Three hundred and sixtieth chapters four into the tiger's den
A journey of more than ten miles does not take too long for the cavalry. But because they had to take care of the caravan following them, it took more than an hour.
When Zhong Jinwei saw the small city that Ye Bushou had mentioned, that is, the big asphalt castle, officials and squires at all levels, led by guard Zhao Zhiqi, went out to wait outside the city gate.
Many forts were built along the Great Wall in northern Shaanxi to garrison troops to defend against Mongolian invasions. However, since Qinglong, there has been no war for many years. Therefore, the size of the garrison has shrunk and the number of households has increased. However, the officials who command the big asphalt forts are still different from those in the mainland and are not counties.
It is not a civil service like an order, but a garrison.
Hu Hao and others led their horses and stood some distance away from them, waiting for Zhong Jin to defend. The two sides were clearly distinct, and they were not the same people at first glance.
After Zhong Jinwei approached the city gate, he reined in his horse and stopped in front of the welcoming crowd. Zhao Zhiqi quickly took the lead in saluting.
Zhong Jinwei sat on his horse and looked at these people. His first impression was that they were completely different from the peasant army he saw.
Each of these people was wearing silk and satin, with rosy complexions, and many of them were fat men with big bellies.
Zhong Jinwei's impression soon became bad. The people nearby were eating tree bark, but these people were well-fed. Could they be good officials or good country gentlemen?
However, he didn't have a seizure, so he couldn't just arrest them as soon as they met and confiscate their property without any evidence.
Zhong Jinwei is an adult, so he still has some stability. He just asked condescendingly and coldly: "How far is it from here to the next town?"
Zhao Zhiqi was startled after hearing this. He didn't expect Marquis Zhongxing to be so cold to them, let alone ask this question.
However, he did not dare to neglect, and said quickly: "Back to the imperial envoy, there is a big fort southwest of here, called Gaojiabao, about thirty miles away."
Zhong Jinwei frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Arrange food and lodging for the army and set off again in the afternoon."
If an ordinary general were passing by with his troops, Zhao Zhiqi might refuse to cooperate behind closed doors.
But now the leader of the army is Zhongxing Hou, who is also an imperial envoy. Even if you give him ten thousand courages, he will not dare to do so.
Zhao Zhiqi did not dare to refuse. He raised his head and said hesitantly: "Returning to the imperial envoy, the fort is simple and there is no place for the army to be stationed in the city. Do you think it is possible to move the army to Shaiguchang in the south of the fort? In the end, we will have people send food and drink there.
Don’t dare to neglect anything.”
Zhong Jinwei didn't speak immediately. He looked at Zhao Zhiqi and saw a little panic on his face. He wondered if there was any place in the city where the army could be stationed. He would know it as soon as he entered the fort, so he didn't dare to lie.
Thinking of this, Zhong Jinwei was ready to speak. But when Zhao Zhiqi saw that Zhongxing Hou did not speak immediately, he thought that he was angry, so he quickly said: "The last general has asked Huang Juren to clear out his courtyard for the imperial envoy to rest, and please invite the imperial envoy.
Move."
Although in the eyes of these people, Zhong Jinwei is already a being that they look up to. He can do whatever he wants and do what he wants without having to be careful with his words.
But he just didn't want to get along with these people, because he said: "Forget it, I will stay in the army and have to travel in the afternoon. Where is the grain drying field? Lead the way."
Zhao Zhiqi quickly called a soldier and ran ahead to lead the way.
After he made the arrangements, he turned back to say something more, but saw that Zhong Jinwei ignored him and led the army directly to the grain drying field. He and the group of squires were left behind to look at Zhong Jinwei's back, awkwardly saying that it was neither right nor wrong to follow.
Neither.
Hu Hao and others would not stay here anymore and followed Zhong Jinwei.
Behind Zhao Zhiqi was Huang Juren. When he was on guard and asked the imperial envoy to go to his annex to rest, he wanted to show his face and get close to him. He didn't expect that Zhong Jinwei didn't have a cold and didn't want to go to his annex to rest.
gone.
He was a little puzzled as to why Zhongxing Hou was different from other officials in that he would not rest when there was a good place, but would rest with those soldiers.
He thought for a while, and when he saw that Zhao Zhiqi was still in a daze, he took a step forward and said, "Brother Zhao, is the envoy angry?"
While Zhao Zhiqi looked at the white-poled cavalry turning in front of them and heading to the grain drying field in the south of the city, he complained in a low voice: "The imperial envoy is coming unexpectedly, how can I be fully prepared?"
"Brother Zhao, you see that the imperial envoy is a marquis, a guard in Jinyi and a guard in the East Factory. He must have great power in the capital. If he is dissatisfied with you, do you think...?"
