Chapter 21 After the Break(1/2)
The Yingchuan Yellow Turban Xiaoqu coach Peng Tuo died in Xihua, which means that the Bocai Yingchuan Yellow Turban was completely wiped out. For the Yellow Turban Army, the consequences were obviously quite serious.
First of all, in terms of morale, you should know that there are only three units of the Yellow Turban Army, namely the Yellow Turban Army led by Zhang Jiao, the Yellow Turban Army led by Bo Cai, and the Yellow Turban Army led by Wancheng Zhang Mancheng. They are the three main forces of the Yellow Turban Army. The total number of troops is no less than 300,000, but only one month after raising the troops, the Yellow Turban Army of Bo Cai was wiped out by the official army, and nearly 100,000 Yellow Turban Army were massacred.
The second is geographical advantage. Although the three main forces of the Yellow Turbans were fighting each other, the front lines were always connected. Now that Bo died, Yingchuan fell back into the hands of the Han Dynasty, which led to the complete severance of Zhang Mancheng's Nanyang Yellow Turbans and Zhang Jiao's Jizhou Yellow Turbans, and were surrounded by the Han forces.
For this reason, Chen Mo did not take Zhang Susu to Wancheng, Nanyang, where the troops were sufficient, but went to Runan.
In fact, to go to Guangzong, the shortest route is nothing more than walking from the Central Plains, passing through Chenliu to Dongjun. Unfortunately, the Central Plains were also in war at this time. In order to eliminate Chenliu, the Yellow Turbans in Dongjun, the Han Dynasty sent a large number of troops. For this reason, Chen Mo and Zhang Susu could only choose a very roundabout but relatively secret and safe route.
Well, it should be said that Chen Mo thought it was a safer route, because he had never thought that Sun Jian and him thought of it. In order to pursue Zhang Bao, this tiger from Jiangdong led less than 3,000 light cavalry to chase along the Yingshui tributaries. While chasing Zhang Bao, he wiped out all the Yellow Turban forces along the way.
Chen Mo and Zhang Susu ride on the same war horse, which is not as fast as Sun Jian. So along the way, they are almost all under the eyes of the Han Dynasty soldiers.
Xiangcheng, Yecheng, Runan, for half a month, Chen Mo and the others went to one place, before they could take a break, Sun Jian's army chased after him, especially in Yecheng. If they hadn't walked fast, they would have become the affected fish. Since then, Chen Mo and the others dared not enter any city or county, even if they were under the power of the Yellow Turbans.
After nearly a month of traveling, at about the end of May, Chen Mo and the others arrived in Xiyang.
Because of Sun Jian, they were forced to deviate from their original route Qiaojun.
Xiyang is located on the east side of Yingshui River, Mangdang Mountain is northward, and Liangjun is traveling for another half a day. It is considered to be the sphere of influence of the Yellow Turbans in Dongjun. Even Sun Jian would not dare to bring only two or three thousand into the hinterland of the Yellow Turbans.
Of course, it would be great if I could go to Liangjun...
-In a forest twenty miles away from Mangdang Mountain-
The luck seemed to be good on the day. Chen Mo beat two hares, peeled them briefly and cleaned them up next to the stream. Zhang Susu used the flints he carried with him to light a bonfire, and then sat by the bonfire and waited for Chen Mo.
Looking at the crackling bonfire and recalling the journey over the past month, Chen Mo felt very moved.
Because neither of them had money and could not get the dry food and food they needed in the villages they passed along, Chen Mo had no choice but to rely on the game in the mountains and forests.
In the past month, Chen Mo has hunted many wild beasts. After mastering the energy, he has the skills of flying stones and shooting. He does not need bows or arrows to hunt. From tigers, jackals, to rabbits and pheasants, he basically does it with one flying stone.
Chen Mo was a little amused when he was bored in his later generations. He was now used here.
But in the end, I was quite lucky, and at least both of them would not starve to death.
Hunger is very terrible, after all, this is one of the main reasons why the Yellow Turban Army launched a rebellion.
Chen Mo also tasted this taste because he was not so lucky to find prey every time. When food was scarce, he could only give Zhang Zhang Susu the only little meat he had, while he was sleeping, and he filled his stomach with stream water. That taste was very stinging.
Actually, Chen Mo didn't know that Zhang Susu saw all this.
At first, she was afraid that Chen Mo would leave her, so Zhang Susu never dared to sleep well at night. Once she left her body, she would wake up. However, as the days passed day by day, this worry gradually faded away, and replaced by another inexplicable love.
"Xiao Mo, have you ever thought about what happened to Guangzong?"
Snuggling in Chen Mo's arms, Zhang Susu whispered in an inexplicable tone.
"What?" At this time, Chen Mo's attention was focused on the roasted hare in his hand. Seeing her say this, he was stunned.
