Chapter 36: Diversion
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The two of them, along with Zhang Chugong and Chen Qiuao, were all sergeants of the same battalion, and they broke up in the same battle.
Then in order to eat together, they joined many military ranks, and there were soldiers and thieves.
Archers are a very popular type of professional and technical troops, and they don't worry about no one taking them in, but they are unlucky, and they are always broken up when they go to one unlucky family.
For example, if they once joined a cottage, just one day after joining, they encountered a rush, and they were touched up the mountain at night, if they didn't run fast, it would be miserable.
Later, they joined a bandit, and they were exterminated by officers and soldiers in only two days, and Hu Cheng took his younger brother to join the government.
A month later, the two brothers felt unsatisfactory, and left the army again to join Yuan Shizhong's command.
However, within a few days, the 200,000 troops gathered by Yuan Shizhong were defeated by the governor Zhu Dadian, and Yuan Shizhong ran away with hundreds of horse thieves, leaving bandits all over the mountains.
The Hu brothers also belong to one of the countless thieves, in order to escape the pursuit of Liu Liangzuo and other soldiers, they were exempted from cutting off their heads, and Hu Cheng used his housekeeping skills, bribes, and dozens of taels of silver that he had accumulated so hard was wasted.
After that, they were a little hesitant to be thieves in the army, and the owner changed a lot, but when they went to an unlucky family, they simply came out and mixed up by themselves.
Perhaps it was the arrangement of fate, they got together with Zeng Youyu, Chen Qiuao and others, as well as some officers and soldiers who knew each other before.
Soon after, he met the Zhang Zhugong brothers.
However, the two groups lived in different places, Zhang Zhugong's brothers lived in Grandma Mountain, Hu was employed, and Chen Qiuao and others lived in Kaihe Mountain, which was 30 miles away.
There used to be a large area of plains from the east of Grandma's Mountain, and thirty miles away there was also a series of mountains and mountains that ran north-south and stretched for dozens of miles.
On these mountains and mountains, there are also many villages that have formed villages to protect themselves, of course, many bandits also take a fancy to these mountains, and they are fighting to attack each other, and the list goes on.
About 10 of them live in a ruined temple at the foot of Kaihe Mountain, and they usually make a living by dividing into two groups to search for the surrounding abandoned villages.
However, this work is not easy to do, and the villages and villages have been searched countless times by the homeless and hungry people passing by, and they have found very little, and the hard days of each person being full of hunger and one meal a day are worse than Zhang Chugong and others.
When encountering a team with ill intentions, it is inevitable to fight, and there are even other dangers, such as one of their team members being deceived by a group of homeless people to eat.
So finally someone couldn't bear this kind of hard life, and when they got the news that Zhang Fangyu was looting in Suining, five of the Hu brothers were ready to go to the thieves, and they also found Zhang Chugong and others to persuade them to join the gang, which was the scene that Yang He heard earlier.
"Hmph, Sun Daozi and the others ran to the thieves, and they won't be brothers in the future."
It was the firearms soldier Zhang Chujing who spoke, who seemed to have a hot temper and was a little stunned.
He even said to Yang Daodao: "Yang Xianggong, you are a scholar, you don't know the sinister way of the world, you have to be careful about the two people who have met and Hu Employment, they are soldiers and oil, and they are all bad." Especially Hu Dalang, or a broom star, which one is unlucky. ”
Zhang Chujing said, and glared at the palladium hand Zeng Youyu, the archer Hu Cheng, and said to Yang He.
The two groups of them are dozens of miles apart, and it is inconvenient to come and go, but there are usually some exchanges, such as exchanging and buying supplies, etc., these two people always take advantage of their brothers, and even shoddy, which always makes him haunted.
At this time, you are not polite to expose the shortcomings of the two.
The palladium hand was still smiling when he met it.
Hu Cheng looked angrily and said, "Zhang Erlang, you." ”
His younger brother Hu said busily: "Don't worry, Xianggong, we have never done anything that hurts heaven and reason." ”
Zhang Chugong also stopped Zhang Chujing: "Second brother." ”
Yang He laughed, thinking that these seven people were very interesting.
He said: "When we meet, we are fateful. ”
He moved his horses on his way to the River Temple.
Han Daxia, Luo Xianjue and others looked at them again and again, these soldiers seemed to be a little different.
At the same time, their experiences have also opened the eyes of the refugees.
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I saw the River Temple from a distance, and there were many people gathered on the side of the stage, and then I heard the shout of Yang Qianzong, the fourth leader of the killer team: "I'm back, Yang Xianggong and they're back." ”
More people gathered on the side of the stage, Yang He and others came to the stage from a small road, and saw Qi Youxin and Yan Dezheng hurriedly greeted them.
Qi Youxin's face could obviously see an anxious look, and he said hurriedly: "Xianggong, are you okay?" ”
Yan Dezheng was also concerned, when Luo Xianjue came back to call people, they could be anxious.
