At this time, the women are sitting on the side of the road to rest, and there are many displaced and migratory people resting nearby.

Most of the displaced people and civilians are already hungry and skinny, and their eyes are sunken.

Especially the children who had lost their parents, ragged and dirty like balls of mud, looked at the dry food in the hands of the women with timid and greedy eyes.

A woman in her early thirties seemed to be unable to bear it, and broke half of the dry food and handed it to the little girl closest to her.

The little girl first tentatively stretched out her hand, and when she saw that the woman had no intention of taking back the dry food, she snatched it up and devoured it.

It doesn't matter if the woman's kindness is a precedent, the surrounding children and people gathered one after another, and people cried and begged: "Girl, give us a bite to eat!" ”

"Girl, share me a piece of dry food too!" "Girl......"

The people around them gathered more and more, and people's eyes fell on the dry food in the hands of the women, and saliva was about to overflow from the corners of their mouths.

A thin young man in the crowd snatched the dry food from a woman's hand, and then ran desperately out of the crowd, and at the same time stuffed the dry food into his mouth vigorously, even if he choked and rolled his eyes, he didn't stop stuffing the dry food into his mouth.

Before he could run out of the crowd, he was pushed to the ground by the people on both sides, and the people pounced on him like crazy, grabbing the few dry food left in his hands, and some people even went to pick the dry food in his mouth, and the screams and screams of the people rose one after another, and the scene instantly became riotous.

There was a precedent, and then more and more hungry people, who were already dizzy, snatched the dry food from the women's hands, and in an instant, the scene was in chaos.

Damn it! Liu Xiu stuffed the uneaten dry food into the placket of his clothes and rushed over quickly, followed by Long Yuan and Zhang Ping.

These few people, compared to the hungry people, can be called strong and strong.

They worked together to push away the hungry people who were surrounding and robbing the dry food, and when they looked closely, most of the dry food in their hands of dozens of women had been snatched away, more than half of their clothes had been ripped out, and several women had blood marks on their necks and arms.

Seeing this, Long Yuan, Zhang Ping, Li Tong and the others drew their swords in unison, and the blades of the swords were pointed at the hungry people on the opposite side.

Li Tong shouted angrily: "You wait for a dignified seven-foot man, and you have the brazenness to rob women of food? ”

The hungry people are also bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, seeing that Liu Xiu and the others are like fierce gods, and they are all holding sharp weapons, people are like eggplants beaten by frost, all of them are wilted, and they all bow their heads one by one, and retreat again and again.

There are people who grab dry food, and they still stuff it into their mouths vigorously.

Liu Xiu waved his hand to Long Yuan and the others, signaling them all to put away their swords.

Although Jingzhou has also experienced drought, the local people are not like Yizhou, where Yizhou is really a natural and man-made disaster, and all the disasters have been rushed together.

If he still has extra food in his hands, Liu Xiu will not be stingy, and he will definitely be able to take it out and distribute it to these hungry homeless people.

However, the little dry food in the carriage was barely enough for the needs of their group on the road, and if they really took it out and divided it, he could save these hungry people, he didn't know, he only knew that they would definitely starve to death on the way to the county town.

Now Liu Xiuzhen wants to ask Yizhou officials, where has all the disaster relief food in Yizhou gone?

If the state officials were really here at this time, they would definitely answer Liu Xiu, who was snatched away by Lian Dan.

The disaster relief food allocated by the Xinmang Imperial Court, after layers of deductions, fell to the place There was not much left, plus the southern barbarian invasion, part of it was snatched away by the barbarians, and the remaining bit of disaster relief food was scavenged by Lian Dan and swept away, and not a single grain of grain was left for the local people.

It is very appropriate to use natural and man-made disasters to describe the current Yizhou.

At this moment, there was a sudden chaos on the road ahead, and hundreds of people ran from the road ahead, and the people shouted loudly as they ran: "Barbarian! A barbarian army has come to kill you! Run--"

Hearing the shouting, Liu Xiu and the others were shocked, and when a common man was about to run past Liu Xiu, he grabbed the man's arm and asked, "Is there a barbarian army killed?" ”

The man was a middle-aged man of about forty years old, his face turned pale with fright, he nodded again and again, and said breathlessly, "Yes...... It's a barbarian, run, if you don't run, it's too late! ”

As he spoke, he wanted to shake off Liu Xiu's hand, but the latter's palm was like an iron tong, and he couldn't break free at all.

Brute? Where did the brutes come from? After they entered Hanzhong, they had already exterminated nearly 200 barbarian troops, could it be that these barbarian armies were not the main force?

He asked, "How many people are there from the barbarians?" ”

"There are too many, there are so many people, I can't count them, don't pull me, if you want to die, don't drag me!" As Liu Xiu's hand was released, the middle-aged man immediately rushed away.

The middle-aged man had just run away on his front foot, and Liu Xiu and the others also saw the figure of the barbarian army.

The barbarians they encountered this time were different from the barbarians they met in Baishan, from a distance, they were all shirtless, bald, with large totemic tattoos on their faces and bodies, and their lower bodies were tied with leather skirts, their legs were bare, and their feet were wearing animal skin boots.

