Chapter 660: A Parting Covenant

Yang Jiangyi stepped forward and stretched out his hands to hug Hua Bushi, tears couldn't help but slide down his cheeks. The two hugged each other tightly, and they were reluctant to part for a while.

After a long time, Hua Bushi's mood calmed down a little, and asked, "How did my sister guess that my younger brother's illness was faked?"

Yang Jiangyi said: "Actually, when you said that the whole body was weak because the meridians were not opened, I had some doubts, because you told me earlier that the human body's meridians could not be saved if they were closed for six hours, how could there be a reason to delay these many days? ”

Hua Bushi said: "In that case, as early as a few days ago, my sister had already guessed the truth. ”

Yang Jiangyi said: "Yes, I have long thought that you may be pretending, but you are just ......"

Since there were suspicions for a long time, why did he not expose the truth until today? Although Yang Jiangyi did not say the reason, Hua Bushi was able to understand it. It turns out that she, like herself, is also reluctant to separate, and also hopes to live this kind of life forever!

Hua Bushi hugged the beautiful woman in his arms tighter, and said: "Let's not go back, let's live a good life together! Every day you hunt, I come to barbecue, you must not know that my barbecue skills are much better than yours, make sure that my sister eats once and still wants to eat, no matter how you can't eat, and you can't forget it for the rest of your life!"

Yang Jiangyi said: "Fool, I don't need to eat your barbecue, I can't forget you for a long time." ”

Hua Bushi said: "Then let's continue to live on this mountain, okay?"

Yang Jiangyi said: "Okay." ”

Hua Bushi was overjoyed when he heard this, but he heard Yang Jiangyi say: "But it's only three days, and I'll send you back in three days." ”

Hua Bushi's face immediately sank again, and said, "Three days, how can three days be enough?"

Yang Jiangyi said: "Do you know, that day I was in the hut for you to pierce the vein, I thought that there was no one to protect the Dharma at that time, if the enemy attacked, both of us would be killed, but that night was very peaceful, and there was not a single leopard, wolf and beast near the hut. ”

Hua Bushi originally thought that no matter what, he would persuade Yang Jiangyi to stay, but at this time, he overheard her say this, and he didn't understand the meaning of the words, so he just looked at her in a daze.

Yang Jiangyi continued: "We can live because we have been blessed by God and helped by many other people, do you believe it?"

Hua Bushi believes. Just a few days ago, if it weren't for Wang Changsheng and those disciples of the Thunderbolt Camp who sacrificed their lives to save him, he would have been killed by the killers of the "Heavenly Punishment", and he is still alive at the moment, at least he should be grateful to those people.

Therefore, our lives are not only our own, God protects us, but also makes us responsible. Jiang Yi knows that Childe wants to give up everything at this moment and only stay in this mountain and live a peaceful life, but will you never remember those innocent souls who died? And those who suffered in the troubled times, will you never remember the dream in your heart?"

"When you remember this, you will definitely not stay any longer, and you will regret your indulgence today. At the beginning, Jiang Yi also thought that she could give up her responsibilities, not take revenge on her teacher, and not practice martial arts, just to stay by her son's side, but now I understand that there are some things in this world that are destined to be done, and you and I can't escape, and you and I are the same. We have spent more than ten days in this mountain wilderness, and we should feel lucky that we have stolen the time from the hands of God. ”

Since the establishment of the ambition to quell the killing with the strength of his life, this ideal has never wavered in Hua Bushi's heart, until this time Yang Jiangyi is leaving, he has the idea of abandoning the world and living in seclusion, and he actually put aside the ideal of his life, this is Aiqing's Liliang.

However, there are some things in life that are more important than aiqing, as Yang Jiangyi said, the predestined responsibility is inescapable, the impulse of the moment will eventually return to reason, and the weakness of the moment will still return to the original strength.

Yang Jiangyi broke free from Hua Bushi's embrace, stared into his eyes, and said: "We made an agreement here today, after Jiangyi leaves, you don't have to chase anymore, and don't inquire about looking for my whereabouts, and Jiangyi can also promise that after I practice the 'Yijin Sutra', I will definitely return to Gongzi and help Gongzi achieve his ideals, okay?"

Hua Bushi cried with a sad face, and from Yang Jiangyi's tone, he could of course hear that there was no room for change in her departure. In desperation, he had no choice but to nod.

was almost forced by Yang Jiangyi to hold his hand, and his palms struck each other, and the agreement between the two was reached. However, after the shooting, Hua Bushi refused to let go of Yang Jiangyi's palm, and grabbed her slender waist and hugged her in his arms.

"What do you want to do?" Yang Jiangyi asked with a red face.

Hua Bushi seemed to have gotten rid of his distress in an instant, and the evil young master's evil smile returned to his face, and said: "Didn't my sister promise to stay for another three days, since this time was stolen from God's hands, how precious is it, how can it be so easy to pay for it? Sister, come with me, we can still do a lot of things these days!"