Yang He smiled and said, "It's okay." ”
Both of them were relieved, and then when they saw Zhang Chugong and others in Wuzhong, they were stunned again.
Qi Youxin said in a low voice: "Xianggong? ”
Zhang Chugong, Hu Chengcheng and others also looked around, they had also been to this river temple, and they had rested in it for a few nights.
At this time, I saw that there were many people gathered on the stage outside the temple, and I was afraid that there were one or two hundred, men and women, old and young.
There are also children playing, and some women scrubbing pots and chopsticks.
It can be seen that they are in good spirits, especially clean and clean, which is quite different from the homeless teams they have seen.
A temperament like no other, that's hope.
Among the brothers of the Zhang family, Zhang Chuxun, who is handsome and shy, whispered to the eldest brother: "Brother, it's good here." ”
Zhang Chugong nodded, and his face softened when he saw the children and women.
Chen Qiuao also nodded silently, Hu Qiyi showed an expectant look on his face, and only Hu Yiyi pouted: "It's too much drag." ”
Yang He got off the horse, instructed Han Guan'er to pull it to feed, and asked Minister Yang to make tea, and then hugged his younger brother and sister Ying'er Qian'er, who flew over, and introduced guests to Qi Youxin and Yan Dezheng.
It can be clearly seen that the seven soldiers are much more solemn than Qi Youxin when they greet Yan Dezheng, and even the cynical expression of the past is put away, obviously in their hearts, a scholar is much heavier than a lieutenant.
Yang He instructed the killer soldiers to continue to stand in line, and asked Zhao Zhongju to take Han Daxia's half of the wolf, roast wolf meat at night, and roast a hundred catties of horse meat, feast on it, and entertain guests.
Zhao Zhongju hurriedly responded, and Sun Zhaodi also greeted the women who were watching: "Don't look at it, follow me to pick wild vegetables." ”
Yang He beckoned Zhang Zhugong and others to enter the temple to talk, and when he entered the temple, Chen Qiuao suddenly strode in front of Zhao Zhongju and others.
In their surprised eyes, they threw the lower half of the wolf behind them in front of her: "Roast together." ”
He came back with his head held high, and said coolly: "So-and-so never eats in vain." ”
They went into the temple, leaving behind the noise of the outside world and all kinds of voices.
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The river temple is actually quite large, there is a main hall, a partial hall or something, and the most magnificent building in the abandoned village belongs to this temple.
It's just that a large part of the temple has been destroyed, and the rubble is everywhere, but fortunately, there are still some places to shelter from the wind and rain, at least better than the stinking ruined village.
There was a big fire in the middle of the hall, and the firewood "crackled", and Minister Yang warmed hot tea on it, and the steaming heat came out of the teapot.
Some weeds were placed by the pond, and Yang He knelt down at the head and beckoned Zhang Chugong and others to sit down.
The seven soldiers are a little in a hurry, this is also a chance, if the world is peaceful and prosperous, it is impossible to sit with the scholars like this, and drink tea together.
The firearms soldiers among them sat down and untied the bird guns and medicine bags and placed them against the wall, and even the hammered hands had encountered them, and they all took off the rockets they were carrying.
Sitting down by the fire, of course, it is impossible to carry the gunpowder lead bag on your back, that would be a great danger.
Yang He and Han Daxia glanced over there, obviously interested in their sword-studded firearms.
Minister Yang was busy and poured tea for everyone one by one, which made Zhang Chugong and others a little excited, and it was not easy to drink tea in the famine year.
Only Hu Cheng pouted: "Even the teapot is lacking mouths." ”
They knelt down by the pond and sat down, from which it can be seen their temperament, the three brothers Zhang Chugong had straight waists, Chen Qiu Ao was silent, Hu was a little restrained, only Hu was employed, and there were two people who did not sit in each other's seats, sitting cross-legged, lazy.
Minister Yang poured tea and sat down beside Yang He, and Qi Youxin, Yan Dezheng, and Han Daxia knelt down at the bottom.
The younger siblings also sat quietly on the sidelines, looking curiously at the seven soldiers from time to time.
The fire pit is warm, and the hot tea makes everyone more comfortable, even Zeng and Hu are smacking their lips with taste.
Yang He beckoned Zhang Chugong and the others to drink a round of tea, then sighed, and said to Qi Youxin and Yan Dezheng: "Tell you something." ”
He said that a large number of bandits were looting in Suining, and emphasized that there were nearly 100 horse thieves inside, Qi Youxin and Yan Dezheng were both shocked, they looked at Minister Yang, and then looked at Han Daxia, and saw that the two of them had heavy faces, obviously knowing about this large group of thieves.
Yan Dezheng gritted his teeth and said silently, while Qi Youxin trembled and said in a trembling voice: "Xianggong, what should I do?" ”
Yang He picked up the fragrant tea and took a sip, was silent for a long time, and sighed: "The only way is to change the route." ”