The air in the hall seemed to be frozen, Li Heng pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision to transfer Yang Xing's Shenwu army into Beijing, but in order not to make Feng Yijun's defense negligent, only 15,000 of them were requisitioned, and they arrived in Chang'an within seven days. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Fifteen thousand people walked from Feng Yijun to Chang'an for seven days, and it was indeed very tense, but Qin Jin had said in front of Li Heng more than once that the foot soldiers trained by his training method could march 200 miles in seven days. Feng Yijun's county governance Tongzhou is only more than 100 miles from Chang'an, and seven days of hard work is naturally enough.

This seven-day period was by no means to test the marching ability of the Shenwu army, or was determined according to the time limit for the arrival of the Hui soldiers in Chang'an.

The men and horses sent to Guanzhong by the Hui tribe sent 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 foot soldiers to delay the date of the march reported by Siluo, whose foot soldiers were still in Ningzhou at this time, and it would take at least seven days to reach Chang'an and meet the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, after Li Heng weighed it for a while, he also had this seven-day period. Seeing that Qin Jin was a little hesitant, he asked:

"Seven days of hard work is a bit urgent?"

Qin Jin shook his head:

Although Your Majesty allows the Hui soldiers to enter Beijing for the Hajj, it is not possible to accommodate everything, it is better to watch the troops in five days, and Yang Xing's headquarters can arrive in Chang'an in three days, and two days of preparation time is enough!"

Originally, Li Heng was afraid that seven days of hard work would not be enough, and wanted to give a few more days, but when he heard Qin Jin say that it would only take three days, he couldn't help but grow his mouth in shock.

I'm afraid that ordinary cavalry can only march at this speed, and he really can't think of any method that Qin Jin can use to train foot soldiers into cavalry.

In fact, the marching speed of the cavalry in this era is far from the speed of the war horse galloping, and it is not easy for the war horse to keep galloping for half an hour. Therefore, if the cavalry's marching speed is deliberately continued to be horsepowered, it is possible that it will be surpassed by the infantry.

Speaking of Yang Xingben's march from Feng Yi, Li Heng suddenly remembered something and said:

"Worm Niang should come back when she goes out to Feng Yi to recuperate, why don't you let Yang Xingben bring her back with her!"

Worm Niang is not only the princess of Shou'an, but also Li Longji's wife who married Qin Jin under the promise of the reign, Li Heng mentioned it to his face, and Qin Jin naturally would not object. To be honest, he was also a little worried about whether this pampered princess with golden branches and jade leaves could withstand the hardships of being adrift.

"I think it's better to put business first......"

Although he hoped to bring back the girl I had pity, Qin Jin was still hypocritical, indicating that everything was on official business, and private matters could be postponed if they were unnecessary.

Unexpectedly, Li Heng stood up with a smile, rubbed his hands, walked to the window, and pushed the window open, and the air in the hall was a little stuffy.

"The heavenly family is selfless, the Emperor Taishang has already decided to marry the insect girl to you, and I will be an adult today and accept you as a brother-in-law!"

A brother-in-law has brought the relationship between the two people a lot closer, although Qin Jin has no gratitude to Li Heng, but only in terms of interpersonal interactions, this person is also a very easy person to get along with, kind to others, and very humane, and his father Li Longji can be said to be very different.

However, Li Heng can call Qin Jin his brother-in-law, Qin Jin can't call Li Heng his brother-in-law, and the great gift between the monarch and the minister is like a chasm that cannot and cannot be crossed.

It's just a matter of being a donkey, but in Qin Jin's opinion, it may not be a good thing.

There is no other reason, even if the concubine and the princess have the status of husband and wife, but the two of them still have the distinction between the monarch and the minister, usually the former is naturally much higher than the latter. This is not the source of Qin Jin's frustration, originally he thought that in this era, he could have three wives and four concubines, such as Fansu and Xiaoman in the house, all of which are charming stunners, and once they become concubines, they naturally don't need to have these non-divisive thoughts.

Moreover, most of the princesses of the Tang Dynasty were as lustful as men, but those who were famous were almost none of them who did not raise husbands, and if they were also put on a green hat, the taste would not be pleasant. However, Qin Jin recalled the only few contacts he had with Worm Niang, and felt that she was an empathetic and polite woman, and she should not have made such a dissolute behavior.

Seeing Qin Jin's rare distraction, Li Heng suddenly felt interesting, thinking that he was losing his mind because of the insect girl, and it seemed that the decision to let them marry later was right. However, if he knew Qin Jin's belly slandering the Li family's daughter's conduct, he didn't know whether he would cry or laugh.

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Thirsty, hungry!

Looking far away, there are large patches of saline-alkali wasteland everywhere in reach, Sun Xiaozhe staggered to the north step by step, but there were only a few retinues left beside him, and their war horses became food for their stomachs one after another along the way, otherwise I would have starved to death on the road.

Under the double torture of food shortages and despair, more than 100 people who originally gathered around Sun Xiaozhe fled, died, and those who remained were weak and staggered.

