Brocade tears

The appearance of Guo Dayou made everyone in the bear cave very happy.Li Laosan was the first to answer:

"Guo Dayou, I'm Li Laosan."

"You?! Did you follow here?" Guo Dayou was surprised that the person answering in the cave would be Li Laosan.

"We followed Shuerhaqi to the north, and now Shuerhaqi picked up Zhang Yunxiu who was fleeing, and Jiang Yunping was killed by Zhang Yunxiu with a poisonous needle. Alas... not much gossip, Meng Kuang and Li Sui'er are both intact, It's in the cave, Meng Kuang, come and say hello." While talking, he beckoned Meng Kuang to talk to Guo Dayou at the entrance of the cave.

"Old Guo, Sui'er and I are fine, thanks to Li Laosan and Zhu Yan who rescued us and led us to hide here." Meng Kuang said.

When Guo Dayou heard Meng Kuang's voice, his hanging heart was finally relieved.He suddenly heard the news of Jiang Yunping's death, and couldn't digest the fact for a while, so he asked after a while:

"Jiang Yunping's corpse, do you take it with you?"

"Yes, it's in the cave." Meng Kuang replied.

"Okay, listen to me. I only brought three elite Jinyi guards into Heishanling to look for you. Right now, the pursuers are still searching the mountain. They won't leave in a short time. It's dangerous outside. The four of us will continue to observe outside. Situation, you wait for my signal, I will knock three shorts and two longs on the boulder, which means that the danger is over, and you can come out. Let's go north together, and the Jinyiwei army is waiting for us in ambush in the north."

"Understood. Lao Guo, try to find opportunities. We have to leave this cave as soon as possible. There is not enough air in it, so we can't breathe." Meng Kuang added.She was very anxious, because Sui'er was already dizzy from the carbon fumes, and her limbs were weak.But if they didn't light a brazier to burn charcoal for warmth, the temperature in the cave would be extremely cold, and they would freeze to death if they survived the night.

"Okay, I see."

After agreeing on a secret sign, the outside gradually became quiet again.

Everyone in the cave stopped chatting, and all sat on the ground, warming their bodies, reducing their breathing, recharging their energy, and preparing to deal with various situations after going out.

After an unknown amount of time, they finally heard the sound of the agreed signal, and knocked on the boulder three times and two times.Meng Kuang and Li Laosan got up immediately and walked to the entrance of the cave.Old Thirty Li was very seasoned, and asked one more question:

"Old Guo?"

"It's me, come out." Guo Dayou's voice came from outside the cave.

Meng Kuang immediately joined forces with Li Laosan and Guo Dayou who was outside the cave, pushed the boulder away and opened the cave door.The cold wind swept snowflakes into the cave in an instant, and everyone couldn't help shivering.

It started snowing again outside at some point.

Zhuyan led the horse, Li Laosan put Jiang Yunping's dead body on the horse's back, Meng Kuang helped Sui'er, and the four of them went out of the cave. Guo Dayou had already led two spare horses and rode on the horse with the three Jin Yiwei. Waiting for them outside.Meng Kuang recognized the three people as Chen Danggui, Wang Xu, and Liu Zhongkun.Chen Danggui, like Zhou Jintong, is the general banner under Meng Kuang, while Wang Xu and Liu Zhongkun are under Zhang Zhanghuan's hundred households.Wang Xu is honest, not tall but very strong, taming falcons is his specialty.Liu Zhongkun is tall and thin, with an agile figure, and is good at bowing horses, riding and shooting.

This time, because all the elites were selected to come to Liaodong, there were basically no ordinary Jinyiwei sergeants below Xiaoqi. A person who is a soldier is a soldier himself.

Meng Kuang didn't talk nonsense, and greeted them silently. He helped Sui'er get on the horse first, and then sat behind Sui'er to ride with her. The other spare horse was given to Li Laosan and Zhu Yan to ride together.The last Li Chengliang war horse was only used to carry Jiang Yunping's body because of his injuries.

The heavy snow began to fall one after another, and everyone began to trek towards the north of the Black Mountain.The wind and snow made it difficult to discern the scene in front of the line of sight, but a long dragon made of torches could be vaguely seen running through the mountains.That should be the torch held by the search personnel.

"In this case, lighting a torch to search, isn't that tantamount to announcing your position? Isn't this gang of Li Jiajun cavalry too amateur?" On his shoulder, the eagle had sent a message to Zhou Jintong just now, and flew back again.

