Chapter Ninety-Eight: Two Generals

"General!"

On the road to the west, there was a lonely group of people, and the leader of the general was none other than Zhang Xiu, who was defeated in the first battle of Yanshi. He, and the soldiers behind him, were only a dozen or so, all of them were ragged, and they were all so hungry that they had yellow faces and thin muscles, and they had to take a few breaths when they walked a long way, and they looked like some regular people. Moreover, the only 'general horse' in this team was also slaughtered and eaten two days ago, so their general Zhang Xiu could only walk towards the west step by step like them.

Along the way, my feet were blistered, bleeding, suppurating, and suffering in every way. This doesn't count, the key is that even the food is eaten without a meal, and I can't take care of my stomach at all. Along the way, hunger and fatigue continue to torment people, and some of them can't bear it, so they give up halfway. Today's Zhang Xiu, walking on an empty stomach for most of the day, coupled with the hot and dry air, his forehead was already covered with beads of sweat, his legs were swinging, and his body was extremely weak. He walked and walked, thinking about something, and did not want to be frivolous under his feet, and almost fell headlong. The soldier next to him was clever, and quickly reached out to help Zhang Xiu, and helped Zhang Xiu to the side of the road to rest for a while.

"General!"

Zhang Xiu was supported by them to sit on the boulder, and finally the feeling of dizziness passed, and then he slowly opened his eyes and exhaled lightly. When he saw the pairs of concerned eyes around him, he was hot in his heart, and shook his head and said, "Ben...... General Ben is fine! ”

"That'...... General, we can really ...... with such a move Can you walk back to Xiliang? ”

Walking back to Xiliang, it was the 'gentleman's agreement' between Zhang Xiu's subordinates and Zhang Xiu. And Zhang Xiu, it is precisely by virtue of this 'agreement' that he can successfully 'deceive' these soldiers to come with him all the way.

After the defeat of Yanshi, Zhang Xiu's uncle Zhang Ji was killed, and Hu Che'er lost his trace, and he wanted to flee to Chen Liu to gather troops and horses to fight Chen Nuo again. However, when crossing Yishui, he first encountered a volley from Zhou Angbu, the assassin of Yuzhou, and then was pursued by Chen Nuo's department. He, again defeated, was almost killed by the rebel army. After that, he Zhang Xiu was lucky enough to hide in the nearby mountains, while gathering some remnants of the defeated soldiers, and persuading them to follow him to fight again.

It's just that these people are scared and don't dare to fight Chen Nuo anymore. And Zhang Xiu at that time, no matter how he persuaded them, they just refused to agree. In the end, he even forced Zhang Xiu to put a knife on their necks, forcing them to rush out with him to kill the enemy, and there were only a few responders. On the contrary, because he was anxious for revenge but ignored the feelings of the soldiers, he shouted and shouted and killed all day long, so that in the end, the soldiers were half gone in the middle of the night. And he, if he hadn't remedied it in time after this incident, I'm afraid he wouldn't have survived today.

I wanted to go out half of the night and the other half stayed, because I was afraid of the Kwantung soldiers and horses, and I went home for a long time, and I couldn't help but miss my hometown, so I united to ask Zhang Xiu to ask Zhang Xiu to take them back to Xiliang, otherwise they would go out. And Zhang Xiu, in this situation, he was helpless, so he could only retreat and nod in agreement.

Of course, his 'consent' is not so simple, but it is a ghost, not sincere.

He also knew at the time that if he forced these people to stay and fight with him, he was afraid that it would be impossible. And he, the idea of avenging his uncle Zhang Ji is still immortal, and he is really unwilling to go back to Xiliang like this. It was also at this moment that he suddenly remembered Niu Fu from Tunbing Shaanxi County. Although he is not familiar with Niu Fuqi, he still has a relationship with a gentleman surnamed Jia Mingxu in his camp. Before that, he had met Mr. Jia Xu several times with his uncle Zhang Ji, and he was also very good with his uncle Zhang Ji. Not to mention, the key is that Jia Xu and his people are always intact, and Niu Fu is also very entrusted to him, if he can be connected through Jia Xu, and then ask Niu Fu to send troops to deal with Chen Nuo.

To the west is to the west, to the west is to Shaanxi County, and to the west is also to the west, so what's the harm in promising them? So, he simply agreed to their request and promised to take them back to Xiliang. Of course, he went west from here, although he was also going west, but his goal was very different from that of the people in his department, which was a bit of a clear plank road and a dark Chen Cang. It was this ploy that Zhang Xiu deceived them all the way, but they didn't know it.

