Volume 1 Xiao Yuanba Chapter 227 Huangchaoling Chase
In the early morning of the next day, to Lou Shiming's surprise, Li Dan's whole camp was not in a hurry to set off. They got up slowly to make breakfast, so that the soldiers here looked straight at them two miles away.
"Hey, you've eaten so early? It was so much worse than noon, weren't they afraid of starving themselves on the road? Long Hui felt strange, it was the first time he had seen such an early meal in the army.
"The Tsing Yi team has three meals a day, and the first one who gets up every day is the firefighters, and they not only have to make breakfast, but also prepare lunch and distribute it to each soldier." Lou Shiming said lightly: "Li Sanlang said: Doing things on an empty stomach in the morning will wear out the stomach. ”
"Hey, he's a soldier like a son." Long Hui sneered.
"So his subordinates are desperate for him." Lou Shiming pointed to the opposite side: "The Tsing Yi team is the most united and fierce team I have ever seen. You'd better not treat him like a sixteen-year-old, or you're going to suffer a big loss!" ”
"I don't care about anything else, I just want to know when they're on their way!"
Lou Shiming laughed silently: "What's the matter, in a hurry?" You might as well send some clever ones now, go to the front of Qigongtan from the trail to ambush, and wait for me to leave with the three generals, so that you can do things conveniently. ”
"Makes sense!" Long Hui clenched his fists and immediately went to arrange. Lou Shiming looked at his back, turned around and looked at the smoke in the distance, he shook his head gently.
He believed that Li Dan would not fail to imagine what would happen after handing over the hostages, so how would he respond?
Lou Shiming knew that Long Hui was a fierce general, and he privately hoped that Li Dan could teach a lesson, teach this empty-eyed guy, but he was a little worried that Li Dan would not be able to resist Long Hui and would be killed by him.
After a long conflict, he turned back to his subordinates and said, "Let's eat some dry food, after all, we have a long way to go today." After saying that, he left the village.
After breakfast, the second company was on guard, and the whole battalion began to dismantle the tents and pack their bags. The fences were also uplifted, bundled into bundles, and loaded into carts.
Some of the local people who came with them were dismissed, they didn't want to leave their homeland, and they were going to Longquan Temple to temporarily avoid the soldiers. On the contrary, there are dozens of people who actively ask to stay.
Li Dan ordered them to be added to the auxiliary corps, and some of the qualified auxiliaries were allowed to fill the gap of the fallen soldiers.
There is a group of people who are more special, that is, the part of the former Yintuo captives who are unwilling to continue to be thieves, because of their performance, Li Dan transferred them to each company, mainly the third and fourth companies each added a platoon, and most of the rest went into the engineering platoon and the projection platoon.
The sequence of departures was set last night, with the first company and the command company in front, the auxiliary team in the middle, and then the fourth, third and second companies.
Shizi's carriage, baggage cart and guards were sandwiched in the command company, and from today onwards its command was Pei Tianhu, and the deputy commander and temporary governor was Song Qian.
Before leaving, Li Dan came to the carriage again. "This is for you to carry, and you may need it if you don't have peace on the road." Li Dan handed his ruler-long short sword to Wu Ning'er, who had changed into a man's costume and had a ponytail tied behind his head.
She and her sister have changed their clothes today, which Xiaowan'er went to the rich family in the village to exchange for silver ingots, and even the prince has changed into ordinary cloth shirts, and the little guy is jumping on the ground, looking at his own appearance in the bronze mirror and laughing.
"Don't worry, I know how to use it when necessary!" Wu Ning'er looked at him, and her eyes were a little red.
"Sister, don't think about it, I hope you hurt the thief with it, preferably not yourself!"
Li Dan knew that she had misunderstood, and hurriedly said, while hanging the short sword on the silk silk around her waist, Abin next to her looked at this and then at that .......
"Sir," a staff officer walked not far away and saluted, "The reconnaissance has come to report, there seems to be movement on the enemy's side." ”
"Got it." Li Dan sneered, turned his head and instructed Wu Ning'er: "Close the door of the carriage on the road and don't open the window." If the young man really wants to fight a bad idea, then we are welcome and give him some color to see!
The older sister and the younger sister should take care of the prince and herself, and after the lane parting, the speed may be fast before meeting up with the reinforcement escort, and the seatbelt should be fastened when you get into the car. ”
It was not until the end of the morning that the team set off for the north one by one. Soon, Lou Jun behind him also got up and followed. The two groups of men and horses hung unhurriedly one after the other, and did not stop until noon.
At this time, the forward of Li Dan's team had already arrived at the bridge under Bixia Mountain, and the engineering platoon began to come forward to assess the strength and load-bearing of the bridge, and the tail of the team was just outside Qigongtan.
