Chapter 396 Jing Ye

As soon as the generals retreated in the spacious lobby, their murderous aura suddenly disappeared and became cold and solemn. Yang Ling looked at a corner of nothingness with his eyes, and after a while, he said lightly: "What's the matter?"

A general stood at the doorway near the doorpost, patrolling and trying to advance and retreat. He was tiptoing out. When he heard Yang Ling ask, he stopped and turned over and bowed: "Report to the Duke, and finally Liu Zhong, a thousand households of the left guard in Nanjing, have any secret matters to report to the Duke."

Yang Ling lowered his head slowly, frowned and said, "Confidential matter?"

"Yes!" Liu Qianhu's heart was pounding, but the personal soldier he saved was too seriously injured and was almost dead. God knows if anyone else in the world knows about this. Zhou Dean is already dead. If he doesn't explain it clearly at this time, wouldn't he be responsible for the great crime of deceiving the emperor?

Yang Ling said lightly: "What's the matter?"

Liu Qianhu licked his lips and said the matter stammeringly.

The one who killed Liu Liu and Yang Hu was rewarded was a decree of the emperor. Zhou De'an killed someone and made a great crime of deceiving the emperor. Especially the calmness of the mainland was not as good as the judicial chaos in the frontier. It was far from a big deal to kill a few emperors. Fang Xiucai had fame and fortune, and there were officials who were bigger than him in Nanjing. The risk was too great. Several personal soldiers felt compassion for the children he wanted to kill at that time. Zhou De'an did not dare to leave any handle, so he even killed four personal soldiers.

However, the personal soldier leaning against the window did not die at that time. After entering the water, he woke up. When Liu Qianhu was cleaning up his body, he found him in the river behind him and hurriedly asked someone to carry him out. The personal soldier was already dying and still told the matter intermittently.

After hearing this, Liu Qianhu wanted to throw him back into the water and drowned him alive. Why did this kind of bullshit incident make him meet? Zhou De'an was much older than his official position and asked him to sue Zhou De'an for a stranger Fang Xiucai. Liu Qian was always one hundred unhappy, but all the soldiers around him listened. He didn't have the ability of Zhou De'an to kill and silence him, so he had to bite the bullet and order people to find a car in the village, get a broken quilt, and put him on the car and carry him back.

On this road, he was worried about who should ask for an adult to report the matter. Unexpectedly, he heard that Zhou De'an died in battle, so there was no taboo now. People are in a favor, but who would still want to make a bad debt for him after he died. So even though he knew that the Duke was in a bad mood now, he had to take advantage of the fact that he had not yet died and quickly explained to Yang Ling to get rid of his own connections.

Yang Ling heard this. His face was calm. If he had heard such an angry behavior between humans and gods, he would have been furious. However, he was shocked too much today and could no longer make him angry. Yang Ling whispered: "I understand. I instruct your personal soldiers that this matter should not be revealed. Bangchui, take people to admit Zhou Dean's personal soldiers to confess. If the military doctor fails to have a medical skill, try to find some famous doctors in the city and save his life as much as possible."

Liu Qianhu nodded and retreated with Liu Dabangcui. Zhou De'an's evil deeds must be suppressed and the situation will be released before it can be announced. Otherwise, such evil deeds will inevitably have extremely bad effects in the hearts of the people of Jiangnan who rarely see killing people and seeking rewards from their families. The situation is now turbulent. We cannot seek a quick moment.

If Lian'er hadn't had her life or death now, and hearing about Zhou De'an's evil deeds, he would have greatly reduced his hatred for Hong Niang, but Yang Ling has not wavered at all. Yes, he felt guilty to Hong Niang, and this was the only woman whom he owed others morally. He also admired Hong Niang's generousness and loyalty very much, but this does not mean that he can tolerate any of Hong Niang's behavior.

Just like when he planned to kill Wang Jinglong, it doesn't matter how much he is sorry for him. If he wants to hurt his relatives and lovers, he will have to repay the other party ten times a hundred times. He will never be ruthless. The Hongniang has touched his bottom line, although she doesn't know who she is hurting.

Walking down the lobby, looking at the bright moon in the sky, thinking of the conversational daughter Du Zi Lian'er raised her. She still doesn't recognize her appearance. Yang Ling felt sad. She had never prayed to God. For the first time, Yang Ling put her palms together and prayed devoutly to God: "Master God, please bless Lian'er with peace and safety!"

