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 stiffen suddenly.
"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. Yang Gongqing stood five steps away from Ge Qian and reached out to pull off a fallen leaf.
The dead branches were thrown into the mountain stream, causing a series of water drifts.
"Yeah, this is such a bad weather. What's wrong with Mr. Yang, Mr. Yang?" Ge Qian quietly laughed at Yang Gongqing, turned around, and faced Yang Gongqing face to face.
"Yang is very sorry that we didn't discuss the matter with Mr. Ge Qian just now. But Yang also had no choice but to ask Mr. Ge for your forgiveness." 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, so how can you compete with his brothers for a while!" Ge Qian smiled very generously and turned sideways.
As an elder, he bowed 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 arrangements for the road. Mr. Yang's words are my words, so 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 not easy to carry and were not of high value to be thrown away. Then he mobilized hundreds of people from his own horse team.
Then he sent out 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 to everyone.
Xingzang. Finally, the order of evacuation was arranged, with the cavalry from the headquarters as the vanguard, and the brave men drawn from other departments as the rearguard, with everyone in between and headed south quickly.
All the arrangements were proved 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's command, they took the flat road.
The main road at least allowed them to consume 70% less energy than walking on country roads. It was late in the afternoon, and the horse thieves walking in front of the team were already energetic enough to sing, "Sister, your eyebrows are like fishhooks, and one of them is hooked on
On the tip of my heart..." "I drew my long bow to shoot wild geese, but I saw you walking by the stream, with your thin waist of green and red fruits. Brother, I felt anxious..." I don't know which era it was written from, and I don't know which era it was created from.
I don't know which ethnic group originated from the minor tunes that were sung one after another in the crowd. They were not as neat as the wind, elegance, and chants, but they made everyone's footsteps become 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 at any time, and ignored the skies above some forts.
The rising smoke swaggered along the official road.
At midnight in the afternoon, the scouts scouting the road 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 tablet crossing, and formed an array with his back to the water.
"Have you seen clearly, 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, only three camps have been set up, and half of the river beach is not even full!" The scout hesitated for a moment and answered affirmatively.
"Are there any cavalry?" Yang Gongqing ignored the presence of Ge Qian and others and continued to ask.
"Very few, certainly not more than a hundred, the rest are infantry!" the scout quickly gave a reassuring answer.
"They can't do anything without 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 personal bodyguards roared away.
Cui Xinbo obviously underestimated his opponent too lowly. As the glorious achievements of the army in various places in Hejian were heard, 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 stone.
He stayed on the north bank of the Pai River for two or three days so that General Yang and General Li could 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, just like a group of wild men who had their nest destroyed.
Bee. was cursing a bunch of 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 the Three Qi Dynasties, 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 more effective than any mobilization order. Horse thieves, big and small, are like wild dogs that have eaten too much ephedra. They don't care about the "drizzle" flying overhead. They want the officers and soldiers to know how powerful they are and teach them a lesson.
Teach the other minions who are watching the battle a lesson and let them know what a true jungle hero looks like.
Ge Qian and others who rushed to the front of the formation to watch the battle were dumbfounded. At this time, they no longer cared about Yang Gongqing's arrogance, and 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, had a very different view from him.
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, the enemy and we were already in 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 quickly cut blood grooves in the crowd, like boiling soup.
Throwing snow, in the blink of an eye, the formation of the village warriors was shattered, followed closely by the three hastily built forts. The color of the stone water quickly changed, and the corpses of the village warriors were like dumplings in the water.
Floating downstream. Soon, the surviving village warriors jumped into the cold and biting river water and swam to the other side in various postures. The bandits rushed over on horseback, and the depth was only less than the forelimbs of the war horses.
Row after row of corpses were laid down on the river beach. 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 until I chop off five heads, and then drink this wine!" Yang Gongqing caught the wine bag and threw it to Wang Jinbao. He turned his horse around and rushed back into the river that was already stained red with human blood. He lost it.
The local warriors under his command either fled or asked to surrender. Yang Gongqing and his brothers ignored each other's cries and chased after each other and beheaded each one. The five heads were quickly collected by Yang Gongqing, who held the trophies with one hand.
He lifted his hair into a bun and turned it back in mid-air. Then he threw his head at the feet of the village masters, reached out and took the wine bag from Wang Jinbao's arms, raised his mouth to the sky, and drank it all.
"Have fun, have fun!" 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.
