Chapter 217 Chapter 217

Dort had a close relationship with the two of them, so he had already understood their thoughts, and he sighed: How come I don't know this?Daddy wishful thinking to win you over, I knew you would not be moved by him.Everyone has their own ambitions, how can we force them?But brother Zhao, my little girl is infatuated with you, if you leave like this, she will be heartbroken.You might as well take her with you. Zhao Guan pondered for a while, and finally calmed down, shook his head and said: I can only let her down in my life.If I take her away, I will forever be in debt to your father.Besides, she is a princess, so how could she betray her father, follow me and flee everywhere?Please tell her that I have another official wife in Middle-earth, and it is not easy to abandon her, so I cannot marry her. Please forgive me and forget me quickly.

Hearing what he said, Dort knew that it was irreversible, sighed, and said: All right.Ati is still young, but I hope she can quickly forget about it.When are you going to leave?I try to escort you out.Ling Haotian said: "It's tonight."Dort said: "Okay, after dark, I will lead the two horses out of the camp for you, and wait for you under the big tree one mile outside the Dongying Gate." Ling Haotian and Zhao Guan thanked him, and Dort hurried away. Zhao Guan asked: Do you think Dort will really help us escape?Ling Haotian said: You can rest assured.Dort is straightforward and simple, keeps what he says, and will never deceive or frame us.Zhao Guandao: That's fine.Alas, I didn't expect Arti and I to say goodbye forever, but I hope she won't be too sad!He couldn't help but feel dejected as he spoke.

The two packed up everything and prepared to leave.After it was completely dark, the two quietly left the tent, touched the guard's acupoints, performed lightness kung fu, and ran quickly to Yingkou.As soon as they arrived at Yingkou, they saw the flames were brightly lit. Gunbilik seemed to have expected that the two of them would want to escape, so he deployed a large group of troops in Yingkou in advance. Zhao Guan shook his head slightly, and said: To escape without being seen, unless we are two ghosts.Ling Haotian said: No matter what, we have to go to Dort.He must be waiting for us with his horse at this time. If we can get on the horse and run fast, we may be able to break out of the encirclement.Zhao Guandao: It's hard to say.If they shoot arrows, we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to retreat under the random arrows.

The two looked at each other, thinking in their hearts: if you don't escape tonight, if you don't escape tomorrow, when will you have to wait?It's better to rush out now!Thinking of this, they shook hands with each other, jumped out of the darkness together, and rushed out of the camp. The two moved very fast, and when several soldiers saw the two shadows flashing out, they really thought they had encountered a ghost, and they yelled loudly, which alarmed the generals guarding the camp, and hurried out to inquire.The general guarding the gate of the camp was Gunbilik's confidant. Hearing what the soldier said like a god like a ghost, he felt suspicious, so he sent someone to check the tent where Ling and Zhao lived.Knowing that the two men were not in the tent, they immediately felt bad, and blew the horn to summon the troops, notifying Ling and Zhao to leave the camp without authorization, and ordered the soldiers to search everywhere, and they must be caught.

Ling Haotian and Zhao Guan had already rushed under the big tree ten miles outside the camp, and they saw that Dort was already waiting there.When he saw Ling Haotian and Zhao Guan, he was overjoyed and said: You guys came just in time!Go, go, go east!The reins of the two horses that were handed over at the moment are their mounts.Ling Haotian and Zhao Guan jumped on their horses without delay, but listening to the commotion in the camp, they seemed to have found that the two had escaped, and dozens of people rushed out with torches on their horses to pursue them. Dort said, "Let's go, both of you!"I'm going to distract them.Ling Haotian cupped his hands and said: Thank you for your help!Leading the horse with Zhao Guan, hiding behind the tree, watching the situation quietly.

Dort immediately led his men back and shouted loudly: I saw them running to the west, everyone, hurry up!When the soldiers in the camp saw the Seventh Prince here, they all followed him to the west. Even though a few soldiers suspected that the Seventh Prince might deliberately let the two go, they dared not announce it, so they could only obediently follow Dort to the west. Ling Haotian and Zhao Guan hid in the dark grass, and waited for the soldiers to go far away before riding their horses to the east.At this time, another large group of people from the camp came out to search, but they heard the sound of horseshoes clattering behind them. Fortunately, the night was dark and cloudy, with no stars and no moon, and the grassland was dark. Weak, finally disappears inaudible.The grassland under the night sky was completely silent, and there were only the two of them left in the world.

