Chapter 20: A Pillar in Hebei
took Gao Lan, drove away Yu Poison, sent Yang Feng away, and Heyang City returned to calm on the surface.
However, Zhao Fu's heart was not calm at all, and he was still haunted by the events of that night.
Although Chen Nuo told him that Yu Poison had defected to Yuan Shao that night, since Chen Nuo did not induce him to tell the truth out of poison, he temporarily chose to believe Yu Poison. It's just that what makes him hold a grudge is that since Chen Nuo guessed that it would be not good for him to stay alone in the city, why didn't he remind him?
Zhao Fu suspected that he had ill intentions and sinister intentions, so after returning to the city, he immediately ordered someone to take Chen Nuo down and put him in prison.
The moment Chen Nuo, who was on death row, was questioned by Zhao Fu, he actually remembered why he didn't remind Zhao Fu at that time?
Is there none? Or do you deliberately not want to?
Chen Nuo no longer knew the original intention.
Within two days, Chen Nuo heard the news from the jailer in the prison, saying that Zhao Fu had decided to send troops east in two days, and was ready to personally admonish Han Fu and persuade Han Fu not to let Jizhou out. At that time, Chen Nuo will be killed to sacrifice the flag.
The jailer didn't understand, did Zhao Fu kill him because Chen Nuo didn't remind him? In fact, they also guessed that the reason why Zhao Fu wanted to kill Chen Nuo was because Chen Nuo was in the limelight in front of Han Envoy Jun and did a lot of things that were not his responsibility, so Zhao Fu was jealous of Chen Nuo, so he used the topic to play to punish the latecomers.
The jailer's words may be right, but Chen Nuo can't control it anymore anyway.
The next days will be the days of waiting for the death flag. Thinking of death, Chen Nuo was extremely calm. Perhaps, these days, he has witnessed a lot of deaths, and he is a little numb.
But Chen Nuo couldn't die, and Han Meng didn't agree first.
He swaggered into death row, and then righteously asked the jailer to open the door for him. Naturally, the jailer would not agree, so Han Meng went down with a fist, knocked the jailer to the ground, picked up the key, opened the door, and let Chen Nuo out.
I have never seen such an arrogant and domineering person who came to rob the prison, Chen Nuo has seen it.
The jailer who rushed in outside the door couldn't resist Han Meng's fist at all, and quickly fell by more than half, while the other two or three obediently let it go. As soon as Han Meng came out of the prison door, he pushed Chen Nuo onto the horse.
"What about you?"
Han Meng only found such an old horse, and it was so thin that it was impossible to carry two people. So he gave up his horse to Chen Nuo, and he walked all the way to the east gate.
Heyang City was so troubled by Han Meng, and many soldiers and horses were dispatched in the city, and they chased after Chen Nuo and the others before and after.
When they arrived at the east gate, the soldiers guarding the city saw this posture from a distance and knew that something was wrong, so they had to urgently stop the people from entering and leaving, and moved the antlers to block the road. The rest of the soldiers rushed forward with knives and guns, shouting loudly, trying to scare Chen Nuo and the others away.
Han Meng knocked down one person, grabbed a knife, and threw it to Chen Nuo, so that Chen Nuo could protect himself. With a wave of his hand, he caught five or six guns, and his body shook, and with all his strength, he shook all the blades to the ground.
Seeing that someone brought the antlers to the deer, once they were closed, neither the horses nor the people could pass through, and they were bound to be trapped. Han Meng didn't think about it, grabbed a person next to him with his bare hands, shouted, threw it away, and rushed up.
A living person fell on the antlers and was immediately pierced by the sharp wood of the antlers, and died instantly. When the people next to him saw it, they were so frightened that they abandoned the antlers and left. Those who didn't leave, were also grabbed by Han Meng's antlers, and flipped to the ground with him, becoming a dead ghost.
Chen Nuo took this opportunity to rush forward, although he passed the antlers, but the more dangerous ones were still ahead.
The soldiers, who had already been ready to go, stood by the sandbags piled up on both sides of the door, holding the barrels of their guns in their hands, pointing their terrible spears in the middle, waiting for Chen Nuo to enter the gun formation and poke him and his horses into a hornet's hole.
Chen Nuo brandished his knife, and he had no choice but to keep rushing forward, maybe he could kill a way out. And Han Meng was like a tiger, desperately trying to fight for his life, and a large piece of the ground had already fallen.
