"Haha, even if there were officers and soldiers chasing us this time, we wouldn't have thought that we would turn to Weizhou." Chen Xunping looked proud.
Zhao Yutu did not hesitate to praise: "Master Liu, you are a born handsome man."
It turned out that after Liu Heng set off with the army of refugee bandits, he was worried that the government troops would pursue them, so he asked Yang Yuan and two teams of refugee recruits to take some bulky objects and walk toward the county seat of Yangyuan County, leaving traces along the way, and he He led a large group of bandits to change direction and take the direction of Yuzhou.
More than a thousand people walked on the road, leaving many traces. Liu Heng also arranged for the refugees walking behind the team to each hold a branch and clean up the traces left by the large group of people as they walked.
Li Shuheng asked: "Are we really going to Yuzhou instead of Guangling?"
"No, let's go to Guangling." Liu Heng said, "We are not going to Yuzhou. When Yang Yuan and the others come back, we will turn back and go to Guangling, but we will not take the official road leading to Guangling from Yangyuan County."
Zhao Yutu on the side smiled and said: "I understand what Mr. Liu means. There is a saying in the art of war. The truth is false and the reality is false. Mr. Liu deliberately set up a enchantment formation. If there are really officers and soldiers chasing him, they will be chased. The traces left by Yang Yuan and others lead to the direction of Yangyuan County."
Chen Xunping fanned himself with the cool breeze with his hands and said, "I don't know what is real or false. I just listen to my brother. I will do whatever he says."
It was approaching noon, and the weather was getting hotter. Chen Xunping was sweating profusely as he walked beside the grain truck. From time to time, he would wipe the sweat on his forehead with his sleeves.
Zhao Yutu covered his forehead with his hands, looked up at the sun above his head, and said, "Should we all take a break? I think everyone is tired."
"Let's go forward. There is no cover here. Let the team rest in the next forest." Liu Heng wiped the sweat from his forehead, and the clothes on his chest were already soaked.
Many refugees in the team simply went shirtless, beads of sweat flowed down their chests and backs, and there were streaks of mud on their gray bodies.
After walking for more than three miles, they finally saw a sparse forest. Liu Heng ordered the team to rest in this forest.
Finally, when the team was ordered to rest, the refugees lay facelessly on the ground one by one, with their arms and legs spread out. The better-looking refugees leaned against tree trunks and fanned themselves with some cool breeze with their hands.
Liu Heng found Li Shuheng who was taking care of the animals. He said: "The weather is too hot. We need to arrange for people to go to the river to fetch some clean water. Boil it and let it cool before storing it for the road. These animals must be taken good care of. All heavy loads depend on these animals.”
"Don't worry, I have arranged for people to do these things." Li Shuheng said, "I can do these small things. Your task is to lead everyone to find a safe place to stay. It is difficult for people to settle down when they are always in such a hurry."
"Come on, we'll be safe when we get to Guangling." Liu Heng grabbed a handful of beans and put it near the mouth of the animal in front of him, and saw him eating it in big mouthfuls.
Li Shuheng said worriedly: "With so many of us going to Guangling, will it attract an encirclement and suppression by the army?"
"The scouts I sent out to Guangling have returned. There is only one inspector named Li in Guangling, with more than fifty soldiers. By the time the officers and soldiers gather together to suppress the troops, we will have already entered the mountains. In the future, as long as If we don't mobilize thousands of people and horses to go down the mountain, the government will just treat us like ordinary bandits." The beans in Liu Heng's hand were eaten clean, and he grabbed another handful and handed them to the animals' mouths.
Li Shuheng looked at Liu Heng carefully and said: "In the past, Xunping always said that you had become enlightened, but I still didn't believe it. Now it seems that you have become enlightened as the old man said. I don't know what to do about many things." , but you already have a way, you are more suitable for the position of the cabinet than Shi Yunhu."
Liu Heng said with a smile: "There is no need to talk about this between us brothers. As for Shi Yunhu... I'm afraid that he has become a prisoner of the army by now."
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Quanliang Mountain official army camp.
A group of ragged bandits were herded together by the officers and soldiers, surrounded by soldiers holding swords to guard them.
The injured bandits were taken away directly by the soldiers and executed.
There is a pit in the north of the camp, with headless corpses inside, and a pile of human heads piled up beside the pit.
Rogue bandits kept being escorted by soldiers and brought to the edge of the pit, where their heads were chopped off with a knife. Their bodies were thrown into the pit at will, and their heads were thrown into the pile of heads beside the pit.
The land beside the pit had long been soaked with blood and became muddy. The strong smell of blood was nauseating. Many officers and soldiers could not bear it and ran to a distance to vomit.
The blade of the knife used for beheading was broken several times. I don’t know whether it was because too many heads were chopped off or because the knife was of poor quality.
The army camp was upwind, and the smell of blood from the north rarely came to the camp.
In the commander's tent, Li Kaiyang's face was extremely gloomy, and even the guards around him were trembling with fear.
Bang... He threw the tureen on the table, and the tea inside splashed on the general kneeling on the ground in the tent.
"Have you been interrogated clearly? Could it be that he hid among other bandits and got away with it?" Li Kaiyang suppressed his anger and asked the general kneeling in front.
The general lowered his head and said, "After asking clearly, he escaped on horseback last night."
"A bunch of losers." Li Kaiyang raised his hand and turned over the table in front of him.
The unfinished memorial, pen, ink, paper and inkstone fell all over the floor, and the inkstone even broke into several pieces.
"Five thousand troops surrounded hundreds of people, but they actually allowed the bandit leader to escape. They are a bunch of losers and losers!" Li Kaiyang roared loudly in the camp.
The soldiers patrolling outside the tent glanced at the tent with lingering fear and walked away from it.
Li Kaiyang said to the general kneeling on the ground: "Let me check which direction the bandit leader escaped from."
"Yes." The military attaché hurriedly exited the tent.
I didn't dare to wipe the sweat on my head until I left the tent.
A personal guard following Li Kaiyang said at this time: "Sir, more than 20 riders escaped from the direction of Beiying last night. Could it be that the leader of the bandits was among the bandits who escaped that time."
"Trash, they are all trash, a bunch of losers, there are more than a thousand people and even twenty or so people can't stop them." Li Kaiyang angrily kicked the table that had overturned on the ground.
After taking a few deep breaths and suppressing the anger in his heart, Li Kaiyang said to the guards beside him: "Send the order. Shi Yunhu, the bandit leader, refused to surrender and was shot dead by Liu Ya on the spot."
The guard asked cautiously: "What to do with the corpse? The people above will definitely check the head."
"Find someone who looks similar, chop it up, salt the head and put it in a wooden box." Li Kaiyang said, "Go and do it!"
The bodyguard bowed to accept the order and exited the tent.
Li Kaiyang said to another guard: "You ride a fast horse and chase the battalion of Huang Qianshi and Zheng Qianhu in the direction of Yangyuan County, and tell them that they must kill the escaped bandits no matter what." .”
"It's an order."
The guard exited the tent, went to the stables and took out a horse. He then left the camp and galloped along the official road towards Yangyuan County.
