Despite Hua Rong's repeated persuasions, Song Jiang still insisted on going with him.

In desperation, Hua Rong had no choice but to agree.

In the afternoon, Hua Rong began to assemble the army.

The troops in Qingfeng Village are very simple, there are only 500 infantry and 100 archers, and all of them are local local soldiers, who have not received much formal military training, and the weapons used are also very simple.

It didn't take long for Liu Neng to come to Qingfeng Village with a hundred heavily armed regular troops.

These 100 soldiers were the reserve army of the forbidden army sent by the imperial court, they had received orthodox military training, and the armor and weapons they wore were much better than those hundreds of Turkish soldiers.

In the Song Dynasty, which emphasized literature over military force, the military power of each place was not in the hands of military attachés, but in the hands of civilian officials, so Liu Neng transferred all the 100 regular troops to the town to protect himself, and left the hundreds of local troops to follow Hua Rong to guard the most dangerous Qingfeng Village.

Hua Rong didn't care, he was an excellent officer, and under his careful training, the combat power of these hundreds of Turkish troops was not inferior to those hundred regular troops at all.

When he arrived at Qingfeng Village, Liu Neng came out of the sedan chair.

He was followed out of the palanquin by his wife.

As the leading officer, he was supposed to ride a horse, but he didn't know how to ride a horse, and he was uncomfortable, so he insisted on riding a sedan chair, not caring at all how nondescript a sedan chair would look in the army.

"Huazhizhai, the soldiers are all assembled, right?" Liu Neng walked up to the army and examined it in a fake way.

"It's already assembled, just wait for Liu Zhizhai to give the order to set off." Hua Rong replied expressionlessly.

"Well, without further ado, let's go now, so as not to delay things."

Hua Rong turned over and rode a white horse, and asked his subordinates to bring over a brown horse for Song Jiang to ride.

Liu Neng immediately pointed at Song Jiang and asked Hua Rong: "Hua Zhizhai, what's the matter with you?" Do you want to take this Song Jiang with you? ”

Hua Rong sneered: "Liu Zhizhai can bring his wife with him, why can't I bring my brother?" ”

"You!"

Liu Nenggang wanted to scold Hua Rong angrily, but his wife's eyes rolled quickly, but she ran over to persuade him: "Official, Hua Zhizhai and Song Jiang have a deep brotherhood, so let him follow." ”

Liu Neng didn't understand why his wife said this, and seeing that his wife kept giving him a look, he suddenly understood in his heart that his wife must have other plans, so he nodded and agreed.

"The whole army listened to the order and began to set off." Hua Rong rode a white horse and took the lead in the front of the team, followed by Song Jiang.

Liu Neng's sedan chair walked in the middle of the line, surrounded by soldiers.

In the sedan chair, Liu Neng asked his wife why she agreed to let Song Jiang pass.

His wife leaned over Liu Neng's ear and told her plan.

After listening to this, Liu Neng's eyes lit up, and he gave his wife a thumbs up: "Madame, this trick is wonderful!" ”

Liu Neng's wife raised her chin slightly proudly: "That is, this plan can not only get rid of Hua Rong who is against you everywhere, but also get rid of that Song Jiang, you don't know how resentful he was when he looked at me just now, if this person is not removed, I will be retaliated by him one day." ”

"Madame, don't worry, as long as the plan is successfully implemented, I will make them die or live!"

……

After an afternoon of traveling, in the evening, Hua Rong ordered everyone to rest in place for a while, and the cooks began to make dinner, and after dinner, they continued to travel overnight.

Song Jiang took a pot of water and handed it to Hua Rong and sat next to him.

"Brother Hua Xian, I see the direction of our march, and it is not the road to the Li family crossing, where are we going?" Song Jiang asked suspiciously.

"Oh, we're taking a detour. The group of fugitives had not yet arrived at the Lee Jia Daokou wharf, and I heard that they were carrying a few hundred people and were using up the pursuers sent by the Jeju government. According to the order from above, we blocked the rear of the group of fugitives, flanked the officers and soldiers of the Jeju government, and defeated them in one fell swoop. ”

Song Jiang was shocked when he heard this, and he was very worried about Wu Song and them.

If they really wait for Hua Rong to lead the team to block Wu Song's rear, Wu Song and them will definitely die.

"No, there are several of my brothers in there, and I have to save them." Song Jiang thought to himself.

"Why is my brother's face suddenly so unsightly, is it because the injuries on his body have flare up again?" Hua Rong saw that Song Jiang's expression was not quite right, and asked with concern.

Song Jiang came back to his senses suddenly, and covered his weakness with a smile: "It's a little ...... Brother Hua Rongxian, you should have a road map of the march with you, can you show me how much distance there is left? ”

Hua Rong glanced at Song Jiang, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes: "The route map of the march is confidential, why does my brother suddenly want to see it?" ”

Song Jiang smiled bitterly: "It's not because of the injury on my body, I originally thought I could resist it, but I didn't expect that it hurt badly after only one afternoon." So I want to see how far away I am from my destination, so I can be mentally prepared. ”

"I see." Hua Rong took out the road map from his body, unfolded himself and glanced at it, and then said to Song Jiang: "Brother, there is still a distance from the destination, why don't I send someone to send you back to the village to rest now?" ”

"But I've followed it so far, and now I'm halfway back, and I'm a little unwilling in my heart." Song Jiang glanced at the marching map in Hua Rong's hand, sighed and said, "Since Brother Xian refuses to let me see it, of course I can't make it difficult for others, it's me who is abrupt." ”

"This ......" Hearing Song Jiang say this, Hua Rong was a little embarrassed.

After hesitating, he looked around and made sure that no one was approaching, so he whispered to Song Jiang: "Since my brother wants to see it so much, I can let my brother take a look." But brother, you have to promise me that you will never leak this. ”

Song Jiang nodded.

Only then did Hua Rong hand the road map he was holding tightly in his hand to Song Jiang, and blocked it with his body: "Brother, hurry up and take a look, don't let others find out." ”

Song Jiang hurriedly opened the road map, wanting to memorize the sections along the way, and then find an opportunity to tell Wu Song in advance.

However, there are too many sections of the road that have passed, and there are so many detours that it is impossible for Song Jiang, who is not familiar with the terrain around here, to remember them all in a short time.

"Brother, have you finished reading it?"

Song Jiang just wanted to say that he would look at it for a while, but at this time, there happened to be soldiers passing by, and Hua Rong hurriedly snatched the road map from his hand and put it back on himself.

"Brother, you also saw it just now, this is still a little far from the destination, do you really want to go with it?"

Song Jiang nodded.

Seeing this, Hua Rong was not easy to persuade again, and asked the military doctor to come over and apply medicine to Song Jiang.

After they had eaten supper and rested a little longer, they got up and went on their way.

This walk, another six or seven hours of walking, at this time it was already three o'clock in the morning, Hua Rong ordered everyone to stop, camp and rest.