Chapter 23: Chen Sheng
After the two rested for a while, Liu Tong felt hungry, so he extinguished the fire and took the red carp to a village. I found a family in the village, bought some food, and after eating, under the guidance of the villagers, I went to Yiyang City.
Since Liu Tong lost his weapon, had no bow and arrows, and could not hunt, the two had to beg someone to sell some food to them along the way. At present, the common people do not have much food, and strangers are very vigilant in front of them, so they can't get food at all.
Helplessly, the two had to go hungry at night, and found an uninhabited house in a dilapidated village to spend the night.
At night, the red carp leaned on Liu Tong, and the red carp was not too shy now, knowing that it was cold at night, as long as the two of them were close, they would not be too cold. The red carp touched Liu Tong's forehead and found that Liu Tong's body temperature was normal, and he was comforted.
"Childe, why did the second son of the Cao family chase and kill us?" Red Carp asked softly.
Liu Tong saw that the red carp asked him a relevant question for the first time, so he put away his playfulness and solemnly chatted with her about the past and after.
The red carp learned that it was Shi A who killed Liu Tong's grandfather, and he also hated Shi A, and suddenly felt that Liu Tong was no longer the one who worried about Hu Lai, but a responsible and daring man.
"Red carp, why don't you still ask me who I am?" Liu Tong asked.
Red Carp smiled, "Didn't Childe say that you are a prince?" ”
"The red carp has gone bad, knowing that it is a joke, but taking it seriously." Liu Tong said and went to scratch the itchy flesh on the waist of the red carp, and the red carp giggled and pushed Liu Tong away.
Liu Tong didn't want to hide it from the red carp anymore, so he pulled the red carp closer, and said: "I may be Liu Kuan's subordinate in the north, and I am Cao Cao's enemy, it's not that I want to hide it from you, I just knew, which is also the reason why we fled." ”
Of course, Hongli believed that Liu Tong was not hiding it, and she had long been convinced that Liu Tong really had amnesia.
"Childe, if you want to know your background, we have to go to the north to inquire."
"Well, that's right, but I'd like to go somewhere first." Liu Tong actually wanted to go to his hometown before he crossed over, and he also wanted to go to Heming Mountain when he crossed over, maybe there were any clues there. But this does not stand up to scrutiny, and after nearly two thousand years, there is no need to see that place, and you will definitely not get what you want.
Liu Tong was a little confused, where should he go? Sometimes I am a little worried, I dare not explore the identity of this life, and it is still difficult to accept the strange "acquaintance" environment in my heart.
Cao Pi thought that Liu Tong had been injured and this was the best opportunity to kill Liu Tong, and if he didn't kill Liu Tong, he would not be able to hide his brother's murder.
And Shi Ah wanted to capture Liu Tong alive and send him to the ancestral court, Liu Tong was of great value to the ancestral court, how could he kill him at will.
Cao Pi knew that at Zhuge Liang's suggestion, coupled with Liu Zhang's invitation to Zhang Song, Cao Cao was ready to march into Yizhou to help Liu Zhang resist Zhang Lu's attack. There was not much time to hunt down Liu Tong, so he sent people back to Xinye to mobilize manpower, and looked for bridges to cross the river upstream and downstream, and pursued Liu Tong everywhere after crossing the river.
Although Cao Pi followed Shi A to learn swordsmanship, his real teacher was Shangqingjiao.
Shangqing Zhangjiao Tianshuzi was friends with Cao Cao's uncle and grandfather Cao Ding when he was young, and then met Cao Cao's father Cao Song, Cao Song was an important minister of the imperial court, an official to the Tai Lieutenant, and one of the three dukes. Tianshuzi felt that the disciples of this sect lagged behind the prestige of the Zhengyi League in the world struggle, and Tianshuzi had promised Cao Song to choose a person with good qualifications as a disciple in his grandchildren, so he carefully selected the power of Cao Cao, which he valued the most, because Tianshuzi was good at face-to-face, so he chose Cao Cao's second son, Cao Pi, as a closed disciple.
When Cao Pi was five years old, Tianshuzi let Cao Pi perform the apprenticeship ceremony, taught him the inner strength of his own sect and a set of lance methods, and strictly ordered Cao Pi not to claim to be a disciple of his own sect.
After Shi A was frustrated, Cao Cao asked Cao Pi to worship him as a teacher, and also happened to cover up Cao Pi's identity as a disciple of Shangqing. Shi A broke off contact with his sister Wang Ling'er, and after saying goodbye to his master Wang Yue, he returned to Hanzhong without shame to join Zhang Lu, the head of the ancestral court, so he took refuge in Cao Cao, hoping that Cao Cao could help him defeat Liu Zhen to avenge the hatred of taking his wife.
