Chapter 8 Fighting Alone
From Cui Dakui's intermittent narration, Guan Yu learned about the terrible scene that happened here after he left: Zhai Longbiao led a sentry to inspect the progress of grain requisition, and when he came here, he saw that the situation was very different from other places, so he invited Cui Dakui to inquire about the situation.
After listening to the report, Zhai Longbiao was furious and reprimanded Cui Dakui and others: "What did you do? Sentimental! What nonsense, just kill it and grab it, won't it be over?! So he personally brought someone to the door, treated the goatee politely, and explained in every possible way, Zhai Longbiao didn't listen at all, and directly ordered the soldiers to search the whole hospital thoroughly.
When the clan heard this, they rushed to the door with knives, guns and sticks in order to protect the patriarch's family, which provoked Zhai Longbiao to become nameless, and resolutely ordered his subordinates to kill the township Yong and the patriarch and his wife on the spot.
Guan Yu interrupted Cui Dakui's narration with a pale face and waved his hand, and asked in a trembling voice, "How is Miss Chen now?" ”
Cui Dakui was embarrassed and said, "I don't know which one is Miss Chen--- but it should probably ---be the little woman who rushed out of the backyard crying and screaming at the end." ”
"Where's she?" Guan Yu's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like he was going to eat people, and his eyes stared at Cui Dakui.
Cui Dakui was taken aback by his appearance, took two steps back involuntarily, slowly lowered his head, and muttered in a small voice: "It's dead." ”
Guan Yu raised his leg and kicked Cui Dakui to the ground, and roared, "Are you dead?" How will I explain to you before I leave?!".
The surrounding soldiers were furious when they saw Commander Guan for the first time, and they knelt down to intercede for Cui Dakui: "Commander is angry, this can't all be blamed on Captain Cui, he is also powerless!" ”。 Guan Yu looked up at the sky, trying his best to control himself, not wanting his subordinates to see the tears that burst out of his eyes, turned around and walked up the steps and into the courtyard.
Bypassing the screen, everything in front of me was shocking: the originally beautiful and abundant flowers and plants were trampled to pieces and sunk in the mud. The walls and blades of grass were splattered with irregular blood stains that had become jet-black. The couplet on the pillar of the hall was also smashed to pieces. On the floor of the living room, a row of corpses was neatly placed, hastily covered with a white cloth from head to toe.
Guan Yu walked quickly to a relatively small corpse, and with slightly trembling fingers, gently lifted the corner of the white cloth. He saw a young, once youthful face that was now gray, lifeless, familiar and strange. Her lips were pale and bloodless, and there seemed to be a teardrop in the corner of her eye that was about to dry up. Guan Yu carefully wiped her clean with his sleeves, and there was a sour feeling in his heart, a deep guilt and self-blame made him feel heartbreaking. He wanted to cry, he wanted to kill, but in the end he could only stare at the air in a daze.
After a long time, Guan Yu lightly covered the white cloth, stood up, and walked to the attic in the backyard with his memory. There was a deathly silence in the boudoir in the past, Guan Yu looked around, and suddenly found a white cloak hanging at the head of the bed swaying in the wind, and his tears finally couldn't help but roll down in large pieces.
The grain had been loaded, and Cui Dakui and his entourage stood in front of the gate and waited, but they hesitated and did not dare to enter the hospital to find Commander Guan. Half an hour later, I saw Guan Yu's eyes slightly red, and his face was blue and he stepped down the steps. In a hoarse voice, he ordered: "All the dead are buried thickly, the courtyard is set on fire, and the camp will return early tomorrow morning!" ”。
The defeat of the vanguard battalion of the official army greatly boosted the prestige of the Red Turban Army, and within a few days, young and middle-aged people from all over the country came to join the army, and the troops' military resources were quickly and effectively replenished. The mood of the people was high, sharpening their knives, and preparing to capture the county seat of Fu'an in one fell swoop.
