Volume 1 Xiao Yuanba Chapter 216 Falling from a Horse and Losing Grace
Zhu Zhanji soon lost interest in the madman, he first agreed with Shuangcheng on the rest of the itinerary, and decided to send three personal soldiers to escort them tomorrow morning, take the carriage of the wounded and withdraw to Anren.
Hearing about the differences between the Tsing Yi team in Yugan and Anren, Gu Nancheng was very interesting, and couldn't wait to pack up his things to prepare for departure, it turned out that he was tired of this small temple in the mountains for a long time.
Wei Mucheng was also happy to be able to leave here, but his attention was different from Gu Nancheng's. "Lord Qianhu should have seen Li Dan of the green shirt team, what kind of person is he?" On the way to send Zhu Zhanji to the mountain gate, he asked.
"He's funny, but he can't say a word or two." Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "But you can't see the lord now, he is leading troops elsewhere, and he may not come back until next month."
"Sir?"
"Oh, of course you haven't heard of it in the temple behind enemy lines, the emperor has conferred his knighthood and promoted him. Now he is the training envoy of the Raozhou regiment, and he has also experienced the Xuanfu Division of Jiangnan West Province!"
"Rising so fast?" Wei Mucheng was taken aback.
"Didn't expect that, did you? The emperor's grace is vast, Your Majesty just likes to be young and promising, you see, I was a hundred households a few months ago, and now after a few battles, I have become a thousand?" Zhu Zhanji was quite proud.
He turned out to be "trying a thousand households", but he carried Yan Yan's head to Zhao Chongbi and sent it to Zhao Chongbi, and presented the record of killing thousands of people, so happy that Zhao Chongbi erased his word "try" on the spot. In the blink of an eye, it has become a thousand households!
At this age, he has achieved thousands of households, no wonder he is proud.
"Let go of me, let go of me! This brother, you let me go back and kowtow to the two masters, and I can wipe my neck after kowtowing, can I succeed?"
"Hmph, don't do this. You don't know when I do? If you want to catch you a little more, you have to spend a lot of energy!"
Wei Mucheng heard a familiar voice, and looked back at the first few soldiers leading a tied man, isn't this the black willow just now!
Looking at his expression, Zhu Qizhen asked, "What, does this person Brother Wei recognize?" Wei Mucheng said the paragraph just now with a smile, and Zhu Qizhen nodded: "I know that this guy's heart is not bad when he salutes the reader. Tell him to come here!" He beckoned to the escorting soldiers.
Hei Liu'er looked up at Wei Mucheng, and immediately shouted, "This old man helps, they want to kill me!"
"! If I want to kill you, it will be solved a long time ago, and you will be allowed to come here?" After Xiaoqi finished speaking, he smiled all over his face: "Lord Qianhu, this guy was caught in the mountains, and his martial arts are not bad, but seven or eight of us surrounded him and couldn't take him."
Finally, it was tied with a fishing net. I wanted to ask him to come in and be a partner, but he refused, so I thought about taking him to repay the merit, so I was also a small flag, and I could reward him with two silver."
Zhu Qizhen looked this person up and down as he listened, and asked, "What did the people there do before?"
"Back to the adult's words, Hei Liu'er is a water person, and he lives on the shore of this Rushui River."
"Then you have not long joined the Jiangshan Army?"
"Back to the adults, the little ones are not thieves. My master's surname is Zhou Mingqin, and he has a nickname called Big Black Fish, and he is now the commander of the Tsing Yi team's water camp. Two months ago, the master sent a brother back to deliver a letter, and the younger one was ordered by the master to take a group of brothers to join the Jiangshan army!"
"Huh?" When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he complained to several of his subordinates: "Why don't you arrest people clearly, and even Zhou Lushuai's brother has been arrested?"
"Why don't you say it?" Xiaoqi complained about Hei Liu'er in turn.
"You're so bent on catching me to get the reward, and you don't listen to me at all!" Hei Liu'er looked aggrieved.
