Chapter 42 Arming

"Wu Niang, I'm pleading, let's go. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

In my impression, my husband has never said such soft words, it is an iron-clad man, a strong man in the blood-stained robe of the Ten Thousand Horse Army, and he is still unmoved. Ye Qi suddenly remembered the night of marriage, the first time he saw himself, the surprise in the other party's eyes, and the eagerness that followed, as well as the slightly rude movements...... I couldn't help but blush.

“...... But is there any discomfort again? It's all the fault of so-and-so, and it doesn't fit to make your mother and son come to this point, you lie down first, and go and call Lang Zhong. Seeing the change in his wife's face, Zhang Shijie was a little nervous, and hurriedly raised his feet to go out, but as soon as he stood up, his hand fell into a ball of softness, and he looked back, and his wife smiled at him.

"The slave will take Da Lang away tomorrow." Zhang Shijie was stunned when he heard this.

This is more than 100 miles away from the county seat of Huaining County in Anqing Prefecture, after more than two months of unremitting efforts, in the five counties under the jurisdiction of Anqing Prefecture, Susong County, which is close to Qizhou, has basically been evacuated, and most of the people in Taihu Lake and Wangjiang counties have chosen to leave, or followed his army here, or found a way out, only Huaining County, where he governs, the situation is very unsatisfactory, so that he is a little helpless.

Anqing is a large county, with more than 150,000 registered households and more than 400,000 Dingkou, almost the same as the entire Huaidong Road. But who knew that it had been less than five months since he took over, and this situation had become one, and now the extra population was no longer wealth, but a burden, and how to settle it had become the primary issue at present.

Tongcheng was already a place to retreat, so he had to move the population as much as possible to the neighboring Wuwei Army, but how much could it be accepted there? Or further, Tongcheng is safe, he doesn't have any bottom in his heart.

The army of the Tartars is on top of their heads, here is only a day away from Luzhou, fortunately, there is the east vein of Dabie Mountain as a shield above, and they can't take care of it for a while, but it doesn't mean that they will never come, if Luzhou City is breached, the next target doesn't have to think about it, for a while, Zhang Shijie seems to have returned to the moment when he broke through the siege from the city of Yingzhou, the difference is that this time in addition to the 30,000 Hubei soldiers under him, there are ten times as many people, what should I do?

Therefore, for more than two months, he has been tormenting almost sleeplessly, thinking countless times about giving up all this to be a simple martial artist, just like when he abandoned Yingzhou, and no longer paying attention to these political affairs that he is not good at at all, but there is not even a trace of the enemy in his own territory, how can he bear to do such a thing? In doing so, what about the people who listened to his words and left their homes?

It was only then that he realized the gap between himself and his brother-in-law, as if in the man's hands, these were not any troubles, and the thought of the young man's confident demeanor made a wry smile involuntarily appear on the corner of his mouth.

"But is something going to happen?" All these changes, how can you hide it from the person next to the pillow, Qi Niang looked at the increasingly haggard face, and she couldn't help herself.

"How can there be, a certain party is thinking, let Zhang Ba take someone to protect your mother and son tomorrow, go directly across the river, return to Jingshi from Jiankang Mansion, and don't have to go through Chizhou, although it is closer, but it is deserted, I am afraid that there will be no fewer bandits, but in that case, the distance will be farther, can you stand it?"

Qi Niang leaned on his chest wordlessly, her husband is a rough person, her heart is not crooked, this blunt explanation, just to calm her heart, the situation outside is there, even if she doesn't understand, she understands how critical things are, she can't help, she can only do it without adding to the chaos, not to mention that the husband is so anxious to let her leave, because she already has a fetus in her womb, almost three months.

She can not care about herself, but she can't care about the child, the war has begun, there will not be a day of stability in the future, any bumps will be a test, in case there is a good one, even she may not be able to keep herself, in this case, it is better to leave early, at least let the couple have a thought, this is relieved.

"Don't worry, when you get to Beijing, everything is arranged by Da Lang, if this child is stable, you might as well take a boat back to Ninghai, there are many people in Yuezhang's mansion, and it is more convenient to take care of it, wait until you ......" Zhang Shijie suddenly couldn't go on, felt a tightness in the hand holding him, and picked up with difficulty: "When the situation is calmer, I will pick you up." ”

"Hmm."

Qi Niang didn't say anything, she just wanted to stay in her husband's arms for a while, the troubled times have come, life is happiness, even if you are worried, you have to wait until after separation, this will not change anything from the day you marry him.

The moment he walked out of the living room, Zhang Shijie's heart felt as if he was burned by fire, if it wasn't for persuading his wife to go back, he wouldn't even be able to spare this rare time to get together, there were a lot of things outside, each of which made him, the principal, upset, and he couldn't escape.

"Tell me, what's going on again?" As soon as he saw the appearance of Zhang Ba, the leader of the pro-soldiers, probing his brain, he knew that nothing good would happen.

