277 Mother's love is selfless

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"Drive, keep up, hurry up."

On the official road from Fengyang Mansion to Yangzhou Mansion, a huge horse team of hundreds of people was galloping by.

This horse team was immense, and each cavalry was a man and two horses, with more than 500 people, and all of them were brightly armored and armed with sharp guns.

A Great Bright Sun and Moon Banner whistled in the wind, and there was a White Dragon Tengtian Banner alongside it, and finally two handsome flags with the words 'Qi' and 'Luo' written on them respectively.

"Lao Luo, we can't be faster, we have run down for more than 200 miles, even if our war horses can stand it, our soldiers can't stand it.

We have to stop and rest, or the soldiers will lose their combat effectiveness, and if we encounter the enemy next, it will be troublesome. ”

Qi Wei rode up to Luo Chao and shouted to him.

"Okay, then go to the front woods and rest for a while." Luo Chao also knew that what Qi Wei said was right, and nodded in response.

The monk returned to the White Snake Village a day earlier and handed over Li Zixiao's handwritten letter to Wei Hong.

After Wei Hong read the letter, he immediately convened a meeting of the remaining generals of the White Dragon Army, and the generals were excited when they heard that Li Zixiao was trapped in Yangzhou.

Wei Hong immediately arranged the operation according to the instructions given to him by Li Zixiao in his personal letter, and the first to be dispatched was the cavalry battalion of Qi Wei and Luo Chao.

The two took two teams of cavalry, crossed Fengyang Mansion, ran hundreds of miles overnight, and rushed to Yangzhou to meet Li Zixiao.

As for the checkpoints guarded by the officers and soldiers of the Fengyang Mansion Guards along the way, they were all ignored, and if these people dared to stop them without a long eye, they would not hesitate to take action.

At this time, for them, it is an urgent military situation, and Li Zixiao's safety is related to the survival of their entire White Dragon Army.

After the cavalry battalion rested in the woods for a long time, the soldiers ate some dry food, the horses drank water, and after replenishing them, they restarted their roads and galloped all the way south.

On the other side, Li Zixiao also bypassed Yangzhou City, pressed a cart of property and wounded soldiers, and went straight to the boundary of Fengyang Mansion.

In the personal letter he wrote to Wei Hong, he had already told them that the route of his evacuation, and now as long as he can meet Qi Wei and Luo Chao, they will be considered safe.

When Li Zixiao's convoy approached the junction of Yangzhou and Fengyang, and was about to come out of Yangzhou Mansion and enter Fengyang Mansion, a large piece of smoke and dust appeared in front of it, and it was obvious that there was a large group of people.

"General, there's movement ahead."

Li Zixiao was sitting in a carriage, talking with the foreign devil Jack about some of the situation in the West at this time, when Quartz suddenly ran over and reported.

"You take someone to see what is going on, and the others set up defenses on the spot." Li Zixiao frowned and ordered.

"Yes." Quartz turned away.

Li Zixiao watched Quartz leave with a team of soldiers, his face grim.

Soon, Quartz returned, and behind him was a group of cavalry, the sound of horses' hooves shook the sky, the ground trembled, and a sandstorm rose from the entire official road.

When he saw the two people running in front of him riding horses, Li Zixiao exhaled deeply and completely relaxed, his cavalry battalion came.

"Subordinate Qi Wei (Luo Chao), the rescue is late, and the general is asked to punish him."

Qi Wei and Luo Chao both dismounted, rushed to Li Zixiao, and knelt down on one knee to salute.

"Haha, you're already coming much faster than I thought, what's the crime, get up." Li Zixiao said with a smile.

Qi Wei and Luo Chao saw that the soldiers of the Tiger Battalion were stained with blood one by one, and a cart of wounded soldiers, they knew that Li Zixiao must have experienced a bloody battle before.

"General, what should we do now?" Qi Wei asked.

"I sent Fugui to Jinling to pick up Ying Zilong, and I don't know if they took my mother out of Jinling safely, I don't worry.

Qi Wei, you go south with me to pick them up, Luo Chao, you escort the convoy back to the cottage. ”

"General, let's take over the old lady's affairs." Luo Chao opened his mouth and said that he didn't want Li Zixiao to take any more risks.

"Haha, don't worry, it's okay to have Qi Wei by my side, even if there is a real emergency, we can evacuate."

The cavalryman of the White Dragon Army behind Li Zixiao said confidently.

After all, the cavalry is not infantry, it is highly mobile, and when Qi Wei and Luo Chao came out this time, each cavalry was equipped with two horses.

At this time, the 'Flying Feather' cavalry battalion of the White Dragon Army, in the Jiangbei area, there is really no official army that can pose a threat to them, coming and going like the wind.

