When the soldier saw Liu Ziqiu, he suddenly started crying and shouted: "Brother Daniu!"
Only the villagers who first lived in Changshan Village would call Liu Ziqiu Daniu. Others did not know this story at all. Liu Ziqiu was shocked when he heard this. After taking a closer look, he recognized that the soldier was indeed from Changshan Village, and his surname was Xiao.
His nickname is Guang'er.
Liu Ziqiu knew very well that apart from himself, there was no other person from Changshan Village in the entire Xihai County. Xiao Guang'er's appearance here at this moment was really unbelievable. Could something have happened in Changshan Village? Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but feel irritable. But Liu Ziqiu was very upset.
Being able to control his emotions, he tried to calm down and asked: "Brother Guang'er, where are you injured?"
Back then in Changshan Village, Liu Ziqiu organized a group of teenagers for training. Xiao Dapeng, Shuanzi and later the Thirteen Taibao were all among them. Xiao Guang'er was also one of the group of teenagers. However, Xiao Guang'er was not talented enough.
To be able to join the top thirteen Taibao. On the other hand, Xiao Guang'er has never really been on the battlefield. Although he has learned some martial arts from Liu Ziqiu, he will inevitably panic after seeing the bloody light. These days, he is like living in a nightmare
中. Now that I have met Liu Ziqiu, I finally meet my relatives. All my emotions are released instantly, and I can’t stop crying.
After Liu Ziqiu comforted him with kind words for a long time, Xiao Guang'er stopped crying and choked up: "Brother Danniu, I only suffered some superficial injuries. If General Han hadn't blocked the two swords for me, I, I wouldn't have died.
Already."
"Old General Han? Liu Ziqiu frowned. In his impression, among the four hundred people sent out, there was no one named Han. Although there were one or two families named Han in Changshan Village, no one could be called a general.
Xiao Guang'er pointed to a soldier lying in the innermost place and said: "That is Old General Han Zhong. He followed Mr. Han Shi'e to Changshan Village."
Liu Ziqiu knew that this old general Han should be a general of the Han family. He looked in the direction of Xiao Guang'er's finger and saw that the man had gray hair, a face like gold paper, and was dying. Liu Ziqiu knew Han Shi'er, but
Unexpectedly, he arrived at Changshan Village, which showed that the situation in Luoyang was already very dangerous. Liu Ziqiu could no longer hold back, helped Han Zhong up and asked, "Old General Han, why are you here?"
Han Zhong struggled to open his eyes and whispered: "Han was entrusted by someone to find out the whereabouts of Mr. Liu..."
Seeing that Han Zhong was having difficulty speaking, Xiao Guang'er took the initiative to tell what happened.
It turned out that in order to find out the whereabouts of Liu Ziqiu, Han Zhong was entrusted by Gao Xiu'er and took Xiao Guang'er and a dozen other people to Luoyang pretending to be merchants. From Changshan Village to Luoyang, because of the cover of Changshan Carriage and Horse Racing, and
There was no danger. At this time, under the governance of Li Yuan, the situation in Luoyang City was gradually becoming stable. However, all the way from Luoyang City to the west, thieves were rampant, and local governments were also taking plunder. They were all martial arts practitioners.
People and the few goods were just to deceive others, so they chose remote roads, but it didn't have much impact. Only when passing through Chang'an customs clearance, I encountered a strict interrogation by the customs guard, but money can make ghosts push.
After spending some money to clear the road, we finally arrived at Fufeng County, but there was no danger.
Since Li Yuan had restrained most of Yang Xuangan's troops in the east, Yu Wenhuaji took the opportunity to launch an attack and retaken Fufeng County. Fufeng is the gateway to the west of Chang'an, but after Yang Xuangan reduced his forces, Yu Wenhuaji could not go any further, and the two sides entered a stalemate.
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In order to avoid the disaster of Chiyu, Han Zhong and his party made a big circle and finally arrived at Longxi County. At the foot of Niaoshu Mountain, they bumped into Zhang Aniu and others who were fighting with the army. At that time, Zhang Aniu and others
They all dressed up as businessmen, and their accompanying goods were scattered all over the place. Han Zhong and the others also dressed up as businessmen. As a result, they accidentally became the targets of the officers and soldiers, and they had no choice but to get involved.
Although Han Zhong and others were outstanding in martial arts, and Zhang A Niu and others were also selected by Liu Ziqiu as elites, they were ultimately outnumbered, and in the end only eighteen people escaped with their lives.
After hearing what Xiao Guang'er said, Han Zhong suddenly took Liu Ziqiu's hand, his voice was so weak that it was almost inaudible, and said intermittently: "Herb found a large treasure in the Yang family manor outside Yanguan City... The Xie family is broken.
For the assistance to Changshan Village...Shi'er and Miss Susu will be entrusted to Mr. Liu from now on..."
That is to say, Liu Ziqiu has a very good ear and knows how to read lips. If it were another person, he would not be able to hear what Han Zhong said. Although these words are incomplete and very messy, they are enough for Liu Ziqiu to understand the situation in Jiangnan.
The last sentence was not only to explain why Han Shi'e came to Jiangnan, but also seemed to be Han Zhong's last words. Liu Ziqiu couldn't help but feel restrained, and said repeatedly: "Old General Han, you can rest in peace and recover from your injuries. Master Shi'e and Liu are brothers and will never be in love with each other."
burden!"
After hearing Liu Ziqiu's promise, a smile appeared on Han Zhong's face, and he fell down on his back, but he was no longer breathing.
