Chapter 2 Betrayal (No. 8 Middle School) A faint trace of blood immediately appeared on the water, slowly drifting into the distance. "Brother Ge, is he injured?" A concerned voice came from behind, causing Ge Qian's body to suddenly shake.
Stiff
"No, no, I accidentally got scratched by the crack in the horse's reins when I dismounted!" Without looking back, Ge Qian knew who the hypocritical person behind him was, and he replied lightly, while pressing his palms against his waist.
hilt
"Damn it, this weather is so cold that the horse's reins are thorny!" The footsteps behind him suddenly stopped. After a while, Yang Gongqing stood five steps away from Ge Qian and stretched out his hand to pull off a falling light.
The dead branches with their leaves removed were thrown into the mountain stream, causing a series of water drifts.
"Yeah, is Mr. Yang looking for something to do with me in this damn weather?" Ge Qian quietly laughed at Yang Gongqing, turned around, and faced Yang Gongqing face to face.
"I didn't discuss what happened just now with Mr. Ge. Yang is very sorry, but Mr. Yang had no choice but to do it. Please forgive Mr. Ge." Yang Gongqing clasped his fists and bowed to Ge Qian respectfully as an apology.
"No, you are younger than me and have more knowledge than me. You can mobilize everyone's morale again. It's too late for Ge to be happy, how can you compete with his brothers for a while!" Ge Qian smiled very generously and turned sideways.
As an elder, I paid half a bow in return.
"In this way, Yang will feel at ease!" Yang Gongqing's eyebrows twitched slightly, and an infectious smile immediately appeared on his face.
"For matters on this road, we have to rely on Master Yang!" Ge Qian glanced at the four riders who were always following Yang Gongqing with the corner of his eye, and then shouted at the village leaders who were washing their faces by the stream.
They shouted loudly: "From today on, everyone will listen to Mr. Yang's words for arrangements on the road. Mr. Yang's words are my words. Don't be negligent!"
With his explanation, the next thing became much easier to handle. Yang Gongqing first streamlined the baggage and ordered all the jars and jars that were difficult to carry and not very valuable to be thrown away. Then he mobilized hundreds of pack horses from his own horse team.
, let those who were too old or too young in the team ride on horses, and then sent two teams of cavalry to search along both sides of the official road, killing all the common people and merchants they encountered to prevent them from leaking out and finally hiding.
Arrange the order of evacuation, with the cavalry from the main unit as the vanguard, and the brave men drawn from other units as the rearguard, and rush south with everyone in between.
All the arrangements were proved to be effective by the following facts. Everyone's retreat speed nearly doubled, and they slowly regained their energy that had been tortured by the mountain road. Especially the riders under Yang Gongqing, they took the flat road at least
This allowed them to consume 70% less energy than walking on a country road. By the end of the afternoon, the horse thieves walking in front of the team had the energy to sing, "Sister, your eyebrows are like fishhooks, one hooked on the top of your heart..."
..” “I drew my long bow to shoot wild geese, but I saw you walking by the stream, with your thin waist of green-red fruits. Brother, I felt anxious when I saw you...” I don’t know which era it was written from, or what it is.
Minor tunes originating from that nation were sung one after another among the crowd. They were not as neat as the wind, elegance, and hymns, but they made everyone's footsteps brisk.
After a group of armed private salt dealers were killed and all the loot was evenly distributed among several teams, the morale of the bandits became even higher. They almost completely forgot about the government troops that might pounce on them at any time, and ignored some of the forts flying above them.
The smoke rising from the wolf swaggered along the official road
At midnight in the afternoon, the scouts scouting ahead sent an urgent report. Nanpi County Lieutenant Cui Xinbo, who had turned a blind eye to everyone a few days ago, led 3,000 soldiers bravely, blocked the stone ferry, and formed an array with his back to the water.
"Did you see clearly that they only have three thousand people?" Yang Gongqing asked before the village leaders could speak.
"It is true that there are only more than 3,000 people, and only three camps have been set up, and not even half of the river beach is full!" The scout hesitated and answered affirmatively.
"Are there any cavalry?" Yang Gongqing ignored the presence of Ge Qian and others and continued to ask.
"Very few, certainly no more than a hundred, the rest are infantry!" the scout quickly gave a reassuring answer.
"They can't do anything without the cavalry!" Yang Gongqing opened his mouth and cursed, then turned around and ordered the village leaders, "Brothers, please rest here for a while, I'll go and come back!" After that, he took it with him.
His own bodyguards roared away
Cui Xinbo obviously underestimated his opponents. With news of the glorious achievements of the army in various places in Hejian, he thought that he could also take the opportunity to gain some fame. Even if he could not kill Yang Gongqing, he could at least block the bandits in Shipai, Hebei.
shore for two or three days so that General Yang Lao and General Li can free their hands to surround it.
Unexpectedly, Yang Gongqing didn't give him a chance to make a contribution. Before the village warriors could prepare for a last-ditch battle, more than 4,000 horse thieves had already rolled over diagonally. They had no formation, like a group of wild bees that had their nests destroyed.