However, he said that Liu Tong's wound was properly treated, although he moved slowly every day due to the injury and had difficulty obtaining food, but because the red carp was good at catching fish and touching shrimp, he could also eat his stomach.
Liu Tong knew that he had to go to the nearest Yiyang City to get enough food and find a medical center to properly dispose of the wound, otherwise once the wound became inflamed, his life would be in danger.
On this day, Liu Tong and red carp because the road is not familiar, detour to the south of Yiyang City not far from the foot of Jigong Mountain, Yiyang is the later generation of Xinyang, Henan, Liu Tong saw Jigong Mountain from afar, only to see that the mountain is near the east and west, the terrain is high in the south and low in the north, the trees are dense, the mountains and forests are foggy, and it is very hazy and mysterious. Liu Tong feels good, Jigong Mountain is indeed abundant rainfall, many springs, rich water sources, there is a common saying that "a burst of rain in the mountain, a hundred springs flow in the forest".
Cao Pi and others tracked them all the way, thinking that Liu Tong and Hongli had entered Yiyang City, so they scattered their troops to look for them in Yiyang City, but they didn't know that Liu Tong had taken the wrong road by mistake, and had bypassed Yiyang and was dozens of kilometers south of Yiyang.
One day Cao Pi's subordinates came to report to the people who inquired on the way to report, and heard some villagers in the south of the city describe that there was once a man and a woman and two teenagers went to Jigong Mountain, Cao Pi led everyone to go straight to Jigong Mountain, just out of the city, Cao Pi met the same door from Xinye to find himself, so he invited the same door to pursue Liu Tong together.
On this day, Liu Tong recovered a lot because of his body, and finally caught a hare with a dragon step, and barbecued it on the side of the mountain road to eat, and was seen all the way by Shi A, who was scattered to look for it.
Shi A couldn't help but say, when he came up, he did it, Shi A took a dozen black-clothed warriors, Liu informed that he was invincible, and there were no horses, so he complained bitterly, and he ran away with the red carp.
The red carp held the hare that Liu Tong had just eaten a few bites in his hand, and he shook it for a while, knowing that Liu Tong was not full, and he was reluctant to throw it away, and the two were very embarrassed.
Liu Tong didn't dare to run up the mountain, the mountain was densely wooded, and he couldn't carry the red carp dragon to take off, so he had to run aimlessly along the trail at the foot of the mountain.
Shi A and the others rode horses, biting Liu Tong tightly to chase after them. Because Liu Tong was carrying the red carp, he was never able to get rid of Shi A, and the other warriors, some of them followed closely behind, and some went to report to Cao Pi on the other road.
Liu Tong ran wildly all the way, sweating profusely, and also felt a pain in his left shoulder blade, knowing that with his exertion, the wound that was about to heal was broken open again.
The red carp was carried by Liu Tong, with his head facing back, he had been watching Shi A's pursuit, and he also saw a small piece of Liu Tong's back clothes stained red with blood, and he was anxious, shouting that Liu Tong would put himself down and let him escape alone.
Liu Tong was upset by the red carp's yelling, and slapped the red carp's buttocks, "Red carp, do you want me to let go of you, you were robbed by Shi Ah to be his wife?" ”
Hongli heard that Liu Tong was still in the mood to joke, and his mood calmed down a little, and he said: "He is chasing you, and the person he wants to marry is not me." ”
Liu Tong rarely saw that the red carp still had a sense of humor, and laughed, and the wound suddenly hurt again, so he didn't dare to laugh again.
The red carp suddenly felt that Liu Tong stopped urgently, turned his head to look, and saw a team of people and horses in front of him parked on the road, led by a man in armor, in his twenties, riding a horse and holding a spear in his hand, and the other two hundred or so people were in rags, with messy weapons, standing scattered behind the military generals in their twenties.
Liu Tong had seen Cao Cao's soldiers and knew that this should not be Cao Pi's subordinates, nor should it be a regular army, but like a bandit.
Liu Tong turned around and saw that Shi A had also stopped, and he was afraid of the group in front of him, Liu Tong saw this, put the red carp down, and pulled the red carp to the front. Beckoning to the other party from afar, the other party is like a great enemy, and the formation is waiting.
