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"What? There are bandits who killed the officers and soldiers guarding the city and ran away from the city!"
The gunfire that rang out from the top of the city of Beijing in the early morning and the ten bloody corpses on the city wall alarmed almost everyone. Pang Gang, who had not yet gotten up, was also furious. He called the Ben Shiqian who was responsible for guarding the outer city last night.
"Bing Shiqian, if you can't catch those thieves and bandits to me, you, the general, should stop doing it!"
Pang Gang's roaring voice echoed through the city gate tower, and the spittle he spurted almost hit the Mercedes-Benz's face. At this time, Pang Gang's mood was unprecedentedly angry, which not only made a group of thieves suspected of being Li Zicheng arrogant. He escaped from the heavily guarded Beijing city and allowed them to kill ten sergeants. This was a slap in the face!
After Pang Gang received the news, he called over the Mercedes-Benz and cursed him bloodily.
Ben Shiqian stood in front of Pang Gang, his head hanging down, ashamed. It was his Fourth Army Corps that was in charge of city defense last night. Unexpectedly, the thieves escaped easily. Ben Shigan did not dare to neglect and quickly reported to Pang Gang. Gang, no, Pang Gang is furious.
Ben Shiqian, who had just been promoted to deputy general, was feeling regretful at the moment. Cheng Kai, who had a close friendship with him, had reminded him to send more people to patrol the city wall at night to prevent the bandits hiding in the city from escaping. But Ben Shiqian believed that after the soldiers fought for a day, they needed a rest. If too many men were sent to patrol at night, the soldiers would be too tired. Therefore, only the number of soldiers patrolling the entire wall of the city at night was A camp.
Now the evil consequences have come out, the bandits have escaped, and the escaped bandits are probably Li Zicheng and his group. Ben Shiqian knows that if he cannot catch all the escaped bandits, his position as commander of the regiment will definitely be in jeopardy.
Looking at Pang Gang's livid face, Ben Shiqian gritted his teeth and said to Pang Gang: "My lord, please don't worry, the general has already sent out all the Ye Bushou and the cavalry. If the thieves cannot be caught in one round, the general will mention it." Come back to see you with your own head!"
Pang Gang said coldly: "I don't want your head either. If you can't catch the bandits, when you return to Qingzhou, you can report to Li Xian at Lingshan Guard and go to the farm to farm!"
Pang Gang's words made the generals around him feel tense and secretly relieved. It seemed that the boss was merciful this time. At least the Mercedes-Benz's life was not in danger.
After Pang Gang finished speaking, he saw that Ben Shiqian was still stunned on the spot. He couldn't help but frowned and said: "What are you doing here? Are you waiting for me to invite you to lunch?"
"On hearing Pang Gang's order to expel guests, all the generals dispersed in a panic. They all dispersed like birds and beasts."
Just when Ben Shiqian was casting a large net all over the world to search for traces of bandits, Li Zicheng was leading Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and dozens of others on a wild run on a small road more than 30 miles away from the capital.
At this moment, Song Xiance, who had a disability on his feet, could not run wildly. He relied on several soldiers to take turns carrying him to keep up with the team. The group of people fled in embarrassment. It was already noon, and under the scorching sun, Everyone was sweating profusely.
"Okay, everyone, stop for a moment. If we keep going like this, our brothers won't be able to bear it!" Li Zicheng, who was running in the middle, looked at Song Xiance, who was being carried by a guard soldier. At this time, Song Xiance Although he was carried by the soldiers on his back, after a morning of galloping and bumping, his face had turned blue, the scorching sun was shining on him, and big beads of sweat were flowing down his forehead, but he was still strong. He held on silently, seeing that he might not be able to hold on any longer if he didn't stop to rest.
As soon as Li Zicheng spoke, dozens of people around him stopped one after another. The soldiers who were carrying Song Xiance carefully placed him on a lump of dirt on the roadside and sat down. Although the remaining soldiers were very tired after running for a long time, they were still very tired.
More than a dozen people came out to guard the surrounding area.
