Chapter 124: The Hungry
In the depths of the bamboo forest, the name of the bird is like a gurgling water, quiet and graceful, the breeze blows the rustling of bamboo leaves, and the old leaves that have been replaced last year are swirling in the air with all this. I saw a bamboo leaf swaying gently in the air for a while, and then calmly returned to the earth like an old man. Suddenly, the fallen leaves kept dripping, and the thorns that followed were the sound of footsteps.
Fallen leaves are scattered in the wind. The footsteps came through the forest.
It's finally getting closer. I saw a group of dark-skinned, ragged, yellow-skinned, thin, like pushing dry bones, helping the old and the young, silently walking in the forest like walking corpses.
They are a group of hungry people.
Driving them forward was a group of officers and soldiers with leather whips in their hands. These officers and soldiers drove the hungry people like cattle and sheep. And these officers and soldiers are just as weak as the hungry people.
listless, lifeless.
Suddenly, birds and birds flew in the bamboo forest, and then the sound of killing sounded from the forest, and suddenly a group of farmers with various kinds of farm tools and clothes suddenly appeared among the shrubs on both sides of the road.
At this time, the hungry people who had been driven away were also awakened, and the crowd was instantly noisy and surging. Seeing that the situation was not good, the officers and soldiers immediately waved the leather whips in their hands to try to silence the crowd.
The officer with the musket shouted "Don't mess up, don't mess up." To no avail, the crowd began to riot under the threat of a whip.
By this time, the peasants who had been lying in ambush had already rushed out of the bushes and surrounded the officers and soldiers.
A big bearded man stood up with a guillotine in his hand and shouted to the officers and soldiers:
"Let the people go!"
The officer with the musket shouted:
"What a bold man dares to block the way of the officers and soldiers. As he spoke, he filled the gun with gunpowder.
Seeing this, the other officers and soldiers immediately took up arms.
"Fight with them. Suddenly someone shouted from among the hungry people who were in a commotion.
As soon as the words were spoken, the official army was already drowned in a sea of people by the hungry people and peasants.
The officer, who was armed with a firearm, saw that the situation was not good, and fired a shot at the crowd, only to hear a "bang", and a hungry man fell in a pool of blood, and the crowd immediately fell silent.
A pair of bloodshot eyes immediately looked at the officer. The officer's arrogant eyes immediately fell.
"You're doing the opposite," said the officer, trembling. As soon as he finished speaking, a farmer with a hoe shouted:
"Whack this dog officer to death. ”
All of a sudden, all kinds of farm tools were thrown at the officer. Immediately, the officer was stained with blood, and Haiti fell to the ground and lost his breath.
When the rest of the soldiers saw that the leader was dead, they did not resist, but threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Tie up!" said a man with a guillotine in his hand, pointing at the soldiers.
This man was the leader of the peasants, and as soon as he said this, some of them took up ropes and tied them up.
Seeing this, an elderly man among the hungry people hurried through the crowd and walked up to the man, first thanking him.
'Don't thank us, we are all cornered people who have been forced by the officials. The man said.
The old man was startled and said tremblingly:
"You've been forcibly evicted too?"
"Hey, we thought we would have food to eat when we moved to another place, but more people starved to death in the new place, and we couldn't stand it anymore and rebelled. The man replied.
A young man from one of the hungry people came up to him and asked:
"Are you rebels?"
The man shook his head and said:
"No, we're going to join the rebels right now. ”
When the young man heard this, he turned to the hungry people and saw:
"Folks, let's also go to the rebels, if we don't rebel, we will starve to death sooner or later. ”
When the old man heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and covered the young man's mouth. But he was quickly freed by the young man, who immediately scolded and scolded.
The man pulled the old man and then said to him:
"We have heard that the rebels are the teachers of benevolence and righteousness, helping the people in distress. ”
The old man was about to stop him, but when he saw the bright guillotine in front of him, he stopped talking. I could only hear the man shouting at the crowd:
"Folks, the government is unkind and unjust to everyone, and now Commander Ye is leading the righteous army to rescue everyone, if any of you are willing to follow Commander Ye, please stand up. ”
"Is there anything to eat?" shouted one of the hungry people.
When the rebel peasants with farm tools heard this, they also looked at the man.
"If you vote for the rebels, you will naturally have enough food and enough wine. The man shouted.
Suddenly, the crowd crowded towards the shouting man like a fried pot. Even the women and children rushed to the front of the people without showing any weakness.
In this way, the team grows.
The man brandished his guillotine and led the crowd through the forest, heading in the direction from which they had inquired.
Only three days after the team walked out, they met a team of "Hun Tian Sect" in a small village, so the group followed this team of people and horses to many places, and finally came to the Poyang Military Village in Raozhou, where the main force of the righteous army was located. The group received food to settle the old and weak women and children, and officially joined the rebels.
"Look, that's Commander Ye. Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted.
Everyone immediately looked for prestige, and saw a middle-aged man with plain white hair driving a horse into the village, followed by a group of people.
At this moment, Na Zhiqian also rode a horse and followed behind Gu Yeyang. The scars on her face had dissipated, but the expression was not the same as before. In exchange, there is a murderous atmosphere.
The two dismounted and went back to their tents.
Gu Yeyang was already exhausted, and as soon as he entered the camp, he collapsed on the bed. The entourage on the side immediately rushed to serve.
"I just went to the disaster relief site with Zhangjiao, and there were hungry people all the way, which was too miserable. Gu Yeyang said to his entourage.
The attendant then reported: "Commander, today another hungry people have come to take refuge. ”
"There are more and more people, and I am afraid that there is not enough food for myself. Gu Yeyang said.
"Didn't the head of the sect already send people around to explore the granaries of the government?" the attendant asked.
Gu Ye raised his eyebrows and said, "I found a granary guarded by heavy soldiers. ”
Gu Yeyang sighed and then said to his entourage:
"You go and inform the master, and I'll go over and discuss this with her later. With that, he let his entourage leave the tent.
The retinue was ordered to go to Zhiqian's camp. But he didn't expect to be stopped by Zhiqian's attendants when he arrived in front of the tent.
Zhiqian's guards are all loyal believers of the Huntian Sect, and they are all loyal to Zhiqian. Dead or alive will not let him go in to give orders.
"Why don't you go in and report?" said the attendant.
But the attendant said,
"There is an order from the master that no one can go in. ”
"I'm passing on the order of Commander Ye!" "The entourage was a little anxious.
As soon as these words came out, the attendant had no choice but to say:
"It's not that you don't know the nature of the teacher, she said that if you don't want to do anything, you can't do anything, or you just wait here. ”
The herald's retinue had no choice but to wait in front of the tent.
And at this time, a man's voice seemed to be faintly heard from the tent.
The attendant hurriedly asked:
"Who's in there?"
The attendant also seemed to cry out in confusion:
"No one went in?" but he himself clearly heard the voice of the man inside.
The attendant was a little worried about the safety of the master, so he mustered up the courage to shout into the tent:
"Sect Master, Commander Ye sent someone to pass the order?"
As soon as the words were finished, the voices in the tent were gone. It took a moment to hear a sound inside.
The two were peeping inside. Suddenly, the curtain of the tent opened. The two hurriedly turned around, and this Zhiqian walked out from behind the curtain.
"Uncle Gu has something to explain?" Zhiqian asked.
Gu Yeyang's entourage then told Zhiqian about the matter, knowing that Miss Nanjia had a strange temper, she hurriedly left.
"Big fart, what's it called. Zhiqian finished speaking and glanced at her attendant.