Under the moonlight, Yang Ling stood for a long time, motionless. This night was destined to be an endless sleepless night for him.

Although there are thousands of troops by Sheyang Lake, it is quiet. The moonlight reflects the scales in the lake water, but the lake water on the shore is like a jumping flame, which is the reflection of the fire on the shore.

Hongniangzi and Zhao Caizi visited the wounded soldiers and counted the troops. As soon as they returned to the lakeside, Zhao Caizi looked tired and stared at the flashing fire in the lake and said softly: "The officers and soldiers are also very tired, but Yang Ling will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue them. At most, he will let the soldiers rest for one night and will definitely surround them tomorrow."

"What are you going to do? Scholar, can you still jump out this time?" asked the queen calmly. Her face was filled with strange brilliance, and she was revenge. Although she was extremely tired, she was extremely relaxed. Over the past few days, her father and so many uncles and brothers in the village, women, children, young and young, died like a huge rock that made her breathless.

It was all because of her own selfish intentions, the relatives who died indirectly at her hands, the blood, the fire, the deep debt. If it weren't for the great revenge and her own son, she would have been unable to bear it. Now she finally got her wish, and now she no longer cared about anything.

Her personal grudges were gone, but the White Army was defeated so badly that she could not leave morally. She also stared at the lake and was confused: "He and I have to keep fighting. Maybe it won't take long to stop me. I'll be chopped off my head. From childhood to adulthood, I have never cried. I don't know how many times have shed tears for him, but I don't know if he will shed a tear for me when I die?"

The Hong Madam thought silently, and a sad smile appeared on her lips.

"I sent four groups of people, and there will always be a group that can reach the riverside and send signals." Zhao Fengzi was depressed and took risks and speculation. The more profits they had, the greater the harm they had. His adventure failed, and the losses they brought were irreversible: "Fortunately, I still kept this last move. If they succeed, we still have a glimmer of hope of escaping."

"Then what? Where are we going?" The Hongniang opened her beautiful eyes, and her eyes were filled with confusion under the stars and moonlight: "It's all my fault that I interrupted randomly and agreed to come to Jiangnan and seize Nanjing City. If we listened to Mu Yun, we might not have lost everything when we went to Shaanxi."

Speaking of this, Hong Niangzi suddenly discovered that she was easily destroyed for Yangling. Her father and the relatives of the old village were killed and injured. However, in order to avenge her father, she seemed to have harmed Zhao Sui again. She couldn't help but feel regret.

Zhao Fengzi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Crossing the river south is a crazy idea, but look at Yang Ling's formation in Jiangnan, does it seem that he is not prepared? Now it seems that if we go to Shaanxi, it will be even worse. We now see that Shaanxi is conducive to our development, and we know the government and people's sentiments. People in the court know more than us, and they can see it better. Will Yang Ling have no arrangements in Shaanxi?"

The Hongniang was silent, Zhao Sui thought for a while and said, "If we successfully break through, we will first go west, make an stance to march into Shaanxi, and then go to a most impossible place."

"where?"

Zhao Crazy smiled, and the flames reflected his bright eyes. It looked a little crazy: "Hebei. Entering Taihang Mountains, the court is big, but because of its largeness, there are too many places that require force, and they have no financial resources to waste with us. During the Yongle period, the soldiers and horses were strong, and the Tartars outside the frontier fled, but Tang Sai'er could only hold on to the Shipeng Village in Qingzhou, Shandong for more than two months with only a few thousand men. Now the court cannot support the huge military expenditure. Once he enters the vast Taihang Mountains, he will be like looking for a needle in a haystack. But... If this plan is discovered by Yang Ling again..."

Zhao Sui said this and sighed worriedly. He suddenly saw a woman in white tied under a tree not far away. The fire next to her reflected her beautiful figure. Seeing that her clothes were white but not white, she couldn't help but ask, "Who is that woman?"

The Hongniang looked back and said, "When I led the troops to attack Nanjing City, I happened to see this woman coming with four family generals at the intersection. She also injured my fourth uncle with the continuous arrow technique. I captured her and handed it over to my local personal soldiers. Unexpectedly, Zhou De'an led the troops back, so he didn't have time to deal with her. Seeing that the woman was dressed in luxury and had extraordinary skills, the fourth uncle thought that she was an important figure in the city, so he brought her here, hoping to be a hostage at a critical moment."

