＆#160; Looking into the distance, the endless stream of disciples attached to each other side by side, squeezing the already not wide country road to the point that it was almost impossible to see the dirt under their feet, and the crowd of people spread along the country road for more than ten miles.

Yang Zhaofeng beat his horse and stood on the high slope, and sighed: "With such a march, Xiying's heart is really big." ”

"In Zhang Xianzhong's eyes, the life and death of these people are insignificant." Han Gon also raised his eyes and said lightly. Hundreds of paces behind them, the horses of Feijie's left battalion were lurking in the woods.

Yesterday, Zhao Dangshi separated the Feijie Zuo Battalion, passed through the Xiangyang Prefecture City Defense Area, and took a shortcut to reach the vicinity of Shengkang Town, while Zhao Dangshi himself and Hou Dagui still stayed on the east bank of the water. When Han Gon arrived with his troops, the three thousand elite cavalry of the western camp also happened to arrive. Han Gon retreated slightly, hiding in the forest, and the elite cavalry of the Xiying seemed to be in a hurry, and did not notice the trace of Feijie's left camp, and continued to drive in the direction of Fangxian in the southwest overnight. This morning, Xiying Wang Shangli also led part of the main force to evacuate, leaving only Ma Yuanli still in the town. Meng Aocao and Hu Ke were asked many times, and whether they wanted to launch an attack were vetoed by Han Gon.

"The time has not yet come." Meng Aocao asked for war again, but Han Gon still refused.

"Yes." Meng Aocao has always been obedient to Han Gon and has never said much, but there are still more than a dozen small drums in his heart.

Yang Zhaofeng looked at his stupid appearance, turned his horse and followed, and said, "Old Meng, don't relax, you have to fight in half an hour at most." ”

Two quarters of an hour later, there was a scout report from Shengkang Town, and Meng Aocao, who was sitting on the side of the horse under the tree and constantly wiping the blade, received an order to immediately take three hundred horsemen to pursue the soldiers and horses in the west camp of Shengkang Town.

"Half of the soldiers and horses of Ma Yuanli's department have entered the mountain road, and you will pursue them from behind, and the main thing is to disturb them." Han Gon instructed, "The mountain road is narrow, and since the thief has entered, it is difficult to take care of the head and tail, and it is not easy to turn the head of the gun again." And the marching sequence, it is difficult to organize a defense in a hurry, as long as you are not greedy for war, this credit is firmly in your hands. ”

Only then did Meng Aocao know what the timing Han Gon had been waiting for was, but the truth was similar to "half-crossing and attacking".

"If the back of the thieves rebels, you go straight to the northeast, and they will not chase them. Let's meet at Lion Rock. ”

"Lion Rock?" Meng Aocao was stunned, and his eyes moved to the congested country road on the other side of the mountain, "Is the system going to fight those vains?" ”

Han Gon smiled and said: "What is there to fight, they are all my Ming sons, and they were forced into exile by the coercion of Xiying. Zhang Xianzhong was in a hurry, he couldn't take care of them, let's take it easily, one can enrich the Dingkou in my county, and the other is a great merit in the eyes of the court to save the people from fire and water? ”

Meng Aocao admired it greatly in his heart, and at the same time felt deeply ashamed of his impetuousness. He thought: "The lord and all the rulers are all smart people, take one step and think three steps, and do something must be carefully thought out and then decided. My old Meng is a puppet, just do it, what else is there to complain about? In this way, the spirit was greatly lifted, and the order was answered, and the tiger went away.

"Commander, let's leave now?" Yang Zhaofeng then stepped forward and asked.

"No hurry, wait."

Yang Zhaofeng was delicate and immediately understood what Han Gon meant. Of course, it is possible to launch an attack now, but since Meng Aocao has already been dispatched, he can still use the surprise attack of Shengkang Town to attract the attention of the soldiers in the west of Lion Rock and even shake their fighting spirit, and then surprise them, the effect will inevitably be more obvious.

This style is not at all like the indomitable Han Gon who never hesitated in the past. However, Yang Zhaofeng was not surprised, he got along with Han Gon day and night, and he saw the changes in Han Gon.

It can be said that the series of events experienced before and after the Battle of Van Ha Cheng had a great impact on Han Gon. Han Gon is good at summing up and learning, and his failure in Zaoyang County a few months ago left a profound lesson for him. In particular, the death of Lian Buxin, who was called a subordinate and was actually a brother, dealt him a heavy blow. Zhao Dangshi did not put all the blame on Han Gon, but Han Gon thought that it was a coward's act to excuse himself on the grounds that Chu Xi was a rogue in the land. The army in the south of the county was defeated and the soldiers were dying, and he believed that as the commander, he had not considered it well, neglected his duties and neglected his duties, and he must bear the main responsibility. He is not a person who is accustomed to calling the heavens and grabbing the earth, Zhao Dangshi did not punish him, and he did not disdain the hypocritical idea of repeatedly asking for sin. But deep down, he actually has a heavy debt of sin, and he wants to repay the debt. He began to reflect on his old ways and styles of warfare, and began to deliberately spur himself on to change his habits of rash decisions.

The battle of Shengkang Town is the beginning.

Meng Aocao's three hundred horsemen were very fast, and as soon as Yang Zhaofeng picked up the remaining seven hundred horsemen with Cui Shuqiang and Hu Keshou, there was already a battle in Shengkang Town.

"The thief Koutai halfway into the mountain, and the Meng Sentinel led the troops to cut off its tail from the diagonal li, and the thieves were in chaos."

After listening to Tang Ma's report, Yang Zhaofeng asked again: "Command, do you want to fight?" ”

"Wait." Han Gon's face was like iron casting, and apart from speaking, his facial features did not move even once.

After a while, Tangma returned-

"The thieves were separated from the Guan Youcai Department, blocked at the mountain pass, and were entangled with Meng Sentinel."

Guan Youcai is the deputy commander of Bai Wenxuan's department, so it can be seen that Xiying has slowly adjusted and began to expel Meng Ao's Cao Ma army.

"Let's go!" Han Gon shrugged his shoulders and shook his armor neatly. Seeing this, he immediately came over to help him buckle his armor and tie it tightly, "Pass the order to go down, kill Lion Rock, and save my Ming people!" "The words came out immediately, and the movement was like a rabbit.

Yang Zhaofeng nodded in agreement, and shouted at the same time: "Kill Lion Rock and save my Ming people!" ”

"Kill Lion Rock and save my Ming people!"

"Kill Lion Rock and save my Ming people!"

This slogan has been spread throughout the entire army of Feijie's left battalion through Yang Zhaofeng, Cui Shuqiang, and Hu Keshou. With the word "people", the soldiers suddenly felt a lofty sense of honor. Most of them were born in the green forest of Xiangma, and in the propaganda, they have always stood on the opposite side of the court and the people, and one day they will suddenly be able to "fight for the people", such an incentive is like a fierce mountain spring, pushing the hundreds of horsemen of the Feijie battalion to pour into the Xiying queue under the Lion Rock in an instant.

"The officers and soldiers are here!"

In the rural road of Lion Rock, Feng Shuangli was leading the soldiers to investigate the boundless disciples one by one. Feng Shuangli estimated that he might have screened two or three thousand people, but the results surprised him. The valuable things collected are very small, and it is difficult to exceed ten taels of silver together, with such a dismal result, Feng Shuangli did not dare to think about the fate of returning to Ma Yuanli, he could only urge his subordinates to search his body quickly, and begged Qi Sansheng to send troops to help. It's just that these disciples are so poor that many of them are so weak that they fall down and can't get up after being pushed a few times by the soldiers of the West Battalion. But the soldiers of the West Battalion who were strictly ordered to do so much could not control it so much, and even used knives to pry open the mouths of the old and weak disciples one by one, for fear that they would hide valuable things in them.

When the horses of the Feijie battalion suddenly arrived like a thunderbolt, Feng Shuangli and Qi Sansheng had not yet come to their senses.

"Save my people!"

Hu Keshou, who had not been in charge for a long time, was the most excited when he chanted this slogan, and rushed into the chaos of the soldiers. The Hanzhong bandit Cui Shuqiang was unwilling to be left behind, and he also echoed with his horse and sword.

Feng Shuangli and Qi Sansheng only heard the cries of killing thieves and saving the people, as if they were embattled, which made people's breath suffocated, but they didn't feel good, and they didn't know how many officials and soldiers had killed.

Feng Shuangli found Qi Sansheng with more than ten taels of silver that he had worked hard to get: "It's urgent, you can go quickly!" ”

Qi Sansheng scolded first: "You donkey, if you hadn't forced it to be looted, we would have arrived in Shengkang Town by now!" ”

"Do you think Lao Tzu is willing to ......"

Feng Shuangli just wanted to scold back, but a soldier crawled over and said, "Two masters, there are officers and soldiers in Shengkang Town, and they are fighting fiercely. Yang Ye and He Ye sent the little ones over to ask for instructions. ”

Yang Wei and He Yuntian were the deputy commanders of Feng Shuangli and Qi Sansheng respectively, Feng and Qi were looting money in the attached team, and they led troops to suppress the formation in the rear.

"Please? Tell the fart, please! Qi Sansheng was frustrated, and when it came to the moment, he just glared at Feng Shuangli angrily.

"Lao Qi, without further ado, go first!" Feng Shuangli hurriedly said, "The official army seems to be huge, you see the Ma army coming and going, Bao Qi is Zuo Liangyu's person, and he can't afford to provoke it!" Then assign left and right, "A few of you go to find Yang and He, and let them quickly bring troops over to respond!" ”

The two were about to withdraw, when another soldier came running and shouted, "Yang Ye and He Ye have left!" ”

"What?" Qi Sansheng grabbed the soldier and was so angry that he smoked.

Feng Shuangli has seen a lot of experience in the matter of escaping, he quickly calmed down and said to Qi Sansheng: "No way, old Qi, take off your clothes and armor, let's go to the side of the mountain in the apprenticeship." ”

Qi Sansheng scolded and scolded, but his hands and feet had already begun to untie his clothes neatly. The two of them took off while running, and before they could take a few steps, the wind rose in the back of their heads, and they suddenly arrived, and first knocked Qi Sansheng over with the head of the gun. Feng Shuangli was shocked, it was only because the official army came from the southeast that he deliberately chose this road closer to the west to escape, why did the official army come from the west again.

"The officers and troops are coming again from the west!"

The exclamation quickly spread among the soldiers in the western camp, and Feng Shuangli was in a hurry, and rolled into the haystack, wanting to roll downhill. Who knew that the rider untied the zipline on his waist and threw it high, but before Feng Shuangli could dodge, he had already hit the zipline in his neck. The next moment, as soon as the noose tightened, Feng Shuangli's whole body couldn't help himself, and he was dragged by the galloping horses and slid close to the ground. The collision and suffocation made him instantly in a trance, and he only heard the knight laughing on the horse in his ears: "Kill two birds with one stone, our old Meng is lucky!" ”

The battle under the Lion Rock ended in less than half an hour. After the war, in addition to Yang Wei and He Yuntian, who led their troops to flee, nearly 1,000 people were killed and wounded, and the commanders Feng Shuangli and Qi Sansheng were also captured alive, and the other 30,000 disciples became prisoners of Zhao Ying.

Meng Aocao's face was full of spring breeze, and he twisted the bound Feng Shuangli and Qi Sansheng to the front of Han Gon and said: "Controlling the magic plan, I will wait in Shengkang Town for the thieves to counterattack, and after a little entanglement, I will retreat to the northeast." Unexpectedly, when I arrived at Lion Rock, the battle was still raging, so I rode into the flank of my brother and captured the two thieves in one fell swoop. ”

Han Gon praised Meng Aocao twice, and looked at Feng and Qi, who were dejected: "Good students look at them, and they are still useful." At the same time, he asked Yang Zhaofeng, "Is there any news from the lord?" ”

Yang Zhaofeng replied: "The lord has just sent someone, Gucheng has been recovered, and the thief Kou Shun Tianwang and the two tigers have all been subdued. ”

"That'll be fine." Han Gon nodded, "What did the lord say, how to arrange these apprentices?" ”

Yang Zhaofeng said: "Say, these people are as promised, and the pioneers rushed to Xiangyang City." Let Xiangyang City accept it, but the lord expects that Xiangyang City will not accept it, and Xu Tong will send someone from Zaoyang to take over at that time. ”

Han Gon shook his head and said, "Relocating 30,000 people is another big challenge for our battalion. ”

Yang Zhaofeng said: "The lord emphasized that one of the vagrants must not be abandoned, and all of them must be sent to Zaoyang. ”

Han Gon sighed: "The lord is benevolent. Of course, he knew that the role of these apprentices in Zhao Ying was much more than just enriching the population. The so-called money buying horses, this is Zhao Dangshi's face project, to relieve the disaster victims, to provide livelihood, as long as it is publicized, the government and the opposition will inevitably be beneficial to Zhao Ying's public opinion. For long-term development, profit is important, but reputation is also the most important thing. Although the one-time influx of 30,000 hungry people put great pressure on Zhao Ying, between the pros and cons, it is necessary to learn from the advantages and give up the disadvantages.