.'The stars hang flat and the wilderness is wide, and the moon rushes and the river flows.'

At night, a bright full moon hung in the sky, sprinkling silver lights all over the Yellow River. The river surface was sparkling and the view was wide.

Although it was hot June, the waves were calm, with a slightly bright black wave slapping on the stone embankment on the river bank, making a slight whirring sound. On the Qingming night, five warships slowly sailed from the north shore.

Gradually approaching the Mengjin Ferry on the south bank.

Mengjin Ferry was almost abandoned. At the end of last year, the Sui army attacked Heyang Pass on Hexin Island. A fire destroyed hundreds of warships moored on the south bank and destroyed Li Mi's naval forces in the Yellow River.

Before Wang Shichong could establish a naval army, the Mengjin Ferry was gradually abandoned by the Luoyang court. Only a dozen civilian ships flew here, transporting pedestrians and merchants to the other side.

On the first large ship, Yang Yuanqing stood at the bow of the ship with his hands behind his back and stared at the other side. He was just here to inspect the crossing of the river and would not go ashore, but his troops were about to go ashore.

The Tang army and Zheng army have already started a war near Luoyang. As a third party, the Sui army stood on the north shore to watch the battle was not the best strategy. The best strategy was that he also entered the Luoyang chess game, muddled the water, and then muddy it.

Fishing in the water.

The big ship is about to dock, and you can clearly see the situation on the shore. The charred trees at the end of last year are still vaguely visible. More than a dozen civilian boats are quietly anchored on the bank of the river, and everything is quiet around, and no one is there.

Yang Yuanqing was quite satisfied with the fact that he crossed the river this time and successfully crossed the Yellow River. The hydrological conditions at this time were very suitable for boating. He crossed the south, but he did not encounter a whirlpool.

At this time, Luo Shixin and Cheng Yaojin walked forward and bowed to him, "Master, we are going to get off the boat."

Luo Shixin and Cheng Yaojin were the disruptors arranged by Yang Yuanqing. Their mission was to seize Hulao Pass, take the most important pass in the Central Plains region in their hands, and cut off the connection between the Tang army and the Central Plains region.

This is because Yang Yuanqing received an emergency information. Li Yuan sent Yong'an King Li Xiaoji to secretly send an envoy to the Central Plains. He had already convinced Puyang Prefect Du Caigan and Xingyang Prefect Wei Lu to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. He heard that Xingyang Prefect Wei Lu also organized 30,000 civilians to prepare for the arrival of the Tang Dynasty.

Luoyang assisted the Tang army in siege.

Yang Yuanqing didn't know how many prefects in the Central Plains surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, so seizing Hulao Pass was his first step to enter the Central Plains. Yang Yuanqing said to the two in a deep voice: "You are all generals of the Sui Dynasty, and they should be leading thousands of troops.

The general who fought ten thousand horses..."

Before he finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin muttered in a low voice: "When will I lead thousands of troops?"

Luo Shixin quickly pulled Cheng Yaojin quietly, but Cheng Yaojin didn't say anything. He felt that he was just a dog skin plaster. There was an acute illness. He temporarily put himself on to relieve pain. But the real medicine for curing the root cause was not his turn.

No. I sent a thousand people to seize the plaster of Hulao Pass and thought of him again.

Yang Yuanqing glared at him fiercely, and then continued: "It is indeed a bit of a waste of energy to use you to seize the Hulao Pass. But it also shows that this mission is important. The reason why I asked Yao Jin to go with him was because of him

I have had the same experience, but I can only give you a thousand people. In addition, I allow you to use all means, whether you kill and set fire or use people to pretend to be me, I will allow you. In short, just let go of your actions!"

Luo Shixin and Cheng Yaojin bowed together, "I will obey the order!"

Yang Yuanqing patted the two of them on the shoulders, and then gave a few more encouragement. Then he left four large ships, and his ship turned around and returned to the north shore.

