Outside the city of Nanyangfu in Henan, the rogue camps are dotted with flames and stars all over the mountains and plains.
This is the hub leading to Shaanxi, Henan, and Huguang. It has become a common practice for bandits from the mountainous areas of Shaanxi and Henan to gather here after leaving the mountains.
What is a little different from the situation in previous years is that in the past, when a place was destroyed, the people would run away after hearing the news, and they would catch strong men and women everywhere to raise as slaves. This year, more people came to join the gang, and the team grew quickly.
The little boy lost all his belongings when Chuzhou was defeated last year, leaving him alone as a bare commander. Later, he captured five slaves in Henan, and three died in the winter. Not long after he came out of the mountain this year, the number of slaves expanded to seven.
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Two old men were feeding the horse. The little boy walked over and took a look. There was a little black beans in the hay. When he reached out and touched the horse's body, he felt that the skin was very plump and the horse was almost fat. This horse was at Menghuqiaotou.
The empty horse was obtained without much effort, but it was a war horse. It was better than the horse that Xiaowazi had ridden before. Even when he was being chased at Zhulong Bridge and the surrounding scene was like hell, this horse was still
Didn't suffer
Frightened, he jumped into the river and saved the little boy's life. With such a good horse, the little boy felt at ease wherever he went. At least his chances of escaping were far greater than others.
"Little boy! Wo Da eat the blood tank!"
When he looked up, he saw that he was a former companion of the boy army, but now he was also a guard, with seventeen or eight people to support him.
"I'm not going, I've already eaten." The little boy waved his hand, and the companion didn't insist, and hurriedly went south. "What's the use of the blood tank? I saw that horse turned into a dragon and a tiger." The little boy said lowly.
After saying that, he felt a little lost in thought while touching the horse's body. The blood tank is the human abdominal cavity. There has always been a legend in the team that a horse can turn into a dragon or a tiger after eating the blood tank. The officers and soldiers' horses must run away as soon as they see it.
My former grandfather told him that it was a lie. He has not been seen since Chuzhou. On the way to Henan, Xiaowazi paid attention all the way and asked other acquaintances who had escaped, but no one had seen him.
There was a chaos of war and chaos by the Qingliu River. The little boy knew that he was probably dead. Even if he was not dead at that time, at the age of the old man, the officers and soldiers would not be able to raise him. King Lu Yan's men would kill him with a single knife.
"We need to add salt soon. If we can't raise the fat within a month, I will kill you two and use them as blood troughs." The two servants nodded and bowed, and the little boy went back to the fire. If the old man was here, feeding the horse would be a waste.
Don't worry. After sitting there for a moment, he took out his sword and prepared to sharpen it. Now that he has many new servants, he still has to do these life-saving tasks by himself.
You feel more at ease doing it yourself.
Before I could even pull out the whetstone, someone sat down next to me with a roar. Looking back, I saw that it was the second locust in charge of the plate.
"Master, it's decided, let's go to Macheng in the south." After Er Locust sat down, he straightened the hem of his cotton coat so that he could sit more comfortably. He took out a duck leg and roasted it on the fire. It looked like it was ready.
It's cooked, it just tastes better when it's hot.
The little kid quickly took out the salt and helped the two locusts to rub it on the duck's legs. "Are the masters from the other camp heads going with you?" "Sweeper Wang and Mr. Chuang Taotian are not going. Li Chuang will not be able to get out. If the master doesn't go,
Wait for him." The two locusts turned the duck legs over the fire, paused and said, "Many of the troops before breaking into the camp followed the general. Now that he is powerful, they refuse to follow.
People working together to camp is not as good as the old master Gao. Although our master also accepted some people who broke into the camp, it was still not as large as Cao Cao."
Er Locust said angrily and then sighed, "Why did he accept so many people? If he hadn't let the Jiangnan soldiers come over by the Chuzhou River, how could King Lu Yan have killed so many people."
The little boy whispered, "Those soldiers from the south of the Yangtze River are actually soldiers from the north of the Yangtze River." The two locusts did not answer the question, took out a knife and scratched the duck legs a few times, then put them on the fire to roast, "If Chuzhou hadn't been destroyed by Lu
The masters were killed and scattered. How could Mr. Gao be caught? I heard that he was sent to the capital and died after being cut thousands of times.
." The two of them didn't speak for a while. Last year, King Gao Chuang was the person they looked up to. Hundreds of thousands of people listened to his orders. Wherever he went, there were a lot of sentry commanders and generals following him. The Baohu flag at the head of the ordinary camp.
, Gao Zhao and others want to talk to him, so
It was very difficult to die in the blink of an eye, and to die so miserably.
The duck legs were flipping on the firewood, reflecting the oily color, and there was a faint smell of meat in the fireworks. The little kid looked at the firewood and said blankly, "The officers and soldiers will be killed if they want to, and I will never let them catch them."
