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Chapter 82 Smoke
After this battle, Yang Zheng had an understanding of the bravery of the Qiang people.

Generally speaking, the poorer you are, the more willing you are to risk your life.

Bare feet are not afraid to wear shoes.

Who is having the worst life this year?
The Xianbei occupied the grasslands, the southern Xiongnu occupied Hetao, the northern Xiongnu moved westward to the Eastern European prairie, and the Di people were Sinicized and moved to Guanzhong. They all had a good life.

Only the Qiang people were sandwiched between Wei and Shu, and life was the most difficult.

The problem of the Qiang people was also exposed to Yang Zheng.

There is no organization and discipline, and they fight on their own, only listening to the calls of the Qiang chiefs.

But these are surmountable.

The leader of the more than 1000 Qiang people who accompanied him had been killed. They were as pure as a piece of white paper, and they obeyed Yang Zheng's orders.

The next step is to bring back their families and let them settle down in Fanghan.

Yang Zheng was thinking about how to follow Dong Zhuo's path, and came from the west.

"Report to the general, Li Mi disguised himself as a merchant and escaped from Fanghan!"

"What?" Yang Zheng almost fell off his horse, "What's going on?"

There is Zhang Te obviously, Zhao Aqi and Gongsun Fu are secretly there, how could he let him run away?

Yang Zheng suddenly became impatient.

Although this guy's character is low, but his vision is not bad, he saw his way, if he ran to Guo Huai, or returned to Luoyang, he really had to seriously consider going up the mountain to become a bandit.

"Someone dug a tunnel to respond in secret, Zhao Tou'er and General Zhou have already led people to pursue them!"

Secretly respond?

Yang Zheng lowered his head and thought, who else in Longxi can and has the strength to support him?
Li Mi was the bait sent by Guo Huai, so there would naturally be a fishing line tied to it.

It's not very useful in normal times, as long as Yang Zheng doesn't bite the hook, no one will care.

But it's different now.

Yang Zheng is undoubtedly the first.

In the context of Sima Yi and Cao Shuang's struggle for power, he is a bit of an eyesore.

Knotting the Qiang people secretly, always cherishing the ambition of Dong Zhuo!

This dirty water can also be splashed on Xiahouba and Xiahouxuan...

The struggle in secret is more dangerous than the battlefield.

Many people failed on the battlefield, bowed their heads and surrendered and survived, even their family members survived.

However, if the internal fighting fails, the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out at every turn, leaving no chickens or dogs behind.

Li Mi's three times of sending letters out of the city were probably the opponent's smoke bombs, deliberately distracting Zhao Ahqi and Gongsun Fu's attention.

The more Yang Zheng thought about it, the more his hairs stood on end. If he hadn't returned to his heart and wasted some time, it is very likely that Li Mi would really run away.

I didn't get Cao Shuang's light, but I was swept deeper and deeper in Cao Shuang's vortex.

People can't stand investigations, and they can't hide all kinds of things after investigations.

"Which direction did you go?"

"Nan'an!"

Deng Ai, the prefect of Nan'an, was a fan of Sima Yi. He wore a pair of pants with Guo Huai. Perhaps Deng Ai had already sent someone to meet him at the border.

At this time, Yang Zheng became calmer.

The closest to Fanghan is Jincheng.

However, the road to the north is difficult, there are many valleys and Qianghu, and there are only one or two roads, which are neither safe nor secret.

Zhang, the prefect of Jincheng, belongs to the local tyrants of Liangzhou, and he is not the same as Guo Huai.

The two generations of father and son are trusted by Cao Wei, and they have never easily participated in the internal struggle between the court and China.

In September of the fourth year of Qinglong, Hu Abi's division outside the Great Wall of Liangzhou attacked the Western Regions, and Zhang sent troops to conquer the Western Regions, capturing and beheading more than ten thousand people. He became famous in the Western Regions and was awarded by Emperor Ming.

Li Mi ran to Nan'an, and now he is chasing north, there should be a chance.

On second thought, this is actually an excellent opportunity.

Li Mi's death in Fanghan City, he must be inseparable from the responsibility, but it is hard to say that he died in Nan'an.

With this in mind, Yang Zheng no longer hesitated, and asked Jiang Faye to bring the Qiang people back to Fanghan, while he himself led [-] cavalry and two horses to the north.

Running wildly all the way, when they arrived at Kanglang Mountain, they met the scouts sent by Zhao Aqi.

Traces of Li Mi and others have been found.

Yang Zheng felt at ease, as long as he found out, he couldn't run away.

"No survivors!" At this moment, Yang Zheng hated Li Mi to the bone.

This guy is also Cao Shuang's man, but he is willing to be used by Guo Huai in order to deal with him.

