The earth is quiet, only the light rain in early autumn, when the drizzle of cattle drizzles into the torches, the subtle crackling sound sets off the loneliness of the world.

At this moment, only the hoof of a horse could be heard coming to a halt not far away.

The light of the torches could not shine, so I only heard the man say: "Who are you, the army of King Anming is here, dare not avoid it?"

Yifeng and the others set their eyes on Elder Fa, they had been away from Yunzhou for some time, and they had not heard of any "King Anming" before, so they had to ask Fa for advice.

Lifa looked at them and said: "What are you staring at me, where do I know what King Anming, it is estimated that it is the riot of the victims in Yunzhou, and the victims themselves sealed it." ”

Then he said to the front: "The old monk has never heard of King Anming's honorable name, and please forgive me." We are the monks and soldiers of Nanzong Temple, if there is no difference in the pool, we will let each go, and we will also hurry. ”

The man turned his horse's head and galloped into the distance.

After a few moments, the dragon began to move slowly, moving in this direction.

With a wave of his hand, he ordered all the monks to be on guard in case of accidents, and mobilized several torches to move to the front of the monk corps to illuminate the farther place.

When the army came, in the light of the fire, there were several leading men in the forefront, riding tall horses, dressed in fine armor, each with a weapon, and their eyes were illuminated by torches, and their eyes were like flames of desire jumping in their eyes.

Elder Lifa and the others approached on horseback, but the fire monkey suddenly exclaimed, "It's you?!"

Except for the leader at the front, the people behind heard the exclamation of the fire monkey and showed their weapons one after another, and everyone here was also on guard.

Elder Lifa turned around and shouted, "What are you yelling about!"

The fire monkey didn't answer him, and looked at Shuli next to him, Shuli nodded, and Ben Qian whispered to everyone: "The person at the front is the one who helped us distribute food to the victims in front of the Xiaoshan Temple. ”

Yifeng hurriedly looked, and in the light of the shining fire, the man's face appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Yifeng faintly remembered that at that time, in front of the small mountain temple, it was just when Xiaofu Butterfly drove the beast tide to attack the victims, although he was in a hurry, but he had a little impression in a trance, but, when did he become what "King Anming"?

King Anming also seemed to recognize them, and motioned to the men behind him to lay down their weapons, and rode their horses towards this side, followed closely by three or four people.

When he arrived in front of him, King An Ming looked at the Fire Monkey Shuli and the others, and was silent for a while, before squeezing out a smile and said: "Masters, don't come to be harmed? ”

Master Zhiran smiled bitterly and said, "Amitabha, good, good." Since the small mountain temple, the old monks and others have been displaced along the way, and they have never encountered a good thing, but they have caused countless killings.

"It's very gratifying to see that the donor is safe and sound tonight. The old monk is a Buddha and a man, but he finally did something useful. But I don't know why the donor became this 'King of Anming'?"

King Anming was General Yan who captured Anming County that day, and he was also a lame middle-aged man who took the lead in distributing food in front of Xiaoshan Temple.

When he heard Master Ran's words, he smiled reluctantly, and before he could answer, a burly man behind him shouted: "Which green onion are you, dare to talk like this to King Anming, and don't you get off your horse and kneel down and kowtow?"

King An Ming frowned, but he didn't reprimand, and smiled bitterly at Master Ran and the others: "Masters, take care of it." ”

Behind him, another lean man in black armor said, "What are you waiting for? King An Ming, you are too easy to talk to."

"I see that there are so many of them, we have killed and injured many brothers in this battle, it is better to take them in, an uprising, just turn around and kill back to Anming County, so that the Yunzhou dog-headed army can also taste our strength. ”

The burly man also shouted: "Yes, what Brother Li Yi said is right, I said don't run, don't run, I'm afraid!"

"We have so many brothers, we can't win a fight for a while, we can win with a few more slashes, we want to run, how can there be immortals in a war, and a few people who die will be scared to pee?

"I don't want to put so many delicious and delicious food, fun and fun in Anming County, but I want to run out and pour a soup chicken, it's really fucking unlucky!"

The big man seemed to be full of complaints, but he didn't have a chance to say it, and now he grabbed the opportunity to shout, King An Ming couldn't hold it on his face, and finally scolded: "You guys give me a retreat first!"

The big man took his mouth, but did not answer, but looked at Li Yi and the other two.

Seeing this, King An Ming was moved and shouted: "If you still want to fight, listen to me first! Otherwise, you will lead your troops and leave! I will not keep you!"

Li Yi nodded, ready to turn the horse's head back, turned halfway, seemed to remember something again, hugged his fists and said, "Yes, King Anming." ”

When the big man and the other two men saw this, they also responded to it casually, and rode away.

King An Ming laughed and couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head.

When Yifeng and the others saw such a scene, they already understood eight or nine points in their hearts.

Yifeng said: "King Anming, are you from Anming County?

King An Ming said: "It is said that there are two brigades, a total of 10,000 people, but there are many types of troops, there are artillery battalions, dozens of copper cannons bombardment, there are hard crossbow battalions, all of them are thousands of machine crossbows, and there are many siege infantry, erection ladders, as well as sasswood and crossbow carts."

