Qiu Yizhi walked through half of the military camp and walked towards his camp tent, and saw a person squatting at the door of the military tent from a distance, holding a branch in his hand and scratching something on the mud ground.

This Youyan army has always had strict military discipline, and no one has ever dared to be so presumptuous in front of the senior officers' tents, and Yizhi doesn't need to guess to know that this person must be Zhao Heizi who is waiting for him. So he stepped forward quickly and shouted: "Brother Zhao Hei, why are you here?" ”

This Zhao Heizi heard someone call him, skimmed the branch in his hand, stood up, looked far away in the direction of the sound, and saw a young officer walking towards him, only then did he recognize that he was Qiu Yizhi who he had been begging to see for many days, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, stepped forward, and looked at it for a long time before he sighed: "Little brother hasn't seen me for a few years, I didn't expect to be such a talent!" ”

Qiu Yizhi saw that Zhao Heizi hadn't seen him for a few years, and he had been honed into a very strong man, and the shoulders hanging on his body at will could no longer cover his strong muscles, but it was much darker than when he was separated, so he smiled and said: "In this Zhao family before, I saved you Zhao Hei's brother with the most straightforward temperament, but I didn't expect that he would flatter people now." ”

This Zhao Heizi scratched his head, and said with a little silly smile: "It's not what it used to be, the little brother was still starving in the broken temple at that time, and now he is the righteous son of the dignified Youyan King......"

"Where are you Brother Zhao Hei, I'm still me, you're still you, how can you say this life?" Yi Zhi let Zhao Heizi into the big tent as he spoke, and then said, "If Brother Zhao Hei listened to a word of persuasion and followed my father-in-law to Youyan, maybe he could also be a general!" ”

Zhao Heizi sighed and said, "At that time, I thought about it so much, the farmer, I just wanted to live on one acre and three points of land at home...... Not to mention taking care of the old lady and Old Man Zhao. ”

"Oh, by the way, how are Ling Tang and Old Man Zhao doing now?" Yizhi asked.

"Alas!" Zhao Heizi sighed heavily and said, "Don't mention it, it's so angry to say!" ”

"Don't worry, Brother Hei, sit down and talk slowly." As he spoke, he asked Zhao Heizi to sit down and poured him a glass of water himself.

This Zhao Heizi is also simple, took the water with a big grin, drank half a cup first, and said: "I have to start from the time when the prince of Youyan was in Henan for disaster relief...... At that time, didn't you and I pretend to be disaster victims and mix in the soup kitchen to investigate the case? I remember that I also arrested a few corrupt officials. You don't know, someone was already eyeing us at that time, if it weren't for those corrupt officials who were afraid of the prince, maybe they would have killed us at that time. Later, you and the prince went back to the north with the front foot, and the shameless ones ran to our Zhaojiadai with the back foot, and beat me half to death, and my wife dragged them and was kicked in the chest, and died in a few days. It's useless to report to the official, it's all about the protection of officials and officials, and it's too fat to wear a pair of pants. Old Man Zhao couldn't swallow it in one breath, so he died......" Zhao Heizi said this, his eyes were already full of tears.

Qiu Yizhi didn't expect that Henan officialdom would be so filthy, and the officials would be so obscene, and secretly determined that one day they would be in power and they would be killed! Thinking of this, a trace of murderous aura flashed in his eyes, and then he retracted and continued to ask, "What about later?" ”

"Later...... Of course, this land cannot be planted. Thinking that it was too much to go to the prince of Youyan in a desperate way, he simply followed a big brother in the village, fell into the grass, and robbed the house, but he was also happy. ”

"What! Brother Hei, are you also like entering the Tianzun Sect? Qiu Yizhi asked.

"Hahaha!" Zhao Heizi laughed heartily, "Little brother, where do you want to go, if I follow the Tianzun Sect, do you dare to come to you?" ”

Yi thought to himself: What's the matter? You are really a Tianzun bandit, and I can also keep you safe and sound. But he didn't say anything, got up and refilled the empty teacup for Zhao Heizi, and listened to him continue to speak.

