"Otherwise, if you suffer such a catastrophe, you will either be heartbroken and hide your name, or you will be angry and waiting for revenge. How can you be so active in serving as an official?"
By the time the ghost monkey was rescued from the gate of hell by Dong Rui, the sun was setting in the west.
Hong Chenglue had just listened to the report of the spy, who had spent the night hiding in Xinhuang City to spy on the enemy, and was now rushing back to the mine.
"They plan to leave tomorrow morning?"
Hong Chenglue waved the man away, tapped his fingers on the broken wooden table twice and asked, "Where are the spies sent to Bailu Town, have they come back?"
Xu Yingxian immediately said: "Not yet."
"We are so close to Bailu Town, why not?"
"This..." Xu Yingxian also agreed, "I'll send someone back immediately!"
Hong Cheng remained silent until Xu Yingxian walked out of the door, then called him: "Come back!"
"General?"
"Who did you send?"
"Liu Si."
"Is this person usually reliable?" After all, these are Xunzhou Rangers. I didn't recognize him a few days ago. They are not the Bega army he led before. He has not yet deeply understood the combat habits and capabilities of this team.
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"Liu Si has always been punctual and cautious. This is the first time he hasn't come back after the hour."
When something went out of the ordinary, Hong Chenglue felt a little confused and secretly thought that something was wrong. He had lived in Bailu Town for several years, and the mistakes he had left behind could not be wiped clean in a short time.
"No need to look for it." This was his negligence. "I ordered to break camp. It's not safe here anymore. Let's move to another place!"
Only a few locals know about this abandoned mine, and it was originally a good hiding place.
Pity.
"Ah?" Tao Ze was startled. Others also heard it. Xu Yingxian immediately responded "Yes", but the other two generals stood up: "That's wrong! Maybe I was delayed on Liusi Road, not necessarily on Bailu.
Something happened to the town!”
"General Baili and many of his brothers have just been treated. It is time to rest and not to be transported. Just because Liu Si failed to return after half an hour's delay, we cannot assume that he was captured by the enemy, which will hinder our deployment of troops."
"Yeah, it's inappropriate!"
These were all people from Xunzhou, Nian Zanli's subordinates. Even if Nian Zanli appointed Hong Chenglue as the commander-in-chief of operations behind enemy lines, they were not really convinced, but had a closer relationship with Baili Qing.
Even if there were other places to stay, they couldn't just go through the official road openly. This road must be the most difficult mountain road to walk. Normal people would feel their butts numb when riding a horse, not to mention people like Bailiqing who are most afraid of bumps.
If you are seriously ill, the wound may reopen if you shake it for a few times, and your life may be in danger.
Under such circumstances, they felt that Hong Chenglue was making a fuss out of a molehill.
Hong Chenglue was not angry and just asked them: "What do you think?"
"Send someone to Bailu Town again to find out more about it."
Hong Chenglue had no objection and even smiled: "Okay, let's do it this way."
The two generals felt that General Hong seemed to be quite amiable and not as decisive and intolerant of disobedience as in the legend.
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He Lingchuan and others entered the mountain under the leadership of the old man.
This old man's surname was Shan and he was not good at riding horses. He Lingchuan even hired a carriage for him to prevent his old bones from falling apart before he got there.
"I haven't been to that mine for ten years." The old man lay by the window to check out the scenery, fearing that he would miss the path. "Mr. Hong is a recognized good man. My old lady gave him things, and he didn't care too much. He often went into the mountains.
When hunting wild animals, he even gave us some. I remember he once shot a big wild boar, which was so big that it weighed more than 500 kilograms. He was not stingy and gave it all to the neighbors in the alley. Oh, I really didn’t expect that.
He actually works for people from Xunzhou."
Did Hong Chenglue work for the Xunzhou people? He was obviously going to be the leader of the Xunzhou people. Old Shan didn't know. He Lingchuan said confidently: "There are a lot of game in your mountains."
"I used to run all over the place, but in recent years it has become less and less. If I can catch a rabbit in the mountains for a whole day, it will be a blessing from God." Old man Shan shook his head, "One time, Mr. Hong went to the mountains for two days and came back empty-handed.
Yes, they say the mountains and forests are empty."
"All eaten up?" They walked for so long, and indeed they didn't see a single hare.
"Yes, the harvests in the fields have not been good in the past few years, and the government is demanding money and being fierce. We can't afford to eat, so we have to think of other ways to eat?" Old Shan suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed, "It's right here, go in!"
There was no road where he pointed, only thick grass. Jiao Tai grabbed the machete and went up to it and chopped off a bunch of long grass leaves. Only then did he see that there seemed to be a path inside, but there were many small trees, and it looked like everything was there.
It has grown new over the past few years.
"It is indeed here. Look, I carved a mark on that big stone!" Everyone took a look and saw that there was indeed a triangular mark scratched with a knife on the black stone next to the locust tree. Although it was covered with moss, it was difficult to recognize it.
"We used to take this shortcut when returning to town after work, and it would take us half an hour faster!"
The carriage could not drive in. Shan Youjun put the old man in the seat in front of him and everyone continued on their way.
This road has ups and downs, and even involves crossing rivers and streams. Without the guidance of someone who knows the way, there is no way to find the way.
