In April, the Yangtze River basin in the south has entered summer, but in the vast area north of the Yellow River, it can only be said that it has come to the end of spring.

At this time, the weather in the north and south is neither hot nor cold, and the rainy season is coming, and the vitality is gradually flourishing.

In the early morning, the sky is getting brighter.

A big man from the north wearing animal skins and a beard, with a short knife in his waist, a bow and arrow in his hand, and a person on his back, gradually walked out of the Shangdang realm along the southern foot of Taiyue Mountain.

"Jiang Gong, if you go one day further, you should be able to see Fenshui, I came with my father once, I can't be wrong, this is the boundary of Linfen County, and it is the county seat to the south along Fenshui."

The big man urn said angrily, and put down the person on his back with his hand, a little ignorant of the severity, like the beast meat that was unloaded from his shoulder, and threw it on the ground.

The figure on his back is actually quite tall, as if he had been prepared, as soon as his feet landed, his back and legs staggered a few times, but he still stood firm.

While talking, Dahan took out a few pieces of black jerky from the skin pouch around his waist and stuffed them into the one, then touched the sweat on his head, rubbed his rough palms a little woodenly, and said, "Jiang Gong, or ...... I'll send you here, the mother-in-law and the baby at home are still waiting for me to go back, I've been out for many days, and I haven't hunted anything, alas, I have to be complained by the mother-in-law when I go back......"

Jiang Baoyi was already ragged and unkempt at this time, and there was no trace of the deputy head of the Jiezhou march on his body, and it was no different from when He Chou walked out of Taihang Mountain some time ago.

In fact, if he hadn't escaped into the mountains and met this mountain man surnamed Zhang not long after, whether he could get out of Taiyue Mountain alive was two different things.

The mountain people in this year, in fact, have a bandit on their heads, and they rest on weekdays, this kind of untouchables who are not subject to the control of the government, let Jiang Baoyi meet him, and directly kill the guards, and it is estimated that it is redundant to look at it.

But on the way to escape, the pursuit behind is urgent, and Jiang Baoyi is at the end of his rope, so it is logical to beg others for rescue.

Fortunately, the big man looked a little vicious, but his temperament was very honest, he didn't tie Jiang Baoyi up for a reward, nor did he drag him into the bandit's nest to pickle it into a two-legged sheep, and took Jiang Baoyi into the deep mountains and old forests, and escaped the pursuit behind without much trouble.

went all the way over the mountains and mountains and sent Jiang Baoyi here.

In the past month, Jiang Baoyi was tossed enough, and most of the last part of the trip was spent lying on people's backs.

The hardships on the road to escape are really indescribable for Jiang Baoyi, and he is even more grateful for the righteous deeds of the big man.

The Han is called Zhang Man, the ancestor is said to be a general of the Northern Qi Dynasty, when the Northern Qi Dynasty fell, he fled into the Taiyue Mountain with his clansmen, and never went out again, Zhang Man was born in the mountains and forests to make a living, and he didn't know much about the affairs of the outside world.

This made Jiang Baoyi very relieved, the only headache was that Zhang Man was thinking about his wife and children at home, and he was clamoring to go back in a few days.

And Jiang Gong in the mouth of the big man is the result of listening to the errand, and Jiang Baoyi has no intention of correcting it, just in case.

"Da Lang, let's talk over there first."

Jiang Baoyi pointed to a forest not far away, Zhang Man nodded, "Yes, yes, be careful, you've said all the way, I always forget ......"

After walking a few steps, he thought that Jiang Baoyi was full of walking, so he carried Jiang Baoyi on his back and strode into the forest.

Leaning on an old tree, Jiang Baoyi gasped a few breaths, being carried on his back is not riding a horse, not to mention the uncomfortable, until now, even if he is hungry, he will not dare to eat more, otherwise he will be able to vomit out after walking down a long way.

Li Zhongwen is dead, Zhang Lun's dog thief defected to the enemy, and he was the only one who was mighty and unyielding, risking death to rush out of the enemy camp and return, in the end, he did not fall into the name of the Jiang family's loyalty.

And Jiexiu City was lost, and he thought that he was not only without fault, but also meritorious.

Zhang Lun surrendered to the enemy first, and when the enemy attacked the city, the first to break was the northern city guarded by Li Zhongwen, especially Li Zhongwen's house, after vain becoming famous, he abandoned the army defending the city and fled out of the city.

Compared with him Jiang Baoyi, it is simply a judgment.

After returning home, he will definitely lead the army again, and he will be ashamed......

Jiang Baoyi thought about it many times, of course, the top priority was to go south first and find reinforcements.

He didn't know at this time whether the thief army had gone south after capturing Jiexiu, of course, the situation was not quite like this time, otherwise the Shangdang realm would not be so quiet.

He is similar to He Chou, he didn't think about showing his deeds in Shangdang, Shangdang has been a fierce people since ancient times, and there are many people who don't obey him, he can't trust the guards here.

And he also thinks that he has a mission to bring back such vital news as the annihilation of the 30,000 army, and not to let the reinforcements fall into the tricks of thieves.