"What I'm joining is just a group of ordinary bandits on Yunmeng Mountain, and the leading brother is called the Flower-Eyed Leopard."

"This bandit leader dares to call this name, he must be strong in martial arts and flexible in shape." Yizhi answered.

Zhao Heizi listened, grinned "hehe" and smiled: "This guy's martial arts are very loose, but when it comes to 'flowers', it is indeed quite flowery." I had only been up the mountain for a few days before I realized that he was a flower thief. I am a farmer, and I know that it is a sin of heaven to go up the mountains and fall into the grass, and it is a sin to spoil the women of a good family. I kindly persuaded him not to damage Yin Virtue, but he wanted to kill me, I was forced to be anxious, and I really had no choice, so I just competed with him. Speaking of which, this flowery-eyed leopard was really unbeaten, and I was killed in such a moment. The dragons on this mountain have no leader, and everyone sees that I have great strength, so they push me to be the leader. ”

Qiu Yizhi listened, patted his thigh and exclaimed: "I didn't expect Brother Zhao Hei to have this means." No wonder when he broke into the courtyard of the Zhao family, Brother Hei was fearless in the face of more than a dozen Zhuang Ding, it turned out that he was born heroic and heroic! ”

Zhao Heizi smiled honestly when he heard this, and said, "Little brother teasing me!" I am also a farmer, if you want to talk about heroes, I don't see anyone else in the world except for the prince of Youyan. ”

Yizhi didn't expect his father-in-law to have such a reputation among the people, so he changed his respectful look and said: "Brother Hei is right!" But he didn't dare to say another word to evaluate Zheng Rong's merits and talents.

Where did Zhao Heizi understand the taboo here, and continued: "I think about it too. Since the brothers on the mountain pushed me to be the eldest brother, I can't delay their future. Thinking that being a robber is not a long-term solution, you always have to ask for a background. I happened to hear that King Youyan sent his son to Henan to quell the rebellion, and I don't know if it was you, little brother, so I went down the mountain first to explore the truth. Unexpectedly, in this military camp, there is really a Royal Highness Prince Yi, who waited here for three days before he could see you. ”

Having said this, Zhao Heizi's thoughts, Qiu Yizhi already understood - to put it mildly, it was to find a way to recruit An, so he said: "What Brother Zhao Heizi said is not bad, after all, loyalty to the country is the journey." Now is the time to employ people, and my father-in-law also praised Brother Hei very much that day, knowing that you want to come to Youyan to serve, there is no reason to allow it! ”

Zhao Heizi was very excited when he heard this, and his face was suddenly full of smiles, and he said: "The brothers on my mountain said that although the salary of this Youyan army is high, I have never heard of recruiting bandits. Don't say it, it's still my little brother who is righteous! ”

Yizhi listened and said with a smile: "What they said is not bad. The military discipline of my Youyan army is very strict, and I hope that Brother Hei can restrain him with his heart, and when the time comes, I will violate the military discipline, and I will not say anything on my face, and it will be a pity to give my life in vain. ”

"It's nature, it's nature!"

Qiu Yizhi saw that Zhao Heizi agreed, and said: "It's just that there is an urgent military situation right now, and I hope that Brother Hei can come here within five days to surrender. ”

"Good. My cottage can go back and forth in four days, five days is enough! Zhao Heizi agreed.

Qiu Yizhi felt that he had already said too much, and he could no longer tell the plan and plan of the Youyan army to leave for return on the same day, so he asked Zhao Heizi to go back to the mountain to rectify the soldiers and horses that night. This matter is over, Qiu Yizhi is already exhausted, and he fell asleep with his clothes upside down.

When I woke up, it was already three o'clock in the morning, so I hurriedly washed and changed my clothes, and went to the Chinese army's tent to co-preside over the retreat with Wei Hu. As soon as he was halfway there, he met Zheng Miao and Cui Nan, who had just arrived.

It turned out that Zheng Miao was worried that something was wrong with his righteous brother, so he took three hundred elite soldiers to transport Tianzun's teaching books in a special car, and hurried to the base camp as soon as he stepped up. He was much more careful than Qiu Yizhi, and he saw Cui Nan and his party who had set off half a day earlier from a distance on the way, and after reporting the situation, the two armies merged into one army, and they arrived at the same time.

