Chapter 8 What is a Country?
"The end will be late, please atone for the sins of the young master!" Pound saw Jing Zhi, who was gobbling up rice in the house, also breathed a sigh of relief, turned over and dismounted. And Hongchang's father couldn't help but look at Jingzhi with strange eyes. Of course, at the same time, Jingzhi has also felt it. After all, there are many people who should hate the government after experiencing this. Although he didn't say it, Jing Zhi still understood that he no longer had a good impression of himself.
After Pang De finished speaking, he got up and greeted Hongchang's father, stepped forward and handed over some silver: "Some of this fellow villagers save the young master of my family, this is Liu Zhi, the younger brother of Liu Jingwei, the current Taishou of Nanyang." A small thank you gift is not a tribute. "Nanyang is too guarded, it is Pang De who is rectifying the military affairs, and Xu Xuan boasted of Haikou, and Pang De simply used it.
And Hongchang's father couldn't help but change his face when he heard the words 'Nanyang Taishou', gritted his teeth, Pang Degang was reincarnated and wanted to take Jingzhi away, but he felt a burst of killing intent coming from behind him, so he quickly pressed his sword and waited. At this time, Jing Zhi realized that Pang De's right arm seemed to be injured, and a few drops of blood flowed down his fingertips on the blade.
Hongchang's father was really difficult to control himself when he heard the words 'Nanyang Taishou', but fortunately, Hongchang noticed something was wrong in time and pulled his father a few times beside him. so that he does not do stupid things.
Of course, Hongchang's father knew that Nanyang Taishou had already been replaced, and even if he didn't change himself, it would be useless. But the anger in my heart is not rational. Although he came back to his senses, he still didn't have a good face and said to Pound: "Hmph! Put away your stinky money! Take your little master, get away! Although Pound is not the kind of outright reckless man, he is a martial artist with unique skills. And the troops he led are all a bunch of young men with strong blood, where can they stand this kind of wretchedness?
The soldiers and soldiers in the tent all blushed, in fact, if it wasn't Pang De who was the leader and Jing Zhi was watching from the side, they would have already rushed up to give the ignorant Diao people a little color. And Pound, who was carrying his body on his back, also raised his beard, and his hand grasping the hilt of the sword was a little harder, and the speed of blood flow also accelerated.
But Hongchang's father was extremely rude with the gravity of Hongchang's gate, and Pang De's forehead couldn't help but be covered with green tendons. It's no wonder, after all, he was kind and gave the other party some silver taels. The other party not only accepted but also insulted in every way, and no one could stand it.
Just when Pang Defang was about to attack, Jing Zhi stepped forward and said, "General Pang, forget it." He also has his own troubles, let's go back, I'll tell you on the way. Although Pound was annoyed, he still understood that it was important to send Jingzhi back safely at this moment. Then he led the heavy soldiers to gallop back with Jingzhi.
"Actually, that's how it happened......" On the way back, Jing Zhi recounted what happened to Hongchang's parents, and all the soldiers couldn't help but listen. Pound listened and was silent for a long time. In the end, I can only sigh with emotion: "The benevolent person loves all things, and the wise man prepares for the last thing, and he doesn't know if he is not benevolent, how can he be a country?" "Jing Zhi is young and can't understand, and many soldiers are illiterate and don't understand what it means. even touted: "General Pang is a good culture!" What a Confucian general! Pound couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, if Pound's words were heard by any literati in the imperial capital, adding oil and vinegar would be enough to kill Pound.
"By the way, Pound, what's the matter with your injury?" Keung Chi asked.
"There is a young master to worry about, this is when Pound was looking for the young master on the mountain before, he met a heroic man who had achieved kung fu and was injured in a fight. Harmless. Pound couldn't help but say with a look of unfinished business. This surprised Jingzhi: "Can anyone hurt you?" Tell me about it! Pound looked at Jingzhi's excited face, and then looked at his wound and couldn't help but be dumbfounded...... But I still remembered.
