The rumbling wind

"Captain, captain, the whistle commander is shouting! Captain, the whistle commander is shouting!..." Li Ping came to his senses when the silly big man Liu San pushed and shouted.

Seeing that Li Ping had found his eyes, Zhao Jin shouted anxiously from dozens of meters away: "Li Ping, follow up quickly, go quickly, go quickly!"

Only then did Li Ping notice that a large group of people were moving away in confusion, leaving only him and the big fool Liu San staying where they were. There were also peasant soldiers on the other side of the ditch, and they were far from safe.

Looking back, more cavalry figures appeared on the other side of the ditch, and even vague shadows of infantry appeared in the distance. The few Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers who had escaped and wanted to cross the ditch were screaming for help.

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But it was impossible for anyone to pay attention to those unlucky ones anymore. They on the other side of the ditch had to hurry up and escape, and Li Ping was not so pedantic as to show mercy.

He hurriedly mounted his horse and prepared to run away.

At this moment, two graceful figures suddenly appeared into his sight.

Zhao Lanyue and Gao Lei were dazedly helping each other to stand up from behind a small dirt bag not far away. The two of them may have been too frightened in the process of waiting and avoiding and did not keep a close eye on everyone.

But everyone else had forgotten about them. The more chaos there was, the more mistakes there were.

Li Ping shook his head helplessly and had no choice but to ride his horse and lean towards them. But Liu San, the silly big man, was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and had no choice but to stride after the team.

When Li Ping approached the two women, he saw Wang Chengwu riding back from the front. After the two nodded to each other, Wang Chengwu ran straight to Zhao Lanyue and extended his hand.

Zhao Lanyue looked at Gao Lei, then at Li Ping, smiled sweetly and said to Gao Lei: "Sister, I'm going to get on his horse first." Then he stretched out his hand and was pulled onto the horse by Wang Chengwu. Then, the two of them started riding.

The carpool turned around and left.

Gao Lei and Li Ping both looked at each other blankly.

At this time, the cold beauty Gao Lei's face was covered with dust, her hair was spread out randomly, and her blue clothes were torn in several places. Although her face was tight due to her age, she could not hide her obvious haggardness and panic.

She is far from that noble and elegant beauty.

"Can you ride a horse?" Li Ping held back his words for a long time.

"No." Gao Lei's answer was simple and discouraged.

"Then, shall I take you?" Li Ping also extended his hand to Gao Lei. Gao Lei stared at Li Ping's hand and hesitated for a moment before stepping forward to grab it.

It's just that the postures of the two are really different. Gao Lei is obviously stiff and can't borrow strength, and Li Ping is not very good at controlling his mount. As a result, not only did he fail to pull Gao Lei up, but Li Ping himself was almost killed.

Pulled over and thrown off the horse.

After several attempts without success, both of them were extremely embarrassed, keeping their faces sullen and no one said anything.

Finally, Li Ping was forced to dismount and squat down, letting Gao Lei step on his shoulders before he climbed up.

Finally, everyone got on the horse. Li Ping carried the small package that Gao Lei had been carrying behind him, and then put his arms around Gao Lei's body to hold the horse's reins. Due to his poor posture, he had to twist

After a few adjustments, Gao Lei, who had just relaxed a little, became stiff again.

Li Ping was also helpless. He was riding a horse with two swords, but he had never brought anyone with him, so it was really inconvenient. When he tried to straighten his body and turned his head from Gao Lei's right shoulder to look forward, he saw Gao Lei.

His cheeks were already red.

But they can't care so much now. They must hurry up and catch up with everyone. In this dangerous situation, no one will wait for them.

It was just a complete novice and a semi-novice riding together. It really took some getting used to. For a while, they were all slow.

Zhao Jin, who had urged and spurred the troops in front again, turned his horse to the rear of the team again, only to find that Li Ping still had not followed, and was still eating dust at the back of the team, and he had become a rider and two people.

Zhao Jin's face darkened at that moment, and he blurted out: "Li Ping, you..."

Li Ping was very familiar with Zhao Jin's emoticons. He knew that this guy disliked him for something. He couldn't even pronounce the following words. He was obviously anxious.

Li Ping could only say "Ah!" out of habit.

"You, you, hurry up." This was what Zhao Jin finally choked out, with a look of helplessness on his face.

This was probably not what Zhao Jin wanted to say at first, but there was no need for Li Ping to point it out. Although he had roughly guessed what Zhao Jin meant, he could only pretend to be confused.

He knew that Zhao Jin was concerned about him, and he probably thought he was nosy. After all, he was not good at equestrian skills, and now he had to lead someone else, so it would be strange if he didn't mess up. Maybe he would be able to explain himself.

But what can he do? He can't leave Gao Lei alone!

After another fight, I was finally able to catch up with the team.

Zhao Jin looked at Li Ping and Gao Lei, whose face was red, sighed and said: "Take care of yourself. I'm going to the front. There are so many outsiders and mules and horses, so nothing can happen."

"Well, you go quickly!" Li Ping also said hurriedly.

