Chapter 75: The Thief (I)

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Changshengtian favored the grassland people, but abandoned the Han people.

Separated from the mountains of the Monan grassland, this year's drought in Shanxi and Datong is particularly better than in previous years.

In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Cao Wenzhao pursued from Shaanxi to Shanxi, and finally killed Wang Jiayin, the leader of the Exile Army, in Yanggao County, but the fire of the people's rebellion had already burned the plain. The strong soldiers under the command of Wang Jiayin moved everywhere, burning and looting, and collecting hungry people.

Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, was stationed in Taiyuan Mansion, his brows curved like a dying earthworm. Since he took office, Shaanxi's People's Rebellion Army has been entrenched in the southern part of Shanxi, making him feel at ease for a moment. Hong Chengchou's suppression of bandits in Shaanxi is very effective, but this is not good news for Shanxi, now most of the thieves have poured into Shanxi, but poor Shanxi has no strong soldiers, can only defend the city. He has sent an urgent report to the imperial court for help, and heard that the imperial court will send Guanning Iron Cavalry Ai Nengqi and other troops into Shanxi to level the thieves.

A cavalry marched south from the mouth of Kill Hukou for two days through Taiyuan Mansion and entered the unsupervised chaos zone, and Geng Guang led the way with seven or eight guides who were familiar with the roads of Shanxi.

If it weren't for what Zhai Zhe saw with his own eyes, he would never have imagined that under Lang Lang, there would be such a terrifying place within the control of "Da Ming Law", and what he saw along the way made him feel like he was in a ghost. It was a hot July day, and he only felt the cold, the cold coming from the depths of his heart.

The first village I entered, I smelled a foul smell at the entrance of the village, and the corpses in the village were all rotten under the scorching sun, Geng Guang accompanied Zhai Zhe into the village, and most of the corpses were old people and children

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Siye was silent, this was a lifeless land, and scrawny corpses could be seen everywhere on the roadside.

Eighty riders all the way south, looking for a companion to work with.

"There's a big group of people here who just left!" Scouts who are proficient in tracking find their way.

"Let's take a look!"

Geng Guang walked in the front, holding the waist knife in his left hand, and went into the village.

The cottage is built on a hill and is surrounded by a simple fence wall, and people enter through the gate in turn.

"Ahh Geng Guang entered the gate of the village and pointed to the grain drying field opposite.

More than two hundred human heads were lined up in the middle, the blood had not yet coagulated, and to the left of the threshing floor was a pile of corpses.

Zhai Zhe closed his eyes gently, even outside the plug, he had never seen such a tragic situation.

"There are words!" Geng Guang reminded in a whisper.

Zhai Zhe opened his eyes and walked over, and three rows of words were written in blood on the right side of the ranking.

"All things are born to support people, and no one is good enough to repay heaven. Kill Kill! ”

Zhai Zhe whispered silently, and the anger in it came to his face.

Shanxi is in chaos. The lands swept by the displaced people were not much different from the locust plague, the women were taken captive, and the young men were able to flee into the county seat with fast steps, most of them either killed or taken hostage.

Hunger makes many people crazy, but once people are crazy, it is difficult to recover from the past, and some people start to burn and loot just to survive, but soon some people take this as a habit. The hands that had once held the hoe had now taken up the knife and slashed at the bodies of those who had been like him in the past. When their wives and daughters starved to death, they robbed other people's wives and daughters. For the heavens, it was just an illusion, there were only a few people who could control their subordinates, and many more people lost their nature in madness, and some people took the lead in eating human flesh, and used women and children as military food for the march.

In the past 20 years, Zhai Zhe has been clothed and fed, even if he has experienced cruelty in the grassland, he is not as good as the impact of the scene in front of him.

What's going on? Three scarlet verses were embedded in his mind, and for the first time he had doubts about what he had done.

"The thief hasn't been gone long!" The scout checked the blood stains and whispered.

