At night, when there was no one around, Cao Bianjiao complained to Cao Wenzhao.
"Uncle, why do you let Tie Mo be the vanguard? With just a word from you, my nephew will lead the troops and promise to capture Mizhi within two days."
Cao Wenzhao was holding the book and reading it in rapt attention. When he heard these words, he raised his eyebrows and threw the book directly on Cao Bianjiao's head.
"Do you really think I don't know what you think? Aren't you just dissatisfied with Tie Mo? Let me tell you, don't be dissatisfied. Although he is young, he may have been a guerrilla general, but that is all real merit. Do you really think that he has
How can you be promoted so quickly with the help of Mr. Hou? Humph, you are like a troublemaker. If it weren't for me, do you think you would be the boss?"
Cao Bianjiao obediently returned the book to Cao Wenzhao and said with a wry smile: "Isn't my nephew as miserable as you said?"
"Humph, what do you think? When you enter Shaanxi, you must do everything as ordered. Don't do anything without my orders. Don't underestimate this group of rogues. They can take over Yan'an Prefecture in half a month.
People!"
"Uncle, you are just too careful!"
"Be careful when sailing a thousand-year-old ship. When marching and fighting, you can never be too cautious!"
Cao Wenzhao sighed, this nephew needs more experience and practice.
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On the other side, Tie Mo was so angry that he cursed as soon as he left Laoyingbao.
It wasn't until he left the old camp that he discovered that there was someone else around him. That girl Nunu disguised herself as a man and infiltrated into the team.
This time we were going to fight in Shaanxi, and we couldn't take Nunu with us. Tie Mo grabbed the little girl's shoulders and glared, "Damn girl, you are getting more and more courageous. Come back."
"Don't go back, don't go back!" Nunu stiffened his neck, as if he was determined to fight to the end.
Tie Mo had a headache. Facing this girl, he couldn't hit her, and scolding didn't work. As soon as he let go, he saw Nunu running up two steps and jumping on Mengmeng's back very neatly. Mengmeng whimpered twice.
, carrying Nunu on his back, he ran far away.
Seeing this scene, Tie Mo immediately laughed out loud. Is this girl a girl riding a wolf?
Seeing Tie Mo looking over with a dark face, Zhou Dingshan quickly waved his hand, "Brother Tie, it really has nothing to do with me this time. I just found out that this girl is here."
"What are you afraid of? Did I say it was you? This time is different from before. Get her back quickly and find someone to send her back to Zhangbei. There is a mess everywhere in Shaanxi."
"Okay!" Zhou Dingshan did not dare to neglect and quickly led his people to search for Nunu.
Fortunately, Mengmeng is very understanding of human nature. Although he accompanied Nunu to fool around, he did not dare to run too far. In just a quarter of an hour, Zhou Dingshan slipped Nunu back.
Early the next morning, Ruan Sangou rushed over from Zhangbei. After asking, he found out that it was Hai Lanzhu who had sent Ruan Sangou here.
At first, Nunu was quite honest and didn't see anything wrong. Considering that the team had already set off for several days, he was much less wary of Nunu. As soon as Hailanzhu relaxed his guard, Nunu took the opportunity to slip away.
He left. This made Hai Lanzhu very anxious. Who in Zhang Beicheng didn't know that Nunu was Tie Mo's precious child?
Unable to find anyone in Zhang Beicheng, Hai Lanzhu quickly asked Ruan Sangou to chase the team.
As soon as Ruan Sangou arrived, Tie Mo gave him a death order, "Sangouzi, take this girl back and lock her up for me. You are so audacious and foolhardy."
"Hey" Ruan Sangou responded somewhat perfunctorily, but he didn't agree with it in his heart. Isn't this kind of temper that you are used to?
After Nunu was taken away by Ruan Sangou, Tie Mo's marching speed became much faster.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Chongzhen, on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, Tie Mo's team entered Mizhi County.
The ground was cracked by the cold winter, and the vegetation was withered. Along the way, we passed more than a dozen dilapidated villages, but there was no trace of smoke. In the villages and beside the roads, dead bodies could be seen everywhere, and occasionally there were a few extremely strong ones with red eyes.
The wild dog showed a hint of anger.
If you don't go to Mizhi, you don't know how desolate Mizhi is. Looking at the situation of Mizhi, it's not just that there are ten rooms and nine empty rooms, it's simply deserted.
Before the battle even started, a layer of gloom had already fallen over the team. This scene of hell on earth was eroding people's hearts bit by bit. Even Tie Mo felt a pressure.
The cold wind howled, and the broken door panels creaked like an old woman's. Behind the broken wall, there were several corpses lying. Some of these people were starved to death, some were killed, and their postures were different. Looking at these corpses, Iron
Mo looked gloomy.
I don’t know what happened here. Although the house was not much damaged, it contained many dead people. After walking along the village road for a while, I heard a scream from the front.
Following the sound, he came to a courtyard. When he saw the scene in the courtyard, Tie Mo felt his back tighten and his stomach twitched.
A jujube tree in the yard has long been bare. Under the tree are several earthen stoves that have been used, but there are no iron pots on the earthen stoves. There are many white bones scattered around, and the bones still have gnawing marks. Those thrown away
The hand bones, foot bones and human heads in the corner all indicate that a tragic scene once occurred here.
Almost involuntarily, a picture flashed through my mind. In the cold night, the stove fire was burning, and there was boiling water in an iron pot. A group of people were sitting around the iron pot, eating meat from the pot. They had
They were talking and laughing, with red eyes, like a group of evil ghosts from hell.
The world of cannibalism is not a rumor, it is really happening before our eyes.
Along the way, we kept collecting corpses, and sometimes I began to wonder whether I was here to suppress bandits or to collect corpses. I heard that the situation at Shenmu was worse than that in Mizhi. Mizhi was already like this, and Shenmu was
What would it be like, a real hell?
At night, Tie Mo had no appetite at all, so he just drank some soup and fell asleep in a hurry.
As soon as he woke up, he had nightmares one after another. He woke up from his dream before dawn. When he opened the window, the stars were still dotted outside, and the snoring of soldiers could be heard from everywhere. Tie Mo had a sullen face, always recalling the scene he saw during the day.
A catastrophic disaster comes from the sky, no crops are harvested, the court fails to provide disaster relief, and the people rebel. Whether it is conquering cities or plundering foreign lands, Tie Mo can understand. In order to survive, there is no right or wrong. But in Tie Mo's heart, there is still a bottom line.
, that means you can’t eat people.
If a person eats another, is he still a human? Do such people still need to live?
...
With a heavy heart, Tie Mo led his soldiers and horses to the foot of Mizhi City smoothly. Mizhi is a small city, but the city wall has been raised ten feet by the rebels, and there are many people gathered in the city.
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After arriving at the foot of Mizhi City, Tie Mo knew the specific situation inside Mizhi City.
There are now more than 6,000 rebels in Mizhi City, and the rest are local people in Mizhi. The person responsible for defending Mizhi this time is Tie Mo's old acquaintance, Red-Eyed Rakshasa Yuan Ma. Yuan Ma originally followed the Four Heavenly Kings Li Yangchun to attack Yanmen Pass
, I have met Tie Mo once, and I am familiar with Lei Ren, so I still know something about Tie Mo.
