At this time, the two men from the county army walked over to Liu Xiu, and when they got closer, they looked him up and down for a long time as if they didn't know Liu Xiu, and asked uncertainly: "...... Are you Brother Liu? ”

Liu Xiu was amused by the appearance of the two of them, and arched his hand and said, "Under Liu Xiu, this is polite!" ”

The two county army men were also happy, and couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Liu, the difference between what you looked just now and what you look like now is too big!" ”

Liu Xiu smiled indifferently, he suddenly remembered something, put away the joke, and asked, "What about Xiesang?" Is Shesan in there too? ”

The two county soldiers shook their heads and said, "Shesang has been imprisoned in another camp by Lord Gai. ”

Hearing this, Liu Xiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Xiesang is alive, whether he can force the barbarians to retreat, he is all counting on Xiesang. He looked at the burning tent of the Chinese army, and said quietly: "There are hundreds of barbarians in it, right?" ”

"Hundreds?" The two county army men smiled and said, "Brother Liu, after you left, we found hundreds of barbarians in the camp, and they were all inside. ”

After speaking, a man from the county army said with pity: "It's a pity that the barbarians who stay in the camp now are all old, weak, sick and disabled, or women, and they can't kill the barbarians, it's a pity!" ”

Liu Xiu was silent and did not answer.

Barbarians are hateful and hateful, but it is not a glorious thing to slaughter barbarian women, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled.

While they were talking, Gai Yan walked over and saw Liu Xiu's appearance clearly, he was also stunned, and he would not return to normal soon.

At this time, the shackles on Gai Yan's hands have been smashed off, and his body is also covered with armor, his figure is already tall, coupled with this armor, and the glaive long knife in his hand, it is really majestic, as if the sky will descend to earth.

He first said to Nunu on the side of the Chinese military tent, and said indignantly to Liu Xiu: "These barbarians, entering Yizhou to burn, kill and loot, and what's even more odious is that they even cannibalize people, and countless people have been eaten by them. Men and women, young and old, all barbarians should be killed! ”

Liu Xiu could understand their feelings, even if he didn't agree with their approach, he wouldn't say anything.

He said: "Brother Juqing, the goal of the barbarian army is Hanzhong City, we don't have time to delay here now, we should set off to the county town as soon as possible to rescue!" ”

Gaiyan nodded, looked up at the night sky, and said, "It's almost dawn, and when the day dawns, we'll leave and go to the county seat." ”

After a pause, he admired again: "I figured it out, Brother Liu captured Xiesang, and he planned to use him to blackmail those barbarians who attacked the county town!" ”

He had already heard the two county army men tell Liu Xiu's plan, to take Xiesang to blackmail Xietu and force Xietu to withdraw his troops.

He secretly rejoiced, fortunately, he didn't have the impulse just now, if he was in a hurry, he really killed Xesang, and with their little people alone, if they wanted to rescue the county town, it was like hitting a stone with an egg.

As he spoke, Gai Yan handed the saber under his rib to Liu Xiu and said, "For saving your life, I can't thank you enough, this sword will be used for Brother Liu's self-defense!" ”

Liu Xiu turned the sword that Gai Yan handed over, and pulled it outward, and the blue light flashed. If you look closely, the hilt of this sword is cyan, and the sword body is also glowing with blue light.

What a gift! Liu Xiu hurriedly returned the sword to the scabbard and said to Gai Yan: "Brother Juqing, this ......"

Gai Yan waved his hand at him, and Zhengse said, "This sword is called Qingfeng, and it is rumored to be a double sword, but unfortunately I have not been able to find another one. In fact, this sword I use is not easy, fortunately it is sharp enough, but also beautiful enough, on weekdays, it is mostly used for decoration, today it is given to Brother Liu, and I hope that Brother Liu must accept it! ”

He was accustomed to using a sword, but at that time, the sword was not considered a high-grade weapon, and both martial arts practitioners and literati were accustomed to wearing swords.

"Brother Juqing, this gift is too valuable!" Liu Xiu looked down at the Qingfeng Sword in his hand, very embarrassed.

Gai Yan smiled: "No matter how valuable this sword is, can it still be more valuable than the lives of me and my brothers?" My brothers and I saved our lives by Brother Liu, what is this mere Qingfeng sword? "Gaiyan is very bold, what he gives out, that is to send sincerely, if the other party does not accept it, he will only think that what he sent out is not seen by others.

Liu Xiu didn't postpone any longer, hung the Qingfeng sword on his waist, and then bowed to Gai Yan, saying, "Brother Juqing is so generous, Uncle Wen is grateful!" ”

Gai Yan returned the salute, and then laughed: "Brother Liu is too polite. ”

None of the barbarians who remained in the camp ran away, and were imprisoned in several large tents by Gaiyan and others, and people set fire to the tents one by one, burning hundreds of barbarians in the tents.

When it was dawn, Liu Xiu, Gai Yan and other soldiers divided into two routes, one to Hanzhong City, and the other to escort the people to Xunyang.

Of course, Liu Xiu and Gai Yan had to go to the county seat. They left the valley, dressed in the forest, and marched in the direction of the county.

As he was walking forward, suddenly, an arrow shot out of the jungle in front of him, and with a bang, it was nailed to a big tree not far from Liu Xiu and Gai Yan.

