Chapter 2: Troubled
But things took a turn for the better at this time, and the ten people in the field did not notice anything abnormal under the fierce fight, but the eighteen people outside the field almost suddenly found a black cloud floating in the distance, and when they looked closely, they found that it was actually a cavalry army rushing towards here, and at a cursory glance, I am afraid that there are thousands of people.
When that army got close to Mingshu and Wen Ying, they realized that they couldn't help but wonder if they looked closely, this army was clearly an iron cavalry army, and the iron cavalry army was a unique military branch of the fine sealing department, which was originally created by one of Qiu Bang's hands, and now it has been mastered by Shuzhong. Could it be that Shu Zhong sent the Iron Cavalry to help encircle and suppress Qiu Yundu? But why did it come from the north and not from the direction of the Seal?
This iron cavalry army came very quickly, and surrounded these twenty-eight people in the blink of an eye, and the ten people who were fighting fiercely couldn't help but stop, Qiu Yundu hurriedly stepped forward to help Ao Mo support Lao Yan, if the iron cavalry came one step late, Lao Yan would die a tragic death first.
But after seeing that this iron cavalry army surrounded everyone, one person stepped forward on horseback, looked at everyone carefully, and suddenly stared at Lao Yan and said, "Isn't this the head of Lao Yan?" ”
Lao Yan was seriously injured at this time, and when he heard this, he raised his eyes and glanced at the man, and said with difficulty: "Exactly!" Who are you? ”
The man said, "I am painted by the nest!" ”
When Lao Yan heard this, his heart was relieved, and he secretly exclaimed: "I don't have to worry about my life!" ”
But he heard Mingshu shout, "Who sent you?" ”
Chao Suo Tu was stunned when he heard this, and asked Mingshu, "Who are you?" ”
Mingshu said: "I am a subordinate of the Ministry of Sealing, and I was ordered to come to hunt down Qiu Yundu!" You're sent by the Chief? ”
Chao Tu Tu's face turned cold when he heard this, but he didn't answer, and asked Lao Yan in reverse: "Boss, why is this so?" ”
Lao Yan sneered: "Qiu Daquan is very kind to me, how can I watch Yundu suffer?" Swear to protect Yundu to the death! ”
Mingshu listened to the words of Lao Yan who was scribbled by the nest, and seemed to feel sorry for Lao Yan's rebellion against the fine seal, so he said: "Lao Yan did not obey the order of the sect master, and actually helped Qiu Yundu, hmph, the crime should be killed, but there is no need to bother with the head of the nest, we can clean it up." To this day, he is still worried that others will rob him of his credit.
But seeing that the nest painted his hand waved slightly, a person next to him quickly dismounted, stepped forward to carefully investigate Lao Yan, and later took out the herbs he brought with him to heal Lao Yan's injuries. Mingshu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw it, and shouted: "Nest head, what does this mean?" Weren't you sent by the suzerain? ”
Nest Tu Senran said: "Sect Master? Which suzerain? ”
Mingshu Qi said: "Chao Xuan, the sect master of the Fine Seal Department, aren't you the head of the Fine Seal Department?" ”
Chao Suo Tu raised his head and said slowly: "It used to be, but not now!" ”
Mingshu realized that these people were not here to help him, but to help Qiu Yundu, and he was speechless in horror for a while. But when he saw the nest Tu Yu immediately bowed to Qiu Yundu, he said: "The head of the subordinate Qiu Bang is subordinate to the head of the thousand regiments, and the head of the nest is Tu to see the young master!" ”
Nearly a thousand iron cavalry soldiers immediately shouted in unison: "Meet the young master!" ”
Since the arrival of the Iron Cavalry, Qiu Yundu did not say a word, although he knew that there were a thousand Iron Cavalry trained by his father in the secret valley, and the leader was the nest of Qiu Bang's loyalty, but after all, Qiu Bangzhi has suffered now, this iron cavalry army does not have the grasp of Qiu Bangzhi, where will it go He is really unpredictable, and now he heard what Chao Tu said, he knows that this thousand people are indeed only obeying Qiu Bangzhi's military orders, although Qiu Bangzhi is dead, they will only be loyal to the Qiu family, and at present, they are only loyal to Qiu Yundu.
