The dusk was vast and drizzling. The three horses were nearly 100 meters away from each other. They moved forward slowly and quickly on the muddy official road. The horses were wearing hats and straw raincoats. Below the strawcoats were clearly the Ming army's standard mandarin duck battle jackets. It seemed that they should be three scouts responsible for exploring the way.

At this moment, a stone suddenly flew out of the grass beside the road, accurately hitting the horse's hoof of the second war horse. The war horse stood up in shock. The knight on the horse's back rolled down in a mess, but he took the opportunity to pull out his waist knife and prepare to resist self-defense.

At the same time, two agile men jumped out of the grass and knocked down the knight alive with a few tricks. The first knight immediately turned around and came back to rescue him. As a result, a tripping rope suddenly bounced up in the middle of the road like a lurking strange snake. The first knight fell off his horse on the spot, screamed and flew out of the horse's back, and fell on the official road to chew and chewed the mud. He was captured alive before he could get up.

Seeing this, the third rider who was a hundred meters away immediately turned around and fled. However, as soon as he turned his head, a fast horse rushed out of the ground. The man immediately swept his spear horizontally and easily swept the third rider down.

The third knight hurriedly pulled out his waist knife after landing, but a little cold star had already hit his throat, and a cold voice shouted sharply: "Don't move!"

The third knight was shocked and dared not move again. He looked up and was stunned. It turned out that he was soon a Ming army wearing a mandarin duck battle jacket. This Ming army was very young, about sixteen or seventeen years old, with dark skin, and a terrifying smile on his face.

"Hehe, brother, don't be nervous, you're your own person." Pi Shiyi took back his spear and laughed.

At this time, a fierce man with bloody murderous aura came over and said with satisfaction: "Pi Shiyi, you are doing a good job, you can get out of the army."

This fierce soldier is no other person, but it is Guo Jindiao, the captain of the 500th battalion and sharpshooter. He is nicknamed Golden Eye Diao, and the young man with a tiger head and a tiger brain on the horse's back is a new recruit Pi Yiyi.

Pi Shiyi was originally a soldier from Yangzhou Guards, but was later selected by Xie Erjian and joined the Five Hundred Battalion. After several months of training, he has now completely transformed and has become an excellent scout.

At this time, the knight was dismissed by Pi Shiyi and asked in surprise: "Which garrison are you from? Why do you attack the scouts of friendly troops!"

Guo Jindiao patted the flintlock rifle on his back and said, "Brother, I offended it. This is the command of the Grand Marshal. I'm sorry for you for a moment, and I'll tie it up!"

The knight was the scammer sent by Shaoxing Guard to guard him. When he saw the flintlock rifle on Guo Jindiu's back, his face changed drastically and he blurted out: "Are you the Five Hundred Battalions under Governor Xu?"

"It's easy to say!" Pi Shiyi said proudly with a smile.

The scout of Shaoxing Wei couldn't help but feel relieved. It was not unfair to fall into the hands of the Five Hundred Camp, so he was tied up very much.

After about half an hour, it was almost completely dark, and an army was coming from the north of the official road. The team was in order and was moving very fast. There was no noise except for the sound of footsteps.

When thousands of majestic soldiers passed by, there were a team of fierce soldiers carrying flintlock rifles, and nearly a hundred Jinyi guards in flying fish suits guarding a young official riding a horse.

The young official was wearing a fifth-rank blue official robe, with red lips and white teeth, and calm demeanor. He was the imperial envoy of the imperial envoy, Xu Jin, the governor of Zhejiang.

At this time, the three scouts of Shaoxing Guards were detained on the roadside. Although they did not recognize Xu Jin, they recognized the Jinyiwei, the flag of the Ministry of War held by the Jinyiwei, and the dragon flag of the Xuanhuang Group. Who else can be used to set up such a formation besides Xu Jin, the governor of Zhizhe?

