Chapter 3 3.God help me
Looking at the soldiers who came back, Cao Tianlie chuckled lightly and said: "Okay, I will repay you for your merits this time, but don't be careless, you must know that these thieves are killing endlessly, and the fight has just begun." All the generals laughed, but they didn't take this to heart, and some people even said: "The general is invincible in all battles, and he is even more successful in the position of duke, maybe he will be crowned king one day." After Cao Tinglie heard it, he laughed and scolded lightly, and it was over, but deep in his heart there was a hidden worry, this sorrow, but not for the thief, but for himself, as the chief military officer of the five provinces, holding 100,000 male troops, and making countless contributions, now it is almost unsealable, I don't know how many villains have slandered the saint, saying that they are afraid that their tail will not fall, although those people have been reprimanded by the saint, but I don't know how, Cao Tinglie always felt a kind of discomfort. And thinking of the arrogant look of Wang Yuan, the chief soldier of the Beijing camp army, and Yang Jinchao, the prison army, who surrounded and suppressed the thieves with him, Cao Tinglie was irritable for a while, because a few days ago, he heard that the thieves intended to surrender, which made these people laugh, but as Cao Tinglie, who has dealt with the thieves countless times, understands that the best way to kill the thieves is to kill them all, so as not to leave future troubles, these homeless people who have rebelled and become addicted, it is impossible to calm down, but these truths Wang Fei and Yang Jinchao don't understand, The two of them were thinking about how to complete the task given to them by the Holy Lord.
However, he also knew that the saint was also upset by these thieves, so when he heard the news, he immediately allowed the two of them to play, thinking of this, Cao Tinglie was full of depression, this time he tried his best to finally press the twenty families of the homeless people in this land of northern Henan, and when he was about to be exterminated, it was the holy decree that came, how could this not make Cao Tianlie feel extremely resentful, but he was incompetent, he sighed softly, next time he wanted to exterminate them, it would not be so easy, Thinking that his clan is blessed by the country and the grace of the king, then the only way to do it is to do his best.
At this moment, in the distance, Liu Qing and they are still running away without their lives, but they dare not have a moment to stay, the performance of the officers and soldiers in this battle just now completely subverted the image of the officers and soldiers in their usual cognition, and now they are still afraid, and the screams from the rear make them feel a burst of palpitations inside.
That's it, they ran lifelessly, until the night covered the earth, and the weather in October had brought a chill, and by the moonlight, the dozen or so people came to a forest, and stopped.
Liu Qing gasped heavily, today's battle was the most dangerous one he had encountered since he came to this world, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if he hadn't won this horse just now, what would have been the situation, now looking back, he couldn't help but be afraid.
For fear of being discovered, they didn't even dare to raise the fire now, and at this time, a surprised voice rang out, "Wine, my God, there is wine on the mount of this officer." Liu Qing followed the sound and looked, but saw a thin homeless person holding a water bladder tightly, making a surprised sound, this person Liu Qing recognized, called Sun Dadou, although the figure is under the hand, but he eats a lot, just according to his name, Sun Dadou.
Sun Dadou held this water bladder beautifully, and then came to Lian Tou and said, "Lian Tou, give, wine, taste it." Liantou opened his closed eyes, took it, tasted it gently, and then returned it, and said to everyone, "Let's see if there are any good things on your mount." Hearing this order from the head of the company, everyone hurriedly looked at the mount, this flip was really right, many people turned out dry food, wine and other things, for a while, the inexplicable surprise made this group of people dilute the fear of defeat just now.
People are feasting on it, born in troubled times, these people are also forced to become open-minded, and look down on a lot of things, only the one that fills their stomachs has become a belief in the depths of instinct.
Liu Qing was the same, with the help of spirits, on dry food, looking at the crescent moon on the horizon, he unconsciously fell into a burst of contemplation.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a commotion, which made Liu Qing wake up from his contemplation, but he saw that the people around him looked like they were facing a great enemy, the weapons in their hands were permeated with cold light in the moonlight, and everyone's eyes were staring not far away, because just now they found someone coming not far away.
