Waves of strong wind blew across the wilderness, bringing up the sky full of wind and sand. In this wind and sand, more than a dozen people were marching with difficulty.
Wang Er was walking at the front of the team, his whole neck almost tucked into the jacket he was wearing. Walking outside in this kind of weather was almost like gambling with his life. Half an hour ago, they had just escaped from a storm.
In the eyes of these officers and soldiers, their heads are all about military achievements, and no one will care about what they shouted before they died.
The messenger of a wandering thief is also a wandering thief!
Anyway, after the head is chopped off, the chopped head cannot speak.
Who knows why there is a patrol of officers and soldiers in this place? It is only half a day's journey from Qingyang Fucheng at most!
Seeing the sky slowly getting dark, Wang Er felt a little bitter in his mouth. If he couldn't find a place to stay, almost everyone could imagine what would happen if he spent the night outdoors in this weather.
"I remember the last time we passed here, there seemed to be a village not far away!"
He turned back and asked his men.
"It's long gone!" The subordinate said angrily: "I didn't see it when I came here. I guess the village was destroyed the last time we fought. Brother, please find a place to stay quickly. It's getting dark now.
If we meet the officers and soldiers, we will be dead!"
"What are you afraid of? At worst, we will have to fight with the officers and soldiers!" A bandit next to him said viciously: "If you fight to the death of one, you will be enough, if you fight to the death of two, you will make a profit!"
"Get out of here!" Wang Er'e was overcome with fear and glared at this guy: "If you weren't my nephew, I would have stomped you with a knife and fought with the officers and soldiers. Haven't you seen the battle between the officers and soldiers? We would all die.
It’s over, and I can’t even touch the skin of the officers and soldiers, so I’m still trying to fight like you!”
"My uncle is your father!" the thief said blankly.
"Go, go, go to the back and watch!" Wang Er gave his nephew a hard kick and was so angry that he didn't want to speak.
There was no need to say anything, but the night was still manageable. Wang Er took his people and struggled for a long time, and finally found several cave dwellings near a small slope. Although they were dilapidated, they were ten
If a few people take shelter from the wind and cold in this place, they should be able to survive the night.
Out of caution, Wang Er still sent two people to take turns to keep vigil above the cave dwelling. They all had a lot of trouble. If they were wandering refugees, they were not afraid. They were just afraid that they would be unlucky and meet the officers and soldiers scouts who were also looking for a place to spend the night.
In the middle of the night, Wang Er was suddenly woken up by his nephew in panic.
"Uncle, uncle, there are so many people, so many people coming this way!"
Everyone in the cave suddenly jumped up, and they hurriedly stamped out the fire that had been left overnight. Then a group of people climbed quietly on the slope, watching the dark movement in the distance.
"Listen to my orders later. If anything goes wrong, let's disperse and meet at the same place in Qingyang Mansion!"
Wang Er whispered to his men: "Don't go see Wang Jiayin's people before I go back. That guy is almost in trouble. We can't count on him!"
Everyone nodded and responded in unison.
The sky was very dark, but there was a faint moonlight shining on the wilderness. This made Wang Er's usually uneasy eyes become much sharper at this moment. In the distance, dozens of black figures were hurriedly heading in their direction.
When they came, they didn't move very fast, but they were silent. In such a night, it seemed especially weird.
"They are refugees, there are so many of them!" Someone beside me said excitedly: "Boss, kill their leader, and these people will follow us!"
"Wait!" Wang Er shook his head. This was a common method they used to gather refugees, but for some reason, he always felt that something was wrong at this moment.
A gust of wind blew away the clouds that blocked the moonlight, and the dark shadows suddenly became clear. Wang Er and others on the slope retracted their heads without saying a word, and then looked at me one by one.
, I looked at you with a look of horror in my eyes.
"They are not here for us!" Wang Er said in a low voice: "Don't make a sound!"
"Brother, could it be that the Qingyang Mansion was occupied by officers and soldiers, so Marshal Wang ran this way? These are all Lord Wang's personal guards!" A bandit said in a low voice: "Look at them
Among the people, many were injured. They must have just fought with someone!"
"Just don't say anything!" Wang Er glared at the thief without explaining.
"Uncle, they are Marshal Wang's soldiers and horses. What are we hiding from? Let's go out and say hello to them!" Wang Er's naive nephew asked in confusion: "We are our own people!"
"You're one of our own!" Wang Er said fiercely: "Are you going out to seek death? You're just fooling around in vain. What will they do after they get out? Do you really think that guy Wang Jiayin sent me to Yan'an Mansion out of kindness? He is dissatisfied.
I'm an eyesore next to him!"
"At this time, if I see a bunch of people coming out, even if they say they are my parents, I will chop them down first!" Wang Er said fiercely: "Listen to me! Whoever wants to say anything, don't say anything.
It’s my fault, Wang Er, for being so rude!”
Everyone was horrified and did not dare to make a sound. They just hid under the earth wall and watched this group of dark figures passing by not far in front of them. After almost a stick of incense, they were sure that no one was there anymore.
Wang Er and others breathed a sigh of relief!
"It's paralyzing. I'm scared to death. It seems like we can't go back to that miserable place in Qingyang Mansion!"
Wang Er took a long breath and said with lingering fear: "How could the officers and soldiers like that shabby place in Qingyang Mansion and occupy it? Huh, don't even think about it. This Wang Jiayin was tricked by the little red wolf.
The guy was kicked out. The guy and I have always been at odds. If we go back, we will definitely be seeking death!"
"What should we do, brother? We can't starve to death here!"
"Uncle, why don't we go back to Yan'an Mansion? With so many people heading towards Yan'an Mansion now, they will definitely survive!"
"Bah!" Wang Er spat fiercely: "That bastard Li Zicheng started to tremble when he became the little leader of the officers and soldiers. He still has a grudge in his heart about what happened last time. He didn't kill me this time.
They also think that I am Wang Jiayin’s envoy, and if I go back to him again, aren’t we going to fall into a trap?”
"No!" The naive nephew said with wide eyes: "We are not going to surrender to the officers and soldiers. Anyway, aren't they collecting refugees? Let's hide the things in our hands and make our clothes more messy.
Are they just refugees?"
"That's right!" Several other homeless thieves also seemed to suddenly realize: "We were refugees before. Brother, have you forgotten that before he took us to Qingyang Mansion, he didn't say, no matter who he voted for, as long as it can make us ourselves
Is it okay to just survive?”
"This...?" Wang Er pondered for a moment: "Do you think you can still live the life of being hungry and full?"
"Let's live on first!" The thieves said with a smile: "A fool like Li Zicheng can get along like a fish in the Yan'an Mansion. With the methods of the eldest brother, is it possible that the eldest brother is afraid that he will never get ahead!"
"Then let's go to Yan'an Prefecture!" Wang Er thought for a moment and nodded slowly: "But before we go to Yan'an Prefecture, we are refugees from Wangjia Village. Who the hell wants to talk about what happened to us before?
, don’t blame me, Wang Er, for being cruel and ruthless!”
"It's necessary, it's necessary!" Everyone responded in unison.
"Then go back and rest. Let's turn back at dawn!" Wang Er nodded fiercely: "Fortunately, Li Zicheng didn't let me see Jiang Wan. We just need to get rid of Li Zicheng and his gang in Yan'an Mansion.