The three Shaoxing Guards' scammers were filled with amazement and felt something was wrong. Governor Xu had sent someone to send a message saying that he would arrive only in the afternoon of the day. However, he suddenly appeared near Shaoxing Guards and arrested his Shaoxing Guards' scammers. I'm afraid the visitors were not kind!

There is no doubt that Xu Jin was not a good person. He led his army south from Hangzhou on the first day of August. He could have arrived in Ningbo Prefecture in two days, but he deliberately slowed down his schedule and sent someone to notify Shaoxing Guards, Changguo Guards and Guanhai Guards, saying that he would not arrive tomorrow.

However, when the army passed Shaoxing Prefecture City, Xu Jin suddenly ordered a marching force, and advanced more than a hundred miles in half a day. That night, he rushed to the north of the Shaoxing Guard's camp and tied up the scouts sent by the Shaoxing Guard.

At this time, smoke was rising in the camp of Shaoxing Guard, and the Huotou Army was busy making dinner, while the generals of Shaoxing Guard were discussing affairs in the tent.

It is said that the Shaoxing Guard arrived this morning. Seeing that the Guanhai Guard was still holding his troops, he followed suit and set up camp twenty miles north of Ningbo Prefecture, and was unwilling to be the first bird.

The generals of Shaoxing Guard were obviously worried that Governor Xu would pursue them for passive and lazy war. After discussion, he decided to send hundreds of people to pretend to attack Wang Zhi's troops tonight, and then retreated after bluffing.

Hey, unfortunately their wishful thinking was about to fail. Just as the Shaoxing Guard generals finished discussing and preparing to start a meal, Governor Xu had already appeared a mile outside the camp like a divine weapon descending from the sky.

At this time, the Shaoxing guard generals who received the news were almost scared. Commander Feng Guoqing led a group of officers and rolled out of the camp to greet him.

Feng Guoqing had a bit of luck, but when he saw the eye-catching Xuanhuang Group Dragon Banner and the Jinyiwei holding the flag of the Ministry of War that led the way, he no longer dared to be lucky. He ran forward tremblingly, knelt down in the mud and water, and shouted: "Feng Guoqing, commander of Shaoxing Guard, please see the Governor."

Although the Ming Dynasty is now respectful of civil and military affairs, the commander of the dignified guards cannot even kneel down, at most it is one curtsy. However, Feng Guoqing was obviously guilty, so he bowed down on both knees.

Seeing the commander kneeling, the other officers of Shaoxing Guard naturally did not dare to neglect. They quickly knelt on their knees and said in unison: "See Governor!"

Xu Jin was standing high on the horse's back, his eyebrows were like a knife, and his eyes were coldly scanning the Shaoxing guards who were kneeling all over the ground.

As early as in Suzhou, he learned about Xia Yan's situation. The local garrison troops disobeyed the orders, so he led his army south to deliberately slow down his schedule, with the purpose of testing the reactions of these garrison troops. Guanhaiwei, Changguowei, and Shaoxingwei's every move was under the noses of the spy of the Jinyiwei's spy, so Xu Jin knew it clearly.

Because of this, after passing Shaoxing Prefecture City, Xu Jin suddenly accelerated the marching speed. One of the purposes was to give Shaoxing Guard a warning. There is no doubt that the effect is really obvious.

Governor Xu suddenly fell from the sky, frightening the generals of Shaoxing Guard to a great extent. They all knelt in the mud and water and didn't dare to let out a breath.

Xu Jin hung Feng Guoqing and others for two minutes before he said in a deep voice: "Get up."

Feng Guoqing and others stood up uneasy, Xu Jin turned over and dismounted, and went straight to the camp gate of Shaoxing Guard. Five generals, Xie Erjian, Wang Lin'er, Yu Linsheng, Xiong Bai, and Wang Duo, surrounded by five generals, and one hundred fierce soldiers with live ammunition, followed with murderous aura.
Chapter completed!