Seeing that the front stopped, Lou Shiming gave a few words of advice and stepped forward with four guards, personal soldiers and an empty horse, and when he was more than a hundred steps away, he lined up on the opposite side and raised a row of crossbows behind the shield hand.
"Hey, tell you Li Sanlang to come out! Didn't you say that you would release them? Walking here with the gentlemen, isn't talking counting? One of the guards stepped forward and waved his arms and shouted.
"Don't worry!" Gao Cang rode up on his horse and stepped forward coldly and said, "The lord said, we have to be benevolent and righteous." Now the bridge is being inspected in front, and the whole team is hurrying to have lunch.
The three generals of your family are also eating, and they will come out naturally after eating, so you can't leave a person who has been hungry and thin in a few days with us, right? As he spoke, a soldier came out with a straw basket in each hand.
"Brother on the other side, I have some for you. It's rough, I'm sorry, just laugh! "Gao Cang called the soldiers, and put the things next to a small mound.
The guard looked back at Lou Shiming's eyes, came up and picked it up with the tip of his gun to look at it, turned around and brought the straw basket back.
Lou Shiming saw that there was a word written in ink that I don't know what kind of ink it was, the lines were extremely thin, and on it were the six words "Meat Sandwich Bun, please use it slowly".
He thought about it and reached out to grab one, but the guards behind him whispered to dissuade him: "Second general, be careful." ”
"Hmph, I think what Li Saburo invited me to eat is reassuring!" After Lou Shiming finished speaking, he took a big bite, and a smell of meat suddenly spread. He nodded and ordered everyone: "Eat, eat!" The rest will be sent to General Long in the back! ”
It wasn't until lunch was over that I suddenly saw someone walking over from the other side. Lou Shiming finally sighed, he could see clearly on the horse, one of them with his hair tied behind his head was his younger brother Lou Shifan.
The shield hand parted to both sides, and sure enough, Li Dan rode a horse, and Mao Xiulu led Lou Shifan out behind, and two personal soldiers immediately dismounted to meet Lou Shifan.
"Then the three generals, according to the old saying: we will have a period later!" The tall man who came out behind Lou Shifan sneered.
Lou Shifan let out a heavy cold snort in his nose, and said loudly without looking back: "That's it, I've met you twice, and I don't want to see you again in this life, it's best that the two of us don't interfere with the river water from now on." ”
The crowd laughed. Li Dan took a few steps forward and clasped his fists on the horse: "The third general has been released as promised, thank you for the second general's send-off, we can walk the road behind by ourselves, it must be very safe!" ”
Lou Shiming also brought the horse over: "Li Sanlang keeps his promise, admire!" Then so-and-so will be sent here. ”
"You're going back now, all of them?" Li Dan asked childishly.
"Let's go now, rush back to Tongjialing for the night, and go back to Shangrao tomorrow." There is also military affairs in the body, and I dare not stay for a long time! As he spoke, he quietly let the horse come closer, and whispered, "Be careful, Long Hui is an uneasy one." ”
After speaking, he looked at Li Dan and clenched his fists: "Then, leave here!" After saying that, he turned the horse's head and returned. At this time, the soldiers untied and helped Lou Shifan to get on the horse, and surrounded him and followed Lou Shiming towards his brigade.
"I'm afraid that Long Hui hasn't died yet, everyone be on guard, be careful of his revenge!" Li Dan walked towards the queue and told Gao Hanzi and Gao Cang. "Don't worry, he won't have any good fruit to eat when he comes! All on alert! Gao Hanzi gave orders as he walked.
Before they could return to the command company, the leading company in front had already begun to cross the river, and the whole team had finished their meal and quickly turned to a state of battle march. The shield soldiers all remove their shields from the cart and move them to the outside of their bodies for defense.
Just at the stall where the command platoon and the engineering platoon crossed the river, suddenly there was a lot of smoke and dust behind them, and someone shouted: "Enemy attack!" Then all kinds of bamboo whistles were also blown sharply. The guards immediately came up and formed a protective way to wrap Li Dan inside.
The team was still advancing, and the pursuing cavalry was already roaring, and the arrows continued to fire at the convoy with the sound of the wind.
The soldiers either hid behind the compartment of the carriage or immediately retreated to the other side of the vehicle, leaving only the shield-bearers to cover the safety of the horses.
The cavalry under Long Hui was actually still a mounted infantry, and there were not many of them who really had the ability to mount and shoot.
As soon as they stopped to shoot arrows, or approached the carriage to attack, they were immediately counterattacked by crossbowmen, but the attack did not have much effect, but was wounded by the crossbow arrows of the Tsing Yi team.
Hearing the shouting outside, Abin wanted to open the window, but was stopped by Wu Ning'er. They sat in the carriage, the skylight above them open, and they could see the dark clouds in the sky drifting quickly.