"And here you are, what about your brothers?" Wei Mucheng also thought this thing was funny, and he co-authored this as an inside line for the official army to catch the regimental training and hide it in the Jiangshan Army.
"They're all hiding in the mountains. I was afraid that they would not be able to tell the story and be accidentally injured by the officers and soldiers, so I told them to run first, and I stayed to speak, and who knew that everyone would cut down ...... when they came up."
"Okay, a misunderstanding, let's solve it quickly!" Zhu Qizhen finished with a smile and pointed to the mountain: "Hurry up and call your brothers down, otherwise they will think that you have already eaten bandao noodles at this time!"
Hei Liu'er agreed to walk side by side with the little flag up the mountain, and it didn't take long for a while
The two of them hooked their shoulders.
In the house, Gu Nancheng helped Yang Xing lie on the bed and bandaged his wounds. He had just found that Yang Xing had an injury on his leg, but fortunately the injury was not deep, and the blood had stained the cloth and had been pasted on the wound.
"What do you do? Do you want to stay in this temple, or do you want to go with us?" He softly advised Yang Xing: "Your father will definitely not be able to go back, so don't think about it. You'll have to bear with us and not let the escorts see you.
When you get to the other side, you are safe, and we can help you find a monastery to foster and live the rest of your life in peace. Alas!
Although you fell out with Yang He, the government didn't know, if they found out, they would misunderstand that you had escaped, and they would take you back to ask for the crime.
Since there are rumors that you committed suicide by throwing yourself into the fire, or died in the chaos of the army, you might as well fake it and change your face, it's better to live than to die, right? What do you say?"
"Thank you, Mr. Gu, you know that I am an identity and still take care of me like this, Yang deserves it!" Yang Xing said and wept:
"I used to pride myself on being clever, extorting rich families, and sleeping with women from good families, but now I think that it is because of my sins that I have suffered such a change and been disfigured, which is really fair in heaven, and I am extremely ashamed in my heart.
How can I be embarrassed by the fact that my husband treats me like this? If you don't listen to persuasion and go all the way to the dark, is that still a man? How does the gentleman arrange, Yang Xing will obey his fate!"
Gu Nancheng sighed at his story, sighed, and said, "From now on, you will change your name to Yang Wu, and I will give you another word, called Duqing." How so?"
Yang Xing bowed on the bed. Since then, there has been no Yang Xing in the world, only Yang Wu who was reborn from the ashes.
When Wei Mucheng came back and heard about it, he nodded and said that this was the best result, and treated him again. Then he asked Gu Nancheng to take care of him, first fed him some porridge and water, went to the monk in the temple to say goodbye, and left some broken silver to ask him to help prepare dry food.
The monk saw that he was very good with thousands of officials and soldiers, how could he dare not try his best to flatter? Wei Mucheng went up the mountain to pick some herbs and came back, took the medicine in his own bag, and tore a silk sweat towel to medicate and wrap Yang Wu's wounds. Watching Yang Wu fall asleep, he was relieved.
Early the next morning, a captain in a green coat and trousers, wrapped in a green cloth shirt, and hung a pair of half-body leather armor came to look for him, introduced himself as a corporal, and was ordered to pick them up.
"The wounded have their own vehicles, and Lord Senhu specially instructed the two gentlemen to prepare another carriage. Sir, if you don't have a lot of luggage, you can just leave it in the back of the car." He said and glanced at Yang Wu, "Your servant can sit with the coachman, in short, there is enough space!"
"You ...... Is it the Tsing Shirts?" Gu Nancheng asked curiously.
The captain smiled: "We are just an auxiliary team composed of militia, and we have to enter the barracks to be considered a formal green shirt team." Let's talk about the itinerary in general. It turned out that they were the militia of Merport, who were responsible for the maintenance and protection of logistics along the way.
"Yesterday came the news that Jinxi has been conquered. I heard that Yang He's old thief had a feast after he ascended the throne yesterday, which is good, and it's not so easy to leave!" Wu Chang said when he helped Gu Nancheng get into the car.
