Chapter 363: Expansion
Xiahou Haoyue looked at the old man's back fixedly, his eyes were full of complexity, slowly, the old man's back disappeared, at this moment, Xiahou Haoyue suddenly remembered a problem, that is, the rise and fall of the sun, he had not paid attention to it, until now, he really remembered, as if only on Shoushan can see the sunrise, and here, only the sunset and the moonrise can be seen.
Thinking of this, Xiahou Haoyue's heart was even more complicated, at this time he was shocked, and then strode towards the place where the old man disappeared, but now there is still the figure of that person. He suddenly thought about a question, if this is Huangcheng Mountain, then who is this old man, why does he know that this is Huangcheng Mountain, why does he stay here, this series of questions cannot be erased in Xiahou Haoyue's mind for a long time.
"Old man, old man?"
Xiahou Haoyue no longer looked at the celestial phenomena, he had a faint hunch that if he knew the identity of this old man, he might get what he wanted.
In fact, Xiahou Haoyue did not guess wrong, but the person who met this old man for the first time guessed wrong, the first person to meet this old man was none other than Liu Fan, but he didn't expect that this was the closest place to the truth.
This old man is the person Liu Fa met last time, but Liu Fa didn't bring what the old man wanted to see, so Liu Fa finally returned empty-handed, and the same is true for Xiahou Haoyue.
"That's it, the time has not come, the time has not come!"
Walking through the entire mountain, this old man seemed to be missing, leaving no trace, which couldn't help but make Xiahou Haoyue feel very discouraged, but it was only for a moment, and he was also relieved, because he at least knew that there was something on this mountain that he felt useful.
……
"You say, can he find it?"
"Why are you getting involved?"
On the quiet mountain road, a man and a woman walked side by side, only to hear that the woman was quite dissatisfied, and even a little angry, and the man looked very happy, in fact, Shaowu Hengan today can be regarded as a worthwhile trip, the only thing that surprised him was to meet Xiahou Haoyue.
He is now in the dark, and naturally he has more opportunities to investigate the things of the past, but since he returned to the imperial capital, he has always been troubled by trivial matters, and I have to say that his southward trip to the southwest mansion has been the wisest choice for him in the past few years.
Following the road that Liu Fa walked, he found some facts that Liu Fa did not find, in fact, what he knew, even more than Shao Wuqing, he was different from Liu Fa, Liu Fa did not know where to start, but he at least found a lot of ways than Liu Fa, when the imperial palace was burned, there were still a lot of things left, and it happened to be discovered by him, but he has not talked about it like anyone.
Now the appearance of Xiahou Haoyue is excellent news for him, because he has been tracking down the matter of "totem", and the appearance of Xiahou Haoyue has undoubtedly brought great help to his investigation, in fact, when Xiahou Haoyue came to the imperial capital on the first day, Shaowu Hengan noticed him, but he has been sending people to follow him, and he did not startle the snake, but he didn't expect that today, Xiahou Haoyue directly found him.
"Humph!"
Seeing that Shaowu Hengan was a little distracted, You'er became more and more displeased, she snorted coldly, and didn't care about Shaowu Heng'an, and her pace was also a lot faster.
"Okay, okay, after dealing with this matter, I don't care about the world, I don't care about the world, just firewood, rice, oil and salt, okay?"
Shaowu Hengan finally came back to his senses, he was not in good health, and he didn't walk fast, but seeing that You'er was still coquettish like a little girl, he also smiled, took a step faster, grabbed You'er's hand again, and then said in a low voice.
"That's what you said!"
Hearing that Shaowu Hengan finally lowered his head and admitted his mistake, You'er retracted his unhappy expression, in fact, she didn't want Shaowu Hengan to deal with what he wanted to do, but she knew that Shaowu Hengan's health was really not good, and it was not suitable to think about these brain-consuming things, besides, Shaowu Hengan usually couldn't be idle, he always had to walk around, and now Shaowu Hengyong was the emperor, which was originally very dangerous, if it was discovered, then their situation would be extremely dangerous.
"Well, someone's coming!"
