After Gao Huaiyuan's slap, the surrounding villagers were all suppressed, and they all shrank their necks in fright, and said in their hearts, this kid surnamed Gao is really ruthless! Even the county lieutenant was beaten, and there was no one who dared to beat him, so they all hurriedly bowed their heads, not daring to look at the jokes, and secretly said in their hearts, let's be honest, don't mess with this one, it will be troublesome if the head moves!

Gao Huaiyuan didn't expect that he would shoot so hard in anger, and he actually slapped this Zhou fat man and stunned him, and after a while, he waved his hand at Zhou Hao and said: "County Lieutenant Zhou has worked hard all the way, and he is tired and fainted at this moment, hurry up and take him down, rest here for the time being, inform his subordinates, and rest on the spot!" ”

Zhou Hao was happy when he heard it, and knew that Gao Huaiyuan wanted to temporarily detain this dead fat man, so he called a few people to come over and lifted this Zhou fat man to a half-empty car.

And Zhou Fatzi was so dead at this time that he was going to wake up, and Li Ergou, who followed Zhou Hao, didn't say a word, reached out and cut a palm on the back of this guy's neck, this guy made a sound, and then fainted, several people looked at each other and smiled, Zhou Hao picked a thumbs up at Li Ergou and said: "Look at this guy, let him sleep for a while, don't make trouble for our boss!" ”

Li Ergou nodded, sat next to Zhou Fatzi, and faithfully carried out Zhou Hao's order, as long as Zhou Fatzi flickered and wanted to wake up, he took the handle of the knife to this guy's head, so that he would faint, and knocked three or four big bumps in a row, before he could be regarded as completely lying down and resting.

After Gao Huaiyuan solved the trouble of Zhou Fatzi, he ordered the baggage battalion to start guarding, everyone bowed and wound, the knife was unsheathed, and he was ready to engage in battle at any time, at this time his sense of uneasiness became stronger and stronger, and he always felt that something seemed to happen.

After a while, I heard the sound of horses' hooves, and several war horses came out of the night, startling a few archers who almost released their arrows.

"Boss! There is no army in Xiaoyizhuang at all, I found someone to ask, the Jin army has sent troops to attack Lord Meng's camp for the past two days, and Lord Meng pulled out the camp yesterday and led the troops to go!

I also found out that Xiaoyizhuang has now been occupied by the Jin army, and the people here have basically escaped, and the Jin people have killed the remaining old and weak women and children in the village, and about all the Jin soldiers are now living in the village! And the Jin army has about 2,000 soldiers and horses, and it is stationed five miles east of Xiaoyizhuang, fortunately we didn't crash over, otherwise, it would be really troublesome! As soon as Huang Yan saw Gao Huaiyuan, he jumped off the horse and quickly reported to Gao Huaiyuan.

When Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he immediately asked: "Since Jin Bing is in Xiaoyizhuang, how did you find out about this matter from the locals?" He immediately discovered the loophole in Huang Yan's words.

Huang Yan replied: "It's also a few of us lucky, before we went to Xiaoyizhuang, we wanted to hide the horse in a small wood, but we happened to meet a few people who escaped from the village, which saved us a lot of trouble, and now those people are still in the woods!" I was afraid of delaying, so I didn't dare to bring them here! ”

After Gao Huaiyuan asked about this matter, he secretly called luck in his heart, fortunately he was a little alert tonight, otherwise, he would have led the convoy all the way to Xiaoyizhuang, although it was not a problem to have a golden soldier there, but once the fight started, it would definitely alarm a large number of golden soldiers east of Xiaoyizhuang, and if you want to run again, I am afraid it will be difficult!

At this time, the people around him also wiped a cold sweat together, and said that they were lucky, fortunately they were alert as the commander, otherwise they would be in big trouble! Especially those recruits*, I don't sympathize with that fat man Zhou at this time, I feel that the guy who was slapped by Gao Huaiyuan really deserved it to the extreme, and he fought well!

