Zhu Zhanji soon lost interest in Madman. He first discussed the next itinerary with Shuangcheng and decided to send three personal soldiers to escort them tomorrow morning. They would take the wounded's carriage and then retreat to Anren.
Gu Nancheng was very interested in hearing about the differences between the Qingshirts in Yugan and Anren. He couldn't wait to pack his things and prepare to set off. It turned out that he had long been tired of staying in this small mountain temple.
Wei Mucheng was also happy to be able to leave here, but his concerns were different from Gu Nancheng's. "Master Qianhu must have met Li Dan of the Green Shirt Team. What kind of person is he?" he asked on the way to the mountain gate to see Zhu Zhanji off.
"He is very interesting, but he can't say a word or two." Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "But you can't see the lord now. He is leading troops elsewhere and may not come back until next month."
"Sir?"
"Oh, of course you haven't heard in the temple behind enemy lines that the emperor gave him a knighthood and a promotion. Now he is the training envoy of the Raozhou regiment and the director of the Xuanfu Division of Jiangnan West Road!"
"Rising so fast?" Wei Mucheng was shocked.
"You didn't expect it, did you? The emperor's grace is so great. Your Majesty just likes young and promising people. Look, I was still a hundred households a few months ago, but now after a few battles, won't I be a thousand households?" Zhu Zhanji was quite proud.
He originally meant "Test Thousand Households", but he carried Yan Yan's head and presented it to Zhao Chongbi, and presented his record of killing and capturing thousands of people. Zhao Chongbi was so pleased that Zhao Chongbi erased the word "Test" from him on the spot. In the blink of an eye, it became a fifth-class household with thousands of households!
At this young age, he has managed a thousand households, no wonder he is proud of it.
"Let me go, let me go! Brother, you want me to go back and kowtow to these two gentlemen. After I kowtow, I can wipe my neck myself, is that okay?"
"Huh, don't do this. You think I don't know? If I let go a little, I'd have to use a lot of strength to catch you!"
The voice sounded familiar to Wei Mucheng. He turned around and saw that the soldiers behind him were holding a tied man. Isn't this the Hei Liu'er just now?
Looking at his expression, Zhu Qizhen asked, "Why, do you know this guy, Brother Wei?" Wei Mucheng smiled and said what he just said, and Zhu Qizhen nodded: "He knows how to salute scholars, so this guy's heart is not broken yet. Call him. Come here!" He waved to the escorting soldiers.
Hei Liu'er looked up at Wei Mucheng and immediately shouted, "Master, help me, they are going to kill me!"
"Shit! I've just killed you with one knife, but why are you here?" A small flag came over with a smile on his face after saying: "Master Qianhu, this guy was caught on the mountain, his martial arts are pretty good, we seven , eight people surrounded him and couldn't touch him.
Finally, it was tied up with a fishing net. I originally wanted to ask him to come down and be a partner, but he refused, so I thought of escorting him to report his merits. After all, he was a small flag and could be rewarded with two silver coins. "
While listening, Zhu Qizhen looked the man up and down and asked, "What did the people there do before?"
"Sir, Hei Liu'er is a water person and lives on the bank of Ru River."
"Then you joined the Jiangshan Army not long ago?"
"Back to your lord, the younger one is not a thief. My master's surname is Zhou Mingqin, and his nickname is Big Black Fish. He is now the commander of the water camp of the Qingshirt Team. Two months ago, the master sent a brother back to deliver a message, and the younger one accepted it. The master ordered me to sneak into the Jiangshan Army with my brothers!"
"Ah?" When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he complained to several of his men: "Why didn't you ask clearly about the people you were arresting, so that you even arrested Zhou Lushuai's brother?"
"Why didn't you say anything?" Xiao Qi complained to Hei Liu'er.
"You are all focused on catching me to receive the reward, and you don't even listen to me!" Hei Liu'er looked aggrieved.
