Volume 1 Wars and Chaos Chapter 59: Valley of Worry-free Flowers
June 27th, eye, Shenshi.
At the General's Mansion in Kaifeng, Zhang Xutuo looked at the battle report from Luoyang and was filled with dissatisfaction. Someone like Yang Xuanwu had cut off the successor of the Sui Dynasty, which made His Majesty feel disheartened and went south to Yangzhou.
Yang Xuanwu now only has three or four thousand followers. Yes, they can only be regarded as followers. The people around him are not an army at all. If they don't come to Kaifeng, it will be fine. If they come, they will die without a burial place.
Filled with hatred, he called his general Liu Jie and ordered him to lead five thousand troops to defend Zhengzhou and reach the Kaifeng River. Whenever Yang Xuanwu's men and horses were seen, they would be wiped out without asking for instructions.
Liu Jie took the order and left, and Zhang Xutuo returned to the general's mansion. Thinking of everything he had done when he was in Li Xiuning's army, it was time to think about the next move.
The news of Yang Guang's death in Yangzhou has spread throughout the world, and the competition between various forces for Jiuding has finally begun.
Hebei Luo Yi strictly maintains neutrality. He wants to continue watching the show, but due to geographical reasons, all parties will not support him for the time being.
However, Dou Jiande and Zhu Yuanzhang fought inextricably, with each winning and losing, but with few casualties. It always felt like they were acting, and it was a matter of opinion as to who they acted to.
Zhao Kuangyin of Cangzhou took the opportunity and led 30,000 elite troops to cross the Yellow River south and march south to Shandong, occupying Liaocheng, Tai'an and Zibo, which had long been in vain. At the same time, he accelerated the recruitment of troops and horses, as if he was striving for hegemony.
After Yu Wenhuaji and the Royal Forest Army launched a mutiny and hanged Yang Guang, they quickly went south to Jinling. Taking advantage of the fact that the news of Yang Guang's death had not spread, they falsely conveyed imperial decrees and took over more than a dozen places including Jinling, Taizhou, Changzhou, and recruited troops to conquer the world.
Wang Shichong, whom Luo Yu had longed for, finally showed up. Taking advantage of the situation, he led 60,000 soldiers and horses, and with Runan as the center, he quickly captured the three counties of Zhoukou, Xinyang, and Fuyang in just ten days, and personally led 20,000 elite soldiers to attack the city that had just been conquered.
Nanyang occupied by Du Fuwei.
For a time, the land of the Central Plains was turbulent and fighting continued. Wang Bodang was defeated and captured by Wang Shichong. The remaining troops were divided between Du and Wang. Then the two men defended and attacked, and the fight was lively.
When Li Yuan and his son received this military information on their way south to Chang'an, they found that no matter how they planned, they could not change the situation in the Central Plains, so they rushed to Chang'an with all their strength to prevent the same situation here.
Let's talk about Luo Yu and the others. Although the tiger's roar came over, they didn't see it appear, and it should be still some distance away from them.
After a few people were stunned for a moment, the girl excitedly stood up with the dagger and jumped to the right. Lu Xiao pulled her back and made a shushing gesture before hearing two owl hoots coming back from the left.
Sure enough, it was Zhang Yang and the others who came over. The roar of the tiger was still echoing in the mountains, one after another, as if they were threatening something. Luo Yu's heart moved. Could it be that the gorilla is also coming?
The giant tiger was upwind, so he probably didn't smell their scent, otherwise he would have come over unceremoniously.
Taking advantage of the echo, Zhang Yang and the other three slowly came closer. They were all camouflaged with weeds. No wonder they looked like wild beasts clearing a path.
The three of them were stunned for a moment when they saw the girl, and looked at Luo Yu, as if asking who she was?
Luo Yu shook his head, made a movement to keep up, and then ignored them, because at this time Lu Xiao in front had already moved forward slowly with the girl.
The roar of the tiger stopped. Perhaps the girl felt that there was no need to wait any longer as three more people were added to the group, so she started on her way.
In front of the girl was a big tree that could only be hugged by more than a dozen people. Luo Yu looked up and saw that it was too high to reach the top. Luo Yu didn't recognize the tree in the primitive jungle. He just thought it was the tallest and largest tree he had ever seen in his life.
A gust of fishy wind blew, and everyone was about to be vomited out. It must be that the giant tiger in the upper wind position had heard the movement here and was coming quickly.
The girl was gently sweeping away the dead leaves with her hands in the open space under the big tree, and lifted up a four-foot-square wooden board, revealing a dark hole underneath, like the entrance to a secret passage.
