Chapter 204: Enemy
"Abba, Abba!" She Yin, whose face was stained with tears and blood, screamed, her right arm hanging limply, and she was gently shaking She Chongming with her left hand.
"Ah..." She Chongming, who was in a coma, finally woke up slowly and groaned, "Where is this?"
"Abba, we are in Tieshan. Not far to the east is Zixian County (now Zizhong, Sichuan). There are boats there, and we will be safe when we get there."
"No! You can't go to Zixian!" She Chongming, who had just regained consciousness, struggled to sit up.
"Abba, don't move. Just rest." She Yin hurriedly tried to push She Chongming down.
"Let me go and help me up. Dad is fine!" She Chongming said anxiously, "We must not go to Zixian. The Han dogs must be chasing along the official road! Don't even think about the waterway. There are not many boats in Zixian. , now our heads are rich with tens of thousands of taels of silver, and Han dogs anywhere in Yinshan, Neijiang, Fushun along the Luoshui River can block us with dozens of boats, and we will never reach the Zhongjiang River! Besides, , brought out hundreds of people from the village, even if a few of us can run back, how can we have the face to meet the clansmen? No, we have been defeated, but if we want to be defeated in an upright manner, we must either die here together, or we must Take the rest of the people back! Hey, where is Aaron?"
When Fan Long was mentioned, She Yin's tears welled up again: "Brother Long is dead."
She Chongming was stunned for a moment, and after a long while, he slowly said: "Dead? How did Aaron die?"
Fan Long is She Yin's brother-in-law. He has watched She Yin grow up. The two have a very good relationship, so they have always called him Brother Long. When She Chongming asked, She Yin cried: "We just retreated to Longquan and found that the Han dogs had set up an ambush. Kou Ganbao and Ajia saw the Han dogs tearing apart the camouflaged fence and exposing the cannon muzzles. They all rushed over to block the front, and then they were hit by the cannon. Dad was injured and the child's arm was broken. If they hadn't blocked most of the cannons, we and our son would have been gone by now. Brother Long was behind and heard the sound of the cannon. When he came running, the Han dogs had already come to kill him. Brother Long asked A Ding to carry his father and take me with him to the west to go into the forest. He got the car scoop and bought Nan and the others to fend off the Han dogs..." At this point , She Yin has burst into tears.
"Then what?" After hearing this, She Chongming still didn't want to believe that his beloved son-in-law was dead, and asked, "How do you know that Aaron is dead? Aaron can fight very hard, even if seven or eight Han dogs surround him. I don't want Aaron to go easy..." Fan Long is indeed very skilled and has a very bad temper. He has a very high prestige among the Miao people. During the rebellion in Chongqing, it was Fan Long who took the lead: Xu Keqiu made baseless accusations against She Chongming's command. They were all old and weak. Fan Long casually grabbed a Miao soldier and asked, "Is this the youngest?" Fan Long stabbed the third person again, Xu Yiran sneered, and She Chongming, who could not bear it anymore, gave an order. Fan Long let go, got on his horse, pulled out the saddle hanging by the saddle, and stabbed Xu Keqiu in the waist...
"Before running into the forest, the child looked back and saw that Brother Long had already chopped down several Han dogs. The Han dogs did not dare to come forward anymore, and seven or eight spears were thrown at them... Finally, the Han dogs used their spears to pick off Brother Long's The first level..." She Yin couldn't continue.
"My son!" She Chongming roared and almost fainted again. The wizard and She Yin were busy for a long time. She Chongming finally regained his consciousness and looked up at the dappled sunlight shining through the branches and leaves on the top of the tree and asked. ,"when did it happen?"
"It happened two days ago. Dad slept for two whole days."
Hearing that he had been in a coma for two days, She Chongming was shocked again: "How many more people do we have?"
She Yin said sadly: "There are only more than two thousand people here, and they have all been scattered. Our people are everywhere. The hilltop to the south we passed earlier, and the forests to the east and west, are also ours." People. There are also people in front of us. Taken together, there are probably fifty or sixty thousand. Just now at noon, the leaders of each village sent people to contact each other and wanted to make an appointment to go east to Zixian tomorrow."
"No! Send all the people out immediately and tell the villages that we must not join forces now! Let's all disperse and meet again in Zhaohua Town, Xuzhou Prefecture. Then we will return to Yongning from Luzhou!"