Zhai Longbiao was discussing the siege of the city with several subordinate generals in his tent, and as soon as the tent curtain was raised, Guan Yu broke in aggressively. He said in a deep voice: "You all go out, I have something to say to General Zhai alone!" ”。
Although several partial generals were much higher than Guan Yu in terms of military rank, firstly, everyone had heard that Guan Yu and the big boss had become brothers with different surnames, and secondly, they were also shocked by his evil spirit, and they all retreated silently.
Zhai Longbiao glanced at Guan Yu, who was pale, suspiciously.
Guan Yu arched his hand and said hatefully: "General Zhai, the last general was ordered to collect grain in Chenjia Village, why did you lead people to kill people and steal grain?" ”。
Zhai Longbiao was stunned for a moment, then his expression relaxed, and he smiled innocently: "What should I do?" I'm helping you, silly brother! ”
"The patriarch surnamed Chen has already promised to help me raise food, why do you want to kill them?!"
"Don't be stupid! He's stalling for time! Moreover, they openly confront us with swords and guns! This kind of person will be killed, so as to prevent future troubles! ”。
Guan Yu stepped forward, glared at Zhai Longbiao viciously, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you want to kill even a weak little girl?" What is the difference between you doing this and the bandits who kill people and set fires?! I'm going to fight you alone, do you dare to fight?! ”
Zhai Longbiao was enraged, his black face turned purple, he slapped the table and shouted, "Bold! It's against you! Okay, let Lao Tzu teach you a good lesson today! ”。
In the open space outside the tent, Zhai Longbiao, who had stripped off his shirts, said loudly to the crowd of onlookers: "Today, I will have a kung fu session with Brother Guan, and no one can stop me!" After speaking, he took a horse step, exposed the green tendons on his hands, and made a gesture of please.
Guan Yu didn't say a word, his toes touched the ground, his body rose into the air, and he unceremoniously punched his face. Zhai Longbiao flashed sideways, and at the same time shouted violently, his fists came out together, and stabbed the opponent's waist. found that there was a flower in front of him, and there was no figure, so he hurriedly retreated and turned around, and slapped it obliquely with one palm. This palm was impartially slapped at Guan Yu's chest, but he did not avoid it, took a deep breath, but stepped forward, and the two fingers of his right hand popped out like a sword, poking the opponent's eyes, Zhai Longbiao was startled, and took two steps back to give way, but he was screamed by this unreasonable move, and threw three punches with brute force one after another, but they hit the air every time.
At first, there were people in the crowd who high-fived and applauded, but gradually they were dumbfounded and silent. Because they found that this was not like a point-to-point competition, but simply a fist to the flesh, eager to tear apart the opponent's life-to-death fight!
I saw one flying up and down, like a spirit monkey was born; One is strong and heavy, just like a tiger descending the mountain, and in the blink of an eye, you come and go, fighting for more than 100 rounds.
"Do you want to tell the big boss? I'm afraid it's --- fight like this," someone in the crowd muttered quietly.
After more than 200 rounds, Zhai Long was tired and sweating profusely, panting like a cow, and his movements were obviously sluggish. But Guan Yu is like a clockwork machine, with no intention of backing down. Taking advantage of Zhai Longbiao's sluggish movements and unstable lower plates, he suddenly swept the hall. Zhai Longbiao took a few steps back, but still couldn't stand firmly, and his stout body fell down like a half-cut iron tower. Guan Yu stepped forward like a shadow, pressed his elbow his chest, turned his palm into a knife, and hung at his throat for a few seconds.
