Yang Miaozhen's vision went dark, and Guo Jie'er's words rang in her ears, but she couldn't hear them clearly.
After a while, it seemed that Liu Quan was also talking, but she still couldn't hear clearly.
In her mind, she only recalled the scene in her early years when she and Yang An'er, brother and sister, were engaged in the saddle material business in Yidu City.
Their shop is dilapidated and filled with the stench of rotting leather. Yang An'er goes to the mountains to cut wood every few days and comes back to make some saddle materials. He is always disgraced and his hands are constantly cut and bleeding. Even so, it is rare to have a meal. Full meal. During the most difficult period, the family had only one clean singlet of clothing. Yang Aner was shirtless in the cold weather, so she asked Yang Miaozhen to put the singlet of clothing on her body and fold it into another layer.
As for the dignitaries of the Great Jin Kingdom in the city, they were born with golden spoons in their mouths, and they lived in high status and had fine food and clothing all day long. Brother and sister Yang An'er had to kneel on the ground to salute even when they met their domestic slave.
If the slaves were even slightly dissatisfied, they would be whipped and kicked as hard as if they were going to kill someone, and Yang An'er's blood would drip from the beatings at every turn. And Yang An'er always hid the young Yang Miaozhen in the saddle shop and asked her to put ashes on her face and never come out under any circumstances.
Later, the situation changed, and Yang An'er gradually became a tycoon from a hawker, and then from a tycoon to a rebel. And Yang Miaozhen is no longer the ignorant girl she once was.
The relationship between brother and sister seems not to be as close as it used to be, but the friendship is still the same as before.
Yang Miaozhen remembered that a few days ago, she complained to her brother that he should not be at the foot of Moqi Mountain, and that she wanted to marry Ding Haijun Guo Ning, which made everyone known, and her family lost the dignity of her daughter's family.
Yang An'er said that he had been thinking about that matter for a long time. At first, it was because he was frightened by Ding Haijun's tyrannical force and wanted to win him over through marriage. Thinking about it now, the only advantage of that incident was that it gave the girl a way out. The rebellion this time was shocking, but unlike the last time, they could still hope to recruit troops. If something went wrong, the enemy might know that Yang Miaozhen was engaged to Ding Haijun Jiedu, so they might be merciful.
At this point, Yang An'er also half-jokingly mentioned that at that time, Guo Ning would be young and brave, and indeed a good match.
Yang Miaozhen could only purse her lips and say with a smile, "We have hundreds of thousands of horses in our hands. Even if we win or lose for a while, how can we reach that level?"
Thinking about it now, maybe Yang An'er had understood the loose nature of the Red Coat Army during the back-and-forth fight with Wanyan Heda and had a premonition of failure. However, the current situation forced him to have no time to adjust and make up for it. .
He just didn't expect that he would be ambushed by the Jin army and die so easily.
Just as Yang Miaozhen did not expect that one day he would see the rebel soldiers in such miserable condition.
During the Taihe period, when Yang An'er launched his army, there were major defeats, but why was it such a complete defeat?
At this time, there were only about a hundred or so people gathered around Yang Miaozhen, at least tens of thousands of soldiers fled, and probably tens of thousands more were seriously injured and abandoned in the Huaishang states. It is conceivable that their only fate is to be killed, their heads chopped off, and used by the Jurchens to show off their power. The Red Coat Army in other places will also face fierce battles and massacres.
The brother is dead, and there is no way to command them anymore. What will happen next is a river of blood.
Yang Miaozhen felt a throbbing pain in her heart, and this pain suddenly woke her up from her drowsiness.
She heard Liu Quan murmuring beside him: "It's impossible to get to Dongping Mansion. We have to find a way to bypass Pizhou, get to Haizhou, and then go back to Moqi Mountain!"
On the side, Guo Yao'er helped: "We have to hurry up! Fourth lady, I heard that Yang You has also been recruiting people along the way these two days. If he gets to Moqi Mountain first, he can take over the command as Marshal Yang's subordinate." Subordinates, we all have to listen to him!"
I see.
Most of Yang An'er's former members, who were from the Tiewagang War Army, did not like Yang You's impetuous and arrogant style. This was especially true after Yang You called himself the "Nine Kings" and vaguely regarded himself as superior to the generals.
Liu Quan and Guo Jie'er may not be really here to support me, Yang Miaozhen. More importantly, he wanted to keep a banner against Yang You.
It's a bit ridiculous. Since the brother is dead, the Red Coat Army, which was originally temporarily kneaded together, naturally has only one way to fall apart. Even if I am willing to stand at the front, how many people can this banner attract?
Li Quan, a clever man, had heard some rumors earlier that Guo Ning wanted Yang An'er's head, so he had been staying close to his family's business in Binzhou and other places in the past few months, and he had long been independent.
