In December, Guizhou was shrouded in a drizzle of rain, the pattering droplets moistening the earth that had just been ravaged by war. But for Zhang Feng and his companions, this rain was the worst.

  "Go for it! Give it your all!"

  "Come on! Just a little more!"

  "Hurry up! Push again!"

  With a burst of cheers, the carriage that had been stuck in the mud for a long time was finally pushed out. At this moment, Zhang Feng and his companions were all covered in mud, grinning at each other and teasing one another.

  They were forced to rest here with their transport team, the sky was overcast with continuous rain, the mountain road was difficult to walk on and muddy all over, how many horse-drawn carriages got stuck in the pits along the way, they had long been accustomed to pushing horse-drawn carriages every day, but just didn't know when this rain would stop, they were only a stone's throw away from Huguang, but the rain was too heavy to move forward.

  The heavens are not making things easy, and Tang Yun can't do anything about it. At worst, they'll just rest for a few days between the two mountains, waiting for the rain to let up a bit before crossing over and heading back to Heaven. Anyway, they're still far from the scheduled date, so delaying for two days won't matter.

  "Lao Chen, you say the weather in the south is really strange. It's already December and it's still raining. If this were Beijing, it would be snowing by now."

  Lao Gu made an effort to wring out his clothes and sat down by the fire, on this drizzly day with a damp air that was oppressive. The soldiers' clothes were all soaked through, if they caught a chill it would be no small matter. Gathering around the fire to dry their clothes and warm themselves up was truly comfortable.

  "Yes, I've never seen rain in December before. People from our northern region are all wearing winter clothes and shivering with cold at this time of year. Who would have thought we'd still get rained on?" Chen Hua complained, hugging her arms.

  "Isn't Zhang Zongqi from Huguang? Doesn't he know it's raining at this time?"

  "I knew it would rain but I didn't think it would be today, I'm not the Dragon King after all." Zhang Feng said with a smile.

  "Hahaha......"

  Just as everyone was bored and chatting while avoiding the rain, a group of masked men wearing raincoats quickly approached the convoy. The soldiers on the outer guard did not have time to react before they were slaughtered. They rushed all the way to the prisoner's escort position, with a very clear target.

  "What a person!"

  "Ah!"

  A loud shout accompanied by a blood-curdling scream, the people chatting inside the tent instantly reacted and rushed out of the camp with their weapons.

  Right in front of him, he saw one of his own brothers lying down in the rainwater. A group of people wearing rain cloaks and masks rushed to the prisoner's cart like a broken bamboo, and on the cart was Dari Ma, the highest-ranking official captured this time.

  "General, come with us quickly!"

  Two masked men suddenly cut off the iron chain and opened the prison car, Dali saw that these people were coming to rescue themselves, and they hurriedly followed them to leave. At this time, they didn't care about their identities either. Anyway, as long as they could entrust a clear person, it was good.

  "Stop them! Don't let them take away the war criminals!" Chen Hua shouted loudly and drew his sword, charging forward.

  "Sixth! Go inform the others! Let the brothers form a circle and surround them!" Zhang Feng pulled over Sixth, who was about to rush up, and instructed.

  Liu Zi hastily nodded and turned around to go call for help.

  It can only be said that it was a coincidence, Zhang Feng and his men were originally responsible for escorting the captured materials, but the previous horse-drawn carriage got stuck in the mud, causing them to lose contact with the front team. Now they happened to gather together with the people who had been taken captive by Asia, and coincidentally witnessed the scene of the hooded man robbing someone.

  "The leader has given the order! We must take that person away!" One of the masked men, who seemed to be the leader, shouted loudly. Then, some of the masked men directly clashed with Zhang Feng and his group, each one fighting desperately to block their way and buy time for their companions in the back.

  The original guards had all been killed or wounded, and the surrounding Ming army was left with only Zhang Feng's group and a team of newly arrived soldiers. The leader of the masked men secretly thought that things were not going well for them. Although their individual martial arts skills were good, in a battle between armies, formation was more important than individual strength. If they waited for more Ming soldiers to arrive, no matter how many people they had or how strong they were, they would be doomed. No wandering martial artist had ever been able to retreat from a battlefield alive.

  "Fall back!"

  As soon as the leader gave the order, everyone else turned around and left without hesitation, their footsteps nimble as they dodged and weaved into the mountains, leaving behind their companions who were still fighting with the Ming army.

  The people left behind seemed to be unaware that they were already abandoned, and still desperately blocked Zhang Feng's advance, even if Zhang Feng's martial arts were high, facing people who didn't care about their lives had to temporarily avoid the sharp edge, so they watched with open eyes as the prisoner Dali Ma was taken away.

  "Hum hum hum......" Along with a loud thud, the majority of the Ming army finally arrived here, quickly forming a battle array to kill the enemy and surrounding the remaining hooded men.

  Facing the fully armed Ming army elite, the knives of these wandering warriors were apparently not sharp enough, and in the blink of an eye they were cut down to the point where no one was left standing, leaving only two or three survivors for interrogation.

  Just as the veterans were about to take away the remaining three men's weapons, the three men exchanged a glance and nodded in unison. Suddenly, they gritted their teeth, and the experienced veterans immediately changed color and shouted: "Stop them! They want to commit suicide!"

  But it was too late, only to see the black and red blood flowing out of the mouths of the three people, and in the blink of an eye they turned pale and died of poisoning, it was so decisive.

  "What! Dariya has been kidnapped! What are you people eating! The army of tens of thousands was broken into the camp by less than 200 people, and the prisoner was taken away, and more than 200 soldiers were killed! This is a joke of heaven, my Yan Shan guard's face will be lost by you!"

  All the thousand households are now in Tang Yun's military account, and their usual good superiors are also frustrated. Especially Meng Shan, who is responsible for guarding prisoners, has just been promoted to Qianhu and made such a big mistake. He is now the main target of Tang Yun's scolding.

  "Bring them here! Bring Meng Shan and the hundred officials in charge of guarding the prison carts, and have them flogged forty times!" Tang Yun bellowed.

  "Adult... The hundred households in charge of defense have already died..." Meng Shan hesitated for a moment before reluctantly saying this.

  At this time, Tang Yun, who had just calmed down, didn't speak anymore. A hundred soldiers died in battle, and two hundred veterans who had experienced the Northern Expedition and Southern Campaign were killed. What kind of people are these, with such high martial arts skills and such ruthless tactics? All for a defeated Yuan general, Dali Ma, what is this all about?

  Tang Yun felt that there must be something wrong with this, but now not a single captive has been caught. The determination to swallow poison and commit suicide is not something ordinary people can do. Only dead soldiers can be so decisive, and it's clear that an organization that can cultivate such dead soldiers is a very strict one.

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