Chang Yu and his party of twenty men and fourteen riders bypassed Jinsu Mountain and headed straight to the south. They ran away when they encountered fire. If they couldn't avoid it, they rushed over and asked for slogans. Then they waved their hands: Search quickly and be sure to capture them. Got it!
The Thief Patrol Team was a large group of people, and the leader spoke so powerfully that he felt that he must be a thief general. He didn't dare to ask any more questions and quickly went to other places to search. In this way, there were no dangers along the way and the danger was turned into good luck. After running for dozens of miles, he passed by Pucheng and flew towards the south.
After passing Pucheng County for more than ten miles, the fire was obviously much less distant, and everyone couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Chang Yu's people looked at each other and smiled and said nothing, but Old Hui's people began to feel guilty in their hearts. He muttered, although the leader is young, he is obviously a veteran. Even the rebel patrols are under his control. It seems that we should be more careful with him.
After traveling for more than ten miles, both men and horses were tired and the torches had burned out. Chang Yu ordered some repairs in the woods on the roadside. No one dared to light a fire, so they jumped on the spot and took out a few sips of water from the water bag to drink the rest of the water for the horses.
Chang Yu peed at the edge of the woods and looked around at the darkness. Only then did he notice that there was no snow on the ground. In fact, he could clearly feel that the snow was much smaller in Pucheng than in Heyang. It seemed that there was no snow in this area at the moment. The ones that were not laid or were even smaller have melted. This is a good thing, at least even if the thieves find something, it will be difficult to trace.
Old Hui came to Chang Yu again to try to get close to him, or to use falsehoods, but Chang Yu cherished his words like gold and only said that everything would be discussed at the end of the day, because the secret would be revealed here. He was not really a professional tomb robber, and he would be lost if he talked too much. ! This reaction made Old Hui feel that this person was reliable because he was too cautious.
After a while, everyone got on their horses. This time they did not run wildly because they were worried that their horses would not be able to bear it, so they walked slowly in the dark. The surroundings were silent except for the sound of horses' hooves. Occasionally, they would avoid going around when they saw firelights in the distance. This way, they walked for less than a month. It's dawn!
It’s really cold!
When is the coldest time in winter?
That is of course early in the morning, especially when it is dark.
Especially those who were already exhausted after running all night, Chang Yu and the twenty other people had their teeth chattering and trembling all over.
He had to find a place to light a fire and take a rest. Chang Yu looked around and saw that there was no village nearby, but there was a high hill in the southeast and a forest on the other side. Everyone rushed over on horseback. Unexpectedly, they were dumbfounded as soon as they reached the hill. Six or seven people were huddled in the ditch below, warming themselves up to the fire. The flames were blazing and there was almost no smoke and could not be seen in the distance.
This one was caught off guard, and both groups panicked. Chang Yu yelled: "Copycat guys, surround them." Everyone drew their swords and immediately dispersed to form a siege. The seven big men in the ditch also turned over and drew their swords. , one look at this posture, one can tell that the other party is not a good person.
"Slogan!" Kuang Ren shouted, and several people in the ditch looked at each other with doubts on their faces: "Could he be his brother?"
"Damn it, don't be too busy trying to get close, get the slogan right first." Wang Fuchen yelled, and those people looked confused: "We are brothers from Pucheng, Houying. How come we don't know when we got the slogan? Don't try to cheat." We, let’s talk about you..."
"Don't talk nonsense. I am also from the rear camp of Pucheng. I just came here to chase people. If you are brothers from the rear camp of Pucheng, how can you not know the slogans? Could it be that the officers and soldiers are fishing in troubled waters?" Wang Fuchen scolded: "Then don't blame me for being cruel. …”
"Wait a minute, we are indeed brothers from Pucheng. We were ordered to go south on business a few days ago. We have just returned..." The man said, reaching for something and throwing it over. Wang Fuchen reached out to catch it. It was an iron sign with the words " Camp with kids...
"What the hell is this?" Wang Fuchen was illiterate and threw it directly to Chang Yu next to him.
