In the crowd, a young man walked silently to the carriage, looked at the package with a blank gaze, and involuntarily slowly reached out to grab the package that was close at hand.

Li Tong couldn't hold back any longer, roared, jumped down from the carriage, and slashed the young man to the ground with a sword.

He looked around at the crowd with his sword and shouted, "Whoever dares to step forward will be killed!" ”

Li Tong was originally a rich son, cheerful and optimistic, but at this time, even a boy like him couldn't help but kill with a sword, which shows how angry his inner emotions have become.

The other two volunteers also stood beside Li Tong with swords, glared at the people around him, gritted his teeth and roared: "In order to save you and others, we have killed three brothers, this is your reward for us?" ”

Liu Xiu was wounded, Zhang Ping, Li Tong and one volunteer brother were also wounded, and three other volunteer brothers were killed in the battle.

After the first battle, there were nine of them, and seven were killed or wounded, but sadly and lamenically, they desperately resisted the barbarian soldiers, and the people who were protected were now arresting them and sending them to the officials, just for that bite of food.

Listening to the shouts of the two volunteer brothers, and then looking at their bloodshot red eyes and the blood-dripping long swords in their hands, people felt ashamed and afraid, and the crowd that had originally gathered around them began to slowly retreat.

Li Tong felt like a boulder was pressed on his chest, holding himself out of breath, as if he was about to blow himself up. He raised his head to the sky and roared, picked up the sword in his hand, and slashed it to the ground.

"Dimension." Liu Xiu, who was sitting in the carriage, called him softly.

Hearing Liu Xiu's summons, the grief-stricken Li Tong gradually calmed down, he carried his sword, walked back to the carriage, and said, "Uncle Wen." ”

"If there is a glimmer of life, if there is a way to live, they will not do it. People are forced out. ”

Liu Xiu can understand the actions of the people. If a person is hungry, all ethics and morals will be left behind, and if a person is extremely hungry, no matter how bad things are, they can do it.

There are so many lessons to be learned.

At this time, Liu Xiu already had a very strong emotion, if the ruler of a country can't let his people have enough to eat, it is really sad, and such a country will never be too far from collapse.

Seeing that the people were all frightened away, Liu Xiu coughed and whispered to Long Yuan: "Uncle Zhong, go and chase quickly, don't come into contact with the barbarians, just find out where they fled to, where they are hiding, we will meet in Xunyang." ”

Long Yuan looked at Liu Xiu worriedly and said, "Uncle Wen, then you ......"

"I'm fine, let's go!" Liu Xiu felt that the barbarians encountered this time were extraordinary, they should be the elite of the barbarian army, so it was very unusual for these elite barbarians to flow into Hanzhong, he had to figure out how many people there were on the other side and what the purpose was.

Long Yuan was still a little hesitant, not worrying about leaving Liu Xiu alone, Zhang Ping said: "Uncle Zhong, with me here, I will protect Ah Xiu." ”

Li Tong then said: "And me!" ”

Long Yuan glanced around at everyone, nodded, no longer hesitated, and chased straight in the direction where the barbarians had fled.

Liu Xiu looked at Zhang Ping and said, "The land of right and wrong is not suitable for a long time, inform everyone, and hurry immediately." Also, bury the sacrificial brother on the spot! ”

As he spoke, he propped himself up and wanted to get out of the carriage. Zhang Ping, Li Tong and others hurriedly held him down. Zhang Ping said: "Ah Xiu, we don't want the luggage, you just stay in the car." ”

Now that the carriage is broken, it is impossible to pile up so much luggage in it, only dry food is left, and everything else can be left unnecessary.

Zhang Ping, Li Tong and others dug a pit on the side of the road, put the three volunteer brothers who died in the battle into the pit, and filled it with soil to bury them. There were still many corpses of civilians on the road who had been cut down by the brutes, but they couldn't control that much now.

When they were ready to leave, Li Yi, who had fled earlier, ran back. The crowd just looked at him, and then went on to go about it, and no one spoke to him.

Li Yi himself knew that what he did just now was too inauthentic. He walked up to the crowd and stammered and explained, "Just now...... I was really scared by the brute who suddenly appeared......"

No one answered, no one paid attention to him, and everyone was still busy, completely treating him as air.

Being in the army is different from being in other places, you need 100% trust between your fellow brothers, and when you fight and kill the enemy, you must hand over your back to your fellow brothers at any time, which is tantamount to putting your life in the hands of the other party, but obviously, Li Yi is not a trustworthy person.

Seeing that everyone ignored him, at this moment, he also strongly felt that he was excluded by people. He shouted excitedly, "I'm not a coward!" ”

People still didn't seem to hear him, including Li Tong. On the contrary, it was Liu Xiu, who beckoned to Li Yi and said softly: "Ji Wen, return to the team." ”

Li Yi looked at Liu Xiu sitting in the carriage, and Ye Qingqiu, who was kneeling on the side to take care of him, he gave Liu Xiushen a salute on the surface, but he didn't think so in his heart, he knew that the barbarians only came with dozens of people, and he didn't run away.

Ye Qingqiu and Man'er originally had a good impression of Li Yi, and felt that this person was very warm-hearted, but they were also disappointed in his performance of escaping just now.