Li Zicheng walked to Song Xiance, took a sheepskin water bag from a soldier and handed it to him. Song Xiance took the sleeping bag and drank a few big gulps. After taking a few breaths, he shook his head and said: "King Chuang,
Let's run slowly like this. In order to lure the enemy away, more than two hundred of our brothers have gone in vain, but those people are still following us like ghosts in hanging boots. If we continue like this, sooner or later we will be defeated by them.
To catch up. We have to speed up to get rid of the pursuers. It will be easier as long as it is night."
"Want to speed up?"
Li Zicheng looked at the more than fifty soldiers left around him, and his heart ached for a while. Starting from two hours ago, those Zhou troops with black armor and black armor began to appear behind him. If it hadn't been for the brothers who came forward one after another
Several waves of troops were separated to either divert the pursuers away or entangle them. I'm afraid they had already been surrounded.
But even now, their behavior is not optimistic. The most important thing is that they have no horses. They can't get rid of the pursuing soldiers on two legs, let alone run back to Xi'an, which is thousands of miles away.
..
Taking the water bag handed back by Song Xiance, Li Zicheng took a few big sips and handed it to Niu Jinxing, who had been looking at him longingly. Niu Jinxing quickly took it with both hands and drank several big sips of water. Because he drank so much,
Taiji coughed a few times after being choked.
Li Zicheng frowned and sighed: "I thought that after leaving the city, I would be able to fly to the sky and let the birds fly and the sea to leap, but I didn't expect those Zhou army to pursue us so closely. It seems that they will not give up until they catch us."
Already."
Song Xiance sighed in a low voice: "Maybe, maybe the ten soldiers we killed when we left the city angered the generals who defended the city. Otherwise, how could they send so many soldiers and horses to chase us? Just this morning we saw
Those who have arrived have stayed up all night, with no less than 3,000 cavalry and other soldiers, and if you look at it from four directions, there are no less than 10,000 people. This Pang Gang must think too highly of us."
"Or maybe they have seen through our identity?" Niu Jinxing, who finally removed his mouth from the water bag, hesitated for a moment and then said: "If they hadn't seen through our identity, how could they have spent so much money?
Setbacks and strength come to hunt us down."
"Well, what Commander Niu said makes sense." Li Zicheng nodded. At this time, he was not as majestic as usual. His gray shorts were covered in dust, his face was streaked with black and white, and his hair was gray.
, looking like an old farmer who had just come out of the field. But at this moment, everyone was looking like this, and no one would pay attention to the embarrassment of King Chuang, who was usually wise and powerful.
Presumably like Song Xiance, although Niu Jinxing has no physical disability, he is not much better than Song Xiance. He is even more embarrassed because there is no one to carry him along the way, not to mention that Niu Jinxing is a scholar and cannot carry his shoulders.
He couldn't lift it with his hands. If it weren't for the will to survive supporting him, he might have fallen down long ago.
Hearing the analysis of Li Zicheng and Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing also felt that it made sense, and his heart became more and more panicked. He had been dealing with the Great Zhou Army for two years, and he knew that the Great Zhou Army and the Dashun Army were
The power is like water and fire. If you fall into their hands, you won't have much good to gain.
Thinking of this, Niu Jinxing panicked and asked urgently: "King Chuang, you are the backbone of everyone, you must find a way!"
When Li Zicheng heard this, he was very angry. Damn it, who is the military advisor? You have mistaken the role, okay? I invite you to eat and drink as a military advisor to make suggestions, not as an uncle.
Thinking of this, Li Zicheng could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and shouted angrily in a low voice: "Master Niu, this question should be asked of you alone, otherwise what's the point of asking you alone!"
Finally, Li Zicheng gave him some face and did not curse. However, when one of the lords questioned the counselor's ability, one can easily imagine the meaning behind it.
Niu Jinxing's face turned red with embarrassment, but at this time his face was covered with dust, so he couldn't see it. Niu Jinxing, who was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in, knew that he would be ugly if he could not say it anymore.