Zhao Guan let out a long breath, and said with a smile: We can escape now.Thanks to Dort's help, he is a loyal friend after all.Ling Haotian said: But I hope his father will not embarrass him because of this. The two immediately identified the direction and rode their horses towards Tianguan Racecourse to discuss what to do next.Zhao Guandao: Gunbilik will never let us go.We have to rush back to the racecourse as soon as possible to pre-settle everyone.Ling Haotian said: Exactly.We still have some money on hand, and we will sell some horses and make up enough to give to the horsemen and grooms, so that they can find their own way out.As for the rest of the horses in the racecourse, give them to the generals who defend the frontier.Zhao Guandao: Very good, let's do it like this.

The two split up their work immediately, Zhao Guan went to find a familiar owner of the racecourse, sold more than 50 horses, took the money back to the racecourse, distributed it to the horsemen and horsemen, and asked everyone to leave the racecourse overnight, as far away as possible .Everyone was extremely worried when they saw that the two had gone away for more than a month and they guessed that they must have been detained by Gunbilik. sad.Zhao Guan urged everyone to flee on the road overnight, and they thanked and bid farewell reluctantly, packed up their belongings, and left the racecourse.Artest and the other three horsemen were very close to Ling Haotian and insisted on going with him to deliver the horses.Ling Haotian led four people to drive the remaining one hundred horses outside the border city at night, and shouted outside the city, saying that he would give the horses to the border guards of Daming.

It was dawn at that time, and the governor of Shaanxi, Zeng Mi, heard that there were a large number of horses running towards the city wall. He was shocked and turned pale. The one who came to present the horse couldn't help being stunned.Zeng Mian was appointed as the governor of the three sides in the 22nd year of Jiajing. At that time, the Tatars repeatedly invaded Hetao, and the army was strong and strong, which was unstoppable. Zeng Mian was very worried. Side will.At this moment, he saw a herd of horses rushing towards him, and the leader was a burly young man of Han nationality, who rushed out to greet him, and said in a loud voice: "Where is the hero, why don't you give the horse for no reason?"

Ling Haotian bowed his hands to Zeng Mi and said: Master Zeng has made great achievements in guarding the border, he is famous all over the world, and I always admire him.I am the owner of the Tianguan Racecourse outside the Great Wall. I learned that Gunbilik intends to invade the Hetao, so I specially came here to give you a horse, but I hope that you can strengthen your defense force to resist foreign enemies. Zeng Mi was very moved, and hurriedly invited Ling Haotian to the city to sit and talk.Ling Haotian said: To tell you the truth, my brother offended Gonbilik and had to disband the horse farm and flee to the north to avoid disaster. The time is urgent and we can't stay longer.Master Zeng, please rest assured, we will not cause you any trouble.After that, he rode away with all the horsemen.

Zeng Mi wanted to catch up and ask for his name, but Ling Haotian and the others were already far away.A few days later, Zeng Mi learned about the legend of Tianguan Racecourse and the deeds of Ling Haotian and Zhao Guan from the Han people outside the Great Wall. The morale of the soldiers was boosted for a while. Little did they know that at the imperial court in the capital thousands of miles away at that time, all the ministers and scholars were arguing over the restoration of Hetao, causing an earth-shaking political dispute.At that time, Emperor Sejong had not been in court for nine years. Although Yan Song was favored by the emperor, he had not yet been able to control the government. Amidst the voices accusing Yan Song of being domineering, Xia Yan, a university scholar, was recalled to serve as the chief assistant. of deep fear.In the end, Yan Song defeated Xia Yan who advocated strengthening border affairs through the Hetao dispute. Xia Yan was killed and abandoned the city, and the governor of Shaanxi, Zeng Mi, was also convicted and beheaded.Yan Song then became the chief assistant again, and his son Yan Shifan was also promoted to be the left servant of the Ministry of Industry.The frontier defense of the Ming Dynasty was weak and weak, and the residents of Hetao suffered from the invasion and plunder of the Tatars, which made it even more irreparable.