Chapter 6 The golden cicada sheds its shell
The chief guard was puzzled and asked, "Why is Childe laughing so heartily!"
Lu Jingdao: "This person is really a fool, go back to report like this, it's strange not to be scolded by General Zhu for being bloody!"
Everyone suddenly felt reasonable, they were all Lu Jing's cronies, and they also laughed together.
Xie Tong did not return to Yingzhou directly, but went around in a big circle, turned back to the northwest of the ancient village, and finally found the route of the brigade, which was a direct road to Sizhou, which was dilapidated, leaving deep ruts on the road, presumably left by the grain truck, it seems that Yi Wudren's efficiency is very high, and he did not waste a minute or a second of time, but this army carrying grain and grass must not be fast, and when Zhu Wen reacts, if he only sends cavalry, he can easily catch up with this slow-moving army.
Xie Tong followed the ruts, chasing after the horses, and finally saw the shadow of the army after dusk, the army was passing through a grassland, the winding torches lit up the whole sky, and sure enough, as he expected, the speed of movement was not fast!
The sound of Xie Tong's horses' hooves aroused the vigilance of the army, and the people behind the palace drew their long knives one after another and aimed the tip of the knife at him.
Xie Tong said, "It's your own people, who is in charge of this team?"
Several soldiers raised torches, illuminating Xie Tong's face, and someone recognized him and said, "It's your own people!"
Xie Tong said, "Take me to meet the team leader!"
A captain looked humane, "Madame and General Yi are in front!"
Xie Tong didn't care about anything else, rode his horse forward, he passed through the bulky grain cart, and finally saw Yi Wuxing and the two.
Yi Wuxing and Mrs. Fan were sitting around the carriage, and Mrs. Fan had her back to Xie Tong, as if she was eating.
Yi Wudang saw Xie Tong coming. Immediately made a look.
Xie Tong saw Yi Wuxing secretly greeting, and he already understood. All the people in this Xitong Ancient Village were deceived by him, but except for the deception. I can't seem to think of any other way. He jumped off the horse and said, "The little brother chased all the way, ha, finally caught up!"
When Mrs. Fan saw that it was Xie Tong, she was stunned for a moment, thinking of what happened last time, her heart rippled, and she whispered, "It turned out to be General Xie, I haven't seen you for a long time." General Xie came in a hurry this time, what is the so-called matter!"
Xie Tong glanced at Mrs. Fan lightly, she seemed to have changed a lot, she no longer had her previous immature appearance, she must have been persecuted in the cottage for a long time, and the lady who sat in the cottage has adapted to this kind of life, I don't know if she still has the idea of leaving the cottage and regaining her freedom. Xie Tong shook his head. He had no time to take care of these, so he hurriedly said, "Mrs. Fan, Brother Yi, the younger brother has just escaped from Yingzhou. As far as I know, Zhu Wen will soon know the direction of our army's escape, and the army will soon pursue it. It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, and our army needs to set off quickly. ”
Mrs. Fan looked at Xie Tong. She bit her lip lightly and said, "General Xie." Please tell me, has my husband really been killed?"
Xie Tong was stunned, he didn't expect her to ask this, he looked at Yi Wuxing blankly, but Yi Wuxing didn't pay attention to him, Yi Wuxing looked up at the night sky, as if he hadn't heard the conversation between the two.
Xie Tong probably guessed in his heart, Yi Wuxing must have taken the jade pendant, and came back to lie to Mrs. Fan that he had escaped from Yingzhou City, and lied to her that the master of Fan Zhai had been killed by Huangchao's army. Although Fan Zhai is not a good person, he has always been disregarded by Xie Tong and others, and it is difficult for him to talk about it.
Mrs. Fan said, "General Xie, please answer me!"
Xie Tong took a deep breath and said, "Master Fan Zhai, he, he, he was indeed killed!"
Mrs. Fan was surprisingly calm, she said, "Fan Zhi He persecuted the women of the good family, robbed the house, and died innocently, but although he is not a good person, he has always been Shen Lian's husband, and he will not revenge the gentleman, not to mention that Mrs. Ben is not a villain, come here! Inform the small commanders that they are ready to return to the army, and we will avenge the owner of the village!"
The bandits let out a roaring cry.
Xie Tong didn't expect things to develop to such a point, and this weak woman who was weak at first sight would burst out with such a masculine side, but returning to the army at this moment is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and his plans will all be in vain.
Xie Tong said, "Madame, the Huangchao army in Yingzhou City is tens of thousands, and the soldiers are strong and strong, it is not something that our cottage people can resist, and this matter needs to be discussed in the long run!"
Shen Lian glanced at Xie Tong, her eyes were full of disdain, she said, "General Xie, the slave family knows that you don't have a deep friendship with your husband, and you can't make this trip to troubled waters, if you are afraid of death, you can leave, no one will stop you in the cottage, you didn't save me last time in the cottage, so that the slave family regrets it for life, this time, you don't need to save you! Yi hero, let's go!"
