Military advisor Zhou Pingchang came to the home of his friend Guo Huaiyi again. Zhou Pingchang came this time to ask Guo Huaiyi if he had any good suggestions for the current rebels. Guo Huaiyi told Zhou Pingchang that he could not think of anything based on the current situation of the rebels. Good idea.
Since Guo Huaiyi couldn't think of any good solution, Zhou Pingchang finally had no choice but to say goodbye and leave. Before leaving, Guo Huaiyi said to Zhou Pingchang sincerely, "Do the best thing", and Zhou Pingchang didn't say anything more about it.
In order to cope with the next attack by the imperial troops, the rebels began to collect grain from various places in Lingzhou. On this day, the people in Lishang County learned that the rebels were coming to collect grain again. After learning the news, everyone was anxious. The rebels have requisitioned food several times this year, and the people can hardly survive.
At this time, someone suggested to go to Mr. Guo and ask him to think of a solution. The Mr. Guo he was talking about was none other than Guo Huaiyi. When everyone heard this, they thought this idea was good. Guo Huaiyi was still very famous in Lishang County.
Next, everyone selected several highly respected village chiefs to go to Mr. Guo. Several village chiefs came to Guo Huaiyi’s house and told him about the rebels’ grain expropriation. They hoped that the knowledgeable Mr. Guo could Find a way for everyone.
After understanding the situation, Guo Huaiyi pondered for a moment, and then told several village chiefs to go back and make some flags for the government and army, and then threw these completed flags on both sides of the road. The rebels should leave after seeing these flags.
After the village chiefs returned, they began to ask people to make official and military flags, and then followed Guo Huaiyi's instructions and threw the completed flags on both sides of the road.
When the rebel grain collection team came to Lishang County, they saw the discarded official flags on both sides of the road and suspected that there were official troops nearby. The rebels did not know how many official troops there were, so for the sake of safety, the rebels had to retreat temporarily.
After the army retreated, several village chiefs brought some local specialties to thank Mr. Guo. Guo Huaiyi first thanked the village chiefs for their kindness, and then told them that it was his duty to help the villagers. You're welcome, and life is not easy for everyone in these war-torn times. Guo Huaiyi asked the village chiefs to take back all the things they brought. In the end, the village chiefs couldn't resist Guo Huaiyi and took back everything they brought.
Li Yong was also sent out to collect grain from above, but Li Yong really couldn't bear to rob the people's only food. In this way, Li Yong did not collect much food in one day, which caused Li Yong's immediate boss Wu Bin to be very angry with him. dissatisfied.
Chen Haoyuan felt that the rebels would be doomed sooner or later if they continued like this, and his group could not die with them. Chen Haoyuan felt that this time out to collect food was a good opportunity to escape, so Chen Haoyuan approached Li Yong and others to discuss it. After hearing this, everyone felt Chen Haoyuan has a good idea.
Li Yong and the others deliberately went out to collect food very late this time. When it got dark, Li Yong asked everyone to camp in the wild. At night, Chen Haoyuan and his group prepared to escape while everyone was asleep.
A group of people ran for a while, and under the moonlight, those with sharp eyes suddenly noticed that there seemed to be someone in front of them, and there were quite a lot of them. Since it was night and they were far away, everyone couldn't see clearly which group the other person was. For the sake of safety, everyone He ran and hid in the woods by the roadside.
The footsteps outside the forest were getting closer and closer. When this group of people passed by the woods, Chen Haoyuan and his group were hiding in the woods. They were surprised to find out through the moonlight that these people were actually soldiers from the imperial court. From the sound of footsteps, there should be many of them. Chen Haoyuan and the others didn't know how many people there were, but there were many.
At this time, Li Yong suddenly thought of those people who were still sleeping in the camp, and the camp was nearby. It would be very dangerous if he met these people from the imperial court. These people are all Li Yong's men. Soldiers, Li Yong usually treats them as brothers.
