Chapter 90: The Horse Team
Immediately afterwards, a herdsman kindly said to Zhang Biwu and the others: "Three guests, you know at a glance, you know that you are a good person, you should be careful!" It's not easy for you to do business, if you accidentally let the Qing army catch you, but you will be cut off your head! Let's see if you can find a good way to get out of here! Money is an external thing, the important thing is to save your life! ”
Zhang Biwu took out the document from his arms and said, "This is the document approved by the Qing Dynasty, which allows us to engage in business!" How can I ...... now?"
"Alas!" The herdsman sighed and said, "If it were normal, it would be fine for you to hold the papers, but now that the war is in chaos, what is the use?" ”
Zhang Biwu also sighed, and said embarrassedly: "But if we want to go back to our homeland in the south, we won't be able to go back!" Now that the Qing army is fighting with Khalkha, we must go to a place full of war, and we can't save our lives! I also hope that the eldest brother will give us some advice, how can we return to our homeland safely after the military disaster! ”
The herdsman said: "Thirty miles northeast of here, there is a mountain, you can take refuge in this mountain for the time being, although the prairie is vast, but there are very few mountains thirty miles away, if you don't go there to hide, there is really no other place!" ”
As soon as Zhang Biwu arched his hand, he said, "Okay! Brother Xie Lu, Brother Xie, let's go there! As soon as Zhang Biwu finished speaking, he was a pioneer horse.
Chen Tangong saw Zhang Biwu's preoccupied appearance before, and now he looked at Zhang Biwu's unhappy face, he looked ahead, but his hand holding the reins was clenched tightly, and even sometimes it looked like he was about to rein in the horse.
Not only Chen Tangong saw Zhang Biwu's abnormality, but even Huang Qi also saw it, and the two looked at each other.
Both of them were thinking: "Did Zhang Biwu find something wrong?" Zhang Biwu thinks that our trip is too smooth! But because of the pursuit of the Qing soldiers and the Mongols, they thought that they had to intercept Concubine Zhuang first no matter what. We'll be in Horqin! But now that he doesn't have the determined expression he had yesterday, could it be that he has thought of something? What was found? ”
"Or did we really fall into the trap that the Tartars had set for us? But for what, Zhang Biwu knew that it was a trap, and he still wanted to drill into the trap? What was on his mind? ”
Chen Tangong and Huang Qi stared at Zhang Biwu, Zhang Biwu's face was uncertain, maybe even Zhang Biwu himself may not be able to see things thoroughly, and he may not be able to have confidence!
Huang Qi understood that when Zhang Biwu was not sure, he would not say it, and he did not mean to hide it. It's just that Huang Qi recognized this reason, no matter what, he followed Zhang Biwu!
Soon, they were in the mountains, where they took refuge for a while, waiting for the Manchu cavalry to pass and they would come out.
After a day here, suddenly a caravan of horses came to the mountain, which was not very large, and it was difficult to hide. However, they saw clearly that this horse team was not Qing soldiers, but Mongols.
The team quickly moved into the mountains, and the number of people who came was not very large, only twelve in all.
When this horse team entered the mountains to take refuge, they saw a team composed of Qing cavalry and Mongolian cavalry coming, as if they were searching for the vicinity, and when they saw a mountain here, they would not go into the mountain to search, and they all left at once.
Chen Tangong said: "Who is this horse team? Is it a horse thief? But it doesn't look like a horse thief! Is it Mongolian, friend or foe? Why did they flash into the mountains? Will we intertwine with them? Should I continue to hide? Huang Qi set his eyes on Zhang Biwu.
Zhang Biwu's mind was spinning rapidly, and he had many judgments about the situation in front of him, but his heart suddenly opened up! As long as the result is in his judgment, then he can make a rough judgment about the future trend of the situation, and he knows how to go next.
"Who's there!" A shout! Unfortunately, Zhang Biwu and the others were discovered by the people of this horse team.
Chen Tangong and Huang Qi were both ready for battle, and their swords were drawn out of their sheaths. Zhang Biwu looked at the shouting people, his mind was flying: "If my guess is correct, although these horse teams are enemies, they will not harm us!" The enemy doesn't want to harm us, and if we did, we'd be dead! I'll take a gamble! ”
Zhang Biwu smiled and said, "Okay! Let's get out of here! Meet our friends! I also want to prove one thing! How we go next depends on how these twelve people help us show us! Chen Tangong and Huang Qidi glanced at each other, and then without saying anything, they followed Zhang Biwu away.
Zhang Biwu was taken to the road of the horse team, and the leader looked at Zhang Biwu and said, "Han? ”
Zhang Biwu replied with a smile: "Yes! We merchants from the Ming Dynasty! Come to the fur and horse and sheep business! The chief laughed and said, "You are lying, if you go so far to Korqin?" And now is the time for war! Not afraid of losing your head? ”
Zhang Biwu replied quickly: "I'm afraid I won't dare to do this kind of business!" You say, if you were afraid of losing your head, would you still do this kind of business here that requires money and death? Only a business that loses its head will be hugely profitable! People die for money, birds die for food, this is also a helpless thing! ”
"Oh!" The leader was surprised and asked, "You are going to do a big business that will lose your heads, I don't know what the big business of your Han people is?" I know that you Han people are very good at doing business! ”
Zhang Biwu also smiled and said, "Aren't you Mongolians also doing business?" I think you should be Khalkha Mongols. I don't know if it's the Chechen Khan? Or Tushetu Khan or Zasaktu Khan. It is possible that it is a combination of three parts! ”
The leader applauded and said, "Good eyesight! Could you be from the Ming Army? Zhang Biwu looked at Chen Tangong and said, "General Chen, let them see our proof!" ”
Chen Tangong took out the waist card that was hidden, and when the leader saw it, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Great! My name is Hassanbu! It is the three Khalkha departments, and now the Huang Taiji is attacking our three departments, we heard that the most favored concubine of the Huang Taiji is going back to Khalkha, we just want to do a business without capital, and invite Concubine Zhuang to our Khalkha three departments to be a guest. ”
Zhang Biwu smiled and said, "Ha Lu Ha! If you hurt Concubine Zhuang, I think not only Huang Taiji will not let you go, but even Dolgon will want to harm you! Then your situation will be even more difficult! This hostage will be a hot mountain when the time comes, and it will be difficult to let go, and it will be difficult not to let go! I'm afraid that if I die with you, then you will be miserable! ”