Chapter 4 Human life is like grass
In the end, Wang Hou, who sprinkled Huan'er, did not enter Chengcheng.
There is no way, when there is still one or two hundred meters away from Ping'a County, which is not much larger than the community in later generations, the amazing fishy smell is already blowing in the face, so that Wang Hou, who has experienced wind and food and sleeping in the open in the past two days, and his nerves have been exercised a lot, he can't bear it.
Full of consternation, he dragged the reins of the yellow horse that was also panicked and went around in two circles, and Cao Hongjie and the other tigers and leopards also caught up with full vigilance. Being held back in the middle, looking at Cao Hongjie, who was like a great enemy, Wang Hou pinched his nose and asked in surprise.
"This taste! Is Ping'a County's pillar industry selling stinky tofu? β
But he didn't pay attention to him at all, he also pinched his nose, kicked the ribs of the war horse lightly with his green boots, and carried the ring head knife upside down, and the little girl cannon rushed to Ping'a County, which was still closed in broad daylight, and then kicked it violently.
With a buzz, the heavy wooden gate burst open.
Looking at the appearance of the city, for a moment, Wang Hou felt that the blood in his whole body rushed to his brain, first his head swelled, and then his back was cold, making him shiver.
Fight for land and kill people! Fight for the city, kill the city! He's really seen it.
It's not the kind of group performance in the TV series where not a drop of blood is shed, the real mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, lying on the avenue of Ping'a County, the blood has rendered the rammed earth road into a red and black, and in the bloody and rancid breath of the sky, the crows and wild dogs are crouching and gnawing on the corpses unscrupulously, and the flies have also spread to the extent of swarming.
Wang Hou is not a hero, nor does he have a super psychology like Cao Cao Dong Zhuo who treats human life like a mustard, as an ordinary person who has only crossed over to the fourth day of this era, this scene in front of him completely stunned him.
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More than 3,000 people in the entire county were slaughtered, regardless of men, women and children, not a single one was left, the corpses spread from the city gate to the depths of the intricate grass houses, the hawkers died on the edge of their stalls, the tavern owner was killed in front of the counter, several women were hung on the beams of the house full of fear and despair, a gust of hot wind with a fishy smell blew, and their shriveled and rotten eyes looked at Wang Hou and his party with terrifying and strange eyes.
More than two days had passed since the killing, and most of the corpses had begun to rot under the blazing light of the autumn tigers, and countless flies had foraged here to lay their eggs, and the astonishing stench was emanating.
made a mask out of torn clothes, and followed Cao Hongjie into the county town like a horror movie in horror, in his ears, the piercing sound of flies was as loud as a truck motor, and the crows crouched on the corpse, their eyes were already red as blood, not to mention that they were not afraid of people, and they also let out a piercing scream at the tiger and leopard cavalry sergeant.
In Wang Hou's scalp numbness, it can be regarded as following Cao Hongjie to the county office, where it is also a mess, in the face of death, human beings have finally achieved equality, on the stairs in front of the county office, a corpse wearing a big Han earthy yellow official robe fell there, and all around are scattered county officials or local wealthy people wearing dark soap and crowns on their heads.
Because face down, the official's face had completely rotted open, and he was kicked over by Cao Hongjie's leather boots, and the disgusting maggots crackled and fell down, but this year, the official seals were carried with him, and from his waist, Cao Hongjie untied the bag, and a small seal was taken out of his palm.
Ping'a County, Chen!
"Ping Ah Ling Chen Quan was also killed!"
Weighing the small seal in his hand, Cao Hongjie couldn't help but shake his head solemnly.