Huang Juren had a good relationship with Zhao Zhiqi and thought for him.
Zhao Zhiqi nodded, he also saw it, but Zhong Jinwei left immediately, catching him off guard.
When he heard Hu Hao's report that the nearby peasant army had actually collided with the army led by the imperial envoy and was completely wiped out, he had always been very happy because he didn't have to waste too much money and food, but now this happy mood was gone, and he was so focused on it.
Thinking about how to please the imperial envoy.
Zhao Zhiqi thought for a while and said to the squire behind him: "Let's go back and prepare."
Besides, Li Dingguo and the other four children may have followed Zhang Xianzhong on the wanderings a lot, and their physiques are stronger than those of ordinary children. They followed closely behind the caravan for more than ten miles without any fatigue.
After arriving at Shaiguchang in the south of the city, he wandered back and forth in front of the army garrison, always trying to find an opportunity to rescue Zhang Xianzhong.
But the officers and soldiers had already settled down. They didn't even know where Zhang Xianzhong and others were being held, so they became anxious.
Four children gathered in a circle and sat under a tree on the edge of the grain drying field.
The youngest Ai Nengqi really couldn't think of a way, so he asked Sun Kewang: "Brother, will my adoptive father be killed by the soldiers?"
"Crow Zui, those leaders haven't been killed yet, how could they kill the adoptive father first?" Sun Kewang heard this and lectured angrily.
"Then you think of a way to rescue your adoptive father!" Ai Nengqi was already used to Sun Kewang's training. He didn't care at all and continued to ask Sun Kewang.
"I'm just thinking about it, don't interrupt." Sun Kewang said, then he held his cheek and began to think hard.
Seeing that Sun Kewang had no choice, Ai Nengqi turned to Li Dingguo and asked, "Second brother, do you have any idea?"
If Li Dingguo had any idea, he would have told him a long time ago. When he saw Ai Nengqi coming to ask him again, he was about to shake his head in denial when he suddenly saw many people coming out of the city.
He quickly stood up and looked over there. When several other children saw it, they also stood up and looked over there.
I saw a lot of cars rolling out in the city, including unicycles, two-wheelers, etc. The one thing these cars have in common is that they are filled with food.
The four children all had served in the military, and they knew at a glance that these things were given to the officers and soldiers for meals.
Li Dingguo watched the coachmen and the local soldiers on one side walking towards the coach camp in a chaotic manner. Suddenly his frowning eyebrows relaxed and he said happily: "There is a way."
Sun Kewang looked at him in disbelief and asked, "What can I do?"
"It's certain that my foster father is imprisoned in the military camp. Now these people are delivering food to the military camp, and the people on both sides must not know each other. We can sneak in and go to the military camp to find him ourselves." Li Dingguo pointed to that place.
Said the team.
After all, they are still young, because the white pole army is stationed as casually as their peasant army, or slightly better, and there are gaps to exploit.
"What if we are discovered?" Liu Wenxiu asked.
"What are you afraid of? Can those officers and soldiers still kill us?" Li Dingguo said nonchalantly.
"We are thieves!" Sun Kewang reminded with a frown.
"Do those officers and soldiers know our four brothers? At most, they thought it was the children from the motorcade who got in to play." Li Dingguo looked at Sun Kewang and explained.
"Okay, let's go." Ai Nengqi agreed first. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and their young age also has this advantage.
Although what Li Dingguo said made sense, Sun Kewang still shook his head and said, "It's not very appropriate. Let me think about it again."
In fact, he had already agreed in his heart, but for the sake of the eldest brother, he felt that he did not come up with the idea, but the second brother came up with the idea, and it was not good for him to listen to him.
Now that the eldest brother said this, the three children surrounded him and waited for him to think of a solution, without moving away and taking action.
But Sun Kewang still had no choice. He kept thinking that time was slowly passing by. The tail of the convoy had also left the fort gate. If he didn't take action, he would have no chance.
Li Dingguo became anxious and stamped his foot: "Brother, if you still have no idea, I'll go first and you stay here to take care of yourself."
Everyone has entered the military camp, and there are no officers and soldiers outside. What need to be done to prevent the situation? Li Dingguo said this to give Sun Kewang face. He thought Sun Kewang was afraid of being caught if he went in.
Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi also became anxious. Now they only had the method mentioned by Li Dingguo. There was no choice. Looking at the elder brother, he definitely couldn't think of it, so they urged Sun Kewang: "Brother!"
Sun Ke saw that part of the convoy had already entered the military camp, and the tail of the convoy was also leaving the fort gate. Knowing that if he didn't move, he would have no chance, so he didn't care about face at this time, stamped his feet and said: "Let's go."
So the four children ran towards the motorcade. When the people in the motorcade saw that they were four children, they didn't care. The four of them just got into the motorcade and disappeared.