readx; If it was a few days ago, so few officers and cavalry dared to rush out of the city to fight the thieves, Gao Yingxiang would not have asked for it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoBut only a few days have passed, and the situation has been completely different: his more than 30,000 elite cavalry, now there are less than 1,000 people with him, all of them are extremely tired, and what is worse is that the horses are almost all abandoned, how dare they fight with the officers and soldiers?

Seeing that he couldn't hide on the plain no matter what, in desperation, Gao Yingxiang had to lead the remnants of the army to turn around and go north, and re-enter the Python Ridge. There were two or three hundred thieves who really didn't have time to escape, and they were dumplings made by the officials and soldiers in an instant. Fortunately, the officials and soldiers did not chase after them, and after driving the thieves into the mountains, they returned to Shangzhou City leisurely.

This official army that occupied Shangzhou City was personally led by Li Dingguo, the general of Dingnan. He deserves to be a "master of art and bold", after the surprise attack on the county seat of Luonan, he did not stop doing anything, and even took the thief's old nest, Shangzhou City. The tactic is still his best use of "hiding from the sky and crossing the sea", that is, pretending to be a thief, swaggering from the south to the city of Shangzhou. The thieves who stayed in Shangzhou thought that as soon as Gao Yingxiang led the army over, there would be officials and soldiers to earn the city, and they thought that they were sent by Gao Yingxiang.

As a result, Caolianling, Yunan, and Shangzhou, the first, middle, and last three important nodes on this line, were all stuck by the officials and soldiers. Although the combined strength of several points did not exceed 10,000, the thieves had been completely defeated by all kinds of firearms, and each broke through and fled for his own life, like a fly without a head, how could he still have the ability to organize a counterattack?

Gao Yingxiang and the others walked around the mountains for another day and a night, and there were less than 500 people left around them, and the general Liu Zhe did not know where to go, only Gu Junen still followed him. They didn't dare to take the main road, for fear of bumping into Sun Chuanting, so they had to choose a secluded ravine to walk through, which was really miserable. The dry food had already been thrown away, and everyone was so hungry that they had to kill and share the few war horses, even Gao Yingxiang's mount was not spared.

At noon on this day, Gao Yingxiang couldn't walk anymore, and sat on the ground, panting heavily. Looking up at the cloudy sky, he couldn't help but feel damp in his eyes and sad in his eyes: more than two years ago, he was captured by the officers and soldiers in the Meridian Valley, thinking that he would definitely die. Who expected to escape, at that time he thought that there would be a blessing if he didn't die, but he didn't expect that after a big circle, it seemed to be back to the original point!

Gu Junen saw his frustration and hurriedly persuaded: "King Chuang, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, so you don't have to worry too much." Although we were defeated this time, there are still more than 100,000 of our troops in Hanzhong, you are still the leader of the rebel armies from all walks of life, and your son-in-law Li Zicheng and others are also attacking the city in the area of Nanzhili, and the situation is still favorable to us! However, you are too injured to travel long distances; This place is very secluded, and the officers and soldiers probably can't find it here. The last general is willing to ask the king to order arrows, run back to Hanzhong to move troops, and raise an army of 100,000 to take you back, what about the king's will? ”

Gao Yingxiang was moved in his heart, and hurriedly took out the talisman he carried with him, solemnly handed it to Gu Junen, and said, "Old Gu, whether this king can turn the situation back or not will all fall on you!" Take more brothers with you, and be careful on the way! ”

Gu Junen immediately led more than a hundred thieves to the southwest over the mountains and mountains, and soon disappeared. After they left, Gao Yingxiang felt even more lonely and frightened, sometimes sitting and sitting, a sudden gust of north wind could frighten him to jump, and he thought it was the shouts of the officials and soldiers "capture Gao Yingxiang alive".

Another day passed, and there was a sudden noise in the northwest direction, Gao Yingxiang was startled, thinking that the official army was catching up, and was about to flee in a panic, when he suddenly heard someone on the opposite side shouting: "Brother in front, is King Chuang not here?" ”

It turned out to be his own people, Gao Yingxiang breathed a sigh of relief and joined this team of thieves. Not to mention, the number of thieves in this branch is much more than that of Gao Yingxiang, there are more than 3,000 people; What surprised Gao Yingxiang even more was that it was none other than the "dry rooster" Zhang Er and the second general of "Yidougu" Huanglong who he sent out to outflank Caolianling before.

Gao Yingxiang can be regarded as seeing his relatives this time, his nose is sore, and he almost didn't cry. After a long time, he remembered to ask the two of them how they came here and what happened before.

Zhang Er hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't dare to deceive King Chuang, the two of us haven't found a way to cross the Caolian Ridge at all." Late that night, when we heard the sound of gunfire on the other side of Caolian Ridge, we knew that it was not good, and we didn't dare to continue to find the way over the mountain, so we retreated back directly, and we met on the road. In the past few days, they have had to eat and drink, and many of the brothers have been separated. Fortunately, I met General Gu last night and said that King Chuang was here, so we came to find him. ”

Gao Yingxiang was angry in his heart after hearing this, and said in his heart, I will let you two outflank the detour, you are good, you didn't do anything, just wandering around in the mountains! But now he still has to rely on the second general to protect himself, so he has to comfort the two of them indiscriminately.

The second general suggested again: "King Chuang, this place is still under the noses of the officials and soldiers, it is very unsafe, it is better for me to wait and protect you to retreat to Hanzhong." ”

Gao Yingxiang was right when he thought about it, instead of waiting for Gu Junen to answer, it was better to grit his teeth and walk back directly. Therefore, let the second general open the way, and continue to trek one foot deep and one foot shallow.

But after walking for most of the day, Gao Yingxiang felt that something was wrong the more he walked, and suddenly realized: This is already near Lunan County, and he dared to turn around for a long time, but the officials and soldiers were closer!

Gao Yingxiang hurriedly called Zhang Er and Huang Long, and said with anger: "We may have gone the wrong way!" ”

"King Chuang, can't you?" Huang Long smiled and said, "Look, I still have a map here, showing that I should go this way!" ”

As he spoke, he handed the map to Gao Yingxiang, Gao Yingxiang hurriedly looked down, only to see that it was painted in a mess, what kind of map is it?

He was taken aback in his heart, and was about to ask a question, only to feel a cold neck, and a cold steel knife had been pressed to his throat! Immediately followed by Zhang Eryin's sympathetic laughter: "King Gao Chuang, my brother really can't stand you!" ”

At this moment, Gao Yingxiang understood. Looking around, his own group of soldiers have been surrounded by Zhang Er and Huang Long's men, and the disparity is huge, as long as the two of them give an order, they will immediately be divided by the blade.

At this time, Gao Yingxiang's heart became more steady, and he sneered and said, "Zhang Er, Huang Long, you two want to hack me?" ”

"King Chuang, as the saying goes: those who know the times are handsome." Huang Long smiled wickedly, "It's not that we want to hack you, there are other people who hack you!" ”

"Who?"

"Gu Junen!"