After she smelled the fishy smell, she stopped and held the dagger tightly in her hand. Not only was there no fear on her face, but she was extremely excited. She really wanted to fight this big insect.
Of course Luo Yu would not be as impulsive as her. When fighting in the jungle, whether with humans or animals, he must use his wits and not his strength. The trees here are densely packed and the tigers are huge. It is difficult for them to move around easily, so they will not act rashly.
Offensive.
Just as he was thinking about how to deal with the situation at hand, the leaves above his head shook violently, and a huge black shadow flashed across the sky, heading in the direction of the giant tiger.
When Luo Yu took a look, wasn't this the gorilla he was thinking about just now? Sure enough, it followed him.
The two giant beasts fought again, and the roars of tigers and apes resounded throughout the jungle.
Except for Luo Yu, everyone was startled by the gorilla. They must have never seen such a huge ape. The girl's face was a little pale. She might have guessed how big the big insect was, and she wanted to rush out and fight it just now.
It's a showdown.
Luo Yu was the first to come to his senses and shouted softly: "Hurry in, we won't have such a good chance later..."
When the girl heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then she immediately lowered her head and jumped into the hole. Lu Xiao followed.
Zhang Yang and Liu Hao were originally in front of Luo Yu and the others, but in order to allow Luo Yu and Li Xiuning to go in first, they hurriedly stepped aside and looked up at the front to prevent the two fighting giant beasts from suddenly rushing over.
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Luo Yu was not polite, he pulled Li Xiuning and Yang Man over, watched them go in, and then shouted to Zhang Yang and the others: "Hurry up and follow!" After saying that, he bent down and jumped into the hole.
The cave entrance goes down about four feet to the end, which is just big enough for a person to bend over. Then it slowly slopes down, and the sides become wider and wider. After walking forward four or five steps, you can straighten up.
The four people who jumped down first were holding torches and waiting for Luo Yu not far ahead. Li Xiuning anxiously took two steps forward, and Luo Yu had already arrived beside her.
Zhang Yang and Liu Hao entered the tunnel one after another. Seeing the flickering fire, they hurriedly came to Luo Yu's side to leave space for the people behind.
The roars of tigers and monkeys came through the entrance of the tunnel, and they gathered more and more. The sound was so loud that it hurt everyone's ears. It didn't get better until the last person came down and covered the wooden board back to the entrance of the tunnel.
The tunnel was about one foot high and four feet wide. It was a bit crowded if the two of them stood side by side, so they just stood in a row. Lu Xiao passed the torch in his hand to Zhou Ye who was behind him.
The girl should have left the torch here, and this tunnel saved everyone's lives.
The girl said: "It was so dangerous, I almost couldn't come back!"
Li Xiuning consoled her: "Sister, it's safe now. Did you dig this tunnel?"
The girl nodded and said, "Come on, follow me back to the village. Grandpa may be impatient." After saying that, she raised the torch and walked forward.
The ground of the tunnel is very flat, and there are many root breaks on the walls and top of the tunnel. It seems that people often come here to cut off the new tree roots, otherwise, it will be overgrown with tree roots in a short time.
The tunnel was straight, and the girl walked forward for almost half an hour. It was already ten miles long. It was really a big project to dig this tunnel like this.
A small door opened after the girl pressed the switch on the wall of the cave. The bright light from outside came in, which was a bit dazzling. It must be the end.
Luo Yu stepped out of the small door, a breeze blew by, and the fragrance of flowers hit his nostrils. No wonder the scene in front of him made Li Xiuning and Yang Man, who went out first, exclaim "It's so beautiful."
This is a basin surrounded by mountains. The place where Luo Yu and the others came out was halfway up the mountain. Looking around, there were flowers everywhere, like colorful auspicious clouds under the sunlight.
The basin is very large, with a large circular lake in the middle. On the left is a dirt road about ten feet wide. Go forward a few feet and turn left into the mountains. I don't know where it leads.
On the right side of the mountain are more than a hundred independent wooden buildings, which are also filled with colorful flowers.
It was the end of the day, and people in the mountains had a late lunch. At this moment, every house was busy cooking, every household was calling for their children to come home, and slang was buzzing in the mountains. It seemed that the children had played too much and did not want to go home for dinner.
The girl walked towards the earthen ladder on the right with a smile. Dozens of stairs reached the bottom in one go in her cheerful rhythm, and then she skipped towards the first wooden building on the left side of the village.
Luo Yu and others followed her down the earthen ladder, walked through the path with flowers on both sides, and came to her side.
