Some of the soldiers who were waiting for Yang Hao at the mouth of the valley saw him return safely, and they cheered when they landed, but under the fatigue and hunger, this cheer was inevitably weak, and it was completely suppressed by the tsunami-like shouts of the two armies outside the valley.

As soon as Sister-in-law Ma saw Yang Hao arrive, she hurriedly stepped forward to take the dog from his arms, and was about to kneel down in tears. Yang Hao panted and said, "Don't be polite, hurry up and enter the valley." ”

He said to Bisu: "You go and see if the grain carts have arrived, if they do, tell them to enter the valley as soon as possible, distribute the fried rice, and satisfy everyone's hunger first, and I will see the situation here." Bisu hurriedly agreed, took the dog from Sister-in-law Ma's arms, and led them to hurry to the valley.

This valley mouth is a bell mouth facing the southeast direction, because the area outside the valley mouth is a slope of high slope, and then there is a horse flat river, so the river turns to the south as soon as the valley exits, the river out of the valley is in a B shape, the convoy comes along the river, and the ground in front is higher, so that they will not be preoccupied with the battle with the Song army in front of them to find out, can enter the valley.

At this time, the convoy had just turned into the valley, and on the way, they used two carts of fried rice fried by empty carts to quickly distribute it, and the people and soldiers all had a handful of fried rice, and swallowed it in the river. Dong Sixteen saw that there was chaos in the valley, and as soon as his eyes rolled, he quietly retreated while no one was paying attention.

Luo Kedi, He Longcheng, and Xu Haibo swallowed the fried rice while hurriedly discussing it, and several generals discussed and walked back, wanting to wait to see the situation of the battle between the two sides. At this time, Ding Hao was lying on the slope and looking down.

In fact, the infantry-based arms may not be invincible against the cavalry-based troops, and if they are in the mountains, canyons, and swamps, they may be able to gain the upper hand, but in the plains and wilderness, they must suffer some losses. In particular, they have a fatal weakness against the enemy cavalry, that is, it is difficult to chase after victory, and it is difficult to escape defeat. Therefore, the Song army camp basically adopted a defensive position at this time to consume the enemy's sharp energy, and only the cavalry they concentrated on the right flank rushed up as soon as the battle was imminent, and the Khitan cavalry was a stone's throw away from the valley mouth to fight together, and its intention to cover the people in the valley was very obvious. The infantry phalanx, after withstanding the fierce impact of the enemy cavalry, began to advance step by step, rushing towards the cavalry center. This march was slow, and they had to maintain a dense formation of spears during the slow march to counteract the Khitan cavalry assault advantage.

Under the command of the Chinese army, the left wing cavalry brigade took an arc to attack the flank of the Song army's large array, and the right wing cavalry tightly bit the Song army's cavalry team, intending to eliminate the only mobile force of the Song army, but the Song cavalry leaned on the valley rock wall on one side and the vanguard spear array on the other side, and the contact with the Khitan cavalry was limited, and it was not defeated for a while.

With the fierce fighting, the battle formations on both sides were somewhat shaken, and the area of the battlefield began to expand, and some rangers on the edge of the battle formation began to spread to the sides, near the valley. When Luo Kedi arrived at the mountain pass, he saw arrows in the air, fighting and shaking the sky, and the ranks surging like a surging giant wave of water, although it seemed chaotic, in fact, there were rules and regulations.

Luo Kedi observed for a while and said: "The enemy and us have engaged in a hasty battle, although they have hastily laid out their positions, in fact, they have their own shortcomings. If this battle were to be commanded by me, with the speed at which the enemy would shift the direction of the attack, we would have suffered a loss in such a huge battle formation. ”

Yang Hao saw that the large array of the Song army was immobile under the impact of the surging enemy cavalry like a tide, and the battalions of all sizes had rules and regulations, and they could slowly advance to launch a counterattack, but the Khitan iron cavalry was surging back and forth like a flood in the gap left by the Song army's camp, and they could not rush in, and it was obvious that the Song army had the upper hand, so he couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Luo Ke said to the enemy: "Fighting on the plains, the enemy cavalry takes advantage of the geographical advantage. Although at present our army is still able to keep up with the enemy, but in the case of equal troops, no matter which part of the enemy army has suffered heavy losses, the rest of the cavalry can quickly compensate for the past and plug the omission, and our army is all foot soldiers, but one battalion has fallen, and the other battalions can only abandon their sons, but cannot go to help. If you continue to fight hard like this, you will be in danger of encroachment. This is one of them.