Someone robbed the prison, the robber was Han Meng, and the robbed person was Chen Nuo, could Zhao Fuyan not know about such a big thing? After hearing about it for the first time, he still couldn't believe it. When he rushed to the scene as soon as possible, he was relieved to see that Chen Nuo and the others had been surrounded by his subordinates.
Zhao Fu rushed up angrily and scolded Han Meng: "General Ben treats you well, why should you pay for your life for a dying person?" ”
Han Meng tugged on a person's wrist and shouted viciously: "When the general was in trouble, it was Brother Chen who desperately rescued the general. But after the general came out, he asked for Brother Chen's life. You're not doing it right, I don't agree! ”
With a crisp sound, the man's wrist was broken by Han Meng, and his chest was hit by his fist, shattering on the spot. When a gun arrived, it was snatched by Han Meng, and with a flick of it, he wiped his ears with Zhao Fu.
Zhao Fu was so frightened that his face was bloodless, and he was protected by the soldiers on the left and right and retreated.
Chen Nuo had already been stabbed several times when he sat down on the horse, and he was drenched in blood, but it was precisely because the horse was in pain that no one could stop it, and he easily rushed out of everyone's circle and rushed out of the door. As long as he rushed across the suspension bridge, Chen Nuo would be able to get out of trouble.
Chen Nuo turned around and shouted to Han Meng, asking Han Meng to hurry up and follow.
But the soldiers behind Han Meng had already received Zhao Fu's death order, although they were very afraid of Han Meng, they had to desperately block it, and Han Meng's pressure increased.
Han Meng couldn't get rid of the other party's crowd for a while, and understood that even if he broke through at this time, he would be chased by the other party, and Chen Nuo still couldn't get out of trouble. So he didn't care about Chen Nuo's shouting, but grabbed a gun and forced everyone back desperately. When there was enough room to spare, he suddenly turned around and pulled up the heavy gate and pushed it shut.
As long as the city gate is closed and everyone can't get out, then Chen Nuo will not be pursued by them.
Seeing Han Meng leaning his back against the city gate, desperately resisting everyone while blocking his own back road, Chen Nuo's eyes were moist.
"Brother Chen, leave me alone, go quickly!"
He couldn't call Han Meng back, and the bow and arrow above his head shot down, and the horse was hit by an arrow in the back of his hip, and he actually rushed forward, stepped across the suspension bridge, and galloped all the way forward. Chen Nuo didn't have time to take one last look at Han Meng, he watched the city gate closed, but he couldn't do anything to help him anymore.
Han Meng did not hesitate to sacrifice himself for him, Chen Nuo naturally couldn't easily let him down, and after the horse ran crazy for a while, he had to continue to drive the horse and gallop forward.
He didn't know how many miles he ran along the official road, and when he saw another path extending next to the official road, he suddenly became alert. If Zhao Fu sent troops to chase after him, most of them would take the avenue, so he made a quick decision and turned around and ran to the path.
He hadn't gone far when Chen Nuo suddenly stopped his horse again, because he saw from a distance that seven or eight horses were being put down in the middle of the road, and a group of people were talking together.
Those people also quickly spotted Chen Nuo, and they climbed on their horses one after another, looking at him vigilantly.
One of them took out a Bai Juan from his arms, and Bai Juan was painted with a head, and after carefully identifying Chen Nuo for a while, they looked at each other and drew their knives.
"It's him!"
Seven or eight horses immediately rushed towards Chen Nuo.
Chen Nuo saw that they were obviously dressed in ordinary clothes, but they were all athletic and menacing, he didn't know where they came from, why did he want to do it when he saw him? He was on the way at the moment, and he was extremely alert, and after discovering that they didn't look right, he saw the road conditions clearly in an instant, made a judgment, and immediately pulled the horse into action.
He couldn't rush forward at this moment, he couldn't retreat, he could only dodge to the side.
Next to it is a sloping mountain road, fortunately there are not many shrubs, and the slope is not very large, Chen Nuo drove the horse forward, and those people had to roar, coming from behind.
After running for a while, seeing that the mountain road was becoming more and more unfavorable for horses to gallop, Chen Nuo had no choice but to follow the avenue below the mountain and pull the horse and run down. In this way, although it is conducive to Mercedes-Benz, it is also conducive to the tracking of the other party.
Chen Nuo has been galloping all the way since he left the East Gate, and his body has already been seriously dehydrated and collapsed to the extreme. Seeing that this group of people was in hot pursuit, he would definitely be caught up by them in the end, but he still did not give up, gritted his teeth and insisted.
The seven or eight people behind saw that Chen Nuo was driving the horse slower and slower, and the distance between them was gradually narrowing, so they were naturally happy. One person took out a bow and pulled out an arrow, which was aimed at Chen Nuo's back.
