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The bamboo basket clattered to the ground, and the silver ingots rolled down from it.

In order to avoid the military disaster, the surrounding people either hid in the deep mountains and old forests, or fled to Shanxi and Henan, where to buy food?

Zhai Zhe's heart was surprisingly calm, he beckoned Xiao Zhiyan to come over, pointed to the city and asked, "An arrow, can it be hit?" ”

Xiao Zhiyan was stunned, and he didn't know where to put his hands.

"Can you hit it?" Zhai Zhe's eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire.

Xiao Zhiyan took off the bow, his right hand trembled slightly, and this arrow was the point of no return.

"No adults!" Liu Suifeng behind him urged him to take half a step forward, "It's not time yet!" Xiao Zhiyan's hand naturally stopped, and for the first time, he felt that Liu Suifeng was not so hateful.

When a few people were talking, Zhang Qiping at the head of the city saw that something was wrong, retracted his head, and refused to show it again.

"I know that there are people hiding in many mountains in the three prefectures of Jinan, and it should be no problem to collect some grain and grass from them in the name of the governor." Xiao Zhiyan seized the opportunity to speak, and his scouts traveled all over the land of southern Gyeonggi these days. Knowing that many people hid in the mountains to defend themselves, they should have stocked up a lot of rations.

Zhai Zhe calmed down, spat out a bad breath, and promised: "Take this silver away and give them some reward when they collect food for the people." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Zhiyan was afraid that Zhai Zhe would change his mind again.

Speaking so well, the sky in the east was already white, and the five thousand cavalry slowly retreated, Zhang Qiping dared to show his head at the head of the city, spit hard at the bottom of the city, and scolded: "People who are dying dare to be so arrogant!" He dared to stab Lu Xiangsheng behind him, of course, he relied on it. There is no one in the DPRK who does not want Lu Xiangsheng to be unlucky, and if he is to blame, he is unfortunate to wade into this pool of troubled waters.

Zhai Zhe sent light cavalry to deliver a letter to Lu Xiangsheng, and at the same time led the army to the southwest overnight.

Less than 50 miles west of Baoding is the Taihang Mountains, which run between Shanxi and the southern three provinces of Gyeonggi, and extend south to Henan. Over this mountain, the opposite side is Datong, if you get to Datong, are you afraid that there will be no grain and grass? But Zhai Zhe doesn't have that kung fu now.

The three prefectures of Jinan have been extended to the boundary of Shandong, which are all plains and have no danger to defend. In this kind of terrain, the foot soldiers could only rely on the terrain of river crossings if they wanted to engage the Qing prisoners, and he was secretly worried about Lu Xiangsheng.

The cavalry marched slowly south along the Taihang Mountains, narrowing the distance to Lu Xiangsheng's base camp. Zhai Zhe ordered Xiao Zhiyan and Feng Qin to lead the army into the mountains to find the people to collect grain and grass.

After the banner of the Tianxiong Army was flown out, it was really useful, and the people hiding in the mountains and forests no longer fled after seeing the officers and soldiers, and someone actually stepped forward to ask. Lu Xiangsheng was in charge of Gyeonggi South for ten years, and Chongzhen led the Tianxiong Army to Yunyang for seven years, and it has been exactly five years now. Five years later, Lu Gong's prestige was still resounding in the three prefectures of Jinan.

The fleeing people did not bring much food, and I heard that it was Lu Gong's generals, and they wanted to rescue Lu Gong in a hurry, and they could squeeze out more or less. There are many people hiding in the Taihang Mountains, and there are enthusiastic people who spread the news to the villages everywhere. One day later, the food sent filled the bellies of the soldiers and horses, and the people in the vicinity kept rushing over when they heard the news.

"If Lu Gong leads the army to retreat here, there will still be big things to do!" Zhai Zhe secretly sighed in his heart. But he knew that it was impossible for Lu Xiangsheng to make such a choice, because he had no escape, and those in high positions would also be involuntarily.

