Han Kui saw it in his eyes, but he didn't have the slightest pity, he kept scolding the Han soldiers in front of him for hurrying away, causing Xing Yi and the others to have a hard time. Zhao Yue was more cautious, and he was able to walk, so he was not injured on his feet. While hurrying away, Zhao Yue took a moment to look at both sides, there were high cliffs on both sides, and then he looked into the distance, not far away was a fork in the road.

The road on the left looks very flat, and it seems to connect to the official road, while the road on the right leads to the mountain, which is a slope.

Zhao Yue walked to Xing Yi's side, supported him, and said with concern: "Captain Wu, be careful, bear with it for a while, and it will be good to be on the road for a while." ”

Xing Yi showed a grateful smile, with hope in his heart, and his feet couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Just when everyone was about to reach the fork in the road, they suddenly felt that the sky was overcast and thunder was loud.

I don't know who shouted: "Oh no, we've met a bandit!" ”

Zhao Yue panicked in her heart, and hurriedly raised her eyes with the people around her to look, only to see that the cliffs on both sides were densely packed with people, all with yellow scarves tied to their heads, holding wooden sticks, scimitars, wooden shields and other things, waving vigorously, shouting in their mouths, the number of people was about one or two hundred.

The horse that Han Kui was riding under his seat was also frightened in this momentum, and it was difficult to control it for a while, even Han Kui himself, although he came from the Xiliang Army and had experienced large and small wars, he had never encountered such a dangerous situation: there were less than forty people under his command, and they had not yet been trained, while the opponent had more than a hundred people, and they were condescending.

How to deal with the enemy? How to win?

This bandit is actually not a simple bandit, the leader is named Pei Yuanshao, who is the head of a ditch when Zhang Jiao made a rebellion, only because the Yellow Turban Army was destroyed, so he led the remnants of the army to camp in the mountain road at the state border, robbing and killing passers-by. Earlier, one of Pei Yuanshao's subordinates reported that a person was galloping past on horseback during this time, and it was too late to stop him. Pei Yuanshao had already heard that the conscription notices in various places had just come out, and it was expected that this person must be the person in charge of conscription by a certain force, and it was only because the recruits returned that they would return first, and then a small group of people would pass by. Only then did he lead everyone to ambush, just wanting to rob some money and some more people to replenish his army.

Pei Yuanshao waited patiently for a long time, and sure enough, Zhao Yue and the others passed by.

Right now, a figure walked out of the cliff on the opposite side, and his slightly emaciated figure could be vaguely recognizable, with a yellow scarf tied on his head and a big knife on his shoulder.

"Brethren down the mountain!" Pei Yuanshao saw that the situation was good, and he had already claimed to be the winner, and shouted loudly, and his voice resounded throughout the valley, "You have been ambushed by me, if you want to live, take refuge in me, and if you have money, leave the money by the way!" ”

The surrounding people began to clamor again, sharpening their knives, and the horse under Han Kui's seat was almost unable to pull it.

"Bold Yellow Turban Yu Party, do you know whose soldiers are robbed?" Han Kuimian struggled to pull the reins, barely stood still, pointed at Pei Yuanshao in the distance with a horsewhip, and scolded loudly.

The wind was blowing in the valley, and the wind and sand raised made Zhao Yue and the others unable to open their eyes, Pei Yuanshao and his soldiers stood on a high place, and the yellow scarves on their heads were fluttering in the wind. They were forced to make a living, followed Zhang Jiao to rebel, and then fell into the grass, and there was no fear in their hearts, and they had already lost the simplicity of the farming people, and they had become people who made a living from war.

Hearing Han Kui's rebuke, Pei Yuanshao raised his head to the sky, laughed, and said disdainfully: "The one who rode the horse, I know that you are an official, but our brothers have long put life and death out of the way, no matter how big you are, it is you who robbed you today, and it is a big deal that someone will lead troops to surround and suppress us afterwards, and we will change the mountain." ”

Han Kui was speechless, frowning, knowing that disaster was coming today, but he was responsible for transporting new soldiers, if there was a mistake, not to mention the loss of his life, if the soldiers were not delivered, according to the temperament of his father-in-law, I am afraid that the family will not have good fruits to eat.

Han Kui looked at the people around him, the seven people of the Han army had no ability, if they fought, they would definitely be lambs to be slaughtered, although these people under Dong Jun had some courage, they were not trained, and they had no weapons; Besides, the enemy is outnumbered, and they are too frightened to speak, so how can they respond to the enemy.

