Liu Xiaoqi only felt that this day had passed extraordinarily long. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When Li Yongzhong rushed to the mountain forest with a spear hiding the Miao ambush soldiers, Liu Xiaoqi only felt that his mind was blank, and before he could react, his body had automatically followed, and there were several brothers in the same army with him, when he came back to his senses, there was a Miao warm corpse on the tip of the spear, and there was still an unbelievable look on his face, as if he was surprised that he was actually killed by such a thin soldier, and then Liu Xiaoqi withdrew the spear without hesitation, and did not look at the enemy who fell to the ground, Lunged towards another target.

They finally killed the Miao - although everyone knew it was temporary, and then retreated as fast as they could, braving a rain of arrows like flying locusts, in the process, Liu Xiaoqi was hit by two arrows, one was blocked by the armor on his body, and the other arrow was shot in his arm, but it was not deep enough to penetrate the flesh, and he pulled out the bamboo arrow himself without even the help of others.

He took off the helmet from his head, and the strange smell of sweat mixed with blood ran through his nose, disgusting. At first, Liu Xiaoqi was not used to it, but now he doesn't care at all.

Zhao Bingyi limped over and greeted him: "Captain Wu." He may have stepped on a sharp stone, and his facial features were distorted instantly, but he immediately returned to his normal expression. Liu Xiaoqi glanced at his ankle - if he sprained his foot at this time, it would be a big trouble. But it seems that Zhao Bing just didn't stabilize.

Liu Xiaoqi put his mind at ease, sat on the ground and lazily responded: "Zhao Bing." He asked his subordinates, "What does the medical officer say?" "Before, Zhong Guan'er instructed all the injured to have the medical officer carefully examine the injuries, Liu Xiaoqi's wound was sent back early, and now Zhao Bing is the last one to come back from his army.

"It's not a big deal." Zhao Bing sat down beside him and showed Liu Xiaoqi his bandaged arm: "The medical officer said that it will not get wet, change the dressing on time, and it will be able to close the scab in a few days." He called a barbarian to slash in the arm in the previous charge, but fortunately he was blocked by the half sleeve of the armor, he shrank quickly, gritted his teeth in pain and turned around and stabbed out, right in the waist of the Miao man, Liu Xiaoqi freed his hand and stabbed the other party in the lower abdomen, and the two of them ended him together.

"Let's ...... in the woods" After a while of silence, Zhao Bing asked Liu Xiaoqi hesitantly, "Has anyone died?" ”

Liu Xiaoqi glanced at him.

"It's okay if you don't say it." Zhao Bing hurriedly said, and added: "I was at the medical officer's place, and I happened to meet a person who was not saved - his brother carried him all the way out, but he was injured in the chest, and the medical officer tried his best, but he still couldn't do anything." ”

"Most of our soldiers are injured." Liu Xiaoqi still told Zhao Bing: "But Liu Chuan's Wu died two - there is no way, their Wu went to the front at that time, how many people died in the official army?" He looked at the gradually blurring sky, and said lightly, "Even the hundred households surnamed Zhou were almost not saved, and we only died two, and we have already made money." ”

Not only Liu Xiaoqi has the opinion of making money, but also Cao Jinliang, the escort team of this trip, also feels the same way.

"In a word, there are more injuries and fewer deaths." Cao Jinliang drank saliva, moistened his throat, picked up the dry cake at hand and took a bite, chewing while speaking to Li Yongzhong in a vague manner: "There are seven or eight injuries, but there are no serious injuries -- in this kind of scene, if you are seriously injured, you are usually waiting to die." He took another sip of water, "coo-to-goo," put down the water bladder and wiped his mouth, and said, "There are six dead," Cao Jinliang's voice deepened, "It's a pity that I couldn't snatch the corpse back." ”

Li Yongzhong glanced up at him. "It's good to survive." He spoke briefly, bowed his head and continued to write in his hand. After writing the last paragraph and blowing on the undried ink, Li Yongzhong handed a few thin pieces of paper to Cao Jinliang, "Look at it, isn't that all?" ”

"I think it's a little too thin." After flipping through three or two times, Cao Jinliang pointed to a certain place and said: "Let's say this, we can do it, but it is difficult for the officers and soldiers to say." ”

"That can't be done." Li Yongzhong said expressionlessly: "The two families are close to these people, and the opposite side is big, if you don't carefully pick the door, how many people can live?" He took Cao Jinliang's water bladder over, and he didn't pay much attention to it, he wiped the mouth of the bag casually, and was about to drink it, when he saw Cao Jinliang looking behind him with a strange expression.

"Young Master Li." Zheng Guocai, a tired hundred-household official, called him first, and this Ming army hundred-household greeted Cao Jinliang politely: "Cao Teamzheng." ”

Through his expression, he can see that Zheng Guocai has been exhausted to the extreme. He held on to his spirit and said to Li Yongzhong: "Qianhu asked me to invite Young Master Li and Team Cao to go in, and the two of us will have a good talk." After speaking, he hugged his fist at Li Yongzhong and said apologetically: "Qianhu ordered me to inspect, and I will accompany less." ”

"Where does Zheng Baihu say, please." Nodding with him, Li Yongzhong finally said: "Seeing that your face is not good, it is better to rest for a while." ”

Zheng Guocai didn't say anything when he heard this, smiled bitterly, shook his head and left.

