On both sides of the official road, there were originally patches of farmland, but at this time, there was no sign of any farmland. It's like the shell on the back of a turtle, split into petals.

In this case, there should be no one on the farmland. But in this part of northern Shaanxi, there is a noise of people and horses, and it is lively.

I saw that on the official road in the distance, a group of knights were dressed in a variety of clothes, some with full armor, some with only armor on the upper body, and leather armor, or even none at all.

If you strip away the meagre armor, and look at their patched clothes, the knights are nothing more than peasants on horseback.

One by one, they looked frightened, escorting five or six carts, and hurriedly and loudly urging the sound of "hurry up, hurry up", which could be heard from a long distance.

On the farmland on both sides of the official road, there are sparse crowds of people who are hurrying on two legs. A little further back, there will be more people. These people carried weapons such as spears, sticks, and swords, indicating their status as thieves.

But at this time, they were panting one by one, and the spears and sticks in their hands had been used as crutches. Many people collapsed to the ground while running, gasping for breath and just couldn't get up.

On the official road, a knight glanced around, and after looking in the direction behind him, he turned his head and shouted to a leader in front of him: "Big brother, the officers and soldiers are about to catch up with us, don't you need these carts of things, it's too late if you don't run." ”

Speaking of this, he pointed around and continued to shout: "Look at their appearance, if the officers and soldiers catch up, they will not be able to fight back. ”

The man who was called the eldest brother was sweating, and he didn't know if he was in a hurry or in a hurry. He glanced left and right when he heard this. Looking back, sorrow came from the heart, and I couldn't help but look up to the sky and shout: "Is today the day when I will break through the sky and perish?" ”

"Big brother!" Seeing this, several knights beside him shouted together, their faces full of worry.

Since the uprising, there have been 3,000 men. But in the blink of an eye, there was only this team of less than 500 people left. Ambition is wasted in the blink of an eye.

Breaking into the sky was a little unwilling, and said stubbornly: "If these cars of things are gone, no one will follow us." In any case, it can't be lost! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the knights suddenly shouted, "Look, the officers and soldiers are catching up!" ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly looked up. I saw that at the end of the straight official road, countless officers and soldiers had emerged on the horizon in the far distance. Flag hunting, waving in the wind, quite spectacular.

Many thieves who ran on two legs also found out, and shouted in fright, and those who had fallen to the ground and thought they had no strength to walk anymore got up and hurried away; And those who were originally exhausted and walked suddenly came to their senses. Become a brisk walker; As for those who could still keep walking in stride, they have been changed to fast running.

There is such a shift. It's all because they know that if they are caught by the official army, they don't care about 3721, they just cut off their heads and go to Shangguan to receive the reward.

But this kind of short-term stimulation can't last, what it is, it won't be like that after a while. It's different from before. There was no trace of luck on their faces, and there was a look of despair.

On the official road, another knight began to persuade the heavens: "Big brother, stay in the green mountains without worrying about the lack of firewood, and there is no food." As long as we are here, we can still grab it. If you don't have it nearby, you can go to a farther place. ”

The face of the collapse is unwilling, but there is nothing to be done. If you don't leave, you really can't leave.

He gritted his teeth, and was about to give up the carts of food and the men on foot, but his eyes suddenly widened, as if he had seen a ghost.

I only heard Chuang Collapse say in a disbelieving tone: "You guys hurry up and show me, am I dazzled, how do you feel that the official army is getting farther and farther away from us?" ”

Several of his subordinates around him didn't believe it and looked back in confusion. Sure enough, I saw that the officers and soldiers in the distance did not chase them.

This doesn't make sense, seeing that if you want to catch up, you can destroy your own team, and the officers and soldiers will follow the convention, and they will rush over like chicken blood. What's going on, how did they stop there?

At this time, the other thieves also saw it. Some stopped curiously to see what was going on; And some take advantage of this opportunity to seize the time to run, and run as far as possible.

Suddenly, someone pointed in the direction of the official army and exclaimed loudly: "Look, the official army is back, the official army is back!" ”

Those who were running heard it and looked back, and sure enough, the officers and soldiers in the distance turned their butts and were going back and forth. Slowly, farther and farther away, and finally disappeared into the extreme distance.

Breaking Heaven and his men were all there, and they didn't know what was going on.

What kind of conspiracy and trickery are the officers and soldiers going to play? What kind of conspiracy could that be? Everyone has a question mark on their head, and they can't figure out what's going on?

In the end, all the thieves cried with joy and couldn't figure it out. There is only one thing they know, and that is that they have escaped!

In another place around the same time, Du Wenhuan, the general of the Ming army, was in high spirits. He pressed his position to prevent his troops from catching up with the sweeping king thief army in front of him, and his intention was obvious, just waiting for this sweeping king thief army to be exhausted, and then destroy them.

This time, without Hong Chengchou accompanying him, the credit is his own. Du Wenhuan thought proudly, taking this opportunity to make a few more contributions, I am afraid that he will soon be promoted to the general army.

But just when he was dreaming, suddenly the messenger of the governor's palace on the three sides appeared in front of him, and loudly conveyed the order: "The governor has an order, immediately gather elite subordinates to rush to Yansui, and listen to the command of Lord Hong Chengchou, who is participating in the politics of the governor's grain road!" ”

"Okay, when Ben will destroy the thieves in front, he will rush to Yansui immediately." Du Wenhuan did not dare to disobey the orders of the governors of the three sides, and immediately responded.

When the messenger heard this, he immediately corrected him, saying, "The governor has commanded that the journey should be made at once, without the slightest delay." ”

"Huh?" Du Wenhuan was dumbfounded, so anxious, as for it? He made up his mind in his heart, either he waited for the messenger to leave and killed the sweeping king himself, otherwise he would not eat the fat in his mouth, which was too depressing.

But he did not expect that the messenger would say that the governor had an order to rush to Yansui with him, and there should be no delay on the way.

The same thing, or similar situation, is playing out in the land of Shaanxi. gave the thieves who were originally in a state of being suppressed and eliminated another respite and passed the most difficult stage of Chongzhen's second year. (To be continued.) )