Chapter 21: The Vortex
Looking at the shadow of Thirteen Niang's Shanshan, Wu Chang put the hand that had been touched by her chest under his nose and sniffed and sniffed, only to feel that the fragrance of his hands was in his heart, and everyone quipped: "Don't wash your hands in the future, keep the fragrance and smell it every day." was making a commotion, and suddenly saw Li Wei leading someone to break in, rushed into the inner hall and searched for a while, turned around with a black face, grabbed the placket of the captain's clothes, and asked viciously: "Where is Wu Cao?" ”
Wu Chang was frightened and muttered, "Here, in the inner hall." ”
"Bastard thing, a poor sour can't look at it, what's the use of asking you."
Li Wei pushed Wu Chang to the ground and shouted: "Chase me, run away from Wu Cao, none of you will survive." ”
After Wu Cao and Thirteen Niang went out, they pulled her to walk quickly, how could Thirteen Niang be delicate and expensive, how could she go fast, when she was panicking, she suddenly saw Li Wei chasing after her, Wu Cao pushed her and dodged into an alley.
Wu Cao ran fast, Li Wei chased tightly, seeing that there was no way to escape from the backache and numbness, suddenly a big man rushed out of the ground, pulled Wu Cao's wrist and shouted: "If you want to live with me." "Dragged Wu Cao through two alleys, to a Daqin temple outside, it was a Sunday, hundreds of believers were praying, many people were small, most of them gathered outside the door,
The big man tore off Wu Cao's women's clothes three or five times at the entrance of the alley, picked up another stone and said to Wu Cao: "Bear with it, get through this pass, you will be a master." After that, he lifted the stone and threw it on Wu Cao's head, and for a while the blood flowed like an infusion, and the big man supported the bloodied Wu Cao and staggered away, and then he shouted loudly: "It's terrible, someone wants to harm Wu Shanren." "Some of the poor people who worship know Wu Cao, seeing him looking embarrassed, and seeing Li Wei and others in civilian clothes chasing behind with sharp blades, they believe it, and more than ten young strong men stepped forward to protect Wu Cao.
Everyone asked Li Wei why he hurt people, Li Wei didn't dare to anger the people, and was forced to retreat step by step for a while, the big man took the opportunity to agitate, and everyone saw that Li Wei was weak, so they shouted and chased over,
Li Wei's legs were long and fast, and he fled without a trace, but his six companions fell into the hands of everyone.
Fang Litian learned that Wu Cao was rescued by a mysterious man, so he insisted: "This must be Xiao Qingyi's ghost." ”
Xiao Tsing Yi has a huge power, all counties in the world have branches, like Suizhou, a key place, Xiao Tsing Yi is even more heavily armed, Fang Litian has no less dealings with Xiao Tsing Yi after coming to Suizhou, Xiao Tsing Yi's forces are intertwined, far from being comparable to the intelligence room, the two have clashed many times The intelligence room has lost more and won less, Fang Litian hates and is helpless about this,
Zhang Bozhong pondered for a moment and ordered: "Withdraw from Suizhou immediately." ”
Everyone was shocked, and Fang Litian protested: "I won't withdraw from Suizhou without an order from my lord." "Suizhou is the basis for his business for many years, how can he say that he will lose it,
Zhang Bozhong suddenly changed color and said: "My lord has explained, everything in Suizhou is painted by a certain praise, if it is blamed, Zhang Mouyi will take responsibility, and it will never affect the manager of Fang in the slightest." ”
Fang Litian was speechless, and lowered his head helplessly,
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Thirty miles east of Xiazhou City, a cavalry squad escorted a carriage and hurried east at night.
