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"What? Some thieves killed the officers and soldiers defending the city and ran away from the city! ”

In the early morning, the sound of gunfire and the ten bloody corpses on the city wall of Beijing alarmed almost everyone, and Pang Gang, who had not yet gotten up, was furious, and he called Bin Shiqian, who was in charge of guarding the outer city last night. k update

"Bin Shiqian, if you can't catch those thieves to this king, don't do it!"

Pang Gang's roaring voice resounded in the city gate, and the spit almost spit on Bin Shigan's face. At this time, Pang Gang's mood was unprecedentedly angry, not only let a group of thieves suspected of being Li Zicheng swagger out of Beijing City, which was heavily guarded by his own troops, but also let them kill ten sergeants, which was a slap in the face of Chiguoguo!

After Pang Gang received the news, he called Bin Shiqian and scolded him for being bloody.

Bin Shiqian stood in front of Pang Gang, drooping his head, ashamed, it was his Fourth Army that was in charge of the city defense last night, but he didn't expect to let the thieves escape easily, Bin Shiqian didn't dare to slack off, and quickly reported to Pang Gang, no, Pang Gang was furious.

Cheng Kai, who had a deep friendship with him, had reminded him that he should send more people to patrol the city wall at night to prevent the thieves hidden in the city from escaping, but Bin Shiqian thought that the soldiers had fought for a day, and it was when they needed to rest that if they sent too many people to patrol at night, they were afraid that the soldiers would be too tired, so there was only one battalion of soldiers patrolling the entire section of the city wall at night.

Now that the evil consequences have come out, they have escaped by the rogues, and the escaped rogues are likely to be Li Zicheng's group, and Bin Shiqian knows that if he can't catch all the escaped rogues, his position as the commander of the legion will definitely be shaky.

Looking at Pang Gang's blue face, Bin Shiqian gritted his teeth and said to Pang Gang: "Lord Wang, please rest assured, the last general has already scattered all the night and cavalry, if you can't catch the thieves, the last general will come back to see you with his own head!" ”

Pang Gang said coldly: "I don't want your head either." If you can't catch the thief, after returning to Qingzhou, you will go to Lingshanwei to report to Li Xian and go to the farm to farm! ”

Pang Gang's words made the surrounding generals tighten their scalps and secretly breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that the boss is still merciful this time, at least Bin Shiqian has no worries about his life.

After Pang Gang finished speaking, he saw that Bin Shiqian was still stunned on the spot, and couldn't help frowning and said, "What are you doing here, are you waiting for this king to invite you to lunch?" ”

I heard that Pang Gang gave an eviction order. The generals dispersed violently, and all of them were scattered. ”

Just when Bentshiqian spilled a big net all over the world to find the traces of the thieves, Li Zicheng was leading dozens of people such as Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance to run wildly on a small road more than 30 miles away from the capital.

At this moment, Song Xiance, who originally had a disability on his feet, could not run wildly, relying on several soldiers to take turns carrying him to keep up with the team, and the group fled in embarrassment.

"Alright. Everyone stops, and if you rush like this, the brothers can't stand it! Li Zicheng, who was running in the middle, looked at Song Xiance, who was being carried by a guard battalion soldier next to him. At this time, although Song Xiance was carried on his back by the soldiers, after a morning of galloping and bumping, his face had turned blue at this time, the scorching sun shone on his body, and beads of sweat the size of beans flowed down his forehead, but he still held on silently, seeing that he would not be able to hold on if he didn't stop to rest.

As soon as Li Zicheng spoke, dozens of people around him stopped, and the soldiers carrying Song Xiance on their backs carefully put him on a lump of dirt on the side of the road and sat down. Although the remaining soldiers had been running for a long time and were very tired, they still divided more than a dozen people to guard around. …,

Li Zicheng walked to Song Xiance's side, took a sheepskin water bag from a soldier and handed it to him, Song Xiance took the sleeping bag and drank a few big sips. After taking a few breaths, he shook his head and said, "King Chuang, let's run slowly like this." In order to divert the enemy army, more than 200 of our brothers have gone in vain, but those people are still following us like hanging boot ghosts, and if we continue like this, we will be caught up by them sooner or later. We'll have to speed up and get rid of the pursuers, as long as it's night. ”

"Want to speed it up?"

