Chapter 413: Providence Is So
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With the help of Lu Yan, Liu Xiu and his entourage escaped from Raoyang without danger, knowing that the county government would never give up and would definitely send someone to chase them, Liu Xiu and the others did not dare to delay, and rushed north at full speed.
Let's say that Peng Ning and Cao Qi, the county commander, led the soldiers to chase them to Beicheng, but they didn't see the shadows of Liu Xiu and the others at all, Cao Qi casually asked the soldiers guarding the city gate: "Did you see any suspicious people just now?" ”
Lu Yan hurriedly stepped forward, bowed to Cao Qi, and replied: "Lord Hui, the little one didn't find any suspicious person, but ...... The Emissary has just left the North City! ”
"What?" Hearing this, Peng Ning and Cao Qi's eyes immediately widened, and the envoy went out from the north city gate? Where is the messenger, it's Liu Xiu and others!
Cao Qi's face turned red with anger, and he asked angrily, "Why did you open the city gate for them?" Why not stop them from leaving the city? ”
Lu Yan swallowed his saliva in a daze, and said in a trembling voice: "Adult, small ...... The small one is just a sesame seed city gate official, where is it...... Where would anyone dare to thwart the envoy from leaving the city? ”
After a pause, he asked with a puzzled expression, "My lord, is it ...... Could it be that the little one did something wrong? Shouldn't the villain let the messenger out of the city? ”
Peng Ning's teeth were clenched, and at this time he really wanted to draw his sword and kill this waste directly. But strictly speaking, the city gate official really did nothing wrong, and with his official position, he was indeed just a petty official worthy of mention in front of the messenger.
But the problem is that Liu Xiu and the others are not real messengers, they are all fake, but the city gate officials do not know their true identities.
Peng Ning felt a wave of anger holding on his chest, unable to go up or down, about to blow him up. He turned his head and said to Cao Qi fiercely: "Cao County Order, while Liu Xiu hasn't run far yet, we have to hurry up and chase after it!" ”
"Yes, yes, yes! Maybe you can catch up! Cao Qi nodded again and again, and then roared at Lu Yan: "What are you doing here?" Open the gates! ”
"Yes, yes, the small one will open the city gate!" Lu Yan seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and shouted angrily to the soldiers under him: "Open the city gate!" Hurry up and open the gates! ”
The city gates were not fully opened, and Peng Ning could not wait to rush out with his soldiers.
Raoyang is located on the south bank of the Hutuo River, only twenty or thirty miles away from the Hutuo River. After Liu Xiu and his party left Raoyang, he immediately ordered his fast-legged subordinates to take the first step and go to the riverside of the Hutuo River to investigate.
Now that it was so late, it was impossible to get to the boat's house, and now Liu Xiu could only hope that the Hutuo River would freeze and they could cross the river by stepping on the ice.
The person who was sent out by Liu Xiu was indeed fast in his legs and feet, and he threw Liu Xiu and his party away in the blink of an eye, and his body disappeared into the night. Liu Xiu and the others ran forward for half an hour, and the spy he sent out ran back.
The spy came to Liu Xiu out of breath and said, "Lord, Hutuo River...... The water of the Hutuo River is not frozen, and there are no fishermen on the bank! ”
Hearing this, everyone's faces changed suddenly. The river is not frozen, and there are no boats on the shore, so how can you cross the river? It's a dead end ahead!
But at this time, if they want to turn around and change direction, it must be too late. Liu Xiu looked at the spies under him, narrowed his eyes, was silent for a moment, and said coldly: "Do you know what crime to be guilty of lying about the military situation?" ”
"Lord...... Lord, me? The man was dumbfounded, he had already run to the bank of the Hutuo River just now, and he had seen with his own eyes that the river was indeed not frozen, so how could it be a lie about the military situation?
Liu Xiu ignored him, turned his head to look at Wang Ba, and said with a deep gaze: "Uncle Yuan, you go to investigate in person, you must see whether the water of the Hutuo River is frozen or not!" ”
Wang Ba didn't say a word, intervened to receive the order, and then, shook off his legs, and quickly rushed forward.
At this time, the place where they were was closer to the Hutuo River, and it didn't take long for Wang Ba to reach the bank of the Hutuo River, and he first looked down to see that the river near the bank was indeed frozen.
He stepped on the ice cautiously, and immediately there was a crunch sound under his feet, and he tentatively took a few steps forward, and then looked ahead, and the water in the center of the Hutuo River was not frozen at all, and the sound of rushing could be heard.
After watching it, Wang Ba couldn't help but grin secretly, as the saying goes, there is no endless road. But now, God has really cut off his own way.
Wang Ba didn't have time to delay here, he turned around and ran back, and he kept thinking about what to tell the lord when he went back.
To make a long story short, Wang Ba, who ran back, and Liu Xiu and others, who rushed to the Hutuo River, met halfway.
Seeing Wang Ba, everyone hula gathered around him and looked at him with big eyes. Now the news that Wang Ba brought back is related to the life and death of each of them.
If the Hutuo River is frozen, they can cross the river smoothly, but if the Hutuo River is not frozen, then they are completely in a desperate situation where there is no way to go to heaven and no way to go to the earth.
"Uncle Yuan, is there any freezing in the Hutuo River?"
"yes, whether it's icing or not, you should talk quickly!" The crowd asked eagerly.
Wang Ba, who was panting, looked up at Liu Xiu and said, "Lord......"
