Chapter 177: Each has a ghost
Brother Cha crossed the Quye River, hurriedly gathered his own pro-army, cut the rope bridge, and galloped westward overnight, wanting to get rid of the pursuit of the Song army as soon as possible, but this was just his wishful thinking, less than ten miles, the front army just passed, and killed a group of Song army ambush soldiers from the sloping valley, no need to look at the outfit, just listen to the sound of the gun to know that it is a loyal army-book_bar ()
Ever since they crossed the Quno River, this army had become their nightmare, entangled like maggots on tarsal bones. Brother Cha was determined to be in a hurry and didn't want to entangle, but people blocked the road and didn't let him pass, so he could only send iron harriers of less than 1,000 people to resist again. At this time, the iron harrier has not unsaddled the horse, and the people have been fighting for two hours, and the people and horses have been extremely tired, but now in this case, they can't rest at all, and they have basically run away, but this thing is famous, and it has always been the key target of the Song army, and Brother Cha expected that the Song army would be attracted to it, so he simply learned 'gecko tail breaking', and left it for the Song army as a toy, and he could also throw off this heavy burden and escape lightly.
With the fall of the Iron Harrier, he once again exchanged for the life of Brother Cha, he looked back, the army of 90,000 when he sent out the army was mighty, winding for more than ten miles, but now he can't see the end, but that is because it is dark, "70,000 people, there are only so many more than 3,000 people left!" Just as he was lamenting the impermanence of the world, he suddenly sat down and stumbled and almost threw him off his horse.
"Lord Wang, you're fine, right? If only the sun was still there! The guards beside Brother Cha hurriedly grabbed the reins of the horse and asked.
"It's okay!" Chago jumped off the horse and patted the horse's back, the horse's body was shivering nervously, and the horse's hair was already soaked. Whirring and panting, "Ma is too tired, let's take a rest!" He threw the reins of his horse to his soldiers and said, but there was a faint pain in his heart. Although his own BMW can't travel thousands of miles a day, it won't be tired like this after only running dozens of miles, but it's a pity that he has been killed by himself in order to stabilize the morale of the army.
Brother Cha depressedly walked to the side of the road and sat down, and ordered to rest, now his horse is not the best in the whole army, but can the horse ridden by the prince be too bad? Now that they are running like this, other people's horses can imagine if they continue to run. Everyone's horses have to run away, and without horses, they can't outrun the pursuit of the Song army.
"Where are we now?" Brother Cha took a sip of the water handed over by his own soldiers, and looked up at the moon hanging in the sky. They ran for three hours in one go, and they calculated that it was seventy or eighty miles.
"Lord Wang, you should... It should be almost to the Rabbit Hair River! "The soldiers looked around, they couldn't see clearly under the moonlight, there were ditches and bumps everywhere. If you can't get it during the day, let alone at night, he replied vaguely.
"Quickly find out where we are and see if there is a place around where we can hide. It's best to find a guide, it's almost dawn. The Song army will catch up soon! Brother Cha said in a deep voice, at this time people are sleepy and tired. Once entangled by the Song army, it is really impossible to escape, now he understands Liu Fa's mood at that time, he didn't know the way in a panic, went in the wrong direction, and as a result, the famous general was killed by a small soldier, and now the most important thing is to find a place to hide to avoid the first wave of search and arrest by the Song army, and then make plans.
"Lord Wang, after several sweeps by the army here, they have all run away without a trace, where is there anyone!" The guard said in embarrassment.
"Lord Wang, I know that there is a valley five miles away from here to the south, which is very secret, and you can hide our people!" Just when everyone was worried, someone interjected.
"Oh, Ling Ling, Tongjun, you also escaped?" Brother Cha took a closer look, but the person who interjected was the commander of the Divine Brave Army, and the order was slowed down.
"Yes, Lord Wang, it's really dangerous, Xia Guan almost fell on the east bank, and he finally escaped!" Ling Xuan said with emotion, but scolded secretly in his heart, fucking Lao Tzu almost killed you, just crossed the bridge steel cable was cut off, and six or seven out of ten of his own soldiers were wiped out with the rope bridge and fed Wang Ba! …,
"Ling Ling commands the army, loyal to the monarch for the country, is a pillar, after returning to the dynasty, this king will definitely ask for credit for you!" What kind of person is Brother Cha, after thinking about it, this kid didn't work hard, and when he saw that he opened the passage, he immediately ran away secretly, but now is the time to employ people, and it is not good to cure him for the crime of escaping.
