Even after dragging the oxcart from the shallow water across the river bank, You took a short rest and continued northward. At this time, it was already on the southwest boundary of Cangzhou of the Yichang Army. From there, thirty miles to the north, you will enter Yingzhou. According to
Zhang Xingzhong suggested that Li Chengzhong decide to go directly north to Hejian, which was an important town of Lu Longjun in Yingzhou. Arriving at Hejian basically meant safety.
Everyone quickened their pace. After walking for most of the day, just when they were about to leave the ground in Cangzhou, they saw a large group of cavalry coming from the north. The sound of horse hooves shook the surrounding areas. It was roughly estimated that there were hundreds of cavalry. He had a particularly good eye.
Jiang Miao squinted her eyes and looked carefully, then suddenly changed her color and said: "It's broken, it's the Bian Army, and the flag says 'Ge'!"
The large group of Bian troops encountered along the way to Youdu were all infantry, and they could avoid them by taking a long detour. I had never encountered a large group of enemy cavalry head-on like this before. Now there was really no way to hide. And I heard that
Jiang Miao said that he was flying the flag with the word "Ge", and everyone immediately thought of the Bian Army general who led the cavalry to attack the Lulong Army under Weizhou City, and everyone's hearts sank to the bottom.
Are they going to die here? Everyone looked at each other with a sad face, no one knew what to do. Run away? How can two legs outrun four legs on the plain land? Fight? People come with hundreds of horses.
How to fight this battle? Surrender? Let's forget it. Thinking about how the Bian army killed good people and took credit, everyone felt a chill in their necks. They didn't dare to bet that the Bian army would spare their lives.
You must know that a head is a military merit!
Li Cheng's heart was spinning, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but none of them were very useful. In the end, he could only lament in his heart, it would be great if he was also a cavalry, just let go of the horse's hooves and run away, how could he die so easily? But now there is only
The ox cart drove, and the old ox was slower than everyone else...
Huh? After looking at the bullock cart, Li Chengzhong suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind and said loudly: "Quick, Zhou Qidao, you guys put on the captured Bian army uniforms! Move quickly, tie up the remaining people quickly!"
Zhao Da, quickly untie the ropes that bind the goods and tie everyone up!"
When he said this, everyone immediately understood. Zhou Qidao and his brothers quickly went to the oxcart to check out the seized Bianjun uniforms. He did not even bother to take off his own clothes and directly put on the Bianjun uniforms.
Outside, they hurriedly put on each other's leather armor, helmets, and shoulder knives. At this time, Li Chengzhong and Zhao Da also tied up everyone. Because there were few ropes, they only tied their hands. Li Chengzhong gave everyone
The child was tied with a live buckle, and the end of the rope was exposed inside. Once the Bian army saw through it, it was best to untie him immediately and try his best to capture him.
Li Chengzhong himself also put on the Bianjun uniform with the help of Zhou Maidao, and asked everyone to turn around and assume a posture of returning south, and then told everyone to stop talking and follow his orders.
As soon as everything was done, the cavalry of the Bian Army brigade arrived. Li Chengzhong took two steps forward and saluted with clasped fists. As soon as he finished the salute, a cold sweat broke out on his back because he suddenly realized that he didn't know if what he was doing was appropriate for Bian.
The rules of the army, if this era is the same as that of later generations, if the Bian Army has the military salute of the Bian Army, and the Lulong Army has the military salute of the Lulong Army, then it is very likely that this will be exposed. He bent over, carefully looked up with his peripheral vision, and hugged Cheng
The palms of his fists were already wet with sweat.
Then he heard the sentence "No, stand up and talk", so he relaxed slightly and straightened up.
The cavalryman who spoke to Li Chengzhong was very young. He didn't look at him much. Instead, he looked at the dozen or so "captives" tied up behind Li Chengzhong. He smiled and said, "Yes, they are all good soldier material." He expressed his admiration.
, then lowered his head and said to Li Chengzhong in front of the horse: "Aren't you a certain Xingzhou soldier? Looking at your armor, do you think you are a Huazhou soldier?"
It's whatever you say. Li Chengzhong couldn't tell the difference between Xingzhou soldiers and Huazhou soldiers. He just looked forward to these people leaving quickly and nodded: "Yes." He heard that the cavalry general spoke with a Northern accent, which was different from his own.
The accents of Yan and Zhao here are roughly similar, but out of caution, they still dare not speak more, and even the word "yes" was answered vaguely.
The young cavalryman looked up at the "captives" again and said: "These people are willing to give up five guans to a certain person, which is much higher than if you go back to collect the reward..."
Li Chengzhong opened his mouth wide and suddenly didn't know what to do.
The young cavalryman turned his attention to Zhou Shaidao and others who were wearing Bian army uniforms, and his tone suddenly became more eager: "Are these your soldiers? Just take your soldiers and join a certain family, you are now
What class? To accompany the army? As long as you agree, how about being a benevolent and brave when you come? I'll give you one! Don't worry, the battlefield is very chaotic, and your He Sima will not know..."
Before the young cavalry commander could finish speaking, a middle-aged general behind him who was covered in Mingguang armor rebuked him: "What nonsense did Erlang say! What a bastard! How can there be any sense in poaching one's own enemy? Since we have run into each other, let's pass it on quickly.
Military order, let's withdraw!" After saying this, he shook the reins and led the cavalry past Li Chengzhong and others, heading south.
Li Chengzhong took a glance and saw that this person was vaguely the Bian Army general who led the army to disrupt the Lu Long Army's formation under Weizhou City that day, and his heart twitched violently.
The young cavalry general sighed and responded: "I understand, sir, ah... um... you should hurry up and return to Weizhou as quickly as possible. If you encounter other troops on the way, let everyone hurry up."