Moreover, at this time, Lu Yuantong was still in his hands, and it was estimated that Lu Da'an had already received the news that his son was captured by him at this time.

Unless Lu Da'an doesn't want him as his own son, he won't order anyone to attack Li Zixiao again.

After Li Zixiao made up his mind, he soon went south to the Jiangbei ferry to meet Zhang Fugui and others, accompanied by Qi Wei and Quartz, and under the protection of three hundred cavalry.

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While Li Zixiao was waiting in Jiangbei to receive Zhang Fugui, Lu Da'an, the governor of Jinling, was furious.

"How could Yuan Tong be captured, didn't you promise me that everything you arranged was foolproof, this is your foolproof!"

Standing in front of Lu Da'an was a middle-aged man who was reprimanded, it was the Jinling town guard, that is, his nephew Lu Yuanqing.

In the face of Lu Da'an's scolding, Lu Yuanqing also had a gloomy face, this time he really made a mistake, he didn't expect Li Zixiao to be so powerful with only eight hundred people.

"Uncle, it's the nephew's fault this time, but what can still be confirmed is that Yuan Tong should have been captured by the dog thief surnamed Li.

The dog thief surnamed Li must know Yuan Tong's identity, he must have given him a few guts, and he didn't dare to hurt Yuan Tong, so let's slowly find a way to rescue Yuan Tong. ”

At this time, Lu Yuanqing didn't mention the matter of avenging his son, after all, his son was dead, but Lu Yuantong was still alive.

At this time, rescuing Lu Yuantong became their greatest concern.

"Hmph, Yuan Tong is also a five-rank military general of the imperial court, and the town will be guarded, the person surnamed Li should not dare to kill him, but who can say for sure.

In the past few days, I have collected what Li Zixiao did in Yangzhou, which is simply a lawless lord, and he dares to do anything.

Yuan Tong is in his hands for one day, and one day is dangerous, and now Lin Yongnian, the prefect of Yangzhou, has impeached me to the imperial court, saying that I abused my power.

You people are not angry, so you can let go of that Li Zixiao, and there is no better time to kill him.

Immediately send someone to contact the surnamed Li, and rescue Yuan Tong first. ”

"I'm afraid that the lion surnamed Li will open his mouth wide!" Lu Yuanqing said with a wry smile, how could people easily release people at this time.

Both sides have killed to this point, almost killing Li Zixiao, and the hatred between the two sides is irresolvable.

Even if Li Zixiao didn't dare to kill Lu Yuantong, if the Lu family wanted to save Lu Yuantong, it was estimated that they would have to have a lot of blood.

"This is your business, you messed up, you also clean up the mess for me, I have enough headaches to deal with the harsh criticism of the court in the past few days."

Lu Da'an said worriedly, in the past two days, because of his previous order, the officers and soldiers of the four guards were mobilized to besiege Li Zixiao, and now he has been stabbed to the court.

Chongzhen was furious and almost ordered the removal of him, the governor of Zhili, but fortunately the court had his henchmen to make it clear for him.

He also said that Li Zixiao crossed the border with troops without permission, and he was suspected of rebellion, but Lu Daan did nothing wrong.

Chongzhen actually didn't like a general like Li Zixiao at all, and after a period of persuasion from the ministers, he didn't pursue Lu Da'an again.

"Master, there is news from our people by the river."

At this time, a steward of the Lu family came in and handed Lu Da'an a note, and after he opened it and read it, he stood up suddenly.

"What's wrong with my uncle?"

"Great, the old lady of the dog thief surnamed Li turned out to be in Jinling, this time he secretly sent a small team of people to Jinling to pick up his old lady.

Before we lost it, I ordered someone to leave an eyeliner at the riverside ferry, and then they reported back and found the whereabouts of the group. ”

"Really, if we can catch the old lady surnamed Li, we will have the chips to save Yuan Tong back.

It's a pity that the old fox of the Li family has already declared that he has severed the father-son relationship with Li Zixiao, otherwise we can take this opportunity to pull the Li family to our side.

The Li family is one of the few major families in Jinling, and they have great influence in Jinling, if they are pulled to our side, no one in Jinling will be able to shake our Lu family.

It's a pity, the head of the Li family is really a ruthless person, he acted decisively, and took the initiative to cut off the relationship with his son, so that we have no way to start. ”

Lu Yuanqing finally said with some pity.

"Okay, it's useless to talk about these things, you immediately take people to the riverside ferry now, be sure to intercept that force of people, catch the old lady surnamed Li, and never allow any more mistakes this time."

"Yes, uncle, this time I will personally lead the team, and nothing will go wrong."

After speaking, Lu Yuanqing left in a hurry, gathered his soldiers and private soldiers, rushed to the riverside ferry, and intercepted Zhang Fugui and Zhao Zilong and his party.