Sun Xiaozhe only felt that his legs were like being filled with lead, and he had to use all his strength with every step. But now they are still on the border of Yanzhou, and they don't know how many days they have to walk to escape from the Hetao. That's not a problem, the key is that if you don't eat, why keep going?

Stick to it, as long as you keep going, there will definitely be a day when the clouds will see the light of day. Sun Xiaozhe cheered for himself over and over again!

Finally, on the way, they came across a village, in which there were still people who had barely fled, and the people in the countryside were simple and kind, and brought out the only remaining bean cake rice to entertain these people. However, when they were full of water and food, the jackals patted their bellies with satisfaction, revealing their sharp and vicious fangs.

Not only were more than a dozen people killed in a quarter of an hour, but even a baby who was just over a month old was spared.

Such a vicious treatment of the people who entertained them, Sun Xiaozhe has his reasons, his whereabouts must not be exposed, and killing people is the right thing to do. However, one of Sun Xiaozhe's miscellaneous entourage had the idea of the baby, which was an excellent "human breast" material in his eyes.

In this regard, Sun Xiaozhe did not stop it, so that he would not affect the only remaining loyalty of his subordinates because of such a trivial matter.

At this time, it was not easy to escape with him, and how could he interfere with the behavior of his subordinates in finding food on their own, unless he was one of those Confucian scholars with rusty heads.

Instead of spending the night in the slain village, they set out to flee north before dark.

Eating and drinking enough has an excellent effect on physical recovery, and when you walk, you feel the wind under your feet. Each of them carried a lot of bean cake rice from the villagers' homes, and these foods were enough for them to last for three or five days.

In addition, in order to hide his identity, Sun Xiaozhe also took the lead in putting on the people's sackcloth and gezu, coupled with the black and thin image of being tired and hungry all the way away, it was a small group of fleeing people who escaped.

It is also for safety reasons to rush at night while it is dark, because robbers and horse thieves will not rob at night, and it is safest to rush at this time. As we got closer to the grasslands, there was a special group of bandits, and that was horse thieves.

These horse thieves kill people and steal goods, not only robbing money but also killing people. Sun Xiaozhe used to be the commander of an army of 200,000 and never took horse thieves in his eyes, but in such a situation, under his weak body, he no longer even had the strength to deal with horse thieves, so he had no choice but to bow his head.

It is safe to travel at night in this way, seeing that you will reach the grassland out of the boundary of Yanzhou, as long as you pass the last hurdle, that is, cross the Yellow River, you will be able to escape.

On this day, the sky was still nearly an hour bright, and Sun Xiaozhe suddenly heard the faint sound of horse neighing, but it was just a sound that was absent, and he couldn't hear it anyway.

Several of his entourage thought that he was a little nervous, and who would walk at night when this kind of black light was blinding?

Sou!

One of the attendants then threw himself to the ground, and died of exhaustion before he could scream.

Sun Xiaozhe was horrified, spread his legs and ran.

He knew very well in his heart that eight out of ten of the horse thieves they encountered now were horse thieves, although he didn't know why the horse thieves went out in the middle of the night, but at least one thing was very clear, that is, falling into the hands of these people would never end well!

Sure enough, there were torches lit up in the darkness, and the sound of whistling mixed with the sound of horses' hooves in a row came from all directions!

Some people are talking Chinese, some are saying Turkic, and who knows that there are still people shouting Khitan dialect. Such a complex member is not a horse thief.

Sun Xiaozhe did not despair, it is dark now, and there is a great possibility that he will escape from the clutches under the cover of the night, as long as his luck is not too bad.

Fortunately, I have eaten enough in the past few days, and I am running wildly under my feet, and the wind is blowing in my ears, and I am a little far away from danger without running a step.

Suddenly, Sun Xiaozhe only felt that his chest was pulled by a huge force, and his feet immediately lost his balance, and the whole person fell straight forward under the action of inertia. This fall was too strong, and his face was covered with blood, and his body was also cut out by the thorny ground with different depths.

Sun Xiaozhe was struggling on the ground in pain, but the whole person seemed to fall apart, and he couldn't get up no matter how hard he tried.

The sound of heavy footsteps was getting closer and closer, and then he felt the collar of his neck tighten, and the whole person was lifted.

"It's a disappointment, it's a fugitive who has been caught, it's better to kill it with a knife!"

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Sun Xiaozhe was really frightened and desperate to the extreme, and he was afraid that there would be no way to survive if he fell into the hands of horse thieves, but listening to the conversations of those horse thieves, he roughly judged that these people had set up an ambush overnight, and there were other people who wanted to rob.

So, who is the person who really wants to rob the horse thieves who set up an ambush overnight? Sun Xiaozhe himself could not be protected, but he still could not suppress his curiosity.

"It's a pity to kill them, these goods are all strong and strong, and they are good at work, so it's better to bet them back to be slaves, and they can be sold for a good price on the grassland!"