The author said: The signing was finally successful. Although it is only a small step, it is also the first brick of success! I hope you all will continue to support and advise!
-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ----
Qiu Yizhi walked through half of the military camp and walked towards his tent. From a distance, he saw a man squatting at the entrance of the military tent, holding a branch in his hand and scratching something on the muddy ground.
This Youyan army has always had strict military discipline, and no one has ever dared to be so presumptuous in front of a senior officer's tent. Yi Zhi knew without a guess that this man must be Zhao Heizi who was waiting for him. So he walked forward quickly and shouted: "Brother Zhao Hei, why are you here?"
Zhao Heizi heard someone calling him, put aside the branch in his hand, stood up, followed the direction of the sound and looked far away, and saw a young officer walking towards him, and then he recognized that he was the person he had been asking for so much. Qiu Yizhi on the day couldn't help but be overjoyed. He stepped forward to greet him, looked at him for a long time and then sighed: "I haven't seen you for a few years, little brother. I didn't expect that such a talent would turn out!"
Qiu Yi saw that Zhao Heizi had become a very strong man after not seeing him for several years. The waistcoat hanging casually on his body could no longer cover his strong muscles. He was just much darker than when they parted, so he smiled and said : "In the Zhao family, your brother Zhao Hei had the most straightforward temper before. I didn't expect that he would flatter others now."
Zhao Heizi scratched his head and said with a bit of a silly smile: "Things have changed a long time ago. My little brother was still starving in the ruined temple at that time, but now he is the adopted son of the dignified King Youyan..."
"Brother Zhao Hei, what are you talking about? I am still me and you are still you. How can you say such things?" Yizhi said as he let Zhao Heizi into the tent, and then said, "If Brother Zhao Hei had listened back then, Just a word of advice, follow my adoptive father to Youyan, maybe you can become a general!"
Zhao Heizi sighed and said: "I didn't think so much at that time. The farmer just wanted to live a life of one-third of an acre at home... not to mention taking care of my mother and Mr. Zhao."
"Oh, by the way, how are your parents and Mr. Zhao now?" Yizhi asked.
"Alas!" Zhao Heizi sighed heavily, "Don't mention it, it's so annoying to mention!"
"Don't worry, Brother Hei, please sit down and speak slowly." After saying that, he asked Zhao Heizi to sit down and poured him a glass of water himself.
This Zhao Heizi was quite honest. He took the water carelessly, drank half a glass of it, and said, "It starts back when Prince Youyan was providing disaster relief in Henan... At that time, you and I were not pretending to be victims of the disaster. Were you working in the soup kitchen to investigate the case? I remember we caught a few corrupt officials. You didn't know that someone had been targeting us for a long time. If those corrupt officials weren't afraid of the prince, they might have killed us later. I went back to the north with the prince, but those shameless gang came to our Zhaodai and beat me half to death. My mother held them back and was kicked in the chest. She died within a few days. "It's useless to report to the officials. They are all protected by officials. They are too fat to wear a pair of pants. Mr. Zhao couldn't take a breath and died like this..." When Zhao Heizi said this, his eyes were full of tears.
Qiu Yizhi didn't expect that the officialdom in Henan was so dirty and the officials were so vile. He secretly made up his mind that one day he would have the power in his hands and he would kill them all! Thinking of this, a murderous look flashed in his eyes, then he restrained himself and continued to ask: "What happened next?"
"What happened later... Of course the land couldn't be cultivated. It would be too cowardly to go to Prince Youyan when I had no choice but to join a big brother in the village and become bandits, robbing families and homes. It would be quite satisfying."
"What! Brother Hei, have you entered Tianzun Cult?" Qiu Yizhi asked in shock.
"Hahaha!" Zhao Heizi laughed heartily, "Little brother, where are you thinking? If I followed the Tianzun Sect and these people, would I still dare to come to your place?"
Yi Zhi thought: What's the problem? You are truly a Tianzun cult bandit, and I can also keep you safe. Without saying anything, he stood up and refilled Zhao Heizi's empty tea cup with water, and listened to him continue talking.
