In fact, Pei Gai pretended to state the blessings and misfortunes to Shi Le, analyzed the situation, and what he said could not be regarded as a lie. First of all, the 100,000 Jin army was lost, and Luoyang not only could no longer send mobile troops, but also undermanned even to defend the city. Secondly, Liu Yao, Wang Mi and others will be jealous of Shi Le's high merit because of this, and there will inevitably be conflicts between colleagues, in fact, between warlords. Of course, this is not Pei should have any overall view or foresight, because the original history developed like this, although he is not too familiar with the history of the two Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the general development trajectory is always clear.

As for Shi Le, he can't think about it that far for the time being, but after defeating Wang Yan, he will definitely send troops north, enter Luozhong from Chenggao Pass, and go to attack Luoyang with Liu Yao and Wang Mi, which is originally an established policy. So he only stayed outside the city of Ningping for two days, and soon after Pei Cai's assassination failed, Shi Le ordered the army to set out of camp, first return to his temporary base of Xuchang, and then go north to attack Luoyang City.

He traveled more than 100 miles this time, and all the cavalry he brought out were cavalry, and the losses were minimal, but he captured a large number of baggage, grain, and countless personal belongings of the Jin Dynasty's princes and officials, and really ate a full meal. But no matter how much money and goods there are, it always needs manpower and animal power to transport them, Shi Le was excited at the time, and he didn't restrain his subordinates in time, and as a result, all the Jin soldiers were killed-maybe a small number of them slipped through the net, but almost none were captured alive--who would have to rely on to transport the supplies? Isn't it possible to convert all the cavalry into caravans?

Therefore, they had to temporarily leave Kong Chang and a thousand Hu cavalry, and ordered them to plunder the residents in the surrounding towns and villages, use them as a transport team, and transport the materials back to Xuchang as soon as possible. Generals such as Shile and Jiao'an led the main force and turned back in advance.

Thousands of horses, most of them are equipped with two horses, and they have strong mobility, but there is only one person who has no horses to ride and can only walk—that is, of course, the unlucky Pei Gai. With a thick rope, he tied Pei Gai's wrist with one end and tied the other end to his saddle, and dragged it like this - what he meant, you see I didn't whip Pei Lang, I just asked him to exercise and run.

Hu rode back much slower than when he came, but basically he also trotted all the way. The war horse trotted, and when he fell on Pei Gai's head, he was forced to gallop, but after more than two miles, he ran so sore that he couldn't catch his breath, and he accidentally tripped on his left foot and fell to the ground. Jiao An didn't stop the horse, continued to move forward at the original speed, and dragged Pei Gaisheng out for hundreds of meters, Pei Cai's face, elbows, and knees, his clothes were torn in many places, and blood was grinded out, so Xuan An pretended to look back: "Ah, is Pei Lang okay?" He then slowly pulled his mount to a halt.

Pei Gai struggled to get up, glared at him viciously, and did not speak. He was now desperately powerless, and he was tied to a rope when he wanted to escape—and he was surrounded by horsemen, and even if he let loosen the restraints, where would he run—he could only stare in silent protest. The heart said that this thief didn't want to let himself die steadily, so painful, I don't know how long it will take...... But Lao Tzu still resolutely refuses to surrender!

The key opponents are all Hu people, if it is a warlord of the Jin Dynasty, or even a homeless person and a grass coward, maybe they will surrender first and then say, so as to avoid endless pain. In the face of the Hu people, even if they will integrate into the Chinese nation in a few hundred years, maybe one of them will be their own collateral ancestors two thousand years later, but now they are all executioners who slaughtered the Han people, and they can't overcome this hurdle in their hearts no matter what.

Yu An and Pei Gai, the two of them stared at each other for a long time, and it was Jiao An who finally failed, first looked away, smiled a little embarrassedly, and ordered left and right: "Choose a horse and ask Pei Lang to take it." "After all, he can't really kill Pei Cai, even if he is disabled, otherwise he won't be able to explain in front of Shi Le.

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When he set up camp at night, he arranged Pei Gai directly in the stable, still firmly tied to a wooden stake with a rope. Pei Cai saw that the nearby Huren herdsmen didn't pay much attention to themselves, so they secretly struggled, trying to break the rope on their hands. It's a pity that I can't find any sharp weapons nearby, this uses a rope to grind wood, maybe the first to break is the wood - the so-called "rope sawing wood breaks, water drops stone wear" is also - of course, it is difficult to say how long it will take.

And he was dragged for several miles during the day, and then tied to the horse's back, following the Hu Han soldiers on the march, there was no stirrup in these years, and the saddle was not necessarily comfortable, he had never ridden a horse much in his previous life, and his body in this life also lacked experience in riding horses, and he could tenaciously clamp the horse's belly with his legs, and he was already thankful that he did not fall off in the saddle, and he was all the way up and down the body with pain, and the loss of energy and physical strength was several times that of the past. Therefore, after dark, the rope that had just been grinding for a short time was really unbearable, so he tilted his head and fell asleep again.

From Ningping City to Xuchang, it is basically a smooth road, there are no hills and mountains, but even so, the road is tortuous, and it is nearly three hundred miles. The Hu Han soldiers marched very fast, even if they were just galloping slowly, they walked a hundred miles on the first day, and then another hundred miles on the second day, and it was estimated that it would take less than three days and nights to reach their destination.

