Chapter 2 Betrayal (Eight Shang) Stepping on the black soil that has begun to harden, the sound of horse hooves and human footsteps are noisy and disturbing. More than 7,000 cavalry and more than 20,000 infantry meandered through the morning mist, each one dejected.
Listless
There were no cities or villages within a radius of more than 20 miles, but the minions still walked fearfully as if they were afraid of disturbing the people. Occasionally, a few crows would crow, frightening everyone's faces to pale. Occasionally, a wolf would howl from the mist.
Later, the expressions on their faces became even more panicked, as if they were in the underworld, and their whole bodies began to tremble.
"Brother Ge, we can't keep walking in hiding like this. Otherwise, once we encounter the army, our brothers won't be able to fight!" Yang Gongqing pulled the horse's head and waited until Ge Qian and Ge Qian, who were walking not far behind him, met him.
Several other village owners followed up and whispered to everyone.
"Hey, it won't work if we don't hide. Once Old Thief Yang turns around and attacks, how can we defeat him with our few troops!" Ge Qian, the nominal head coach of this team, sighed, and there was a hint of laughter in his answer.
Tired and helpless
This time the northward advance was completely defeated. They were defeated in a daze. They traveled thousands of miles to attack Lu City, but they just saw the blue-grey city wall. Before they could even open the battle line, they heard the news that Tomoyo Prince Bo had been defeated.
Then, Sun Xuanya was captured, Liu Chunsheng was killed, Liu Badao's life and death were uncertain, Wulu and Raoyang were lost one after another, and bad news came one after another from the south. If everyone hadn't been quick to see the opportunity, it would have probably ended at this moment.
Just like Donghai Gong Gao Shida, he was blocked in a small valley next to Wulou County, with no way to go to heaven and no way to enter the earth.
From the moment when Zhi Shi Lang Wang Bo sent people to risk their lives to deliver the news of the defeat, the heroes who attacked Lucheng decisively retreated. However, in order to avoid being blocked by the old thief Yang Yichen, everyone did not dare to leave the official position as arrogantly as they did when heading north.
However, these small roads in the countryside that have been trampled by ordinary people have been abandoned for too long. Walking on them consumes both energy and energy.
Even so, everyone was still walking on tenterhooks and became suspicious at the slightest sign of trouble. God was also not in trouble with everyone. Every morning there was mist, and it seemed that there were tens of thousands of troops hidden behind the mist, which could give everyone a fatal blow at any time.
As if joking with everyone, a burst of fierce horse hoofbeats suddenly exploded from the hills in front, from far to near. "It's over! Li Zhongjian!" Ge Qian and others who were sighing at each other immediately pressed the hilt of the knife with their hands, and their expressions changed from
White turns to green, green turns to gray. At the critical moment, no one can tell a complete general order.
The minions also immediately blew up the camp, lying on the ground pretending to be dead and running for their lives, crying for their fathers and mothers, in a state of embarrassment.
Only Yang Gongqing remained calm. He listened carefully and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Don't panic, everyone. I sent the scouts last night. Don't panic, everyone. They are our own people. Don't shoot arrows randomly!"
"We, don't panic, don't fire arrows!" Several bandits on horseback put their hands to their mouths and shouted at the top of their lungs.
Hearing the shouts, the minions who were so nervous that their hair stood on end stopped shooting randomly, but the arrows in their hands were still on the bow strings. After being alert to the mist, every move was very fast, and the frightening sound of horse hooves began to slow down.
, turned steadily, and several Qingqi with "white smoke" all over their bodies broke through the mist and stood on the mound not far away to salute Yang Gongqing with fists in their hands.
"Report! Yang Shuai, no officers and soldiers were found near Shipaidu, and no large ships passed through the Yongji Canal!" Although everyone was frightened to death, the scout's voice sounded like Buddha singing to his ears.
"Huh!" Several village leaders breathed a long sigh of relief in unison, removed their hands from the handle of the knife, raised their heads and chests, and looked around, as if the morning light on the horizon was beginning to become brighter.
