Zhao Dangshi didn't know how long he ran and how long he slept. In the fog, he only felt a heart-piercing pain on his left arm.

The ears heard the sound of footsteps beside them, and the sound of sighs rising and falling. He wanted to open his eyes to see the situation around him, but the pair of eyelids seemed to be a thousand pounds, and they didn't move at all.

"My arm." There was another pain in his left arm, and he couldn't help but murmur.

"Be a brother, be a brother!"

An excited, slightly childish voice came into his ears, and it was very familiar. But there was a mess in my mind, and I didn't think about who this person was after pondering for a long time.

Then, he was groggy and unconscious, and Zhao Dangshi had no way of knowing what was going on left and right. Until an earth-shattering voice suddenly exploded-

"Big and small Cao is here again!"

Almost reflexively, Zhao Dangshi suddenly opened his eyes and sat up. The first thing that caught his eye was a filthy face.

"Be a brother, be a brother! You're awake! A look of utter happiness appeared on that face. Zhao Dangshi could see clearly, in addition to the mud ash, the face that was attached to the soil ash was also mixed with a large number of blood stains. The originally beautiful smile appeared on such an ugly face that was black and twisted, and even had a mouthful of dark yellow buckteeth, and the sense of harmony suddenly disappeared.

The person in front of him is called Wang Laixing, who was born in a tun with himself, and he is his own follower when he is young, and he is only sixteen years old this year.

The appearance of Wang Laixing made the redundant memories in Zhao Dangshi's mind instantly connected into a thread. He blinked his eyes vigorously, strengthened his spirits, and asked out loud, "Come brother, what?" ”

Before Wang Laixing could answer, a man next to him leaped over, inadvertently rubbed his shoulder, and brought the thin and small Brother Lai to the ground.

"Dog's slash, thief your mother!" Wang Laixing got up in embarrassment and scolded fiercely. Looking at it angrily, the man did not know where he had gone.

With a curse word, Zhao Dangshi remembered his current predicament. This place is called Jinlingchuan and is located in Shangzhou, Shaanxi. Not long ago, he followed the thousands of household officials in the battalion to ambush the officers and soldiers in Wuyu not far away, saying that it was an ambush, but the result was a battle in a daze, but he was defeated, and fled here overnight, fainting and waking up, and he didn't even drink saliva, and the officers and soldiers seemed to come up again.

Zhao Dangshi stood up with a large bluestone beside him, and saw a knight galloping on a horse. The knight stopped his horse beside him, and did not come down, but looked down condescendingly: "The order of the thousand households, gather his subordinates to break the horse." After coldly leaving the next sentence, he beat the horse and left.

"Be a brother, let's withdraw." Wang Laixing watched the knight gallop away and sighed.

Zhao Dangshi didn't answer, and looked around left and right first. At present, before the officers and soldiers arrived, the left and right companions had already dispersed, running separately, and only a handful of those who remained in place.

"What about Lao Wu and Lao Yang?" Both of them are captains, working under Zhao Dangshi, who is a hundred households. He looked around, but he didn't find the two of them.

"The front of the fifth child is broken, just buried." Wang Laixing's face was a little depressed, "Lao Yang disappeared in Wuyu." ”

Zhao Dangshi was silent, and asked again: "In addition to us, how many brothers are there around?" ”

"Sixteen, nine cakes and seven buds. Five of them were also painted. ”

"Holy shit." Zhao Dangshi gritted his teeth. As a hundred-hundred-hundred- It's good now, the death of his subordinates, the escape of the escape, the number of people is not even as good as a small flag.

"If it weren't for the big boss and the people who broke into the camp and sacrificed their camp all went to Xi'an, would we still be afraid of those Qiu Ba?"

"It's not helpful to say that." Zhao Dangshi patted the indignant Wang Laixing, "You go to Qianhu to take a look at the situation." ”

Wang Laixing nodded, turned around and ran. He has followed Zhao Dangshi for many years and knows the meaning of his words. That Qianhu is unreliable, if he runs away and throws his own group of people as cannon fodder to feed the officials and soldiers, this business will never be done.

As he spoke, people belonging to Zhao Dangshi's subordinates gathered over. Zhao Dangshi nodded, there were only six people. I heard that there are five other people who can't walk and don't have much combat effectiveness. In extraordinary times, the wounded can only be left to fend for themselves. There are still five left, and you don't need to think about it, you must have run away with the crowd.

"Baihu, the hammer of the straight mother is here, where are we going?"

"Wang picked up the ashes and slipped away a few early on the kang."

"The southeast forest is deep, why don't we drill there?"

The few remaining subordinates were gossiping. In their opinion, everyone has run away, and now they can only choose to run, the so-called Wang Pao Ash and others are all other hundred households. As an old man, he will do it if he wins and leave if he can't win, which has been proven to be the basic quality of a qualified rogue.

