At night, Wu Ming, who was washing away the dust in a certain courtyard room, was sitting and talking with Zhang Dingfa, Sima of the Prince of Xiyang Palace. Although Wu Ming escorted the princess and the prince went south on the sea road. After arriving in Haizhou, he miraculously reunited with the King of Xiyang, it was not the time to rest assured.

The two must coordinate in time to successfully complete the next many matters.

Last year, the Princess Xiyang went to Yecheng with the daughter-in-law who had just arrived from the north of the Ridge Biao. Zhang Dingfa and Wu Ming each brought a group of people to escort the Princess Xiyang and his party to a long journey, one by one.

Unexpectedly, an accident occurred on the day of the emperor's wedding, and the princess of Xiyang and the prince were under house arrest. So Zhang Dingfa and Wu Ming acted separately and were planning to rescue the princess and princess.

The prince was made the emperor (pseudo-emperor), and he personally led the imperial commander to Xuanhu, Yuzhou. Zhang Dingfa took his men to pretend to be a young man, and followed the "Imperial Commander" team to the south to Xuanhu. He worked hard and barely approached the palace.

However, when the time was not right, Zhang Dingfa failed to rescue the princess and prince, but waited for the attacking King Xiyang.

Zhang Dingfa and his men returned to Xiyang, while Wu Ming and his group continued to lurk in Yecheng. Now Wu Ming has successfully rescued the princess and the prince, which has completed an almost impossible task.

It is conceivable that Wu Ming and others will receive a heavy reward, but what Wu Ming and his companions think about is not a heavy reward now, but want to go home and reunite with their families, so they are very concerned about the safety of the road to the west.

Zhang Dingfa roughly explained the current situation of the war. The official army (Yuwen family) had swept Huaibei, but to the south of the Huai River is the Chen State controlled area, while the Henan area is the Yuchi family controlled area, one south and one north intersecting the Huaibei area.

Although the official army tried its best to cover up the news, it was not guaranteed that the news would not be leaked. Then the team escorting the Princess Xiyang, the Prince and the Princess from Haizhou to Shannan may encounter an attack halfway.

Therefore, the number of troops accompanying the guards is not small, but because the marching forces on Shannan Road are tight, this problem is a bit difficult to solve.

As the marshal of the Shannan Road, King Xiyang could not abandon the army without authorization and returned to Shannan without permission. Therefore, Zhang Dingfa judged that King Xiyang could not escort the princess himself and could only send troops to do it.

It is definitely not enough to send fewer soldiers. If there are too many soldiers, it will affect the war. Moreover, the soldiers sent must be of particular importance. It cannot be a team with loose military discipline and uneven quality, so it is easy to get into trouble.

How to dispatch troops and generals is a headache for King Xiyang, but for Wu Ming, the mission will not be over as long as he has not returned to Xiyang. Zhang Dingfa reminded the other party not to take it lightly.

"Yes, if you are not careful, something will happen."

Wu Ming drank a bowl of tea, wiped his mouth, picked up the teapot and poured it over, and drank another bowl.

He was able to rescue the princess and princess from the heavily guarded palace because he had a mindful and unintentional idea. If he was careless, he might be plotted against him. No matter who he was successful in his mind, he would be ruined no matter how high his martial arts were.

"Brother Zhang, let's also participate in the night tonight."

"How can that be? You have been wandering on the sea for a long time and should have a good rest. Of course, we will do it on the night."

"That's really hard for Brother Zhang."

"Why did you think of hard work?" Zhang Dingfa waved his hand, "By the way, the owners and crew who drove the boat to see you south, what are their plans?"

"Of course I'm going home. But I'm willing to take risks because of the heavy gold. Now the wind is still mainly southeast wind. It's not easy to travel from north to south. If you don't have any profit, who will die?"

Hearing this, Zhang Ding asked with a smile: "Is this gold true or false?"

"Hey, they are using their lives to exchange for gold. If I use fakes to deceive people, that would be too immoral."

"To be honest, by the way, what about those people who don't go back?"

"I will follow us to Xiyang, don't worry, I will make people keep an eye on it."

"It's good that you know what you know. Get off early and have to hurry up tomorrow morning."

Zhang Ding stood up, patted Wu Ming on the shoulder and walked out of the room. He had to hurry up and have a sleep. When he was in the middle of the night, he would warn him of the movement around the place where King Xiyang was staying. The guards of the King Xiyang Mansion should not be taken lightly at any time.

