Chapter 414: Retreat South (3)
After two incense sticks, Zhao Wuji and Zhang Pingcai, who had a broken left arm, rushed over on horseback surrounded by more than a dozen guards.
Li Pu also saw that Feng Yi, who should be by Han Qian's side at this time, also rushed over with Zhao Wuji and Zhang Ping at this time, I don't know if Han Qian had any special order to inform Zhang Ping and Zhao Wuji through him.
"Lord Zhang, Zhao General!" Li Pu suppressed the doubts in his heart, and angrily told Zhang Ping and Zhao Wuji about the dispute, "How is the Chishan Army going to deal with this?" ”
Liu Zishu had already woken up at this time, but he had lost so much blood and was extremely weak, so it was completely unknown whether he could survive this catastrophe and survive.
Zhao Wuji was wearing a blue armor, he was thin and straight, and he was handsome.
He has been with Han Qian in the past few years, and he has to study with him when he has spare time, and he has a rare heroic and elegant atmosphere among the generals in the army, he has a knife around his waist, a horse lance tied behind him, a bow hanging on the left side of the saddle, and three feather arrows on the right side.
Although Zhao Wuji is only nineteen years old this year, Li Pu also knows that his archery skills are unparalleled, in addition to the longbow, he also practices swordsmanship, spears and spears, and is a representative figure among the children of the soldiers around Han Qian; Not to mention that his sister Zhao Ting'er was the only young lady Han Qian married at this time.
Zhang Ping is gentle, Feng Yi is tactful, the two of them rushed over and dismounted first, and exchanged courtesy with the people around them, especially they all knew the identity of the old man in the green robe, and also knew that Li Xiu, Li Qi and others were brave, and they did not dare to be rude.
Zhao Wuji sat quietly on horseback, like a blade lying quietly in the quaint scabbard, not showing its edge, but also unwilling to hide the dust.
He has been practicing and studying with Han Qian all these years, and he doesn't think that anyone in the world can surpass Han Qian, and he doesn't have a special feeling for Li Yu, who is famous and has the title of the first general of Great Chu.
Hearing Li Pu say this, Zhao Wuji didn't have the heart to distinguish what was wrong here, pointed to Han Donghu, who was causing trouble, and ordered left and right, and said in a deep voice: "Arrest this guy, escort him to Nantang Village, and hand it over to the adults for interrogation and disposal!" He arched his hand at Li Pu and asked, "Can Master Hou send someone to go to Nantang Village to make a statement?" ”
Although Zhang Ping was the military supervisor, the Chishan Army did not convene a vote of people under Zhang Ping's command to form a formal military capital supervision body, so the jurisdiction of the military discipline was not under Zhang Ping's control for the time being, and he was mainly responsible for the movements of Han Qian and the Chishan Army in Yueyang in a timely manner.
Zhao Wuji dealt with it according to the standard procedures in the army, and walked towards Han Donghu, who was causing trouble, Han Donghu did not dare to resist, and honestly handed over the blades, bows and war horses, and let someone tie his hands firmly behind his back; At this time, Zhao Wuji designated a guard beside him to lead the cavalry under Han Donghu.
Although Zhao Wuji gave people the feeling of being very arrogant and rude, Zhao Pu and Wei Zhen had nothing to say when they saw this situation, and immediately found two children of the family who witnessed the conflict by Liu Zishu's side, and went to Nantang Village with Han Donghu to express their feelings.
Next, Li Pu was going to find Zhang Ping to ask Han Qian what his intentions were when he rushed here in Nantang Village, sixty miles away, and Feng Yi rushed here, at this time, there was a commotion in the camp where the ladies and old men of all the families stopped to rest, and saw a young woman wearing a light blue cardigan, a purple skirt, and a pair of embroidered shoes hurriedly trampled on the muddy ground dirt, pushed away several women to stop her, came over, and shouted loudly: "The general of the Chishan Army, Shanghu hurts people, and the women of the people have affection to show!" ”
Zhao Wuji, as the commander of the army, had no intention of being too deeply entangled with Li Pu and Wei Zhen, and was thinking about escorting Han Donghu to go first, and handing over other contact matters to Zhang Ping and Feng Yi, but he didn't expect a woman to come from the camp, he swept Li Pu and Wei Zhen with sharp eyes, and regardless of their opinions, he ordered left and right, and said, "Bring that woman over." ”
Li Pu stared at the young woman with displeasure, not knowing her identity, nor knowing what he wanted to say, but at this time he could not give the order to stop the woman.