Pound was afraid that Jingzhi would fall into the hands of thieves, so he searched around, and there were thieves in all directions who were kidnapping children, and happened to learn that there was a thief's den in Funiu Mountain who went down the mountain to arrest people as laborers yesterday, but they robbed a lot of children. Pound was in a hurry, and he led people into the mountain without asking in detail.
Pound naturally has full confidence in his skills, at least it is more than enough to deal with these thieves. At first, things were the same as Pound thought. Under the banner of the flamboyant Yang Zi, although there are more than a thousand people, they are just a rabble, and they have no power to fight back under the strength and coercion of Pound.
After subduing the thieves, Pang De shouted: "Wait for the thieves, gather a crowd to disrupt the court, and harm my people!" Now you can still spare your life and hand over all the people you have obtained to surrender yourself. "Usually the bandits are killed, the arrests are arrested, and the bandits are required to turn themselves in on their own is unprecedented. But after all, Pound's purpose was not to exterminate them, but to bring respect.
When Pang De thought that the other party would be obedient, the person who seemed to be the head of a thief on the wall suddenly shouted: "Where is Gongming!" As soon as he finished speaking, Pound heard the sound of metal scratching the ground. Then a mighty man with a big axe rushed out, and the thieves who were silent just now suddenly cheered and shouted: "Xu Gongming! Xu Gongming! ...... "Apparently has great confidence in this man." The man couldn't help frowning when he looked at his own troops with sloppy military discipline, and after a sigh, he faced Pound.
It is clear that both are extremely confident in their own strength. Pound was also anxious to save people, not much nonsense and even the most basic temptation was omitted, and he approached the front of the truncated broadsword, the man made the long axe move slightly clumsy, and Pound's truncated broadsword, although it was also a long weapon, was shorter than the ordinary knife, and the back of the knife was much thicker. In an instant, Pound had already found an advantage, knowing that the long axe was difficult to resist in the near distance, so he held the front end of the handle of the knife and used the long knife as a short knife, wanting to kill the opponent with one move.
When the man saw the comer, he suddenly realized that he was a master, so he didn't dare to slack off. He used a long axe to support the ground, and he pressed down to avoid Pound's knife in a thrilling way. Pang De saw that he couldn't make a move, so he turned the big knife around his body and slashed straight at the man. The man just came to his senses, and when he saw that the big knife was coming, he didn't want the axe to support it, so he raised the big axe to block the knife slash. But his body fell to the ground because of the strength of Pound's knife.
In Pound's view, this is enough to distinguish the winner from the loser. Secretly thought: "Although this thief has some skills, he is tall in the group of short people, and that's it." Seeing that the faces of the thieves were as dead as ashes, Pang Defang wanted to speak, but he felt a burst of force from below, and his knife was actually resisted! I saw that after the man pushed away Pound's knife with both hands, he turned over and stood up with one hand, raising a burst of sand towards Pound. Pound lost his goal for a while, and he didn't dare to slack off when he saw the man's previous skills. Wielding a large sword, he is surrounded by a dense knife net, just waiting for the opponent to attack. The man saw Pang De's superb sword skills in the sand and dust, and knew that he only had a chance to perform one move. Then he gathered all his strength and slashed Pound.
Pound's meticulous knife technique naturally resisted the man's attack, but the strength made Pound nervous, and the trembling on the handle of the knife had already broken the tiger's mouth. The pressure of this knife actually made Pound's left arm feel sore, and it was difficult to exert force. Pang De didn't care about the hand injury, and hurriedly went to check on the man. Seeing that Dahan was already out of breath at this time, but he also seized the opportunity to swing the second axe, and Pang De didn't think much about it, and endured the pain and collided with Dahan's axe.