Li Zicheng looked at the remaining more than fifty soldiers around him, and his heart ached, since two hours ago, those black and black armor Great Zhou troops began to appear behind, if it weren't for the brothers who volunteered to divide several waves of men and horses or lure the pursuers away or entangle them, I'm afraid they would have been surrounded a long time ago.

But even now, their actions are not optimistic, the most important thing is that their group has no horses, and there is no way to get rid of those pursuers by relying on two legs, let alone run back to Xi'an, which is thousands of miles away......

Taking the water bag handed back by Song Xiance, Li Zicheng took a few big sips and handed it to Niu Jinxing, who had been looking at him for a long time, Niu Jinxing quickly took it with both hands and poured several large mouthfuls of water, and coughed a few times after being choked because he drank too quickly.

Li Zicheng frowned and sighed: "I thought that after leaving the city, I would be able to fly in the sky and let the birds fly wide and leap with the fish, but I didn't expect those Great Zhou troops to chase so closely, it seems that they will not give up if they don't catch us." ”

Song Xiance sighed in a low voice: "Maybe, it may be that the ten soldiers we killed when we went out of the city angered the generals defending the city, otherwise how could they send so many soldiers and horses to pursue us, just this morning we saw that there are no less than 3,000 soldiers such as their night and cavalry, if you look at it in four directions, it will be no less than 10,000 people, this Pang Gang can also afford us." ”

"Or have they seen through our identity?" Niu Jinxing, who finally removed his mouth from the water bag, hesitated for a moment before saying, "If they hadn't seen through our identity, how could they have spent so much effort and effort to hunt us down." ”

"Well, what Master Niu said is reasonable." Li Zicheng nodded, at this time, he had no usual majesty, his gray short clothes were all dust, his face was black and white, and his hair was also gray, looking like an old farmer who had just come out of the field. But at this moment, everyone is in this embarrassment, and no one will pay attention to the embarrassment of the usually wise and martial King Chuang at this time.

and Song Xiance, although Niu Jinxing has no physical disability, he is not much better than Song Xiance. is even embarrassed, because there is no one to carry him along the way, not to mention that Niu Jinxing is a scholar, and he can't pick up his hand on his shoulder, if it weren't for a will to survive supporting him, I'm afraid he would have fallen down a long time ago.

Hearing Li Zicheng and Song Xiance's analysis, Niu Jinxing also felt that it made sense, and his heart became more and more panicked. He had been dealing with the Great Zhou Army for two years, and he knew that the Great Zhou Army and the Great Shun Army were like fire and water, and if he fell into their hands, he would not have any good fruit for himself to eat.

Thinking of this, Niu Jinxing panicked and asked urgently: "King Chuang, you are the backbone of everyone, you have to think of a way!" ”

Li Zicheng was angry when he heard this, Nima's, who is the military advisor. Is it good that you got the wrong role, Lao Tzu invited you to be a military advisor, not an uncle.

Come to think of it. The anger in Li Zicheng's heart could no longer be suppressed, and he shouted angrily in a low voice; "Master Niu, this question should be asked by Lone, otherwise what is the use of Lone inviting you!" …,

Finally, Li Zicheng gave some face and didn't scold, but when a lord questioned the ability of the strategist, the meaning contained in it can be imagined.

Niu Jinxing was embarrassed and his old face turned red, but at this time, his face was covered with dust, and he couldn't see it. Niu Jinxing, who was so ashamed that he couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, knew that if he couldn't say it again, he would be ugly. I'm afraid that he will really be abandoned by Li Zicheng, he thought about it and said in a low voice: "King Chuang atoned for his crimes, the students are guilty, and the students think that our biggest problem now is the lack of horses."

