A hundred Xiaoguo knights responded with a bang, like a hundred wolves that had already been staring at their prey, and they all drew their weapons and ran towards the captives.

The captives wanted to flee for their lives one by one, but their hands were tied together, and they couldn't run fast at all, and in just a few moments, more than 200 people were killed, and more than 200 people with different expressions and blood-stained faces were also hung under the heads of the horses of the Xiaoguo knights.

Wang Xuan walked to Wang Huaqiang's side and sighed: "Huaqiang, even if you don't consider the emperor's holy decree that you are not allowed to kill innocents indiscriminately in Jiangnan, it has been ominous since ancient times, and Li Guang, a famous general of the Han Dynasty, is said to have been treacherous because of the pit killing the Qiang captives, this is the fate of a tragic life, the elder brother is full of talent, don't you know these stories?" ”

Wang Huaqiang said coldly: "I don't believe in heaven, if there is really a way of heaven, my eldest brother has never done anything bad in his life, he has never harmed anyone, why should he be framed, so he died on the battlefield, and even the corpse capital could not be recovered?"

And these people are not surrendering troops at all, they just see that the situation is not good, raise their hands and surrender, as long as there is a chance, they will still kill you and me.

These people have no humanity, in order to save their lives, they push out their brothers in life and death like this to fight the disaster, and they will not be good people of the emperor in the future.

The emperor is a bodhisattva and wants to Huairou Jiangnan, but it is also the mission of my Great Sui Heavenly Soldiers to punish the fierce and eliminate the violence for the people, aren't these people the scourge of violence? ”

Wang Yu sighed and said no more.

Wang Huaqiang said to everyone: "This is not a place to stay for a long time, Sima Dudu, let's hurry back to Dangtu." ”

Sima Dekan still had a smile on his face that did not dissipate, and this time everyone had two more heads, so that he was left to listen to the dispatch, and he was reluctant.

As soon as he heard Wang Huaqiang's words, Sima Dekan surrendered his hand and said yes, all the Xiaoguo knights quickly got on the horse, Wang Huaqiang and his party still had more than 200 people left, so he asked the Xiaoguo knights to take the old and weak and the wounded, as well as Wang Xuan to return to Dangtu first, although Wang Huaqiang himself was injured, but his actions were fine, and he asked Sima Dekan for a horse, and insisted on leading more than 100 young and strong men all the way to the south.

More than two hours later, the sky was already bright, Wang Huaqiang and his entourage finally arrived at the county magistrate of Dangtu County, the north gate of this small city, the banner of the Great Sui was already fluttering high, and a handsome flag embroidered with the word "Han" was standing side by side with the banner of the Sui army, in the strong north wind, hunting sounded.

Sima Dekan was guarding outside the north gate, and when he saw Wang Huaqiang, he greeted him with a smile from afar and gave a military salute: "Wang Dudu, you are here, Han Dashuai is in a hurry to see you, please come over as soon as you come." ”

Wang Huaqiang drove all night, he was already tired and hungry, he had been afraid of the enemy army chasing and killing just now, and he didn't even care about stopping to eat dry food, and finally reached a safe place at this time, he jumped off the horse, dizzy for a while, and almost fainted, after hearing this, he suddenly came to his senses: "Manager Han wants to see me?" ”

Sima Dekan said with a smile: "Exactly, after Han Dashuai heard Wang Dudu's expression last night, he immediately sent a villain out to greet you, Dashuai originally wanted to send someone to pick you up again, but now that all the troops have been scattered, there is really no one to draw, so he gave up." ”

Wang Huaqiang glanced at the subordinates who were following him, except for Mai Tiecane, who were running colorlessly, and said, "I'll eat a cake first and go with you to see Manager Han, by the way, is there any water?" I starved to death at the end of the night. ”

Sima Dekan hurriedly turned his head and shouted to the soldiers guarding the city gate: "Quickly bring some water, quickly!"

Wang Huaqiang said loudly to the people behind: "Everyone goes to the city for dinner." So saying, he entered the city gate, and sat down at the base of the wall on the inside of the gate.

Wang Huaqiang's subordinates also came in and sat down, among the hundred or so people, the croppers accounted for about half, and there were forty or fifty white-bearded veterans, Wang Huaqiang was also impressed by these old guys all the way, and when they first met, they felt that it was difficult for them to even walk, but this way down, they were no worse than the boys, which was really embarrassing.

