Chapter 5 Straight to Changshan
"Drive, drive, drive," only heard the sound of horses' hooves, passers-by only saw a red shadow flashing, and there was only the sound of horses' hooves, Chengfeng came to Luoyang and was delayed for four days, I don't know how Zhao Yun is doing, and I don't know where they are now? I can only estimate it, return the same way, and the horse is chasing after me!
"I don't know what happened to Big Brother Cheng?" Zhao Yun said worriedly, "The land of the capital master will lose your head if you are not careful, alas, I would have gone with me if I knew it!" ”
"Little brother, don't worry, I think the hero is witty, and there will be nothing wrong, but we, the further we go, the greater the power of the Taiping Sect, but it is getting more and more difficult to go!" Wu Tiangang said
"Well, yes, we villagers can't see anything most of the night, if it weren't for the little general leading the way and moving forward with the horses, I'm afraid we would still have to be near Liuzhuang!" Liu Tong also said
"Brother Wu, you go to the back and take a look, tell everyone to hurry up, let's go to the open space in front to rest," Zhao Yun said
"Big brother, you see, it's this team of chariots and horses, we've been following them for a day, they're walking slowly, in addition to the old and young, there are hundreds of prime-aged people, and the little boys led by them have weapons, looking at their big and small cars, it is estimated that there are a lot of good things."
"Well, there are so many carriages at one time, except for those few rich families, there is really no one else, you follow and see, see if there are any guards, determine who they are, report to me at any time, I will take the brothers to the front to ambush!" I saw two big men discussing
"Okay, if we rob them, we will be rich, and we will have money to join the church. Haha"
"This is a little bit of interest, if you have money and go to the Taiping Sect, how good it is to find a big city to live in peace!"
"Yes, yes, what the eldest brother said!"
"Look at the good people, I'll prepare,"
"That's it, there are no trees on all sides, and there is no shelter, at night, everyone surrounds the iron-pulling cart outside, as a city wall, let's have a good idea today, Brother Wu, you go around and explore to see if there are any other roads," Zhao Yun said
"Okay, I'll take a few people to take a look, you all be careful," Wu Tiangang said
Everyone quickly rested, prepared to eat for a while, and took care of the elderly and children, Zhao Yun looked at the tired affection on everyone's faces, and greeted loudly, "Brothers, everyone work hard, stew the meat, let's eat a little more tonight, it seems that we have to rush in the middle of the night to bypass the city in front!" Zhao Yun said
The sun was setting, the breeze was not dry, Zhao Yun looked at the weather, and said secretly, "Fortunately, there has been no wind and rain in the past few days, otherwise it will take more effort, alas, I hope everything goes well!" Looking at the busy crowd, Zhao Yun was always a little worried in his heart!
Everyone ate and prepared to rest, Zhao Yun took people to patrol again, and said to Wu Tiangang, "Brother Wu, you divide the people into four teams, line up and hide quietly under the mound over there, a pair of patrols, and change them in the second half of the night, we won't be in a hurry tonight." I always feel like something is happening! ”
"Okay, just listen to Brother Zilong. Bring your weapons. Go over there and hide, but don't fall asleep. Wu Tiangang said to a couple with a smile
"Haha, Brother Wu is relieved!" "It's like, how can you fall asleep. The lives of our fathers and fellow villagers are all on us. ”
"Haha, Lao Wu, I was wrong, brothers, go quickly, you must be careful." Wu Tiangang hurriedly said
Zhao Yun got on the horse with a gun, said a few words to Liu Tong, and explained a few words to Wu Tiangang, and then quietly hid in the dark!
"Big brother, you're here, they're just a group of people, they've just eaten and are about to rest," the scar-faced man said to the big man with a meaty face
"Well, good job, but, this group of people, how can there be so many trucks, have you seen what is on the car?"
"This, I saw that they were very deeply rutted, it seemed to be a heavy object, this group of people could not walk more than 100 miles a day, and the food was picked up in the car, I guess it should be the food that was pulled." Scarface said
At this moment, for some unknown reason, a horse suddenly fell, and the cart pulled suddenly overturned, and the cart of grain was exposed to the eyes of the bandits, and their breathing could be heard a lot heavier. The two glanced at each other, and the big man said, "Keep an eye on it, it seems that this is really a fat sheep, everyone is waiting here, and when they are asleep, we will go again, remember, don't kill people for a while, we will leave with a cart of food." ”
"Ah, a car?" Scarface was puzzled, "Why do you want a car?" ”
"That's right, big brother, how can one car be enough?" Others also said
"Shut up, you know what! There are so many of them, they will not fight with us for a cart of food, they will definitely give it to us, so that we will follow him and ask them every day. Hmph, when our brothers are all here, we will rob them together! Dahan sneered
"Haha, big brother is wise," everyone patted their ass
"Let's go, let's find a place to wait first, and then go and ask for food!" Scarface laughed
The breeze was slow, the jade rabbit was bright, Zhao Yun listened to the sound of insects around him, and was closing his eyes to recuperate, when suddenly he seemed to have a sense, and his eyes were staring at the hillside in front of him.
