"Can a drunk really relieve a thousand sorrows?" Gu Xing muttered to himself. Just said this in his heart, but there was still no pause in his hand, and he raised his head and poured it violently. This turbid wine may have been aged for a long time, and the shopkeeper here easily refused to show it, so that it can be preserved now.

It's just that I didn't expect it to be cheaper for these two "strangers" who never knew each other. At this time, there was a rush of footsteps outside the store, and the monk Lichen led the young man surnamed Tong to hurriedly walk. It seems that he has found a few places, but he didn't find Gu Xing and Chen Fusheng, and he was already a little anxious.

The dust monk pushed the door in, and was immediately surrounded by the smell of wine. Hurriedly covered his nose and recited the Buddha's name, "Sin, sin." But the boy surnamed Tong didn't care, walked forward quickly, stretched out his hand and begged, "Big brother, give me a sip too." ”

Chen Fusheng handed over the bowl with a smile, but was stopped by Gu Xing, "At his young age, he drank such a strong wine, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Fusheng did not withdraw his hand, but pressed it on the back of Gu Xing's hand with a smile, "It's okay, sooner or later, you have to taste the taste of this." But before the child surnamed Tong took the wine bowl, he heard a sound of dense footsteps outside the door, and the monk slapped his forehead, stepped forward to pick up the child surnamed Tong, gestured to the two, and rushed towards the back door.

Gu woke up before he could finish the last sip of the bowl, and was pulled by Chen Fusheng to follow, thinking that it was something important, otherwise the two would never be so panicked.

The four of them ran towards the west of the city, and all they saw along the way was desolate, and there were no people, let alone the people in the city, and there was no one to see. After running like this for a while, Gu Xing couldn't help asking, "Master, why are you so anxious?" ”

Monk Lichen ran to the front, but he heard this in his ears, and said busily: "I waited for the plan, at this time, the city was attacked by the rogues, it seems that it was just a delaying tactic just now." Thinking that they were still outside the city at this time, they had already followed me and other traces, so they hurriedly beckoned you to flee for your lives. ”

Chen Fusheng's face sank, "Master, can you see clearly, where did the rogue come from?" ”

"Soon after the two of you entered the city, there were shouts of murder all around, but those homeless people are already purgatory demons, how can they be willing to flee like this. After a few words of persuasion, I didn't care about them, and came to look for you two first. Before entering the city, I looked back and couldn't see the clothes clearly, but judging from the standard, it should not be a garrison. Monk Lichen told the truth, but Chen Fusheng heard another layer of mystery from it.

Although Chen Fusheng tasted another meaning, he didn't break it on the spot, but just glanced at Gu Xing, and then sped up and went hand in hand with Monk Chen. The four of them came to the west of the city, and as mentioned before, there was no city gate here, and this nameless city was only open to the north and south, but it was a dead end.

Chen Fusheng turned around and looked around for a while, and then he saw a dilapidated market, overgrown with weeds in front of the door, and cobwebs hanging on the doorrail, thinking that no one had entered for a long time. Bento immediately pushed open the door and rushed in. After all four of them entered, Chen Fusheng grabbed the barrier from the side, set it up behind the door, listened closely, and turned back from time to time to make sign language gestures with the other three.

The monk Lichen and the child surnamed Tong naturally didn't know what Chen Fusheng said, but Gu Xing had a heart-to-heart with him, and immediately understood, and whispered to the two: "There will be chasing soldiers passing by in a while, the master will hide the child first, and when the chasing soldiers break the door, I will wait for the three of them to attack and kill him, change his clothes, and go out of the city at night." ”

There is no better way for the dust monk at this time, thinking that the displaced people outside the city have been slaughtered at this time, and entering the city to search at this time is to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. If you hesitate any longer, you may be affected by others. He nodded, picked up the child surnamed Tong, and retreated into the room behind him.

Gu Xing explained everything, and returned to Chen Fusheng's place, at this time Chen Fusheng was looking out along the crack in the door, Gu Xing didn't know the situation at this time, so he stepped forward and asked quietly, "Fusheng, how is it at this time?" ”

Chen Fusheng's face was dignified, and he didn't show the slightest expression, just looked at it, unconsciously pulled the corners of his mouth, and laughed silently. "There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them."

Gu Xing frowned and was puzzled, but Chen Fusheng did not say anything to explain. It wasn't until the footsteps walked away that he turned around and whispered: "It seems that this group of rogues is not a rural army that has fled, but a legitimate 'personal guard'." ”

"How so?" Gu Xing was even more puzzled at this time, and finally couldn't help asking.

"Ah Xing has never seen it, but the military system has different ranks, high and low. In the early years, the Tang Dynasty army continued to use the 'government military system'. Based on the peasant households of the Bantian system, 634 military offices are set up in all provinces, prefectures, and counties in the world, collectively known as Zhechong Prefecture, which are divided into upper, middle, lower, and third classes according to the size of the establishment. Each battalion has five teams, and each team leads three groups, and each group receives five chiefs, each of whom receives ten dings. Therefore, ten people are in a company, and they all have a collar. ”

"So what?" Gu Xing saw that Chen Fusheng had sold a pass, and asked a little impatiently.