The two of them watched his back gradually walk away, and Li Yongzhong said, "Let's go." "I opened the curtain first, and I was taking a look at Cui Zhouping. The copywriter was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled and said, "Qianhu is in a hurry, and he is about to call Zai Xia to go out to find Young Master Li." He turned back to Chen Xianda and said, "Young Master Li and Team Cao are coming over." ”

"Cui Wen, you are older than him, just call him Zhongguan'er." Chen Xianda sat up under the service of his own soldiers. On his upper body, a bright stain of blood spilled a small mark on the bandage that was obliquely wrapped around his upper body. Li Yongzhong hurried over, sat down beside him, and asked him, "Is my father-in-law better?" ”

"Not dead." Chen Xianda grinned, barely pulled out a smile, and said to the others who were still in the tent: "Zhong Guan'er and Jin Liang stay, and the rest of the people will go out first, and then ask you to come in later." ”

The officials of the hundred households knew that Weng and his son-in-law must have something to say, so they walked out silently, and the last one who went out turned around and put down the curtain, because it was almost night, and the tent was dark for a while. Cao Jinliang reluctantly fumbled to light the candle, and saw Chen Xianda's face full of grief and indignation.

"Zheng Guocai told me." He looked at Li Yongzhong, his eyes showed unreserved remorse and apology, and said to him in a hoarse voice, "I can't imagine that I have a few brushes on my own soldiers, but I don't want to be right under my nose, someone dares to force the people, and the plot is still my own son-in-law!" ”

Li Yongzhong shook his head and said in a low voice: "What did my father-in-law say, could it be that my father-in-law could control such things?" The human heart is really too difficult......" He didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he simply changed the topic: "My father-in-law has been talking to hundreds of households for a long time, but what can I discuss?" ”

Chen Xianda barely bothered to cheer up, he was actually seriously injured, he lost a lot of blood, and it was difficult to sit now, but now was a critical juncture, and he couldn't relax in the slightest-" Several hundred households told me. Although I haven't walked this road, I still have some general impression of the topography here. ”

He motioned to Cao Jinliang to take the map on the case, took a breath, and said reluctantly: "If I remember correctly, this place is not far from Muxi Mountain, and the Miao people call it Pingshan Dam, because of this river beach at the bottom of the mountain road, if the river outside is not mistaken, it should be called Qingshui River, which flows eastward into the Xiangshui River, but we can't go down the river, this place is gentle, and then out of dozens of miles is the dangerous shoal rapids, we don't have a boat, we can't go, and we have to go back to the road." ”

Qianhu stopped talking and took a breath, Li Yongzhong looked at the place he was pointing at for a moment, motioned to Cao Jinliang to take off a bamboo tube that had been carrying him on his back, took out a rolled thick mulberry paper from it, and said to Chen Xianda: "Father-in-law, is this what you just said?" ”

The young man drew a circle with his index finger on a clearer and more detailed drawing, and Chen Xianda glanced at it, and immediately opened his eyes, if it wasn't for the injury, he would have snatched it to look at it carefully, and even this surprised him. In order to avoid his excitement, Li Yongzhong had to take the map closer to him, Chen Xianda looked at it for a moment, nodded decisively and said, "This is it!" Looking at Li Yongzhong again, he said in a somewhat complicated mood: "Zhong Guan'er is so careful! You have such a map, you have it too! ”

"After all, I am a merchant of salt, if I can't figure out the geographical direction, then what kind of salt will I go? What kind of goods are shipped? Li Yongzhong smiled and said lightly: "After all, it can't be compared with the official army." ”

Chen Xianda glanced at him and said back to the terrain: "If we want to return to the road, the Miao people must be here-" He curled his knuckles and knocked on a certain prominent point, "Stop, otherwise if you go further, you will enter the boundary of the official army patrol and fortification, I think he doesn't have the courage to dare to chase after the ground of Bijie!" ”

"The son-in-law thinks the same way." Li Yongzhong nodded and agreed: "Since we got off this river beach, the barbarians haven't chased after us, and I think this is the reason why we came, waiting for us to take the bait." If we want to go back to Bijie, we have to rush through here to move forward. Therefore, even if you know that there is a trap ahead, you have to jump. ”

"Fang Cai, I discussed it with a few hundred households, and they also have this opinion." Chen Xianda looked at his son-in-law and said with satisfaction: "But Zhongguan'er, you are a merchant, and it is rare to be able to see this section." He waved his hand to signal Li Yongzhong, who wanted to say something, to shut up, and turned his head to ask Cao Jinliang: "Jin Liang, you have been a saw-mouthed gourd since you came in, I know that you are Zhong Guan'er's confidant, and now there is no one else, if you have ideas, talk about it." ”

Cao Jinliang still had a lazy look on his face, and when he saw Chen Xianda asking, he was only a little more respectful, and said slowly: "I want to think about the same as Zhongguan'er and Qianhu, but everyone understands this truth, but how to do it......" He paused, and then spoke: "It's the most important thing." (To be continued.) )