The Taihang Mountains are vast, and the people are very scattered, and it takes too long to collect enough food from the fleeing people to supply more than 10,000 troops. Zhai Zhe waited for two days, got the help of some famous villagers, and collected three or four thousand stones of rice millet in a scattered manner.

In the early morning of the third day, the scouts reported that the cavalry of the Qing army had divided into the Shanxi territory and withdrew and entered the Julu territory, just blocking his road to the Daimyo's mansion.

"No, we can't wait any longer!" Zhai Zhe knew that there were still people coming, but he really couldn't wait. The Xuan army was hungry for three or four days, and he was afraid that even the livestock and horses in the army should be slaughtered.

The cavalry went out overnight, driving the carts of mules and horses through the frozen snow.

Xiao Zhiyan and Che Feng's scouts were like ghosts, moving on the plains of the three prefectures of southern Jinan to investigate the military situation. In the afternoon of the next day, the scout came to report: "Your Excellency, Governor Lu led the army to retreat to Julu, and the prison army led the Guanning Iron Cavalry to enter Jize yesterday. ”

"Does the Governor know that the Qing Prisoner is in Julu?" Zhai Zhe couldn't wait to put his wings and send food to Lu Gong's army.

"You should know!" The scout replied less affirmatively.

"Speed up the march, and be sure to reach the giant deer early tomorrow morning!" Zhai Zhe gritted his teeth.

If only the cavalry march would have been able to reach Julu to-night, but with these carts full of grain, the degree would have been reduced by more than half. The road was slippery in snowy days, and the soldiers had to often dismount and push the cart forward, but fortunately, they had enough food and strength to work.

"With this food, I can survive for seven or eight days if I save a little food, and when I see Lu Gong again, I will persuade him to go to Taihang Mountain no matter what, and rely on those people, maybe he will be able to survive the difficulties!"

In front of Zhai Zhe was a misty snowfield, as if he had faced the mountains of Helinger when he was alone in the city. The events of these two months were like a dream, and he vaguely remembered that he was eating hot pot with Fan Yi and Ulan at home, and somehow he was in such a situation.

The night is deep and the wind is cold.

The soldiers who walked the snowfield were stiff and numb, and they moved forward according to their habits. In less than midnight, the chariot who was exploring the road in front of him returned and announced: "My lord, I have caught two fugitives from Xuanda Town!" ”

"Bring it here!"

A moment later, two cowering men were pushed in front of Zhai Zhe's horse.

"What town are you from?"

The two fugitives glanced at each other and said boldly: "Lord Qiyu, we are under the command of General Yang of Xuanzhen. ”

"Why did you flee from the army without permission! Didn't you know that it was a capital offense? Zhai Zhe waved his hand, and the soldiers escorted behind him drew their long knives.

"There is no food in the army, and if you don't escape, you will starve to death, so your lord will take our lives!" The two soldiers kowtowed like pounded garlic.

"It's like you, do you still need to fight this battle?" Zhai Zhe made a slashing gesture. If he does not be ruthless, once this wind spreads in the army, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"My lord, not only did we escape, most of the soldiers of Xuanfu and Datong fled, and there was no food in the army, and the governor acquiesced!"

The two soldiers were still pleading for mercy, Zhai Zhe nodded violently, and the escorted soldier's long knife was swung down, and the two bloody heads fell to the ground.

The red horse let out a low cry and took a half step back, as if afraid that blood would stain its fur. Maybe in normal times, Zhai Zhe could surround their lives, but at this moment, his heart was full of anger that he had never felt before, and he was entangled by a sense of powerlessness that he had the intention to kill the thief and was powerless to return to the sky.

"Flee the battle!" Zhai Zhe's voice was full of emotion, and he crossed the two corpses for about ten steps, and then he turned back and lowered his voice and said, "Find a sunny place and bury them!" ”

The marching cavalry was even more silent.