"Hahahaha, you can sleep well," a burst of laughter came, waking up the sleeping crowd, when the old man was trembling with fright, and the children were crying!
Wu Tiangang looked at it, and there were more than fifty people on the opposite side, all of whom were fierce and vicious men, and he couldn't help but say angrily, "What a big dog, even the things of my Taiping Sect dare to move!" ”
"Haha, I don't care what you teach, Lao Tzu has taken a fancy to your food, and if you know each other, leave a cart quickly, and we will do it," Scarface shouted
"This!" Wu Tiangang couldn't help but be puzzled, glanced back, and found that Zhao Yun had not come out, and thought that it was the name of the Taiping Sect that had bluffed the other party, and said, "Hehe, you are so bold, you dare to ask for our things, so you are not afraid that I and other brothers will step on you."
"Haha, don't pretend, if it was the people of the Taiping Sect, they would have done it a long time ago, how could they say so much, those who know each other will hand over a cart of food, and we will not fight and kill!" Dahan laughed
"Hmph, if you think about it, you have to ask me if I agree to the knife in my hand." Wu Tiangang shouted, and as soon as his words fell, more than fifty people jumped out in an instant, equal to the number of robbers. "Hmph, let me tell you, I don't have a grain of food."
"Hehe, you don't cry when you don't see the coffin, since that's the case, we have to do it, brothers, kill me, don't entangle, just kill the old people and children. Haha," Scarface shouted
"What, mean!" Wu Tiangang said angrily!
"How about it, do you want a cart of food?" Dahan sneered
"This, Tiangang, or give it to them, it's only a car anyway, and it's okay to give it to them!" This is an old man who said.
"Oh, yes. It's still the old man who is sensible! Scarface said
"No, what if they come every day to ask for food? Do we give or don't give? Liu Tong said, "Tiangang, you just kill the thief, we will resign ourselves to fate!" ”
"This. Big brother, what can I do? This group of people seems to have eaten the scales. Scarface said
"Hmph, if that's the case, then don't blame us! Brothers, get ready to go," the big man said coldly
"Da Da" There was a sound of horses' hooves, and I saw Zhao Yun slowly walking out with a spear and prancing horse, "The play is over?" Zhao Yun asked lightly
"Hehe, little doll, you don't hide in the crowd and shiver, you dare to come out and die, haha" Scarface smiled
"Humph! Don't talk nonsense, do it," the big man yelled
"Look for death!" Wu Tiangang said, and stepped forward directly with a knife, and at the same time, the original ambush came out, and at this time, the scarface and the face of the big man changed greatly, neither advancing nor retreating.
"Humph!" Zhao Yun snorted coldly, jumped forward, raised his hand, the gun fell, only to see the cold light, everyone didn't even have time to react, they had been killed by Zhao Yun eight people in a row, and by the time Scarface reacted, they had been killed, and there were only a few people left! Frightened, he hurriedly fell to the ground and begged for mercy!
"You guys deal with the corpses here, don't scare the children, Brother Wu brought them here for questioning, the others continue to patrol, ambush, everyone continue to rest!" Zhao Yun arranged it in an orderly manner
"Honestly, tell me where you guys came from!" Wu Tiangang asked
"Don't kill me, don't kill me, we were originally villagers in this neighborhood, and we always wanted to join the Taiping Sect, but we didn't have the money to join the sect, so we weren't taken in, and then we 100 brothers got together and lived together here, usually just grabbing some food, and never hurting people." Scarface said quickly, and his eyes kept rolling.