"I mean..." The little woman in her arms slowly opened her closed eyes, looked at the jumping flame in front of her, biting her lips and said in an inauspicious voice, "I mean after I reached Guangzong, you were entrusted by Bo Shuai to send me to Guangzong, right?"
“Yes…”
"..." Zhang Susu suddenly sat up from Chen Mo's arms, looked at him with some anger, and said, "What about after sending me to Guangzong? Are you leaving?"
"Maybe," Chen Mo paused and said, "Actually, I don't want to be a soldier at all. It's not good to kill people..." As he said that, he glanced at his hands.
Along the way, he had been forced to kill hundreds of lives, although he had avoided the city county where the army was stationed as much as possible.
This is an era when life is as low as grass. People in this world do not seem to pay too much attention to life. Whether it is their own or others, literati seek fame, and martial artists value martial ethics. For them, life is always the last one. This value has made Chen Qian unable to adapt to it.
Looking at Chen Mo's expression, Zhang Susu sighed in disappointment, snuggled in his arms again, and said with a slight snuggle, "What do you want to do in the future?"
"What do you want to do..." After flipping over the roast rabbit in his hand, Chen Mo said indifferently, "It's good to be a hunter. In short, everything is fine, but I just don't want to kill people anymore, that feeling is not good..."
"Don't a real man make merit by killing someone?"
"That's them, not me! What aren't what I want..."
"You are very special. Xiao Mo. When I first met you, I felt what you want? Money? Fame? Or... a woman?"
Looking at Zhang Susu's narrow-minded gaze, Chen Mo shook his head speechlessly, then sighed softly, and said, "It should be a plain and stable life..."
"Huh?" Zhang Susu was stunned, looked up at Chen Mo's chin for a long time, and she said hesitantly, "Can you go with me to see my uncle and father? They will definitely thank you again..."
"Forget it," Chen Mo shook his head and whispered, "I wanted to leave the Yellow Turban on the day Bo Shuai died. This kind of murder and being killed is not what I want... If you go back, please advise your uncle and your father. It is not that simple to overthrow the Han Dynasty..."
"You mean the Yellow Turbans will lose? Will my uncle and my father lose?" Zhang Susu seemed very angry, but when she recalled Chen Mo's little by little, she couldn't get angry again. She shook her head and said, "No, the Yellow Turbans will not lose!" As she said that, she grabbed Chen Mo's arm and said in a pleading tone, "Don't leave after you arrive at Guangzong. Haven't you promised me that I would never leave me alone at any time?"
"That was before we arrived at Guangzong..."
"Lie! You obviously didn't say that at that time!"
"I said..."
"No!"
The rabbit meat was finally roasted, but Chen Mo and Zhang Susu were tasteless.
The next morning, Chen Mo and Zhang Susu set out on the road north again.
Along the way, Zhang Susu seemed a little depressed, neither of them spoke, perhaps because of the little quarrel last night.
To be honest, this kind of vague barrier can be eliminated in just three or two days. After all, there has been a deep relationship between the two in this month, but God does not seem to be planning to give them this time...
On the road ten miles away from Mangdang Mountain, Chen Mo encountered a wave of yellow turbans. To be precise, it should be the corpses of the Yellow Turban soldiers. Looking at the flags falling on the ground, it should be a fleeing Yellow Turban.
"Second uncle?" Zhang Susu looked at the flag on the ground in surprise. Following her gaze, Chen Mo clearly saw the word Zhang written on the flag.
Zhang Bao?
Chen Mo subconsciously frowned. Because of Bo Cai, he had a very bad impression of Zhang Bao. If it weren't for Zhang Bao, Bo Cai would not have ended like that. Looking back on the endless regrets in Bo Cai's eyes when he was dying, Chen Mo felt a choke in his heart.
The hero who said that "a real man doesn't want to wear a horse and a corpse but wants to die as much as he wants] is ultimately "death before he can fulfill his ambitions", which makes people feel deeply moved.
Dimly, Chen Mo heard a sound of fighting from afar in front of him.
Could it be Sun Jian?
Chen Mo subconsciously remembered the general wearing tiger armor, Sun Jian and Sun Wentai. Those who dared to chase after Mangdang Mountain would probably not be anyone else except this guy.
Chen Mo guessed it well. The Yellow Turban in front was the more than a thousand yellow Turbans that Zhang Bao took away from Runan. However, it was not Sun Jian himself who pursued them, but the three hundred light cavalry under Sun Jian's command.
After all, when Zhang Bao retreated from Runan, there were still many yellow turbans in Runan City, so Sun Jian sent 300 light cavalry to bite Zhang Bao's tail, and he quickly pacified Runan, and then followed the messages left by his subordinates along the way to chase Zhang Bao.
Logically speaking, the Yellow Turban has an advantage in terms of number of people. After all, not only are there more than a thousand Yellow Turbans taken away by Zhang Bao from Runan, but there are many Yellow Turbans that flee north along the way. Unfortunately, the Yellow Turbans have no morale. More than a thousand people were chased by 300 light cavalry and only knew how to escape, but they didn't know how to resist.
