day of the journey, Gao Mingyue sat in the carriage and listened to Han Qiaoer quickly finish the story of last night, she pursed her mouth a little unhappy.

"Just saying that, he won't say what happened to Mu Wanqing."

Han Qiaoer said in a low voice, "I should have said it tonight."

Having said that, they began to look forward to it, and even this kind of rushing process felt a little more interesting...

However, not long after walking that day, the team had reached Shouzhou, which is the bank of the Huaihe River.

Shouzhou, known as "Shouchun" in ancient times, was the ancient battlefield of the Battle of Feishui, which is the later Shou County of Huainan City, Anhui Province.

Today there are two Shouzhous in the world, one in Mongolia and one in Song Dynasty, facing each other across the Huaihe River.

The seat of Shouzhou in the north of the Huaihe River is Xiacaicheng, and the seat of Shouzhou in the south of the Huaihe River is Anfeng City.

In the first year of Jiaxi, the Battle of Anfeng in Mongolia and Song Dynasty took place here, nearly 19 years have passed...

"In the battle of Anfeng, our Song army suffered heavy casualties. The next year, Mongolia invaded south again, and the soldiers arrived in Luzhou. Huaiyou soldiers were in short supply, so I joined the army. I was only as old as you that year."

Nie Zhongyou was rare and emotional, looking at Anfeng City in the distance, he said this to Li Xia.

Li Xia didn't bother to pay attention to Nie Zhongyou's emotions. He looked at the terrain of Huaihe River and Bagong Mountain in the distance, and said, "Maybe there will be trouble after crossing the river."

Nie Zhongyou said: "Are you afraid that someone will deal with us? Yuan Jie? The Zhang family?"

"Yes." Li Xia said: "No matter how you look at it, Yuan Jie is flattering the Zhang family in the north. He will definitely send someone to spread the news to the north."

Nie Zhongyou said: "But I have Jia Shuxiang's warrant, Yuan Jie may not dare to offend him."

"So Yuan Jie thinks that neither side will be offended. He will send someone to send a message, and he must seize the opportunity. It is best to wait until we cross the Huaihe River before the accident occurs."

These words did not make Nie Zhongyou flinch, he said lightly: "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover."

Li Xia pointed at another gate and asked, "Is that where the Anfeng Army is stationed?"

"what happened?"

"Let's go get some ships and horses, and get some more information?"

Nie Zhongyou said: "It is inevitable that Anfeng's army will have eyes from the north. If you show your banner, it is hard to guarantee that you will not be targeted."

Li Xia said: "Then ask for it in the name of the Zhang family, don't we have a prisoner of the Zhang family?"

……

It may be hard to believe that when the two countries meet, the name of the enemy country is sometimes more useful.

The smuggling trade between Song and Jin had a long history. The Jin Dynasty was replaced by the Mongolian Kingdom, and the northern tycoons were still those northern tyrants. The Zhang family also had many interests with Huainan.

Han Chengxu put on a show, led people over, and found a general of the Song army in a short while, and sure enough, seven ferries were coming, and five bad horses were bought, and a piece of news was also inquired.

Just yesterday, two men who rode fast horses from Luzhou crossed the Huaihe River and headed north, but they didn't know what they were going for.

After hearing this, Nie Zhongyou knew that there would be trouble ahead, so he could only let everyone cross the river quickly.

This time, they were much more cautious than when they were in the Yangtze River, for fear that someone would cut their necks like Jiang Xing without knowing it.

Li Xia and Nie Zhongyou were on the same boat, frowning and asked, "You said that someone would join us in Huaibei?"

"Yes." Nie Zhongyou didn't hide from him, and whispered: "When we arrive in Ruyin County, Yingzhou, someone will contact us, give us a new identity, and lead us to Kaifeng."

"How far is Ruyin County?"

"More than two hundred miles."

"It's going to be another two or three days... Who is the person contacting us?"

"The detailed works of the Great Song Dynasty placed in the residence of Yingzhou."

"Who is the Di family?" Li Xia asked again.

Seeing his doubts, Nie Zhongyou was patient and explained.

"After the Mongols destroyed the gold, they set up the 'Han Army Ten Thousand Households' in the Central Plains, and appointed powerful people from all over the country to lead the soldiers and civilians Qiangu in the territory, and the autocratic side was called the 'Marquis'. For example, the Zhang family headed by Zhang Rou is a great Marquis.

