"It seems like the people from Liangshan are not chasing us!"
Hu Yanzhuo stopped his horse and looked at the rear and said, Guan Sheng also stopped next to him, and there were only forty or fifty riders left with him. Qinbei Pavilion
"There are only so many people left."
Guan Sheng's face was gloomy. Two disastrous defeats made him realize a problem. Liangshan was not an ordinary bandit village, and it was simply not something he could deal with.
"Why!"
Hu Yanzhuo sighed. After such a disastrous defeat, it was impossible for him and Guan Sheng to return to Tokyo. There would be no other way back except imprisonment.
"I don't want the two of us to lose to the bandits!"
Hu Yanzhuo looked at Guan Sheng and smiled bitterly. He had only thought about stationing at the border for so many years, killing enemies to serve the court, and rebuilding the glory of his ancestors. However, he did not expect that he would be defeated by Liangshan today, and he would be defeated twice.
"Liangshan is far more powerful than you and I imagined. Their cooperation today...hey, I haven't seen it even in the military."
Guan Sheng sighed and said that the first time he lost to Liangshan, he thought he was ambushed and attacked. If the outcome of the head-on confrontation was uncertain, today he was defeated head-on.
"Everyone has underestimated Sun Lei. With such a giant gangster on Jingdong, I'm afraid there will be no peace in the future. I don't know what the result will be."
Hu Yanzhuo nodded and said, he is an expert in military training. The chain of armor and horses was made by him. The coordination of the Liangshan horse and infantry army is far beyond the word elite.
"Well, they have Wang Jin, Lin Chong, and Xu Ning. It's not surprising that they have trained such elite soldiers and horses. Those three are all very powerful training instructors in the Forbidden Army."
Hu Yanzhuo found another reason to comfort himself. The Forbidden Army was the elite of the Song Dynasty. Wang Jin, Lin Chong, and Xu Ning were all outstanding instructors in the Forbidden Army. They could easily train the soldiers.
"Maybe."
Guan Sheng shook his head, and now he could only comfort himself with this reason, but he vaguely felt that things were not that simple.
"General Huyan, do you have any plans for the next step? I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to Yuncheng."
Guan Sheng looked at Hu Yanzhuo. Huang Wenbing was in Yuncheng, but it was impossible for him to go back. Last time Huang Wenbing wanted to convict him, but this time he failed miserably. If he went back, he would be escorted to Tokyo in shackles to be punished. He had no backing in Tokyo. , there is not much money to dredge.
"I'm going to Dengzhou. Hu Yanqing, the commander of Dengzhou Pinghai, is my fellow clansman. I'm going to join him. I'll wait until the imperial court grants a general amnesty, exempts me from guilt, and achieves military merit before returning to the imperial court!"
Hu Yanzhuo looked at Guan Sheng and said, if they return to Tokyo now, they will inevitably be assassinated. This gold seal will be a stain that cannot be erased for life. Just looking at the gold seals on the faces of Yang Zhi and Lin Chong, he is not willing to go back and confess like this.
Guan Sheng looked at Hu Yanzhuo with a complicated look on his face. The Huyan family was the founding general of the Song Dynasty. They were still active in the military for more than a hundred years, and their network of connections was naturally unparalleled. This was something he couldn't compare to.
"Brother Guan, why not go to Dengzhou together? We are all defeated generals. Why not lie dormant for a few years and wait for an opportunity?"
Hu Yanzhuo looked at Guan Sheng and invited him. At this time, Guan Sheng had nowhere to go. He was lonely going to Dengzhou alone, so it was better to go together with two people.
"Okay, let's go to Dengzhou together."
Guan Sheng agreed after thinking about it. Every time there was a happy event in the court, the whole country would be amnesty, and then they would be free without guilt.
"We can't take the official road now, we're afraid we'll have to take the mountain road to Dengzhou!"
Hu Yanzhuo pointed to the mountains to the east and said, they are considered deserters now. In a few days, various state capitals will issue wanted orders, and they will not be able to leave due to official roads.
"Okay, let's go directly to Qingzhou and go to Dengzhou."
Guan Sheng nodded and said, this was exactly what he wanted. What he fears most now is showing up in front of others.
