In the night, a fire dragon is still winding on the road in the northwest of Yangzhou, rolling forward.

As mentioned earlier, the shape of the northwest of Yangzhou City has been washed several times by the Beiyu, and there are no intact villages and fortresses near the main road that can supply the army. However, for Chen Dexing's troops and the thousands of Mongol and Han troops captured by them, the difficulty of not having supplies was not difficult to overcome. You only need to rush back to Yangzhou, which is dozens of miles away, and everything will be fine.

Therefore, after Chen Dexing simply organized the captives, he drove them back to Yangzhou overnight, regardless of the fact that these people fled in a hurry for a day and a night, not to mention that they were hungry and had no food in their stomachs - stay in this icy and snowy wilderness, either starve to death or freeze, if you want to live, go faster, go to Yangzhou as soon as possible! Isn't this Yangzhou their goal of going south to Lianghuai this time?

However, Rao is seduced by the prosperous and magnificent Yangzhou City in front, and Rao is driven by the artillery soldiers under Chen Dexing, these prisoners who have long been exhausted still have a hard time, stumbling and rolling forward, and from time to time someone falls to the ground and can no longer get up.

"Forty-nine!" Chen Dexing rode on a horse and walked at the end of the team, whenever he saw someone falling, he would shout loudly to Zhu Sijiu to step forward, "Go and see, if you still have the breath, find someone to carry it, or if not, find someone to bury it, and then set up a sign, so that it is convenient for good life to converge in the future, and then take it to the north for burial in the future." ”

In order to be the way, the word must be believed, and the action must be fruitful. Since Chen Dexing has made a promise in public, he is ready to implement it to the end. These men from the Northland will all return to the Northland in the future, either with glory or in the ashes jar!

"No!" Zhu Sijiu saluted with his hands and rushed over with a few guards. This kid was originally lonely, but he was promoted by Chen Dexing to get to where he is today, and he really regards Chen Dexing as his eldest brother, and his orders to Chen Dexing have always been carried out to the letter.

The person who fell was an old soldier, and his body looked sturdy, but in the end, he was old, and he finally got tired after some tossing. A giant man who was always more than six feet tall and wearing a tattered military uniform was crouching beside the old soldier and shouting: "Wine, whoever has wine, give him a sip to warm up!" ”

"Big man, is the old man still angry?" Zhu Sijiu had already run over with a few people, looked at the giant man, and was slightly surprised. This piece is one size bigger than Chen Dexingdu! Although he wore a tattered battle jacket, he still stood out among the prisoners of war of the Northern Army.

The big man looked back and saw Zhu Sijiu, and a flattering smile suddenly appeared on his upright Chinese face: "There is gas, there is gas, as long as there is a sip of wine to warm up the body, you can ease up." ”

Zhu Sijiu took off a wine gourd from his waist and threw it to the giant man, and the wine gourd was filled with fine soju, which was used to clean the wound. The old soldier took two sips, and his body immediately warmed up, but his hands and feet were still weak, and he couldn't get up after struggling twice.

"Big man, what is your name?" When Zhu Sijiu took back the gourd, he looked at the giant man twice, and it was a dignified appearance, but his face was stained, and he looked a little sloppy.

The giant man's eyes flickered, and he smiled bitterly: "Alas, I am a hard-working person, what do I have a big name?" My surname is Zhang Xingjiu, and everyone in the village calls me Zhang Jiu. ”

The one surnamed Zhang Xingjiu actually has a big name, called Zhang Hongfan! Well, it is the Zhang Hongfan who wrote in history that "our army's millions of robes are red, and they are full of the blood of the sons and daughters of Jiangnan"!

Now, he can go to Jiangnan in advance, but as a captive soldier. And the thousands of soldiers of the Shuntian Zhang family under his command were completely lost in yesterday's battle, and some of the remaining ones were either captured or fled in all directions, and even he himself was not able to escape in time and became a prisoner. Fortunately, there was also a loyal old servant of the Zhang family by his side, who gave him the idea in time to take off the bright clothes and armor on his body and replace them with tattered clothes, shaved his beard, and wiped a handsome face with a dignified appearance. That's why he wasn't recognized as a general, mixed in the pile of prisoners. It's a pity that because he is too tall and handsome, he attracted Zhu Sijiu's attention.