"The situation over there is unknown, and I have already sent my brother to investigate. If the dog really wants to harm Lao Tzu, let's leave the fuck. ”

A subordinate shouted: "I heard that Lao Hui went to Xi'an earlier, and all the men and horses who broke into the camp and sacrificed the camp were also pulled, and there were not many brothers left in the Shangluo area. If you want me to say, let's eat and drink as well as those who always rush ahead when they go back and fight, and simply oppose their mother, just take advantage of this to get out. ”

Zhao Dangshi took a closer look at the man and knew this broken household named Hou Dagui. This person was originally the banner army of Yanchuan Yitun Fort, he killed the fort guard officer earlier, and voted for the king of Zijin Liang as the small leader, and the king died for his own use, and the rest was absorbed by the generals. In September of the sixth year of Chongzhen, he joined forces with the scorpion block and a lamp in Gaoping, and was defeated by Zhang Yingchang, the chief soldier of Shanxi, and returned to the mountain tiger, and was defeated by Zuo Liangyu.

Ma Shou should be a Hui citizen, and many of the soldiers and civilians under him are Hui people, Hou Dagui is depressed and has a violent temperament, so he naturally cannot be appreciated and promoted. Rao is experienced, resolute and good at fighting, and has been in the camp for a long time, and he is only a small captain.

He had already had the heart to go, but he was suffering from the fact that there was no one to conspire with on weekdays, but now that he had this opportunity, he didn't dare to slip alone, so he came to instigate Zhao Dangshi.

Zhao Dangshi knew that this person was capricious, and although Ping Suli didn't trust him, he also regretted his ability. He didn't leave today, just because he was afraid that he would be slaughtered by others, and once he had the opportunity in the future, he would never succumb to his own unworthy of the name of a hundred households.

Although his number is small at the moment, but fortunately, as a horse army, he still has a horse in his hand - after all, the guy who saves his life has a tight grip on the reins in his hand.

"The enemy's position is unknown, and we must not move lightly for the time being. The ones who fled left and right were just some miscellaneous hairs, and the pacesetters of thousands of households were undecided, whether they would go or fight, and they would wait for Brother Lai'er to come back. ”

The "pacesetter" he mentioned was a cadre of personal soldiers under Qianhu. Although there are many chaotic methods in these rogue battles, there are many battalion soldiers and city defenders who originally served in the Ming court, such as Wang Ziyong, Ma Shouying, Luo Rucai, and even this Hou Dagui are all born in the army, so the establishment and establishment basically follow the set of the official and military military system, and there are occasional differences and they are always the same.

"It's ...... anyway"

Zhao Dangshi spoke, and these subordinates had no choice but to obey the order. Rather than saying that they listened to Zhao Dangshi's words, it was better to say that they were all veterans and knew the scourge of breaking away from the organization. Shaanxi is full of rogues, the weak eat the strong, the strong are partners, the weak are annexed, once they are alone, whether they meet the official army or the rogues, there is only a dead end. Therefore, Hou Dagui didn't leave, and others didn't dare to go, not to mention that he still had a horse in his hand.

Everyone waited for a while, looking at the robes that kept fleeing, and their hearts were full of anxiety. On the way, there were a few people who fled for their lives and wanted to come up to grab the horse, but they were all hacked to death by Zhao Dangshi and others.

It was easy to wait for Wang Laixing to come, and before he could open his mouth to ask, when he saw him in the distance, he began to wave his hand, and shouted: "Qian, Qianhu is dead." Xiao Cao and the surname Bai are outflanked! Come on! ”

As soon as he had finished speaking, the crowd was already skilfully flying on their horses. "Xiao Cao" is the general Cao Bianjiao, and the "surname Bai" is Du Si Bai Guangen. These two were Cao Wenzhao, the commander of the reinforcement and suppression, and Hong Chengchou, the governor of Shaanxi Province, who defeated the Liukou several times, and the Liukou were famous and feared.

Thousands of households are dead, and there are only a few people under him, so there is no point in resisting stubbornly. Zhao Dangshi got on the horse and turned his head to see Wang Laixing. But he saw him fall from his horse suddenly, and when he looked again, he was hit by an arrow in his right arm.

"Baihu, let's go!" Hou Dagui saw Zhao Dangshi hesitate and hurriedly urged. He rebelled early, and had fought with Cao Wenzhao many times, and knew that this person was fierce. This time, Cao Wenzhao made a comeback, and his courage was undiminished, and he trembled with fear when he thought of the previous fiasco.

"No, I have to save him."

Zhao Dangshi slapped his horse and rushed to Wang Laixing without hesitation. Although Wang Laixing is young, he is the only trustworthy person around him. Zhao Dangshi is not a person who is unkind, and he can't bear to watch this little friend leave him from now on.

"You wait to go first!" Before leaving, Zhao Dangshi left a sentence.

