Xiong Shan had already made preparations. He drove his laborers, mules and horses, loaded up the baggage and waited for a long time, but Li Xia never came out.
When he entered the Governor's Mansion, he saw chaos everywhere.
"What's going on?"
"General Bai, the county captain seems to be injured."
Xiong Shan was shocked and rushed to the main house.
When I got to the door of the house, I saw soldiers carrying Li Xia and Xu Tuduo out.
Gao Mingyue's eyes were red, with tears still wet, and she sniffed and said, "Let's go."
"County Lieutenant..."
"Let's go first."
Xiong Shan frowned and saw soldiers escorting Duan Xingzhi out again.
"Won't the princess kill this thief first?"
"Let's go first." Gao Mingyue's eyes became redder and redder, and she said, "General Xiong Bai, please escort Duan Xingzhi away."
"All right……"
Xiong Shan didn't pay attention for a moment and had no choice but to listen to Gao Mingyue's instructions and follow Li Xia's original plan to lead his troops out of the city.
The sky was getting darker. As Xiong Shan walked, he looked at the carriages in the team and became increasingly worried...
This time, Li Xiaben planned to complete a series of plans with only more than 200 people.
He led more than 50 people to move around Dali City, and Laohu led more than 150 people to attract the enemy's attention in Cangshan Mountain in the west. They agreed to rush to Longwei Pass tonight.
At that time, Gao Nianfeng would open Guancheng at night and take them away, trying to avoid fighting.
That night, after driving for most of the night, we finally arrived seven miles ahead of Longwei Pass. This was the place agreed upon by Li Xia and Hu Hu.
The folkmen who did not dare to carry the baggage in Xiongshan saw the tiger, so they left the baggage on the official road and only took their own people into the woods to see the tiger.
"Why are you here now?" Luhu was so anxious that when he saw Xiong Shan, he said: "I am followed by pursuers. Hey, where is the county captain?"
"The county captain was injured and fell into a coma."
"Ah! Then...then what...what should I do?"
Suddenly, a scout horse rushed over and reported: "General Baidu, the pursuers are catching up."
Huhu was even more anxious. He kicked the big tree next to him and looked towards Guancheng in the south.
"This... your luggage is still on the official road, this... how can you get to Longwei Pass in time?"
Xiong Shan had only been a soldier for half a year, and he had no idea for a while. He didn't speak for a long time, looking at the official road for a while, and then turned to Longweiguan.
Seeing him like this, Luhu was sweating non-stop on his forehead.
In the past, they had listened to Li Xia's instructions in everything and just followed them. They all felt that leading troops to fight was just that, it was really simple.
Until tonight, they only encountered one small thing, and the two of them couldn't make a decision for a moment.
"What should I say? Go or fight?"
"I, I, I...who do I know? Brother Xiong, you...you tell me."
In the past, Lu Hu could not speak Chinese fluently, but tonight after saying "Ah!", he suddenly started to stutter.
"I'm going to see if the county captain is awake?"
Xiong Shan walked quickly to the carriage and asked: "Princess, is the county captain awake?"
"What's the matter?" Gao Mingyue opened the car curtain and asked.
Her expression couldn't be seen clearly in the darkness, but her voice was filled with anger, and it was obvious that she had just cried.
Xiong Shan was even more anxious, thinking to himself that the princess was just a little girl, so how could she have any ideas when something unexpected happened.
"Pursuers are catching up."
"How many pursuers are there?"
Xiong Shan was stunned.
Huhu caught up from behind and said: "There are... there are more than two hundred... large... Dali soldiers and more than ten Mongolians."
Gao Mingyue thought for a while, sniffed and said: "I sent Duan Xingzhi to contact them and said... he was searching this forest, and asked the two hundred people to go to the Erhai Lake in the east to search, lest the Song Dynasty people escape from the Erhai Lake by boat.
Already."
"This... can they believe it?"
"General Hubai, how long have you been waiting here?"
