The group of guards was busy feeding the horses, and Tian Jianxiu, as their leader, naturally didn't have to do these things. At this moment, he was leaning against a big tree, holding a piece of light cake in his hand and eating it with cold water.

Light cake is also known as marching cake, is a cake food baked with flour and a little salt, about the size of a sea bowl, with a perforation in the middle, because it has a long shelf life, anti-hunger characteristics, not only the main food in the Ming army when marching, many merchants also commonly use it as dry food on the road when doing business for long distances.

Tian Jianxiu drank water from the sheepskin bladder while eating dry and hard light cakes, but he was recalling the events of the past two days like lightning in his heart.

What happened two days ago was nothing short of a nightmare, and six days earlier, he had led his guards to follow the convoy escorting gold, silver, grain and grass through that hidden path towards the Huizhou Mansion.

At first, the march went smoothly, and nothing happened for three or four days, but it was not until two days ago that a small group of cavalry of the Jiangning Army suddenly met them.

The cavalry did not expect to meet them, and both sides were stunned for a moment at the same time, and then the cavalry immediately disengaged from them without thinking.

Although the two sides did not have time to fight, everyone's hearts sank to the bottom, their whereabouts had been exposed, if nothing else, the next brigade of cavalry of the Jiangning Army should soon arrive here.

At that time, Tian Jianxiu immediately told the brigade in charge of the escort team to immediately leave all the grain, grass, gold and silver, and everyone evacuate at full speed, so that he might be able to rush to Huizhou Mansion before the Ming army arrived.

But this offer was rejected by the brigade commander, and he was ordered that if there was any mistake in the grain and gold and silver, he could wipe his neck himself.

Of course, he can also run away with oil on the soles of his feet and hide, anyway, Liu Zongmin can't look for him all over the world.

But it is obvious that this brigade leader is Liu Zongmin's henchman, and he is still a little brainless, he has never thought about such an idea, and the most important thing is that there are more than 3,000 people in charge of escorting this batch of gold, silver, grain and grass, including 500 cavalry, and it is these people who give him confidence.

In the eyes of this brigade leader, there are so many people guarding it, it is useless for the Jiangning army to come less, even if there are too many, with these soldiers and horses and so many carts as cover, they can hold out until the reinforcements from Huizhou Mansion arrive.

It was for this reason that the brigade commander made the decision to speed up and move on.

But no one expected the Jiangning army to come so quickly, in less than two hours, a group of Jiangning cavalry began to catch up, as time went by, the number of people increased, and soon the cavalry of the Jiangning army began to attack them.

Although the commander of the brigade ordered a formation to defend when he noticed the presence of the cavalry of the Jiangning Army, their rout still occurred.

In less than half an hour, with the sound of firecrackers and 10,000 enemies smashed on their heads one after another, this improvised circle was blown to pieces, and a cavalryman brandished a long knife and rushed into the circle, killing the people inside to the point of blood, and the cavalry, which had been pinned on more than 500 people, was wiped out in less than two quarters of an hour after the battle.

Tian Jianxiu saw that even after the rout, he immediately fled towards Huizhou Mansion with dozens of his guards without thinking, but their actions were soon noticed by the Jiangning army, and a group of cavalry also followed them to chase them.

While eating the hard light cake and drinking cold water, Tian Jianxiu's mood became more and more depressed, his original plan was about to come true, and he was about to enter the city of Ning Guofu, but he didn't expect the cavalry of the Jiangning army to suddenly appear, and beat the three thousand soldiers and horses that he had finally pulled up, and he turned into a bare-pole brigade again.

"Tian Ye."

One of the guards next to him sat down beside him and handed him a piece of something.

Tian Jianxiu took it and saw that it was a rectangular biscuit the size of half a palm.

He couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and scolded with a smile: "Lu Dacai, donkey, you kid hid it deep enough, and you actually have such a good thing to take out now." ”

The thing that this guard took out was actually the compressed biscuit that Yang Feng equipped for the Jiangning Army, which is also the standard configuration of the Jiangning Army, this kind of biscuit is much stronger than the light biscuit commonly used by the people now in terms of taste, nutrition and portability, and is very popular with the soldiers of the Jiangning Army.

It's just that because Jiang Ningjun never sells this kind of thing to the outside world, it rarely circulates in the outside world.

The reason why this guard was able to take it out must have been from those Jiangning Army sergeants who died in battle, and it was only when Tian Jianxiu smiled that he could show his smile.

The guard named Lu Dacai smiled and said: "This is still from a dead officer and soldier I searched a few days ago, there was originally a big bag, but I ate a few pieces, the salty and sweet taste is delicious, Tian Ye, you can taste it." ”

Tian Jianxiu didn't blame the guard for hiding his secrets secretly, they were originally from rogue backgrounds, and it was too normal for them to hide themselves when they encountered good things.

After eating this compressed biscuit in three or two clicks, Tian Jianxiu nodded: "Yes, it is indeed delicious, much stronger than our light biscuits, but it is a little less." ”

Lu Dacai smiled and said: "Master Tian, don't look at it as just such a small piece, after eating such a piece and drinking a bowl of water, it can be worth a meal, if you like to eat, I will find some for you next time." ”

"Forget it." Tian Jianxiu waved his hand and said with a wry smile: "It's just a matter of tasting this thing once in a while, if you want to eat it often, you can't do it, but you have to exchange your brothers for it." ”

Lu Dacai suddenly asked: "Tian Ye, this time we have lost all our old books, can the military division and King Chuang fulfill his promise after returning to Huizhou Mansion?" ”

Tian Jianxiu's two colors flashed a little gloomy, and then he forced a smile: "What a hero King Chuang, how can he lose his trust to me, after going back this time, I think King Chuang and the military division will definitely give us a piece of soldiers and horses, plus we have made such a great contribution, whether it is gold and silver or women, all of them will have." ”

"That's what you said."

A hint of joy flashed in Lu Dacai's eyes, "I used to think that women with big butts and thick waists were good, until I slept with an official lady a few days ago, and I realized that those young ladies with fine skin and tender meat who can get out of the water with a pinch are really good, and I must ask the military advisor for a ...... after I go back this time." No, I want three official ladies to give birth to a son for me, so that my life is not in vain. ”

"Hahaha......"

Tian Jianxiu couldn't help laughing, but as soon as his laughter fell, he heard a bang, and the big head of Lu Dacai, who was sitting next to him, suddenly burst like a watermelon that had been exposed to the sun.