Behind a low hill near Quanliang Mountain, Shi Yunhu leaned on the slope with a pale face and closed his eyes. The eyes of several bandits around him were panicked, and their faces were full of exhaustion.
"Big cabinet, wake up, let's eat a quick pancake to cushion our stomach first." Ma Yunjiu came out from nowhere, took out a piece of dry pancake from the cloth bag and handed it over.
Shi Yunhu opened his eyes, looked at the pancake, swallowed, reached out to take it, put it to his mouth and ate it.
The pancake was dry and hard and difficult to swallow, and crumbs fell off when eating it. Shi Yunhu bit the pancake hard and swallowed it.
A few gangsters on the side looked at the pancakes and swallowed hard.
In an instant, the palm-sized pancake fell into Shi Yunhu's stomach. Shi Yunhu picked up the kettle and smoothed it before asking Ma Yunjiu, "Are Li Shuheng and Liu Heng here?"
Ma Yunjiu shook his head slightly.
Seeing this, Shi Yunhu frowned and said coldly: "Where is Zhao Yutu? Did he send anyone over?"
Ma Yunjiu hesitated for a moment and said, "Daqi, there is something I don't know whether I should say?"
"explain!"
"According to the guesses of my subordinates, Li Shuheng and Liu Heng will not come. The people we sent to deliver the letter have been gone for almost a day. It is impossible that they have not received the message. They have not come yet, which means they..." said. At this point, Ma Yunjiu stopped and looked at Shi Yunhu.
Although I haven't finished what I said next, the meaning is already very clear.
Shi Yunhu, who was sitting on the slope, punched the ground with his fist and said with a fierce look on his face: "If I had known, I should have dealt with them, and that Zhao Yutu, an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf."
"Don't be angry. The first priority is to think about how to escape from the siege of the army." Ma Yunjiu said, "Now the army has besieged us here for a day. When daybreak, the army will definitely launch an attack." Our small manpower is no match for us, why not take advantage of the fact that it is still dark and I will lead the cavalry to protect the big cabinet and you leave overnight."
Shi Yunhu was speechless and sat on the slope without saying a word.
Ma Yunjiu on the side couldn't help but urge: "Daqi, make a decision quickly, we will have no chance to escape as soon as daybreak."
Shi Yunhu raised his head and looked at the bandits beside him and further away, "What will happen to the others if I leave?"
Seeing that Shi Yunhu was a little moved, Ma Yunjiu advised: "If you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about running out of firewood. As long as you are here, I won't have to worry about being able to raise a team."
"It seems that this is the only way." Shi Yunhu knew that there was no use in staying any longer. He could only be buried with these people. He might be able to save his life by escaping overnight.
After making a decision, he stood up and was about to leave with Ma Yunjiu, but found that someone was grabbing the hem of his clothes.
"Please bring us along with you, Dashi! The younger ones are willing to serve Dashi."
Several bandits around Shi Yunhu begged, and some people grabbed the hem of his clothes with their hands. Everyone knew that if they stayed, they would be waiting for death.
Shi Yunhu's eyes turned cold, and then he said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will take you with me if I leave. Come, all follow me, keep your voice down, and don't disturb other people."
"Thank you Dashi, thank you Dashi."
Several bandits kowtowed and hurriedly got up from the ground, following closely behind Shi Yunhu and Ma Yunjiu.
Many bandits hiding behind the hillside saw Shi Yunhu and his men approaching, but not many people stood up to greet them. They were all weak after not eating for a day, and being besieged by the army, many bandits only had numbness on their faces. .
Ma Yunjiu and Shi Yunhu passed through these bandits and came to a forest with some sparse trees.
As soon as he arrived here, Shi Yunhu saw more than twenty people and more than twenty horses hidden inside.
The horses' hooves are wrapped in cloth, and the people are also riders in the team.
"Big cabinet, horse head." Ma Yunjiu's deputy Li Zhong greeted him.
Shi Yunhu nodded in response.
Ma Yunjiu on the side asked: "Are the horses ready? Don't have any problems along the way."
Li Zhong patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Ma Tou. I just fed you black beans and pancakes, and I'm full of strength now."
Ma Yunjiu turned to Shi Yunhu and said: "Daqi, let's get on the horse!"
"Okay." Shi Yunhu was about to leave when he suddenly turned around and said to the few bandits he had brought, "You go and pick first. Those who don't know how to ride a horse will ride with the rider."
"Big cabinet, this..." Li Zhong just opened his mouth to persuade, but saw Ma Yunjiu wink at him.
The bandits were all focused on the horse and did not notice the small movements between Li Zhong and Ma Yunjiu.
"Brothers, feel free to choose. Once you have chosen, I will let the riders take you on the horse." As he spoke, Li Zhong made a chopping motion towards the other riders.
"Come on, brother, let's see how my horse is doing. It has strong limbs and a strong body. It will have no problem carrying the two of us on its back." A rider put his arm around the shoulder of an approaching bandit and pointed to the horse beside him.
When the rogue raised his head to look at his horse, he saw the rider covering the rogue's mouth with his hand. He took out a dagger with his other hand and stabbed the rogue in the chest several times.
The rogue struggled for a few times, then his body softened and slowly slid to the ground. The rider then let go and threw the body to the ground.
The same thing happened to several other horses. These bandits didn't even have a chance to make a sound before they were stabbed to death with daggers by the riders around them.
Li Zhong came over and said to Shi Yunhu: "Daqi, mount up and hit the road as soon as possible while there is still moonlight."
"Daqi, your horse is ready." Ma Yunjiu led Shi Yunhu to a tall brown horse.
Shi Yunhu pulled the saddle, turned over and sat on the horse, holding the reins with one hand.
"Everyone, get on the horse." Ma Yunjiu said to the others, and then he also got on the horse.
Shi Yunhu looked back at several places where the bandits were resting, raised his hand and cut off a tree branch next to him, and said in a cold voice: "Li Shuheng, Liu Heng, and Zhao Yutu, I have written down this account today, as long as As long as I die, I will avenge this revenge on you sooner or later."
"Let's go, Big Cabinet. If we delay any longer, we will be easily discovered by others." Ma Yunjiu advised Shi Yunhu to get on his way as soon as possible.
Shi Yunhu withdrew his gaze, raised his knife, and said, "Let's go."
The riders of the cavalry team, who had been waiting for a long time, slowly drove away from the forest under the moonlight and disappeared into the night.
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"Report!"
A herald in the Ming army's tent hurried in from outside the tent.
"What's the matter?"
There was a military general sitting in the middle of the tent, wearing a scarlet robe with a tiger painted on the chest patch, and a fish scale armor hanging on a wooden frame not far from him.
The herald kneeled down on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, there was news from the Beiying camp just now that more than twenty riders broke into the camp at night. The soldiers of the Beiying camp were not aware of it and allowed those people to escape."
"They are all a bunch of trash." The general turned over the table in front of him and said viciously, "Who is the guard general of the North Camp?"
"Huang Qianshi and Zheng Qianhu."
"Let them come to see me overnight. No, let Huang Qianshi come alone and tell Zheng Qianhu to guard Beiying. If anyone breaks into the camp and escapes again, I will go to the governor to get a copy of him."
The herald bowed and exited the tent.