"But you can't see anything without lighting a torch, and they can't find anyone." Liu Zhongkun replied from behind.

"It's the heavens that make us beautiful, and we were lucky. The cloud suddenly overwhelmed us, and it snowed." Guo Dayou said in front of us.

The crowd stopped talking nonsense and continued to go north in silence.Guo Dayou, who leads the way ahead, can always judge in time where the enemy is searching, and accurately bypass the team.The heavy snow that fell one after another covered their traces, and the snow in the mountains and forests that had been trampled by the search team had already made it impossible to recognize the traces of Meng Kuang and others.

Not surprisingly, after about an hour, they had reached the northernmost foothills of the Black Mountain Ridge.Along the way, Li Laosan stopped three times. He found the trace left by Aduqin, which was a kind of mark carved on the trunk. It looked like a crack in the bark. It was inconspicuous and almost hard to recognize in the dark. .But Li Laosan could tell at a glance as if he had opened his eyes.This is because Aduqin's mark is specially selected for cedar trees, and he carved them with a knife stained with special smell juice. Both Li Laosan and Zhu Yan, who have a very sensitive sense of smell, can distinguish this special smell. In addition, Zhu Yan There was also a weasel, Zhuyan put the weasel outside before entering the cave, and after they came out, the weasel did not run away, and returned to Zhuyan's side obediently, it could tell the difference better than humans This unique smell has become the most critical indicator for everyone to navigate.And the last trace happened to be at the foot of the northern mountain where everyone arrived.After going out here, walk out of a section of tundra land with no one for three or four miles, and you will see the official road to the northern city, which is also the only way to Jianzhouwei.

"They really ran to Jianzhouwei, let's chase them and try to stop them before they rush back to Jianzhouwei!" Guo Dayou said immediately.

Everyone responded, so Guo Dayou led a group of eight people to speed up immediately, rushing to face the wind and snow.

Although they had to step up their pursuit of Zhang Yunxiu, their top priority now was to join the Jinyiwei team led by Zhou Jintong.Previously, Zhou Jintong used the falcon to send back the news. At the same moment when Guo Dayou and others discovered the cave, Zhou Jintong also successfully led the Jinyiwei Centuries to get rid of the pursuit of the rear cavalry.

This time Zhou Jintong led the cavalry to make a great detour. He led the pursuers in the rear along a large arc from west to east and a small arc from east to west along the northeast of Guangning City, and directly circled the enemy troops in the rear. Dizzy, lost the direction of pursuit.The Jinyiwei team took advantage of the situation and went back to the original place, and took advantage of the cover of the Black Mountain, directly took the northern foot, and stationed in the area where the grazing pastures and farmlands meet in the south of Zhangwu Town. There are many left after the autumn harvest here. The haystacks were thrown in the ground, piled up as high as a person, and both people and horses could hide, which happened to be used as a concealment, waiting to join Guo Dayou and others.

Now that Meng Kuang and others rushed over, it would take about half an hour to ride a horse.Meng Kuang was riding on a horse. Even though his face was covered with a black cloth, the wind and snow still cut his face like a knife.Sui'er's breathlessness in his arms eased, but at this moment he was terribly cold again.Meng Kuang could only wrap her body as tightly as possible to keep her warm.The vision in front of the eyes was blurred, and as the horse team moved forward, they could only feel the ground under their feet was potholed and the horses were jolting.This road is also an important military road. It has been trampled by heavy vehicles and all kinds of people and animals all year round. It has been in disrepair for a long time.

Fortunately, after advancing for a while, they were able to see the hiding place described by Zhou Jintong in the letter. This was all thanks to the excellent eyesight of Chen Danggui who led the way. "Mu" is the nickname of Luo Xun, Guo Dayou's sworn elder brother, the Thirteenth Taibao Xingwu, and the thousand households of the Jinyiwei Inspection Office.Chen Danggui's eyesight is comparable to Luo Xun's, but he has less experience, and his combat power is not as strong as Luo Xun's, and his overall ability cannot be compared with Meng Kuang.He has always been regarded as the successor of the next generation of "Shenmu" of the Thirteenth Taibao, and he is also regarded as a key training object of the Inspection and Survey Institute.

The two teams converged in the thick night, and when they approached each other, they almost regarded each other as enemies and wanted to strike. If Guo Dayou hadn't stopped them in time, the water would have rushed into the Dragon King Temple.

