Chapter 31: The Catastrophe of Destruction
Yun Meng had been bored in the room for almost two hours, and Cao Qi, who was waiting outside hungry, rubbed his stomach vigorously, but Jiang Ying pulled a chair, crossed his legs, closed his eyes, and sat up.
After a while, I heard the door "squeak" open, Jiang Ying and Cao Qi both turned their heads to look at the door, Yun Meng's voice came from inside, but it was not loud, and said, "Jiang Ying, Cao Qi, you two come into the house." ”
The two hurriedly entered the house, and saw Yun Meng standing in the room, his face was still not very good, Yun Meng said: "What has happened in the past few days is indeed some unexpected, and some I haven't figured it out, but there are a few things that must be done immediately. ”
Jiang Ying asked, "Brother, what do you command?" ”
Yun Meng nodded and continued: "This time we may have already caused a big disaster, and I blame that I was in a state of confusion for a while, but I let go of that Guo Shuai." ”
Cao Qi interjected and said, "I said at the time that you can't keep the kid's mouth, but you didn't listen." You"
Jiang Ying patted Cao Qi and said, "Don't speak, listen to my brother's arrangements first." ”
Yun Meng glanced at Cao Qi, smiled bitterly and said: "The world often says, 'Wisdom is confused for a while', and it has been fulfilled in my place. Releasing Guo Shuai is equivalent to letting the tiger return to the mountain, I am not afraid of him anything, but it has affected the brothers on the Taohualing cottage, and it has also affected the Jiang Ying brothers! ”
Jiang Ying said with a smile: "Brother doesn't have to be like this, if you want to blame the younger brother, you have to blame the younger brother for robbing this group of officials and soldiers on a whim." Besides, it's a robbery, it's a big deal to disperse the cottage, and reunite with my father and brother, let's find a good place to go. ”
Cao Qi also said: "Jiang Ying is right, if you don't rob me, how can you see me!" ”
"Oh, Brother Hei, don't make a mess, okay." Jiang Ying shouted at Cao Qi.
Yun Meng waved his hand and said: "I estimate that the official army will soon come to encircle and suppress the cottage, the cottage soldiers are few and large, I'm afraid they can't deal with it, the Jiang Ying brothers must arrange it early, and the old father and mother will be settled by the virtuous brother first." I will leave for Jingzhou today, and there are too many questions that must be clarified with my teacher face to face. ”
Jiang Ying was puzzled: "The matter of the elder brother's cottage has his own arrangements, and the second elder brother does not need to worry about it, there is a younger brother who will be safe and secure in his father's mother, and these brothers can rest assured." It's just that the younger brother thinks that this Jingzhou, the elder brother will never go back, aren't you going back this time like a sheep into the tiger's den? ”
Yun Meng smiled bitterly again: "No, after all, I have a fight with my master and apprentice, and I don't think there will be any danger." Besides, the teacher has been very kind to me, how can I leave as soon as I leave, don't worry, after I explain everything to the teacher, I will leave to join you. ”
When Cao Qi heard this, he said: "Then I will accompany you back, so I can take care of it." ”
Yun Meng said: "Cao Qi, you just follow Jiang Ying honestly and protect the second elder." Jingzhou, or I'll take Qingyao back, it's not appropriate for you to go. Cao Qi wanted to say something, but was stopped by Yun Meng.
So Yun Meng simply packed up, took Qing Yao on a fast horse, and went to Jiangling.
Besides, Jiang Ying and Cao Qi sent Yun Meng back to the cottage, and immediately summoned the leaders and minions of the cottage to gather in the martial arts arena. Radar stepped forward and hugged his fist at Jiang Ying and said: "The owner of the village, most of the brothers on the mountain are from poor backgrounds, which one can't stand the oppression of the government bullies before they go up the mountain and fall into the grass, these brothers have lived and died together, and they have long regarded the cottage as their own home, but today they are going to break up, and the Lei family brothers feel uncomfortable!" The crowd echoed the voice.