"Nonsense, to the point!"

Li Zicheng's anger is not ordinary. Interrupted Niu Jinxing's words at once, "Talk about the point!" ”

"Yes!" Seeing that the boss was angry, Niu Jinxing stammered; "According to the students, instead of running blindly like this, it is better to find a place to hide first. For example, in a certain village or something, wouldn't it be more appropriate to wait for two days of rumors before going to Shaanxi? ”

"Hmmm!"

Niu Jinxing's anxious words made Li Zicheng stop his anger slightly, and he turned his head and asked Song Xiance: "Song Junshi, can this method said by Niu Junshi work?" ”

Song Xiance shook his head like a rattle, "Poor Dao thinks that it is absolutely impossible, and it is more dangerous to stay in the village, if any villager runs to the government to complain, we may all have to plant it there." ”

"Then kill all the people in the village!" The hideous color of Niu Venus could not even hide the dust on his face. ，

Li Zicheng's face also changed slightly, and then he pondered, he didn't feel sorry for the lives of innocent villagers, but he was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with the end of the hand after the killing, after all, a village has as few as dozens of people, and as many as hundreds of people, and at the moment they are short of manpower, and it may be difficult to successfully complete the task of slaughtering the village.

"No, it's nothing to kill a few villagers, but if the villagers make trouble, we'll be in trouble, and the pursuers will catch up at any time, so it's better to think that it's better to keep going." Song Xiance still insisted on his opinion.

"Keep going?" When Niu Jinxing heard this, he didn't get angry, he took off one of the boots under his feet, took off his socks, raised his feet and shouted: "Look at me, can you see if I can still walk on this foot?" Speaking of this, Niu Jinxing sneered again: "You Song Junshi is comfortable, someone is carrying it, naturally you don't need to be as tired and tired as us people, but you are full and don't know that you are hungry, but you are shouting what to speed up, you still don't let people live?" ”

Niu Jinxing's yin and yang weird words made Song Xiance angry half to death, Nima's, do you want Lao Tzu to be carried, Lao Tzu is willing to be carried by you.

By now, Song Xiance was not polite, he said coldly: "It's okay, if Niu Junshi thinks that it should be safer in the village, although Poor Dao is a crippled person, he will not wait for death here, King Chuang, do you want to continue to move forward with Poor Dao or stay here to avoid the limelight?" When he said the last sentence, Song Xiance looked at Li Zicheng with a calm expression, so calm that there was no trace of fluctuation.

Li Zicheng sighed, looked at Song Xiance and said, "Master Song, can you think about it?" ”

"What's there to think about, if you keep going, you will soon be discovered by the enemy, that's nine deaths!" Niu Jinxing interjected on the side.

Song Xiance continued to sneer with a trace of disdain: "Nine deaths? Yes, it is true that it is nine deaths and one life to continue to move forward, but to stay here is ten deaths and no life, well, don't speculate for more than half a sentence. Poor Dao has taken his leave, King Chuang, do you want to go with Poor Dao or stay here? ”

Li Zicheng didn't expect to get this world, and in the blink of an eye, the number one strategist under his command actually caused a split, although he became more and more unkind to Niu Jinxing, but at this time he also thought that Niu Jinxing's words were reasonable, if he just relied on two legs to escape the pursuers, would there be more deplorable things? …,

Seeing Li Zicheng's expression, Song Xiance said indifferently: "Okay, I understand what King Chuang means." People have their own aspirations, and the poor road is not easy to force, so the poor road will go first. ”

After speaking, Song Xiance struggled to stand up, sent the soldier next to him to take the crutches in his hands, limped slowly and continued to walk towards Xianfang, looking at Song Xiance's back, Li Zicheng opened his mouth, but he couldn't make any sound. Finally, he let out a long sigh and was silent.

