"Yes." Mai Tiebang replied loudly, "General, please let someone go to Luyang Pass in person to welcome His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Okay, you can bring two groups of troops to go. General Qian and General Meng go to Luyang Pass. I am worried that Yang Xiu will send troops to rob him." Guo Zhen thought for a while, but in the end he still felt that it was best to send 500 more troops.

"Yes." Qian Shixiong and Meng Jincha responded loudly together, and then the three of them stepped down the city tower together.

Under the city tower, Mai Tiezhang said to the two, "Click the two groups of people quickly, let's go to Luyang Pass to guard the pass and welcome the prince."

Luyang Pass is located in a north-south-directed fractured Grand Canyon between Lushan and Nanzhao. It is known as the leader of the Great Wall's hundred passes. Since ancient times, it has been an ancient chariot and horse road. Because there has been a legend among the people that crows lead Liu Xiu through Luyang Pass three times, it is called the Three Crow Road. This pass is an important chariot and horse road, and it is an important road from Bashu and Jinghu to Luoyang.

"Yang Xiu has already left Wu Pass and is approaching. Shouldn't we stay in Nanyang City and defend the city?" Qian Shixiong asked in confusion.

"You know a lot." Mai Tiejian snorted, "There are only five thousand soldiers in Nanyang City, but do you know how many soldiers Yang Xiu brought? We will definitely not be able to defend Nanyang City alone. Since that is the case, we have to rely on the crown prince's troops to help. If Yang Xiu sent troops to steal Luyang Pass, we will be isolated and have a dead end. Now we will divide our troops to defend Luyang Pass. General Guo will hold on the city for a few days. As long as the prince's soldiers arrive, we will have no worries. Go and summon troops, we must set off immediately."

Qian Shixiong nodded quickly, "Yes." He turned around, but found that Meng Jincha had already left one step earlier to summon troops, so he quickly rushed to catch up.

The three of them quickly formed a team under the city. Two regiments of one thousand soldiers and horses were counted. After the troops were immediately out of the north gate.

A thousand soldiers and horses were all infantry, without horses, and only had one hundred mules to carry food and some equipment. The journey of nearly 300 miles was nearly marching rapidly, and it would take about two days. Wu Pass was only five hundred miles away from Nanyang City. Although Wu Pass was even further away from Luyang Pass, Yang Xiu must have cavalry. If he sent elite cavalry to Luyang, they might be late.

Qian Shixiong smiled and said to Mai Tiebang, "The prince will definitely send vanguard cavalry to go south first. The prince has the most cavalry. It is said that their cavalry is one man and three horses. Even ordinary infantry have horses, not ordinary short horses, but big horses. Even if we march on the road, there are big horses. It's really luxurious. Look at us, a thousand horses, except for a few officers who have horses, the rest have to rely on two soles. Three hundred miles a day, how about we march a hundred miles a day?"

Mai Tiebang was not as relaxed as that, and said in a deep voice. "We cannot put all our hopes on others. If the prince's vanguard did not arrive in time. If Yang Xiu's troops robbed Luyang Pass, do you know how serious the consequences would be? War is not a joke. We must be cautious. Three hundred miles away, we must arrive within two days. We now only have one thousand men and one hundred mules to transport supplies. We are walking on the Plain Avenue, even if we walk one hundred twenty to one a day

It is normal to have 150 miles. We are not marching, carrying a large amount of food and supplies, so why do we still have to go only 100 miles a day? Don’t just care about the ease. Have you ever thought about what would happen if we were caught by Yang Xiu’s troops halfway through? If we encounter enemy cavalry on such a plain, even if we have 200 or 300 horses, we will die without a burial place. Therefore, no matter what purpose it is, we should arrive at Luyang Pass as soon as possible."

"Oh, I think you are all worried too much. If you want me to say that there is nothing to worry about in this battle. When the prince's army arrives, I dare say that the Guanzhong army will collapse immediately. Yang Xiu is just struggling dyingly, but what kind of flowers can he struggle. Today, the crown prince is deeply admired by the people, and Yang Xiu is killing the throne and usurping the throne, and everything is unpopular. Moreover, the crown prince already owns most of the world, and Yang Xiu is just guarding the little place in Guanzhong. Besides, the crown prince commands the army to fight. Have you ever heard of losing when he loses? Even Yang Su has surrendered to the court, so why can Yang Xiu fight?" Meng Jincha shook his head carelessly and said indifferently.