"I am just joining a group of ordinary bandits on Yunmeng Mountain. The leader is called Huayyan Leopard."
"The bandit leader dares to call this name, he must be highly skilled in martial arts and flexible." Yizhi continued.
After hearing this, Zhao Heizi grinned and said, "This guy's martial arts skills are very poor, but when it comes to 'flowers', he is indeed pretty good. I had only been up the mountain for a few days, and then I realized that he was a flower-picking thief." I am a farmer, and I know that falling grass in the mountains is an evil act of God, and that ruining a good woman is an evil act of my own. I kindly advised him not to harm his moral character, but he wanted to kill me. I was desperate, and I had no choice, so I simply challenged him. Get up. Speaking of which, this dazzling leopard was killed by me in one fell swoop. There was no leader on this mountain. Everyone saw that I was strong, so they elected me to be the leader."
After hearing this, Qiu Yizhi patted his thigh and exclaimed: "I didn't expect Brother Zhao Hei to have such a method. No wonder when he broke into the Zhao family's yard, Brother Hei showed no fear in the face of more than a dozen villagers. He turned out to be a born hero. How proud!”
After hearing this, Zhao Heizi smiled honestly and said, "My little brother is teasing me! I am just a farmer. If you want to be a hero, I don't think there is anyone else in the world except Prince Youyan."
Yi Zhi did not expect that his adoptive father would have such a reputation among the people. He changed his expression with respect and said, "Brother Hei, what he said makes sense!" But he did not dare to say another word to evaluate Zheng Rong's achievements and talents.
Zhao Heizi didn't know the taboo here, and continued: "I think so. Since the brothers on the mountain have recommended me to be the eldest brother, I don't want to delay their future. Thinking of becoming a robber is not a long-term solution, I have to find something. You have a good family background. I happened to hear that King Youyan sent his son to Henan to suppress the rebellion. I didn't know if it was you, my little brother, so I went down to the mountain to find out. I didn't expect that there was actually one in this military camp. Your Highness, Prince Yi, has been waiting here for three days before I can see you."
At this point, Qiu Yizhi already understood what Zhao Heizi was thinking - to put it more harshly, he was looking for a way to be recruited, so he said: "What Brother Zhao Hei said is true. After all, being loyal to the country is the way to go. Right now. It was the time of employment, and my adoptive father also expressed great appreciation for Brother Hei that day. Knowing that you wanted to work for Youyan, there was absolutely no reason why he would not allow it!"
Zhao Heizi was very excited after hearing this, with a smile on his face and said: "My brothers on the mountain said that although the Youyan army has high military pay, they have never heard of recruiting bandits. Don't say it, I am still a kid. Brothers are loyal!”
After hearing this, Yi Zhi smiled and said: "What they said is true. The discipline of our Youyan army is very strict. I hope Brother Hei can restrain it carefully. When the military discipline is violated, I will show off my face, little brother, and it will be in vain." It would be a pity to lose your life.”
"This is nature, this is nature!"
When Qiu Yizhi saw that Zhao Heizi agreed, he added: "There is an urgent military situation at the moment. I hope that Brother Hei can surrender here within five days. If the time is not met, there may be another change, and it will be hard to say then." ”
"Okay. I can make a round trip from this village in four days. Five days is enough!" Zhao Heizi agreed immediately.
Qiu Yizhi felt that he had said too much and could no longer tell the whole story about Youyan's army's plan to return today, so he asked Zhao Heizi to go back to the mountain to reorganize his troops that night. After the matter was over, Qiu Yizhi was already exhausted, so he fell asleep in his clothes.
When I woke up, it was already three o'clock in the morning. I quickly washed and changed clothes, and went to the Chinese army's tent to co-chair the retreat with Wei Hu. Just halfway through, they met Zheng Miao and Cui Nan who had just arrived.
It turned out that Zheng Miao was worried that something would happen to his adopted brother, so he took three hundred elite soldiers, loaded Tianzun's teaching books in a special car, and rushed to the base camp at high speed. He was much more attentive than Qiu Yizhi. On the way, he saw Cui Nan and his party who had set off half a day early. After reporting the situation, the two armies merged into one and arrived at the same time.