The official army has no connection with us, and this sudden appearance should have broken through the mountains and turned back to the Central Plains, and the Khitans had learned the news and stopped them in front of them with the maneuver of cavalry. The officials did not expect that we would suddenly appear, and in a hurry, they could only put our army in the Song Formation as a preparation, and the cavalry that had inflicted heavy losses on the enemy at the critical moment was placed on the flank to cover our retreat, and the Khitans obviously noticed this change, and the elimination of our cavalry was their breakthrough. ”

Yang Hao was as good as a stream, how could he talk about the way of using troops with this court general, and immediately asked: "General Nayi, what should we do?" ”

"Withdraw! Only by getting rid of our big burden can the official family calmly meet the enemy. ”

"Withdraw? To the west or to the south? ”

"To the west, to the west of the valley. To the south, on the side of the Khitan military camp, the Khitan only needs to divide a team of 1,000 people out, and we will have no health. ”

Yang Hao slapped his fist and shouted: "Then let's go, hundreds of thousands of troops are buying time for us, the opportunity is fleeting, we can't delay, we will go on the road immediately." ”

At this time, Dong Sixteen led the horse and quietly retreated to the valley mouth, and galloped away while the people were unprepared. As soon as I crossed the high slope, I saw the Khitan cavalry all over the mountains, galloping over like wolves.

They charged for a long time, and the formation was a little scattered, and they had begun to slowly spread to the two wings, and some of the cavalry had already rushed to the slope, at this time, even if Dong Sixteen was walking along the river, they were condescending, and they couldn't hide their eyes, let alone rushing in front of them like this.

Dong ** was shocked, shook his hands hurriedly, and shouted: "I'm not Song Jun, I'm not Song Jun." ”

The main general gave an order, the enemy and us have started a big war, at this time the Khitan soldiers only have the enemy in their eyes, where is there anyone who cares about who he is, Dong Sixteen Fu appeared, "whoosh" carved through the air, he got a random arrow through the heart, the chest, under the ribs, and even the head was hit by a few arrows, like a stinging servant dismounted, the bowl mouth of the Khitan iron hooves trampled from his body, to the Song cavalry guarding the valley mouth hurriedly outflanked the past.

Luo Kedi and the others hurried back to the valley and urged the people who had just drunk a sip of water and eaten fried rice to cheer up and continue to rush west. Many of the people are tired and ignorant, and they just say that the two armies are fighting outside, and no one will come to bully them, ordinary people, and they will not get up if you shout and shout.

At this time, Yang Hao's three hundred yacha came in handy, they pounced into the crowd with their teeth and claws, even deceived and frightened, and the iron chain whistle stick in their hands flew, they beat people with great skill, looking fierce, fighting pain, but it was not the point. Seeing them like tigers into the flock, in a moment many old and young were thrown into the cart by them, and many young and strong people got up like cattle driving sheep and dragging dead dogs, and ignored the other people, and rushed these people into the depths of the valley.

These people have a herd mentality, no one moves, obviously the sword and gun are on the neck, many people do not see the danger, now that someone has moved first, they began to be afraid, and the other soldiers shouted and urged, and they also roared, as the forward troops who were driven away by the patrol officers marched down the valley into the depths......※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ it was dark, and a crescent moon climbed up the air, shining on the dark valley.

Piles of bonfires were lit in the valley, and many people ate two bowls of fragrant rice porridge, and after being forbidden to continue eating, they still felt a little salivating when they looked at the carts of grain.