After running for thirty li to the north, I finally saw Li Mi's carriage running wildly in the wilderness.

But when he saw the carriage, Yang Zheng felt bad.

Li Mi can ride a horse.

The mountains in Longbei are rocky and rocky, so horses must be more efficient than carriages.

Could it be that Li Mi wasn't among them?

Is this also his smoke bomb?

Yang Zheng's heart sank immediately, and he followed behind. He had already entered the border of Nan'an, but he didn't see Deng Ai's people coming to welcome him.

With the meticulousness of the other party, he will never forget to inform Deng Ai to come to support...

"Kill!" Yang Zheng couldn't control that much, so he stopped this group of people first.

The cavalry rushed up, without saying a word, and slashed with their knives.

The other party panicked, the horses collided with each other, and the carriage suddenly overturned.

Yang Zheng went straight to the carriage.

Open the carriage, and a sword stabs out from it.

Yang Zheng dodged easily, and two guards jumped out from inside, without Li Mi...

"Where is Li Mi?" Yang Zheng pulled out the Hua Jing sword.

Sometimes, people really have no choice, but it will be much easier.

There are no masters left here, there is a place for masters to stay, at worst, they will go to the Qiang land and find a river valley to be a bandit. In the future, they will no longer have to worry about it. Although life is poorer, they can find more women to have children.

The sword light flashed, and the arms of the two guards flew into the sky.

Blood splashed Yang Zheng's face.

"Ask again, where is Li Mi? If you tell me, I will spare your lives!"

The two guards were shaking on the ground in pain, but they just gritted their teeth and didn't say anything.

Zhao Aqi and Zhou Yu controlled the scene, and no one escaped.

Holding his last hope, Yang Zheng checked everyone's face and every corpse on the ground.

There was still no sign of Li Mi.

Zhao Aqi and Zhou Yu hurriedly half-kneeled in front of Li Ye, "This subordinate has neglected his duty, please punish him, General."

"I don't blame you, the enemy has been planning for many days..." Yang Zheng was halfway through speaking, when he suddenly thought that since Li Mi was not here, maybe he hadn't gone far.

Zhao Aqi's eyes were filled with tears, "This subordinate has been entrusted by the general! What kind of face is there to live in mediocrity!"

After saying that, he flipped his wrist, and swung the ring knife towards his neck.

Yang Zheng was shocked, his eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and he held the blade with one hand.

There was a sharp pain in the palm, and blood soon dripped down the blade.

"General!" The tears in Zhao Ah Qi's eyes could no longer be controlled.

The ring head knife fell to the ground with a "bang".

"General!" Zhou Yu felt ashamed.

Yang Zheng's hand hurts, but he loves his subordinates even more.

"It's worthless. I'm looking for life and death for such a trivial matter. How can I take on important responsibilities in the future? We are called Shangxia, but we are brothers in life and death. In the past, Zhang Fei lost his family in Xuzhou, and Liu Bei didn't blame him. Today, he is just a villain. The world is big. , where can't I wait for brothers? Where can't I make a difference?"

There are enough people who have died, and it is not easy for those who survive.

"General..." The two hard-boned men burst into tears.

The other soldiers, regardless of Qiang and Han, half-kneeled on the ground, "General..."

"As long as you don't abandon me, Yang Zheng, we will go on in this troubled world together." Yang Zheng couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

In fact, along the way, the most precious thing is not how much land you have won, how high an official title you have obtained.

It's these robes who are like brothers and sisters.

The world is so big, where can I not go?

"I swear to follow the general!"

"I swear to follow the general!"

"Okay!" Yang Zheng stabbed the ground with his sword, "What happened today, you should take it as a warning."

No one is born strong, and they are all young.

After being blown by the mountain wind, Yang Zheng suddenly became sober. The matter was actually not that bad.

Longxi is blocked by mountains, and there are only a few official roads to enter and exit.

There are trails and mountain roads, but do ordinary people dare to walk?
The Yellow River is to the west of Fanghan, the Qiang people are on the other side of the Yellow River, and the Qiang people are also to the south. With Li Misu's character of discriminating against the Qiang people, he would definitely not take those two paths.

Then he could only go north.

It's not the last moment, so there's no need to panic.

Why did Li Mi make so many smoke bombs?

Yang Zheng thought of another possibility, he might still be in Fanghan City!

"Zhou Yu, hurry back to Fanghan, search the whole city, don't miss every corner, Zhao Aqi, you lead 100 people to ambush here, maybe Li Mi will go this way again, the others will go to Jincheng with me! "Yang Zheng didn't believe that Li Mi disappeared out of thin air.

As long as this guy doesn't escape into Guo Huai's arms, his chance is still there.

"As ordered!"

(End of this chapter)