"Lord Wang, you drink a sip of wine to relieve fatigue and warm your body!"; Seeing that the prince did not hold himself accountable, Ling Xuan was relieved, stuffed the short knife in his hand into his boots, took the opportunity to untie his wine jug, wiped the spout with his sleeve and handed it to Brother Chadao, just now he was ready for the worst situation, once Brother Cha turned his face, he would not do anything, everyone was dead, but he didn't want to go to that point, after all, with more than 100 people around him in the case of interception in front and chasing soldiers in the back, there is little hope of crossing more than 200 miles of enemy-occupied area alive.
"Thanks, it's a great wine. Is Ling Tongjun familiar with the terrain here? Brother Cha let go of the hand on the hilt of the knife, took the flask, took a sip and said.
"Lord Yu, this was once the land of my Great Xia, and I have been here many times in the past, the leader there was once a subordinate of Xia Guan, he will not reveal our whereabouts, we can just rest there, and after the Song army, we are not too late!" Ling Xuan Jiezhu explained, and Brother Cha was still hesitating and said: "Lord Wang, without further ado, we must hurry on the road, otherwise after dawn, the Song army will arrive, and their scouts may be around us!" ”
"Okay, order us to set off immediately, let Ling Tongjun lead the way in front, if this king can get out, you will be indispensable!" Brother Cha stared at Ling Xuan's eyes, as if trying to distinguish the truth from his gaze, but he didn't see anything from it, and patted him on the shoulder affectionately and said.
"Lord Xie, the lower officials are determined to follow to the death!" Ling Jiejie Zhengse said, in the past, the prince had never looked at him squarely, and now he also knew that even if he got on the prince's boat, he would have a great future in the future.
"You two follow him, if there is any change..."Brother Cha watched Ling Xuan go forward to prepare, made a gesture in his hand that everyone understands, and said to the two guards behind him, he is still not at ease with this guy who escaped from the battle, who knows if he wants to sell himself, go to the Song Army to ask for a reward, in the end, he is scheming, and he is hiding his heart at this time!
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When Zhao Ta walked out of the big tent, the loyal army had already been assembled. He looked at the neat queue in front of him, solemn, solemn, and full of confidence in his firm eyes, after the baptism of a great war. These soldiers have matured a lot, and they have become real warriors.
"The moon is full and the moon is lost, and the extremes of things must be reversed, Xia Jun's strength seems to have reached its peak, and now after this big defeat, it is time to start to decline!" Zhao Ta looked at the many determined and enthusiastic faces, Zhao Ta had a certain victory in this battle, and his harsh winter had passed. He finally ushered in his own spring.
"Capture Brother Cha alive and take Xingling directly!"
"Capture Brother Cha alive and take Xingling directly!"
"Capture Brother Cha alive and take Xingling directly!" ...
"Good. Now that everyone knows the way, let's arrest Brother Cha first, and then take Xingling today, and swear not to withdraw troops if we don't catch him! Zhao Ta pulled out his knife and roared loudly.
"If you don't capture Brother Cha, you swear not to withdraw the troops!" The whole army raised their swords and shouted.
"Who caught Chago. The official is promoted to the third level, knighted and shaded, and go! Zhao Ta opened the reward again.
"The flag is fluttering, and the horse is Xiaoxiao. The gun is on the shoulder, the knife is on the waist, and the blood is like a frenzy. The flag is fluttering. Ma Zheng Xiao Xiao, a good man, a good man to serve the country in the present day..."The army marched majestically on the road in song.
"Lord Wang. This is really a team that wins all battles, and I am ashamed of myself! The officials came to see him off, and Qin Feng stepped forward to salute and said.
"General Qin praised it, if you didn't fight to the death yesterday, how could we fight so smoothly, you should be the first to take the credit, I will play the emperor truthfully, and ask for credit for you!" Zhao Ta said with a smile. …,
"How dare I take credit, to achieve such a big victory, it is the prince's strategy and planning!" Qin Feng and the others couldn't close their mouths with a smile, who in Hedong didn't know what to do, the emperor was very kind to the prince, but there was something to play, there was no inaccuracy, the prince was a man who spoke and counted, and he would not take credit for his merits.
"General Qin and General Han are all the leaders of the troops, so don't say those sour words, are the injuries better?" Zhao Ta smiled, now the official's sycophant is a common practice, even these two generals have learned well, yesterday's battle, Han Tong was hit by several arrows, cut off the arrow shaft and still did not retreat, and Qin Feng's right hand was cut off two fingers, and his left hand was wrapped in a knife and robe, and he did not go down to heal until the end of the war.