Qiu Yundu put down a big stone in his heart, still holding Lao Yan, and did not look back at the nest, but said in his mouth: "How can a person in distress be worthy of the title of 'Young Master'?" ”
Chao Tu said solemnly: "This thousand-person iron cavalry army was personally selected and trained by the head of the autumn dynasty, and all of them were deeply favored by the head of the festival, and we have already secretly sworn that life is the person of the head of the autumn festival, and death is the ghost of the head of the autumn dynasty. ”
Qiu Yundu no longer had any doubts, and secretly shouted in his heart: "Thank you father for the protection of the spirit in the sky." ”
At this time, he saw the person who was healing Lao Yan's wounds and saluted Qiu Yundu and said, "The subordinate pro-army commander Niu Ben has seen the young master!" Lao Yan's first injury is fine, please rest assured. ”
Qiu Yundu's heart was relieved, and he patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's hard work." Slowly stood up, stared at Mingshu and Wen Ying, and said: "Although you are in my hands today, you can rest assured, I will not kill you, I will let you go back and tell Chao Xuan, Suo Wuxie, and Shu Chong, please God bless them without disasters and difficulties, live well, and you must wait for me to take their lives with my own hands!" ”
Mingshu and Wenying listened to Qiu Yundu's words, and only felt a cool breath rushing straight to their backs, although at present, it seems that Qiu Yundu's desire to find Chao Xuan and others to take revenge is tantamount to a fool's dream, but there seems to be a kind of magic in Qiu Yundu's words, which makes people feel that as long as he says it, he will definitely be able to do it, and the two of them can't help but cry for a while. Mingshu knew that he and the others had escaped from the hands of death, and his heart was relieved, and he bowed to Qiu Yundu slightly: "I admire Shaoquan's heart, and I thank you for your life." I'll bring Shao Quanshou's words when I get back. ”
Qiu Yundu nodded, and with a slight wave of his hand, the Iron Cavalry immediately moved out of the way, and Mingshu and Wenying led everyone to withdraw.
After everyone left, he listened to Lao Yan and said: "Shao Quanshou shouldn't let them go, although Chao Xuan can't be worried, but Suo Wuxian has always valued you a lot, he will definitely do everything to take your life, if so, I will have a lot of trouble in the future." ”
After Lao Yan had been able to stand up after taking the herbs, Qiu Yundu helped him and said: "I know that he has the intention to kill me, now we have a thousand iron cavalry in hand, if you want to destroy us and others, he must send an army to come, hmph, now the heart of the fine seal army is in turmoil, he is powerless at this time." ”
Lao Yan was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Qiu Yundu meant. Qiu Bangzhi of the Fine Seal Department has more than sixty percent of the sergeants in his hands, and now that one of the Qiu Bang is dead, the first thing to do is to incorporate these sergeants into his own control as soon as possible, but how high is the prestige of Qiu Bangzhi in the Fine Seal Department, he has always been loved by the sergeants, and now although he was executed in the name of rebellion, how can the sergeants he control obediently obey Shu Chong's command for a while? Therefore, today's fine sealing army is as Qiu Yundu said, the army is in turmoil, how can he have the ability to send an army to pursue Qiu Yundu at this time? In this way, the pressure on Qiu Yundu was reduced.
But he saw Qiu Yundu give a deep salute to Lao Yan, and said: "Thank you for saving your life, Yundu will be difficult to repay in this life!" ”
Lao Yan smiled and said: "Now that I have reversed the fine seal, I will follow Shaoquanshou wholeheartedly from now on until I die." ”
Qiu Yundu thanked him again, and then saluted the nest place: "Thank you for the grace of the nest head to protect his life." ”
Chao Suotu had already dismounted, and saluted Qiuyundu: "The young master is serious. This iron cavalry army was obtained from the orphans of the fine sealing department, and if it weren't for the great chief, they would all starve to death, and since then, we have followed the young master with one heart, and there is no second heart. ”
Lao Yan said on the side: "At the beginning, the head of the Great Encyclopedia instructed the head of the nest to train this army, but now it seems that he has saved the life of the young master. The head of the nest has followed the head of Daquan for many years, and is loyal to the head of Daquan, and has been valued by the head of Daquan. Lao Yan had already heard of the nest painting, which is why he was relieved when he heard it at that time.