"Oh, you still have anybody? Where are they? Zhao Yun asked lightly
"They, they're all out, they're not here. That's it for us people, and they'll be back in a few days. , we've received the message," Scarface said hurriedly,
"Shut up! You bastard, they won't let us go, if you want to kill or chop, hurry up, hum, I don't know anything! "Dahan Dao
As soon as the words fell, Zhao Yun shot one shot at a time, killing five people in a row, and there was only a scarface left, "Bury them, what else do you know, say it, I won't kill you!" Zhao Yun said coldly
"It's gone, it's really gone, I know so much, it's usually the eldest brother who contacts other brothers." Scarface cried
"And where do you usually stay?" Wu Tiangang hurriedly asked
"It's in the mountains twenty miles ahead, by the way, I know a small road that can bypass Shanyang City in front!" The Scar family hurriedly said
"Oh yes" Zhao Yun's heart moved, after Shanyang City, he arrived in Jizhou, and it was not far from Changshan! "Can that path pass a big car, and what is the environment?" Liu Tong hurriedly asked
"It's quite flat, that is, there are not many people who know nearby, it was the official road back then, and then the Yellow River was flooded, and the imperial court rebuilt the official road, and no one has cared about it since then, we often go in and out there, from here, you can bypass Shanyang, Yangping, Hongping in five days, and go directly through Shangdang County, and arrive at Chongping City!" Scarface glanced at Zhao Yun and hurriedly said, "And the path is all in the suburbs, just go straight all the way, and you don't need to worry about getting lost." Scarface added with a smile
"Hmmm! Elder Liu, tell the villagers to rest for a while, and when they finish dealing with things, we will set off quickly. Zhao Yun turned around and said
"What's your name?" Wu Tiangang asked
"The villain Wang Qiang is from Wangjia Village, Shanyang County," Scarface hurriedly said
"You said you still have a lot of brothers, what are they doing?" Zhao Yun asked casually
"They went to buy iron tools this time, it's not the recent famine, they can't grab food, they plan to start spring next year, we will grow our own food." Scarface said
"Oh! Don't do this kind of thing in the future, if you lead the way well this time, if you pass smoothly, I won't kill you, and there will be a reward, it's up to you," Zhao Yun said
"Yes, yes, yes! The villain must do his best," Scarface replied quickly
"General Zhao, everything is packed, when are we leaving" Wu Tiangang came to Zhao Yun's side and asked softly, and at the same time sighed more and more in his heart, Zhao Yun, who is so young and mature, handles things so maturely, it seems that there must be no limit in the future!
"Well, let's go immediately, you are responsible for taking care of Wang Qiang, choosing some villagers who can see things clearly to drive the carriage, and then sending some people to patrol the convoy, arrange the brothers at the back, and I will open the road in front." Zhao Yundao
"Yes!" casually agreed, and saw that everyone hurriedly took action, saying that it was a small road, but in fact, two carriages could be lined up side by side, but it was in disrepair and overgrown with weeds, Liu Tong proposed, it was not yet dawn, everyone walked in a team, and when the dawn saw the road, they would form two rows, so that they could hurry. Otherwise, there are more than 400 carriages, and the queue is also very long.
Time is the easiest to pass, unconsciously, the sky has been bright, at this time Liu Tong rushed over and said, "Little general, this day is also bright, many children are crying hungry, we adults can still hold on, but these children are not good, should we eat something before leaving?" ”
"Well, Liu Lao is right, let's find an open area, hurry up and eat, rest for a while, I'll go ahead and have a look, you pay attention to the movements around you!" Zhao Yun thought for a moment and responded
Everyone picked up firewood and cooked, Zhao Yun took a horse to inspect the front, and couldn't help but think, and walked this road directly to Chongping City. In the past, it is the boundary of Changshan, and it is getting closer and closer to the Taiping Sect, and it will not be peaceful on this road, since Brother Cheng handed over all the people to me, I have to take them to Changshan, it seems that I have to arrange a few people to explore the road in Changshan in advance, and see what the situation is! Thinking like this, Zhao Yun unconsciously walked twenty miles, and found that this road was worthy of the original official road, except for a few weeds, it was still very flat. I'm afraid that if I meet some strongmen on the road, I will inevitably have to kill again!
Zhao Yun galloped all the way, quickly returned to everyone's side, and saw him startle everyone like this, "Little General, is something happening ahead?" Liu Tong hurriedly asked
"Huh? Nope! The front is very peaceful, but now I don't know how many Taiping people there are in the nearby towns, I plan to send a few people to the front to investigate, and leave marks along the way, so that we can do things conveniently! Zhao Yun said
"Big brother, give it, this is my barbecue!" A little girl took some roasted meat and said to Zhao Yun with a red face
"Oh, Xiao Guang'er is so powerful, she can barbecue meat." Zhao Yun took it and praised it while eating, which only made everyone laugh. In the end, Liu Tong selected twenty young men and asked them to go to explore the way, and after everyone had dinner, they started the moving journey again!
"Little General, we've been walking for eight days, I don't know how far we go?" An old man asked Zhao Yun
"Hehe, don't worry, old man, we are almost to Chongping City, after Chongping City, it is Changshan!" Zhao Yun said with a smile
"Okay!" As soon as everyone heard that it was coming, their expressions changed, and they were in a lot of energy.
