Zhurou

Chapter 20
Jingzhao Mansion can't wait, but Dengzhou can't ignore it either.

Zhao Mingzhi didn't dare to delay, and asked, "Who has the token of the Forbidden Army?"

Everyone was from the Forbidden Army, so they would naturally carry their badges with them when they went out this time, and everyone immediately agreed.

After listening to Zhao Mingzhi's instructions, the team leader ordered a few people to come out, but hesitated again: "There are only a dozen or so guards along the way, and these few left all at once, if..."

Zhao Mingzhi said: "Our horses are fast, ordinary bandits can't catch up with us, if we meet Di Bing, even a hundred more will be of no use - at this time, the most important thing is to report."

At least the city of Dengzhou must be prepared, and a letter must be sent to Caizhou to prevent the thousand cavalry from entering the land of no one.

If they enter Caizhou and capture the emperor Zhao Hong, then there is no need to go to Jingzhao Mansion.

The team leader had no choice but to bite the bullet and obey.

A group of people followed the haste and chose the path instead.

It is said to be a trail, but in fact it has long been out of shape. You can only vaguely see the traces of the past. Sometimes there are cross logs and rocks blocking the way, and occasionally you even step on patches of dead trees and weeds.

The people set off early in the morning and walked for half a day, only resting for a few times on the way. When they reached a fork in the road, he hurriedly said: "Going forward, we have to walk on the official road for a while. The younger ones go to explore first."

It turned out that this road was originally the official road leading to the west of Dengzhou. Because it was often flooded in spring and summer floods, the state government abandoned it and rebuilt a new road by detour. It was just to save labor and labor, and the old and new official roads still overlapped a few sections.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before he saw the light ahead, and he went back to the official path.

After identifying the direction, the anxious footman who went to explore the road hurried back, and said with a happy face: "I met the Xiang army ahead! It seems that I am going to Dengzhou. I didn't dare to go forward, but I was far away. Looking at the momentum, there may be hundreds or thousands of people!"

He asked again: "It should be to change the defense. How about going up and telling them about Di Bing and telling them to run faster, so that they can also help Zhoucheng?"

Hearing this, the rest of the people were all happy, but the leader frowned and said: "Di soldiers are all elites, and they are also cavalry. They don't stop on the way south. I'm afraid they will reach Dengzhou in a few days. The Xiang army is tired and lazy, if they know that there are Di soldiers ahead, they can walk eighty miles a day on weekdays, and they will walk forty miles slowly, just to escape."

But Zhao Mingzhi was not worried about this.

She heard that it was the Xiang army coming from the front, and she felt that something was wrong, so she took out the map from the bag beside the saddle, checked it briefly, then raised her head and asked the rushing foot: "What kind of flag is the squad that came flying?" ?”

I was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then replied in embarrassment: "The little one is busy reporting the news, but he didn't notice...it seems...the people in the front didn't hold the flag in their hands?"

After thinking about it again, he said: "It looks like there are one or two flags, maybe it's because of my lack of eyesight, I can't read the writing on them clearly..."

Zhao Mingzhi asked again: "What color?"

After hesitating for a while, he said, "It looks like a green lotus color."

Zhao Mingzhi's heart sank, and he said with the team leader: "This time Dengzhou is switching defenses with Junzhou. If the Xiang army from Junzhou is changing defenses, they should go up from the south, but this time they are going down from the northeast, and they will go to Beijing again. The Xiqinglian Banner—I'm afraid it's the luggage brought back from the front..."

Now the front line is in Xuzhou, and ordinary supplies will only go from south to north.

If this batch is really luggage, it is very likely that there is a copy of the ordnance and sharp weapon manufacturing diagram that Lu Xianzhang saved last time.

The emperor went south, and Xuzhou was in danger. The secrets of the army that were originally collected in the west of Beijing naturally moved accordingly.

The battle between Dajin and Beidi has been completely defeated at this moment, and the only thing that can barely support it is the magic weapon.

Di people are brave, but they are also afraid of such powerful weapons as the god arm bow and bed crossbow.

In the past, it was enough to lose one or two finished products. If even the production method is obtained there, and Xiazhou has craftsmen captured together with the Supreme Emperor, it won't take long for Da Jin to lose the slightest advantage.

When Di Ren went south again in the previous life, he brought a newly-made improved bow and crossbow, which was more lethal than the original weapons of the Jin Dynasty. Sure enough, the Jin people were stunned as soon as they met each other, and there was no decent resistance afterwards.

Now go back and count the time, could it be the drawing method obtained this time?

She speculates on herself, and everyone knows the pros and cons of it.

The team leader said: "Let's go first, and after the two sides have separated for a while, I will go back and ask for clarification."

Zhao Mingzhi knew that he was afraid that something unexpected would happen on the way, which would affect his safety, so he nodded and said: "The luggage must be accompanied by Xiangjun guards. If it's really unfortunate that my words are true, even if we meet Di Bing head-on, there is still time to delay it. The blueprint is ruined."

At this time, whether it is military equipment, food fodder, or other supplies, it is better to burn them all than to serve the enemy.

A group of people walked forward, but the fast horses ran for a long time before they saw a group of people coming from a distance.

A green lotus-colored flag was held on the opposite side. A dozen cavalry were leading the way first, followed by dozens of soldiers. They were not walking fast, and there was no order at all. They were scattered or clustered in twos and threes, their clothes were messy, and their weapons were also mixed. very.

Zhao Mingzhi was secretly startled.

Just by glancing over like this, one can already see the low morale on the other side.

Although he was prepared in his heart and knew that Jin soldiers would not be successful, he didn't want to be so bad.

What would it be like to meet Di Bing?
She didn't dare to think about it.

Seeing that there were pedestrians coming up ahead, and they all rode three or four at a time, the team finally became a little vigilant, there was some low-pitched commotion, but they didn't make any movements.

But Zhao Mingzhi and others galloped past, passed the front army, and finally saw the long queue in the middle.

Sure enough, it was luggage.

There were more than a dozen mule carts, all of which were covered tightly with black oiled paper, and I don't know what was in them. At this time, there was no snow on the road, and it was frozen with ice and mud, which was very hard, but the wheels were still very heavy. Press out deep ruts.

At the end of the line was a water truck, because the oil paper was not tightly covered, revealing the cakes and other things wrapped in the cake cloth underneath, and there were more than a dozen jars of wine, which seemed to be their own rations when they were escorted.

Although the team there was long, in fact, there were at most 600 escort troops, and dozens of cavalry guards at the end, and the rest were civilians, totaling [-] people. It is thought that there are thousands of people.

However, with a dozen or so mule carts and hundreds of people guarding them, they are already considered heavy troops.

From the time they met each other, head on, until they passed by each other, the team didn't react much, allowing Zhao Mingzhi and his group of unknown origins, with more than one rider, to go away.

After running forward for a quarter of an hour, when the team leader was about to turn back, Zhao Mingzhi stopped him and said in a low voice, "Take another person."

He said again: "I don't think that army is very good, I'm afraid it's not enough, you ask the situation, leave one person to go with them, if...the others don't care so much, the blueprint must be burned."

(End of this chapter)