Aquarius Lane, the small courtyard of the Tang family.

The two figures lingered outside the courtyard wall for a long time, the taller man crouched down and sent the other person up to the courtyard wall, the man on the courtyard wall reached out and pulled the taller man up, and then the two jumped off the courtyard wall together without making a sound.

"Coming back?" Old Man Tang sat on the chair he often sat on, and he didn't even light the lamp, but he still had a cup of warm tea in his hand.

"I'm back." Lou Qi stopped Su Jingchen and walked in front by himself.

"Just come back, rest early." The old man drank the tea in his cup in one gulp, got up and left.

Lou Qi turned his head to look at Su Jingchen, the two looked at each other and smiled, today the old man did not scold for the first time, they did not stop, and went back to their room, on the small table in the room, there were some common painkillers and gauze in the medicine store.

They helped each other wrap gauze around the wounds, grinning in pain, and soon fell asleep.

And the corpses in the yard have long been cleaned up, but in some places, there are still some traces that cannot be repaired and will not be noticed.

......

South of Chijiang, north of Yangzhou, Xinchuan County.

Xu Long sat by the bonfire, staring at the jumping flames without saying a word, Qi San didn't know what to say next to him, Chijiangkou was defeated, and their more than 400 brothers were simply powerless in the face of the Yingzhou army. Now they have been entrenched in this little hill called the back of the green ox for many months, but there are few people here, and even the occasional unlucky ones passing by are poor jingles, but fortunately there are many wild things, and there are a few of the brothers who are from hunters, so that they will not go hungry.

"Big brother, what should we do in the future?" Qi San asked.

"I don't know, what can I do? Mix and wait for death. Xu Long was a little annoyed, and slapped Qi San on the head.

Qi San was shocked by this, and he just smiled, he knew that as soon as Brother Xu Long ran away with them, the belongings of the past few years would be gone, and only some shabby small objects were left, which were not worth a few taels of silver.

"Big brother, have you heard?" Qi San suddenly asked again, "The rebels who rebelled over there." ”

"I've heard that, what's wrong?" Xu Long said angrily, "Do you kid want to take refuge in them?" ”

"That's a little," Qi San scratched his head, "I heard that in the rebel army, the Red Turban Army is the most powerful!" You can fight back and forth with the officers and soldiers of those dog days, and there are still many people. ”

"Oh, go ahead, but I don't have anything to offer you." Xu Long shrunk his neck, his expression sluggish.

"No, big brother, I didn't mean that," Qi San waved his hand and hurriedly said, "I mean, otherwise, let's take our brothers to join the Red Turban Army, it will definitely be better than being on this small hill." ”

"To join the Red Turban Army? Don't you kid have enough heads? They beat people to death all day long, and maybe one day they will be slashed with a knife. Xu Long was still a little indifferent.

"That's better than here, we're here, maybe one day the official army will come to kill us, and then we will cut off our heads and hang them in the city, if we join the Red Turban Army, they can't keep it to the eldest brother You are a general, and then we are afraid of how many small counties? Go directly to cut down those fake county guards, and occupy a county seat to be a king, how good! ”

"That's all you kid is going to do, and you will be the king if you occupy a county seat? It's seven or eight, right? After Qi San said this, Xu Long was also a little moved, but he didn't know what the so-called Red Turban Army was like, and he was still a little hesitant in his heart.

Qi San seemed to know what Xu Long was thinking, and approached Xu Long again and said, "Big brother, I've seen those righteous soldiers of the Red Turban Army!" They were much more imposing than those officers and soldiers, with a red scarf tied around their heads or necks, armor, and weapons of all kinds, and the people welcomed them wherever they went, but unlike us, they were driven away like rats everywhere they went. ”

"Why do I want to beat you up so much when I hear you? How can anyone say that he is like a rat crossing the street," Xu Long slapped Qi San's head again, "However, they are really as powerful as you say?" ”

"Is that not it?" Qi San patted his chest, looking like you believe me.

"And where are we going to find them?" Xu Long didn't know the bottom in his heart, "Do you want to cross the Chijiang River again?" ”

"No, no," Qi San looked confident, as if he was the eldest brother, and Xu Long was just his little brother, "I heard in the town a few days ago that there is a Red Turban Army that has already been in the southern capital of Chijiang, and I am afraid that I will come here to do something big." ”

"So where do we go? Just waiting for them here? ”

"That's right! We're waiting for them here, and they'll come. ”

"You kid ......" Xu Long laughed, and was about to slap Qi Sanyi again, but he raised his head, suddenly stunned, he pointed to the north with his finger, and muttered, "This fucking boy is really right for you, Red Turban Army...... It's really coming. ”

Qi San turned his head and saw the huge crowd of people, they were holding torches, marching across the vast dark land, and the red scarves on their heads could be vaguely seen.

"Red Turbans!" Qi San exclaimed.

Not only the two of them, but the other bandits on the mountain also found out, and they put down what they were doing, stood up and looked at the crowd, and told others their guesses.