The cavalry searched the village, and after a moment someone shouted, "There are still people alive here!" ”

Zhai Zhe walked over and saw the soldier shouting at the mouth of a well.

Looking up, Zhai Zhe saw a teenage boy lying on the stone wall next to the well. The two looked at each other, and there was no expected fear in the young man's eyes, which made him feel like he had known each other.

"Pull him up!"

The soldiers took off their clothes and wrapped them into thick ropes and threw them down, and the young man was pulled out of the well with both hands clenched.

Surrounded by a group of fierce gods, the boy hung his head and stared at his toes.

Zhai Zhe took two clothes and covered the young man's head tightly, took his little hand in front, and led everyone out of the village.

Far away from the village, Zhai Zhecai took off the clothes covering the young man's head, put him on the back of the horse in front of him, and continued south.

No one spoke along the way, and the scouts carefully searched for trails along the way. More than 80 horses are grassland horses, interspersed in the mountains and forests of the southern part of Shanxi.

"It's on this mountain!" The scouts point to the path to the top of the mountain, where they finally track down the band's lair

Zhai Zhe stepped forward, and twenty or thirty minions suddenly sprang out of the dense forest to block the road, shouting: "Which one is in charge?" ”

"You're the one in charge?"

The little minions looked at each other a few times and said, "This is the stockade of the Eight Great Kings, don't you know?" ”

"Eight kings, Zhang Xianzhong!" Geng Guang reminded in a whisper behind him.

"Do you know where Gao Yingxiang is stationed?"

"Who are you?" The little minions saw that the shape was not right, and shouted and scolded.

"We are friends of Gao Yingxiang, and we came to join him!"

The little minion looked at the sturdy grassland horse behind Zhai Zhe with envious eyes, and said, "The alliance leader has just broken through Pu County, you have to find him further south!" ”

"Alliance leader? Gao Yingxiang has become the leader of the thief's alliance! Zhai Zhe was a little more sure, turned over and stepped on the big black horse, and went in the direction of Puxian under the guidance of the guide.

More than eighty cavalry went all the way to the south, and the number of homeless troops encountered gradually increased, but no one stopped them for interrogation, and there was no one to govern them here, and the dress of their group of people was indeed not much different from that of the elite cavalry of the thieves.

Thirty miles away from Pu County, the cavalry was blocked only when walking on the official road, Gao Yingxiang was worthy of being the leader of the alliance of the exile army, and the command of his subordinates was not comparable to ordinary rogues.

The big dark horse spun and descended, and Zhai Zhe shouted: "We are the old people of the Gaomeng Lord Hequ, and we are here to meet us!" ”

"What's your name?" Gao Yingxiang's subordinates were used to being arrogant, and they only restrained a little when they saw the dozens of horse knights in front of them.

"Prairie Horseman!"

"Prairie Horseseller?" The little minion repeated.

"You go and report, the Gao Alliance Master will come to greet me personally!" Zhai Zhe is straightforward. For some watchdogs, the more you give them a good look, the more difficult things will be.

"You wait, I'll report!" The minion boss trotted away.

Ji Hong arranged for the cavalry to dismount and rest, and Zhai Zhe handed the reins of the big black horse to the young man and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Attendance!"

"Are you scared?"

Feng Qin shook his head, stopped talking, and locked his eyes on the nose of the big black horse.

"It's good not to be afraid!" Zhai Zhe stroked his dirty little head. He didn't let Feng Qin see the miserable scene in the village, because he didn't want to leave a shadow in his heart.

About an hour later, Zhai Zhe was a little anxious when he heard the iron hooves rumbling on the south side of the official road, and a large column of cavalry rushed over, showing a man with a beard on his face, wearing a sleeveless horse coat, his arms were muscles, and a big bow was hung on the right side of the war horse.

Zhai Zhe squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, Gao Yingxiang really came in person, thinking of his thirst for war horses in Hequ last year, he knew that he would definitely not miss himself.