On a cold night, the moon is shining.

Thirty miles outside the east gate of Anyi City, at the foot of Chaoyangpo Mountain.

Thousands of people from Dongyuan City helped the elderly and children step on the moonlight, letting the north wind blow, carrying packages and rushing all night.

"Sanzi, don't just be concerned about your own journey. Help your mother walk slowly. Don't worry. After passing Chaoyang slope, you will arrive in Anyi City!"

Among the crowds rushing to the sky, an old man over 60 years old grabbed the young man who had run past him and persuaded him.

The young man pulled by the old man was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and had grown up, over eight feet tall, and was quite strong. As winter approached, he was wearing only two clothes, a sweatshirt and a coarse cloth coat full of patches; even so, he seemed to be unconscious of the cold, and his face was full of excitement and surpassed the villagers who were rushing to the night.

However, his youthful and tender face showed that he was still a half-baby who was ignorant of the world. The young man did not know the taste of sorrow. He regarded this escape from family and business as an exciting trip, jogging all the way, and couldn't wait to arrive in Anyi City as soon as possible.

"Second Grandpa, don't worry, my mother is supported by my sister, it's okay!" said the young boy to the old man with a smile.

After hearing this, the old man showed a loving smile on his wrinkled cheeks. He raised his hand to make a spanking gesture but was reluctant to really beat him. He laughed and scolded: "Heartless thing! You kid is over 16 this year, you are already an adult. When grandpa was as old as you, he had already used a knife to kill the barbarians!

There are not many young men in Lizhuang now, so I just look forward to you half-boys protecting the whole village, old and young. You are so anxious, why don’t you feel sorry for your mother and your sister?”

The old man's surname is Li, and the more than 200 women, children, young and old were fellow villagers from the same village as him. Most of the men's surname is Li, and only a few families have foreign surnames, so the whole village is called Li Zhuang.

Old Man Li is an elderly widowed man, the second among the five brothers in the family. He served as a soldier in his early years, fought with the Southern Xiongnu, and was said to have been a centurion. In a battle twenty years ago, he was cut off his left arm by the Southern Barbarians, fortunately he saved his life. After that, he returned to Lizhuang and lived alone, claiming that he was a disabled person. He could not implicate other girls, so he was still childless and alone at the age of 60.

The young man he grabbed was named Li Yuncong, who was his fifth brother's treasure grandson. In his early years, his fifth brother and his son were forced to join the Yellow Turban Rebellion Army by the Yellow Turban Rebellion. After the officers and soldiers wiped out the Yellow Turban Rebellion, both father and son were unaware of their feelings. Life and death were unknown, and their whereabouts were unknown. Therefore, Old Man Li took good care of Li Yuncong and his son, and loved Li Yuncong very much. Anyone who had a bite would definitely be left to Xiao Yuncong, and his love for him was hard to express.

"Second Grandpa, you blamed your grandson for wrongly this time!" After saying this, Li Yuncong said excitedly: "I heard that the general was in charge of Dongyuan City a few days ago and was very grateful to our county soldiers. He has ordered that all of us be incorporated into the Chang'an County Government soldiers. To be honest, my grandson passed the school entrance examination three days ago and was assigned to the Jinqi Guard Camp under the general's command. This time I went home, I wanted to take you and my mother. My sister first went to Anyi City, and then took a boat across the river to Chang'an. After you were placed, my grandson would be the personal soldiers around the lord!"

"Jin Qiwei?" Old Man Li was shocked when he heard this. Then he slapped his thigh and said happily: "Okay, my grandson is finally here! Grandpa has heard of the Jin Qiwei for a long time. It is said that there are more than 20,000 people, all of them are cavalry, and they are all famous. They have made many military achievements and are famous!"

After being overjoyed, Old Man Li said with relief: "Okay, I am worthy of being my one-armed Li trained by one hand. At a young age, I am the personal soldiers around the general, better than my grandfather! No wonder you run so fast, it turns out that you are eager to return to the military camp. This is great. The personal soldiers must be like a personal soldiers and cannot be free and easy!"

While speaking, Old Man Li pulled Li Yuncong forward slowly and said with a laugh: "Tell me, who is your general? Are you the famous flying general Li Zhi?"

Li Yuncong, who received the praise from the second grandfather, smiled very brightly and said, "Grandpa guessed it. Our commander was Li Zhi, the flying general who once entered Chang'an alone, flew over the eaves and walls, and rescued the great scholar Cai Yong from Lu Bu. However, his grandson is not the unit of General Li Zhi now, but continues to follow General Xu Huang and is incorporated into General Xu's personal army to protect the safety of the general. I heard that the reason why we were able to enter the Jinqiu Guard this time was that General Xu Huang took the initiative to propose to the general. After strict selection of more than 3,000 people in the battalion, only 200 people, including grandson, were selected into the Jinqiu Guard, and the others were all assigned to the Chang'an County Government Army!"

"Xu Huang?" Old Man Li pondered, then suddenly said: "I remember that it is Xu Tieniu, the son of Xujiatun, Xujiatun, west of the Qingshui River in Yangting!"

