The southward migration troops had just passed Yicheng County at this time.

Yicheng County was the territory of Chu in ancient times, King Qin Zhao made Bai Qi to attack Chu, led the water to irrigate this place, pulled it out, Qin Shi placed the county, and changed its name to Yicheng in the Han Dynasty. The ancient city is in the south of Yicheng County, Hubei Province in later generations.

At this time, the southward moving troops dragged very open, the front was opened by Zou Dan, and the back was led by Zhang He and Gongsun Yue to lead 5,000 white horses from the back of the palace, Mi Zhen, Hua Tuo, Kong Rong, Zheng Xuan and others also deliberately fell behind in order to calm the hearts of the army.

This place is mountainous, the road is complicated, walking and walking, everyone always feels that the scenery on both sides of the road is all the same, one mountain after another, endless, making people dizzy.

Zhang He grabbed a local man and asked, "Where is this place further south?" ”

The local said: "Further south is the county, from the county to the south is a large hillside, the name is Changban slope, the long slope belongs to the territory of Dangyang County, as long as you turn over the slope to Dangyang County, from Dangyang County to the south is all plains, across that plain is Jiangling County." ”

"Nagasaka slope?" Tong Yuan next to him tilted his head and smiled: "I'm so familiar with this name, let me think about it carefully...... Ha, I think of it, there is this lyric in the song that Zhao Yun was taught to sing by the fake serious, 'Walking down the Changban Slope alone, the moonlight is too gentle', it's strange, this song was taught to the little Zhao Yun when he was in Hebei, how can the fake serious know that there is really a place called Changban Slope in the world? ”

Zhang He shook his head and said: "Maybe it's a coincidence, there are many places called Simian Mountain, Bamian Mountain, and Niutou Mountain in the world, and I have encountered several of them, and it is normal for Changbanpo to have several." ”

At this moment, a fast horse suddenly rushed from behind, and everyone looked back to see that this person was Yan Yun, the squad leader of the White Horse Yicong, who had been scouting behind the army with a scout team, and at this time he suddenly caught up, and everyone secretly screamed in their hearts.

Yan Yun reported loudly: "Oh no! The Xiangzhou Navy returned to Xiangyang from the Yangtze River, and the Navy of the Governor of Ganning was forced to evacuate, and then Liu Congna declared that Jingzhou was merged into Dong Zhuojun's southern expedition...... His subordinates saw a huge ice city floating on the river from a distance, and Dong Zhuo seemed to be on that city......

"Is there really a million?" Zhang He asked with a change of color on his face.

Yan Yun shook his head: "I don't know, the continuous camp is three hundred miles long, and there are countless people under him...... All in all, very scary. ”

Zhang He bit his lower lip and hurriedly said loudly: "Order the whole army to speed up...... Throw away everything you can ......"

Not long after Zhang He's order was issued, another scout ran up and shouted, "Oh no, as soon as Dong Zhuojun crossed the Han River, he didn't even have a firm foot, so he divided several light cavalry teams to chase after us...... Our scout team ran away a few horses to get the information to the ...... first Due to the speed of the opponent's light cavalry, it is estimated that they have chased them fifty miles to the north......"

This information was like a bomb, and it suddenly exploded in everyone's hearts. What is Dong Zhuo doing? Playing with life? Just crossed the river and immediately sent light cavalry to pursue, did you need such a big grievance?

Everyone hurriedly urged the family members to run desperately to the south, along the way the family members kept discarding valuables, even throwing gold cakes on the side of the road, but the family members are not the army after all, no matter how fast they can't go anywhere, they don't know how long they walked, and a small county town appeared in front of them, which turned out to be the county town.

The county is the western part of Jingmen County, Hubei Province in later generations, this county seat was originally Liu Biaojun's territory, but Gongsun Zhan, who was the first to open the road, has already flattened this county seat, and there is no garrison of Liu Biaojun in the county at this time, otherwise the southward migration troops do not know how long they will be stuck here.

After the county and then to the south, over the Changban slope, you can reach the county seat of Dangyang, and then to the south is Jiangling.

The terrain is very complex in the middle of the mountains, with hills, hills, rivers, lakes, and ravines everywhere, making it a place where there are countless roads to walk.

Zou Dan, who was at the front of the team, knew very well that he was leading a family unit, and the marching speed was much slower than Dong Zhuo's, and it was a sure thing to be caught up.

Therefore, Zou Dan cleverly dispersed his troops and scattered them into various ravines and slopes, so that his family members were also divided into dozens of small teams, and they scattered to find their own way to Dangyang County. In this way, even if Dong Zhuo's vanguard army arrived, it would be impossible to catch them all, and only a few of them could be caught.

Zhang He and Gongsun Yue didn't dare to take the official road, the two looked at the complicated terrain and also had the idea of dividing the troops. Because these chaotic mountain roads are not divided, the five thousand white horses will be crowded on one path, which will cause them to run slower.

Gongsun Yue said to Mi Zhen, Hua Tuo, Zheng Xuan, Kong Rong and others next to him: "We must divide our troops and flee now, you can't walk together anymore, let's divide into three roads, and I, General Zhang He, and General Tong Yuan will each lead you all the way to escort you ......."

