"It's not that I underestimate the enemy, it's that I can only take so many people away." Li Dan then explained the reason.
"Oh, let Tie Linglong stay for you. Hey, this is a way." Zhou Qin patted his leg:
"Then I will go back with you! Anyway, there are surrendered troops in my camp, and there are more than 20 rich people." After he said this, Tan Zhongxiao also said to go, and then asked Xiao Wanhe if he was coming with him? Xiao Wanhe hesitated after hearing this.
Firstly, the "Heshan Army" was still far away from Ji'an Prefecture, and secondly, he secretly walked through the door of Geyang County Magistrate. The county magistrate meant that because the thieves were still strong, regiment training might change the status of the temporary organization and stabilize it.
If Xiao Wanhe doesn't go back this time, then the "Geyang Guard Training Defense Envoy" on Li Dan's head will be his. The magistrate is seeking to form a team of 800 people from the garrison office.
Although this is a low-level official, he has seriously entered the system after all. Xiao Wanhe was very excited, so he smiled and said:
"We've all registered there, so it wouldn't look good if we all left at once. I'll stay to watch the show and the finale.
There are many soldiers in the left camp. I will give these people to you. You can replace the old brothers with as many as you can. How can there be a shortage of people in a battle? "
Zhou Qin and Tan Zhongxiao looked a little bad when they first heard him say that they were not going to go. But then they became happy again when they heard him talk about letting people out. They repeatedly said that Big Brother was thoughtful and bowed solemnly with Li Dan. Acknowledgments.
Seeing the three of them like this made Xiao Wanhe feel embarrassed.
On the way back, Li Dan had left most of the supplies that were not suitable to take back to the camp at Lion Rock. Now that he was going to retreat to the rest, he naturally had to take as many of these supplies as possible.
After discussing with everyone, he decided to return from Wannian first, but this time there were a lot more people going back. He asked Mr. Han, Liu Hongsheng, Shen Wu, and Li Biao to go to Wannian first.
Liu Er brought some guards with him. He accompanied Mr. Han to rush back to Yugan to report the news to Fan County Zun. Shen Wu and Li Biao had a heavier task. They had to bring orders to the people left behind and urgently purchase a batch of carriages, livestock and grain locally.
At the same time, Shen Wu was ordered to bring a letter to Jiao Baihu, asking him for assistance, and asking if my family could help replenish dry food, so that the accompanying vehicles could free up as much space as possible to load supplies.
Another letter was written to Zhao Chongbi, the governor of the government. Li Dan told him the reason and approximate date of returning to Yuqian, and said that he would find time to visit him after returning to Wannian.
Feng Shen also took the first step, but in a different direction than the others. He wanted to go north from Yingtan to find out the truth about the enemy garrison in Anren and the whereabouts of the Zhou magistrate.
Although he didn't quite understand why he bothered to find the scholar, he heard what Zhao Jingzi conveyed that Li Sanlang was very concerned about the county magistrate. If he was still alive and imprisoned, or where he was hiding, Li Sanlang wanted to know as soon as possible.
Feng Shen didn't come to say goodbye. He only said hello to Shen Jie, then hurried down the mountain with a bag on his back.
The people who followed back this time were mainly the backbone of the Laoqian Battalion, including 54 of the original 60 members of the Qingshirt Team (six casualties). Most of these people are already corps commanders or even senior commanders. When they heard that they were going to kill Yu Gan, no one said much.
When it was time for roll call, Li Dan found that quite a few people had gathered at Shishiyan Village as required. Everyone regrouped and re-elected the team leader and chief.
The soldiers were divided into five sentries. The sentry leaders were Yang Dayi, Gu Da, Yang Yi, Zhang Bo and Xie Baozi. Each sentry had fifty men;
Huang Qin and Wan Si had that post including thirty archers, eighteen shield bearers and two fire guns, while Shen Jie and Zhao Jingzi led fifteen members of the reconnaissance team (formerly the detective team);
Song Xiaoniu and Liao Sanqing led more than a dozen personal guards and governors.
Zhou and Tan also each selected fifty people to form two sentries on the left and right to accompany the team. General Cai accepted the gift list and not only did not stop him, but instead praised the two men for their loyalty, bravery and trustworthiness.
