Chapter 403: All the Way North (2-in-1)
Zhao Yun drove the horse to the small road, shook off the chasing soldiers, Zhao Yun walked for another three days, and walked the path, so he didn't encounter any danger, but there were wounds left after the battle on the war horse, Zhao Yun is also a horse lover, not to mention relying on this horse to get himself out of trouble, so Zhao Yun slowed down the horse and prepared to find some herbs for the war horse.
Zhao Yun is actually quite confused now, the eldest husband is rampant all his life, he should always fight for a fame and glory, not to mention that if there are constant disputes and the people are displaced today, Zhao Yun also wants to help the people, help the needy, and live up to the eight-foot man's body.
And his parents died early, he was alone, he had no worries, and he wanted to serve the army, but what he didn't expect was that although the generals were soldiers and horses of the imperial court, their actions and bandits were undoubted, which made Zhao Yun very dissatisfied with the imperial court, and now he has killed several officers and soldiers.
Yang Tianlong disobeyed the emperor, and in order to expand the army and forcibly levy the people, the taxes were also constantly increased, and there were more than a dozen kinds of taxes large and small, which made the people miserable.
In order to satisfy his own selfish desires, Yang Tianlong continued to expand the inner palace and build palaces, and in order to please Yang Tianlong, the counties and counties continued to loot mΔi nΗ among the people.
Zhao Yun raised his head, the smoke curled in the north, suspicious of someone's family?
It's better to go north!
Zhao Yun's eyes were aggressive, and he made a decision!
Walking to a mountain col, the originally narrow path was full of people carrying hand-sized packages, hurrying and panicking.
Seeing Zhao Yun riding on a war horse, he also avoided one after another, for fear of angering Zhao Yun and causing death, Zhao Yun was puzzled, got off the horse and stopped an old man, and asked: "The old man is in a hurry, where is this going?" β
Seeing Zhao Yun's earnest attitude, the old man felt that Zhao Yun might not be a wicked person, his expression was a little calm, and he explained to Zhao Yun: "Don't hide it from the strong man, we are from the nearby Xiaoliu Village, and someone has just reported that the former village Daliu Village has been robbed by bandits, and we can only go to other places to avoid trouble..."
Zhao Yun said angrily: "Why don't you ask for help from a nearby county town and send troops to suppress bandits?" β
The old man sighed: "How can they care about the life and death of our little people!" β
Zhao Yun raised his spear and said to the old man: "Go and let someone come and meet these mountain bandits for a while!" β
With that, as soon as he pulled the reins, the war horse galloped forward.
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Zhao Yun drove the horse for only a few miles, and he had already arrived at Daliu Village, the houses in the village were all ignited by the fire, and the thick smoke covered the sky.
Not far away, more than 100 bandits pressed dozens of people to the direction of the mountain, most of them were young and strong, women, old and young, they must have been killed by the bandits.
"Changshan Zhao Zilong is here!"
Zhao Yun was suddenly furious, raised his gun and rode his horse, like an arrow off the string, moving forward, and the killing will come.
"Where did the ignorant rats come from, and one still wants to be a hero in front of this king?"
The bandit leader laughed and beckoned to his minions, "Kill him for the king!" β
After receiving the leader's order, more than a dozen minions waved the blades in their hands, shouting and rushing towards the attacking Zhao Yun, there was no formation at all, and it was chaotic and abnormal.
Zhao Yun drove the war horse through the crowd of minions, the silver spear was like a brilliant cold star, the spear was dotted, and in an instant, five minions were stabbed in the throat and fell to the ground and died.
Zhao Yun thundered, and the silver gun passed through the back of a minion, shouted, picked up the minions directly, and smashed them into the back, frightening, shouting, and scolding, and several minions were instantly thrown to the ground by the corpses thrown over.
The remaining minions fled backwards in embarrassment, not daring to step forward at all.
"That's amazing!"
The leader of the bandits was shocked, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, give Lao Tzu shoulder to shoulder!" He is alone, whoever wants to cut him down, Lao Tzu will make him the deputy leader! β
When everyone heard this, they were immediately overjoyed, shouting to take down Zhao Yun's head.
There were even minions who took out three hard crossbows and aimed at Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun looked at it, his face suddenly became very ugly, a group of mountain bandits who had not undergone any training, there were hard crossbows in their hands, what were the officials and soldiers doing!
Of course, the three hard crossbows could not have any effect on Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun pushed away the crossbow arrows that were shot, drove forward, and killed the crossbowman like a whirlwind, using the spear as an iron rod, and smashing the head and covering the face, the crossbowman directly burst his brain and died, and the hard crossbow in his hand was also thrown to the ground and was torn apart.
"Cut his horse, cut his horse for Lao Tzu!"
The leader commanded all the minions, and the leader joined the army for a few days, of course he knew what to do against the cavalry, and a few spears spurred towards the war horse under Zhao Yun's seat.