Go back. Those guys from Hedong have already arrived in Weizhou. They are really dogs snatching food..." As he spoke, he turned his horse's head to catch up with the cavalry. He turned around and shouted to himself: "Remember, we'll do it when we get to Weizhou.
Go to the Xicheng camp and tell me your name. He is Erlang of the Ge family and is forming a new camp leader!"
From the beginning to the end, Li Chengzhong only said the word "yes", and it was the young cavalry commander who was shouting hard. When the Bian army left, Youdu felt relieved. Everyone wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads, both scared and amused. Li Chengzhong was smiling.
He looked at Zhang Xingzhong and others and said: "I didn't expect you guys to be quite expensive, haha!"
Everyone joked with each other and went back on the road, but the Bianjun army did not dare to take off their armor. In case of another emergency, they might as well repeat their old tricks. The good news that really reassured Youdu was that the Bianjun army had made a large-scale southward attack.
Withdraw, everyone applauded the Hedong Army for snatching food from the tiger's mouth. With the existence of the Hedong Army, everyone at least did not have to worry about the Bian Army continuing to attack the Lulong Army's interior.
With this experience of impersonating the Bian Army, Youdu continued to wear the uniforms of the Bian Army and marched northward in an open and honest manner. Along the way, he encountered several groups of Bian Army returning south, and Youdu immediately stopped and pretended to rest.
Those Bian soldiers didn't have time to come forward to join in the fun. Some were enthusiastic and came up to say hello and send a smile. Some simply didn't even say hello and crossed Youdu directly and hurried southward.
After traveling for more than ten miles, not even a shadow of the Bian Army could be seen, and Youdu finally felt relieved. Fifty miles to the north from here is the important town of Hejian in Yingzhou. As long as you get there, you will be within the control of the Lulong Army.
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Along the way, we began to see farmland. Wheat was growing in the fields, rolling in the wind, and it looked very pleasant. However, there was no one on the farmland. It seemed that the war had spread to the hinterland of the Lulong Army, and the people had fled without knowing where to go.
Seeing a village in front of him, Li Chengzhong motioned to Wang Dalang to go check it out. After walking around in the village, Wang Dalang returned to the entrance of the village and shouted loudly to Youdu who was lying on the edge of the field from a distance: "No one is here, come here."
Let's go." So Youdu entered the village and found a large courtyard to rest. There were three entrances to this large courtyard, which was obviously the residence of a wealthy family. Li Chengzhong took a brief look at it and asked the Youdu brothers to go to the last one that entered the courtyard.
Resting on a tall building.
The three-story building is the tallest building in the village. After climbing to the top floor, you can have a panoramic view of the entire village. There are many bookshelves in the building, but there is nothing on the shelves. They have been emptied by the owner. Li Chengzhong looked out from the clinic and saw Zhuangzi
There was no one there, so he couldn't help but sigh, turned around and told everyone to eat some bread and dried meat in the attic, preparing to rest for an hour and avoid the midday heat before setting off.
Of course, Li Chengzhong arranged for someone to stand guard at the window in accordance with the rules he learned from the army before crossing over. Placing a sentry post at this height greatly increased safety, so the brothers all relaxed and fell asleep happily.
I don’t know how long it took, but Li Chengzhong was in a daze when he was woken up by Zhao Da and Zhong Silang who were on duty. The two dragged Li Chengzhong to the north window, pointed outside and said nervously: "Boss,
There are soldiers outside."
Li Chengzhong stared at the past, and saw a group of soldiers rushing over from the field outside the village. The leaders were riding horses, and someone behind them was carrying a flag. The flag was dragged diagonally on the ground, and he could not see clearly what the font size was on it. This group of soldiers was about two dozen.
, three hundred people, poured into Zhuangzi, then dispersed, kicked open the gatekeepers of each house, and then came out empty-handed, still cursing something. Then the few cavalry generals led dozens of people directly to where Youdu was.
The soldiers came to the compound, and the rest of the soldiers were scattered everywhere. Some went into the farmer's house, and some sat down on the spot leaning against the wall.
The few cavalrymen dismounted and went directly into the courtyard. Fortunately, they did not go to the backyard and only rested in the first courtyard. Not long after, smoke rose from the front yard.
The commotion was so loud that without Li Chengzhong saying a word, the Youdu brothers had already woken up and were lying on the windowsill one after another, secretly looking down. Seeing that the soldiers had no intention of coming to the backyard, Li Chengzhong breathed a sigh of relief and took Zhang Xingzhong.
Zhou Qidao and Jiang Miao called over and immersed themselves in discussion.
Where are these soldiers? This is the first question to be solved. Li Chengzhong raised the question and looked at the three of them. Neither Zhou Machete nor Jiang Miao could tell. Only Zhang Xingzhong frowned and muttered a few words: "The clothes and armor are messy.
, unlike the Bian Army, you don’t know if it’s one of our own or the German army.” This question is very critical. Only when you can distinguish between ourselves and the enemy can we know the next step. If it is our own, there is no need to say anything, just go downstairs to meet up.
If it is Cheng Dejun...then the second question arises.
How long will these soldiers stay here? This is the second question. If they leave immediately, then everyone only needs to wait on the high building; if they want to spend the night in this village, then everyone will be in danger, because this
The high-rise building is the tallest building in the entire Zhuangzi. Out of common sense, they must send people upstairs to send out sentries. Where else can everyone hide?
After thinking for a moment, seeing Zhang Xingzhong, Zhou Qidao and Jiang Miao looking at him, Li Chengzhong had no choice but to grit his teeth and call Wang Dalang over: "Go down below and have a look. It's best to eavesdrop through the wall and touch these people's bodies."
The details." This kind of inquiring about gossip was Wang Dalang's favorite thing. He was scared and excited, so he quietly went downstairs after receiving the order.