I just heard her call in slang. After a while, an old man with white beard and hair wearing linen clothes opened the door, with a kind smile on his wrinkled face. When he saw Luo Yu and the others, he was stunned for a moment.
Then he looked at Luo Yu and stepped out of the door. He wanted to take a closer look. After a while, he smiled and said: "Young man, you finally found me!"
Luo Yu had tears in his eyes as he looked at the old man whom he had not seen for several months. If it had not been for his rescue, he might have froze to death or been bitten to death by wild beasts in front of the cabin door.
He was a little older than when he saw him last year, but he was still in good spirits. When Luo Yu saw the old man leaving the door, he hurriedly stepped over to support him and said, "You have no choice but to leave that day. I'll help you in before we talk." After that,
He helped the old man into the wooden building.
This wooden building has two floors and is quite large. After entering, there is a patio about thirty square meters. Surrounding the patio is a corridor about three feet wide made of bamboo slices. On the other side of the patio is a wooden half-person height
There are two or three rows of potted plants on the ground below the railing, with flowers of all colors blooming.
There are three wing rooms on each side of the corridor. There are stairs to the second floor on both sides at the end. Directly opposite is the master's room. The door is open at the moment. Inside are two rows of bookshelves with many thread-bound books neatly placed on them. It should be
study.
The old man smiled and said: "Li, go cook and entertain the distinguished guests!"
It turned out that the girl's name was Ali. She smiled and said: "Grandpa, I've been craving for your venison shank for a long time. I think I can eat it today."
The old man also smiled and said: "Little girl, that is just for entertaining your brother Luo and his friends. Go get it quickly."
Ali jumped up and down and walked to the first wing on the right. Luo Yu helped the old man to the round table on the left side of the study door and asked him to sit on the main seat.
Li Xiuning and Yang Man followed. Zhang Yang and the other two stood upright on both sides of the door. Luo Yu introduced to the old man: "Old man, this is my first wife Li Xiuning, and this is Xiuning's sister Yang Man."
The two women saluted the old man. The old man wanted to stand up and return the salute, but Li Xiuning said: "Old man, there is no need to get up. I heard that my husband mentioned that if you had not saved me that day, he would have been dead long ago. I am grateful for five days, and please accept my husband's bow!"
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Luo Yu had known that she would be like this, and had already come to her side when she was speaking. After listening to what she said, they both knelt down on the ground and bowed down amidst the old man's stop.
Yang Man was a little embarrassed standing on the side. She was a princess, and it was not etiquette to kneel down to the people in the mountains. Although she was no longer a princess, Luo Yu was the kneeling old man's life-saving benefactor. As his wife, Li Xiuning,
There is nothing wrong with a big gift, but there is no reason for her to give such a big gift.
Seeing that he couldn't stop him, the old man had no choice but to accept the kneeling ceremony of the two men. Seeing Yang Man's situation next to him, he hurriedly resolved the situation and said: "Girl, help your sister up!"
Upon hearing this, Yang Man hurriedly stretched out her hand to help Li Xiuning up, resolving the slight embarrassment just now. Li Xiuning was a little embarrassed and said: "I was a little anxious just now, but I forgot about my sister."
The old man smiled and said: "Sit down, young men, and ask them to come and sit too. They are all good young men!"
Luo Yu said: "Thank you, father-in-law, for your consideration. I will ask them to come over and see you." After saying that, he waved to Zhang Yang and the others.
The six people came to the patio together, introduced one by one, gave the old man a fist salute, and then came to the corridor, found a stool and sat down. After Yang Man made tea, he also gave them a pot.
Li Xiuning suddenly said: "Old man, where is the kitchen? I'm afraid that Miss Ali is too busy alone, so why not let them help."
The old man took a sip of the brewed tea and was thinking about it. Hearing what Li Xiuning said, he said, "It's okay. Ali is quick and will be fine soon."
Luo Yu understood what Li Xiuning meant and said: "My father, to tell you the truth, from morning to now, I have barely eaten a grain of rice along the way. I am indeed a little hungry. I asked them to help because I want to quickly eat what you left for me."
Boy’s leg of deer!”
The old man was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and said: "So you are also a greedy little cat. Well, go out and go to the right and you will find the kitchen at the end."
After Zhang Yang and the six of them finished drinking tea, they heard their conversation. After the old man finished speaking, he stood up and saluted, walked to the door, and turned to the kitchen to help.
After they left, the four of them were chatting happily when a loud laughter suddenly came from the door: "Dad Li, a distinguished guest has come to Wangyou Flower Valley, why didn't you tell me?"
It must be that people from the village came over after hearing the news.