Chapter 185: Retreat
The barracks, which could accommodate more than 5,000 people, were empty, from the prefect to the small soldiers, all of them were gone, and the horses were gone, leaving only flags waving in the wind and uninhabited tents.
This is not a retreat, it is simply a desperate escape, and the displaced people in the opposite valley are also careless, and they are unaware of it.
"Didn't you make an appointment to attack the valley at dawn?" Hu Guiyang was puzzled and at the same time greatly relieved, if the officers and soldiers really attacked, they would definitely suffer a crushing defeat, "Could it be that the officers and soldiers knew that they were not opponents, so they decided to retreat?" ”
Shi Guida glanced around a few times, and suddenly understood, "Danxue, the officers and soldiers have gone to seize the Danxue!" ”
"The Danxue in the rear has long been occupied by officers and soldiers...... Hu Guiyang also understood, "Governor Wu is so bold." ”
"As long as you can defeat the thief afterwards, you will be able to atone for your sins." Shi Guida was remorseful, "It must be someone from Dongchang who instigated ......"
The sky was already bright, and Hu Guiyang said: "It's useless to stay here, let's go find the officers and soldiers." ”
Shi Guida and Yuan Mao had already had this intention and left immediately, but unfortunately they couldn't find horses, so they could only speed up their pace.
Hu Guiyang followed behind, his wild run consumed a lot of physical strength, and he had to walk slowly, and soon distanced himself from the two in front of him.
Xiaocao followed Hu Guiyang and said dissatisfiedly: "Ungrateful guys, you just saved them!" ”
Hu Guiyang shook his head and smiled: "In their opinion, that is not a rescue, but a bad thing." ”
"Am I ruining your good deeds?"
Hu Guiyang turned his head to look at Xiaocao and said seriously: "You saved my life, and from now on, you don't owe me anything anymore." ”
Xiaocao smiled happily and was not polite, "Great, I can't even sleep well at the thought of owing favors." ”
Hu Guiyang glanced at the two people who had already walked far away, stopped, and took out the golden hairpin wrapped in layers from his arms, "You can take it back justifiably." ”
Xiaocao took it in his hand and didn't open it to check, "Thank you." ”
"Thank me for what? It's meant to be your stuff. ”
"You've been wrapping the hairpin so well, so thank you."
Hu Guiyang was stunned for a moment, not expecting to be thanked for this little thing, "Let's go, don't be caught up by the mountain people." ”
"Mountain people...... What is the harm of Dan acupoint? ”
Hu Guiyang recounted the information he got as he walked, and finally said: "The power of Jindan does not belong to us at all, after the heavenly machine ship soars, everything will become a source of water, Gu Zhongxian said that there is always a way to find a solution, I was also confused at the time: this is impossible, the only way to crack is that the surviving people continue to kill each other and treat others as Jindan." ”
Xiaocao shuddered, "Jin Dan is really terrifying, when you wake up those two people, they are like ...... It is better to kill you, or even kill yourself, than to continue to absorb the essence. ”
Hu Guiyang glanced back, the mountain people in the valley had not yet come out, but they would soon find that the military camp was empty, "That's it." ”
"Huh?"
"Let's leave Yunyang Mansion early tomorrow morning."
"Really?" Xiaocao's eyes lit up, "But we don't seem to have accomplished anything." ”
Hu Guiyang killed He Million, but did not bring back vital evidence, which is equivalent to returning in vain, "No matter, this is not something that can be stopped at all, and if I continue to entangle, I am afraid that I will also fall into it." ”
Hu Guiyang was a little afraid, he originally wanted to persuade the mountain people, but he was persuaded by Gu Zhongxian with a few words, if it weren't for Xiaocao's two slaps, he would probably have been willing to become a slave of Danxue.
"Well, I'll go with you."
