Guan Yu lightly lifted the reins of his horse, and the "Black Panther" jumped up the steps briskly and rushed directly into the county guard's residence. The strange thing is that the gate of the huge courtyard is open and empty, and the guards have long since fled without a trace. Guan Yu drove his horse straight into the hall of the mansion and saw the county guard who was lying on the ground with a black blood stain on the corner of his mouth, and the corpse was lying on the ground in the shape of a "big". Walking around the corpse, Guan Yu sighed lightly, ordered to leave two soldiers to guard, and then stopped staying, leading a large group of men and horses to quickly rush to the direction of the West Gate, where the shouts of killing continued.

Under the attack from both sides, the defenders of the West Gate quickly collapsed. More than 8,000 were killed, wounded, and scattered, and nearly 2,000 were taken prisoner. Enraged, Nguyen Vu ordered his men to tie up all the captives and behead them one by one in groups of twenty.

Guan Yu persuaded: "Third brother, it's bad luck to kill." It's better to leave it all to the big brother and them. ”

Ruan Wu said indignantly: "Sixth brother, don't ask for the kindness of a woman, have you forgotten how the hussar battalion slaughtered our brothers?!" ”

Seeing that someone was persuading, one of the soldiers and prisoners knelt down and crawled a few steps, kowtowed like garlic and cried to Ruan Wu: "A good man spare his life!" We were soldiers just to make ends meet, and I was also from a poor family, and there was still an 80-year-old mother in the family who had no one to support. I can't die! ”

Ruan Wu said hatefully: "Before the city is broken, it is better to lay down your weapons and wait for a dog's life, but now it's too late!" ”

The soldier burst into tears, knocked his forehead bleeding, and begged for mercy: "Good man, I have a general behind me to force him with a sword, if he disarms at that time, he will die at that time!" Many people echoed the voice, and everyone had the last glimmer of hope in their eyes.

Ruan Wu didn't bother to listen to the soldier's rambling anymore, waved his hand, and his subordinates dragged the soldier who was crying and begging for mercy down, and the knife fell in his hand, and blood splashed everywhere.

Guan Yu was about to say something to persuade him again, but Cui Dakui pulled his armor, glanced at him, and shook his head gently.

Guan Yu couldn't bear to look at it any longer, turned the horse's head, and led his subordinates to leave silently. Behind him, there were still desperate begging and cries of the soldiers.

Li Shiqing curled up in the crack of the stone, her arms tightly wrapped around her shoulders, trembling all over. The skirt was already half wet, and the cold wind of late autumn not only took away the warmth on her body, but also swept away the last trace of warmth in her heart. Her lips had turned pale and bloodless, and she had been in the darkness for an unknown amount of time, and there was still the sound of hurried and chaotic footsteps outside. Suddenly, her nose itched, and she couldn't help but sneeze.

I heard a rough voice shouting, "Who is hiding there?" Get out! If I don't come out again, I'll release the arrows! ”

Li Shiqing bit her lower lip, closed her eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and then grabbed the scissors on the ground beside her tightly in her hand, and resolutely climbed out of the stone crack.

Guan Yu walked into the backyard and saw the scene in front of him: in the center of a shallow pool that was only knee-long, a girl in a lotus-colored long skirt had white lips, and her half-wet skirt faintly revealed a graceful figure, like a green lotus that had just come out of the water. More than a dozen subordinates with spears and sharp blades surrounded the left and right, and the girl held a pair of scissors to press against her throat, where there was already faint blood in the pink and white. Judging from the girl's determined gaze, as long as these people took another step, she would not hesitate to stab down.