Fu Yaozi commanded a few people to boil the medicinal soup on the erected cauldron, and the heavens were merciful, and finally did not make this fleeing army regenerate the uncontrollable plague, but most of the soldiers and civilians were in extremely poor health, and some of them were sick of one kind or another. These medicinal materials taken by Fuyaozi are not only for curing the plague, but naturally some of them are for invigorating qi and replenishing deficiency and strengthening the body, so they will be picked out and boiled into a medicinal soup for everyone to take.

On the whole, everyone looks good, although they are still in rags, but there is food in their stomachs, and their hearts are not panicked, and most of the people are like wilting grass after a long drought, suddenly drenched in a night of drizzle, and rejuvenated.

The dog was lying in her mother's arms, holding her hand, swallowing the bitter medicinal soup in small sips, which was a small stove opened by Fuyaozi for her, saying that she would be able to jump alive tomorrow after drinking, otherwise Uncle Yang Hao, who was so sick, must worry more about her, and the dog was willing to take the medicine so obediently after listening, if not, how could she swallow such a bitter medicinal soup.

People sat in groups of three or five, telling the joy of the rest of their lives after the catastrophe, and the most talked about was the girl who Yang Qincha rode alone to save the dog today. What these people care about most is not how heroic Yang Hao's behavior is in front of the two armies, but that he is only saving a small common child, a small people named Dog, whose life is as cheap as a dog.

Giving up life and death for a small people, this is what they care about the most. Because they are small people, they naturally empathize, and they wish that the officials in the world love the people like Yang Qincha, so the words of praise were not stingy to say.

Sister-in-law Ma hugged the dog, and while feeding her medicine, she slowly learned to the people around her about Yang Hao riding back to the front of the two armies to save the dog. The dog was lying in her arms, her eyes flashing, listening to her mother's narration, and drinking the medicinal soup in her mouth did not seem to be so bitter.

Cheng Dexuan sat behind the crowd with his knees crossed, smiling and listening to the story of Sister-in-law Ma. He was no different from an ordinary Hanako, ragged and unkempt, although the bubbling river was not far away, he didn't wash his face.

When Yang Hao left, he originally arranged for soldiers to watch him, restricting his freedom, which was like house arrest. But the fleeing procession was in complete confusion when they fled into the valley in front of the two armies, and the soldiers guarding him were scattered by the huge crowd, and he had not been found until now.

After listening to Sister-in-law Ma's words, everyone was even more amazed, Cheng Dexuan echoed the voice, and there was a flame of jealousy and hatred quietly burning under his eyes. Hearing that some people said that after escaping, they would make the Wanmin umbrella and the moral and political cards for Yang Qincha, Cheng Dexuan suddenly interjected: "If it weren't for Yang Qincha, tens of thousands of us would have turned into dry bones, and we should be grateful to Yang Qincha." It's just that I have nothing to do, and when I arrive at the place of settlement, I am afraid that I will not have the money to make the Wanmin umbrella and the moral and political card to send to Yang Qincha, and Yang Qincha has gone through hardships and dangers along the way, once we enter the Song realm safely, we will definitely respond to Beijing as soon as possible to see the official family, Yang Qincha has made such a great achievement, and the official family will definitely be promoted to the rank of knight, and we don't know when we will be able to see Lord Qincha again. In my opinion, after arriving in the Song realm, let's kowtow to Yang Qincha a few times, say long live, wish a borderless sound, that is. ”

Auspicious words such as "long live" and "long live without borders" have only been auspicious words since the Spring and Autumn Period until the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and do not specify what grade of people can use. It was not until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that it became an official exclusive title for the emperor, but the popularity of folk culture was too poor, so the colloquial language has not changed.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the people of some places greeted each other on New Year's holidays and congratulated each other with long live. There are even more people who name Banzai among the people, so much so that sometimes in the countryside you can see women standing at the door with their waists crossed and shouting: "Long live, you little rabbit cub hurry home for dinner." Hooray, daddy, look for your bastard son! ”

Even now, in this Great Song Dynasty, when the Chinese New Year's Eve artillery battles are fired in places like Lizhou and Guangnan, the people also clap their hands and shout long live. The word "long live" is truly known to everyone as the emperor, which was after the high popularity of the Song Dynasty culture. It was these villagers who did not feel any difference when they heard it, but clapped their hands and praised it, and they all agreed.

However, when the villagers met at the festival, they arched their hands and shouted: "Long live, long live" and shouted at the firecrackers on Chinese New Year's Eve: "Long live, long live", is it really the same as tens of thousands of people bowing down to one person at the same time and shouting long live? These people just want to express their gratitude, but they don't think about the reason.

Cheng Dexuan saw that the trick was being sold, so he quietly withdrew from the crowd with a somewhat sympathetic smile while they were not paying attention...... At this time, Yang Hao was bathing in the river, although it was a midsummer night, in fact, the clear spring in the stream was still a little cool, but at this time it was also very exquisite. He washed it from head to toe, then walked to the shore and picked up his clothes to put on, pulled his long hair back, and tore off a strip of cloth to tie it tightly.

Luo Kedi strode over, he had already finished bathing, he had food in his belly, and he took a refreshing bath, and he regained the image of the handsome young general. The waist pole is straight, and the sword at the waist is also polished, and the essence is exposed, and the heroic spirit is vigorous.

"Lord Yang."

"General Luo. Have the sentry posts ever been set up? ”

"It's set up, and the last general will set up two police posts five miles away, and if there is any news, I will report it back." Luo Kedi smiled bitterly and said: "This sentry is better than nothing, if the Khitans really chase after them, even if they have time to report the news, we won't have time to escape." I only hope that the official family can inflict a heavy blow on the Khitans, after all, this is the Song Realm, although there is no strong reinforcement around, the Khitans dare not wait for a long time, if they are defeated, they will inevitably flee in a hurry, we may be able to escape. ”

Yang Hao shook his head lightly and said: "General Luo, my opinion is a little different from yours, the bloody battle outside the valley, if the Khitans win, I guess they will not chase after them, but go straight to pursue the defeated army of the official family in order to expand the results." On the contrary, if the Khitans are defeated, or if they do not take advantage of the official family, I am afraid that they will ...... They will definitely not let us go, they mobilized the people to come to the Song Realm, if the official family can't take advantage of it, and they can't wipe out our immigrant team, then why did they do it? ”

On the war Yang Hao is not as good as Luo Kedi, when it comes to political opinions, although Yang Hao has never heard of any big officials before, once he is in the scene, he can see more clearly than Luo Kedi, after listening to Yang Hao's arguments, Luo Kedi couldn't help but be stunned and said: "I was hoping that the Khitan people could suffer a big loss at the hands of the official family, but listen to you, but the official family has suffered a big loss, so we can be safe?" ”

Yang Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head, this kind of topic is really inconvenient to talk about, he asked, "Did Master Cheng find it?" ”

Luo Ke said to the enemy: "Gangquan found it, Cheng Qincha is also very embarrassed now, he is bathing in the river downstream, and I have arranged for the soldiers to 'take care' of him again." But it seems that he is much more secure now, and there is less resentment in his expression. ”

Yang Hao said lightly: "He doesn't complain, I can't care so much." At the beginning, he was desperate and disobeyed, and Yang thought about the future of these hundreds of soldiers and civilians. Now, as long as our people arrive in the Song Realm safely, it will be a great achievement. Even if he is an official, he will no longer care about my crime of taking away the festival, for fear of where he will come from. ”

Luo Kedi hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Excellency is above board, and this heart can show the sun and the moon, but Lord Cheng is a close confidant of Lord Zhao of Nanya, and Lord Zhao is the current emperor's brother." Lord Yang, there will be something to say at the end, I don't know whether to say it or not. ”

"You say."

