Chapter 263: The Origin of the Horse Thief of the Double Dragon Bandits

In the face of this sudden strange wind, everyone was extremely surprised, and they turned back to the city gate to worship, thanking the sky for the appearance of the fairy. However, they had just finished worshipping and hurried forward for a while, and soon encountered resistance from other troops. The right guard who rushed out of the west gate was blocked by the rear guard of the Central Army, and the right guard who rushed out of the north gate was met by the local army troops who had been waiting for a long time. The combat effectiveness of the local army units is relatively average, and it is not at all the opponent of the field master like the right guard, so although the total strength is more than 100,000, it is still killed by the right guard of the north road with less than 50,000.

The situation of the right guard on the west road was more difficult, because the rear guard of the Central Army had already received an order from Hang Lu to secretly fortify, and in the past few days had already laid out dense fortified defense lines along the way, and the rear guard of the Central Army was a unit with half cavalry and half infantry, and the defense of the infantry was very professional and very tight, and the 60,000 cavalry also had a slight advantage over the less than 50,000 men of the right guard on the west road. The right guard of the west road suddenly fell into a tragic breakthrough battle, and every time he reached a dangerous pass, he had to endure a condescending bow and arrow crossbow attack, and finally rushed over at the risk of death and injury, but was intercepted by the cavalry of the rearguard, and there were countless casualties in the breakthrough along the way. At this time, a strong wind flew sand and rocks all over the world, and the fortifications of the guard were wiped out one after another, and the crossbows and crossbows were lifted out of their fixed places one after another, and flew up the stone hill Karakala into a pile of fragments. The right guard of the west road rode his horse and rushed forward all the way with the wind, and when he encountered the rearguard cavalry who were still insisting on intercepting in the wind and sand, he unceremoniously and directly covered and killed.

A strong wind blew all afternoon, and many corpses, horses, and weapons were blown to pieces and buried by a thick layer of soil and messy stones, and when the wind stopped and the defenders finally dared to open their eyes, many people found that the sand and dust had been buried in their chins, and the horses were directly exposed only to the horse's head, and even the horse's back could not be seen.

The right guard of the west road broke through the chaos and joined forces with the right guard of the north road in the northwest of the capital, and there were less than 70,000 people left in the 10th battalion of the right guard at this time. Everyone counted the number of people and was surprised to find that the president led Ding Long to be gone. At that time, it was already evening, and everyone couldn't find it everywhere, Gao Lingfei thought for a while, and felt that Ding Long should have quietly returned to the capital, because Ding Long was the president of the Central Army, and now the right guard is temporarily safe, but more than 200,000 people in the vanguard and middle guard are still in the capital and do not know life and death, Ding Long should have returned to pick up those people. After a quick discussion, Gao Lingfei felt that he could not stay here for a long time. It was necessary to join up with the two infantry battalions of the right guard as soon as possible, and then find a place to hide. While they were discussing, a piece of paper suddenly floated down from Ding Xiaolong's saddle, which read:

"You go to the deep mountains and dense forests to hide, and I'll go to Hanglu to ask for an explanation. ”

The handwriting is strong and powerful, and it is Ding Long's handwriting.

Gao Lingfei immediately arranged for others to take the team to join the two infantry battalions, and went to Shuanglong Mountain to hide overnight, while he and Ding Xiaolong rushed to the capital to meet Ding Long at night. The two rushed all the way south to the north gate of the capital, only to find that they had reached the meeting place from the north gate to the meeting place they had just had. Along the way, there are rocks, wind and sand, and many traces of the battle are buried by thick layers of soil and stones, and the original landform is completely invisible.

The two rushed to the north gate of the capital in disbelief, and the damaged stone-throwing crossbow on the north gate was still in a dilapidated state. Some people are lighting torches to change and repair. The two took advantage of the chaos to sneak into the capital, and the streets of the capital were full of gendarmes and Yulin guards, and they rushed to the palace in the stars and moons, and rushed to the vicinity of the palace. It was found that many of the barracks that were still at noon had disappeared at this time. The two sneaked into the palace like a dream, looking left and right and never found Ding Long's shadow, but they overheard Hang Lu's voice. At this time, Hanglu sounded like it was dying. is making his last words and giving his final orders. There were two main orders, one was to pass on to the eldest son Hang Xiao, and the other was to kill all those who participated in the mutiny, regardless of officers, generals, or ordinary sergeants. The two guessed that Ding Long was very likely to sneak into the palace and fight with Hang Lu, and Hang Lu would suddenly be dying, and listening to the meaning of Hang Lu's words, Ding Long was no longer alive at this time, because Hang Lu Lu was talking about how Ding Long's remnants were.

