Just as the officers and troops were retreating slightly, five Youyan Dao ships had taken advantage of the wind and quickly leaned on the ferry pier. Four or five gangplanks were put down on each side of the ship, and in the blink of an eye, countless soldiers were already lined up by the river wearing Youyan Dao's red military uniforms and holding giant shields and short swords. He slowly pushed forward, standing only a hundred steps in front of the officers and soldiers before he stopped and confronted Qi.

Qiu Yizhi lay on the ground, looked up with difficulty, and when he saw the clothes and weapons of this group of soldiers, he knew that this was the world-famous main infantry in the Youyan Army - "Dangya Battalion", a hanging heart suddenly let go of half, stood up with a probe, and hid behind Dangya Battalion. He stood on tiptoe and looked around, and saw that everyone who was lying on the ground had also stood upright, except that they were covered with mud all over the mountain, and they looked a little embarrassed, and they didn't find anyone hurt, and finally swallowed the reassuring pill in his mouth.

Everyone escaped from the capital Luoyang with nine deaths, and almost all died on the bank of the Yellow River, but there was no endless road, and the reinforcements of Youyan Road arrived in time to rescue them from the side of the cliff, and they all celebrated with each other.

Seeing the big boat again, he walked quickly to a young general, hurriedly walked to Zheng Rong's side, hugged him, and said with a crying voice: "The child is one step late, and the father is frightened, it is really unfilial!" Unfilial piety! My father has really suffered when he enters Beijing this time, and if he knew this, the child would rather replace him......"

Qiu Yizhi saw that this person was Zheng Miao, the third son who was the best among Zheng Rong's three sons, so he also hurried forward, and did not say much to greet, only interrupted him and said: "Now is not the time to apologize, why don't you hurry up and escort your father-in-law, master and others on board!" ”

Zheng Miao listened to Qiu Yizhi's words, and finally suppressed this complex emotion that was fused together by grief, anger, and happiness, calmed down, and said: "Without further ado, please ask my father to board the ship first, and the child here will deal with it!" ”

Zheng Rong listened, with a relieved expression on his face, he reached out and patted Zheng Miao's shoulder, and said, "Okay!" Good! Before he could finish speaking, he went limp.

Zheng Miao was taken aback, and hurriedly waved a few people, and ordered Zheng Rong to be carried onto the boat first, and the rest of the people followed to get on the boat and go home.

The group of people who fled here from the capital Luoyang all the way were not cowardly, they were really tired, so they waited for Zheng Miao to order a retreat, agreed in unison, and then hugged Zheng Rong to board the warship. In less than a bowl of tea, more than 100 people stranded on the bank of the Yellow River had already withdrawn to the warship, but they were still not at ease, lying on the railing to observe the movement on the shore.

Only Qiu Yizhi and Zhong Likuang did not get on the boat with everyone, but mustered up the last bit of spirit, stood on both sides of Zheng Miao, and only heard Zhong Likuang say: "Dai Luanxiang on the opposite side should not be underestimated, you still need to be cautious, as long as the group of soldiers who are in the camp here are safely withdrawn to Youyan, it will be a great achievement!" ”

Zhong Li Kuang's words were speaking to Qiu Yi's heart. He just saw that the forbidden army under the command of Dai Luanxiang was quite orderly between advance and retreat, even if it was suddenly attacked, it could retreat in an orderly manner, and did not give the other party any chance to take advantage of the chaos to win, which was really worthy of the reputation of "famous generals at home".

Zheng Miao also saw that the officers and soldiers on the opposite side were majestic and the flag was clear, and he didn't dare to take it lightly, so he raised the flag in his hand and pointed in the direction of several warships behind him.

Although Dai Luanxiang on the opposite side intended to command his forbidden army to come forward to capture it, but seeing that the Youyan army had a neat lineup and a moderate advance and retreat, in addition to secretly admiring the Youyan army for really living up to the name of "the strongest army in the world", he had to restrain his subordinates not to take the enemy lightly, so as not to destroy the disaster.

Although Dai Luanxiang could still command Ruoding, the eunuch beside him had already lost his breath, and bared his teeth and shouted: "Marshal Dai, Prince Youyan is about to run back, why don't you hurry up and order to arrest him!" ”

Dai Luanxiang was also polite to this eunuch, and explained: "Father-in-law, you see that the opposite is the famous 'dangya camp' under the command of King Youyan, well-equipped and well-trained, we came at the same time, and the soldiers did not have heavy armor, if they confronted him head-on, it would be no different from suicide." If you look at the warships on the Yellow River, the crossbowmen on them are already aiming at me. Even if we can rely on the strength of the crowd and defeat the arrows, when the other party fires thousands of arrows, it will be all burned! ”

But the eunuch didn't care, and said, "The miscellaneous family doesn't know so much. I only know that it is not a trivial matter to mistake the emperor's decree. As for the deaths of these hard soldiers, what is it? ”

Before Dai Luanxiang could answer, several lieutenants around him were already angered by these words, and in an instant, more than a dozen eyes stared at the eunuch with angry eyes.

The eunuch was uncomfortable by everyone, the muscles on his face twitched involuntarily, and he pinched his throat and scolded: "What's wrong? What do you look at the miscellaneous families? Let me tell you, the miscellaneous family is a messenger who obeys the order, and if you violate the order of the miscellaneous family, it is a rebellion! ”

Before the words fell, the generals were not timid at all, and still stared at the fat white eunuch.

