Chapter 13: The End of an Era
When Hou Jie, who was outside the city, learned that Huo Long had abandoned the city and fled, it was not true that he was not angry.
Originally, Dengfeng City was already in the bag, and he had already sent Cao Pu to surround it comprehensively, but Cao Pu changed it to a siege of three missing one, and when Huo Long escaped, Cao Pu got the news as soon as possible, and when he led the cavalry to chase, it was too late, so he still let Huo Long run away.
"What did I say before? I said that I would completely surround the city so that not a single bird could fly out, but how did you carry it out! ”
Outside the city, Hou Jie's camp, Cao Pu was kneeling on the ground of the headquarters, Hou Jie was preaching to him, and a circle of officers stood next to him, and everyone watched this show without saying a word.
"Big brother, I was wrong!" Cao Pu said a little unconvinced.
"Again! Every time you say you, you immediately admit your mistake! Every time you are asked to carry out a task, you always do it your own way! Say you, and you don't listen! Reasoning with you, you don't ask, why is this happening! What do you want me to do? Come on, come on, come on, what do you let me do! ”
"Big brother, I know it's wrong, I'll immediately lead the troops to chase Huo Long! Even if he runs to the ends of the earth, I will bring you his head. ”
Cao Gui got up and was about to go out, ready to continue the pursuit of Huo Long.
"You remember: when we have the upper hand, if we don't get rid of the grass and roots, when people turn over, we will die!" Hou Jie got up and grabbed him and said to him seriously.
"I see, big brother!"
"Just in case, bring your headquarters and my escort!"
"Yes!"
Cao Pu took more than 10,000 people away at once, and he was still the most elite of more than 10,000 people.
Huo Long, with his henchmen and more than 2,000 officers, had been walking north, stopped when he was in Songshan, and went directly up the mountain to become bandits.
In fact, there are two Songshan, namely Da Songshan and Xiaosongshan, Shaolin Temple is on Songshan, and Huo Long occupies another Songshan, ready to be a mountain king, and he didn't think about revenge at all!
A group of bandits came up on Songshan, and soon spread to the ears of the people at the foot of Songshan, as long as you inquire a little, you will know where this gang of bandits came from!
Huo Long went up the mountain to be a bandit, so he naturally had to grab a wave of food, otherwise he would eat and drink, so when he went up the mountain, the people passing by the village could suffer.
Some village chiefs thought of the former chief and would give Huo Long some food, but Huo Long didn't care about it, he needed more food, and directly ordered the soldiers to grab the strength, but the people naturally did not allow it, so there was a fight, and it was obvious that the people lost.
Not only was the food robbed in the village, but also burned directly by these people, and the big guys had nothing to eat, so they could only go to the Shaolin Temple to join the monks, hoping to get some gruel to spend this winter.
Huo Long did this, not only provoked the people, and the people's resentment boiled, but also on the map, he robbed all the way, just like drawing a line to Songshan Mountain.
Cao Pu relied on the map line that was robbed, and chased him over little by little, and as soon as the robbed people heard about the troops who came to hunt Huo Long, good guys! The common people spontaneously pointed out and led the way for Cao Man's troops, and soon Huo Long's cottage was surrounded.
Cao Pu was on fire, and was reprimanded by his eldest brother for a while, but he was able to let him run away at this time, and directly ordered 10,000 people to surround me. Then all the traffic arteries were surrounded, and this time, he didn't dare to do anything anymore.
With this fire, he immediately began to attack the mountain, and Huo Long, who was still building a cottage on the mountain, did not expect that Cao Man would chase and kill again with his soldiers, and it was so fast.
But after he left some of the soldiers behind, he didn't expect that he didn't wait for Cao Pu's pursuers at all, and when these soldiers reported, Huo Long thought that Hou Jie had given an order to let Cao Pu retreat. He also guessed that Hou Jie let him go for the sake of his former friendship, but he didn't expect Cao Pu to ride a horse so quickly and kill him with his pursuers.
Huo Long's troops didn't react at all, and they were hit by light and heavy machine guns, artillery, and various weapons, and there were few people on his side. At least half of them are family members, so they are even less combative.
Cao Pu led the army to take Huolong's cottage with only one charge, and seized a large amount of grain, gold and silver treasures. and so on to attack the cottage.
Cao Pu learned that Huo Long had already run away, and he almost didn't jump up in anger, he had already ordered that he must keep an eye on Huo Long, and he must not let him run. But now let him run, isn't this a slap in the face?
However, he can't blame the soldiers below, mainly this time Huo Long, he didn't run away, but ran inside Songshan.
Cao Pu trembled with anger, this guy didn't even want his family, and ran away on horseback. This kind of person is ruthless and unrighteous, when can he be, this taught him another lesson, people can be shameless to this point.
Huo Long also thought about it, where to run at this time, it must be death! Only by running into the mountains can you live. He went straight to the Shaolin Temple, intending to become a monk there and never ask about the mundane past again.
When Cao Pu found that Huo Long had escaped again, the fire was even greater, and he immediately led the cavalry battalion to chase him into the mountains.