The two of them couldn't listen to this anymore, but suddenly heard Zhao Rong's voice, Zhao Rong said that Ding Long provoked a mutiny and coerced the saint, causing the elite of the Rui Kingdom to mourn, and he couldn't let him die so cheaply, and he had to hang his head on the city wall for three days, and his body would be crushed and scattered. Hang Lu said that I approved your suggestion, but your own head will be left on your shoulders for the time being, if you dare to do anything to embezzle and accumulate wealth in the future, you will die like this in the future. Zhao Rong was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything anymore, just kowtowed again and again. After a while, a Yulinwei officer came out with a bloody human head, rode out of the palace, and the two soldiers divided into two ways, one stayed in the palace and waited for the opportunity to snatch the body, and the other quietly followed out to snatch the head, and after succeeding, he sneaked all the way out of the capital and rushed to Shuanglong Mountain to join the men and horses of the right guard.

The snatched head and corpse were identified, it was indeed Ding Long, Ding Xiaolong and Ding Xiaofeng wept bitterly and sewed the head and corpse together, and everyone made a coffin and buried it together. After the funeral, everyone summed up, although the place of Shuanglong Mountain is large, but it is a bit dangerous for all the horses and horses to gather here, so the soldiers are divided into three routes, one way to stay in Shuanglong Mountain, and the other two roads go to the deep mountains and dense forests in the west and northwest of Ruiguo.

"That's basically the case, we are hiding and surviving in Shuanglong Mountain, on the one hand, we don't want these brothers to lose their lives like other Wei people, and on the other hand, we want to one day be able to cut Zhao Rong's dog thief with a thousand knives and avenge my father-in-law and the dead brothers. Ding Xiaolong said.

Mo Cong listened silently, and many doubts and mysteries in his heart were finally solved, and he also had a thorough understanding of many things that happened in Ruiguo before and after the old man went down the mountain. At that time, Yan Tao should have learned about Hanglu's plans and moves, so he urgently sent information to the old man, and the old man went down the mountain to relieve both the siege of Juling Pass and the siege of the capital.

However, there is one thing that is very strange, so many people in the right guard have survived, are the people in the front guard and the middle guard really dead? Thinking of the fist hole he saw in the third camp of the left guard with the true qi of the heavenly dragon, Mo Cong suspected that those people who were poisoned at that time were taken to that place collectively to prepare for execution, and then they were saved by the old man by unknown means, and then people did not know where they were hiding.

"This... Master, you know so much about our situation, can you let us know about your situation as well?" Mo Cong was thinking about it, Ding Xiaofeng wiped his tears and asked.

"I don't have such a bizarre experience as you, but I don't share the same sky with Zhao Rong as you do. Well, after listening to your description, I am more confident in everyone's cooperation, after all, even the gods are on your side, and the gale has appeared twice in a row, and I hope that our future cooperation can also be like divine help. Mo Cong said with a pun, since the old man's attitude towards these people is to try his best to rescue, then he has no psychological concerns at all when he cooperates with these people.

"Yes, we are also grateful for the favor of the gods, so we have not dared to do anything wrong since we went up the mountain. I hope that this time the gods can still favor us, so that we can successfully survive the enemy's encirclement and suppression. Ding Xiaolong nodded and said.

"I think encirclement and suppression is just a means of the imperial court, and occupying the mountain is the goal of the imperial court. Shuanglong Mountain is a place with dangerous terrain to guard the traffic arteries, and the benefits may not be obvious in peacetime, but it is a very fatal place in wartime, so the imperial court will definitely send a large army to garrison after the encirclement and suppression, and hold this choke point. So in the long run you may eventually have to evacuate and abandon the hill completely. Mo Cong said.

"Your Excellency is right, this place was originally the place where the right guard of the Central Army was stationed, and there was a battalion of troops stationed on the peaks on both sides, and Xiaofeng and I each occupied a hill. Now that the imperial court has surplus troops, it will definitely take back this place. Ding Xiaolong nodded.

"Since you can think about it, then choose the appropriate time to remove the isolation zone along the way, don't do more senseless killing, after all, those people are also here by order, they also have wives and children, and the family is also looking forward to their return, if you really trap them on the mountain, the gods will probably not help you if they know." Mo Cong said. (To be continued......)