It's late at night, and people are not quiet. Even extremely noisy.

There are countless displaced people outside Qingyuan City, bustling endlessly, Chang Yu and his party of five sneaked into it, and the misery was extremely embarrassing, to be precise, it was despairing, not because of poor clothing, but because of lack of food again.

When he came out of Zhaozhou, Qiao Sanxiu came prepared with a burden and hidden dry food, but when he went all the way to Gaocheng, there was not much left, and when he gave up his burden because of riding a horse, he went north to Qizhou lightly.

Thinking that there are thieves and soldiers setting up porridge shops along the way, they will not be hungry, but when they get to the ground, they realize that they are too simple, but wherever there is a porridge shop, there are thousands of homeless people, and I am afraid that it will not be possible to talk about it for an hour or two, how can Chang Yu have so much time to wait.

And because of the thief's weak heart, he didn't dare to ask for food directly from those thieves, so he couldn't bear it anymore outside Qingyuan County, so he had to go to the queue to get the porridge, but at this time he found that he didn't even have a bowl, so he didn't drink it with his hand.

Five people, you look at me, I look at you, with a bitter face, I never thought that the four big men were helpless at this time!

Qiao Sanxiu couldn't bear Nangong Yu to starve, so he wanted to borrow a bowl from the homeless, but he didn't know that he asked more than ten people in a row and was ruthlessly refused, in fact, it is understandable, how can a beggar borrow the bowl at will in these years, it is a full belongings, in case there is no borrowing and running away, who will reason with him.

Jiang Fa couldn't bear to see him begging for help, turned around and entered the crowd, and came back with two blue and white bowls in his hands without much effort, and everyone was bright in their hearts and didn't ask deeply, so Qiao Sanxiu and Wu Zhong lined up to receive porridge.

The two of them were tall, and they deliberately looked fierce and vicious, and the homeless people dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and they didn't bother to bring two bowls of porridge over, one for Chang Yu and one for Nangong Yu.

Chang Yu took it and took a look, it was clear to the bottom, and he couldn't help sneering, these hundreds of thousands of homeless people, Li Zicheng's burden is not light, it is estimated that his heart is dripping blood every day but he can only hold on, if he cuts off food for these homeless people, the consequences of causing civil unrest will be unbearable.

Thin porridge is better than nothing if hunger is not suppressed, and each of the five drank a bowl of hunger for a while, and then got up and headed north, while discussing how to cross the line of fire.

After passing the Qingyuan county town and going north for a few miles, it is a forbidden area, until the north of the Qingshui River, Li Zicheng's main force is stationed within a dozen miles, and the displaced people are not allowed to approach and enter at will, otherwise there will be no forgiveness.

A few people were worried about being blocked directly to the north, so they tried to detour from both wings, but found that it still didn't work, there were thieves interspersed with patrols within more than ten miles, unless they were far away and detoured dozens of miles away, so not only did they break their legs and didn't know when they could go, but they were afraid that it would be more attention-grabbing, and if they encountered thieves, it was a fight and it was extremely dangerous.

When he was distressed, Qiao Sanxiu suddenly whispered: "Young Master, have you noticed, most of the homeless people around here are young and strong......

Chang Yu was stunned, and then looked around, and saw that almost all of the men near the forbidden area were young and strong, and he suddenly understood a little, so he thought about a young man next to him and asked: "Little brother, ask me, is there a recruitment in the near future?" ”。

The young man shook his head numbly: "I had it yesterday, but I haven't seen anyone else today."

At this time, Qiao Sanxiu and the others also realized that these young men were waiting for the thief army to come and requisition as cannon fodder, and asked curiously: "I don't understand the market, what are the benefits of levying Ding, can I give silver?" ”

And, the man rolled his eyes: "What good do you want, one pound of rice per person."

Ah, a few people were stunned, Jiang Fa shook his head and sighed: "Just give so much rice and have to die, isn't our life too cheap......"

When the young man heard this, he snorted coldly: "So point? It's good that you can stutter these days, and you still dislike that little rice, a pound of rice is enough for a family of three to eat for five or six days, otherwise you won't starve to death with just a few mouthfuls of gruel every day, as for what you said about sending you to death, it's nonsense, let's just shout and cheer, and besides, the officers and soldiers don't kill the people, if they want to kill the people, those scholars will scold them to death, and it will make the people hate them even more, and they all ran away with the rebels......"