"Two...two hours."
"That's it." Gao Mingyue said: "They don't know that you are waiting here, so they think we have arrived at Erhai Lake."
"Yes." Xiong Shan asked again, "I wonder how the county captain is doing?"
"I will take good care of him, let's go." Gao Mingyue lowered the car curtain again.
…
Xiong Shan and Lu Hu looked at each other.
"I, I... like this, brother, you, you, you are wearing Dali military uniforms, you, you... you go and talk."
Xiong Shan knew in his heart that he could not even change his attitude in front of the enemy, let alone fend them off. After thinking about it, he called Yang Ben and ordered: "You go and escort Duan Xingzhi..."
After hearing this, Yang Ben clasped his fists and left as ordered.
More than half an hour later, I saw people and horses neighing outside the woods.
Luhu held the bow and stared outside the woods, ready to fight at any time.
Fortunately, the pursuers finally turned around and ran eastward...
When they arrived at Longwei Pass, it was already bright. Xiong Shan and Lu Hu gathered in the woods again. Looking towards the pass, they saw that the soldiers guarding the pass didn't look familiar to them.
"What should we do? It's daybreak. Gao Nianfeng can't help us pass the border in broad daylight."
"Wait until night?" Houhu asked.
"If you don't leave, the pursuers will catch up with you again."
"Let's ask the county captain or the princess again," said Louhu.
He turned around and saw Yang Ben standing not far away, waving to him.
"Hey, Brother Xiong has Yang Ben in trouble...Yang Ben, what do you think we should do?"
For Yang Ben, there was no need to think about this small problem at all. He said calmly: "General Xiong Bai can bring more than fifty people and baggage into the city. With Duan Xingzhi here, the defender will not doubt it. With General Gao Nianfeng
Let’s talk about it later.”
"Good idea." said Luhu.
Xiong Shan nodded dullly, then went to the carriage and asked, Gao Mingyue also had the same idea.
"The princess also said so, so let's do it. Brother Huhu, be careful..."
After Xiong Shan explained, he took Duan Xingzhi forward to call Guan, and sure enough, they entered Guancheng smoothly.
In this way, the eight hundred generals and Gao Nianfeng finally got together, and everyone felt at ease...
Guancheng Tower.
"General Zheng worked hard guarding the pass."
Duan Xingzhi limped up the tower, and Yang Ben supported him, his hands completely hidden in his robe.
The guard general of Longwei Pass was named "Zheng Foze". He bowed and respectfully responded: "I dare not tell you how hard it is. The general manager actually went there himself. I will be frightened."
Duan Xingzhi felt the coldness of the dagger sticking to his body and said: "Now that the Song people are causing trouble, the Gao family has brought more than a thousand people to help guard Longwei Pass. I am afraid that you will not have enough military supplies, so I specially brought baggage here."
"Thank you, manager."
After Zheng Fuze finished speaking, he couldn't help but asked with concern: "Is the general manager in charge of this leg?"
"It doesn't matter, I injured myself from a fall a few days ago. I'm tired. Let's talk about it later if we have anything to do. Get my people settled..."
Zheng Fuze quickly arranged another room for Duan Xingzhi to rest.
He looked at the guards behind Duan Xingzhi, with some doubts flashing in his eyes.
Finally entering the room, Yang Ben helped Duan Xingzhi sit on the chair and handed the dagger to Hong Ah Liu.
"General Shi, please watch the 'General Manager' while I go out for a while."
Hong Ah Liu was stunned and asked: "What are you going to do? You're not here...here...I can't be so calm."
As soon as Li Xia was injured, Hong Ahliu panicked greatly and felt that Yang Ben was his backbone.
"If he makes any move, we will stab him to death." Yang Ben said calmly, "There are more than 1,400 of us in Guan City, and there are only a thousand soldiers guarding the city, so why should we be afraid?"
After leaving these words, Yang Ben pushed the door open and walked out...