But at this moment, Chen Nuo suddenly pulled his horse and folded to the side, just dodging the arrow.
The man was taken aback, and then looked at Chen Nuo, who had already flashed into the bushes next to him and disappeared. They didn't stop for a moment, and then they turned their horses and chased after them. But they were quickly stunned by the scene in front of them, and for a moment they didn't know whether to continue the pursuit.
Suddenly, numerous tents appeared, and it turned out that they had already arrived at the station of a certain general.
And they soon found out that this general was not easy to mess with, he was Han Fu's old general Lu Yi, who had recently returned to Yuan Shao.
Chen Nuo raised his head suddenly, and saw that he sat down and drove him to the side of a gate, and countless soldiers rushed out to repel him, only to realize that he had made a big mistake. He also tried to hold the reins, but unfortunately the horse was out of control and did not obey the call. And ran forward for a while, and in the sound of brushing, the horse touched the tripping rope, and the horse's two front hooves leaned forward, falling down with a bang, and Chen Nuo also fell to the ground.
Perhaps the old horse was wounded and galloped all the way, and had exhausted his last strength, and was violently strangled by this tripping horse, and then he neighed sadly, never got up again, and fell down forever.
Chen Nuo, who was thrown to the ground, took one last look at the old horse, collapsed so much that he could no longer support it, and passed out before those soldiers surrounded him.
And the soldiers guarding the gate were also overwhelmed in the face of sudden changes. They discussed, and asked one of them to report the situation to Lu Yi, while the rest of them held on to the gate and did not dare to move for a while.
And the seven or eight horsemen outside the gate were lined up, still staring at Chen Nuo on the ground. After waiting for a long time, they didn't see Chen Nuo get up again, so they glanced at each other, meaning that they could retreat.
However, at this moment, the horses in the camp galloped, and one person said in a loud voice: "Who dares to come to General Ben to spread wilderness, because he doesn't want to live?" ”
The voice was very high-pitched, and it clearly reached the ears of the seven or eight horsemen outside the camp. They all turned red and shouted, "Go! He didn't dare to delay for a moment, and he quickly pulled the horse and wanted to escape.
"General!"
The soldiers guarding the gate stepped forward and saluted General Ma Shang.
Immediately, Jiang Jun Yi, after glancing at Chen Nuo on the ground and the horse lying next to him, frowned, pressed his sword in his hand, and said angrily: "Are you looking for death?" How could they let the family get so close to the gate before killing them? If they break through the gate, don't want to wait for the dog's head! ”
The soldiers guarding the gate were silent, and they could only keep confessing their guilt, not daring to defend themselves. If he knew that they didn't even have time to kill, and that he had fallen by himself, he would have to be punished by the general.
Lu Yi snorted, heard the sound of hooves in his ears, and immediately looked up vigilantly at the outside of the gate.
"It turns out that there are accomplices of thieves!"
Without saying a word, Lu Yi chased after the cavalry behind him like the wind. The seven or eight horsemen didn't run much at all, and after seeing Lu Yi chasing after them, they didn't dare to run around. They hurriedly reined in their horses, and explained to Lu Yijie: "General Lu misunderstood, we didn't mean to offend, and we are not spying, so we ask General Lu to let us go." ”
Lu Yi glanced at them left and right, and snorted: "I see that you are well-trained, and you are by no means an ordinary person, and you still want to deceive me Lu Yi!" With a wave of his hand, he gave the order to kill.
The seven or eight horsemen panicked, and someone shouted: "General Qi, we are General Yuan's people, don't ......"
But the order to kill Lu Yige had been given, and the soldiers on his left and right received the order, and immediately rushed up to surround and kill him, regardless of anything else. After a while, all the seven or eight horsemen were annihilated, their heads cut off, and they were tied around their waists.
"General Koji, they seem to be the people who said they were General Yuan just now......
Under the reminder of his subordinates, Lu Yi frowned slightly and looked at him: "You mean...... That's it! ”
When Lu Yi returned to Yuanmen, a soldier told Lu Yi that the people on the ground were still breathing and were not dead.
Lu Yi glanced at Chen Nuo and ordered: "Give him a bowl of water, if God doesn't let him die, he will naturally wake up." However, I think he will only die when he wakes up! ”
"And what should these people do?"
Lu Yi didn't think about it, and said: "Whether this person is dead or alive, all of them will be brought to General Yuan!" ”
Lu Yi entered the account, and the rest of the things were handled by his subordinates.
