The clouds obscured the sun, and the whole land looked lifeless.

Especially on the canal, every cold wind blows by, and the skin exposed outside the clothes seems to have been cut by a sharp blade.

There was only the sound of the whistling wind in my ears, as for what the people around me said.

Hou Shigui guessed that he should let himself warm up in the cabin for a while.

Before returning to the cabin, he took another look at the white bones scattered on the banks of the canal without collecting the bodies.

Some of the bones still had tattered folk clothes hanging from them.

I don't know which person is in a deep dream?

After returning to the cabin, Hou Shigui beckoned the captain of the ship and asked:

"How many days are left to get to Xiaoping?"

After the defeat of the Southern Expeditionary Army, Yuwenhao knew that His Majesty would not let him go, and led 10,000 remnants of the defeated army to dare not return to Beijing, but instead stationed in the territory of Yuwen's family, Xiaoping.

As for the reasons, I found a lot of them.

What soldiers were so frightened that they even forgot to walk, what winter is coming, and there are fears of casualties on the march, and they want to return to Beijing in the spring of next year.

If it weren't for the fact that His Majesty was now busy focusing on the whole household and wanting to control the other steps, he would have already transferred several other armies to raze this place.

But as Yu Wenhao said, on the winter march, sometimes the casualties are greater than the battle.

Therefore, only he took more than 50 brocade guards and rushed to Xiaoping lightly.

However, after leaving Jinzhong County, Hou Shigui did not let Tiqi return to Beijing, but let Tiqi accompany him all the way.

The teacher's death, he must find that Yu Wenhao for an explanation!

"Back to the commander, there are three days left."

The captain of the boat was respectful, and did not dare to raise his head.

The boat boss is a native of Jinzhong County, and the obscenity of the Jinzhong County Ya is engraved into his bones.

On that day, when Jinyiwei slaughtered the county government, he was eating and drinking on a street near the county office.

That scream of despair, now when I think about it, makes him shudder.

But this commander is good, hundreds of powerful people will kill when they say they will kill, and they don't even blink an eyelid, as if they have completely forgotten about it.

Three days......

The purpose of taking Jinyiwei to Xiaoping by himself, the Yuwen family will not be unaware.

I'm afraid that the insiders will either be bribed or killed.

Hou Shigui also knows what he will encounter in three days, so he can't find out about this matter:

"Dock."

Hou Shigui said to the boat boss, and then turned to Bao Ji and Lu Xing'an:

"Call four Jinyi guards with good skills, one person and three horses, and follow me to Xiaoping by land."

After speaking, he said to Wang Hou:

"Master Wang is sitting on the boat."

Hyopyeong is not as little water as Gyeonggi, but is surrounded by water and many rivers, and even the Fucheng Qinggang is also healthy on a big river.

After the Yang River dug the canal, the big river was dug into a part of the canal.

Therefore, the ship that Hou Shigui took could directly dock at the Qinggang wharf.

And the boat ride was undoubtedly much faster than the horseback, and with a wound, he asked:

"If Childe wants to make an unannounced visit, why don't you take a fast boat to Qinggang first?"

Hou Shigui shook his head and said:

"I'm not going to clear the port."

Hearing this, Lu Xing'an's young heart couldn't help but ask curiously:

"Aren't we going to Qinggang for an unannounced visit? But that Yu Wenhao and the remnants of the army are stationed on the outskirts of Qinggang, if you don't go to Qinggang, what are we going to visit? ”

However, Wang Hou heard Hou Shigui's words, and nodded in agreement:

"Childe is far-sighted, Qinggang is the base camp of the Yuwen family, and the foundation is located.

Unless Da Luo Jinxian descends to earth, he will bring in a large army to turn over Qinggang, and it is estimated that he will not be able to find any strong clues.

Childe is trying to avoid his strengths and attack his shortcomings? ”

Hou Shigui nodded and said:

"Mr. Wang still knows my mind, more than 10,000 remnants, just suffered a big defeat, and in frustration, it is impossible not to desert.

As long as these deserters are found, the real chapter can be seen from some of their words. ”

Since Xiang Xu's injuries had not healed, Hou Shigui left him on the ship to recuperate.

Only took Bao Ji, Lu Xing'an, and four skilled Jinyi guards on the shore to change into war horses, and ran in the direction of Xiaoping.

The skills of these four Jinyi guards can also be regarded as the best among the Jinyi guards, and they are not inferior to the martial arts masters.

Two of them are a pair of brothers, the elder brother Kong Heng and the second brother Kong Jun, who served as martial arts instructors in the forbidden army.

There is also a thick man, Mingyue Jiang Yong, as his name suggests, and he is brave and martial is Bao Ji who was amazed when he saw it.

More unusual is a young man in his thirties, named Fang Feibai.

According to what Hou Shigui learned, this Fang Feibai was also the son of a wealthy family before.

It's just that this guy doesn't like to dance and ink, and prefers knives, guns and sticks, because his family is a little thin, so he can do it.

Thinking about this, he will send some money to the magistrate after his weak crown, and seek filial piety.

Who knew that in the year when she was weak, her family suffered a big change, and he was the only one left to die.

This guy came to Beijing to join his relatives, but was turned away, and in frustration, he joined the forbidden army to beg for food.

Hou Shigui took six people to hurry up, but in half a day, he arrived at Xiaoping.

Due to the fact that there are many rivers, the previous flood really caused Xiaoping to lose a lot.

Hou Shigui climbed up and looked at it, only to see that there were few people in the county town ahead, and most of the people walking on the street were unclothed, hungry and cold.

And the clothes are thin, and I don't know how many can survive in this cold winter wax moon?

"Childe, do you want to enter the city?"

Hou Shigui shook his head and said:

"This city is near the north, and in the cold season, those deserters will only flee south without property, and will not stay in this city, so go around."

After that, he beat the horse and led everyone to bypass the city, although Hou Shigui and others took off their brocade clothes, but one person and three horses, which really attracted a lot of attention.

"Sir, give me something to eat."

If you don't pass by a refugee, you will hear a plea like this.

Lu Xing'an couldn't bear it, and was about to take some dry food to a woman, but was stopped by Kong Heng:

"Boy, if you don't want us to be trapped here and miscommand to make a big deal, you don't have to feel compassion."

So he struck his horse and left.

When the surrounding refugees saw Lu Xing'an reaching out into his arms, they thought they were going to get food, so they surrounded them one after another.

Seeing this, although Lu Xingan couldn't bear it, he still didn't want to be stopped by these refugees and mistaken his son.

I've done it wrong twice, but it's only three, and I must not let my son down for the third time.

He sighed, took his hand out, and saw that his hand was empty, and the hope in the woman's eyes turned to despair.

The surrounding refugees also stopped moving, and just stood there staring at him blankly, their eyes hollow, as if they had all turned into walking corpses.

On that day, Lu Xing'an also heard about the fact that the prince was dragged into Xiaoping's group of refugees who fled to Beijing.

He thought that most of the people affected by the disaster had fled from Xiaoping, who would have thought that there were still so many refugees left in Xiaoping.

A flood destroyed the farmland, and the people who had no food in their homes naturally fled.

But there are still some people who have stored grain at home, and they are counting on the government's relief, and I heard that some immortals have sent His Majesty immortal seeds that can yield 400 catties per mu.

These people have two thin fields in their families, and they don't want to leave again.