The horsemen whipped their horses and whipped them up, and after five miles, they climbed a low slope, and a hundred paces down the slope were densely packed with endless crowds, supporting each other in a disorderly manner, or crowded, in the direction in which they were.

The original Li Yanzhao led the team, which is now Cao Jianren's chief, and at this time, when he saw this situation and this scene under the mountain on the hillside, his eyes were red, and he looked unbearable. The scene in front of them undoubtedly reminded them of themselves half a year ago, when they were still on the way to escape.

Now this vast crowd of people is walking almost the same path as themselves, thousands of small and humble individuals, in this huge crowd of refugees, in order to be able to obtain a stable way of life, like themselves and others, uprooted from their hometowns, disorderly advance, struggle, just to reach the paradise in their eyes without war and killing, can eat together - Liangzhou.

If this chaotic state continues, many of them may die on the way to escape. However, the smoke of Shenzhou is everywhere, where is there in the world for these people who are busy and whose greatest wish is to live and not starve?

Li Yanzhao looked at the dense and slow-moving crowd at the bottom of the slope, and turned his head to Liu Jiwu beside him: "I look at the situation of the displaced people, it should be that there are many people in the clan and township, and there are few people who are alone in the city. Ji Wu, you can go and inquire, and gather the heads of the clans or officials in this clan to come and inquire. ”

Liu Jiwu clenched his fists and took the order, and was about to ride down. Li Yanzhao raised his hand to interrupt him, and said, "That's it, let's go together." After speaking, he turned to Cao Jian and said: "You have the right to take the rest of the people to stay here, and if there is an accident, support or return according to the situation." ”

After making some arrangements, Li Yanzhao rode his horse, rode with Liu Jiwu, went down the small slope, and went straight to the team of displaced people below, a distance of more than 100 steps, but only a few breaths, and reached the side of the team of displaced people.

The homeless people had already seen the horsemen on the hillside, and their eyes showed deep jealousy and fear. Seeing that Li and Liu were approaching each other, the people nearby turned sideways so as not to block their path.

Seeing the strange eyes of the homeless people when they looked at him, Li Yanzhao felt a pain in his heart. Presumably, during the difficult journey here, these homeless people were harassed and looted by the bandit army. Looking closely at the team, many homeless people with no long bodies and long bodies looked at the northwest direction with empty eyes, moving their steps indifferently, obviously starving for a long time.

In the troubled times, these humble and insignificant people, in the eyes of various forces, are just ants who can oppress and bully. Their desire is nothing more than to live. However, this world often has to squeeze out the last bit of hope they rely on for survival, so that they gradually fall silently in the wilderness on both sides of the avenue, and in the end, they are reduced to a dry skeleton that no one can bury.

Li Yanzhao faced the surging tide of displaced people, and suddenly felt as if his throat was blocked. It took a long time to let out a hoarse and sour roar: "I'm waiting for the Liangzhou Army Sentinel Cavalry!" I would like to ask all the elders and officials to come and talk! ”

After hearing Li Yanzhao's words, many people suddenly raised their heads to look at him, and a flash of brilliance appeared in their eyes. Soon after, however, the splendor dimmed, and the outcasts hung their heads and hurried away, but their steps grew brisker, and they no longer looked depressed.

Li Yanzhao and Liu Jiwu ran along the edge of the camp of the displaced people towards the rear of the team, and Liu Jiwu rode his horse and shouted repeatedly: "We are the Liangzhou army sentry horse!" I would like to ask all the elders and officials to take a step! ”

At first, Li Yanzhao and Liu Jiwu's actions did not receive a positive response other than to make some people in the displaced group look up at them. However, when Liu Jiwu tirelessly rode his horse to the edge of the homeless crowd, he repeated that sentence. And from time to time he was careful to avoid it, lest he sit down and the horse would run into the old and weak homeless people walking on the edge. Eventually, people began to march out of the procession, converging on the edge of the line.

