In the suburbs of Jinling in late autumn, you can vaguely see a piece of gold, and in a few days, the late rice can be harvested, but the joy only belongs to the rich merchants, Chongzhen and the people have nothing, especially those who rebel.

Ning Zhiyuan just left, with the 1,000 men and 200 cavalry that Li Jun carried, Li Dingfang and Li Yinglai saw him off, but Liu Ru and the little girl didn't know that he was leaving early in the morning, he thought that he was still in bed yesterday and Liu Ru was covered with rain and clouds, and he left like this today, isn't it not interesting, belongs to the kind of negative man who eats and wipes it all and then leaves?

Li Ying glanced at Ning Zhi's figure far away, arched his hand at Li Dingfang and said, "Brother Li, Brother Ning and I are good friends, if there are any difficulties in Jinling, I can still solve one or two." ”

Li Dingfang nodded and smiled, and said, "You call me Brother Li, so what do I call you?" ”

But seeing that Li Ying's face was stunned, he turned around and was about to leave with the three hippos, and said with a haha, "It doesn't matter what it's called, goodbye." "I thought, I'm not going to tell anyone.

The horse's hooves galloped past, leaving behind a trail of flying dust and a surprised Li Dingfang.

Li Dingfang sighed, turned around, and shouted, "Madam, Zhiyuan is gone." ”

Liu Rushi and Xing Yuan slowly walked out of the woods on the side, their eyes were red, they held back their tears, and said, "Li Gongzi, let's go back." ”

In the autumn sunshine, Liu Ru showed a bright smile

It's always autumn, although there is still no lack of green along the way, but more is the withered yellow grass and leaves, which is the inevitable law of the development of things, also called the number of qi.

"Childe, which way are we going?" Li Jun took a map and stepped forward to ask Ning Zhiyuan, who had a calm face.

"Henan, then cross Shanxi, and then go around to Ningxia Mansion." Ning Zhiyuan looked at the map for a while, and then said firmly.

Li Jun nodded, although this is a little farther, but it is safer, Shaanxi now has a million anti-people, which is really prohibitive and depressing.

The group continued to walk, and Chen Biao's two hundred cavalry opened the way in front. Li Ying followed behind with a thousand people, while Ning Zhiyuan also rode a white three-river horse, which he bought out of his own pocket and followed closely behind.

Intentionally or unintentionally, Chen Biao was speeding up, but after finding that Ning Zhiyuan's 1,000 soldiers seemed to be able to follow effortlessly, he was a little surprised, so he wanted to speed up again, but he still gave up, and if he accelerated again, the horse would run.

Ning Zhiyuan naturally discovered Chen Biao's small movements and did not stop them, so that he could also review the effect of his training, and he could also deter him and subdue him sooner or later, but if Chen Biao dared to go faster just now, Ning Zhiyuan would definitely teach him a lesson without hesitation.

Approaching the evening, the day has been rushed for six hours, lunch and dinner are all dry food, Chen Biao turned around, his face was a little hesitant, but finally said to Ning Zhiyuan, "Ning Gongzi, there is a village in front, do you want to go to the front to spend the night?" ”

"No need," Ning Zhiyuan said without hesitation, "Don't disturb the people, the brothers can stand it." ”

Chen Biao was stunned for a while, as if he didn't expect Ning Zhiyuan to say this, the weather in late autumn was still very cold at night, and he looked at the more than 1,000 people who were accustomed to it, without the slightest complaint, and suddenly grinned, "Zhong, just listen to the son." So he hurried forward again

This simple country voice made Ning Zhiyuan a little in a trance, he seemed to understand something, in a corrupt army, I don't know why he would become a ruffian.

smiled, let everyone camp nearby, live and cook, it is not okay to always eat dry food.

"The wolf smoke rises, the north of the country looks at the hatred, the long knife goes, who can resist in the twenty years of vertical and horizontal territory, I am willing to defend the land and reopen the territory"

In the firelight, Ning Zhiyuan's slender shadow was reflected, and in the night, Ning Zhiyuan's heroic singing voice was swinging, which made more than a thousand men around the firelight a little trance.

They didn't have a goal before, they just wanted to eat, it didn't matter if they rebelled and became soldiers, they could or wherever they could, when Ning Zhiyuan gave them a livelihood, he did the same thing as them, ate the same food, and gave them independent personality and dignity. So Ning Zhiyuan has become their spiritual pillar.

Follow, Childe, go into battle and kill the enemy.