In addition to the eight horse-drawn carriages that were sent to Geyang, there were also more than 60 animal-drawn carriages carrying the armor, weapons, shields, etc. left after the seizure. In addition, there were also wine, meat and other food, as well as three hundred stones. Grain and feed.
There were two people in each car, and the rest were riding horses and mules. Plus more than 80 spare horses and mules, the whole team looked vast.
Swing. There were more than 400 people in the team, but not one of them was on foot.
At dawn, the reconnaissance team set off first. They were divided into three groups. The first group opened the way for the whole team, the second group delivered the advance message and guarded the two wings, and the third group was responsible for drawing the map.
A cup of tea apart, Zhou Qin's team set off, then the main force, and then Tan Zhongxiao's rear team.
When I came here, I always felt that the road was very long and very boring. When I went back, I don’t know whether it was because of homesickness or something else, but Li Dan felt that it went by very quickly.
Later he realized that his whole team was riding, which was of course many times faster than walking!
The sun has not yet fully risen, and the team has crossed the Gexi River through Huating Bridge (the only bridge in the surrounding area that can withstand four-horse carriages).
"If you go like this, you can reach ten thousand years in four days." Yang Dayi was particularly interested in the four-horse carriage. He had already looked at it and praised it all the way.
"It depends on the road from Meiling to Damaoling." Song Qian said behind him: "That section of the road is the most difficult to walk. It is dangerous, steep and sparsely populated."
"Is sparsely populated still a problem?" Yang smiled carelessly. When he came, Anren had not yet been occupied, so he walked from Anren, Yingtan, and Guixi. He didn't know what the condition of this section of the road Song Qian mentioned was like, and thought it was just barren mountains at most.
"You don't know, sir, Damao Mountain is the most dangerous on this section, and Meishan has the densest forests. This section of the road was where we were in danger twice when we came here last time.
A mule fell to death in Damao Mountain. When crossing Meishan Mountain, a man went to take over the mule in the grass and encountered a tiger. Fortunately, everyone worked hard to save him, otherwise he would have been eaten. Song Qian told him.
"I don't think those are scary. As long as you don't encounter rebels or soldiers, it doesn't matter about wild beasts!" Zhou Tu said with a sneer:
"We have been busy preparing to set off these past two days, and I haven't fired a single arrow from my bow. Which wild beast dared to rush over, and I just shot it to give my brothers a snack at night!" Everyone cheered after hearing this. .
So later on, people kept pointing out flying pheasants and escaped rabbits to him. Zhou Tu was not interested in small things, but when he was about to camp that day, his quick hands and eyes quickly shot down an escaped sambar, which attracted cheers from the whole valley.
We continued on the road the next day and slowly walked into Meiling. It is said that the name of Meiling comes from the wild plum blossoms all over the mountain. However, there are no flowers to see at this time. It is indeed as dense as Song Qian said, and the trees are even more prosperous than two months ago.
As we walked, we walked, and suddenly the front group stopped, and then they didn’t move forward for a long time.
"Hey, what's going on?" Li Dan, who was drawing on horseback, noticed it, stopped and looked up and asked.
"I don't know what happened, and I haven't seen Hero Judge send anyone back." Song Xiaoniu replied in confusion. He straightened up from his horse and wanted to see what was happening in front of him.
"Give it, give it!" At this time, there was movement from the front.
"Sanlang, someone seems to be here." Because Li Dan had handed over the Geyang Guard Defense Envoy to Xiao Wanhe as required by the garrison before leaving, everyone in the team changed their words to address him as Sanlang and Langjun.
At this time, a messenger from the left team appeared in front. When he saw Li Dan's horse, he immediately turned over, ran a few steps forward, knelt down on one leg, performed a military salute, and said: "Lang Jun, I am returning under the command of Team Zhou to report , I caught a female cadre in front of me!"
"What? Where can a good female cadre come from in this barren mountain?" Everyone was confused.
Li Dan waved his hand to calm everyone down and asked, "How did you know it was a female officer?"
"That guy ran away when he saw us. After he was caught, he yelled something like: He ran around but he still didn't escape your hands."
"Oh?" Li Dan became curious, thought for a while and said with a smile, "Who is this person, who has such a fate with us? Come on, everyone, go to the front and have a look. Hearing this, he might be an acquaintance."
