Chapter four hundred and fortieth fight to the death
Wujiazhuang.
In a small village between Zhenzhou and Dingzhou, backed by stone mountains and with poor land, the people here live in poverty. Every one of them is dressed in rags, and they are no different from the beggars there in Daliang City.
It is such a remote place, where even birds would not land or poop or defecate on a normal day, but on this day, more than a hundred young and strong men were welcomed.
Compared with the villagers in Wujiazhuang, the situation of these outsiders was not much better. They looked extremely embarrassed, and many of them were injured and bleeding. They were Zhongcheng Hou Shen Yunyi and his party.
As the deputy commander of the army, Shen Yunyi got the position of the vanguard general of the army as he wished, and marched directly to Zhenzhou with 30,000 silver-armored guards. Even when Zhongcheng Hou was still thinking of making another great achievement, he blocked the Jin army from the army. Outside Zhenzhou City, when they were still ten miles away from the city gate, countless Jin soldiers in yellow suddenly rushed out from the dense forests on both sides of the official road. They were like rising tides in the sea. They rushed in and caught the unsuspecting 30,000 silver-armored guards by surprise.
Shen Yunyi, who was in the vanguard position, became a key target. With the formation invisible and the soldiers fearless, the formation of the 5,000 vanguard troops was quickly dispersed, and there were thousands more Jin soldiers around Zhongchenghou. Many of them stared at Marquis Zhongcheng, who was wearing a general's armor, and looked like they wanted to kill him in the formation to make a great contribution.
If it weren't for the two hundred security guards sent by Shen Ao, who formed a formation at the critical moment to protect Marquis Zhongcheng from breaking out, his life would have been lost long ago.
Even if they rushed out, they paid a heavy price. Two hundred security guards and fifty personal soldiers killed nearly a hundred people, not to mention that even Marquis Zhongcheng was stained, and his armor was torn into two. Half a foot long, there was a foot-long gash on his chest.
Facts have proved that in the chaos of the army, it is difficult for a high-level force to be used. Facing the sharp weapons coming from all directions, even the master may be overwhelmed and eventually die in the chaos.
Shen Yunyi escaped and ran with about 150 security guards, and then broke into Wujiazhuang. What was terrible was that behind them there was a Jin army with thousands of people following them. Come.
"No, I can't run anymore." Seeing that the wound that had just been bandaged began to bleed again due to the violent exercise, Shen Yunyi waved his hand, sat on a huge stone on the side of the road, and refused. Taking a step.
Shen Yunyi is a tough guy. He would rather die on the battlefield than bleed to death by fleeing. That would be an insult to him.
In fact, it was not only Shen Yunyi who couldn't run, but also the security guards. After three days and two nights of fighting and running, they didn't even get a morsel of dry food on the way, only a little water. At this time, everyone They all felt exhausted and feared that even if a whole pig was placed in front of them, they would still have the confidence to kill it one by one.
Zhou Qian, the security captain accompanying him who was also breathing heavily, took this opportunity to look around. His eyes first fell on the Wujiazhuang in front of him, and then he saw the Stone Mountain not far away, thoughtfully.
"Okay, Captain Zhou, you can lead everyone to withdraw. The target of these Jin soldiers is me. As long as I am here, they will not chase you. Go back and tell your young master to avenge me." Feelings Seeing that all the strength in his body was rapidly dissipating, Shen Yunyi decided not to drag everyone down, but to stay here to fight the chasing Jin army for the last time.
"Haha." There was a wry smile on Zhou Qian's face. His mission was to protect the absolute safety of Marquis Zhongcheng. This was what the young master had ordered before coming here. He knew at that time that even if he died, he would never be safe. Don't let anything happen to Marquis Zhongcheng.
Think about it, originally I was just a nurse who made a living. Unfortunately, my master became a member of the former prince's family. As the former prince's influence was wiped out, he also became a slave. I originally thought that My life will be completely gloomy. It was the young master who bought him. Not only that, he also gave him a house, married a wife, and now he has given birth to a baby boy. Although he is only half a year old, As they slowly grew up, the Zhou family would eventually have children.
After receiving so much care from Shen Ao, Zhou Qian trained harder and finally stood out and took over this glorious task as the captain. Isn't this the time to repay the kindness of the young master? How could he give up on Marquis Zhongcheng? ?
If he really did this, even if he could escape back to Daliang City alive, Shen Ao would not punish him, fearing that he would never be able to bear the inner condemnation for the rest of his life.
The young master once said that once a man dies, it depends on whether he dies well. It is worth dying to protect Marquis Zhongcheng.