The whole team was speeding across the wooden bridge, and they heard an officer shouting outside: "Don't panic, don't mess up, cross the bridge in order!" Another person shouted an order: "All the Fourth Company get off the bus and line up!" Bring the antlers and the bamboo spear over! ”
It turned out that in order to ensure the safety of the bridgehead, Qin Han had already led the whole company forward and formed a semicircle along the bridgehead. "Archers, come here!" Someone else shouted.
Suddenly, the car lifted, there was a loud noise under the wheels, and the roar of the river, and then the car sank down. I heard someone shouting: "Car No. 1 has crossed the bridge, car No. 2 is crossing the bridge on the bridge!" ”
"To the right, to the right, car number one to the right!"
Suddenly there was a very loud roar, and there was thunder in the sky! "Ha, sir, it's going to rain! You see, the old man is right! Buddha bless! "There was a guy laughing on the side of the road.
But all the girls heard was him calling "sir", Wu Ning'er reached out and put it on the window panel, and stopped again.
"Be obedient and disciplined in the ranks!" His voice sounded in his ears, and Ning'er slowly stroked the window panel, but finally didn't open it.
The iron wheel rattled and the carriage continued forward.
Suddenly, a rain fell on the floor, and the young ladies were shocked. "Oops, it's raining!" Wu Ning'er hurriedly unbuckled the seat belt, got up and reached out to push the skateboard.
The skylight was closed, and she found the fire under the table in the dark, pulled out the hijab, blew the flame, and lit the candle in the lampshade.
Turning off the lampshade and putting the fire matchmaker back, she looked back at Shizi's big bright eyes and his sister holding him, and smiled "flutteringly". Zhao Yuan was also happy, he thought it was very interesting to have two candles in the black carriage.
Hearing the sound of dense raindrops hitting the ceiling outside, ask this and that, why does Lei Gong thunder, why does mica not, what heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals will come down to catch whom, will they bless their father, and so on.
Wu Ning'er patiently told him and slowly began to tell the story, the two children listened attentively, and then the prince couldn't support it, and the little brain was crooked on Abin's chest and fell asleep.
"Sister, did you get along with San Lang last night?" Abin asked softly suddenly.
"Shh Ning Er glared at her sister: "The son of the world is here, don't talk nonsense!" ”
"It's okay if you get along with him." Abin smiled evilly: "However, if I am good with San Lang in the future, you can't stop me!" ”
"This damn girl, talking nonsense! I'm not ashamed! ”
"Han people are ashamed, and I am not Han." Abin muttered quietly, and after a while, he raised his big eyes and asked in a flash, "Sister, what ...... Wang Ye and San Lang, who do you prefer? ”
"Be quiet!" Ning'er's face was feverish, she motioned to her sister to get up with Shizi in her arms, so that she could arrange the bed board and bedding, and then the young ladies gently let Shizi lie down and cover him with sheets.
Wu Ning'er pulled the girl to sit on the seat at the front of the car. She was a little afraid to look into her sister's eyes, and deliberately turned her body by pouring water.
When the water was handed to the girl, she met her inquiring gaze and said ashamedly and annoyedly: "This girl, who has learned more and more rudely!" Go back and write a letter to the prince, asking him to beat up all the people in the West Building! ”
"Oh, I'm just curious." Abin pouted.
"Where is there so much curiosity for children? Anyway, the prince gave you to him, and you will know it yourself in the future. ”
"This is what Sister said, you can't be jealous if I want to follow him in the future!" Abin seized the opportunity and immediately counterattacked.
"Then you have to grow up, ...... way you are? Tsk, tsk, I think it's difficult! ”
Abin was annoyed: "Be a bully of my sister, look at my trick 'Meow Meow Claw'!" As she spoke, she reached out to grab the soft flesh on her sister's waist, but Ning Er, who knew her trick, dodged it.
The two sisters chatted and quarreled, and suddenly Wu Ning'er made a silent gesture and said, "Listen, it seems that the rain has stopped outside?" ”
"It seems like so, why don't you open the skylight and take a look? It's still too stuffy to close the window. Abin suggested.
"Whoa", the skylight was pushed open, and a cool breeze rushed in.
The young lady couldn't help but take a deep breath of fresh air, and when they heard the rattling of the wheels, someone shouted: "There is Huangchaoling in front, it is the most dangerous road, everyone cheer up, be careful!" ”
"Huang Chaoling, I don't know if it's that Huang Chaoling?" As soon as Abin finished speaking, he heard a "bang", and a feathered arrow flew from above and plunged headlong into the frame of the skylight panel, causing both of them to scream "ah" in fright.
"Enemy attack! There are enemies on the left! Protect car No. 1 and car No. 2! Brethren of the guard platoon come with me! The voice shouted.
At this time, I heard the sound of "do, do" from outside the left carriage, the neighing of horses and the harsh metal friction sound of weapons colliding.