Wei Mucheng glanced at the "sick servant" whose face was covered with ointment, and said, "You go up first and sit with Mr. Gu." I can't stand the breath inside, so it's better to sit outside and chat and watch the scenery!"
Yang Wu willingly sat in the car, Wei Mucheng sat next to the coachman, grabbed the whip and shouted, "Drive!" The car shook off but didn't move. Wei Mucheng wondered, and listened to the coachman faintly remind, "Master Wei, this car can't go. You haven't lifted the brakes yet!"
In the early morning of the next day when Li Dan entered Fengqi Pass, he took advantage of the fog to raid and occupy the town, and it took only two or three teas before and after. The town is not big, and the Tsing Yi team is familiar with this place, and there are less than 500 defenders in the town, which is too weak!
To say that the "defenders" are a bit exalted, because these Yintuo's subordinates have actually been stationed here only for the third night, and they have lost to the regimental trainers in terms of geographical advantages.
As for the people and even more unreliable, this place was scraped by the soldiers of the Lou family once, of course, these people couldn't make much oil and water, so they came from afar and snorted angrily, not only beat many people, but even plundered the brothels and casinos in the town, which made the people's resentment boiling.
I heard that the Green Shirts fought back,
Many people rushed out to help with sticks, pitchforks, shovels and pickaxes, but when Li Dan surrounded Tu's courtyard, the number of people around him seemed to be doubled! Frightened, the leader did not dare to fight, and obediently surrendered under the white flag.
But it was from this captured leader that Li Dan learned a shocking news: Guangxin County was lost!
"Hold on!" Juan Jie commanded, and someone immediately came in and went out with the captive.
"Sir, it doesn't look fake, this kid didn't lie." Song Qian opened his mouth and said.
Originally, his name was not among the officers who came out this time, but later Song Qian persuaded Li Dan on the grounds that he was familiar with the terrain along the way and that he could take the opportunity to train the firecrackers.
Now Li Dan feels that it is right to take him with him, not only can Song Qian communicate with the official army smoothly, but also it is really beneficial to have an experienced professional soldier around him.
"It would be bad if Guangxin fell!" Zhou Tu frowned: "We are going to Shangrao, but Guangxin is in the way. Originally, I thought that Master Sheng could help us, but now I can't count on it. How is it good?"
"Yes, there are so many of our brothers in that city, Dou San'er and Liu Shengju...... Oh, yes!" Liao Sanqing patted his forehead:
"It's not that Liu Shengju guards Shangbandu, and Lin Baihu guards Dayuanzhai, should we contact them first, maybe these two places are still in our own hands?"
"Makes sense!" Gao Hanzi agreed: "Sir, let's send someone to investigate the situation over there first, it's useless to guess here. It's just that...... Until there is no return, it will be difficult to continue to march."
What he meant was that it was not clear where there was an enemy or how much of the enemy was there, and it was easy to get into trouble if he walked blindly.
Li Dan also agreed that he couldn't mess around, with this amount of troops, how could he take the prince out if he lost all of them?
But he was worried about another thing, he had not received any news from his sudden attack on the enemy now, and it would inevitably be revealed after a long time, and it would be difficult for the other party to surround him.
The biggest advantage of this unit is that it is fast, and slowing down will expose inexperience and other shortcomings.
"In this way, Juan Daxia, you try to find out the situation in Guangxin City, and find out what happened to the leader of the defenders, the strength of the troops, and our people?
If possible, get in touch with Shangrao City. Sanqing, you and the reconnaissance platoon are responsible for finding out the situation on the side of Shangsakadu and Dayuan.
Zhou Tu and Gao Cang, your two companies are quietly approaching Guangxin to probe the enemy's strength and defense on the road from Lengshuipu to Luoqiao, and take over the actions of the reconnaissance platoon!"
Li Dan didn't want Sheng Huaien to have an accident in his heart, and at the same time he was thinking about the two thousand people, how many should be alive, right?
