Chapter 601: The Heroes
Li Fengyun and the three of them escaped from Huxin Fort by boat with more than 400 imprisoned martial arts masters in Huxin Fort and landed in the small bay where they set off. Xiao Qirui and the more than ten second-rate masters who were originally in charge of guarding on the shore have long since disappeared, obviously not wanting to get involved with Li Fengyun and others.
It was only less than three or four miles away from the Liao soldiers who came to help, and the Liao soldiers were probably already aware of the situation here, and most of them were rushing towards this side. Everyone did not dare to stay for a long time, and disappeared into the mountains under the leadership of Li Fengyun.
The mountains of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are steep, and the official road that can connect the north and south is only Yiguan, and there is no road in the mountain, which is extremely difficult to walk. However, everyone is from the martial arts, and they are agile, except for the seven first-class masters, whose internal strength has not yet recovered, the rest of them can operate their internal strength, and the dangers along the way are nothing to them. In less than half an hour, Li Fengyun and the others walked more than five or six miles.
Li Fengyun estimated that it would be difficult for the Liao army to find them for a while, so he found a hidden cave and lit several bonfires for everyone to stop and rest.
After all, these masters have just escaped from prison, although their internal strength has recovered, but their bodies are weak, and in the Huxin Fort, the Liao people are only willing to give them barely life-sustaining food, but their physical strength is far from keeping up. Moreover, most of them have the wounds left by the imprisonment, and they have not practiced martial arts for many years, and their bodies are far worse than before, almost all of them are as withered as wood.
In terms of strength, the third-rate masters among these people are only a little higher than the average Liao soldiers, and the second-rate masters are not much stronger. Therefore, when they were in Huxin Fort before, more than 400 martial arts masters faced nearly 600 well-coordinated Liao soldiers, and more than a dozen people were killed in the battle, and more than 20 people were injured. This would be unimaginable in normal times. This also taught Li Fengyun to feel distressed, you must know that these people are treasures in Li Fengyun's eyes.
Don't look at the strength that these masters are showing now, that's because they have been locked up for too long and their strength can't be displayed, as long as they cultivate for a period of time and their strength recovers, it is definitely a force that cannot be underestimated. The fact that these people were imprisoned in the Fort in the middle of the lake by Yeluming shows that they all have their own special features. Therefore, even if it is a third-rate master, there must be something unique about it that Yeluming likes. Otherwise, Chilian Cliff would have been killed a long time ago, how could they be allowed to live until now?
Even if even a small half of this group is willing to join the guerrilla battalion, I am afraid that the strength of the guerrilla battalion will change drastically. As the saying goes, thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find, how could Li Fengyun, who has led a large army to fight in all directions for several years, not understand this truth?
After a lot of running, the masters were already hungry and exhausted, and they urgently needed to rest.
After settling everyone, Li Fengyun immediately went out to hunt, and Su Yunong also went out to collect wild fruits and healing herbs.
Taking advantage of this time, Gongsun Wuwu and Su Yunong briefly told everyone what had happened in the Central Plains and Khitan over the years. Of course, the focus is on introducing the guerrilla battalion and Li Fengyun's various deeds, after all, the purpose of the three of them trying so hard to rescue these heroes is also to pull more people to join the Tibetan Army Valley.
Most of the heroes have been imprisoned by the Demon Sect for several years, the short ones are one or two years, and the long ones are like Xue Ba, who have been locked up for eighteen years, of course, they have been locked up in the Huxin Fort for only eight years, because the Huxin Fort has only been built for eight years. I don't know much about the outside world, and I was suddenly rescued, as if I was in a different world, and I felt a little unfamiliar with the outside world.
According to everyone, in the prison under the Huxin Fort, there were no less than eight or nine hundred martial arts masters who died one after another, some died of illness, some were tortured to death, and some of them committed suicide because they couldn't stand the torment. Of course, there are also some people who can't stand the torture and take refuge in the Demon Sect, and there are two or three hundred such people.