"No matter what, you have to take Yuan Mao and Fan Dajian with you, and you have to tie them up." Hu Guiyang had a line in his heart, Yuan Mao and Fan Dajian didn't have to wade into troubled waters, and when they came to Yunyang Mansion with him, they had to be taken back by him.
"What about Third Sister He? What about the others? Xiaocao also has a line in his heart, and thinks that people who come together should go together.
Hu Guiyang shook his head, "They have already taken Jindan, whether they have taken it with me or not, they will be led to Yunyang Mansion." The plan of those dwarfs was seamless, deliberately inciting the court and the mountain people to fight, and the more fierce the fight between the two sides, the more they needed the help of the Danxue, and by the time of the fifteenth day of July, the more people would provide assistance. I admit that I can't fight them, and no matter what I do, I'm helping them in the end. ”
Hu Guiyang had to stop and take a few breaths.
"Brother Hu......"
"The power of the Dan Cave is disappearing." Hu Guiyang smiled bitterly, saying that he was leaving, but he was reluctant in his heart, the weaker his body was, the more he missed the vitality brought by the Dan Acupoint.
"The people in Dongchang also lost their skills, and later they all recovered."
"I hope my skills will never be restored, I'll be honest and lazy." Hu Guiyang walked again and again, Shi Guida and Yuan Mao in front of him had turned into two small black dots, and they didn't look back once.
The valley is not too far from the village, and when the sun rises, Hu Guiyang and Xiaocao see the crowd of black oppression, and when they get closer, they find that these people are a little weird, not standing still, but moving slowly, the inner circle goes out, and the outer circle goes inside.
Xiaocao was surprised and said, "These people ...... How many people are there? ”
"I'm afraid there are six or seven thousand." Hu Guiyang knew that it was very difficult to dispatch such a large number of people, and even trained officers and soldiers could not do it too quickly.
The Dan Cave not only arouses greed, but also tame everyone.
Hu Guiyang couldn't help but be curious, and immediately controlled himself not to think about it anymore.
Yuan Mao and Shi Guida had already blended into the crowd, Hu Guiyang had no choice but to go in to look for him, but no one stopped him, "If you find something wrong, wake me up immediately." ”
"Well, I'd better pinch my nose." Xiaocao looked at the palm prints on Hu Guiyang's face that had not completely faded, and was a little embarrassed.
Hu Guiyang nodded, walked not far, and saw an acquaintance, who was also looking at him.
"Captain Hu, you're back, what's wrong with your face?" Zhang Wuchen said with a smile, not holding an incense burner in his hand.
"Isn't it your turn yet?" Hu Guiyang asked.
"I'm resting."
"Shouldn't it be as close as possible to absorb the essence of the Dan Acupoint? After you have a little foundation, you can slowly go farther. ”
"Hehe, that's what it was, but we've come up with a new way." Zhang Wuchen moved his footsteps slowly, he was surrounded by all kinds of magicians, some people were holding magic weapons and chanting in a low voice, and some people were empty-handed like Zhang Wuchen, obviously resting, "Use the magic weapon equipped with jade pendant cloth to make a circle of outer arrays, and cooperate with the Dan acupoint in the middle, so that more people can absorb the essence at the same time, and the effect is better." Why don't you try it? I can find you a good location. ”
Hu Guiyang hurriedly shook his head, "Thank you, no need." I'm going back to Beijing tomorrow......"
"It's hard to catch up with such a grand adventure, and you actually want to leave?" Zhang Wuchen was shocked.
"I'm afraid of death." Hu Guiyang was reluctant to argue, "At least half of the people may die on July 15, if it is you who die, do you have any last words for me to take back?" ”
Several people threw angry glances at Hu Guiyang, they didn't like to hear this, and Zhang Wuchen didn't like it either, but he didn't get angry, "Last words? I have no home, no job, no children and no daughters, who can I bring my last words to? ”
Hu Guiyang was about to say goodbye, and Zhang Wuchen said: "Wait, there is a magpie alley in the south of the city, where a family lives, and the hostess is called Xue Siniang......"