After the confluence, the wind and snow were too heavy, and the line of sight was extremely poor, making it impossible to move forward.People are tired and horses are exhausted, and everyone urgently needs to rest.But there is nothing around here, there is really no tiles above the head to shelter the snow, and no wall to shield the wind from the sides. A hundred or so people are passive like ice sculptures in the cold and snowy night of Liaodong, their whole bodies are stiff, and they cannot even shiver I can't even open my jaw when I speak, it's like a whole.

"Going further north, there may be villages." Guo Dayou said hard.

"We can't go any further north. If we go further north, we will be on the territory of the Mongols. If we want to go, we can only go east. There is another ten miles to the east, and there is a village." Li Laosan said loudly, and the people beside him Zhu Yan also waved again and again.

"The villages near here are under the jurisdiction of Guangningwei. We can't enter Li Chengliang's territory! Otherwise, we will be tipped off and have to go north!" Guo Dayou shouted at the top of his voice.

"Then rest on the spot. Tie the horses into a circle to block the wind, and everyone squeezes into the circle to rest on the spot! Wait for the wind and snow to stop, and then go on the road after dawn." After all, Li Laosan has rich experience, especially in the border of Liaodong. Know how to keep warm while camping in the wild.

Guo Dayou thought it over and over again, and that's all he could do.So the people stationed in place, cleared out a snow-covered field, spread straw on the ground, stuck their sabers into the ground to make stakes, let all the horses kneel down, tied the bridles to the sabers, and formed a circle .They took all the nearby haystacks and piled them outside the stables, and all the people entered the stables, covered their bodies with straw, and covered them with a layer of cushions on the saddle, and covered all those who had warm clothes. , all of them are tightly packed together, relying on each other to transfer heat.The most peripheral people are the most resistant and strongest people. The Jinyiwei of the inspection station will never abandon or give up, and will never sacrifice the weak to protect themselves.

Sui'er is the weakest woman, and Guo Dayou took care of her, keeping her in the innermost circle, with Meng Kuang protecting her personally.Meng Kuang held Sui'er in his arms, and there were many strange Jin Yiwei crowded beside them.It's normal for Sui'er not to know these Jinyiwei, and Meng Kuang is not very familiar with them, because she hasn't been in the Jinyiwei inspection station for a long time, and she spends most of her time with Guo Dayou on missions, so she really doesn't know the people under her command. These general flag and small flag officers are not familiar with them.In addition to the personnel of the inspection station, there are also individual elite Jinyi guards from the inspection station, punishment station and prison management station in the team.

Meng Kuang has been mixing with men since he was 15 years old. He has long been used to being surrounded by all kinds of men. He has also experienced long-term group training and actions, and is familiar with the current situation.But at this age, it was the first time for Sui Er to be surrounded so tightly by so many men.But at this moment, what she felt in her heart was not that she was not used to it, but that she was shocked, shocked by the prohibition and iron-blooded perseverance of this team, and shocked by this outrageous spirit of uniting together to fight against a greater destructive force. There is a kind of refinement in the spirit.

The time is really hard, and the Jinyiwei, who have rich experience in wild survival, know that in such an environment, it is best not to fall asleep, otherwise it is really possible to pass in sleep.Everyone took care of the comrades around them, and if they found that someone was about to fall asleep, they would immediately wake them up.The straw played a great role, blocking the flying snow and warming everyone's body temperature.

I don't know how long it took, the whistling wind in my ears gradually passed away, and my body was covered with a heavy blanket of straw, covered with snow.The entire team was like ice sculptures, no one moved, and even the sound of breathing was faint and unpleasant.No one gave orders, and everyone seemed caught in some sort of life-death boundary.

Meng Kuang kept supporting himself, and continued to pay attention to the condition of Sui'er in his arms.Fortunately, Sui'er wasn't cold. Surrounded by hundreds of people, the warmth she got was enough to keep her from getting cold.She kept helping Meng Kuang rub his hands or face, and Meng Kuang could feel her moving back and forth in his arms, no one was safe.

While tightening Meng Kuang's collar, Sui'er found the rope hanging around her neck, and took out a Pisces jade pendant from her bosom.This jade pendant was a wedding present from the princess.Yupei is a pair, Sui'er and Meng Kuang. After receiving the gift, the two hung around their necks on the second day of their wedding, and brought them all the way to Liaodong.

Sui Er looked at Yu Pei, and suddenly asked Meng Kuang softly:

"Qing, you said that Gouyu...could it be a couple?"