The young man was foaming at the mouth, and others echoed it from time to time, but Chang Yu was dumbfounded, and the huge waves in his heart were monstrous, and the people were clear in their hearts, knowing the weakness of the court, but they regarded the court's benevolence as connivance, of course, maybe they were brainwashed by the thief army, and they naively thought that they were just going to help shout and cheer.

Chang Yu's heart was difficult to calm down for a long time, and Jiang Fa and the others also saw his solemn expression on the side, knowing that he had something in his heart, he didn't dare to disturb him at will, just silently guarded.

Nangong Yu looked at the camp of the thief army in the north, looked at the little fires that reached the sky, turned her head and asked Chang Yu: "Little master, can't we go today?" ”

Chang Yu snorted and nodded: "Wait and see, if you can't leave tomorrow, you have to break in."

"Young master, do you want to wait for the thief army to recruit and let us get over?" Wu Zhong asked in a low voice.

Chang Yu nodded: "This is the easiest way to pass" Wu Zhong shook his head: "But it is also the most dangerous way."

Chang Yu was stunned and wanted to refute, but then he thought about it, but it was also a fact.

If it is requisitioned, it must be sent to the front line to start a war, and if it cannot run away in advance, life and death can only be determined by the will of heaven when the two armies start a melee.

Glancing back at Nangong Yu, Chang Yu secretly gritted his teeth: "Grab the horse and break hard!" ”

This place is heavily guarded by the heart of the thief army, and it is not easy to break through, compared to being cannon fodder, the danger coefficient is comparable, and the reason why Chang Yu chose this path is because since it is also dangerous, why not go fast.

There are thieves patrolling around, it is easy to grab horses, but it is difficult to break through the pass, several people find a place to discuss in a low voice, and finally decide to break through from the east road at dawn.

At dawn, people are most sleepy, and the safety factor is relatively high at this time, and the east road is chosen because Chang Yu has learned outside Baoding City that there are thieves camped on the three rivers in the west of the city, and breaking from that side is simply sending him to death.

Although there is also a group of men and horses stationed on the bank of the Qingshui River in the southeast of Baoding City, it is possible to go around a little farther, and in any case it is safer than taking the west road.

After the agreement, Jiang Fa and Wu Zhong set out to find an opportunity to seize the horse, while Qiao Sanxiu stayed by Chang Yu's side to protect him.

"If you're sleepy, go to sleep" Chang Yu saw that Nangong Yu's eyelids were fighting, but he was holding on.

"Not sleepy" Nangong Yu beat her spirits, rubbed her eyes, and asked Chang Yu casually: "Little master, are those children also thieves?" ”

Chang Yu was stunned, looked in the direction of her finger, and saw several eleven or twelve-year-old teenagers with torches and knives around their waists showing off their martial arts and might among the homeless people.

Child soldiers, Chang Yu sighed and nodded slightly: "It's not just a thief soldier or a hard stubble among the thief soldiers."

"They're stubble?" Qiao Sanxiu's face was surprised, and he didn't believe it.

"Attacking cities and climbing walls, marching and fighting, reconnoitring the enemy, collecting intelligence, arresting spies, torturing rich gentry and looting money, do you say it's hard stubble" Chang Yu said lightly,

Qiao Sanxiu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Chang Yu sighed again: "Everyone in the world says that I kill people in Dongchang like a heartbroken heart, but these children in front of me have been as good as they are, they have long been trained by thieves to become cold-blooded executioners, without innocence, they do not distinguish between good and evil, and they act perversely and cold-bloodedly, and their methods are cruel and vicious."

Nangong Yu couldn't help but snort, and leaned towards Chang Yu's side: "Young master, I'm afraid."

Chang Yu stretched out his hand and patted her on the top of her head: "With me and Uncle Qiao here, no one will hurt you, don't be afraid."

Nangong Yu nodded vigorously, and asked again: "Young master, what is Dongchang doing?" ”

Forehead...... Chang Yu was speechless for a while, and Qiao Sanxiu hurriedly looked away.

"A place dedicated to killing people for the emperor" Chang Yu had to say this, Nangong Yu sighed: "Then the young master will also put me in the East Factory, I will learn martial arts to help the emperor kill thieves in the future."

…… Well, besides, Chang Yu feels like he can't talk anymore.

"Young master, trouble is coming, let's go over there" At this moment, Qiao Sanxiu whispered, Chang Yu frowned and looked up, but saw three child soldiers walking towards them with torches.

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