Nest Tu, is Chinese New Year's Eve six years old, originally a small seal of the people of the other people (other people are also called another people, equivalent to the slaves looted by the ministries, in the lowest status of the ministries), at the age of nineteen by the accident of Qiu Bangzhi to see, recruited into the army, has been staying by his side as a pro-sergeant (that is, the head of the guard), a year later promoted to the pro-army commander (the head of the guard), until five years ago suddenly changed to the head of the thousand regiments, was arranged in the secret valley to secretly train the orphans of the fine seal. Chao Suotu has become the current leader of a thousand regiments from a lowly other people, and his status has changed dramatically, coupled with Qiu Bangzhi's special trust in him, he never looked down on him as a non-citizen, and he has always been loyal to him because of his nest Tu. Chao Tu stayed by the side of Qiu Bang for more than ten years, deeply influenced by Qiu Bang, with a calm and heavy personality, thoughtful in case of trouble, perhaps because of the identity of other people, he has always been unassuming, and he is like a brother to his subordinates, and he is respected by the sergeant.
Chao Suotu introduced Gai Ying and Zongyi to Qiu Yundu, the two leaders of the hundred regiments. Gai Ying is twenty-four years old, brave and strong, he is a pro-sergeant of the former Qiu Bangzhi, and later came to the Secret Valley to train with Chao Suotu; Zongyi is nineteen years old, is an orphan of the fine seal department, during which he was discovered by the nest, because of his bravery, he was first called by the nest to be a pro-sergeant, and then saw that his mind was meticulous and clever was promoted to the head of the hundred regiments.
At that moment, this iron cavalry army once again saluted Qiu Yundu, and Qiu Yundu was officially in charge of this army. At the beginning, there were more than 2,000 orphans trained in the Secret Valley, and later, at the suggestion of Qiu Bang, the weak ones were cut down to join the army of Qiu Bang, leaving only 1,000 sergeants, and the remaining 1,000 sergeants were between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, all of whom were elites.
Although the nest Tu is stationed in the Secret Valley, he has always maintained close contact with Qiu Bangzhi, and specially arranged for someone to transmit the message between the Fine Seal Department and the Secret Valley, so one of the Qiu Bang was killed by the nest Tu immediately knew, and his pain and resentment were indescribable, and when he learned that Qiu Yundu had not yet been killed, the Nest Tu Deng understood what he should do. Because this iron cavalry army in the Secret Valley is known only to his four sons except for Qiu Bang, if Qiu Yundu can successfully escape, he will definitely come here. So the nest immediately sent people to spread around the fine seal, paying close attention to the crowds coming and going, in the hope of finding Qiuyundu first. But Qiu Yundu's whereabouts are very secretive, the people sent by the nest Tu can not find any trace of him, until many people gather here, only to be noticed by the nest Tu, when he learned that these people have been searching the grass and did not track down, the nest Tu keenly felt that Qiu Yundu must be hidden in this grass, he did not hesitate, and immediately ordered to lead this thousand iron cavalry to come, which was able to save the lives of three people.
At that moment, Qiu Yundu ordered to bring the four subordinates of Lao Yan who died tragically, and led the army to return to the secret valley first.
There is only one very simple village in the secret valley, Qiuyundu sits on it, let people support Lao Yan to lie on the military collapse, and the nest below, Gai Ying, Zongyi, Niu Ben, and Ao Mo stand solemnly.
Qiu Yundu first said to Lao Yan: "Yundu has suffered so far, it is difficult to decide where to go, and the head of labor in the grassland has not been able to speak freely before, and now please give detailed guidance." ”
Lao Yan gave a salute with difficulty, and thought about it: "Although this valley is secret, it is too close to the fine sealing department, and sooner or later it will be discovered by the fine sealing department, so we can no longer be stationed here." As for the road ahead, his subordinates suggested that they should flee to the north to seek a place to live. Because the fine seal department is in the southernmost part of Guli, because of its strong power and the surrounding departments dare to easily confront it, so we can't find a place to survive here, and we can only escape to the north, separated from the mountains and rivers of the fine seal department, so that it can't be a long-distance expedition, and it is possible to find a place to survive. ”
After Lao Yan said, Qiu Yundu and the others all nodded, the current situation is clear to everyone, if they survive near the Fine Seal Department, because the target of this thousand iron cavalry is too big, sooner or later they will be chased by the Fine Seal Department.