Gan Wei's clear water entered the internal organs, Chen Nuo felt a little, his body moved, and his eyes slowly opened. The soldier who gave him a bowl of water put down the bowl and told the news to Koji.
Koji Yi had already asked people to prepare eight wooden boxes and put all the heads of the eight horsemen into them.
"Now that he's awake, let's take him on the road."
Chen Nuo was lifted up and placed on a stretcher. He wanted to resist, he wanted to ask where this was, but his body was still prostration, and he was at their mercy. When Chen Nuo opened his eyes again, there was silence all around, except for the noisy footsteps. It turned out that they were walking in the mountains, and they didn't know when it was dark.
After walking for a short time, the line stopped, the people in front of them talked, and then continued walking. In this way, I stopped and walked, and saw a gate, and a group of soldiers came out to greet him: "General Yuan is waiting in the tent!" ”
So, Chen Nuo was carried into a large tent, and the lights in the tent were very bright, and he clearly saw many samurai with swords standing in the tent.
"Yuan Gong!"
Chen Nuo was lying on a stretcher at the moment, and his vision was obscured again, so he couldn't see the people in the tent clearly, and could only hear the sound of their conversation.
"General Koji, get up quickly! It's so late, what are you looking for General Ben? ”
"There was a gang of spies who tried to break into my camp and were subdued by me. It's just that this matter is a bit tricky, and I can't handle it casually, so I have to bring it overnight and hand it over to Yuan Gong. ”
"Where are the people?"
"Here!"
"Well, it's all dead?"
"No, there's another one alive, but he may not be an accomplice to them."
"I see!"
Chen Nuo was put on the ground with a stretcher and left in the tent, while the rest retreated one after another.
Chen Nuo could tell from his voice that the 'Yuan Gong' who spoke just now had already stepped down from the seat. He walked to the wooden boxes lined up in a row, frowned, and smiled at the general surnamed Lu next to him: "What, it's just some spies, and if you die, you will die, and you still need to prepare these for them?" ”
Chen Nuo didn't know for a while that the general surnamed Lu was Lu Yi.
I saw Lu Yi take two steps forward, shook his head, and said: "It's okay if these people are dead, but before they died, they slandered Yuan Gong, saying that they are Yuan Gong's subordinates, I can't look past it, so ......"
'Yuan Gong''s face suddenly darkened, and he motioned for both sides to open the wooden box.
The bloody breath was suffocating, and at the same time, with the help of the lights in the tent, the outline of the head had been clearly imprinted into the head of 'Yuan Gong'. 'Yuan Gong''s face turned pale, but he still maintained his composure, waved his hand, and asked the wooden box to be covered and the head sent down for processing.
He smiled: "These people dare to pretend to be my subordinates, it's really damned!" General Koji, you did a great job. ”
Lu Yi thanked him.
'Yuan Gong' then asked, "You still have a living mouth, where is it?" ”
Lu Yi pointed to Chen Nuo on the stretcher, and Chen Nuoer heard a step approaching him, so he quickly closed his eyes.
After glancing at Chen Nuo, the 'Yuan Gong' was slightly stunned, then took a closer look and asked Lu Yi: "Is he really alive?" ”
Lu Yi nodded: "He was still able to move just now." ”
'Yuan Gong' nodded and said, "That's it, I'll wait here for him to wake up, you have worked very hard all the way, why don't you go down and have some food first, and rest in my camp for one night before leaving?" ”
Lu Yi said: "Thank you Yuan Gong! There is no need for this, and now at the critical time, I should rush back to the station as soon as possible. ”
"Then I won't keep you!"
Lu Yi's footsteps and the so-called Yuan Gong's footsteps came out of the big tent, Chen Nuo opened his eyes and exhaled lightly. I wondered in my heart, who is this Yuan Guild? At this moment, Yuan Gong walked into the big tent again, and suddenly slapped the wooden case and scolded: "Little Luck Yi! You know that it is the person of General Ben, and you still dare to do it! You don't want to live anymore! ”
Koji? What about this 'Yuan Gong'......
recalled that Gao Ran had mentioned Yuan Shao to him, and Gao Ran called Yuan Shao Yuan Gong. Then this person, is it Yuan Shao?
Chen Nuo didn't have time to think about it, only to hear Yuan Shao shout, call the soldiers outside the tent, and shout the order: "See if this person is dead, if he dies, pull it out and feed the dogs!" ”
How dare this guy come! Where did Chen Nuo dare to pretend to be dead, he immediately opened his eyes, yawned, and reluctantly sat up: "Huh? Where is this? ”