Chapter 6: Slaughtering the Village (1)
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The sound of horses' hooves rushed straight from the front of the road to Lijia Village.
"Brother Tang, this time we have exposed our whereabouts, and there are chasing soldiers on all five roads! And the Yuan Ting Diyi Station in front must have also received the news, we might as well go into the mountains to hide for a while at this moment, so that we can return to Chuzhou with the silver ticket. The man named Guorui said as he rode on his horse with a gleam in his eyes, and at this time there was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, and there was a broken arrow rod stuck in his shoulder, obviously afraid of excessive bleeding, and he did not pull it off halfway.
"Brother Guorui! I am familiar with the terrain, there is a village not far ahead, and behind it is the best place to enter the mountains, where the dense trees are the best place to hide, but we have to watch out for wolves, and there are very few other predators. The man surnamed Tang nodded and said on the other horse, his body was also covered with blood.
"When I go back this time, I will definitely tell Marshal Chen to temporarily suspend the army and rest the army to the best condition! And went south to take Hezhou, and for the time being, he no longer thought about this kind of cross-border expedition to Fuzhejiang. The man named Guorui sighed and said.
"Brother Guorui! It seems to me that your position in the army is no less than that of a marshal! I think you should have the business of an emperor in the future, but why don't you listen to me? The man surnamed Tang couldn't help asking.
"Brother Tang! Hugh is nonsense, the marshal treats me like a parent, I should serve him as the master, and I will not regret it in my life. How else am I like to be the blood-eating beast? These topics will not be brought up later! Otherwise, don't blame Guorui, I'm ruthless! The man named Guorui's face sank, and he snorted heavily in his nose.
The man surnamed Tang couldn't help but suffocate, he was so choked that he couldn't speak, and his face became extremely ugly.
Seeing his expression like this, Guo Rui couldn't help sighing, and then said: "Brother Tang He, I also know your intentions, if I am asked to do such a bad behavior, I would rather go back to the temple to be a foot monk." We are doing great things, and if we only cling to internal power struggles, we will never be able to achieve great things! ”
The man surnamed Tang softened his expression slightly, turned his head and was about to speak, but he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind him.
"It's not good, we have just been killed, we are already seriously injured, it is not appropriate to fight them again at this time, the Yuan dogs must have followed the horse's hoof prints, now we have to enter the mountains quickly." Guo Rui's face couldn't help but change, Meng Yuan's cavalry tracking skills were indeed first-class, and it didn't take long for him to change direction and chase after him again, which was completely unexpected by them.
"Brother Guorui, let's follow this path straight into the mountain, and we can reach that village in a pillar of incense! Drive! As Tang He finished speaking, the horsewhip struck the back of the mount in a hurry.
"Drive! Okay, we're going to hurry! Guorui is also a little nervous at this time, if hundreds of thousands of taels of silver tickets are brought back to Chuzhou, it is enough for a year's army needs, and there will be some surpluses, and in Chuzhou in the past few years, he has been accumulating property for the south, this time saving a county lord is enough to consider himself unlucky, if he fights with the Yuan soldiers again, it is easier to just die, if he loses these silver taels, it will cause a great hindrance to the next development of the righteous army.
The two horsemen hurried down the path, and soon after they had passed, a troop of horsemen galloped over, headed by the one who had been sent by Zake to give the order of death.
Shortly after passing the intersection leading to Lijia Village, the hundred-household suddenly waved his hand and shouted: "Stop!" A group of cavalry following behind him instantly stopped their horses.
"There was no sign of the horses' hooves coming from here, they were wounded, and they would not be able to go far. Tiger ten-person team, I order you to search carefully in the vicinity for a while, and if you don't find it, enter the path ahead and follow the team. ”
"The rest of the people will follow me into the path where we have just passed, and if we let them escape, then we will not be able to give orders to the commander!" This hundred-household is the ten-household who was in the bazaar yesterday, and he was temporarily promoted to a hundred-hundred-household, but Zakecha gave a death order, if he could not catch the two Red Turban soldiers, he would only have a dead end, and his face was very gray at this time.
And the hundred households in the city are also bitter-faced, and they are leading the team to search for the whereabouts of the county lord of Xianglan'er from house to house, if they can't catch anyone in these two aspects, even the head of the commander Za Kecha will not be able to be saved, but before that, he will definitely use these subordinates to open the knife.
"Yes! My lord! One of the ten households immediately agreed, and scattered with a small group of men and horses to both sides of the nearby road to search for any traces of horses running into the grass on both sides of the road.
In late autumn, although the grass on both sides of the road has dried up, it is still about a person's height, and it is not impossible for someone to deliberately hide in it.