"Brother Wu, go get some silver taels," Zhao Yun commanded
"Little general, if you walk five miles ahead, you will be Chongping City, me." Scarface Wang Qiang said nervously,
"Hmmm! I know, though. Before Zhao Yun finished speaking, Wang Qiang quickly knelt on the ground and cried, "My lord, spare my life!" I won't dare again! ”
"Hmph, I don't want to kill you. Brother Wu, give him some silver and tell him to go! Zhao Yun snorted
"Thank you, thank you!" Scarface quickly thanked
"Remember, in the future, don't be in trouble!" Liu Tong instructed
"Yes! Be! Be! Scarface took the silver and a few days' worth of food and ran back to the same road, leaving everyone speechless. Wu Tiangang led the horse and smiled at everyone, "Look, I saved a horse, but this thing is really fast" Haha, this word caused a burst of laughter!
"Let's go, after Chongping, we will go to Changshan!" Zhao Yun said
"This, little general, can we not go to the city, and it doesn't hurt to take a little more detour, otherwise there are so many things, it is really too eye-catching!" An old man said worriedly
"yes!" The crowd chimed in
"Hehe, don't worry, this Chongping realm, the Taiping Sect has not yet developed, you can rest assured, but the old man is right, we don't go into the city, take a detour, go to the village, everyone be careful, as long as you don't meet the people of the Taiping Sect, you will be fine!" Zhao Yundao
"Okay, there's no other way now, let's go!" Liu Tong said
Zhao Yun took Liu Zhuang's people all the way to hurry, taking advantage of the high spirits of everyone, from morning to evening in one breath, in one day, he walked more than 200 miles, and went directly to the Changshan boundary.
Changshan County and Julu next to each other, is one of the birthplaces of the Taiping Sect, as soon as they enter Zhao Yun they found that the people basically believe in the Taiping Religion, the Taiping Dao: the teacher holds the nine-section scepter for the Fu Zhu, teach the patient to buckle his head and think, because to drink the Fu water, the sick or self-healing, then the cloud this person believes; If it does not heal, then the cloud does not believe! That is to say, the people of the Taiping Sect use Fu water to treat people, and make the sick drink Fu water and kneel to think about their own mistakes, if they are cured, they believe in Taiping, if they are not good, they do not believe it! Relying on this method, Zhang Jiao has developed hundreds of thousands of believers, and everyone is attracting believers. As a result, farming is not done, and the people live in hardship.
Everyone found that the people here just believe in the Taiping religion and are also engaged in production, and it seems that the life of the people is still quite good! Wu Tiangang couldn't help but be puzzled, and quietly asked, only to know that these people are specially for Daliang Sages to grow grain, and the annual harvest, in addition to taxes, is taken away by the Taiping Sect, and most of them live on wild vegetables, that is, when they have just harvested grain, they can eat a little grain! The people are also miserable. This Taiping Sect and the government colluded with each other, and the oppressed people were miserable! Hearing it, Zhao Yun is blood is gushing up, and he can't wait to kill all these demons!
"Alas! The world is going to be in chaos! Liu Tong sighed
"Okay, let's go, let's go to the village with me first and settle down, and we'll wait for Big Brother Cheng to go. It's better to be careful on the road, after all, we have too many things, if someone asks, just say that it was a real person who went out in the early years, and now he is back in his hometown! Zhao Yun said
The hearts of the people were heavy. This has come to the Taiping Sect, and I don't know how I will live in the future.
"Drive! Drive! Drive! Seeing a horse flying by on the official road, Cheng Feng couldn't help but be a little confused, he came from the same way, and he hadn't caught up with Zhao Yun and them, and they had all arrived in Shanyang City. I didn't see any of them, and even if I inquired all the way, there was no news, could it be that they were all killed? Impossible. Even if something happens, with Zhao Yun's ability, even if he can't protect everyone, it's no problem to protect himself! Thinking of this, Cheng Feng couldn't help but feel a big head for a while, and muttered, "I really miss the mobile phone in the information age." That's so convenient. Forget it, don't think about it, go get something to eat first. If you really can't do it, go straight to Changshan, and then lead the troops to pick up people! ”
While eating, Cheng Feng pondered, "This is the Forte of Zhangjiao, I have to think about how to develop next." It seems that this carrier pigeon must be called to come out early, otherwise I really don't know the world! ”
"Have any outsiders been passing by lately?" Cheng Feng inquired about the news in this tavern, and the people here are the most well-informed!