Li Yuncong was confused when he heard this, and Old Man Li seemed to remember something and said with emotion: "Xu Tieniu is a man. He joined the army with me and was a brother of the same battalion. He was very good at martial arts and was as powerful as a cow. He was promoted to the garrison commander in less than half a year after joining the army. Unfortunately, he was not lucky. In the following years, he made many military achievements but did not receive the reward he deserved. Then he was shot by the Southern Barbarians, and dozens of arrows were stabbed like a hedgehog, and died on the battlefield.

More than twenty years have passed in a flash. Unexpectedly, his son has grown up and is now a general who is the commander of a battalion. Xu Huang met a good lord, otherwise how could he become a general with a child under thirty years old? His father Xu Tieniu had the ability to be a general at the time, but unfortunately he was born at the wrong time and worked hard for many years until he died!”

Speaking of the past, Old Man Li sighed. But it is not difficult to see from his words and deeds that while he was in a position to upset Xu Huang's father Xu Tieniu, he highly praised Xu Huang and Xiliang coach Li Li.

Tattata!

Just as Old Man Li and his grandson Li Yuncong walked and talked, they suddenly heard a rumbling sound of horse hooves coming from behind. When the grandfather and grandson looked back, they saw a group of five or six hundred cavalry rushing towards him, and in the blink of an eye, they caught up with the people who were rushing to the road.

"You don't have eyes, please dodge it! Dodge it—!"

As the moment when the people were approaching, the soldiers who were riding their horses had no intention of slowing down their sprints. However, they saw more than ten leading cavalry shouting loudly, waving the horse whip in their hands, and wantonly whipping the people who blocked the cavalry's way.

"Ahhhh-Puff!"

Amid the panic and screams of the people, the six hundred cavalrymen rushed into the crowd with whips and horses, rushing all the way. Among them, there were soldiers who swung their swords to kill the people who were blocking the middle of the road and had no time to avoid them.

"Stop!" Seeing the soldiers in front of them wantonly killing the people, a general wearing black armor among the cavalry immediately shouted: "Just drive them to both sides of the road, don't kill in vain, so as not to cause trouble!"

After hearing the sound, the school that led the way stopped immediately and shouted: "General Cao has an order, it is important to hurry up and not to cause trouble!"

"Idiot, shut up!" After hearing the words of the school, the black-armored general suddenly changed his expression. While galloping on horseback, he shouted angrily.

"Bang!" The moment he caught up with the school, the black-armored general shook his hand and whispered, saying, "You are a stupid pig! If you dare to talk nonsense, I will chop you up with one knife!"

"God up, General, I will never dare to do it again!" The young school, who was whipped on the head, was beaten to pieces on his neck, and a bloody whip mark was left on his face, but he did not dare to contradict the Black Armor General, but instead apologized.

"Don't be too long-winded. It's important to drive out the crowds!" The black-armored general shouted angrily, then ran away from his horse, leading the cavalry to disperse the people on the road and headed straight to Anyi City.

"Be careful!" Just as Old Man Li and Grandpa Li Yuncong instinctively made way, Li Yuncong suddenly caught a cavalry whip at his mother and sister. In an instant, he pushed Old Man Li to the side of the road, strode and shouted loudly, and then he rushed to his mother and sister before the whip fell.

"Bang———Bang!" As the horse whip twitched firmly on the back, Li Yuncong threw his mother and sister to the ground, and then the mother and son rolled to the side of the road, barely avoiding the trampling of the horse hooves of the cavalry that followed him.

"Huh——!" Soon, the sound of horse hooves gradually drifted away. Li Yuncong endured the scorching pain on his back and turned over and got up, then leaned over to pull up his frightened mother and sister.

At this time, Old Man Li quickly ran over and cursed with anger: "What are these beasts who kill thousands of swords in the middle of the night? They are rushing to attend the funeral!"

"Uh!" Li Yuncong was stunned when he heard the sound. He immediately ignored the pain in his back and turned his head to look at the cavalry running away with a hundred steps. With the moonlight, he saw that these cavalry were wearing dark green armor, and his back was exactly the same as the defenders of Dongyuan City, almost exactly the same. As he looked at his face, he suddenly changed his face, raised his hand to rub his eyes, as if he couldn't believe his eyes. Then he opened his eyes wide and looked at the backs of the cavalry who were leaving.

As a member of the Dongyuan City defender, Li Yuncong was very familiar with the entire Dongyuan City defender. He had no middle- and low-level generals above the garrison leader. However, the General Cao just now was a general he had never seen before. What shocked him even more was that the war horses on which these cavalry were not Xiliang war horses, but Wuhuan war horses from Youzhou.

Although Li Yuncong was just a team leader of 50 people next to Xu Huang and had less than a year of joining the army, he was involved in war horses when he was young and was keen on weapons and war horses. Perhaps he was not well-educated and did not understand the world, but when it comes to war horses, he knew nothing about it. As long as he had a glance at any war horse, he could immediately tell the breed and origin of the war horse. The reason why he was able to pass Li Zhi's assessment was because he was not only agile, strong, but also had superb riding skills and horse-like ability.

"No! These people are not the defenders of Dongyuan, but the enemy troops of the princes!" Suddenly, Li Yuncong, who came to his senses, shouted in surprise.

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Chapter completed!