Yi Xiaodao was in a depressed mood. He had been walking for more than twenty days and experienced a heavy snowstorm. At this time, he didn't know where he was. Even the Donglu indigenous bandits behind him had lost their way.
Even more depressed than Yi Xiaodao were Fan Jun, Ghost Sword Liu, One-Eyed Snake and the nearly 10,000 bandits behind them. I originally thought that by following Yi Xiaodao, a court official, I could enjoy spicy food and drink spicy food, so that no matter what happened, I wouldn't go hungry. But the fact is that they have been hungry for six or seven days. Everyone's eyes are green. Everywhere they go, rats, rabbits and other living creatures hiding in holes are not left behind. All are sacrificed to them. Temple of the five internal organs.
"Were we a little hasty when we took refuge with him?" Ghost Sword Liu whispered to the two people beside him.
"If you leave now...it's still too late." The one-eyed snake replied weakly.
Fan Jun didn't answer. He was too hungry to speak. He could only walk in the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
"Stop! Who is that!" A group of people came from the front, holding steel spears and long knives, blocking Yi Xiaodao and others. They also saw nearly 10,000 bandits behind them. It wasn't that they were brave, it was just that these people looked too much like refugees.
Yi Xiaodao looked up helplessly: "It turns out to be the Yulin Army... May I ask this military master, does he know... huh? Yulin Army!" It took Yi Xiaodao a long time to react.
"Me! It's me! Yi Xiaodao! Where is General Wei Youming?" Yi Xiaodao pulled away two strands of hair in front of him, revealing his face, and he was overjoyed.
"Lord Yi? How did you become like this? General Wei is in the tent, who are these?" The leader of the Yulin Army quickly got off his horse and stepped forward to help Yi Xiaodao.
Yi Xiaodao couldn't wait: "These are the gangs I recruited from Lu. They're not in the way. Take me to see Wei Youming quickly!"
The leader looked back, what kind of gang was this? This appearance was no different from the beggar gang in Chu Xiang... But he did not dare to neglect Yi Xiaodao's words, and quickly helped Yi Xiaodao get on his horse and returned with Yi Xiaodao.
"This...has left us?" Guidao Liu was stunned.
Xue Mang found a big rock and sat on it: "Master Yi is not that kind of person. Let's take a rest first and wait."
In front of the commander's tent in the military camp, Yi Xiaodao looked at the familiar commander's tent and almost burst into tears. He stepped forward and opened the curtain and got in: "General Wei, you are fine!"
As soon as Yi Xiaodao finished speaking, he was startled. How could Wei Youming be fine? There had been so many changes that he couldn't even recognize that this person was Wei Youming.
I saw Wei Youming with messy hair, bloodshot eyes, and messy beard, sitting in front of the handsome case in a daze.
"General Wei... what are you doing?" Yi Xiaodao was startled. Why did Wei Youming, who was so energetic before, become like this?
Wei Youming raised his head and looked at Yi Xiaodao. He was stunned for a while, and then he rushed over and hugged Yi Xiaodao's thigh: "Master Yi! You are back! I really can't do anything if you don't come back!"
"Don't worry, don't worry, what happened? Get me something to eat first, I'm starving to death." Yi Xiaodao was so hungry that he felt dizzy. After a struggle, he lost strength and fell to the ground.
Wei Youming saw that Yi Xiaodao was so weak and did not dare to neglect him. He quickly stood up and was about to give instructions. Yi Xiaodao said lightly: "There are nearly ten thousand people outside...get some for them..."
Wei Youming stayed on the spot as if struck by lightning.
"What's wrong? Go quickly." Yi Xiaodao urged.
Wei Youming turned around and hesitated: "Master Yi... the army... now has... 20,000 horses, and only ten days of food left... If we add another 10,000 people, we can only eat for seven days! Ten thousand people! Master Yi Where did you get another 10,000 horses?"
Yi Xiaodao smiled bitterly and said: "Explaining it... is very troublesome. Let's eat this first... and then think of a solution."
Wei Youming wanted to ask again, but seeing that Yi Xiaodao was really hungry, he had no choice but to make payment arrangements.
Thousands of people were preparing meals, and they were making extra time. The Huotou Army was busy from the afternoon until the evening. When the steaming white steamed buns and hot porridge were delivered to Fan Jun and other bandits, a dozen bandits ate too much. Urgent, almost choked to death.
Yi Xiaodao originally wanted to eat meat, but Wei Youming also only brought him a bowl of gruel and a white flour steamed bun: "Master Yi, eat steamed buns and drink porridge at the same time. Don't eat when you are full, otherwise you will burst. of."
Yi Xiaodao had been begging for many years and knew that Wei Youming was telling the truth. He had no choice but to put a bite of steamed buns and a mouthful of porridge on his bed and tell Wei Youming about his trip to Richeng.
"Eastern Japanese? This matter is not trivial! We need to report it to His Majesty as soon as possible!" Wei Youming, as a general, has a very keen sense of danger. The Eastern Japanese have not been seen for more than 600 years, and now they suddenly appear, fearing that they are coming with bad intentions.
Yi Xiaodao dissuaded him and said, "What can I do if I report this to Your Majesty? The imperial army and horses are now confronting Chu Xiang. How can they be freed up?" Yi Xiaodao concealed the news that Chen Youcai had revealed that a month later, 50,000 troops would rush to the Central Plains. Fifty thousand people can be said to be too many or too few. If it weren't for the current confrontation between the imperial court and Chu Xiang, the imperial court would really not look down upon the 50,000 Eastern Japanese people.