Guan Yu suddenly felt a trance in front of him, small scissors, miserable white lips, teardrops in the corners of his eyes--- there should be a pair of little tiger teeth when he laughs, right? The softest place in his heart seemed to be suddenly stung by something, and his eyes were inexplicably moist. He hurriedly calmed down his chaotic emotions, and shouted to his subordinates in a deep voice: "All retreat!" ”。

In the huge courtyard, only Guan Yu and Li Shiqing were left looking at each other from afar, and there was an embarrassing silence all around. Guan Yu smiled slightly and said, "Under the Red Turban Army, General Guan Yu, don't panic, girl, we won't hurt you." ”

Li Shiqing didn't move, and she didn't answer, only her eyes rolled up and down to look at the young bandit in front of her, her eyes full of despair and vigilance.

Guan Yu smiled awkwardly again and said, "Girl, can we talk in a different place?" The season of playing in the water has long passed, and the water is cold, so you might as well come out. ”

He was still silent.

Guan Yu scratched the back of his head, and said in his heart that it was not a way to go on like this. Suddenly, he had an idea, and shouted behind Li Shiqing: "What are you going to do?" Go down! ”

Li Shiqing instinctively turned her head to look, taking advantage of this vacancy, Guan Yu pointed on her toes, and slammed her force, like a flying swallow skimming the water, in the blink of an eye, she was in front of Li Shiqing, and her right hand flicked a little bit of the acupoint under her shoulder blade, Li Shiqing's body was soft, and she fell into Guan Yu's arms and fainted.

Holding this delicate body that was as soft as bones and slightly cold, Guan Yu's heart suddenly ached. A few steps out of the pool, looking down at the slightly frowning eyebrows of the girl in his arms, he secretly said in his heart: No matter who you are, I will definitely do my best to protect you and never let you be hurt by anyone!

After being stunned by the pool for a moment, General Guan suddenly became worried: Pingzhou City had just been breached, and there was chaos in the city. If it is an ordinary family, it doesn't matter, this kind of high-gate compound is the first key target of the Red Turban Army. As a general, he can't walk around the streets with a girl in his arms, right? It is said that the young lady of this kind of big family usually has a personal maid, right--- thinking of this, he called his own soldiers and ordered them to find out who is the personal maid of the young lady among the pile of maids and mothers-in-law and bring them over.

After a while, Pei Zhu hurriedly walked over with his own soldiers, and saw that the young lady's hiding place was discovered, and the young lady, who seemed to have fainted, was also shamelessly held in the arms of a bandit, and was stunned, and looked at Guan Yu very strangely. If it is said that eyes can kill, General Guan estimates that he has died more than a hundred times at this moment.

Guan Yu felt Pei Zhu's gaze, he smiled slightly, knowing that he didn't need to explain and couldn't explain. Just asked lightly, "What's your name?" ”

Pei Zhu reluctantly gave a slight salute and replied: "Back to the military master, the people's daughter Pei Zhu." It's my lady's personal maid. ”

Guan Yu nodded and said: "Your young lady is still in your care, you two live in her original embroidery building for the time being, I will send someone to guard the door, and idle people are not allowed to enter." In terms of food and clothing, but there is a need, just inform the guards. If anything goes wrong, take you and ask! ”

Pei Zhu was overjoyed, this time he knelt on the ground out of sincerity, kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Master Jun!" ”

The original hall of the Qingzhou Mansion has been renovated and transformed into the meeting hall of the Black Flag Army. At the beginning of the Black Flag Army's uprising, under the banner of "eliminating the traitorous party, clearing the monarch's side, and saving all the people", the leader Yang Mingyi proclaimed himself "Loyal to the Country", and declared to the outside world that the second aunt of the fourth uncle and the cousin of his third uncle granddaughter of the emperor of the dynasty were his biological mother, and to put it simply, he himself was a relative of the emperor. After the Black Flag Army captured the Qingzhou Mansion, it began to divide the military generals of Wenchen and set up six departments in accordance with the practice of the old dynasty.

"Congratulations to Grandpa Guo, I just received good news: Nie Yunniang, the deputy commander of my Black Flag Army, led his 100,000 male divisions to conquer Qingzhou Mansion, and now our army has occupied nine state capitals, and my Black Flag Army will sweep the world and be ready immediately!" "The book of the military department" Wang Yuanlang came out of the class and played.

