Chapter 164: A Thief Is Not Alive(4)
But it was said that Wang Jiayin led his brothers to run for a while, and when he saw that the officers and soldiers had not chased after him, he stopped the horses, raised his eyes and smiled, and then looked around and said: "As I expected, the officers and soldiers really did not chase after them, and they must still be cutting their heads at the moment, robbing money, food, and women." ”
"Presumably that's exactly the case, even if the officers and soldiers are a little braver in the war, but after all, their nature has not changed." Wang Ziyong stroked his beard and smiled, and agreed.
"King, since the official army is still that urine, I think we might as well continue to go to Weinan to eat, after all, Weinan is known as rich." Wang Jiaxiang saw that the official army did not chase after him, so he suggested.
"No, if the officers and troops of Shaanxi have been so brave and relentless. Everywhere our army goes, it is easy to have some collections, and they will be snatched away by the officers and soldiers who follow them, so why are we working so hard? Therefore, this king thinks that Shaanxi can't stay for a long time, let's go to Shanxi to eat first, the officials and troops in Shanxi are not easy to deal with, so go back to Shaanxi, then the officials and troops in Shanxi will no longer pursue us.
Let's stay in Shaanxi for a while, the officials and troops in Shaanxi are not easy to deal with, so we will go to Shanxi, and the officials and troops in Shaanxi will not care about us. Ignoring us on both sides, wouldn't we be able to live happily. What do you think of the king's plan? ”
"The king's plan is wonderful!" Wang Ziyong applauded and exclaimed.
"I didn't say it, my lord, it's not easy to mix in Shaanxi now, let's go to Shanxi now." Wang Jiaxiang also applauded and admired, and then shouted to go to Shanxi.
"I'm not busy, the brothers have just come from Juzhou, and they have lost all their baggage. At the moment, I am afraid that my stomach will be empty, so for today's plan, it is natural to find a fortress first, open it, and find something to eat. When the brethren have filled their bellies, it is not too late to set out on their way. Wang Jiayin ordered.
"Yes, the king, the little one will take someone to find the fortress." Wang Jiaxiang was ordered to take his cavalry to find a place to rob.
Don't be wary of a sentry arranged in the rear team galloping in a hurry, and the spy rode his horse at a gallop, and at the same time he cried out, "My lord, the big thing is not good, and the officers and soldiers are chasing after you again." What do you think of this? ”
No way!? The officers and soldiers are here again!
When Wang Jiayin and the others heard the news, they were all cold in their hearts and shocked.
"How far are the officers and soldiers from us?" Wang Jiayin asked repeatedly.
"About 15 miles." The spy replied.
"Damn, the ghost is not gone, Jiaxiang, don't go to the fortress, let's go to Shanxi." Wang Jiayin shouted the order, and then turned his horse and galloped east.
When the thieves saw their king spinning their horses away, they naturally followed closely from the side.
Besides, as soon as Zhang Mingzhe and his men left Dunzhou, he sent a sentry to find the traces of the thieves.
This Wang Jiayin's thieves are also the size of thousands of people and horses, walking on the road will naturally have horseshoe prints, and horses are animals, for excretion this kind of thing, pay attention to where to go, pull there, so the sentry of the official army only needs to see how much horse manure is there, how dry and wet it is, and whether it is hot or not, they can know how far away the thieves are from them.
In this way, Zhang Mingzhe's subordinates have been chasing after Wang Jiayin's ass, gradually narrowing the distance between them and the thieves.
Wang Jiayin saw that the officials and soldiers were chasing after him, so he had no choice but to lead his subordinates to run non-stop.
There are many horses that are sweating and foaming at the mouth because the thieves are so badly tormented that this means that even if the thieves can run to Shanxi, the horses in their hands will definitely be either exhausted or disabled.
However, these thieves naturally don't care, because the horses are gone, and they can go to Shanxi to rob them again.
However, it is impossible for the officers and soldiers to rob horses with open fire, so they cherish their horsepower more, and in this way, the officers and troops of Zhang Mingzhe's department have never been able to catch up with the thieves under Wang Jiayin's department.
In this way, two groups of people, one chasing and one running, have been entangled for 3 days.
On the 3rd day, on the bank of the Yellow River in Yanchang County, Zhang Mingzhe frowned, looked at the horseshoe prints stretching into the distance in the snow on the ice surface of the Yellow River, and asked Qin Wuye: "Brother Qin, do you see that the thieves have entered Shanxi, should we chase them or not?" ”
Originally, according to the previous rules, the thieves entered Shanxi, so they didn't care about him Zhang Mingzhe's affairs, but now Hong Chengchou ordered to suppress the thieves, if he didn't pursue him, I don't know if he would be counted as a tiger returning to the mountain and be punished, so he asked Hong Chengchou's cronies Qin Wuye.
Hearing this question, Qin Wuye hesitated for a while, and then replied: "The military gate only said that let us exterminate the thieves in Shaanxi, and this thief entered Shanxi, so naturally it cannot be regarded as our thieves in Shaanxi, so these thieves can just let the Xianjunmen greet them." ”
"If they enter Shanxi and go back again, what can they do?" Zhang Mingzhe asked.
"My army moved to prolong the meal, sent a night guard to follow Wang Jiayin, and see if he will come back, if he doesn't come back, we naturally don't care about him, if he comes back, let's do it again." Qin Wuye replied.
