Chapter 362: Return to the North (2) 4
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Sitting on the boat heading north, Song Qing has always been very depressed, even if he has successfully realized his mistakes, but some things are irreparable, he is confident that he will kill back to Huai'an Mansion or Pizhou, even if the other party has been chasing and intercepting him on the road, he is also confident that he can kill back, but when he arrives in Pizhou, how many people can be left around him, it is not good to say, Luo Xiaobei and Ding Kui and the like are okay, and he is really not sure that the others will be brought back.
This time with him is the elite of the dog battalion, since it is the elite, of course, he will take more care of the commander, more contact, the relationship will naturally become deeper, think about these people are happy when they come out with him, who would have thought that they could encounter this kind of thing, if they were more cautious at that time and brought more people out, it is estimated that the other party would not be so bold to dare to play this hand, even if he learned on the way that Steward Yang was going to deal with himself, at that time he sent someone to mobilize reinforcements, it is estimated that he should meet in Nanjing, It will definitely not be as embarrassed as it is now, you must know that this kind of embarrassment is not only experienced by his subordinates, but also by himself.
For him who dared to attack the Huang Taiji army array under the city of Beijing and the Daling River in Liaodong, and finally forced the other party away twice, and experienced countless big battles, it was a great shame to be chased by the other party like a lost dog in a place like Nanjing, which originally felt no threat!
Revenge is definitely to be avenged, but even if he succeeds in revenge in the future, and even cut off the head of this surnamed Yang as a ball, his brothers will not be able to survive anymore, if these people die on the battlefield against Houjin, although he feels sad, but he will definitely not feel sorry, but now he should have died heroically, or become a meritorious soldier. But dying in this kind of place similar to the vendetta of the rivers and lakes, he will only feel extremely pity, as if he took the jade to touch those sharp stubborn stones, no matter what the stubborn stones shattered into, the value of the beautiful jade could not be reflected, because it was not worth doing this at all, it was completely tyrannical, and he couldn't accept all this indifferently anyway.
As his thoughts turned, Ding Kui walked over and said softly, "Zhilu Dao, you feel uncomfortable in your heart. But there is no way, it is the other party who wants to deal with us, you have done a good job, if I come to bring this trip, maybe we will have died in Nanjing City, anyway, we have already got on the boat, and we will talk about it after everything returns to Xuzhou. ”
"It's not that easy, since the other party can use such a large amount of force, it is planned not to destroy us. Otherwise, after suffering such a big loss, he should also think about how I would respond, and it will definitely be a bloody storm at that time, no matter how powerful he is in charge. I can't fight even if I am a general with the troops, although I can talk to him in the end, and let the Duke of Wei come forward to settle the matter, but there will definitely be a lot of blood. I don't think he wants to do that, so getting rid of us on the road is the best way for him to do it. The one surnamed Yang is ruthless enough, and he can mobilize so many people to deal with us at the same time, and when I return to Xuzhou, I will definitely pay it back a hundred times! ”
Song Qing vented for a while, looked at Ding Kui, whose face was still calm, and suddenly smiled: "Don't worry, I am panicking in my heart, but my brain is not broken, I will definitely find a way to go back, but sometimes there is a lack of someone who can discuss things, that is, you can still vent and vent here with your brother, otherwise I have to endure it, the bigger my official does, the more I can't tell others about many things, I can only hold it in my heart, and now I will say a few words to you, and my heart will be much brighter." ”
"Then tell me if you have something in the future, although I can't help you with anything, but I can listen calmly, I also know that you are getting bigger and bigger now, except for the old brothers who followed at the beginning, everyone else is actually afraid of you sometimes, and you really don't have anyone who can speak."
