Chapter 1, Section 32, The Young Lady jumped on her horse
Thirty-two: The young lady jumped on the horse
It was the hot weather of August. There were a few white clouds floating in the blue sky, and the fiery sun roasted the earth hot, and the wind blew on the face and was hot and uncomfortable.
The coalition forces are coming. The people in the general's mansion were anxious, and their anxious mood was hotter than the day. They were desperately busy back and forth in the courtyard with a fierce cry and a sweat like rain.
Some were busy packing, some were loading, some were preparing feed for the horses, and they were busy. After a while, the family members of the house on an errand also came with their luggage and a small cart.
The young lady was relieved to see that the old housekeeper was commanding in an orderly manner, and she went back to the house to tell her ancestors her thoughts. The old ancestor felt that it made sense.
The old ancestor nodded and said, "That's right, it's hard to go out at home. It's easy to run away for three days or two days, but it's hard to say after a long time.
"The old and the young can't sleep well, can't eat well, and I'm afraid that the body won't be able to bear it. Add to that the hot weather, soil and water adaptation and mosquito bites. Once you fall ill, it's terrible.
"A purposeless escape, if you are bumped into by the coalition forces, you will not be killed. Let's go to Nanjing. Immediately send someone to send a telegram to the second child. Tell him that we will cross the Yellow River in Jinan via Baoding Dezhou.
"With the banner of Zhangfu as a sign, he asked him to try to meet by the Yellow River no matter what. All the people in the house who are willing to follow along, bring them with them. ”
The young lady counted the people and things. She explained to everyone the route of escape. Whoever gets lost, follow this route to chase, and if you can't catch up, you will go to the Confucius Temple in Nanjing to find the banner of Zhangfu.
The old ancestor took Xizi into the car. The grandson was originally the life of the ancestors. Now that his son is on the front line, his grandson is extraordinarily expensive.
The young lady said something to the old ancestor in front of the car window. The Old Ancestor nodded. The young lady jumped on her horse and waved. The convoy departed.
She took dozens of people from her family and hurried out of the General's Mansion in twelve carts. When they came to the street, they realized that Yanjing City had been in chaos.
Adults are shouting, children are crying, dogs are barking and horses are neighing, and there is panic. The streets and alleys are full of people with carts, burdens, and people who are helping the old and the young flee.
In order to leave Yanjing as soon as possible, many of the government officials who fled in panic drove the people with horsewhips to make way for them. This makes the road surface even more chaotic.
The young lady immediately asked a group of family members to ride horses, holding the banner of Zhangfu, shouting in front of the convoy to open the way, and the people fleeing in front of them really let go to the side.
The young lady asked for another group of family members to ride behind the convoy. The wheelbarrow convoy that protected the firehead and the families of the housekeepers from being scattered. The government will not give way to the fighting power.
The people who fled saw that the convoy of the General's Mansion was well-disciplined and lined up, and they automatically approached and followed.
At the back of the convoy, the convoy of the government government was no longer panicked when they saw the convoy of the General's Mansion in front, and they followed one team after another.
The road was no longer chaotic, and the fleeing crowd moved faster. A team of people from the General's Mansion fled from Yanjing City.
The speed of the march out of Yanjing City accelerated. Looking back at the Qing army defending the city on the city wall, holding guns on the city wall, guarding the city. They were determined to fight the coalition to the death.
The old ancestor sat in the cart with Xizi in his arms, and the young lady asked the old housekeeper to ride a horse and walk beside the cart to listen to the dispatch. The young lady rode a Mongolian horse and ran back and forth to direct the convoy.
She shouted, "The car in front should be slow, and the car behind should follow closely." People don't leave the car. Each team counts the heads at all times, and does not lose a single person. Report any problems immediately. ”
The young lady usually practices martial arts with her family soldiers every morning, and she knows a little martial arts. The body bones are very strong. She loves horseback riding and is very good at equestrianism.
She was now running back and forth on her horse to direct the convoy, and she looked very chic on the horse in a long gown with tight cuffs.
She was hunched around her waist. The original thin strip of body is more delicate. He wore two pistols brought back from France and a sword on his back. Very majestic.
Some people in the government knew her, so they shouted: "That's the young lady of the General's Mansion, you can't go wrong with her." "Some of the convoys of the government came up to the convoy of the General's Palace.
