Soldiers and horses galloped across the land of June, raising puffs of dust and obscuring the sky.

"Miss Minghua."

Several sentinels came to Li Minghua's location through the dust and smoke.

If it weren't for his petite stature, Li Minghua would be no different from the soldiers now, the splendid Luo Yi had already been thrown away, wearing ill-fitting robes, the gold and silver Zhu Hai even took off the earrings, the hair was tied in the soldier's hat, the delicate skin that had been raised for seventeen years had turned into ashes, the mouth was dry and the lips were cracked, but a pair of eyes became more and more black and bright.

"How?" Li Minghua asked urgently.

"Gangneung Province has not been lost yet." The Sentinel has good news.

Li Minghua's hand holding the reins loosened slightly, great, it was still in time, on the road I had heard that the Pengcheng soldiers were defeated and fled, the other four guards retreated, the war was unfavorable, the Jiangling Mansion City lacked soldiers and horses, the people's hearts were bound to be turbulent, the rebels were fierce, and the Jiangling Mansion City was afraid that it had been lost.

I didn't expect them to defend it.

The general's expression was a little surprised, but more of admiration.

"But it is precisely because Gangneung Mansion City was not captured that Chengqing, which was originally going to the southeast, came over." The Sentinel told another piece of bad news.

The atmosphere around was a little stagnant, and there was no need to even say how many soldiers and horses the rebels had, only the name of Chengqing needed to be said.

"In the past, generals and commanders were fought to stabilize the border through one foreign campaign after another, just like the Grand Duke." The general said in a deep voice, "And now these people are relying on ferocity and madness. ”

This is a troubled time, where demons are rampant.

The general held the long knife: "Jiangling Mansion is in danger. ”

The sentinel scout opened the map of Jiangling Mansion: "The Pengcheng camp is fully equipped with materials and a unique location, we can divide a part of the troops to capture the Pengcheng camp, which can not only cut off the grain and grass of Chengqing, but also form a situation of encirclement and attack." Even if it is impossible to repel the rebels for a while, holding the Pengcheng camp can confront Chengqing, and wait for reinforcements from Huainan Road. ”

The generals and lieutenants nodded around Yutu, and without further ado, they looked at Li Minghua: "Miss Minghua, we are going to march in a hurry, you can't keep up with us, we will leave you with twenty people." ”

Li Minghua said: "It's enough to leave me five people, please go quickly." ”

Five people, the general hesitated: "Now there is chaos in all directions here, and it will be very dangerous for thieves to infest." ”

Li Minghua said: "There is no more dangerous place than Jiangling Mansion, if Jiangling Mansion is not guaranteed, I will not survive." ”

The old city fell, her relatives were separated, and she remained in this place occupied by the rebels, and she was a little woman who could not survive even if she had dozens of soldiers and horses.

The general no longer hesitated, and responded to Li Minghua with a fist, and sure enough, only five people were left, and the team of men and horses took off their armor and abandoned the grain and grass and walked away quickly.

Li Minghua didn't follow immediately, and asked the five soldiers to put away the scattered armor, grain and grass: "Find a few cars, let's pull them away." ”

It's not that she's stingy with these grains and grasses, but she just thinks that instead of her keeping up with the soldiers and horses as soon as possible, it's better to keep up with the grain, grass, armor and weapons.

"Even if you five soldiers and horses keep up, it won't make much difference." Li Minghua said, "It's better to have more grain, grass, weapons and armor, maybe it can help." ”

The five soldiers responded by dividing three people to look for them, leaving two people here to clean up, Li Minghua also helped with his sleeves, she couldn't move grain and grass, and her armor was heavy, so she could only sort out her weapons, although these soldiers listened to her orders, but she guessed that they were a little puzzled.

If the people are gone, what is the use of armor and grass?

She thought about this too, but she didn't know, maybe she thought that she might be able to find someone who wore the armor and weapons to continue fighting.

It's just that where is there now......

A sharp whistle pierced the sky, Li Minghua already knew this alarm, and the two soldiers had already surrounded her to protect her.

"Miss Minghua is on the horse." They said.

Li Minghua grabbed a knife and turned over on the horse, and the three of them didn't say a word to leave, but they were still a step late, and there were horses' hooves from the front and back, left and right, and there were bursts of dust and smoke, as if there were thousands of horses galloping.

Li Minghua and the three were surrounded by groups.

The two soldiers did not have the slightest fear, preparing for battle left and right, and Li Minghua also clenched the knife in his hand.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the two sides saw clearly that it was not the soldiers who were rolling in, and it was not the horses that were galloping......