In the middle of the night, a war horse ran wildly in the snowfield, and Xiao Zhiyan had not been so anxious for a long time. The black horse under his crotch was specially selected by Zhai Zhe from the good horses in Mobei, with black hair all over his body, only four hooves with white hair, and a name called Wuyun Gaixue, which is also a good horse for thousands of miles, no worse than Zhai Zhe's jujube red horse.

From the time he heard those explosions, the horse didn't even have room to stop and catch his breath, and he couldn't understand what urgent matter his owner, who usually loved him, was encountering today.

"Report!" Seeing the cavalry brigade marching not far in front of him, Xiao Zhiyan greeted him with a loud voice.

"Report!" Xiao Zhiyan gasped and galloped in the opposite direction along the cavalry.

"Report!" Xiao Zhiyan shook his body and stood in front of Zhai Zhe.

It must not be a trivial matter for a person like him who is a skilled rider to run to such a journey. Zhai Zhe stopped his horse and stretched out his hand to signal him to calm down.

"A hundred miles to the south, the Qing captives are besieging the soldiers and horses of Xuanda Town." Xiao Zhiyan hugged the horse's neck.

"Did you see that?" Zhai Zhe was calmer than Xiao Zhiyan imagined.

"I can't see it in the middle of the night, but I hear the sound of cannons, and the sound of firearms in the Ming army is like a cannon."

"A hundred miles to the south!" Zhai Zhe listened carefully, as if there was indeed some sound coming, and it seemed that there was only the sound of the whirring wind, he believed the news of Xiao Zhiyan, and ordered: "The whole army is resting and preparing to fight!" ”

"Prepare for battle!" The commanders rushed to the departments with the command flag in hand.

The soldiers threw away the grain carts, turned over their horses, and straightened their armor, bows and arrows, birds, and other equipment.

"Ordered the light horsemen to concentrate and hurry south."

In less than two quarters of an hour, five thousand cavalry followed Xiao Zhiyan as if they were about to pierce the night, and rushed in the direction of the giant deer. Because the battle was about to be engaged, Zhai Zhe did not dare to let the cavalry gallop at full strength, so as not to consume too much body. After walking forward for less than an hour, a slight roar finally came from Zhai Zhe's ears.

"Speed! Scouts find out the movements of the Qing captives! He was a little anxious, from Xiao Zhiyan came back to report the news, to when they arrived at the battlefield, at least two or three hours passed, and I don't know how many people and horses were besieging Lu Gong.

Cavalry Liuti.

When the sky was slightly bright, the front army vaguely saw a column of nearly 100 cavalry walking towards them. Zuo Ruo led the army to outflank him, and the people from the opposite side shouted loudly: "Is it Deputy General Zhai who is coming?" ”

When I got closer, I saw that it was the general soldier of Datong, Hu Dawei, whose helmet had been thrown away, with blood stains on his armor, and the people behind him were wolf-like.

Zhai Zhe, who rushed to hear the news, saw Hu Dawei like this, and secretly screamed in his heart, and asked, "Chief Tiger, what's going on?" ”

"Last night, the army was attacked by the Qing captives in Jiazhuang!" Hu Dawei sighed, "The army has been out of food for three days, except for Lu Gong Tianxiong's army to supervise the camp, half of the soldiers of Xuanfu and Datong Town have fled, the army's heart is in chaos, and the enemy can't resist it, I broke through!" ”

"Where's your lord?" Zhai Zhe held the handle of the knife in his right hand.

"Your Excellency is still in Jiazhuang!"

"You!" Zhai Zhe glared angrily.

Hu Dawei felt Zhai Zhe's strange eyes, and said indignantly: "Don't look at me like this, I and General Yang want to protect the adults to break through, but the adults are dead or alive, and I and Yang General Soldiers have no choice but to part ways to break through." ”

"How many people are there?"

"I can't see clearly in the dark night, there should be more than 10,000 riders, and Jiazhuang is surrounded by water."