"It can't be that the county guard of Shinkawa sent an army to kill us, right?"

"There are too many people, why do I have to have eight or nine thousand?"

"Fart, are you blind? Those people start at least 10,000, maybe 13,000. A grumpy man scolded, but his eyes were still staring straight at that side.

"Do you use more than 10,000 people to kill 200 of us...... Each of them spits out a mouthful of saliva for fear of drowning us. "The timid people sat weakly in place, and they didn't even bother to run, more than 10,000 people, can they run away?

"Brothers!" Xu Long suddenly yelled, he turned his head and glanced at everyone, "That's the righteous soldier of the Red Turban Army in the north!" I plan to take you to join them, and I will surely be able to make a career in the future, and maybe in a few years we will also be paid soldiers, and if you want to go with me, you will go down the mountain with me later. ”

The two hundred bandits looked at each other, but none of them dared to answer Xu Long's words.

"Of course, if you don't want to go with me, come to me to collect some travel expenses and leave by yourself, although I don't have any money, but the brothers' travel expenses, how can I make up for you!" Xu Long said again.

The crowd was still silent.

"I'll go with my eldest brother to join the Red Turban Army!" Qi San raised his hand and shouted, he was originally going to go, but now he was just giving a head to those who hesitated.

The crowd was silent for a while, and suddenly someone raised their hands like Qi San, from two or three people scattered around, to one piece, a group, most of them raised their hands and looked at Xu Long in unison.

"Big brother count me in!"

"I'll go too!"

"Join this Red Turban Army, and I'm going to fight those dog-day officers and soldiers too!"

The crowd chattered, and in the end, most of the people raised their hands, and a few people who came to ask Xu Long for the passage fee were teased for a while, but Xu Long did not break his promise, and still sent a silver leaf to everyone, although there was nothing to do, it was better than nothing.

"Let's go! Brothers, follow me down the mountain! Xu Longzhen shouted, and more than a hundred people behind him also shouted with him, although they were a group of bandits, but this appearance was quite "heroic".

At the front of the Red Turban Army, Luo Zhi also saw the torches on the mountain approaching them, he frowned, that group of people was no more than two hundred people, and there were eleven thousand people on his side, even if the whole army in the county town was only three thousand people recently, they were in such a hurry to die, he turned his head and looked at a short and thin man next to him, "Strategist, what do you think?" ”

"Probably the bandits in the mountains want to join us." The short man who looked like a scholar stroked his beard and looked indifferent, "Even if it is an official army, two hundred people, it can't be any climate, but it is to send us supplies." ”

"Don't worry, wait until they get closer." The military advisor said again.

Luo Zhi snorted, ordered the whole army to stop marching, and reined in the reins of the horse and watched the group of people approach him.

"Big brother! You see, they stopped! Qi San was a little excited, he pointed to the side of the Red Turban Army, his voice trembled a little, "Maybe the general of the Red Turban Army can talk to your eldest brother, and you can worship you directly, and then you don't forget me, eldest brother!" ”

"Just your kid will pat on the back," Xu Long was also a little excited, he quickened his pace and said, "Let's go, let's go!" ”

"Look, I'll just say it's a bunch of bandits from the mountains." The military advisor looked at Luo Zhi beside him proudly.

Luo Zhi smiled, turned his head to look at the visitor, and didn't say a word.

Xu Long untied the knife and handed it to Qi San, took a step forward, hugged his fists and said, "I was the master of Huangchen Mountain, and some time ago I had a melee with the officials and soldiers of Yingzhou, and I lost most of my belongings, so I had to come to the back of this green cow to collect some money, and when I saw the great momentum of the king's red turban army, I thought about whether the king could let his brothers join the gang, and also be a red turban righteous warrior, and kill the majesty of those dog Japanese officers and soldiers!" ”

"Strategist, what should I do?" Luo Zhi asked in a low voice.

"It's okay, just let him join the gang, and it's good to be a pawn and die when the time comes." The military advisor stroked his beard again and replied in a low voice.

Luo Zhi nodded lightly, and looked at Xu Long again, "This brother, I and the military advisor see that you and your brother are also good men, and I want to make some contributions to this troubled world, since you have spoken, brother, I also appreciate you, then join my Red Turban Army, go south with me, and conquer that Huaiyang City, in the future, if I have a bite to eat, there will definitely be a brother you have a bite to eat!" ”

"Thank you, King!" Xu Long was so excited that he almost knelt down, but fortunately, Luo Zhi stopped him.

"My own brother, why do you have to do this?"

Xu Long was also fake, and immediately stood up straight, and hugged his fist at Luo Zhi to thank him.

Luo Zhi nodded, "That brother will be included in my pioneer battalion, and I will let my brother take you over later, and as for the equipment, I will distribute it tomorrow." ”

"Thank you, King!" Xu Long repeated his previous words again.

"Okay, okay, I'm not a king," Luo Zhi couldn't help laughing, "I'm just one of our Red Turban Army, if you want, call me General Luo in the future!" ”

"That's good! General Luo! Xu Long also laughed.