Chapter 278: Urgent (for the Pioneers)

"There are other exits to the mine tunnel. If you want to catch turtles in a urn, it's best to use it." He Lingchuan pointed at Jiao Tai, "He knows the location of the mine tunnel exit."

Zeng Feixiong was overjoyed, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, young master!"

This title stung He Lingchuan's heart, and he waved his hand: "Go ahead and thank me after you get the credit."

Zeng Feixiong also knew that time was running out, so he continued to rush to the mine with Jiao Tai leading the way.

During the conversation between the two of them, He Chunhua took out a piece of white paper. In a hurry, he didn't bother to polish the ink, so he simply bit off the tip of his finger, dipped it in blood and wrote a dozen words.

He Lingchuan asked curiously: "Dad?"

He Chunhua said nothing, quickly took out the Sheji Order, dipped it in blood and sealed it, then folded the paper and took out something from the storage ring——

A gray dove.

Everyone was startled, and upon closer inspection they realized that this was actually a machine bird.

He Chunhua opened the secret compartment and put the blood book in. The machine bird flapped its wings twice and its little eyes lit up.

Then Manager He threw it into the air, and it flapped its wings and flew away to the east.

He Lingchuan let out a long breath: "So you brought this, that's great!"

A mechanical bird is the masterpiece of a puppet master, but few puppet masters can create a mechanical bird that can fly for dozens of miles, which requires an extremely delicate structure. This one was originally the work of the capable men of "rebellion leader" Hong Xiangqian. When the rebel army was defeated at Woling Pass, Wu Shaoyi left with several machine birds.

Later, Wu Shaoyi surrendered and gave the bird to the military.

He Chunhua was careful, and this time he brought people out to suppress the enemy, and also brought a machine bird with him in case of emergency.

Now, "from time to time" comes.

He Chunhua looked solemn: "I hope it will be delivered in time!"

A bird can fly much faster than a thousand-mile horse. If it can warn Xinhuang before Hong Chenglue launches a surprise attack, his side may be able to avoid losses.

Needless to say, He Chunhua then ordered the remaining troops to turn around and head east, rushing back to Xinhuang at full speed.

He Lingchuan gradually understood these things. His father thought that since the army had been brought here, it would not be appropriate to go back without some luck, so he simply ordered Zeng Feixiong to raid the mine. The bait thrown by Hong Chenglue was quite attractive, and it was not difficult to capture it; to say the least, if Xinhuang's food and grass were also burned, at least he would have captured an enemy general, Bai Liqing.

On the way, He Chunhua asked about the incident in detail. When he heard that Mao Tao died in the battle, he couldn't help but sigh: "He is also an old man who traveled with you. Does he still have any family members?"

"No."

He Chunhua hummed: "That's fine."

He was so anxious now that he wished he could fly back to Xinhuang, but he had no intention of comforting his son.

There are troops stationed in Xinhuang and Chuanyun Pavilion to assist in the defense. But Hong Chenglue was at least half a body ahead of them, and this man had some tricks. It was too late to rush back now, and he really didn't know what to do.

He was careless after all because he was greedy for success.

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Abandoned mines.

In the short bungalow, Baili Qing wakes up leisurely. It was already dark, and he was thirsty, so he murmured: "Water..."

The soldiers on the side quickly fed him water.

Soon, two generals rushed over and said happily: "Master Baili, you finally woke up!"

"How long have I been asleep?"

"Almost a whole day. The wound is healing well."

Baili Qing looked at his broken arm and smiled bitterly. If the hand is gone, what's the use of recovering from the wound?

However, he had heard that some secret medicine could regenerate severed limbs.

Half a roast chicken was placed on the table. A general picked it up and said with a smile, "I'll heat it up. This is what Hong Chenglue brought here to honor you."

"Where's General Hong?" Baili Qing glanced out and saw that there didn't seem to be many people walking around outside.

"Our spies left in Bailu Town were caught, so the Xiazhou army came here. General Hong led people to lure them away."

Baili Qing was moved: "The mine has been exposed? Why not move it?"

"Well..." the two generals looked at each other, "You are too seriously injured. I'm afraid you were transferred hastily..."

"Confused!" Bai Liqing struggled to sit up, "Immediately order an evacuation. General Hong said, where to meet?"

"Xinqiao Township."

"Call the military doctor to come over and change my dressing." Bai Liqing saw that the tourniquet was soaked.

"The military doctor followed General Hong."

Baili Qing was shocked: "What did you say?"

The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. He just lost one arm, how could he just sleep through the whole day?

Medicine, he was drugged.

"How many men are left in the camp to fight?"

"General Hong left fifty people behind."

Baili Qing slammed the table and said angrily: "This guy is so vicious!"

The two generals were confused, and Bai Liqing urged: "Hurry up and order the evacuation. Get me a stretcher, hurry up!"

Just as his men were about to agree, there were suddenly several screams outside.

The two of them rushed to the door and saw several waves of arrows flying out of the mountain forest, and flames shooting into the sky!

The Xiazhou Army is coming.

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Xinhuang, the camp of the grain transport team.

It has been dark for a long time, and the lights in the camp are brightly lit. On the contrary, looking out from the camp, the entire Xinhuang Town is almost plunged into darkness, with few lights lit.

