The two of them had bruises and purple on their faces, and there were bruises everywhere, as if they had been pressed into a ditch and beaten severely, and Chen Ergou even had one eye swollen. Seeing the appearance of the two, Wang Huan was taken aback, and then looked at the other monks, all of them were like this.

Xu Goudan saw Wang Huan, "Wow! With a sound, he cried out like seeing a relative, and sat on the ground with weak knees, Wang Huan hurriedly supported him and asked repeatedly, "What's wrong?" How did you get this way? ”

Xu Goudan had a weak personality, so he couldn't cry when he couldn't cry, and Chen Ergou on the side covered his swollen right eye and said in a rough voice: "It's not the Tian Xiong who surrendered to Qinggou, he knows that we are going to follow General Li Shen, and today he called us to death, from morning to night, he almost never let us rest, and he punched and kicked if he didn't go well." ”

Chen Ergou opened his mouth, and the other monks also surrounded him, crying Wang Huan as the backbone of the heart, they were all sixteen or seventeen-year-old children, usually poor nutrition, and they looked like they were only thirteen or fourteen years old.

"We're okay, Yuan Hui and Yuan Zhi, because they didn't eat, they fainted from hunger, and they were treated as dead people and thrown into the fire and burned to death." Xu Goudan relieved himself and cried. Wang Huan was taken aback, counted the number of people, and found that there were indeed two people missing.

Wang Huan's heart was surging with anger, damn it, how could you bully children of the same clan like this? Your mother has the courage and ability to rush out the soldiers, what is it to bully the weak?

However, after all, he is an adult student who has experienced the workplace in later generations, and he has a calm atmosphere, and he will not do anything bloody to go up to Tian Xiong Theory to die, forcibly suppress the anger in his heart, persuade him with good words, and appease this group of crying children.

"Wang Huan, I want to understand, this way, even if we run out, we will not have a way to live, the Ming Dynasty defeated the army and killed people, the Qing dog also killed, and the Ming army that surrendered to the Qing dog killed people without blinking, being a common man, there is no way to live in this troubled world, I want to go to the grass, be a mountain king, even if I die, I can be a hero!" Chen Ergou was infected by the sad atmosphere and roared angrily.

Immediately, a few little monks echoed the voice, and the crowd in the firewood room became angry, and a tall monk who was about as strong as Chen Ergou also shouted: "No matter whether you can escape or not, tomorrow I will go to kill those dog soldiers and avenge the two brothers!" ”

Wang Huan saw that everyone's voices were getting louder and louder, and his voice was higher than the other, he was anxious, and hurriedly beckoned these angry little monks to silence them, and said angrily: "What can we do as a group of unarmed monks?" Go out and fight with them, can you fight hard? It will only kill yourself in vain! Have you forgotten the promise you made to me last night? ”

As soon as he said this, everyone's momentum disappeared at once, and they just stood there indignantly, looking at Wang Huan silently.

Wang Huan continued: "I said that as long as I can go out, I will definitely take you with me, but the premise is to listen to me, otherwise everyone will be finished, and you will forget?" ”

Monks, you look at me, I look at you, and said in a low voice: "I haven't forgotten." ”

"It's good that you haven't forgotten, I'll tell you the truth, tomorrow, tomorrow morning, we can leave here!" Wang Huan gave a reassurance.

When everyone heard this, they were really excited and surprised, and they couldn't stop asking, "Really?" Do you really have a solution? ”

"How could I lie to you? I have already taken refuge in General Lee, and I will go to his barracks early tomorrow morning, and when I get there, I will not be afraid of being bullied. Wang Huan stood in the middle of the circle and said in a low voice: "Counselor Li is going north to Xuzhou, escort the baggage, and we will go with him." ”

The monks had never heard the news, and when they heard the voice, some people were happy and some were worried, and a monk asked, "General Li?" Didn't he also surrender to the Qing army? Where are we going with him? ”

Wang Huan glanced at everyone, to be honest, he was not at ease with these children, in case someone leaked the escape plan, it was not one or two people who lost their heads, the relationship was too big, and they couldn't say it until the last moment. So he thought about it for a while, and said carefully: "General Li Shen wants to do things for the dead soldiers in the army, and we are with the army, just for this, everyone has a good rest tonight, and tomorrow we will go to General Li Shen's camp, and we will start the Dharma after the day after tomorrow." ”

The monks listened quietly, Wang Huan said that it was a practical thing, and suddenly became happy, in this troubled world, finally someone remembered their original use, no longer need to go to coolies, couldn't help but burst into tears, hugged his head and cried.

The tall monk who was shouting for revenge in a rough voice just now stood up and shouted: "What are you crying about, Senior Brother Wang Huan wants to take us out of the sea of suffering, this is a great thing, you cry like a girl, it's better to thank Wang Huan!" ”

This big monk Wang Huan recognized, surnamed Hu Minghai, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, square face and wide mouth, is a fireworker monk in the temple, was born by his parents to send into the temple, because of the appearance of tall and stout, although young, but infinitely powerful, upright personality, but illiterate, the abbot gave full play to his strengths, in the temple responsible for the fire and miscellaneous, usually do not talk much, emotional but excited, is a standard stunned green.

