Chapter 19: The Journey to the North

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On an early August afternoon, the sun was blazing, scorching the ground with a strange and low screech.

Li Xiao, Chen Monkey, Wang Yishou three horses forward, the heat wave steaming, people and horses are sweating like pulp, look around, the whole wasteland on the traces of people, even the sky is dotted with a few dead trees, from a distance you can see a few burned after only the ruins of the village remains, people feel desolate and ruined.

Li Xiao looked back, and there was only a vague outline left in Jinzhou City in the south, standing silently between heaven and earth.

"Monkey Chen, where are we?" Li Xiao wiped a handful of sweat from his face and asked a lean but energetic sentry on the side.

"Deputy team, we have crossed the boundary of Guangning Zuotun, not far ahead is the junction of Xiaoling River and Daughter River, after crossing the river, walk dozens of miles, is the abandoned Xiaoling River Station. From Xiaoling River Station to the north, there is a vast wilderness, and it will take a few more hours to reach the Daling River. Deputy Li, I have read the military order of Nawen, we will map the terrain of this area on the other side of the Daling River, and this task can be successfully completed. Chen Monkey replied quickly.

Li Xiao was happy, but he didn't expect this skinny and inconspicuous guy to speak in a very layered and organized manner, which made Li Xiao a little impressed.

"Monkey Chen, why did your mother give you such a name?" Li Xiao had the heart to adjust the atmosphere and asked with a smile.

Chen Monkey heard Li Xiao's question, but he came to his senses: "You don't know the deputy team, I actually have a big name, which was taken by Mr. Private School in the village, called Chen Shunfu." It's a sigh that I have lived so much, but I have nothing to do with the word Shunfu. I lost my father when I was three years old, and after my mother remarried, I lived with my stepfather. My stepfather is even poorer, and he has a large family, so I can't eat enough and don't have warm clothes since I was a child, and I am skinny like a monkey, so I got this nickname, as for my name, few people know it. ”

After listening to this, Li Xiao asked with a smile: "Monkey Chen, how did you get to the high-level headquarters with such a look?" ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Xiao asked, Wang Yishou on the side laughed, he wiped the sweat on his face vigorously, and said in front of Chen Monkey's words: "You don't know the deputy team, when this Chen Monkey came to join the army, the senior general was still a hundred presidents that day, and when he came to join the army, he thought he was too thin, so he wanted to send him home." This Chen Monkey was in a hurry, and hurriedly said, Lord Baizong, how can you use people to only look at their appearance, my Chen Monkey is very capable. The senior always scolded, you skinny monkey has a fart ability. Chen Monkey said loudly, I can eat bread! Gao and his subordinates almost laughed, and those who had good deeds brought him a plate of bread and bread to eat, and this Chen monkey ate twenty breads in one go, and almost choked to death, but fortunately the medical officer saved him. Later, the senior general saw that his ambition to join the army was quite strong, and his subordinates showed mercy and finally agreed to join the army. ”

After Wang Yishou finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing. Chen Monkey's face was ashamed, and he hurriedly said: "Wang Yishou, you only came a month earlier than me, so you came to expose my ugly things!" Vice-team, my Chen Monkey is not just eating rice, I joined the army after the battle martial arts are quite fast, and because people draw a good picture, this is valued by the high-level general, and because I have experienced the battle of the Daling River with the general, I have become the general brother. If I can only eat and drink, then it is no different from a rice bucket. ”

After Monkey Chen finished speaking, the three of them laughed again, and they all felt that the distance between them had narrowed a lot for a while.

More than two quarters of an hour later, the sun had already turned west, and the three of them came to the Xiaoling River, so they hurriedly dismounted and took off their armor, jumped into the river, and washed themselves. Then he led the horse across the river, found a wild tree, tied the horse, and ate dry food and bread in the shade of the tree.

"Chen Monkey, Wang Yishou, I'll wait for a while, and strive to rush to Xiaolinghe Station in the evening and rest there for the night." Li Xiao said while nibbling on the dough.

"Everything is up to the deputies." The two agreed in unison.