The soldier standing on duty at the west post yawned and said to his companions passing by: "There is no popularity at all. This is just a ghost town. We might as well stay in the wilderness for the night. At least we can get some prey for the tooth festival."

Yawning is contagious, so my companion couldn't help but yawn: "Didn't you hear what these country bumpkins said? They have eaten all the birds and animals nearby. Come on, please be energetic, I'll leave first."

The soldier was startled: "Hey, don't leave me alone!" His partner died in the sneak attack of Xunzhou people yesterday. "I have been guarding for five hours, I am so sleepy!"

"I still have things to do. Everyone has left, what can we do?" The companion waved his hand and turned away, "If you want to blame, blame the roster for not arranging you well and letting you stand alone."

The West Hill is at the outermost edge of the entire camp, and it is boring for the soldier to stay alone. The spring night wind is very gentle, and he leaned against the wall and took a nap.

At this time, a gray object fell from the night sky, fell in front of him, and moved a few times.

But the soldier was napping too soundly, and even a slight whistle came out of his mouth and nose, and he was unaware of the movement in front of him.

No one came here.

It was unknown how long it took before three people passed by the West Hill, and the leader was Elder Liang of Chuanyun Pavilion.

He saw the gray shadow on the ground at a glance and stopped. The disciple went forward to pick it up and exclaimed: "What is this?"

He thought it was a dead pigeon, but it turned out to be cold, clearly a man-made thing.

A mechanical carrier pigeon?

There were scratches on its back, probably because it was attacked by a night owl as prey.

This also explains why it didn't fly all the way to Wu Shaoyi, probably because its parts were damaged.

Elder Liang took it and looked at it, and fiddled with it for a while, and the secret compartment on the pigeon's belly opened, revealing the note inside.

Then, Elder Liang rushed into Wu Shaoyi's tent with the note and the mechanical bird!

Wu Shaoyi was reading a book under the light, and heard the tent door open with a bang. Before he could ask, Elder Liang slapped the two things on his desk.

It's urgent!

Wu Shaoyi's face changed drastically after a glance, and he slammed the table and said: "This is unreasonable, be alert immediately!"

Without He Chunhua, he is the highest commander of the entire camp.

Wu Shaoyi issued several urgent orders, and the soldiers who guarded the camp got up quickly after a few drum sounds in the camp. Most people had been busy all day, and fell asleep when they lay down at night. They were still a little dazed when they got up at this time, but they were shocked when they heard the drum sounds.

Wu Shaoyi ordered his men to get ready, and then move all the barricades to the camp, and wait for them; Elder Liang led his disciples to set up a formation, which was very effective in resisting large-scale attacks, such as rain of arrows and fire attacks.

However, they had just set up the second formation when the sound of hurried horse hooves sounded outside Xinhuang Town.

These people ran in the dark without lighting torches, and rushed straight towards here, obviously with bad intentions.

Wu Shaoyi gave orders with a sullen face, and the archers in the camp immediately fired a wave of arrows.

It is better to strike first.

He suffered a great loss at the hands of Hong Chenglue last night, losing his camp, food, and face; now Hong Chenglue actually chose to attack him again when he was in the camp. This is really intolerable!

This time, the new and old grudges must be settled together!

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He Chunhua was anxious, and the team of more than a thousand people also tried their best to rush back. On the way, several horses even stumbled and broke their legs.

This is the official road, although it has not been repaired for many years.

Just after turning the corner, a blast arrow was fired from the hilltop above, and a big red firework exploded in the air.

There are people on the hilltop!

He Lingchuan was startled, but He Chunhua ignored it and urged everyone to keep going.

This place is about one mile away from Xinhuang Town, and it is the only way to enter and exit the town from the west. Obviously, Hong Chenglue specially placed scouts on this hilltop to capture the actions of officers and soldiers.

People like He Lingchuan who reacted immediately felt nervous, because this meant that Hong Chenglue's team had arrived in Xinhuang!

The enemy was still one step ahead.

When they approached Xinhuang Town, although there was a fierce fire ahead, He Lingchuan felt relieved after hearing a series of shouts.

There were fighting and scolding, which meant that the camp had not been completely taken.

In this way, the camp could still be saved.

Sure enough, He Chunhua led his troops into Xinhuang Town. The fire in the military camp had not yet been extinguished, but Hong Chenglue's team was no longer there - after seeing the fireworks signal from the western hilltop, they retreated to the east.

Wu Shaoyi and Elder Liang led the remaining troops to pursue the desperate enemy.

Seeing He Chunhua return, the officers and soldiers of the grain transport team cheered.

He Lingchuan glanced and found that the camp was in chaos. After the attack on the camp last night, the grain carts were scattered, but at this time there were still dozens of them burning, and the fire had not been extinguished.

There were traces of battles everywhere, and one or two corpses of people and horses could be seen every ten steps.

He Chunhua assigned a team of people to help put out the fire and grab food, and led his troops to chase eastward to meet Wu Shaoyi.

The number of people on both sides was very different, so there should be no suspense. He Lingchuan did not follow them, but stayed in the camp to help.