The carriage seemed to deviate from something and then slowed down significantly. Someone shouted: "Don't stop, don't stop, the carriage is gone!" ”
The shouting outside became more and more intense, and people kept shouting: "Stop this car!" "Kill Li Sanlang and reward 500 taels!" The young ladies were stunned, did they think that Li Sanlang was in this car, so they desperately wanted to intercept it?
Fortunately, the driver of this car is extremely skilled, and he has been rushing forward without stopping. The mountain road was undulating, and the driver and driver were all outside shouting hoarsely: "Drive, drive!" Come on! ”。
Suddenly, there was a sound of "knock, knock" on the outer compartment board, and then a loud "bang" like a firecracker was heard, and someone shouted.
Wu Ning'er hugged the screaming girl, and suddenly saw the prince sitting on the bed with wide eyes, and hurriedly pushed the sister: "Abin, Abin, Your Highness!" Go and hug Your Highness! ”
With a panicked face, Abin struggled to get up and walk to the back of the car, and as soon as he took two steps, he felt the car sink downward, and there was a loud movement in the back.
Abin stumbled and fell in the midst of the tremors. "Sister, close the skylight!" She suddenly screamed.
This reminded Wu Ning'er that only she could reach the height of the ceiling, so she hurriedly jumped over and pushed the handle, but the arrow just now was still stuck in it. She reached out and drew her dagger!
"Wow", the skylight was opened instead, and an ugly face appeared there. "Haha! It's a pretty little! The thief cried out.
But he couldn't be happy for a second time, Wu Ning'er swung out his sword without hesitation, and the sharp blade swept by, cutting off two fingers.
"Ahh The thief's face flashed in horror and pain, and disappeared into the skylight, and then the sound of a horsewhip was heard, and the pressure above the carriage was loosened, and then there was a loud "bang" on the ground behind him.
The young ladies both knew in their hearts that it was about the thief who fell, Wu Ning'er swung her sword again to cut off the arrow, pushed it up the skylight hard, and stuck it with the pin below, and the sisters breathed a sigh of relief.
The carriage seems to be up and down the bridge again.
Suddenly, the wheels made a screeching sound, and the car drove crookedly out of a section and stopped, and the shouting and scolding around it, the crashing of weapons, and the sound of horses' hooves trampling through the van, and occasionally the screams of people when they were hurt.
The hearts of the two sisters were raised, Abin hugged Shizi and whispered in his ear to comfort him, Wu Ning'er bit her lower lip, holding a sword in one hand and looking nervously at the car doors on both sides.
Something kept coming up, sometimes like a weapon, sometimes like a person. Later, a familiar voice shouted: "Take them away, little bowl, you go back to the car and don't leave!" ”
The car moved, and then a young man's voice shouted: "Commander Pei, the coachman is injured!" Then he asked anxiously:
"Who are you, coachman? And what about him? Driver? Do you know how to drive? Let's go, let's go, hurry! Soon the car moved forward again, and someone shouted behind it: "Stop it, stop the car!" But it ran forward anyway.
After a while, probably far from the battlefield, no shouting or fighting could be heard, and the carriage gradually slowed down. Finally it stopped. Someone tapped on the front window, and the boy shouted, "Two girls, are you okay inside?" ”
"We're fine!" Wu Ning'er replied loudly, and asked again: "What's going on outside?" ”
"Dog thing, sent a hundred people to catch up, fortunately, Pei Siye fought to the death. Our casualties are not small, I don't know the road, I don't have a map for fear of going wrong, so I stopped and waited for the people behind.
We had two cars, one of the drivers was killed and one was injured, and now the driver is driving. Suddenly he shouted, "Iron Head, here, here!" ”
Soon, a horse caught up. The gruff voice of the man known as the Iron Head: "Why did you stop?" ”
"I don't know the way!"
"Nonsense, I'll wait for that to know? It's just a picture. The iron head hurriedly blushed and white-faced: "Then you can't stop at this place, the terrain here is so high and conspicuous, if there are enemies around, you can find it at a glance!" ”
"How? Why don't you go down and walk along the river? I looked at the road to the north and entered the mountains again, I don't know if there are any ambushes? ”
"Wait, someone's coming." Xu Tietou was happy: "It's the head of the Song sect, it's okay now!" ”
After a while, a small group of riders caught up, and someone shouted, "Why did the car stop?" ”
"Don't know which way to go? My lord! ”
"To the south, to the south, along the river, the lord has arranged for someone to pick us up!"
"Okay, let's go! Walk! I'm going to the front to find my way! As he spoke, the horse's hooves went first, and then the wheels began to spin again.
Wu Ning'er slowly sat down with her hand on her chest. It must have been safe to have her own people around, and she now feels as weak as a collapse.
Some people died, but not completely......