Looking at Liu Xiu, who was sitting on the side, with a pale face, Ye Qingqiu wanted to speak, but she didn't know what topic to find, she picked up the water bladder, carefully handed it to Liu Xiu, and said, "Liu Gongzi, you ...... Let's take a sip of water! ”

Liu Xiu opened his eyes, looked at the water bladder handed to him, smiled gratefully at Ye Qingqiu, and shook his head again, indicating that he was not thirsty. He said: "Miss Ye, don't call me Liu Gongzi, just call me Ah Xiu or Uncle Wen." ”

Ye Qingqiu's face was happy, nodded in response, and then said: "Ah Xiu, don't call me Miss Ye anymore, just call me Qingqiu." Seeing Liu Xiu nodding, she asked, "Where is Ah Xiu from?" ”

"Nanyang County, a native of Caiyang Chungling."

"Why did Ah Xiu come to join the rebels?"

"It's just a mix of food." Liu Xiu said indifferently.

"Actually......" Ye Qingqiu was about to speak, when suddenly, a nominal army brother shouted on the side of the road: "There is still a barbarian here who is not dead!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Xiu immediately turned his head to look over. I saw two volunteers dragging a brute covered in blood from the side of the road to the carriage. Wang Ping stepped forward, looked down at the brute, and sure enough, he still had a breath.

He asked, in brute language, "How many of you are there?" ”

The brute was badly wounded, dying, delirious, and muttered, "Water...... Water ......"

Wang Ping leaned close to his ear and said, "Answer my question, and I will give you water to drink, and say, how many of you are there?" ”

"Flying Tiger Rush...... 100-man ......"

Hearing this, Wang Ping's brows tightened, others may not know what the Flying Tiger Tu is, but Wang Ping, who was born in Yizhou County, knows very well that it is the vanguard army that has always been elite among the barbarians, and there are not many of them, but they are all carefully selected brave and good fighters.

"Are you Flying Tiger?"

"Yes......"

"Who is your leader?"

"Woody Creek."

Wang Ping is no stranger to the name Wulixi, he is a fierce general of the Nanban Ugo country, it is said that he has great strength, and is good at making the giant hammer break the enemy, and he is very famous in the Nanban area.

Nanban is just a general term, and in this huge area, there are many kingdoms, and the country of Ugo is one of them.

"Where is he now?"

"Dead ...... Dead ......"

Wang Ping's mind moved, and he asked people to take the head of the burly barbarian, and asked, "Is he Wuli Creek?" ”

The brute glanced at him blankly and said, "Yes......"

When Wang Ping heard this, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he didn't expect that Ah Xiu would hit the right one and kill the famous general of the Ugo country, Wulixi. He asked, "Aren't you supposed to be in the southwest?" Why did you come to Hanzhong? ”

"Broken ...... Break ......" The brute only said two words intermittently, and then he didn't come up in one breath, and he died with a whimper.

Wang Ping patted the brute's cheek, touched his carotid artery again, shook his head at Li Tong and the others, and said, "He's dead." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the head of the burly barbarian, withdrew a piece of cloth from the package, wrapped it, and then he stood up, walked up to Liu Xiu, and said, "Ah Xiu, you have made a great contribution this time, the barbarian you killed just now is the fierce general of the Ugo country, Wuli Xi!" ”

Hearing this, Ye Qingqiu showed a look of surprise, Liu Xiu was very calm, he didn't think about working for Wang Mang's new dynasty at all, this time he joined the rebel army, just to help the eldest brother, whether he made meritorious service or not, it didn't matter to him at all.

He asked curiously, "Since he is a famous general, why did he come to Hanzhong?" ”

Hanzhong does not belong to the main battlefield of the battle between the Jingshi Army and the Southern Barbarian Army, and a fierce general in the Southern Barbarian Army suddenly appeared in Hanzhong, which is too weird.

Wang Ping shook his head and said, "Why Wuli Creek appeared in Hanzhong, I don't know, that barbarian only said one word. ”

"What?"

"Broken."

"Broken ......" Liu Xiu looked dazed, what is broken? After pondering for a while, Liu Xiu couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking about it and said to Wang Ping: "Let's go on the road." ”

In the next trip, the speed of Liu Xiu and his party was significantly accelerated. The women who were tired after walking a few steps are now all speeding up.

The battle at noon frightened them a lot, and made them all understand that the road to the county town was not safe, and there could be barbarian troops here at any time.

Liu Xiu and the others originally thought that they would not be able to catch up with Xunyang before dark, and they would not be able to sleep in the wilderness, but they did not expect that in the evening, they would really arrive in Xunyang.

In Hanzhong, Xunyang is a large city located at the intersection of Xunshui and the Han River. When you arrive in Xunyang, it is not far from the county seat, only half a day's journey.

Xunyang County Commander met with Liu Xiu and others. After inquiring with the county commander, Liu Xiu and others learned that the Xiangyang Righteous Army led by Liu Xuan was still in the county seat and had no intention of going south.

It's not that Liu Xuan doesn't want to go, but that Wang Xun, the county guard, refuses to let them go.