It turned out that after Xie Tong left Yicheng, Wu Zhiting and his wife took the opportunity to return to Luoyang, first visited the old man Wang, and then contacted the clansmen of the Wu family outside, the clansmen heard that Xie Tong was in trouble, they all geared up, volunteered to help, Wu Zhiting took part of the silver in the treasure house, recruited a group of mercenaries near Luoyang, money can make the ghost grind, only seven or eight days, gathered nearly 20,000 horses, Wu Zhiting was afraid of delaying the war, only waved the army south, just caught up with Xie Tong was besieged, due to the absolute superiority of the army, directly Song Wenyuan sent 5,000 infantry to beat the flowers, smashed Song Wenyuan's evil years。 Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xie Tong listened to it very interestingly, and secretly admired his good luck, if it wasn't for the original righteous rescue of the children of the martial arts, I am afraid that he would have reported to the Hades Palace today.

He asked, "How far are we from Yicheng?"

Wu Zhiting replied, "I'm afraid there are still three or four days away, hey, there are not many cavalry in our army, and we have grain and grass with you, and you are sick, how can you go too fast!"

Xie Tong was silent, and swore before parting, although he did not come back with a disgraced face, but only 20,000 horses and horses really couldn't change the fate of Xiangyang City.

Wu Zhiting said, "Brother Xie, it seems that this time I went to Jinan to lose a lot of money, not only did I not borrow soldiers, but I almost put my life into it, if I didn't save you, I would really die for a lifetime, ha, I can't imagine that you still owe me a favor!"

Shen Mingna glared at him fiercely and said, "It's really a pot that can't be opened, Brother Xie is depressed, can't you see it?"

Xie Tong smiled bitterly and said, "It's okay, it's too simple for me to think, not everyone puts their family and country in the first place." ”

Shen Mingna said, "Brother Xie doesn't have to be discouraged, isn't there still 20,000 horses!

Xie Tong was silent, he thought about it, it had been more than a month since he left Xiangyang, and he didn't know what the situation was over there! It seemed that he really had to find a way to retreat.

The army walked for two more days, arrived at Yicheng, did not see in January, Yicheng has changed greatly, the original people come and go, the lively county seat, has been empty, what catches the eye, is actually a desolation. The house is dilapidated and lifeless.

This change surprised everyone.

Shen Mingna said in disbelief, "What happened, why did all the people disappear!"

After the army entered the city, they immediately searched around the city, not only could not even see a single figure, but also disappeared completely, and there was not a single living creature in the entire county, as if it was a ghost town, revealing an eerie and terrifying feeling everywhere.

Even in the daytime, it feels cold.

Wu Zhiting ordered people to live and cook, and several people gathered in his courtyard in Yicheng, lit a bonfire, drank and chatted.

Xie Tong's arrow wound recovered extremely quickly, it had already formed a scar, and the pain had disappeared, replaced by a sour and itchy feeling, which was an excellent sign.

Wu Zhiting picked up the torch, took a sip of wine and said, "Brother Xie, where did you say that all the people in Yicheng have gone!"

Xie Tong frowned and said, "It should be inseparable from the war with Xiangyang, as far as I know, the grain and grass in the Huangchao army are very tight, and the army has been attacking Xiangyang for a long time, so it is natural to search for grain and grass everywhere, and the people of Yicheng may be because of the chaos of the army, in order not to starve to death, so they moved the city and left!"

Wu Zhiting said, "It makes sense, but according to this, as long as Huang Chao can't raise military rations, he will definitely leave Xiangyang sooner or later, and we still have hope for this battle of Xiangyang."

Xie Tong said, "This is only a theoretical possibility, Huang Chao is not a fool, so he naturally has to go around to loot military rations." ”

Before the words fell, the spies suddenly reported that a troop of soldiers and horses, numbering about 5,000, appeared in the north of the city, transporting some grain wagons.

The two of them got up at the same time, the weakness of the Huang Chao army was the grain and grass, how could they let the Huang Chao easily transport the grain and grass to the front line.

Thinking of this, the two of them said in unison, "Rob his military rations!"

Before the order could be given, another spy reported that the enemy army was already rushing into the city, and it seemed that they were about to enter the city.

Xie Tong smiled and said, "Immediately send the order down, open the city gate, the whole army will die down, wait for the enemy army to enter the city, Lao Tzu will come to an urn to catch turtles."

Xie Tong and others led the soldiers and horses, secretly lurked on both sides of the north gate, and commanded the soldiers to hide in the houses on both sides of the street, waiting to see what happened.

In a short time, the enemy army had already entered the city.