He was cursing random curse words, and the blade was dazzling and cold in the sun!
"Fire the arrows, fire the arrows!" Cui Xinbo didn't expect that Yang Gongqing didn't read military books and couldn't see the powerful military skills of Han Xing, the king of Sanqi, so he couldn't wait to give the order.
"Trample them to death! Trample them to death. Someone is watching from behind!" Yang Gongqing's order was concise and clear.
Someone is watching from behind! This sentence is better than any mobilization order to make the thieves, like wild dogs who have eaten too much ephedra, not care at all about the "drizzle" flying overhead. They want the officers and soldiers to know the power of Bantianyun, and take it with them.
Teach the other guys who are watching the battle a lesson and let them know what a true jungle hero looks like.
Ge Qian and others who flocked to the front of the formation to watch the battle were stunned with surprise. By this time, they could no longer care about Yang Gongqing's arrogance. Their attention was completely attracted to the battlefield by his lifeless fighting style.
"Brother Yang is so brave!" Wang Jinbao, the leader of Lujiao Village, praised in a low voice
"It's just the courage of an ordinary man!" Li Mingze, the head of Jiguan Mountain, has a very different view from him.
As soon as the two finished speaking, the enemy and we had already come into contact. Most of the arrows fired by the local warriors were thrown away by the galloping horses, but the bandits' knives were not polite, and they quickly cut out countless blood grooves in the crowd, like boiling soup and splashing snow.
, in the blink of an eye, the formation of the village warriors was shattered, followed closely by the three hastily built fortifications. The water quickly changed color, and the corpses of the village warriors floated downstream like dumplings.
Soon, the surviving village heroes jumped into the cold and biting river water one after another, and swam towards the other side in various postures. The bandits rushed over on horseback, and laid down a body on the river beach where the depth was only less than the foreleg of the war horse.
Row after row of corpses lined up, and in the blink of an eye, Yang Gongqing ran back carrying a human head, his laughter making people shudder.
"Just such a dog official, even the hair on his eggs has not even grown!" Yang Gongqing threw the bloody head in front of the village leaders and said with a wild smile.
Several village leaders hid their bodies backwards in unison, not so much to avoid the blood splashing on their heads, but rather to avoid the murderous aura on Yang Gongqing's body. "Brother Yang, please drink a cup of Zhuangwei wine!"
The leader, Ge Qian, reacted the fastest. He took off a leather bag from the saddle, took a sip himself, and then threw it to Yang Gongqing.
"Wait for me to chop off five heads, and then drink this wine!" Yang Gongqing caught the wine bag, threw it to Wang Jinbao, turned his horse around, and rushed back into the river that was already stained red with human blood. He lost his command.
The village warriors either fled or asked to surrender. Yang Gongqing and his brothers ignored each other's cries and chased one after another, beheading each of them. Five heads were quickly collected by Yang Gongqing. He held the trophies in a bun with one hand and carried them.
He turned back in mid-air and threw his head at the feet of the village leaders. He reached out to take the wine bag from Wang Jinbao's arms, raised his mouth to the sky, and drank it all.
"Happy, happy!" After swallowing a bag of wine, Yang Gongqing wiped his mouth with his bloody hand and shouted loudly
"Happy! Happy!" Although the other village leaders did not kill anyone or drink alcohol, their faces turned red from drunkenness and they clapped their hands and shouted.
"Half the sky is cloudy, half the sky is cloudy!" The minions, big and small, regardless of the village, cheered in unison, shaking the sky.
Yanzhao Sujing is a generous man. No matter how despicable Yang Gongqing's methods were in seizing power in the morning, by this moment, he has made most of the village leaders and minions heartbroken. Only the original nominal leader Ge Qian could not accept the fate of being abandoned.
Amidst the cheers of the crowd, he quietly turned his head away
After capturing Shipai Ferry, the morale of the rogue bandits was even higher. They waded across Shipai River as quickly as possible and roared southward along the official road. There was no place where soldiers and horses dared to come forward to scratch them. That night, everyone carried torches and walked out of Yan.
When passing by Shanxian City, the Xiangyong who was guarding the city were so frightened that they did not even dare to fire an arrow, and watched helplessly as the bandits walked away.
On the afternoon of the next day, the bandits scared away the officers and soldiers guarding the stone bridge over the Tonghui River. They safely crossed the only channel on the river and then turned sharply eastward to an abandoned inn called Shiziling.
"To the east from here is the Salt Mountain. If you still insist on going into the mountain, let's not go there!" After eating the second meal of the day, Yang Gongqing gathered several heads of family together and announced with a smile.
"Brother Yang, what do you mean by this?" Wang Jinbao was the first to be unhappy. He stood up and asked. After these two days and one night of forced march, he had admired Yang Gongqing's ability to the point of admiration. At this moment, instead of hating Yang Gongqing for being domineering, he actually
Lest the other party regard you as an outsider
"Yang was forced to do what happened yesterday morning. This place is not far from Yanshan. Everyone can escape safely. And the place Yang wants to go to is Pingchang, so I won't force you to follow me anymore!" Yang Gongqing suddenly changed.