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Er Locust's face twitched slightly, "I don't dare to let them catch me. Even if I am caught, there will be no easy end. Last time, the magistrate was caught and tortured by the master. He screamed in the hall about life and death..."
"It's like life is worse than death."
"That's it." Two Locusts patted their foreheads, "Well, I was the first to come out with Master Red Wolf. By the end of the year, it will be five years. There have been eleven elders. Some died of illness, some were killed by officers and soldiers, and none of them survived.
Come down, die and be pure.”
The little boy recalled, "I didn't follow that many." "Actually, ten of them died, and one is missing. The Quzhangpan that I followed last year suddenly disappeared when we were in Taihu County.
, we found a boat during the day, but the boat disappeared early the next morning, and he also
It's gone." Two Locusts whispered, "Qu Zhang Pan knows how to row a boat. Some of the team members said that Lao Pan Pan ran away with the money without taking anyone with him. He must have rowed across the river to become a rich man.
.”
"They ran away with the money and took no one with them," the little kid repeated blankly. The two locusts took back the duck leg, waved it in the air a few times, then tore it in half and gave the boneless piece to the little kid.
Wazi, "Qu Zhangpan was originally a businessman. He traveled to many places and learned how to speak exactly the same way as people everywhere. He was able to survive wherever he went.
, we can’t.”
The little kid took a bite of the duck leg. The duck meat with salt grains was delicious. As he chewed it, he said, "It's hard to escape anywhere in the world."
The two locusts gnawed away the duck leg in just a few bites, and then licked the leg bone a few more times, "Actually, I don't want to go to Macheng. I've been there many times and couldn't grab anything. It's better to go to Yangzhou like the sweeping king."
go."
"To go to Yangzhou, we go from Hezhou and Chuzhou. We only visited that place last year. Yang Baohuang said that there was nothing to eat on the way."
"Several bosses of Mr. Sweeper Wang said that last year's attack on Jiangpu failed, and so many people died. This year they are going to take revenge, and they must clean up Jiangpu City."
"In the Second Chief's house, I used to have an old servant. He said that if you rob people all the way, you won't have anything to rob next time. In the future, you will have traveled all over the world, where will you go to find food?"
"What do you think of those people? They didn't eat anything and died together. I killed a lot of people, and I earned enough from this life. Every day I live, I earn another day. If I kill one more, I earn one more." The two locusts touched.
He took out the wine flask and took a sip, then handed it to the little boy.
"Little kid, where do you want to go most?"
"Go to Tongcheng, Anqing." The little boy held the wine bottle but did not drink.
"Anqing... there is a garrison camp there." Er Locust's eyes changed slightly, and he glanced at the little kid. "Last year, it was the Anqing garrison camp that came ashore at Jiangpu, and they were the ones who came over from the Chuzhou River behind." The little kid looked at it. After looking at the two locusts, he said, "They are different from the officers and soldiers in the north. I saw it with my own eyes. The soldiers who were transported by ship even had their horses."
There are also cannons on the ship."
The two locusts looked away and looked up at the dark sky, "What are the officers and soldiers doing there if they are so powerful?"
"My brother died in that place. It's boring to kill too many people. Only the people in Tongcheng still want to kill." Er Locust chuckled, "Let me tell you, if you feel that killing is boring, then you are killing the wrong person. Killing Men, women, children, old men, old women, all have different tastes. But the most interesting thing is killing officials. I have killed them before.
You know who the biggest official is." The little boy shook his head, and the corners of Erlocust's mouth twitched and he chuckled, "Inside Yingzhou City, I captured a Zhang Shangshu who had been the Shangshu of the Ministry of War. His white beard was better groomed than that of a woman. My hair is still neat.” (Note: The former Minister of War when Yingzhou City was destroyed.
Zhang Heming was killed.)
He raised his head with a look of recollection, "I stabbed him three times. His beard was covered with vomited blood. The smell of killing a high official is different."
The little boy looked at the expressions of the second chief's family, and said with a half-smile, "Next time I catch a high official, I will kill him for the second chief's family too."
The two locusts patted the little boy and stood up, "I will also help you and fight to Anqing."
"The second chief's house, wine pot..."
The two locusts strode towards their camp, waved their hands and said, "Here you drink."
The little boy took back the jug, and the bonfires scattered around him surrounded him. He could not see the end at a glance. It was already late at night, and there were occasional figures moving in the firelight. Occasionally, there were sudden loud drinks and long wailing, and then everything calmed down again. .The chill of the winter night came in waves, and it felt colder than ever before. The little boy dropped his hands, as if he had no strength to lift them up anymore. He looked up at the dark sky, and murmured, "If you don't take anyone with you, how can you go?" Where?"