Chao Sotu asked, "Where do you go when you reach the north?" ”
Lao Yan said: "It depends on the meaning of the young master, and there are two ways to go in the opinion of his subordinates." First, seek asylum in other ministries or join other ministries directly; Second, it is slowly growing outside the various departments. ”
Zong Yi asked: "If the young master is willing to join other departments, but how many departments can openly confront the fine seal department and accept the young master?" ”
Lao Yan said: "There are at least three ministries in the north that can survive for the young master. Mi capture is one of the eight major departments of Guli at present, the strength is profound, and its complete head has no regrets is one of the top ten leaders of Guli, this department may dare to accept the young master; The strength of the Fangdang Department is weak, but Mu Yuanshan, the suzerain of the Fangdang Department, is also one of the top ten leaders of Guli, and this person is eloquent and strategic, or he may dare to accept the young master; The Kelan Department is located in the northwest of Guli, although this department belongs to a weaker department in the sixteen departments of Guli, but because of its location, the main city has natural dangers, and its suzerain, the eunuch Youchun, is broad-minded, hobby talented people, is the most respected suzerain of the ministry, the head of the Kelan Department from Wuban is also one of the top ten leaders of Guli, and this department is most likely to accept the young master. ”
But he heard the nest Tu snort coldly and said: "The young master's talent Gu Li knows everything, even now under the pressure of the fine sealing department, there must be many ministries vying for it, and it will not be difficult to survive, but the young master has a deep hatred, if he joins other departments, he is bound to obey the suzerain's military orders There are many restrictions, and when will he be able to avenge the head of the Daquan at that time?" According to the subordinates, this road is not the best choice. ”
Hearing this, Lao Yan smiled slightly, and said, "The head of the nest is very worried, and I don't expect the young master to choose this path." ”
Qiu Yundu nodded and said: "What the two of you said is very true, if you don't have a deep hatred of your father, I may be able to take you to join other ministries to seek wealth, but you can't do it where your father's hatred is, but in this way, it will make everyone suffer." ”
But I heard Niu Ben shouting: "What is this young master, our lives are the young master's, the young master can take them at any time, what does it matter if you suffer a little?" ”
Qiu Yundu looked at him deeply and nodded.
Niu Ben, is twenty-two years old, dark and rugged, strong, especially brave, upright and impulsive, brutal temperament, selected by the orphan army by the nest as the pro-army commander, the most admired Qiu Bangzhi in his life. I didn't know Qiu Yundu, but after treating Lao Yan's injuries at that time, Qiu Yundu patted him on the shoulder and said "hard work" made him feel deeply, and he was convinced that Qiu Yundu had the style of Qiu Bang, which was to respect him.
But he listened to Lao Yan and said: "I already know the intentions of such a young master, although the road ahead is difficult, I will definitely follow the young master to the death, and there will be no two hearts." ”
The other five people then swore to accompany them, and Qiu Yundu was moved. Lao Yan said again: "Before our army sets off, someone needs to arrive in the north to listen to the situation so that the young master can decide where to go, what does the young master think?" ”
Qiu Yundu nodded and said, "What Chief Lao said is very true, but I haven't decided on the candidate yet." ”
Lao Yan turned his head to look at Ao Mo, but saw Ao Mo take a step forward and said, "My subordinate was originally a young master pioneer. ”
Lao Yan turned to Qiuyundu and said: "Ao Mo is brave and thoughtful, and he is the best candidate. ”
Ao Mo, who was thirty-two years old at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, had been suffering with Lao Yan before joining the army, and after Lao Yan joined the army, he was called into the army, and he was Lao Yan's brother in life and death.
Qiu Yundu nodded and said, "So it's hard work." You can pick and choose who is available, and you'll be going tomorrow. Ao Mo nodded in obedience.
So the journey of suffering of Qiu Yundu and others officially began. This year is the 183rd year of the Guli era, which is the year of Qiuyundu 24 years old, Lao Yan 34 years old, Chao Suo Tu 36 years old, Gai Ying 24 years old, Zongyi 19 years old, Niu Ben 22 years old, and Ao Mo 32 years old. Perhaps Qiu Yundu didn't think at this time that he would suffer from Moduo in the future, and after nine deaths, he would eventually slowly grow stronger, until he finally reached an achievement that even he himself never imagined.