Chen Fusheng was unhurried, "With the battalion as the basic unit, according to the functions and equipment of the service, it can also be divided into middle base, cantonment cavalry, archery, Vietnamese cavalry, infantry brigade, Changshui, etc. The official ranks of his subordinates are: Don't drive, Changshi, Liucao Lieutenant, and join the army. In charge of the military and military households in various localities, the government is divided into upper, middle, and lower classes according to the scale, and the military service is carried out in turns five times a year, with about 1,000 people, and at the most there are more than 600 prefectures in the country, with a total of more than 700,000 soldiers. Maintain one-third of the service all year round. But after chasing the soldiers just now, it was not configured according to this, thinking that it was the system of the independent domain after the collapse of the Tang Dynasty. ”

"Which faction do you see?" Gu Xing hurriedly asked.

Chen Fusheng smiled when he heard this, "This is difficult to live in, you must know that the Later Tang Dynasty set up sixteen guard generals in the center of the yamen to specialize in the world's military horses, namely: left and right guards, left and right Xiao guards, left and right military guards, left and right Wei Wei, left and right Jinwu guards, left and right leading guards, left and right prison guards, and left and right Qianniu guards." In addition to the left and right prison guards, the left and right Qianniu guards, and the soldiers and horses of the Beijing Division, the other guards also led more than 300 government soldiers in Guanzhong. Just by looking at these few things, you can't see it. But ......"

"But how?" Gu Xing was a little anxious, he didn't want to listen to Chen Fusheng's "eloquent story", he just wanted to get straight to the point and run for his life quickly.

Chen Fusheng still took care of the left and right and said others, "Ah Xing can know that there is basically no supreme general, with the general general leading Zhuwei and the commander of each guard of the sixteen guards as the general, and there are Zhonglang, Zhonglang generals, left and right Lang generals, as well as recording the army, Cang Cao, Bing Cao, Cai Cao, and Xuan Cao to join the army. Each guard maintains more than 10,000 guards, and is led as a standing army. The establishment of the grassroots battalion of the guard army is slightly higher than that of the government soldiers, and it is customary to be collectively called the Eagle Yang Guard, and the battalion officers are one more level of brigade commanders, and the commander is the Eagle Yang Lang General, and the grade is higher than that of the government soldiers Guo Yi Du Lieutenant. There are about 200,000 or 300,000 standing soldiers and horses. And there are as many as 1,000 people in this group, and it seems that there must be a big move here. ”

"Could it be that Luoyang knew that Longshou County was rushing to help, and wanted to set up an ambush here?" Gu Xing didn't know if he guessed correctly, but his anxiety was already beyond words.

Chen Fusheng restrained his smile and nodded: "If it is not bad as expected, this group of returning pursuers is not the rogue just now, but the secret soldiers who have been in ambush here for a long time. It's just that I don't know what they are doing at this time. The three of us could have dressed up in disguise, but there was a child in the area, so it was a bit inconvenient to move. How about they take advantage of the fact that they are not focusing on us, and strike first? ”

Without waiting for Gu Xing to answer, Chen Fusheng had already turned around and ran inward, Gu Xing had to follow, but he didn't know what kind of bad idea Chen Fusheng was playing.

At this time, the monk was comforting the child surnamed Tong, although he was not very old, but the child was born smart and understood many things. When I heard the words of the three of them just now, I guessed that the displaced people who had fled together until now were in great trouble outside the city. wanted to beg the dust monk for help, but he didn't dare to make a noise, so he could only beg in a whisper.

The monk was powerless, so he could only shake his head and sigh, and couldn't help but comfort the child, asking him to wait quietly, and then go out of the city after night to find another opportunity.

Seeing Gu Xing and Chen Fusheng returning, Monk Lichen couldn't take much care of it, and as soon as he picked up the child surnamed Tong, he asked eagerly, "Are you leaving?" ”

Chen Fusheng pressed him down, "Master, don't worry, things have changed, I'm afraid that going out of the city at this time will encounter great difficulties, or wait until the situation is clear, and then leave." Chen Fusheng told his conjecture truthfully, although it was just a guess, but at this time, there was any danger, and it should not be rashly tried.

Just when the three of them hesitated, there was a burst of footsteps outside the door. It's just that judging by the rhythm and manner of marching, it is not a person in the army, but an ordinary person. Chen Fusheng jumped to the door in two steps, continued to observe, and said secretly, "Sure enough!" ”

Outside the gate at this time passed by a group of homeless people who were outside the city just now, and several soldiers on each side were holding Pu knives to urge, looking at the look of hatred, thinking that they had seen the scene of the homeless people eating people just now. It's just that at the moment, although the displaced people saved their lives, they were pushed forward by these soldiers, as if they were going to gather in one place for other purposes.

Chen Fusheng waited for the group of people to go away before returning to the three of them again, and said cautiously: "One good news, one bad news." Which one do you want to listen to first? ”

Gu Xing glanced at the mourning face of the child surnamed Tong from time to time, and said eagerly: "Fusheng, when is it, I still have the heart to talk and laugh." ”

"Chen Gongzi didn't laugh, it's just that these two pieces of news are not good for us no matter who comes first and who comes later. Chen Gongzi is just to ease the current atmosphere, Gu Gongzi doesn't need to be so worried. Monk Lichen spoke out to solve his doubts and said what Chen Fusheng was thinking at this time.

Chen Fusheng folded his hands together and gave a Buddhist salute, "What the master said is extremely true, the good news is that the homeless people have not been killed. The bad news is that they have been captured by all the pursuers who have come here, and they are being escorted to an unknown place, as if they have some kind of ulterior secret, or to confuse the 'Yellow Sparrow' who is coming at this time! ”

When Gu Xing heard this, his eyes widened, "Fusheng, do you mean that there are still people coming?" ”