As soon as he roared like this, all the monks immediately reacted, and everyone's hope for survival was all pinned on this junior brother, so they stopped crying, and followed Hu Dahai to the feet of Wang Huan, sobbing and thanking him repeatedly.

Wang Huan wanted to stop them, but after thinking about it, his movements slowed down, and when everyone bowed, he slowly accepted a salute, helped everyone up, and said in a loud voice: "No need, no need, they are all senior brothers, why bother!" ”

Hu Dahai raised his head, glared at Wang Huan and said: "Senior brother Wang Huan, if I can be blessed by the Buddha this time, I can escape, I don't want to be a monk anymore, I will follow you, I can see it, now everyone is out of the way without relatives, in the troubled times, it is better to follow you, maybe there is a way to live." ”

Wang Huan was overjoyed in his heart, and said in his heart that Lao Tzu wanted this effect, this Hu Dahai was really empathetic.

In his mouth, he said in a fake voice: "Senior brother, get up quickly, after leaving Yangzhou, it's not too late to say these words, let's not toss tonight, let's rest quickly." ”

Chen Ergou and Xu Goudan saw Wang Huan speak, then they seized the opportunity, and hurriedly beckoned the monks to rest, just now this group of people made a fuss, the two of them were nervous, and they had been looking outside, for fear that the Qing soldiers would hear the movement, in fact, Tian Xiong and the others couldn't wait to go out on the street, except for the two Qing soldiers who guarded the door, there was no one else in the temple.

There was nothing to say this night, and as soon as the next day dawned, Li Tingyu came to knock on the door and wanted to take them away, and a group of little monks walked out of the firewood room, all with a pair of panda eyes, and it seemed that they basically didn't sleep much last night.

Wang Huan was strange and asked Chen Ergou, the biggest panda-eyed: "What's wrong?" Didn't fall asleep? ”

Chen Ergou couldn't hide his excitement: "Of course, thinking that today's hard days are coming to an end, how can you sleep?" ”

Wang Huan had no choice but to take this group of sleep-deprived monks, followed Li Tingyu and Li Yan, and walked out of the temple.

The two Qing soldiers standing guard at the door were yawning and bored, and when they saw Li Tingyu coming with a group of little monks, they hurriedly cheered up and came up to stop them, but they were kicked to the ground by Li Yan.

Li Yan's face darkened, ignoring the two soldiers shouting on the ground, and urged Wang Huan and the others: "Hurry up, while Tian Xiong's house hasn't come back yet, let's leave quickly." ”

Li Tingyu snorted when he heard this, but he didn't speak, his face sank like ice, and he clearly said: I'm afraid of him!

However, he walked faster than anyone else, Wang Huan knew that this was because Tian Xiong came back, and it was probably not so easy to leave, this kind of traitor is like a flip book, and the things he promised will not be taken seriously at all, Li Tingyu also knows this, so although he is not convinced, in order to avoid extraneous branches, it is better to go faster. So Wang Huan urged again and again, and followed closely behind with the little monk group.

On the street, the eyes are full of broken eaves and broken walls, Yangzhou City, which was once extremely prosperous, is shrouded in a black cloud and mist miserly, the morning sun passes through the bursts of gunsmoke, and the faint shines on the stone street that is stained red by blood, reflecting a dark red light and shadow. This area has been cleaned up, the bodies have been removed and burned, walking on the streets, there is not even a ghost on the wide road that is silent and uninhabited, the breeze blows, and there is an inexplicable chill in the April sky.

This area belongs to the southern city, and the Qing soldiers have washed it several times, and feel that there is no value in searching again, and they have gradually moved to the north city, so they have not encountered a single Qing soldier on the road. A group of people walked tremblingly, walking on thin ice, but they were safe, and they walked out of the city gate until they passed the inspection of the guards and guards, and everyone breathed a long sigh of relief.

Li Tingyu didn't stop, led everyone all the way, walked out of Wuli in one breath, entered Liu Liangzuo's army, found his own camp, and let go of his heart.

Liu Liangzuo's camp was surrounded by the Qing army's camp, close to the Qing army's Chinese army, separated from each other by deep ditches and high fences, and from this point of view alone, the Qing army's deep vigilance against the Ming Dynasty's generals was clearly visible.

The camp tent of the white pole soldiers, on the outermost side of Liu Jun's camp, has more than 100 tattered tents, distributed in a depression, not close to the water source, a little rain and muddy and damp, which is basically the most inferior campsite.

Li Tingyu took the monks and approached Yuanmen, Li Yan took the first step, saw something from afar, turned back to Li Tingyu and said, "My lord, there is still your name on the Yuanmen." ”

Li Tingyu looked intently, only to see that on the gate made of rough wood, a battle flag with red edges on a white background was fluttering, the flag was as big as a giant wheel, and a black "Li" word was embroidered in the center, and the flag was close to the flagpole, embroidered with a line of small characters written vertically, "Daming Town Guards ZQ General".

Seeing this flag, Li Tingyu's tall body shook, and suddenly stopped, and Wang Huan, who was following behind, was caught off guard and almost hit his back.