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Since hearing the news of Jiao Lian's defeat and retreat to Xunzhou, Qu Shiyun was worried, and had been worried about Jiao Lian's safety, this is the only remaining tiger general under his command, and he is loyal and dedicated to serving the country, Qu Shiyun feels that if there is a chance to rescue him from the tiger's mouth, it will be of great use to the country and the people, and he wants Lin Xiao to return to Qinzhou and find a way to send troops to rescue.

Lin Xiao had a different idea, since he wanted to save it, the sooner the better, so as not to have too many dreams at night.

Lin Xiao has always had the idea of recruiting all available talents, especially eager to recruit loyal and brave generals who can take charge of themselves, after all, the territory laid by the rebels in the future needs these reliable people to guard.

Otherwise, if the defender is incompetent, it will lead to the loss of the turf and be affected; If the guards were the villains of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it be for the people to lure wolves into the house and drive robbers to thieves.

Lin Xiao felt that recovering the world for this kind of person was like carving flowers on, and driving out the Tartars Zhongxing Daming was just a dream, meaningless.

If Jiao Lian is really a loyal general who can take charge of himself, then as long as he can save him, it is worth the risk, he decided to rush to Jiao Lian's army overnight, looking for an opportunity to take him out of danger.

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Outside Xunzhou City, less than five miles away from the east gate, Jiao Lian was depressed in the camp tent and borrowed wine to drown his sorrows.

Jiao Lian is Ruiting, a native of Shaanxi, with a burly figure, no beard under the chin, a jade face, a straight nose and a square mouth, and is known for his bravery. In his early years, he joined the army, started as a pawn, fought in the south and the north, and was promoted to a general and a general officer in his early thirties because of his military exploits, until the prince and the young master, the governor of the left, and the prince of Xuanguo.

Every time there is a big war, Jiao Lian takes the lead every time, rushes left and right, and goes to Modang, defeats the Qing army three times in Guilin within three years, and repeatedly rushes to kill Li Chengdong in the tens of thousands of Qing army arrays, killing the Qing soldiers scattered and fled, and finally broke Li Chengdong under the city of Guilin, Jiao Lian led the troops to chase and kill dozens of miles all the way, and killed thousands of enemies.

Jiao Lian and other loyal and brave troops were repeatedly affected by Hao Shaoqi (Li Zicheng's remaining troops, and the name Yongzhong was given after the Ming Dynasty), Hu Yiqing (Yunnan Army), Wang Yongzuo (Yunnan Army), Chen Bangchuan and other civil war insiders, and the generals of foreign wars were tired, and the military strength was weakening day by day, and it was difficult to support alone.

Since being sent by Qu Shiyun to Pingle south of Guilin, Jiao Lian, who is weak, has always been worried that the Yunnan army will not be able to hold the important town of Yanguan in northern Gui, and the situation will be out of control. He also wrote a book of bitter advice, recommended himself to guard the pass, but Qu Shiyun did not allow it, Jiao Lian said sadly: "Qu Gongjiao is a guest soldier, a light-hearted henchman, and Lian will die without a place to bury his bones." ”

In October, the Qing soldiers really forced Guilin, attacked the strict pass, the soldiers of the Dian soldiers fled, Qu Shiyun faced the empty city and lamented: "I am dead." So that General Jiao is here, and I have to come here? ”

After Qu Shiyun was captured, he learned that Kong Youde's army had all gone south, and Guilin's troops were empty, so he secretly sent someone to send a letter to Jiao Lian regardless of his personal safety: "The enemy soldiers are weak, the city is empty, and the public can raise troops; Don't think of me. ”

It's a pity that Jiao Lian was also on the way to retreat at this time, and after receiving the letter, Jiao Lian cried: "Qu Gongyuan is far away from me, so I can't save me in a hurry; Now that my father is dead, who will I share the fame with? ”

A few days ago, Jiao Lian led the remnants of 3,000 soldiers to retreat all the way to the outside of Xunzhou City, but Chen Bangchuan, the defender of Xunzhou, did not open the city gate, and only allowed Jiao Lian to garrison outside the city.

But Jiao Lian's army did not have military rations on the way to retreat, and the rations carried by the soldiers were eaten in a few days, so he sent people into the city to borrow grain from Chen Bangchuan, but Chen Bangchuan only asked him to enter the city tomorrow for an interview.

