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"What? There were 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 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.
"Ben 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 spat out almost hit Ben Shiqian¡¯s face. At this time, Pang Gang was in an unprecedented angry mood. Not only did he allow a group of thieves suspected to be Li Zicheng to escape from the heavily guarded Beijing city, he also allowed them to kill ten sergeants. This was during Chi Guoguo's attack. My own face!
After Pang Gang received the news, he called Mercedes-Benz over and cursed him.
Ben Shiqian stood in front of Pang Gang, his head hanging down, feeling ashamed. It was his Fourth Army Corps that was in charge of city defense last night. Unexpectedly, the thieves escaped easily. Ben Shiqian 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 the soldiers had fought for a day and 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 battalion.
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 legion must be on the verge of collapse.
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 captured in one go, 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 Benxi Gan¡¯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 standing here? Are you waiting for me to invite you to lunch?"
"When I heard that Pang Gang issued an order to expel the guests, the generals suddenly dispersed, and they all dispersed like birds and beasts."
Just as Ben Shiqian was casting a large net all over the world to search for traces of the bandits, Li Zicheng was leading dozens of people including Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance and others to run wildly 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 continue to rush like this, the 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 soldier from the guard camp next to him. Although Song Xiance was carried on the back of a soldier at this time, after a morning of galloping and bumping, his face had turned blue. The scorching sun was shining on his body, and big beads of sweat were flowing down his forehead. , but he still insisted on keeping silent, seeing that if he didn't stop to rest, he might not be able to hold on any longer.
As soon as Li Zicheng spoke, dozens of people around him stopped. The soldiers 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 still sent a dozen people to guard the surrounding areas.
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 draw the enemy away, more than two hundred of our brothers have gone in vain, but those people are still following them like ghosts in hanging boots. Behind us, if we continue like this, we will be overtaken by them sooner or later. We still 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 black and black-armored Zhou troops began to appear behind him. If it hadn't been for the continuous volunteering of brothers, 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, theyThe most important thing is that they have no horses. There is no way to get rid of the pursuers 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." ¡±
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 There are no less than 3,000 of their night soldiers, cavalry and other soldiers who have arrived. If you look at it from the four directions, it is no less than 10,000 people. This Pang Gang must think too highly of us."
"Or maybe they have seen through our identities?" 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 identities, 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. , looks like an old farmer who just came out of the field. But at this moment, everyone is in this embarrassed state, and no one will pay attention to the usually wise and powerful King Chuang who is in such an embarrassed state at this time.
Like Song Xiance, Niu Jinxing, although not physically disabled, is not much better than Song Xiance. He was even embarrassed because no one was carrying him on his back along the way, not to mention that Niu Jinxing was a scholar and could not carry anything with his shoulders or hands. If it were not for the will to survive supporting him, he would have fallen down long ago. Got off.
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 has been dealing with the Great Zhou Army for two years, and he knows that the Great Zhou Army and the Dashun Army are as powerful as fire and water, and there will be no good fruits for him if he falls into their hands.
Thinking of this, Niu Jinxing panicked and asked urgently: "King Chuang, you are the backbone of everyone, we must find a way!"
Li Zicheng was very angry when he heard this. Damn it, who is the military advisor? You got the role wrong, okay? I invited you here to eat and drink as a military advisor and to make suggestions, not as an uncle.
Thinking of this. The anger in Li Zicheng's heart could no longer be suppressed, and he shouted angrily in a low voice: "Master Niu, I should ask you this question alone, otherwise what's the point of asking you alone!"
" Finally, Li Zicheng gave him some face and did not curse. However, when a protagonist questions the counselor's ability, the meaning behind it can be imagined.
Niu Jinxing's face turned red with embarrassment, but his face was covered with dust, so it was hard to tell. Niu Jinxing, who was so ashamed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in, knew that she would be ugly if she couldn't say it again. 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's anger is not ordinary. Niu Jinxing interrupted immediately, "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, in a certain village or something, wait until the news passes in two days. Wouldn¡¯t it be more appropriate to go to Shaanxi?¡±
"Wellgo on!"
Niu Jinxing's urgent words made Li Zicheng stop his anger a little. He turned to Song Xiance and asked: "Song Military Counselor, can this method mentioned by Military Counselor Niu work?"
Song Xiance shook his head like a rattle, "Pindao thinks it's absolutely impossible. It's even more dangerous to stay in a village. 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 became thoughtful. 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 thinks it's better to continueThe road is good. "Song Xiance still insisted on his opinion.
"Continue on your way?" When Niu Jinxing heard this, he became 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, why are you going to let people live?"
Niu Jinxing¡¯s yin and yang words made Song Xiance angry almost to death. Damn it, do you think I want someone to carry me? The person 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, "Commander Song, can you please 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 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 their own ambitions, and it's hard for me to force myself, so I'll take the first step."
After saying that, Song Xiance struggled to stand up, took the crutch from the soldier beside him, limped slowly and continued walking towards Xianfang. Looking at Song Xiance's back, Li Zicheng opened his mouth, but could not speak. make no sound. Finally, he let out a long sigh and became silent.
Niu Jinxing saw that Song Xiance had left everyone and left on his own, and felt happy for a while, thinking: "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 are any villages 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 and looked down on the ground. When he saw a row of footprints on the ground, his face suddenly became happy and he shouted back: "Sir, traces of the thief have been found here!"
"Oh, where is it?"
As the knight in front finished speaking, 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. 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. The footprints of 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 I expected it to be true, this person must be lame."
Listening to what Ye Bushou, who was good at tracking, told him, the officer nodded and asked, "It's up to you."?Which way should we track? "
The name Ye Bushou said without hesitation: "Of course we will pursue him where there are many people. Although this does not rule out the conspiracy of the thieves to interfere with our attention, I still believe that there is a greater chance that the thieves 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 team of 100 can share will allow them to build several large tile-roofed houses in their own homes, and they can also collect money from them. That's more than enough for the wife in the last room.
Seeing that the morale of his men had been boosted, the leader, Mr. Bai, 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 chased him about a mile in front of a remote village, and the footprints on the road disappeared.
"Everyone dismount! No sound allowed!"
Seeing the footprints disappear, the man from Baihu 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, we have found the ears and eyes of the bandits ahead. There must be a big shot of the bandits here!"! ~!
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