After that, Yang Taisui quickly checked the injuries on Yang Kai's body, nodded with satisfaction, patted Yang Kai's head, and said with a smile:

"Your kid's life is really hard, like me, with two knives and a hammer in his body, he was unloaded by the iron armor, but he just opened a hole in his back, which is not a big deal, and he is a good man when he raises him."

Yang Kai grinned slightly, raised his hand and felt the wound that had been bandaged on his back, although it was painful, he could feel that the wound was not deep.

Slowly, Yang Kai's body also regained some strength, he sat cross-legged in place, glanced at the situation around him, and asked:

"Second Brother Cao hasn't found us yet?"

"If according to what Han Laosi said, when Cao Laosi retreated, he should have retreated in the remnants of Zhang Er, in the opposite direction to us, there are many people on their side, and the officers and soldiers are also chasing hard, which is worse than our side, and there may be few people left."

When he said this, Yang Taisui did not have the slightest sense of schadenfreude, but his tone was heavy, since joining the peasant army, they have not experienced failure.

But this time, he could clearly perceive that it was different. In the past, with the mobility of the cavalry, even if they were defeated, they could retain their vital strength.

Now, they are blocked and killed, and there are traitors in the camp, if it is really according to what Yang Kai said, the old boss will fall into the hands of the officials and soldiers, then the camp will definitely collapse and fall under the nest, how should they deal with themselves?

After all, he is different from ordinary rogues, ordinary peasant armies, most of them follow the current, wherever they go, and many times, they don't even know where they are and who the enemy is.

But Yang Taisui, although he is a small pipe, is very concerned about the situation, the enemy, and the location, etc., he always thinks in his heart, even if he can't mix with his brothers, at least when he escapes, he must know where to run.

Therefore, when the army is defeated, even if they are in chaos, they can still flee here with their brothers who are not seriously injured.

The rest of those who could not distinguish the direction and could not escape, in addition to those who died in battle, there must have been a large number of wounded.

Many of them don't even know who the enemy is, but what awaits them is only the tragic ending of being cut off by the officials and soldiers and exchanged for meritorious service.

Yang Kai looked at the eldest brother's expression, felt the solemnity, and asked, "Then what should we do down there?" ”

Yang Taisui didn't reply to his words immediately, Heishuiyu was defeated, and the remnants of the old palm were transferred to the north, and now most of the officers and troops must have gone north, and there is no time to chase and suppress these remnants of them for the time being, but what about when they adjust?

Moreover, he was also worried that if King Chuang was captured, the morale of the Ming court and the official army would inevitably rise, and they would definitely take even more crazy encirclement and suppression against them at that time.

With only these people under his command, it is impossible for him to survive the encirclement and suppression of the official army.

"Find Cao Lao Er first, see how much incense is left in the camp, and then decide to go to Li Zicheng or find Lao Huihui!" Yang Taisui thought about it again and again, and finally said.

Yang Kai also agreed with this decision, the current situation, further north, with Sun Chuanting and Hong Chengchou heavily guarded, it is difficult to pass; In addition, the relationship between Lao Huihui and King Chuang has always been not bad, and the rest of the people who broke into the camp probably have to go back to Henan.

When the sky was bright, Han Laosi came back. This time, he brought back a lot of people, more than 200 people, all of whom were cavalry, and among them was Cai Qian, a small pipe team with the same identity as Yang Taisui.

Among the more than 200 people, there were less than thirty people under Cai Qian, and the rest were more than half of the old brothers of Yang Taisui's department, and the remaining half were stragglers from various parts.

The thieves have always had no fixed residence, and after the defeat of the army, the scattered soldiers have lost their original structure, and most of them will move closer to the high-ranking officers and soldiers and re-form a living force.

Just like Yang Taisui was also thinking about which palm to vote for.

"Our people, except for those who followed Cao Laoer, the rest of the escapes are all here, and there are still some missing arms and legs or no horses, I didn't ask them, and drove them to the south."

A man walked up to Yang Taisui and first explained the situation, and then praised Yang Kai a few words.

He was in his thirties, not tall, and not good-looking, but strong and sturdy, with a hard bow on his back, called Han Bin.

Previously, he was cruising in the military formation, frequently casting cold arrows, and he was the one who made no mistakes, and together with Cao Mang, the second of Cao Lao, he was also the second person in Yang Taisui's department.

According to the boast of his brothers, he was respected for his ability to wield a bow and arrow while riding, and to pierce the crotch of an enemy's pants within a hundred paces without hurting a single hair.

"Listen to them, the old boss is gone, Cao Lao Erjuan was in the flow of people, was taken to the east, Gao Yingen, the middle fighting star who escaped from the old boss, retreated to the east, and Zhang Tianlin, the star of the sky, fled to the north, most of the officers and soldiers went to chase and kill them, no wonder we couldn't find them in the northwest, and we couldn't see the officials and soldiers."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, at least knowing that they were safe now, and gradually, the movement below the mountain woke up everyone who were asleep, and everyone gathered at the bottom of the mountain.

Yang Kai felt that he had regained his strength, and he also got up and followed.