"Are there any movements by the defenders of Qingchi City? Are there any officers and soldiers near Nanpi City?" Yang Gongqing frowned and asked loudly.
"The defenders of Qingchi City are still locked up in Nanpi City?" The scout hesitated for a moment and then replied breathlessly, "My subordinates haven't come back from there yet, so the news can't be confirmed!"
"Explore again, report immediately if there is any situation!" Yang Gongqing waved his hand and ordered
"Yes!" The scout jumped on the horse, and his figure slowly disappeared behind the faint yellow mist. Yang Gongqing watched him leave. He looked back at his brothers who were swaying on the horse, and then at Ge Qian, who had a confused face.
Wang Jinbao, Zhang Jinshu and other village leaders couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "Hey--!"
"Hey! You can't fight with your life!" Hearing Yang Gongqing sigh, Tianwei General Ge Qian sighed and agreed. He had not yet recovered from the blow of defeat, and always suspected that General Li was sent by God to deal with it.
The mentality of everyone's martial arts star has a great impact on morale, but in this army, he has the highest prestige and his words have the most weight.
"This is not fate, it's because everyone underestimated the person named Li!" Yang Gongqing was much younger than Ge Qian and was very dissatisfied with his decadence. "If it happens again, our ending may not be so miserable!"
"Are you coming?" Ge Qian swayed on the horse and bared his teeth. "I said, Brother Yang, you are really a newborn. You are not afraid of tigers. If Mr. Lao Bangzi and Liu Ba Dao cannot escape, who will dare to pick this leader in the future?"
I would say that everyone should go back to Douzigang (original word: Lukang) as soon as possible to avoid the limelight, lest the man named Li goes crazy and chases him to the plains. If you don't have Wang Bo, the guy will say that the guy is already red-eyed.
Well, kill all the prisoners, old and young!"
"If you die, you will die. Who in this world can live forever?" Yang Gongqing curled his lips and shook his head. He looked down on Ge Qian's useless look as if he had been beaten by frost. He just missed it. From the time everyone raised their troops to now, who can
If you don't miss a beat, if you suffer a slight setback and hide in the big salt pond at Douzigang, when will you be able to get ahead in this life?
"Hey!" Ge Qian could see the disdainful look on Yang Gongqing's face. He sighed briefly and tilted his head to one side. Yang Gongqing said it lightly. How could the vitality of each cottage be restored in a short period of time? It started last year.
It has become difficult to recruit soldiers. The man named Li now has a bad reputation. He knows that if he loses, he will lose his head. Who is willing to take risks again? Moreover, even if the bosses are willing to regain some ground, the minions
They may not be willing to follow
"In our line of work, we have to survive in the face of death! The officers and soldiers may not be able to fight back for a while. Even if they fight back, taking the official road will save more energy than walking on the mountain road. Moreover, if we really fight head-on, we may not be the opponents of the army!
"Yang Gongqing ignored Ge Qian's feelings and continued to try to persuade the village leaders to take the high road. He was adventurous by nature. Back then, he became famous by taking risks by attacking Yang Guang's chariots and seizing the imperial camp horses and baggage. Now he is among the tycoons in Hebei.
His power is not great, but it must not be underestimated, especially the cavalry under his command. The words "come and go like the wind" can definitely be used to describe Yang Gongqing's usual actions with the help of the speed of the cavalry.
Except for the futile attack on Lucheng this time, there were almost no disadvantages at other times.
"But that guy surnamed Li is too powerful. Just think about it. Since he came to Hebei, many heads of family have been lost to this man. Now he has colluded with that old guy Yang Yichen. If we are unlucky and meet him head-on..."
Ge Qian didn't look at Yang Gongqing, and complained in a low voice to the other village owners (17k buyout work, please do not reprint) "That's right, that's right, this guy has been very lucky recently, let's not mess with him for the time being, and wait for him to pass.
Let’s talk about it later!” Xiaozhai who came with me advocated the golden tree, and Wang Jinbao and others all agreed that their strength was far below the standard. Yang, Gao, Wang and other famous masters, so they could only choose one of them to rely on Ge Qian.
He is much more low-key than Yang Gongqing, so everyone gets closer to him.
