Chapter Eighty-Three: Chasing the Poor, the Poisonous Fog Fills the Ground

After Wang Jun left the city, he was embarrassed and vicious, he crossed the river and demolished the bridge, crossed the road and cut off the road, crossed the city and burned the warehouse, looted everywhere, and got black smoke and miasma, miserable and panicked. Lei Youzhong sat in Yizhou, and the rest of the generals led the army to chase all the way to Fushun City.

In the Song Dynasty, Rongzhou and Luzhou were all areas inhabited by ethnic minorities, called Rongluman. Fushun was between the two states, and the imperial court set up a prison to manage it here.

On this day, the officials of Fushun City were holding a feast to entertain the tribal chieftains who had returned to the imperial court. The banquet had just been set up, and Wang Jun led the remnants of the defeated army to arrive. They detained court officials and tribal chiefs and unceremoniously feasted and drank. The vanguard of the pursuing army, the total number of various forces was only one or two thousand, and Wang Jun did not take them seriously at all. After he was full of wine and food, Wang Jun sent people to meet the enemy, and on the other hand, he collected boats and made rafts to prepare to cross the river. After crossing the Tuojiang River, it is the place where ethnic minorities live. At that time, the court whip was beyond the reach of them, let alone them. Zhang Xiaochuan, Zhuge Ziyu, Lei Zhentian, Wang Jizhong, Yang Huaizhong and others were not far behind, and they chased after them one after another, they intercepted and destroyed on the one hand, and did not let Wang Jun and others cross the river, and on the other hand, they declared to the imperial court, so that the imperial court Xiaoyu Miao Wang did not accept Wang Jun's rebels.

At first, the rebels were large and the local terrain was quite complicated, so Zhang Xiaochuan, Zhuge Ziyu and others could only temporarily send a small force to attack and harass the rebels. After a few more days, the officers and soldiers reached three or four thousand people, and then all the generals and officers joined forces to line up on the riverside, preparing to fight Wang Jun to the death.

Wang Jun avoided fighting and did his best to make all kinds of preparations for crossing the river. At this time, it was at the junction of autumn and winter, and it rained for several days, the weather was very cold, and the soldiers were in great difficulty. Finally, the rain stopped, and there were several days of heavy fog, and the fog on and around the river was filled, and Wang Jun could not cross the river, and the officers and troops could not fight a decisive battle. The two sides were helpless, stalemate on the one hand, and on the other hand, they were on their own guard and stepped up preparations.

A few days passed like this, and at the beginning of the day, suddenly the drums of the rebel camp shook the sky, and the rebel soldiers shouted together, as if they were about to attack. The generals of the officers and soldiers hurriedly ordered the soldiers to assemble in formation according to the pre-arrangement, and after a flurry of arrows, the rebels retreated, and there was no more sound.

The rebel camp was quiet, and among the officers and soldiers, some of the soldiers began to hold their stomachs and cry out in pain, and some of them were in severe pain, and those who couldn't stand it began to roll on the ground. Half an hour later, the number of people crying out in pain increased. Even Zhang Xiaochuan, Zhuge Ziyu and others began to feel a little uncomfortable in their stomachs and had a faint pain. The official camp was in chaos, and the military doctor was called for diagnosis and treatment, knowing that it was a symptom of poisoning, but he had no idea what to do, and prescribed some medicines, but it had no effect.

After a while, the rebel camp was beaten with drums and attacked again, and the generals and officers hurriedly organized the less poisoned soldiers to shoot arrows to repel the enemy, and the rebels retreated. Soon came again, such as the third, the officers and soldiers were tossed and tired.

Finally, the rebels retreated, the fog began to dissipate, but there were more and more people with abdominal pain, how could the officers and soldiers still have a decisive battle with the rebels.

The rebels took advantage of this opportunity to launch a fierce attack on the official army, and the generals organized non-commissioned soldiers and retreated, not seeking to hurt the enemy, but only to protect themselves.

Zhang Xiaochuan, Zhuge Ziyu, and Lei Zhentian led the brave soldiers, endured abdominal pain, rushed left and right, determined to tear a hole, so as to lead the soldiers to break out of the encirclement. They tried several times in a row, but they didn't succeed.