Pei Gai naturally didn't know that after he was thrown out, Shi Le, Kong Chang, and Xuan An were discussing in the tent, and he didn't know where his future would go. He roughly estimated that Shile's base camp was in Xuchang, and the famous Mr. Zhang Bin and Mr. Zhang Mengsun should also be in Xuchang, probably wanting to invite Zhang Bin to lobby him to surrender. Speaking of which, Zhang Bin is a rare resourceful man during the period of the Two Jin Dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms - of course, he is also a famous traitor - what kind of rhetoric would he set up in vain to try to shake his mind? With Pei Gai's eloquence in this life, can you argue with him?

Forget it, why do you want to do so much, if you can't argue, you won't argue. Debates can be difficult, isn't it okay to scold? Anyway, he is resolute not to surrender, if Zhang Bin also returns, maybe Shi Le will have to make up his mind and give himself a happy heart.

Soon after the third day on the road, a scout suddenly came to report: "Jin soldiers have been found in the south of Weicang. Shi Le was slightly taken aback and asked urgently, "How many are there?" The scouts replied: "There are about two or three thousand soldiers, but there are many carriages among them, which are gorgeously decorated, and they must be nobles who fled east from Luoyang." Shi Le smiled and ordered, "You can order the general to kill him." ”

The order was transmitted to the Shobu, and Yu An immediately dispatched men and horses to attack the enemy in Weicang. Riding in a mess, rearranging the queue, and grouping them separately, it seems that Pei should be ignored. Pei Gai spent a lot of effort in the past two days, and finally became self-taught, and roughly figured out the skills of driving the mount, and said that God really helped me, so he pretended to avoid Hu Qi, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, kicked lightly with his heels, and gradually leaned to the right side of the road.

He saw very clearly, not far from the road was a small pine forest, if he could break into the forest, maybe there was a chance to escape - if you want to run in front of thousands of horsemen, this is not ordinarily difficult, but even if the probability of success is low, it is still worth a try. There are many things in the world, but there is always a glimmer of life when you try, if you don't even dare to try, even if you are alive, what is the difference between you and a zombie?

Besides, he was destined to die, do you still expect Shi Le or Xuan An's conscience to find out and take the initiative to let himself go-it seems that this matter has nothing to do with conscience--it's a big deal to be caught back, and then take two punches, or drag and run for a few miles. If they were angry and cut themselves down, it would be more worry-free.

He vigilantly looked at the nearby Hu Qi, saw an opportunity, lowered his head, his whole body fell on the horse's back, his legs tried to clamp the horse's belly, and then his heel slammed hard, the mount was in pain, neighed, and sure enough, he got up with his four hooves and began to accelerate, and the direction he was facing was the pine forest......

It was really panicked like a bird out of the cage and a thirsty fish into the water, hoping to escape. He was only a few hundred meters away, and it was estimated that the war horse would be able to penetrate the forest in less than half a minute.

But seeing that the pine forest in his eyes was gradually enlarged, only one step away, this escape plan could succeed - at least the first step - suddenly, he heard a whistle behind him, Pei Gai's crotch mount tilted his head, and suddenly "braked". Pei should be unexpected, and directly slipped down the horse's neck to the front, his face hit the ground first, and he fell into a daze, unable to get up for a long time.

The sound of horses' hooves beside him sounded, and Pei Caixin finished speaking, but finally failed...... He was still fluttering on the ground with his hands behind his back, and two Hu soldiers had already come over, one left and one right, pinching his neck, pulling his shoulders, and putting him up, when he heard someone ask gently: "Where does Pei Lang want to go?" It was Scheller's voice.

Pei Gai stiffened his neck and glanced at Shi Le viciously: "If you want to die but can't die, then you have to go." Shi Le smiled: "It's hard to die, but it's not easy to escape." ”

When Xuan An heard the news, he also hurried over, and Shi Le glanced at him: "Ordered you to take care of Pei Lang, why did you almost let him go?" Embarrassed and angry, Xuan An picked up the horsewhip and whipped it at Pei Gai's face.

Pei Gai instinctively closed his eyes, but after waiting for a while, he didn't feel pain. It turned out to be Shi Le's horizontal whip, which stopped Xuan An - "If you have words first, you must not whip Pei Lang at will." If I want to win his heart, how can I hurt his form? "You see that this face is already injured, and if you are whipped again, in case you will be scarred in the future, how bad it will be.

Shi Le was afraid that Pei Gai and Lu An would have a deep enmity, so he would be a minister in the same palace in the future and assist himself together. Now Pei Gai still refuses to surrender, you abuse him a little, let him eat some coarse grain, drink some cold water, wear a pair of torn clothes, and run a few steps behind the horse's buttocks, that's a trivial matter, but if he has a scar on his face, this Chinese scholar has the best face, he will definitely hate you for the rest of his life, but why bother?

At that moment, he ordered someone to escort Pei Gai down and take care of him.

Xuan An approached and said in a low voice: "Ming Gong loves Pei Lang so much, if he refuses to surrender again, he is really unpopular." ”

The corners of Shi Le's mouth twitched, and he said with a faint wry smile: "If you are virtuous and give favors, but still refuse to surrender, Mr. Zhang once told me that there are many throughout the ages - that can really be called a 'martyr'." ”