The young woman, with a bruised forehead, was about to stand up when she was struck down by a sudden burst of vertigo and sharp pain.

"Sister...... I have a headache ......."

When the older woman heard this, she hurriedly wiped away the tears rolling from her cheeks, got up and poured some hot water from the charcoal stove, folded the hot cotton cloth into a tofu cube, and gently applied it to the bruise on her sister's forehead:

"Now that the city is in chaos, I'm afraid I can't invite Lang Zhong anymore...... You drink some hot water and eat something first, maybe it won't hurt so much......"

"Sister, where is this?"

"This is Lord Wei's mansion."

"That'...... What about Lord Wei? ”

“…… Master Wei's family of five has already committed suicide and martyred......"

When the younger woman heard the bad news, her eyes instantly flushed, and she lamented with sorrow:

"This group of Qin dogs is simply a litter of brutes! Qing officials and honest officials who are hard to find in the world like Lord Wei have been forced to death by them, what is the reason in this world...... Woo......"

This mournful and mournful whimper, along the cracks in the doors and windows, entered the night sky of the walled city, and was soon drowned out by the sound of fighting and wailing......

In the early morning of the next day, Chen Ziling, who woke up leisurely, sat on the bed and stretched, looked down, and saw a glass of water on the receiving table next to the bed; And on the copper basin shelf in the corner, there is also a curling hot air steaming upward......

Chen Ziling eased his nerves and drank the cup of warm water. A warm current quickly swam through his limbs, and if it weren't for the occasional shouting and scolding outside the window, he would have almost forgotten where he was...

After washing, Chen Ziling was neatly draped and pushed open the door casually. I saw that in front of the shadow wall in the lobby, several veterans of the Northern Army were gathered at this time; Carrying bamboo baskets and burdens, they enthusiastically introduced their seizures last night in front of the elderly woman......

"The brothers have worked hard, so just leave something behind, enough for the three of them to eat. In addition, the whole army was transmitted, and after half an hour, it was on time and went straight to Zhongzhou Road. ”

Before the army marched, Chen Ziling had planned to leave the two women in Yuanqu County. Because when he led the army to Shimen City, the dead chess piece in Woniu City should almost "wake up"; There was plenty of food, grass and ordnance at all times, and the two fortified cities of Bingzhou and Shimen were simply at their fingertips.

And once these two capitals are broken, Yanjing will have opened its door; At that time, the king of Qin could send civil officials to this place to educate the people of Jizhou and Jizhou in the Three Jin Dynasty and restore the original order of the people.

And the scourge of the rebellion in Yuanqu County will definitely not have a second time.

But these two women refused to leave Chen Ziling for anything. In desperation, he could only take his two daughters on the road together, and only wait for the army to cross the Yuhe River crossing west of Shaofang Town, and then send the two sisters to Luojing, the divine capital, to escape the war.

As the west gate of Zhongzhou Road, Shaofang Town has a unique geographical location. It is bordered by the surging Yu River in the south and the Wuxing Mountains in the north; The west passes through the three Jin Yuanqu, the east is close to the Temple of Heaven high mountain, the scenery is picturesque all year round, the products are abundant, and the beauty is breathtaking.

It is also due to the fact that the scenery is incomprehensible, the mountain roads here are rugged and narrow, and it is inconvenient for the army to enter, so Shaofang Town has also lost the possibility of becoming a military town.

From the marks on the map and the mouth of his own sentinels, Chen Ziling already knew that this alternate route of march would definitely not be a smooth road; But it wasn't until he personally led the army to embark on this mountain trail leading to Zhongzhou that he understood the power of nature and how miraculous it was.

It is not easy to excavate mountain roads, and the most typical characteristics are winding, high and low. The width of the trail is only enough for two people walking side by side; In addition, a tributary of the Yu River called the Xiaonan River, there is only a single-plank bridge, which greatly delays the advance of the Qin army.

When the Qin army spent two days and two nights, and finally crossed the Xiaonan River, they plunged headlong into the continuous mountains...

In fact, in this matter, I can't complain that Chen Ziling will only talk on paper; All because judging from the current situation of the Qin army, even if he knew that this road was extremely dangerous, he could only go through it after all.

Due to the undulating hills, the field of vision is also greatly obstructed; The Qin army, which had already run out of food, wanted to find some villages and towns along the way to fight the autumn breeze, which was a difficult thing; What's more, most of the people here are accustomed to shuttling between the mountains and wilderness, and they are not afraid of the blades in the hands of the Qin army at all; In this way, even if it is a roadblock robbery, the gain is completely disproportionate to the return.

After a full day and a night, the army walked out of the mountain road of less than twenty miles; But the remaining oil and water in the stomachs of the soldiers were all consumed. In desperation, Chen Ziling had no choice but to announce that the army would rest in place, and let the soldiers and groups of troops under his command go into the mountains and forests to search for those nameless villages and lambs to be slaughtered......