Of course, the Sanbai Sanhe Light Cavalry did not dare to chase the ground too tightly, in order to prevent the Yellow Turban from biting back, but just biting the other party's tail and preventing the other party from escaping.
Originally, Chen Mo wanted to bypass these two rubber-supported men and pass the valley first, but unexpectedly, he saw Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao in the Yellow Turban defeated soldiers. Seeing that their situation became increasingly dangerous, Chen Mo hesitated and said to Zhang Susu in his arms, "Sit firmly, Susu!"
A normal name made Zhang Susu's heart jump.
"Um!"
Logically speaking, breaking into three hundred light cavalry alone is definitely a quest for death, but for those who have mastered the anger, it is very different.
The Sanhe Cavalry, who once asked Chen Mo to be afraid, is now so vulnerable in front of him.
Although Chen Mo just simply waved his spear, had no rules and no martial arts skills, his aura made up for this shortcoming.
For a soldier, whether he has energy or not is really a gap in heaven and underground.
At the moment, Chen Mo couldn't even do anything to Sanbaihe Light Cavalry, and he had no choice but to let him go through the field and rescued Zhou Cang and the other two at the critical moment.
"Retreat!" Seeing just a few confrontations, the cavalry under his command lost nearly thirty people, and they died at the hands of the same person. The young commander who led the army immediately ordered a retreat, retreating for a full mile, and watching the situation near the valley from afar. After all, their mission was not to kill the enemy, but to bite the Yellow Turban Fighters and Zhang Bao's tail.
However, in this way, Chen Mo and the others were given time to talk.
"Brother Zhou, Brother Pei!"
When Chen Mo got off the horse, Zhou Cang and the others seemed to be stunned and did not dare to recognize each other for a long time.
"Xiao Mo?" Pei Yuanshao couldn't believe his eyes. The seemingly extremely powerful guy in front of him was actually the brother in the camp who had been protected by him before?
"Air..." Zhou Cang noticed the qi that Chen Mo condensed around his body. He was surprised and breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that you're fine. That day we finally escaped from the Sanhe cavalry. After searching for you for a long time, we couldn't find it... It's good that you're fine, it's good that you're fine..."
Looking at Zhou Cang's honest appearance, Chen Mo felt a little warm and asked, "Brother Zhou, why are you here?"
Before Zhou Cang could speak, Pei Yuanshao said first, "It's not just to find you. We guess that if you really escape, you will definitely go to Runan... I said Xiao Mo is very smart and will not be stupid enough to go to Nanyang!" As he said that, he seemed to have realized something and scratched his head awkwardly. After all, in his words, he had already vaguely determined that the situation of the Nanyang Yellow Turbans was not good.
Seeing that there were only Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao, Chen Mo hesitated and asked, "Where is Chief Tao?"
As if seeing his thoughts, Pei Yuanshao smiled and shook his head, saying, "I'm still alive, but I lost my arm and couldn't eat this food. When I arrived in Runan, I couldn't find you, so we sent him to Qiao County first, where his hometown was. I heard that Zhang Bao... two days ago, General Digong abandoned Runan and went north to Mangdang Mountain. We thought you would be there, so we rushed over. Unexpectedly, I didn't find you, but unfortunately encountered this matter..."
At this time, almost all the other living Yellow Turban soldiers had fled. Chen Mo looked around and asked, "Brother Pei, where is Zhang Bao?"
"Um?" Pei Yuanshao was stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhang Susu beside Chen Mo in silence. He was a little surprised and shrugged and said, "They have horses to carry with him. Now they have already passed through the valley. What is left here are the Yellow Turban soldiers who have broken the rear. If Lao Zhou hadn't run slowly, I would have run away!"
"You run fast?" Zhou Cang cursed with a blushing face, as if Pei Yuanshao said that he had severed his pain. No wonder this guy's burly body was nowhere to run faster than a horse.
After cursing and relieving his hatred, Zhou Cang looked back at the Sanhe Cavalry in the distance and said anxiously, "If you have any questions, let's talk about it on the road. The cavalry was disrupted by you just now, so we retreat temporarily. When they rushed up again, we can't even leave!"
"Let's go?" Chen Mo smiled bitterly. Don't say that he is not stupid, even if he is stupid, he will understand that the three hundred light cavalry will be waiting for them to take the horse and escape.
If it weren't for the narrow valley and the three hundred cavalry could not be accommodated, the other party would have rushed over long ago. Could it be that just four people could escape the pursuit of the three hundred light cavalry?
Chen Mo is not afraid now, but Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao are seriously injured, let alone help Zhang Susu.
Four people escape together, that's a dead end...
Zhang Susu, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, and Chen Mo would not want them to die here.
To be continued...