Chang Yu was greatly moved when he saw it. The child soldiers were originally children selected by intruders from the refugees for military training and used for logistics and spying on intelligence. Later, these children became able to stand alone as they grew older. Not only were they great at spying on intelligence, they also He was also very brave in fighting. Historically, when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, the boy soldiers showed great strength and were very good at climbing the city wall.
Li Laiheng, who was stabbed to death by Chang Yu before, was the leader of the Boy's Soldiers. After his death, the Boy's Battalion became attached to Li Guo. Now they took a closer look at the people in front of them. They were indeed quite young, and the oldest was only seventeen or eighteen.
The generals in the rear camp, the children's army... Chang Yu murmured in his heart. It seemed that the leader of the thieves guarding the defense line was probably Li Guo and had not escaped.
"It turns out they are brothers from the Children's Camp." Chang Yu threw the iron sign in his hand over: "A group of nine officers, soldiers, and spies broke through from Hancheng and killed countless of our brothers along the way. They actually attacked us last night. At the post at the Crouching Mountain military camp, we killed more than ten brothers. We were ordered to hunt them down and encountered a fight with them, but we all failed. The brother was seriously injured." He glanced at the big rake on the raft. .
Those people looked horrified: "A few days ago, I heard that the nine officers and soldiers were very aggressive in entering the country. In the blink of an eye, they broke into our Pucheng. Even the nine people couldn't stop them..."
"If you are not fierce, how can you let us brothers suffer?" Chang Yu said, jumping off the horse, walking to the fire and warming his hands. Both sides put down their vigilance, and ignited several more fires. Qingyi and Hui The old man and the others were gathered in a group, while Chang Yu and the others were warming themselves by the fire with the gang of thieves. Of course, Qing Yi still had his head wrapped around his back and his body was hidden, so no one noticed.
"The incision has been made in Pucheng now. If you can't match during the day, it's okay. You only need to verify your identity. If it's at night..." Chang Yu looked at those people with a smile: "The number of you is pretty much the same. It doesn't matter at all. If I tell you nonsense, I might be killed directly!"
Hey, those people looked shocked: "According to my brothers, we still escaped a disaster! Otherwise, it would be unjust to be hacked to death by our own people."
"What is the incision?" someone asked quickly.
"The king of heaven covers the tiger at the top, and the majesty of Dashun at the bottom, remember it," Chang Yu warned, and those people chanted silently and thanked Chang Yu and others: "What do you call brothers?"
"Feng Zhezi," Wang Fuchen said casually. This name was the leader of the rebel patrol team they encountered at the foot of Wulong Mountain. Now that he used it, the man said, "It turns out he is also under the command of General Hou Yingzhi."
"Yes, from Pucheng." Wang Fuchen nodded. He gave some of the dried meat in his hand to the bandit leader next to him: "Brother, where are you?"
"I'm just kidding you." The man smiled, and Wang Fuchen was confused: "What?".
The man laughed loudly: "My surname is Hua, so I asked you to play!"
Ah, there is also this surname. Everyone looked at Chang Yu with speechless faces, knowing that he was well-read and well-informed.
Chang Yu nodded: "It does have this surname. Brother, you are from Henan."
The man nodded: "This little brother seems to have heard of it. There are not many people with my surname except in Henan. I heard that this surname has a certain origin."
"Brother Shuo is either from Jiaozuo or a martial artist. It is said that only these two places have this surname."
"Hey, this brother is incredible." He stood up and danced with an exaggerated expression, "I am a martial artist, so do you know where my last name comes from? Even my ancestors can't tell..."
Chang Yu thought for a while and said: "It is said that he came from the princes of the Shang Dynasty and got this surname after the fall of Shang Dynasty."
"Princes, princes, it turns out that my ancestors were still princes..." He laughed excitedly just to play with you, and fiercely drew his sword and chopped it off on Chang Yu's head. At the same time, the people under him also became violent. It happened suddenly without any warning.