"Then you are here, where are your brothers?" Wei Mucheng also thought this was funny, co-authoring that this was an insider who the officers and soldiers had captured Tuan Lian and hid in the Jiangshan Army.
"They are all hiding in the mountains. I was afraid that they would be accidentally injured by the army, so I told them to run away first, while I stayed and talked. Who knew that everyone would come up and chop them down..."
"Okay, it's a misunderstanding, let's clear it up quickly!" Zhu Qizhen said with a smile, pointing to the mountain: "Hurry up and call your brothers down, otherwise they will think you have already eaten something. Where’s the knife face!”
Hei Liu'er agreed and walked up the mountain side by side with the little flag. After a while,
The two of them hooked up.
In the house, Gu Nancheng helped Yang Xing lie down on the bed and bandaged his wounds. He had just discovered a wound on Yang Xing's leg. Fortunately, the wound was not deep. The blood had stained the cloth and was already stuck on the wound.
"What should you do? Stay in this temple, or go with us?" He gently advised Yang Xing: "You will definitely not be able to go back to your father, so don't even think about it. If you go with us, you have to be patient. You can't Let the escorting officers and soldiers see it.
You will be safe on the other side. We can help you find a monastery to foster you and live the rest of your life quietly. well!
Although you and Yang He had a falling out, the government didn't know. If they found out, they might misunderstand that you had escaped, and they would take you back to hold you accountable.
Since there are rumors that you committed suicide by throwing yourself into the fire or died in the rebellion, you might as well fake it and change your appearance. Life is better than death, right? What do you think? "
"Thank you, Mr. Gu. You know my identity and still look after me like this. Yang deserves it!" Yang Xing shed tears as he spoke:
"I usually pride myself on being smart, exploiting wealthy families, and sleeping with good girls. But now I think about it, it was because of my serious sins that I suffered such an accident and was disfigured. God is just and makes me extremely ashamed.
How can it be so embarrassing for my husband to treat me like this? If you continue to disobey advice and go all the way to the dark side, will you still be considered a man? Whatever the teacher arranges, Yang Xing will just obey! "
Gu Nancheng sighed at his story and sighed, "From now on, you will change your name to Yang Wu, and I will give you another name, Du Qing. How about that?"
Yang Xing worshiped on the bed. From then on, there was no Yang Xing in the world, only Yang Wu who was reborn from the ashes.
When Wei Mucheng came back and heard about it, he nodded and said that this was the best result, and treated him again. Then he asked Gu Nancheng to take care of him. He fed him some porridge and water first, and then went to the temple monk to say goodbye. He also left some silver to ask him to help prepare dry food.
When the monk saw that he was very friendly to the officials and soldiers, how could he not try his best to flatter him? Wei Mucheng went up the mountain to collect some herbs and came back. He also took the healing medicine from his bag, tore off a silk sweat towel, applied the medicine to Yang Wu, and bound his wounds. Watching Yang Wu fall asleep, he felt relieved.
Early the next morning, a corps commander in green trousers, a green cloth turban, and a pair of half-leather armor came to see them. He introduced himself as a noncommissioned officer and was ordered to pick them up.
"The wounded have their own vehicles. Mr. Qianhu specially asked to prepare a separate carriage for the two gentlemen. If you don't have much luggage, sir, you can just put it in the back of the carriage." He glanced at Yang Wu as he spoke: "Your servant can go with you The driver sits together, so there is enough room anyway!"
"You...are the Blue Shirt Team?" Gu Nancheng asked curiously.
The corps commander smiled and said: "We are just an auxiliary team composed of militiamen. We will only be considered the official Blue Shirt team when we enter the military camp." After that, he gave a general introduction to the itinerary. It turns out that they are Meigang's militia, specifically responsible for the maintenance and protection of logistics during this period.
"The news came yesterday that Jinxi has been captured. I heard that the old thief Yang He had a feast after he ascended the throne yesterday. Now it's great. It's not that easy to leave!" Wu Zhang helped Gu Nancheng get into the car. Shi said.