Jiao Lian fought bravely, bravely and strategically, he was not a reckless man, he knew that he had a holiday with Chen Bangchuan, and tomorrow's meeting was likely to be a Hongmen banquet, but for the sake of military rations, he had no choice, no matter how dangerous it was, he had to go, so he was depressed and couldn't think of a good strategy.

Seeing that it was the second half of the night, Jiao Lian did not feel sleepy, drank bitter wine, and repeatedly thought about tomorrow's countermeasures. Suddenly, the junior colonel of the Chinese army came to report that someone outside the camp claimed to be Inspector Qu was visiting, asking whether to open the camp gate and put it in. ”

The Colonel replied, "There are only a few of them, with weapons. ”

Jiao Lian's heart moved slightly when he heard this, hasn't Master Qu already been captured? Don't? ……

Thinking of this, he commanded in a deep voice, "Please come into the camp for the time being." ”

The colonel took the order and left, and soon led the people into the camp, and Jiao Lian was already standing in front of the Chinese military tent to greet him.

When someone came forward, with the help of the glimmer of the torch, who was the leader who was not Inspector Qu?

At that moment, Jiao Lian stepped forward to greet him, Qu Shiyun walked a few steps, stepped forward to pick up Jiao Lian, and asked excitedly, "Is General Ruiting good?" ”

"Why did Gong Qu come here at night? How to break away from Guilin? Jiao Lian asked urgently, and hurriedly led everyone into the tent.

Qu Shiyun introduced Lin Xiao and others at the moment, and rescued himself by Lin Xiao and others overnight, took a speedboat back to Qinzhou, and briefly recounted the experience of his visit halfway.

Jiao Lian was surprised and delighted when he heard this, although he felt incredible, he still said in surprise that the superintendent came forward to pay respects again, and solemnly thanked Lin Xiao and the others.

Everything Qu Shiyun said, not to mention that Jiao Lian felt incredible, even Qu Shiyun himself has always felt like he was in a dream.

At that moment, Jiao Lian asked a few more questions, and asked Lin Xiao for a closer look, and was amazed, only then did he believe that what Qu Shiyun said was true.

When Qu Shiyun explained his intentions, he actually came for his own safety, Jiao Lian was so moved that he couldn't cry on the spot, and his long-term depression, anxiety and despair almost crushed this iron-clad Guanzhong man.

After his mood stabilized, Jiao Lian immediately told him about his current plight of lack of food and soldiers, and asked urgently: "Does the superintendent have a good plan?" ”

Hearing this, Qu Shiyun looked at Lin Xiao, Lin Xiao squinted his eyes and smiled and said, "General Jiao is in urgent need of military rations right now, since the Duke of Qingguo has invited you to enter the city, then go and get it tomorrow." ”

"But that Qingguo Gong and Lian have always had grievances, the enemy is current, and the wind has been rumored to have the intention of surrendering the Qing Dynasty for a long time, and I am afraid that I am uneasy and kind."

"That being the case, tomorrow I will wait for the escort general to go, then Qingguo Gong will not have bad intentions, if he dares to do it, tomorrow will be his death." Lin Xiao's face was indifferent, and he didn't seem to take Chen Bangchuan seriously at all.

Seeing that Jiao Lian was suspicious, Lin Xiao immediately described his plan like this, Jiao Lian was stunned when he heard it, and sighed: "It seems that it can only be like this." ”

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In the blink of an eye, the sky is bright and the sun is rising.

Jiao Lian ordered the Chinese army to serve breakfast, Lin Xiao saw that it was just a few bowls of porridge and soup, plus a plate of pickles, knowing that Jiao Lian's army was really about to run out of food, and immediately ordered Situ Zheng to take out the dry food, and everyone ate some casually, so they seized the time to wipe their guns and prepare for war.

According to Lin Xiao's plan, Zhu Yujia, Liu Xulei and Yu Cheng accompanied Qu Shiyun to leave the camp at night and were no longer in the army.

The rest of the people changed into Ming army uniforms and mixed into Jiao Lian's personal guards and followed Jiao Lian out of the camp and went straight to Xunzhou City.