"Bang!" With the sound of gold and iron colliding, the sword and axe were shaken apart. At this point, both sides finally had time to breathe. After a flip of hands, Pang De finally looked at his opponent and said: "I, Liu Jingwei is under Xiliang Pang De, Pang Lingming." The enemy general is named! ”
"I, Yang Feng's account is Xu Huang!" , Xu Huang returned sonorously. After talking, the two walked around and began the most basic temptation. At this time, Yang Feng, who was standing on the wall, spoke: "Xu Huang! What's the matter with you? Even this unknown youngster can't take it! Yang Feng's arrogant appearance made Pang De scoff.
Xu Huang was also distracted by Yang Feng's words, and felt bad, but when he came back to his senses, Pang De did not seize the opportunity to kill as he imagined, but waited for himself to regain his posture. couldn't help but feel respect, so he ignored Yang Feng's chatter and concentrated on fighting Pound.
In order to avoid being disturbed by others, the two deliberately pulled the battlefield farther and farther away. After making sure that ordinary people couldn't hear it, Xu Huang staggered back a few steps and stood firm after blocking Pang De's heavy slash, but laughed and said, "I haven't killed you like this for a long time!" Hurry! Hurry! After a hundred rounds, Xu Huang has gradually struggled from being able to divide evenly before. But he still didn't mean to give up, and rushed up again with a big axe, and it seemed that he had been aggrieved in this mountain forest for a long time.
Pang De was not in a hurry to fight, and resisted Xu Huang's offensive in the gold and iron and said: "Xu Zhuangshi is so brave, why is he reckless? Why don't you follow my father-in-law? After hearing this, Xu Huang's movements obviously slowed down, but it didn't take long for him to increase his strength again and say: "Although I have the heart to serve the court, Yang Gong has the grace of knowing me, so don't reply." ”
Xu Huang has already said so, and Pang De will naturally not be stalked. It was a long time of swords, and neither side had ever thought about the death match, but there were not many wounds. It's just that Pang De has always had the advantage, and Xu Huang's physical strength has gradually been overdrawn due to defense.
And the sun has already set...... The gradually drowsy sky made Pang De, who was full of thoughts about saving people, impetuous, which naturally couldn't escape Xu Huang's eyes. In order to save Jing Zhi as soon as possible, Pang De was in a hurry to seize one of Xu Huang's gaps, and then accumulated all his strength to cut off his waist and slash at Xu Huang.
But the so-called gap seemed to be sold by Xu Huang on purpose, and I saw that Xu Huang actually relaxed and let the weak axe collide with the knife that Pang De hit hard...... The moment of contact, blood overflowed from the corners of Xu Huang's mouth and the tiger's mouth, but with "Bang! With a loud bang, Xu Huang's axe reversed with Pound's strength, and when he reversed again, Xu Huang also accumulated all his strength and slashed at Pound. Pound didn't panic, and used his strength again to block the blow, and with the blood spilling from the tiger's mouth and the corners of his mouth, Pound suddenly understood, "Half of the power comes from himself." ”
And after thinking about it, the big axe came again, and Xu Huang said at this time: "General Pang, you are careless!" Pound suffered the loss of the previous axe and didn't dare to take it hard, so he ducked back with his knife. Pang De was actually unconscious, and it was difficult to hold on to falling down after leaning back, but at the moment before he fell, he saw that Xu Huang had also fallen.
The troops on both sides were about to step forward to give first aid to the commander, but both of them refused and were struggling to get up. After Pound got up first, he stood in a trance. In just a few seconds, Xu Huang also stood up, but he was not in a hurry to open the main formation, and said: "Now it is even more difficult for the two of us to kill each other, so it is better to take a step back." You take the captives, and we go on with our days, and don't come to bother me. Although Pang De and Xu Huang were exhausted, the soldiers were still afraid of their strength and did not dare to stop them, and Yang Fengtie, who was high up, stared at Xu Huang with a blue face and red and swollen eyes.
After a search, it was found that there was no Jing Zhi among the captives, and it was not long before the news of Jing Zhi's presence in the village came from the heralds. He hurried away with the soldiers, rolling up a cloud of flying dust.