At this time, Wang Zongshi and Hua Zhonglong also rushed over. The Hua Zhonglong smiled while patting his chest, "Cui Hu! You just lied to me too. Hahahaha! Let me just say it. , You kid is the person who served as the chief guard next to your Majesty, how could it not be so useful."
Cui Hu smiled bitterly and said to Hua Zhonglong: "Don't talk coldly, I was just a little bit close. It is this kid who is eager to take revenge, and will fall into my plan. If he is more calm, I I'm afraid it will definitely be defeated." When Cui Hu said this, he glanced at Wang Ziping under his sword, with a complicated expression in his eyes.
Wang Ziping saw an expression of pity in the other's eyes, obviously he wanted to let his own way out. He rushed towards the group of soldiers. When the soldiers saw it, they immediately stopped them with weapons. But the prince ran into the soldiers' countless weapons all his life.
With dozens of weapons hung on his body, one staggered, Wang Ziping could no longer stand, and immediately fell to the ground. However, Wang Ziping's eyes were always staring at Cui Hu. Despite the continuous bleeding in his mouth, he still said intermittently: "I would rather die than owe you!" After these few words, Wang Ziping's eyes Once closed, there was no breath.
Kneeling halfway by Wang Ziping's side, Cui Hu was silent when he looked at Wang Ziping's eyes that he would not close until he died. He did not reach out to close his eyes for Wang Ziping, but sighed, stood up and said to the soldiers on the left and right: "Send his corpse under the city wall." After that, Cui Hu turned and left.
As for the death of Wang Ziping, all the generals on the front of the city also saw it really. Liu Hua and others on the city wall shouted Wang Ziping’s name, all with red eyes, if not Zhao Guang suppressed them, and they were afraid that they would immediately go out of the city to avenge Wang Ziping.
Zhao Guang's complexion was not much better. After all, Wang Ziping was also his comrade-in-arms. Seeing that Wang Ziping was dead, Zhao Guang felt very uncomfortable. However, Zhao Guang understood his responsibilities and did not allow himself to be emotional, so he took a few deep breaths and calmed the anger in his heart.
Afterwards, he shouted to the generals in a deep voice: "Okay! Everyone cheer up, Ziping's death cannot be in vain. We will definitely avenge Ziping. And now, our primary goal is to defend Nanxiong Zhoucheng. Bai He Xing has already left the city to ask Gao'an for help. As long as Gao'an's army arrives, we will be able to launch a counterattack. At that time, we will naturally have the opportunity to avenge Ziping."
Zhao Guang's words made the generals refreshed, and everyone shouted loudly, and even the soldiers on the head of the city were full of morale. Looking at the situation of the soldiers around him, Zhao Guang's face was also full of excitement, as if he was also infected by the morale of the soldiers, but in Zhao Guang's heart, he was secretly worried. After fighting the Song Army for so many years, Zhao Guang knows the Song Army better. This time the Song Army aggressively invaded, he obviously has a certainty of victory. Then Bai Hexing can successfully invite the reinforcements from Gaoan. On this point, Zhao Guang himself was not sure. Of course, these Zhao Guang wouldn't say it, that would only be a mere blow to the morale of the army. Now Zhao Guang can only pray secretly that Bai Hexing can successfully rush to Jianzhou and persuade Gao'an to send troops for assistance.
This day's battle ended, and until after dark, the Song Army did not launch an attack on Nanxiong Prefecture. The city of Nanxiong Prefecture also took this opportunity to count the casualties. In a small village three hundred miles northeast of Nanxiong Prefecture, he rushed to the entrance of the village on a ride, pulled the reins, and stopped the horse. Wearing a long robe, the rider looked like an ordinary citizen. But the neat goatee's beard on his face and the arrogance of a high-ranking person between his eyebrows showed that this person's identity was by no means ordinary.
This person is no one else, but Bai Hexing, Liu Jiajun's adviser, who just came out of Nanxiong Zhoucheng and intends to go to Jianzhou for help. Of course he also thought of what Zhao Guang was worried about with his wisdom and resourcefulness in vain. That's why I deliberately dressed up before leaving the city, and for this reason, I also deliberately chose a person to travel, the purpose is to reduce the possibility of exposure and avoid all possible dangers.
Of course, he chose to travel alone. It is also because at this time, through the integration of the princes and the Zhao Zhen Song army from all sides, the bandits and bandits in various places were either wiped out or subdued. Therefore, now there are very few bandits and bandits in all parts of the south, so Bai Hexing dared to travel alone.
When he arrived outside this small village, Bai Hexing looked up at the sky. It was already night, and if he wanted to continue on the road, he would be prone to danger. Bai Hexing also knows the truth that haste is not enough, so he plans to find a family in this village to stay overnight.