"Then... Master Yi, you mean to leave it alone for the time being?" Wei Youming asked tentatively.
Yi Xiaodao finished all the steamed buns and rice porridge, felt it for a while, and felt that he was just full. He shook his head and said, "It's not that I don't care, it's that I haven't thought of a way yet. Tell me what's going on with you? When I left, Yulin Junkanan There are only ten thousand Huai soldiers, so where did you get ten thousand people from?"
Wei Youming had a complicated expression and sighed: "Oh, it's not all the fault of that boy Han Shi."
It turned out that after Yi Xiaodao left, Han Shi took Wei Youming around, climbing mountains and forests. Han Shi was indeed a talented person. He had acquaintances among bandits, thieves, and gangs. Being in Donglu was like a fish in water. Under his persuasion and force, bandits from all walks of life joined the army one after another, whether voluntarily or forced. When the gangsters from farther away heard the news, they also came. In this way, the initial appointment of 300 people with Yi Xiaodao turned into more than 10,000 people. Han Shi seemed to enjoy it endlessly. He had been clamoring to save his cousins before, but he didn't mention it again in the past two days and only focused on recruiting people.
"This won't work. The more than 10,000 people on my side would have been in trouble long ago if my master hadn't threatened them with a sword. How dare you stuff so many people of unknown origin into the military camp?" Yi Xiaodao was very worried.
Wei Youming said with a bitter face: "Didn't you say to strengthen the army, Mr. Yi? This kid doesn't care, he accepts all the people, and leads the army around here and there. Even I don't know where we are now. At the end of the year, It's coming again, the Yulin army is doing fine, but the Nanhuai soldiers are quite complaining, everyone is clamoring to return home for the New Year, and the army rations are... sigh." Wei Youming sighed deeply, and he could tell that these days It was a very difficult time.
"Go, call Han Shi, I want to talk to him." Yi Xiaodao felt something was wrong. Looking at Wei Youming like this, he was afraid that he had been used as a gun, and he was probably near Qucheng now.
Wei Youming quickly called Han Shi over. The black man was still the same black man, but he was much stronger than a month ago. Although he had no worries about food and drink near Lincheng, in the final analysis it was still not as good as the food provided by the imperial court.
"Han Shi, you are so brave, you actually brought us to Qucheng?" Yi Xiaodao decided to take a preemptive strike. If he asked him where he was, he was designated to casually make up a place name, and he would have to follow with his eyes closed. He wandered blindly.
When Han Shi saw Yi Xiaodao, he felt a little timid. This man was no more stupid and easy to fool than Wei Youming.
"I'm taking General Wei to Jicheng! Isn't it hard to walk on this road without snow? The road in Qucheng is easy, you must pass it!" Han Shi said.
Yi Xiaodao grabbed the sword on the handsome desk, pulled out half of it, rubbed the edge of the sword and said: "Oh, the snow in Donglu is really heavy. The soldiers in Jicheng can't stand the cold now. It's about to celebrate the New Year again. Well, how about we go back first and let the soldiers spend the New Year in peace."
"How can that be done? Mr. Yi, this...the people of Donglu are in dire straits. We are already halfway there, but we can't look back!" Han Shi was anxious.
Yi Xiaodao pulled out all the swords and pointed at Han Shi: "You still haven't told the truth! What is your purpose in bringing us to Qucheng!"
Han Shi saw Yi Xiaodao facing each other, sighed and said: "Master Yi, why bother asking questions knowingly? Don't I just want to save my cousin? It's been almost half a year, I don't know whether I live or die, my uncle is so angry because of this matter , my aunt was so angry that she couldn't get out of bed... Master Yi, as long as you save my cousin, Han Shi's life will be yours! I can be a cow or a horse, I can do whatever I want!" Han Shi knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.
"You and he are just cousins, how could you be so interested in him?" Yi Xiaodao stared at Han Shi closely: "Does it have any other purpose? Isn't it because he has some grudge against Qu Cheng?"
Han Shi shook his head repeatedly: "My family is poor, and my uncle and aunt take good care of our family. Qin Tiantian also grew up with me. If we don't save him, will I still be a human being?"
"that's it?"
"It's a lie, Grandma Taishan doesn't take care of the little guy!" Han Shi said with a solemn expression, puffing up his chest.
Yi Xiaodao then sheathed his sword. 'Grandma Taishan' was of great importance to the people of Donglu. If she dared to swear by this, I'm afraid it would be true.
"You're messing around and stuffing so many people into the military camp. Sooner or later there will be trouble, and you won't be able to keep so many people." Yi Xiaodao said coldly.
"Master Yi. We are all brothers on the road, and they are all suffering from no food. Haha, if we don't take them in during the cold winter months, they will have no way to survive. Sir, please be merciful!" Han Shi knelt on the ground again and again. Kowtow: "They just want to have a full meal. The villain must restrain them, he must restrain them!"
Yi Xiaodao looked at Han Shiqing's sincere expression, felt a little soft-hearted, and said, "Get up."
"Sir!" Wei Youming was anxious at the side.
Yi Xiaodao glanced at him, holding back everything he said, and then asked: "How far is this place from Qucheng?"
"To be honest, sir, we are already here, more than ten miles ahead!" Han Shi raised his head happily.