Some people who didn't know her were also shouting: "Look, the amazing woman is escorting the ancestor of the General's Mansion." ”
The sweaty and exhausted people quickened their pace. They had a sense of security following the convoy of the General's Palace.
After all, the family was trained, they walked on both sides of the convoy, the team was very powerful, and it was dark soon after they escaped from Yanjing City.
The spies came to report and said: "Lafayette has left Yanjing City." The coalition army blasted open the city gates and stormed the city, and the Qing army and the coalition army engaged in street fighting. Yanjing City is a sea of fire. The sound of killing shook the sky. ”
The young lady told the convoy to stop, and she said loudly, "Everyone take a break and drink saliva." The coalition forces have already invaded Yanjing City and are burning and looting.
"The foreign devils will definitely chase and kill the fleeing people and government officials in all directions, everyone will speed up and go straight to the Yellow River crossing, and the foreign devils must not be allowed to catch up."
The people in the General's Mansion were relieved, glad that they had escaped the war earlier. In order not to let the foreign devils catch up, no one dared to rest, so they hurried non-stop.
It didn't take long for the old mother and the young maid to walk anymore. Their little feet have traveled so far, and they have never suffered so much. The speed of the team slowed down.
The young lady did not dare to stop the team to rest, and told them to take turns to rest on the car.
There was a shell that came from nowhere, and the car that the ancestor was sitting in was blown up, and the ancestor was seriously injured in order to protect Xizi.
The old butler's horse was killed, his leg was wounded, and several of the maids who accompanied him were slightly injured. The family member who was in charge of the safety of the ancestor immediately stepped forward to save the people.
The people who followed the convoy panicked, thinking that the foreign devils had called. Like a frightened bird, it scattered in all directions. Nearly broke the convoy.
The young lady quickly drew her sword and waved it and shouted, "Don't panic, listen to me." Formation. When everyone saw the young lady shining with torches, they were firm and calm, and their hearts were settled.
Trained men gather the carts according to the formation. The car formation was quickly set up, some people escorted the car, and some people were ready to fight with foreign devils.
The people in the car also quickly got out of the car and gathered at the young lady, and the young people among them all went to battle with the general, and the women and old people who stayed at home were all women.
The old mother and the young maid who couldn't walk just now also came to their senses. None of them are afraid of death. None of them hid or fled.
One by one, they held steel knives or flat poles, and followed the young lady with their eyes wide open, ready to fight with foreign devils.
The young lady shouted, "The fire extinguisher is ready to fight with me." Listen to me. A group of three people cooperated well with each other, and when the foreign devil approached, I called to fight and fight. ”
The people of Zhangfu will all punch and kick. Everyone wants to kill a few foreign devils with their own hands, and see if the foreign devils dare to come to Yanjing again.
After a while, he found that the foreign devils did not come, and the spies sent out came back and said, "I didn't see the foreign devils." People from there said that the shell was done by the British army attacking Guangqumen.
"Probably the cannon went off. Foreign devils fart as much as they want, and this cannon will also go off. "Everyone was delighted when they heard it. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
The young lady immediately beckoned back and forth: "Count the heads and prepare to go on the road." ”
After this incident, everyone's footsteps have gone faster. It was not until dawn that he settled in a village.
The mother-in-law's experience fascinated Wang Mingming. She felt that her mother-in-law was really not simple. She seemed to see a heroine on horseback, and she charged at the enemy with a gun in both hands.
She had seen such heroines in books in the past. Today, such a heroine is in front of her, her own mother-in-law. She couldn't help but admire her mother-in-law.
It would be a lie to say that the young lady was not afraid, she was afraid that she would meet foreign devils, and the army would be defeated, and these old, weak, sick and disabled people in Zhangfu were not their opponents.
However, the banner of Zhangfu cannot be fallen, the fighting spirit cannot be lost, and the self-abandonment cannot be abandoned. If you really meet a foreign devil, you have to fight to the death.
The young lady has thought about it, the foreign devil's weapon is good, and she has to fight him at close range. One-on-one face-to-face, foreign devils are going to suffer.
The streets are full of news about foreign devils, and there are a lot of rumors. It's hard to figure out which ones are true and which ones are not. The young lady can't tell the spies to run too far. Fear of danger.