However, Bai Hexing did not easily drill into this village. Instead, he carefully observed at the entrance of the village for a while and determined that it was just a very ordinary small village and there was no ambush. Bai Hexing then entered the village with confidence.
Randomly found a simple-looking residential house, Bai Hexing dismounted and looked at the house cautiously, then cautiously knocked on the dilapidated door. Soon, a voice came from inside, which sounded like an old woman in her 50s or 60s. The old woman's old voice said, "Who?"
Bai Hexing quickly cleared his throat, and then forced a rough voice to reply: "Old man, I am a businessman passing by, and I want to come and stay for a night. Please do it for your convenience."
After Bai Hexing answered for a while, a footstep came from inside. He heard a "squeak", the door opened a crack, and a wary face appeared behind the door. It was indeed an old woman. The old woman looked up and down at Bai Hexing and his face. The old woman was sure that Bai Hexing was not a thief. Then she slowly opened the door a little bit, and said to Bai Hexing, "This official man, the village There are many people in it that are better than ours. You can go to them to stay overnight. The old woman’s house is too broken, I am afraid it can’t entertain high-ranking officials.”
"Hey! Old woman." Seeing the old woman rejecting herself, Bai Hexing became more and more relieved. He quickly stepped forward and said: "This, the kid is not very demanding. I just want to stay overnight. Please help me. Ah! By the way, the kid can pay for the house." Bai Hexing is not the kind of pedantic and poor scholar who is inhumane. He immediately guessed that the old lady was not willing to waste the food at home to entertain herself, and quickly took it from her arms A drop of money was paid out and passed directly.
Sure enough, Bai Hexing's sling was sent over, and the old woman's old eyes lit up immediately, and she quickly reached out and took the sling. She took a closer look at the moonlight and determined that it was the real money. Then she laughed, opened the door a little, and said to Bai He Xing with a smile, "The officials, please come in! Please come in!"
Bai Hexing led the horse into the house, swept his head around the yard, only to find that the old woman said that the house was too shabby, and it was really not a humble statement. There are only three houses in the yard, one is the kitchen, the other is the wood room, and the other is the wing room. It seems that the life of this family is really miserable.
The old woman has been looking at her house after seeing Bai Hexing coming in. She was still worried about whether Bai Hexing would go back and take the money back. She quickly said: "The officials should not worry. The old woman only has A middle-aged woman and two grandsons, the old woman called them all out later, and returned the wing to the high officials to live in. Ensure that the high officials will sleep well tonight."
In fact, Bai Hexing really didn't mean to abandon this family. The Bai family was in trouble, and he escaped from Wugong Mountain alone. He suffered too much along the way. Now the situation is critical, how can he go? Poor and particular? However, since the old woman had this thought, Bai Hexing would not refuse, and nodded her head, which is considered to have agreed to the old woman.
Seeing Bai Hexing's promise, the old woman immediately smiled with creases open, and hurriedly shouted into the wing: "My child, my mother! My child, his mother! Come out with the cow and the dog. Entertain the distinguished guests!" While talking, the old woman walked towards the wing, her legs and feet were really neat. It's no wonder that, as the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind, and the money Hexing gave to the old woman just now is nothing but a drop in the bucket for Bai Hexing. But for the old lady's family, that might be equivalent to their family's needs for two to three months. So, how could the old lady carelessly entertain Baihe? The old woman is not stupid, she naturally sees that Bai Hexing is not an ordinary person. If he treats him well, maybe Bai Hexing can reward him with something, isn't it an unexpected windfall
At the greeting of the old woman, a woman soon came out of the wing with two teenage children. Looking at the woman’s appearance, there was probably also a middle-aged woman in her forties. people. For such a country woman, Bai Hexing would naturally not be very concerned. He arched his hands to the old woman and said with a smile: "It's time to work." After finishing speaking, he was no longer polite, and went straight into the wing.
The middle-aged woman seemed to shrink back in a little fear. After Bai He walked into the room, the middle-aged woman quietly walked to the old woman's side and asked, "Mother-in-law, who is this person?" ?"
The old woman treated Bai Hexing with respect, but when she treated her middle-aged woman, she sullen her face and shouted: "Why do you ask so much? How can you get a high level of people like this? Hurry up and help the official man to lead the horse to the wood house. Cow! Dog! Come with grandma." He said, he directly pulled the two grandchildren to his side and gave the middle-aged woman a fierce look. Man, he took his grandson into the kitchen.
