Seeing that the enemy army had been defeated, Wu Zheng shouted at Jiang Quanyi, who was wounded by an arrow in his right arm on the side: "Can you still resist?" ”

Jiang Quanyi replied loudly: "The last general can still kill again!" ”

Wu Zheng laughed and said, "Okay, it is advisable to chase Yu Yong after the poor...... Take your troops to pursue and defeat the enemy, and this king will go to the docks. ”

So, Jiang Quanyi took the surviving government soldiers and chased them in the direction of Chen Hongfan and Sun Zhengqiang.

And Wu Zheng led his troops to rush towards the dock.

Sun Zhengqiang rode his horse and followed Chen Hongfan closely.

But after running for a while, Sun Zhengqiang realized that something was wrong, he added a whip and rushed to Chen Hongfan's side.

"Lord Chen." Sun Zhengqiang called, "This is not the way to the East City Gate?" ”

Chen Hongfan was busy, glanced at Sun Zhengqiang with resentment, and whipped the horse's buttocks, before he replied: "Lord Sun, Xicheng and the county government are lost, do you think Dongcheng can still be saved?" ”

Sun Zhengqiang said: "But there are eighty soldiers at the dock, and there are more than one hundred in Dongcheng, adding up to more than two hundred, and they can still fight with Wu." Besides, if Lord Chen leaves the soldiers in Dongcheng, how can he go back and give a mission to the imperial court? ”

This time, Chen Hongfan didn't even look at Sun Zhengqiang, but he replied, "Master Sun, you don't know, Wu Zheng's kid is cruel, and this official is deeply aware of it...... Let me tell you this, if there is any further delay at this time, not to mention the more than 100 people in Dongcheng, even the 80 people at the dock, plus you and me, will have to become Wu Zheng's prisoners, and there will be no chance of surviving at that time. ”

Sun Zhengqiang blurted out: "Then we just left the Dongcheng soldiers and ran away?" ”

Chen Hongfan finally turned around, he glanced at Sun Zhengqiang, "If Lord Sun can't bear it, you might as well go to Dongcheng, this official will hand over the command to you, and you can act cheaply." If he really has the ability to turn the tide, this official will never compete with Master Sun...... Rest assured, this officer will be waiting at the docks. ”

When Sun Zhengqiang heard this, ten thousand grassland beasts galloped by in his heart, and he wanted Lao Tzu to take the blame?

So he didn't say a word and followed behind Chen Hongfan.

Chen Hongfan is also slandering in his heart, he X, this kid is going to go back and be blind in front of the regent, that Lao Tzu's sin is great, he escaped from the battle, abandoned hundreds of soldiers and ignored it, plus discarded countless ordnance and materials, he had to add these together, I was afraid that under Dorgon's anger, his head would not be protected.

No, Sun Zhengqiang has to be left behind, so that he can make up an excuse and put all the blame on Sun Zhengqiang.

So, the two of them rushed to the dock one after the other, but in their hearts, they had their own ghosts.

Wu Zheng really didn't expect that it would be his old acquaintance Chen Hongfan who escaped, if he knew, he would change direction with Jiang Quanyi, let Jiang Quanyi go to the dock, and pursue the defeated soldiers by himself.

But Wu Zheng also didn't expect that Chen Hongfan would abandon more than 100 soldiers in Dongcheng and flee straight to the dock.

Negative and negative are positive, this is the so-called heavenly reason, and retribution is unpleasant!

In the dark, there is a providence.

……。

Silk Canal Pier.

The old man with a cheeky face listened to the words of Xu Lizheng's third son Xiangzi, and said angrily: "I took the money and didn't do anything, how can I explain it to the customer?" Your dad is a fool! ”

Xiangzi said: "But my father said, it's Tartar's goods, and it's full of firearms, and after Tartar gets it, he will use it to beat us." ”

Lao Zhangtou was stunned for a moment, and said in a muffled voice: "What's my business? The imperial court and the government did not stop it, and let the Tartars purchase firearms, so that we could delay it with a stinky coolie at this time...... How to procrastinate? Have you seen that there are eighty people, all with knives in their hands, how can they delay? ”

Xiangzi was a little angry, and stiffened his neck and said: "This is what our father meant, I passed the word, do you listen to it...... Whatever you want! ”

Lao Zhangtou's eyes glared at Xiangzi, and he pointed at Xiangzi's nose and scolded: "Don't yell at Lao Tzu, you kid, even if Lao Tzu owes your father, it is not owed to you, go back and tell your father, Lao Tzu...... Lao Tzu thought of a way. ”

Shoko ignored him and turned to leave.

Lao Zhangtou looked at Xiangzi's background and was stunned for a while, and muttered and cursed, "If you don't die, you will find trouble...... This kid from the Xu family doesn't know how to count etiquette, and he is also a scholar. ”

He spat the ground, and shouted at a man in his twenties not far away: "Fifth brother, go, call your second, third, and fourth brothers, I have something to do with you." ”

The man was moving boxes with someone, and looked up and asked, "Big brother, what's the matter?" They were in a hurry to deliver the goods, and the people in charge were in a hurry. ”

Lao Zhangtou scolded: "Luck, luck, luck you X, go quickly!" ”

After a while, the fifth child came with three people.

"Big brother, what's the matter with such a hurry?"

Lao Zhangtou said in a deep voice: "Old man Gangxu asked his son to bring a message, saying that these goods are all shipped to the north, let us delay, don't let the goods leave the dock." ”

"This old man Xu is stupid, right? People pay double the amount of silver for us to transport the goods, so we don't have a reason to deliberately delay and not move, right? ”

"That's it, what's wrong with transporting it to the north, this canal is open, it's going from the south to the north."

Lao Zhangtou said in a sullen voice: "The goods are firearms, and those in charge are all Qing soldiers." ”

"Huh? It's true? ”

"When the eldest brother said it, it really seems like this. When moving those big long wooden boxes before, it was dead and heavy, and the sixteen brothers were struggling to lift, and they were not careful, and smashed a box, revealing a black iron bump, and at that time, a few stewards took a whip to the heads of the brothers without saying a word, and I was still thinking at the time, the iron lump can be used to pack the box, it can't be broken, it can't be smashed, and it can't be smashed, just pile it up on the boat, are you still afraid that people will eat a bite? ”

"The third brother is right, the wooden box over there is filled with guns, and the brothers saw it through the cracks in the wooden planks."

Old Zhang Tou said depressedly: "In this way, Old Man Xu is right. ”

"Big brother, but what does it matter to us, let's take the brothers to earn money with their strength, can we be guilty of mixing up such things?"

"Second brother is right, besides, we don't have the ability to stir things up, if those eighty people are all Qing soldiers, can we afford to provoke them?"

The old man bowed his head and was silent.

"Big brother, you have something to say."

Lao Zhangtou glanced up at the four of them, and said: "My brothers all know that when I fled to Xiushui, I was penniless and sick, and if there was no old man Xu to find someone to diagnose and treat, I am afraid that I would have been dead for many years." Over the years, I just wanted to repay this kindness, but Old Man Xu was so stubborn that he refused to accept anything. ”

"Big brother, but today's incident and repaying the favor are two different things, if you really want to delay the transportation according to what Old Man Xu said, those Qing soldiers will never agree, and when there is a conflict, how many brothers' lives will be lost?"

"Yes, we are the people after all, and there is no chance of survival when we fight with those tigers and wolves."

Lao Zhangtou nodded and said, "Brothers, you are right, this is the reason. ”

Hearing Lao Zhangtou's agreement, the four brothers were all relieved.