Liu Ziqiu sighed softly, clenched his fists, turned around and asked: "Zhang Aniu, tell me! Why did it take several months to arrive in Longxi! Why did you conflict with the army?"
Although Zhang Aniu was slashed with a knife on his arm, and the bones were clearly visible, it was still relatively minor among the wounded soldiers. He gritted his teeth and said, "Go back to my lord, my subordinates and others arrived all the way to Chang'an. It happened to be
War broke out again in the east, and the roads were blocked, making it impossible to move forward. Later, I heard that Yang Xuangan had lost Fufeng, and he wanted to mobilize troops to recapture it. We were searching for horses everywhere. We were afraid of losing our horses, so we hurriedly left Chang'an. Since we can't go east, we decided to go back to Wei first.
Dingcheng, reported the situation to the lord. Unexpectedly, when we stopped in Longxi County, we were targeted by people. Those people chased us all the way to Niaoshu Mountain and intercepted us. Without saying a word, they started killing us."
"Yang Xuangan wants war horses, just give them to him. We have no shortage of horses." In Liu Ziqiu's view, it is not cost-effective to sacrifice 400 lives for 400 war horses. But he also knows that among these soldiers,
In their hearts, war horses are almost like their own relatives. It is understandable that they would do this to protect their horses. After all, they are not real businessmen.
Liu Ziqiu did not continue to blame Zhang Aniu, but asked: "Who did it?"
Zhang Aniu said bitterly: "It was Yuwen Zhiji who did it!"
"Yu Wenzhiji?" Liu Ziqiu was stunned and said, "Did he discover your origins?"
Liu Ziqiu killed Yu Wenjing and captured Weiding City. Strictly speaking, there was still some conflict between him and Yu Wenhua. If Yu Wenzhiji knew that this caravan was pretended to be Liu Ziqiu's people, he would most likely kill him.
But Zhang Aniu shook his head and said: "No. Yuwen Zhiji should be doing it for property. After we escaped to Lintao, we inquired and found that there were not a few caravans that were robbed like us. But Yuwen Zhiji not only wanted
He wants money, but also kills people and silences them. He is really more ruthless and black than a robber! My lord, you must avenge your brothers who died!"
Liu Ziqiu finally understood that he had underestimated the greed of Yu Wenhuaji and Yu Wenzhi and the brothers. If these two people were not eliminated, the fifteen caravans returning from the west would probably be intercepted and killed once they entered their sphere of influence.
Destiny, even with the support of aristocratic families, it will not help. Liu Ziqiu's plan to improve people's lives through business development and obtain intelligence from the Central Plains will surely fail.
A difficult question was placed in front of Liu Ziqiu. He had to make a decision whether to continue to isolate himself from the country or to declare war on Yu Wenhuaji.
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Liu Ziqiu returned to the hall as if nothing had happened, and took the initiative to start a drinking war. Except for Zhao Ling and He Chou, there were all rough soldiers on his side. They drank like water. People like Wang Xingming and Xie Laosi
Regardless of their opponents, they would all be drunk after two or three rounds.
Zhao Ling was the smartest one. He understood that Liu Ziqiu had something on his mind, so he didn't drink much. He waited until the soldiers helped the businessmen back to the post house, and then asked: "Master, has something happened?"
Liu Ziqiu raised his glass and said loudly: "Let's have one last drink, Liu has something to say!"
After everyone finished drinking the wine in their glasses, He Chou was also drunk. Liu Ziqiu shook his head helplessly and told what Zhang Aniu and Xiao Guang'er had said.
Wen Hao was so angry that he took advantage of the drunkenness to attack the case and said sternly: "Who is Yu Wenhuaji? He dares to kill my brother. I will not be a human being unless I avenge this!"
Zhang Liang, Shi Danai and others were also filled with indignation and started shouting. These people were originally loyal to the Sui Dynasty, but after joining the Xihai tribe, they were affected by Liu Ziqiu's influence and were no longer willing to take this precarious situation seriously.
The imperial court took it seriously.
Liu Yu was cautious by nature and pondered: "Does the Lord want to use troops against Yu Wenhuaji? With our current strength, there is nothing to worry about. If we attack, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up."
"Fart!" Although Tumulu has learned a lot of Chinese, he does not have a deep understanding of the meanings of many words. He just expressed his objection to Liu Yu's opinion. He did not expect that it was a curse word, but he still said plausibly, "Now Qiu Gao Ma
It's time to use troops. As long as the master gives the order, my subordinates are willing to be the vanguard!"
Liu Yu knew that it was an unintentional mistake and did not argue with him. He waved his hand and said: "When we go to the Central Plains, we need to attack the city. Although the cavalry is brave, it has shortcomings. Doesn't the general remember the battle of Wei Ding City?"
War? Many cities in the Central Plains are much taller and stronger than Weiding City."
Jiao Liyan shouted loudly: "So what if it is tall and strong, I don't believe it can't be conquered!"
Zhao Ling, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "My lord, what is the situation in the Central Plains?"
Liu Ziqiu muttered: "Yu Wenhuaji, Yang Xuangan, and Li Yuan are three powerful people. In other places, thieves are everywhere."
Zhao Ling stroked his palm and said: "In this case, I think we can fight!"
In fact, Liu Ziqiu was also inclined to declare war on Yu Wenhuaji, otherwise Xihai County would eventually be trapped in a corner. He still quite trusted Zhao Ling's vision and couldn't help but nodded and said: "I would like to hear the details."