"Official, look, someone has escaped from the south city gate!"

Tan Hu pointed ahead and shouted on tiptoe.

Xu Ping looked at the chaotic crowd in the distance, some with large bags and small bags, some with children and daughters, old and young, and headless flies fled to the south.

Shaking his head, Xu Ping sighed: "But I didn't expect the A family to be so irresponsible, and let these ordinary people take the lead for them." Their family has been operating here for more than a hundred years, aren't they afraid of losing people's hearts by doing so? ”

"The human heart? The officials look down on these chieftains! If they pay attention to people's hearts, where do so many tragic things come from? They are all arrogant people, where will they care about the lives and deaths of the small people? ”

"Tan Hu, you ride my horse down the mountain, rush to the valley before these people, and tell Han Daocheng that you can't let Jia Chenggui and his son escape under any circumstances. If you can't catch the living, I want the dead too! ”

Tan Hu agreed, and asked again before leaving: "The father and son of the A family are married to the princesses of Jiaozhi, what are the regulations of the officials for these two princesses?" ”

"The small country of Fanbang, where did you come from? It's best to live, and it doesn't matter if you're dead, as long as you don't let them escape. People are in our hands, and it is also a bargaining chip to talk about Cochin, although the King of Cochin may not care about the two of them, but he also has to care about the truth of his subordinates. ”

Tan Hu took the order and turned to leave.

Xu Ping looked at the state city under the mountain, the Song army had already invaded the city, and black smoke was rising in some places, and I don't know what houses were burning. It can be seen faintly on the hill that the city is now in chaos, with all kinds of people running around the city, some crying out for the sky and the ground.

War is not the embroidery of big girls, not so demure and dignified, but the most brutal confrontation of violence against violence. The end of the battle began. There will be rivers of blood. No one can stop the process.

Xu Ping will not enter the city today. As a manager, he is not in the mood to face this most cruel time. Wait until tomorrow when the dust settles, and then he will go in and preside over the overall situation.

Xu Ping doesn't have the kindness of a woman, but he also doesn't appreciate the habit of violence and bloodshed, so he can't see it out of sight and don't worry about it, so he tries not to face it.

In the valley from Luzhou to Langzhou, Lord Ding asked Fan Zhixiang uneasily: "You said that there are Song army brigades outside the valley, how many people are there?" ”

"I can't see the edge of the black press. Who knows how many there are? ”

"You've seen it all, but you haven't counted it yet?"

"What's the number?" Fan Zhixiang was very annoyed with the old fox who was pestering him, as soon as others heard that the back road was cut off, they all roared and roared to come back to kill a bloody road, only the lord of Ding Dong pestered to ask questions about the east and west, for fear of being cheated and suffering a little loss.

Seeing the vigilant look on Lord Ding's face, Fan Zhixiang said angrily: "In front of the Song army, the cavalry alone can't see the head at a glance, and there are at least 1,800 people, and the infantry behind is not even better. At that time, I had to save my life first. Can you count their heads one by one? ”

Ding Dong listened to Fan Zhixiang's unkind tone, so he didn't ask. But the look in his eyes was obviously more vigilant, and he didn't know whether to believe Fan Zhixiang's words or not.

"There are still three miles of road ahead of the valley, everyone take a rest and recuperate! There are thousands of Song troops in front, it must be a vicious battle, you must not be impatient! ”

One of the leaders of the native soldiers who walked in front commanded loudly, and the team slowly stopped.

These native soldiers come from more than a dozen small forces, and they do not belong to each other, if it weren't for the fact that Luzhou has been robbed, and what Fan Zhixiang said is too scary, it would be difficult for them to get together to do one thing.

"Phew! - Phew! Bang! ”

Just as the soldiers were looking for a place to catch their breath and eat something by the way, several explosions suddenly sounded on the mountain on the south side.

Everyone was startled, chickens and dogs jumped, and those with sharp eyes saw a faint cloud of green smoke in the sky overhead, like a faint flower in the clear sky.

Lord Ding jumped up from the ground, craned his neck and looked at the sky, waited until the green smoke was gone, then lowered his head and spat on the ground: "Straight mother thief, it must be the spy of the Song army, report the military situation to the outside of the valley!" ”

Fan Zhixiang was already frightened, and asked nervously, "How do you know?" ”

"Phew, you've been here these days, and you're still lonely! No wonder you've been staying in such a poor, small place! This thing is called fireworks, and the Song people of the cane sugar business often use it to warn in the mountains, and on festival days, they also put on a fun! ”

"You know again! I said it was a ringing arrow! Hell fireworks! ”

Fan Zhixiang looked at the sky while his mouth was hard and strong, and his face was gloomy. There are also three or four thousand native soldiers recruited by themselves, which is quite a lot, but the Song army outside the valley is obviously well-trained, and the results are not optimistic.

Outside the valley, as a horn sounded, the soldiers in the barracks lined up in front of the valley.

The tall man was neatly draped, carried his spear, turned over his horse, and went straight to the front of the formation.

