On the way, Zhang Chong had time to ask the man with hakama folds beside him:
"Hero, I still don't know what your name is? You have to think about it. If we run away, we will really fall into the trap of the enemy.
Your help along the way is worthy of us. Without you, they would not be able to kill Daman.
So, you don’t owe us anything, you have to think about it.”
That's right, Zhang Chong already knew from his father and Duman that it was this man who protected everyone that night with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.
The man looked serious:
"Brother Chong, a certain family's surname is Chen, and the single name is Huan. A certain family has nothing to think about. I, Chen Huan, have been dead since my brothers were killed by Chen Yu's dog that day.
At this time, I am just an evil ghost who wants revenge. It was Brother Chong who saved me and led everyone to seek an explanation for us poor people in this world.
Therefore, a certain Chen Huan will follow you and ask for this explanation."
"OK"
With that said, Zhang Chong patted Chen Huan, and then said to the generous Ding Sheng:
"What about you? You are a member of the Ding clan. There is no need to stay with me. Go back."
Unexpectedly, Ding Sheng laughed and said:
"Brother Chong, what are you talking about? I am just a thief. Otherwise, how do you think I know the way to Luwei Ze?"
"Haha, okay, let's go together then."
After saying that, everyone, led by this unique man, walked all the way towards a road they had never walked before.
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"You mean, the sentry horse that went to the east has never come back?"
At this time, Li Diangao was sitting on the horse, listening thoughtfully to what the servant said.
Then, he relied on his horse and wrote down the situation on a piece of paper. He pointed his whip and ordered someone to change his horse and rush back to Chengshi to report everything here to Li Qian, the head of the Li family.
The letter stated that he, Li Dian, would lead his troops to pursue his fugitive husband, so that his uncle could bring his family guests to join him.
Na Buqu listened carefully, then took Li Dian's talisman and mounted the horse with one stirrup.
Soon, he disappeared from everyone's eyes.
Li Dian pointed his whip to the east, then clamped the horse's belly and led the remaining troops to catch up.
In order to speed up, Li Dian even asked the troops to take off their armor and flags and march lightly.
After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at the woods where Zhang Chong and others had been hiding, and found the body of the sentry horse in the ravine on the roadside.
At this time, he had been stripped naked, and his whole body was glowing with an iron-green color. Everyone moved his semi-rigid body to the intersection.
Li Dian dismounted and carefully inspected the man's wounds.
First of all, the fatal injury was a penetrating wound on the chest that was as thick as an arm. At this time, the mosquito bite made it even more disgusting.
Then there was a wound on his left hand, which looked like he had been shot by a crossbow arrow.
Li Dian looked at the wound again and again. The injury was okay, but it was the penetrating wound on the chest, which he couldn't understand.
How much strength does it take to penetrate a person's chest?
Could it be that this is the person who killed my uncle?
Thinking of this, Li Dian calmed down a little.
Before, he had only thought that these gangsters were out-of-control rioters who came here in a panic at the end of the road.
He never thought that these people would be the murderers of his uncle, and he was just chasing them to vent his anger.
But now this is wrong.
How can an ordinary servant be so brave?
You know, a powerful young man like him has been training his muscles and honing his martial arts since he was a child.
When practicing with weapons, you are accompanied by a teacher; when practicing courage, you practice with real knives; and even when practicing murderous aura, you will sacrifice a living person to the knife to hone your indifference to life.
Just like this, I practiced Sanjiu in the winter and Sanfu in the summer, and practiced hard without stopping, so I developed this martial arts.
This does not include the daily consumption of millet, fruits and vegetables, and even a Huanshou knife is worth those poor men's half-year's meal.
And what if the poor man has a knife?
Even though this sword only weighs a few kilograms, it has no body and no effort. It is difficult to hold the sword, let alone to fight.
This is why he dared to lead fifty men to hunt down these poor men, simply because killing them was really easier than killing a chicken.
That's not Bangfu, who are these people?
Could it be the water pirates who looted the canal that night?
I really think it might be:
They were originally lurking in the fleet, trying to catch Han Kuang and the others in one fell swoop, and then we happened to arrive.
After that, they were taken all the way into the water village.
Moreover, the group's escape direction was obviously towards the Reed Lake, where thieves were rampant.
It seems, that's right.
This group of people was indeed the water bandits that night.
Naturally, the members of the Li family didn't know that their leader had already thought through so much just by looking at a corpse.
All they knew was that Li Dian suddenly stopped chasing him.
They even arranged for someone to tie the body of the dead sentry horse to the horse, and then led everyone back to the water village.
That's right, Li Dian wanted to wait for his uncle Li Qian to come and kill all these water pirates.
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As Zhang Chong and his group were marching, they also picked up people and materials one after another.
Zhang Chong's team now has sixty-five people.
Among the fifty people, including Zhang Chong, they all came from the vicinity of Dashangli.
Then came Chen Huan and Ding Sheng whom they met on the road, and then Yang Mao and the other three palace guards.
The remaining ten people were all sailors from other ships, and they all survived last night.