Then gritted his teeth and whispered in his ear: "You and I have grievances, and we will be written off from now on!." ”
Zhai Longbiao, whose face was covered with sweat and mud, laughed instead of anger, and shouted loudly: "Happy! Joyfully! It's been a long time since I've had such a good fight! ”。
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Liu Qian stood with his hands in his hands, Zhai Longbiao and Guan Yu kneeling behind him, and Shi Junshi, who was standing next to him, kept shaking his head and sighing. After a while, Liu Qian turned around with a gloomy face and reprimanded: "You two are also generals with troops, but you are fighting each other in front of everyone, what kind of system have you become!" Where do I put my face as a big brother?! ”
Seeing that both of them bowed their heads and remained silent, Liu Qian continued: "Especially you, Sixth Brother Guan, are guilty of the following crimes and act recklessly. I should have condemned you, and remembered that you had meritorious deeds in collecting grain, and your merits and demerits were offset by them. I'll lock you up for seven days, and I hope you can think about it! ”
Zhai Longbiao raised his head when he heard the words and said: "Big brother, as the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other, and it didn't hurt me anyway, ask for extrajudicial grace from my eldest brother!" Brother Guan is strong in martial arts, and I am convinced. Whether you recognize it or not, I recognize this brother! ”。
Liu Qian said angrily: "Bastard thing! Shut up! Stand down! ”。
Looking at the backs of the two, Shi Tiangong shook his head while brushing his long hair, and said in Liu Qian's ear: "The seedling is a good seedling, but it still needs to be strictly controlled and carefully controlled!" ”。 Liu Qian frowned and nodded thoughtfully.
Although it is confined, the guards do not dare to slack off, and serve this Guan Sixth Master with good wine and meat every day. The confined small thatched hut was nothing but nothing for Guan Yu, but this time he was too lazy to move, except for eating and drinking, he was lying on the straw mat all day long, crossing Erlang's legs, humming pop songs that no one could understand.
In the words of his heart: Lao Tzu is on strike!
On the top of the city tower, looking at the Red Turban Army that had left a large number of corpses and retreated like a tide, a smile appeared on Han Ziming's scorched face. Because there was no large-scale siege equipment, and the earthen cannons could not pose a threat to the city wall because they were too far away, the Red Turban Army could only withstand the rain of swords and rolling stones falling from the sky, and forcibly erected ladders to attack the city, so the effect was very unsatisfactory. Five consecutive rounds of attacks in one day, but only one corpse was left behind, and he retreated in a hurry.
Taking advantage of the gap between the enemy's attacks, Han Ziming personally commanded the requisitioned people to strengthen the city wall, and everything was arranged, and then he walked down the city tower slightly tired. Nodding his hand, he called Liu Ganting and whispered in his ear: "Kuaima has been out for six days, is there an echo on it?" ”
Liu Ganting glanced around and shook his head silently.
Han Ziming's brows furrowed again, "How long can the military rations last?" ”
"Three months should be fine!".
After a pause, Liu Ganting cautiously whispered again, "Isn't my sister still willing to lead the children to avoid it first?" ”
Han Ziming couldn't help but sigh and waved his hand: "I'll go back and persuade her again, you can take the time to persuade more, maybe she will listen to you."
Back in the back hall of the county government, taking off her sweaty official uniform and boots, Mrs. has already served a bowl of mung bean soup with her own hands. "Madame, sit down, I have something important to discuss with you."
Mrs. Han is in her early thirties, and as a mother of two children, her figure has not become bloated. She was not from a big family, and her father was just a poor scholar who had been trying to achieve fame all his life. After marrying Han Ziming, because of Xiaoxiao Pingzhang's humble position, her annual salary and the filial piety she can receive below are limited, and she still maintains the habit of being diligent and thrifty.
Hearing her husband's words at this moment, she bent her knees slightly, and said lightly: "If you still let me take the child to avoid it first, there is no need to mention it again!" As the saying goes, marry a chicken with a chicken and marry a dog with a dog, sir, you are the heaven of our family. If the sky falls, we mother and son will not be able to survive anywhere we flee! Moreover, the county town is thick and the walls are thick, and the imperial court will not let the bandits run rampant, and it should soon send Wang Shi to pacify it. The child is still young, and he can't stand the pain of the boat and car, and the concubine will not go anywhere! ”
Han Ziming said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that it will --- in case."
"In case the city is broken, there are eggs under the nest? That is fate, the concubine is willing to be loyal to the country with her husband and the child! Whether we live or die, our family will never be separated. ”
Looking at his wife's persistent eyes, Han Ziming was speechless for a while. He lowered his head and picked up the bowl of mung bean soup with slightly trembling hands. Probably because he drank too quickly, he coughed again and again, choking a line of cloudy tears.
Madame hurriedly stepped forward, patted her on the back, and said angrily: "You drink slowly, and there is no one to compete with you!" ”。