Updated: 2014-05-14

Although the Sunset Village has not yet been finally captured, all the other villages in Hulu Mountain have been controlled by officers and soldiers, and in addition to the captives who have fallen into the grass, there are also hundreds of family members of mountain bandits.

These family members are mainly the family members of the big and small leaders, but they are some old and weak women and children, Chu Huan naturally will not embarrass these people, let people settle down temporarily, and wait until they turn back and then resettle, until those captured mountain bandits, they are enclosed and imprisoned, and the officers and soldiers are guarded, there are not many people left behind in each village, many of them are stubbornly resisting and dying, and the other villages are only four or five hundred people who are alive, but they are fighting under the Sunset Village, but a large number of prisoners of war are captured.

Chu Huan asked people to control the prisoners of war on the one hand, and on the other hand, he divided his troops to search for the materials stored in the gourd village, Chu Huan had thought before, a bandit den, no matter how generous it was, there would not be many things, and when the collected materials were transported to the bottom of the mountain, Chu Huan knew that the materials stored in the gourd village were far beyond his imagination.

In addition to the ordnance and horses, there were mountains of grain stored on the mountain.

There are many kinds of ordnance, long spears and short knives, armor and bows, and piles of arrows, piled up under the mountain, like a mountain, in addition, there are a large number of gold and silver finances, boxes and piles, all the soldiers did not expect to have such a harvest, they were all surprised, Chu Huan saw the mountains of materials found under the mountain, and he was not happy.

If gold, silver, goods, grain and grass can be plundered everywhere, where did so many weapons and horses come from?

The armament and equipment of Hulu Village is enough to equip tens of thousands of people, which is certainly a big gain, but it is also a big evil heart, if it is not for the extermination of Hulu Village this time, another year and a half years, Hulu Village will be more powerful, there are such rich strategic materials, the government is afraid that just to deal with such a force, it will exhaust its efforts.

Everything in front of him was shocking, Chu Huan couldn't help but feel a chill, thinking that this time it was really a fluke, using Fu Gang's chess piece, he designed to take down the gourd village, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable.

was checking the supplies with everyone, and suddenly heard a fast horse galloping over, one person turned over and dismounted, Chu Huan saw that it was Xu Shao, saw Xu Shao walking quickly, and arched his hand: "My lord!" ”

Chu Huan asked: "Have all the villages been searched, but are there any places that have not been searched?" ”

"The search continues." Xu Shao said: "My lord, I will take you to meet someone in the end." ”

"Alone?" Chu Huanqi said: "Who? ”

"Your Excellency will definitely be interested." Xu Shao's eyes flashed with excitement.

The first time Chu Huan saw Xu Shao was that the person he wanted to see was a little inexplicable, the person Xu Shao brought over was not a burly man, nor a pianpian scribe, nor a beauty who was embarrassed by the closed moon, but an old woman.

The old woman was dressed plainly, with gray hair, she looked like she was over sixty years old, and the years were full of vicissitudes on her forehead.

Chu Huan was a little puzzled, Xu Shao had already said in Chu Huan's ear: "My lord, this is Lu Cunxiao's mother." ”

Chu Huan was stunned for a moment, and looked at the old woman a few times, although she was old, Chu Huan could also see that this old woman had a large skeleton, and she must have been a sturdy woman when she was young.

It's just that Chu Huan faintly felt that this old woman was different from ordinary old women, and when she walked, she didn't look like an ordinary old woman's steps, she looked very educated, so much so that she didn't seem to be from a small family.

"Old man, I'm Chu Huan, the governor of Xiguan Dao." Chu Huan smiled and said, "I've frightened you." ”

Lu Mu glanced at Chu Huan a few times, and said in an old voice: "They all say that you are a good official, but why do you want to help the court harm people?" ”

This sentence was inexplicable, Chu Huan smiled lightly and asked, "Why did the old man say this?" ”

"The emperor didn't let the people live, he didn't die in battle, he was tortured by those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and some of them starved to death...... Lu Mu said slowly: "They all said that after the governor of Chu came to Xiguan, he did a lot of good things, but ...... Why do you want to fight Hulu Mountain, this is all a righteous man who resists the tyrannical Qin......! ”

"Rebel against Tyranny?" Chu Huan frowned slightly, "Old man, are you saying that the people in Hulu Mountain are all righteous people who rebelled against the imperial court?" ”

Lu Mu said without hesitation: "Of course it is." Our village used to be exploited by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the taxes became heavier and heavier year by year, and later they took away the young and strong to fight, how many people never returned, and lost the battle, and the Xiliang people came in, where did the imperial court go? We endured exploitation and wanted to live, but the Xiliang people called, and the soldiers did not protect us, and we were displaced, and the officials said that the imperial court would soon send food and would not let us starve to death, but in the end, we ...... How many people starved to death? ”

Chu Huan sighed and asked, "Old man, why did you go up the mountain?" ”

"The court doesn't let us live, we always have to think about living." Lu Mu and Chu Huan looked at each other, "General Qiu rebelled against the Qin State, and he was very good to the people, the people in several of our villages are going to starve to death, it was General Qiu who sent people to give us food, he wants to overthrow the tyrannical Qin, Xiao'er and the young adults who are still alive in several nearby villages, all come up to the mountain to help General Qiu fight the imperial court." ”

Chu Huan let out an "oh" and asked rhetorically, "Does the old man think General Qiu is a good person?" ”