Xiao Yizhuang can't go now, although they didn't hit the Jin soldiers, but Gao Huaiyuan is facing a huge problem, if Meng Zongzheng leads the troops to retreat, then where should they go to find Meng Zongzheng's Song army now? It stands to reason that when Meng Zongzheng withdrew, he should have sent someone to the direction of Xiangyang to inform his baggage team, but for some reason, he didn't meet his men.

Gao Huaiyuan thought nervously for a while, and after calling Jia Qi, Huang Yan, and Zhou Hao over to discuss a few words, he immediately ordered: "Turn around immediately, rush to Qifang Town, camp there, and wait for news from our army!" Move fast, don't make noise! Huang Yan continued to lead the way in front, and Zhou Hao took the two people to take charge of the back of the palace! ”

Everyone immediately responded to the order, passed Gao Huaiyuan's order, and the team was a little chaotic, originally thought that they could go to the camp to rest for a while, but they didn't expect this fork, and they were still so close to the Jin army, so many people began to panic, one after another whipped mules and horses, and hurriedly turned around on the road, but the result was not fast, the more panicked the more chaotic, plus Gao Huaiyuan had an order, not to light torches, crowded on the road.

Gao Huaiyuan rushed over with a few people, one or two hundred carts were crowded into a pile, and it was really not easy to turn around, and it was also in such a night when the fire could not be lit, and a group of rabble were crowded together, not to mention this chaos.

Gao Huaiyuan rushed to the front of the team to guide them one by one, and he was busy for most of the night before he dredged the team and rushed back to Qifang Town along the original road.

Qifang Town is not big, only one hundred and ten households, and the residents here in order to protect themselves, used to build an earthen wall around the town, said to be a town, in fact, it is more like a village, on weekdays here as a market town, is a place for ordinary people to trade, but since the Jin army attacked here, the life in the town is afraid of being a military disaster, so most of the people are wrapped in fine softness, and fled to Xiangyang with their families, so it seems very cold here.

And Gao Huaiyuan and his entourage are already acquaintances here, and they have walked back and forth several times, knowing that this place is a peaceful place, only this Qifang Town is a relatively safe place, so when they found that they couldn't find the army, they immediately thought of this place, took these people and materials, temporarily withdrew here, and then sought the army of Meng Zongzheng.

When they tossed a lot and retreated to Qifang Town, the sky in the east had begun to light up slightly, and as they entered, the town suddenly became lively, fortunately the Jin army here did not come to attack, it has not been destroyed, and the facilities everywhere are quite complete.

After Gao Huaiyuan ordered everyone to enter the town, he immediately asked his subordinates to seal the two town gates, and first controlled the town gates, which was a little more relieved.

He really doesn't understand, what are Meng Zongzheng and Hu Zaixing doing, aren't they fighting well? How did they let the Jin army run here, and even the small Yizhuang they were stationed in was occupied by the Jin army, where did they go now? It's a little weird.

And Jia Qi, who has been following him, thinks about this is to estimate that Meng Zongzheng and they are going around in circles with the Jin soldiers, whether it is to retreat and advance, want to disperse the Jin army's forces, and then encircle and annihilate them, which is also the only explanation he can think of!

Gao Huaiyuan can only explain it this way when he thinks about it! But he was a little worried, thinking that what happened this time, Meng Zongzheng and they should also send someone to inform them first, otherwise, if they were not careful, they would bring so many things and rush to Jin Bing, which would be equivalent to giving these things to Jin Bing!

If he can't figure it out, he won't think about it, in short, what he should think about now is how to ensure the safety of these people and goods, and how to find Meng Zongzheng's whereabouts as soon as possible, hand over the goods to the army, and complete this errand, who let him lead the team this time!

Just after they entered the town, Gao Huaiyuan sent someone to find Li Zheng here, and after revealing his identity, he asked about the situation in this area.