Song Qing nodded and said: "It's good to know the way, when the boat stops, don't follow me, don't die in Yangzhou, otherwise I won't have a friend who can tell you in the future, and you don't have to say that you can't help me, the system you wrote last time is good, I have changed it after reading it, and when this time the matter is over, I will show it to you, our dog camp can't be the only one to carry it, there must be a system, so that in the future, even if I don't lead the troops, I can rest assured that I can sleep well at home." ”
Ding Kui didn't hear the content of the rest too clearly, but he heard the sentence Don't die in Yangzhou before, his face suddenly changed a few times, and he asked Song Qingdao in disbelief: "I said Brother Qing, don't tell me that you plan to go ashore at Yangzhou Ferry, you are looking for death?" Isn't it good to take a boat to get there? ”
"Of course it's good to take a boat, if it works, I want to do that, but the problem is no, if the other party transfers some water bandits or even sailors over, our boat can't resist at all, people will set you off with a shot, and then directly treat you as a water bandit, and we won't be able to file a lawsuit when we go to Lord Yama." Song Qing was halfway through his words, seeing that Ding Kui seemed to be a little disbelieving, he analyzed one by one: "You have also seen how many people that Yang Steward can mobilize, whether it is those Jianghu people and bandits, many of those who are chased out first are officers and soldiers, and if he can mobilize officers and soldiers, he can mobilize the water division, but it really can't cost money, Yangzhou can also be regarded as the jurisdiction of Nanzhili, you said that if those water divisions take the silver, will they sell the face of the steward of the Wei State Mansion?" This is not counting those water bandits who may follow together, if we keep taking a boat, we guarantee that we will not be able to return to Huai'an alive, and we can't even take a boat in Huai'an Mansion, and when we wait for reinforcements, we will go directly to Pizhou by land, and our strongest place is still on the ground. ”
Ding Kui stopped talking, because Song Qing's analysis was very reasonable, their strongest place was indeed on land, if they were in the water, they really encountered any bribed sailors or water bandits, these more than 20 people couldn't resist at all, but they went into the mountains and forests by land, and then ran to Huai'an unconsciously, this is the safest way, but if this happens, it will take a lot of time, and I don't know how many people in Lu Dao will die on the way back.
It's just that there is no way, if Song Qing's analysis is correct, this is their only way, and he once racked his brains to find out the mistakes in Song Qing's analysis, but in the end he found that it was unlikely, that Yang Steward was only afraid that it would really be blocked by land and water, and the chances of winning by land were greater than those by land and water anyway.
"Zhilu Dao, I'll tell them!" Ding Kui's tone was a little serious. But he couldn't see half of his timidity, but laughed a little hideously, and said to Song Qing: "If Lao Tzu doesn't die this time, then he must make a fortune, and half of the family property surnamed Yang must belong to me!" ”
"No problem, I promise to give it to you, if there are any daughters in his family that you can fancy, they will all belong to you!" Song Qing also replied with a smile, as if he didn't pay attention to the difficulties and dangers in front of him, and had already figured out how to retaliate against the other party in the future. The somewhat sinking pride also returned to his chest.
When he arrived in Jiangdu, Song Qing had completely returned to normal, he did not rush off the boat, but first opened the curtain, peeked outside, and saw that there was indeed an ambush at the ferry, and he was also holding a knife, the other party had obviously occupied this place, and he was not in a hurry. Continue to stay on the boat to rest until the sky gradually darkens, and the people outside are no longer very serious about patrolling, and then they take people off the ship in batches. After changing his disguise, he secretly entered Yangzhou City, and then found a place to eat.
There is no way, these people are too eye-catching, and the other party must have already explained their specific appearance and number. Therefore, it is best to temporarily separate in the city, but fortunately, everyone is not too far away, if something happens on either side. The others will be able to arrive soon, and the other party probably didn't notice that they had entered Yangzhou City at this time, so there is nothing to worry about, just need to be careful when you go out of the city tomorrow, and tonight is a good time to rest and relieve the previous fatigue.
They are indeed very tired, riding horses along the way, not to mention the most difficult ferry battles, and even including taking a boat is a very tiring thing, because you don't want to rest well on the boat, this is not a luxury passenger ship after all, plus always worried that you will be attacked by the enemy, surrounded by body and mind, exhaustion can be imagined.
Fortunately, everyone has been in the army for a long time, plus they are very young, and their recovery ability is very strong, they slept after eating, and they almost recovered at dawn the next day, Song Qing took Zhao Manxiong, who needed to be protected the most, and several other subordinates took the lead in setting off, and went directly from the north gate of Yangzhou City, and then several other groups also left in turn, and regathered in a broken temple in the north of the city. I never expected to fall into such a situation on the way back, but fortunately, there were horse sellers in Yangzhou City, and Song Qing was not short of money, so he bought more than 20 horses to travel and continued to travel to the destination.