"Congratulations to Grandpa Guo, congratulations to Grandpa Xiguo!" The left and right classes of civil and military officers knelt down and kowtowed.

"Everyone, please." Yang Mingyi raised his hands in a joyful mood, and a few blushes appeared on his originally sallow cheeks. secretly said proudly in her heart: Nie Yunniang, this little lady is really impressive, and she is more fierce than a man when she fights! Back then, she was accepted by public opinion, and this deal was really profitable!

"The old minister still has a book to play." An old man with white beard and hunched back who was as thin as dry firewood came out of class to give salutes, and said in a loud voice: "The old man watched the sky last night, the nine stars were aligned, and the sun and the moon were lined, which was an auspicious omen. I went back to read the ancient books and learned that the grandfather of the country was in good fortune, and he was really the son of heaven. The old man implored the grandfather of the country to obey the mandate of heaven, open a national dynasty, dominate the world, and save the common people from the upside down! The country name can be set as Da Zhou. ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Mingyi was stunned, and the generals and ministers were in an uproar.

Immediately, someone came out of the class to object: "Grandpa Guo, we are waiting for the incident to fight the traitorous party, clear the king's side, and save the banner of the people." Now that we have not yet killed Dadu, the traitorous party has not been eliminated, the monarch's side has not been cleared, and our army's foothold is not stable, and it is afraid that the announcement of the opening of the national dynasty will attract forces from all sides to attack, and it will also lose the support of the people! ”

Soon, the two factions below were divided into two opposing factions, arguing loudly with each other, accusing and spitting at each other, and almost fighting each other with arms and sleeves.

Yang Mingyi frowned and thought for a long time, his originally sallow face became even more yellow, and then he coughed a few times to stop the noise below. He said in a deep voice: "Yes, since the incident, our Black Flag Army has always adhered to the purpose of eliminating the traitorous party, clearing the monarch's side, and saving the people. At present, although nine state capitals have been captured, the foothold is not stable, and we must not lose the hearts of the people! At this time, it is not conducive to the overall situation to talk about the opening of the country, so this will be put aside for the time being, and it will be discussed later! ”。

Seeing that everyone was chattering and there were no more objections, Yang Mingyi nodded with satisfaction. Then he said, "Is there anything else to report?" If not, let's disperse today. And they prostrated and saluted, and dispersed.

Yang Mingyi sat still, and after everyone withdrew, he couldn't help but have thoughts and emotions. Life is really wonderful, who would have thought that he would now have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and be proud of the world's heroes when he was a smuggled salt seller? He couldn't help but think: maybe he should really set some small goals for his future, such as conquering a few more state capitals and becoming a founding emperor?

Finally took Pingzhou City, and Liu Qian and Shi Tiangong both breathed a long sigh of relief. In the lobby of the Pingzhou Mansion that night, the torches were blazing and laughter was loud. Liu Qian personally talked with the generals and celebrated their achievements. During the banquet, the careful Shi Junshi found that Guan Yu was depressed and seemed to have something on his mind, so he raised his glass and smiled: "Sixth brother, I heard that you broke through the city gate wisely and minimized the losses of our army, which is a great achievement, but why do you look depressed?" ”。

Hearing this, all the generals who were munching and drinking stopped their glasses and threw their glasses, and looked at Guan Yu with their eyes.

Guan Yu left the table and said: "Brothers, the younger brother doesn't want credit, he is not greedy for rewards, he only has a small request, but he is ashamed to export." ”

Liu Qian patted the case and said boldly: "The sixth brother has a request, and the eldest brother will definitely agree!" The sixth brother has always been a cheerful person, why is he so twisted today, and he learned from that woman? ”

Guan Yu's face was slightly red, and he saluted again: "I'm not afraid of the jokes of a few brothers, I --- junior brother, I want to marry a wife." ”

Hearing this, Zhai Longbiao sprayed a large sip of wine that had just been poured into his mouth on the face of a general beside him.