Thinking about it, this road is extremely difficult, if it weren't for the fact that these people are eager to return to Xiliang, so as to never abandon him, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to come to this point. And this step of his was in exchange for the death of dozens of soldiers, so that today's situation is here.

This situation is naturally what he wants to see. Shaanxi County, it's not far away!

Zhang Xiu, he looked in the direction of Shaanxi County, and finally smiled knowingly in his heart.

"General?"

The soldiers suddenly saw Zhang Xiu's villain's triumphant expression, and they were all confused. What does it mean that they asked two questions, and their general never answered? And Zhang Xiu, when they called the third general, Fang Cai waved his hand and said with a smile: "Can't go back to Xiliang, we can go back to Shaanxi, isn't Shaanxi also good?" There are also our Xiliang people there. ”

Seeing Zhang Xiu's smug smile, these people were stunned. It seems that they understood something at this moment. They were all wide-eyed, with a clear breath in their nostrils. Maybe Zhang Xiu felt that he had lost his words, so he quickly smiled, snorted, and shouted: "Don't say it, let's take advantage of the fact that it's still early!" Zhang Xiu thought that Shaanxi County, which was not far away, was about to arrive, and his steps seemed to be brisk, and he seemed to have a breath of wind when he walked.

The dozen soldiers glanced at each other, although they were beating drums in their hearts and had some bad thoughts, but they had no choice but to continue on their way without a word. In fact, to put it mildly, they have lost a lot of companions along the way, and they also know the difficulty of returning to Xiliang Road, and they are also eager to go to Xiliang as soon as possible at this time. However, when they thought about it carefully, what their general said was actually not unreasonable, and it was not bad not to return to Xiliang and Shaanxi. After all, Shaanxi has its own people, and if you want to go back in the future, you can also try it slowly, and you are not in a hurry. After thinking about this, these people didn't feel that they were wronged, and swept away the idea of being faintly deceived.

Everyone didn't know how long they had been walking, but when they were halfway there, Zhang Xiu suddenly stopped leaving.

"General...... What's wrong? ”

Although there was almost silence all around, there was a murderous intent hidden in Zhang Xiu's ears. He subconsciously frowned, turned around and shouted, "Get the gun!" ”

Before he could say a word, he suddenly saw hundreds of people pouring out on both sides of the mountain, shouting, blocking the road in front of them. Zhang Xiu also wanted to gallop back, but another team of men and horses came out behind him, led by a bearded halberd and riding a high-headed horse. I saw him holding a big knife in his hand, laughed loudly, pointed at Zhang Xiu and others and shouted: "Wait for the lackeys of the court, and you don't say hello to my Tianwang Village, so you just want to just slip away, what's the reason?" ”

"Tianwang Village?"

Zhang Xiu had already taken the gun in his hand, seeing that the thief was huge and murderous, he knew that he couldn't show weakness, so he simply snorted and laughed: "What is Tianwangzhai?" Don't you know that we are waiting for the Xiliang soldiers, and you still dare to spread wild on the territory of Shaanxi County, so you are not afraid that the general will go back and personally raise the soldiers and wait for the generals to be wiped out in one fell swoop? If you are interested, hurry up and get out of the way of General Ben, otherwise Hugh blames General Ben for not having long eyes under the gun! ”

"Hahaha!"

The man laughed loudly, and suddenly his eyes were together, looking at Zhang Xiu, and pointing his knife at him: "Xiliang? What is Xiliang? Lao Tzu killed today is the ...... of Xiliang dogs" As soon as he said this, there was a minion next to him who reminded him: "Second master, you still have to be quiet, this big boss heard that he was born in Xiliang before, you are so ......" The man listened, and he also thought about it all at once, and only then nodded his head, pointed at Zhang Xiu and continued: "Lao Tzu doesn't matter who you are, quickly leave the armor on your body, the blades on your hands are all left by Lao Tzu, and the valuable things on your body are all thrown over to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu may let you go when he sees that you are performing well, If you dare to say a word, hehe! ”

"General!"

More than a dozen soldiers behind Zhang Xiu were all afraid, their hands trembling, and they almost had to do as they were told. Only that Zhang Xiu looked back at the direction of Shaanxi County and was stunned, and his heart was extremely unfair, thinking that he had experienced countless disasters along the way, and he finally arrived here today, and he was about to reach his destination, but ...... How...... Oh no! Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth, pinched the handle of the gun resentfully in his hand, and a sense of injustice suddenly rose in his heart, and suddenly, a thunderous roar came out of his throat, and he raised his gun and stabbed the man on the horse.