Zhao Crazy heard this and shook his head and said, "Your fourth uncle is really a bandit-like style, is it a tying ticket? It's really hard for him. In the Wanma army, he actually got his hostage back. Who did you tie up? How could Yang Ling let go? He didn't think that the prince of Sichuan was taken as a hostage."

Zhao Fengzi sighed and turned around and wanted to leave. Suddenly, he moved his heart again, turned around slowly, looked at Ma Lian'er carefully, and said to Hong Niangzi: "This person may be really an official and wealthy family. Haven't questioned her yet? Well... don't ask."

"What?" Hong Niangzi said in surprise without understanding Zhao Qianzi's intention.

"Do you still want to be a strange product? She is dressed in luxury and has family and generals. The family must be either rich or noble. Such a person can use it. If she really asks about her identity, it will be suspicious."

Zhao Crazyman lowered his voice and quietly gave instructing him. The Hong Maid said in surprise: "My fourth uncle? He... is thick-handed and big-footed, and a reckless man. Can he do it?"

Zhao Caizi nodded: "The more people who don't look like they can't lie, the more likely they are to lie. Seeing that the woman looks smart, she is not a good person. Only a rough person like your fourth uncle can speak the words that she can believe in her."

The Hongniang nodded and said, "Okay, I will act according to my plan. I hope this woman can really come in handy."

Watching Hong Niang leave, Zhao Fengzi looked at the soldiers who were tilting around the fire, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes. Zhongtiaoshan successfully broke through, making Zhao Fengzi, who was independently commanding such a big battle for the first time, was proud. After taking power alone, he couldn't help but become proud and complacent. He not only underestimated Yang Ling's ability, but also overestimated his ability with Yang Hu, Liu Liu and others.

After entering Jiangnan, although he unexpectedly discovered that Yang Ling secretly organized a strong cavalry team, it was already like a horseback. The other two armies had already been launched, so he could only try his best.

After instructing Hong Niangzi to lead the light cavalry to take a detour to Nanjing, he divided into three groups. Zhao Hao led the army from Maojiaqiao and Shaozhuang to attack the left wing of Yangling. Zhao Pan led the army along the way, halfway to the back of Yangling, and he led the rest of his troops to face the enemy head-on, hoping to make the Yangling army, which was attacked from both sides, quickly defeating him on the shore of Taihu Lake, and then rushing to Nanjing for assistance.

However, after Yangling's horse exploration received news of the three attacks, Yangling boldly adopted the blitzkrieg technique of concentrating troops and defeating them one by one. With the help of several routes, I went all the way, and suddenly all the troops were arranged, leaving behind the enemy on the front and the enemy on the left wing, and relying on the Taihu on the right wing, intercepting Zhao Pan who was preparing to circumnavigate towards his rear formation. He caught him off guard, destroyed Zhao Pan's troops with superior forces, and then attacked the enemy on the left wing. At this time, they attacked Zhao Hao from the flank.

Intentionally making movement. Zhao Shui, who was advancing with great fanfare to attract Yang Ling's attention, rushed forward when he heard the news. He was greeted by Zhao Hao's defeated army. The defeated soldiers in his own land first disrupted the formation. Xu Tai and Jiangbin's men and horses were as powerful as rainbows, like tigers swallowing sheep, and then they came over. The division of troops turned into a self-destructive reduction. Zhao Shui was both angry and regretful.

He originally intended to defeat Yangling and rush to Nanjing to help. Now he is not only dragged by Yangling, but also at a disadvantage. Yangling can concentrate on fighting with him in Taihu Lake, but he is concerned about the situation in Nanjing. This battle is dawn. I expected that Hongniang had already taken a detour to attack Nanjing. Zhao Crazy then fought and retreated, and rushed all the way to Nanjing. Unexpectedly, the other two armies had not arrived. The trick of cheating the city and robbing the gate was discovered and ended up in such a field.

Zhao Madman wandered silently in silence. Occasionally, a few moans came from resting officers and soldiers, trying to keep calm. As soon as he bypassed the two wounded soldiers, he saw a few people holding torches in front of him. The first one was Zhao Pan who was sent to the riverside to contact him. Zhao Madman hurriedly met him.

"Second brother, is there any news from the other side?" Zhao Caizi couldn't wait to say, and at the same time he pulled Zhao Pan and pulled him to a hidden place, preventing the news that his subordinates were inconvenient to hear.