"Tell everyone to walk faster and try to reach Yanshan before tomorrow night!" Seeing that everyone was giving him face, Ge Qian raised his voice like a demonstration and ordered
Yanshan is located in the northern part of Bohai County. It is a remote place with lush trees and green forest heroes. If the heroes arrive there, they are basically out of danger. If the officers and soldiers come to intercept and kill, the big and small village owners only need to break into pieces and lead their subordinates.
Go into the ravine, go into the ravine, go into the forest when you should, make sure you won't be caught in one fell swoop
"Yes, we have to hurry up. It will be bright soon, and nothing can be hidden in the wilderness!" The village leaders responded in a flurry. In the blink of an eye, orders with southern and northern accents rang out among the crowd.
Get up, "Wait, run!" "Hurry up, don't feel like there are weights on your legs!" "Be more agile, be more agile, you haven't eaten yet..."
Listening to the orders of the village leaders, Yang Gongqing felt a sense of boredom in his heart. No wonder Wang Bo and Gao Shida were defeated in one battle. It would be strange to be undefeated if they teamed up with bumpkins like this. "Brothers, cheer up.
Come, explore the way for everyone!" He proudly raised his voice and greeted loudly, then shook the horse's reins, leaving Ge Qian and others behind in an instant.
The sleepy horse thieves heard Yang Gongqing's call, shivered, and immediately mobilized their mounts to follow them. Suddenly there was a chaos at the foot of the mound. The minions without horses were choked by the smoke and dust stirred up by the horses' hooves.
Coughing, he cursed the horse thieves but turned a deaf ear. In the blink of an eye, he left his allies behind.
If it were not for the speed of taking care of everyone, Yang Gongqing and the seven thousand horse thieves under his command would have disappeared long ago. Two legs cannot outrun four legs. This is a hard truth that has never been easy through the ages. But Yang Gongqing knew that he could not do this.
What he needs now is connections. Only by bringing everyone back to his hometown safely, no matter what he looks up to or despises, can he raise his Yang banner. Now Prince Zhi Shilang has fallen, Donghai Gong Gao Shida's life and death are uncertain, and the whole of Hebei
On the Green Forest Road, except for Ge Qian, who is afraid of death, there is almost no one whose reputation and strength can be compared with Yang Gongqing.
This is a God-given opportunity! Hebei Green Forest cannot be as prestigious as Wagang Army because there are too many famous leaders, so it has been unable to be integrated into one place. The murderer Li Xu and the old man Yang Yichen joined forces to do this.
After clearing up, Yang Gongqing saw a clear sky above his head
The light breeze chased the fast horse and sent me over the high hills. The autumn sunshine emerged from the mountains. The mist immediately dissipated like smoke. It was the end of autumn. After the fog dissipated, the surrounding fields were extremely empty. Looking around, I could see the golden stream on the horizon.
The clouds are floating comfortably. This is a world that belongs to heroes. Only those who adapt can show their skills. Those who have no ability, no courage and no knowledge are only designated as stepping stones for heroes to rise.
"Master, do we have to carry these burdens with us?" Military advisor Cui Chengxiu came after him and whispered in Yang Gongqing's ear to remind him that like Yang Gongqing, from the day they retreated, the horse thieves began to look at the minions of other companies.
If they weren't afraid of being stabbed in the back, they would have abandoned her.
"Well, these people are still useful!" Yang Gongqing suddenly took the horse's head and stood on the top of a mound. Thousands of light cavalry immediately stopped and formed a multiple arc-shaped formation behind him.
From the looks of it, it is absolutely incomparable with other soldiers and horses.
Yang Gongqing nodded with satisfaction, and his eyes passed over the young faces illuminated by the morning sun. They were all the same age as him, and they were all very skilled. If he, Yang Gongqing, could not establish a career in troubled times with such a group of brothers, he Yang Gongqing
How can one call himself a hero?
"Please give me a lesson from the master!" Cui Chengxiu shouted loudly as if he had guessed Yang Gongqing's thoughts.
