Chapter 206: Escape (4th Watch)
As soon as Laihu'er finished giving the order, he followed the more than 100 guards around him and shouted: "Wait until you set off with me now and attack Songjiang!"
Some of these soldiers who came to Hu'er were cutting off people's heads on the ground to prepare for their merits, and when they heard Lai'er's order, they immediately put down what they were doing, flew on their horses, and soon ran out of the dense forest with Lai'er.
Wang Huaqiang shook his head, and secretly sighed in his heart that the pro-soldiers who came to Hu'er were really well-trained, and it was really not easy to do the order and ban on the battlefield, but fortunately, Lai'er didn't react just now, and he was a step late, and Liu Quan should have been at least five or six miles ahead of him at this time.
Wang Huaqiang glanced back at Feng Xiaoci, who was triumphantly commanding his subordinates to harvest heads and guard the captives, and was secretly happy in his heart, this Feng Xiaoci is an impulsive and hot-blooded, relatively simple-minded guy, let him do whatever he wants, there is a battle, and someone is the happiest to accept him, and that Liu Quan is obviously calm and sophisticated, knowing that the great merit of attacking Songjiang is far greater than these hundreds of heads, and this rush and pursuit must be spared.
These subordinates of Huangfu Ji are all very pure soldiers, if they want to rob them of their military merits afterwards, then they don't have to come forward, Feng Xiaoci and Liu Quan will also rely on Huangfu Ji and fight for this credit to the end.
Feng Xiaoci seems that the merit of killing three or four thousand prisoners in this battle cannot be escaped, and as the commander-in-chief, he has been in a very advantageous position, after all, the order given to him is only to respond and assist, and this record has greatly exceeded the original expectations, but I don't know if Liu Quan can attack and occupy Songjiang, or the mysterious military division that captured the rebels.
Wang Huaqiang thought of this. A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Turning his head to Feng Xiaoci, he shouted, "Feng Dudu." Quickly count the heads, let the captives dig a pit and bury the bodies quickly, and we can go to Songjiang if it's over early!"
In an abandoned small temple three miles outside Songjiang City, Liu Yuanjin, who was out of breath on horseback, met Xu Deyan, who was out of breath here, and finally couldn't support it, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and lay on the ground on all fours. I won't get up.
This place is a temporary place for the two to meet in case of defeat, Xu Deyan had traveled to Jiangnan before becoming an official, and he knew the geography and humanities of the Sanwu area well, and this broken mountain temple outside Songjiang City usually does not come to the place, just as the place where the two meet.
Liu Yuanjin gasped on the ground for a while, and finally felt that he was alive, he didn't get up, his eyes were full of tears: "Mr. Xu, are we really done like this?" ”
Xu Deyan arrived about a quarter of an hour ahead of Liu Yuanjin, and he had never ridden a horse so fast in his life. Along the way, I felt that my bones were about to fall apart, and I still hadn't fully recovered. When he heard Liu Yuanjin's words, he wiped a handful of water on his face, and he didn't know whether it was sweat or tears, and said through gritted teeth: "Yuanjin, it seems that Gu Dashuai is finished, and Songjiang can't go at all, this time the incident will be defeated!"
Liu Yuanjin straightened up from the ground all of a sudden, sat up, his eyes were red, and he roared hoarsely: "No! Mr. Xu, we haven't lost yet, Gao Dashuai and Wang Dashuai they still have elite soldiers and good generals in Zhejiang, and there are also thousands of people left behind by General Lu in Songjiang City, we are still alive, go to Songjiang to pack up the troops, and go south to Gao Dashuai and them, and there is still the possibility of turning defeat into victory!"
Xu Deyan closed his eyes, and two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes: "Yuan Jin, you are commendable, but in fact, you yourself know that Gu Dashuai's 100,000 army has been defeated, how good can Gao Dashuai and them be?" We have witnessed the combat effectiveness of the Sui army today, nearly 20,000 elites besieged less than 3,000 Sui troops, people still dismounted and fought on foot, we were still ambushed, this could not eat them, on the other hand, as soon as the Sui army reinforcements arrived, our people were either scattered and surrendered.
Yuan Jin, we southerners have not practiced war for a long time, and there is a lack of elite iron cavalry, you are brave and good at fighting, but you can't make these farmers who were still farming a few months ago suddenly become elite soldiers like you, plus there are many good generals and strategists in Sui Dog, now we can't be beaten, we can only keep useful bodies, in order to raise again. ”
Liu Yuanjin was so choked that he couldn't speak, and after a long time, he punched the ground with hatred: "Mr. Xu, I know you're right, but I, but I just can't swallow this breath!"