The assembly point set up by the Qin army, called Xiaoxipo, is a rare open area. And less than ten miles to the south of the small western slope, among the folds of the mountains, there is a small market town, called Yaojiadian. Since this place was originally a gathering place for nearby mountain people, there are many traces left by wheels running over the wet and slippery mountain roads.

And a "search team" composed of fifteen people followed the traces left by the wheels and touched the edge of Yao's shop. And the temporary leader of the fifteen-person search team is the new lieutenant who has just been promoted, that is, the veteran of the Northern Army who found two "Lady Zhai" for Chen Ziling.

This person's family name is Hou, his name is Hou Ganquan, and he also has a nickname in the army, called "Old Monkey". The old monkey has been in the army for many years, his experience is extremely old, and he is smart enough, and he has a high prestige among the low-level soldiers of the Qin army. And the fourteen "team members" he assembled this time are also all old brothers of the Northern Army, and they cooperate with each other tacitly, almost to the point of having the same heart.

Although Yaojiadian is a bazaar, after all, it is hidden in the mountains and mountains, and the people who come and go here to catch the market on weekdays are all familiar faces, so they did not spend a lot of effort to build the walled battlements, only a watchtower less than three people high rises from the ground, which looks extremely abrupt.

It was early afternoon and the view was relatively good. Captain Hou looked at the lonely and abrupt watchtower in the distance, and waited for a long time, but he saw no one changing shifts and changing posts, nor did he see any patrolling townspeople passing by, so he couldn't help but be suspicious. Even though the scale of this Yaojiadian market is small, it is still a place to do business!

Since it is a place to do business, there will definitely be a large number of silver taels gathered, and there will be no shortage of villains who see money. Therefore, those things of forcible seizure, rooster and dog theft may happen at any time, and it is indispensable to recruit nearby strong men to serve as village warriors to maintain the personal and property safety of both parties to the transaction.

Hou Ganquan's brothers, looking at the trolleys full of goods and oversized bamboo baskets, could not contain the hunger in their stomachs; And Hou Ganquan, who was in charge of giving orders, touched the steel knife on his waist, and after feeling a sense of relief, he did not hesitate.

"In a group of five, I surrounded Yaojiadian on three sides, and I personally led the team to pull out the nails on the front! Brothers, start smartly, and beware of capsizing in the gutter! ”

Since the experienced Hou Ganquan had spoken, the other two teams of five people took advantage of the direction of the mountain to cover their bodies and slowly outflanked them; Hou Ganquan, on the other hand, glanced at the four brothers under him, and then appeared directly on the official road, and swaggered towards Yao's shop.

"The one below, don't go forward, who are you?"

Before Hou Ganquan could take a few steps, the "sentinel" on the top of the tower pulled his neck and shouted at him.

Hou Ganquan raised his head when he heard this, looked at each other with a smile, and said silently, "passing", and his footsteps still kept moving forward......

"What do you say? I told you not to go any further, don't you hear! ”

This Hou Sheng scolded Hou Ganquan in his mouth, and climbed down the watchtower with his hands and feet; And Hou Ganquan made an inexplicable face, and also greeted the other party:

"I'm a passer-by, and I accidentally hit a wall in the mountains. I don't know why, but I came around to you......"

Hou Ganquan was talking in his mouth, his footsteps did not stop, and he quickly narrowed the distance between them; Until three steps away from the other party, Hou Ganquan also raised his left arm high, making an affectionate posture of hooking shoulders and backs, and his mouth kept putting on almost:

"Don't get me wrong, brother, I really don't mean anything else......"

"Tell me something, don't hug ......"

Burst!

Just as the other party was busy pushing away Hou Ganquan's arm, a snow-bright steel knife suddenly stabbed into his abdomen!

This young man was stunned, and he wanted to shout loudly immediately, but he was covered by Hou Ganquan's left hand, and "affectionately" took him into his arms and gently placed it on the edge of the wall......

Hou Ganquan solved the sentry in a lightning flash, and the four veterans of the Northern Expedition Army would also rush forward! One man quickly climbed the watchtower with his hands and feet; The other three dragged the mountain man who was not yet dead far away and threw him directly off the cliff......

Hou Ganquan tugged on his coat again, and swaggered into Yao's store...... It didn't take long for a burst of exclamations and shouts from Yao's store! Hou Ganquan broke into one of the largest houses with a knife, killed a middle-aged man dressed in rich clothes, and opened the prelude to the looting of Yao's shop......

Although when it comes to physical fitness, those mountain people who are "running the mountains to practice qi" all the time must be more robust than the people in the city! It's just that these villagers fight and fight on weekdays, most of them just for a breath; They are all villagers who look up and don't look down, and there are few people who go to the point to greet each other.

But Hou Ganquan and the gang of rebels under him are not only old soldiers who kill people like hemp and lick blood with knives; Recently, there has been no restriction on military law regulations, and it is not a matter of not taking human life as a thing!

One side was beaten inexplicably, and he didn't even know the identity of the person who came and the reason for doing it; On the other hand, they are full of murderous intent and have no intention of letting go of a living mouth!

Therefore, this battle with a huge disparity in "strength" also came to an end soon...