"Abba!" She Yin said anxiously: "What can we do if we don't join forces? The Han dogs are not far behind. If we don't join forces, we will be defeated one by one! Listen to Dad, we won't rob the ship, but we must Join forces! Tens of thousands of brothers fight side by side, A Yin doesn’t believe that any Han dog can stop us!"
"What nonsense! Joining forces means death!" She Chongming said angrily, "Send people quickly to inform all villages that you can't go to Zixian under any circumstances. Don't talk nonsense and go quickly!"
After She Yin sent everyone out, She Chongming took the water hyacinth handed over by A Ding, took a few sips and said, "Help me up."
She Yin hurriedly said: "Abba, you lie down. Although all the cannons on the shoulders and belly have been taken out, luckily Kou Ganbao and Ajia are blocking the front. After breaking through the armor, they can't even penetrate the flesh." It's not even an inch deep, but my father lost a lot of blood."
"I'm fine, you don't need to worry about it. Ah'er, if you think about it, there are fifty or sixty thousand of us. If our old camp is lost, all the food, grass and baggage will fall into the hands of Han dogs. If we join forces and go to any county, there will be no grass growing along the road. After a few days of walking along the official road, what will everyone eat? The Chinese dogs don’t need to fight, they just need to bite us, we will fight back and they will retreat, and they will chase us when we set off. Otherwise, in three or four days, everyone will be too hungry to lift. If you raise your sword, the Han dogs will come to kill you! At that time, each brother will focus on his relatives in his own village and will no longer listen to orders. How can we arrange who blocks, who cuts off the rear, and who opens the way? We will all die. it's here."
This insight made She Yin so scared that he broke into a cold sweat: "Abba, what should we do?"
She Chongming said decisively: "Keep walking in the mountains! We are raised in the mountains. We were born and grew up in the mountains. Who would starve to death in the mountains? How about Han dogs? They want to eat food, and the mountains they enter are filled with blind and deaf people. , Cripple, not to mention beating, if you walk for two or three days, you may never be able to find a way out, and you will die inside!"
"But the rebellious dog named Luo and the wild dog are also mountain people. They can chase them in!"
"A'er, you are thinking too little. Hu Rugao doesn't need to worry about him. Luo Qianxiang will teach him whatever he wants to do. Luo Qianxiang looks naive, but he has a lot of ghosts in his heart. He won't be stupid enough to chase him into the mountains. Yes." She Chongming said confidently.
She Yin said suspiciously: "Abba, if I were that Han general, he would definitely ask Luo rebel dogs to go into the mountain, drive us out of the mountain one by one, and then block us along the official road, and eat every bit we drive out!" Let’s spread out, there are only a few thousand people in each place, it will definitely be fine.”
She Chongming looked into She Yin's eyes and shook his head: "If my father were that Han general, he would be like this. But if you were Na Luo Qianxiang, what would happen to you?" Seeing that She Yin didn't fully understand, he continued. Explained: "If that guy really chases into the mountains, he will definitely drive 50% to 60%, or even 60% to 70% of our people into the tiger's mouth like A'er said. But he will never do it! If you want to , why did he surrender to Han dogs? He has not forgotten the incident of Dad fighting with Luo Ge. Of course, we have not forgotten either, but this is just one reason. Another reason is that he wanted to make great contributions to the court, so as to Replace us! What can we rely on to replace us? Is it the credit of licking the blood on the head of the sword? Shit! It depends on strength! There are not many families scattered in the mountains now, but most of them are relatives of the same village. For their relatives, everyone We will all fight to the death! Indeed, with his new victory, he has many people and takes advantage, but every battle will always get a piece of meat bitten off, right? When he drives us all away, he will also be exhausted. There are only a few feathers left! At that time, will the court teach him to replace us and lead the Yongning Xuanfu Division? At that time, he will be an old dog that can no longer chase rabbits. A useless old dog will It’s the meat in the pot! He understands this very well, so he must be just pretending, don’t worry.”
She Yin suddenly realized: "Abba is right." Then he said, "Abba, that Han general Sun Jie is really a brave man. The day before Luo Gou betrayed us, he beat us so badly, but Sun Jie refused to ambush us. , he just led a lone army to defend the city. If the team in front of the gate hadn't carried out a suicide attack and destroyed the remaining towers, he would have died on the wall that day! In the past two days, the child has always been thinking, change As a child, he would definitely mobilize all the ambush troops to defend the city, and he would never dare to take such a risk. The child even thought that he must have great confidence in the team in front of the gate, knowing that the warriors would risk their lives. Fight. I didn’t expect there to be such a hero in the Han family. This person will be our biggest enemy in the future."