Shaowu Hengan nodded, and suddenly found a carriage driving towards here, he frowned, and then pulled You'er towards the side of the road, waiting for the carriage to pass by here.
"Gurgle...... Gurgle......"
The crisp sound of horses' hooves sounded on the mountain road, but Shaowu Hengan frowned, what happened today, such weather, such a day, why everyone has to run towards this Shou Mountain, it really made him a little puzzled!
At this moment, the carriage had already passed by him and continued to go up the mountain, and You'er suddenly pulled Shaowu Hengan's sleeve, and then said with some doubts: "Childe, look, isn't that the carriage of the Yan family?" ”
"The Yan family?"
Hearing You'er's words, Shaowu Hengan immediately turned his head and looked at the sign on the carriage, it was really the carriage of the Yan family, and he was even more puzzled in his heart, what was on this Shou Mountain, and why did the people of the Yan family also come towards a beautiful one.
"Childe, do you want us to follow?"
You'er saw Shaowu Hengan's hesitant expression, sighed slightly in her heart, and then asked first, she knew that if she didn't say it, Shaowu Hengan would definitely be entangled for a long time, he was worried that he would be angry.
"Okay, let's go!"
Hearing You'er's promise, Shaowu Heng'an was also overjoyed, then nodded, pulled You'er, looked at the traces of the car, and followed step by step......
Southwest Province, Pingnan!
"Report ......"
With a shout, a scout of the Southern Prison Army rode a fast horse, and when Liu Fa and the others approached, he hurriedly turned over and dismounted, saluted Liu Fa and the generals, and then said: "General! Our army's four siege men and horses have broken through the enemy's city defense and entered the city, and now the enemy army in the city is being routed to the county capital, please decide! ”
"Good!"
When Liu Fa heard this, he suddenly smiled and said to the people on the left and right: "The enemy army has been defeated, and there is no way to fight back, now, we should go into the city to take a look!" ”
"Yes! Checkmate! ”
Han Ju agreed, and then helped Liu Fa lead the war horse, the latter grabbed the reins, flew and jumped onto the horse, and then Nangong Ji Nu and the others said: A few of you continue to stay in the camp in case of accidents! ”
"Yes!"
Liu Fa took Han Ju and the others and returned to Pingnan City. Because the war went smoothly, his own four-way army had successfully entered the city, and Liu Fa was not in a hurry, before entering the city, he also deliberately took a turn outside the city to ask his own soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield about the casualties.
In this attack, the losses of the Southern Prison Army were not large, only the situation on Qingyunfei's side was slightly more serious, and the sacrificed and seriously injured brothers were about 3,000 people. Entering the city, there were no Mu family soldiers on the streets, and there were no ordinary people, and as far as the eye could see, they were all soldiers of the Southern Prison shuttling back and forth.
"General!"
From a distance, Liu Fa saw Qing Yunfei, and Qing Yunfei also saw Liu Fa, and then waved his hand, his face was full of joy.
"Well, what's going on, did you capture Muen alive?"
Qing Yunfei sighed, and replied respectfully: "General, there are about 3,000 Mu family troops gathered in the county capital now, as for whether Mu En is also among them, we don't know for the time being, and ...... other."
As he spoke, he turned his head, waved his hand to the soldiers behind him, and shouted, "Bring him up!" ”
As he spoke, several Southern Prison sergeants pressed up a young general with no helmet on his head and steel armor, this person looked like he was in his twenties, his face was haggard, his hair was messy, and his spirit was completely devoid. Liu Fa looked at it, couldn't help laughing, squinted his eyes and said, "Who is my Dao, isn't this General Mu Qingfeng?" ”
Mu Qingfeng's body shook, and when he saw Liu Fan, his eyes couldn't help flashing a trace of fear, as well as resentment, Liu Fan can be said to be the mortal enemy of the Mu family, Mu Qingfeng hates him like bones, but it's a pity that his hands and feet are restrained now, otherwise, he can pounce on Liu Fan without hesitation and bite Liu Fan a few times.
Seeing this, the Southern Prison Army on the left and right raised their fists, and slashed Mu Qingfeng with an old fist, and shouted at the same time: "Damn, it's not honest to be captured......