When Cao Pu led the cavalry battalion here, the refugees also fled here, and Cao Pu didn't care about it at all, and ordered the cavalry to go up and search for it.
This made the refugee camp jump, and if the people were careless, the soldiers dragged them out to fight, and each soldier had a portrait, comparing the portraits one by one, until they found Huo Long.
At this time, Huo Long was shivering behind a refugee's shop. Looking at the soldiers getting closer and closer, he took one last look at the gate of the Shaolin Temple and ran frantically towards the door.
Cao Man knew that Huo Long must be hiding in these refugee camps, and it would not be difficult to search him out, but it would definitely take time.
This guy is so smart, he will definitely be exposed in advance, so he stood in the middle of the refugee camp, led the guards of the escort team, stared at the suspicious characters in the refugee camp, and when he found out that Huo Long actually ran towards the Shaolin Temple, he immediately rode a horse to chase after him.
His actions naturally won the annoyance of the monks of the Shaolin Temple, who can ride a horse and close the Shaolin Temple? Definitely disrespectful to the Shaolin Temple! You must know that Shaolin Temple is a holy place for Buddhism in the world, and knives and guns are absolutely not allowed to enter, this guy has defiled the Buddha.
Huo Long broke into the gate of Shaolin Temple covered in blood, and then ran into the courtyard, and ran into the abbot and others, repeatedly calling for help.
Fang Zhan also cried compassion, and immediately ordered someone to stop Cao Fu's cavalry, and used herbs to help Huo Long stop the bleeding, in case he bled too much and died.
At this time, due to the interception of the warrior monks in the temple, Cao Pu had already fought with the monk who protected the temple, and the two fought back and forth, but after all, the clear space was a warrior monk with strong skills, and gradually Cao Pu fell behind.
Cao concealed the defeat, so he was naturally angry, and directly took out the gun, and was about to collapse the warrior monk, but the senior brother of the clear space, Jingneng stopped him and blocked him in front of the junior brother.
And when Cao Pu was hesitating whether to shoot or not, Hou Jie came out from behind, and everything seemed so delicate!
"Put down your guns all! This is a holy place for Buddhism! Don't be reckless! ”
He rode his own tall horse, slowly crossed the gate of the temple, and stopped in the courtyard, his escort helped him clear the way, directly set up a gun in the courtyard, and aimed at the people of the Shaolin Temple.
"When people come out to entertain you with martial arts, you should entertain them in the way of a soldier, what kind of hero are you when you draw a gun? Put the gun down! Hou Jie saw Cao Pu's unproductive look and reprimanded him fiercely.
"Commander Hou?"
"What? I speak, you don't listen? ”
"Don't dare!" Cao Wei immediately put down the gun.
At this time, Huo Long had already seen Hou Jie, and the injuries on his body had already made him speak with a big pant.
"Hou Jie, I lost! Dengfeng City belongs to you, as long as you let me live, I will give you all my treasures over the years! After Huo Long finished speaking, he directly took out the map with the treasure hidden in his arms, and then handed it out.
The abbot also persuaded on the side: "Saving a life is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter!" I hope Commander Hou can release this donor! Let him take refuge in Buddhism! ”
Hou Jie smiled, then took the treasure map given by Huo Long, put it in his pocket, and turned to leave.
The abbot thought that this Commander Hou really had a compassionate heart and let the benefactor go, but he didn't expect that when Huo Long got up to thank the masters of Shaolin Temple, he only heard three gunshots, all of which hit Huo Long's chest, and the guns were fatal.
"Amitabha! Commander Huo has promised to take refuge in my Buddha and will no longer ask about the mundane past, can't you let him go, let him take refuge in my Buddha, and repay what he did before? ”
"I don't understand what the abbot said! But one thing I can be sure of is that Huo Long doesn't die, and I can't sleep! After Hou Jie finished speaking, he turned around and left, and collected all his troops.
On the way back to Dengfeng City, Hou Jie stared at Cao Pu with a serious face.
"I ask you, why didn't you shoot just now?"
"I..." Cao concealed that he wanted to say but didn't dare to say it, which really made Hou Jie feel refreshed.
"Scared? Afraid that if you shoot in the temple, all the gods and Buddhas will come to you for your life? Or is the conscience condemned? ”
Hou Jie laughed out loud and continued, "If there really is a Heavenly God and Buddha, why don't you punish those invaders?" They do more angry things than we do! Slaughter the city at every turn, if the Bodhisattva really exists, there will be nothing to do with us! Feel relieved! Those are mud bodhisattvas made of mud! ”
Hou Jie's words made Cao Gui no longer afraid. He no longer believes in those mud bodhisattvas, as if the last shackles in his heart have been opened, and the devil in his heart has been completely released.
"I was wrong, big brother! Next time, next time, if someone stands in the way of my eldest brother's promotion, I will definitely kill him with my own hands! The uneasiness in Cao Bao's eyes disappeared all of a sudden, and his eyes became sharp, even a little terrifying! But none of these Hou Jie found.