Following Da Zhuang's order, both veterans and female soldiers took action.
The second emergency march preparation means that each person is equipped with two horses, one for riding and one for carrying supplies.
Soon, the veterans from the two platoons and the female soldiers from the two squads were all ready and mounted their horses.
After all, there are still people to look after the house, and the redeployment of so many people is already the limit that Zhang Liang can bear.
Just when Zhang Liang was about to give the order to set off, Guan Xiaorou and Tang Xiaobei ran over hand in hand.
When he came back this time, before he had time to go home and take a look, Jin Feng said to Zhang Liang: "Brother Liang, you go first, and I will chase you later."
"Okay." Zhang Liang agreed and left with the team.
"Ms. sir, you just came back and are you going out again?"
Tang Xiaobei asked breathlessly: "Is it okay if I don't go?"
Guan Xiaorou said nothing, but looked at Jin Feng with a pleading look on her face.
They just heard that Jin Feng was back. They went to the village entrance but couldn't find him, so they met Zhao Laoshan.
Hearing that Jin Feng had gone to the medical room, he went to the medical room again, met Axia, and learned about Qing Mulan being surrounded by bandits.
When they heard that there were more than 4,000 bandits surrounding Qing Mulan, both of them were frightened and ran to the back mountain immediately.
Finally, before Jin Feng set off, he arrived at the back mountain camp.
People are selfish. Although they usually have a good relationship with Qing Mulan, at this time, they don't want Jin Feng to take risks to save Qing Mulan.
"No, something happened to Mu Lan, and I have to save him." Jin Feng said helplessly.
Regardless of Qing Mulan's identity or his friendship with Qing Huai, he must do his best to rescue her.
"I know I have to save Sister Mu Lan, but my husband, can you please not go?"
Tang Xiaobei hugged Jin Feng's arm tightly.
"Xiao Bei, let go, the boss is determined to go."
Guan Xiaorou knew Jin Feng better. One look at Jin Feng's expression and she knew she couldn't persuade him anymore, so she gently pulled away from Tang Xiaobei.
"Head of the house, you are a man. As a woman, I can't control what you want to do. But I beg the head of the house to think more about me and Xiaobei. If something happens to you, our family's sky will fall."
"Don't worry, I'm wearing soft gold armor, nothing will happen to me. Okay, Brother Liang and the others have gone far away. I won't be able to catch up with them if I don't leave."
Jin Feng stretched out his hand and rubbed Tang Xiaobei's head, smiled at Guan Xiaorou, got on his horse, and led the guards out of the back mountain camp.
Along the way, Jin Feng and others were very fast. In the evening, dozens of people arrived at Guangyuan County.
Da Zhuang took the old soldiers and the female soldiers to wait outside the city, while Jin Feng and Zhang Liang rode directly into the city and went straight to the county governor's house.
There are more than 4,000 bandits, and they have occupied favorable terrain in advance. Dozens of them will die if they go there, and the other four anti-bandit teams are scattered in various counties. With Dakang's communication level, even if Jin Feng sends people there immediately
Gather them and wait until they arrive at Wulang Mountain from all over the country. Qing Mulan's body will probably be cold to the core.
Therefore, the only person Jin Feng can turn to now is the Guangyuan County Sheriff.
Guangyuan is a county town, and there are 3,000 permanent soldiers stationed there. Coupled with the portable heavy crossbows and catapults carried by Jin Feng, there is hope of rescuing Qing Mulan.
In fact, to mobilize thousands of soldiers, one has to ask the imperial court for instructions. However, as soon as the county guard heard that Qing Mulan was the biological sister of Xichuan Zhoumu, he immediately decided to send troops in the name of suppressing bandits, so that there was no need to ask the imperial court for instructions.
Already.
Captain Xiao had long seen that Qing Mulan's identity was not simple, and now that he had obtained the warrant from the county guard, he naturally did not dare to delay and immediately gathered the soldiers.
Early the next morning, except for the 500 people left to guard the city, the remaining 2,500 soldiers were all led out of the city by Captain Xiao and joined Zhang Liang and others.
When the army was dispatched, its speed was naturally not as fast as that of Jin Feng. Zhang Liang and the others rode on horseback. Even if Captain Xiao gave the order to march urgently, they could only cover more than forty miles in one day.
There was nothing Jin Feng could do about it. After all, the mountain road was difficult to travel, and the food for the soldiers was poor. Forty miles a day, many soldiers were still complaining. If we speed up any more, some of them might be left behind.
When they reached a place called Huilong Mountain, Zhang Liang found Captain Xiao and asked to set up camp on the grounds that it was getting late.
Captain Xiao raised his head and glanced at the sky and said, "Brother Zhang Liang, it's still some time before dark. Why don't you go a little further and set up camp after passing Huxiao Ridge?"
"Sir, I have a stomachache this afternoon. I have been enduring it until now. I can't bear it anymore."
Zhang Liang whispered: "You can't leave your husband behind and go on your own, right?"
"That can't be done."
Lieutenant Xiao immediately called his adjutant at the top of his lungs and ordered the camp to be set up on the spot.
Jin Feng helped Zhang Liang come up with the reason for his stomachache. Since he is acting, he has to do the whole thing.
After the team stopped, Jin Feng got into the woods.
When I came back from the woods, I found Zhang Liang standing at the door of the camp, looking up at the sky, motionless, so he asked out of curiosity: "Brother Liang, what are you looking at?"
"Looking at the clouds," Zhang Liang said: "At this rate, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach Wulang Mountain until the afternoon of the day after tomorrow at the earliest. Then we don't know how many days it will take to defeat the bandits, and we don't know if Miss Mu Lan can persist."
Go down.
I took a closer look today, and the clouds in the sky are very thick. It would be nice if it rains in the next two days."
"Yeah, it would be nice if it rained."
Jin Feng then sighed: "God, we can't say for sure. We still hope that Da Zhuang's side will go well. Calculating the time, Da Zhuang should arrive at Hu Xiaoling."
After saying that, he walked to a cliff at the edge of the camp and looked into the distance.
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Huxiao Ridge is only a few miles away from where Jin Feng and the others are stationed, and is the only way from Guangyuan to Wulang Mountain.
The reason why it is called Huxiaoling is because tigers often appear here. Passing caravans have to travel in groups before they dare to pass through, and hunters do not dare to enter the mountain easily.
But at this time, hundreds of people were hiding in the woods on one side of Huxiao Ridge.
It was the double-hump bandit who escaped from Changshegou.
A young bandit ran along the ravine in front of Master Lu's house and whispered: "Master, Jin Feng and the soldiers are camping at Huilong Mountain."
"Damn it, that guy Jin Feng is also a coward. We can just walk a few miles further. Why do we have to camp at Huilong Mountain? I have to squat in the mountain all night."
Headmaster Lu cursed angrily and turned to look at the second boss: "Second Brother, please arrange for the brothers to go into separate shifts to eat and rest. There is still a tough battle to be fought tomorrow morning."
"Master, Jin Feng has recruited more than 2,000 soldiers from the government. We only have a few hundred people. Can we defeat them?"
The second master asked worriedly.
"Before we came, Mr. Feng predicted that Jin Feng would go to Guangyuan's soldiers, so he gave us so many heavy crossbows and catapults!"
After Master Lu finished speaking, he turned and looked behind him.
Behind him, there were more than a dozen catapults scattered at random. A little further away, heavy crossbows glowed with cold light, and their arrows were all aimed at the official road.