He was afraid that he would really be abandoned by Li Zicheng. After thinking for a while, he whispered: "King Chuang atones for his sins. The student is guilty. The student thinks that our biggest problem now is the lack of horses... Nonsense, let's get to the point!"
Li Zicheng was extremely angry. He immediately interrupted Niu Jinxing's words and said, "Let's get to the point!"
"Yes!" Seeing that the boss was angry, Niu Jinxing stammered; "According to the student's opinion, instead of running so blindly, it is better to find a place to hide first. For example, a certain village or something, and wait until the news passes in two days.
Wouldn’t it be more appropriate to go to Shaanxi?”
"Well...go on!"
Niu Jinxing's urgent words made Li Zicheng stop his anger a little. He turned to Song Xiance and asked: "Song Military Advisor, can this method mentioned by Military Advisor Niu work?"
Song Xiance shook his head like a rattle, "I think it's absolutely impossible. Staying in a village is even more dangerous. If any villagers go to the government to complain, we might all be in trouble there."
"Then kill everyone in the village!" Niu Jinxing's ferocious look could not even hide the dust on his face.,
Li Zicheng's expression also changed slightly and then he began to think deeply. It was not that he felt sorry for the lives of innocent villagers, but he was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with the consequences after killing people. After all, there were dozens or hundreds of people in a village, and they were currently short of manpower.
, it may be difficult to successfully complete the task of massacring the village. If one of them escapes, there will be endless troubles.
"No, it's okay to kill a few villagers, but if the villagers make trouble, we will be in trouble, and the pursuers will catch up at any time, so Pindao thought it was better to continue on the road." Song Xiance still insisted on himself.
Opinion.
"Continue on your way?" When Niu Jinxing heard this, he became very angry. He took off one of his boots, took off his socks, raised his feet and shouted loudly: "Look, look at my boots."
Can your feet still walk?" At this point, Niu Jinxing sneered again: "You, Military Advisor Song, are quite comfortable. You have someone to carry you on your back. Naturally, you don't need to work as hard as the rest of us, but you are so full that you don't know how hungry you are.
You are hungry, but you are shouting about speeding up, and you are not going to let people live?"
Niu Jinxing's weird words made Song Xiance angry to death. Damn it, do you think I want someone to carry me? The one I would rather be carried is you.
Now, Song Xiance was no longer polite. He said coldly: "That's okay. If Commander Niu thinks it should be safer in the village, even though Pindao is a disabled person, he won't wait to die here.
King Chuang, will you continue to move forward with Pindao or stay here to avoid the limelight?" When he said the last sentence, Song Xiance's expression when he looked at Li Zicheng was so calm, so calm that there was no trace of fluctuation.
Li Zicheng sighed, looked at Song Xiance and said, "Song Military Advisor, can you please let me think about it?"
"What's there to think about? If you continue walking, you will be discovered by the enemy soon. That's a narrow escape!" Niu Jinxing interjected from the side.
Song Xiance repeatedly showed a disdainful sneer: "A narrow escape from death? Yes, if you continue to move forward, you will have a narrow escape from death, but if you stay here, you will have no chance of death. Okay, I won't speculate. Pindao said goodbye, Chuang
Wang, will you go with Pindao or stay here?"
Li Zicheng didn't expect that he would get this world. In the blink of an eye, his top adviser would have a split. Although he was becoming more and more disliked by Niu Jinxing, at this time he also believed that Niu Jinxing's words were reasonable. If he relied on it like this
Two legs trying to escape the pursuers... Is there anything more deceptive?
Seeing the look on Li Zicheng's face, Song Xiance said calmly: "Okay, I understand what King Chuang means. Everyone has his own ambitions, and it's hard for me to force him, so I'll take the first step."
After saying that, Song Xiance struggled to stand up, took the crutch from the hands of the soldiers beside him, and limped slowly towards Xianfang. Looking at Song Xiance's back, Li Zicheng opened his mouth, but could not speak.
He didn't make any sound. Finally, he sighed and became silent.