And Liu Qing is the same, just now, he has already pulled out his knife, stared into the distance, and made a silent movement towards everyone, but the knife in his hand did not hesitate at all, just waiting for an order, he was about to rush out.
The people who came on the opposite side also noticed the abnormality here, and the same abnormality became careful, and then the moonlight, Liu Qing looked over, and there were about thirty people on the opposite side, at least in terms of numbers, they were at an absolute disadvantage, but he was not in a hurry, because they had horses.
I don't know how long it took, but suddenly a shout came from the other side: "I don't know which brother is on the other side, I am Chailing Village." Hearing this, he looked at Sun Dadou, he is in charge of intelligence investigation, Sun Dadou nodded and signaled that he knew such a person, but Liu Qing and they did not relax at all, although they were both exiles, but there was no friendship between them, and the number of people on their side was so small, if they let the other party sneak attack, they didn't even cry.
Liantou said loudly in that direction: "It turned out to be the brothers of Chailing Village, in the lower Tiancone, there is a loss of welcome." At this time, he also muttered for a while, and a person continued: "It turned out to be Brother Liantiancone, hehe, I have been waiting for a long time, today's officers and soldiers are powerful enough, I am also hungry and thirsty and tired for a day, I don't know if my brother has anything to eat." ”
Hearing this, Wang Heng stared at the side hatefully, and scolded in a low voice: "These thieves and birds, I really don't know the word polite." But being glared at by Liantou hatefully, Wang Heng immediately didn't dare to speak.
Lian Tou said: "Since everyone is a brother, they should be helped, I still have some dry food here, and the brothers of Chailing Village can send someone to get it if they want." When the people on the other side heard this, there was also a commotion, and at this time Chailing Village said: "That's thank you." After speaking, he was silent, and two people came out at this time on the opposite side, but they didn't carry any weapons, and slowly walked towards Liu Qing and them.
And Lian Tou had already let people prepare the food, waiting, when the two came, Liu Qing saw their appearance clearly, they were also broken, but I don't know what's going on, Liu Qing at this moment always feels that their eyes are a little fluttering. But Wang Heng scolded: "Look at what to see, it's right to take it back quickly." The two of them glanced at each other, but they didn't say anything, just took the dry food and said to Liantou: "Thank you, big boss." "And then I went back slowly.
When the people left, Liu Qing said to Liantou: "Liantou, look at this ......" Liantou glared in that direction hatefully, and said: "If you don't give it, they will take a knife to rob it, and now give it to them, I hope they won't be so greedy, it's all ready for me, I looked at the wind in the wrong direction tonight." Needless to say, everyone was ready.
Indeed, if these people were not given dry food just now, these people would definitely kill them in order to eat and live, and a mouthful of food would kill them, and this troubled era is too common.
Now, they can only hope that these people are not too greedy.
Sadly, their hopes were disappointed.
After the two people from Chailing Village went back and distributed the grain, a big man like black iron asked the two people, "How is it?" The two people said in surprise: "Big boss, there are more than a dozen people opposite, and they have more than a dozen horses." Speaking of this, the people around who were eating ruthlessly were also surprised, and the Chailing Village on the side was also surprised and said: "Seriously." The two of them hurriedly said: "How dare you deceive the big boss." Hearing this affirmative answer, Chailing Village laughed and said, "God really helped me." Then he whispered to the displaced people around him: "Hurry up and eat the dry food, and today, we will be him." "No wonder these homeless people are like this, it is really a dozen horses are really precious, especially in this kind of troubled times, this is a militaristic weapon, if it is not for that kind of crowded battlefield today, and even the people under the head are not afraid of death, they will not be able to grab these dozen horses no matter what, even so, their price is also heavy and abnormal, killing more than a dozen officers and soldiers, and nearly 100 casualties on their side.
As for the issue of morality, do Chailing Village and Liantou have a relationship? In troubled times, everything is for the sake of living, and everything else has been completely placed in the position of inferiority, because this is a cruel world.
The night fell silent, but the two nearby centaurs did not relax their nerves a little, perhaps they both knew that today's events could not be better at all.