Xu Deyan opened his eyes and sighed: "Today's defeat, in fact, I also have a premonition, that Wang Huaqiang of Suzhou City, came to my camp several times to delay time, and the enemy army in the north cut off the contact between the friendly forces and us early, now that I think about it, we have killed more than 20 patrol brothers outside Suzhou City, and some people have seen spies entering the city, all of which should be the actions of Sui Dog."
Yuan Jin, the Sui army is strong, Gu Dashuai is finished, Gao Dashuai they must not be willing to carry out the Chen Dynasty clan to unite the people's hearts, but only care about their own emperor, plus the soldiers in the Minyue area in the original Southern Chen combat effectiveness is weak, let alone able to fight against these tiger and wolf divisions, if I lose the Yangtze River in the south of the Yangtze River, the general trend has been irreversible, this incident, mainly to take advantage of the Sui Dynasty people's hearts are not attached, the people's hearts to the Southern Dynasty when the trend is still defeated. ”
Liu Yuanjin listened to Xu Deyan's words at this time, his breathing also adjusted slightly, and he also sighed: "Sir, the matter has come to this, if I don't go to the tall and handsome people, what else can I do?" ”
Xu Deyan gritted his teeth, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes: "Songjiang must not go again, the Sui army may have come to Songjiang at this time, just now I sent the last escort to Songjiang City to spread the news, saying that the army has been defeated, let the defenders fend for themselves, presumably the defenders of Songjiang have lost their armor and abandoned the city and fled." ”
Liu Yuanjin asked suspiciously: "Mr. Xu, we can find our own way out, if Songjiang sticks to it, it can still help us buy time, why are you doing this?" ”
Xu Deyan sneered: "Yuan Jin, you don't know about this, there are few small soldiers in Songjiang City, if the Sui army is in the city, I am afraid that they will not be able to defend at all, and they will surrender directly, the current goal of the Sui army is probably you and me, only part of the troops will be left in Songjiang to guard the prisoners, and everyone else will scatter to find me, if the defenders of Songjiang do not flee in all directions, disperse the search and arrest forces of the Sui army, how can we escape?" ”
Liu Yuanjin gasped, his brain was not as good as Xu Deyan, and he couldn't think of the joint in between, so when he heard Xu Deyan analyze it like this, he understood, nodded, and said, "Mr. Xu, then how do we go next?" ”
Xu Deyan turned around and walked into the mountain temple, and after a while, he walked out with two sets of monk robes: "Here are two monk robes, two degrees, you and I quickly changed our clothes, shaved our hair, pretended to be two monks, ran south first, passed Zhejiang, entered the Minyue area, I have a relationship with Master Tianxin, the abbot of Huiyuan Temple in Wuyi Mountain, first hide there, wait for the wind to pass, and then act on the camera." ”
Liu Yuanjin gritted his teeth: "Yuanjin listens to Mr.'s arrangement." ”
Xu Deyan smiled: "This time I defected to Gu Dashuai, using a pseudonym, my true identity is only known to Gu Dashuai and Yuan Jin, now there is no one in my family, even if Gu Dashuai recruits me, I am not afraid that Sui Bing will find out more." It's Yuan Jin, you still have relatives at home, will you be implicated? ”
Liu Yuanjin shook his head: "My father and brother died at the hands of Sui Dog, and most of the neighbors who followed me out this time also suffered, Mr. Xu, I came out of the whole village this time, and there will be no relatives who will let Sui Dog scourge again, Yuan Jin recognized you, Mr., and will always follow you in the future." ”
Xu Deyan breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that Liu Yuanjin would not do things secretly, and leave some clues that could be traced, this time he went to Wuyi Mountain, thousands of rivers, and there were not a few bandits and robbers who took advantage of the chaos in the Minyue area, if it weren't for this reason, he wouldn't have stayed here and risked waiting for Liu Yuanjin, a martial artist.
Thinking of this, Xu Deyan stood up and took out a knife from his arms: "Yuan Jin, bear with me, I haven't shaved anyone before, I'll try you first, remember, from now on, your name is Daoji, I call Fan, master and apprentice are commensurate, understand?" (To be continued......)
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