Zhou He asked: "Li Gongzi advocates going to Ezhou for temporary refuge first, what does the Shaodong family mean?" According to Shen Yun's instructions, their duty is to protect Zhao Huan, and their whereabouts are all up to her. In the eyes of the officials of the past dynasties, the more the generals of the imperial city did not have their own opinions, the more loyal they were.

Under Li Ruoxu's expectant gaze, Zhao Huanliu's eyebrows frowned slightly, his teeth bit his lip, and he didn't answer after a long time. She was originally a carefree character, but after living in the cold palace for three years, whether it was the cold words of others or the hesitation, she was silent. Zhou He and the others followed her for a while, and they also understood her habit, and they didn't ask any more.

Not far from them, several young people who had fled gathered together, all of them were scholars who had escaped from Taixue. After the fall of Bianliang, the Baoyi Army was reluctant to go out of the city to sign the army, and the Taishu who was an officer took the lead in fleeing, and the "market rangers" who were originally temporarily recruited were even more scattered. The Liao army was annoyed that the Taixue scholars were in charge of the main battle, and ordered the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture to arrest the students who took the lead in making trouble, Ma Yuan, Liu Wengu, Jia Yuanzhen, Wei Chicheng and others couldn't stay in Bianliang, so they secretly escaped with each other.

Ma Yuan looked over here and said in a low voice, "Did you see that group?" There are quirks. Jia Yuanzhen glanced at him: "The guy who can ride a horse is of course weird." He looked at the mounts of Li Ruoxu and the others with some envy. Even the regular forbidden army may not have such good horses, let alone miscellaneous people such as the Baoyi Army.

Ma Yuan shook his head, the corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes glanced at Zhao Huan, and whispered: "That short one is a beauty." He lowered his voice again and said, "Those guards are not ordinary people, they seem to be from the army. The students looked at Wang Chongyi and the others and nodded one after another.

Not far away, Wang Chongyi frowned, and shouted at this side: "Look at what!" ”

This sound was like spring thunder on dry land, and the roar made the hearts of all the students sudden, and these people were not good at looking at it, and they hurriedly withdrew their gaze. In fact, they were also disguised for fear of being recognized as fugitive Baoyi Army officers. Liu Wengu complained: "Staring at other people's daughters is not taught by saints. Alas, don't look at indecency, don't look at indecency! ”

Wang Chongyi spat on the ground and said disdainfully: "It's cowardly! Zhou He looked at the fleeing young people, felt that there was no threat, so he ignored them anymore, nodded and said, "The horses have rested enough, let's set off again," he shook his head and said, "There are too many of these fleeing people, and it is easy to be targeted by the Liao thief cavalry when they walk together, and it will be too late at that time." ”

At this moment, there was a burst of exclamations and noises on the periphery of the fleeing people, everyone changed color in unison, Wang Chongyi and others stood up and looked in the direction of the commotion, they all frowned, seeing that there were a few horsemen in the lead, followed by more than 200 Ding Zhuang, with messy clothes and decorations, each holding a knife, gun and club, and they didn't know whether they were soldiers or bandits. Zhou He held the reins of the horse with one hand, observed for a moment, and found that this group of people and horses came straight over, and did not spread out to surround the place where the people gathered, and there was no looting along the way, he raised his left hand slightly, signaling Wang Chongyi and the others to be calm and restless, to see what this group of people came from, and they may not all be bandits in troubled times.

The men and horses went into the woods and found an open space, and the soldiers were busy burying the pots and cooking, and did not disturb the people. A middle-aged man with a thin face seemed to be the leader, he rode a horse slowly through the woods, and said in a loud voice: "Fellow villagers, don't panic, don't panic, we are Tangzishan volunteers, and we are about to go to Ezhou to defect to Mr. Zhao Xingde, serve the country, and expel the northern captives." He glanced at the people in the forest on one side, and saw that when Ma Yuan, Wang Chongyi and other young people were strong, they stayed for a while, and then said loudly, "Mr. Zhao Yuanzhi erected the uprising flag in Jingxiang, and is recruiting heroes from all over the world to go to the national disaster. ”

"Mr. Yuanzhi?" Ma Yuan and the others looked at each other, all of them looked incredulous, and at this time, an old man next to him muttered in a low voice: "What kind of volunteers, it's just a group of bandits." Ma Yuan and the others were even more puzzled, because Zhao Xingde had been missing for more than ten years, and it was not surprising that the volunteers were now beating his banner indiscriminately.

"It's him," Zhao Huan only felt his breath suffocated, "Is it in Ezhou?" "My heart was beating almost uncontrollably. She looked at Li Ruoxu, because he was Zhao Xingde's in-law, Li Ruoxu only had a look of surprise on his face, obviously not knowing, but Li Ruoxu's eyes were less suspicious than others. Zhou He, Wang Chongyi and others also showed different faces, although Zhao Xingde was also a fugitive, but when did the Qingliu celebrities get mixed up with these Jianghu warriors again.