When Han Kui saw the fork not far away, his eyes suddenly turned, and he had a plan in his heart, and shouted: "You all listen to my orders, the Han soldiers are led by Wu Chang Xing Yi, and go to the right side of the hill to meet the enemy's palace, and the rest of the soldiers of the Dong family army will follow my horses and retreat to the official road on the left!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Yue panicked in his heart, with such an arrangement, wouldn't it be the seven of them to die?

When the seven members of the Han army were all looking at each other, Zhang Duan also stood up, blocked in front of Han Kuima, and said anxiously: "Lord Han, why don't we go together, how can you leave your brother here to die?" ”

Han Kui also hurriedly said: "You idiot, who is going with them as their own brothers?" How to get away, now you can only take care of the overall situation and abandon the small family. After speaking, Han Kui saw that everyone was still hesitating, so he waved his horsewhip and took the lead in riding forward, and did not forget to turn around and shout to Zhao Yue and the others: "Listen to my orders, you must not disobey!" ”

Seeing that the main general Han Kui took the lead in retreating, more than 30 people were instantly confused, and the remnants of the Yellow Turban on the cliff saw this and rushed down one after another, some from the right side of the hill with knives, and some from the cliffs on both sides of the sling.

Zhao Yue also panicked, he had never seen this formation, and there was no size weapon in his hand, he didn't know what to do for a while, he was stunned in place, and the rest of the people, where did they still talk about Han Dong, and fled behind Han Kui.

Han Kui was anxious, if everyone followed him, and no one led away the group of thieves, no one would definitely be able to escape. In a hurry, he turned his horse's head, and he didn't care about who the person following behind him was, he raised his knife and fell, beheaded a person on the ground, and then reprimanded in a panic: "On the battlefield, the order is forbidden, follow my order, the Han army meets the enemy, and the Dong army retreats!" ”

There was a young child in the Han army, when he saw the dead person, he was too frightened and fainted on the ground, Xing Yi hurriedly leaned over to check his condition, only one person died, and now there were only six Han soldiers left, fortunately, Zhao Yue was so frightened that he was stunned and did not follow behind Han Kui.

Zhang Duan originally wanted to stay and live and die with Zhao Yue, but the crowds were surging, he was squeezed into the Dong army, and he couldn't get out, so he could only be surrounded and follow Han Kui to escape, but he didn't forget to turn around and tell loudly: "Brother Changjiao, run if you can, don't lose your life, wait for me, I will come back to save you!" ”

Zhao Yue listened to Zhang Duan's shout, and then she came to her senses. It's just that this shout is getting farther and farther, Zhao Yue can't see Zhang Duan, only sees Xing Yi standing up with a sad face on the side, and said to everyone: "Since the general has an order, how can I wait for these little soldiers to obey, but unfortunately, if I die in battle here, I won't be able to see Lord Liu." ”

As he spoke, the Yellow Turban Thieves had all gone to the bottom.

A person beside Xing Yi said in horror: "Wu, Wu Chang, we might as well run, if we can't run, let's surrender, there are hundreds of them, we can't beat them." ”

Xing Yi's face was distorted, as if he was unable to make a decision in his heart, thinking that he was originally a craftsman in a brewery in a small city, but at this time, he had to face the attack of the enemy army, how could he think calmly? Moreover, everyone's lives are tied to him alone, and he has no idea.

Just when everyone didn't know what to do, the Yellow Turban Army had already come to their side and surrounded them. Xing Yi was not afraid, and stood decisively in front of all the Han soldiers, waiting for the coming result with trepidation, even if none of them knew what was waiting for them.

Pei Yuanshao, the head of the canal, walked in front of them with a knife, looking each of them up and down, and those who were seen were all horrified.

The pawn with a yellow scarf on his head and a wooden shield in his hand knelt in front of Pei Yuanshao and reported respectfully: "Lord Chief, the one on horseback ran away with a group of strong people, and we only caught these few people. ”

Hearing this, Pei Yuanshao became angry, stared at the person who reported with wide eyes, and had nowhere to attack, and then looked at Zhao Yue and the others with a weak look, and was even more angry, and kicked Xing Yi who was standing in front of him, right in the chest, Xing Yi did not stand still, and fell to the ground.

Although Zhao Yue was afraid in his heart, he couldn't bear Xing Yi's kick, and hurriedly ran over to ask Xing Yi's condition, Xing Yi couldn't speak, just waved his hand and told Zhao Yue that he was okay.

