Regardless of what these people thought, Liu Heng walked up to Chen Xunping and said, "Gather everyone to prepare to retreat and go south to chase Brother Shu Heng and the others."
At this time, the battlefield had been almost cleaned, and the soldiers in the guard station were no different from the beggar troops. Except for some spears and a few cotton armors, there was nothing worth leaving behind.
Having just defeated the army, the team was in high spirits. Even though they had just experienced a battle, everyone was still in high spirits. After walking for more than an hour, they caught up with Li Shuheng and his large army.
Seeing Liu Heng and the others coming back, Li Shuheng hurriedly came up to them and asked anxiously: "Are you not injured? Not long after you went to intercept the officers and soldiers, I heard shouts of killing, but I didn't dare to let the team stop. I held my head firmly. Lead the team south."
Chen Xunping shouted loudly and enthusiastically: "Haha, a great victory. The officers and soldiers in the guard station told us to defeat them. You didn't see the scene at that time. The officers and soldiers were defeated all over the mountains and plains. It was a relief."
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Don't worry, Brother Shu Heng, we have won a great victory this time, and those officers and soldiers will not be chasing us for a while."
"It's okay." Li Shuheng breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Yutu, who was speechless along the way, saw Li Shuheng and said eagerly: "Master Li, you must persuade Master Liu carefully. He will not accept such a good opportunity to become an official."
"Shut up, you are just a prisoner, you have no right to speak here." Yang Yuan swung the wooden spear in his hand and hit Zhao Yutu on the back, causing Zhao Yutu to stagger.
"Yang Yuan, stop." Li Shuheng stopped Yang Yuan who wanted to fight again and asked, "Master Zhao, what is going on?"
Fortunately, Yang Yuan took back the wooden spear, but the man did not leave, standing aside and staring closely at Zhao Yutu.
Zhao Yutu is a scholar and has poor health. Yang Yuan's blow just now almost made him lose his breath. He rubbed it for a while before he felt better.
Seeing this, Li Shuheng glared at Yang Yuan and said, "Master Zhao is also the master of the camp, how could you be so harsh?"
Yang Yuan curled his lips and said: "He is Shi Yunhu's lackey, not our master."
Liu Heng on the side said: "Okay, don't be so careless next time."
"I know." Yang Yuan didn't dare not listen to Liu Heng's words and reluctantly agreed.
Li Shuheng then turned to look at Zhao Yutu and asked, "Master Zhao, what do you mean by Mr. Liu becoming an official?"
Ahem... Master Zhao coughed twice and felt his chest became lighter before he said: "Datong East Road is the main transportation road leading to Datong and Taiyuan. As long as we enter Daliang Mountain and control this road, I can guarantee that The government will definitely recruit us, and by then you will no longer be bandits, but officials of our Ming Dynasty. Do you really want to be a bandit for the rest of your life?"
"No." Li Shuheng said, "Shi Yunhu has just been trapped, and if we continue walking to Datong East Road, we are simply courting death."
"We are different from Shi Yunhu and the others." Zhao Yutu said, "Shi Yunhu was besieged because he had no ability, but Liu Da is different. The few hundred refugee recruits he trained can defeat more than a thousand official troops. With these With the refugee recruits here, we will definitely be able to enter Daliang Mountain."
Li Shuheng didn't see with his own eyes how the refugee recruits defeated the official army, but he still felt that Zhao Yutu's idea was unreliable, but he didn't know what Liu Heng was thinking, so he looked over with probing eyes.
Yang Yuan and Chen Xunping also looked at Liu Heng.
When Zhao Yutu saw this, he realized that the real decision-maker was Liu Heng, not Li Shuheng as he had thought before.
Liu Heng knew that he had to speak at this time, so he said: "Everyone, I will not stop anyone who wants to go to Daliang Mountain with Master Zhao, but I will not go. The refugee recruits were trained by me, and I will take them with them. They continued south."
Li Shuheng said at this time: "The Archer Battalion and I also listen to you. We will follow you wherever you tell us to go."
"It seems that I have no destiny to be an official!" Chen Xunping scratched his head.
Zhao Yutu still refused to give up and advised: "Master Liu, please think about it again. As long as we have a firm foothold in Daliang Mountain, the government will definitely come to recruit us if they have no choice but to settle us. By then, you will no longer be bandits, but you will all be Ming Dynasties." officials."
Liu Heng looked at Zhao Yutu with a smile and said: "Master Zhao, if you want to go to Daliang Mountain, I won't stop you. By the way, you can also see how Shi Yunhu is doing, but my people and I will not go to Daliang Mountain. Will go south."
"Master Liu, you should think about it again. This is a good opportunity to get rid of your identity as a gangster." Zhao Yutu said unwilling to give up, "With your ability, you will definitely make a difference in the army."
Liu Heng ignored Zhao Yutu and turned to Yang Yuan and said: "Tell the team to speed up and lose all the useless things."
"Yes." Yang Yuan turned and left, leaving two people to guard Zhao Yutu.
"It's a pity, it's a pity that such a good opportunity was wasted." Zhao Yutu looked at Liu Hengyuan's retreating figure with a depressed look on his face.
Not long after the official army was defeated, Shi Yunhu was still besieged. Liu Heng knew that the official army would not chase them for a while, and this was the best opportunity to stay away from the official army.
In addition to food and some necessary items, the rest of the team was thrown all the way, and the speed was obviously faster.
Chen Xunping followed Liu Heng until he reached the front of the team.
After it got dark, the team stopped and set up camp.
It was already June and the weather was getting hot. Liu Heng did not let anyone set up tents and arranged for everyone to rest in the wild.
The refugees were divided into several teams. Some went to the river to fetch water, some made fires to cook, and some went to take care of the animals. The whole camp was in a hurry.
The two refugee teams were divided into six ten-man teams, with two archers in each team patrolling around the camp.
After a day's journey, we experienced another battle. Some of the refugee recruits and archers who had participated in the battle lay down on the ground and fell asleep before eating.
When the weather was hot, you wouldn't feel cold even if you lay on the ground and slept, so Liu Heng still had several bonfires set up around him.
After doing all this, Liu Heng went to arrange the night patrol team. In the first half of the night, he had to patrol with Chen Xunping. In the second half of the night, Li Shuheng and Yang Yuan patrolled, so that there were always people who could make decisions and stay awake.
After dinner, Liu Heng and Chen Xunping patrolled the camp. After checking that there were no problems, they returned to the fire to rest.
"You have changed so much recently. It feels like you are a different person." Chen Xunping picked up a branch and threw it into the fire.
Liu Heng was shocked when he heard this, and said calmly: "I'm still me, second brother, what are you talking about!"
"What I said is true." Chen Xunping said, "Since the last time Brother Shuheng and I asked you to compete with Zheng Daqiu for the head of the rear camp, I have found that you have changed a lot and you know a lot. Before, you We absolutely cannot think of a way to get food from Zhengjiazhuang, then train the refugees, and train battle formations. We have never seen these things when we were under Du Shuai's account, but you understand these things."
Liu Heng said with a smile: "I just figured this out all by myself. I didn't expect it to work, and I really defeated the army."
"When I was a child, I heard the old man talk about enlightenment. I think you should be the one the old man said was enlightenment." Chen Xunping's tone was mixed with envy.
"Maybe!" Liu Heng didn't know how to explain it. Maybe it was really enlightenment, otherwise how could he have the memories of two different people.
Chen Xunping changed his tone and said: "You said you are so capable, why don't you give it a try? If you really want to become an official, and then create a hereditary household, your descendants will have a future."
