Chapter One Hundred and Four—The Long Journey
"How far is it before we get out of Hunan?"
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Therefore, Jin Yishan was only ten days and ten nights later, and he was about to arrive at the junction of Hunan and Hubei, and at this time, Jin Yishan stood on the horse and asked this sentence.
Immediately, there were his henchmen, and he said with a weak breath: "General Hui, according to the map, I am afraid that we will not be able to reach Hubei before tonight, after all, it is almost dark now......"
Jin Yishan's face turned dark when he heard this, but there was no way, even if people could still hold on, but the war horse couldn't hold on anymore!
You must know that in this short period of ten days, he led 60,000 cavalry, almost across two provinces, even if the cavalry troops are one person and three horses, at this time, some horses have reached the limit, yesterday there were people and horses running and lying on the ground......
Jin Yishan silently calculated in his heart, next to cross the entire Hubei Province and arrive in Zhumadian, Henan, I am afraid it will take more than ten days.
However, the spies in the north sent telegrams one after another, urging them to rush to Zhumadian immediately, and their behavior cast a shadow on Jin Yishan's heart!
"Could it be that Miss Fang has an accident?"
And the thought of this possibility, Jin Yishan shuddered!
But when he looked back at the cavalry behind him, the tired cavalry was full of helplessness, after all, the cavalry under his command was also flesh and blood......
For more than ten days, he rode a horse for 2,000 miles, regardless of people...... Horses have reached their limits, and they really need to rest at this time, otherwise they may delay tomorrow's journey.
Thinking of this, Jin Yishan, who had a melancholy face, looked up at the sky, and then looked at the nearby terrain, and immediately picked a piece of flat land a few miles away, and ordered the cavalry to rest on the spot, and set off again at dawn tomorrow morning to enter Hubei......
When Jin Yishan entered Hubei, Wang Laosan and Liao Fu were so anxious that they jumped up and down...... Zhou Yuancheng's side had already sent messages over again and again, asking why the two of them didn't go out to sweep? Instead, he stayed in Zhumadian and didn't move!
After getting in touch with Jin Yishan by telegram, Wang Laosan and Liao Fu, who were already a little unable to withstand the pressure, finally decided......
Liao Fu led 800 cavalry of his cronies, escorting the Fang clan, breaking away from the large army first, finding a place to hide first, and quietly waiting for the Jin Yishan army that would arrive in a few days.
As for the external reason, it is said that Liao Fu has already taken Miss Fang to find a place to live happily for the sake of Jinwu's hidden Jiao......
As for security, Wang Laosan and Liao Fu can't take care of it so much!
However, Liao Fu, who has 800 cavalry in hand, as long as he does not encounter the large army of the Taiping Army, ordinary bandit bullies can no longer help him.
What's more, Wang Laosan has always led a large army, and he has not gone far, but has been around Liao Fu, constantly circling, for fear that he will have an accident, or that Miss Fang will have an accident!
Wang Laosan and Liao Fudu have already agreed to send each other's hardcore cronies to contact each other, and strive for the distance between the two sides not to exceed 100 miles, so that even if there is really an uncontrollable accident, Wang Laosan will have time to lead troops to the rescue.
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Three days later.
Yang Qingxian also brought hundreds of people, Shi Shiran arrived here, of course, he did not contact Liao Fu, in this dangerous time, try to avoid some things happening......
Therefore, Yang Qingxian found a hidden place in Zhumadian and waited quietly for the north...... All the families who want to go south to join Zhang Yun will come here collectively to meet, and then talk about other things!
A few days passed, and Jin Yishan finally entered the territory of Zhumadian with 60,000 tired cavalry, originally thinking that after entering Hubei, he would be harassed by the local government.
Outcome......
When 60,000 cavalrymen with one man and three horses passed by, all the prefectures and counties in Hubei Province made shrunken turtles, and they all acted as if they didn't see them.
Before Li Hongzhang's army arrived in Hubei, even officials who had been poisoned by the idea of loyalty knew what it meant to block the car with the mantis arm!
Therefore, officials at all levels in Hubei collectively made a turtle with a shrunken head for the crossing of the cavalry of the Patriotic Army, which is inevitable! After all, everyone is afraid of death!
After arriving in Zhumadian, Jin Yishan did not care about his tired spirit and body, and immediately ordered the radio soldiers to get in touch with the agents of the Military Intelligence Agency lurking here.
Others can ignore it, including those who want to join the Patriotic Army, the so-called family members, can also ignore it first.
But only this Miss Fang family, Jin Yishan didn't dare to slack off a little!
In case something unspeakable happened to the young lady of the Fang family during the period of time when he was resting, Jin Yishan felt that he had committed suicide with one shot as soon as possible, and it would be better to save himself from suffering a great crime when he returned to Hainan!
After receiving that Jin Yishan had already led the troops, and arrived at Zhumadian, the agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau, who were in a great mood, immediately stepped up their horses, found Liao Fu according to the code, and told him to move south......
Miss Fang must be sent to the army before the sun goes down tomorrow, this is also General Jin's order, even if he is an agent of the Military Intelligence Agency, in principle, he does not need to be afraid of the generals of the military.
But it is also necessary to take into account General Kim's face and thoroughly implement this order.
What's more, if General Jin had already made it clear that he would send Miss Fang over by himself and others...... But if something goes wrong with himself and the others, he will be riding on a horse at this time...... The quick intelligence agent couldn't even think about such a result!
After Liao Fu received this information, he finally relaxed, and after being nervous for more than 20 days, he immediately sent a cronie to send a message to Wang Laosan.
Let him lead a large army, there is no need to meet the main cavalry unit of the Patriotic Army, he should immediately avoid this place, of course, before he led the troops to leave, Liao Fu asked him to do one more thing!
After everything was arranged, Liao Fu immediately took his few dozens of cronies and cavalry, escorted Miss Fang and her party, lit torches, and headed south overnight.
As for the other more than 700 cavalrymen, they were ordered by Liao Fu to stay here and wait for themselves, and they didn't have to follow them anymore!
The hard work of walking at night...... Needless to say, Liao Fu and his dozens of cronies and cavalry were fine, and they could still endure this hardship, after all, they didn't do it often, just occasionally, so they didn't complain about anything......
On the contrary, it was the Fang family and his party, especially the wives outside the Fang family, who were simply miserable...... Make the party members outside the head as big as a fight!
After communicating with Liao Fu, there is no other better way except for Fang Yuan, who was clearly refused, in fact, even he himself has a feeling that he can't stand it, but now his life is in the hands of others......