The three of them came to the big tent of the Chinese army together, but saw that Wei Hu was arranging the retreat to several junior officers who had only seen him in front of him and had not heard of his name. When the general in the tent saw the three people coming in, they all stood up and saluted, and after careful questioning, they learned that this Wei Hu had arranged for 3,000 soldiers and more than 10,000 prisoners in the rear camp to retreat to Youyan Road.

The three of Cui Nan, Zheng Miao and Qiu Yi, who are either old in handling military affairs, or extremely smart, did not even notice that the rear camp was making such a big move, and they all admired the organizational ability of General Wei Hu, who was really worthy of being known for his solid defense and leakage!

So the four of them discussed, and they all listened to Wei Hu's orders and quickly completed the matter. Wei Hu likes to give orders the most, so he is a hundred times more energetic and takes care of this work in every detail. The other three were not idle, patrolling from time to time to rectify military discipline and fill in the gaps.

In this way, on the fifth day, all the troops and prisoners were to be withdrawn to Youyan Road. In the army, since Cui Nanwei protected the generals, they were very happy to see that they had taken care of such a difficult errand, which was tantamount to winning a battle. The only reason for Qiu Yi is to wait for Zhao Heizi to come to surrender, and every day he waits will increase his anxiety, lest Zhao Heizi miss the time and have no chance to meet in the future.

Finally, at noon on the fifth day, Zhao Heizi led a group of ringing horses, about twenty or thirty people, and arrived as promised.

The place where they went was a great fortress. Among them, nearly 200,000 officers and prisoners were stationed and guarded, and tents were set up all over the mountains. Unexpectedly, within a few days, most of these countless military tents were removed, leaving less than ten tents that could be counted with his fingers, which made Zhao Heizi very surprised, and he dismounted and asked after a few words of greeting with Qiu Yizhi: "Little brother, where is this Youyan army?" If you want to fight, don't forget to let a few of our brothers take the lead! ”

Qiu Yizhi didn't answer, but asked, "Didn't Brother Hei say that he would be able to come back in four days?" Why did you arrive now? Let the little brother wait so anxiously. ”

Zhao Heizi sighed and said: "Time is urgent, I entered the cottage, and I only briefly explained a few words to the brothers, and I was going to burn the cottage with a fire and come over to join the army." But most of the brothers were reluctant to give up those belongings, and I couldn't be ruthless, so I only took these twenty-six henchmen to join the little brothers. ”

Qiu Yizhi's general followed Zhao Heizi's more than 20 people repeatedly looked at them several times, and saw that they were all strong, with big shoulders and round waists, all of them were strong soldiers. I thought: This person's proverb that gathers like and things are grouped is really good, and there is no one who has made friends with Zhao Heizi, who is cunning and cunning.

Because he had to wait for Zhao Heizi to vote, Qiu Yi's headquarters was actually the last to retreat in the camp, shouldering the heavy responsibility of breaking off. Fortunately, all the baggage and prisoners had been evacuated with the army, leaving only a few hundred elite soldiers. So Qiu Yi ordered all the troops to set out of camp and follow the brigade to the north.

With no baggage and no prisoners to drag them down, the group moved extremely quickly, and at dusk it was already on the Hutuo River. I saw that countless troops and prisoners were densely packed by the river, and several pontoon bridges had been erected on the Hutuo River, where the jade ribbon reflected the afterglow of the setting sun.

Passing through the pontoon bridge, it is Youyan Road. Qiu Yi's longitudinal horse stood on the dirt slope by the river, looked into the distance, and saw several familiar officers answering the soldiers and civilians crossing the river. Due to the orderly command, although the number of people who needed to cross the river was large, the operation was quite smooth, and half of the men and horses had already crossed the river.

It was June, and the cauliflower flood was imminent. At that time, the calm Hutuo River will turn into a raging wild horse, and no one can cross it on his back, and I wonder if Zheng Xin and Zheng Miao, who are hundreds of miles away, will be able to cross the river before the flood season arrives.