Cai Qian, Yang Taisui, is recognized, originally belonged to the Huanglong Department of Yidou Valley, and as a descendant, he often shows himself as a superior person, and the relationship between the two is naturally not very good.

In addition, when his team was probably in formation, it was located on the flank of the formation, and was given special care by the firearms of the officers and soldiers, and half of the remaining twenty or so people had burns.

As the leader, Cai Qian was also burned and covered in blood, his hair was knotted, his whole body was stinky, and he had a large blister of spotted beans on his forehead, which was almost unrecognizable.

"Cai Guan team, why did you come to me if you didn't go to your official to ask for credit?" Yang Taisui roughly understood the situation and walked in front of Cai Qian in a few steps.

It is rare to be able to see the people of their descendants end up so tragically, and when the army was defeated, Yang Taisui, who was still dignified, couldn't help laughing.

Originally, he was going to dodge the past, but he found that he was recognized by Yang Taisui, so he could only walk out with a sad face, and said without confidence:

"Don't say anything more about the Yang management team, who would have thought that the person in charge of the plate would be such a two-faced person, we followed him, it was really bad luck."

"How did you escape?" Yang Taisui asked with a snort.

"We were originally on your flank, and when the Guanning army came up from both flanks, we still helped resist the first round of shelling, and when we saw you running away, we followed behind and ran all the way here."

Among the brothers they recollected, some of them had seen Cai Qian's figure, and they could be regarded as witnesses for him.

"Are there any other teams behind you?"

"There were people, but they didn't see it clearly, and when they left Zhouzhi County, they ran their own ways, and they didn't meet again."

Yang Taisui did not let down his vigilance, Cai Qian had the same official position as him, and he didn't want a chief of the same level. But then I thought that since the other party could run out after him, they shouldn't be the only ones who ran out. In addition, Cai Qian has no support, it will be difficult to raise his head in the future, with his identity, staying in his own team, and the two small pipe teams sitting in the formation will help improve the appeal of their team, so it was decided to keep him.

After hesitating for a while, Cai Qian licked his lips and stepped forward to ask, "Is there any dry food?" The brothers did not eat for three days, and they were all starving. ”

Yang Taisui looked at the blisters on his head, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Where is the dry food, there are fields here, and where there are fields, there are people." If you're lucky enough to find the big village, you'll be able to get a ticket, and I've already sent someone to look for it, and I'll be back soon. ”

Cai Qian heard him say this, but nodded and did not say anything.

Next, Cai Qian asked Yang Kai for a knife, shaved the burnt hair and eyebrows on his head, and then punctured a few bean-sized fire bubbles on his forehead, and asked for some wound medicine to wrap up.

Yang Taisui looked at him as if he was looking at a traitor, which made him uncomfortable, but he didn't actually make a mistake, but sacrificed many brothers.

After the whole process, only Yang Kai was very cooperative with his request, and gave him some comfort in a timely manner:

"Cai Guan team, come and drink saliva first, the army has been out of food for several days, and we have nothing to eat, so we can only wait for the news of the horses outside."

Cai Qian took Yang Kai's water bag, he didn't think about it with a white face, at this time, there was a person who was willing to stand up and give him some comfort, he was grateful.

As a result, Yang Kai became a good child in his impression. He took the water bag and silently wrote down the kindness.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, and when the first rays of dawn were cast from the clouds, Yang Taisui didn't have time to think about how to completely turn this team, which had been mixed in with a third of the outsiders, into an army.

Under the hill, a few horses' hooves gradually sounded, and a sentinel hurriedly came back to report:

"Several small villages in the vicinity have been abandoned, and there is a village more than ten miles to the southeast, where I saw the smoke of cooking and heard the barking of earth dogs."

Hearing this, the thieves couldn't help but smile on their faces. After not having a grain of rice in their stomachs for a few days, they were already impatient, and they couldn't help but get excited when they thought of the food and women in the village.

Han Bin, who was beside Yang Taisui, said: "You still can't leave Cao Lao Er, you pick a few more eye-catching, give them all the food that the brothers can eat, and let them go east to explore and see what clues they can find." ”

Cao Lao Er is the big man who followed Yang Taisui to the forefront when he fought against Guan Ningjun, his original name was Cao Mang, he was born with a big bones, and his background in slaughtering dogs was more introverted and more true than Han Bin.

When they first became mine thieves, they were six sworn brothers, and now there are only three left, although they are not Taoyuan alliances, but Yang Taisui has never easily abandoned any of his brothers, and the brothers are willing to trust him.

This is also the reason why their team has the cohesion and discipline that other teams do not have.

The distance of more than ten miles is just a few miles away.

The sun also gradually rose higher, and the sun shone brightly on the earth. In July, the sun is not hot, the horses are galloping, and the morning breeze is still a little cool.

Outside the village, a few birds were chirping lively, and they probably felt the earth begin to emit ominous vibrations and fly away with their wings spread.

In fact, Yang Taisui's judgment is indeed very accurate, and there are indeed other people who escaped with Cai Qian here.

At this time, they also took the first step and entered the village.