No wonder the defenders of Nanshan and Fengqi Pass said that they had not been contacted by Guangxin for a long time. Li Dan guessed that Guangxin should have fallen into the city "overnight" as the captive confessed, but unfortunately the captive was not present at the time, and he did not know the details of the destruction of the city.
After Li Dan and the others left last time, Sheng Huaien listened to the advice to strengthen the garrison of Fengqi Pass, and stationed a guard of 600 people in Nanshan, with a total of 1,000 people.
However, two days ago, a chaotic army suddenly appeared in the town, and due to the unknown enemy situation, the defenders mainly defended the defense and did not attack rashly. Fortunately, this enemy seems to be busy collecting money, and has no intention of continuing to attack for a while. It was at this time that Li Dan led the team to arrive.
"This matter will be kept secret for the time being, and the officials and soldiers will be notified after confirmation, so as not to cause confusion among them." Li Dan said that at the same time, he also thought that he was afraid that the original plan would not work, and perhaps it would need to be overturned.
Lengshuipu was only more than two miles away from Tujiayuan, and soon after the cavalry set out, the news came back that no enemy situation had been found. Zhou Tu was the officer who led the team during the last Guangxin operation, so his report should be accurate.
Li Dan began to suspect that the enemy might not have many troops in Guangxin City, could it be that Yintuo defeated Guangxin, but he himself was not in the city?
Ju Jie's arrangement is very interesting, Shangrao sent Juan Wu to investigate, and the target was the area of the North City Wall, Jiyang Mountain and Phoenix Village. Shen Wu was optimistic about the position and then took Shen Jie in and out of Shangrao, and Guangxin decided to send Pei Si to take Mao Xiulu for a trip.
"What? Mao Xiulu is also going?" Li Dan frowned: "He's so small, can he do it?"
"Uh, yes. It's not small!" Shen Jie glared at his younger brother, who was holding back a smile, "Again
Say that they are originally the people inside, familiar. You don't need to pretend at all, just use your original appearance and identity.
The lord only needs to ask the captured leader to open him a paperwork, explaining that he is going to Guangxin to ask for instructions on the next step, and I will teach him what to do and how to do other things."
In this way, Pei Si rode a reluctant horse, and Mao Xiulu was a young mule under his crotch, and the two went to Guangxin one after the other. By evening, they were sweating profusely and running back.
"How did you get back?" It's still running like this, isn't there anything weird in that city?" Li Dan hurriedly asked.
Mao Xiulu drank water desperately, and Pei Si replied first, "Back to the lord, everything is clear."
"Figured it out?"
"Ah! Don't worry, let me drink and talk slowly."
Li Dan hurriedly asked the two to sit down, and ordered someone to find some food, and Shen Jie and Gao Hanzi also arrived, and everyone sat around the table to listen to Pei Si talk about Guangxin's affairs.
It turned out that Guangxin City fell, and the bad was on the prisoners left behind! Yintuo sent an attached Qu Shuai named Cheng Thirteen as the commander, and brought 2,000 people to fight Guangxin.
There was a spy under this man who was originally Yintuo's own soldier, and when he entered the city, he accidentally bumped into a few old acquaintances from the original army.
Knowing that they were left in the army as auxiliaries, he persuaded and lured them to kill the guards at night, opened the south gate, and let Cheng 13 in. At the same time, they made noise and raised fires in the city, and the momentum was not small.
Sheng Huaien didn't expect the enemy to come in quickly, but he reacted quite quickly, and immediately organized hundreds of officers and troops to counterattack, and forced the enemy outside the city again.
Unfortunately, on the moat bridge, a bridge plate broke so that he and his horse lost their center of gravity and fell into the river.
Everyone was busy salvage, and the formation was chaotic. Seeing this, Cheng Thirteen seized the opportunity to recoil, making the story dramatically turn over again. The officers and soldiers without the main general were beaten by others, and finally the rest of the troops opened the north gate and broke out.