"Your Majesty!" The horse thieves folded their hands and were rude, and the response was like thunder. The other village owners who were following far behind heard it, and their eyes were filled with envy. They looked at the soldiers and horses in their hands.
In comparison, everyone is just a group of farmers who have just put down their hoes, while Yang Gongqing's army is a regular army. Even the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty may not be so elite.
"Scoff!" Tianwei General Ge Qian had white smoke coming out of his nostrils and shook his head dissatisfied, "Brother Yang likes to show off, everyone, don't pay attention to him, hurry up and go under the slope. If you have the ability, he will pick Li Zhongjian, if you have the ability, pick Luo
The brave cavalry of art!"
"Brothers, do you think we are out of luck this time?" As if hearing Ge Qian's slander, Yang Gongqing bathed in the autumn morning light and asked all the people.
He can't bear it anymore. No matter whether he takes a big road or a small road, this army will be out of danger within two days. This is his last chance. If he doesn't seize it, he will regret it in the future.
"Losing the wind?" Someone asked incomprehensively. After running for hundreds of miles and finding nothing, and being forced to flee in embarrassment by the situation, it was true that he lost the wind. But Master Yang obviously didn't want this answer. This point, looking up at the foot of the hill
The village masters knew it well, and the horse thieves under Yang Gongqing knew it even better.
"No!" Cui Chengxiu, with dozens of soldiers, responded loudly
"I can't hear what you are saying!" Yang Gongqing put his hands to his ears, deliberately pretending to be old and deaf.
"No, no, no!" The seven thousand horse thieves raised their arms and shouted, which made people excited.
The rest of the listless minions heard the cry and involuntarily quickened their pace. Yes, they got nothing from this trip, but it really can't be regarded as a loss. At least everyone got back alive, but the lives and deaths of the other two groups of troops are still uncertain.
"In the past, it was the dog officers who took the initiative to attack, and we were tired of parrying, but this time we took the initiative to attack, and we have conquered several cities. Although the other two brothers suffered setbacks, we are still there. We have traveled more than 800 miles,
Let the dog officials see our strength, and they will never dare to rest in peace! Do you think it was the dog officials who lost, or we lost?" Yang Gongqing waved his fist and expressed his strength in a way that everyone can understand.
"Dog officer! Dog officer! Dog officer!" The horse thieves' spirits were completely aroused, and they shouted together with arms raised.
"If the dog officer blocks our way home, do you dare to fight?" Yang Gongqing saw that his morale was ready and quickly changed the subject.
"Fight, fight, fight!" Not only the horse thieves on the mountain were excited by Yang Gongqing, but also the other exhausted minions below the hill were infected by his passion, waving all kinds of weapons and responded loudly
"Okay, today I will lead you to fight a bloody path. No matter who stands in front of you, kill them all and never back down!" Yang Gongqing drew out his horizontal sword and made a virtual slash in the sunlight. The blade drew a bright line in the autumn wind.
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"Never back down, never back down!" Four thousand horse thieves and more than 10,000 minions shouted with red faces. They were very happy that at this moment, there was still a hero who dared to take the responsibility to stand up and point out the way forward for everyone.
"Okay, everyone set up camp under this mound this morning to make a meal. After eating for an hour, we got up and started on our way. My brother Ban Tianyun is in front. You guys are following behind. Let's carve a road home. If the gods stand in the way, the ghosts will kill the gods.
Block the demon!"
"If God blocks the God, kill the God, if the ghost blocks the ghost, kill the ghost! If the God blocks the God, kill the God, if the ghost blocks the ghost, kill the ghost!" The gangsters responded like crazy, completely ignoring that their respective village masters were nearby and had ceased activity for days. It was like a gutter rat.
Let them get tired of the officers and soldiers blocking the way, just kill them. The cloud has been in front of them for a long time, why are everyone afraid of the officers and soldiers?
No one asked Ge Qian, Wang Jinbao and other village leaders for their opinions anymore. Many small leaders took it upon themselves to allocate the already very limited military rations to their subordinates. The tired and frustrated sighs disappeared, replaced by smiles and cheers. The team was restored again.
Vitality, whether Geqian and others are happy or not
