"The virtuous nephew will go to Jinzhou with the old man, there is no village in front of the village and no shop here, in case of encountering the Tartar army, there is no one to rescue."

Liu Yuliang is full of hope, if Sun Ji can go to Jinzhou with him, the journey will be much safer. But unexpectedly, Sun Ji refused after pondering for a long time.

"Elder Ge, Sun Jiao's role in staying is greater than going to Jinzhou, and I'm afraid it will be more constrained! As for the elder of the pavilion, Sun Ji will send someone to escort him, but there are only a few people who can be allocated due to the lack of manpower......"

The morale of Sun Jiao's command is still quite strong, only the number of people is a problem, after some cursory understanding, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty gathered here are only a few hundred, and how many people can be allocated to escort him? The thought of the danger ahead made him feel a little short of breath. This time he came out to go to Jinzhou to make a reputation, to say that he is not afraid that it would be a lie, but now he met Sun Ji and experienced the scene of life in death, which made this feeling of fear even worse.

Hearing Sun Ji say this, it is needless to say that he is disappointed, but he can't clearly express it, after all, he relied on the old man and sold the old man to call others a good nephew, so he can't be too embarrassed by others.

"That's not necessary, you don't have many people here, if you allocate some more to the old man, it will be even more stretched!"

These words also came from the bottom of his heart, Sun Jiao was greatly moved, Liu Yuliang did not leave a good impression on him before, but after this incident, he changed greatly.

"Dashuai, there is a Tartar convoy to cross the border, what should I do?"

"How many Tartars are there with the convoy?"

While the two were talking, a scout reported to Sun Ji the news of the discovery of the Tartar convoy. Liu Yuliang is very different from this, "Li Xin is in Jinzhou, how can the Tartar convoy still come and go freely?" ”

Sun Ji explained: "The elder of the pavilion does not know, Ningyuan is close to the sea, and walking by sea is not only faster than the land route, but also the food consumed on the road is less than that of the land route. Nine times out of ten, these convoys traveled by sea, which may explain why Li Xin was in Jinzhou and the Tartar convoy was still able to come and go freely. ”

Liu Yuliang was still a little hesitant.

"Virtuous nephew, is it possible that Li Xin is not in Jinzhou at all? That's why they come and go freely? ”

Sun Ji changed color and said, "Could it be that Elder Ge suspects that Li Xin's news in Jinzhou is wrong?" First Sun Jian didn't know that Li Xin was in Jinzhou in Ningyuan, and then he saw the Tartar convoy coming and going, and he was even more suspicious in his heart, for fear that Li Xin was not in Jinzhou, so he hesitated again.

Liu Yuliang saw that Sun Jiao's reaction was not small, and he hurriedly waved his hand to dispel his concerns.

"In other words, don't worry about the virtuous nephew, don't worry about it!" Then he used a dry smile on his face to hide his embarrassment.

"That's good, Elder Ge and rest first, and Sun Ji will go back when he goes."

"Virtuous nephew and slow!"

Liu Yuliang stopped Sun Ji and decided to go with him, bluntly saying that he wanted to see where the Tartar convoy came from. Sun Jiao persuaded for a while, but it had no effect, so he had to let it go. Liu Yuliang was most fundamentally afraid, for fear that after staying in one place for a long time, he would be hit by the Tartar rangers, and if he was captured alive, the pain he suffered could be very imaginable, and it was safest to follow Sun Jiao's side.

The Tartar convoy took advantage of the night to act, and there were not many Tartar soldiers guarding it, which showed that it was very wary, and it was also indifferent to these small groups of remnants of the Ming Dynasty. Sun Ji took advantage of this mentality of the Tartars to succeed several times, but after all, it was a drop in the bucket, and it could not have a fundamental impact on the Tartars, and at best it was a disease of scabies.

Sun Ji led people to hide in the dense forest, lying on the ground despite mosquito bites, Liu Yuliang also did the same, but his body had been bitten in several places, the itching was unbearable, and he didn't dare to make too much movement, so he had to endure it hard. At the same time, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, a cabinet scholar and a dignified governor of the dynasty actually did the same thing as a bandit and robbed the road.

This was unimaginable to him a day ago.

Suddenly, the sound of gongs resounded in the night sky, Sun Ji jumped up from the dense forest, rushed out with people, and looked at Liu Yuliang dumbfounded.

Liu Yuliang was self-aware, knowing that his old bones could not withstand Sun Ji's toss, so he lay on the spot and waited for the war to end. The people who transported the baggage would definitely not be the opponent of Sun Jiao's veterans who had survived a hundred battles. The sound of the clashing of gold and iron weapons was endless, and soon the people and heroes dispersed in a hurry, and the battle ended smoothly, Liu Yuliang patted the dust on his body, and then was stunned by the large number of convoys in front of him.

"Xian, virtuous nephew, how many things have we robbed?"

Sun Ji was not surprised or delighted.

"Take as much as you can, burn everything you can't take!"

"Burned?"

How many things do you have to do here, and if you say it's burned, it will burn, which makes Liu Yuliang feel very distressed.

"Virtuous nephew, wouldn't it be a pity to burn them all, it's better to take some more ......"

