On a sunny afternoon, the six attacking villages had gathered all the corpses of the manor villages. Only a dozen women and twenty or thirty children survived. The children were all three or four years old, and the women were extremely weak, and even when the family was slaughtered, they only trembled and did not say a word.

The corpses were set on a pyre, and when a fire was lit, the stench of burning the corpses quickly spread. After smelling this smell, Zhang Luo couldn't bear it anymore, and even vomited on the side.

Killing the enemy on the battlefield, Zhang Luo did not have any uncomfortable reaction at all. Now participating in the massacre, he has a strong resentment in his heart, and almost vomits the contents of his stomach. However, the brain is still quite sober - these two small manor villages are definitely not pure angels, their brutal treatment of the homestead villages, Zhang Luo just has not seen it with his own eyes, but he has not experienced it personally - with today's fate, it must be self-inflicted.

According to the agreement, Taiping Road does not want goods, but only food. After moving the grain, Zhang led the team to leave the village first. At the agreed gathering place, Zhang Luo joined Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang, who led the team to attack another manor village.

The other force was fully numerous, and it was sure that it was a complete victory. Pei Yuanshao's face was very ugly, and after seeing Zhang Luo, he said sullenly: "My side has almost been killed." ”

"Me too." Zhang Luo replied, "The next step is Jijia Town." ”

After being silent for a moment, Zhou Cang suddenly said: "Qu Shuai, this plain county can't stay any longer!" If this were the case in every village, it would be purgatory on earth. ”

Before the rise of the Taiping Dao, the class contradictions in the Han society were on the verge of exploding, and there were already civil arms fighting in various places. Taiping Dao fought fiercely with the Han army, and the entire Han lost the power of bullet pressure, and the vendetta became more intense.

The already impoverished Plains County is not capable of supporting an outward expansion regime, and at present, such a Plains County, which is becoming increasingly broken by fierce landlords and feuds against yeoman farmers and tenants, does not have the foundation to dominate the world.

It's just that after seeing it with his own eyes, after personally participating in the fierce vendetta, Zhang Luo was already thinking about it, what he said when he went south was to gather people in Qingzhou, maybe the best choice at this time was to turn around and join the main force of Jizhou.

"Qu Shuai, can I let the people here go with us?" Seeing that he was silent, Pei Yuanshao couldn't help but ask what he was more concerned about.

Zhang Luo had already made his attitude clear, and the most important thing at this time was to gather people. The villagers have broken two powerful villages, and they have been desperately moving things to their homes. If Jijia Town is broken, God knows if they will think about defending Jijia Town. If that is the case, how can the villagers choose to continue to follow the Taiping Road?

Zhang Luo is in a rather depressed mood now, and he has led his troops to kill thousands of Han troops so far. In the battle of the Zhanghe River Valley, if you add the Han army who died because of Zhang Luo, it is not inconceivable that there will be two thousand. This time two villages were broken, and at least more than 2,000 people died in the two villages, which felt very bad for Zhang Luo.

Even so, he cheered up and said, "Lao Pei, Jijiazhen must be beaten." We only have enough food to eat for a month, if we can't take Jijia Town, what will we eat? As for what the people think, then they can only reason. ”

Zhou Cang suggested: "Qu Shuai, it's better to be like this." If we take Jijia Town, we might as well destroy the town, if there is a complete Jijia Town in the hands of the local people, how can they still want to follow us? ”

"I'll talk about it." Zhang Luo said helplessly.

When they returned to the station, the brothers of Taiping Dao did not boast about their military exploits as before, and everyone cooked and ate in silence. The Taiping Dao sergeants were born in the low-level people, and even if they killed the evil Haoqiang Manor, the Yellow Turban sergeants were not happy.

After Zhang Luo and the others finished eating, Wu Lu rushed over, followed by the village chiefs and clan elders of the six villages, after seeing Zhang Luo, Wu Lu stepped forward and saluted: "Qu Shuai, when are you going to attack Jijia Town?" ”

"Wait for me to take a look at the terrain first." Zhang Luo said, "In addition, please tell me how you fought Jijia Town in the past." ”

That afternoon, Bian Xi took a boat back to the Taiping Road camp near Pingyuan City. Compared to a few days ago, the pattern of the camp defense has changed considerably, with female patrols carrying spears and shields patrolling outside the camp like men. When Bian Xi looked at such a purely female unit from the eyes of a veteran, he felt a little weird.

From a purely military point of view, the route arrangement, the formation of the queue, the training of the female patrol are very good. They are enough to intimidate ordinary people and bandits. The problem lies in this style, and in any case, Bian Xi feels that this purely female team does not have the murderous spirit of a male army. When a male patrol sees a suspicious person, they immediately try to attack like a beast that is now invading their territory. The characteristic of the female patrols is that they also know the various rules and regulations, but the problem is that the women just don't have that kind of murderous spirit. It's as if they're trying to do what an army should do, rather than a real wolf-like army.

Even so, Bian Xi felt a lot more relieved. If the entire camp were to be protected by men alone, the number of troops would not be enough. Even if a female unit that strives to be an army joins the military system, it can improve the combat capability of the entire army. At least during the battle, Bian Xi didn't have to think about how to protect the women's camp. At the level of the Han army and the Xiangyong, it is impossible to easily defeat this female army.

As soon as he returned to the Chinese army, Bian Xi saw a guard of Zhang Liang waiting in the army. Seeing Bian Xi, the guards immediately stepped forward and asked, "When will your Qu Shuai return to the army?" ”

Bian Xi was stunned: It's just that it's only been out for more than half a month, where can I easily pull together a large number of troops. They were too different from the other armed forces in Pingyuan County, and those people did not obey Zhang Luo's orders at all.

However, the guard's mood was quite impatient, and Bian Xi could only say perfunctorily: "This brother, we are about to fight a town called Jijia Town. It will take about 10 days. Besides, Plains City hasn't been able to defeat ...... yet."

The guard didn't come to bargain, he said quite sternly: "I'm afraid I won't be able to wait ten days." The public has an order, if it can be beaten, then hurry up, if it can't be beaten, immediately rush to Jizhou. ”

Bian Xi smiled and said: "This brother, I came back this time to lead troops to Jijia Town. My Qu Shuai is also in Jijia Town, you and I can go together. ”

After Bian Xi gathered his troops for a while, he set off with his guard brothers.

"Brother Bian, why do you want to bring these silks?" When the guards and Bian Xi were marching, they were very puzzled by the carriage of a few pieces of silk. Taiping Daozhong is not yet luxurious, and silk is all used by the commanders. Moreover, the silk that Bian Xi and others moved has been used many times, and the color is very poor, not to mention that the once smooth surface is now even dirtier.

"This is what we used to pitch our tents." It was a tailwind on the boat, and the boat was not too strenuous. Bian Xi and the others didn't need help, and they also had some leisure to chat. Zhang Luo doesn't like those luxurious things, and the silk texture is fine, which is very suitable for keeping out the rain. Zhang Luo's troops relied on this thing to rest in the rain.

The guards didn't expect Zhang Luo and the others to use silk like this, and they didn't know what to say for a while. Instead, Bian Xi asked about the siege of Julu by the main force of Taiping Dao.

The chief of the guard sighed: "That sect member is extremely treacherous, and he actually blocked us. ”