"Well, what do you want to say to him?"
"If I die...... Even if I don't die, I probably won't go back to her, if Captain Hu has enough money, please send her ten taels of silver on my behalf, this is a promise I made three years ago, and it has never been fulfilled. ”
"I can still take out ten taels of silver. Don't have anything to say? ”
Zhang Wuchen shook his head, "Dew couple, it's useless to talk too much." ”
Hu Guiyang continued to walk inside, Xiaocao observed his expression at all times, "Zhang Wuchen is very interesting, at this time, he still wants to repay the money, aren't they husband and wife?" Do you want to repay the borrowed money? ”
Hu Guiyang didn't know how to explain the "dew couple", so he had to say vaguely: "Husband and wife are not the same......
"That's right, my sister often says that husband and wife are rare for a long time, and when they sleep together, they are even willing to give up their lives, and when disaster comes, the husband is not as effective as the brother. And there is only one husband, but there are many brothers, so the elder sister only has brothers, not husbands. ”
Hu Guiyang hummed a few times in embarrassment, "Help me see, where is Yuan Mao?" ”
Xiaocao is short, and he walks around in the crowd, and he can't see who is who at all, but he looks very seriously and doesn't fall behind.
Or Hu Guiyang found the target first.
Yuan Mao and Shi Guida had already inserted themselves into the team, concentrating on chanting, and they didn't feel tired at all, before and after them, the people standing on the left and right were all from Dongchang and Nansi, Zuo Yu and Liang Xiu were among them.
The prefect Wu Yuan was also there, he should be in a state of rest, he didn't recite the mantra, he just moved slowly with the crowd, his face was panicked, and he was startled when he found Hu Guiyang walking in front of him, "Hey, you...... You're alive? ”
"Not dead anyway. Later, the mountain people will call. ”
Wu Yuan didn't even turn around to take a look, "Don't worry, wait for me to take one more round, and then make arrangements." ”
"The prefect doesn't practice martial arts, is it useful to absorb the essence?"
"It's useful, it's wonderful."
Hu Guiyang leaned closer and whispered, "What about the West Garden?" The two factory directors are about to arrive. ”
"West Garden? Oh, that West Garden, I'll talk about it later......" Wu Yuan didn't care at all, and suddenly waved his hand, "It's going to be me." ”
Hu Guiyang was very close to the broken temple at this time, the original fence was demolished cleanly, the temple wall also collapsed more than half, and the Dan cave bulged high, like a chimney emitting red light.
Hu Guiyang was faintly moved, hurriedly turned his head, and was about to wake up Yuan Mao, when he found that Xiaocao was gone, turned around for half a circle, and saw Xiaocao standing not far away, opposite to the sledgehammer.
The sledgehammer was absorbing the essence of the Dan Cave, unaware of the danger.
Hu Guiyang did not step forward to persuade him.
Xiaocao stood for a while, then turned around and walked to Hu Guiyang's side, "I can't take advantage of people's danger, if he escapes the July 15th catastrophe, I will seek revenge on him again." ”
The sledgehammer that escaped the catastrophe will greatly increase his strength, and Xiaocao is by no means his opponent.
Hu Guiyang nodded in agreement, "Are you ready?" ”
Xiaocao untied the chain gun, "Can you carry it?" ”
"I think I'm back a little bit more powerful."
"Save only one?"
Hu Guiyang glanced at Shi Guida, "Only save one." ”
Hu Guiyang took the chain gun, without saying a word, tied up Yuan Mao, carried it and left, and when he passed Zhang Wuchen again, the fake old Taoist had already taken out the incense burner and joined the team of casting spells.
There was smoke and dust in the distance, which meant that the mountain people were killing.
Hu Guiyang ran south, "Looking for Fan Dajian." ”
The big war is coming, and he just wants to stay away from the battlefield, the farther away the better.