Soon after, Chen Guanxi came with an old man, who was in his fifties, his beard and hair were all white, but his clothes were very clean, and his beard was neatly trimmed. Although Mucheng is located in the north of the Saibei, the Han children in Mucheng have also read some books in the Caolu Study, and this professor is their enlightenment teacher. The old gentleman did not go alone, but took all the students of the Caolu School and some of his family members.

"How did you find out that the camp of Raven Mountain was broken?" Zhang Xiaowu asked.

The old gentleman stroked his goatee and said, "One of the old students is in the army, because there is news. ”

Zhang Xiaowu frowned and said, "Alarmists can be beheaded if they cause trouble to people's hearts." ”

The old gentleman stiffened his neck and said: "Just kill me, they are all bewitched by me, innocent people, please ask the general to let them go." ”

Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and said: "Your news has reached my army, this is not a matter of killing you, you have to tell the exact reason for the news, otherwise I will not only not let you go, but also kill dozens of people behind you, so as not to cause chaos in the two wolf passes." ”

The old gentleman sighed and said, "The day before yesterday, the city lord suddenly closed the city, and he was not allowed to go outside or inside, and the people were panicked. I have a student who served as a clerk in the army, and yesterday he hurriedly came to me and told me that Raven Mountain had been defeated and that the army had fled back. Fearing chaos in the city, the lord of the city handed over the defeated army to the guard of the dead camp outside the city. Yesterday morning, the Inuyi forward cavalry had arrived outside the castle, and the old students said that they had gone around the castle and left. ”

"Is the message accurate?" Everyone said in a hurry.

Zhang Xiaowu's heart suddenly became entangled, the defeated soldiers were taken into the dead soldiers' camp, what was Cheng Chu going to do?

Zu Gongmao said: "You, a scholar, are well-informed and fast. ”

The old gentleman said excitedly: "But the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, the children of the Caolu School are saint disciples, and they must not be slaughtered by the dogs like the Golden City, the Water City, the Fire City and the Earth City." "When there was a rebellion in the North Tartar Tower last year, the first thing the North Tartar cavalry did after entering the city was to kill the Han people in the private school and the students of the South Tartar Tower. It turned out that the Tatars had not formed their own written language, so Ligaotu was afraid of the Han Chinese and the Tatar language would disappear. The people of Northern Tartar also knew that the most powerful weapon of the Han people was not the sword and gun army, but the Confucian culture, so the old gentleman was jealous of the fact that the other scholars and students in the four cities were killed. The old gentleman is also worthy of being a scholar, and he will flee immediately when he is in danger, and he will never hesitate.

Xiao Kai asked, "How did you escape from the city?" ”

The old gentleman said: "My student's family spent money to get through the relationship, and we secretly went out of the city last night and didn't dare to make a noise. ”

Xiao Kai asked again: "After you escaped from the city, did you find the Inuyi cavalry?" ”

The old gentleman stroked his goatee and said proudly: "If we find them, we will naturally be discovered by them, so how can I wait for the opportunity to escape?" ”

Zu Gongmao was puzzled: "So many of you just left, can't the cavalry of Inuyi find it at all?" I don't believe it! Not to mention the cavalry, even the infantry vanguard will never fail to spot you—that's two hundred or so men with their families—unless they deliberately let you go. ”

The old gentleman looked at a loss, where could he tell whether it was his luck or whether someone was deliberately letting him go.

"Everything is safe on the way to the Two Wolf City, there are no dogs, my husband can rest assured, we just came from the official road, except for some birds and insects, there is nothing." Zhang Xiaowu saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he let them go, and the old gentleman thanked him, turned around and took the students and parents to continue on their way.

Seeing the old professor and his students gone, even Zhang Xiaowu's mood became more and more uneasy, and he ordered: "Prepare weapons and be ready to fight at any time, and don't unload your armor at night or light a fire." ”

"Whoa."

The so-called stove does not make a fire is that they can only eat dry food and drink water for these two days, and the sergeants' originally relaxed and comfortable journey, and some of them lie under the trees and fall asleep and refuse to open their eyes, all of which were awakened by the people who fled south. After the military order was issued, the sergeants hurriedly got up to look for their horses, prepared their weapons and blades, and put on leather armor and cherry helmets.

The cavalry of the dead battalion had a total of 300 people in two formations, and the 300 people said more or less, and soon everyone knew the news of the defeat of Yashan and the siege of Mucheng, and they talked about it, and found their own lieutenant to inquire about the authenticity of the news.

"Go ahead and make no mistake." Zhang Xiaowu ordered, the soldiers of the dead battalion had to stop talking, holding the reins with one hand and the waist knife with the other, and even Zhang Xiaowu put the horse chopping knife on the horse's back, and excluded the scouts as outposts to find out the situation.

After an hour, they met more and more people.

The people hurriedly and anxiously ran towards the two wolf passes, and were quite curious about the retrograde army of the dead soldier battalion, and after a little inquiry, they learned that it was the army of the ghost general, so they suddenly said: "Only the dead soldier battalion of the ghost general dares to do this." The eyes of the people were full of gratitude and pride, for them, when the hearts of the people were panicked, there was no doubt that an army could move forward against the fire, and they undoubtedly planted a seed of hope in their hearts.

The soldiers of the Dead Battalion were talking in a whisper, everyone was not afraid of death, but was driven by the fleeing people, since others can escape, why can't I escape.

Looking at the doubts of his soldiers, Zhang Xiaowu ordered the whole army to stop advancing, and stood in a column to speak, he shouted loudly: "We must go back!" First, we are soldiers, and we must obey military orders before we receive an order, and even if we are ordered to die, we must die generously. Second, we still have more than 500 dead soldiers' battalion foot soldiers left in the epidemic village, and when we turn around and leave, we will abandon them, and the dead soldiers' battalion will never abandon their comrades. In the future, if anyone abandons his comrades-in-arms and does not save them when they die, I will punish them, and they will be the same to you as they are! I know that many people are trying to run away, but as long as it is my soldier, I will not give up on any of them, and I will not abandon any of them. The camp of the dead, don't abandon it, don't leave it, life and death will not leave! ”

"The camp of the dead, don't abandon it, don't leave it, life and death will not leave!" The sergeants shouted in unison.

"The camp of the dead, don't abandon it, don't leave it, life and death will not leave!"

"The camp of the dead, don't abandon it, don't leave it, life and death don't leave ......"

As if after a brainwashed roar, the sergeant stopped talking about whether to flee or not, and their expressions were calm, their eyes were resolute, and they were full of confidence. The surrounding people were even more excited, and several old men knelt on the ground and wept bitterly: "Heavenly army! This is the Heavenly Army! This is my Holy Han Heavenly Army! 'The camp of the dead, don't abandon it, don't leave it, life and death will not leave!' 'I remember, we will definitely spread the name of the Dead Soldiers' Camp all over the Central Plains! ”

The camp of the dead continued to move forward, but Zhang Xiaowu's brows tightened even more, and his mood became heavier. As the commander of an army, Zhang Xiaowu is not an impulsive reckless man, he must think about everything for his subordinates, and this time he goes to Mucheng, whether to die or survive. He understood the position of the Dead Battalion in the Sixth Regiment, an army ready to act as a substitute for the dead, an army that could be abandoned without hesitation at any time and place, and no one else could protect them but themselves.

"The only thing the battalion of the dead can rely on is itself." Zhang Xiaowu clenched his horse knife and said to himself against the north wind.