Zhang Xianzhong is not actually suffering from difficult choice syndrome, but has already had the idea of retreating, several staff around him accurately guessed his thoughts, plus Gao Jie's Royal Guard Independent Battalion is too strong, has suffered heavy losses, even if it captures Shanyin County, it is estimated that it will not be able to hold for a day, rather than wasting time here, it is better to take advantage of a few roads before the Ming army has not caught up, and before the encirclement on all sides, take advantage of this night to withdraw the army and run away.

Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi, the two big leaders who were in charge of the army, hoped to continue to attack the city, they firmly believed that as long as they worked harder, they would be able to conquer the county seat, but Zhang Xianzhong was already timid, and had the idea of retreating, and their proposal was opposed by others and vetoed by Zhang Xianzhong, so they had no choice but to return to the camp and make preparations for retreat.

After dark, the lights in the four camps of Zhangjiajun were bright, and there was still no unusual movement like the night before, but everyone rolled up their covers and quietly evacuated, and those standing guard in front of the camp gate were scarecrows wearing clothes and hats, used to fool the Ming army.

When Tan Biao led the soldiers of the second battalion and Wang Dingguo's 5,000 elite cavalry to fight fiercely outside the city, Wei Shuangxi was taking the daredevils through the vast forest, except for the group that led away the pursuers behind the palace and lost contact, did not return to the team, and two team members accidentally lost their footing and fell into a natural pit to cause losses, the entire daredevils still had 68 people, however, they were lost, fortunately with a few days of dry food and water, and hunted hares and other small animals to starve, but not to starve, just a little depressed and depressed, why did they get lost?

The death squad traveled through the vast forest for an unknown amount of time, tired and rested, hungry to eat dry food, or hunted some small animals, shrunk under the tree to sleep after dark, and continued to set off early the next morning to find a way out of the forest, but the forest sea was vast and boundless, no one was sure, and morale was low.

After walking for a long time, while resting, Wei Shuangxi climbed a big tree, held a monocular and looked around, and there was a boundless sea of forests everywhere in his eyes, but this time he was lucky, he found that there was a puff of smoke rising from the dense forest in the distance in front of him, and smoke meant that there were people.

Everyone was in high spirits, endured tiredness, and headed towards the direction of the smoke, where the smoke was not too far, but it was a long way to walk, and it was a rugged mountain road, over a hill, and a small stream, and everyone rested by the stream, and then continued to move forward after replenishing the water.

It was not until it was nearly dark that the daredevils climbed a steep hill before they came to the vicinity of the smoking field, which was just after noon, but it was dark under the dense forest.

Everyone had already smelled the aroma of barbecue, and they swallowed their saliva one by one, but Wei Shuangxi didn't dare to be careless, cautiously sneaked closer, holding a monocular to observe, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

He saw several simple battalions from the monoculars, there were many people in them, not 3,000 but at least 2,000, the battle flag fluttering in the wind, it was clearly Zhang Xianzhong's troops, what the hell is this place? How could there be a unit of Zhang's army stationed here?

Wei Shuangxi cautiously withdrew to the hiding place, discussed in a low voice with several platoon commanders under him, and decided to capture a prisoner and ask about the situation before making a decision.

There is no clear water on this steep mountain, so the water is fetched by the stream under the mountain, and soldiers come down from time to time on the ridge to fetch water, and Wei Shuangxi and others easily caught two prisoners.

"Third Uncle Zhao, why are you?"

The two captives were in their forties, and when the captured soldiers were escorted back, a platoon commander named Zhao Liuwa exclaimed in surprise with a look of surprise.

"Liuwa, is it really you?" The tall and thin captive trembled with excitement, and for a moment burst into tears.

With Wei Shuangxi's approval, Zhao Liuwa stepped forward to untie Uncle Zhao, helped him sit down, and then asked him why he was here? How's the situation at home?

