Xie Ming

Chapter 129 Return from the Mountain
Hu Chen was so excited that his head got hot and he forgot himself and even said that he wanted to establish his own regime here.

Peizhong, Minglu and others were direct descendants of Xiao Jingchuan, so they would not be offended by what he said and could still laugh and chat happily.

But Generals Liu Wenbing and Gong Yonggu, who were surrounded together, looked a little embarrassed.

After all, what they want are different. For these two people, the most important thing at the moment is to protect the prince to go south and ascend the throne!
If there is no Prince Ming, the titles and identities of the two of them would be meaningless. So, despite all the dangers and difficulties, they must escort the Prince south. This is what they must do and no compromise or negotiation is allowed!
Regardless of whether these two are truly loyal and brave and are dedicated to protecting their master, or whether they can gain more benefits by going to Nanjing for their merits in defending the king and their own titles, in short, going south is imperative!
So now, hearing Li Huchen's nonsense about separatism, the two generals kept silent, with embarrassed and unhappy expressions on their faces, and looked up to see what Xiao Lang was doing.

At this moment, Xiao Jingchuan actually wanted to use this incident to observe the thoughts of the generals.

After seeing Hu Chen's speech, the situation became awkward for a while, so he raised his eyes to look at Qiu Zhizhong, thinking about how to help Hu Chen take back the words!

"Hu Chen, you are drifting!"

"What? You're not going to Nanjing?"

"With just the amount of manpower we have, you want to take the prince back to Beijing?!"

In order to get all the generals to be of one mind, Xiao Jingchuan intended to make up for it, but he did not see through Hu Chen's straightforward temper and wanted to explain further.

Looking at this silly Hu Chen, Xiao Lang was speechless. He had no choice but to wave his hand and interrupt the conversation to end the topic as soon as possible.

"Okay, okay, I'll make arrangements for what's to come in advance!"

"Currently, there are more new recruits in the army, but they lack training."

"So after returning to Jiulong Town this time, the most important thing for us is to train our troops!"

"By then, all your units will be expanded. You must seize the time and train your troops!"

"Teach these recruits some skills as soon as possible! Do you understand?!" Xiao Lang ordered.

"Yes! Yes!" The generals accepted the order.

"Also, the reason why we made such a big circle around Sanpojie."

"Actually, I'm just waiting for an opportunity to go south!"

"The end of April!"

"Our entire army is marching to Baoding Prefecture!"

"There's going to be a big fight there, I'm sure!"

"If we can win, we can turn to Shandong and then go to Nanjing. There will be no more obstacles!"

"But if we can't win, then we will have no choice but to stay here and wait for the troops from the four towns in Jiangbei that came from Nanjing to come and rescue us!"

"So, whether it's a mule or a horse, we'll see the truth in half a month!"

"Whether you can train your soldiers well will determine the life and death of the entire army in this battle!"

"You understand!"

"Yes! Yes!" the generals responded with the order again.

"By the way, Feiyu (Qiu Zhizhong), and you, we will start the reconnaissance work in Baoding and Mancheng after we return to Jiulong Town!"

"Increase the efforts! Plan first, know yourself and your enemy!" Xiao Jingchuan said.

"Yeah, I understand!" Zhizhong replied.

Just as Xiao Lang gave the order and the generals were about to receive it, a report came from the foot of the mountain.

"General?!"

"Where is the general?"

Hearing the voice, he looked at Changting, and Xiao Jingchuan hurried back.

"Changting!"

"Here I am!"

As he spoke, Gu Changting rushed to the generals, panting heavily.

"Oh, General, I'm so tired!"

"General Gu Changting is leading the team back to the camp!" Changting did not forget the etiquette and came closer to report.

"Haha, I'm glad you're back!"

"You look so anxious. What's going on? Are the pursuers catching up with us?" Xiao Jingchuan asked quickly after seeing the situation.

Hearing this, Changting waved his hand, took the water bag handed to him by Peizhong, took two quick gulps, and continued.

"Ah? No, not yet!"

"When I gathered five teams of scouts and evacuated from Laishui, I saw that more than a thousand enemy troops coming from the south had already entered Laishui City!"

"Although there is no movement down the mountain yet!" "But, General, I think the enemy won't be able to stay in Laishui City for too long, they will definitely find their way here and chase us!"

"We're not safe here!"

"Let's set out at night and walk into the mountain first!"

"Don't wait for the enemy to come after you, or you'll be in a passive position!"

Changting's urgent discussion was very reasonable.

Xiao Jingchuan then did not want to delay any longer, and hurriedly stood up and began to give orders.

"Everyone, return to your headquarters and lead your soldiers to march immediately!"

"Don't fucking sleep tonight!"

"We will march quickly to the middle section of the Shiguishan-Beituo line, and then to the Dongpo land 40 miles away!"

"Xu Jizu! You lead the way ahead, and move quickly!"

"After the whole army reaches Dongpo, we will rest and regroup!"

"quick!"

"set off!"

"Yes, yes! Yes!" The generals took the order seriously and returned to their units to prepare for the march!
April 0th, 30:.

After Yu Tanzhi and his troops realized that the suspected troops in the southeast had been deceived, they marched north and directly into Laishui City!

After arriving in the city, they learned detailed information about Xiao Jingchuan from the captured soldiers of Qian Chuanzi's troops who were stranded in the city.

Yu Tanzhi was furious and furious!

At seven quarters past midnight, the troops marched out of the north of the city again, following the trail to the foot of Shigui Mountain!

At the beginning of the first hour of the Chinese New Year (1:15 a.m.), Yu Tanzhi led his troops to start searching the mountain!
Two moments later, they found the temporary camping site of Xiao Jingchuan's troops halfway up the mountain in the southwest.

Yu Tanzhi arrived with his soldiers and stood beside the fire where Xiao Lang had chatted with the generals.

Yu Tanzhi leaned over and picked up a handful of burnt wood ash on the ground, which had already lost its temperature.

"Report——"

"Report!"

"General Yu!"

"As we head southwest, the mountain road becomes steeper and steeper, and the key trails become increasingly difficult to find!"

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid our brothers can't pursue the enemy any further!"

"General, let's retreat back to Laishui City for now."

"Tomorrow, when it's bright, we can send soldiers into the mountains to look for the traces!"

Beside Yu Tanzhi, someone came running over to report the news. He was speechless and had a worried look on his face.

"Huh! Tomorrow?!"

"Damn it, will these thieves wait there for you to catch them tomorrow?"

"They can do it at night, but you can't?!"

"You bastard! Do you believe that I will chop you up right now as a sacrifice?"

When Yu Tanzhi heard his subordinates' excuses, he became furious and lost his temper!
"Hey, General! Calm down, calm down!"

"According to what I said, we may not be able to achieve anything in this mountain tonight!"

"In that case, we might as well return to the city quickly. Laishui County is the key to this matter!"

"Think about it, General. The current situation is that the silver in Baoding Prefecture was robbed, and the Qian Qianzong of Laishui City was completely lost, and the Qian Zong was killed!"

"Neither of these two things has anything to do with us specifically, but they are actually very related!"

"According to what the captured soldiers of General Qian of Laishui said, they had a conflict with Liu Heizi, a subordinate of Liu Zongmin!"

"Then, we must let General Liu (Liu Fangliang) know about the matter of Laishui City as soon as possible, otherwise something unexpected might happen!"

In front of Yu Tanzhi, his aide twirled his goatee and pretended to be sophisticated.

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