Although Mu Qingfeng is a soldier, he is not a general, he does not have a strong body, he is surrounded by the South Prison sergeant and beats a few times, he can't bear it, his body is weak, his nose and mouth are bleeding, and it is difficult to breathe.
Just when Mu Qingfeng was about to be beaten to death by the sergeant of the Southern Prison, Liu Fa waved his hand to everyone and said: Stop! The guards stopped one after another, and then bowed to Liu Fa in unison and retreated from Mu Qingfeng's side. At this time, I saw Mu Qingfeng fall to the ground, his face was covered with blood, and the blood stuck to the soil, looking like a big flower face, his embarrassed appearance, where was there still a little bit of general's majesty.
Liu Fa walked up to him, squatted down, looked down at Mu Qingfeng, whose facial features were distorted, and said quietly: "Brother Qingfeng, although you and I have different positions, each is its own master, but I still admire you very much, in the past, you were just a gentleman, but now, you have really changed a lot, and because of this, I must not let you go, you should understand what I mean." Liu Fa said this, which is equivalent to pronouncing Mu Qingfeng's death sentence, the latter also understood that he would definitely not survive, he lay on the ground, suddenly laughed loudly, and then, the laughter stopped, his eyes were full of fire and glared at Liu Fa, gritted his teeth and said: "Liu Fa, I don't need you to fake mercy, I Mu Qingfeng will be inseparable from you as long as I live for one day, if you want to kill, you have to kill quickly, don't be wordy like a girl!" ”
"Okay, it's a man!"
Nodding, Liu Fa didn't say much, he stood up, his originally somewhat lonely expression was instantly replaced by coldness and evil madness, he turned his head sideways and asked: Luo Xingtian, in your opinion, how to deal with the enemy general Mu Qingfeng? Luo Xingtian didn't even think about it, and said: "General Hui, Mu Qingfeng's hands are covered with the blood of my brother in Southern Prison, and his crime is unforgivable, and he should be sentenced to death...... Hang your head in the crowd! ”
"Hmm!"
Liu Fa narrowed his eyes, smiled coldly, and said, "Just do what you want!" ”
"The general is wise!" Luo Xingtian bowed his hand, then turned around, looked at the soldiers below, and waved his hand to Mu Qingfeng.
The soldiers understood, hugged up, pulled Mu Qingfeng, and pulled it down like a dead dog.
"Liu Fan, you must not die well, I will go first, under the Nine Springs, I will wait for you, haha!" Mu Qingfeng was dragged far away, but his crazy laughter still came intermittently.
Liu Fa snorted and muttered in a-for-tat whisper: "I'll wait too!" As he spoke, he raised his eyes to the county capital in front of him and asked, "Are all the officers and men of our army in place?" ”
"Yes, General, it's all here!" Luo Xingtian, Qing Yunfei, Ye Luo and others responded in unison.
Liu Fa took a deep breath, raised his hand, pointed to the county capital in front of him, and said coldly: "Kill in, the people you meet, regardless of men, women, young and old, if anyone does not surrender, they will all be beheaded, and the chickens and dogs will not be left!" ”
"Yes!"
Everyone was straight-faced, and they agreed in unison, conveying the order for the whole army to attack. The huge Pingnan City, the Mu family army has not been able to defend it, and now it has been replaced by a small county capital, where can it still stop the all-out rush of the Southern Prison Army. As soon as the attack was struck, the Southern Prison Army climbed over the courtyard wall and entered the county capital, and the poor 3,000 Mu family soldiers, Mu En's family members, and servants were attacked by the wolf-like Southern Prison Army with no way to go to heaven and no way to go to the ground, and in an instant, the county capital became a hell on earth. There are panicked crowds everywhere, everywhere there are soldiers and family members who are being chased and cut down to the ground, many people are dragged to a dead end, seeing that there is no way to run, they have thrown away their weapons and surrendered, although Liu Fa has already conveyed the death order, but the Southern Prison Army has already been killed, they don't care whether the other party surrenders or not, continue to pounce on the front and slash hard, the other party throws away the weapon, it will only make their killing smoother.