"Dead ——!"

A dead word burst out of Zhang Xiu's throat, and the man was slightly stunned before the word 'death'. He suddenly saw Zhang Xiu walking towards him, his heart was startled, pointed at him, and wanted to use threatening words to make him stop quickly, and he was arrested. However, Zhang Xiu raised a shot, with that vigorous momentum, which made him so frightened that he almost turned the horse's head. Of course, this was just his instinctive reaction, and once he suddenly understood that he had an unshirkable responsibility as the second leader, the knife in his hand also slammed out in the light of light.

Throat! Jump! Laugh at!!

Buzz ~~~

The people next to him were shocked by the sound of the slamming of the knife and gun, and even lost their hearing for a moment, and their ears buzzed, like the end of the world, and their faces were pale.

"Poof!"

There was a sound of blood, followed by the neighing of horses, and then, someone exclaimed, pulling the horse backwards.

"What's wrong, what's wrong, who's winning?"

When others were questioning, they saw that the spear in Zhang Xiu's hand had been withdrawn, and his person stood there awe-inspiringly. On the other hand, it was the second master who was knocked out by Zhang Xiu and pulled the horse upside down. Only the second master hurriedly couldn't go back, and was swung by the force just now, and his body was crooked, and he fell off the horse.

As soon as the second master of Tianwangzhai fell, they were all shocked by each other, and they almost forgot what was going on. How could it be, their second boss barely walked for a few rounds in the hands of others, and was so easily shocked off the horse's back, this ...... It's so fucking perverted.

"Shh

The minions next to him all secretly wiped a handful of sweat, and they didn't know what to do for a while. Even the second master who was helped up saw Zhang Xiu again, and his body couldn't help but tremble. This heads-up loss to someone else, and the loss was so embarrassing, how can he swallow this breath? If you don't want to find a place today, how will you gain a foothold in Tianwangzhai in the future? He snorted, Wang Bazhi was shocked, drank the left and right people back, shook his body again, carried the knife, shouted loudly, raised the knife and slashed towards the door of Zhang Xiumian.

Speaking of which, Zhang Xiu was able to easily sweep him off the horse with a shot just now, not because the opponent was weak, nor because he was too brave, but because Zhang Xiu took advantage. You must know that Zhang Xiu raised his gun under the horse, while the other party held a knife on the horse's back, and Zhang Xiu had an advantage in weapons, not to mention the position they were in. Come to think of it, if the weapons in their hands are exchanged, Zhang Xiu will probably suffer at this time. Sure enough, once the two masters fought Zhang Xiu under the horse, although they might not be able to defeat Zhang Xiu, but fortunately, they could still be entangled with Zhang Xiu, and they couldn't lose the upper hand for a while.

There is a battle going on here, but there is already movement on the mountain. You must know that the second master of the dignified cottage was thrown off the horse in a few rounds, and the loss was the face of the cottage, so after the second master fell off the horse, some minions reported the news to the big boss on the mountain in time. When the big boss heard it, there was a roar, and he asked someone to bring a big sword, and he ran quickly down the mountain with him on his shoulder. Only the big boss was born with five big and three thick, quite strong, and the ground shook when he walked. While he shook his hands and walked, he shouted to the bottom of the mountain: "Which fucking Wang Ba injured my second child, get out of the ...... for Lao Tzu"

Only he didn't speak, and suddenly saw Zhang Xiu, who was using the gun in the field, his face suddenly turned dark, his brows trembled, his legs trembled, and his body almost fell down the mountain.

"Big boss!"

The minion next to him wanted to support him, but he was shocked by his arm, rushed down the mountain, and shouted again and again: "High mountain and retreat, don't hurt my general!" ”

"What did the big boss say?"

What other generals? The second master, Gao Shan, frowned when he heard this, and his hands kept coming, still swinging his knife and slashing. Only that Zhang Xiu was bent on fighting the mountains, and he didn't care about what the outsiders shouted, just thinking about capturing the thief and capturing the king first, and then cooking the thief in front of him. Therefore, the two of them kept holding their guns and were still trembling. The big boss who ran down from the mountain came out of the crowd, glanced at Zhang Xiu again, his body trembled, and shouted again and again: "Stop, stop!" He also knew that once Zhang Xiu and Gao Shan fought in the field, they didn't care about anything else, and they were afraid of it if they stopped at this time, so when he shouted this, he was already carrying a knife in one hand, jumped to the middle, and raised the knife to open the knife and shot that the rain could not splash.