"It is said that some people are on the Great Wilderness Mountain, some people go to Luoqiao, and some go to Kamisaka Fort."
Li Dan breathed a sigh of relief: "As long as the team is still there, it shouldn't be difficult to find it!" But does Shanda have any of the following?"
Pei Si shook his head. Mao Xiulu said, "Some people say they drowned, some people say they were washed away by the water. When I fell, I was pressed by a horse, and I had armor on my body, so I guess it wouldn't be so easy to get out." The crowd sighed.
"Anyway, I finally know a few things: there are remnants of the city pushed out of the city, Kamisaka Fort may still be in the hands of our people, the life and death of Lord Sheng are unknown, and Yintuo himself is not in the city." Li Dan concluded.
"Oh, speaking of Yintuo, Cheng Thirteen is very unhappy. said that he was going to come to Guangxin, and said that he would reward the soldiers, but he changed his mind halfway and turned around and went back to Geyang!" Pei Si thought about it and hurriedly said.
"Ha, he probably heard about Geyang's attack!" Gao Hanzi smiled.
Li Dan touched his chin and pondered, "Then it will take several days for him to come and go, we have to make good use of this time!"
"What do you think?"
"Hmm! Immediately tell Sanqing the news we have obtained, and invite the two Baizong of Nanshan and Fengqi Pass to meet me, and then we need to get in touch with Shangrao as soon as possible!" Li Dan pointed to the map:
"I plan to recapture Guangxin City, and then transfer all the materials of Guangxin into Shangrao, evacuate all the population, organize and train in regiments, and concentrate all the remaining officers and troops around Shangrao City.
This not only strengthened Shangrao's strength, but also provided cover for the withdrawal of the county king. We need to complete our mission before the enemy knows it, and then evacuate safely before the enemy realizes the situation and returns!"
"It's not going to be easy!" Song Qian, who came in later, sighed when he heard it.
"Old Song, those two hundred soldiers have to be withdrawn, and then follow us to fight Guangxin, and then follow the grain and grass into Shangrao, and we will provide them with protection.
If they don't withdraw, the enemy will come back and take revenge!" Gao Hanzi said, "I have to trouble you to convince me about this matter."
"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Song Qian nodded.
"The judge must quickly get in touch with Shangrao and tell them our plan and His Majesty's will
, please prepare for the reception and transfer!" Li Dan said to Ju Jie.
"I'll do it myself!" Shen Jie nodded: "I am still familiar with Shangrao City, and besides, when I first entered the city to run errands, I hit it off with Li Guerrilla, and I asked him to take care of the family.
He can rest assured that I will not hesitate in the middle of this. After all, it is a matter of the king of the country, and it is difficult for a person with a face to go in and speak to gain the trust of the officials." Shen Jie said.
"I'm afraid that's not enough, I'll go with Mr. Judge." Lu Rui stood up and said, Li Dan gave him a grateful look. "Don't worry, my skills won't cause trouble to the judge." Luri made a joke.
If it was just Jujie going by himself, it would be difficult to pass on the decree or anything, after all, he only had an official body from the ninth grade. But Lu Rui is different, he is the captain of the Pterodactyl Guard, and he can scare people when he shows his waist card when necessary.
It is precisely because of his identity that he dares to stand up in such a dangerous environment, which makes Li Dan look at him somewhat impressed. Unexpectedly, among the emperor's personal guards, there are such people who are not afraid of death!
"Monk, the two of us have to think about it quickly, I'm afraid the route we were going to take before is not suitable now!" Li Dan turned his face and said to Gao Hanzi:
"Maybe we won't be able to go back the way we came from, and the Yintuo Hui army will definitely reoccupy the counties behind us. When I go back, it is inconvenient to fight with the king of the county, and there is no naval army to help, so the enemy's defense should be tighter.
In addition, to evacuate the population and transfer the young and strong to Shangrao, we have to leave as much grain as possible in Shangrao, so there is no time and enough food for us to cross the mountains and mountains to return to Dexing. You'll have to re-route!"