In one day, such as its village was broken, Guangping Post was seized, and in the early morning of the next day, the soldiers suddenly surrounded Beizheng, and the urgent documents immediately rushed towards Duanzhou Yanzhou like snowflakes. By the end of the morning of the third day, the eastern gate of Beizheng was attacked and captured by the Tuqi people, and the county seat of Beizheng also fell. At this point, the three important defense lines of Yanshan Weidong Road have all collapsed, and the entire East Yanshan has been completely exposed to the iron hooves of the Tuduci cavalry. On March 27, the first part of the Yanshan Left Army and the Turbid Left Da Tengliang Division fought fiercely in Baichuan for three hours, losing more than half of them, and the remnants retreated to Mengguan; On March 28, Yaozhai was lost, and the troops of the King of Tsnahan and the Zuo Da Tengliang Department jointly attacked Mengguan; On March 29, Meng Pass was lost; Immediately after the fall of the second Chu County in early April, the fall of Zengcheng on the sixth day of the first month, and the fall of the eighth month of the first month, the cavalry of Tuduci had already arrived at the city of Duanzhou.

Unlike the successive victories in the direction of Duanzhou, the process of attacking Yixian in the south was extremely unsmooth, a continuous spring rain slowed the pace of their attack, and the rugged and muddy roads and the echelon resistance of the Zhao army and the tactics of small-scale harassment all gave the southern road Tuqi a headache, so the army advanced slowly, and it was not until the fifth day of the fourth month that it crossed Zhao Ji to capture Panlongling, pulling down the last obstacle to Yixian.

In the evening of this day, a group of more than dozens of people braved the pouring rain to walk on the mountain road in the Meridian Mountains of Yixian County. These dozens of people were divided into several groups before and after, including old and young, men and women, all of whom were drenched and despicably haggard and miserable, stumbling and stumbling one by one, stepping on the muddy mud like a pond of mud, and struggling with one foot and one foot shallow. Occasionally, someone slipped and fell into the muddy water, but the people next to him seemed to see as if they hadn't seen it, neither stopping to wait nor reaching out to help, but just stumbling along the side in a detour.

Shang Cheng and Zhao Shishi were also caught in the middle of this group of fleeing people. From more than ten days ago that night after the second night attack on Guangpingyi, the two of them followed the team of border troops like their village to Beizheng first, halfway to converge with the rest of the North Zheng official army to retreat to Duanzhou, Baichuan during the battle they were defeated by the Tuqi people rearguard in the Yellow Beach, and then retreated to Xie Li Village, and then retreated to Erguchuan and Gongqian Pass, Gongqian Pass fell when the companions around them died, and the two finally saved their lives and escaped. Without the restraint of the border army, there is no place to go temporarily, plus Shang Cheng has been thinking about his pregnant wife in his heart, the two of them combined, decided to go back to Yi County from the small road first, find Lianniang and then plan, if it is really not possible, they will drill into Yanshan one by one, no matter how powerful the cavalry of the people is, it is impossible to go to the mountains to show their majesty.

The sky is getting darker and darker, and the rain is getting heavier and heavier, as if the Tianhe River has been torn apart, and even the rain from the sky to the ground has become a white rain curtain, and the scenery more than ten steps away is only a vague shadow. The bone-chilling wind smashed the cold raindrops into the people's necks and collars, and people couldn't help but wrap their wet clothes tightly and lower their bodies to resist the pervasive cold rain.

The mountain road is slippery and muddy, narrow and difficult to navigate, and can barely accommodate two or three people at the widest point. There are spacious grassy areas on both sides of the road, but these places are not allowed to be walked at all, because no one knows whether the next step will break their legs, and in order to prevent the cavalry of the Turpents from penetrating through the paths, there are deep and shallow traps everywhere.

The young woman who was walking in front of Shang Cheng and them suddenly screamed, fell and leaned over the package in her hand, seeing that she was about to fall, Zhao Shishi reached out and dragged her arm, trying to hold her, but he didn't expect that he happened to step on the mud, and his feet sank straight down with a snort. His legs and feet couldn't bear the strength, and naturally he didn't have much strength in his hands, and he was brought up by the woman, and even he had to fall...... Shang Cheng, who was walking with his head down, put his arm on his shoulder to help him, and he only then stood firm, and he didn't let go of the hand that was holding the woman.

Shang Cheng didn't pay attention to Zhao Shishi's unruly movements, nor did he have the strength to dissuade him from messing around, just drooping his eyelids tiredly and dragging his steps to follow the crowd forward.

In the past ten days or so, he has been the leader of the strong team of the group almost every time, although he can pick up a life when he returns, but every time he is broken, he is full of wounds. Especially the red wound on the right cheek, because it was not treated and bandaged in time, and then soaked in blood and rain, it became inflamed a few days ago, and the wound was burning for a while, and it was hot to touch, and it hurt so much that the corners of the mouth twitched, and now half of the face is numb and unconscious.

Zhao Shishi, who has been fighting side by side with him for more than ten days, doesn't know what kind of good luck he is taking, he has also fought several times, and he has also grabbed his life in the ghost gate, but he has not even rubbed a little oil. Not only did he not suffer such a crime as Shang Cheng, but now he also picked up the burden that the woman had fallen into the muddy water to help her carry it, and walked next to the woman, talking nonsense in his mouth.

When it was getting dark, the team rushed to a mountain temple halfway up the mountain.

