But just as he was about to speak, Xu Xiangtian on the side saw that the soldiers were surrounding him, and he was overly nervous, so he immediately threw a whip at the horse's buttocks and galloped forward on the horse.

Xu Xiangtian ran, and the soldiers at the outpost immediately knew that there was a ghost, and they all rushed towards Zhou Bo and Qin Han.

Zhou Bo shouted: "Presumptuous, don't chase that person back for me!"

The soldiers were shocked by Zhou Bo's drink, and looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

Zhou Bo was just deliberately scaring these soldiers just now, he knew that if he continued to pretend, he would be found out sooner or later, and now he had to escape. While the soldiers hesitated, he suddenly drew his sword, condescendingly, and slashed the officer to the ground.

"Run!" he shouted to Qin Han.

Qin Han reacted, waved his horsewhip fiercely, and fled.

When the soldiers saw that the leader had been cut down, this time they really knew that this group was the enemy. Immediately no longer hesitated, and slashed at Zhou Bo with a knife.

Zhou Bo pinched the spurs, and while urging the horse to run quickly, he took the opportunity to throw a backhand knife and overturned another soldier.

The soldiers at the checkpoint were all infantry, and there were no horses, so they couldn't stop them in the face of three people and three horses, so they could only chase after them on foot for a while, and then returned in vain.

Xu Xiangtian ran at the front, followed by Qin Han, and finally Zhou Bo. The three of them didn't dare to slow down the slightest, and desperately pumped the horse's buttocks, galloping along the road.

After about half an hour of running, the three horses were so tired that no matter how much the men on the horses whipped, the speed under the legs gradually slowed down. At this time, Zhou Bo and Qin Han finally caught up with Xu Xiangtian. Although Zhou Bo scolded Xu Xiangtian half to death in his heart, he did not show his emotions.

"We've run far. Qi Bing won't chase after him for a while, so let's rest first. He shouted to the front.

Xu Xiangtian and Qin Han immediately pulled the reins and stopped the horses.

At this time, they were in a wilderness, and the vision around them was very open, and they could be the first to spot an enemy if they appeared. It was getting late, and the three of them ran around for most of the day. It's already sleepy. After they dismounted, they sat down casually on the ground, each with the afterglow of panic on their faces.

"Xu Yanei, why did you run away first just now?" Qin Han asked Xu Xiangtian with reproach.

"I'm just following Zhou Bo's intentions, didn't Zhou Bo say that if the situation is not right, he will flee immediately?" Xu Xiangtian said confidently, he was not ashamed of his behavior just now.

"You ......" Qin Han felt more and more that Xu Xiangtian was very cowardly, and he really didn't know how he still had the face to propose marriage to him.

"Alas, I'm so thirsty and tired, how long will it take to get to Ezhou?" Xu Xiangtian sighed and shouted.

"Bear with me. After tonight, we'll be all right. The Qi soldiers at the previous outpost have already spotted us, so let's get on the road as soon as possible after a little rest. Zhou Bo said.

The three of them rested for a moment, allowing the horses to catch their breath, and then mounted their horses and continued south.

It was completely dark, and there was no light in the wilderness, but fortunately the autumn was crisp, and the moon hanging in the sky was bright and bright. The right to light the road for Zhou Bo and the three of them. But after continuing to trot for seven or eight miles, suddenly there was the sound of a bowstring in the darkness in the distance. Only to hear the sound of "whoosh" from far and near, a feathered arrow pierced the darkness.

Zhou Bo walked in the front, and before he could see where the feather arrow came from, he only felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, and a powerful momentum knocked him off the horse at once. He fell hard and looked up at himself. Stunned, he found that he had been hit by an arrow in the shoulder.

"Zhou Bo, are you okay?" Qin Han asked worriedly, she reined in her war horse and jumped down, ran to Zhou Bo and helped him up.

"You guys are quick to shoot, there are enemies!" Zhou Bo said with severe pain. He knew he wouldn't be able to run far with an injury. Now, if Qin Han and Xu Xiangtian are allowed to run away, with the armor of a pseudo-Qi soldier on their bodies, they may be able to get through in the dark.

"No, Zhou Bo, we can't leave you behind. Qin Han's small face was full of courage.

Zhou Bo was about to get angry and urge them to get on the horse and leave quickly, but a tear from Qin Han fell on his mouth, making him a little reluctant to get angry. He was now half-leaning on Qin Han's weak shoulder, and the warm body fragrance on the girl's body smelled very comfortable. At this moment, he deeply understood what it means to die under the peony flower, and it is also romantic to be a ghost.

However, Xu Xiangtian on the side was in a hurry, although he had Qin Han in his heart, but he could still give up his life. Immediately, without saying a word, he raised his horsewhip and continued to run.

At this moment, dozens of torches suddenly lit up in front of the wilderness, and a group of cavalry surrounded them.

Xu Xiangtian was stunned at this time, and quickly stopped the horse and fled in the opposite direction.