He was extremely sensitive to this Chen character, and he looked around left and right in a terrified manner, but Wang Hou suddenly forgot his fear, and asked coldly: "Chen Quan?" What is the relationship with Xuzhou Don't Drive Chen Gui? β
Quite surprised to look at him, but put the seal into her arms, she still sighed softly and explained: "Chen Quan is a Guangling Chen-style three-room concubine, who went to Luoyang in his early years to serve as a pawn, and fled with the emperor to the east, the prime minister saw that he was still a little talented, and had a deep relationship with Xuzhou, so he made a county order here to respond to Liu Yuzhou's food supply. β
"I don't know which way of thieves, so vicious! Slaughter the city! Cao Li, you immediately send someone back to tell the prime minister, beware of thieves and rebellion! Massacre plague, this is not a place to stay for a long time! Let's go too!"
It is bold and capable, in a few words, this little sissy has completed the disposal, after receiving the order, the three tiger and leopard cavalry sergeants turned over their horses, and took the lead in rushing out of the city, followed by a group of people also covered their noses, and hurriedly withdrew outward, but it was completely different from the appearance of a plague chicken just now, although it was still trembling slightly, but Wang Hou forced himself to look at the corpses.
On the one hand, just like Alexandre Dumas's Count of Monte Cristo, in order to take revenge, he has been watching executions in various places for more than ten years, so as to make himself numb and cruel, and only by facing these bloody corpses can his heart be tempered and hardened.
On the other hand, it's really about your own life! Cao Cao asked him for 5,000 stone millet, where did he get it, he could only go elsewhere, and after seeing the big-eared thief Liu Bei, he couldn't help but think that there was a fan brother of Prime Minister Cao in Xuzhou, Chen Deng, the captain of Xuzhou Diannong!
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there is a famous chapter of Chen Deng, who sells Lu Bu, in the real history, they are typical and high-minded, and they think they are very noble, and they really don't deal with Lu Bu, a warlord from Xiliang.
Moreover, although the world was in turmoil at this time, Xuzhou also experienced war, especially in the Pengcheng area, and suffered the murderous slaughter of his boss Cao Cao, but after all, it was better to rob Yuzhou and Yanzhou, which were the land of the four wars, than Huainan, which was in the midst of a great drought at this time.
Relying on the contradiction between the two, and under the pretext that the Son of Heaven borrowed from his boss Cao Zong had made the princes halo, Wang Hou was seventy percent sure to persuade him to give five thousand stone of grain to save his dog's life.
But at this juncture, such a moth has been made!
The city behind Boss Cao was slaughtered, blocking the back road of Liu Bei and Liu Da'er in Yuzhou, and the official who was killed was still the clan relatives of the Chen family in Guangling! The smell of this conspiracy is a little too heavy.
And with his many years of experience in chasing dramas and watching suspense, after being careful, Wang Hou really found some extraordinary traces!
Next to the tea shop not far from the county office, the tea boss died on the tea bench in the house, but the blood stains dragged more than two meters away, look at the seat, before he died, he was standing at the door of the shop to watch the excitement, suddenly, the disaster came, only had time to escape two steps, he suffered a fatal injury, struggled two meters, and then died on the bench.
He is not alone, on the side of the yamen, the dead scholars and officials can even arrange a slight formation, Chen Quan's face has been corrupted, and his expression can not be seen, but the position where he fell is facing the county government on the right hand, this position is obviously not trying to resist any bandits, but like welcoming someone.
And the traces of the killing spread from the city to the city gates
Pinching his nose and kicking his side, he turned over the corpse of the tea boss with a click, and a deep rotting wound was hideously revealed on his back, but this wound was also very strange, a triangular puncture wound like a bird pecked was lying there, and a long shallow cut was dragged out under the bird's beak wound.
Gragging the sleeve of the little girl's cannon, Wang Hou was stunned and asked, "What kind of weapon can leave this kind of wound?" β
was covering his nose and frowning, and when he looked back, Cao Hongjie was full of impatience and shouted.
"Halberd peck!"
This answer, the corners of Wang Hou's eyes trembled violently twice, in this era, the halberd is the main combat weapon of the northern infantry, in front of him, several tigers and leopards are carrying the halberd to the outside of the hurried, leather boots trampled on the ground one by one heavy footprints.