More than half an hour later, Old Shan pointed to the short mountain in front of him and said, "You can see the mine when you turn over."
Maotao sneaked to the top of the mountain and looked down, then nodded to He Lingchuan.
He Lingchuan immediately took out three taels of silver and handed it to Old Shan: "Thank you very much. This is your reward."
He gave one tael more than the agreed amount. Old Shan was very grateful. He wiped the cobwebs on his forehead and said, "Do you want to know another way out of the mine?"
Everyone was startled: "Is there another exit from the mine?"
"Originally not." Old Shan took a sip of water and whetted everyone's appetite. He Lingchuan stretched out his hand and gave him a few more pieces of silver, and then Old Shan led everyone around the back of the mountain.
On this point, He Lingchuan felt that he and the old woman were a perfect match. They were not the same family as each other.
"Fourteen years ago, there was a mine here, and nearly a hundred people worked every day. I remember that at that time, the Chinese New Year was coming in two days, and everyone wanted to finish their work and go home quickly. As a result, when the digging was in full swing, the mine tunnel
Suddenly it collapsed again.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Four or five died on the spot, and the remaining dozen were all trapped. We thought we were dead, but we didn't know that there was something deep in the mine.
The stone wall was also shattered, and light came through, but the hole was too small. We used pickaxes to open the seam into a cave entrance. There were several landslides in the middle, which buried the seam several times. We dug it several times, thousands of times.
It took a lot of hard work to escape."
"It's been so long, and I don't know if the exit is still there."
After walking down the mountain for more than a mile, Maotao in front suddenly hissed: "Don't move!"
The five people happened to walk between two huge rocks. Through the cracks in the rocks, they could see outside the mountain stream ahead. Two people were sitting around the fire, with weapons on their waists.
This is the guard.
He Lingchuan felt certain when he saw this. If there is no back door to the mine, why would the Xunzhou people send two guards here?
Sure enough, Old Shan pointed there, meaning "the exit is right there."
Hong Chenglue chose this abandoned mine as his base. Sure enough, he had carefully considered it and even prepared a retreat.
The five people then tiptoed back without disturbing the two guards.
Returning to the vicinity of the mine, Old Shan immediately said: "The officials are doing some work, I'm going back first." This was a sign of a group fight, and the old man had to escape as soon as he could stand it.
There was a carriage waiting for him at the end of the path, and he would drive it.
It wasn't until his background disappeared at the end of the path that Maotao turned around and dived toward the mine.
The three of them waited patiently.
About half a quarter of an hour later, Maotao sneaked back and whispered: "There are at least six sentries around the mine, all guarding the commanding heights, so they can observe the overall situation. The diameter of the open-pit mine must be seventy or eighty feet. From here It's hard to shoot an arrow at the people below. By the way, cooking is being done downstairs. There are more than a hundred people sitting on the stone steps of the mine waiting to eat. There are more than a dozen low houses next to the mine, and there are also people from Xunzhou coming in and out. I Seeing some people coming out with blood and water to pour out, maybe there are wounded people lying in the room."
"I also heard a loud cry, it seemed like Dong Rui's strange bird was stopping on the roof to comb its wings."
Indeed, the aroma of rice floated up in the wind, and everyone asked He Lingchuan: "What should we do now?"
There were hundreds of enemy troops there, but we only had four of them, so we couldn't take them down. He Lingchuan then nodded to Jiao Tai and said, "Go back to Xinhuang Bing and report to dad and let him make up his mind. The rest, just lie here with me and eat dry food." Bar."
Jiao Tai accepted the order, turned around and left.
Since Dong Rui's strange bird is also here, and it has sharp ears and eyesight and can fly, their actions must be more stealthy.
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He Chunhua was sitting in the bungalow, fascinated by the military damage report on the table.
The grain transport team was defeated in Bailu Town and lost 10,000 shi of grain. Xinhuang was better here, but there were also more than 100 casualties and more than 400 kilograms of grain burned.
Given the current situation in the Yuan Kingdom, every time they raise food, they have to tighten their belts and almost plunder the people again. Just looking at this small amount of food makes Ke Jihai in the west drool. However, He Chunhua personally escorted the food this time and had not yet reached the front line. , half of the 20,000 shi of grain allocated by the royal court was lost.
Then after meeting Zhao Pan, his aura would be much lower.
This made him very unhappy.
At the same time, he was also very confused. Should he stop and hunt down the remaining Xunzhou cavalry, or should he transport the food and grass safely to the front line first?
Considering the overall situation, he should choose the latter. Since it is a food transport team, the safety of food and grass is the first priority, and the food and clothing of the frontline soldiers are the first priority.
But even if he made this plan, it was hard to say that Hong Chenglue would not attack again and planned to burn up the remaining food and grass. Then his side would be passive.
If you take the initiative...
The living staff have discussed it with him twice, and everyone insists on transporting food first.
But He Chunhua hasn't made up his mind yet.
He was unwilling to conclude this ambush battle in this way, and it would be difficult to explain it when he returned.
At this moment, there was a report from outside:
"The eldest young master is personally accompanying me to see you."
The message finally came! He Chunhua perked up and said, "Come in."
Jiao Tai arrived in a dusty state, his lips were a little cracked, and before he had time to drink water, he rushed to report the information about Bailu Town and the mine to He Chunhua.