Wei Mucheng glanced at the "sick servant" whose face was smeared with ointment, and said, "You go first and sit with Mr. Gu. I can't stand the suffocation inside, so it's better to sit outside and chat and watch the scenery!"
Yang Wu understood and got into the car. Wei Mucheng sat next to the driver, grabbed his whip and shouted: "Drive!" The car swayed but did not move. Wei Mucheng was puzzled when he heard the driver remind him quietly: "Mr. Wei, this car can't go. You haven't raised the brake yet!"
In the early morning of the next day after Li Dan entered Fengqiguan, he took advantage of the fog to make a surprise attack and occupied the town. It only took him two or three cups of tea. The town is not big, and the Qingshirts are familiar with the area, and there are less than 500 defenders in the town. It is really too weak!
To say that they are "defenders" is a bit exaggerated, because these Yin Tuo's subordinates have only been stationed here for only the third night, and they lost to the regiment trainers in terms of geographical location.
As for the people and people, it was even more unreliable. This place was attacked once by the soldiers of the Lou family. Of course, these people couldn't make much money, so they came from afar and were angry. Not only did they beat many people, but also the brothels and brothels in the town. Casinos were also plundered, causing public resentment.
I heard that the Green Shirt Army was back,
Many people rushed out to help with sticks, pitchforks, spades and pickaxes. As a result, when Li Dan surrounded Tu's house, the number of people around him seemed to have doubled! The leader was so frightened that he did not dare to fight and surrendered obediently with a white flag.
But it was from this captured leader that Li Dan learned a shocking news: Guangxin County was lost!
"Get off!" Shenjie ordered, and someone immediately came in and took the prisoner out.
"Sir, it looks like it's not a lie. This guy didn't lie." Song Qian said.
Originally, his name was not among the officers who came out this time, but later Song Qian persuaded Li Dan on the grounds that he was familiar with the terrain along the way and that he could take the opportunity to train his fire gun soldiers.
Now Li Dan felt that it was right to take him with him. Not only could Song Qian communicate smoothly with the officers and soldiers, but it would also be really beneficial to have an experienced professional soldier around him.
"It would be terrible if Guangxin falls!" Zhou Tu frowned: "We are going to Shangrao, but Guangxin is blocking the way. We originally thought Shanda people could help us, but now we can't count on it. What should we do?"
"Yes, there are so many of our brothers in the city, Dou San'er, Liu Shengju... Oh, that's right!" Liao Sanqing patted his forehead:
"It's not like Liu Shengju is guarding Shangban Ferry and Lin Baihu is guarding Dayuan Village. Let's try contacting them first. Maybe we still have these two places in our hands?"
"It makes sense!" Gao Hanzi agreed: "Sir, let's send people to explore the situation there first. It's useless to guess here. But... it will be difficult to continue the march before there is no return."
What he meant was that it was not clear where the enemy was or how much the enemy was, so walking blindly might lead to trouble.
Li Dan also agreed not to act haphazardly. With such a small amount of troops, how could we get the prince out if we lost all of them?
But he was worried about another thing. If he suddenly attacked the enemy without getting any news, he would inevitably reveal his hidden position after a long time, and it would be difficult to deal with the enemy's encirclement.
The biggest advantage of this unit is that it is fast. Slowing down will expose shortcomings such as lack of experience.
"In this case, Master Shen, you try to explore the situation in Guangxin City and find out the garrison leader, the strength of the troops, and what happened to our people?
If possible, get in touch with Shangrao City. Sanqing, you and the reconnaissance platoon are responsible for investigating the situation at Shangbandu and Dayuan.
Zhou Tu, Gao Can, your two companies are approaching Guangxin quietly, to explore the enemy's strength and defense situation from Lengshuipu to Luoqiao, and to coordinate the reconnaissance platoon's actions! "
Li Dan didn't want anything to happen to Sheng Huaien. At the same time, he was also thinking about the two thousand people. There must be a few alive, right?
