Chapter 22: The Great Place
"Taiyi Gong is under the sky, stained with red sweat and ochre..."
"Cheng Rong and the stumbling thousands of miles, now Anpi Xilong is a friend..."
The sound of high spirits resounded through the wilderness, and on the muddy post road, the footprints of human feet and horses' hooves attached to the hard soil that had not yet dried, densely packed, and the rut marks of the coming and going, forming a picture like an abstract painting. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the post road, a man and a woman supported each other and walked briskly, although the grass juice and soil were all over the body, but it was from the heart, overflowing with pleasure.
The sun has already set. In the distance, the sunset reflected the mountains, the glow was tilted, Gan Yuer walked slowly, listened to the ancient songs learned by Pei Lingfang, and said happily: "The son is really smart, this day the horse song is melodious and tactful, thousands of twists and turns, there is a feeling of being born in the dust!" ”
In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty passed through the Western Regions and Pingnanyi; Dewusun horse, called Tianma. Make a Pegasus song. Later, Li Guangli went out to conquer Dawan, got Dawan horse, renamed Dawan horse as Tianma, and the city Wusun horse as the West Pole horse, and made Tianma song.
If there is chaos today, there are few pedestrians even on the official road, Pei Ling saw Gan Yuerjiao. Panting, he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart, and said softly: "If you are tired, take a rest first." ”
Gan Yu'er smiled apologetically, shook her head lightly, and said, "If you hold on a little longer, you can enter the city, don't delay any longer." ”
Pei Ling looked at it, and the city gate in front of him was faintly visible, and on the stone plaque of the city gate, there was a big seal script 'Shiyi' carved. Then he also nodded: "Well, what you said is true, then I'll help you walk for a while." ”
When Gan Yu'er heard this, her pretty face turned red, but she didn't say anything, and let Pei Ling hold his jade elbow, her body suddenly lightened, and her steps were a little faster.
At this time, it has been more than half a month since the bottom of the valley, and the two of them have been resting day and night, which inevitably causes inconvenience, and they only walked cautiously, and when they saw the Yellow Turban Army, they wrapped their headscarves and passed the test in confusion. When he saw the officers and soldiers, he pretended to be fleeing refugees.
Pei Ling took out a piece of rabbit jerky in his bag, tore it open and put it into Gan Yu'er's mouth, threw the rest into his mouth, and asked thoughtfully: "Although the world is chaotic now, there are many bandits and robbers, but there are too few people along the way!"
Gan Yu'er chewed on the jerky, her face was slightly red, and she said softly: "Jizhou is the place where the yellow scarves are entrenched, and most of the people, except for those who have taken refuge in the mountains, have been wrapped in yellow scarves and forced to loot,!" The human eye is naturally becoming more and more scarce. ”
Pei Ling sighed when he heard this, and just wanted to answer, when suddenly there was a fire in the city tower in front of him, and thick smoke wrinkled!
"There is a situation!" Pei Ling snorted, stretched out his hand and pointed forward, only to see the bubbling smoke drifting away with the wind, Pei Ling said in a deep voice: "Shiyi is different, I'll take a look, you are waiting here." Then he put his hand into the placket of his robe, pulled out half a foot of yellow cloth, wrapped it around his head, and went to the village first.
Before entering the city gate, Pei Ling was so smoked by the bloody breath that his brows were furrowed, the city was already in chaos, and everyone set fire to half of the county, and in the streets and alleys, the two groups of people were entangled together, fighting each other, one by one, they had already killed the red eyes, and they didn't leave any hands!
These two groups of people are all dressed in ordinary clothes and have no standard equipment, but the yellow turbans on their heads clearly divide them into two factions! Around the battlefield, there were thirty or fifty corpses scattered horizontally, the old and weak, women and children were not spared, and some women were still half naked. Naked, it is needless to say what kind of evil deeds have been done.
"These Yellow Turban bandits!" Pei Linghu's eyes narrowed slightly, and his hands were clenched!
The Yellow Turban soldiers were also stunned when they saw someone appear, and only after seeing the yellow turbans on the heads of Pei Ling and the others did they breathe a sigh of relief, and one person came out in the middle of the month, and said coldly: "Which side is the brother, report the name!" ”
How could Pei Ling take him to heart, he didn't answer, snorted coldly, and walked slowly towards the man.
Seeing Pei Ling's face turn cold, the man couldn't help but be slightly angry, stretched out his hand to the other exit at the entrance of the village, and said coldly: "Stop, report your name!" ”
"Quack!" Pei Ling stopped talking nonsense, he wiped his left arm with his right hand, pulled out the dagger in his hand, and suddenly stabbed forward, hitting the man's forehead, the man didn't say anything more, he came on his back, and he lost his breath!
The Yellow Turban bandits at the city gate were furious when they saw this, and they all rushed over with their weapons.
"A group of brutes, it is useless to live more, die!" Pei Ling raised his dagger and slaughtered the Quartet, although these golden soldiers were vicious, they were some ruffians who had never experienced a big war, and they were killed crying dad and mother, fleeing in all directions!
The other group of people couldn't help but be shocked when they saw Pei Ling's skill!
However, half a pillar of incense kung fu, except for two pawns at the city gate who ran away with fast feet and a few heads, most of the others were awarded.
