Fleeing from Huyukou to Cailiang Mountain, more than 80 border people were accustomed to seeing life and death, and when the Tartars were there, they were looking forward to freedom day and night.

Now, everyone has escaped from the cage and has a feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe.

Although the road ahead is still bumpy, hope has never been broken, even if it is better to die on the way home than to be a cow and a horse in the hands of a tartar.

There were five injured people in the mountain, and after Wang Teng visited them one by one, several people repeatedly said that the salt was precious and could not be wasted.

After hearing this, Wang Teng's heart was heavy, he gathered everyone together, and said: "Brothers and sisters, we can gather here, it is the creation of God, three days ago, who would have thought that we could actually kill the Tartars and escape?" And now, we do! Kim Guozhi is gone, but I am still here, everyone is still there, I believe that in a few days, we will be able to return to Ulju, and at that time, the big guys can go their separate ways, I promise, I will not stop them."

Huang Hu bared his teeth and smiled: "I said a long time ago, as long as I can escape, from now on, my life is yours, Wang Teng, don't think about it."

Wang Teng patted Huang Hu's shoulder and remained silent.

Ma Wu, Liu Tian, Tong Cheng and others also expressed their willingness to stay by Wang Teng's side.

In the past few days, Wang Teng has shared weal and woe with the border people, and has already won the trust of everyone, otherwise, even if Wang Teng is strong and pressed, the border people will be dissatisfied.

Food is getting scarce and scarce, and for three days in the mountains, the border people will eat the food they carry cleanly, and although the flowing water brings a lot of swimming fish, the number of fish is limited, and even the wild vegetables picked are difficult to meet daily needs.

Fortunately, Ma Wu and the others captured a lot of voles, otherwise, the border people would definitely be hungry.

To escape, you also need to fill your stomach.

The sun rises and sets, and another day passes.

That night, in order to ensure that there was nothing to do, Ma Wu and Wang Teng stayed outside all night, they expanded the scope of the sentry, and finally were pleasantly surprised to find that the Tartar seemed to have really left.

Early the next morning, Wang Teng was ready to lead the border people out of the cave where he had been hiding for four days, but the whereabouts of the Tartars were unknown, and it was extremely dangerous to get out of the cave.

Before leaving, Wang Teng gathered the border people in one place, and said: "Everyone should know, I plan to leave today and return to Ulzhou, of course, if anyone wants to stay here, I will never force it."

As soon as this remark came out, several people were quite moved.

Most of the people traveled, the target was huge, and it was very likely to be discovered by the Tartars, and, looking at Wang Teng's appearance, it was clear that he would not give up the wounded.

This is not an outing, it is a run for life, just these 100 people, once they meet the Tartars, there is a chance that they will be dead.

However, if he opened his mouth rashly, what should he do if Wang Teng broke out again and hurt people?

Everyone pondered in their hearts and did not dare to say more.

seemed to see through everyone's thoughts, Wang Teng smiled: "This time is different from the past, everyone can rest assured, we are good to gather and disperse, if there are those who are willing to stay, I can swear to the sky, I will never force it."

As soon as these words came out, three or five people stood up in cringe and said, "Brother Wang, we think that there is food and drink here, and the Tartars can't be found, it is a good place, and we want to stay."

"I want to stay too"

……

In a matter of moments, seven people left behind.

Huang Hu and the others blew their beards and glared, but because of Wang Teng's face, it was not good to speak and threaten, otherwise, he would have been full of old fists.

The border people who were determined to stay gathered together, and they were afraid that the king would rebel.

A few days ago, the scene of Wang Teng's violent murder was deeply engraved in everyone's minds.

This is a killing god, whether it is life or death, it is all in his thoughts.

Fortunately, Wang Teng did not break his promise, and under his suppression, the angry border people failed to retaliate, and the group parted ways.

It's just that when he got out of the hole, Huang Hu kept scolding and scolding, "These ungrateful and cowardly bastards."

Ma Wu was also angry: "I knew that these people had different ambitions, so I shouldn't have brought them with me at that time, but now it's better to use the food for nothing."

Wang Teng was calm, "After all, it is a major matter related to life and death, they have different ideas, which is understandable, let's go, I always feel that this place is not suitable for a long time, let's leave quickly."

Everyone said yes.

finally got out of the cave, and every grass and tree in the wild was so kind in the eyes of the border people.

In March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the grassland, which has been desolate for the whole winter, is overgrown with wildflowers of all colors.

During these days of hiding in Cailiang Mountain, it was precisely by relying on all kinds of wild vegetables that the border people would not starve to death.

In order to avoid the possible nuisance of the Tartars, Wang Teng chose an easterly route.

The wasteland is inaccessible and few people pass by.

The post road built by the imperial court has long been in disrepair, and discarded debris can be seen everywhere on the roadside.

Judging by the appearance, half a month ago, the plundering Houjin cavalry left from here.

The excitement at the beginning of the cave quickly dissipated, and many border residents began to worry.

The road ahead is unpredictable, what should you do if you encounter a tartar?

There were no horses in the team, and the man in front of him was Liu Tian, who had the fastest legs and feet, and if he found something wrong, he would blow the conch he carried with him.

Of course, if you encounter the Tartar cavalry, even if the border people are prepared, it is difficult to change the final outcome, but Wang Teng's orderly arrangement still achieved good results, at least, it increased the confidence of the border people.

After traveling about thirty miles, Liu Tian found the corpses of a group of officers and soldiers.

The old red tasseled jackets of the officers and soldiers were full of arrow wounds, and the brown blood had already soaked through their coats.

The Tartars seem to have fought fiercely with this group of officers and soldiers, otherwise there would not have been so many wounds on the corpses.

In my impression, the Tartar will not even let go of the broken jacket, this time, how did he encounter an accident?

The arrows were recovered, and the weapons of the Ming army were also taken away, and Wang Teng made people look through them, except for clothes, and the tartars seemed to have pulled down a lot of property.

Could it be that the Tartars are in a hurry?

That's good news.

Since Huang Taiji succeeded to the throne, the Eight Banners have plundered many times, and wherever they went, they were like locusts.

Regardless of why the Tartars left, Wang Teng instructed Huang Hu to let him strip off the clothes of the Ming army and put them in his bag.

Blacksmith Zhang was a little puzzled: "Brother Wang, the official army is like a wolf and a tiger, we are wearing military jackets, but we are afraid that we will cause trouble."

Wang Teng had heard that the border army even did things to kill the people and risk merit for the sake of military merits, and if the matter of his private military jacket was discovered by the official army, it would definitely lead to death.

However, his party has fallen to this point, can it be worse?

Thinking of this, Wang Teng said: "It's okay, just burn them before entering the city."

Blacksmith Zhang didn't say much, along the way, Wang Teng arranged things in an orderly manner, never did useless work, since he was bent on leaving the military uniform, it must be of great use.