The two of them in the fight were knocked by his force, only to feel a numbness in their hands, and the weapons in their hands almost took off, and their bodies shook, and they took three steps back!

"Big boss, what are you doing!"

The second master, Gao Shan's face suddenly darkened, and he asked reproachfully, but the big boss didn't pay attention to it at all, only abandoned the knife, bowed to Zhang Xiu, and said: "General Zhang, it's so hard to find you in the car!" ”

The spear in Zhang Xiu's hand was almost shocked by the strong force just now, and he was shocked in his heart, thinking that the other party had such a powerful person, he was afraid that he would have to leave it here today. He was bent on winning just now, and he didn't really look at the person's face at all, let alone distinguish the person's voice, although he felt that the person's voice seemed to be very familiar for a while, he didn't think much about it. However, when this person suddenly turned around and stood in front of him, he was shocked. He didn't expect that the big boss in front of him was actually his uncle Zhang Ji's lucky general Hu Che'er!

"Che, it's you!"

"Yes, General Zhang, it's Che!"

Zhang Xiu and Hu Che'er recognized each other, but confused the people next to them. The second master, Gao Shan, stepped forward, touched his head and shouted, "Big boss, this ...... What's going on? When Hu Che'er heard this, he hurriedly said: "This is the General Zhang who I often mention with you and I have been separated from for a long time!" ”

When Gao Shan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly prayed to the death penalty, and invited Zhang Xiu and his party to go up the mountain. The embroidery and Hu Che'er walked all the way, asking some farewell questions all the way. Zhang Xiu also wondered how Hu Che'er became a bandit and became a big boss, so Hu Che'er told Zhang Xiu everything before and after.

It turned out that Hu Che'er was lucky not to die when he was hit by an arrow in the city that day, and later escaped and gathered some people. Only he, after that, I heard that Zhang Xiu led the troops to Chen Liu, and he also wanted to rush to help the war. Only halfway through him, he heard that Zhang Xiu was defeated by Chen Nuo again, and it was rumored that he was killed in battle. Seeing that the two generals were dead, he had no choice but to collect his troops and go west, preparing to return to Xiliang. was only halfway through, but was stopped by the group of people and horses led by Gao Shan. And Hu Che'er defeated Gao Shan, who was mainly anti-guest, and became the big boss here, while Gao Shan was the second leader. Hu Che'er temporarily stabilized, only when he thought about it, he felt quite unwilling, and he still wondered if Zhang Xiu was not dead, so he sent people to search in many ways in the Chenliu area, but there was still no news. I only thought that today they would meet again in this way.

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he was also embarrassed in his heart for a while, and he wanted to take him away and make trouble together. Just thought about it, now that Hu Che'er has a place to settle down after all, and he is still the big boss of the cottage, he is afraid that he will fall in love with this place, and it is not good to speak rashly. Zhang Xiu thought about it left and right, and had to ask him euphemistically about his future plans, Hu Che'er looked at him together, patted his chest and said: "Then it goes without saying, the old general is dead, and Che'er will naturally follow the young general in the future." Where do you go, young general, the car will naturally go! ”

Zhang Xiu hesitated slightly: "But, this Tianwangzhai ......"

Hu Che'er laughed: "What Tianwangzhai, these people are just borrowing their names because of the great power of Tianwangzhai, to put it mildly, it is a cottage of soil buns, and there is no name, and there are not many people, and the total number of brothers before and after is only two or three hundred, what is the nostalgia?" Hmm, Gao Shan, I'm going to leave with the general, what are you going to do? ”

When Gao Shan heard this, he said: "This Tianwang Village, cough cough, this small cottage has a big boss and you are called a cottage, if the big boss you leave, what is the cottage called." Don't say anything else, where are you going, big boss, in the future, the mountains will follow! ”

When Zhang Xiu heard it, his eyes lit up, there are two or three hundred people in this cottage, although there are not many, but it can be regarded as a small capital, and some is better than nothing.

Hu Che'er joked with Gao Shan over there, praised him for being righteous enough, and asked Zhang Xiu about his future plans. Zhang Xiu didn't hide it, and said to him: "Our goal is to first gain a foothold in Shaanxi County, gain the trust of General Niu Fu, and then slowly make plans!" ”

"Okay, let's go to Shaanxi County!" Hu Che'er shook his arms and agreed.