The three of them came to the Chinese army's tent together, and saw Wei Hu making arrangements for the retreat to several junior officers whose faces they had only seen but whose names they had not heard. When the generals in the tent saw the three people coming in, they all stood up and saluted. After careful questioning, they found out that Wei Hu had arranged for the three thousand soldiers and more than ten thousand prisoners in the rear camp to retreat to Youyan Road.
Cui Nan, Zheng Miao and Qiu Yi, all of whom were either experienced in military affairs or extremely smart, did not even notice that the rear camp was making such a big move. They all admired General Wei Hu's organizational skills. Worthy of being known for its solid defense and watertight defense!
So the four people discussed and listened to Wei Hu's orders and quickly completed the matter. Wei Hu loved giving orders the most, so he worked hard and took care of the work in every detail. The other three were not idle either, patrolling around from time to time, rectifying military discipline, and checking for leaks and filling gaps.
In this way, finally on the fifth day, all the troops and prisoners will be withdrawn to Youyan Road. All the generals and officers in the army, starting from Cui Nanwei, were very happy to see that such a difficult task had been solved. It was like winning a battle. Only Qiu Yi had to wait for Zhao Heizi to come and surrender. Every extra day she waited made her more anxious, fearing that Zhao Heizi would miss the opportunity and never have the chance to meet again.
Finally, at noon on the fifth day, Zhao Heizi led a group of thieves with about twenty or thirty people and arrived as promised.
The place they went to was originally a huge camp. Among them, nearly 200,000 officers, soldiers and prisoners were stationed and guarded, and the mountains and fields were covered with tents. Unexpectedly, within a few days, most of the countless military tents were evacuated, leaving only less than ten tents that could be counted on one's fingers. This surprised Zhao Heizi, and he dismounted and exchanged greetings with Qiu Yi. After a few words, he asked: "Little brother, where is this Youyan army? If we want to fight, don't forget to let us brothers take the lead!"
Qiu Yizhi didn't answer, but asked: "Didn't Brother Hei say he would be back in four days? Why did he arrive now? I'm so worried about waiting."
Zhao Heizi sighed and said: "Time is urgent. I entered the stronghold. I only briefly explained to the brothers that I would burn the stronghold with fire and come over to join the army. But most of the brothers were reluctant to part with their belongings, and I couldn't do it either. Cruel, I only took these twenty-six confidants to join my little brother."
General Qiu Yi looked at the twenty-odd people following Zhao Heizi several times, and saw that they were all strong and strong, with big shoulders and round waists, and they were all powerful soldiers. I thought to myself: The saying that people of the same kind flock together and birds of a feather flock together is indeed true. No one who befriended Zhao Heizi was a cunning or cunning person.
Because they had to wait for Zhao Heizi to surrender, Qiu Yi's troops were actually the last to retreat in the camp, shouldering the heavy responsibility of breaking up the rear. Fortunately, all the baggage and prisoners had been evacuated with the army, leaving only a few hundred elite soldiers. So Qiu Yi ordered all the troops to break camp and set off, following the large group of people to the north.
Without the burden of baggage or prisoners, the group moved extremely quickly and arrived at the Hutuo River at dusk. I saw countless troops and prisoners densely scattered along the river. Several pontoon bridges had been erected on the Hutuo River, which reflected the setting sun like a jade belt.
After passing the floating bridge, you will reach Youyan Road. Qiu Yizhi stood on the slope of the river on his horse and looked far into the distance. He saw several officers who seemed familiar to him and were greeting the soldiers and civilians crossing the river. Due to the orderly command, although there were many people who needed to cross the river, the operation was quite smooth. Half of the people and horses had already crossed the river.
It was already June, and the cauliflower flood was imminent. At that time, the calm Hutuo River will turn into a violent wild horse, and no one can cross his back. I wonder if Zheng Xin and Zheng Miao, who are hundreds of miles away, can cross the river before the flood season arrives. (To be continued)