Lu Yao was away from Jiangdong's family for many years and joined the army alone without any help. He often acted as a leader and attacked the enemy. Therefore, his entourage soldiers were not full of family children, servants and relatives like many generals. They were all brave men who were carefully selected from the army and were skilled in archery and horses. In terms of personal courage, many officers with more than 100 generals were not as good as them.

This time, Lu Yao came to Youzhou and brought fifty people with him. The leader was Ma Rui, and Pang Yuan, who was a descendant from the county, was the deputy. At present, there was no leader in Youzhou, and the loss of the state soldiers was very serious, and many generals were even more unaware of their responsibilities. Therefore, fifty cavalry was enough to maintain Lu Yao's safety. They were all equipped with one man and two horses. Even if they were facing great danger, at least it was not a problem to escape.

But at this time, Ma Rui climbed on Fang Mianzhi's shoulder and stepped forward to cover him slightly, but his expression was a little solemn. Fang Mianzhi was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: Although the two teams of troops facing each other outside the manor were not formally dressed, from their figures, eyes, and even the posture of holding weapons, they could be sure that they were all warriors who had experienced battlefield fighting, and were definitely not ordinary country ruthless men.

However, there is nothing to worry about. The Youzhou army scattered all over the country had already been under the surveillance of Dai County. No matter how fierce these people were, they were just a tribe of wealthy families. Will they be taken seriously by the elites of Dai County? Fang Mianzhi just thought this way, but saw Ma Rui slightly leaning, causing the warriors behind him to come out one after another. The few people who first stepped into the open space in front of the manor immediately got on their horses and galloped a little further to guard the guards; the rest quickly formed a formation to cover Lu Yao and others in Gai Xin. At the end of the team, ten people returned to the official road to cover everyone's retreat.

Facing Fang Mianzhi's puzzled expression, Ma Rui reached out and pointed out two directions, and whispered: "Look."

Fang Mianzhi looked at Ma Rui's pointing angle, but saw smoke and dust rising from behind the bushes on the east side of the manor, and someone shouted the neighing sounds of horses. Obviously, the two groups of people confronted each other in the east were just the pioneers, and there were also a brigade following behind, and not only infantrymen, but also a large number of people riding mules and horses. Fang Mianzhi was young and smart, and learned things very quickly. He had some insight in the Daijun army for a while. He estimated that in total, there must be a team of nearly three or five hundred people.

It is the time of autumn planting, and villages and communities are busy ensuring the farming work. Even the powerful clans who are possessed by ten thousand may not be able to draw many people. Using such a large number of force, they failed to overwhelm the people in the west. On the one hand, it proves that both sides in the confrontation are strong, and on the other hand, it also proves that before these two sides arrive at the manor of Sima, the manor of the former Youzhou, must have special and important purposes.

Although Lu Yao and others lacked expectations for the emergence of these two teams, Lu Yao and others were uninvited guests. Many of them have turned to alert. As the situation is about to become more complicated, the atmosphere has long been a bit strange.

Lu Yao and his group came quickly, intending to visit Qi Hong secretly, but under the current chaotic situation, it is obviously no longer suitable to continue. Youzhou has always been under the rule of the Jin court, unlike the land of the Hu tribe, and Lu Yao is even more different from the past. At this critical moment, he especially needs to cherish his feathers to avoid losing his reputation. If he delays further, if the identity of General Yingyang is revealed, it is very different from his original intention.

What should I do next?

Fang Mianzhi said decisively: "General, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, so we might as well avoid it for a while."

Everyone went to see Lu Yao together.

Lu Yao stared at the two teams, frowned slightly, but said nothing.

Only Ma Rui could whisper dissatisfiedly: "What are you avoiding? We don't care about these miscellaneous soldiers..."

Fang Mianzhi didn't care about explaining to Ma Rui, and asked Lu Yao again, "General?"

I don’t know what Lu Yao was looking at, but the other party’s request seemed to be unknown. After a while, he waved his robe sleeves and signaled: “Wait a little longer.”

"Yes." Fang Mianzhi did not dare to say much and bowed to accept the order.

The clanging sound of armor behind him sounded, and another leader of the entourage's personal soldiers came forward. He squeezed away Fang Mengzhi, bowed to Lu Yao and Ma Rui, and said in a deep voice: "There is no special situation nearby, and the soldiers in Ji County have not moved."

Unlike Ma Rui, who has a heroic personality, Pang Yuan always seems a little gloomy. The other civil servants like Fang Mianzhi are ignorant and have a bad attitude. Fang Mianzhi doesn't think it is offensive, and chuckles and takes a step aside.

Pang Yuan's figure is extremely tall, half a head taller than Lu Yao, and his shoulders are far wider than ordinary people. But he is so thin that he is obviously wearing iron armor and a long sword hanging on his waist. However, after covering his wide robe, the fabric is swaying on his shoulders, and there is no trace of the armor at all. He is a horse thief who was surrendered by Dai County. He has only been two months after he was involved in Lu Yao's command. Lu Yao actually regarded him as the leader of his personal soldiers. This measure of using people without doubt and doubting that he does not use it has really impressed many subordinates.

Just now, Pang Yuan led ten followers and knights back to guard the situation. He soon found out the surrounding situation and confirmed that the encounter between the two groups of people was purely an emergency, rather than a conspiracy against Lu Yao and others. However, after hearing Pang Yuan's report, Lu Yao still stared at the front of the manor, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ma Rui scratched his cheeks and gradually formed thick scab wounds and greeted, "Old Pang, see where these two men came from?"

Pang Yuan glanced at it and replied casually: "These in the east have neat clothes and faces. The horses do not carry bags. The weapons used are well calculated, but the standards are different, and there are no rules for the queues of different types of troops. I think they are private soldiers gathered by local tyrants. In addition, many of these people wear leather boots and may have frequent contacts with Hu Er on weekdays. As for those in the west... the number is slightly smaller, but they are better than long-term training and uniform movements, and they must be elites."

Pang Yuan looked at it again and said decisively: "Look at their clothes and bags they carry with them, they probably came from a long distance from the south."

"South? Where?" Ma Rui asked.

"I don't know." Pang Yuan shook his head and pointed and said, "The saddles they used are all exquisite; although the clothes are ordinary, many people are equipped with precious and gorgeous belts. Do you see the knight closest to us? Look at his belt hook, carved into a phoenix. I have never seen such a shape... It must not be produced in Youzhou, or maybe... it is a nobleman from Jizhou?"

Ma Rui murmured and cursed: "Have you seen a thief who killed thousands of swords before?"

This was because he was wrong about Pang Yuan. When Pang Yuan was a horse thief in the past, evaluating the travel situation and judging whether it was worth robbing was a necessary basic skill. However, the horse thieves only care whether the wealth is rich, so they would not pay attention to the details of their clothes and clothing. Moreover, the Dai County thieves were only in the northern border after all, and Pang Yuan never went beyond the scope of Youzhou in his life, so his knowledge was limited.

"It's not Jizhou..." Lu Yao suddenly interrupted the conversation between Ma Rui and Pang Yuan and said word by word: "It's Luoyang."
Chapter completed!