The ※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Qi River runs through Zhangde Province and is a small river in the northeast of Henan.

Dongyaodu is a ferry in the middle reaches of the Qi River, the river section here is about 100 zhang wide, the water flow is already very turbulent, plus there was a heavy rain in the previous day, now the gray-yellow river water mixed with sediment, swirl Xiangxia swim and rush, make the sound of "whoosh".

On the wharf on the east bank of the river, there are more than a dozen wooden boats, and a team of people and horses are preparing to cross the river, about 2,000 people. The soldiers were well-groomed and well-armed, and although they were disembarking in a scattered group, they were in good order, and there was no confusion at all.

Standing on the shore of a big red flag, embroidered with a big "Chuang" word, and the four war horses under the big flag, riding on the back of a black horse in the middle, the red tassels fluttering on the felt hat on the head, wearing a cloak, hanging a big sword from the waist, it is Li Zicheng. The blue-robed man beside him was Liu Zongmin, and the other two generals were Li Guo and Tian Jianxiu.

"How far is the brigade of officers and soldiers from here?" asked Li Zicheng.

"Zhang Zongheng's men and horses are thirty-five miles to the southeast, He Renlong is fifty miles to the north, Zhang Yingchang's horse team was defeated by us, and the infantry is at least forty or fifty miles away. Liu Zongmin replied.

He pursed his lips and said: "Big brother, don't worry, when they arrive here, we will already cross the river, this river is turbulent, as long as the ferry is destroyed, no matter how many officials, soldiers and horses there are, it is impossible to force the crossing!"

Li Zicheng said: "Are there other wharves and ferries on this Qi River?"

Liu Zongmin said: "The nearest one is also thirty miles away, and it will take at least three or four hours for the officers and soldiers to make a detour to cross the river. ”

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Three or four hours should be enough for us to get out of the encirclement and go away." ”

Tian Jianxiu said: "We have a lot of grain and grass baggage, and there are more than 20 large steel cannons, and there are more than 300 wounded in the battle with the officers and soldiers yesterday. ”

Liu Zongmin said: "If it doesn't work, it's better to leave the wounded behind, which will definitely speed up the march a lot." ”

Before Li Zicheng could reply, Li Guo objected: "Absolutely not! Those brothers are all injured by the officers and soldiers of the battle, wouldn't it chill everyone's hearts to throw them down?"

On that day, Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang traveled, and the results of the meeting with the leaders of the rebel army from all walks of life in northern Henan were not ideal, except for two or three leaders who were not strong, and several large local rebel armies were unwilling to be absorbed. Five days later, they returned to Huaiqing City with hundreds of people they had recruited.

As soon as Li Zicheng entered the city, Li Guo and Hao Shaoqi told him about the danger of Biluo Mountain and Hua Bushi leading the Perak battalion to help, but Li Zicheng's decision was the same as that of Liu Zongmin, the general outpost, and he also refused to send troops. After a few days, Zhang Zongheng and Hong Chengchou's two official armies approached Huaiqing City, plus Zhang Yingchang, who was already eyeing the sidelines, a total of 140,000 horses, and they were about to form an encirclement of the city.

The occupation of more than 30,000 rebel troops in Huaiqing is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg to a hard encounter with so many officers and soldiers, and once they are surrounded in the city, it will be too late to escape. The marshal Gao Yingxiang immediately decided to abandon the city and withdraw from Huaiqing before the official army completed the siege.

After leaving Huaiqing, the men and horses of the 36th Battalion fled separately, scattering as birds and beasts, which was also the usual tactic used by the rebels when they were surrounded and suppressed by the officers and soldiers of the brigade for a long time.

Among the main rebels and horses, the "Eight Kings" Zhang Xianzhong retreated to the south, preparing to fight in Hubei through southern Henan, Liu Guoneng and "Cao Cao" Luo Rucai led their troops to the west and tried to march into the Sichuan-Shaanxi area, while the men and horses of Gao Yingxiang, the "King of Chuang", went north to re-enter the Jin realm, and the target was Liaozhou, which had only left not long ago.

Perhaps because they learned that Gao Yingxiang was the commander of the 36th Battalion, the official army only divided a small part of Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Guoneng and others who fled to the west and south, and concentrated 890,000 troops to chase and intercept Gao Yingxiang's righteous army to the north. Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Ming Xuan, personally led the troops and horses, and the governor of the three sides, Hong Chengchou, sent the most powerful general He Renlong to lead the team, plus the men and horses of Zhang Yingchang, the official army can be said to be the best soldiers.

The difference in strength is huge, so naturally it is best to go, Gao Yingxiang and the large army retreated north at full speed, but handed over the heavy responsibility of covering the broken back to Li Zicheng.

In the past 10 days, Li Zicheng led 3,000 men and horses of his headquarters to play a game of going around in circles with several chasing soldiers on an area of hundreds of miles north of Huaiqing Mansion, and engaged in six or seven battles, dragging all 80,000 or 90,000 officers and soldiers in northern Henan.