"Isn't it shameful enough for this to be a cheap slave?" Wei Zhen stood beside Li Pu and stamped his feet and muttered.
"The father of the people's daughter is the captain of Lishui County, Yanzhang, Lishui City fell to the time of the unfortunate death of the war, the daughter of the people from Shangjiabao returned, defected to the mother's family, knowing this matter did not dare to have the slightest complaint, just read the father since childhood love, hastily buried, worried that not to make a mark, in the future to return to the hometown can not find the tomb to worship. When she met General Shanghu on the way two days ago, she privately asked him to find her father's tomb and erect a monument so that he could recognize it in the future. General Shang Hu just came over, it was to tell the monument about the erection, I didn't want to be misunderstood by Liu Zishu, I shouted loudly, and beat General Shang Hu with a whip, General Shang Hu didn't fight back, the folk girl wanted to persuade Liu Zishu to say a few words, Liu Zishu insulted the folk girl, General Shang Hu stretched out his hand to stop him, he pulled a knife to cut General Shang Hu, and General Shang Hu had to pull out a knife and hurt him...... What the folk girl said is true, please see the master. ”
"Master Hou, is there anything else you haven't said about this?" Zhao Wuji looked at Li Pu coldly and asked.
Seeing Zhao Wuji's arrogant and cold appearance, Li Pu was so angry that his brain twitched, but thinking that Han Qian's bones were harder, and he still had to count on Zhao Wuji's cavalry camp to cover the flanks of the people of Lishui County, there was no way to annoy him, and he said coldly at the moment: "Women may not take it seriously; Besides, Liu Zishu has the responsibility to guard the camp, and it is also his duty to drive away the cheap slaves. ”
"Whether it can be taken seriously or not, my family has their own judgment, and no one can hide it. In addition, Han Donghu is a name given by my family, and he is a general of my Chishan Army, if he violates military discipline, he will be severely punished, but if he calls my Chishan army general in front of my family, even if he is respected as a marquis, my family will reprimand. Zhao Wuji said coldly.
Next, Zhao Wuji didn't care about Li Pu's reaction, looked at the young woman, and asked, "I want you to go to Nantang Village to witness now, can you ride a horse?" ”
"The folk girl can ride a horse!" The woman said.
Zhao Wuji motioned for a horse to be given to the woman, and he led the people to leave directly from the muddy path, leaving the rest to Zhang Ping and Feng Yi to deal with.
Seeing Zhao Wuji leaving with the people, Li Pu intuitively felt that the Sun Hall was swollen, and he didn't know how many such rude bastards there were around Han Qian, so he grabbed Zhang Ping and asked, "What is Han Qian doing in Nantang Village at this time?" ”
At present, the Chishan Army occupies four or five major strongholds at the western foot of Jieling Mountain and between Jieling Mountain and Fuyu Mountain, all of which are rebuilt on the basis of villages or towns abandoned by the Shijia clan.
After the main force of the Chishan Army withdrew south overnight, Nantang Village, located at the western foot of Jieling Mountain, is the main city on the north side of the Chishan Army's current control.
Previously, Han Qian had always stayed in Guangde Village at the northern foot of Fuyu Mountain.
In the previous dynasty, the northern foot of Fuyu Mountain had Guangde County, governed Guangde City, Tianyou was destroyed in the war of conquering Yue King Dongchang in eight years, after Guangde County was withdrawn, most of the land was incorporated into Xuanzhou Langxi County, and a small part of the east was incorporated into Anji County, Huzhou, leaving only a remnant city located at the northern foot of Fuyu Mountain.
"Lord Han expected that the first wave of people in Lishui County should withdraw to Nantangzhai tomorrow, but he didn't expect the people of Lishui County to retreat so slowly, he was worried that if it was delayed any longer, the Chuzhou Army and the Nanya Forbidden Army would increase the harassment, and asked Feng Yi to come over and urge Hou Ye - and also ordered Zhao Wuji to lead the cavalry battalion to withdraw to Nantang Village three days later." Zhang Ping said.