These major events were not clear to Zhang Man, he could only persuade again helplessly, "If Da Lang can send me to Linfen, I will have a good reward, the life in the mountains is difficult, take your wife and children, and then it will be just a matter of my words, follow me in the future, I will ensure that your family will be prosperous and rich for generations......"

Zhang Man chewed on the jerky, stuffed it into Jiang Baoyi's hand, and muttered: "My father said, there is no good outside the mountain, and those who kill and kill will lose their lives if they are not careful, and the people outside the mountain are not good to us, when I was a child, they always robbed our prey, and killed our people." ”

"Well, it's not easy to mess with those people who chase Jiang Gong, if it weren't for my familiarity, I really couldn't save you, Jiang Gong, tell me again, is it really so messy outside? The mountains are now chaotic enough, and many more stockades have come out, and I heard that many people have died. ”

Jiang Baoyi sighed, "What are those people who died in the mountains?" ”

These days with Zhang Man, Jiang Baoyi has regarded this strange northland man as his confidant, and he talked about the general trend of the northland.

Zhang Man is also a good listener, and he rolls his eyes from time to time to show a look of surprise or adoration, which can always make Jiang Baoyi's hard-hit heart get great satisfaction.

And he never noticed that Zhang Man's alertness and intelligence were different from ordinary mountain people, of course, he had never seen any ordinary mountain people, so there was no way to compare.

There are few miracles in the world, and it is not a miracle that he can escape surrounded by a large army.

"Finally persuaded Zhang Man", and the two rested in the woods for a day, until it was dark, and the two set off again.

These days have come like this, the two of them have completely become night owls, Jiang Baoyi is afraid of meeting and riding on behalf of the rangers, the Bird Mouse Valley is occupied by the thief army, and the north and south of Linfen are not very stable in his opinion.

The two of them first traveled west, came to the shore of Fenshui, followed Fenshui to the south, and went straight to Linfen.

After walking for two days, Jiang Baoyi's heart finally calmed down, and let Zhang Man go out to inquire carefully, and did not go south on behalf of the thief army.

The thought in my heart is that although the thief is cunning, he is negligent in strategy.

In other words, he Jiang is going to take the opportunity of the big victory and wave his troops south to occupy Linfen County, so many days have passed, maybe Jiangzhou has been captured.

So cowering, when the reinforcements arrived, Linfen must be impregnable, the thief army was really stupid, such an opponent actually broke through the Jiexiu garrison of 30,000 Tang troops in one battle.

Jiang Baoyi looked up to the sky and sighed, Li Zhongwen, Zhang Lun's generation misunderstood me......

At this time, he had long forgotten the billowing smoke in Jiexiu City and the dense soldiers who attacked the city wall.

In a few days, Linfen was in sight, the battle flag of the Tang Army at the head of the city was flying high, Jiang Baoyi struggled off Zhang Man's back, staggered forward to the city, and shouted loudly with tears in his eyes.

Well, this Tang general, who fled thousands of miles, is finally home, what he doesn't know is that his legendary road has just begun at this time.

A few days later, Jiang Baoyi was escorted to Jiangzhou by the Linfen defenders.

At this time, Jiangzhou was already densely packed with military camps and a large number of reinforcements.

With this period of time as an interval, there is no need for Jiang Baoyi to report that in fact, he has already received the news that Jiexiu was broken, and the Tang Army scouts have paid an extremely heavy price for it.

The side-by-side rangers who came and went like the wind were haunted in the mountains and forests, occupying various key points and representing scouts, and the Tang Army spies had a fierce contest first.

Needless to say, the overwhelming side is the one who has the upper hand.

Since the formation of the army, it has almost never faced the elite of the border army with a weak opponent, and most of the Tang army, which has only grown up in the war against bandits in the southern part of Jindi, is not an exaggeration to describe it as a strong bully.

After several difficult times to get the news of Jiexiu's loss, Li Shentong and Pei Lin were shocked, and immediately gathered their people and sent letters asking for help one after another.

If Jiang Baoyi hadn't gone around in a circle, and he was too careful, he would have been able to run into the Tang Army scouts a long time ago.

Later, Li Shentong strictly ordered all departments not to go to war without authorization, and even the scouts retreated back into the city, and no longer inquired about the news in front of the enemy.

Jiang Baoyi's return is actually useless news.

At this time, Li Shentong's confidence was also different from before.

A steady stream of reinforcements from various departments rushed to converge, so that the Tang army quickly swelled to more than 100,000 people, and by the way, almost evacuated the troops of the counties in southern Jinnan, and Tongguan also sent reinforcements.

There is no way, Henan's occupation is changing too fast, and people can hardly react, and Li Mi has already embarked on a dead end.

There is no need to think about the ensuing situation, after completely defeating Li Mi, Wang Shichong's next opponent will definitely be Li Tang, and there will hardly be a second choice.

Because Wang Shichong, who has the eastern capital Luoyang in his hands, if he can capture Xijing Chang'an, then how can the rest of the anti-kings be compared with Wang Shichong, who occupies the two capitals? It is estimated that most of them will surrender without a fight......

(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )