After making the decision to attack Guangping Post at night, this improvised contingent began to retreat in an orderly manner under the command of several officers.

At the beginning of the retreat, Shang Cheng didn't quite understand the reason for this, and when he saw a few puffs of smoke rising from the forest he had just stayed in a few miles away, he realized that the area of the forest in the middle was small, not enough for dozens of people to be completely hidden, and it was close to the pass and the village, as long as the Tuqi people sent two or three spies to observe a little closer, their whereabouts would be exposed immediately. Perhaps the people of Tuqi had already sensed that something was not quite right in that forest, and they could not spare enough manpower to search and clear it, or they were too lazy to find this mind, so they simply set it on fire.

Shang Cheng and his packmen were sandwiched between the ranks of the border army, and quietly walked along the steep cliff wall for several miles to the north, until the team braved the rain and burrowed into a forest, and then passed the order from the front of the team one by one to "rest on the spot".

The new foothold is near the cliff and is a grove of trees on a slope. Although the forest is still not too big, it is still more than enough for dozens of people to hide in the dense branches of the trees, and even better is that there are a few forests nearby, which are connected with this wood, even if they encounter a large group of people, there is enough room for manoeuvre.

Filamentous spring rain drifts in the wind. Everything in the river is shrouded in a thin white veil of mist. The woods were wet everywhere; The rain washes the young leaves that have just spit green to be dusty and green, and the peach blossoms, pear blossoms and budding apricot blossom bones hanging on the branches of the treetops are more delicate under the washing of the rain.

From the moment they left Guangping Post and retreated, there were people who continued to join this team, sometimes one or two, sometimes three or five, some of the border troops who had broken up and retreated in front, and there were also packers of the grain transport team and guards guarding the grain team, and by the time they arrived at the new foothold, the team had expanded to almost a hundred people. Here they also met a border army larger than they were, numbering one hundred and twenty or thirty, with a few bows and two crossbows. The officer who led the team was even more incredible, although the officer was lying on a stretcher and did not wear any dazzling armor, but whether it was a non-commissioned officer or an officer in the border army, when they saw him, they all clenched their fists to their chests and gave a military salute.

Seeing those border soldiers behaving like this, Shang Cheng and the others, who had never seen the world, were immediately a little dumbfounded. Along the way, they also learned about the situation of some teams from the mouths of the border soldiers around them, and now they already know that the leading officer is a battalion officer of the seventh grade. But that lieutenant battalion officer, who was half a level higher than the county order of Yixian County, saw that the new officer was also allowed to perform a military salute one by one, and this was still right? How big does this man have to be?

Jiang Si still has some insight, and immediately told a few companions around him who had a little straight eyes, that person was the brigade Sima of the garrison of Ruqizhai, the real general, even the prefect of Duanzhou Mansion saw him, and he had to salute his subordinates.

When he said this, several packmen bit their lips and smacked their tongues, and after a while, Zhao Shishi asked, "What kind of product is the general?" ”

Jiang Si couldn't say this question either.

Someone else asked: "The prefect of Duanzhou City, how many officials is it?" ”

Jiang Si couldn't say anything. He just repeatedly emphasized that when the Duanzhou prefect saw the general, he also had to pay homage to his subordinates.

The two teams were combined into one place, and there were two hundred and thirty or forty people from the border guards and pack men, as well as ordinary farmers who escaped along the way. These people sat or stood in the depths of the woods, and they formed a large circle in the dark, but they were also quite imposing. However, most of the soldiers were expressionless and silent, and the atmosphere in the forest was extremely solemn. The villagers were worried about their relatives and felt sorry for the destroyed houses and land, although they were all gathered together, they didn't talk much, they all sighed and sighed with sad faces, and there were several women who couldn't restrain their sobs and choked up, which added a bleak and bleak atmosphere to the oppressive atmosphere.

The smallest number of people in this group were the packers, only a dozen or so. Most of them are not locals, and there is only one in Beizheng County, and their home is still in the county seat. Because they are peers, they are not too worried about the length of their relatives at home, and they still have something to say. But there are very few topics, just ask each other about the whereabouts of acquaintances, and then sigh for a long time. Gradually, even they stopped talking, and the forest was quiet except for a few birdsongs, only the sound of the rain ticking.

All eyes were on the officers who were discussing military affairs further down in the woods, waiting for them to come up with a decision on what to do next for the team.

From the moment he heard the order to rest, Shang Cheng didn't pay much attention to the situation around him. He was quick-eyed, and immediately found a chassis for himself under a large mountain rock to shelter from the wind and rain, and then found a piece of wood that looked quite dry to sit on, leaned against the rock wall, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. He didn't think about anything, he didn't do anything, he didn't listen to what the people next to him said, even if he did, he didn't want to, even when Zhao Shishi and a few packers were entangled with Jiang Si about how many rank officials General Sima was, he didn't open his eyes to mix. He had walked alone in Dayan Mountain for three days and three nights, so he was more experienced than them, no matter what the team was going to do next, the most important thing was to maintain his physical strength......