Li Yanzhao looked at the crowd that had gathered. Most of them are middle-aged people in their forties and fifties, and there are occasionally a few gray-haired old men. Although these people are noble clan elders and officials, but at this time, they are also in tattered clothes and faltering, obviously, on this way of fleeing, these "identity" people are also similar to ordinary homeless people, and their lives are very difficult.

Seeing that the clan elders and officials among these displaced people gathered and slowly walked towards him, Li Yanzhao got off the horse, and then led the horse and walked towards this group of people who still had the right to speak among the displaced people. At the rear of the team, there were also sect elders who followed Liu Jiwu's call from time to time and rushed forward.

Li Yanzhao led the horse with his right hand and pressed the knife with his left hand, slightly vigilant, and full of pity at the small leader among the thirty or fifty homeless people in front of him. The elders of the sect all looked at Li Yanzhao in awe at this time. Looking at their unkempt faces that had been through vicissitudes of life, and a pair of eyes with awe, wood and a little hope, Li Yanzhao suddenly felt a burst of heartache and heaviness.

"I am the commander of a hundred cavalry belonging to Guangwu County, Liangzhou, and I crossed the river to come here to ride here. I heard that Er and the others had fallen here, so I came to escort everyone to Liangzhou. Later, a certain sent this news to the county magistrate, asking the government to transfer food and help relieve the shortage of food and clothing for the displaced people here. ”

Hearing what Li Yanzhao said, the inexplicable look in the eyes of these old officials gradually dissipated, and when they looked at Li Yanzhao again, they already had an inexplicable look of admiration. As soon as the words fell, the elders and officials in front of them were already kneeling down in an uproar.

Seeing this scene, Li Yanzhao was a little dumbfounded for a moment, then let go of the reins of his horse, and took two steps forward to help up these homeless leaders who were kneeling on the ground.

"General Gao Yi, the villain is here to thank you. On the way, the bandits rebelled endlessly, and several of us and other small people looted the food in their stomachs. Now we are in a desperate situation of lack of food and clothing, fortunately the general led the troops to support and help, and the small people and the people under the rule, thank the general for his great kindness! An old man with gray hair in the team said in a trembling voice. He knelt down and buried his head, two lines of muddy old tears had overflowed from the corners of his eyes, dripping to the ground, falling into thousands of scraps and soaking in the loess.

"General Xie's great grace!" All the old officials of the sect knelt on the ground and kowtowed at this time, and they spoke one after another.

Li Yanzhao strode forward, hurriedly picked up a few people in the front row, and said in a slightly choked voice: "You sect elders don't need to thank you. Thinking about half a year ago, I also fled from Yongzhou to Liangzhou, and I also feel the same way about your feelings. I, the gentleman of Guangwu County, will not bear to see you without food and clothing. I also ask you to report the number of people under your rule to me, and among the ranks, those who fled alone will also make statistics, so that the government can transfer grain and grass to help everyone tide over the difficulties. ”

The leader of these displaced people, hearing Li Yanzhao's words, put forward nothing more than to ask them to count the number of people under their rule. So they responded again and again, and after repeatedly saluting Li Yanzhao, they each prepared to return to the team, and when they arrived at the resting place, they made a count of the population of the people under their rule.

calmed the mood of these outcasts. Li Yanzhaofang breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he got on the horse and wanted to continue to go to the back of the team, and then convene the old officials of the sect to discuss the matter of counting the population, he saw Liu Jiwu, who was slowing down in front, suddenly rolled the saddle and dismounted, and then rushed into the ranks of the displaced people without hesitation.

There is a case! Li Yanzhao's first reaction was to ride his horse and rush in the direction of Liu Jiwu. Speeding all the way, the crowd in the ranks of the homeless people looked at Li Yanzhao in disbelief.

At this time, Liu Jiwu had already angrily rushed to the ranks of the displaced people and came to three or five strong men. There was also a little lady who looked to be in her early teens sitting on the ground next to her, who was now full of tears, holding an old man who had fallen to the ground, sobbing and crying.

"Uncle Zhong! Wake up! Uncle Zhong! The little lady called out to the old man. But the old man looked distracted, and large strands of blood continued to gush out of his mouth. Passing by them, the ragged homeless people all took a detour, as if fearing that they would be contaminated with such a calamity.