There was only a little starlight in the vast night sky, and the knife wind roared and rampage across the white and boundless wilderness,
Wang Yun'er gathered her fur coat and hugged the sleeping Gu'er in her arms tightly, at this moment her face was full of tears, and the nurse Liu comforted her: "The handsome man has experienced a hundred battles, and the arrow wound will be fine." ”
Wang Yun'er said with tears in her eyes: "Don't comfort me, if it is an ordinary arrow wound, how can he let my mother and son know that this must be useless......" Wang Yun'er sobbed in a low voice and hugged the child in her arms tightly,
Liu sighed softly, yesterday Lian Yong sent his brother Lian Hao back to Xiazhou overnight, saying that Meng Bochang was injured by an arrow under Suizhou City, and he wanted to see Wang Yun'er's mother and son, so that she could immediately persuade Wang Yun'er to go on the road, Liu scared him and said that it was freezing cold to let a few months-old child walk so far, and no one could keep him well, she forced Lian Hao: "If there are three long and two short, who is willing to bear the responsibility for this crime." ”
Lian Hao told the truth about the purpose of this trip: Meng Bochang was poisoned and killed by an arrow under the city of Suizhou, and Wang Yun'er's mother and son were brought to the army to stabilize the army's heart.
Otherwise, Meng Bochang's death is unknown, how can his brother Yang Hao give up, Liu doesn't know much about the inside story of Suizhou, and he doesn't dare to tell Wang Yun'er the truth, she has moved the idea of escaping back to Yongfeng with her mother and son, but Lian Hao broke in with a knife and a sword, she was really helpless,
The carriage stopped suddenly, because the brakes were too strong, the defenseless Wang Yuner planted forward, almost fell, Gu'er woke up with a "wow", and the cry was very harsh in this vast barren Gobi,
"Don't make a noise."
Lian Hao, who was guarding the carriage, drank viciously, Wang Yun'er felt sad for a while, and the ominous premonition in her heart was finally confirmed: If her husband was still alive, would he dare to be so disrespectful to him?
A feather arrow broke through the air with a strong wind, and the arrow entered from Lianhao's left temple and came out of the right temple.
The soldiers suddenly fell into the dilemma of a group of dragons without a leader,
"If you want to live, put down your weapons." Liu reminded in a whisper that the unexpected change outside the car made her see an opportunity, and although she couldn't figure out what was going on, she believed that the enemy of her enemy was her friend.
After the soldiers looked at each other for a while, one team took the lead in laying down their weapons, and the others followed suit, and dozens of crossbowmen in white trench coats stood up in the thorn bushes on the side of the road, and the team and his men were escorted towards the white wilderness.
A heroic female lieutenant walked quickly to the carriage and arched her hand: "The last general, Mu Li, on the order of General Yang, came to pick up Mrs. Ying." ”
Wang Yun'er handed Gu'er to Liu, she sat motionless, she asked Mu Li with a sad expression: "Is the handsome no longer alive?" ”
In fact, this question has already been answered, but Wang Yun'er has been repulsing in her heart, she holds the last ray of hope, hoping to get a good news from Mu Li, Mu Li's answer shattered her last trace of illusion: "We received news that Meng Dashuai sacrificed his life for the saint under the city of Suizhou." ”
Wang Yun'er burst into tears, Mu Li stood at a loss, she really didn't know how to comfort a woman who had lost her husband, Liu patted her and pulled her aside, Gu Er had fallen asleep sweetly, Mu Li realized that she was too reckless just now, so she blamed herself and said: "I really deserve to die, I speak so straight." ”
Liu sighed: "Someone has to pierce this layer of window paper, in fact, you don't say that she knows it in her heart." After saying this, Liu asked again: "Where does General Yang want his wife to go?" ”
Mu Li said: "Go to Feng'an first, Xiao Qingyi is pervasive, put it outside, adults don't worry." ”
Liu nodded and said, "It's good to go to Feng'an, it's good to go to Feng'an." ”
Maybe it was too cold, Gu'er in his sleep cried with his eyes closed, and when Liu was jumping to coax him, Wang Yun'er walked over, she first looked at the captives lined up in the wilderness, and said calmly to Mu Li: "They don't know anything, let them go." Then she took the crying Gu'er from Liu and went back to the car to feed,
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Although there are still 3,000 garrisons in the city of Xiazhou, but under the fierce offensive of the Flying Tiger Battalion, it only supported for half a day before surrendering, the new commander Sui Crouching Tiger strictly followed Yang Hao's orders, completely and cleanly swept the grain depot and silver depot in Xiazhou, and transported them all to Xiaochang'an, after which he took away all the technicians and everything that could be taken away from the horse farm in the west of the city.