Zhao Liuwa is a native of Pingcun, Shaanxi, Cao Wenzhao led the Guangping Army to encircle and suppress the 36th battalion of the people's army in the gorge, saw that he was bold and clever, and recruited him to enlist, Zhao Liuwa fought bravely, even made meritorious contributions, and was promoted to the sentry commander, Zhu Jian formed the Royal Guards Battalion and other new armies, and transferred the backbone from various armies, Zhao Liuwa was transferred to the Royal Guards Independent Battalion as a platoon commander, and Zhao Sanshu was his clan uncle's elder.

"Alas......"

Uncle Zhao Sanshu sighed and explained the situation, when Zhang Xianzhong's subordinates led the army into the village, Zhao Liuwa's father was afraid of being liquidated by the Zhang family army because his son was a soldier in the Ming army, so he took his wife, son, daughter and daughter-in-law to hide in the mountains. Carrying water and other heavy work, even if they have resentment, they do not dare to escape, there have been many people who have escaped, most of them have been captured and beheaded, and they can only resign themselves to fate.

Uncle Zhao poured out everything he knew, Wei Shuangxi and others knew that this place was called Shepanling, just in the northeast of Shanyin County, more than 20 miles away from the county seat, it was a dangerous place to guard the official road in the northeast, and it was a dangerous place to guard the official road in the northeast.

The Zhang Jiajun stationed on Shepanling was Li Dingguo's subordinates, with more than 2,300 people, but in fact there were only 500 soldiers, and the rest were all civilian workers like Zhao Sanshu and Li Laoshi, who were busy cutting down trees and picking up stones to build camps, stockpiling a large number of weapons such as rolling stones and rolling wood, and preparing to hold Shepanling.

That's all Uncle Zhao knows, they are trapped on Shepan Ridge, they don't know the news outside, and they don't know what the situation is in Shanyin County.

Wei Shuangxi discussed the situation with several company platoon commanders, they didn't know whether the county seat of Shanyin had fallen, and they couldn't be sure whether the Zhang family army would take the dangerous road of Shepanling, but it was necessary to end the people's army in Shepanling, although their number was small, but with the help of Zhao Sanshu and other people, the night attack would be successful.

In order to ensure the success of the night attack, Zhao Liuwa took the risk of disguised as a civilian husband, went back with Zhao Liushu and Li Laoshi, and secretly informed the people in the camp to get ready, and the specific number of death squads would not tell Zhao Sanshu about them, anyway, Wei Shuangxi fooled an approximate number of more than 1,000 people.

"Master Jun, great, we've been waiting for this day for a long time."

Uncle Zhao and Li Laoshi were a little incoherent with excitement, they didn't want to escape, but they didn't dare to escape, this deep mountain and old forest, it is strange to escape into it without getting lost and starving to death or becoming a fierce beast, now there are officers and soldiers attacking the camp, and they don't have to worry about being injured by mistake, what else is there to be afraid of?

Then, Zhao Liuwa took off the military uniform that was cut by a tree branch with many holes, and it was OK to get some mud on her face, they walked in the dense forest for two days, and their bodies were dirty, no different from the begging people begging on the street, and they didn't need to deliberately put on makeup at all.

Zhao Liuwa carried a short gun, two thunderbolts and fire folds, and carried water with Uncle Zhao Liu, while Li Laoshi carried a bundle of dry firewood and walked in front, trembling all the way back to Shepanling.

In fact, the worries and nervousness of the three of them are superfluous, there are more than 2,300 people on Shepan Ridge, there are only 500 soldiers, and more than 1,700 people are all civilian workers, these 500 soldiers are divided into more than a dozen teams to take care of these migrant workers, and the rest are all lying down and sleeping, or running to hunt elsewhere to get some game to satisfy their hunger.

These people and migrant workers cut down trees and dig stones every day to build military camps, accumulate a large number of stones and rolling wood, go down the ridge to carry water or something, go in and out, very chaotic, several days of high-intensity work, exhaustion, injury, illness, stumbling and falling off the cliff There are more than 40 people, no one has to count the specific number of people, and one more than one will not be noticed.

Wei Shuangxi took the daredevils to hide in the dense forest under the ridge, after gnawing dry food and drinking water, he lay down on the grass, covered his body with the branches and leaves he had picked, stepped up his rest, and waited until it was dark before acting.

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