The people didn't dare to speak, but most of their faces were unbelieving, Liang Xiu couldn't help but be a little annoyed, if it was before, he would have to take out a horse whip to whip these guys who don't know what to do. At this time, a Ding Zhuang timidly asked, "Follow the king, do you have anything to eat?" Liang Xiu followed the prestige, and saw that the person who asked the question had a dish on his face, thinking that he was hungry, so he laughed and said: "I went to my Tangzi Mountain, drank wine in a big bowl, ate meat, shared blessings, and shared difficulties." After he finished speaking, the man not only didn't like it, but his face changed greatly, Liang Xiu saved the wrong words, showed the incision that had wrapped Ding Zhuang in the past, and hurriedly changed his words: "Follow Mr. Zhao, we are all officers and soldiers, and when Mr. Zhao stutters, you will have a share." If you don't eat or drink, Mr. Zhao agrees and asks the state and county government for it, and the government doesn't have us. ”

After Liang Xiu finished speaking, he saw that the people's faces were even more suspicious, and they seemed to treat him as a liar. Liang Xiu felt unprecedentedly aggrieved, and immediately took out a roll of yellow paper from his arms and shouted, "Is there anyone who can read and hyphenation?" This is Mr. Zhao's list of recruiting heroes, if you don't believe it, come up and take a look yourself? ”

Seeing that he swore an oath and showed the list text, the people were also a little confused. The literary style of the Song Kingdom was prosperous, and there were not many literate people among the fleeing people, and there were not too few, and a few people of all ages immediately went up to see the list. Liang Xiu was so happy and generous that he simply handed over the list to these people and let them see it for themselves. Liu Wengu and the others exchanged glances, Ma Yuan stood up, and went over to see the truth and reality, Zhao Yuanzhi's moral article is unique, and all the students are familiar with it, and it is not a casual forgery by idle bandits. Zhou He and the others looked at each other, Li Ruoxu glanced at Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan's heart fluctuated, nodded slightly, Li Ruoxu stood up and stepped forward to take a look.

"Sure enough," Liang Xiu smiled proudly, "it's still Mr. Yuanzhi's name." Looking at Ding Zhuang who came up, Liang Xiu calculated, although there were less than 300 people under his command, he recruited troops all the way, and when he arrived in Ezhou, it would be enough for 500. According to Zhao Xingde's example, if the volunteers of the Baoyi Army are not dismantled, and there are more than 500 soldiers and horses, the leader will actually be given the position of commander. In the past ten days, this list has caused a lot of shock in Jingxiang prefectures and counties. Because the Liao army moved south, bandits like Liang Xiu or local tyrants were already panicked and felt difficult to resist. When Zhao Xingde's list came out, the Liao army drove fish for the abyss, and there were many volunteers from various states and counties who went to Ezhou to join him.

Ma Yuan squeezed to the front to see, there was a big letter on the list that read "Seventeen Prohibitions and Grace Covenant", he was strange in his heart, so he read it from beginning to end, and then suppressed the surprise in his heart, returned to the middle of the students, and laughed in a low voice: "Now, if you don't go to Mr. Zhao, you can't do it!" ”

Liu Wengu Qi said: "What does this mean? Ma Yuan said with a smile: "Mr. Zhao recruited heroes from the rivers and lakes to rebuild the Baoyi Army in Ezhou." We are the people of the Baoyi Army, how can we stand idly by? Liu Wengu and the others were surprised and delighted, and Jia Yuanzhen hesitated: "Don't be mistaken, but it's true." Ma Yuan shook his head and said, "I don't think it will be fake." He had a talent for remembering, and immediately recounted the grace rules agreed upon by the Baoyi Army, and said with a smile, "This straightforward article can't be done by others." Liu Wengu and the others discussed for a while, and they also felt that the list was true with seven or eight points, and immediately decided to go to Ezhou to re-insure the rebels.

In another group of people, Li Ruoxu also said the content of the list. Zhao Huan was nothing, but the Imperial City Division and the others were quite touched. The Imperial City Division Jinwei Mansion also has the responsibility of monitoring the forbidden army, and has seen a lot of deceitful things in the army. Although the prohibition of the imperial court is strict, but when it is actually implemented, it is not as good as Zhao Xingde's seemingly lenient covenant, and it is even more difficult to accept the ambition of the masses.

Zhou He, Wang Chongyi and the others looked at each other, and Zhou He sighed: "This Mr. Zhao is really a strange person. Seeing that Li Ruoxu had a puzzled look on his face, he explained, "These covenants seem to be loose, but in fact, when fighting, if the armies can really do it one by one, it is already very good." ”

Although Li Ruoxu was Zhao Xingde's in-law, he was still puzzled: "For example, if ten times the enemy army comes to attack, the defenders of the lonely city can withdraw on their own." If you have more than 30% casualties, you can withdraw from the battlefield on your own to repair and so on. Although it is the subordinates of the defense general who deliberately consumes the side lineage, is such a covenant too lenient? If this is done, the various tribes will rush to retreat and disobey the subordinates, and the army will probably not be able to fight, right? ”

"Sancheng?" Wang Chongyi sneered, "If you can survive until you have 30% casualties before withdrawing, you are already a great elite soldier." He bowed his mouth to the volunteers who were burying pots and cooking in the distance, and said contemptuously, "This kind of miscellaneous soldiers, only using cavalry to rush amok, can not wait for seven or eight people to die, their morale will collapse, and they will not be able to fight." If three dead and wounded horses can calmly retreat in front of the enemy, wouldn't it be one of the strongest troops in the world? Hedong Hebei camp is nothing more than that, right? ”

Zhou He also nodded and sighed: "Even if there are no ten times as many soldiers and horses to attack, there are many officers and soldiers who are invincible, and the law does not blame the public." Otherwise, how could tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the north sweep the Jianghuai. ”

Li Ruoxu was still suspicious, Zhao Huan had already nodded, and said softly: "Since this is the case, then let's go to Ezhou first." She turned her head to the side, a glint of joy in her eyes that could not be concealed.