The silver spear in Zhao Yun's hand fluttered, and he directly swung the spear that stabbed him, and then the spear stabbed several minions to death.
"Death to the thief!"
Zhao Yun is in danger, and the target is directly aimed at the bandit leader, only by killing him, the bandit will inevitably be demoralized.
When the leader saw Zhao Yun who had killed, his scalp instantly went numb, and he couldn't dodge it at all, so he could only be brave and resist Zhao Yun with a knife.
only heard a sound of gold and iron, and the iron knife in the leader's hand was directly knocked away several feet away, and the leader was also stabbed through the throat by Zhao Yun with a shot in a scream, and he couldn't die anymore.
"The king is dead! The king is dead! β
The minions were originally a rabble, but now seeing that the leader is dead, Zhao Yun is so brave, who dares to fight again, they all throw down their blades and run away.
Zhao Yun had already killed red-eyed, urging the war horse to chase the scattered minions who fled for a while, after all, Zhao Yun was only one person, and more than 100 minions killed seventy or eighty people, but there were still more than 20 people who fled into the jungle and disappeared.
More than dozens of villagers and ordinary people hugged over, and a man in his forties was dressed in a way that was not gorgeous, but it was obviously not an ordinary person's family.
The man bowed to Zhao Yun and said: "In Xia Fan Zhongyan, it is a person from Wu County, Huaizhou, thank you for saving me!" Dare to ask Eun Gong's name? β
Zhao Yun got up and asked: "I am Changshan Zhao Yun, since I am from Huaizhou, how can I be in Jizhou, now Jizhou is on fire everywhere, it's not a good place!" β
Fan Zhongyan arched his hand and replied: "Huaizhou wars are frequent, I have no choice but to abandon my hometown and stay away, I came to Jizhou to join my friends, who expected that my friends had already been killed by the puppet emperor, and I had no choice but to return to my hometown, but I was intercepted by the mountain bandits, and the bandits thought that they were from a wealthy family, so they wanted to take me as a hostage and ask for a ransom, so that they could save their lives!" β
"I see!"
Zhao Yun nodded and said, "In that case, please leave quickly!" Although the bandits have been dispersed by a certain person, there are still remnants, and it is very unsafe to stay here..."
Fan Zhongyan was not in a hurry, and waited for the other people to help each other to leave, before leading his family to Zhao Yun's side, Fan Zhongyan lightly twisted his beard, and said to Zhao Yun: "Look at Engong riding alone, where is this going?" β
After some chatting, Zhao Yun knew that Fan Zhongyan was very knowledgeable and outstanding, and knew that this person was a righteous gentleman, and he treated people like a spring breeze, so he couldn't help but want to get close to him.
Zhao Yun said: "Sir, don't call him Engong, just call a certain name!" β
"Although I am more than a dozen years older than you, you and I are quite temperamental, so you call me brother, and I call you brother! How is it? β
"Yun Zheng has this intention!"
Zhao Yun called Fan Zhongyan his brother, and said to Fan Zhongyan about his ambitions, "My brother has a martial arts, I wanted to serve the court, who would have thought that the soldiers and horses of the court behaved like bandits, robbing women, tΓΊ shΔ people, my brother hated it, so he killed several thieves, and now the general Ji Yuanxu must not be able to go, and the puppet emperor Yang Tianlong is more than that, and he acts even worse, and the younger brother will never help the abuse, and act for the tiger!" β
"Then does my brother have any other place to go to?"
Zhao Yun faced the north, hugged his fists and bowed to the north: "My brother heard that Liu De, the general of the chariot cavalry, is known as benevolence and righteousness, and he is willing to go to serve so that he will not waste what he has learned." β
"Then what if Liu Deru is a vain person?" Fan Zhongyan said with a smile.
"Then leaving is, if you dΓ²ng luΓ n today, there must be a place to display this martial art!"
Zhao Yun raised the silver spear and said with confidence.
"My brother has lofty ambitions, how can I be left behind, go, accompany you for my brother to see if Liu De's name of benevolence and righteousness is true..."
Zhao Yun hurriedly bowed: "It's an honor for my brother to have my brother by my side!" β
Zhao Yun found an ox cart in the village that had not been burned, put it on a war horse, Zhao Yun sat in front of his head, acted as a coachman, and pulled Fan Zhongyan and his wife and concubine, an old servant and two children who were not too old to prepare to go north to find Liu De.
Fan Zhongyan has a wife and a concubine, and the children are all born to his wife, one is ten years old and the other is six years old.
At this time, there was a sudden sound of war horses rushing, Zhao Yun's face changed slightly, if he just escaped by himself, it would not be difficult, but with Fan Zhongyan's family, how could he avoid such a formation of cavalry, listening to its movements, I am afraid that there are nearly a thousand people.
