Chapter 60: Qinghe Town
After running for a while, the red rabbit horse stopped in front of Lu Bu. "Okay, let's go together!" With that, Lu Bu stood up, turned on his horse, held Fang Tian's halberd, and set off towards Qinghe Town.
The previous horse didn't dare to say that it was compared with the Great Wan Ju of the Western Regions, but relatively speaking, it was already the best among the horses. But when Lu Bu sat on the red rabbit horse, the wind kept blowing in his ears, and he knew that this was because the horse was moving too fast.
The scenery on both sides of the road is flying backwards, and there is a feeling of taking a high-speed train. At this time, Lu Bu sighed with emotion, if he hadn't been defeated and chased by the enemy, he would not have fallen into the cave where Xiang Shaolong lived, let alone get this good horse!
A drink and a peck, it's all karma!
On the night of entering the Tiger Prison Pass, Lu Bu had already learned more about the surroundings. The place where he is now is almost an hour away from Qinghe Town. To his surprise, in less than twenty minutes, the Red Rabbit Horse took him to Qinghe Town.
If it weren't for the stone tablet with the name of the town written on the ground, Lu Bu would have thought that he was hallucinating. Due to the war between the allied forces led by Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, all the residents here have long since moved out of this place.
Houses abound in the town, inns, restaurants, teahouses, everything. However, with the advent of the war, all this seems so desolate, and the huge Qinghe Town is only scattered with cats and dogs, constantly foraging for food.
Lu Bu led the horse and walked forward slowly, walking for a long time, but there was no figure in sight. Passing merchants, wine bottles were casually poured on the ground, and there were some leftover bowls, broken to the ground; From a distance, the furniture in the house was placed haphazardly, and there were even cobwebs at the door, and the villagers who lived there were obviously fleeing in a hurry.
"Alas"! Lu Bu looked at everything in front of him and couldn't help but sigh. For the common people, war is something that everyone does not want to see, and all they want is peace.
But for those rulers and warlords, the struggle for power trumped everything. There was a crisp sound of "pop", Lu Bu listened to the voice, quickly found the place where the sound came from, and then walked over slowly.
Just when Lu Bu was about to approach a house, the cold light inside flashed, Lu Bu's eyes were quick, his head was crooked, and his free left hand grabbed the weapon, and then he dragged the people inside out with a force. "General?" The attacker exclaimed, his face full of shock, and then turned to joy.
At this time, Lu Bu's hand loosened, and the whole person was stunned. The person in front of him was none other than a centurion of his Tiger Devouring Army. "General, we've been worried about you! Good thing you're okay, otherwise ......"
"Otherwise what?"
"Alas, everyone has not received the news that you have escaped safely, everyone thinks that you have an accident, and some people are even ready to return to their hometown. However, Xiao Yang said that he saw you, so everyone stayed! The centurion bowed his head as he spoke, looking something wrong.
However, even if he didn't say it, Lu Bu could guess some. "Where are you now, let's hurry up and meet them!" Lu Bu patted him on the shoulder, and a dark light crossed his eyes.
Then, the centurion didn't say anything, and led the way for Lu Bu in front, and the two walked through the streets and alleys, without saying a word along the way, and the atmosphere was very depressing. At last they came to a large mansion, whose appearance and architecture were owned by either local squires or merchants.
Since this place is very remote, it will not be possible to find this place without some effort. After a while, they entered the hall, and they were greeted by a full number of soldiers, Zheng Long and several lieutenants sitting on the main seat, and those soldiers were already asleep at this time, some were sitting on chairs, some were lying on the ground, snoring one after another, the sound was very low, perhaps because of the perennial war, so that they were always cautious, even when sleeping.
The red rabbit horse was resting on the ground outside, and Lu Bu and the centurion walked in lightly, dodging left and right, for fear of accidentally stepping on a soldier.
However, no matter how careful he was, someone still noticed it. Zheng Long, who was the left vanguard, opened his eyes in an instant, and at the same time, his right hand pulled out the short knife at his waist. The perennial career of fighting horses has made him always in this state.
"General!" Zheng Long stood up instantly, and the mist in his eyes gradually sprouted. Before Lu Bu could react, all the soldiers in the hall woke up and stood up one by one.
"General, you're finally back!" The soldiers found the backbone and burst into tears of excitement. And Lu Bu looked at his soldiers, looked at his brothers who had fought together, and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it, and his body trembled slightly.
For a moment, the hall fell silent. I don't know when, a bird chirped outside, breaking the silence, Lu Bu also returned to his senses, glanced around, gritted his teeth, choked and said, "Count the number of people!"
It was only six words, as if he had exhausted all the strength of his body, and the whole person seemed to have collapsed. "General, most of them are here, there are only more than two hundred people, who have either been killed by the enemy or taken prisoner, and more than fifty people are missing!" Zheng Long sighed, but there was not much sadness in his eyes.
Zheng Long is also a veteran who has fought a lot of battles, and this time he only lost less than three hundred people, which is also within his expectations, and it will not affect the overall strength of the Tiger Devouring Army! However, these words were like a hammer, striking at Lu Bu's heart word by word.
At this time, Lu Bu's face turned miserable white, and his face was full of sadness. "General, you don't have to be like this, our losses are already few!" Zheng Long obviously saw something, but when he said this, he said it with his head down.
At this moment, a sobbing sound suddenly sounded in the hall, followed by a burst of crying. "My cousin was captured by them, I don't know what happened now?"
"I left my hometown with Zhao Liu, but he was cut off by a knife, and he couldn't leave a whole body until he died, and I didn't know how to explain it to his family!"
"You are all better than me, my son is right under my nose, they stopped and cut off, and I can't do anything about it, I look into his eyes!"
The butterfly effect, almost all of them, fell into sadness and pain in an instant. Looking at the soldiers who bowed their heads and were silent, just crying silently, Lu Bu felt like a thousand-year-old sinner, and his heart seemed to be pierced by thousands of steel needles.
I wanted to comfort them, but when it came to my lips, I couldn't say it. Because all this has become a fact, even if the Daluo Immortal descends to earth, it can't be changed......