Luo Shixin and Cheng Yaojin boarded another big ship and looked at the boat of the general manager to go away. Luo Shixin then asked: "Old Cheng. You have experience in fighting Hulao Pass. Tell me, how to fight this battle.

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"cough!!"

Cheng Yaojin pretended to be a cough, but couldn't help but say, "Didn't the manager say that? Let's let go of it, so let's use the old method. Catch hundreds of young pretty girls and strip them all up.

Clothes..."

Luo Shixin was too lazy to pay attention to him. He immediately ordered: "Tell me my order, the ship will dock, and the soldiers will disembark!"

Seeing that he was unwilling to listen, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but curl his lips, "If you don't listen to Old Cheng Yan, you will suffer a loss. Get off the boat here, just wait to chop it into meat filling for others to make buns!"

Luo Shixin was stunned, then turned his head and asked, "What do you mean?"

Cheng Yaojin cages his hands into his sleeves, his eyes narrowed, and said ignoringly: "Anyway, I'm a little bit light, just think I'm farting."

Luo Shixin sighed in his heart when he saw him using his xingzi, and had to explain: "It's not that I don't use your plan. I have used it once. I guess everyone in the world knows that if I use it again, others will not be fooled.

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Cheng Yaojin sneered, "My plan for a woman with a naked body is a man, and it will work if you use it a hundred times. Forget it, it's fine if you don't! If you use this plan too much, it will harm my old Cheng.

The name of

Cheng Yaojin said lazily: "Although Hulao Pass is easier to attack from the west and has a passage to the city, if we go west, it is easy to encounter Wang Shichong's army, and then we will be surrounded by one thousand of us.

It’s not enough for people to fill other people’s teeth. Anyway, you are the leader, so you decide!”

Luo Shixin pondered for a moment, but Cheng Yaojin said it really makes sense. They had too few troops. If they went from the west, they would easily encounter Wang Shichong's army.

Maybe they can fight a path of blood, but their mission cannot be completed. Thinking of this, Luo Shixin immediately changed his military order and "ordered the fleet to continue to sail east!"

The four large ships left Mengjin Ferry again, went downstream and headed towards Xingyang County a hundred miles away.

.........

Among the counties in Xingyang County, the closest county to Hulao Pass is Xingyang County. The county is only more than 30 miles away from Hulao Pass, but Xingyang County is not a county seat. Xingyang County is Guancheng County to the south.

Guancheng County was originally a large county with a tall and wide city, but its population has dropped sharply due to the war. Now there are only more than 2,000 households and more than 10,000 people. Even so, Guancheng County is still the largest city in Xingyang County.

That night, a cavalry of more than a thousand people was coming slowly from the official road north of Guancheng County. Cheng Yaojin was bored and chatted with Luo Shixin without saying a word, but Luo Shixin ignored him.

After talking for a long time, there was no response. Cheng Yaojin rolled his eyes and asked with a smile: "I said Lao Luo, are you still thinking about that woman?"

Luo Shixin's body trembled slightly and said coldly: "I don't know what you are talking about?"

Cheng Yaojin's eyes were very poisonous. Seeing his body trembling, he realized it in his heart. He curled his mouth and said disdainfully: "Stop pretending, I'm talking about Dou Xianniang. Do you really don't miss her?"

"What do I think she does? Men should put great achievements in the world first. How can they bow for women? Besides, why should a real man have no wives?"

"That's great. Since you think so, I, the matchmaker, will be a matchmaker, hehe! The future is hopeful!" Cheng Yaojin's little eyes smiled into a crack. But he was secretly scanning Luo Shixin from the corner of his eyes.

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Luo Shixin was stunned for a moment. Without saying a word, the army walked another mile. He finally couldn't help asking: "What did you mean by what you just now? What does it have to do with the general manager?"

Cheng Yaojin felt extremely proud and teased him with a smile: "Don't you don't care about her? Why did you ask again?"