"The spies came to report that Shucheng had fallen, and as soon as the Tartar army arrived, the local gentry coerced the magistrate to open the city, and this time, the Tartars did not seem to have slaughtered the city."

As expected, Zhang Shijie didn't react much, but the muscles on his face twitched slightly, Shucheng is the closest place to him, although there are some mountains to block, but after all, it is not the kind of lofty mountains and mountains of the main vein of Dabie Mountain, and it is far from being dangerous, so that the deployment has become a top priority, and the people gathered here must be evacuated immediately, as for when the war comes, it depends on how long Luzhou can resist.

The trouble is not only like this, he has been prepared for the war, and it is one thing to fight or not, but often, whether to fight or not is not completely decided by him, for example, in Shucheng County, when the gentry have a decision, even the chief officer cannot fail to consider it, the same trouble, he has the same here, and in Huaining County, all those who are unwilling to go are such people.

He is just a martial artist, far from reaching the point of saying a word, maybe his practices have been written into a complaint to the Beijing Division, and the enemy disturbed the people before he arrived, such a crime can be big or small, the court may not really touch him, but there must be disgusting words, how can I still take care of those now.

The evil consequences of the Tartar slaughter of the city have been shown, after all, not everyone has the determination to die with the city, most of the people are just blindly obedient, it is conceivable that once the Tartars enter Huaining, the result there will be the same, the people's reasons are more sufficient, even he, the vassal, has given up, why do he have to do something that must die.

"Let's go, let's see."

Zhang Shijie took a deep breath, no longer thinking about what he couldn't do, and took people directly out of the city, walking not on the official road back to Huaining, but in the direction of Shucheng, bluffing Zhang Ba is jump, and quickly gathered people to follow, who knows if there are Tartar scouts in front.

From Tongcheng all the way to the north, the road is winding, and there are mountains on both sides, which seems not suitable for the army to travel, but it does not mean that the enemy will not come, Zhang Shijie thought all the way, and there was a plan after a while.

"Tell someone to find Yan Shun, let people take the troops to station on that side, set up camp by the mountain, do not have to block the road, if the enemy is less than 1,000 people, let them pass, 10,000 people below first warn and then block the enemy in the mountains and forests, more than 10,000 people, retreat into the mountain, listen to the instructions of the official."

"Xie Hongyong and Li Shan's subordinates responded sideways, with less than 1,000 people ambushing the opportunity, and about 10,000 people acting according to the rules." As for the terrain in this area, Zhang Shijie already has a number in his heart, as long as the army of the Tartars cannot be used, with his strength, he may not be able to make some plans, at least he can contain a part of the enemy army, so as to reduce the pressure on the Luzhou side.

Retreat here, the entire Anqing Mansion is almost empty, even if the Tartars occupy Huaining County, if they want to eat locally, there is basically no possibility, relying on stretching their supply lines, and dealing with them in the mountainous area, is the only way at present, for this reason he emptied all the treasury, and there is no shortage of money and food in his hands.

"Li Cun's subordinates stayed in Tongcheng, and ordered him to step up recruitment and training, and the defense of the county town should be strengthened, which is where we are fundamentally, and we can't ignore it for a moment."

The place is not big, and his military strength is enough, looking at it this way, he has a little more confidence in his heart for the upcoming war, with his back to the Wuwei Army, and the chief officer Liu Shiyong there is also a general, and if he can't do it, he can retreat and join forces with him, and return to the field he is good at, Zhang Shijie's thinking is getting smoother and smoother, and he has a little bit of a plan to try it for a while.

"Early tomorrow morning, you will take someone to escort Dalang and them on the road, take the waterway to Jiankang Mansion first, if Li Xianggong is still in the city, help the official bring a letter to him, explain the situation here, ask him Luzhou City, whether to save it or not, how to save the law?"

Wait until the military discussion is almost arranged, he will tell his private affairs and inventory, Zhang Ba wrote them down one by one in his heart, although he is not willing to leave at this moment, but the lady's actions are very important, except for himself to hand over to anyone will not rest assured, fortunately, Jiankang Mansion is far away, that is, a few days of effort.

Unconsciously, the group was almost at the edge of the county, Zhang Shijie looked in that direction with some reluctance, until the soldiers nervously urged again and again, then turned the horse's head and prepared to go back, at this moment, there was a sudden great movement in the distance, it was like a large army marching, Zhang Ba and the others' faces changed suddenly, and they pulled out their sabers to protect him.

"Let's go."

"Don't panic, it's not the direction of Shucheng." Zhang Shijie listened quietly for a while, and turned his head strangely, there was the end of the mountain, and in the distance was the rolling Dabie Mountain.

Rao is like this, Zhang Ba still did not relax his vigilance, until a familiar flag appeared in his sight, and then countless Red Jacket and Light Armor Great Song Sergeants appeared all over the mountains, only then did they open their mouths in surprise, and the saber in their hands was slowly put down.