Gao Yingxiang led hundreds of people through the mountains and forests with difficulty, and the dense woods blocked the increasingly scorching sun, but also caused them trouble to move forward. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThey had to raise the steel knives that were supposed to be used to kill the enemy, to cut through the dense branches in front of them, and even to use them as axes to chop down small trees tangled in vines.

After the small tree was cut down, the birds in the woods were startled, "Hulala" instigated its wings to rise into the sky, and a crow stopped on the branch above Gao Yingxiang's head and made an ugly "quack" sound.

There is a saying among the people that the crow calls to represent a bad omen, let alone stop on the top of King Chuang's head. Gao Yingxiang's face was ugly, and the subordinates next to him took the initiative to take out their bows and arrows to shoot the crow, but they were blocked by the vines and missed, but let the crow fly away.

A general said to Gao Yingxiang: "King Chuang, the crow means ominous, is it the wrong choice for us to choose this road?" "The general's name is Liu Zhe, and he is one of Gao Yingxiang's henchmen. He didn't agree with the practice of hiding in the mountains, thinking that he should escape from the official road, and if he was caught up by the officers and soldiers, he could still join Zhang Xianzhong to resist together.

Gao Yingxiang narrowed his eyes and did not answer. First the crow appeared, then his subordinates questioned his decision-making, and he was in a bad mood after a big defeat.

Another general retorted: "King Chuang is wise and martial, how could he choose the wrong one?" You didn't see those officers and soldiers chasing all the way away, how could you get rid of them? Only by hiding in this deep mountain can we completely get rid of those officers and soldiers. "This person's name is Huang Long, and he is also a general with the same qualifications as Liu Zhe.

Liu Zhe looked at the surrounding environment and sighed: "I don't know if the officers and soldiers got rid of it, but we didn't get a grain of rice, and we left behind the grain, grass, and baggage, and this mountain is very wide, and it is difficult to say whether we can get out alive......

"Bah, bah, don't say these frustrating words." Huang Long interrupted him, "We are not from a rich and noble family, we are all from a bitter background, what is it to suffer a little hardship." There is no food and grass, the mountains are full of wild fruits, and you will not die of hunger. No matter how big this mountain is, if you walk for a few more days, you can always get out. ”

Liu Zhe wanted to say more, but after looking at Gao Yingxiang's face, he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

After a brief discussion and argument, the procession of several hundred people moved on. When they crossed a hill, several people were exhausted, their faces were pale, and they stumbled a few steps before falling to the ground.

If it was usual, if a few people fell, Gao Yingxiang would not blink his eyelids, and there were homeless people everywhere, and he wouldn't care if hundreds or thousands of people died, let alone a few people who were tired. But now is an extraordinary period, most of the people who follow him into the mountain are henchmen, if he is left alone, it will chill the hearts of others, if his subordinates are separated from morality and betrayed relatives, he will not be able to get out of this mountain alone.

He frowned and said, "Who's the one, the one who will take the pulse, come and show them, what's the matter?" ”

"That who" is Yu Bao, who claims to be the ancestor of Langzhong, sent by the Military Intelligence Department, he pretended to be a homeless person and was "coerced" for a short time, but after revealing a few ancestral skills, he quickly attracted Gao Yingxiang's attention. The most indispensable thing in the exile army is the peasants, and the most lacking are the scholars and Langzhong, because the serious scholars and Langzhong will not surrender their identities and mix with these mud legs who have no clear political goals, and later Li Zicheng was able to recruit a group of down-and-out literati after putting forward a political program. This time, in order to avoid the officers and soldiers escaping into the mountains, Gao Yingxiang was afraid that there would be miasma in the mountains, so he deliberately brought this half-hung Tulangzhong.

Yu Bao ran over, looked at the eyelids of a few people, touched his pulse again, and said firmly: "King Yuchuang, these people are just tired and hungry, there is no big problem, just feed some food, drink a few sips of water, and rest for a while." ”

As soon as Yu Bao said this, Gao Yingxiang's stomach also growled. He nodded and said to everyone: "After walking so far, the officers and soldiers can't find it, so let's rest for a while and find something to eat by the way." ”

Everyone was relieved, and they were busy looking for a place to sit down and rest, and naturally those with lower status and vision went to the neighborhood to find food and water.

Just as everyone was relaxing and enjoying a rare rest, a large flock of birds and finches on the mountain behind them flew into the air, as if they were alarmed by some wild beast.

Everyone is doing a knife licking blood for a living, and they are very experienced, and they can see at a glance that it is not one or two wild beasts that can startle such a large number of birds, but a large group, but this hill has just passed, and there are no herds of wild beasts, which can only show one problem - there are pursuers!

Liu Zheteng stood up and said loudly: "It must be the officers and soldiers who are chasing after him!" ”

Huang Long hesitated: "Such a deep mountain and old forest, hundreds of us coming in is like a few drops of water entering a river, as if to find our traces is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, how can it be officers and soldiers?" I think it might be a roe deer or something! Don't scare yourself, now everyone is at the end of the crossbow, and no one can stand it if they are shocked. ”

Yu Bao quietly retreated behind everyone, and while no one was paying attention, he hid behind a bush.

Gao Yingxiang stood up and paced back and forth while thinking nervously -- where the problem was, and whether it would be officers and soldiers. He had to make up his mind in a moment: if it was really an officer or soldier, he would have to go, even if most of them were tired and lay down, or even die of exhaustion; If you can be sure that it is just a beast, you can rest and recuperate to replenish your strength - Huang Long is right, after the defeat in a hurry, the consumption of physical strength and energy is very large, everyone is on the verge of collapse, and can no longer withstand the toss.

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration, thought of a possibility, stopped, and looked at everyone: "If you want to find us in such a mountain, it is impossible to find us without Neiying." But this time the people who entered the mountain were all old brothers who followed me in northern Shaanxi, and it was impossible for them to have anything to do with the officers and soldiers, and the only outsider was that Tulang Zhong......"

Liu Zhe suddenly realized: "He has not been in the army for a long time, and he is indeed suspicious. And I always fell behind along the way, and ran behind the tree to say that I was peeing, and I thought at the time that this person was not very old, and his kidney was bad...... Could it be that it is to leave a mark for officers and soldiers? ”

Everyone stood up in shock, looking left and right for Yu Bao's traces, only to find that he was gone.

Huang Long shouted: "This melon skin ran away, there is really a problem, Lao Tzu went to chase him!" Caught a big dump! ”

Gao Yingxiang shook his head: "If he is really an internal response, the officers and soldiers will come up, let's deal with the officers and soldiers first, I don't have time to care about this detail." ”

Liu Zhe pulled out his knife: "King Chuang, leave a few people for me, I will lead people to block the officers and soldiers, you leave quickly." ”

Gao Yingxiang didn't expect that Liu Zhe, who was still questioning himself just now, took the initiative to send the queen of the palace - in this case, the queen of the palace is tantamount to death. His heart warmed, hesitated, nodded and said: "Good brother, if you can escape, after the comeback, I will make you the generalissimo!" ”

Liu Zhe laughed: "With the words of King Chuang, my brother will be content." With that, Hengdao stood at the intersection of the mountain, waiting for the officers and soldiers to come up from the mountain.

Gao Yingxiang left twenty people for Liu Zhe, and then led the others down the mountain in a hurry from the other side.