Pei Ling wiped the blood stains on the dagger, frowned, and said, "Who are you, why are you fighting with the Yellow Turban Army here?" ”
"Yuan Shao?" One person in the crowd actually recognized Pei Ling, he came out of the crowd, wiped a handful of dirty blood on his face, and said happily: "Yuan Shao, are you back?" ”
"You are?" Of course, Pei Ling didn't recognize him, glanced at him, and said in a deep voice: "I was injured in the back of my head before, and I can't recognize anyone!" ”
The man was stunned for a moment and sighed: "I'm Tao Sheng, and you're a neighbor, you really don't recognize me?" ”
"Neighbors?" Pei Ling was overjoyed in his heart, and said in disbelief: "Do you recognize me?" ”
"Shiyi ......" Tao Sheng's face was gloomy, and he sighed for a long time and said: "Shiyi, I'm afraid there will be no more Shiyi in the future!" ”
Pei Ling's heart tightened, and he asked urgently, "How do you say this?" ”
Tao Sheng's face was hideous, his fists were clenched, and he said hatefully: "Half a month ago, a group of Yellow Turban soldiers came from the south, attacked Shiyi, killed people when they saw them, robbed them when they saw things, and the officers and soldiers in the city had already fled. I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on for long! ”
Pei Ling was shocked and said in a terrible voice: "What about my parents?"
Tao Sheng's mood gradually calmed down, and he said in surprise: "Parents? Your parents have been dead for years, and you don't remember that? ”
Pei Ling was embarrassed when he heard this, touched his nose and said, "I'm sober for a while and confused for a while, so what relatives does my family have?" ”
Tao Sheng looked at Pei Ling with pity, and said for a while: "I'm afraid that the blood relatives are gone, but I heard you say that there is an uncle who often comes and goes in Lintao, Kansai, this army is in chaos, and I am afraid that I will not be able to see each other in the future." ”
Pei Ling touched the back of his head with his hand and said, "Oh, so that's the case." There were no relatives at home, and he was secretly relieved in his heart, but he remembered that he had told Huangfu Song that he wanted to go home to serve his parents, and he couldn't help but feel worried.
"Yuan Shao, I haven't seen you for so many years, where have you been?" Tao Sheng frowned when he saw Pei Ling wearing a yellow scarf, and stepped forward to ask, "Didn't you also participate in this Yellow Turban Army?" “
Pei Ling smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Now that Zhang Jiao is dead, and Zhang Liang was killed by my own hands, the people in the Yellow Turban Army will want to kill me and hurry up!" ”
Tao Sheng was taken aback and said in disbelief: "You killed Zhang Liang? That Zhang Liang calls himself the general of the people, but under the two of them, above the ten thousand people, you ......"
"Believe it or not!" Pei Ling nodded and said, "How many people are there in the city now?" Who will give the order? ”
Tao Sheng sighed and said, "Half of the people in the city are killed and injured, and the rest are mostly old and weak, women and children, and they can't run away!" ”
Pei Ling interrupted: "I'm talking about people who can fight! ”
Tao Sheng shook his head, gritted his teeth and said, "The city gates together, no more than eight hundred." I used to be a janitor in Neihuang before, and I knew some warfare, and they all listened to me, but this time the county town was burned to such a state, how to defend it again! ”
Pei Ling frowned, looked at Tao Sheng's eyes for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "If you can trust it, hand over Shiyi to me!" ”
Tao Sheng's eyes were cold, he looked at Pei Ling, looked at him for a long time, took a deep breath, and sighed: "That's it, the situation has been eroded so far, I have no skills to return to the sky, and I am very strong when I see that you are very skilled, and I am very strong, if you have a heart, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor!"
Pei Ling nodded, jumped up, stood on top of a broken wall, looked around, pointed to the west, and said, "Do you know the name of this mountain?" ”
Tao Sheng was stunned when he heard this, nodded and said: "The way of nature, this place is called Meng Mountain, more than 100 zhang high!" ”
"Which river is to the south?"
"This river is the Taiping River!"
Well, Pei Ling nodded slightly, and said, "What about the stockade?" ”
"That was Shijing Township, during the riots, the villagers had fled, and it was already deserted!"
Pei Ling turned his head, looked at Tao Sheng, his eyes were blazing, and said: "Surrounded by mountains on both sides, along the river on one side, there are mountains and trails behind you to think that they are retreating, such an easy to defend and difficult to attack place is better than Shiyi a hundred times, Shiyi has been destroyed, and the land can still be used to clean up, and they will all move to Shijing Township!" ”
Tao Sheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, he patted his thigh, and said happily: "Ah! With such an excellent terrain, why didn't I expect to do anything with this flat stone on all sides, alas! ”
Pei Ling smiled slightly, and said: "The yellow scarf has just retreated, short fashion and safety, order all the young and strong, go west to the foot of the mountain, build the city wall, day and night!" ”
"Good!" Tao Sheng was worried for many days, and was opened by Pei Ling, and suddenly felt relaxed, and said solemnly: "Yuan Shao, if the people of Shiyi are protected, I will look forward to you in the future!" ”
"Don't worry, if this city rises, the Yellow Turban bandits will come to kill one by one, and slaughter a thousand thousand!" Pei Ling jumped off the ruins and said softly: "In this way, you arrange it first, I will pick someone up, and then I will take care of it!" ”