"Why hurt!" Liu Jiwu roared angrily at the three or five strong men in front of him. The brawny men were a little uneasy at first. However, seeing that the soldier in front of him was only one person, he turned into a contemptuous heart, simply ignored it, and continued to move forward. When he walked past the old man, one of them, whether intentionally or unintentionally, stretched out his foot and kicked the old man who was dying on the ground.

Liu Jiwu saw that those people ignored him, and walked towards him, and another person deliberately bumped into him. However, Liu Jiwu was like an iron tower, standing in place and not moving at all, but the person who hit him involuntarily stumbled.

Liu Jiwu didn't talk nonsense, he reached out and grabbed the hair of the person who hit him, and then slammed it to the ground. The man let out an involuntary exclamation, and then fell straight to the ground, and in an instant his eyes were full of gold stars.

Liu Jiwu didn't care about the person, took two steps forward to the little lady, and said in a deep voice: "What are those people, the little lady might as well speak up." A certain person should be the master of the little lady! ”

The little lady hugged the dying old man, but she just looked up at Liu Jiwu timidly, and continued to sob. After a few breaths, he choked up and said, "They...... They robbed ...... I robbed my father of the ...... I gave me Send me a bracelet...... Woohoo......"

When Liu Jiwu heard this, he turned his head angrily and glared at the three or five strong men. However, when he heard that Liu Jiwu wanted to come out, a strong man turned around and came behind Liu Jiwu. When Liu Jiwu's majestic gaze swept towards him, a short knife suddenly appeared in his hand, stabbing straight at Liu Jiwu's side, where there was no iron armor to protect it!

Liu Jiwu was also slightly shocked when he saw that this person actually intended to attack him. However, the long-term military training made him almost reflexively reach out and clamp the opponent's wrist, and the opponent's stab stabbed him with his iron armor, unharmed.

At this time, several other people also came to his side. One of them went straight to the bitter master, the little girl. The others had already faintly surrounded Liu Jiwu. Liu Jiwu smiled, grabbed the hand of the strong man holding the knife opposite, and rolled it hard. The strong man howled miserably, and the short knife in his hand had already landed.

Liu Jiwu looked at the man who was half-kneeling on the ground and holding his hands and howling miserably, kicked his head into the loess with contempt, and said lightly: "Get out!" ”

The few people who faintly surrounded Liu Jiwu on the side were stunned when they saw this, and they no longer had the proud look they had just now. At this time, they were a little timid and did not dare to step forward again. But Liu Jiwu ignored them, turned around and rushed towards the strong man who had gone to the bitter lord before.

However, the strong man had already rushed to the little lady's side, grabbed her hair with his left hand, and the little lady couldn't bear the pain, so she let go of the hand holding the old man and stood up involuntarily. As soon as the blade of the strong man's right hand flashed, he was about to stab the little lady in the chest and abdomen.

Liu Jiwu saw the scene in front of him, and it was too late to rescue. was at a loss, but suddenly heard a "poof", behind the strong man who was holding a knife and wanted to commit murder, there was already a feather arrow with an arrow tail still swinging.

"If you don't stop, you will be punished!" Li Yanzhao was ten steps away at this time, holding a bow in his hand, and shouted loudly.

originally intended to attack Liu Jiwu's three people, but at this time, they were all stunned, with a panicked look at a loss. Liu Jiwu took the opportunity to pull out the ring head knife on his waist, stepped forward and carried the strong man who wanted to attack the bitter master, and carried the man to kneel in front of him, he couldn't help but say that the ring head knife was put on the neck of the person, and then shouted at these bandits hiding among the homeless people: "Hand over the stolen goods!" ”

At this time, these people all showed the true colors of bullying the weak and fearing the hard, and they all knelt on the ground and shouted for mercy. One of them was already trembling and took out an object from his arms, kneeled in front of Liu Jiwu, and presented the object.

Liu Jiwu looked closely, and the man's dusty, dirty palm turned out to be a finely carved golden sheep's head bracelet with red ropes!