The cavalry battalion was not as lucky as the Flying Tiger Battalion, they met 1,500 people under Zhao Yong's department outside the city of Yinzhou, the two sides fought fiercely for a morning, Zhao Yong was defeated, Cheng Keling took advantage of the victory to chase down the city, the siege was repeatedly frustrated, had to withdraw from the camp in five miles, and was robbed by Zhao Yong in the middle of the night, and suffered heavy losses, Cheng Keling, who had suffered the defeat, adopted the tactics of encircling the point to send reinforcements, and waved his troops to feint Yulin Town, Yulin Town Guard Yan Fang is Zhao Yong's wife and brother, is a gentleman who only knows how to carry a cage and walk birds,
Zhao Yong really led the army to rescue, Cheng Keling set up an ambush outside Yulin Town, defeated Zhao Yong, Zhao Yong fled into Yulin Town alone, Cheng Keling surrounded Yulin Town, intimidated Yan Fang to surrender immediately, otherwise on the day of breaking the city, the chickens and dogs would not stay, Yan Fang was frightened, and tied up Zhao Yong out of the city in the middle of the night to surrender, Cheng Ke led the troops into Yinzhou without blood, and swept away the ordnance and food, and moved hundreds of craftsmen of Yinzhou gold and silver ware to Xiaochang'an,
After the tiger battalion broke through Youzhou, in addition to seizing the grain money, and requisitioned the people to demolish the surrounding walls, set fire to the barracks and the public office, the tiger battalion withdrew from Youzhou The next day, the neighboring Shuofang town Yanzhou Thorn Shi Hongliang led the army into the city, Youzhou officially included in the jurisdiction of Shuofang Town, and then saw that Xiazhou was empty, so he led the army to take Xiazhou, at this time Sui Crouching Tiger has retreated, Xiazhou Thorn Shi He captured the tiger to lead the army to meet the battle, captured Hongliang in a battle, and took advantage of the victory to recover Youzhou in the south,
The leopard battalion rushed to sixty miles outside Suizhou, and suddenly received Yang Hao's order to withdraw to Xiaochang'an, and only after rushing to Xiaochang'an did he know that Zhang Bozhong had given up Suizhou five days ago.
In just half a month, Xiao Chang'an concentrated six battalions, including Tiger, Leopard, Flying Tiger, Xiao Cavalry, Broken Capture, Fengya Battalion and Broken Waves, with a total strength of more than 5,000 people.
Yang Hao was quite dissatisfied with Zhang Bozhong's disobedience to the order to give up Suizhou without authorization, and was suspicious of Meng Bochang's death, so he called Zhang Bozhong to question him face to face, Zhang Bozhong explained: "The activities of Xiao Tsing Yi in Suizhou City are rampant, and most of the people who killed Meng Dashuai are Xiao Tsing Yi's people, and now Wu Cao has fallen into the hands of Xiao Tsing Yi, he is bound to plant Meng Dashuai's murder on the head of the adult, and his subordinates staying in the city will inevitably cause misunderstanding between the two families. Let Meng Dashuai's old department believe that Wu Cao and Xiao Tsing Yi are the culprits who killed their big marshal, let them hate Wu Cao and Xiao Tsing Yi, and adults can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then take action to reap the benefits of the fisherman when both are defeated. ”
Yang Hao sighed and said, "Although I don't kill Boren, Boren will die by me, and I am ashamed of his death." Zhang Bozhong comforted: "Or Meng Dashuai has arrived, and it is also a helpless thing, but his subordinates don't understand why the adults just loot the three cities and don't take the opportunity to occupy it. ”
Yang Hao smiled bitterly: "It's not that I'm afraid that the Uighurs won't be able to bear the temperament and start early. ”
This reason can also be explained, but Yang Hao is mainly worried that Li Yan will hold himself accountable for igniting a fire in Suizhou without authorization, which caused Meng Bochang's accidental death, Li Yan's methods Yang Hao has seen it, unless he makes up his mind to cut him off, otherwise he has to be extremely careful when getting along with him, and a small negligence may lead to death.