At the riverside ferry.

"Hurry, hurry up, we'll be at the ferry soon."

Zhao Zilong was riding a horse, surrounded by more than a hundred guards from the guard battalion, and these soldiers were escorting a carriage and were fleeing towards the riverside ferry.

"Chase, hurry up, don't let them run."

Behind them, hundreds of soldiers were chasing them, and the two sides were very close.

The strength of the Lu family in Jinling is not ordinary, and after they learned about Zhao Zilong's traces through their eyeliners, Lu Yuanqing personally pursued them with hundreds of elite soldiers.

"No, we can't escape in this way, when we get to the river, it will take a while to board the boat, and someone must stay to stop the people of the Lu family for a while.

Gain time for the old lady to board the boat and cross the river safely, in this way, Director Zhang, you take the old lady to the river to cross the river first, leave me fifty people, and I will be responsible for dragging them. ”

Zhao Zilong said to Zhang Fugui.

"Then it's troublesome Brother Zilong." Zhang Fugui was still very afraid of death, so he didn't even shirk it, and happily agreed.

"The first team, the second team will stay with me, the third team, the fourth team will protect the old lady's carriage and go to the ferry, quickly."

Zhao Zilong shouted at the more than a hundred guards of the battalion.

After hearing Zhao Zilong's order, the more than 100 guards immediately took action, and those who were ordered to stay did not show any complaints.

Even if they knew that once they stayed on this trip, it was estimated that there would not be many people left who could return to Jiangbei alive.

But they still obeyed Zhao Zilong's orders without hesitation, even if Zhao Zilong was only a seventeen-year-old boy.

But Li Zixiao ordered Zhao Zilong to be the chief officer of this operation, and they had to obey Zhao Zilong's orders unconditionally.

And during this time, Zhao Zilong's intelligence, wit and bravery also deeply impressed this group of arrogant generals.

Zhang Fugui took dozens of people, escorted a carriage, and rushed towards the riverside ferry, while Zhao Zilong stayed with fifty guards to block the pursuit of the Lu family.

"Old lady, don't be afraid, we will definitely go back safely, you will be able to see the general soon."

In the carriage, Lin Yuluo accompanied a woman dressed as a nun, who looked like she was in her forties and not old, this was Li Zixiao's mother, Qiao's.

Li Zixiao's mother was disheartened after hearing about Li Zixiao's death more than a year ago, so she left home to shave her hair and became a nun.

If Li Zixiao was here now, he would definitely recognize his mother, because he had seen this kind of face since he was a child.

It turned out that Qiao's family was forced to hand over Li Zixiao as an infant to the Li family and was forced to leave the country, but he still couldn't let go of his son for a few years.

A few years later, he disguised himself, returned to Jinling, and blended into the Li family to be an old mother who collects night incense, just to see his own son in the remote courtyard of the Li family from time to time.

Because the Li family does not attach importance to Li Zixiao, the courtyard where he lives is very remote, and there are no subordinates to serve, which is just convenient for Qiao's contact with Li Zixiao.

Every day, Qiao's would take advantage of the night incense harvest to quietly talk to Li Zixiao, and Li Zixiao, who endured loneliness, loneliness and cold eyes, felt the taste of being cared for for the first time.

As time went by, Li Zixiao gradually became familiar with this woman who collected night incense, and Qiao's would secretly bring in some bread from outside when Li Zixiao was punished.

Qiao was also a very beautiful lady when he was young, otherwise he would not have been favored by Li Zixiao's father.

She didn't hesitate to do the dirty work of collecting night incense, which men don't want to sit on, just to be able to stay with Li Zixiao for a while every day.

Her actions were too stupid in the eyes of others, and she didn't do anything good, so she had to accept the night incense, but Qiao's didn't complain about it at all, and she already had a very rare opportunity to see her son.

She didn't dare to be a slave in the Li family, for fear that she would be recognized, so she could only collect night incense, and she could enter and leave the Li family every day, without having to live in the Li family, which was not easy to be discovered.

In Li Zixiao's childhood memories, except for a Zhou Bo in the Li family, there is only one old woman who collects night incense and treats him best.

It's a pity that Li Zixiao at that time would never have thought that the old woman who collected night incense was his biological mother.

Pity the hearts of the parents in the world, so Qiao's family collected night incense in the Li family, and worked for twenty years, until Li Zixiao was framed and forced to escape, but it was rumored that the Lu family was killed.

When Qiao heard the news of Li Zixiao's death, he was disheartened and became a nun.

But she couldn't have imagined that just half a month ago, suddenly Uncle Zhou found him and brought her great news, telling him that his son was not dead.

So, there is the story of Zhao Zilong and them in Jinling.

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