Since the day before yesterday, he scared away a group of native soldiers out of the valley, and he has been a little bored here. I heard that the city of Langzhou has been breached, but he is still growing fat here.

The sun went overhead, circled behind him, and spread his shadow in front of him.

Gao Daquan sat on his horse, quietly looking at the valley ahead. The spies sent out in the past few days reported the situation in Luzhou and came back, and he knew that the Jiaozhi soldiers who had gone there to loot had not been there for long.

In Luzhou, Siling Prefecture and their nearby mountainous areas, there were only more than 1,000 households, and four or five thousand people poured in at once, where could they afford to toss. In addition, Han Zong organized a planned retreat, although there was no effect of clearing the wilderness, a large amount of supplies, grain and grass had been transferred, and the place simply could not support so many people.

This place is vast and sparsely populated, agriculture is extremely underdeveloped, and there are few paddy fields in Luzhou, and the farmers are busy all year round, and the harvested grain cannot even fill the stomachs of the wives and children at home. To put it mildly, if the people under his rule were not allowed to eat chaff and vegetables, or even wrap their stomachs in bark and weeds, those local officials would not have been able to collect food.

In this kind of poor place, no matter how much you rob it, there is no oil and water, which is also the reason why Xu Ping insisted that the Song army only guard the valley pass and not go into the mountains to drive away.

The sun shone on the valley like a hole in a monster, and it was clear and bright, which was distinctly different from the surrounding mountains.

When the Cochin soldiers came out of this opening. It's very conspicuous.

The flag-holding soldiers beside Gao Daquan looked at the cross-toe soldiers who came out. Panicked formation at Taniguchi. I couldn't help but feel nervous and excited. Although he is a small soldier, the handsome flag is in his hand, and the thousands of soldiers and horses behind him have to move with the handsome flag in his hand, thinking of this, he feels dry.

Seeing that more than 100 Jiaozhi native soldiers had come out of Taniguchi, Gao Daquan narrowed his eyes, and his hand swirled on the barrel of the gun, and he held it tighter at once.

Seeing that the Song army's large array had not moved. The courage of the local soldiers gradually increased, and the speed of leaving the valley was significantly accelerated, and in a short time, an army formation of more than 300 people was set up in the valley.

Gao Daquan's eyes opened suddenly, raised his left arm, and shouted loudly: "Second commander, kill the enemy with me, and the rest of the army will not move!" Those who dare to disobey military orders will be killed! ”

After speaking, there was a burst of applause. Timas galloped out of the army.

As Gao Daquan attacked, the second commander of the Chinese army's township cavalry followed behind him. The whirlwind rushed towards the local soldiers at the mouth of the valley.

Fan Zhixiang and his subordinates were walking not far from the valley, and when they saw the oncoming Song army, they shouted, and turned their heads to hide back in the valley.

It's just a little more than a stone's throw away, and it's there in the blink of an eye.

Gao Daquan took the lead in rushing into the Jiaozhi military formation, raising and falling with his sword, and cut down the small leader who was commanding there with one sword. The cavalry behind him followed, charging back and forth at the mouth of the valley like chopping melons and vegetables.

The native soldiers had no experience in formal confrontation between the two armies, and could neither put on a regular formation, nor did they have a strong bow and crossbow to cover, and at this time they did not have any ability to resist in the face of the galloping cavalry, but just ran into the valley in a disorderly manner. The back pushes the front, the front squeezes the back, and it is a mess at the mouth of the valley.

After these two or three hundred people rushed to kill two or three back and forth, Gao Daquan saw that most of the surviving Jiaozhi soldiers had fled back to the valley, and ordered the commanders to return to the army formation with their headquarters to fight horses.

When the enemy is not in formation, it is the best time to start a war, and Gao Daquan does not have the pedantic morality of Song Xianggong, so he will naturally not let go of the opportunity. Taking advantage of the terrain of the valley, Gao Daquan's commanding cavalry could seal the Jiaozhi native soldiers in the valley.

Han Daocheng was outside the valley, looking at the soldiers and civilians of Jiatong who were fleeing south in a hurry not far away, his eyes were as sharp as eagles, distinguishing the figure of each person.

Xu Ping explained two points, one is not to rush to chase and kill, and to wait until there are no more large numbers of people pouring out of the state city, so as to avoid forcing people back to the city. The other is to catch the people of the A family, and it is best not to let one go.

The first to go out of the city were all old and weak women, Han Daocheng could see clearly, so far no young and strong men appeared in the crowd, so he stabilized the team and waited quietly.

Jia Chenggui's father and son are not fools, of course they know that the Song army is surrounded by three queyi, and there must be ambushes on the periphery of the vacated side, where will they really be kind enough to let people go. Therefore, before they went out of the city, they sent people to drive the common people out of the city, and when the time came, they mixed in with the crowd and fled. Even if the Song army had pursuers, it could not kill the fleeing people without leaving anyone behind. The best thing is to be able to wait until the evening and fish in troubled waters.

