The army went all the way south, crossed Tongguan to Luonan, and traveled southwest by way of Shangluo. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info at this time has entered the beginning of May, since the army out of Tongguan, the scene along the way is becoming more and more desolate, the area of Luonan has been a little better, although the local people are also yellow and thin, but there is still some popularity. But as soon as the Shangluo territory was released, the situation changed. As far as the eye can see, large areas of fields are barren, and the wheat and millet that should have been harvested are occupied by weeds, and there are no people for dozens of miles in a row. Even the few small villages I encountered were dilapidated and mostly deserted. Even the official road from Shangluo to Zhen'an was full of abandoned corpses, and the corpses were all over the field and no one was buried, and the rotting bones were exposed to the sun, surrounded by flies and eaten by wild dogs.

The shocking tragic situation shocked Liu Fan's heart, where did Liu Fan, who lived in a peaceful era, ever see such a cruel war environment, is this what the history books say, "White bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles"? Although Liu Fan fought with the thieves and captured 60,000 people in Wu'an last time, he had never seen much of the living conditions of the people in the real war zone. Although Gainwu'an was a war zone, the Liukou at that time had been exhausted and were broken into the mountains of the Taihang Mountains, and the harm was very limited, and then they were surrounded by the officials and soldiers, panicking like a lost dog, and there was no time to harm the people. But this Shaanxi is different, the Central Plains is the starting place of the rogues, from the first year of Chongzhen Wang Er uprising, Shaanxi, Shanxi on the continuous military disasters, the seven-year war here almost lost the original vitality, the birthplace of the Chinese nation, but at the moment has become a forbidden area of life, I have to say that this is a great irony.

The officials and the rogues fought back and forth, but in the end it was the people of the Central Plains who suffered, because they were worried that the corpses would rot and cause the plague, so Liu Fan ordered the soldiers to bury the corpses on the official road on the spot. I didn't think that Liu Fan's order was stopped by Wang Pu, Wang Pu's statement was that there were no more people here, and it would be useless to bury it or not, but it would waste the physical strength of the soldiers, anyway, they would pass by and leave, so there was no need to do this useless work. Liu Fan was speechless, yes, everyone is gone, what are you worried about the plague, can the plague still infect the dead?

Under the scorching sun, the army marched slowly along the official road, and the team of more than 10,000 people pulled a long queue for several miles on the official road, and the smoke and dust were not spectacular. Liu Fan, who was riding on the horse, was also sweating at the moment, secretly complaining, isn't Daming now the climate of the Xiaoice River? Why is it only the beginning of May and the weather is so hot? Looking around, Liu Fan found that most of the soldiers' clothes were also wet with sweat, and many people's faces were sweating like rain, and it was obvious that their physical strength had reached a critical point.

Liu Fan raised his eyes to look at the dazzling sun in the sky, and found that it was close to noon at this time, and he was worried that the soldier's body would have problems, and this extreme march would not speed up the march, but would slow down because he was too tired. So Liu Fan ordered: "The whole army stops, rest for an hour and then set off!" ”

As soon as Liu Fan's words fell, the people in the Beijing camp who were walking at the end of the line suddenly heard a shocking cheer, and the crowd rushed into the grove on the side of the road. On the other hand, after Liu Fan's order was issued, the soldiers of the Broken Army sat down in place under the scorching sun. Seeing this, the people in Beijing didn't care, and took out dry food and water for themselves, and feasted on them. To be honest, they've seen a lot of things like this in the past month. Although I admired the strict implementation of military discipline by the Broken Army, it was impossible for them to carry out their orders like the Broken Army.

After following Liu Fan from the capital, the people in the Beijing camp were terrible crimes, their physical strength was not good, and they were used to being pampered, where could they suffer like this. If it was changed to the past, it would be a blessing to be able to walk more than ten miles a day, but now it is more than fifty miles to follow the butt of the broken army, not to mention the bitterness, people are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads! In the face of the strict military discipline of the Broken Army, the powerful deterrent, and Liu Fan's iron-faced selfless punishment, the people of the Beijing camp could only hold on to their heads, otherwise the military judge of the Broken Army was not a vegetarian, it would really cost people's lives!