The simple bridge they built caused all the desperate Ming soldiers nearby to come over. After crossing the bridge, except for a few people who chose to continue to escape alone, most people chose to continue to gather with them.

In other words, I chose to follow them temporarily.

As a result, there were hundreds of people running away together in their current large group.

This may be due to the enemy traces all around and the unpredictable future that made the frightened birds, who had just passed through the gate of hell, hug together out of instinct, as well as the thunderous skills Zhao Jin and the others showed when crossing the ditch and their ability to successfully build a short bridge.

play a role.

Troubled times require strong people, and people are willing to follow the strong because this is the easiest way to survive.

However, this also brought about a big trouble.

After running for such a long time before crossing the deep ditch, some of the soldiers on their outpost fell behind, some ran away, and some were executed by themselves. At present, there are less than half of the sentry left, which means that they can have

Only a small part of the population has certain control capabilities.

At this time, when people's hearts are unpredictable and human nature is most prone to evil, if you don't keep an eye on it, big problems can easily occur.

What is also troublesome is that although there are not many peasant armies in Gounan, they are ambushes, waiting for work. This also means that these peasant armies have wider mobility and pursuit capabilities. As long as a small group of people notices them,

It would be difficult for these tired soldiers to escape.

Therefore, they must run away from here as soon as possible, must choose the direction of escape, and must control the team.

Being afraid of what comes will always be an inescapable curse.

A faint sound of fighting suddenly came from their west. Although the enemy could not be seen due to the undulating terrain, hundreds of people and horses immediately went into an uproar, and then everyone swarmed and ran towards the southeast.

The peasant army in the south of the ditch is obviously working hard to harvest all the fish that have slipped through the net.

The panic also made some people want to snatch mules and horses. Zhao Jin raised his knife and beat the horses forward.

They still have thirty or forty large animals, which is about the same number as before they crossed the deep ditch. In fact, quite a few of them were also lost, but Shi Ming took the lead in grabbing some more while running away, and these were

Many of those looted were carrying precious grains, which may have been the main reason why Shi Ming was tempted.

After crossing the deep ditch, Zhao Jin learned the lesson of not being able to keep good care of the animals if they were towed alone before crossing the ditch. He ordered people to connect all the large animals together and tie them into a group, and guard them from front to back by soldiers from his post.

Of course, there were also about ten scattered horses, which were owned by Ming officers and soldiers from other departments, and Zhao Jin did not bother to take care of them.

They cannot afford to lose their own large livestock, and the food they carry is their hope for the future. Otherwise, if they run out without food, they will die.

After several bodies fell down, the rioting crowd finally stabilized.

Although Zhao Jin and others were small, they were in a group after all. Although there were many other Ming soldiers, they were basically scattered, and not most of them wanted to snatch mules and horses. After all, there were not many people who could ride, so they held

It's not difficult.

The fact that they were not really discovered by the enemy also prevented them from collapsing.

Just as they were running away, the enemy situations that appeared from time to time around them would almost always cause a little chaos, and almost always they would need to be suppressed. There would always be people who couldn't withstand the pressure and wanted to try their luck with their lives.

What's even worse is that people's nerves are becoming more and more fragile, and even the slightest movement starts to panic them. Often just when they stop and want to take a breath, a sound from somewhere will make everyone start to panic again.

escape.

The result is a non-stop journey with no respite at all.

What is the roar of the wind and what is the chaos of everything? What they are experiencing is that escaping is really hard.

Fortunately, for a long time, they were not noticed by the peasant army, let alone attacked by the peasant army.

But everyone still dare not take it lightly. Everyone is suppressing hunger and thirst, everyone is working hard, and everyone is working hard to move forward.

For Li Ping, riding with a beautiful woman seems to be an erotic thing and a good job.

But at this moment of running away, he couldn't feel it at all, and his mind couldn't be on it. All he felt was pain.

As the temperature continued to rise during the day, because they were so close together, the wet and greasy sweat soon became muddy between the two of them, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.

And it didn't take long for Li Ping to realize that Ma couldn't stand it anymore.

Li Ping had no choice but to dismount and lead the horse away, and fed the horse all the dry food on his body. He did not dare to hand over the reins to others. At this time, there was no one he could trust, so he could only look after the horse's shaky state by himself.

Gao Lei.

Song Baolai noticed Li Ping's troubles and came over several times to replace him, but Li Ping refused.

Song Baolai rides well and is a good helper in watching the scene. Zhao Jin needs him.

Li Ping's body is relatively strong, and he could often ride a horse to recuperate his strength last night, so although he was very tired, he could keep up.

But the friendly forces, who basically relied on two legs and lacked water and food, gradually began to be unable to support themselves, and the adrenaline hormones could not be maintained forever. Their team inevitably grew longer and longer, and their speed became slower and slower.

Finally, a soldier from an unknown battalion fell to the ground due to exhaustion. His companions cried out for help. But no one paid attention, and everyone around them walked past them in silence.

Li Ping felt very unbearable when he saw this. This was completely different from the feeling of killing those daring people during suppression. At this time, he felt strong compassion but was powerless.

At this time, Zhao Jin suddenly appeared leading an empty donkey.
To be continued...