"It's hateful, as soon as the sun rises, it is attacked, and I can't wait for it to get dark!"

Jia Jirong was at the yamen, looking at the sun in the sky and cursing through gritted teeth, why didn't this damn sun fall? The more I don't want to see it, the more it is so bright.

Looking at the two ox carts at the door, Jia Jirong frowned and said to the people around him: "When is it, why is my mother still reluctant to give up the family wealth?" As soon as this ox cart left the city, didn't it tell Song Jun that we were out! ”

Where do the cronies next to him dare to reply? It's just that he didn't dare to speak.

After watching for a while, seeing that his mother still didn't come out of the yamen, Jia Jirong ordered with a dark face: "When you get to the city gate, you make a mess and come out, and carry all the important belongings on your back, you must have lost this car!" ”

His wife, who is the daughter of the current King of Cochin, Li Foma, saw that the rumors in the state were wrong, so he took the child to Thang Long Mansion early and avoided the disaster.

The Han people have a saying, the husband is the same forest bird, and they fly separately when the disaster comes. Jia Jirong and these barbarians don't have such words, because they don't need to. Sleeping together is called husband and wife, if she suffers, the princess will turn her head and find someone to marry, maybe she will leave the territory of Langzhou, she is still elated.

Remarriage is really common for barbarians, and in the world where Xu Ping came, Nong Zhigao's mother Anon remarried several times in order to contact various forces.

As for the wives and concubines other than the main wife, it's all at this time, how can Jia Jirong dare them. didn't have the heart to take their lives, but just locked up in a room, which is already a blessing. What kind of husband and wife affection, after all, is still not as important as their own life.

"I married here from Thang Long Mansion and gave birth to children for you, how much hard work I have suffered! You father and son, just lose your home? If I escape like this, what face will I have to go back to the palace, and how can I see that I have become the king's brother? It's the same golden branch and jade leaf from the royal family, why am I so miserable? ”

Jia Jirong's biological mother, the eldest princess of Jiaozhi, came out of the yamen crying, and counted down Jia Chenggui beside her as she walked. When she was young, her father Li Gongyun was still a minister of the Li Dynasty, and at that time she was still the surname Li of the imperial gift, and later took advantage of the chaos to seize the throne of the little emperor of the Li Dynasty and moved the capital to Changlong Mansion, and she also rose to become the princess of Jiaozhi.

The more this kind of background, the more obsessed I am with wealth and glory, and when I think of this escape, not only will I lose the wealth and status I have now, but I will also be blinded by my brothers and sisters, and the more I think about it, the more sad I feel.

Jia Chenggui's condition has not improved these days, coughing all the way, listening to the chatter of his wife beside him all the way, and his face is as black as the bottom of the pot. But he didn't dare to attack, and when he left Langzhou, he had to rely on the care of the Jiaozhi royal family, how dare he offend this big backer again.

It is good to have its own territory and its own power, and the royal family is also begging to marry the princess. Once you lose the fundamental place of Langzhou, it is difficult to say what it will be like in the royal city. According to the habit of Jiaozhi, the princess is useful, and she should be used to win over the local powerful faction. If there is no hope of regaining Langzhou in the future, it is possible for his wife to remarry other local officials.

Thinking of this, Jia Chenggui smiled bitterly in his heart. Both father and son are married to princesses, and they seem to be extremely favored, but they understand that the Li family of the royal family does not value themselves and their sons, but the key place of Langzhou. If the wives of both father and son abandon their homes and remarry other popular people, this face is really embarrassing and there is no place to put it.

When he arrived outside the yamen, waiting for his wife to get into the ox cart, Jia Chenggui came to his son's side and asked in a low voice, "Are all arrangements made?" Think about what else is pulled down? ”

"I have thought of everything that should be thought of, and there is no need to be nostalgic for what I didn't think of. Daddy, let's take advantage of the chaos to get out of the city, and when the Song army occupies the city, I'm afraid that the road ahead will also be blocked. ”

Listening to his son's words, Jia Chenggui nodded, looked at his wife not far away, and asked in a deep voice, "What about the two ox carts?" You can't escape by car no matter what! ”

"I've already made arrangements, arrange a little mess when I go out of the city, let my mother get out of the car, and someone will help me go. As for possessions, how much can you take. ”

Jia Chenggui nodded, his eyes shot at the cold light, and he stopped talking.

The sun slipped past mid-heaven, and the shouts of killing in the city were getting closer and closer, and the whole street was already in chaos.

Jia Jirong said carefully: "Daddy, it's time for us to go-"

"Let's go, it's time to go." Jia Chenggui nodded, finally made up his mind, and turned his head to look at his son suddenly, "Da Lang, remember what I said, when necessary, your aunt - let go when it's time to let go!" This trip to Thang Long Mansion is the Dragon Tan Tiger's Den, she may not be a blessing to us! Remember! ”

(There's something going on today, and the state is not good, so there's only one change, sorry.) (To be continued.) )