"How dare you bother with this little injury, it's not in the way, three days later, we will lead the army to rush to Yincheng with General Zhao Zhi to stand by, and we will definitely not be able to make a mistake!" Hantong said.
"Yeli, the losses in this war and the state are huge, you have to gather the scattered tribes as soon as possible, properly resettle, appease the soldiers, treat the people of all ethnic groups well, resume production as soon as possible, and don't make any mistakes, otherwise I can't spare you, and I have ordered the transfer department to transfer grain and grass to Hezhou to help you survive the winter and rebuild the government!" Zhao Ta said to Yeli, the governor of Hezhou.
"The prince can rest assured, the lower officials will never dare to live up to the emperor's kindness, and the people of the state will always feel the prince's kindness, and it is a pity that they can't fight with the prince this time!" Ye Li said respectfully, but he was secretly glad that he was fortunate to turn around early, otherwise there might be himself among the dead bodies all over the place, and he was even more in awe of Zhao Ta in his heart, how dare he disobey his words.
"Governor Han, your state has contributed a lot in this battle, and you will naturally have a share of the credit, you must clean up the dead bodies as soon as possible to prevent the spread of the epidemic, and the people used must be given medicine stones and paid wages, which cannot be deducted, if I let me know that you are greedy for a penny, you will be severely punished." Even the grain field must be reopened, the trade must be resumed, and the farmland damaged in this battle must also be properly compensated to the tenants, after all, it is a matter of the state, and the people must not be damaged! The words of Zhao Ta, the prefect of Linzhou, became harsh, and he knew that Han Sizhong, this kid, was a mediocre official, but his hand in making money was not soft, so he had to beat it.
"The lower officials don't dare, they must do this according to the prince's orders!" Han Sizhong broke out in a cold sweat, tens of thousands of Xia Jun said that he would kill them, how could he take this little prefect to his heart, whether he killed or not.
"The commanders and archers who participated in the war were rewarded for their merits, never greedy for ink, the dead and wounded were compensated according to the standards of the forbidden army, and they continued to go out with the army to receive preferential treatment for food and salary, and the land they laid down, the fertile land was optional, and the prisoners could be given priority to supplement according to their merits. I heard that Lingzhou is a million hectares of fertile land, and there are countless cattle, sheep and horses! Zhao Ta said to the leaders of the various ethnic groups who participated in the war.
"I am willing to follow the prince and make meritorious contributions and be loyal to the country!" The leaders of all ethnic groups cheered, the prince was different from other officials, and never let everyone suffer, it was right to follow, and they responded in unison.
"Okay, since you are willing to go, then settle the family, and see you again in Yincheng in three days, and we will go to Lingzhou to eat roast sheep together!" Zhao Ta said with a smile.
"Ha Luha, we must be drunk with the prince!" The leaders laughed.
"Lord Wang. Our Fuzhou army is also willing to go together and advance and retreat with the prince! At this time, a general also said with a smile.
"Oh, when did the prefect arrive?" Zhao Ta looked back and said with surprise. This person is the prefect of Fuzhou.
"Xia Guan heard that the prince fought with Brother Cha in the turbidity wheel river, and he and his sister came to help with three thousand soldiers and horses, who knew that it was too late, the war was over, and today I am willing to lead the family to take Lingzhou with the prince and be loyal to the country!" Zhe Keqiu said with a smile, but he scolded in his heart, I arrived with troops yesterday. I asked to see him several times, but I was blocked out of the tent by the guards, and I didn't grudge that I didn't send troops to help after the Battle of Fengzhou, but now they have won one after another. Even Brother Cha, who can cure children's night crying, was also beaten all over the ground looking for teeth, abandoned the army and fled, how dare he say more. …,
"How dare you have such a trivial matter, I am afraid that Brother Cha will know that the army of the Zhilu family will participate in the war, I am afraid that this time it will be drilled into the mouse hole, how can we find it!" Zhao said with a smile. It also made the generals laugh.
"The prince said that he laughed, or Brother Cha is afraid of the prince's tiger might, how dare the Zhe family be compared with the prince's loyal army!" Zhao Ta said this meanly, and the people around him could hear the meaning of the prince's ridicule. How can I not hear it, the old man said with a red face. But he didn't dare to turn his face.
Zhe Keqiu understands very well in his heart, and now Hezhou and Fengzhou are all recovered. He also heard that Xiazhou was also captured by the Loyal and Brave Army, according to the current situation, not to mention Xingling, at least the Shenyong Military Division and Jianing Military Division of Xia State will definitely be captured by the prince. Then the Song-Xia border moved north, and the strategic position of Fuzhou would inevitably decline, especially the rise of the loyal army, and then the role of breaking the family for the country and defending the border would decline, and 'cutting the domain' would become a matter of course.