Niu Jinxing saw that Song Xiance had left everyone and left by himself, and he was happy in his heart, and said in his heart: "Now Li Yan doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Song Xiance left King Chuang by himself, so the only person who can give advice to King Chuang is himself, and when he and King Chuang return to Shaanxi in the future, he is the most trusted person around King Chuang, who else dares to compete with me for the position of prime minister! ”

Just when Niu Jinxing was thinking about the beauty, Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "Okay, don't talk about it, everyone has their own ambitions, since Song Junshi doesn't want to go with us, we can't force it." Iron man, you should go out with your brothers to find out if there is any village nearby, and we should rest for a while, if we can find horses or vehicles. Just go! ”

"Yes!"

A swarthy and stout man answered the call and led the three soldiers to a side path

"Pimple pimple"

The sound of horses' hooves came from the east, and a group of black knights with more than a hundred horsemen galloped from a distance, and the mighty team raised dust all the way.

When the knights came to a fork in the road, the leader of the knights was like a knight with his right hand, and everyone stopped. The knight at the head dismounted, looked down at the ground, and when he saw the footprints on the ground, his face was immediately happy, and he shouted back: "My lord, there is a trace of a thief found here!" ”

"Oh, where?"

As the words of the knight in front of him fell, an officer about thirty years old soon came out of the knight, although he was wearing the same armor as the soldiers around him, but there was an extra red belt on his right shoulder, and this belt and the calm temperament on his body also showed that he was different from the soldiers around him.

The officer said in a deep voice: "Zhang Laoshi, what did you find?" ”

The soldier named Zhang Laoshi looked unworthy of his name, with a shrewd face, he pointed to a path on the right and said: "My lord, please see, there are two forks in the road here, and the footprints of one fork in the road are very dense, it seems that there are about fifty or sixty people, and judging from the footprints, they are wearing soft-soled boots, such boots are not something that ordinary people can afford, and the other road has only one footprint, and the footprints are quite peculiar, but there is only one footprint and a trace of a wooden station, If the lowly position is not bad, the man must be a lame. ”

Listening to what the good follower Ye Bu told himself, the officer nodded and asked, "Then you want to track over there?" ”

The night did not accept without thinking and said: "Naturally, it is to chase a place with a lot of people, although this does not rule out the conspiracy of the thieves to interfere with our attention, but the humble still thinks that the thieves have a better chance of going to the right." ”

The officer thought for a while, and after a while, he made up his mind: "Also, we don't have many manpower, and after dividing the troops a few times, it will be even thinner, and the current men and horses can't be divided anymore." Okay, then let's chase to the right, if God forbids us to catch up with the thief, we'll send it! At that time, the silver of Liangtian will be picked by everyone! ”

Listening to the officer's encouraging words, the faces of the knights behind him also showed excitement, the military exploits of the Great Zhou Army were extremely rich last time, although the military exploits of eliminating the thieves were not as good as the military merits of capturing the head of the Tartars, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, not to mention that if they can catch or kill the thief Li Zicheng, then the reward that no one in their hundred-man team can share allows them to build a few large tiled houses in their respective homes, and it is more than enough to ask for a daughter-in-law by the way.

Seeing that the morale of his subordinates had been stimulated, the head of the hundred general manager waved his hand and shouted loudly: "All get on the horse and move on!" ”

With the order of the hundred generals, nearly a hundred knights turned over and mounted their horses one after another, and then a billowing dust and smoke began to rise again.

They pursued them for several hours, and in the course of that time they made several detours, until they reached a remote village about a mile in front of them, and the footprints on the road disappeared.

"Dismount! Don't make a sound! ”

Seeing the footprints disappear, the hundred households immediately gave an order vigilantly, and the cavalry behind them heard the order, immediately dismounted, and cautiously hid on both sides.

At this time, Zhang Laoshi, who was the leader, whispered in a low voice and said to this Baihu with an excited tone: "My lord, the eyes and ears of the thieves are found ahead, there must be a big man of thieves here!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )