"Lord, galloping in the middle of the night to the soldiers and other people are sleepy and tired, do you want to enter the county and rest for a while?" Seeing that Lu Bu was already tired, Zhang Hu said with concern. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although he really wanted to go into the city to rest, Lu Bu was still a little uneasy in Cao Cao's chassis, and pointed to the sheep intestine trail in front of him that was about to be covered by the forest with his tired eyes, and said weakly: "Take a detour, take the path, and it's not too late to rest when you see the village." ”

Although he was very worried about Lu Bu's body, Zhang Hu did not disobey Lu Bu's order, so he had to take the small road to spare the county and continue to walk north.

Don't take the official road, but take the inaccessible path. Lu Bu felt that he had made the most wrong decision after arriving in this era, Xuzhou used to be known as a place where soldiers must fight, because under the governance of the former assassin envoy, Tao Qian, and compared with other regions of the Central Plains, there were fewer Yellow Turban Rebellions, which made Xuzhou quite wealthy back then, with more than one million household registrations.

Because of Cao Cao's two requisitions, today's Xuzhou is full of trauma, and there are only more than 500,000 of more than 100,000 households left, and a large number of people are either slaughtered by Cao Cao, or they flee him to escape the war. As a result, there were only pieces of ruins left in the villages, and Lu Bu and the others, who had been walking for half an hour, didn't even see a single figure.

"Lord, there is someone in front." A soldier with bright eyes saw a figure coming from a distance. Lu Bu was shocked when he heard this, his feet were forced, and the war horse rushed forward like crazy under the pain.

"Whew." Lu Bu pulled the horse rope and stopped steadily in front of the man.

What appeared in front of Lu Bu was an old man in his fifties, who was carrying firewood on his back and looking at Lu Bu and the soldiers behind him with horror on his face, although they had taken off their blood-stained shirts, they were naked and covered with scars, and with a sword hanging from their waists, they were like a group of outlaws.

"Uncle, here are the merchants, these are my guards, last night I waited for the road to meet the bandits, the goods were robbed, * these strong men risked their lives to fight out of the encirclement, in the next to escape with their lives. After a night of bumps, I think I am hungry and unbearable, and I don't know if there is a place to stay? Seeing that this old man seemed to be a little afraid of himself and others, Lu Bu explained with a pleasant face.

The old man first looked at Lu Bu's war horse, and sighed slightly, "Now this world." Then he pointed to a large mountain road not far away. There is a large village with hundreds of families sitting at the foot of the mountain in front, and if the strong man does not dislike it, he can go there to rest and relieve his fatigue. ”

"Thank you." With a sigh of relief, Lu Bu clenched his fists and thanked him.

Hearing that there was a house in front of them, the extremely hungry soldiers were like wolves and tigers, galloping on their sideways at the speed of escaping from Cao's camp last night, and the sound of horses' hooves echoed in this wood.

"Donkey." As he continued to advance, the trees on both sides gradually became shorter, and the village was in Lu Bu's sight. The whole village faces west, and behind the village is a lofty mountain. Outside the village, a wooden wall of sharpened and unusually sharp cross-row wood steadily protects the whole village in the center, and the two arrow towers at the entrance of the village are like two hands holding the throat of the enemy, so that any mountain bandit who dares to fight the idea of sitting in the village is discouraged.

It's obviously a small fortress, "Stop, what are you waiting for?" "The words have not fallen," whoosh... A whistling arrow fell in front of Lu Bu, if Lu Bu's speed was a little faster just now, this arrow would be enough for him to drink two pots.

Zhang Hu's eyes widened, and the blue tendons on his forehead burst out, but fortunately, Lu Bu was in a hurry and grabbed him, otherwise he would have to step forward and fight with the archer who dared to despise Lu Bu.

patted Zhang Hu on the shoulder, turned to the same angry soldiers and smiled, "Don't worry, it's just a warning." Having said that, Lu Bu's eyes were ruthless, just a little, just a little, his Lu Bu's life had to be over, but he had to suppress his anger, after a night of galloping, his own soldiers no longer had the strength to tear apart.

In order to show that he and the others had no malicious intent, Lu Bu had no choice but to turn over and dismount, and slowly walked forward surrounded by Zhang Hu and others. When they arrived at the entrance of the village, there was a group of people waiting for Lu Bu and the others, and it was a young and middle-aged man with a proud face. Seeing the war horses in the hands of Lu Bu and others, his eyes lit up at first, as if he had thought of something. Turning his head to a young man behind him, he commanded.

When Lu Bu and the others approached, their faces were immediately filled with courteous smiles, and the arrogance on their faces just now came and went like a spring breeze without a trace. "I don't know what happened to the strong men." The words seemed to be said to Zhang Hu and the others, but his eyes drifted to Lu Bu, who was surrounded by them. This middle-aged man can be regarded as having seen the world, so he naturally knows who is the head.

Although he felt that something was wrong, Lu Bu still decided to follow his previous words, and said with a slight smile on his face: "I waited until I met a mountain bandit on the road last night and fled in embarrassment, and I was hungry, but fortunately I was able to get here with the guidance of an old man." I wonder if you can wait for me to go into the village and rest for a while. ”

A hint of clarity flashed in his eyes, and the middle-aged man hurriedly apologized: "I see, please forgive me for the offense just now, please." With his hands in vain, the young man took Lu Bu and the others into the village, which was more like a fortress.

I don't know why, the closer to the center of the village, the more Lu Bu feels that something is wrong, why those people and men look at him like they are looking at dead people. No, it is impossible for such a large village to be without children and old people, unless they don't need it at all.

"Zhang Hu, something is wrong, go quickly." Lu Bu was panicked by this thought, and hurriedly said loudly to Zhang Hu.

"Hehe, I was discovered." The middle-aged man smiled, and thought to himself, "Who told you to bring such a good war horse into our Lijia Village, Lao Tzu has recently been fighting with Huang Tianzhai on the mountain, and there is a shortage of horses. Then he said loudly, "Do it." ”

"Whoosh... Whoosh....whoosh.... A rain of arrows slid by, and with the sound of sharp arrows entering the flesh, without defense, five pro-soldiers immediately fell in response.

With a loud shout, Zhang Hu raised his sword to shoot down all the arrows shot at Lu Bu, and said loudly to the remaining soldiers: "Protect the lord and leave quickly." ”

With the sword in his hand, the thief in front of him was halved by Zhang Hu's vigorous force, and the blood was sprinkled on Zhang Hu's body along with the internal organs.

Seeing that their leaders were so brave, the remaining soldiers all rose up and used Zhang Hu as an arrow to protect Lu Bu to break through to the entrance of the village.

There are only a few hundred people on the other side, if the five hundred personal soldiers under Zhang Hu are there, these people are just a piece of cake, and now there are only six people on the side, and they still have to protect Lu Bu, but they feel that these hundreds of people can't be cut down completely.

Gradually, they felt that the weapon in their hands was getting heavier and heavier, and there were more and more wounds on their bodies. In the end, these loyal soldiers fell one by one, and as they fell, there were ten times as many enemies as them, and in the end, only Zhang Hu and another soldier were left to protect Lu Bu with their wounds.

It was also Lu Bu who was unlucky, these people were the bandits sitting on the mountain in front, but they were driven down by the other two bandits, so they ransacked the village, and the middle-aged man was the leader of the bandits. The old man was just their eyes and ears, wandering around every day, as long as someone asked him for directions, as long as he thought it was valuable, he would point in the direction of the village and let those people throw themselves into the net, and it didn't take long for the bandits to be raised to be strong, and the thief's ambition was inflated and wanted to do it when the other two bandits came down the mountain to do business. And Lu Bu's war horse was what he lacked the most, but he didn't expect it to kick the iron plate.

"Lord, why don't you draw your sword?" Seeing that he couldn't hold on, this loyal fierce general expressed his doubts to Lu Bu for the first time, in his heart, Lu Bu was a peerless fierce general who dared to fight in the face of thousands of troops and horses, why, why did he not draw his sword in the face of a group of rabble.

"En" snorted, and a thief took advantage of Zhang Hu's distraction and slashed Zhang Hu's left arm with a knife. Before the thief was happy, he was cut off by the angry Zhang Hu.