In the deep night, when both sides were secretly preparing, the dark clouds on the horizon were obscuring the moon, as if the gods in the sky were also indicating something, but Chailing Village was overjoyed at the moment, and he said to his subordinates around him: "It seems that the heavens are on our side, brothers, and they will kill people and take horses with me, and sacrifice these horses to the king, which is the qualification for me and these people." ”
On the other side, seeing that the dark clouds obscured the moon, Liu Qing sighed secretly, found Liantou, and said, "Liantou, it seems that the other side will not let go of this opportunity." Looking at the young man in front of him, even his head was a sigh in his heart, when he rescued him, this young man was still a kind person at first glance, but after two years of training, now he is a ruthless man stained with blood in front of him.
However, this embarrassment didn't last long, and he smiled softly: "Yes, where is the word morality in this world now?" Liu Qing opened his mouth slightly, but he didn't say anything, so he could only let the brothers around him secretly be on guard.
The night was as dark as ink, stained with unknown fear, suddenly, Liu Qing heard a slight sound, he hurriedly issued a warning to his companions around him, this time, all the people got up, listening hard, Sun Dadou gritted his teeth and said: "It seems that this Chailing Village is really not satisfied, but it's a pity that those delicious grains." The people around him were all angry, and even their heads were slightly frowned, and the worst result was: it came, but I didn't expect that the other side really didn't want any face.
Everyone was lying on the ground and stopped the sound, Wang Heng gently pointed in one direction, everyone nodded, gently picked up a few bows, pulled the string and set the arrow, and shot out into the distance.
I just heard a scream suddenly coming out of the night, and then there was a burst of shouting, and they heard the voice of Chailing Village in the distance, "Brothers, rush me, kill them." Liu Qing: They just heard countless shouts resounding from the surrounding places.
In a trance, as if they were caught in the encirclement, following the direction of the sound, Liu Qing and the others hurriedly drew their bows and shot a few arrows, and then they drew their knives and attacked them.
Night fighting is the most testing place for people's courage, because anyone who faces the dark unknown will feel a kind of fear, which has nothing to do with courage, but the awe of the unknown in human nature.
The killing, in progress, the tattered clothes on both sides, without any as if to meet the blade, is a death. Screams rang in my ears, and the physical sensation of touch spread from the blade.
Liu Qing walked forward in the dark, he seemed to be alone in the eternal darkness, surrounded by the arrival of the Edge of Death, and lost contact with his companions, so he could only rely on his sense of hearing and feeling to survive here.
Suddenly, a gust of wind came, Liu Qing's scalp was numb for a while, he hurriedly rushed up to the knife, a burst of sparks flashed out in the dark, Liu Qing hurriedly drew the knife forward, followed by a scream, then a wet feeling, and then a tangy fishy smell, Liu Qing knew that the enemy in front of him was dead, but this moment was the most nervous, because the scream at this moment attracted the enemy, I don't know when the dark clouds left the moon, facing the moonlight, Liu Qing saw a touch of snow flying towards his head, He immediately rolled down, came to the man, and cut off one of the man's legs with a knife, the man's hideous and painful face was so terrifying under the moon, but Liu Qing didn't hesitate, and another knife cut his throat and ended his life.
At this moment, he had the heart to look at the battlefield at this moment, there was already blood flowing everywhere, and countless dead bodies on the ground were sinking to the ground, but according to his memory, most of them were the corpses of the other party, seeing this, Liu Qing's heart had a trace of relaxation, however, he suddenly heard Wang Heng's hiss, and then there was a crying sound, he hurriedly looked for the sound, and saw that Wang Heng was holding a person and crying loudly at the moment, Liu Qing's heart suddenly had a bad feeling, and hurriedly ran over, It's just that the situation that caught his eyes made him stunned.
Because Liantou was lying so quietly beside Wang Heng, there was a big hole in his body, and at a glance, he knew that he was pierced by a spear, and he didn't see that he was alive, Liu Qing used to hold Liantou's hand tightly, but he couldn't say a word, Liantou saw Liu Qing coming, and a smile appeared on his face, and said: "I know that you are a learned person, I am gone, you will be their leader, take everyone, and live in this troubled world, eh?" On Liu Qing's tense face, there was no trace of expression, just a "En" sound from his mouth, and then, even his head was so tilted, but there was no breath at all.