Because of the labor force, the composition of this group of people is relatively young. The eldest is his youngest father, and then probably the swordsman Yang Mao.
This is good news for a paramilitary team.
There is also information that only Zhang Chong knows.
Now there are many brave men in their team.
He himself has four skills, namely proficiency in halberd throwing, proficiency in horns, proficiency in crossbow, and penetration in horse-stealing.
Among them, the halberd-throwing and horn-throwing techniques have been mastered, but the crossbow and horse-stewing techniques have not yet been able to form combat effectiveness, either due to the lack of corresponding weapons or because the inheritance time was too short.
But as long as you give yourself some time to rest, I believe your combat power will improve even more.
In particular, the horse power technique inherited from Li Jin is of a level that has never been seen before. Once he fully absorbs it, I believe he will be able to overcome difficulties with thousands of troops.
After that came Chen Huan.
Unmentioned, he inherited his crossbow skills from him, and he also said that he had some riding skills, so he was definitely the second in combat power.
Then there is the guard Yang Mao.
He has proficient sword fighting skills, which is very suitable for the children of wealthy families. He can not only perform sword dances for entertainment at banquets, but also show off his ferocity in fights in the village.
Therefore, most children of wealthy families will practice one or two skills. Yang Mao was Han Kuang's domestic slave, and his martial arts was taught by Han Kuang.
As for why Yang Mao and the others did not return to the King of Jibei, this is what he told Zhang Chong:
"The King of Jibei is a fierce man with a weak heart. Even if he knew that Han Kuang was killed by the Li family, he would not come to seek revenge.
What is more likely is that he will kill the three of them and weave that lie with the Li family."
Zhang Chong understood, it was another ending where only the poor people suffered.
With the skills of Zhang Chong, Chen Huan and Yang Mao, they can already be called warriors in the army.
If the guards cover up well, they can even reach the level of charging into the formation.
Then there is the next level of combat power.
There are five of them, Ding Sheng and Heifu both master the Huanshou Sword, and two of Yang Mao's subordinates, one named Wang Zhang and the other named Li Wu, both master the fighting sword.
There is also a man named Wei Zhou from another ship, who is also a master of the Huanshou Sword.
So this is the situation in Zhang Chong's team. There are three warriors, five warriors, and fifty-seven pawns who have touched swords and guns.
In addition, they had one horse, one bow, four pairs of leather armor, seventy swords and spears, six stones of grain, and a certain amount of salt.
After counting, Zhang Chong felt both happy and anxious.
Fortunately, he finally has a team that has begun to take shape, and the quality of the personnel is quite high.
The urgent thing is that they need to find a place to stay immediately and find a way to find supplies.
The six stones of food they had was enough to last them two days.
It originally took them a day and a half to reach Luweizhe, but they had already walked for half a day.
However, in order to avoid Li Dian's pursuers, they circled north again. This journey would take at least three days, and they would definitely not have enough food.
But having said that, they have knives and spears, so how can they not get food?
While Zhang Chong was walking with the team, Ding Sheng, who was sentry in front, came back with Zhang Dan.
As soon as he arrived, he said to Zhang Chong:
"Brother Chong, we found a small settlement ahead. Maybe we can get food there."
Zhang Chong was overjoyed, as expected, he was still somewhat lucky, so whatever worries came his way.
Zhang Chong raised his voice and said to everyone:
"Brothers, there is a party ahead. Let's go there to live, cook, and drink some hot water."
"good"
Everyone's interest suddenly rose and they rushed towards the gathering like wolves and tigers.
But after arriving at the place, Zhang Chong was obviously disappointed by the situation of the gathering.
He originally thought this would be a gathering place like Dasangli, but he didn't expect that this place would be full of cave dwellers.
Large tracts of low thatched huts cover the burrows, making you think you have arrived at a weasel's lair, not a human one.
Zhang Chong didn't know that this was the normal state of most low-class people in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
When he first came to this world, he lived in the Zhang family in Dasangli. He thought that they were already very poor, but in fact, the old Zhang family was still self-cultivated farmers, with twenty acres of land and a roof to shelter them from the wind and rain.
Cottages.
Moreover, Dasangli is located in Jishui, and it is the ferry port of Licheng on the Jishui River. The trade and commerce is very developed, so it is already a good place.
After that, Zhang Chong transported it all the way, but he never really saw the true face of the lower class of the Han Dynasty.
He is shocked now because he still understands too little about this world.
Zhang Chong knocked open the fence of a crypt.
The person who opened the door was a trembling old man. At first glance, he looked older than Zhang Chong and his father, but his voice was not that old.
The old man was wearing a ragged single coat, and his skin was black and cracked under the clothes.
When he saw so many people holding knives and sticks outside, he burst into tears:
"It's gone. It's really gone. Come on, sir. There's really not a drop of millet left."
As he said this, he no longer had the strength to stand and collapsed to the ground.
Zhang Chong, on the other hand, looked at the crypt below in shock.
I saw six naked men and women holding each other for warmth like wild animals.
It turned out that they only had one piece of clothing, which was draped on the old man.
They don't look human at all, they are numb, thin, and lifeless, let alone dignity.