Just when everyone was at a loss, a thick fog in front of them drifted away, the figure flashed, and there was one more person in front of Zhang Xiaochuan and the others. "Uncle!" Zhang Xiaochuan was pleasantly surprised, although Zhang Peng was in the dust, he was full of energy, and he did not lose his old age. Zhang Xiaochuan pounced happily, "Uncle, I didn't expect to meet you here!" "Xiaochuan, it's too late to say, this is medicine for abdominal pain, come with me!" Uncle stuffed a bag of things to Zhang Xiaochuan, and then rushed forward without looking back. Zhang Xiaochuan hurriedly beckoned Zhuge Ziyu, Lei Zhentian and others to follow closely.

At this time, the smoke cleared, the sun was scorching, and the sun was particularly dazzling. The rebels saw the situation in the official and military formations very clearly, and when they saw that the officers and men were stumbling and struggling to support themselves, they made a loud noise and marched forward bravely. The officers and soldiers scattered and fled, the fastest ones avoided the edge, and the slower ones were either killed or driven into the river, and the officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties in this battle. The two flanks of Yang Huaizhong and Wang Jizhong's troops were far away from the enemy, and they were not poisoned, and the losses were not large.

Zhang Xiaochuan and the others followed their uncle into a large area of reeds, and everyone was running at a high speed, but unexpectedly, there was a muffled snort in front, a "choking" sound, the sword was unsheathed, and the uncle was already fighting with Ban Zhida. Ban Zhida suddenly attacked him, his uncle was really injured, he was quick to use his sword, and his swordsmanship made great progress, but he was seriously injured and could not last, he shouted to Zhang Xiaochuan and the others, "You don't have to worry about me, everyone will take the road together!" Zhang Xiaochuan, Zhuge Ziyu, and Lei Zhentian jumped forward, and instantly cut down a rebel army, and all the officers and soldiers followed Zhang Xiaochuan and others, rushing up, and actually rushed over.

Ban Zhida was very angry, and used the big mudra stunt, his uncle's swordsmanship was excellent, but his body was inconvenient to jump, and he was hit by a big mudra in his chest, and the blood in his mouth spurted wildly, and he fell backwards. Zhang Xiaochuan hurriedly turned around to rescue, but was stopped by Liu Chengzong, who had just arrived. Zhang Xiaochuan was in a hurry, so he had to resort to a lose-lose play, and he wanted to force Liu Chengzong back even if he was injured. He stabbed Liu Chengzong in the chest with a long rainbow and stabbed Liu Chengzong's chest, Liu Chengzong saw his lifeless play, he was shocked, and hurriedly retreated.

Zhang Xiaochuan grabbed up and helped his uncle up and let him lean into his arms. Ban Zhida and Liu Chengzong were about to rush to attack Zhang Xiaochuan, Zhuge Ziyu happened to turn around to save him, he did not hesitate to press the motive, and a puff of silver needles shot out. Ban Zhida and Liu Chengzong saw the opportunity quickly, flashed to the side, and dodged the silver needle. Ban Zhida took off his robe, held it in his hands, and strode forward. Zhuge Ziyu pressed the machine again, Ban Zhida did not dodge or dodge, waved his robe, whirred the wind, and rolled down all the silver needles. Zhuge Ziyu sent several times in a row, and Ban Zhida had no fear, and strode towards Zhang Xiaochuan and the others.

Zhang Peng was lying in Zhang Xiaochuan's arms, breathing rapidly, Zhang Xiaochuan anxiously asked him how his injury was, but Zhang Peng asked him if the hairpin was still there. Zhang Xiaochuan took out the hairpin from his arms and wanted to hand it over to Zhang Peng. Zhang Peng didn't answer, motioned for him to put it away, and whispered to him, "This hairpin is very important, and it must be kept properly." Zhang Xiaochuan agreed with tears in his eyes. "Xiaochuan, promise me, no matter what happens, leave me alone, you must break through!" "Uncle, let's go together!" "Xiaochuan, you must promise me!" Zhang Peng had an eager pleading in his eyes, and Zhang Xiaochuan nodded with tears in his eyes.

Zhang Peng saw that Zhang Xiaochuan agreed, smiled with relief, suddenly accumulated the last strength, stood up, he broke free from Zhang Xiaochuan's embrace, the sword in his hand waved wildly, and bullied Ban Zhida with the body of the ground sword. The incident happened suddenly, and Ban Zhida was wholeheartedly resisting Zhuge Ziyu's silver needle, but he didn't expect Zhang Peng to have a dying blow. Ban Zhida couldn't dodge, and his right leg was cut by the sword, and blood immediately flowed, but fortunately he didn't hurt his muscles and bones. Ban Zhida was extremely angry, pulled up his robe, and slapped Zhang Peng fiercely, Zhang Peng was hit by this blow and could not get up again.