"Chase! There's a ruined village ahead, and I have a feeling that the two Red Turban thieves must have fled in that direction. Although this person was temporarily promoted, his head could move at any time looked at the traces of the underground, and after speaking, he rushed to the side path with his leg in the belly of the horse.
A group of cavalry immediately followed him, whipped up a cloud of dust and smoke, and galloped towards Lijia Village.
"Mother! It seems that you are really well, probably taking those medicines often has worked, and you don't even breathe when you go up the mountain! Shang was still secretly amazed by Liu Xingbao's miraculous methods, but he was really happy to see his mother's body fully recovered.
"Yes! It's strange to say, since my mother got up at noon, she felt as if she was ten years younger! After eating, I want to go outside, and by the way, I will accompany you to the mountains to pick some plum fruits, and then tomorrow you can go to the city to sell, and then buy more daily items to go home, so that my mother will have a place to live in the future, and I can let you work in the city as soon as possible. Shang Mei looked at Shang Yu and said with a smile.
After the two of them had eaten, Shang Mei talked to Shang Yu about wanting him to work in Quanzhou Mansion immediately, but Shang Yu was still a little worried about his mother, afraid that she would be inconvenient at home alone.
"Mother! It's winter now, and it's about to begin! Wouldn't you just let me go into town after the winter? Shang Yu said with some attachment at this time.
The mother and son had already entered the gap in the mountain, and there was a secret cave not far ahead, through which they could directly reach the top of the mountain, from where they could fall a rope, and Shang Yu could easily pick the plum fruit.
At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves began to sound rapidly on the path from the village to this side, but then the sound of horses' hooves suddenly stopped, and after a few breaths, the horses' hooves suddenly sounded again, but they were speeding away.
Before the mother and son had already walked to the hidden cave, Shang Yu was still thinking about the sound of horses' hooves that he had just heard, and he couldn't help but want to mention it to his mother, his ears were strong, and he could hear the sound in the distance, but Shang Mei couldn't hear it.
"Mother! If we pass by on horseback, who else can there be but officers and soldiers? Shang Yu couldn't help but ask his mother beside him.
"Officers and soldiers? That's not good, every time the officers and soldiers come to our village, they have to search for it, otherwise there will be only about 10 of our more than 200 villagers. He said with a sudden change of color on his face.
"Mother! I could clearly hear the sound of horses' hooves coming from the other side of the pass, as if they were two horses, but there was something strange about them, and they were going back the way they came. Shang Yu said a little strangely.
"Not good, Xiao Yu! Let's take refuge in that cave, the villagers of our village will flee without permission, and those officers and soldiers will surely be angry with us! Shang Mei couldn't help but say.
"Mother! What about those uncles and aunts, I'll see if I can call them too!" After Shang Yu heard his mother's words, he cared about the neighbors who lived together.
"It's too late, it can't be just two officers and soldiers!" Shang Meishi grabbed his son and said.
At this moment, Shang Yu suddenly said, "Huh! Someone seems to be coming to the mountains, mother! Let's not talk, let's hide in a cave to be safe. As he spoke, Shang Yu poked his head out, but he was startled under this probe.
"Xiao Yu! Come in quickly, if the officers and soldiers see us, they will be able to move their swords! Shang Mei said timidly, pulling his son from behind Shang Yu, trying to pull him inside.
"Mother! It's not officers and soldiers, I know these two, it's yesterday, oh! They were the two Red Turban soldiers who killed the officers and soldiers in the city. Officers and soldiers must be chasing here, and I'll call them in!" As he spoke, Shang Yu was about to go out.
After Shang Mei heard this, he immediately grabbed Shang Yu and said urgently: "I only have one son, the officers and soldiers and the Red Turban Army are all sword soldiers, if I hurt you, how can I explain to your father in the future!" You kid, you know how to do things! ”
"Mother! These two gentlemen were quite good people, and when they rescued people in the city, they were quite righteous, and my father once said that if a person was not righteous, he would not be a great husband! Shang Yu couldn't help but say anxiously after being pulled by his mother.
"What a big husband, you're just a child, and I'm just a woman and a child! Those who use swords, whether they are officers and soldiers or the Red Turban Army, we people can't take care of it, this time it's good that our mother and mother can escape this catastrophe, the father of the fourth child the year before last was because he didn't want to join the army to go to the border, so he was cut off by the officers and soldiers! Have you forgotten? Xiao Yu, all idle things have to be taken care of. Shang Mei grabbed Shang Yudi's arm and said urgently, for fear that his son would suddenly run out.
At this moment, Shang Yu suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the entrance of the valley again, and there was a faint sound of angry scolding, but it was hundreds of meters away, and he couldn't really hear what the ground was.