No wonder the defenders at Nanshan and Fengqiguan said they had not received any contact from Guangxin for a long time. Li Dan guessed that Guangxin fell into the city "overnight" as the prisoner confessed. Unfortunately, the prisoner was not present at the time and he did not know the details of the city's destruction.
After Li Dan and the others left last time, Sheng Huai'en followed the advice to strengthen the defense at Fengqiguan and stationed a 600-strong guard force in Nanshan, totaling over a thousand people.
However, a rebel army suddenly came to the town two days ago. Since the enemy's situation was unknown, the defenders focused on defense and did not attack rashly. Fortunately, this enemy seems to be busy making money and has no intention of continuing to attack for the moment. At this time, Li Dan led the team to arrive.
"This matter will be kept secret for the time being. After it is confirmed, we will inform the officers and soldiers to avoid causing confusion among them." Li Dan said. At the same time, he also thought that the original plan might not work and might need to be overturned.
Lengshuipu was only more than two miles away from Tu's courtyard. After the cavalry set off, news quickly came back that no enemy was found. Zhou Tu was the officer who led the team during the last Guangxin battle, so his report should be accurate.
Li Dan began to suspect that the enemy might not have many troops in Guangxin City. Could it be that when Yin Tuo captured Guangxin, he himself was not in the city?
Shenjie's arrangement was very interesting. He sent Shenwu to investigate in Shangrao, and the targets were the North City Wall, Jiyang Mountain and Phoenix Village. Shen Wu was optimistic about the position and then escorted Shen Jie into and out of Shangrao. As for Guangxin, he decided to send Pei Si to take Mao Xiulu for a visit.
"What? Mao Xiulu is going too?" Li Dan frowned: "He is so young, can he do it?"
"Uh, um. You're not young!" Shenjie glared at his younger brother who was suppressing a smile: "More
Said that they were the people inside and were familiar with them. There is no need to pretend, just use your own appearance and identity.
Sir, all he needs to do is ask the captured leader to write him a document stating that he is going to Guangxin to ask for instructions on the next step. I will teach him what to do and how to do other things. "
In this way, Pei Si rode a reluctant horse and Mao Xiulu rode a young mule. The two of them went to Guangxin one after the other. By evening, they came back sweating profusely.
"Why are you back? Are you running like this? Is there something strange in the city?" Li Dan asked quickly when he saw it.
Mao Xiulu drank water desperately, and Pei Si first replied: "I'll tell you, everything is clear."
"Do you understand?"
"Ah! Don't worry, just let me drink some water and then talk slowly."
Li Dan hurriedly asked the two of them to sit down, and ordered people to find some food. Shenjie and Gao Hanzi also arrived. Everyone sat around the table and listened to Pei Si talking about what was going on in Guangxin.
It turns out that the fall of Guangxin City was caused by the prisoners left behind! Yin Tuo sent a vassal named Cheng Shisan as the commander-in-chief and led 2,000 men to attack Guangxin.
This man had a spy who was Yin Tuo's former soldier. When he entered the city, he accidentally bumped into some old acquaintances from the original army.
When he learned that they were being kept in the army as auxiliary soldiers, he persuaded them to kill the guards at night, open the south gate, and let Cheng Shisan in. At the same time, they made noises and raised fires in the city, creating quite a momentum.
Sheng Huaien didn't expect the enemy to come in so quickly, but he reacted quickly and immediately organized hundreds of officers and soldiers to counterattack, forcing the enemy to the outside of the city again.
Unfortunately, just on the moat bridge, a bridge plate broke, causing him and his horse to lose their center of gravity and fall into the river.
Everyone was busy salvaging, and their formation was in chaos. When Cheng Shisan saw this, he seized the opportunity to fight back, causing the story to turn over again in a dramatic way. The officers and soldiers without their general were driven away and beaten, and finally the remaining troops opened the north gate and broke out.