"Brothers, I have no bad intentions, it is the official army who is chasing me behind!" Liu Tong spread out his hands as he spoke, came to the general, and clasped his fists at the general, "This brother Tai, under Liu Tong, this is the red carp of the sister, please come to the rescue!" ”
But said that the leader is called Chen Sheng, is a Jigong Mountain bandit, it turned out that Zhang Hu and Zhang Hu were the overlords of Jiangxia water thieves, and later was defeated by the Jinfan thief Gan Ning, and fled to Jigong Mountain to fall into the grass for Kou, Gan Ning was later incorporated by Liu Biao and became an official army, Zhang Hu and Chen Sheng had difficulty making a living in Jigong Mountain, this time Chen Sheng went down the mountain to loot, and was defeated by Liu Biao's official army, and returned empty-handed.
Chen Sheng just saw Liu Tonglong's tengbu was very strange, his body was fast, he knew that Liu Tong was not a mortal, he heard that it was the official army chasing him, and when he saw Liu Tong with a young woman, he believed what Liu Tong said, so he arched his hand to Liu Tong and motioned for them to flash aside.
After Shi A and the others gathered behind him, he stepped forward and hugged his fists at Chen Sheng, "General Zuo's Mansion captures the assassins, please make it convenient for all heroes!" ”
"Who is General Zuo?" Chen Sheng turned his head and asked Liu Tong, Liu Tong saw that Chen Sheng had the intention of protecting himself, and it was estimated that just now saying that Shi A is an official army played a role, since Chen Sheng is on Liu Biao's territory, and Liu Biao is the relationship between officials and thieves, it is estimated that he will not deal with Liu Biao, so he said: "General Zuo is Liu Biao's accomplice Cao Cao!" ”
After hearing this, Chen Sheng smiled and said: "You are waiting to run rampant in my Jigong Mountain, you can get the permission of my Jigong Mountain, and leave quickly, otherwise this general will ask you to wait for the cottage to talk!" With that, he pointed his gun at Shi Ah.
Shi A saw that there were many people on the other side, and there were bows and arrows, and for some reason the other party wanted to protect Liu Tong, and it was estimated that they would not leave, so he restrained the black-clothed people and confronted them. Liu Tong saw Shi A's behavior and knew that he was waiting for reinforcements, if Cao Pi arrived with people, the rabble around him would definitely not be an opponent.
Liu Tong snatched the spear of a soldier beside him, jumped up in one step, and stabbed at Shi A, Shi A saw this, drew out his long sword, turned over and dismounted, and fought against Liu Tong.
Shi A was not good at horse fighting, and so did the other black-clothed people, who dismounted one after another and surrounded Liu Tong. Liu Tong had a wooden stick tied to the body of the spear in his hand, which was extremely light and uncomfortable, and he did not dare to use domineering internal force, for fear of breaking the spear.
Liu Tong fought against Shi A with marksmanship, and gradually fell behind, Liu Tongsheng attacked the east and west, and constantly sneaked up on the black-clothed people who could sneak attack with spears in the encirclement, and instantly stabbed the two black-clothed people to death, and the other black-clothed people saw this, no longer just besieged, and joined the battle group one after another.
Seeing that Liu Tong was so brave, Chen Sheng's enthusiasm surged for a while, and he joined the battle group with a horse, and other soldiers joined one after another. Shi A was entangled by Liu Tong, and the other black-clothed people were defeated and retreated. Shi Ah had no choice but to leave the battlefield with the crowd and flee backwards, leaving behind a herd of horses.
When Chen Sheng saw the other party fleeing, he laughed, dismounted and came to Liu Tong's side, "Little brother Yingwu!" Chen Sheng, the second master of a certain Jigong Mountain, dares to ask the little brother his surname? ”
"Thank you Brother Chen for your help, in Xia Liu Tong, this is the red carp of the housemate!" Liu Tong had already informed his name before, and it is estimated that Chen Sheng did not care at that time.
Liu Tong patted the back of a horse next to him and said, "Brother Chen, these are good war horses, Big Brother quickly asked people to hold them, don't let them run away." ”
As soon as Chen Sheng was reminded, he suddenly thought that he had obtained more than a dozen good horses for no reason in this battle, and his mood suddenly improved.
"Brother Liu Tong, the brother's cottage is on the mountain, let's go up and drink wine and eat meat together?"
Liu Tong was overjoyed when he heard this, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you, Brother Chen, for your interruption!" Chen Shengnai was a cheerful person, so he asked everyone to lead the horse and take Liu Tong and the red carp up the mountain.