Chapter 123: Pursuit
Zhao Hanzhang brought all the cavalry, only eight hundred infantry, and the rest were left to guard the fort.
The cavalry went first, and the dock fort was not very far from the county seat, and the fast horses could reach it in a quarter of an hour.
Not far from the fort, they ran into the people who had fled from the city, and when they saw them from afar, they ran away and ran directly into the fields.
Some people don't dare to turn around to pick up their luggage when they fall, so they roll and climb into the field when they fall, trying to stay away from them as much as possible.
Zhao Hanzhang only glanced at it and said to Zhao Ju: "Tell me to go down, after entering the city, I am only allowed to save people, and I must not disturb the people!" β
Zhao Ju responded, picked out two scouts with loud voices, and asked them to pass on the order.
The group quickly arrived at the gate of Xiping County, which was a mess, full of lodging corpses, and no one guarded them except for the occasional people who ran out of the city.
Zhao Hanzhang rode a horse and led people into the doorway, just as a man ran out with a woman and a child in a cloak, and bumped into them head-on, and his legs fell to the ground weakly.
didn't see Zhao Hanzhang on the horse clearly, so he dragged his wife and children behind him, Zhao Hanzhang reined in his horse and asked: "We are from Zhao's Dock Fort, where is the rebel army in the city now?" β
The pale-faced man came back to his senses slightly when he heard Zhao's Wubao, looked up and saw that Zhao Hanzhang was a girl, and immediately cried, pulled his wife and children to kowtow, pointed his fingers at the city, and said tremblingly: "Inside, ...... inside"
Zhao Hanzhang looked at the empty streets, and from time to time there was a sharp cry, so he summoned scouts, "When you enter the city to report, you will say that the Zhao reinforcements have arrived." β
"Yes."
The scout quickly left, shouting loudly, "Zhao's reinforcements have arrivedβ"
"Zhao's reinforcements have arrivedβ"
Zhao Hanzhang ordered, "One tithing is a group, everyone goes in the direction of the county government, and all the chaotic troops they see will be wiped out, mainly to protect the people!" β
The crowd shouted in response, "Order!" β
Zhao Hanzhang turned his head and said to Zhao Ju: "You take a piece with you." β
"Sanniang, you ......"
"I can lead a team myself."
Zhao Ju glanced at Fu Tinghan, and when he got down, the group stepped forward quickly, turned into the fork in the road, and listened to the movement to go in to save people.
Zhao Hanzhang quickly separated from Zhao Ju.
A scout took the lead and reported loudly, and the people hiding in the city heard that the Zhao reinforcements had arrived, and they were hopeful and hid more tightly.
The people, who had already broken into their homes by the rebels, heard the sound of the scouts, and struggled out, shouting for help.
When the subordinates heard the cry for help, they went to help, and the county town, which had only screamed sharply, erupted in shouts and killings.
Xiping County, which is like a dead city, has come back to life.
More than a dozen rebels who had just robbed the gold and silver heard the shouts of scouts on the street, and immediately ran out with the package, and when they turned their heads, they saw Zhao Hanzhang and his party coming from this side on a fast horse, and before they could react, an arrow flew and plunged into the chest of the current person.
His packages were scattered on the ground, his eyes widened, and he fell unwillingly.
The gold and silver that were collected rolled out of the baggage, his companions saw it, and subconsciously squatted down to pick it up, and in a moment, the cavalry arrived, Zhao Hanzhang drew his sword, killed two with two swords, and the rest were killed by the subordinates behind her.
The group did not stop, nor did they pick up the gold, silver and jewelry on the ground, and left directly to the next place.
Qiu Wu ran with the infantry, and when he entered the city, he heard the chaos in the city, remembered the girl's order before departure, and immediately said: "Go and take the county government!" β
"Yes."
The city is full of looting and arson, Zhao Hanzhang and they went all the way to the county government to kill, killed halfway, some rebels got the news, and also gathered on the main street, and when the infantry arrived, Zhao Hanzhang and they were blocking the road.
Seeing so many reinforcements suddenly appearing, the rebel army was stunned and hurriedly retreated.
Although the county magistrate was dead in the county seat they had conquered last night, the big families in the city still closed their doors and resisted separately, so they were busy killing and robbing all night.
At this time, they grabbed a lot of things, it was the time when their minds were most relaxed, Zhao Hanzhang and they killed, their hearts were scattered, and it was a time of sleepiness, and they were frightened by the killing of more than 100 cavalry, and then they saw so many reinforcements suddenly appeared, they no longer had the heart to resist, and turned around and ran.
Zhao Hanzhang and the others pushed all the way to the county ya, and soon reoccupied the county ya.
Zhao Ming rummaged inside and outside the county office, they retreated cleanly, and there was not a single chaotic army left, but Qiu Wu found a dying subordinate from a pile of corpses.
Fu Tinghan stepped forward to check the wounds on his body, and finally shook his head at Zhao Hanzhang, the knife was hit in the heart, and the person almost lost consciousness.
The subordinate opened his eyes slightly, saw Zhao Hanzhang, his eyes widened slightly, and he grabbed the corner of Zhao Hanzhang's clothes, and said in an almost inaudible voice: "Girl, girl, girl......"
Fu Tinghan leaned in and asked, "What did you say?" β
The subordinate stared at Zhao Hanzhang tightly and whispered: "Girl......"
Zhao Hanzhang heard it, squatted in front of him and asked, "Is it the girl of your family?" Where is she? β
"Rebel Army...... Caught, caught...... Please, save the girl......" Before the next person finished speaking, the hand holding the corner of Zhao Hanzhang's clothes was loosened, and his eyes closed slightly.
Fu Tinghan had already gotten closer, but he still only vaguely heard the word girl, and he looked at Zhao Hanzhang.
"They kidnapped Fan County's daughter," Zhao Hanzhang suddenly remembered something, got up and said: "Call everyone, Uncle Qianli, you take a team of people to stay and clean up the chaotic army in the county, and the rest of the people will go with me to pursue the retreating rebel army." β
Zhao Ju said: "Sanniang, poor Kou Mo chase." β
"They've taken a lot of people captive, and we have to get them back." Otherwise, those women would not have lived long if they fell into their hands.
Zhao Ju could only obey orders.
Zhao Hanzhang led people to chase out of Xiping County, Ji Ping dismounted and looked at the traces and said, "Sanniang, they are going to Nan'an County." β
Fu Tinghan said: "This is an official road, I remember that there is a small road that is closer, maybe we can intercept it from the front." β
"How boring this is," Zhao Hanzhang said: "Our soldiers are divided into two ways, Qiu Wu, you take Fu Da Langjun and three teams of men and horses to take a shortcut in front of them, I will pursue them from behind with cavalry, and we will make him a dumpling." β
"They will definitely not be able to run fast with people and property, since they have decided to rob people, then take back what they have robbed."
"Yes!"
Zhao Hanzhang nodded to Fu Tinghan, "You show them the way, and wait for us in the back." β
"Okay, then don't chase too closely."
"I know, I'm going to drive them over, and I'm not going to do it until I see you."
said so, but before he saw the figure, Zhao Hanzhang still sped up his speed to catch up. All of them rode on horseback, and their speed was naturally fast, and after chasing for less than two quarters of an hour, they saw a chaotic army with a large amount of property and women fleeing for their lives.
Zhao Hanzhang began to suppress his speed and followed behind them unhurriedly, not only to let them see, but also to occasionally speed up to catch up, forcing them to scatter more but did not catch up.
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