Sima Dekan handed over a bamboo tube full of water, smiled all over his face, and sat down beside Wang Huaqiang: "Wang Dudu, you are really powerful, Wang Kaifu said everything last night in front of Han Dashuai just now, and even our little characters were dumbfounded, seeing that you are only about twenty years old, how can you be so capable." ”

Wang Huaqiang drank two sips of water and nibbled on two mouthfuls of bread, only then did he feel a little better, he shook his head: "How can I have any ability, I play around for people, and I have suffered heavy losses along the way, if you didn't come to the rescue, I would have become a ghost by this time, and I would have dragged down these two thousand brothers." ”

Wang Huaqiang thought of the more than 600 strong men he brought from Guanzhong, and now less than 50 have survived, and even the eldest brother died on the riverbank, he felt sad for a while, and suddenly thought that the whereabouts of the third brother were unknown, and hurriedly asked Sima Dekan: "In addition to our two groups of people, is there anyone else who comes to Liyang?" ”

Sima Dekan smiled: "Wang Dudu, your younger brother is also here, and he is returning to Chief Han in the hall at this time." ”

Wang Huaqiang was shocked when he heard this: "Why did he come here?" Didn't he let him meet at Niushou Mountain? ”

Sima Dekan laughed: "I heard that when he and others escorted the captives, they encountered the oncoming enemy army, and those captives all ran towards the enemy army at once, and they were few and could not hold it, so they took advantage of the chaos and fled back, only two horsemen on horseback ran back, one was your brother, and the other seemed to be a bandit leader."

The bandit leader was near this area, and when he ran back to the battlefield we had seen before, he knew that there had been a battle, so he ran along the path towards Liyang, and when he saw that the city had been taken by our army, he came in. ”

Wang Huaqiang's heart was finally put back in his stomach, and he took two bites of bread, as long as he knew that his younger brother was safe, he had no worries, and the death of his eldest brother made his heart twist like a knife, and bringing his younger brother home safely has exceeded the accumulation of merit in this battle, and has become his greatest wish now.

Wang Huawei's rough voice came from far and near: "Second brother, where is the second brother?" ”

Wang Huaqiang stood up, and when he saw Wang Huawei in the area of the city gate, he pulled and asked himself, his heart was hot, and he shouted: "Hua Wei, Hua Wei, I'm here!"

Wang Huawei suddenly looked at Wang Huaqiang's position, tears filled his eyes, the eight-foot-tall man flew into Wang Huaqiang's arms, the two brothers hugged their heads and cried, Wang Huaqiang thought of the death of his eldest brother, and also felt a sadness in his heart, caressing Wang Huawei's back, and crying silently.

Under the city wall, these men who survived the catastrophe personally experienced the fierce battles last night, and everyone lost more or less relatives and friends overnight.

After a long time, Wang Huawei raised his head and said to Wang Huaqiang: "I brought back the body of the eldest brother this time, and Manager Han specially ordered a good coffin to be beaten to restrain the eldest brother." ”

Wang Huaqiang was slightly stunned and wiped away the tears on his face: "How did you bring back the body of your eldest brother?" ”

Wang Huawei said: "Ma Laosan and I escorted the prisoners to the new pavilion according to your order, and after walking for less than half an hour, we ran head-on into the main force of the Chen army, and they looked like there were five or six thousand people in the vanguard alone, and those prisoners saw this situation, and Xiao Wenqiang led the hair and shouted, and they all ran over, we couldn't control it at all, thinking that we wanted to report to you, so we rode back with Ma Sanye, and Ma Sanye's subordinates also ran away.

When I arrived at the riverbank, the pursuers were still some distance away from us, I seemed to hear the eldest brother calling me, turned my head to look, and just saw the corpse of the eldest brother still standing there, at that time the whole battlefield was full of corpses, only the eldest brother was passed through by the spear, standing in place, I immediately dismounted and carried the body of the eldest brother onto the horse, and then ran all the way back. Second brother, this must be the eldest brother's spirit in heaven to guide the younger brother. ”

Wang Huaqiang nodded excitedly: "Yes, it must be, God can't bear to let our brothers separate, so I guided you to find the eldest brother and bring him back, third brother, this is the will of God." ”