Chapter 18: The Way to Live
In a few moments, a team of men and horses came out of the water village.
The first one was Li Dian, leading five or six horsemen first, followed by an elite army of fifty people.
The elder of them carried bows and arrows, and the younger ones held spears. There are those who are powerful, who carry the clan flag of the Li family, and those who are brave and brave will take a knife and a shield as the leader.
Everyone scrambled to be the first, and everyone fought hard to kill the gang of sub-bangfu and the palace guards.
That's right, in addition to Zhang Chong and them running out, Han Guo also highlighted a few people in their team, and they were walking in the same direction as Zhang Chong and them.
However, Li Dian was not sure where these people had gone.
He first scattered the four cavalry along the river and let them gallop for half an hour. Whether you see people or not, they all come here to meet.
After that, he fed everyone and waited.
Looking at the sentry horses scattered in all directions, Li Dian looked at the morning light and was stunned.
How could this be?
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"How could this be?"
In a wood, the little father asked Zhang Chong like this.
At this time, Zhang Chong also came back to his senses, he looked at Sun Xun who had a weak breath in his arms, and sighed.
"It's all my fault, I was defenseless when I threw and killed that Li Jin. I was stabbed in the spear by a small pawn.
I thought I was going to die, but who knew that it was Sun Tingchang who pushed me away and saved my life, but I was stabbed. Hey......"
"What? You killed Li Jin? How can it be? It was Ding Sheng who asked, and he was shocked at this time.
Zhang Chong nodded at him, saying that's right, he killed him.
But when he saw Sun Xun, the shame in his heart rose again.
Everyone had to ask for details again, and Sun Xun, who had been unconscious, suddenly coughed and opened his eyes.
He first looked around, then grinned and said to the crowd:
"Second son, well done, just to bring everyone back well.
It's useless for me, I brought you out one by one, but in the end I couldn't bring you back. Hopefully, you don't blame me. ”
Then he looked at Zhang Chong deeply and remembered:
"You are so similar to him, they are such heroes. When the master was in the army, there was such a person like you, wise and brave.
It's a pity that he is a straw man, and no matter how great his achievements are, he is also someone else's. Speaking of which, he saved his life, and now he will save you, and he will live for so many more years and earn it.
Hey, this world may have always been like this.
The guilty man is put on the throne and dies of old age, but the innocent is imprisoned and abandoned.
But I still can't understand it, and I haven't read many books, so I can't understand these truths.
Why, he is obviously the master of the country's economic system, but he looks back on the people like an enemy.
Why, the small people who should have lived a good life have turned to the ravines when they are old and weak, and the strong are scattered in all directions.
I don't understand, but if you can understand the second son, please tell me about the grandson who is not a weapon, and then tell me when he makes a family sacrifice. ”
After speaking, he looked at everyone again, and then looked at Jishui in the distance, the morning light was faint, and it was vast.
Sun Xun, dead.
Everyone couldn't cry, even the men of those individual ships were also angry, they not only felt sorry for Old Man Sun, but also had no hope for the future.
Zhang Dan wiped his tears and looked at Zhang Chong with tears, at this moment he looked like a seventeen or eighteen teenager, he said sadly:
"Brother Chong, let's take Old Man Sun back, I'm a little homesick."
Before Zhang Chong could speak, Du Man had already grabbed the words:
"You can't go back, do you want your family to become slaves of the government?
We lost the boat this time, and we haven't been able to complete the service, so if we go back, all our relatives will be punished and killed. Life is better than death at that time, so don't think about going back again. ”
"Moreover, I estimate that the reason why the Li family and their group dared to openly fight against the guards of the King of Jibei must be the reason why they wanted to use the water robber to kill the Cao boat.
When the time comes, they will definitely report it, and all of us will die in Junozawa.
So, if we don't go back, the family will be fine. If you go back, everyone will be exiled. ”
Du Man said to Zhang Dan, and also to everyone.
He was afraid that everyone would not know what was so powerful, so he took the liberty of going back, harming himself and his family.
Sure enough, not only Zhang Dan's face stiffened when he heard these words, except for a few people, almost everyone couldn't hold back, they whispered and were in an uproar.
Just when everyone was about to lose their patience, Ding Sheng suddenly roared.
"Don't speak, stay on your feet, there's a sentry horse coming." As he spoke, he pressed Heifu, who was still muttering on the side, under him.
Everyone was also buried in the grass in convulsions, and a few were still shivering.
Everyone held their breath, roared for a moment, and the sound of horses' hooves came from afar.
The cavalry coming from the opposite side, wearing armor and saddle sheaths, are equipped with bows and arrows, which is obviously the tactics of the steppe Hu people, and they use cavalry to shoot at the enemy.
When Ding Sheng shouted, Zhang Chong pulled out his spear from Old Man Sun's belly.
He ignored the crowd lying on his stomach, but raised his spear with his backhand and charged towards the sentry horse.
The sentry horse also saw Zhang Chong, and was a little startled, so he drew his bow and arrow to shoot.
But suddenly, an arrow hit his palm at a faster speed, and it was directly nailed to the skull.