"Brother, I didn't break through the way. I saw several military camps halfway up the way. Although there were not many people, we were even smaller and didn't dare to break through. There were either villages or lakes next to them. I had to go around dozens of miles. I couldn't break through, so I had to come back first. However, we captured two officers and soldiers and found out some news about the other two people.

Liu Qi encountered strong winds in the country, and had lost most of the losses before fighting. Now he led more than 2,000 remaining soldiers and was surrounded on Phoenix Ridge. Both sides were exhausted, one guarding the mountain and the other surrounded the mountain. Now he could not stand stalemate. Yang Hu's army was completely disbanded, and there were all remnants and defeated soldiers everywhere. Only Li Yeyin ran away with more than 3,000 cavalry along the way. He wanted to slip away by himself while Yang Hu was fighting with others, but he was not in a good way. Now he fled eastward and was blocked in the Golden Mountain."

Zhao Sui didn't know about these two places. After hearing Zhao Pan say it, he roughly pointed out the direction. He still had countless thoughts about the specific path and distance. He had just raised his mind to gather the remaining soldiers, strengthen his strength, and work together to meet the enemy. Now the battle is really blind and blind, and they are fighting for their own battles.

This place is different from Zhongtiao Mountain where Zhao Sui has been operating for a long time. He has no knowledge of the situation and no information channels. Zhao Sui's thought of running away comes to his mind. Now he only hopes that the four troops sent can reach the scheduled location and contact the other side of the river. However, even so, he is still unsure whether he can escape.

Looking at the boundless night, in the dark, there were countless officers and soldiers from the court eyeing the place, and Zhao Caizi couldn't help but sigh.

By the lake, the Hong Madam knelt on the shore and bowed to the north.

Cheng Laoshi stood aside, waited for her to bow three times, and helped her up and said, "Ying'er, don't be sad, now you have to take revenge. Your father and our old village can rest in peace even if they die."

The Hong Madam wiped away the tears from her face and whispered: "Uncle Second, all this is my fault. It was my advice to accept the invitation that caused everyone..., you never blame me, but I know that this is my fault."

Cheng Laoshi gently patted her shoulder and said, "Silly child. Why blame you? If we do this business and choose this path, life and death will be based on fate and we cannot blame others. Accepting the amnesty is also about living a quiet life. If everyone doesn't want to, your father and a few uncles will agree with you? Don't take everything into yourself."

The red lady looked at the wafts of the water. The evening breeze blowing from the lake lifted her hair. The hair was blowing on her cheeks wet with tears, as chaotic as her mood. She bit her lip and suddenly said, "Uncle Second, our wish has been fulfilled. Now the white-clothed army has ended up like this. If we leave after using it, we will not be human. I will help the scholar, keep him to the Taihang Mountains, and then we will go far away. We will fight the country and live in the world. I won't interfere with that matter. Uncle Second, do you agree?"

Cheng Laoshi sighed and smiled bitterly: "You silly girl, the boss was thinking about rebelling at the time, but you didn't look at it... Seeing Yang Hu unified the green forest in the north, and then listened to Liu Shenxian's bragging? Later, we rebelled. What was that? Isn't it just to find Zhou De'an, who holds heavy troops? He sits in the world? When we really conquer the country, we are two feet tall in the graves."

He nodded and said, "You are right. We are ignorant of the big words and licking blood from the knife. People look down on us, but we have our own rules of being a human being, and this morality must be said. If we break through, we will protect Zhao Sui to the north. It can be considered as the ultimate righteousness..."

The Hongniang nodded and said, "Uncle Second, go and take care of our brothers. I'm not in the way."

Cheng Laoshi nodded and turned around and left. Hongmao looked at the lake for a long time before returning to the shore. She slowly walked under the big tree. Her ground horse leaned over and rubbed her shoulder affectionately. Hongmao patted the horse's head and then walked under the tree.

Ma Lian'er was tied to a tree, and her bright eyes were staring at the master who captured herself alive. After a moment, she suddenly asked, "Are you a woman?"

The Hongmao nodded and pulled the horoscope on her lips. Ma Lian'er took a breath and said, "I know who you are, Hongmao! The thief Yang Kuohu."

The Hong Madam suddenly smiled and said, "You are right, it's me! You don't seem to be afraid of me?"

Ma Lian'er raised her eyebrows and said, "I'm afraid of you? Because you caught me?"