Li Yong felt that at this critical moment, he could not leave them alone, so Li Yong asked Chen Haoyuan and the others to wait in the woods, while he ran to the camp alone to inform others that someone wanted to go with Li Yong, but But Li Yong said that it is not good if there are too many people, and it is enough to go alone.
After Li Yong left, Chen Haoyuan and the others continued to hide in the woods waiting for Li Yong to come back. It took a long time for the footsteps outside the woods to stop. Some people speculated that this group of officers and soldiers could number between ten and two thousand people.
Then, Chen Haoyuan and his group waited in the woods until midnight, but did not see Li Yong come back, so everyone became worried, wondering if Li Yong encountered any danger on the way? However, no one dared to go out and run around in the middle of the night. The group of imperial soldiers and horses that we discovered earlier were coming with bad intentions!
Everyone stayed in the woods until dawn. Fang Qi saw that it was dawn and suggested going out to look for Li Yong. Chen Haoyuan also felt that Li Yong should not be left alone. Even if it was more dangerous, he had to look for it, so everyone After leaving the woods, I went back to find Li Yong.
Chen Haoyuan and the others searched for a while when they suddenly saw a large group of people running in front of them. Everyone took a closer look and saw that they were imperial soldiers and horses. At this time, the imperial soldiers and horses were running away in panic. Chen Haoyuan and his group didn't know what was going on. In order not to be discovered by the officers and soldiers, Chen Haoyuan and his group hurriedly ran to the roadside and hid in the grass half a person tall.
Looking at the officers and soldiers escaping in a hurry on the road, Chen Haoyuan was very worried about whether there would be any danger. After a long time, no officers and soldiers passed by on the road. When the officers and soldiers were far away, Chen Haoyuan and the others dared to come out of the grass. After everyone came out, they started to look forward.
After walking for a while, everyone suddenly discovered that there was a large group of rebels coming towards here. In order not to be discovered by the rebels, Chen Haoyuan and his group were about to find a place to hide. At this time, someone with sharp eyes suddenly said that the leader in front seemed to be Li Yong, the rebels were getting closer and closer, and Chen Haoyuan and his group discovered that it was indeed Li Yong who was walking in front of the rebels.
Li Yong rode at the front of the team. At this time, Li Yong also discovered Chen Haoyuan and the others. Li Yong quickly clapped his horse and went to join Chen Haoyuan and the others. Chen Haoyuan and the others saw that Li Yong was alive and well, and their worries were finally relieved. down.
Li Yong was extremely happy after seeing Chen Haoyuan and the others. Fang Qi asked Li Yong what was going on now. Li Yong said to Fang Qi that people are talking too much now, so if you have any questions, you can talk about them later when you get back.
Everyone returned to the rebel camp. It was already getting late. Li Yong took Chen Haoyuan and others to the camp, and then told them what he had experienced during this period.
It turned out that after Li Yong left everyone, he ran to the rebel camp he led and woke up all the sleeping rebels. Li Yong told them that a large group of officers and soldiers were coming here, and everyone had no time to think too much about Li Yong. Escape together to the city,
Back in the city, Li Yong reported what he saw to his immediate boss Wu Bin, who in turn reported the news to his boss Zhao Pinggang.
Zhao Ping had just learned that a large group of imperial soldiers had arrived at night. He felt that the situation was not good and quickly summoned his men to meet the enemy. He also sent people to rush to inform King Wei Liu Jinrong.
The court's men and horses soon collided with Zhao Pinggang's men. The two groups of men and horses soon fought together, and there was a sudden killing roar. This time, the officers and soldiers dispatched 20,000 people to attack, while on the rebel side, Zhao Pinggang only had Ten thousand people.
Since it was night and everyone couldn't tell who was with whom, they could only fight randomly. The two groups continued to fight in a muddle until dawn. After dawn, the rebel reinforcements also arrived. When the officers and soldiers saw that the rebel reinforcements had arrived, their sneak attack failed. He quickly retreated.
After listening to Li Yong's story, everyone realized that Li Yong had experienced so many things during this period, and that after this incident, Chen Haoyuan and the others had no chance to escape in a short time.