Sun Ji simply interrupted it neatly, "It's not advisable to stay here for a long time, you may encounter the Tartar brigade at any time, in case you are bitten, we will all be finished!" ”

The murderous aura of his body made Liu Yuliang shut his mouth in fright, but before he could react, the originally dark night sky suddenly brightened up like day, and countless torches poured up from all directions.

"Oops! Hit the trick! ”

Sun Ji gritted his teeth and immediately ordered everyone to leave the place immediately after throwing away the loot, but it was too late. The torches that poured in from all directions had obviously come prepared, blocking all the retreats.

Liu Yuliang was already scared stupid at this moment, and regretted it in his heart, it was better to stay in the dense forest, who would have thought that following would be self-defeating.

"Virtuous nephew, wait, wait for the old man!"

Feather arrows fell like rain, and many of the Ming soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and even one arrow almost hit Sun Ji, which frightened Liu Yuliang's heart, and the old housekeeper Liu Fu stumbled to follow him and protected him. Liu Yuliang's heart was moved, and he said that adversity sees the truth, and today he fell into such a dangerous place to know that this Liu Fu is so loyal and brave.

However, what's the use of thinking about these now, the Tartars have already surrounded them, even if they plug their wings, they may not be able to fly out, I can't help but look up to the sky and sigh, and secretly say that the sky is absolutely true to me Liu Yuliang! Sun Ji was red-eyed, holding a Yanling knife that had been rolled up like an ordinary soldier in his hand, killing in and out of the crowd, watching the Ming soldiers fall one after another, but they couldn't do anything.

The shouting momentum suddenly became stronger again, and Liu Yuliang suddenly found that the torches in all directions were actually chaotic, and he faintly heard the sound of horses' hooves knocking on the ground, it was a cavalry. Then there was a scuffle, Liu Yuliang couldn't tell who was who, and after about half an hour, the Tartars who had surrounded them before actually withdrew, followed by a burst of cheers.

After figuring out what happened, Liu Yuliang had the feeling that he had two lives, and it turned out that reinforcements from the Ming army had arrived. Looking at the person on the horse, Liu Yuliang rubbed his eyes in disbelief, isn't this Hong Chengchou? Are you dazzled? It's still dead, and now it's underground.

"Liu Xiang? You, how are you here? ”

Hong Chengchou's voice came from his ears, which woke Liu Yuliang up, he pinched himself in secret, and it hurt like a heart, it didn't seem to be a dream, so Hong Chengchou in front of him was indeed not dead.

"Hong Butang, you, why didn't you die?"

Facing Liu Yuliang's rhetorical question, Hong Chengchou's expression stagnated for a moment and then said: "It's a long story, this place is not suitable for a long time, the Tartars may go and return at any time, let's talk about it later!" ”

Hong Chengchou was also surprised to see that Sun Ji was not dead, and the imperial court had already held a funeral for him and was nicknamed. Now it's not dead, and the previous operation was in vain.

A fire burned the Tartars' convoy of goods and materials, and the group headed for the dense forest in the west, Sun Ji asked Hong Chengchou about the reason for the timely arrival of the coincidence, it turned out that the Hong Scout inadvertently discovered the Tartar's movement when he was inquiring about the news. Hong Chengchou intuitively felt that they were going to make a big move tonight, so under close surveillance, he actually saved Sun Ji and Liu Yuliang by mistake.

Sun Jiao sighed for a while, it was really a definite number in the dark, or they should not die.

Liu Yuliang took the opportunity to ask Hong Chengchou whether Li Xin was in Jinzhou, but after Hong Chengchou heard the news, he was vague, only saying that he heard that he was still in Jinzhou a few days ago, and now some days have passed, but he doesn't know if he is still there.

Liu Yuliang, who heard this reply, muttered in his heart, saying that Li Xin's was indeed in Jinzhou, and it is very likely that he is still in Jinzhou.

"Can Hong Butang send some people to escort the old man to Jinzhou?"

Liu Yuliang further made a request, but unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou rejected Liu Yuliang's request.

"Pavilion Elder, the current army is in chaos, and there are not many people under Cheng Chou's command, and there are only more than a thousand people, which is not enough to protect Pavilion Elder and Thoroughness, so it is better to go to the outside of the Shahe River with the next one......"

Sun Jiao suffered heavy losses in this battle, more than half of the soldiers under his command were killed and wounded, he had no choice but to join forces with Hong Chengchou, Liu Yuliang couldn't resist them, so he had to follow them, but he was still thinking about Jinzhou and Li Xin in his heart, hoping to find them earlier.

Looking at the raging fire behind him, Liu Yuliang sighed with emotion, the experience of this night can be described as ups and downs, he died twice and survived, and then found that the people who had been martyred were not dead, and they were still organizing people to continue to resist the Tartars.

From this point of view, the Ming Dynasty has these loyal ministers, but it seems that there is no end to the mountains. Liu Yuliang's mind was turning, no, Li Xin must be found, and the siege of Shanhaiguan must be solved.

Thinking of this, Liu Yuliang looked at Sun Ji on the side, since this person has suffered heavy losses and has no ability to be self-reliant, it is better to drag him to Jinzhou.