"Zhang Jiu......" Zhu Sijiu nodded, "Well, it's good-looking, I don't want to have such a character among the Han'er in the North." He pointed to the old soldier again, "Follow me with him on your back!" ”

"Uh...... Promise! Listening to Zhu Sijiu's order, Zhang Hongfan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and the hatred in his heart - of course he hated his father Zhang Rou, why did he make himself so tall and handsome, and treat others as a hero wherever he goes. It's just a matter of letting people be heroes in Mongolian uncles, but now it's a bit of a disaster to be a prisoner and let people be heroes......

However, he didn't dare to disobey Zhu Sijiu's words, so he had to stubbornly carry his loyal servant on his back and obediently follow Zhu Sijiu. Now that he has even lost his weapons and armor, he is bare-handed, and his stomach is still growling with hunger, how can he beat Zhu Sijiu and others who are fully armed? And even if you can fight, you don't dare to do it, because there is an invincible Chen Dexing watching not far away!

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At this moment, in the Yangtze Bridge City, among Jia Yidao's temporary offices, there are already dozens of tables. The leaders of the garrison who followed Jia Rudao into the city were all drinking happily in the courtyard with a canopy. And Jia Yidao and several of his henchmen, such as Li Tingzhi and Liao Yingzhong, were just in the flower hall, accompanying Dong Songchen to toast.

After beating Dong Songchen at the gate of the city, the traitor did not show the eunuch his face again, and on the banquet, he even pushed the glass and changed the lamp, and he was happy. However, Dong Songchen still seemed restrained, just drinking shallowly and saying some good things about flowers. Jia Rudao looked like he let go of his arms, and the last Qionghualu in Yangzhou drank cup after cup as if it were white water.

As for the generals outside, they are even more arrogant, and the sound of laughter is almost about to overturn the roof! Jia Rudao raised his drunken eyes and said with a smile: "These soldiers are so ignorant of the rules!" Dong Chengxuan, Huaidi is not as good as Lin'an, if there is no such high-spirited warriors, it will not be able to resist the 100,000 troops of the northern captives. ”

Dong Songchen said with a smile: "It's not that the big staff is like a god!" ”

Jia Rudao laughed and patted the table: "If you use soldiers like gods, you must have soldiers available!" Why didn't Cheng Xuan go with him to see these red soldiers, and if there was anything pleasing to the eye, he would recommend it to the official family...... I heard that Ding Xianggong has been looking for young talents recently, so it is better for a certain family to echo one or two. ”

When Dong Songchen heard this, he was shocked, stared at Jia Ru with blank eyes, and said, "Da Shen, are you serious?" ”

Ding Daquan has indeed been looking for young talents recently—looking for them among the scholars who went to Lin'an to catch the exam. is quite a big right prime minister and privy envoy, and he doesn't do much business all day long, so he is busy looking for handsome guys, of course, not for himself, but for the princess of the princess who ascends to the country in the palm of the Song Dynasty, and he has to be a handsome guy with literary style.

Jia Rudao just laughed, nodded and said: "Dong Chengxuan, a certain family is the ambassador of Lianghuai to pacify, and he will have more than 100,000 soldiers, and he will do what he says, how can he be false?" ”

"But this martial artist is vulgar after all, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness won't ......like it" Dong Songchen frowned slightly, how could he not know what Jia Yidao meant, this is to recommend young talents in the army to stir up Ding Daquan's situation - of course, it is impossible for the princess to like a vulgar martial artist, but it is really insulting to let a champion Lang (Ding Daquan's bad idea, the princess is worthy of the champion) to compete with the martial artist.

Jia Rudao stroked his palms and laughed: "Your Highness likes thick or thin, how do you Dong Chenxuan know?" This is a good martial artist, dignified and dignified, and a good son who takes the head of the general above the battle array, how many good women in the world are not overwhelmed? ”