Luo Kedi said sincerely: "My lord, in officialdom, friends are used to share blessings, if it is not for your support, belonging to the same lineage, or like-minded political friends for many years, when it comes to your political disputes with other officials, most of them have to stand by and watch. What's more, the other party's backer is really scary, and Lord Yang, your officialdom foundation is not only shallow, but you don't have a political friend, so ...... Even if you can't become friends, if you can dispel his hostility, it is better than being enemies of each other.

Lord Yang, before, your political differences with Lord Cheng were related to the life and death of tens of thousands of people, even if you didn't want to offend him. But now that the westward direction has become an immutable fact, it seems to be ...... Can Lord Yang try to ease relations with him? ”

Yang Hao was slightly moved when he heard this: "Then General Yiluo, how should I repair the relationship with him?" ”

Luo Ke said: "Lord Yang might as well have a good relationship with him in private, and when we send these tens of thousands of people safely to the place and revert to the saint, this merit may as well be carried to him." So the matter of seizing the festival, he naturally never mentioned it, with us generals, he inherited your favor and couldn't cover the eyes and ears of others, how could he be embarrassed to embarrass you again at that time? Even if he is embarrassed with you again, he will lose his morality first, and he will be despised by all officials. Lord Yang must not underestimate the opinions of hundreds of officials, once everyone sees you as a villain, it will be difficult to make a close friend. Then he will be isolated by all the rulers.

But if you insist on being his enemy now, then it will be different. Whether you are for the sake of the people or not, now you are the first to take the king's order, and he insists on going east because the Holy One is willing to move the people to the Central Plains. Therefore, even if the official family accuses him of being confused, he will never be beheaded. Our Great Song Dynasty still has few ministers who can easily kill the minister except for the crime of rebellion and rebellion, at most he will be exiled, with Lord Nanya Zhao here, it will not be long before he will be reactivated, and then he will be your political enemy for a lifetime. Why should Lord Yang fight for a moment, the gains and losses, when it comes to this part, I think the adults will naturally understand. ”

"Huh?" Yang Hao smiled happily: "General Luo, Yang is only invincible with a silver spear, but a martial artist, I didn't expect you to have such a delicate mind, and you can see the way of being an official so clearly." ”

Luo Kedi laughed dryly and laughed at himself: "Although the last general is a martial artist, his father is a civil official, and his father has survived the Tang, Jin, Han, Zhou, and Song dynasties. ”

Yang Hao listened to what he said interestingly, and couldn't help but laugh with him.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Fuyaozi was busy boiling the medicine and cooking the soup, and it was late at night when all the medicinal soup was distributed, and he walked wildly among the crowds of people who were sleeping on the spot in the east and west, and somehow found the place where Ma's sister-in-law and daughter were. Lao Dao sat on the ground, beat his thighs and said, "Hey, little girl, aren't you energetic at night, what's the matter, I'm so sick today that I can't hold on." ”

The dog pillowed his mother's thigh as if he was not sleeping, and when he woke up, she snorted and said: "No, no one talks to me, and I don't dare to disturb Uncle Yang Hao, he must be very tired, and it's boring to stay here alone." ”

Saying that, she turned over and sat up, touched her forehead and said, "But the Taoist grandfather is worthy of that bitter medicine soup is really effective, and I am already seven or eight points better." ”

Fuyaozi smiled smugly and said, "That's nature. The medicine prepared by Lao Dao, others said that it was an elixir, and when it came to your little girl's mouth, it became a bitter medicine soup, which was really in vain. ”

The dog grimaced at him and said with a smile: "It's already bitter, can't you say it?" She held her chin, flashed her big eyes and thought for a long time, and suddenly said, "Grandpa Daoist, ...... today." The dog was thrown on the road and left alone, and it was Uncle Yang Hao who ventured into the battlefield to save me. ”

Fuyao Ziwan smiled and said: "Well, this matter has spread, and Lao Dao has also heard about it, this demon ...... Yes! This Yang Hao, hehe, has a compassionate heart. ”