Jiang Ying sighed, patted Radar on the shoulder, looked at everyone again and said, "How can I, Jiang Ying, not feel the same way as my brothers, but this time we stabbed the hornet's nest, and when a large number of officers and soldiers arrive, how can our small cottage resist?" Where can I, Jiang Ying, lose the lives of my brothers in vain, it's better to disperse early and go to a different place. ”
Someone else shouted: "Dazhai master, then let's leave Taohualing and find a good place, beat another gong and drum to open another place, anyway, where the master of Dazhai goes, the brothers will go with you." ”
"Yes, yes, that's it," the crowd was in another uproar.
Jiang Ying waved his hand and said, "The hearts of the brothers Jiang Ying understands that now I still have my father and mother to take care of, and I don't plan to make a living anymore, I just want to find a beautiful place to honor my father and mother." If the brothers follow me any longer, they will stop doing this blood-licking business, and they will be able to live and work in peace and contentment by dividing some money and making a small trade, or buying a few acres of land. ”
Seeing that Jiang Ying had made up his mind, everyone had no choice but to divide some gold and silver, and then dispersed one after another and went back to pack their bags.
As the saying goes, "Happiness is unparalleled, and there is no single line of disaster." Just when everyone in the cottage packed up and prepared to go their separate ways the next day. As soon as the sky was dark, I saw the smoke and dust billowing under the Peach Blossom Ridge, the neighing of horses, the team of men and horses killed to the Peach Blossom Village, and the minions who were on guard crawled to the back village, Jiang Ying was also settling with the second old man at this time to set off tomorrow.
The little minion turned pale and ran in out of breath, reporting: "Newspaper, report to the master of the big village, it's not good to be big, big, and big." ”
When Jiang Ying heard this, he secretly said in his heart, "It's not good, it seems that something is going to happen." But his face did not show it, and he asked, "Why are you so alarmed, report it quickly." ”
The little minions continued to report: "The big village master, the little ones just found that a large group of officers and soldiers had been killed at the gate of the village. ”
Jiang Ying asked again: "Can you see how many people there are?" ”
The little minion replied, "Oh, there are countless smoke and dust! ”
Jiang Ying was shocked and shouted: "Hurry up and beat the drums and recruit all the brothers to resist the enemy!" ”
He also ordered the two brothers Lei Lei and Lei Tong to take a pair of men and horses to escort the old couple Li Shan and his wife to retreat to the back mountain. He carried Fang Tian's halberd and rushed out of the Juyi Hall, and then saw that the front village was already in chaos, and the shouts rang out, Jiang Ying stood on a high place and shouted: "Don't panic, brothers, all the commanders quickly gather the soldiers and horses of the headquarters and listen to the unified deployment of the master of the village." ”
This shout really worked, and everyone seemed to have found the backbone of the heart, and they suddenly became orderly and returned to their respective teams. This is another minion to report, the Daozhai Gate has been lost, and now Cao Qi is leading a group of people to resist and retreat towards the Juyi Hall. Jiang Ying frowned, and said in his heart: "It's just that the official army came suddenly and was caught off guard, so I can only fight and retreat for today's plan, and wait for an opportunity to break through after dark." ”
So he beckoned all the soldiers to kill the generals out, and didn't run far to see Cao Qi covered in blood, wielding a big stick, struggling to resist, the dead and wounded around him, and then looking at the opposite side, the first enemy general was wearing a black armor, covered with a black robe, seven feet tall, thick eyebrows and leopard eyes, a face like a heavy jujube, and a short beard under the chin, and there was a person standing next to this person who was Guo Shuai, at this time Guo Shuai was pointing and not knowing what to say to the black-armored enemy general, and the black-armored enemy general was also squinting at Jiang Ying coldly at this time.