When he was eating the cake, Monkey Chen suddenly sighed: "Deputy team, after the Xiaoling River Station, I'm afraid there will be Tartar sentry horses, but you need to be more careful." ”

Wang Yishou's face also began to show melancholy: "I hope I wait for this trip to go well, otherwise, with only three of us, I'm afraid it won't be enough for the Tartar sentry to stuff the teeth." ”

After listening to the words of the two, Li Xiao's face also began to show a look of calm and resoluteness.

"Lieutenant, what should I do if I really encounter the Tartar Riders?" Chen Monkey asked hesitantly.

"What else, of course, it's a death battle with the Tartars, can you still surrender the Tartars?" Wang Yishou glanced at him dissatisfied.

"Yoshimori is right, if we really encounter a large group of Tartars, we will fight them to the death. If someone dares to descend the Tartars, I, Li Xiaoding, will kill him on the spot. ”

Li Xiao's voice was loud, making Chen Monkey and Wang Yishou unconscious.

"If you are really surrounded, Li will try to ensure that you escape, and then I will fight with the Tartars to the end!" After eating the bread, Li Xiao spit out this sentence sullenly, then patted the remaining dough residue on his hand, got up and went to the side to untie the horse.

Chen Monkey and Wang Yishou looked at each other silently, neither of them spoke, but quickly finished eating the bread in their hands, got up together to untie their horses, and re-embarked on the road with Li Xiao.

When the sun was sinking in the west, Li Xiao and the three finally came to Xiaolinghe Station.

This is a small post station built on a rather steep slope, where there was originally still a Ming army garrison, since the previous year after the defeat of the Ming army in the battle of the Daling River, due to the lack of troops and no nearby fort to rely on, this post station was abandoned.

Li Xiao and the three of them rode up from an abandoned path overgrown with weeds and entered it.

At this time, the Xiaoling River Station was dilapidated, only a pile of moss-covered bricks and tiles remained, in a quiet moonlight, the night breeze was bleak, and the crickets chirped softly, which added to the taste of Xiao Suo.

Li Xiao and the others found a fairly complete broken wall and sat down, without raising the fire, and the three of them rested quietly against the wall, eating bread and drinking water. At the same time, spread the horses and let them eat some grass on the spot.

"Deputy team, in my opinion, we will rest here for two hours tonight, and then take advantage of the moonlight to travel north, about dawn, we will reach the south bank of the Daling River, we will then quietly cross the river, seize the time to measure the terrain on the north bank of the Daling River and return, this task can be smoothly handed over." Chen Monkey whispered to Li Xiao.

"The monkey's opinion is advisable, if you hurry up, but in just over an hour, we can return from the north bank of the Daling River, if there is no pursuer attack, we will return safely." Wang Yishou added on the side.

"Well, the two of you deserve to be old sentinels, so let's do it." Li Xiao nodded.

Li Xiao suddenly remembered a question, and he asked with some curiosity: "But I don't know, you sentinels in the past, have you caught any tartars back?" ”

Chen Monkey smiled bitterly and shook his head again and again: "Deputy team, let me tell you the truth, after the fiasco of the Daling River the year before last and the fall of Jinzhou this year, the current generals of the Western Liaoning Army have been frightened by the Tartars. Alas, it's embarrassing to think about. ”

Wang Yishou also sighed and said: "Deputy Li, now the sentinels of all battalions and institutes in western Liaoxi, after finding some enemy information in the field, they will quickly return and report the movement of the Tartars to the top. Even so, there were still sentinels who did not collect at night because they could not escape and were chased and killed by the Tartars. Last month, the sentry cavalry of the Quang Ninh Zuotun Guard was surrounded by Tartar sentry cavalry, and of the 20 sentry cavalry, 15 were killed, and only 5 fled in a hurry. I dare to say that in the entire land of western Liaoning, only Deputy Li dared to risk his life like this, and with only three horses, he could go to the Daling River where the Tartar sentry rode to investigate the enemy's situation, and others really did not have the courage to do so. ”

Li Xiao smiled, was silent for a long time, and then said in a low voice: "Since ancient times, wealth and wealth have been sought in danger, and we are nameless and hopeless, if we don't work hard to make a future, we have to succumb to old age for the rest of our lives." If so, even if he dies of old age, Li is dead. ”

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