Fan Zhongyan is also a person who knows soldiers, and said to Zhao Yun: "A cavalry with such momentum is either under the command of Ji Yuanxu or under the puppet emperor, and it is not to be defeated. β
Zhao Yun turned his head and said: "Since you are the brother of Yun, how can Yun leave alone, brother, don't panic, dodge first, let Yun come and meet them for a while!" β
Zhao Yun pulled Fan Zhongyan and asked them to hide in a house that had not been burned down, Fan Zhongyan pulled Zhao Yun's arm and admonished: "We are not their enemies after all, maybe if we talk about it and contribute some property, we can let us go... It's all about taking care and safety first! β
Zhao Yun pressed Fan Zhongyan's hand and said, "Brother, Yun understands, please rest assured!" β
Zhao Yun knew that no matter which wave of people and horses it was, they were not good at matching, maybe one of them was chasing and killing their own soldiers and horses, and there would inevitably be a fight, so let's see if it was their sword sharpness or their own guns!
With that, he turned over his horse and stood in front of the avenue with his gun in hand, waiting for the arrival of the cavalry.
"Captain, there is a man and a horse in front of you!"
A sentry rode to report.
"The smoke billowing from the village in front of you must have been looted by thieves, so do thieves still have the courage to stay here?" The lieutenant said, "Let's go, let's see!" β
The lieutenant arrived at the village with 800 cavalry, and when the horses roared, the cavalry stopped their horses and looked at the lonely man and horse in front.
The lieutenant rode a few steps forward, tapped the iron helmet with his spear, looked at the corpses scattered around, tilted his head and asked, "You killed all these people?" What about the people in the village? β
Zhao Yun slowly lowered the tip of his spear, his body was tense, and he was already ready to attack, but when he saw that this group of cavalry did not look like the enemy who was chasing him, he replied: "A certain person passed by the ranger, and saw the thieves plundering the people, so he expelled the thieves, and the people fled south!" β
A sentry rode south.
After a while, he rode back and said to the lieutenant: "My lord, it is true that many people have left, and they have already asked, and it is a good man in a white robe with a spear who saved them..."
Du Wei's eyes swept and said with a smile: "There are no less than dozens of corpses in this place, it seems that the martial arts of the strong man are very gΔo qiΓ‘ng, you are a ranger, are you willing to join the army?" β
Zhao Yundao: "You are under Yang Tianlong?" β
Zhao Yun had seen Ji Yuanxu's soldiers and horses, which were different from the armor styles of this group of cavalry.
Du Wei shook his head and said: "A certain is not under the command of the pseudo-emperor Yang Tianlong, a certain master is the general of the chariot cavalry, Yanzhou Mu, the Marquis of Dongyu, Liu De!" A certain is the lord's public account, Yao Duwei Huo is sick! β
Huo Quzhi took off his helmet and looked directly at Zhao Yun with his eyes like lightning.
Zhao Yun heard that Huo Qubing reported to his home, and the arm holding the spear was also loosened, looking at Huo Quai, he didn't expect that the officer who held the position of lieutenant was so young, Zhao Yun didn't dare to slack off: "Since you are under the command of the general of the Che Cavalry, why are you in the hinterland of Jizhou?" β
"This is a military secret, so I can't tell you."
Huo Quzhi stroked his somewhat messy hair, put the helmet on his head again, and said to Zhao Yun: "You already know the name of so-and-so, should you let so-and-so know your name?" β
Zhao Yun arched his hand and said: "The eldest husband will not change his name or change his surname, Changshan Zhao Yun!" β
Huo Quzhi nodded, and just as he wanted to speak, another sentry came to report: "Lord Qiyu, there is a group of more than 500 soldiers and horses coming in our direction, look at its banner and armor, it is Yang Tianlong's soldiers and horses, and there are more than a dozen carts of things, presumably grain and grass..."
"Yo he, the master has been looking for several days, and finally let the master catch it! I don't know what's going on over there..."
Huo Quzhi thought for a while and said: "Since you have met, you can't let them go, all the soldiers, come with so-and-so!" β
"Yes!"
All the cavalry soldiers shouted, and they all pulled their war horses, and followed behind Huo Quai, and in a short time, they formed a cone formation that the cavalry is best at!
Huo Quzhi waved his spear and invited Zhao Yun: "Strong man, do you dare to join us?" β
Zhao Yun nodded and said, "This is exactly what I mean!" β
Zhao Yun had already guessed the purpose of Huo Qubing from Huo Quai's words, and cut off Yang Tianlong's grain channel.
After Zhao Yun's judgment, what Huo Quzhi said was basically true, he was indeed a general under Liu De, and only under Liu De had such a majestic cavalry.
Since he is ready to join Liu De's command, this battle is the time to prove himself!
Zhao Yun rode his horse into Huo Quai's cavalry team, without any sense of disobedience, as if he was integrated with the cavalry formation, Huo Qubing was secretly surprised, with a smile on his face, and a wave of his spear: "All soldiers, kill with someone!" β
"Kill!"
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