He brought several main officers to the front and saw Zhou Qin sitting on a big stone on the side of the road with her head tilted. She kept looking at the guy in front of him, whose clothes were in tatters and his hair was as messy as a bird's nest.
Seeing Li Dan waiting, Zhou Qin stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Sanlang, this guy almost frightened my horse. At first I thought it was some kind of wild animal, but I didn't expect that what jumped out in this uninhabited place was actually a big deal." Man! Do you think it’s strange?”
Li Dan noticed that when this man heard Zhou Qin calling him Sanlang, he immediately lowered his head and looked away pretending to nibble on the dry food in his hand, and he immediately became suspicious.
He walked to a stop not far away from the man, turned around to look, and asked with a sneer: "Have you seen the Qing Shirt Team? Where? Which battlefield have you been to?" Everyone around him was stunned, and then he saw The man on the ground started to tremble.
Zhou Qin whipped out his waist knife and said, "Hey, I thought I met a flower boy who was kind enough to bring you food. It turned out to be a remnant of the rebels? Tell me! Who sent you to be a female cadre?"
If you are dishonest, cut off your ears first and then chop off your fingers one by one! "Hearing the leader of his team roar, the two team members behind the man immediately put steel knives on his shoulders, pressed his shoulders and ordered: "Don't move!"
"Oh, how can I still move when I'm like this?" The man smiled bitterly: "Sure enough, he's not as smart as Li Sanlang!"
"Everyone, please step aside and let me see what this thing is?"
When everyone heard the sound, they moved out of the way. When Zhou Qin saw that his wife was coming, he called out: "Madam, what are you doing here? This guy is very dirty. Don't get it dirty."
It turned out that when she sent Xu Qiniang back to Yuqian with a piece of gold, she thought it was a bit rash when she thought about it on the way, so she stayed in Geyang and waited for Zhou Qin to come back, thinking of leaving together.
Later, when she heard that Zhou Qin was going to Yugan, she refused to stay alone and insisted on following him no matter what. Li Dan also felt that it was not good to let her stay in Geyang. It didn't matter if she had more cars anyway, so he agreed.
Xu Qiniang's face turned red, she rolled her eyes at Zhou Qin angrily, and then looked at the man on the ground. Unexpectedly, the man suddenly shouted: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, you are a piece of gold? Right?"
Xu Qiniang took a step back, and Zhou Qin immediately stepped forward to block her behind her, shouting: "The thief is so rude! Who is your sister-in-law?"
"Isn't she, isn't she a gold medal?" The man pointed at Xu Qiniang, and then moved his long forehead hair covering his face:
"Sister-in-law, it's me, I'm Wang Xi. Don't you remember? I'm Yin Shuai's deputy general, Wang Yidou!"
As soon as he talked about his forehead hair, it didn't matter, a large cut was revealed, and the skin was turned over from the forehead to the corner of the mouth on the left side, and the flesh inside was covered with maggots.
"Wang Yidou? Why do you look like this?" Xu Qiniang looked at him in surprise.
Li Dan glanced at Zhou Qin and walked aside. Zhou Qin pulled Xu Qiniang to follow him and asked her softly: "Madam, what kind of character is this Wang Yidou? Is he famous?"
"Sanlang, the famous generals under Yin Tuo include three lieutenants and six lieutenants. The three lieutenants are Sun Gu, Wang Xi and Deng Huzi. The six lieutenants are Zhu, Xiu, Lu, Lin, Feng and Chen." Xu Qiniang introduced. .
"Oh? Sun Gu was stabbed to death by a Yang flail, and Deng Huzi protected Yin Tuo from escaping and drowned in the pond. I didn't expect that Wang Xi would be bumped into by us today." Li Dan smiled:
"It seems that God is not helping them. But does Qiniang know how this Wang Xiren is like? Is there any blood debt, oppression of good people, and cruelty to women and children?"
"Yin Tuo's people are pretty good in this regard. Because he believes in Buddhism, his subordinates generally don't dare to mess around.
As far as I know, this Wang Xi turned out to be a well-known martial artist. He accidentally killed a tax collector and fled. Yin Tuo hid him in the temple for a while, so he was grateful to him.