Xie Tong's heart was full of guilt, he was selfish and didn't save her last time, so that he became a grass coward and became Mrs. Fan. But he couldn't watch the army annihilate this time. He hurriedly said, "Xie Tong is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, this time I choose to stay, but I also hope that Mrs. can hand over the command of the army to me, otherwise as soon as the army of Huangchao comes, these two thousand brothers, I don't know how many people can leave alive, and the great revenge of the owner of the village not only cannot be avenged, but it has affected many brothers." ”
Shen Lian was speechless for a moment, as a female streamer, she really didn't know how to fight, she struggled for a while, and said, "Everything is thanks to General Xie, the slave family is grateful!"
Xie Tong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As far as I know, Zhu Wen's army in Yingzhou is mainly infantry, not many light cavalry, the troops of the cottage due to the early departure, the infantry will be difficult to catch up for a while and a half, Zhu Wen will definitely send light cavalry to pursue first, and the infantry will slowly follow behind, but it is a light cavalry, I am afraid the number will not be less than five thousand, these five thousand people eat us too easily, now the plan, we need to avoid hard collision with the enemy, preserve strength, and avenge the owner of the village in the future!"
Shen Lian's eyes were filled with tears, she knew that what Xie Tong said was right, she wanted to take revenge, her strength was too insignificant, for the sake of today, only according to Yi Wuxing's words, she would take refuge in the Tang Army, and she would slowly need to find opportunities in the future. She nodded, agreeing with Xie Tong's statement.
Xie Tong said, "Brother Yi, you lead a thousand Wu Bai people to protect Mrs. Fan, carry grain and grass, and now set off for the camp in Sizhou, and the younger brother will lead the rest of the Wu Bai people to break off, and after repelling the pursuers, return to Sizhou to join you!"
"What!" Yi Wudaunt said in a loud voice, "How can this be done, now that Zhu Wen has many generals, after you lead Wu Bairen and horses to break off, wouldn't it be better to hit the stone with an egg, it is better for you to escort Mrs., the eldest brother will break off!"
Shen Lian also exclaimed after hearing that Xie Tong only took Wu Bai and the horses to break off, she felt Xie Tong's sincerity at the moment, but the enemy army was thousands, Xie Tong's behavior was no different from sending us to death, she exclaimed, "General Xie, the slave family knows your good intentions, but this matter must not be, you should go to Sizhou with us! When we arrived at the Tang army camp, Ren Zhuwen had the courage to do anything to us!"
Xie Tong said, "Brother Yi, Mrs. Fan, our marching speed is too slow, if we continue like this, we will soon be caught up by the enemy, and it will definitely not work if we don't break it, please believe me." Xie will definitely complete this task and ensure that he returns to Sizhou alive!"
Yi Wudaunt still shook his head and said, "Big brother won't let you fight alone!"
Xie Tong said, "The little brother has made a decision, the eldest brother please escort the lady to leave quickly, it will be too late at night." He immediately passed the message into the secret and said, "The little brother has a lot of friendship with Zhu Wen, he won't kill me easily!"
Yi Wuxing finally nodded, and said, "Okay! The military situation is urgent, so I will set off first for my brother, and after I arrive in Sizhou, I will definitely send troops to help my brother, and I must come back alive, if you die, my brother will avenge you!"
After Yi Wuxing and the others left, Xie Tong looked at the fading torches in the distance, and gradually drifted away, he turned around, facing the warriors of this Wu Bai cottage, he said loudly, "Brothers, behind us are our own brothers, and in front of us are tens of thousands of enemies, there is no way to retreat, in order to let this group of brothers reach Sizhou safely, we must stay, and live forever to buy time for them, are you afraid!"
"Don't be afraid!" There was a sparse sound among the Wu Bai people, obviously they were all frightened by the army of Huang Chao, it was not easy to stand still and not run, Xie Tong shook his head, such a military spirit, I am afraid that it will all collapse as soon as it comes into contact, and there is no resistance at all, let alone repel the enemy, I am afraid that I will not even be able to hold on to a stick of incense! He shouted, "Bring a bow."
A soldier had already handed him a bow and arrow, but he didn't know what he was going to do!
Xie Tong lifted his true qi, awakened his spiritual sense, and carefully felt the nearby information, he slowly pulled out the longbow and suddenly shot out a bamboo sword arrow, everyone only heard the sound of the Tao breaking through the air, but they couldn't feel the direction of the arrow, only heard a scream from the front.
A few brave soldiers walked up, and in a short time they came back with a fox with an arrow. One of the soldiers shouted, "My lord, we picked this up two hundred paces away!"
Everyone was dumbfounded, is this still a human being? In the middle of the night, when they couldn't see their fingers, they felt the fluctuation 200 paces away, and they were shot through directly with an arrow. It was like a god, and after the crowd fell silent, they erupted in cheers.
Xie Tong said, "I'm just like you, I'm also afraid of death, but I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid that the brothers who escorted Mrs. won't be able to leave, if you are all warriors, just guard here with me Xie Tong!"
Wu Bairen instantly let out an angry roar, and the sound resounded throughout the grassland.
Xie Tong's heart was much more comfortable, his hand was extremely beautiful, which directly awakened everyone's fighting spirit, making them abandon their fear and be full of hope again.
Xie Tong calculated the time, after Zhu Wen got the news, he would inevitably send troops to pursue, from getting the younger brother to the cavalry coming here, as soon as tomorrow noon or afternoon, he still had enough time to arrange all this, he ordered, "There is a forest ahead, all enter the woods to rest, wake me up after dawn, I am making arrangements!" (To be continued.) )