The Hongniang shook her head gently, her eyes narrowed dangerously, and said in a deep voice: "You also know that we are bandits and thieves who do all kinds of evil. Are you not afraid that I will take you..., huh?"

Ma Lian'er suddenly laughed. Her smile was so vivid. Even the beautiful lady, the queen, couldn't help but be stunned. Ma Lian'er laughed and said, "I'm afraid of how you are? Are you afraid of giving me to those men to rape me or to dismember the body?"

Although Hong Niang was a bandit, she was still embarrassed to say this. However, she didn't expect that Ma Lian'er would say it for her indifferently, and couldn't help but be stunned.

Ma Lian'er smiled in her eyes and said, "You can't even scare people. One woman uses violence to scare another woman unless she is crazy, but as far as I know, Hong Niangzi is not that kind of person."

The corner of the Hongniang's mouth curled and said, "I didn't expect that I, a rebel who is a traitor, have a really good reputation."

"Your reputation is already good, and not all the people who are bandits are thieves. Among the people in the officialdom, some people are still thieves. They are thieves with bad intentions. They harm the people more than anyone else and are cruel. Whether they are thieves is not the standard for judging whether a person is good or bad, nor is it the reason for whether they should be killed."

Ma Lian'er said calmly: "But you are a thief, why bother to be enemies with the world? First, I made a mistake. The court recruited peace, but I missed the opportunity. Another mistake. Now you are at the end of your journey. Don't you plan for yourself?"

"It's over here, I can only fight to the death. What else can I plan? The court is willing to recruit you again?"

Ma Lian'er shook her head regretfully and said, "It's impossible. After such a big battle, the court will not attract peace after fighting until the current situation."

The red lady said, "That's it, why are you talking about this nonsense?"

Ma Lian'er smiled and said, "Why is it too much to talk? Although it is impossible to recruit you, you are not helpless if you want to stop the horse. You, and these people around you, these brothers who follow you through life and death. Even if you are not afraid of death, don't you plan for them?"

The Hongniang was slightly moved and blurted out, "What's the solution?"

Ma Lian'er looked around and whispered: "Murder to make meritorious service!"

Seeing that Hong Niangzi was silent, Ma Lian'er whispered again: "You are from the Cui family's mountain village, but Zhao Fengzi is Bazhou Xiangma, and he was not..."

Speaking of this, she suddenly stopped talking. The Hongmao said coldly: "Why don't you continue talking?"

Ma Lian'er sighed softly: "You tell me with your eyes that you won't do this."

The Hongniang smiled and said, "You are very smart. If you don't stop, I will really kill you with one sword. I have accepted the amnesty, but the result is that my father and many people in the village were killed after being trapped by the officers and soldiers. I don't want to fight any country. For revenge, I joined the White Army. Now my great revenge is avenged. If Zhao Crazy Zi becomes rich, I can leave. They are in trouble, so I have to accompany me. I can't tell any big truth. I only know that I am a woman, but since I was a child, I have to live like a man."

She said, but turned around, but slowly turned around and said, "You are very beautiful, very smart, and have good martial arts skills. Judging from your outfit, you should be a wealthy daughter. You have been soaked in honey water since you were a child. You will not understand that people like us, marrying individuals, taking care of husbands and children. That is your fate. And we have to fight for everything by ourselves, whether it is a man or a woman."

With a "choking" sound, the sword light flashed, and the rope on Ma Lian'er's body broke in response. The Hongniang slowly returned the sword to the sheath, and said with ease: "You hurt my people. I originally wanted to deal with you well, but I just said to you, "Are you a thief? It's not a standard to determine the good or bad of a person." It was a fair word for the robbers who are not ashamed of us. I Hongniang let you go."

Ma Lian'er rubbed her swollen wrists tied up and said in surprise: "You... really let me go?"

"Hmph! Will I give you an arrow from behind!"

Ma Lian'er was both surprised and happy. Since she knew that the people who caught her were Zhao Crazy and Hong Niangzi, she knew that she would not be humiliated. The intelligence system she mastered had a good understanding of the three white-clothed troops.

Zhao Suizi regarded himself as chivalrous, and he was forced to join the gang because his wife was almost humiliated, so he hated the lewd people the most. The invasion of women in his army cut off their stomachs and cut off their hearts and used extremely strict punishments. After Hong Niang joined the gang, no one dared to violate this ban. As for being executed, it fell into their hands, they could only accept it calmly.
To be continued...