Zhou Bo looked up and saw this scene, and secretly screamed in his heart, it seemed that he was really in a catastrophe. He struggled to stand up, pulled Qin Han behind him, and said, "Lady, I'm just afraid that we will come to an end this time." ”

Qin Han cried softly, she suddenly stretched out her hand and grabbed Zhou Bo's forearm, and pleaded: "General, the slave family must not fall into their hands, please general...... Please general......" At this point, I suddenly choked with tears, and I couldn't say the rest of the words anymore.

Zhou Bo sighed, it's really a pity for Qin Han, a little beauty. He suddenly grabbed Qin Han's little hand, anyway, he was about to die, and it was nothing to take advantage of it.

"Please rest assured that the lady will never let them ruin the reputation of the lady. He said solemnly, and suddenly pulled out the knife at his waist.

Although there were only a few dozen torches in front, the number of cavalry was enough to be hundreds, and they quickly surrounded Zhou Bo and Qin Han. As for Xu Xiangtian, he ran back a few steps, and was still chased by the surround.

"Catch it alive, Dong Shuai wants to ask!" a cavalryman shouted.

Soon, more than a dozen people jumped from their horses among the cavalry, and rushed up to Zhou Bo's side.

At this time, Zhou Bo saw the light of the torches around him, and saw the appearance of the other party clearly, and it turned out that it was all dressed as Song Jun, and immediately shouted: "Everyone, slow down." Which subordinate are you waiting for?"

These Song Jun were slightly stunned, and then they all sneered.

"Well, you traitor still dare to ask me what kind of person I belong to? Don't talk nonsense with him, after tying up, I will beat him first. A leader-looking officer commanded.

The soldiers were going to keep going.

"Wait, I'm Xiangyang Mansion Pusheng Sanchuan Zuoying preparing to send Zhou Bo, please don't misunderstand. Zhou Bo immediately threw out his identity. He still remembered that these people mentioned Dong Shuai's name. So I searched my mind for historical knowledge to see if I could find the corresponding characters.

"You are dressed in the armor of a dog, and you dare to pretend to call me Song Jun?" said the leading officer angrily.

"I have a certificate of defense, four days ago Xiangyang Mansion fell, in order to protect the two sons to get out, so disguised as Qi Dog's costume, this is a last resort, and please ask this general to be clear. Zhou Bo hurriedly explained, while taking out the guard from his armor and handing it over.

Then. Qin Han, who had been hiding behind Zhou Bo, also stood up and said, "This general, we are really Song people, slaves...... I am the son of the Gwanghwa Army's festival envoy, and the third son of the Junzhou Observation Envoy. Zhou Bo guarded us all the way, he is indeed not a Qi person. ”

Xu Xiangtian, who was further behind, also said again and again: "Jiayan Xu Yuanzhi is an observer of Junzhou, and now he must be in Ezhou." ”

When the leading cavalry heard that the two senior officers of the observation envoy and the jiedu envoy came out at once, they immediately did not dare to slack off. The patter stepped forward and took over the customs defense from Zhou Bo's hand and looked at it. After seeing that it was really good, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted. Changed his tone and smiled: "The three adults were frightened, and they were reckless just now. I also shot and injured Lord Zhou, which is really offended. ”

Zhou Bowei smiled and said, "Where is it, general, you are also acting on orders, don't say anything about this black light." Wearing the military uniform of Qi Dog below, it is inevitable that there will be accidental injuries. ”

The leading officer immediately asked his subordinates to lift their guards, and called a personal soldier to draw arrows for Zhou Bo to treat his wounds. During this time, he respectfully approached Qin Han and Xu Xiangtian and learned some information.

Zhou Bo and the others were the first batch of people who fled from Xiangyang City to Ezhou. They brought the news that Xiangyang City had fallen, which made these Song cavalry mourn. rested in place for a moment or so, because this is still the boundary of Yingzhou and is not safe, so the group quickly got on their horses and prepared to evacuate.

According to the leading officer, their cavalry unit has been patrolling the border between Yingzhou and Ezhou, waiting for an opportunity to arrest some soldiers who are pseudo-Qi and inquire about the military situation. Because Ezhou City and Xiangyang City have lost contact in the past few days, several bigwigs in Ezhou City are very anxious, so they ask the cavalry patrolling the border to intercept reliable information as soon as possible.

So this evening, this cavalry met the three fleeing people by chance.

Zhou Bo rode with the leading officer, and he asked, "Dare to ask the general's name?"

"The general didn't dare to be, and he was in the next Bijin, but he won the cavalry under the command of the six compartments. The leading officer bowed.

The establishment of the army of the Song Dynasty changed frequently, but in the Shaoxing year, it was unified with five people as a team, two groups as a group, and five groups as a team. Further up is the battalion, but the battalion does not have a strict quota, sometimes two teams are one battalion, but sometimes you can see a large battalion of five teams. The commander of the team is called the escort team, and he is a small military attache who is from the ninth grade or even no grade.