Ban Zhida hit it with one blow, regardless of the bleeding from his leg, jumped over Zhang Peng's body and threw himself at Zhang Xiaochuan. Liu Chengzong was not far behind, and jumped into capturing Zhang Xiaochuan.

Zhuge Ziyu saw that the silver needle could not stop Ban and Liu, he gritted his teeth and pressed the motive, and the two iron feathers on the feather fan, with a "woo" sound, shot at Ban and Liu. Ban Zhida waved his robe and rolled the iron feather to the side, Liu Chengzong was in the air, he didn't dare to catch it with his hand, and hit the iron feather to the side with one palm, and the iron feather fell among the surrounding soldiers, and all the soldiers immediately wailed. It turned out that this iron feather contained a potion of poison. Seeing this, Ban Zhida and Liu Chengzong knew that it was powerful, and they didn't dare to take risks anymore. Lei Zhentian set up Zhang Xiaochuan and hurried forward, while Zhuge Ziyu held a feather fan and broke back.

The leg was bleeding nonstop, and Ban Zhida had to stop to bandage the wound, while Liu Chengzong was busy arranging manpower to surround Zhang Xiaochuan and the others. Zhang Xiaochuan suppressed the grief in his heart, and was dragged forward by Lei Zhentian and Zhuge Ziyu for a while.

Ban Zhida and the others eased up, and the pursuers were not so close for the time being. Zhang Xiaochuan and the three of them also stopped to catch their breath, and the soldiers who broke out together all rested on the spot. Some of the soldiers were still holding their stomachs and shouting pain, and Zhuge Ziyu and Lei Zhentian's faces were not very good-looking, obviously the two of them were also enduring it. Zhang Xiaochuan remembered the antidote given by his uncle, and hurriedly distributed it to everyone, but everyone thought that there were not many medicines, so they pinched a little with their fingers, put it in their mouths, swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva hard, and reluctantly swallowed the antidote. This antidote was also really effective, and after a quarter of an hour, everyone's stomachs were healed. Zhang Xiaochuan thought of his uncle's kindness and righteousness, and remembered that his uncle died tragically because of himself, so he couldn't help but burst into tears and beat his chest.

At this moment, the spies came to report, and the pursuers arrived again. Zhuge Ziyu and Lei Zhentian hurriedly beckoned everyone to set off, but Zhang Xiaochuan stood still and did not move. "Brother Xiaochuan, please mourn!" "Brother Xiaochuan, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. Zhuge Ziyu and Lei Zhentian were busy enlightening him. "Two brothers, today's events are really difficult to stop, it is better for me to lead away the pursuers. "Brother Xiaochuan, if you want to divert the pursuers, this matter must be done by me!" Lei Zhentian said without hesitation. "Brother Lei, Brother Xiaochuan, leave this matter to me!" Zhuge Ziyu said earnestly. "The situation is urgent, the two brothers don't have to fight, I'll go and lead the pursuers. After saying that, Zhang Xiaochuan was about to act, Lei Zhentian and Zhuge Ziyu saw that Zhang Xiaochuan's attitude was extremely resolute, and they no longer insisted. Lei Zhentian patted Zhang Xiaochuan on the shoulder and said, "Take care, brother!" Zhuge Ziyu handed the feather fan in Zhang Xiaochuan's hand and told him how to launch the silver needle and how to launch the iron feather, Zhang Xiaochuan nodded and signaled that he understood. Lei Zhentian and Zhuge Ziyu knew that the situation was critical, and they didn't dare to stop any longer, so they rushed away with their soldiers.

Zhang Xiaochuan waited for the rebels to come closer, and swung his sword to cut down the front few. Seeing a large number of soldiers rushing behind him, Zhang Xiaochuan threw off his steps and ran towards the depths of the reeds. Zhang Xiaochuan stopped every time he ran a distance, and when the pursuers arrived, he sent out a silver needle according to the motive. When the rebels were shot, they kept wailing, and their pursuit slowed down. When the generals urged, the rebels were bold enough to chase after them. After a few rounds, they didn't see Zhang Xiaochuan launch the silver needle again, and they all guessed that he had finished launching the silver needle, and the rebels shouted loudly to capture Zhang Xiaochuan alive and march forward bravely.