When the two subordinates heard the rumors that they were about to leave, Hou Dagui stopped him and said coldly: "Hundreds of households have not left, why are you two in a hurry to reincarnate without hammers?" ”

These subordinates are usually afraid of Hou Dagui and ruthless, although they are afraid of the officials and soldiers in their hearts at this moment, facing Hou Dagui who is killing in his eyes, they don't dare to leave, and they will stop at the horse and look at Zhao Dangshi.

But it was said that Wang Laixing fell from the horse with an arrow and did not dare to stop. Experience had taught him that there must be a pair of greedy eyes staring at the head of his neck not far from behind. He got up with a roll, and when he saw Zhao Dangshi coming on horseback, he shouted as he ran: "Brother Dang'er save me!" ”

The words fell, but he saw Zhao Dangshi raising the wooden gun on the horse, baring his teeth and opening his eyes, and shouted. With the sound of cheers, the wooden spear was thrown out and swept over Wang Laixing's head.

Wang Laixing subconsciously looked back, only to see that ten steps away from his back, an official rider stopped his horse - the wooden gun did not hit the man or the horse, but happened to be inserted in front of the horse, the horse was frightened, regardless of the rider's urging, he braked himself.

Wang Laixing just turned his head back, but before he could react, he felt a tightness in his stomach, and his whole person was copied from the ground by Zhao Dangshi, and it was also thanks to his small body and light body that he could make Zhao Dangshi, who was flying by, succeed.

Zhao Dangshi put Wang Laixing in front of him and sat down, leaning down to protect him, there was a sound of scolding his mother behind his head, and then a few feather arrows flew from behind. Fortunately, a few arrows grazed Zhao Dangshi's green clothes.

Seeing this, Hou Dagui beckoned everyone: "Let's go!"

Eight people in the saddle, desperately driving the horse to the sky, let the back shout to kill the earth, just do not listen, only listen to the wind in the ear, enduring.

The seven horses galloped until dusk, until there was silence on the left and right, and only the sound of wind and birds chirping, did they dare to stop slowly.

The people found a water source and got off their horses to rest. Zhao Dangshi helped Wang Laixing to a tree, stripped off his clothes, and checked the injury on his right arm.

Hou Dagui drank a few sips of water by the stream, washed his face again, turned to Wang Laixing, looked at the wound, and said to Zhao Dangshi: "Baihu, it's just into the meat, it's not a big deal, just pull it out." ”

Zhao Dangshi nodded. Wang Laixing's arrow did not hurt the big vein in his arm, which is a blessing in misfortune. Everyone is begging for a living with a knife, and they are no stranger to this kind of flesh wound. There is some experience of coping, too. At that moment, a fire was made with flint, Zhao Dangshi took a short knife, put it on the fire and roasted it, and then picked a wooden branch for Wang Laixing to bite, and he used the knife to carefully cut the rotten meat along the edge of the wound, and cut a small hole along the entrance of the arrowhead, and finally slowly pulled out the arrow.

Although Wang Laixing is young, he is quite strong, and his forehead is sweating, but he does not stand up. It's just that the branch in his mouth is almost broken. Hou Dagui watched from the side, and praised with a smile: "Brother Lai is really a man, my brother misjudged you earlier." ”

Wang Laixing spit out the wooden branch, gasped twice, glared at Hou Dagui and scolded: "Fuck you." "He was malnourished since childhood, and although he was sixteen, his body was still extremely thin. Even among the rogues and hungry people, who are basically scrawny, they look weak. Hou Dagui previously ridiculed him as a "lady soldier".

Zhao Dangshi treated the wound again, and after tearing a rag and bandaging him briefly, seeing that the two were still arguing, he said to Hou Dagui: "Okay, don't make any noise." Although we have fled for the time being, it is not time to slack off. It is necessary to guard against both the officers and soldiers, as well as the people of other battalions who come to take advantage of the fire and rob. Chief Hou, I beg you to take the two brothers around and watch out, and be careful. ”

Hou Dagui is experienced, and it is most appropriate for him to do this reconnaissance and sentry work. Hou Dagui didn't shirk it, he responded happily, and looked greedily at Wang Laixing leaning on the trunk before leaving.

Zhao Dangshi knew that he hadn't tasted meat for a few months, and his heart was not right, so he just took this opportunity to send him away and prevent him from surrounding Wang Laixing from igniting evil thoughts.

Wang Laixing drank the water handed by others, and after recovering a little, Zhao Dangshi sat down beside him, rubbing his waist knife with a felt cloth.

He looked at the campfire dancing not far in front of him, then looked at Zhao Dangshi, sighed softly, and said softly: "Brother Dang'er, what should we do next?" ”

When Zhao Dangshi heard this, his hand wiping the knife face slowly stopped. He didn't answer for a long time, and finally shook his head slightly.