"The Guanning cavalry is in Jize, if you can come to the rescue, of course you will disperse the Qing captives!" Zhai Zhe had the idea of using a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

"My lord sent someone to escort Director Yang of the Ministry of War to Jize for help last night, but there has been no news." Hu Dawei smiled bitterly, "My lord changed into a soldier's clothes, but I am afraid that I will have the heart to die." ”

"I'm going to get the adults out!" Zhai Zhe's heart was surprisingly calm, and he didn't need to think about it at all to make this decision.

Liu Suifeng pulled his sleeve behind him, and Zhai Zhe didn't look back.

"The army has been without food for nearly four days, and the soldiers are powerless to fight, the Tianxiong army only relies on one breath to support, and Deputy General Zhai only has 5,000 cavalry!" Hu Dawei escaped from Lu Xiangsheng's army, knew the situation in Jiazhuang, and kindly gave advice. He is the general of Datong, and Zhai Zhe is the deputy general of Datong, but he has no binding force on Zhai Zhe.

"Your Excellency!" Zuo Ruo, who had been silent on the side, suddenly interjected: "The soldiers are tired from running around all night, even if they want to save the Governor, they need to rest and fight again, and it is unknown whether Ji Ze's Guan Ning Army can come to the rescue." ”

The sound of explosions was intermittent in the distance.

"Can you wait for me for a moment?" Zhai Zhe bowed his hand towards the tiger's might, turned his head and ordered, "Gather all the generals here!" "He can't wait for Guan Ningjun.

A moment later, Xiao Zhiyan, Feng Qin, Che Feng, Meng Kang and others rushed over, and Hu Dawei and others waited four or five hundred steps away.

"I'm going to save the Governor!" Zhai Zhe drew his dark waist knife and slashed it in the snow.

"Xiao Zhiyan, Che Feng, you lead the cavalry of the headquarters without entering the village, harass around the surroundings, attract the Qing captives to pursue, and retreat in the direction of Zhending Mansion after I break through!"

"I will ask the Tiger General for a guide, and after you attract the attention of the Qing Prisoner, you will still have Meng Kang take the lead!" Zhai Zhe fiercely inserted the waist knife into the thick ice and said, "Don't care what happens behind you, just rush into Jia Zhuang in one breath." "This waist knife was a little heavy when he first started, and he slowly got used to it after a long time.

"I led the Chinese army on the left flank behind Meng Kang, and the left Ruobu on the right flank behind Meng Kang.

"After rushing out of Jiazhuang, break through in the direction of Zhending, there are many mountains over there, and you can escape the encirclement of the Qing captives!"

waited until Zhai Zhe finished speaking, Liu Suifeng shouted: "My lord! ”

Zhai Zhe turned his head, Liu Suifeng stared at him with his eyes, and shook his head slightly.

"What can the adults do if they rescue Lu Gong, even if His Majesty values his past merits, he will inevitably dismiss his official position and return to his hometown. If the adult saves him, he will put himself in the position of the target of the public, and the next governor of Xuanda will be the Chen Xinjia. Don't adults think about themselves? Liu Suifeng can always uncover the answer that Zhai Zhe deliberately hides in the depths of his heart. It's not that he can't think of it, he just doesn't want to think about it.

Zhai Zhe looked around at the generals, Xiao Zhiyan's eyes were looking forward to it, he was as calm as water every time, and Che Feng, Zuo Ruo and Meng Kang's eyes were all dodging.

"You guys?" Zhai Zhe pulled the waist knife from the ice in front of him, and the atmosphere between the several people instantly froze.

"The little brother said to save it, we all listen to the little brother!" Seeing that Zhai Zhe was angry, Meng Kang stretched out his head and roared, and Che Feng hurriedly followed behind and nodded.

