After the imperial examinations, I grew up by farming

Chapter 19
Hezigou.

An open space is surrounded by a wooden fence beside the shallow river, which is more than ten meters wide. Inside the fence, two rows of stables are built on the east and west sides.

At the entrance and exit, there are two soldiers on the left and right, and four grooms are fetching water by the river.

The height of the fence exceeds the height of a grown man, and there are two teams of soldiers crossing the patrol.

Ning Yu and his party lay down behind the grass on the hill east of the stable, parted the grass and looked down.

"Go! Remember, don't say the whole army is wiped out." Ning Yu told Huang Chao with burning eyes.

——It’s so strange that the defeated party was wiped out, and an old man in his 60s became the only survivor!
Huang Chao crawled out of the grass, made a big circle down the mountain, and ran along the river towards the stables.

The guard at the entrance saw a rickety figure staggering from a distance, walked a few steps and fell, got up again after falling, and approached slowly.

"Stop! Who's coming!" The two guards on the left ran a distance towards the figure, pointed their spears at the visitor, and looked at each other after seeing the person's attire, "You are under General Fang's command. , what happened?"

Huang Chao struggled to get up and pointed to the canyon where the army was attacked, his face full of panic and panic.

"Zibaokou, mountains, and cols. Our army was ambushed by Xiaodongjiang Wang's vanguard army. The casualties were heavy. General Fang ordered me to send a message and ordered you to evacuate as quickly as possible, and join the army sixty miles east of Zibaokou. "Huang Chaoshang said urgently out of breath.

"Our army has won?" The soldier still raised his spear and asked sharply, "Why are you the one delivering the message? Where's the postman? Where's the sentinel? Where's your horse?"

"The enemy army set up ambushes on both sides of the mountain, and our army was superior in numbers and narrowly won. There were not many left in the [-] army, and all the sentries were killed. The others didn't know this place. I was feeding the army horses. I went here to send the wounded horses twice. , I knew the way, so I was sent to report. The horse was tired after running two miles behind, and I will ride again on the return journey.”

"General Fang judged that Xiao Jiangdong King's support army is on the way. General Fang said that our army set off for Jinan tonight at the beginning of the Eighth Era. The letter has been delivered. Whether you believe it or not is up to you. I will go back and report."

Huang Chao became more and more anxious as he spoke, he scrambled and turned around and left after speaking, his chaotic and eager pace seemed to be life-threatening if he was too slow.

"Don't you need to give him a horse?" One of the soldiers looked at Huang Chao with some annoyance.

"Never mind," said another soldier.

"My lord, do you think they will believe it?" Zhiman was a little worried, "If they have received the news in advance, wouldn't Doctor Huang be very dangerous?"

"Don't worry, no one wants to wait for death if they can live. Eight thousand troops were wiped out, even if there are a few survivors, it's too late to escape, so why would they report the news?"

Ning Yu said, looking into the distance, "Besides, you see, they didn't attack Doctor Huang, which means Doctor Huang came first."

"Look, Doctor Huang has left." Zhiyi tugged at the corner of Ning Yu's sleeve.

Huang Chao climbed uphill and circled, and came back half an hour later, Zhiyi quickly handed over the water bag, "Drink first."

"Xiao Yizi is so caring." Huang Chao took it with a smile, feeling happy in his heart.

"Uncle Zhuang, Doctor Huang, please keep an eye on it first, we'll rest under the tree over there, and I'll take care of you in half an hour." Ning Yu pointed to a few big trees not far away.

I didn't sleep well last night, I was too sleepy.

"My lord, my lord, they're leaving." After more than two hours, Zhiman who was watching came back and shook Ning Yu who was sleeping on the tree.

Ning Yu pushed through the grass and saw a string of black spots that urged the horse to run away, "How many people left?"

"42." Zhiyi replied.

According to Dr. Huang, there are ten grooms, about thirty guards, about forty-two, but we can't take it lightly.

A group of people left the luggage where they were, and took the broken knives and daggers for self-defense, Xu Zhuang took the lead.

Not to mention, there were actually two old grooms like Huang Chao left to guard the position.

At first, I was worried that Huang Chao's skills were not good enough, and the horseshoes he nailed were not reliable, but now it's over, one of the two old men has been nailing horseshoes all his life, and he is a genuine old craftsman.

After half an hour.

Three thousand-mile horses galloped across the green mountains, startling countless birds in the forest.

Before leaving, Ning Yu told the two old men the truth about the death of the coach.

As for the choice of staying or staying, that's not something she should worry about.

(End of this chapter)