Gongsun Yue thought for a while and said, "I will bring 1,700 soldiers to escort Dr. Hua, General Zhang He will bring 1,700 troops to escort Teacher Zheng Xuan and Master Kong, and General Tong Yuan will bring 1,600 soldiers to escort Mi Meizi and Adou." ”

The men were divided, entered the three ravines, and hurried to the south.

The ravine was full of chaotic family members, people scattered and ran around, and the mountains were full of unarmed people with children and daughters.

Tong Yuan and Mi Zhen rode side by side, Mi Zhen looked at these people scurrying around, and her pretty face turned iron-blue.

Tong Yuanqi said: "Mi girl, what are you frowning for?" Let's just get through these people quickly. ”

"We can't run first!" Mi Zhen said hurriedly: "General Tong, this time Dong Zhuo went south, and a big banner was written 'Escape from favor, don't be naughty, obediently let my sister arrest you back', now everyone is talking about it, saying that this time Dong Zhuo went south to arrest our father-in-law...... Many family members have resentment against Xianggong in their hearts, saying that they are enemies he has recruited. At such a time, I, as her woman, and his children, if we run away first, and these family members see that we are fleeing with the soldiers and do not protect them, I am afraid that after the word spreads, it will affect the image of Xunzhen in everyone's hearts, and the military spirit will be completely dispersed. ”

"Huh?" Tong Yuan asked curiously, "What else do you say?" I think Dong Zhuo's southern expedition is inevitable, she can't put the territory in the south and not swallow it, what does this have to do with hypocrisy? It's just an excuse, what fool would believe such a stupid thing? Do they think Dong Zhuo is an idiot? ”

Mi Zhen sighed and said: "Regardless of whether Dong Zhuo is an idiot or not, in short, this matter has been reported, and the child and I must set an example, if I and Adou escape first, the military heart will be over immediately." General Tong, let me have my surname once, our army should be dragged behind as much as possible to protect the family members and go first. ”

"It's going to be dangerous!" Tong Yuan smiled and said, "I'm going to die!" ”

Mi Zhen bit her lower lip tightly, there was a touch of perseverance and determination on her beautiful melon seed face, she said proudly: "Death is not terrible, what is terrible is that as a woman, you don't have the courage to sacrifice your life to die!" Wouldn't that be a man like a soft egg! I can't be such a woman, and neither can my daughter Adou. ”

Mi Zhen lowered her head, teased Sun Dou in her arms with her fingers, and said softly: "Child, you will definitely become a very powerful character in the future, because you have been growing up in the war since the day you were born, I believe that the child who grows up like this is the most powerful!" When you have the strength, you have to help your mother. ”

Xiao Adou's eyes didn't open, and he muttered twice, and he didn't know if she heard her mother's words.

Tong Yuan smiled beside him: "Don't worry, I will protect you well, my body belongs to Zhao Yun, and she has always regarded protecting you and Adou as a very important thing." As her treasure, I will help her achieve this wish. ”

As the two spoke, they urged the soldiers to help the family members who ran ahead to cross some difficult hills. Due to the difficulty of the road, many white horses got off the horse and led their beloved horses forward.

Everyone buried their heads in the advance, walked and walked, and they didn't know how long they walked, and suddenly the mountain in front of them opened, and everyone found that they had actually walked to the official road...... It turned out that everyone was not familiar with the ravine here, so they chose a ravine to walk on, but they didn't expect that this ravine extended to the south for a while and then merged into the middle of the official road.

Tong Yuan and Mi Zhen secretly screamed in their hearts that something was bad and walked on the official road...... Isn't that the most dangerous path to come...... As soon as they thought of this, they only heard the sound of hooves like thunder on the official road in the north, and the two looked north, and the smoke and dust were flying on the official road, and a light cavalry unit of thousands of people was rushing over as if they were flying...... Directly in front of the light cavalry unit was a large banner with the word "discipline...... It turned out that the light cavalry that caught up was led by the general Ji Ling, and after this thing framed Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu last time, it broke out the information that Mi Zhen and Sun Dou were among the family members, which made Dong Zhuo angry and sent 100,000 light cavalry troops to chase south in a hurry.

Capturing Mi Zhen and Sun Dou is definitely a great achievement, Ji Ling is willing to lag behind, and takes the initiative to lead a light horse to pursue.

As for Dong Zhuo's heart, nothing is more important than catching the escapees, so he gave Ji Ling 5,000 cavalry. Ji Ling had just crossed the Han River, and immediately urged the cavalry to rush forward as if flying.

Her action of fighting for merit aroused the desire of a large number of generals in Dong Zhuo's army, and dozens of generals and junior generals took the initiative to lead the light cavalry troops to chase south...... I don't know if Ji Ling is lucky or unlucky, she actually caught up with Tong Yuan and Mi Zhen along the official road!

Seeing the woman holding the child on the official road in front of him, Ji Ling immediately connected her with Mi Zhen in the mouth of the spy.

Ji Ling shouted with great joy: "Haha, I really caught up with a great achievement!" Wife and children who have escaped from pet, where are you going? ”

(To be continued)