Chen Biao's vision is a little complicated, he was a soldier in Jinling City, so he naturally knew that Ning Zhiyuan, Xie Yuan, who was famous in Qinhuai, was designed to enter Ningxia as a prefect because of the jealousy of a Qinglou woman, and he did not abide by Li Fuyin's treatment to protect this scholar.

He has always looked down on scholars, but in just one day, this scholar has impressed him, he has never said that he is tired after a day of marching, and he has never said that he is cold when he sleeps at night, and he can still make such heroic words, unlike those scholars who can only talk about misleading the country.

"From tomorrow, speed up the march, and everyone should rest early." Ning Zhiyuan left a sentence a little toughly, but no one thought he was hateful, and the distinction between public and private was clear, which was Ning Zhiyuan's characteristic.

Seven or eight days have passed in the blink of an eye, and Chen Biao is really surprised by the speed of marching more than 200 miles a day, he can't think of what kind of training can create such a team, and as for Li Jun, although he knows very well how the team is trained, he still feels incredible.

In fact, in Ning Zhiyuan's eyes, this is really unpleasant, at this time, a mile of land is about more than 400 meters, and he has just arrived in Shanxi in seven or eight days, what is there to be proud of?

"Childe, although Shanxi is not as anti-people as Shaanxi, it is not very peaceful." Walking all the way from Henan, I saw more and more ruins along the way, and more and more wasted land, Li Jun sighed.

"How can one Shaanxi manage so many victims." Ning Zhiyuan also sighed, "I don't know what it will be like when I arrive in Ningxia." ”

"All troops on alert." Seeing the red signal flag coming from ahead, Li Jun shouted, because this meant that the enemy was coming.

A thousand people quickly adjusted the slightly scattered phalanx, raised the knife in their hands and prepared to fight, but they didn't seem to be much panicked.

"Childe, these people have all fled from Shaanxi, and they have seen all scenes, and many of them have killed people for self-protection, which is not surprising." Looking at the doubts on Ning Zhiyuan's face, Li Jun quickly explained.

Ning Zhiyuan suddenly picked up a knife, grabbed it tightly, and looked ahead.

Li Jun is worthy of being a soldier who has experienced a hundred battles, and he still has a relaxed face, and said, "Childe doesn't have to be too nervous, I think there are not many anti-people in Shanxi, but I just encountered some thieves who are not long-sighted, and I don't need Gongzi to kill the enemy." ”

Ning Zhiyuan glanced at Li Jun and said calmly, "If I really encounter a large number of anti-people, is it useful for me to go on the battlefield to kill the enemy?" ”

Li Jun was stunned for a moment, but still shook his head.

"So whether it's a large number or a small group of anti-people, I'm going to go to the battlefield, it doesn't matter if it's useful or not, the important thing is that I'm going to fight with you." Ning Zhiyuan said as he stepped forward.

Li Jun drove his horse and hurriedly followed, but his heart was full of thoughts.

Chen Biao was confronting a man with a scar on his face, and when he saw Ning Zhiyuan coming, his body leaned slightly towards Ning Zhiyuan's side, and said, "Childe, that big man told us to leave five thousand taels of silver and he left." ”

Ning Zhiyuan noticed this detail and was a little moved, understanding that this rough man wanted to better protect his safety.

Shaking his head, he saw that there were about 10,000 people on the other side, so he motioned for himself to negotiate.

"You're the one who led the way?" The scar man on the opposite side said with a big grin, "How about it, give us five thousand taels and we'll leave." "If it was an ordinary army, they would have stepped forward and charged directly, but looking at this army, there are still some cavalry, decent, but there are few bad people, so I stepped forward to negotiate first, after all, they all came out to mix, so many armies agreed before, and this army will not be an exception.

"Hehe," Ning Zhiyuan looked at the somewhat embarrassed refugee army opposite, disheveled and incomplete, and laughed, how could such a gang have the courage to block the road and rob the officers and soldiers?

"Five thousand taels, will it be too little," Ning Zhiyuan said with a smile, "Let's step forward and speak?" ”

"Childe" Chen Biao and Li Jun, who came later, spoke at the same time. Ning Zhiyuan shook his head and insisted on his own approach.

"Oh?" The scar man came to his senses, and he met a sick and rich official, this relationship is good, and seeing that Ning Zhiyuan is a little weak, he is careful, there will be no problem in thinking about it, so he hurried forward a few steps.

"Prepare to charge." When Ning Zhiyuan rode past Chen Biao, he whispered, and then ignored Chen Biao's stunned eyes and continued to move forward.