Dai Luanxiang saw that this eunuch was angry, so he hurriedly made a round and said: "There is a way that 'the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be accepted'." On the battlefield, the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, and the situation changes at any time, so naturally there are battles that can be won and there are those that cannot be won. Today's emperor is wise and wise, and he must be able to understand our difficulties. If you want to blame, you can only blame Dai for being in a hurry when he set off, and he didn't carry a heavy armor bow and crossbow, which allowed the prince to cross the river safely. ”

The eunuch was stunned for a moment, but he understood in his heart: When Dai Luanxiang received the order to pursue Zheng Rong a few days ago, he originally planned to take his baggage equipment and set off again, but he couldn't resist the constant urging of himself, the eunuch of the prison army, so he hurriedly led the army to attack, so in the final analysis, he had to take the charge of letting the tiger return to the mountain.

Thinking of this, the eunuch finally "snorted" unconvinced and stopped talking.

So the Youyan army took this opportunity to board the warship, and the rivermen on the boat heard an order, so they opened the warship, turned around against the wind, and used the ability to sail against the current, constantly rowing curves on the wide Yellow River, and headed towards Youyan Road.

Qiu Yizhi stood beside Zheng Miao, and saw that Anhe Town in the distance was gradually engulfed by the horizon, and breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he wanted to vomit all the exhaustion, depression, indignation, and melancholy in the past half a month on the Yellow River, but said in his mouth: "Third brother, you look at this Marshal Dai Luanxiang who knows how to advance and retreat, and his command is not leaky, I am afraid that there will be a battle with him in the future, so I don't know how to deal with the enemy." ”

Zheng Miao also looked far behind him and said: "Brother has worked hard this time, he can rescue my father from the tiger's den in Longtan and do his filial piety for our brothers, he can really be regarded as a benefactor for us!" Come on, come on, please bow to me first! Then he bowed down on his knees.

Qiu Yizhi was taken aback, and hurriedly leaned over, helped Zheng Miao up, and said, "Why does the third brother have to be like this? If there is a difficulty, the younger brother will sacrifice himself to save him, this is the duty of a son of man, but he can't afford to worship it! ”

Zheng Miao still wanted to praise a few words, but heard a woman's voice coming out from behind her: "Is the Third Highness only Xie Qiuyi?" ”

Zheng Miao hurriedly turned around, and saw the county lord Yiran from Bohai standing behind him in a military uniform, with his hands on his waist and his mouth pouting, so he smiled and arched his hand towards Yiran: "Good county lord!" You're right, so let's take care of it first! He is close to Yiran in age, and they often played together when they were young, and their relationship with Yiran is also very good.

Yiran didn't seem to appreciate it, and said: "I have no credit, it's just running around." If you really want to thank you, let's go and thank the Wen Holy Maiden of the Tianzun Sect first! With that, he turned and left.

Zheng Miao stood in place, stunned for a long time, still unable to figure out the meaning of Yiran's words, and asked Qiu Yizhi: "What does Yiran County Lord mean by this?" What does this matter have to do with the Heavenly Venerable Sect? ”

Qiu Yizhi sighed and said: "The third brother doesn't need to pay attention to her, and the county lord has lost his temper not once or twice." As for the matter of the Tianzun Sect, when he returns to Guangyang, the younger brother will explain it to the third brother. As he spoke, the words changed, "My father-in-law was plotted in the prison of the Criminal Department, and he bumped all the way, his body was weak, and his little brother was uneasy, so the two of us should ask An to visit first!" ”

Zheng Miao felt that Qiu Yizhi was reasonable, nodded, and led Qiu Yizhi to a wooden house on the deck, and shouted at the door: "Children Zheng Miao and Qiu Yizhi have come to ask for their father!" ”

"Come in, all of you!" It was Zhong Likuang's voice that came from the room.

Zheng Miao hurriedly pushed the door in, and saw that Zheng Rong was lying on the bed and had fallen asleep, and Zhong Li Kuang was sitting on one side to take his pulse, so he walked lightly to the two of them and asked, "Master, how is my father's health?" ”

Zhong Likuang took a pulse for a while, and re-stuffed Zheng Ronglu's outer wrist under the futon, and then raised his head and replied: "When the prince left Beijing, his pulse was weak, and after this twist and turn, the pulse became more and more disordered. However, the prince has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has a good body of muscles, as long as he takes care of it, he can recover his vitality in just half a month! ”

Zheng Miao and Qiu Yizhi listened to it, and they were a little relieved. Zheng Miao said to Zhong Likuang again: "The master has also suffered on this trip, and he must be exhausted!" At present, we are going against the water and wind, and it will take a whole day to cross the Yellow River, so please rest first. ”

Zhong Likuang nodded and said, "You two have this filial piety, and you are already very pleased to be a teacher." However, although we are out of danger now, our future affairs will be even busier, especially the military affairs of the defense of Youyan Dao, which are even more urgent, and we cannot delay for a moment. Come, the master will tell you about it, and you can do it according to your consideration. If there is any mistake, the prince will blame it, even if it is on me. ”

Unexpectedly, before Zhongli Kuang's words fell, Zheng Rong woke up and said, "Mr. Zhongli, please speak, this king is lying here and listening." The tone was a little weak, but the speech was still very clear.

So Zhong Likuang nodded and said, "That student is not talented, and I asked the prince for advice!" ”