Lu Mu smiled faintly and said, "In your eyes, of course he is a bad person. ”

Chu Huan hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Old man, do you know that General Qiu ignored his brothers and broke through and fled alone, and now your son Lu Cunxiao is leading thousands of people to guard the Sunset Village, and they won't last long." ”

Lu Mu seemed to think of something, and said with a smile: "You want to use me as a hostage to threaten Xiao'er to surrender?" She shook her head, "You don't have to think about it, although Xiao'er is filial, he also knows what is right and wrong, he will only fight to the death with you, and will never surrender because of me." ”

Chu Huan smiled bitterly: "The old man seems to have a very prejudiced view of the government, but don't worry, I still disdain to do such a thing." If you want, I can let you go to see Lu Cunxiao now. ”

Lu Mu was stunned, obviously she didn't expect Chu Huan to say this.

"But before that, I want to take the old man to a place first." Chu Huan said with a solemn expression: "The old man is a person who knows right and wrong, I think after you have seen it, you will know what is right and wrong." ”

Lu Mu was a little puzzled.

Chu Huan personally took Lu Mu to Piaoxiang Peak, Lu Mu was over sixty years old, so it was naturally impossible to climb on the mountain, so Chu Huan specially asked a few sturdy soldiers to carry the chair up the mountain.

Lu Mu didn't know what medicine was sold in Chu Huan's gourd for a while, although she had doubts, she was fearless.

Outside the grotto, Chu Huan let go of his son and personally helped Lu Mu into the cave, "Old man, I shouldn't have taken you to see this, but if you want to say right or wrong, I can only take you here to show you what the good general Qiu has done." ”

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Sunset Village.

Although he was trapped and died in Sunset Peak, Lu Cunxiao did not compromise, and never thought of surrendering to the officers and soldiers.

Sunset Village is equipped with a small armory, storing a lot of weapons, but there is no grain storehouse, there is not much food left on the mountain, nearly 2,000 people want to eat, the food on the mountain can not last a few days.

Hearing that General Qiu had broken through, Lu Cunxiao did not blame General Qiu for abandoning everyone, but felt that General Qiu could break through and have a chance to make a comeback in the future.

Zhao Feng, the lord of Sunset Village, was originally a capable general under General Qiu, but when he broke through, he took the lead and died in battle, General Qiu was no longer there, and the dragons were leaderless, and Lu Cunxiao was not allowed to take on the responsibility of leading everyone.

Six peak masters, the whole peak lord was hacked to death by Qiu Rublood, Zhao Feng Lord and another peak master died in the breakout battle, in addition to Lu Cunxiao, the other two peak masters returned to Sunset Village alive, and the two of them had nothing to say about Lu Cunxiao leading the crowd, at this time, just asking for life and commanding the bandits, it can only be pressure, and there is no benefit.

Moreover, Lu Cunxiao is the number one fierce general in Huluzhai except for General Qiu, and it is only natural that he will replace General Qiu to lead everyone.

All the weapons in the armory were moved out, ready to go to the stone wall and mountain road, Lu Cunxiao had the heart to fight to the last moment, even if he was really trapped and starved to death in the end, he had to survive until the last moment.

The injuries on his body had been treated and bandaged simply, and although he had lost too much blood and was exhausted, he still personally armed, and even examined the wounded and bandaged them.

The officers and soldiers have not attacked, he is on the tower of Sunset Village, and he can even see the officers and soldiers transporting materials from the mountain to the mountain, in the open space below the mountain, the materials are piled up, Lu Cunxiao gritted his teeth, his heart is like a knife, these are the material reserves to resist the tyrannical Qin, and now they have been captured by the officers and soldiers, and the road to resist the tyrannical Qin will be even more difficult.

After two days, he was really sleepy, so Lu Cunxiao found a free time, leaned against a big stone on the side of the narrow mountain road, and squinted to rest for a while.

Maybe he was too tired, I don't know how long I slept this night, until someone called softly, he woke up from his dream, reflexively, grabbed his big knife, Huo Ran got up, and asked, "What's wrong?" Is it the officers and soldiers who have killed them? ”

The minion hurriedly shook his head and said, "It's not an officer and soldier, it's a ...... It's an old man ......! ”

Lu Cunxiao was slightly relieved when he heard that it was not the officers and soldiers who were killed, and then he relieved himself and said strangely: "Old man? What old man? ”

"Lord Lu Feng, there is a person from the officers and soldiers over there." The minion replied, "It's an old woman with white hair, coming from that side, and I don't know what I'm going to do." ”

Lu Cunxiao held the big knife, strode over, turned a small road, came to the edge of the mountain road, on this side of the mountain road, the bandits have also learned the appearance of officers and soldiers, and built a half-person-high barrier with stones on the road, the bandits are guarding behind the barrier, seeing Lu Cunxiao coming, the bandits dodged a road, and a few minions in front looked back and saw Lu Cunxiao, and immediately shouted: "Boss Lu, yes...... It's your mother! ”

These people all followed Lu Cunxiao up the mountain together, and they were together before they went up the mountain, and they came out of a village, so they were very familiar with Lu Cunxiao's mother and son.

Lu Cunxiao had already walked to the edge of the barrier at this time, and saw an old woman in coarse cloth clothes and white hair walking slowly over the mountain road, the figure was extremely familiar, and she shouted: "Mother......!" ”