After the two discussed, they took the fifty or sixty riders around them and walked towards the mountains.
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Yuncheng.
"It's not good! It's not good! There's a big defeat ahead!"
Some of the defeated soldiers fled back to Yuncheng, shouting in terror below the city walls.
"What? Failed again!"
Lei Heng's face on the city wall changed drastically. The last time they were defeated, it could only be said that Liangshan was well prepared. They left in a hurry and were caught off guard. This time, Hu Yanzhuo and Guan Sheng led the team in person, and they went to Huangnigang to set up a battle. How could the seven thousand officers and soldiers be defeated in a head-on decisive battle?
"You guard the city gate, and I'll notify Magistrate Huang!"
Zhu Tong made an explanation and hurriedly got off the city wall and headed towards the prefect's Yamen.
"Mr. Magistrate! A big defeat ahead!"
Zhu Tong walked into the lobby and reported to Huang Wenbing with his fists in hand.
"What! A big defeat ahead?"
Huang Wenbing was so frightened that he dropped the pen in his hand and shouted while holding the eucalyptus table with both hands.
"There are soldiers from the front who have returned in rout!"
Zhu Dian has a right way.
Huang Wenbing couldn't sit still anymore, got up and left the government office, heading towards the city gate.
Walking up to the city tower, there were nearly a hundred soldiers outside the city.
"Mr. Magistrate, soldiers keep coming back in defeat."
Lei Heng pointed to the defeated troops outside the city and said to Huang Wenbing.
"Where is Hu Yanzhuo? Where is Guan Sheng? Where is Han Tao? Where is Peng Qi?"
Huang Wenbing roared at the defeated troops outside the city. He looked around but didn't find the four men leading the troops out, four thousand armored cavalry, three thousand infantry, and twenty three-bow crossbows. They had only been out of the city for half a day. Just lost? How does he accept this? How to explain to Gao Qiu?
The defeated soldiers below didn't dare to answer. They all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Huang Wenbing.
"Trash! They're all trash!"
Huang Wenbing slapped the city wall and roared.
"Mr. Magistrate, the battle ahead is defeated, Liangshan soldiers and horses may attack. Please return to Jeju as soon as possible!"
A close confidant next to Huang Wenbing said, Yuncheng is just a small county town. The city wall is small and cannot be defended by large troops. If the people from Liangshan come to kill, they will probably break through.
"Hurry, go back to Jeju!"
Upon hearing this, Huang Wenbing did not hesitate at all, and immediately led his people down the city wall, preparing to return to Jeju.
"You two guard Yuncheng, the new magistrate will arrive soon!"
Huang Wenbing mounted his horse and looked at Zhu Tong and Lei Heng and said, Shi Wenbin had left Yuncheng for Tokyo in the morning. The position of Yuncheng magistrate was now vacant. Logically, it should be placed under the jurisdiction of Huang Wenbing, the magistrate, but for a while, Huang Wenbin did not send anyone. , we can only let Zhu Tong and Lei Heng take care of it temporarily.
"Yes, Mr. Magistrate!"
Zhu Tong and Lei Heng's faces froze, but they could only accept it. Yuncheng only had more than a hundred local soldiers. If Liangshan's army came to kill them, how could they defend the city?
But Zhu Tong and Lei Heng couldn't shirk it. Not to mention that they were the bosses of the city, and their relatives and friends were still in Yuncheng. How could they run away like Huang Wenbing?
"Work hard and I won't treat you badly!"
Huang Wenbing dropped these words and took the people out of Yuncheng and headed straight for Jeju.
"Brother Zhu Tong, what should we do?"
Lei Heng had run out of ideas. He was familiar with taking people out to make money, but he didn't know how to manage the county government at all.
"Open the city gate first and contain the defeated troops!"
Zhu Tong said.
"Let it in? What if there are people from Liangshan inside!"
Lei Heng was shocked, the city gate could never be opened.
"We only have more than a hundred local soldiers and dozens of government officials in the city. How can we stop them if the people from Liangshan come and kill them? We can only reorganize the defeated troops and let them help defend the city!"
Zhu Tong said helplessly that it was risky to open the city gate and let in the defeated troops, but now they had no choice.
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