Fortunately, Liu Fan also knew that the soldiers in the Beijing camp were not as well-trained as the Broken Army, and he turned a blind eye to an innocuous little problem. Seeing that the people in the Beijing camp were running in the shade, Liu Fan was not good at favoring one over the other, and ordered the soldiers of the Broken Army to also enter the woods to rest.

Under Liu Fan's order, the soldiers of the Broken Army began to enter the woods in an orderly manner, and at the same time, under Song Cheng's order, a part of the men and horses were assigned to inspect the surrounding environment to prevent the enemy.

To Liu Fan's surprise, not long after they entered the woods, the patrolling soldiers escorted a common man to Liu Fan, "My lord, we caught a person five miles away, this person's whereabouts are secretive, not like a good person, how to deal with it, please let the adults know!" ”

Hearing this, Liu Fan walked closer and carefully looked at the person in front of him, his clothes were ragged, unkempt, his face was sallow, and he looked like a hungry person! Hungry? Jimin? I'll go, the words Chongzhen gave himself are too pitiful, Liu Fan's face darkened, his mood became worse, and he asked sharply, "Who are you?" Why did you appear near our army, but you want to spy on the military? ”

When the hungry man heard this, he immediately panicked, knelt down and shouted, "The military master spares his life, the little one is not a spy!" The villain Zhang Xiaohe, who was originally a villager in nearby Zhangjiaping, fled into this mountain forest in order to avoid the disaster of war. ”

"Little lotus?" Liu Fan's face turned even darker, and he said angrily, "How can you be a big man with a woman's name, and you are still a little lotus?" Why don't you call it a lotus! ”

When the hungry people heard this, they immediately said with grievances on their faces: "The military master has misunderstood, the villain's river is the river of water, not the lotus of the lotus!" ”

Liu Fan's face turned red when he heard this, and he was a little embarrassed and said, "Hehe, is it?" It seems that the official made a mistake! That little river, I ask you, since you say that you are a good citizen of the land, what proof do you have? How can the official believe you without evidence? ”

Zhang Xiaohe didn't speak for a long time, Liu Fan was even more suspicious when he saw this, and pretended to be angry and said, "Swallow and vomit, you are not a good person at first glance, left and right, pull me down and cut it!" ”

Zhang Xiaohe's face turned pale suddenly, and he knelt on the ground with a "poof", begging, "The adults spare their lives, and the small ones are all recruited." Don't kill me, adults! ”

Liu Fan was happy when he heard this, originally he came to interrogate this homeless person in person, but he was just looking for fun on the recent march, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain. Suddenly became interested, and said with a smile, "Okay!" Give me what you know, and maybe this official can consider sparing your life! ”

Zhang Xiaohe hurriedly replied, "My lord Mingjian, in fact, the villain was originally a villager from Zhangjiaping, but some time ago he was robbed by bandits from nowhere, and the men, women and children in the village were all arrested by them. villain..."

"So you're a thief?" Liu Fan glared at Zhang Xiaohe and said for him

Zhang Xiaohe's face was bitter, and he sighed, "The villain is also forced to be helpless, people are swordsman, I am fish and meat, I have to obey!" ”

"Huh? Have you ever read a book? Liu Fan's face changed, and he shouted angrily, "Have you read all your books in the dog's stomach?" That's what the words of a saint and the righteousness of a gentleman teach you? Don't give me a real recruit yet! ”

Zhang Xiaohe said bitterly, "My lord, I can't recruit it, please stop sarcasticizing the villain!" In fact, the villain was sent to investigate the reality of the adult army this time, don't worry, listen to me! Originally, it was customary not to use a helpless person like me to be a spy, but I really couldn't see their evil deeds, so I asked for my own life, just to be out of sight! ”

"What evil deeds?"

"Easy to eat!" (To be continued.) )