"Dashuai Yang, Marshal Yang!" 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 the methods Yang Gongqing used to seize power in the morning, by this moment, he has broken the hearts of most of the village leaders and minions. Only the original nominal leader Ge Qian could not accept the fate of being abandoned.
, quietly turned his head away amidst the cheers of the crowd.
After capturing Shipai Ferry, the morale of the 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 and scratch their cherry blossoms. That night everyone was fighting
When the torch passed under the Yanshan County City, the soldiers 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, and safely crossed the only channel on the river. Then they turned sharply eastward and came to an abandoned post station called Shiziling.
"To the east from here is the Salt Mountain. If you still insist on going into the mountain, let's not leave here!" After eating the second meal of the day, Yang Gongqing gathered several family members together and announced with a smile.
"Brother Yang, what do you mean by this?" Wang Jinbao was the first to get upset and stood up to ask. After two days and one night of forced march, he was so impressed by Yang Gongqing's ability that he no longer hated Yang Gongqing for being domineering.
, on the contrary, I am afraid that the other party will treat me as an outsider.
"Yang had no choice but to do what happened yesterday morning. This place is not far from Yanshan, and 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 said
He turned into a humble gentleman. He 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 others
The village owner also began to "protest."
"Yes, if Gao Shida can't come back, we will make you the boss in the future!" Li Mingze, who has always been unconvinced by Yang Gongqing, also shouted loudly. Those who understand current affairs are heroes, and Yang Gongqing has already demonstrated it on the bank of Shipai River.
Without knowing his true strength, it would be a fool who would not follow such a strong boss but follow Ge Qian and Gao Shida who have already lost power!
"Since everyone trusts me, Yang will pile up a sentence here today. Those who follow me, as long as Yang lives, I will not let you die first. Those who do not follow me, Yang will never force me to lead to the Salt Mountain.
The road is to the east, I have sent people to explore it, there will be no ambush by the army for twenty miles. You can 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!" Village owners, big and small, responded one after another, using porridge as wine and making an oath 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 chose to continue to follow Ge Qian. Many of the leaders who were originally under Ge Qian's command
, he also made a prompt decision to change his family. Seeing the situation, Ge Qian was unable to resist. He smiled and said a few words, and then turned to Yanshan in dejection with the people who belonged to his family.
"Master Ge Qian, just forget it!" After walking for two miles, Zhang Jinshu approached Ge Qian and angrily avenged Ge Qian. "Master Ge Qian, the second-year student, doesn't have a sentry horse under his command? You always come back and follow him.
The second-year high school masters are all under one roof, so you're still afraid of his surname Yang?"
"We caught the armor-removing wind when Kaidao entered autumn, and his energy has not recovered yet!" Ge Qian smiled bitterly and shook his head. Tiancheng General Gao Kaidao was his sworn brother. Gao Kaidao was supposed to lead the army this time on the northward journey, and Ge Qian was in charge.
But Gao Kaidao fell ill at a critical moment, so Ge Qian had to lead the team himself.
"Then we can't let it go like this! His surname is Yang, he is nothing. If he doesn't have the ability to recruit soldiers, he will take advantage of the situation!" Zhang Jinshu refused to accept and cursed.
"He can't take much advantage!" Ge Qian responded with a sneer. He waved to Xu Lingwei, his confidant from home, and whispered, "You ride on my horse and write down on paper the news that Yang Gongqing went south along the official road to Pingchang.
Shoot it into Yanshan County. They will find a way to hand it over to Yang Yichen!"
"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 was faint, sometimes distant and sometimes near.
On another mountain road not far from Geqian, there was a tall horse kicking up plumes of smoke. Riding on the horse 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 party 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 man named Wang 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 was asked in a low voice.
Zhishilang 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
The confidants inquired about the movements of Yang Yichen and Li Xu, and passed the information to Yang Gongqing's scouts.
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, and of course he can't add insult to injury. But the old thief Yang Yichen is so cunning that he can't tell his people
Will ambush you on the way to Salt Mountain!"
"Didn't the boss 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, and there is indeed no army ambushing on the road to Yanshan. However, after the defeat of Bo Xin, King Zhishi Lang, he urgently needs to replenish his troops, which is a fact that cannot be ignored.
Beside the mountain road in the evening, thousands of "official soldiers" raised their wooden bows.
After a while, Tianwei General Ge Qian fell to the ground with his eyes wide open, his body covered with white feathers. (To be continued)