After cutting the feudal domain, there are only two ways to go. Rebellion, the Li family and the Zhe family of the Xia State are the enemies of the world, and they must not be tolerated, and now they are brothers' states with the Liao State, although they are filthy, but the Liao State will not tolerate them, and he has seen the combat effectiveness of the loyal army, and the soldiers of a general have only been fighting Fengzhou for two hours, and his Fuzhou Prefecture is not much stronger than Fengzhou; If you don't want to be a good citizen, then even if the court remembers the old feelings, becomes an official in a different place, and leaves the hometown and the family will not have today's scenery, and the wife and shadow will become a common person in just a few generations, and the family will be defeated in the hands of him after six generations and thirteen generations, how can this make him willing. And if the troops can make another meritorious feat this time, they will not only be able to continue to climb the big tree of the prince, but also increase the weight of the folded family, and of course they are not willing to let go.
"Now the prefect of the fold is under the jurisdiction of the soldiers and horses of Fengzhou, both of which need you to worry about, Fengzhou has been adrift for many years, the people's hearts are unstable, and they still need to fold their efforts to contribute, this expedition does not know when it will end, and the prefect of the fold is afraid of changes over time, and the prefect of the fold still don't go!" Zhao Ta smiled slightly, the Zhi family's dispatch of troops at this time seems to be a charcoal in the snow, but in fact, the Zhe Keqiu is to want to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix, this kind of snob will only fall into the well when you are in trouble, otherwise there will be no scandal in history of the Zhe family and the family to reduce the gold, of course he will not give it another chance.
"The prince is considerate of the lower officials, and the lower officials are grateful, so let the sister lead the troops on my behalf to accompany the prince!" Zhi Keqiu leaned forward and whispered, looking back at Zhi Meiluan, who had been standing behind him, to give him a tight look, but Zhi Meiluan pretended not to see it and turned his back.
"Hmph..."The cheekiness of the fold really made Zhao Ta speechless, he dared to do anything, his sister became an item in his hand, and he could take it out at any time as a disguise, he really regarded himself as a pervert, "No, all of us are men in our army, although the girl is brave, but she is a woman in the end, it is inconvenient, please go back, but this king also wants to thank the prefect for sending troops to help!" Zhao Ta refused, but at this time he didn't want to tear his face with him, so he said it politely.
"It's... This, the prince, the sister has always admired the prince, and is willing to serve in the army, and please don't shirk again! "I didn't expect that I was miscalculated, the prince didn't eat that set at all, so he could only stick it hard, but he regretted it and wanted to slap himself twice, thinking about the fact that he was the prince of the dynasty, the prince of Yipin, and now he is in power, and he is in charge of what kind of woman he wants all the way to the military and government, and he still wants to take his sister to fish, now don't talk about biting the hook, don't even smell it, let alone bite the hook, but it's too late to say anything, I knew why bother now!
"Lord, do you look down on our family?" Zhe Meiluan suddenly stood up and shouted at the prince.
"Folded girl, this king has no such intention, you misunderstood!" Zhao Ta didn't expect this girl to dare to stand up and accuse him in front of so many people, and said with a smile.
"Then why can those archers go with you, but our army can't go? Don't think that your loyal and brave army is powerful, and our family army is not for nothing, think that you still need me to guide archery back then, and now you look down on us? Zhi Meiluan pointed at the prince and said, her fingers were almost on his nose.
"Folded girl, don't be annoyed, you are a general, you should know that there are no female dependents in the army, this is against military discipline!" Zhi Meiluan asked questions again and again, this time it made Zhao Ta very embarrassed, and the people around him covered their mouths and snickered when they saw that the prince was deflated, and he could only sacrifice the banner of military law again.
"The prince is wrong in what he said, the little girl is unmarried, unbetrothed, and has no husband, who is her family? Besides, the little girl also has the official body of a six-rank Xiao cavalry captain, how can she not lead the troops, the emperor approves it, is the prince bigger than the emperor! Zhe Meiluan said with a sneer.
"Second master, the former army has crossed the pontoon bridge, just waiting for you, I think you still have to fold the girl, don't delay the big thing!" Zhao Xin leaned over at this time and said in his ear, but Zhao Tan was stunned, he didn't expect Zhao Xin to intercede for her, I don't know what the hell this guy has to do! (To be continued......)