The boat that crossed the river to meet Liu Wei and the others could only carry one person and one horse across the river at a time, and they passed back and forth three times, and only after the last soldier did they lead the war horse to leave the boat and board the riverbank.

On the riverbank, Liu Wei found that after getting the news that the Huns had been completely annihilated, more and more people came to watch. At first, it was only a few young and middle-aged men, but later, many women, children, and the elderly also rushed over. In addition to the crowd gathered in front of them, there were many people in the distance who were hurrying towards the bank of the river, thinking that the nearby villagers would see the heroic demeanor of killing more than a dozen Huns with the strength of six people!

The villagers gathered around were all in rags and with vegetables on their faces, showing that they were short of food and clothing, and had suffered for many days.

An old man about sixty years old separated the crowd and came to Liu Wei and the others. He first carefully looked at Liu Wei from head to toe, and then squinted his old eyes that were a little dizzy, and asked Liu Wei with his fists, "Where are the guests?" What's the point? ”

"Uncle!" Holding his fist and arching at the old man, Liu Wei smiled slightly and said to him: "We are from Luoyang, and we make a living by operating grain and straw, a few days ago, the army of the king of Luoyang crusaded against Niu Fu, and the grain and grass in the army were not enough, so we specially transported some military rations......"

"It turned out to be a noble man who delivered military rations!" Without waiting for Liu Wei to finish speaking, the old man interrupted him, waved to the villagers around him, and shouted to the villagers: "Here are the nobles, folks, hurry up and let the people go back and pack up a few rooms for the nobles to rest!" ”

"It's still early!" The old man said that he wanted to let people clean up the house for them to rest, Liu Wei hurriedly said to him: "I still have to hurry, now the autumn harvest is coming, and I live on the value of the grain, and I dare not slack off!" I just hope to take advantage of the dawn to travel more......"

"It's too early for the autumn harvest!" The old man waved his hand, ignoring Liu Wei's excuses, and said to him: "The guests have killed more than ten Huns with the strength of only six people, and the villagers and I admire them very much. Xiao Lao'er is the local governor, and the strong man who killed the Huns is here, how can he not be entertained? Guests are not allowed to push. ”

"Ugh!" Li Chang's words made Liu Wei speechless, and it was difficult to find a reason to force him to leave, so he had to glance at Guan Qing and the others, and saw that Guan Qing and the four soldiers had an expression on their faces that followed his decision, so he nodded and said to the Li Chang: "Since this is the case, then it will bother the villagers!" ”

"Guest, please!" With Liu Wei's permission, the lieutenant hurriedly stood sideways to the side, bent his old waist slightly, and made a gesture of invitation to him.

A group of villagers surrounded Liu Wei and the others, left the riverbank, got on a small road, and headed straight east.

Liu Bian's mount had already been picked up by a young villager to help him lead, along the path, side by side with the chief, not far away, Liu Bian seemed to be a little careless to ask the chief: "Dare to ask the chief, when did the Huns come here?" Why didn't you see the officers and soldiers coming to clean up? ”

"The guests don't know!" Liu Wei asked about the Huns, the chief shook his head, and said with endless sorrow on his face: "This place is close to Taihua Mountain, to the north is Huayin, to the east is Huxian, Huayin is adjacent to that Zuo Fengyi, the Xiliang army has many stragglers to harass the city, the county lieutenant is afraid of dividing the troops to come, and the county town is lost to the Xiliang army, which is the crime to atone, so it is not a long time to send troops!" Huxian is too far away from here, two days ago we have sent people to beg Huxian to send troops to help, and now the people who went to ask for help have not returned, and when the officers and soldiers arrived, I don't know how many villagers will be poisoned by the Huns again. ”

"The Huns did a lot of bad things?" Every time the chief mentioned the Huns, he would grit his teeth with hatred, Liu Wei turned his head and subconsciously glanced at Liu Niang, who was following Guan Qing, and then asked the chief: "You wait to see each other across the river, the Huns have not crossed the river......"

"Originally, there were several villages on the other side of the river!" Before Liu Wei finished speaking, the chief sighed and said: "The Huns came here a few days ago and slaughtered Baiyang Village, which is close to Taihua Mountain, and the men did not let go, and all the women were snatched back by them and abused. Even the elderly, children, ......"

"Alas!" Speaking of this, the lieutenant chief couldn't say any more, he let out a long sigh, and muttered: "Evil! Do evil! If it weren't for the fast running of the villagers in other villages, I don't know how many people died at the hands of the Huns at this time. ”

After listening to the words of the lieutenant chief, Liu Wei's brows furrowed tightly, if the Huns were killed elsewhere, he would at most be indignant, and scold a few words with hatred. As for sending troops to fight, it may not be within the scope of his consideration, after all, the world is in turmoil, and easily leading the army into other powerful realms will cause a lot of trouble after all.

But this Hongnong County is under his rule, if he can't govern these Huns, he, the king of Luoyang, who has hundreds of thousands of troops, is really shameless to rule his father.

Knowing from the mouth of the chief that the Huns had slaughtered an entire village, Liu Wei had secretly made a decision in his heart. This group of Huns must not be allowed to retreat from Hongnong County!