As for how many people there are on the other side, Liu Xiu and others can't see clearly. They slaughtered among the people, brandishing their scimitars in their hands, and slashing people as if they were chopping vegetables, and they cut down the crowds of people in pools of blood.

In the blink of an eye, the pavement of the official road in front of him was covered with the corpses of the people, and the blood flowed like a river.

If it was just Liu Xiu and the ten of them, they might still be able to run away, but now that they are still with these women, they will definitely not be able to run away. Liu Xiu immediately made a decision, pulled out the long sword under his ribs, and shouted: "Bright sword, prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

As he gave an order, people drew their weapons one after another, carried their swords, followed Liu Xiu, and moved forward to meet the barbarians.

Li Yi, who was guarding the carriage, looked at the surging barbarians in front of him, and grinned secretly, and when Li Tong was about to run past him, he grabbed Li Tong's wrist and scolded in a low voice: "Dimension, you are crazy, don't you see how many barbarians are in front?" Just a few of us, didn't we look for death in the past? Run! ”

As he spoke, he pulled Li Tong and ran back, at this time, he couldn't care about Ye Qingqiu or Man'er, he just thought that he could live.

Li Tong was dragged by him and staggered out a few steps, and then he waved his arm vigorously and shook Li Yi's hand away.

He stared at Li Yi and said loudly: "Cousin, Uncle Wen and they have all gone to fight against the barbarians, do you want to escape?" ”

"You are stupid, how can we fight with so many brutes with just a few of us? Come with me! As he spoke, he reached out and tried to pull Li Tong again.

The latter looked at Li Yi like a stranger, shaking his head and retreating. On weekdays, Li Yi is full of benevolence, righteousness, morality, and pride, but when it comes to the critical moment, he is just a coward who escaped!

"Cousin, even if I die, I don't want to be a coward with soft bones, but to die with my brothers!" After speaking, he glanced at Li Yi with regret, turned around and ran towards Liu Xiu.

At this time, Liu Xiu and the others had already fought with the barbarians who rushed over.

These barbarians are not only dressed differently from those barbarians in Baishan, but even their combat power is much higher.

Liu Xiu faced a burly brute soldier, and the swords of the two were swung almost at the same time, colliding in the air, making a crisp sound, and then, the two of them each took a step back, and Liu Xiu felt that his tiger mouth was crispy.

That's a lot of strength! Liu Xiu stepped forward again, his figure flickered, flashing from the front of the brute soldier to his side, and at the same time, the long sword swept out, straight to the opponent's neck.

He had a sure killing move, but this time it failed, and the barbarian soldier on the opposite side reacted extremely quickly, and waved the knife in his hand outward, and when he was long, Liu Xiu's long sword was blocked by him.

Liu Xiu's heart was secretly frightened, and the brute soldier took the opportunity to step forward and slash at Liu Xiu's head.

Burst!

Before Liu Xiu could dodge, a flying arrow flew from the diagonal side, hitting the brute's temple. The arrow ran through his skull, sticking out of his other temple. Zhang Ping's arrow.

Liu Xiu took a breath and looked back at Zhang Ping, who had already re-twisted his bow and arrows, looking for his next target. Liu Xiu didn't dare to take it lightly anymore, and used all his strength to meet the next brute.

In this battle with the barbarians, Liu Xiudu felt pressure, one is that the opponent's combat power is very strong, and the other is that the opponent has a large number of people.

In fact, the number of this brute soldier who suddenly killed on the official road is not more than 100, but there are only nine people who participated in the battle on Liu Xiu's side, fortunately, they are all selected by Liu Xiu, and each one is not given in vain, otherwise, I am afraid that they will all lie down as soon as they meet with the barbarians.

Liu Xiu mentioned twelve points of caution, held a long sword, and killed three barbarians in a row. Just then, there was a roar across from him, and a tall, majestic barbarian with a hammer charged straight at him.

"Be careful--" Long Yuan, who was near Liu Xiu, pulled him away, and at the same time, he greeted the other party.

When!

The burly barbarian's hammer smashed viciously at Long Yuan, and Long Yuan's horizontal sword parried, but with skill, the horizontal sword body tilted to the side, so that the hammer that fell down had a leaking force.

But even so, Long Yuan was still affected by its impact, his feet were close to the ground, and he slid out two or three meters away, and his sword-holding arm was as if it had been electrified, and he suddenly trembled.

Long Yuan secretly said in his heart, the strength of this barbarian is probably not inferior to the eldest brother of the lord, Liu Xuan. Before Long Yuan could continue to step forward, more than a dozen barbarians rushed over from all around, surrounded him, and launched a siege on him.

The burly barbarian ignored Long Yuan, carried the hammer, and walked straight towards Liu Xiu. When Liu Xiu approached, he waved his arms and smashed down with a hammer.

Knowing that he was powerful, Liu Xiu didn't dare to resist his edge, and his body crossed out.

Bang!

The huge hammer head did not hit Liu Xiu, and smashed firmly on the ground, making a loud noise. Not far away, Zhang Ping, who was standing next to the carriage, silently shot an arrow straight into the burly man's left eye socket.