"Yes, I heard that there have been a lot of people recently, going around to pull people to join the church, and they also claim that as long as they join the church, every household will be safe, and there will be more outsiders here!" The guy in the store said
"Oh, is it? So how many of our ordinary people join the church? Cheng Feng asked
"It's more, it's more, anyway, if you don't join the church, you have to ask them to snatch things away, it's better to join the church, see? Paste the Heavenly Master's blessing, they won't come to rob it, send them some food or something every year, and there will be more or less something left. At least don't be afraid. The guy said with a smile
"Then the government doesn't care?" Cheng Feng asked,
"Official? Hehe, you are a foreigner, who doesn't know that this official is in the same group as them, who cares! I said little brother, seeing that you are also dignified, why don't you ask some foolish words. The guy chuckled
"Bastard, talking nonsense here, don't clean up the table," the shopkeeper hurriedly came over to drive away the shopkeeper, and said to Cheng Feng, "I'm sorry little brother, this country kid, it's rude to speak, don't look at it!" ”
"Haha, the shopkeeper is laughing, it's not in the way, by the way, I want to ask for advice, near this Shanyang City, is there another way to bypass this city?" Cheng Feng said with a smile
"If you ask someone about this, they don't necessarily know." The old shopkeeper smiled
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say" Cheng Feng laughed while putting down a gold ingot!
"Haha, the guest officer is polite, in the west of this Shanyang City, there is an ancient road, which is the official road of the previous dynasty, many years ago, the Yellow River flooded, flooding countless villages. also flooded this road, and as a last resort, this official family rebuilt the current road! All these years have passed, and the original post road has long been a barren grass," the shopkeeper sighed
"Oh, then I wonder if this post road is still passable now? Where does it lead? Cheng Feng inquired
"Hehe, as long as it is not the Yellow River, you can go, but it is sparsely populated, overgrown with wild grass, few people know, and there has been a disturbance here recently, and no one dares to walk this kind of ancient road! But if you really take this road, you can go directly to Shangdang County and reach Chongping County! The shopkeeper said to Chengfeng,
"Haha, thank you sir, I'm going to send you, can you pack some more food for me by the way?" Cheng Feng said with a smile
"Okay, good," the shopkeeper hurriedly responded
It seems that Zilong is walking on this ancient post road, and I don't know where it is, Chengfeng looked at the rutted road on the road, that's it, I have to hurry up and see, the front is the place of the Taiping Sect, I don't know if there will be trouble, thinking of this, Chengfeng quickly whipped the horse, really ran forward, Chiyan really deserves to be a good horse in a thousand, on this ancient road, let go of the hooves, that is, fast as lightning, only to see a black shadow through, the rest is flying dust. This is a war horse that travels thousands of miles a day, this short journey of a few hundred miles, less than half a day to run through, Chengfeng found a water source, a little rest, as close to Jizhou, the traces on this road are getting darker and darker, and they have to deal with it carefully, Chengfeng counted the time, estimated that Zhao Yun was almost to Changshan, and the rest was how to settle these people!
"Drive! Drive! Hurry up, keep up, this kid can really run" Cheng Feng suddenly heard a shout from behind, and couldn't help but hurry up and get on the horse, looking ahead, only to see seven or eight people on the opposite side, riding horses. After a short time, he came to Chengfeng,
"Haha, good boy, run fast enough!" One of the leaders shouted to Cheng Feng
"Oh. I don't know what you're looking for? Cheng Feng asked lightly
"Hmph, stinky boy, do you want to run away after stealing our things?" A person next to him said
"Something, something?"
"Well, aren't that our horses and silver?" said the big man with a smile
"Hehe, if you want to rob it, just say it, do this, there is no one else here." Cheng Feng couldn't help but laugh
"Stinky boy, don't talk nonsense, leave the horses and silver, I can still keep your life, otherwise. Hmph," the other party sneered
"Interesting, in that case, please come and get it!" Cheng Feng said with a smile
"Less nonsense, on!" The big man roared,
Cheng Feng patted the horse forward, how could this group of ordinary people be his opponents, with a wave of the halberd, he hit each other three times in a row, and he couldn't get up for a while, "Hehe, do you want this horse and silver?" Cheng Feng teased
"No, no, please spare your life!"
"Hmph, forget it, God has the virtue of a good life, let's go"
"Ahh Thank you, sir," a few people quickly got up and ran away, and they laughed when they saw Chengfeng
It's really interesting, these good people are all robbers, and I don't know how many robbers there are under my Changshan Taishou, haha Thinking of this, I can't help but laugh again
In the end, Chengfeng Ma was fast, inquired all the way, chased after him, and caught up with Liu Zhuang's convoy before Zhao Yun returned to the village! Everyone had a thrilling journey all the way to Changshan Zhending.