"It is said that some of them are in Dahuang Mountain, some have gone to Luoqiao, and some have gone to Shangban Castle."
Li Dansong said: "As long as the team is still there, it shouldn't be difficult to find! But, does Shanda people have any clues?"
Pei Si shook his head. Mao Xiulu said: "Some said he drowned, and some said he was washed away by the water. When he fell, he was pressed by a horse, and he was wearing armor. It might not be that easy to escape." Everyone sighed after hearing this.
"Anyway, I finally know a few things: the remnants of the army have pushed out of the city, Shangban Fort may still be in the hands of our people, Shanda's life and death are unknown, and Yin Tuo himself is not in the city." Li Dan concluded.
"Oh, speaking of Yin Tuo, Cheng Shisan was very unhappy. He said he was originally going to come to Guangxin, and he also said he wanted to reward the soldiers, but he changed his mind halfway and turned around and went back to Geyang!" Pei said Si thought about it and said it quickly.
"Ha, he must have heard about the attack on Ge Yang!" Gao Hanzi said with a smile.
Li Dan rubbed his chin and thought: "Then it will take several days for him to come back and forth. We must make good use of this time!"
"What do you think, sir?"
"Well! Immediately tell Sanqing the news we have obtained, and invite the two presidents from Nanshan and Fengqiguan to come see me. Then we need to get in touch with Shangrao as soon as possible!" Li Dan pointed at the map:
"I plan to recapture Guangxin City, then transfer all Guangxin's supplies to Shangrao, evacuate all the population, organize the best troops into regiments, and gather all the remaining officers and soldiers from the surrounding areas into Shangrao City.
This not only enhanced Shangrao's strength, but also provided cover for the withdrawal of the county king. We have to complete the mission without anyone noticing, and then evacuate safely before the enemy notices the situation and comes back! "
"This is not an easy task!" Song Qian, who came in later, sighed after hearing this.
"Old Song, the two General Bai soldiers must withdraw, then follow us to fight Guangxin, and then follow Liangcao into Shangrao. We will provide them with protection.
If they don't withdraw, the enemy will come back and seek crazy revenge on them! "Gao Hanzi said, "I'll have to trouble you to convince me about this matter."
"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Song Qian nodded.
"Master Shen must quickly contact Shangrao and tell them our plan and His Majesty's decree.
, please prepare for the reception and transfer in the city! Li Dan said to Shenjie.
"I'll go there myself!" Shen Jie nodded: "I'm still familiar with Shangrao City. Besides, when I first went to the city to do business, I hit it off with Li Youji and asked him to take care of my children.
He can rest assured that I will go there and there will be no hesitation in the process. After all, the matter involves the king of the country, and it is difficult for officials to trust an unfamiliar person when he comes in to speak. Shenjie said.
"I'm afraid that's not enough. Let me go with Mr. Shen." Lu Rui stood up and said, and Li Dan glanced at him gratefully. "Don't worry, my skills won't cause any trouble to the hero." Lu Rui joked.
If Shenjie went alone, it would be difficult to convey orders or anything else. After all, he was only an official of the ninth rank. But Lu Rui was different. He was a sixth-grade pterosaur guard captain, and he could scare people by showing off his credentials when necessary.
It was precisely because of his status that he dared to stand up in such a dangerous environment, which made Li Dan look at him with admiration. Unexpectedly, among the emperor's personal guards, there are actually people who are not afraid of death!
"Monk, we two have to think about it quickly. I'm afraid the route we planned to take before is not suitable now!" Li Dan turned to Gao Hanzi and said:
"Maybe we can't go back the way we came. Yin Tuo's return army will definitely reoccupy the counties behind us. It will be inconvenient to fight with the prince when we go back, and there will be no navy to help. The enemy's defenses should be tighter. .
In addition, to evacuate the population and transfer the young people to Shangrao, we have to leave as much grain as possible to Shangrao, so there is no time or enough food for us to go back to Dexing over the mountains. We have to re-plan the route! "