Tonight is still a sleepless night for the guards.

Yuwen Wen arrived in Haizhou to inspect military affairs, and the Hulin Army accompanied him. The defense of Qushan City was assisted by the Hulin Army, while Yuwen Wen's escort work at the residence of the city was the guards of the royal palace.

Qushan is located near the sea and is easily attacked by enemies from the sea, so Zhang Dingfa dared not take it lightly. He has been a horse bandit and knew what the outcome would be if a team was approached by the enemy after being caught lightly.

Similarly, Zhang Dingfa also knows what the consequences of talking too much are.

Wu Ming escorted the princess and the prince to flee south this time, which made Zhang Dingfa quite puzzled because he felt that the risk of escape was very high, but even if he wanted to know the reason, he would not inquire because he should not know the secret, but he would not know it.

For example, the Sogdian businessman Antulo who followed Wu Ming and his party south, dodged and entered the city and did not show up. Zhang Dingfa felt that this person must have played an important role in Wu Ming's actions to go south, but he would never inquire about the details.

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In another yard, Sogdian merchant Antulo wrote a letter in the candlelight, writing and stopping his pen. When he recalled what happened during this period, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. For the sake of his family and for himself, he would not hesitate to take the life of his whole family and take a risk.

Now I've really got the right fight.

A few months ago, the emperor and the queen mother were kidnapped from the Yecheng Palace. Although Antulu had no evidence, he judged that the matter should be done by the people of the Xiyang Palace. It happened that he had an urgent need to meet the Xiyang King, so he had a bold idea.

Manager Liu was responsible for managing the property of the Xiyang Prince's Mansion in Yecheng. Last year, he was arrested and Antulo was protected. Antulo felt that Manager Liu should have contact with the guards of the Xiyang Prince's Mansion lurking in the city, so he tried to contact this group of people through Manager Liu.

However, Manager Liu has always expressed his ignorance. Antulu took some thought to persuade the other party to contact him at the cost of his whole family being hostages.

Antulu understands that Manager Liu is so cautious, but he really wants to help, and help the other party and himself, so that he can get an opportunity from Yuwen Wen.

Hard work pays off. Antulu really contacted the lurking guards of the Xiyang Prince's Mansion. He still used the whole family as a guarantee and obtained the opportunity to meet with his leader, Dianwei Wu Ming.

Antulu carefully analyzed the current situation and suggested that he set up the line in the middle, let Wu Ming's team go south on the sea road, and then go upstream to Huangzhou after entering the estuary of the Yangtze River. In order to eliminate the other party's suspicion, Antulu was willing to follow the whole journey.

This plan is very risky, but it is a good choice, because if Wu Ming and others just hide in a place and remain unmoved, they are very likely to be unable to get out of the trap for several years. In fact, the longer they delay, the more dangerous it is.

Wu Ming did not reply immediately. When he met again a few days later, he decisively agreed to Antulo's plan, and then the two began to plan specific steps.

Antulu had business dealings with the King of Xiyang, and the relationship was very close. Many people in Yecheng knew about this, so Antulu had to first relieve others' suspicion of himself before implementing a specific escape plan.

One day, he "sneaky" led the convoy out of the city. Sure enough, he was surrounded by aggressive cavalry before he walked ten miles. As a result, the other party saw that the woman in the car was not Queen Zhu, the queen mother, and the child was not the emperor, so he could only leave in disappointment.

So when Antulu left the city for the second time, he took Wu Ming and his party out smoothly, walked north in the name of doing business in Youzhou, and turned to the beach in the Jizhou area. There, Antulu contacted several sea boats and used a lot of money to hire the other party to venture south along the coastline.

This adventure ended with a miraculous encounter: when they approached Haizhou, they heard that the thief (Yuwen family) had occupied Haizhou, so they made a quick decision to berth in Huaikou and actually met the King Yuwen Wen of Xiyang who was inspecting military affairs.

When Yuwen Wen saw the princess, he was so excited that he cried in public, but he ignored Antulu at all. Antulu was not worried about this: King Xiyang was anxious to reunite with the princess, so he had no time to pay attention to him.

Wu Ming had just arrived and told Antulu that he would set out tomorrow morning, so Antulu quickly wrote a letter to take the ships returning north to return to their families so that they could report their safety to their families.

After the letter was written, there was something else to be busy with. Antulo took such a big risk and finally got an opportunity. He had to plan carefully to be worthy of the thrilling moments over the past period of time.
Chapter completed!