"The county town of Anming, which we had fought with great difficulty, was crushed by their well-equipped regular army, and suffered heavy casualties. ”

Yifeng nodded, and the Yuchuni next to him said: "I'll just say that the legion is fighting today, and the Yunzhou legion is obviously less than the regular staff, where are the other armies, it turns out that they are all going to quell the rebellion." ”

Yifeng looked behind King An Ming, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "King An Ming, I see that you don't have one or two thousand people left now, how did you deal with tens of thousands of regular troops before?"

King An Ming shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Don't laugh at it, if you want to talk about the number of troops, I'm afraid that before the Yunzhou army attacks us, I'm afraid there will be as many as 20,000." The reason for the number of 20,000 is also a long story.

"I met you in the small mountain temple before, and I encountered a beast tide again, and there were only three or four thousand victims left after being eaten by wild beasts. ”

When the fire monkey heard this, his face darkened, and he turned his head to look at Xiao Fudie, but Xiao Fudie's face was calm, as if he had not heard it, but his purple eyes flashed rapidly.

As a mortal, King An Ming couldn't detect Xiao Fudie's true identity at all, and continued: "It was these three or four thousand disaster victims, and later I led them back to Xiaoshan Temple and distributed the remaining food in the temple.

"The original plan was to lead them to continue to go to Junzhou, but later I heard that some people who had been there came back and said that there was already a large army on the border of Junzhou, and the victims would not be allowed to pass, so they should go back to their respective homes as soon as possible. ”

Ben Qian couldn't help but whisper: "All the way, the victims starved to death on the road, how can they still have a home?"

King Anming heard it, sighed, and said, "Yes, after years of famine, how can we still have a home." At that time, many people originally thought that Junzhou would be able to accept us, and Junzhou would be rich enough for us to live in.

But as soon as the news spread, everyone's hopes were shattered. The desperation of desperation ignited anger, so everyone clamored to make a living by themselves, pushed Yan as the leader, revolted and made trouble, seized every village, robbed every temple, robbed homes and houses, and was lawless. ”

Yifeng frowned and said, "Aren't you also villagers, why are you still robbing the village?"

King An Ming's face was embarrassed, and he said: "It is precisely the disaster victims who think that everyone is a poor people, and they should unite and go together to overthrow the government of the corpse and vegetarian meal, and go together to divide the money and food of the Buddha temple for Tianxingdao." Therefore, what we do is righteous, and all should follow us.

"However, firstly, the villages everywhere are already dilapidated and there is nothing left, and secondly, the villagers from all over the country have indeed joined us, and we have left some subsistence food for the old and weak women and children who have not joined. ”

Ichifeng furrowed his brows and did not speak, and the others were silent.

King An Ming had no choice but to continue: "Later, many more victims joined us, and as more and more people grew, everyone's fighting spirit became more and more high, and there were unknown people who gave us a lot of armor and weapons.

"Even though many temples had guards and monks, they were defeated by us, and we grabbed more money and food. Eventually, we stopped outside Anming County, and there were 20,000 of them. ”

Yifeng said: "I remember that there is a county lieutenant in Anming County, who is a strong cultivator, and the soldiers he led are also well-trained, and you also defeated him?"

King Anming nodded and said, "The county commanders and county lieutenants of Anming County are all strong cultivators, and there are also city protection formations, and we can't attack them for a long time."

"Later, because we got a few monks, they knew the defects of the protection of Anming County, so we sneaked in, cooperated inside and outside, and captured Anming County. ”

Ben Qian asked sensitively: "Was the county lieutenant killed by you?"

King An Ming said: "The county order happened to be drunk that night, and was beheaded by the Li Yi just now who took advantage of his lack of sleep to wake up, and the county lieutenant later took his wife to the county office, and his wife died in front of him, but he escaped with the body of his wife." ”

Ben Qian sighed in her heart, but listened to King An Ming continue: "Unexpectedly, this is the beginning of our real trouble. ”

When Yifeng and the others heard this, they refocused their eyes on him, and only heard him say: "When you arrive in the county seat, everyone thinks that they have a place to live, so they relax their vigilance and let go of their restraints.

"Although the county seat of Anming is in the midst of famine, their granaries have been stockpiled with grain for more than ten years; although many shops of all walks of life on the streets are closed, the cloth, silk, utensils, wine, meat, silver, money, etc., are all in the hands of the houses behind the stores, and in the hands of those shopkeepers.

"As soon as we entered the county, everyone grabbed it regardless of it, completely lost control, bullied men and women, burned, killed and plundered, and did all kinds of evil, and Anming County was a mess by them. ”

Everyone's hearts sank, although it was not in front of them, but everyone could think of that scene:

On the city wall, the victims rushed into the city and the soldiers defending the city for blood in exchange for blood, the county town was full of gunsmoke, the shops on the street were smashed open by the excited victims, and all the money and cloth for sale were looted by them;

Then they broke into the back house, burned and killed the adulterers, begged for mercy, wailed, and the excited and proud laughter of the victims spread throughout the county town and beyond.

They were all blue-faced ghosts, but they all bared their teeth and claws, wantonly slaughtering the looters, enjoying the intense pleasure they had never experienced······