Becoming a humble gentleman, he first bowed around and then answered with a smile.
"Brother Yang, who do you think we are? You saved everyone's lives. From now on, if you say go east, we will never go west!" Wang Jinbao was not the only hero who was heartbroken about Yang Gongqing. Soon, several other villagers also
The Lord also began to “protest”
"Yes, if Gao Shida doesn't come back, we will make you the boss in the future!" Li Mingze, who has always been unconvinced by Yang Gongqing, also shouted that those who understand current affairs are heroes. Yang Gongqing has already demonstrated it on the bank of Shipai River.
His true strength is that a fool would not follow a strong boss but follow Ge Qian and Gao Shida who have already lost power!
"Since everyone trusts me, Yang is here to follow me today. As long as Yang is alive, I will not let you die without following me. Yang will never force me. The road to Yanshan
It's just to the east. I've sent people to explore it. There will definitely be no army ambushing you for twenty miles. Just go into the mountain. Yang is here to see you off!" Yang Gongqing threw down the porridge bowl and said loudly.
"I follow Brother Yang!" "I also follow Brother Yang!" "Only Brother Yang follows the lead!" The village owners, big and small, responded one after another, using porridge as wine and swearing to the sky.
Among the more than 27,000 minions who withdrew, except for the more than 7,000 horse thieves from Yang Gongqing's headquarters, less than 6,000 of the remaining 20,000 people chose to continue to follow Ge Qian. Many of the leaders who were originally under Ge Qian's command.
Seeing the situation, Ge Qian was unable to resist. He smiled and said a few words, and then led the people who belonged to his family to Yanshan in despair.
"Master Ge Qian, just forget it!" After walking for two miles, Zhang Jinshu approached Ge Qian and angrily avenged Ge Qian, "Don't you still have a sentry horse under the master Ge Qian, a sophomore? You always follow Ge Qian when you go back."
Are you still afraid of his surname Yang when you join forces together?"
"We caught the armor-removing wind when we entered autumn, and our energy has not recovered yet!" Ge Qian smiled bitterly and shook his head. Tiancheng General Gao Kaidao was his sworn brother. This time, Gao Kaidao was supposed to lead the army on the northward expedition. Ge Qian was in his hometown, but Gao Kaidao
Kaidao fell ill at the critical moment, so Geqian had to lead the team himself
"Then we can't let it go like this! His surname is Yang. He doesn't have the ability to recruit soldiers by himself, so he will take advantage of the situation!" Zhang Jinshu refused to accept it and cursed.
"He can't take much advantage!" Ge Qian sneered in response and waved to Xu Lingwei, his confidant from home, and whispered, "You ride on my horse and write down the news about Yang Gongqing going south to Pingchang along the official road on paper and shoot it.
They will find a way to hand it over to Yang Yichen when they enter Yanshan County!"
"Yes!" Xu Lingwei took the horse's reins from Ge Qian and galloped north.
"Play tricks on me, huh!" Ge Qian put his hands behind his back as if nothing happened, and let out a sneer from his nostrils.
The sound of horse hooves is faint, sometimes far and sometimes near
On another mountain road not far from Geqian, there was a tall horse riding up puffs of smoke. Riding on the horse's back was a scout under Yang Gongqing's command, but his mission was not to explore the road for Geqian, but to quietly
Give the other person a “goodbye”
"The headmaster told Zhishi Lang Wang Bo that Ge Qian and Zhang Jinshu led 6,000 remnant troops into the mountain. Does the king dare to risk being laughed at by the heroes of the world and devour the men of the headmaster Ge?" Military advisor Cui Chengxiu didn't quite understand Yang.
The minister’s intention, asked in a low voice
Zhishi Lang and Wang Bo retreated into Yanshan with thousands of remnants. This was a secret that only Yang Gongqing and his confidants knew. One of the reasons why Ge Qian was bold in the past two days was that Wang Bo had sent his confidants.
He inquired about the movements of Yang Yichen and Li Xu, and handed the information to the scouts under Yang Gongqing.
Jianghu emphasizes repaying kindness, and the reward Yang Gongqing gave to Wang Bo was the subordinates of Ge Qian and Zhang Jinshu. "Zhi Shilang is a smart man. Of course he can't add insult to injury. But Yang Yichen, the old thief, is cunning and there is no telling whether his people will ambush him."
On the way to Salt Mountain!”
"Didn't the great master say that there are no officers and soldiers within a radius of twenty miles?" A close aide couldn't help but interrupt.
"The boss never lies!" Cui Chengxiu immediately woke up, glared at the confidant, and answered for Yang Gongqing first.
Master Yang never lies. There is indeed no army ambushing on the road leading to Yanshan. However, after the defeat of Zhishi Lang Wang Bo Xin, he urgently needs to replenish his troops. This is a fact that cannot be ignored.
Beside the mountain road in the evening, wooden bows raised by thousands of "official soldiers"
After a while, Tianwei General Ge Qian fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, his body covered with white feathers.