Everyone was shocked and showed their weapons one after another. Just as he was about to rush forward to kill, Gai Yan raised his hand, pulled out the arrow stuck in the trunk of the tree, took a closer look, and blurted out: "It's our Han arrow!" ”

He took the arrow and shouted at the woods in front of him, "Is it a Han brother?" ”

Gai Yan's voice is very large, this voice can be transmitted far away, and the echo will not dissipate for a long time.

After a while, there was a loud noise in the woods ahead, and then a group of more than a dozen people walked out of the dense forest.

Gai Yan didn't know these people who came out, but Liu Xiu looked at it and suddenly showed surprise, most of these dozen people were old acquaintances.

As he ran forward, he shouted excitedly, "Brother Ping, Zhongbo, Dimension, Ji Wen......"

Among these dozen people, there are Zhang Ping, Long Yuan, Li Tong, Li Yi, and several other people are also brothers who are good friends with Liu Xuan and participate in the rebel army together.

Seeing Liu Xiu coming towards them, everyone couldn't believe their eyes, looked at it and saw it, confirmed that it was Liu Xiu, and everyone rushed up together.

Zhang Ping, who is not very willing to speak on weekdays, his lips trembled with excitement at this time, and he choked up: "Ah Xiu, you can make it easy for us to find!" ”

Long Yuan and Li Tong, both with scarlet eyes, walked up to Liu Xiu and hugged him tightly. Li Tong cried even more, even Li Yi was wiping his tears vigorously beside him.

In the past few days, they have been looking for Liu Xiu in Qianyou Mountain, and everyone has the same belief, that is, to see people in life and corpses in death, even if Liu Xiu is unfortunately killed, they will send Liu Xiu's body back to their hometown Caiyang.

But they searched countless corpses of the Hanzhong army, but also failed to find Liu Xiu, people are both disappointed and secretly happy, disappointed that they are afraid that they will never find him, fortunately, as long as their body is not found, it means that he may still be alive, of course, this hope is very slim.

After a few days, everyone was exhausted, and just when they were gradually falling into despair, Liu Xiu appeared in front of them unbelievably, how could everyone not be excited?

At first, it was just Long Yuan and Li Tong hugging Liu Xiu, and soon, Zhang Ping, Li Yi and others also came over, and everyone hugged together.

After hugging for a while, everyone's emotions gradually calmed down, Liu Xiu rubbed his wet red eyes and asked, "Brother Ping, why are you still in Qianyou Mountain?" ”

Zhang Ping smiled bitterly and was about to speak, when he turned his head to look at Gai Yan and the others, and asked, "Ah Xiu, are they?" ”

Without waiting for Liu Xiu to speak, Gai Yan stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "In Xia Gai Yan, it is the Sima of the Hanzhong County Army." ”

Zhang Ping is originally from Yizhou, and he has long heard of Gai Yan, and he also admires his brilliant achievements in the past.

He arched his hand and said: "In Xia Zhang Ping, this is Long Zhongbo, Li Tong, Li Yi......"

He introduced everyone to Gaiyan one by one. Then the other party told Liu Xiu about them.

In the battle of Qianyou Mountain, the Hanzhong army suffered heavy losses, and the original army of more than 10,000 people finally escaped from Qianyou Mountain, and there were less than 2,000 people.

Even Captain Tang Heng was seriously injured, and when he was carried out of Qianyou Mountain, he was already dead.

In addition, Du You, the leader of the Hanzhong Rebels, was killed. Liu Xuan, the leader of the Xiangyang Righteous Army, was also injured in many places all over his body, but the injuries were not too serious.

In the battle, Liu Xuan completely relied on his personal force, and he fought his way out of the siege of the barbarian army, and the reason why Tang Heng and others were able to break through was also because Liu Xuan was able to overcome obstacles in front.

When they finally escaped from Qianyou Mountain and were about to run back to the county seat, Liu Xuan suddenly found that his younger brother Liu Xiu was not in the team.

He was in a hurry, and wanted to turn back and look for Liu Xiu, but was stopped by the dying Tang Heng.

Tang Heng was wounded in many places, and the most fatal wound was located in the lower abdomen, which was cut by the barbarian with a long big wound, and even the intestines flowed out.

He warned Liu Xuan not to be impulsive, and if he went back now, instead of finding no one, he would seek his own death.

There are tens of thousands of barbarian troops hidden in Qianyou Mountain, and its goal must be the county town, Tang Heng entrusted Liu Xuan to defend the county town, and everything should be based on the overall situation.

After telling Liu Xuan, Tang Heng couldn't do it, until he died, his hands were tightly grasping Liu Xuan's sleeves, and he pinned all his hopes for guarding the county town on Liu Xuan.

At this time, Liu Jiu was in a dilemma, on one side was his own brother, and on the other hand, Hanzhong City was in danger, how did he choose?

Just when Liu Xiu was in a dilemma, Zhang Ping stepped forward and volunteered, willing to return to Qianyou Mountain to find Liu Xiu. Long Yuan followed immediately, followed by Li Tong, Li Yi and others.

Liu Xuan looked at everyone, finally nodded, and said meaningfully to Zhang Ping: "Jingzhi, the safety of my brother depends on you!" ”

Zhang Ping Zhengse said: "Brother Bosheng, don't worry, if I can't find Ah Xiu, I will never go out of the mountain!" ”

Liu Xuan looked at Long Yuan, Li Tong and the others again, saluted them deeply, and then without hesitation, rushed to the county with the remnants of less than 2,000 people, while Zhang Ping, Long Yuan and others returned to Qianyou Mountain to find Liu Xiu's whereabouts.

That's how it all went.