Jiang Ying knew in his heart that this official army was attracted by Guo Shuai, but why did it come so quickly, and he didn't think much about it for the time being, he danced the halberd and entered the battle group, and everyone behind him also "roared" and shouted with whom Jiang Ying and the official army were killed together. Killing Jiang Ying secretly said bitterly, and said in his heart, "What kind of team are these officers and soldiers, why are they fundamentally different from other officers and soldiers, each killing is decisive, there are rules for advancing and retreating, and one is easy to deal with, if it is a group of three or five to cooperate, it is really difficult to parry." Looking at the cottage generals on his side, it was simply miserable, the road leading to the Juyi Hall was also stained red with blood, and there were brothers who fell to the ground everywhere, Jiang Ying struggled to swing a halberd, and shouted: "Brothers, don't fight, fight and retreat." ”
Who knew that there was no way to retreat at all, only to see the black-armored enemy general wave the command flag in his hand, Jiang Ying and there were bursts of shouting and killing behind them, Jiang Ying said in his heart, "It's not good!" After saying hello, Cao Qi ran to the back mountain with the halberd, Jiang Ying was worried about the safety of Li Shan and his wife. As long as it is blocking the way, he will split and stab when he sees someone, and his eyes are red when he kills, and he doesn't know whether it is his own blood or the blood of the officials and soldiers. Everyone ran until the turn of the mountain wall in the back mountain, and they heard the sound of mourning, Jiang Ying was anxious, hurriedly took a few steps and turned over the mountain wall, and saw more than a dozen officers and soldiers surrounding the two people on the edge of the cliff, it was the Lei Tong brothers, the two were covered in mud and blood, their clothes were tattered, and they were kneeling on the edge of the cliff and crying under the cliff, and then looked at the dead bodies in the surrounding places but did not see Li Shan and his wife. At this time, Jiang Yingke was in a hurry, went up to dance the halberd, knocked down more than a dozen officers and soldiers, and then threw down the halberd, ran over and grabbed the radar on the ground, and shouted: "Where is my father?" ”
Radar saw that it was Jiang Ying who was crying louder, Jiang Ying kicked Radar hard, and then shouted: "Tell me quickly, what about my father and mother?" ”
Lei Tong on the side, climbed in front of Jiang Ying, hugged Jiang Ying's leg and cried: "Dazhai master, my brothers didn't protect the two old people, I'm sorry for you!" ”
Jiang Ying helped Lei Tong up and asked in a trembling voice, "Say it quickly, what's going on?" ”
Lei Tong sobbed: "We escorted the two old men to retreat to the back mountain, who knew that there was already an ambush by the officials and soldiers in the back mountain, and we were under siege. When we retreated here, all the brothers who escorted the two elders were killed, and only the two brothers were left, but there was no way back. The two old men didn't want to be captured, and they didn't want to drag us down anymore, so they jumped off the cliff, blaming me for not stopping them for a while! Then he began to weep bitterly.
When Jiang Ying heard this, he shouted, "Oops, kill me!" "Fell headlong and unconscious.
Everyone was calling again, Jiang Ying slowly woke up for a long time, reluctantly pushed everyone away, climbed to the edge of the cliff and cried, and kept calling "Daddy", everyone around was crying, Cao Qi also squatted on the ground all of a sudden, hugged his head and cried, and said while crying: "Uncle and aunt, why are you so miserable, you just had a good life, you just reunited with Yun Meng, and today it will be gone so suddenly, if Yun Meng knows how uncomfortable it is." ”
The leader of the cottage stepped forward to comfort Jiang Yingdao: "Lord of the village, please mourn, this place is not a place to stay for a long time, I'm afraid the chasing soldiers are coming, let's break out of the encirclement first!" ”
Jiang Ying was not confused, wiped away her tears, stood up, counted the number of people, and saw that it was miserable, there were hundreds of brothers in the Nuoda cottage, and there were only a dozen or so people left at the moment, and almost everyone was colorful. Jiang Ying picked up Fang Tian's painting halberd and asked, "Who saw the banner of the official army of the slaughterhouse today?" ”
Someone immediately replied: "The big village master, the small one saw it, this group of officers and soldiers is playing a black flag, the flag is embroidered with gold, very special, and the flag has three big characters of 'Beifu Xu'. ”
Jiang Ying gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Beifu, Xu, and Guo Shuai, Jiang Ying has written it down, and he will let you repay this blood debt twice as much as he wants you to repay it one day." Then he knelt on the edge of the cliff and bowed three times to the bottom of the cliff, and all the others knelt down and bowed down in unison. Then Jiang Ying got up and waved his hand, and led everyone to escape into the dense forest at night.