Therefore, Zhou Qian never thought about giving up anything. What he was thinking about now was how to keep Marquis Zhongcheng safe until the young master sent reinforcements to meet him.
Without continuing what Marquis Zhongcheng said, Zhou Qian glanced back at the more than a hundred guards following him, and said loudly: "Have you seen that Zhuangzi? Let's go in first and get some food, and then retreat to the mountain. , stay high and wait for help. Someone, please release the last homing pigeon, and we will wait here to die."
"No." All the security guards agreed in unison. Although they didn't know whether the young master could come to save them, they knew that this was the only thing they could do now. If nothing else, just rely on it. The large amount of settling-in allowance the young master gave them when they came here, and the new houses they were given, were worth their lives.
After having the target, everyone quickly took action. They rushed into the poor Wujiazhuang. When Zhou Qian took out some silver from his body and expressed that he wanted to buy food, the people in the village were a little overwhelmed by this scene. .
It seems that these people are all wearing armor, so they should be officers and soldiers. But when are there such officers and soldiers, they actually buy food from them instead of grabbing food. The so-called monsters are called monsters when something goes wrong. Among them Is there some conspiracy?
Zhou Qian looked at the people in the village who had gathered and looked confused. He simply didn’t care about it and directly put the money he had into the hands of the villager closest to him. “Okay, this money is all It’s yours, get some food and drink soon, please.”
Paying money to the people is something Shen Ao often emphasizes. He once said that there is no free food in the world. If you want to get it, you have to pay and pay attention to fairness in transactions. He doesn't care about others. If someone in his family wants to If you want to force people to buy or sell, or even bully the people, then you will deal with them as soon as you know them, and you will not show any mercy.
Under this kind of teaching, Zhou Qian and others believed that it was normal to use money to buy things from the people. But in the eyes of the villagers, they were greatly surprised.
Zhou Qian took out the money, and the other security guards also took out all the money they had on them. They didn't know what the use of these things would be if they lived or died.
The white silver coins were put into the hands of the people, and within a short time, the eyes of the people in the village became brighter.
Everything they said was false, but with real money and silver in their hands, the people finally believed Zhou Qian and others, so they ran home one by one, took out all the best food in the house, and sent it to Zhou Qian.
In the hands of Qian and others.
As if they were worried that if the other party gave them too much money, they would make a big profit. Some villagers even wanted to kill the native dogs raised at home. Because they knew that the money was enough to buy a lot of food.
"That's enough, that's enough." Looking at the piles of food in his arms, Zhou Qian understood deeply what equal exchange means and why the young master must tell them to be fair when buying things. Just imagine, if they hadn't taken
If you want to rob money, you probably don’t know how long it will take and what price you will pay to accumulate these things.
Everyone was covered with various kinds of food. Feeling confident, Zhou Qian led more than a hundred security guards towards the stone mountain behind him. They had already seen the dust flying in the distance, and it seemed that the pursuers were about to arrive.
, they had no time to delay at this time.
Before leaving the mountain, Zhou Qian kindly said to the people of Wujiazhuang, "You should leave quickly. Behind you are a large number of Jin troops, but they do not have strict military discipline." After reminding him, he
Without looking back, he headed straight up the mountain.
Zhou Qian's kind reminder finally worked, and all the villagers in the village quickly fled. With the money that Zhou Qian and others had just given them, they would not have to worry about making ends meet in a short period of time. After staying for a while,
I'll be back when the wind blows over.
The people fled, and the direct effect was that the thousands of Jin troops who followed became hungry troops.
Shen Yunyi ran in front, and they chased behind. The situation was not much better. Along the way, there was not much dry food left on him. Looking at the group of people being chased, there seemed to be a group of generals in the middle.
When they reached the stone mountain, Rong Huang, the captain of the Jin army who led the pursuit, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
What he was worried about was that these cadres kept running away. If this happened, he didn't know how long it would take to catch them. Now that it was better, the other party had fled to the mountains and was not ready to leave. He could finally take advantage of this
It's a chance to take a good rest. "Come here, come into the village and get some food."
According to Rong Huang's wishes, after replenishing his physical strength and food, he will lead his men to attack Stone Mountain with great force and capture the Qianjun general who has been chasing for three days and two nights. Even if it is just a corpse
Okay, you can take credit and receive rewards when you go back.
The war initiated by the new King of Jin was disliked by many civil servants in Jin, and was even strongly opposed. After all, no one likes war, and it is a war that seems to have no reason. On the contrary, for the generals in the army,