"Goo, goo, goo. Goo goo one by one. ”

In the distance, there were three bird calls, one long and two short, and after two consecutive sounds, people knew that the sentinels on the perimeter had met their own people again.

Sure enough, in a short time, a sentry came out of the misty rain with three men dressed as border soldiers. The three of them were not neatly dressed and armored, and there were blood stains everywhere on their bodies, and they did not walk too steadily; A man's right arm was wrapped around a piece of cloth and hung from his neck with a strip of rotten cloth.

The sentry found an officer, handed him the three newcomers, and went back to keep watch. The officer briefly asked the three men a few words, and then pointed in random directions, telling them to find a place to rest first. So the two border soldiers came with their wounded companion in their arms.

The officer was pointing in the direction of the packmen. Seeing that they were staring at the wounded with their eyes, Shang Cheng immediately gave up his position.

One of the border soldiers helped the wounded man to sit down, and the other man arched his hand to Shang Cheng and said, "Thank you." ”

The person who spoke had a boxy face with Chinese characters, a pair of bright eyes under two thick black eyebrows, a string of faces, and a shaved beard, but it was someone Shang Cheng knew who was a small border officer who guarded the caravan of Liu Ji's warehouse when he went from Quzhou to North Zheng last autumn, and Sun Zhongshan, a loyal and brave man.

Sun Zhongshan also recognized Shang Cheng, and was stunned, with a smile on his tired face: "I didn't expect it to be you......"

Although it is an old acquaintance, the two of them have not dealt with each other before, and when they meet in this situation, they don't even know how to say polite words, and both of them are a little embarrassed. After a while, the two of them coughed at the same time, and both opened their mouths again, but they stopped the greetings on their lips, and they both wanted each other to say first, but neither of them said.

This somewhat dramatic scene made both of them find it a little funny. Shang Cheng grinned, Sun Zhongshan shook his head with a sneer, and after laughing, the two of them felt closer, but they still couldn't find words to be polite.

Fortunately, the meeting was over, and several officers came back with new orders to assemble their respective ranks, and then told everyone the results of the meeting one by one, and it was still a night attack.

Everyone silently accepted this almost death-defying arrangement. This was expected by everyone. From the Guangping Station in the south of Liangchuan and the Ruqizhai in the north of Chuankou, they are now in the hands of the Tuqi people, and now Liangchuan has become a cloth bag sewn at both ends; If you don't desperately break through the Guangping Pass, the final fate of the big guy is also a death, and one by one, the food alone can suffocate people to death. Another way to survive is to climb cliffs and mountains. But who still has the strength to climb these cliffs that are more than ten or twenty feet high? Even without those dozens of minor and serious injuries, climbing cliffs and mountains is a tricky task. What's even more unfortunate is that today is still a rainy day, and the cliff wall has already been watered by the rain, even if no one climbs it, the big rocks and small stones are still rumbling down the mountain.

It seems that even God is in favor of the idea of a night attack.

The next step is to reassemble the team. Several officers gathered everyone together, and then commanded the border guards to stand in a column, and the usual farmers were in a column; Among the soldiers, those who have weapons are lined up, and those who are not armed are lined up; All the bankers had to hand over their weapons, and the officers dispatched them......

A dozen or so porters with the status of village warriors were all incorporated into the ranks of soldiers, and Shang Cheng, who was tall and strong, was specially called out of the ranks, and then an officer handed him a spear that he had found from a wounded soldier.

Shang Cheng held the spear, his face was a little red, and he said honestly, "I won't make this thing." ”

The officer glanced at him and asked coldly, "It's Xiang Yong, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Didn't you learn how to use a gun during training?"

“…… Teach, I make it bad. Shang Cheng said. Where is he not good, he simply can't make it, and he doesn't have the qualifications to practice guns when he is training, one by one In the three-person combat group training that the instructor repeatedly emphasized, he is a "strong" fulcrum, holding a straight knife in his hand, and the task is to kill the enemy, and the two companions around him will use spears or other weapons to "cover" and "block" for the group to protect him.

Sun Zhongshan probably knew the officer with an uncertain face, and came over to say a few good words for Shang Cheng, and then he stuffed a straight knife with some curly blades into his hand, took the spear and handed it to Jiang Si. As for Zhao Shishi, he also has a weapon, which is Shang Cheng's short knife.

As twilight wore up, the group, which was only half armed, set off.

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