Soon, the outer courtyard of the county capital was occupied by the Southern Prison Army, and as far as the eye could see, the ground was covered with corpses, stumps and broken arms, everywhere, blood stained the ground blood-red, and the smell of blood wafting in the air was disgusting.
The Southern Prison Army did not stay in the outer courtyard for long, and after a little rectification, they immediately rushed to the inner house again. Here, there are very few soldiers and family members, most of them are female dependents, with the recent killing of the Southern Prison Army, the screams and screams in the inner house are connected together, and the maids and maids died tragically in batches under the knife of the Southern Prison Army, and fell in a pool of blood.
The red-eyed Southern Prison Army no longer cares whether it is a man or a woman, an old man or a child, as long as it is not his own soldier, he will not hesitate to swing his steel knife and kill him. This was a one-sided massacre, and at this time, the Southern Prison Army also showed its most ruthless and ruthless side.
When the Southern Prison Army had almost killed everyone, they began to search room by room, at this time, the Southern Prison Army almost robbed anything, as long as it was valuable and easy to carry, they would not let it go.
The Southern Prison Army under Liu Fa's command is a regular army, a fierce tiger and wolf army, and a group of bloodthirsty and brutal bandit legions with a large and organized organization, but this is not because of Liu Fa, because this place is called South Prison.
For every person in the South Prison, there is always only one rule, that is, whoever has the big fist is the uncle, which also creates the blood and cruelty of the soldiers in the South Prison, and also makes the Southwest Mansion treat them as the same kind of people as the barbarians.
Liu Fa and Qing Yunfei under his command did not enter the county capital, and it was not difficult to imagine the situation inside just by listening to the screams.
Of course, they are all battle-hardened generals, and they will not show the slightest emotion because of the killing in the mansion, especially Qing Yunfei, hearing the sound inside, he is simply a little enthusiastic.
"This is the price Mu Qingchen should pay!"
Liu Fa looked at the county guard's mansion, and a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes, because of Mu Qingchen's betrayal, Hongcheng County and several other cities were almost lost, and Xiong Jiajun died outside Hongcheng, which really made Liu Fa very annoyed, plus Mu Qingchen knew himself very well, which made Liu Fa fall into trouble several times, if it wasn't for Liu Fa's quick reaction and pacified the South Prison in time, in the long run, only himself would be destroyed.
Hearing Liu Fa whispering to himself, the generals on the side acted as if they hadn't heard anything, just silently looking at the county guard, and they were also full of emotion in their hearts.
At this moment, Ye Luo and Ye Zhi ran out of the county capital quickly, and when they arrived in front of Liu Fa, they both intervened to give a salute, and Zhengse said: "General, we just checked, Mu En is not in the mansion!" ”
"Oh?"
Liu Fa was really a little surprised by this, Mu En was not in the county capital, so where would he be?
He asked, "Have you found out?" Will there be a hidden place in the county capital? ”
Ye Wei shook his head and said, "General, they have all been checked, even the bodies of Mu En's wife and other Mu family members have been found, but Mu En has not been found."
Liu Fa frowned, the main goal of capturing Pingnan was to capture the old thief Mu En, but now it's good, Pingnan City was captured, but Mu En was gone.
Luo Xingtian saw that Liu Fa's face was not good, and hurriedly said: "General, please rest assured, Pingnan City has long been besieged by our army, and the old thief Muen has wings and is difficult to fly, these two people must still be in the city now, as long as our army checks door to door, we will definitely be able to find the hiding place of the old thief!" ”
Liu Fa pondered for a moment, although he knew that the possibility was very small, he still said to the generals on the left and right: "Check! Even if you dig three feet into the ground and turn Pingnan City upside down, you have to find Mu En out for me! ”
"Yes!"
Luo Xingtian, Nangong Zhifu, Qing Yunfei, and Ye Luo were all shocked, and hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.
At this moment, Liu Fa looked at the county guard's mansion, a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes, and he said faintly: "There is no need to leave this county guard's mansion, let's burn it together!" ”