When Zhou Bo was in Xiangyang Mansion, he was the commander of the battalion, that is, he was ready to general, and he was one step older than Bi Jin in terms of both official position and rank. However, he didn't feel a little proud now, although he was a prepared general, he was a single commander, and the other party had more than 100 subordinates.

"Isn't the Pingsheng Xiang Army the garrison of Henan Prefecture?" he asked with some curiosity. I still know the history, the Xiang army belongs to the local army, and it can be inferred from Henan Province through the number "Pingsheng".

"That's true, last year, Henan Xuanfu made Zhai Xuan Zhai Daxianggong re-recruit the Pingshengxiang army in Zhengzhou, but unfortunately we couldn't stay in Zhengzhou for a long time. After the southern invasion of the Jingou and Qigou coalition forces, Zhai Daxianggong retreated all the way south and finally had to retreat to Ezhou. Bi Jin sighed and said.

Zhou Bo gradually remembered that last year, that is, in the second year of Shaoxing, the Northern Expedition presided over by Song Gaozong began. However, this Northern Expedition was not well prepared from the beginning. At that time, the two main armies on the battlefield of the Northern Expedition were Li Hui, the Xuanfu envoy of the Jingnan Road, and Zhai Xuan, the Xuanfu envoy of Henan, and the main forces of these two route armies were the box army with extremely low combat effectiveness. Not only did the imperial court not provide enough weapons and equipment, but it also did not even send grain and grass.

However, fortunately, during last year, Liu Yu, the puppet lord of Qi, was rampant in his territory, which aroused great resentment among the people. The puppet Qi continued to revolt in China, and the puppet Qi generals in various places defected to Li Hui and Zhai Xuan. So in the first few months, Li Hui and Zhai Xuan won one victory after another, and even hit Zhengzhou, approaching the pseudo-Qi capital Daimyo.

Liu Yu, the lord of the puppet Qi state, naturally begged for help from his old master, the Jin State, with Jin Wushu as the main commander, and united the puppet Qi army to invade the south. Li Hui and Zhai Xuan's troops were originally a rabble, and of course they were not the opponents of the Jinqi coalition army, so they were defeated all the way in the next six months.

To this day, not only have all the Jiangbei areas been recovered, but even Xiangyang Mansion has been put upside down.

Zhou Bo sighed, but at this time, he suddenly thought of one more thing, and couldn't help but hurriedly ask Bi Jin: "Dare to ask the Bi Escort team, Ling Lang is named Bi Zaiyu?"

It's just that as soon as he said this question, he immediately regretted it.

He once learned about some famous generals of the Southern Song Dynasty in some historical forums, among which a person named Bi Zaiyu was as famous as Xin Qiji and Lu You in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty, and his father was Yue Fei's old subordinate Bi Jin. Let's not talk about whether this Bi Jin is Bi Jin or not, but more importantly, Bi Zaiyu was born in Shaoxing for 14 years, and it is still 11 years away from now.

Bi Jin was stunned for a while, and said with a smile: "I haven't married yet, I don't know why Zhou Bo asked this?"

Zhou Bo was embarrassed, and quickly changed the topic, and said: "Dare to ask the Bi Escort team, is the Dong Shuai you mentioned earlier Dong Hao Dong Deputy General, or Dong Xian Dong in charge?"

Zhai Xuan has two generals surnamed Dong, one is Dong Hao and the other is Dong Xian. Although these two people are pseudo-Qi surrenderers, they are also conscientious and loyal generals on the battlefield of the Southern Song Dynasty's anti-Jin Dynasty in the future.

"Under the command of Lord Dong Hao. Bi Jin replied, he was surprised by Zhou Bo's Xiangyang preparation, how could this person know everything? He was also from the Xiang Army, and he knew that the local army almost didn't hear anything outside the window, and only had to take care of the affairs of the defense area.

The group rode the war horse and trotted for a while, the night was getting deeper and deeper, and there was still a considerable distance from the Ezhou border, so Bi Jin suggested that the horse should go quickly. Everyone along the way didn't talk any more, and after galloping for about an hour, after crossing the Hanchuan River, they finally got out of the dangerous situation.

Bi Jinxian took Zhou Bo and the three to Dong Hao's camp stationed in Sizhou, which is only about 30 miles away from Ezhou, which can be regarded as the front-line camp in Ezhou. After coming to the camp, Bi Jin asked his subordinates to take three people to the tent in the camp to rest, and he reported to the boss first.

Dong Hao was surprised when he heard that Bi Jin had brought back the two Yanei, and hurriedly went out of the Zhongjun tent to meet the two Yanei in person.

At this time, Zhou Bo, Xu Xiangtian and Qin Han were sitting in a vacant tent in the camp of the box. The box battalion is the battalion, which is responsible for the logistics work and grain and grass management of the whole battalion. Earlier, a few soldiers brought water and some dry food for them to fill their stomachs first. (To be continued.) )