Zhang Chong knew that this was shot by the hakama-folded man, he didn't know where to get a hand horse before, and when he charged, he was already half-kneeling and aimed at the sentry horse.
Zhang Chong walked slowly, accelerated again, and then fought his rage, and threw the spear out with a "whoosh" sound.
The sharp spear sliced through a graceful curve and mercilessly pierced into the horse's body.
The furious force even carried him off his horse, and the spear carried him to the ground.
The man hung on his spear, struggled hoho, and died.
The horse only felt light, and didn't know what was happening, so he was stopped by the humans in front of him holding on to the bridles.
The crowd lying in the grass cheered and jumped out with joy, all looking at this big-headed horse, you touch it, he touched it, this thing is indeed rare.
Zhang Chong walked over to the sentry horse and rummaged through his hakama to find some useless bits and pieces.
Then he drew his spear, stripped him of his armor, and kicked the man's body into a ditch by the roadside.
At this time, Zhang Dan and the others also searched the horses around. In addition to a bow, a bag of arrows, there is also a bone duo, three halberds.
Zhang Dan happily sent these things to Zhang Chong and waited for him to distribute.
Distribution is the power of the leader, and for them, Zhang Chong is the leader.
Zhang Chong wiped away the blood on the spear with his sleeve, and the old man Sun and the sentry horse were all wiped in this way, and they became a thing of the past.
Zhang Chong said to the cheering crowd:
"Everyone just heard the statement of Duman. I know that for those of us in the village, home is everything.
No matter how hard and tired you are, as long as you get home and eat A-Niang's soup cakes, everything will pass.
But now, the way of this dog's day is that we can't go home. First of all, this damn labor requires us to travel thousands of miles, just to feed the silverfish in Kyoto.
They have anointed the blood of the people, and they have been arrogant and lascivious, and what have we gained?
There was nothing, we just abandoned our wives and children, and there was no day and night on that damn ship.
And then, it's the one who doesn't treat us as human beings. We escaped from the bandits in our lives, and in the end these people still want us to die.
Sun Tingchang died at the hands of these people, is the life of our people so cheap?
Now, we are being driven into a corner like a jackal. When the old grandson was dying, he told me to take everyone alive and return home alive.
Then my stone cub gave up this life, and I have to do it.
I don't believe that the way of this world is that good people don't live long. If it's really that God doesn't have long eyes, then my stone cub will do the right thing for heaven. ”
After speaking, Zhang Dan and Ding Sheng shouted together:
"Take everyone alive and do the right thing for heaven. Take everyone alive and do the right thing for heaven. ”
Then, everyone was shouting, and their hope and fighting spirit were ignited again.
Then Zhang Chong said to everyone:
"The current situation is that the Li side is still chasing us. Now we kill his sentry horse. If the sentry horses don't return for a while, they will surely come from here.
So what now? Or we'll go our separate ways.
I guess there are a lot of people who think so in their hearts, and it's my stone cub who killed people before and after, what does it have to do with you. ”
A few of those who were said to be the center of the matter unconsciously took a step back.
Zhang Chong went on to say:
"It stands to reason that this is the case, but I am very responsible to tell everyone that the Li family wants us to die together.
For they slew a ruler of four hundred stone in public, and if they want to blame the water bandits for this, they must destroy all our population.
So if you go apart, everyone will be hunted like wild beasts.
And with my bravery, maybe all of you are dead, and I can still kill you.
But why don't I abandon everyone?
It was the old grandson who taught me, he could have run last night, but in order to save me, he came back, this is sacrifice.
Now, my Shi cub also told everyone that in the future, I will be the first to rush if I fight, and I will be the last to go after the palace.
Please supervise me, and if I don't do it one day, please behead me. ”
As he spoke, he knelt down facing the south and bowed with both hands:
"Today, I live with a group of brothers, and die together. Take everyone to find a way to survive. ”
Then everyone present knelt down and shouted:
"To live is to live together, and to die is to die together. Survival! ”
The sound of the oath surrounded this forest for a long time.
Instead, it led to three leather-armored samurai.
The hakama man was the most alert, his hands wound, pointing directly at the three men.
The others also took up their weapons and surrounded the three men in the middle.
Zhang Chong knew them, these three people were the warriors in Han Guo's guard, and they were the ones who fought in Li Jin's tent before.
Among them, this middle-aged man with a fierce temperament, he was most impressed, because he was the first to defeat Li Dian.
That Li Dian was still barely able to stop this person with the help of a part.
In Zhang Chong's eyes, he was also the second samurai in Han Qian's team besides Han Kuang to be proficient in sword fighting.
At this time, he lined up everyone, walked in front of Zhang Chong, stared at this young warrior, and suddenly knelt down on one knee:
"A certain Yang Mao, please also ask the hero to take us to seek a way to survive together." After speaking, he dedicated the sword to Zhang Chong.
Zhang Chong, holding a sword, looked at the sharp blade, pointed to the sky, and everyone cheered.
In this way, these three warriors, plus the sixty-two people on Zhang Chong's side, a total of sixty-five people, led their horses, bypassed the official road, and ran towards the reeds.