The middle-aged woman was scolded by the old woman, she didn't even dare to lift her head, she could only endure silently. After the old woman was gone, the middle-aged woman wiped away the tears of grievance at the corner of her eyes and walked slowly to the door. The horse's side. However, the middle-aged woman was not afraid of the tall horse like ordinary women, but took the rein lightly and stroked the horse's mane at the same time. The horse was very comfortable and very close to the middle-aged woman. In this way, the horse obediently followed the middle-aged woman to the wood house.
Tie the reins to the door of the wood house, and the middle-aged woman took out a bundle of hay from the wood house and placed it in front of the horse. The horse also drove the road for a day with Bai Hexing on his back. Naturally, he was hungry, and when he saw the hay, he hurried forward to chew. The middle-aged woman stretched out her hand to touch the horse's head and sighed. The eyes hidden in the bangs seemed to show an indescribable brilliance.
After waiting for a while, I found that the light in the kitchen had gone out. It seemed that the old woman was sleeping in the kitchen with her two children, and she didn't mean to wait for the middle-aged woman. Needless to say, the old lady meant that tonight, the middle-aged woman was going to sleep in this wood shed.
The middle-aged woman showed a wry smile on her face and shook her head. She looked back at the horse and took a look through the moonlight, only to see a small package hidden under the horse's belly. When the middle-aged woman's eyes happened to glance over the package, her body suddenly trembled, and she was stunned. Under the moonlight, because of the long-term turbulence, I saw a hole in the corner of the package, revealing a small part of the words inside, which is the words "Master Gaoan".
"My child! What are you doing there? Hurry up and prepare some food for the officials." A scolding came from the kitchen, but the old woman suddenly remembered that he hadn't prepared any food for Bai Hexing. The middle-aged woman was ordered to deliver food.
Being drunk by the old woman like this, the middle-aged woman was immediately shocked and almost didn't fall to the ground. She looked back at the kitchen, but saw that the lights in the kitchen did not turn on. She was relieved and quickly replied, "I see. I will come soon." After speaking, the middle-aged woman immediately wrapped the package. He held it in his arms and ran directly into the wood house.
When they arrived at the woodshed, the middle-aged woman did not rush to prepare anything to eat. Instead, with trembling hands, she slowly opened the package, revealing the contents, but it was a scroll with the words "Master Gao An "Pro Qi" in big characters. Seeing the word "Gao An" again, the middle-aged woman's hands trembled again.
The middle-aged woman's mouth was closed tightly at this time, and the two rows of teeth were bitten together fiercely, and her eyes were full of spitefulness.
Taking a deep breath, calming down a little bit, the middle-aged woman slowly opened the scroll and began to look at the contents of the scroll carefully. This scroll is actually a letter of assistance written by Liu Song. In the letter, Liu Song first stated that Nanxiong Prefecture City was attacked by the Song army and could not be held by Liu Jiajun's strength alone. Immediately afterwards, Liu Song again stated the stakes, and emphasized that if Nanxiong Prefecture is breached, then the next one to be unlucky must be Gaoan.
In fact, it can’t be said that Bai Hexing was not careful enough. Bai Hexing deliberately hid this request for help in the abdomen of the mount, so that he would run into the enemy along the way, so that he would not be exposed by the enemy finding this request identity of. Moreover, in Bai Hexing's opinion, the two women in an ordinary small village might not even recognize one of them in big letters, so how could they know what the letter of appeal was? However, Bai Hexing never expected that this seemingly ordinary woman was not only literate, but also had a great relationship with Gao An.
After reading the content of the request for help, the middle-aged woman let out a long sigh of relief, but her body trembled involuntarily again, appearing to be extremely excited. She turned her head, glanced at the lights in the wing, her eyes flashed with hatred again, and said softly: "God has eyes! Let me encounter this incident, so that I can avenge some revenge."
"Broomstar! What are you doing?" At this time, the old woman's voice came from the kitchen again, probably because she saw that the middle-aged woman hadn't gone to the kitchen for a long time to prepare for food, so she came to urge again.
"Come! Here!" The middle-aged woman quickly reached out and rubbed her cheeks, temporarily restored to her usual appearance, dexterously re-wrapped the package in her hand, and then left the wood house. Looking at the package in her hand, the middle-aged woman hesitated for a while, but finally threw the package directly back into the wood room, and then went straight into the kitchen. I just entered the kitchen. I saw that wife Xia Wutao and her two children were already asleep on a bed made of stools in the kitchen. The two children were obviously already asleep, and the old woman was always scolding and blaming. The middle-aged woman moves slowly.
The middle-aged woman didn't seem to hear the old woman's scolding. She quickly prepared some soup and dry food in the kitchen and carried it out of the kitchen. The middle-aged woman didn't respond, and the old woman didn't mean anything by herself. She just got up and locked the kitchen door, slobbered, still cursing.