It has to be said that Gao Yigong's explanation to Liu Zongmin is not unreasonable.
Just Gao Ruli and his group of about twenty people were all injured because they were imprisoned and tortured. It was not easy to escape from the chieftain's territory.
Fortunately, they were originally the vanguard of He Renlong's army, which could only be done by the elite. Everyone still had some foundation, and they also had some survival skills.
After disappearing from the sight of the bandits, Gao Ruli and his party immediately dealt with the injuries on their bodies and removed the things on their bodies that could identify them as imperial officers and soldiers. They checked each other and found that there were no problems before they identified the direction and picked them up.
Walk where there are few people.
They are also very skillful in their walking. They are not the evasive ones, but when they see a small number of people in the chieftain's territory, if they can hide away, they will hide away. If they can't hide away, a group of people will come face to face with them talking and laughing.
past.
This trick of theirs is really useful!
The people in the chieftain's territory were suspicious when they saw the Han people, but they did not doubt their identity.
After all, the imperial officials and troops were outside the mountains, and the Han people who could be seen in the chieftain's territory were all bandits. Therefore, they were naturally considered to be bandits.
As for the injuries on his body, he might have been beaten by other bandits, which is not unimaginable.
Another thing that can also conceal their identities is that they all have Qin accents, and the core bandits under Li Zicheng are also from Qin. Those who deal with the chieftains also
Most of them are these hard-core thieves. With this accent, they are naturally considered to be thieves.
Just like that, Gao Ruli and his party walked out of the mountain without any danger.
After waiting for an hour, we were far away from where the bandits were stationed, and few of the chieftains were seen.
Correspondingly, they were safer. However, after walking such a long distance, they were a little unable to walk.
I have injuries on my body, a lot of physical exertion, and I am still hungry. I am really tired.
Seeing this, Gao Ruli cheered them up and said: "Brothers, think about your wives and children at home, think about your parents, they are all looking forward to your return, just grit your teeth and persevere, just walk out of the mountains!"
After a pause, he said solemnly: "Da Heizi and the others died heroically. There are many brothers who would rather die than surrender. We must live to avenge them!"
After hearing his words, the colleagues who were already tired and sitting down stood up again, supported each other, and encouraged each other.
"go back!"
"revenge!"
"..."
Along the way, we drank water when there was water, ate fruits when there were fruits, ate leaves when there were no fruits, and crowded together to keep warm when it got dark.
By the afternoon of the next day, someone finally couldn't walk anymore.
"You go away and leave me alone!"
"If you walk out, say I died in battle!"
"..."
Gao Ruli listened to his ramble and interrupted directly: "Don't worry, mother-in-law, we finally had a chance to escape, but we just wanted to give up. Are you still a man? You have a wife, do you still want it?
Already?"
The other comrades laughed loudly after hearing this. Then, regardless of whether they agreed or not, they stepped forward to pick him up and hobbled away together.
By the time it was evening, it was not dark yet, and everyone could no longer walk. Other than that, they were still hungry. If they hadn't had a good foundation, they wouldn't be able to survive now.
A group of people sat in a pile, resting back to back, and prepared to spend the night.
Many people are so tired that they can't even speak. However, some people can still speak, and they are talking about delicious food, women, etc. that can cheer up people's hearts.
However, Gao Ruli looked at this situation with a heavy heart.
In the current situation, I am afraid that some of my colleagues may not be able to see the sun tomorrow. If at this time, I have warm clothes and enough food, there is still hope.
However, how could these things be found in these high mountains?
While he was thinking about it, he suddenly got excited and shouted: "Who?"
When his colleagues heard this, they were all startled and quickly stood up to defend themselves.
However, half of the comrades failed to stand up. And those who stood up were unsteady on their feet. It was obvious that they were really exhausted!
As Gao Ruli shouted these words, he saw a group of people surrounding him from all directions, each carrying bows and arrows and holding knives and guns.
From their attire, height, etc., it can be seen at a glance that they are the chieftain's soldiers.
Gao Ruli looked at their looks and guessed that these chieftain soldiers should be scouts or sentries on the outskirts of the chieftain's territory. They were considered to be the more capable of fighting among the chieftain soldiers!
Not only that, but more importantly, they all have weapons, but we are unarmed.
In fact, even if you have weapons, you can't fight.
Thinking of this, Gao Ruli understood very clearly that if their identities were discovered, they would not be spared.
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Thinking of this, he quickly squeezed out a smile and said: "We are the subordinates of the high leader. We have been lost in the mountains for many days, and we have become like this!"