When Niu Jinxing saw that Song Xiance had left everyone and left on his own, he felt happy and said to himself: "Now I don't know whether Li Yan is alive or dead. Song Xiance has left King Chuang on his own, so the only person around King Chuang who can advise him is himself.
In the future, when I and King Chuang return to Shaanxi, I will be the most trusted person around King Chuang. Who else dares to compete with me for the position of prime minister!"
Just when Niu Jinxing was thinking about it, Li Zicheng said in a deep voice: "Okay, everyone, stop talking. Everyone has his own ambitions. Since Military Advisor Song doesn't want to go with us, we can't force it. Tienan, you take the brothers with you right away.
Let's go out to explore the road and see if there is any village nearby. We need to take a rest. It would be better if we can find horses or vehicles. Go quickly!"
"yes!"
A dark, sturdy man in his thirties responded and led three soldiers to explore a side road... bump bump bump bump... A sound of horse hooves came from the east, a group of more than a hundred riders.
The black knights galloped over from a distance, and the mighty team raised dust along the way.
When these knights came to a fork in the road, one of the leading knights raised his right hand, and everyone stopped. The leading knight dismounted, lowered his head and looked at the ground. When he saw a row of footprints on the ground, his face suddenly changed.
Overjoyed, he shouted back: "Sir, traces of the thief have been found here!"
"Oh, where?"
As the words of the knight in front fell, an officer in his thirties soon walked out from among the knights. Although he wore the same armor as the surrounding soldiers, he had an extra armor on his right shoulder.
The red belt, this belt and his calm temperament also show that he is different from the soldiers around him.
The officer said in a deep voice: "Zhang Laoshi, what did you find?"
This soldier named Zhang Laoshi did not live up to his name, and he had a shrewd look on his face. He pointed to a small road on the right and said: "Sir, please see, there are two forked roads from here, and the footprints on one forked road are very dense.
It seems that there are about fifty or sixty people, and judging from the footprints, they are all wearing soft-soled boots. Such boots are not something ordinary people can afford. However, there is only one footprint on the other road, and the footprints are
It's quite strange, but there are only one footprint and a piece of wood to show the traces of the settlement. If this is what I expected, this person must be a cripple."
Listening to what Ye Bushou, who was good at tracking, told him, the officer nodded and asked, "Where do you want to track?"
The man named Ye Bushou said without hesitation: "Of course I will pursue you where there are many people. Although this does not rule out the conspiracy of the bandits to interfere with our attention, I still believe that there is a greater chance that the bandits will go to the right."
The officer thought for a while and made up his mind after a while: "Yes, our manpower is not large to begin with, and after dividing the troops several times, it becomes even thinner. The current manpower cannot be divided any more. Okay, then
Let's chase to the right. If God bless us and we catch the leader of the thief, we will make a fortune! Then there will be fertile land and silver for everyone to pick from!"
After listening to the officer's encouraging words, excitement appeared on the faces of the knights behind him. The military merits of the Zhou army were extremely rich last time. Although the merits of annihilating the bandits were not as great as the merits of capturing the heads of the Tatars, the mosquitoes
No matter how small they are, they are still meat. What’s more, if they can catch or kill the bandit Li Zicheng, then the silver reward that no one in their hundred-man team can share will allow them to build several large tile-roofed houses in their own homes, and they will be able to collect the money.
That's more than enough for my wife.
Seeing that the morale of his men had been boosted, the leader Bai Zong waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Everyone mount up and keep moving forward!"
Following the order from the Chief Hundred, nearly a hundred knights got on their horses one after another, and then a billowing line of dust and smoke began to rise again.
They chased for several hours. During this time, they took many detours. It was not until ten o'clock that they caught up to a remote village about a mile away, and the footprints on the road disappeared.
"Everyone dismount! No sound!"
Seeing the footprints disappear, the man from the household immediately issued an order in alertness. Upon hearing the order, the cavalry behind him immediately dismounted and cautiously hid on both sides.
At this time, the leader, Zhang Laoshi, whispered to the hundred households in an excited tone: "Sir, the bandits' eyes and ears are found in the front. There must be a big shot of the bandits here!"!~!
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