After Yin Tuo's uprising, he asked him to follow him. Because he was good at martial arts and brave in battle, he led the team in every attack.
This man is very loyal to the world. Lou Thief recruited him many times, and he refused to give in even if he was given the title of General Wuyi.
As for blood debt, bullying good people, and insulting children, I have never heard of it. All I know is that he was engaged to be married when he was a martial artist. After the accident, the family broke off the engagement and asked the girl to be a concubine.
During the incident, someone advised him to go to that house and snatch the woman away, but he did not agree. Hua Jubu often laughed at him for this, but when he heard that Yin Tuo praised him for his Buddha nature, he wanted to reward him with two concubines, but Wang Xi declined. "
"Then, why is he called Wang Yidou?"
Xu Qiniang laughed and said, "You can eat more! Legend has it that Lieutenant Chen under Yin Tuo said he could eat half a dou, but Wang Xi ate one dou. From then on, people called them half a dou and one dou. Already."
"Uh..., Saburo, look at this...?" Zhou
Seeing Li Dan pondering, Qin asked softly, "Should we keep this person? He has a name and must have registered with the government!"
"Yin Tuo hasn't been caught yet." Li Dan looked back at Wang Xi, who was sitting on the ground and still nibbling dry food: "If this person doesn't have a blood debt, he might still be of some use to us.
He has a relatively high position under Yin Tuo, so he may know some inside information, and if he is a former fierce general... ” He paused:
"Let Mr. Bas take care of his wound first, clean it and suture it to prevent it from festering. Leave the rest to Brother Maverick and his governors."
"Okay, I know what to do." Zhou Qin first asked the maid to help Xu Qiniang back to the car, then strode back, ordered the soldiers to take Wang Xi to the roadside, and then waved to Master Ba and Song Xiaoniu to call over and tell Li Dan what he said. They talked.
Then he mounted his horse again and beckoned the team to continue moving forward.
Master Ba went to find medicine and tools, and Song Xiaoniu called two people who had replaced Zhou Qin. At this time, Zhong Siqi came over and said:
"My husband has an order. After sewing up this man's wound, ask him whether he would like to follow us or continue to stay in this deserted mountain. If he is willing to follow, let him get on the No. 8 car behind him. If he encounters a stream on the way, he will scream. Wash him and find him some clean clothes."
"Ah?" Song Xiaoniu stared at him as he repeated it again, and then reluctantly answered with his fists clasped: "Yes!"
So when Shenjie saw Wang Xi again when he camped in the evening, he had obviously washed himself, and probably felt more energetic because he had slept in the carriage.
Shenjie saw that he was wearing Gebu clothes, and his hair was tied up with a thin branch as a hairpin. Only his bandaged face was still a little dirty.
"The conditions on the road are limited, so you have to make do with it first, and when you get there, wash your face well to prevent dirt from getting into the wound." Shenjie squatted beside him and finished speaking, opened a bottle of Fengquan, and took out a small silver cup. Come and pour the cup and pass it over:
"I dare not give you more to drink. Just two or three glasses to remove the dampness. Li Sanlang said you should not drink too much if you are injured."
Wang Xi raised his tied hands and made a fist gesture: "Thank you!" After saying that, he took the wine glass and drank: "Oh, I thought I would never be able to drink it in this life. Do you drink this wine too?"
"The general is joking, this wine was made using Li Sanlang's method." Shen Jie smiled slightly.
Wang Xi was stunned for a moment, then watched Shen Jie pour him another glass, and asked cautiously: "Can I ask for the name of the leader?"
"I'm not a leader." Shenjie put down the wine bottle: "I'll lock Shenjie to Tiangang, and now I'll be a trainer next to Li Sanlang."
"Suo Tiangang Shen Jie? I have long admired your name!"
Wang Xi hurriedly knelt down to salute, but was stopped by Shen Jie: "You are inconvenient and injured, we don't need to worry about it." After saying that, he walked over and sat down side by side with him, leaning his back on the wheel of the carriage, and asked him :
"I'm talking about General Wang, I heard that you are also a man of high rank next to Yin Tuo. How did you end up in this situation today?"
"Hey, don't mention it!" Wang Xi looked frustrated.