No matter what, it’s best if you can cheat!
However, just after he dared to finish his words, the leader of the chieftain soldiers said categorically in poor Mandarin: "No, you are prisoners of the imperial officers and soldiers, you are still an official, I know you!"
Hearing this, Gao Ruli's heart suddenly sank.
This leader of the chieftain soldiers actually knew me, so there was no way he could be deceived!
But, should we fight? There is no way to fight!
At this moment, he was a little desperate.
I saw the leader of the chieftain soldiers. After glancing at them, he suddenly started talking in their dialect, probably discussing with his companions.
In despair, Gao Ruli no longer cares about what they are doing. Anyway, they are just lambs to be slaughtered, with no ability to resist at all.
At this time, he just subconsciously stared at the leader of the chieftain soldiers.
I saw this man talking to his companions, asking one person after another, seemingly asking for advice or something.
During the process of his questioning, other people also joined in the discussion and spoke along, as if they were echoing what he said.
After a while, a consensus seemed to be reached, and all the chieftains were smiling, as if something good was going on.
It's no wonder that if they catch people like themselves, it will be a great achievement for them!
When Gao Ruli was thinking this, he saw the leader of the chieftain soldiers walking up to him, smiling and saying to him in poor Mandarin: "We have discussed and escort you to the imperial military camp outside the mountain."
After finishing speaking, he took out a black rice ball or something from his arms, handed it to Gao Ruli and said: "I think you are hungry, eat it, don't kill anyone!"
Seeing him like this, his companions also took out food and gave it to the imperial officers and soldiers.
For a moment, all the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, including Gao Ruli, were stunned, wondering what was going on?
Chieftain wants to surrender?
This is impossible!
Ambushing the imperial officers and soldiers would be tantamount to rebellion, and the chieftain would be easily let go.
Besides, when they escaped before, there was no sign that the chieftain wanted to surrender.
Could it be that this is their trick?
However, people like myself are already lambs waiting to be slaughtered, so why do they need any conspiracy?
For a moment, Gao Ruli couldn't figure it out. He looked down at the ball of food that was stuffed into his hand, smelled the aroma, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Why?"
Perhaps knowing that he would ask, the leader of the chieftain soldiers smiled and answered him: "Actually, it is very simple. We want to perform meritorious service in exchange for grain fields given by the court. We want to live a good life!"
Seeing that Gao Ruli was still a little confused, he simply started chatting and told Gao Ruli the cause and effect.
These chieftain soldiers were really scouts. They even pretended to be ordinary people and went to the mountains to inquire about news. Therefore, they heard the new policy issued by the imperial court, which was to change the land and return it to the locals.
After the chieftains were replaced by imperial officials, their children could go to school for free and rent government land. The taxes were much lower than those of the chieftains. If they performed meritoriously, they could also be allocated their own grain fields based on their merits.
This kind of thing is really unimaginable for ordinary chieftain soldiers.
At first, they were a little unconvinced. However, they later confirmed that this was an imperial edict issued by the imperial court. It was written on the notice board that this was being done in other places. At least, it was better under the imperial court than under the chieftain.
Life for my men will be easier.
Therefore, these chieftain soldiers were all moved. They just lacked a wedge, but they happened to meet Gao Ruli and his party.
Just like that, these chieftain soldiers immediately came up with the idea of escorting these imperial officers and soldiers back, which is equivalent to picking up the credit!
Gao Ruli did not expect that after more than a month, the emperor actually issued a decree specifically targeting the chieftains, which was equivalent to directly saving their lives.
For a moment, he and his colleagues couldn't help but shed tears of gratitude after understanding this, and felt that it was the most correct choice for them not to betray the imperial court.
Later, these chieftain soldiers became the nannies of Gao Ruli and others. They took care of everything such as food, clothing, dressing of wounds, etc.
When leaving the next day, these chieftain soldiers even made a few simple stretchers and carried a few of the weakest officers and soldiers of the imperial court with them.
With their help, the process of getting out of the mountain was much faster.
When he was about to walk out of the mountain, he bumped into Ye Bushou, an officer of the imperial court.
Seeing this situation and asking about it, they were all overjoyed. I didn't expect that from the battle a month ago, some of my colleagues would survive!
So, they also joined the escort queue, and at the same time, they quickly reported to the military camp.
Because of the previous defeat in the war, Sun Chuanting moved his headquarters to the forefront. At this time, he was meeting with guests who had just arrived at the military camp.