After asking for a long time, this old guy didn't know what to ask, as if he didn't ask, Gao Huaiyuan had to drive him back and figure out a way by himself!

But at this time, Zhou Hao, who was in charge of the palace, led people to rush back, and as soon as he entered the town, he immediately shouted: "Fall off the city gate!" The Golden Army is coming! ”

So the people in the town immediately panicked, and for a time there was a mess everywhere, and the gatekeepers immediately closed the gate of the town, and with a bang, the thick latch was laid across the gate.

"Pass the order! Everyone was immediately quiet, and the escorts of the township barracks restrained their subordinates from running around, and they all stayed by their vehicles without my orders! Those who dare to disturb the hearts of our army will be killed on the spot! Gao Huaiyuan looked at the undisciplined villagers in the town, and immediately ordered his subordinates.

So someone immediately ran to the town, found those township soldiers or stewards, and conveyed Gao Huaiyuan's words to them, although these people were not very convinced of Gao Huaiyuan, but at this time, they could only count on Gao Huaiyuan, so they had to shout around and gather their own people, whip them, beat them with sticks, and stop running around in the town!

But there are still a group of people who are disobedient and collide with headless flies, Gao Huaiyuan asked people to catch one, and when he asked, he found out that it was Xiangyong from Fangling County.

"Bastard! What about your escorts? Gao Huaiyuan was dizzy and asked angrily.

The villager replied tremblingly, "The little one doesn't know! I didn't see our county lieutenant Zhou last night! ”

Gao Huaiyuan, this sweat! He only remembered at this moment that he knocked out the county lieutenant Zhou of Fang Ling County last night, but when was this time, why hasn't the county lieutenant Zhou woken up yet? Could it be that I used too much force last night and beat that guy to death?

After driving away this guy, he immediately called Zhou Hao over and asked, "What about that fat man Zhou?" Why haven't you returned to his team yet? ”

"This ...... This one...... I'll check it out! Zhou Hao rubbed his hands and replied hesitantly.

"Without further ado, take me to see it!" Gao Huaiyuan felt that things were a little weird, so he immediately reprimanded him.

When he followed Zhou Hao to a car, he saw Li Ergou sitting in the car, Zhou Fatzi was lying next to him, and Li Ergou was holding a mallet in his hand that he didn't know where to get.

Looking at Zhou Fatzi again, he had a pimple on his head, and he was foaming at the mouth and unconscious at this time, Gao Huaiyuan was really thundered by them, and he couldn't cry or laugh for a while.

When a basin of cold water was poured on the head of the fat man Zhou, the guy finally woke up, opened his eyes and looked around in a daze, and finally the pupils of his eyes were finally focused successfully, gathering on Gao Huaiyuan, the fat man immediately struggled to jump up like a stimulant, and wanted to pull the knife and Gao Huaiyuan desperately.

But as soon as he jumped off the car, he fell to the ground again, and a dog ate, and even the meat head and nose were snatched, it seems that the toss in the middle of the night, the head is still dizzy!

"Enough! Tell you County Lieutenant Zhou, if I hadn't stopped you last night, you would have gotten into the camp of the Jin soldiers in Xiaoyizhuang, and you would have been either killed by the Jin people or captured by the Jin people! I saved your life, you know?

We have now retreated to Qifang Town, and now the Jin army is about to go outside the town, you now give me to go back to your people immediately, gather your men for me, and if you dare to offend Lao Tzu, I will be the first to throw you outside the town! Don't get out of here yet! Gao Huaiyuan yelled at the swaying Zhou Fatzi, almost scolding, he was in no mood to reason with this guy at this time, so he simply threatened him.

Zhou Fatzi realized that he was already in a town, and looked around suspiciously, trying to figure out what was going on, why he had a terrible headache at this time, and he was dizzy, but soon he saw from the people around him that the problem was indeed very serious, especially when he suddenly heard the horn horn sound unique to Jin Jun coming from a distance, so the fat face changed suddenly, and the rabbit didn't even let out a fart, so he stumbled out.