"Captain!" After walking a distance further, Liu Wei saw the floating shadow of a village in the distance, he turned his head and said to the lieutenant chief walking beside him: "Dare to ask how many Huns have come to the vicinity?" ”

"There are always three or five hundred!" The number of the Huns, the chief is not too sure, the villagers and the Huns fight, each time only a hundred or so Huns, will be poorly equipped, no tactics at all the villagers scattered, he really didn't know how many Huns came, a little moverned, only with a somewhat uncertain tone of answer.

"Take a trip to the north!" After another five or six steps forward, Liu Wei stopped and said to a soldier who followed him: "I heard that the army of the king of Luoyang is returning to Luoyang through the Huayin area, you find the king of Luoyang and ask him to send a team of cavalry to help us exterminate the Huns!" ”

"No!" The soldiers, who were dressed in the deep clothes of the people and had been instructed by Liu Wei, clasped their fists in both hands, answered the call, took his war horse from the villagers on the side, turned over on the horse's back, clamped his legs towards the horse's belly, shook off the reins, and rode his horse to the north quickly.

With the sound of heavy horses' hooves fading away, the soldier's back grew farther and farther away. Looking at the back of the soldier riding his horse away, Liu Wei clenched his fists tightly, hoping that the Huns on the other side of the river bank would not leave easily.

Liu Wei instructed the soldier, and everyone present listened to it sincerely. Liu Niang, who was following Guan Qing, frowned slightly, and looked at Liu Wei from head to toe with a pair of big watery eyes full of doubt.

And the lieutenant who was walking side by side with Liu Bian, after hearing his words, was stunned for a moment, then turned to face Liu Bian, bent his legs, knelt on the ground, and shouted to the villagers who were gathered around: "The guest is a noble person who knows the king of Luoyang!" Folks, don't hurry up and kowtow! ”

After the chief shouted, the men and women all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Liu Wei.

Seeing the chief kneeling on the ground, Liu Wei stepped forward and took his arm, helped him up, and then raised his hand to the villagers kneeling on the ground, and shouted to them: "Villagers, please get up quickly, I am just familiar with the king of Luoyang, and I know that he does not want to let the people under his rule suffer, so he does this!" The villagers made such a heavy salute, and they were really scared! ”

"If the guest really invites a rescuer, he is the benefactor of these ten miles and eight towns!" Holding Liu Bian's hand tightly with both hands, tears swelled in his long eyes, and he stared at Liu Bian with teary eyes and said, "The guests can stand the worship of the villagers!" ”

"Shunwa mother!" As he spoke, the lieutenant turned his head and shouted into the crowd.

As soon as his shout ended, a woman of his age walked out of the crowd and stood in front of Liu Wei and the others with a bow.

"There is no meat at home, so today I will kill the dog that cares for the house and entertain the guests!" As soon as the woman stepped out of the crowd, the chief waved his hand at her and gave her a command.

When she heard that the housekeeper's dog was going to be killed, the woman was stunned for a moment, then bowed down and answered, turned back and ran out of the crowd, and ran towards the village first.

"I can't do it! Mother-in-law stays! As soon as the woman turned around, Liu Wei shouted at her, but the woman only remembered the chief's orders in her heart, where would she listen to him, and when Liu Wei's shouting fell, she had already gotten out of the crowd and trotted to the village.

"Dogs guard the courtyard, if there is a Hun attack, it is good to know in advance!" Seeing that he couldn't stop the woman, Liu Wei took the lieutenant chief's hand and said to him with a little anxiety in his expression: "I hope that the lieutenant will take back his life, spare the dog from dying, and also give a warning to the villagers!" ”

"It doesn't matter! Anyway! The chief smiled and waved his hand, and said to Liu Wei: "At present, the poverty in the village is due to the attack of the Huns, and several villages in the west have been moved to the east of the river bank. The king of Luoyang had allocated land earlier, and the grain in the land would ripen soon, and when the grain was ripe, the king of Luoyang would not only not collect taxes, but would collect grain at a high price. As long as the Huns are driven away, don't say a dog, even if you raise a hundred and thousand, the villagers will also raise it! Good days, but the future will be long! ”

As he spoke, the chief turned his head and asked the villagers around him in a loud voice: "Old brother and sister, children! You say, "What I say about this old bone is reasonable?" ”

"Reasonable!" Liu Wei sent people to ask for help from the so-called King of Luoyang, which was like a shot in the arm for the villagers who were almost in despair.

Looking around at these villagers, Liu Wei felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

The villagers are honest and simple, looking at this group of villagers who are simple-hearted, but are being bullied by the Huns, Liu Wei secretly made a decision, as long as this group of Huns does not escape, Liu Wei is determined to leave them alone, kill them all, and seek justice for the villagers who have been bullied these days!

"In that case, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate!" Looking at the simple faces of the villagers, Liu Wei clasped his fists and arched his hand at them and said: "When I return to Luoyang, I will definitely send someone to send ten dogs to thank the villagers for staying overnight!" ”