However, Da Shihou's hands and eyes are open to the sky, so it is not easy to pretend to be their people in the north.After crossing the river, we can use the name of Yingchuan's residence. I have a token, and I say to the outside world that the backer is Di Cong, who guards Yingchuan, and he is the younger brother of General Di Shun. "

Li Xia nodded and said: "With this identity as a cover, it doesn't matter if we meet ordinary Mongolian soldiers. But the problem is, the Zhang family knows that we saved Gao Changshou and killed Zhang Rongzhi, so we will definitely not let it go..."

If Zhang Rongzhi hadn't been eliminated, obviously there would be no safe journey from Luzhou to Huaihe.

But on the road from Huaihe to Ruyin County, Li Xia was a little worried.When crossing the river, he kept his hand on the hilt of his sword and stared at the other side of the river.

However, the team crossed the Huai River smoothly without any accidents.

"Could it be that you are worrying too much?" Nie Zhongyou asked.

"Maybe." Li Xia said, "I'm thinking whether to abandon the goods and rush to Ruyin County with light packs."

"We are a caravan disguised as Di's family. If we lose our goods and walk around the territory of Mongolia with weapons, it is too easy to arouse suspicion."

Li Xia said: "It depends on how we choose."

Lin Zi also came over and said in a low voice: "Perhaps Yuan Jie didn't send any news to the Zhang family. After all, he is an official of the Song Dynasty. Can he really collude with foreign enemies? The two people who crossed the river yesterday may not have sent a message. What's more, even if it was a message, The Zhang family can't send people to catch us so soon, can they?"

"What do you think, Mu Ru?"

Gao Changshou thought for a while, and said: "The Zhang family is only in danger, but without the cover of a caravan, walking in Huaibei must be dangerous."

"Then let's do this first." Nie Zhongyou said, "Go on."

……

A group of people left the river bank.

After walking on the main road, I encountered a team of Mongolian soldiers searching, and the opponents were all Han Chinese.

It was still Han Chengxu who went up and gave a large bribe and reported the name of the Di family, and it passed smoothly.

Seeing this calm appearance, Li Xia also felt that he was too suspicious.

In the evening, a group of people stopped on the side of the road to eat dry food.

When Han Qiaoer ran up to Li Xia with a bag of eggs and handed it to him, someone finally couldn't help muttering about it.

"He ate and drank well along the way, but we are not as good as a death row prisoner..."

"Damn, he eats eggs every day, we eat dry food..."

Li Xia turned his head to look, and saw that the ones who were talking were two forbidden soldiers pretending to be caravan guards.

Speaking of which, Nie Zhongyou and Lin Zi knew what Li Xia had done along the way, and Gao Changshou and others were grateful, but these imperial guards didn't know much about it.

Most of the time they just stayed in the inn, at most they followed Nie Zhongyou's order to kill some people.I don't know what Li Xia has done, but it's normal to complain about his treatment.

When Han Qiaoer heard this, she immediately lowered her head and pursed her mouth in secret displeasure.

Li Xia smiled and said in a low voice, "It's okay."

Nie Ping stood up over there.

"What are you talking about? You get what you deserve. When did brother treat anyone badly? Shut up if you don't understand what brother Li has done. Who are you being so vicious with?"

"Haha." Lin Zi was watching the excitement, and when he saw Nie Ping's head came out, he booed and said with a smile: "What's the matter with eating a few eggs? It's not the eggs laid by you guys, it's all here."

"No, then everyone eats dry food in the same way, and he eats well every day, why?"

"Your mother!" Nie Ping yelled, "Why are you talking nonsense with me? If you are half as good as Brother Li, I will lay eggs for you..."

Li Xia sat under the tree and listened, but didn't take it seriously, and said to Han Qiaoer: "Okay, someone has stood up for us, don't be angry, don't keep your mouth shut."

"Well, does brother Li still tell stories at night?"

"I have to drive all night at night, so go and eat more."

"Oh fine……"

This is just a trivial matter. After walking together for so long, the relationship is not bad. Although there are some complaints, it is just a complaint.

Li Xia didn't expect Nie Ping to stand up for him, and the two of them didn't really know each other very well.

He smiled wryly, stood up, took two eggs and walked over there.

At this time, Li Xia was still walking, and Nie Ping was still yelling, "I can't lay eggs, and you don't have Brother Li's book..."

The word "thing" could not be uttered. Suddenly, several crossbow arrows shot through the air, and one of them just pierced Nie Ping's neck.

The big man fell down like this, blood splashed on Lin Zi's still smiling face.

"what!"

There was a scream, and in an instant, three people including Nie Ping died, and four or five people were injured.

At the same time, the enemy has rushed out from the dark forest opposite.

"kill!"

"Kill..."

(End of this chapter)