The dog said solemnly: "So, Grandpa Daoist, you must teach me spells." ”

Fu Yaozi was stunned: "What does this have to do with teaching you spells?" ”

The dog said very seriously: "My father said that if you receive the grace of a drop of water, you should repay it with a spring." I have received the grace of other people's springs, and if you don't learn some skills, how can you repay them? ”

Fuyaozi touched his nose and said with a dry smile: "Well, you are a girl, and you are not a manly tofu, so you don't need to be so serious." ”

The dog said: "Then how can it be done, if you have kindness, you must repay it, Taoist grandfather, can you teach me spells?" Saying that, she leaned over and flatteringly beat Fuyaozi's legs: "Grandpa Taoist is tired, the dog will beat your legs." The dog knows that the Taoist grandfather is a good person, and you must not bear to disappoint the dog. ”

Fu Yaozi smiled bitterly and said: "You baby, the old Dao's Dao heart, was also moved by you." ”

He touched the dog's head, looked up at the moon in the sky, and said leisurely: "If he can be poor, he will be good alone, and if he is good, he will help the world." You little doll knows how to be grateful to Dai Yi and always have the heart to repay. What about the old way, the old way is enlightened in sleep, chaotic and inactive, alone, not snobbish, self-proclaimed outsiders, but it is inseparable from the effect of worldly things, compared to your little doll, I am really ashamed. ”

The dog said, "What is the Taoist grandfather saying that people can't understand?" ”

Fu Yaozi smiled and said: "The old Tao is saying, you don't want to be entangled, the old way accepted your little apprentice, this time, do you understand?" ”

The dog was overjoyed: "Thank you, Master, Grandpa, that ...... From now on, the dog will be your apprentice. ”

Fu Yaozi laughed and said: "What a master and grandfather, it's the first time that Lao Dao has an apprentice who calls me that, hahaha, from now on, you will be Lao Dao's apprentice and grandson." ”

When dawn was about to break, everyone was asleep, and the valley was silent, as if the birds had not woken up.

The ears of the sleeping Fuyaozi suddenly moved slightly, his eyes opened, and two rays of light like cold lightning flashed, and he turned over and sat up, and when he saw the fragrant dog sleeping on his lap, his eyes tended to soften.

He gently lifted the dog's head, put a sleek boulder under her pillow, touched her hair, and said with a smile: "Little girl, since you call me a Taoist grandfather, how can grandpa protect you, it has not been dusty for decades, and the old Taoist will make an exception for your baby today." ”

He got up suddenly, and ran away all the way he came, all the way to the five-mile road, and the two sleepy-eyed police posts in the canyon vaguely seemed to see a figure, and when they looked closely, the hollow valley was silent, and no one had ever come.

Fuyaozi is just like a leisurely stroll, galloping out of ten miles in the wind, his blood is smooth, his spirit is flying, and he can't help but chant loudly: "I love to sleep, I love to sleep, I don't lie on the felt, I don't cover the quilt." Stone pillows, covered with robes. Sleep in the north and south, and sleep in the east and west. The thunder and lightning of Mount Tai destroyed, the sea fell in the air, the dragon shouted ghosts and gods, and I was sleeping soundly when I was sleeping. Thinking about Zhang Liang, thinking about Fan Li, talking about Cao Cao, and not talking about Liu Bei. Two or three gentlemen, just fighting for a little leisure. Compete like me, to the breeze, in the white clouds at the head of the ridge, spread your eyebrows, untie your belly, and fall asleep! What's more, the jade rabbit rises in the east, and the red wheel falls in the west. Hahaha, Hulu child, disturb my dreams, Dao Ye flicked his sleeves, go and go, hide the sword soldiers, pay for a sleep......"

The sound of Fuyao is ethereal, endless, a pair of bast shoes under his feet or stepping on grass pebbles, or stepping on clear water and clear waves, with big sleeves fluttering, straight like an immortal.

Ahead, the sound of hooves is like thunder, and the Khitan Iron Horse has arrived!