Mai Tiebang suddenly felt like he could not speak a rebuttal, which reminded him of the Southern Chen. Ten years ago, the Sui sent troops to attack Nan Chen. At that time, the Southern Chen thought that this was just another battle between the north and the south. In the end, the Southern Chen general used the Yangtze River to block the attack of the Sui people. As a result, no one expected that the Sui Dynasty actually captured the capital Jiankang in just a short time, and the entire Jiangdong surrendered one after another, and directly collapsed and perished. Mai Tiebang

He was from Shixing, Jiangnan. In his early years, Chen Hou had a umbrella. Because of his bravery and strength, he could travel 500 miles a day. He could catch a galloping horse when running. He was rough and slutty and liked to drink. He liked to make friends and respect his loyalty. He usually made a living by fishing and hunting, but did not invest in property. Later generations worked as thieves with others and became officials slaves. From then on, they specially set up umbrellas for Chen Hou. Although they switched to work for the emperor, Mai Tiebang still secretly managed his old career. Every day, Chen Houzhu retreated to court, and he

It had to walk more than a hundred miles, and ran to Nanxuzhou to rob and steal at night. The next morning, he rushed back to Jiankang and still held an umbrella for the Houzhu. After doing this for more than a dozen votes, someone recognized him and sued Chen Houzhu. At that time, many officials of the court said that Mai Tiebang could be seen every morning, and they did not believe that he could run to Nanxuzhou to be a thief. In the end, the Shangshu Cai Hui dug a hole, offered a reward of 100 gold, and recruited people to send an edict to the governor of Nanxuzhou. As a result, Mai Tiebang was immediately deceived

, happily came out to respond, left with the edict, and replied in time the next morning. As a result, the edict from the Empress Chen to the governor of Xuzhou was actually asking him to prove that Mai Tiebang was in Xuzhou, and then replied to it and handed it to Mai Tiebang and brought it back to the Empress. Therefore, when the Empress read the book, he knew that Mai Tiebang could indeed run away and was indeed the thief. However, Chen Houzhu did not deal with him, but just warned him, pity him for his bravery and agility, so he asked him to go back to his hometown.

After returning to his hometown, Mai Tiebang quickly joined the Sui army, and after Chen destroyed the Sui Yang Su suppressed the rebellion in Jiangnan. In Yang Su's army, Mai Tiebang also made many military achievements. At that time, Lai Huer, who joined the army of Jiangnan, was known as the hero. Once, Yang Su sent Mai Tiebang to Jiangnan for reconnaissance. Mai Tiebang wore a grass handle on his head and floated across the river at night. After all, he found out the situation of the thief camp. After he returned to Yang Su. Later, he went to the thief camp again and was caught by the thief soldiers. The thief commander Li Ling sent thirty soldiers to escort him, tied him up and prepared to give him to Gao Zhihui. He was escorted to the thief pavilion. The soldiers had a meal and rested. He was so hungry that he was untied.

He let him eat. Mai Tie Staff seized the swords of the soldiers and chopped the escorted soldiers until they were killed. Then he cut off their noses one by one and returned with his arms. Yang Su was very surprised. Later, he rewarded the merits and did not have the wheat iron rod. When Yang Su was on a postcar, he followed Yang Su on foot and stayed in the same shop together every night. When Yang Su found Mai Tie Staff, he understood the intention of Mai Tie Staff and specially asked Emperor Wen of Su to give the iron rod the third sect of Yitong. However, because Mai Tie Staff was illiterate, he was put back in the country. Yang Guang admired the courage of the iron rod. In the 16th year of Kaihuang, he summoned Mai Tie Staff to Yangzhou and appointed him as the general of the chariot.

Recalling most of his life, Mai Tiebang was not full of emotion. Thinking about the two young generals in Yang Su's army, one of them Lai Hu'er and the other of Mai Tiebang. Both of them joined the army when the Sui Dynasty destroyed Chen, and they were both brave and able to fight. But their situations were very different. Lai Hu'er was a descendant of a famous family and was quickly reused after making meritorious contributions and continued to rise. Last year, he was already the general manager of Jianzhou and promoted to the pillar state. He was also appointed as the Duke of Yongning County. Now, after he heard that he had joined the Luoyang court, he was newly appointed as the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province and commanded the commander-in-chief of Fujian Province.

Even his sixth son came to do a good job. At a young age, he met the prince on the road last year and saved the prince. He then became a charity and went north to Huaihuang. Now he has been appointed as a marquis and general, and has the marshal's martial arts rank. But he has made such great contributions back then, and even didn't even mention the merits because he had been a thief. In the end, he finally relied on Yang Su to ask for a report to be a scattered official, and finally he was released back to his hometown because he was illiterate. Now he is just a general of chariots and cavalry.

Originally, Yang Guang was a good lord and treated him well. If he hadn't been killed suddenly, he might have used it more.

Along the way, Mai Tiebang kept his face tense and his brows frowned.

Although he had been in the industry for a long time and had even served the Sui Dynasty ten years ago, in fact, although he had a rough appearance, he was only twenty-six years old this year and was less than thirty years old. At this age, he already had a fifth-rank general of chariots and cavalry, which was not low. But during the period when he was unemployed in his hometown twice, he felt that it was difficult for him to endure that kind of leisure. What he longed for was the battlefield, going through death, galloping, and the days of winning fame with swords and guns. He was not old yet, and he was even more unwilling to be silent. Perhaps this was an opportunity to follow the crown prince, fight for him, charge for him, and win a title.

I have met two people who appreciate him in my life, the first one is Yang Su and the second one is Yang Guang. Now, he is full of great expectations for the prince Yang Lin who is about to go south. Perhaps, Yang Lin can become the third person to appreciate him.
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