Hearing Zhang Ping say this, Li Pu was ashamed and anxious, and said: "Han Qian is going to take the cavalry camp away in three days, how can so many old and weak women and children have time to withdraw to Nantang Village?" ”
In the face of Zhao Wuji's arrogance and rudeness, Li Pu was able to endure it, and at this time, the Southern Ya Forbidden Army sent a large number of scouts to harass the horses on the north side, mainly Zhao Wuji led the elite of the Chishan Army cavalry battalion to block it from the periphery.
Just imagine, after three days, they have not yet reached Nantang Village—at the current speed of turtle travel, three days is only enough time for more than 20,000 rabbles to complete about half of the distance left from Nantang Village—but Zhao Wuji has to lead the Chishan Army cavalry camp to withdraw first.
Although the main forces of the Nanya Forbidden Army and the Chuzhou Army were jealous and it was unlikely that they would pounce on them within three days, the elite cavalry of thirty or fifty or more than a hundred people came up from the north like hungry wolves, and they dragged the lengthy line for more than ten miles, didn't they become a little fat sheep that could be slaughtered?
Seeing Li Pu like this, Feng Yi smiled with disdain in his heart, this kind of person looked down on Han Qian and the Chishan Army from the bones, but when he was poor and helpless, he did everything possible to get the rescue of Han Qian and the Chishan Army.
Han Qian knew that the poverty of the people of Lishui County was slow, and he had already sent people to set up camps for temporary rest and replenishment every fifteen miles along the way, and asked the people of Lishui County to strictly prohibit any pause and delay on the way except for arriving at the temporary camp. In addition to the necessary grains and clothing, Han Qian hoped that Hou Ye would make up his mind and force everyone to abandon all unnecessary burdens! In addition, he also asked Hou Ye to escort Lord Wei and the female dependents of all families, the elderly, and the young children first, or to speed up - Han Qian also said that if Hou Ye can't make up some determination, the Chishan Army can help Hou Ye do some dirty work and tiring work. All violations and confrontations along the way, first serve with sticks, and if sticks don't work, then use knives and axes to add ......" Feng Yi arched his hand and stepped forward and said.
Now it's Wei Zhen's turn to twitch his head:
Escorting the female dependents and young children of all families first can speed up the speed of the people of Lishui County, what does this mean?
Han Qian refers to the fact that the children of the Zhu family deliberately delayed and wanted to escort him, his daughters, and young children over as hostages?
The Chishan Army doesn't mind helping Li Pu do some dirty work and tiring work, does it mean that Li Pu can't wipe his face, and the Chishan Army wants to use force to suppress any behavior that is not in line with the children of all families?
Li Pu hoped that the Red Mountain Army would help him exert pressure on the families.
No matter how hated Han Qian is, but the Chishan Army has 30,000 strong at this time, and before the attack on Shangjiabao, the Chuzhou Army organized thousands of elite infantry and cavalry did not spread the flank defense line of the Chishan Army, but lost troops and generals, so it cannot be said that the Chishan Army that recruited slaves and maids into the army was a rabble.
Wei Zhen and the others may have the intention of joining the Chuzhou army, but before the Chuzhou army and the Chishan army had further military confrontations and divided the advantages and disadvantages, the Chishan army hung over the heads of the Lishui families like a dark cloud, so that they did not dare to make any changes.
However, Li Pu would not show this expectation in his heart on his face, his face was gloomy, and he looked at Wei Zhen after a long time and asked, "Lord Wei, what do you think?" ”
"It's a decision to delay like this, if the Hou Ye has a decision, he will make up his mind to do it." Wei Zhen could only say to himself at this time.
He didn't know if Han Qian would protect his shortcomings after sending the Shang family's cheap slaves to Nantang Village, but the Shang family's cheap slaves cut off Liu Zishu's left arm without hesitation or scruples, he was really worried that they would show some hesitation and intentions to defect to the Chuzhou army, and Han Qian's gang was very likely to carry out bloody cleansing and suppression of them.
After all, Han Qian could also suppress Li Pu's arrogance in competing with him for power in Yueyang......