Number of People

  Chapter 2156 The guizi scroll goes deep into the tiger's den, and it is about to explode

  Duan Xipeng and his party increased their speed after bypassing Dong Ze.

  When he learned that more than tens of thousands of rebel troops had gathered outside Wenxi County, Duan Xipeng decisively ordered to cross Sushui ahead of time, avoiding Wenxi County as much as possible and rushing all the way south.

  However, because it is not a post road, it is no problem for horses and pedestrians to walk, but the carriage is much more troublesome.

This is the difficulty of carrying female relatives. If they have to walk very slowly, they can't go very far, but the carriage needs to choose a road, and many times it has to detour. Unable to withstand long-distance bumps.

   "Xia County is ahead." Duan Xipeng observed the barely visible city five miles ahead like a vulture. The scouts hadn't returned yet, so he didn't dare to go any further.

Wenxi County was already besieged, which shows how powerful the rebel army is. Not long after they captured the Yi clan, they went straight to Wenxi. It's very limited, only a few tens of miles away. If a rebel army comes across the river and meets them head-on, it will be troublesome.

"Well, it seems that Xia County has not fallen yet. Are we going to enter the city?" The soldiers could bear the bumps along the way, but the women's family members were enough. Look at the few who came down to rest earlier. They all wore hoods and curtains, but I could still feel that they were a bit overwhelmed.

"You can't enter the city, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave once you enter the city." Duan Xipeng sighed, "Don't wait for Ma San and the others, go around and go to Anyi. It's over."

   "But the ladies..." Feng Jinchang hesitated for a moment.

   "I can't take care of it anymore." This is not the time to be soft-hearted. If it really falls into the hands of the rebels, the governor will not be able to pay the ticket. Duan Xipeng shook his head: "Let's go!"

The group of people was divided into several groups, the infantry walked around the carriage, and the cavalry was divided into several small groups, either left or right, or front or back, keeping a distance of dozens of steps, and further away, there were sporadic sentries. Watch around.

  Just a few miles away, Ma San and the others caught up behind him.

"My lord, Xia County is still safe for the time being, but the gate of the city has been closed, you can't go in or out, and there are no traces of rebels around, and I didn't meet a few rebels until the edge of the Su River, probably crossing the river to look for prey. If you want to be the first to attack, there are people screaming in Wenxi County. The number of rebels is very large. We observed it across the river. It is estimated that there are at least five or six thousand people. They are divided into several divisions. Among them, cavalry About one or two hundred, the number is not much, and they are dressed differently, and they are not together, they should belong to different departments, and it is not easy to gather together."

Ma San is very observant, "But Wenxi is only 30 miles away from here. Once the rebel army wants to come, they will be there by crossing the river, so we can't stop here. It's better to bypass Anyi County in one go, Anyi County. It's too close."

   "Well, let's go." Duan Xipeng waved his hand, "Hurry up, don't stop, Wuxianding is in front of you, and Anyi County is twenty miles away."

Baoqin, who was being dizzy from being jolted in the carriage, barely sat upright with the support of the senior officer, endured the discomfort in her heart, sighed, and said with a smile: "This is Wu Xianding, it is said that it is Wu Xian In the hermitage, it is rumored that Wu Xian was the first to create the divination technique, using yarrow for divination to predict good and bad luck, I don’t know if Wu Xian was here today, would he be able to do divination and calculate the good and bad luck of our trip?"

  Speaking of Wuxian, Miaoyu knew about it, glanced at Baoqin, and said with a sneer: "You still have the leisure to tell jokes, don't you usually never believe in these ghosts about fate?"

Xue Baoqin also ignored the other party, and said to Xiuyan self-consciously: "This tossing can be regarded as a rare experience in our life. Even when we are old, we can brag about it. We have also experienced life and death. of."

"Sister, don't be pessimistic, that's not the case." Xiuyan didn't want Baoqin and Miaoyu to go online. The relationship between the two has always been delicate, and it was all thanks to her mediation, "I think Jiulang and the others are quite organized. After crossing Xia County, we will arrive at Anyi soon, as long as Anyi is not besieged by the rebel army, we will be able to reach Jiezhou safely."

"My sister can think about it, but I also heard from Shiro that even if you pass Anyi, it may not be safe, it depends on the size of the rebellion army. There are very few guards on the road from Puzhou to Wenxi, and it all depends on the strength of the people, but Because of the drought, the local security is not stable, and there are many dissatisfied people among the people, if they are bought by those rebels, they may not turn against each other,..."

  Bao Qin shook her head and sighed, but faced with this situation, she was helpless.

A group of people bypassed Wuxianding, which is a mixture of valleys and hills. A dry river channel extends far away along the mouth of the valley. It can be seen that the water volume of this river channel was not small a few years ago, but now it is Already dried up.