"I said County Lieutenant Zhou, your people are east of the town! Why are you running westward! A teenager was very kind to remind him from behind.

"Pass my order, and everyone in the baggage battalion, except for the coachman and the men, immediately take the men up to the walls of the town, and there must be no mistake! Zhou Hao, you take people to guard the west gate, and the rest of the people go to the east gate with me! After Gao Huaiyuan sent that Zhou Fat Man, he immediately instructed the people around him.

Everyone immediately nodded in response and took action one after another, and all the young men in the baggage battalion immediately gathered their respective subordinates, and drove those recruits to the wall according to Gao Huaiyuan's orders.

Gao Huaiyuan looked towards the east of the town by the light of the morning light, and saw the soaring yellow dust on the horizon, mixed with dotted flags in the yellow dust, judging from the color, it should be the banner of the Jin Army, he almost wanted to cry at this time, why did God take care of him so much! Almost every time he doesn't let him go, every time he comes out, he has to let him run into Jin Jun?

Even if it's a medium*, the odds aren't so high! Gao Huaiyuan is a little like hitting the wall at this time! Even if he wants to come out and experience it, God doesn't need to favor him so much!

But things happened so coincidentally, this time he was bumped into again, and a team of golden soldiers rushed towards Qifang Town with great momentum, it seems that their traces have been discovered, and the golden soldiers are bound to win this time!

Gao Huaiyuan really couldn't understand that the Jin army should still be attacking Zaoyang County at this time, and there were three armies of Meng Zongzheng, Hu Zaixing, and Chen Xiang holding them back, why did they bypass Zaoyang County and appear in this area at this time? Could it be that the soldiers and horses of Meng Zongzheng and others were scattered? If that's the case, then his best choice now is to bring his cronies, open the west gate, drop everything, and pull down the peach!

But if you think about it carefully, I think this possibility is not very likely, Meng Zongzheng is known as a wise general, and this time, judging from all indications, it is impossible for the Song army to be defeated by the Jin army so easily, there is no reason for this situation!

So Gao Huaiyuan can't just drop a large number of supplies like this, just run away, he has the confidence to escape back to Xiangyang from here, but the other people, I'm afraid they don't have such a good fate, they can run back with him, but there are nearly two thousand people here, although most of them are rabble, but the Jin army is not necessarily really more elite than them to the sky, so staying here for the time being, it may be safer, if Meng Zongzheng wants to defeat the Jin army, then he is here to drag the Jin soldiers, which may create a rare opportunity for the Song army.

Thinking of this, Gao Huaiyuan also strengthened his belief in sticking to Qifang Town, and successively issued several orders to prepare for battle, and at the same time sent someone to immediately invite the people under the command of the four township soldiers who accompanied him.

After a while, the commanders of the four township barracks rushed to the east gate, and among them was the fat man Zhou who was knocked with a pimple, and he looked a little dizzy at this time.

"Please! Gao made a long story short today, everyone knows today's events, and now we have been discovered by the Jin people, fortunately, we are one step faster, we arrived here first, and we did not encounter the pursuit of the Jin soldiers in the wild, which is a good thing for us! But I also want to tell you that although this town has a wall, to be honest, everyone has seen that the wall here is not very tall, and it may not be easy to block the Jin soldiers here! I'd like to hear your opinions! Gao Huaiyuan stared at the four people and asked.

"This ...... This one...... Xia Guan thought, if this place is not easy to guard, can we immediately go out from the West Gate and return to Xiangyang? A person stammered to Gao Huaiyuan's proposal, at this time he was already a little frightened, he was just a small county archer, where had he experienced such a big scene, so the first thing that came to mind was to quickly run away and pull down, and after finishing speaking, he quickly looked at the other three, hoping that they could support their opinions!