Thinking of the suffering over the years, and thinking of those relatives and friends in the past, after several wars, I don't know if I am still alive, and many people burst into tears in the sad place. The boy has tears and doesn't flick, just because it's not time to be sad.
Thinking back then, no matter good or evil, which of these people was not a well-known hero in the rivers and lakes, just because they were unwilling to succumb to the Demon Sect and unwilling to serve the Khitans, they were locked up in the dark under the castle in the middle of the lake, and lived every day like a year.
Gongsun Wuwu said: "Now everyone already knows the situation in the world, the Jin State has died, the Liao State has also retreated to the grassland, and Liu Zhiyuan of Hedong has also changed the dynasty in Kaifeng and established the Han Dynasty. However, the beacon fires in various parts of the Central Plains have not been completely extinguished, and Liu Zhiyuan, the emperor, is still not sitting safely.
The rivers and lakes are even more treacherous, and there are many forces from all sides.
Guys, I wonder what you're going to do next?"
The heroes were gloomy for a while, and a white-haired old man wiped a handful of old tears, sighed, and said: "Plans, now in this situation, what are you going to talk about?" The old man Liu Qingyan in Hebei Province has been imprisoned by the Demon Sect for ten years, and the descendants of the family don't know if anyone is still alive, and how many people are still alive.
Gongsun Gongzi, tell me, where should I go?"
Liu Qingyan, a native of Liujiabao in Yizhou, has good martial arts, and he was a second-rate top strength back then, and he was only one step away from stepping into the realm of a first-class grandmaster. At that time, Liu Qingyan was known as the Qingxia with two Wu hooks, he was bold, he liked to make friends, and in the late Han Dynasty, he organized the children of Liujiabao and the surrounding villagers to revolt against the combined forces of Khitan and Shi Jingjiao. Disappeared after the defeat, it is rumored that he has been killed in battle, and he is unexpectedly imprisoned in the castle in the middle of the lake.
However, as far as Gongsun Wuwu knows, Liujiabao, which was famous in the rivers and lakes, was already in ruins and deserted ten years ago. The children of Liujiabao, even if there are still people alive, they have long since disappeared.
The experience of everyone is similar to Liu Qingyan's situation, and they don't feel sad in their hearts.
Gongsun Wuwu sighed lightly and said: "In the troubled times, people are like ants, and human life is not worth a dog.
The idea of this son is that you are now weak and scattered, and you may not have the power to protect yourself in this troubled world. Zhuozhou is not far from the Tibetan Army Valley, but it is more than 100 miles away. Wouldn't it be better for us to go to the Tibetan Army Valley to recuperate for a period of time first, and then make plans when my body recovers.
Rest assured, if you want to leave freely in the Tibetan Army Valley, after you have recuperated your body, the Tibetan Army Valley will not stop you. ”
Gongsun Wuwu also knows that the vast majority of these people are old rivers and lakes, even if he is talking wildly now, saying that the Tibetan Army Valley is very good, and Li Fengyun is extremely great, these people may not be willing to believe it, but it is better to take them to the Tibetan Army Valley and let them see and think for themselves, but the effect is better.
Everyone felt that Gongsun Wuwu was reasonable, and Gongsun Wuwu and Li Fengyun were both first-class masters, so they should not easily break their promises and coax them, and they agreed one after another, only more than a dozen Jiangyang thieves who were originally notorious Jiangyang thieves, who killed people back then, had too many enemies in the rivers and lakes, and were worried about being retaliated against, and because of their strong martial arts, they did not want to go to the Tibetan Army Valley, and proposed to leave.
Gongsun Wuwu also knew that it was impossible to keep everyone, these people were too famous in the rivers and lakes, even if they were put into the guerrilla camp, it might not be a good thing at first sight, so he was not reluctant, just said that when Li Fengyun came back, he would eat something and recover his strength, and everyone would gather and disperse, and it would not be too late to leave.
About an hour passed, and Li Fengyun came back with two washed and skinned wild boars and more than a dozen hares.
Of course, these prey are not enough for more than four hundred people, but with the hundreds of wild fruits collected by Su Yunong, they should be able to barely satisfy their hunger.