As soon as he started talking, Liu Xiu asked, "Uncle Yuan, have you seen it clearly?" ”
"Yes! Lord, my subordinates have seen it clearly. ”
Liu Xiu's eyes became deeper and deeper, and he asked word by word: "Then you say, is the water of the Hutuo River frozen, or is it not frozen?" ”
Wang Ba was stunned, he looked at Liu Xiu blankly, and he didn't know how long it took, he blurted out: "Lord, the water of the Hutuo River has frozen!" ”
Hearing this, everyone present was as if they had been injected with a heart booster, and some of them were so excited that they jumped so high that they danced and said, "It's frozen!" It's really frozen! Haha, this time we have a way out! ”
Zhu You ran to Wang Ba, slapped him on the back, and said excitedly: "Uncle Yuan, what are you doing here?" Let's go! ”
Wang Ba couldn't help but close his eyes, at this time he really wanted to give himself two mouths.
He's lying about the military! In fact, even he felt strange, just now under the aggressive gaze of the lord, he didn't know what kind of madness he suddenly made, and he blurted out a lie like the river froze.
Looking at the excited crowd around him, he didn't know how to bring this lie back. He looked at Liu Xiu and whispered, "Lord, I'm ......"
Liu Xiu waved his hand at him, interrupted his words, raised his head and said, "Let's go!" Let's go across the river! ”
Liu Xiu knows whether the water of the Hutuo River is frozen or not, but at this critical juncture, he can't let the brothers below be discouraged, he must give people hope.
If you tell people at this time that there is a dead end ahead, it is estimated that everyone will not even have the desire to run.
Like Liu Xiu, Deng Yu guessed that the water of the Hutuo River was not frozen. But Deng Yu didn't say anything, what he thought was exactly the same as Liu Xiu's thoughts, as long as it was not the last moment, people should have hope.
The crowd continued to run forward, and after a quarter of an hour they finally came to the bank of the Hutuo River. Liu Xiu, Deng Yu, and Wang Ba didn't dare to look at the river, nor did they dare to look at people's desperate expressions.
At this moment, the first person to inquire about the Hutuo River couldn't help but rub his eyes vigorously, he opened his mouth wide, and exclaimed in amazement: "Unexpectedly...... Is it really frozen? Could it be that I was really dazzled by the mistake just now? ”
Hearing his muttering, Liu Xiu, Deng Yu, and Wang Ba's bodies were all shocked, and they raised their heads for the first time and looked at the river.
Just now, Wang Ba could see clearly on the shore that the Hutuo River was not frozen, to be exact, it was only half frozen, but at this time, an incredible scene appeared, and the entire river surface was completely frozen.
It's unbelievable and unimaginable. This magical and strange scene is even more magical and weird than Liu Xiu who led 3,000 death squads and defeated 400,000 reckless troops.
Wang Ba, like the first spy, couldn't help but rub his eyes, yes, the surface of the river is indeed frozen, and the entire river surface has been completely frozen.
He involuntarily scratched his hair, such a strange thing, he had never seen it in his life.
He subconsciously turned his head to look at Liu Xiu, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly knelt on his knees, kowtowed forward, and said loudly with a trembling voice: "The lord has the help of heaven, and in the future, he will definitely achieve great things!" ”
In addition to the reason of heaven's help, Wang Ba really couldn't think of any other reason to make the river freeze all at once.
You must know that it is not yet the depths of winter, and it is not cold enough here in Hebei to make the river freeze instantly.
Even God won't let you die, who else can kill you? How can those who have been protected by Heaven not accomplish great things? At this time, Wang Ba not only admired and admired Liu Xiu, but also invisibly had a little more awe.
Deng Yu was also surprised, he followed, and also knelt on his knees, kowtowed to Liu Xiu, and said: "The lord is blessed by the heavens, and he will be able to inherit the great cause of the ancestors!" ”
Wang Ba and Deng Yu suddenly showed their loyalty one after the other, and gave Liu Xiu a big gift, and the others were quite puzzled and didn't understand what was going on.
But Wang Ba and Deng Yu had already shown their loyalty, and they couldn't fall behind, and immediately, everyone present knelt down around Liu Xiu and said in unison: "I am willing to follow the lord to the death, go to the soup and go to the fire, and I will not give up!" ”
Liu Xiu first looked around at the people kneeling around, and then looked up at the sky, looking at the bright galaxy in the night, he suddenly laughed.
After laughing for a while, he restrained his laughter and muttered: "Therefore, the heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically. ”
At this moment, even Liu Xiu felt that it was the will of God, he Liu Xiu was destined to die, and the hardships he had suffered before were all tests made by God to him.
He took a deep breath, stretched out his hand to pull up Deng Yu and Wang Ba in front of him, and then said to everyone around him: "Everyone get up quickly!" The pursuers are here soon, and we need to cross the river quickly! ”
The Hutuo River is indeed frozen, but the ice is not thick, and when people walk on it, they can clearly hear the cracking sound under their feet, and the ice surface is quickly crawling with white cracks.
When Liu Xiu and the others were about to cross the Hutuo River, the soldiers led by Peng Ning and Cao Qi also chased to the bank of the Hutuo River. Seeing Liu Xiu and the others who were about to go up to the other bank, Peng Ning was in a hurry and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Cross the river!" All cross the river, be sure to take down Liu Xiu! ”