Luo Shixin couldn't bear to worry about his face and said hatefully: "If you don't say it, forget it!"

"Okay! I'll tell you because of brotherhood. After my wife gave birth to a child, Princess Chu came to visit my mansion. The two of them talked about Dou Xianniang."

"What did they say?" Luo Shixin looked a little nervous.

"What are you talking about? I forgot a little, let me think about it!"

Cheng Yaojin sucked Luo Shixin's appetite, and then sighed: "The princess said she likes the stitches very much. If General Luo refuses to marry the stitches, she will let the stitches be taken as a concubine."

Luo Shixin's face changed drastically, and his eyes were staring at Cheng Yaojin fiercely, "You're talking nonsense!"

"Hmph! If you don't believe it, forget it. This is what my wife told me privately, you don't understand! This is called interest marriage. If the general manager marrys a straight lady, he can win over Dou Jiande and take Qingzhou without spending one soldier. This kind of thing is that

Are there still fewer?"

Luo Shixin believed it a little because he also heard that the stitch mother spent that night in the palace. But he didn't know what happened that night. Luo Shixin trembled all over, his fists clattered, and his face was a little deformed due to anger.

.The eyes began to become congested and turned red.

Cheng Yaojin had never seen Luo Shixin like this before, and he was shocked. Suddenly he realized that he had been joking too much. He was about to cause a big disaster, and he hurriedly said, "Shixin, I'm joking, there's nothing like this."

, don't take it seriously."

"What did you say?"

Luo Shixin grabbed his clothes and stared at him fiercely, "Say it again!"

Cheng Yaojin felt a little upset and stammered: "I see you didn't say anything all the way, so I wanted to find something to tease you. There was absolutely nothing wrong with this. The princess hasn't gone to my house yet! She's really kidding you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Shixin's iron fist, like a bowl, came towards him, "Bang!", and a punch hit Cheng Yaojin's nose. Blood burst out. Cheng Yaojin screamed as he killed a pig and fell from his horse.

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Luo Shixin pointed at him and cursed: "Your stinky mouth, I dare to joke with the manager next time, be careful of your head!"

Luo Shixin was so angry that he urged his horse to run forward. Several soldiers quickly dismounted and helped Cheng Yaojin up from the ground. Cheng Yaojin's nose was broken, his face was covered in blood, his nose was sour and tranquil, his eyes were full of tears, and he was in great pain.

He also knew that he was in the wrong and annoyed Luo Shixin. He didn't dare to scold him loudly, so he had to stare at Luo Shixin's back and whisper: "Boy, I remember this punch, I can't afford to offend you, but I

It will make your father lose money with the capital and the profit."

...........

The team marched all the way and gradually arrived three miles away from Guancheng County. At this time, it was already two o'clock in the morning. The city had already closed the gate. The Sui army came to the city. Luo Shixin urged him to come forward and shouted, "Is there anyone in the city?"

He shouted three times in a row, and after a while, a soldier guarding the city peeked and asked, "Where are your troops?"

Luo Shixin held up an arrow, "We are the Tang army, and we will assist the prefect of Wei at the order of the King of Qin!"

The armor they wore was the same as the Tang army, and the command arrows they took were also imitating the Tang army. The soldiers did not know the details and quickly shouted: "Please wait, I'll report to the prefect!"

He ran away, and Cheng Yaojin had already calmed down at this time, and stepped forward and asked in a muffled voice: "Will they be fooled?"

Luo Shixin glanced at his nose, and Cheng Yaojin had a ball of linen in his nostrils. From a distance, he looked like a pig's nose, which made people laugh. Luo Shixin was both angry and funny, and said, "We are just

Ordinary Tang generals, even if there are Tang envoys in it, they may not know us. How do they know whether it is true or false?"

Cheng Yaojin gave a thumbs up and flattered him, "High! It's really high!"

After a moment, a group of people came up from the city, and the leader was Wei Lu, the prefect of Xingyang.
Chapter completed!