Zhang Xiaochuan saw that the goal of attracting the rebels had been achieved, and he did not stop, but ran forward with all his feet, and ran to the river after a while. I saw two mountains facing each other, the river was open, and the water flow was very fast. Although Zhang Xiaochuan knew the nature of the water and saw the water deep and rapid, he did not dare to go down rashly. When the pursuers came to him, they were overjoyed to see that he had no way to retreat, and they gathered around him. Zhang Xiaochuan swung his sword, slashed violently, and cut down more than a dozen people in a short time. The rebels saw that Zhang Xiaochuan was extremely brave and did not dare to go too far. At this moment, suddenly a figure flashed, and Liu Chengzong arrived. Liu Chengzong held the sword in his hand, used the Huifeng sword technique, and fought with Zhang Xiaochuan.

The swordsmanship of the two people is very exquisite, and it is difficult to distinguish between them, and they fought for more than a hundred rounds as soon as they got started. At this time, Pandita also arrived, and he watched from the sidelines for a while, looking extremely impatient. Ban Zhida was even more annoyed when he saw Zhang Xiaochuan alone again, and he actually attracted all the pursuers. Thinking of this, Ban Zhida couldn't hold back any longer, he shouted to Liu Chengzong, "Master Liu, this kid has ruined our big business, we don't have to tell him about the rules of the rivers and lakes, can I help you?" Although Ban Zhida was asking for Liu Chengzong's opinion, as soon as the words fell, he joined the fight.

Zhang Xiaochuan fought with Liu Chengzong with his right-handed sword, and he could deal with it, Ban Zhida attacked Zhang Xiaochuan's left side as soon as he came up, Zhang Xiaochuan used a feather fan to make a few tricks to point the point, and after a few rounds, he was left and right. Zhang Xiaochuan knew that it was not a way to go on like this, so he had an idea and thought about it.

He returned the sword with his right hand to Liu Chengzong, and the feather fan in his left hand also pointed at Liu Chengzong, and pressed the bracket. With a "whoosh", an iron feather shot towards Liu Chengzong. When Liu Chengzong saw that his feather fan was pointing at him, he knew that something was wrong, and when he heard the sound, Tie Yu had already arrived in front of him. Liu Chengzong hurriedly swung his sword to cut down Tie Yu, and at the same time, his body retreated sharply, he was afraid that the venom would splash on him. Liu Chengzong's body was still standing, and with a "whoosh" sound, Zhang Xiaochuan sent out another iron feather, and Liu Chengzong danced his sword to cut it down.

All this is between lightning and flint, Zhang Xiaochuan shot cleanly, Ban Zhida saw that Zhang Xiaochuan greeted Liu Chengzong with both hands and weapons, he felt that there was an opportunity, and slammed Zhang Xiaochuan's left arm with a palm. Before Zhang Xiaochuan riskily attacked Liu Chengzong, he had expected this move, and when he sent out the first iron feather, he began to withdraw the sword, and after the second iron feather was issued, he no longer cared about Liu Chengzong, his body turned sharply, and the sword in his right hand stabbed towards Ban Zhida.

Ban Zhida wanted to hit Zhang Xiaochuan hard with one blow, but he didn't expect that he had already expected the opportunity, and the sword came faster than his palm. Fortunately, Ban Zhida's move was not old, and his body rushed out diagonally, and Zhang Xiaochuan's sword was only an inch away from his body. Although Ban Zhida dodged Zhang Xiaochuan's attack, he was also shocked into a cold sweat. "Whoosh, whoosh" two sounds, Zhang Xiaochuan shot two more iron feathers at him, Ban Zhida's body was unstable, in a hurry, he picked up two soldiers to block, "porphyry" twice, Tie Yu shot two soldiers, and the rest of the people scattered in fear. Zhang Xiaochuan saw him so embarrassed, his heart was extremely happy, and he laughed. The left hand couldn't help but press the bracket again, but there was no sound, and when he raised the feather fan, he saw that there was only a bare handle left in the feather fan, and Zhang Xiaochuan couldn't help but be dumbfounded. His mind turned quickly, knowing that once Liu Chengzong and Ban Zhida came to their senses, they would inevitably be arrested. After figuring out this section, Zhang Xiaochuan jumped backwards and had already risen in the air, above the river, with the surging river at his feet. "Whoosh, whoosh", this time it was Liu Chengzong who sent out two poisonous arrows in a hurry, Zhang Xiaochuan, who was in the air, slashed the sword and swept the two poisonous arrows away, and the person also fell into the river and disappeared.