The wind in the valley was very cold, so cold that it was chilling, and the fear in the hearts of the six people filled the valley, as if even the birds that crossed the sky could feel it, and it did not stay for a moment, it just disappeared into the sky. Just like the beauty in Zhao Yue's heart, it seems to be frozen at the moment of farewell to her mother.

Pei Yuanshao gritted his teeth, stuck the knife on the ground hard, faced the group of people in front of him, and said angrily: "Which of you is in charge?" Who is in charge? ”

Xing Yi's expression was painful, if he wanted to be someone else, he was too frightened to speak, but he had the lives of the people around him to protect, and he still had the necessary responsibility, even if his chest hurt, he reluctantly squeezed out a few words.

"I am ......"

Pei Yuanshao looked impatient, and directly put the knife on Xing Yi's neck, Zhao Yue and the others exclaimed, they wanted to do something, but they couldn't do anything.

Pei Yuanshao asked Xing Yi angrily: "Who are you?" ”

Xing Yi was not afraid of death, and he did not understand that the loyalty of soldiers lies in keeping their mouths shut, he simply thought that it was possible to save everyone's lives by confessing truthfully.

"We are the Han Army." Xing Yi said.

"Han Jun?" Pei Yuanshao's face turned disgusted, "Do you know how many of our brothers died at the hands of your Han army. ”

Zhao Yue was on the side, wanting to say that they had just enlisted in the army and had not participated in the battle, and even wanted to ask Pei Yuanshao to let them go, but before they had the courage to speak, they saw a bright blade slashing in the air.

A cold light instantly pierced Xing Yi's abdomen!

"Captain!" Everyone shouted in unison, they never expected that Pei Yuanshao would not ask the reason, be unreasonable, and suddenly hurt the killer, at this time, the handle of the knife was in Pei Yuanshao's hand, and the blade was submerged into Xing Yi's body, Xing Yi's blood slid along the blade, drop by drop, and finally flowed down in strands, staining a piece of land.

Pei Yuanshao's murderous appearance shocked all the honest young people present, Zhao Yue was stunned in place, trembling involuntarily, he thought that if they became soldiers, would it be the same to kill people? A big living person at the end of the good end, the next second the sword into the body? Why, why is this happening?

Pei Yuanshao pulled the knife back, Xing Yi screamed, and fell in a pool of blood.

The smell of blood drifted away with the valley wind, and gradually faded. Pei Yuanshao wiped the blood from the blade with his sleeve, and the knife became extremely shiny again, as if he had never been a murder weapon.

Zhao Yue squatted beside Xing Yi, watching Xing Yi's body twitch on the cold ground, spitting blood in his mouth. He couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, but he endured it, and heard Pei Yuanshao's bland words in his ears again.

"I know that you are new recruits, and I know that you were farmers who farmed the fields, so I will not embarrass you. To tell you the truth, our Yellow Turban Army was born as a peasant, but because he couldn't see the mediocrity of the emperor of the Han Dynasty and couldn't stand the heavy taxes imposed by the government, he was forced to rebel. ”

Zhao Yue raised her head, didn't say a word, her eyes were red, and she stared at Pei Yuanshao.

Pei Yuanshao didn't care, he pointed at Xing Yi on the ground with a knife, and said casually: "It's not that I won't let you go, our brothers have been waiting in this broken place for a long time, and we can't run in vain, he is your captain, let him die on your behalf." Look at your weak and uncontrollable appearance, pull into my team, I am ashamed, I will let you go home to farm, if you dare to join the army again, Lao Tzu will kill one by one. ”

After speaking, Pei Yuanshao whistled and led a group of bandits up the mountain. In the same place, only Zhao Yue and others were left, and this group of soldiers of the Han army surrounded Xing Yi, and wanted to hear Xing Yi's last words when he was dying.

Xing Yi's eyes were hollow, looking at the blue sky on the valley sluggishly, a few leisurely clouds drifted slowly, he stretched out his cold hand, and grabbed Zhao Yue's sleeve tightly, and a deep bloody handprint fell on Zhao Yue's cloth.

"Captain!" In the screaming, the young Zhao Yue finally couldn't help it, the floodgates of his inner emotions opened, tears flowed on his cheeks like a flood, and he whimpered in pain: "Don't die, you die, what about the two children in your family?" ”

Xing Yi's body struggled several times, and finally said with difficulty: "For me, take care of the two, for me, revenge, Zhao ......"

Before the words fell, Xing Yi's neck was crooked, and finally he couldn't hear the calls of his friends around him, and he passed away.