In terms of strength and appeal, Liu Erzu is actually second only to Yang An'er. But he is indeed a simple man who is recognized as having no ambitions. When he saw something was wrong, his first thought was to run away into the mountains, which was already very kind.
On the contrary, Shi Qing and others had always been ambitious. They probably wanted to recruit a group of deserters, first become the local emperors of Tengzhou and Yanzhou, and then take advantage of the situation.
As for Fang Guosan and Zhan Hui, one is a new rich man and the other is an old man, so they can't get along with each other. It was precisely because they couldn't get along that Yang An'er left them to garrison Dongping Mansion, just to check and balance each other. But they never thought that they would start fighting immediately after hearing the news of Yang An'er's death.
There are other people, presumably at this time...
As if a bolt of lightning flashed across the dark night, Yang Miaozhen suddenly thought of something.
She raised her hands and said sternly: "Wait a minute!"
Liu Quan and Guo Yaer stopped talking and looked at each other in astonishment.
After a while, Yang Miaozhen asked: "Brother passed away the day before yesterday, right?"
"That's right."
"We moved to Huaishang. The battlefield is four hundred miles away from Jeju, 650 miles away from Dongping Prefecture, 550 miles away from Teng County, and a thousand miles away from Binzhou. There are still constant battles on the road. I have just learned about my brother's death. How can we know the death news of Liu Erzu of Jeju, Fang Guosan and Zhan Hui of Dongping Prefecture, Shi Qing of Tengzhou, and Li Tiegiang of Binzhou?"
Yang Miaozhen suddenly raised his voice and asked: "Uncle Jie'er, you are from Pizhou, right? When did the news of their rebellion reach Pizhou?"
"Shi Qing's actions happened two days ago. The news from Jeju, Dongping Prefecture, and Binzhou came to us early yesterday morning..." At this point, Guozhao'er punched his fist fiercely and hit his thigh: " There’s a ghost here!”
Guo Yao'er took some of his subordinates and rushed from Pizhou to Suzhou overnight. He bumped into Yang An'er and died. He was temporarily confused, but when Yang Miaozhen said this, he also reacted.
Those parties had already begun to be in turmoil before Yang An'er died! There must be something evil in this, someone created this turbulent situation! The looseness of the Red Coat Army has resulted in too much room for others to plan. The Red Coat Army is intact this time. If it falls into other people's schemes, even if Yang An'er is still around, it will lose completely!
"Who is it? Who is it?" Guo Yaer asked through gritted teeth.
Of course I don’t know at the moment. But he knew very well that all he had to do next was to see who was the first to intervene in Shandong and seize profits when the Red Coat Army was in turmoil. Whoever was the one who cooperated with Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu and his group on Nanjing Road to carry out the plan.
There are only two families who have this ability and willingness: Hebei Xuanfu envoy Pu San Anzhen, and Dingjun Guo Ning.
"We have to go back to Moqi Mountain as soon as possible, but we must try to recruit as many people as possible along the way. Otherwise, we will just sit back and wait for death when we return to the mountain."
The dark rock cliffs and trees reflected Yang Miaozhen's pale face and bloodshot eyes.
Her tone became cold, as if a cold spring suddenly appeared in the mountains: "Uncle Biter, the Jin army camped in large groups at night, and the wilderness must be empty. You take twenty or thirty people, and go out to search for people now. If there are war horses, all of them will be there. Bring them back. Be quick and ruthless, and don't take any wounded or anything like that."
"Fourth Lady, let's..."
When Guo Yao'er said this, facing Yang Miaozhen's fierce eyes, he was a little scared, and he quickly raised his hands and said, "I'll do it right away."
"Uncle, I'm going to pass the order and have all the soldiers inside and outside the canyon assemble."
Liu Quan stood up on his knees: "I'm going right now!"
When Liu Quan was circling outside the canyon to give orders to assemble, Yang Miaozhen had completely scattered the nearly a hundred soldiers brought by him and Guo Jiaoer, and mixed them with the nearby broken troops to form a team.
Yang Miaozhen took charge of his family, and his subordinates, including generals, lieutenants, captains, commanders, and corps commanders, were assigned duties according to their aptitude, and were controlled and organized at all levels.
The broken soldiers brought back by Liu Quan were also organized into a team by her, and she appointed Liu Quan as temporary commander in front of everyone. Then everyone rested on the spot according to the new arrangement.
In the early morning, Guo Yao'er came back with dozens of horses and several knights, and Yang Miaozhen woke up immediately. She inquired about outside news from each returning knight, condoled their hardships, and also organized them into a team, with Guozhaoer serving as temporary commander.
When she gave orders, she was extremely decisive, and because she was already familiar with the soldiers, every appointment she made was convincing, even compared to experienced generals.
(End of chapter)