Who knew that Lu Dao had just left, and a group of soldiers and horses appeared in front of him, although he was dressed like a person from the rivers and lakes, but with some discipline, outsiders may not be able to see it, Song Qing was a man in the army, and he could see at a glance that this was an officer and soldier, just about to observe carefully, but the other party seemed to have determined their identity, and the leader had already drawn his knife, and shouted: "It's them, all of them are killed for me, one hundred taels of silver for one head, five hundred taels of silver for the leader of the big man, brothers kill me with me!" ”
"Damn, grandpa is worth five hundred taels?" Song Qing's temper suddenly attacked, his feet clamped the horse's belly, and he had already waved his knife and rushed out of the gang, and he stared at the big man who shouted, and rushed to the front with enough strength to make a knife, the big man didn't expect the other party to be so ruthless, and wanted to parry, but in the end he chose to retreat, and his body was short to avoid the past, who knew that just after Song Qing's pass, Ding Kui followed closely behind, and with a wave of the saber in his hand, the big man didn't even shout, and blood had burst out of his neck.
On the way back from this trip, in addition to the convenience of eating and sleeping, everyone was left to copy the guy and kill people, so he had already adapted to this mode, especially when he saw that there were not too many enemies blocking the road, only more than 50 people, where could he still hold it, and the strength he had saved after recuperating his strength burst out almost instantly, all of which smashed into the group of people in front of him, and in a blink of an eye, it gathered into a murderous aura, rippling in the air with the wind, intercepting the lives of those who stood in the way everywhere, and it did not disperse for a long time.
After a cup of tea, Song Qing and the others successfully broke away from the battlefield, paid the price of two injuries, and killed all fifty or so enemies on the spot, the early morning path, which was originally peaceful, has become a bloody Shura field, but Song Qing didn't care about this scene at all, whistled to everyone, rode his horse straight to the north mountain, condescendingly bird's-eye view of the surroundings, and found that there should be no problem, so he continued to move forward, but after being blocked once, everyone was obviously careful, After all, Yangzhou has proved with practical actions that it is not a safe place, and it is better to walk here with more heart, after all, there is still a distance from Huai'an, and it is not so easy to go back.
But I don't know if the other party has also lost their traces, for more than a day in a row, they actually didn't encounter any enemies, all the way was very smooth, Song Qing also maintained absolute vigilance at the beginning, as long as there are many people, they usually avoid it, and choose to walk on those inaccessible mountain roads, but after a long time, they slowly began to try to pass through those crowded places, after all, those places are closer, there is no problem with reconnaissance in advance, and you can also go over.
Walking and walking, the team has almost arrived in Gaoyou, everyone found a broken temple to sleep, the next morning when they got up, the weather was slightly cold, the spies who had been sent to inquire about the news and get food earlier, Pegasus, ran over, and shouted from afar: "The general is leaving, there are no less than 300 people on the opposite side, and they have chased over!" ”
"Where are so many people?" Song Qing was a little shocked at that time, no wonder no one has come over in the past two days, it turned out that they all ran together, these three hundred people are not something that more than 20 of them can deal with, and the concept of encountering fifty or sixty people is completely different, and they don't care where the other party came from, and why they found their traces, immediately beckoned people to get on their horses, and went straight to the fork in the east, just a few steps away, the cavalry team of more than 300 people had already caught up, and in a blink of an eye, it was outflanking.
The people of this horse team are obviously very experienced, and they immediately dispersed after rushing over, trying to surround them and others from the left and right sides, and the horses on their side are just ordinary breeds bought on the side of the road, and they just ran for a while, so they were not covered in front of them, but the situation is obviously very unfavorable, Song Qing regretted it somewhat in his heart, if there were a few archers among them, I am afraid that these people would not dare to be so presumptuous, but now I am afraid that the only one who can rely on is the little wolf dog, and the rest can only follow. (To be continued......)