"There are only three of them! And a woman! A thin man with a knife on his head and a hat and straw rope on his head shouted, his voice excited, "What a waste of our branches, and the pain of our horses." ”

He raised his hand and waved his knife to cut off the branch tied to the horse's tail, and the others did the same, and at this moment they were most concerned about their own horses, and the three people who were surrounded there did not care at all.

"I knew there wouldn't be so many people."

"So many things!"

"Move the grain and grass first!"

"I'm going to wear armor!"

"I want that knife, don't take it from me."

Shouting, laughing, arguing, noisy.

This is a group of bandits, in the troubled times, the people are most afraid of the rebels in addition to the bandits, bandits are everywhere, they can escape from the rebels, and the next moment they may die in the hands of the bandits.

"We are the guards of Jiannan Province." There was a female voice in the noise who shouted crisply, "The imperial court guards are ordered to quell the rebellion, and the idle people must not stop them." ”

The girl's voice was as graceful as a yellow bird, even though she was a little tired, a little hoarse and a little trembling, but it still sounded very pleasant.

The noise died down, all eyes looked over, and the next moment there was laughter, as if what a ridiculous joke had been heard.

Li Minghua tensed up, deaf to these laughter.

"The Jiannan Provincial Guards put down the rebellion, and those who dare to block it will be regarded as a traitor, and they will be killed." She shouted, raising the long knife in her hand.

Thieves are afraid of officers and soldiers, whether it is peaceful and prosperous times or troubled times, but there is a difference between fear, for bandits in troubled times, fear depends on the situation.

Previously, a large number of soldiers and horses passed by because they were afraid so they did not appear, but now there are only a few soldiers and horses left, of course they are not afraid, so they appeared.

Since they dared to show up, they wanted to kill the guards, and now two or three guards said that they would kill them, which is really ridiculous.

"What kind of guard is this, how can there be a girl."

"Jiannan Dao Guard? I heard that there is a doll leader in Jiannan Province, and it turns out that there are women. ”

"Hey, what are you guards of Jiannan Province doing in Jiangnan Province? You're disobeying! ”

Laughter, shouting, ridicule, and questioning rang out chaotically.

The two soldiers were not angered by the words, and neither was Li Minghua, the three of them straightened their backs, as if there were thousands of troops behind them.

"Jiannan Province rushed to the aid at the request of Gangneung Prefecture, and the situation of the rebels in Gangneung Province is critical." Li Minghua said loudly, no matter whether any of these noisy thieves listened to her, she struggled with these noisy laughter with the loudest voice, "Not only the Jiannan Provincial Guard, but also the Southeast Provincial Qi Governor, and the Lady of Huainan Provincial Chu have reinforcements coming to ......"

As she said this, a louder voice jumped out of the noise to interrupt her.

"What? Are there so many soldiers and horses? That's horrible! Let's run. ”

As soon as the noise died down, the surging thieves moved out of the way, and at the end of the road was a young man on a horse, bare-chested, handsome and sassy in the sun, carrying a knife in one hand and a piece of barbecue in the other.

After saying this, he took a bite of the meat and chewed hard.

I don't see anything scary about it......

Whether what he said was mockery or teasing, Li Minghua didn't think about it, and said loudly: "Yes, there are many guards in Jiangnan Province who come to help, you should get out of the way quickly." ”

The bandits thought very seriously, and they all looked at the man, and the men standing closest to them dared to ask, "Big brother, do you want to escape?" ”

Big brother meat in his mouth with a slurred voice: "Run!" ”

The men gritted their teeth and waved at the bandits: "Escape ....."

The bandits, who had been laughing before, had strange expressions, but urged their horses to turn around.....

What do you mean? Li Minghua and the two soldiers remained vigilant, a trace of puzzlement flashed in their eyes, and before they could react, they saw the man who ate meat swallowing the meat, raised the knife in his hand, and shouted in a clear voice: "No, you can't escape." ”

So is it a cat playing with mice? Li Minghua clenched the knife.

All the bandits also breathed a sigh of relief, and turned around with a bang, ready to make a roaring intimidation and regain momentum.

"There are so many soldiers and horses from Jiangnan Province, can we escape?" The man said, the flesh and bones in his hand pointed at Li Minghua, "This young lady, if we also kill the rebels with you, your guards will not pursue our crimes, right?" ”

Li Minghua looked at the thief in front of him, and he couldn't hold on to the breath he had been holding on.

It's really a troubled time, and the things and people I see are too strange.