The speed of entering the city was not fast, they all walked slowly, led by a young general whom Xie Tong had never seen, the two of them rode horses, standing at the city gate and pointing, only the two of them rode horses in the whole army, and the grain carts were pulled by the soldiers.

Bringing the last grain cart into the city, one of the generals said, "Come on, close the city gate for me!"

Another general said, "What is the pass, you are not too troublesome, there are no people in a radius of dozens of miles, who are you guarding against! It's really eventful, this Yicheng has come several times, it's safe, let's go!"

Before the words fell, the city gate suddenly creaked and shut, and the two were taken aback, thinking that they were haunted, and suddenly there were shouts of killing from both sides.

Wu Zhiting took the lead and rushed forward with a ghost head knife.

In less than half an hour of fighting, the enemy was completely annihilated, and a small part of the enemy army abandoned food and grass and fled from the south of the city.

Xie Tong looked at dozens of grain trucks, and said with a smile, "Today's harvest is not small, after robbing so much grain and grass, it is estimated that Huang Chao's face will be angry." ”

Xie Tong strode to the sides of the car, and before he could check, he suddenly smelled a fishy smell, he was suddenly startled, and immediately opened a sack of linen, under the reflection of the torch, Xie Tong saw it clearly, and the bag was not food, but a corpse.

Xie Tong didn't know why the bag was full of human corpses, no wonder there was a fishy smell, he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to check, but the bag was full of corpses, and there was not a grain of grain.

Everyone couldn't help but wonder, what was Huang Chao doing with so many corpses.

At this moment, Wu Zhiting rushed back from the south of the city and said with a smile, "Brother Xie, the younger brother has captured a leader."

Xie Tong looked at it fixedly, it was the general who didn't let the door close.

Xie Tong said coldly: "What is your name! What kind of position do you hold in the army of Huang Chao!"

The man said arrogantly, "I'm not afraid to scare you when I say it, I am the nephew of the King of Heaven, known as the smiling Huang Wenju, and those who know each other will send me back, otherwise the army of the King of Heaven will kill you and make you head in a different place!"

Wu Zhiting frowned and said, "Heh, his tone is so big, he dares to use the Yellow Nest to scare us, do you know who he is?

Huang Wen glanced at Xie Tong and said, "Who knows who you are, let Lao Tzu go!"

Wu Zhiting saw that Xie Tong didn't mean to answer, so he said, "He is Xie Tong, Xie Tong who specializes in cleaning up the Yellow Nest!"

As soon as these words came out, Huang Wenju's body was obviously shocked, the shadow of the human life tree, Xie Tong's name was known to everyone, how dare he be presumptuous, and Fang Cai's arrogance suddenly disappeared.

Xie Tong pointed to the grain cart and said, "Tell me what happened to these corpses!"

Huang Wenju said hesitantly, "It is a person who died on the battlefield, and the king of heaven asked me to transport it back, saying that it is of great use." ”

"A bunch of nonsense", Shen Mingna said angrily, "Just looking at this costume, you can know that the deceased are ordinary people, where are the soldiers who died in battle, and they are not recruited from the truth!"

Huang Wenju's body trembled, and he smiled and said, "This girl is discerning, clever, she is clever, this is the corpse that the villain transported from other places and sent to Xiangyang!"

Xie Tong said, "What are you doing when you send it to Xiangyang!"

Huang Wenju rolled his eyes and said, "Venerable Na said, still bring the corpse to Xiangyang City, and scare and scare the soldiers guarding the city!"

Xie Tong knew that he was not telling the truth, but with the death of so many innocent people, how could he ignore it, and immediately said angrily, "Who killed these people?"

Huang Wenju said respectfully, "I don't know about this, I'm just responsible for transportation."

Wu Zhiting walked in front of him, suddenly drew a dagger, cut off his ears like lightning, and said as if no one was around, "If you don't tell the truth, Lao Tzu will rip off your pair of tricks."

Huang Wenju covered his ears and wailed like a pig, blood running down his fingers.

Wu Zhiting went up and kicked again, and said, "Don't you say it quickly, do you really want Lao Tzu to do it?"

Huang Wenju immediately stopped crying, and clenched his teeth and said, "It was all killed by the general who came with me, and it has nothing to do with the villain! He kills people, and the villain transports them, and each is responsible for it."

It is no longer obvious that they have killed innocent people.

Xie Tong turned his back and threw down a sentence, "Zhiting, unload this person into eight pieces, and hang the head at the head of Yicheng." ”

Huang Wenju fell to his knees in fright, and cried, "General Xie, Xie Daxia, these people are really not killed by villains, you can spare me! Xie Daxia, I know it's wrong."