"Brother Qin's plan is wonderful, I heard that Xian Ke Jin Immortal Army has been a man of more than ten years, and he is a person who knows soldiers, and his old man's temper is extremely hot, and he can't rub sand in his eyes. His old man's attitude towards the thieves is very different from our Yang Zhishuai, his old man's attitude towards the thieves is called to come and kill one by one, and kill one pair at a time, and the killing is very ruthless.
The first time Wang Jiayin entered the river meander, he was beaten back by the Xianjun Gate. This time, Wang Jiayin lost so many people in Shaanxi, his strength was greatly reduced, and when he arrived in Shanxi, he would definitely shed his skin even if he didn't die, and when he returned to Shaanxi, he was just a water dog. We'll just wait here to beat the water dogs. Zhang Mingzhe said with a smile.
"General Zhang is right, then without further ado, let's go to Yanchang County and wait, just wait for the news of the sentinel."
"Brother Qin, when you arrive in Yanchang County, you can choose the little lady in Lehu, brother, I will be the east, and you will be satisfied."
"Then Qin is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." Qin Wuye smiled, revealing a squinting smile.
"Alas, this time I came out to suppress the thief, the military discipline of Hongjunmen is strict, and I didn't dare to touch the little lady I met, so I held back the fire in my belly, and this time I went to Yanchang to lower the fire."
"The military gate has always been like this, so we have to work hard. Alas, don't talk about it, General Zhang, let's go and extend. ”
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In Heshui County, on the official road, an army of about 1,000 people is winding along the road.
At the front of the procession, there were two men dressed as military generals walking side by side, and behind these two were two flag bearers holding flags in their hands.
Both flags are white on a black background, with a big 'Liu' character on them.
The words written on this flag are naturally the surnames of the two generals, and naturally, these two generals surnamed Liu are the two generals who led the troops south from Yan'an and were about to kill Liu Renyu and Liu Wuguo, the thieves of the lone wolf.
However, it was said that these two generals had beaten out of Yan'an, and they sent elite sentries who did not collect at night to inquire about the news of the Lone Wolf Division.
"Brother Xian, the military gate really believes in you, saying that they are going to send a three-way food supervisor, but in the end, they only took us back." Liu Wuguo walked on the road, bored left and right, so he had nothing to say and said such a sentence.
"Brother, the military gate can't help it, after all, in the past, our Yansui and Guyuan's officers and soldiers were too disagreeable, and the military gate was not at ease, so we had to send someone to supervise the army." Liu Renyu smiled slightly and replied.
"I know, I know, what you said is very reasonable, but there is a prison army, and we are generals, we are somewhat constrained, and we can't use it."
"I also felt the same way, so I went to the military gate to beg for a while, and the military gate thought that I was doing a good job, so they agreed to my unreasonable request." Liu Renyu seemed to be a little proud when he said this.
Seeing this, Liu Wuguo immediately smiled and said: "Renyu, you are a celebrity under Hong Junmen, no matter what you say, the military will listen to you, you are really envious of others." ”
When Liu Renyu heard this, his face was very proud, and he seemed to be very useful, but he said politely: "If the elder brothers can kill the thieves, settle the hungry, raise military salaries, and solve problems for the Hong Junmen, the Junmen will definitely treat you like this." ”
"Brother, how can I have such a good brother, you have such a ability! Don't make fun of your brother. When Liu Wuguo heard these words, he immediately waved his hand again and again, feeling that he would definitely not be able to do it.
And Liu Renyu was waiting to continue to tell Liu Wuguo, not to be wary of Sun Wuxian, who had been sent to investigate the enemy's situation, and came back.
"Report, my lord, the lone wolf has just retreated from Heshui County with his subordinates and is heading to Yichuan County." Sun Wuxian knelt on one knee and told the military situation.
"Really!? The civil and military generals of Heshui County still have some skills and have defended the city, which is good, not bad. No disease, how many people are there in this lone wolf? Liu Renyu first praised the defenders of Heshui County, and then continued to ask.
"If you go back to your lordship, you just look at it from a distance, and his team is 10 miles long, and the number of people should be more than 10,000."
"It seems that this guy has been coerced by a lot of people recently. Let me ask you again, how far is the Lone Ranger Lodge from us? Liu Renyu continued to ask.
"If you go back to your lordship, the lone wolf's headquarters is 40 miles away from our right."
"40 miles, not very far, pursue with all your might, you can catch up in an hour." Liu Renyu listened to the information, first muttered to himself for a while, and then asked Liu Wuguo with a smile: "Brother, you see that the lone wolf is 40 miles away, how do you think this battle should be fought?" ”
"That's not easy, our army should attack with all its strength and chase down the thieves." Liu Wuguo snorted, pulled out his knife, and made it look like he was going to slash and kill the enemy at any time.
"Brother, don't worry, it's a little too early to draw the knife at this time." Liu Ren first smiled and persuaded Liu Wuguo, who had an extremely high will to fight, and then he continued: "Brother, thieves have always been good at escaping, let's chase them like this, they may fight with us, but if they can't beat us, they will definitely run away, and it will be very troublesome for us to pursue." Therefore, I think it is better to use such a strategy. ”
"What's the strategy?" Liu Wuguo asked curiously.
"Lead the snake out of the hole." Liu Renyu said word by word.