Zuo Ruo suddenly walked up to Zhai Zhe and knelt down on one knee, arched his hand, and said, "My lord, I have been following you for eight years. For eight years, adults can protect the Han people outside the Saiwai, resist the Qing captives in the Ming Dynasty, overcome obstacles in the state of danger, and do not lose the heart of the benevolent, and there is no one in my heart who can compare to the adults. ”

"I know that Duke Lu is kind to adults, but this Ming is really hopeless, it is only pulling more people to die for it." Zuo Ruo's voice became louder and louder, "These five thousand cavalry are the family of adults!" ”

"Not for Daming, only for Lu Gong!" Zhai Zhe looked down at Zuo Ruo, and was able to say such a thing in front of him under his knife, which made him reacquaint himself with this person.

"Duke Lu is dead, his heart is dead!" Zuo Ruo knelt on the ground.

"If I don't save Lu Gong, what's the difference between me and Zhang Qiping in Baoding City!" Zhai Zhe sneered, he relaxed his nerves and exhaled, and said slowly: "You don't understand, I saved Lu Gong, not for Daming, not for Lu Gong, but actually for myself." Today, if I let Lu Gong die in front of my eyes and don't stretch out my hand, even if I sit in the Jinluan Hall one day, I will not be happy. ”

This sentence was very contrary, but none of the few people standing around were surprised, including Xiao Zhiyan.

"You want me to be a hero!" Zhai Zhe stretched out his hand and grabbed Zuo Ruo's shoulder and said, "Maybe I will, maybe I won't, but I am Zhai Zhe." ”

Zuo Ruo gritted his teeth and touched the ground with his forehead, "I am willing to follow the Lord to the death!" "If a Zhai Zhe who only has interests and no feelings in his eyes, I am afraid that he will not be worthy of his allegiance, otherwise he would have followed Zhang Xianzhong into the Central Plains. Eight years, he occasionally wonders why Zhai Zhe's every choice is not so perfect in his heart, and he is more and more identified with the person in front of him.

"Rescue Lu Gong, I don't owe this era!" Zhai Zhe thought silently in his heart, returned the knife to the sheath, and pulled Zuo Ruo up from the ground with his right hand.

"The army rests and will be out in two quarters of an hour!"

"Yes!" The generals spoke in unison, each left, and stood aside, Liu Suifeng bit his lip tightly and did not speak again.

Hu Dawei watched from afar that there seemed to be a fierce conflict between Zhai Zhe and several generals, and finally saw him walking towards him with a grim face.

"Chief Tiger, I decided to save the Governor, can I borrow you a few soldiers who are familiar with the terrain!"

"Are you really going?" Hu Dawei hesitated for a while, but finally reason prevailed over emotion, and he arched his hand and said: "I'm waiting for you to come back in Baoding, no matter what the result is, Brother Zhai, you are the person I deserve Hu Dawei's respect!" ”

He summoned his own soldiers and said, "Zhao Jin, you take a few people to lead the way for Vice General Zhai!" "He just came back from Jiazhuang's hard work, and he really didn't have the courage to turn back.

"Yes!" A sturdy soldier stepped out from behind Hu Dawei, carrying a long, thick-backed knife and neat armor.

"If you have the chance, Datong goodbye!" Zhai Zhe took his leave and left with Zhao Jin and the other seven people. Baoding, I'm afraid he won't go to that place.

Hu Dawei led the remnants of the army all the way north, and the cavalry of Zhai Zhebu, who had rested for a short time, wiped the treasure knife that wiped off the dust, so that Zhao Jin and others, who had just joined the army, secretly smacked their tongues.

"Light Cavalry Attack!" The battle flag waved, and Xiao Zhiyan and Che Feng's light cavalry gradually turned into a black dot in the snowfield.

The cavalry of the brigade walked slowly first, and when they saw the cavalry chasing in the distance, Xiao Zhiyan and Che Feng were like teasing the angry bull. Zhao Jin pointed to the two armies fighting across a river and said, "That's the Artemisia Bridge, where the Governor is surrounded. ”

"Lu Gong, wait for me!" Zhai Zhe drew his sword and shouted, and the galloping war horse "Zhai" word flag hunted in the wind. He didn't know that it was the White Banner Cavalry of the Duoduo Department on the other side.

"Kill!" Meng Kang raised his shield and axe, taking the lead.