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The plan to enter the city to rest is in the soup, even if the elite is like a tiger and leopard, the morale is slightly low, the little girl's expression is also a little low, the helmet is low, without saying a word, and stepping on the stirrup he made, Wang Hou is drooping his head, thinking about the scene he has just experienced.
It seems that anyone has the possibility of attacking, but the first to be excluded is the bandit reported by Cao Hongjie, even if the great sage and good teacher Zhang Jiao is reborn, there is no face for the county commander Chen Quan to accompany him in person, to greet the county government, and the perpetrators can only be acquaintances within the Han army.
Lu Bu is possible! Originally, he had an eye-to-eye relationship with Yuan Shu, and almost married his daughter to Yuan Shu, but he attacked Cao Jun from behind and prevented Cao Cao from destroying Yuan Shu, which alleviated his situation in Xuzhou.
However, Lu Bu's suspicion is also the smallest, after all, it is not far from the border of Xuzhou, and the first one to be suspected is him, now Cao Cao has formed an alliance with Yuan Shao, and he also coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, it is the time when no one can compare with the limelight, at this time, it is too stupid to provoke Boss Cao, in comparison, he is more like a perfect target.
The second person who is suspected is Liu Bei, who also has this motive for killing! It seems that Ping'a City was slaughtered, his supply line from Xuzhou was cut off, and he was a victim! can be changed from another angle, after all, this is the city that was beaten down by Prime Minister Cao Cheng, and the officials under him who killed him, this hatred of Cao Cao should be recorded.
At this time, he Liu Bei and Prime Minister Cao Cheng were standing on the same line to attack the traitor Yuan Shu, who was rebellious and called the emperor, and his back road was still slaughtered, and the suspicion was naturally cleared, and Lu Bu, who was eyebrow-raising with Yuan Shu, and who still retained his strength at this time and did not send a single soldier, naturally became the first suspect!
Liu Bei and Lu Bu have a big feud, Liu Bei was sent by Gongsun Zhan to aid Xuzhou Assassin Shi Tao Qian, after Tao Qian's death, the position was passed to him Liu Bei! At that time, Lu Bu was just beaten out of Yanzhou by Prime Minister Cao Cheng like a water dog, Liu Bei took Lu Bu in and placed him in Xiaopei, but when Liu Bei went south to fight with Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, a white-eyed wolf, recaptured Xuzhou under Yuan Shu's instigation, if it wasn't for Yuan Shu not sending food according to the covenant, which made Lu Bu annoyed, maybe he would have killed him.
But even so, his previous master of Xuzhou also became Lu Bu's subordinate, and the guest and host were translocated, and he was sent to Xiaopei to guard the border.
Liu Bei's hatred for Lu Bu, the scene of Baimenlou is vividly embodied, Lu Bu expressed his willingness to surrender and lead the cavalry for Cao Cao, Cao Cao hesitated and asked Liu Bei, but the emperor's uncle asked Dong Zhuo Ding Yuan in a gentle voice. Gentle words strengthened Cao Cao's determination to kill LΓΌ Bu, and after LΓΌ Bu's death, Liu Bei, who was attached to Cao Cao, also briefly regained control of Xuzhou.
As for whether the respected Uncle Liu Huang can do the dirty thing of slaughtering the city that has been stinking for thousands of years, Wang Hou didn't think about it at all, and none of the people who could fight their way out of the warlord melee at the end of the Han Dynasty were fuel-efficient lamps.
But there is another possibility, but Wang Hou only thought about it for a while and didn't dare to think about it again.
It was Chen Quan who was killed! can make him, the county commander, respectfully welcome into the city! Huainan has a big drought this year, and it is harmful and unprofitable to entangle with Yuan Shu again! 5,000 stone grain, not too much, not too little, if it is transferred from Xuzhou to Shouchun City, maybe the battle is over! But Cao Cao attaches great importance to it! On the occasion of the great battle, he dispatched 50 heavy cavalry to follow him to "chase the dirty"! He also sent his cronies around him!
Thinking of this, Wang Hou couldn't help but tremble!