The mountain temple has been somewhat dilapidated, the black paint of the plaque hanging on the mountain gate has long been mottled and peeled off, and the handwriting is also staggered, the wood of the plaque has been exposed to black and brown after the perennial wind and rain, and a few cracks of finger width have been blown out along the wooden texture. Entering the temple, all the places under the corridors on both sides that can shelter from the wind and rain are crowded with people. Seeing the newcomers, both adults and dolls, staring at them with wary and indifferent eyes, they looked away numbly when they were convinced that they were no threat to them. The hall was full of people inside and out. In the swarthy hall, only a small oil lamp was lit in front of the foot of the statue of the mountain god, and the dim yellow of the size of a bean grain flickered and dimmed, reflecting the dark shadows in the hall. In front of the hall, under a large camphor tree, there were several mules and horses, and several cages were piled up in chaos.

A man dressed in a sloppy temple costume hurriedly came to greet him, asked a few words, and then asked the first to make room, and divided the newcomers into several arrangements, some went to the backyard, some entered the main hall, and some crowded in the corridor.

Shang Cheng had injuries on his face, arms, body and legs, and even though his jacket and pants were soaked by the rain, several large dark black blood stains were clear and dazzling, and even he didn't remember where he found the iron-embedded leather armor on his body, and there were traces left by knives and guns everywhere, plus he was tall, and the scabs on his face from sideburns to the wings of his nose were soaked in gray and white by the rain, making his expressionless face even more gloomy and terrifying. With a look of awe, Miao Zhu personally led him and Zhao Shishi into the main hall, found a stone bench covered with dry straw and sat down in a place where it did not leak rain, and brought them water and food.

The water is boiling and half-lukewarm boiling water, and the food is yellowing and blackening bran vegetable dumplings, seeing Shang Cheng and Zhao Shishi eating wolf, Miao Zhu also said respectfully that he was slow to treat the two generals.

Shang Cheng swallowed the crushed bran and vegetable residue in his mouth, and just wanted to open his mouth to explain that he was not a general, but the stone had already rushed to say, "Do you still have these things?" He beckoned to the young woman who was standing under the eaves in front of the temple with her baggage, and said to the temple, "That's a relative of my general." If it doesn't bother, I'll bother you to bring some more water and food. ”

When Miao Zhu came back with food and drink, Shang Cheng didn't expose the lie of the stone, and asked while eating, "Have you heard the news from the direction of Yixian here?" ”

Miao Zhu chattered twice, and Shang Cheng didn't hear what he said clearly, but said for him: "He said that the soldiers of Tu Ji Ci had passed Panlong Ridge yesterday...... his expression was very gloomy. After the Tuqi people have crossed the Panlong Ridge, then Zhao Ji must be finished, and there must be someone among his relatives and acquaintances who will never be seen again.

"After Panlong Ridge, it is only thirty miles away from Yi County, it seems that there is already a fight today......" Shang Cheng said to himself. He was immediately extremely worried about Lianniang's safety, and Panlongling was closer to Huojiabao one by one. Moreover, Huojiabao is not as good as Yi County, there is not even a wall and mud wall, and it is close to the official road, and the cavalry of the Tu Ci Dynasty went down the official road from Panlongling, and Huojiabao could be washed in blood several times in one morning......

Seeing that his brows were tightly knit, Shi immediately comforted him and said, "Don't be afraid." It's been a few days, and the news of the southward movement of the Turks should have reached Yi County; Huojiabao is close to the county seat, and my sister-in-law will definitely be able to hide in the county seat. He made a pile of dregs scattered from the vegetable balls in his hand, poured his hand into his mouth, looked at the woman who was breaking the vegetable balls and handed them to his mouth one by one, and said confidently after drinking the saliva, "My sister-in-law is better than you, and she will definitely not stay outside the city." ”

Shang Cheng ignored him and continued to ask Miao Zhu, "Is there any other news?" ”

Miao Zhu blinked and didn't know how to speak.

Or Zhao Shishi was clever, looking at Miaozhu's appearance, he knew that he didn't understand what Shang Cheng wanted to ask, so he asked: "Is there any new news about Yixian and Duanzhou?" And Yanzhou, did Yanzhou send troops? ”

Zhao Shishi's words were half official and half local, and the temple Zhu understood it, and he talked for a long time. After listening attentively, Shi Cheng said to Shang Cheng: "This is a small place, how can he, a person who watches the temple, know so much?" He said that he didn't know much about the affairs in the state capital, only that the guards were dispatched, and he said that Duanzhou was fighting hard. There are also many rumors here in Yi County, one will say that a brigade of the Duanzhou Guard Army is now in Yi County, and the other will say that the soldiers of the Central Plains are about to come from Nanzheng, and also say that a monkey general or General Qian is stationed in Yi County with 20,000 soldiers, and he will have to fight with the Tu Ji people in the next two days...... It all sounds like nonsense. ”

"You ask, I heard that I haven't heard the news of Huojiabao."

Zhao Shishi asked for him. The temple zhu just shook his head and muttered several words in his mouth. Seeing him shake his head, Shang Chengcheng was full of joy, but he was afraid that he would be wrong, so he stared at the stone with his lips and waited for him to translate and pass on the message.

"He doesn't know about Huojiabao." Shi frowned and said, "I told you that he is a small temple in a poor ravine, it is good to know the affairs of Yixian, where can I know the affairs of Huojiabao?" Besides, even if the sister-in-law doesn't have time to enter the county seat, she can escape into the mountains and go to the mountain baby to avoid trouble. ”

Shang Cheng nodded, and finally showed a little smile on his face, he had already thought of this possibility, but listening to this kind of thing from other people's mouths is better than a person guessing in his heart. yes, what is there for him to worry about? Lianniang is not a benzene woman, and she is also smart-minded, and she must know how to deal with this kind of moment, so he is here to worry about her, purely because of unfounded concern.

The woman listened to the two of them talking to the food in her hand, and suddenly interjected: "I heard that Huojiabao was set on fire by the Turks five days ago. ”

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