"Sun Jie is a hero. Dad has seen clearly in this battle. Not to mention you, I am definitely no match for him. However, we don't need to worry about him - the one we should be wary of most is Luo Qianxiang." She Chongming paused and then said slowly, "If he hadn't suddenly rebelled, we would have taken Chengdu, and Sun Jie would have been killed. But Luo Qianxiang stabbed us in the back at the most critical moment. With his sword, he grasped this opportunity very well. This is wisdom. Our military strength is more than ten times his. He dared to take action decisively. This is courage. There are only seven or eight thousand men in hand, and he can divide the troops into two men named Hu Rugao. Thousands of people went to Laoying to set fire to create chaos. This is a conspiracy. Ah'er, in this big mountain of ours, for a thousand or two thousand years, the Han people can come here, but they can't stay. We can only take care of it. Whether it's She or Luo Yes, he must be our seedling after all. Luo Qianxiang is wise, courageous, and resourceful, and is an extraordinary ruthless character. Ah'er must be careful about him in the future!"
According to the original plan, after Luo Qianxiang rebelled in front of the formation, the defenders successfully counterattacked and defeated She Chongming's ambush circle and drove them towards Shen Gang. Sun Jie himself led the Jieying battalion in pursuit, and Lao Shun led the Chengdu central defender back to defend. Chengdu. However, after these days of bloody fighting, the entire Chengdu central defender, including Lao Shun, was deeply impressed by Sun Jie. How could Commander Lao be willing to return? Not only that, Changjie Battalion, as the main force defending the city, has exhausted a lot of physical strength during this period. Although the fighting spirit is like a rainbow, at this moment, the sharp soldiers on the front line are shouting with red eyes. How can they be brothers who are not Chengdu central defenders? Who? At this moment, all the guardsmen and officers at all levels had long been replaced by the brotherly relationship between serfs, overseers and landlords. They fought side by side without any grudges and moved forward indomitably - Lao Shun called the eloquent Lao three times. Cheng reported a message to Master Zhu. Who would have thought that that guy had seen Zhu Xieyuan, rode back on horseback, and actually rejoined the pursuing troops when Shen Gangkancan fired the first shot!
The morale was so high that there was no longer any suspense about victory or defeat.
Just as She Chongming had judged, after Sun Jie and Shen Gang reunited, the Ming army took to the official road, and Luo Qianxiang volunteered to lead his troops into the mountains to clear out the troops. Unexpectedly, Sun Jie pulled him aside and whispered: "Brother Luo, you are Brother Ma's friend. I have something I shouldn't say, but I must tell you, otherwise I will be disrespectful to the two elder brothers."
Luo Qianxiang was startled and said: "The commander's words are serious. If the commander has any orders, just give them to the generals."
Sun Jie whispered: "Brother Luo, I am saying this as a brother. You have made great contributions to the court, and you have also saved my little brother's life. It goes without saying that when you go into the mountains this time, you will encounter sporadic thieves. , but don’t fight with the large group of fleeing thieves. Be careful of the backlash from the poor bandits - in the future, in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, we will still have to count on Brother Luo to watch over the imperial court."
In fact, Luo Qianxiang did have the same thoughts as She Chongming expected, but when he heard that Sun Jie was so sincere, he was really stunned. After a while, he said: "I... Commander, you..."
Sun Jie replied: "Brother Luo, your contribution in this battle is already great enough," and then winked slyly, "The centipede insect is dead but not stiff. I still want to kill the weeds and eradicate them in Yongning with Brother Luo. Then. ...Well, the imperial court is also waiting for Brother Luo to make another new contribution in guarding the southwest for the imperial court."
Luo Qianxiang was moved by Sun Jie's sincerity and slapped Sun Jie heavily on the shoulder: "Brother Ma has never seen the wrong person! From now on, our Shuinao Village will be your home, brother! Well, that's it."
"Okay! Brother Luo, let's meet in Zi County in three days. Then we'll go back to Chengdu. After resting, we'll move south and take Yongning in one go!"