As soon as the speed increased, the carriage bumped violently, and several people could only hug each other tightly in the carriage. Fortunately, they prepared a lot of soft cushions when they left, and they could lean against them, but this feeling Same bad.

  Duan Xipeng couldn't care less. He hasn't found any traces of the enemy yet, which just proves that the large-scale rebellious army has not yet crossed the river.

  The total number of these rebellious troops is very large, and they belong to different leaders, so the control is very weak. How many people have crossed the river?

   But once you are entangled by these small groups of chaotic troops, it will become a very dangerous thing. These chaotic troops can call other chaotic troops to swarm in at any time.

  The only way is to stay away from this area as soon as possible to avoid being discovered and entangled by these chaotic troops.

What Duan Xipeng didn't know was that just after Ma San and the others left Xiaxian county town within a cup of tea time, a small group of rebels appeared at the gate of Xiaxian county city. It is still impossible for these small groups of chaos to succeed, and they can only look around for prey.

However, Duan Xipeng and his group made such a big movement, no matter on the road or through the fields, it was difficult to cover up the traces, and they were quickly detected by these rebels, like hyenas smelling blood, they immediately followed the path. Start to chase after him.

   There can be dozens of cavalry and carriages, no matter how you look at it, this is definitely a big prey worth outflanking and encircling.

Although I don't know what the role is, but many rebels are imagining, either it is a certain big family who wants to transfer the hidden property at home, or it is a certain dignitary in Beijing who is visiting in private , this naturally cannot be let go.

  Duan Xipeng didn't know this yet, but his intuition told him that the danger was approaching, so he could only speed up and escape.

Bypassing Xiaxian County and turning to the southwest, the scouts on Anyi haven't reported back yet, but Duan Xipeng still doesn't plan to enter Anyi City. Difficult to leave inside.

Shenghui Town, which is only a few miles away from Anyi City, is a place to choose. Joining the rebel army has not yet penetrated this area, so it is still possible to take a short break in Shenghui Town. He also knows a few The female relatives are already a bit overwhelmed.

The houses in Shenghui Town can be seen scattered along the road ahead, and there seems to be no one on the street. First, it is hot, and second, the law and order are not stable. The merchants should pack up and close their doors. I am afraid they have already hidden Of course, there are still some traders who want to lick blood to make money.

"There is the inspection department and the tax card over there?" Feng Jinchang urged his horse forward, looking at the largest building on the other side of the road, the archway, the gate, and the wall. The army has broken through the Yi clan, and even Wenxi and Xia county are not safe, so can Anyi be spared?"

Before Feng Jinchang finished speaking, he heard a piercing "Boom!", followed by a continuous "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!", and then the whole street rang out. A sort of incoherent yelling.

   "The bandits are coming, run!"

   "Hide! Bandits are coming!"

   Immediately afterwards, thick smoke ignited into the sky. It was obvious that someone had set fire to the house, and the sound of shouting and killing also came from different directions.

   "It's over!" Duan Xipeng's heart sank.

He is also an old soldier, and he knew at a glance that the rebel army surrounded Shenghui Town, and they did it quite beautifully. He was still wondering how the tax card was still safe and closed. It seems that the rebel army had planned it long ago. , or in other words, they left other places and came straight here, aiming at the inspection department and tax card of Shenghui Town.

  Feng Jinchang was also a little flustered, he didn't expect to encounter such a situation right now, "Withdraw?"

   "It's too late." Duan Xipeng stabilized his mind and looked around.

He realized that he had been negligent, so he only sent scouts to investigate the streets of Shenghui Town, and the scouts found nothing suspicious, but he didn't expect that the rebel army would come directly to encircle them, and they would wipe out the entire Shenghui Town and abandon it. Anyi County came straight to Shenghui Town. This gang of rebels seemed to be self-aware, but the more they were like this, the more dangerous they were.

   "Then what should we do?" Feng Jinchang was shocked, "Rush over?!"

"Yes, the only option is to rush over!" Now that the rebel army has appeared in the area of ​​Shenghui Town, it can be said that there is no safe place in the entire Anyi County. , go straight to Anyi County, or go to Siyancheng, Duan Xipeng made up his mind: "Go to Siyancheng!"

   "Secretary of Yancheng?" Feng Jinchang has not yet reacted.

   "Only Siyan City has a guard garrison. If the rebel army is determined to attack Anyi City, Anyi City cannot be defended, but Siyan City may be able to defend it."

   Duan Xipeng knew about this point, but at the beginning, he never thought about staying in Anyi, he just wanted to pass as soon as possible, so he didn't consider going to Yancheng, but now he has no choice.

  (end of this chapter)