Wu Zhiting didn't listen to him, he lifted Huang Wenju up, like carrying a chicken, and carried it away.

In the distance, Huang Wenju's pleading voice could still be heard.

Xie Tong took a deep breath and said, "Come on, bury these people."

The army marched for two more days, and had arrived at the periphery of Xiangyang City, only fifty miles away from Xiangyang, where you can see the camp of the Huangchao army, which has surrounded Xiangyang and attacked the city day and night.

Seeing that Xiangyang was still there, Xie Tong felt a lot relieved, he didn't dare to lead the army to smash the enemy camp, after all, the gap in numbers was too large, and his 20,000 horses were not enough for Huang Chao to plug his teeth.

The Huangchao army also discovered his team, and a pair of men and horses had been removed from the city to confront Xie Tong.

Xie Tong also took the form of confrontation, if you don't come to fight me, I will definitely not take the initiative to attack, he thought of a way, which is to secretly rob Huang Chao's grain transportation team, after all, Xiangyang City and he have enough food and grass, this is Huang Chao's weakness.

Xie Tong led a group of men and horses to loot Huangchao's grain transportation regiment everywhere, although the success rate was not high, but it really affected Huangchao's troop deployment.

On this day, Datuk Zun finally couldn't hold it anymore and led his troops to take the initiative to attack Xie Tong, but Xie Tong avoided fighting, and the army retreated twenty miles, leaving Datuk Zun helpless, and he didn't know where the reinforcements came from.

Xie Tong went out early and returned late, looking for opportunities day and night, and finally succeeded once, but he was surprised to find that the grain truck was still not transporting grain, but a cart of corpses.

An extremely bold idea formed in Xie Tong's mind, but he didn't dare to face it, the enemy might not have food, but eat people.

He didn't dare to be sure of this idea, let alone tell Wu Zhiting and the others, after all, it was too terrifying.

Thinking of this, he just wanted to infiltrate the enemy's camp to find out what was going on and test his guess.

It was dusk, the army had just finished camping, was about to make a fire to make food, Xie Tong had no time to eat, he came to the gate of the camp alone, saw the sky gradually darkened, suddenly had an urge to visit the enemy camp at night, he immediately returned to the camp, ready to wear a night clothes.

As soon as the clothes were halfway through, Wu Zhiting rushed in and said, "Brother Xie, you said that we have been in Xiangyang for six days, and it is time to see Lord Shangwang, otherwise how will this man fight?"

Before the words fell, he saw Xie Tong dressed up and was stunned on the spot, but his mind was also very flexible, and he immediately asked, "Where are you going?"

Xie Tong was most afraid that they would see it, so he hurriedly put his finger on his lips and said, "Be quiet, don't let your wife hear!"

Wu Zhiting smiled slightly, and said, "I have long guessed that you will not be so aimless, hurry up and tell me whether you are going to assassinate the head of the enemy army tonight, or to spy on the enemy!"

Xie Tong frowned and said, "It's a spying on the enemy!"

Wu Zhiting said excitedly, "I'm going too!"

Xie Tong spread his hands and said, "This is not a joke, the other party has thousands of troops, and there are also masters such as Meng Kai, Lu Li, and Immortal Weng sitting in the formation, it is very dangerous for me to go, and I am afraid it will be difficult to get out with you." ”

Wu Zhiting was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said, "As the commander of the three armies, he actually probed the enemy at night, wouldn't he laugh off other people's big teeth, no matter, if you don't let Lao Tzu go, Lao Tzu will reveal all the news about you." ”

Xie Tong knew that he couldn't beat him, so he smiled bitterly, "It's okay, but you have to promise me a few things, and Lao Tzu can take you there!"

Wu Zhiting said without thinking, "Don't say it's one, it's ten thousand!"

Xie Tong said, "Okay, the first thing, you must obey the command, where I let you go, where you must go, there is a basis for advance and retreat."

Wu Zhiting smiled, "This is a must, otherwise once the enemy besieges us, we will suffer."

Seeing that he answered happily, Xie Tong continued, "Tonight, no matter what you see or hear, don't say a word outside without my order, including your wife."

Wu Zhiting hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, don't let her know." Immediately, he scratched his head and said with a smile, "Let Brother Xie see and laugh, the younger brother will definitely keep his promise." After that, he looked at Xie Tong with his eyes.

Xie Tong was speechless, and said, "What are you still doing in a daze, don't go to change your clothes."

The two of them packed up, climbed out of the fence of the camp, and slowly approached the camp of Huangchao.

These days, Xie Tong's observation is very good, the other camps are just attacking the city, which looks relatively dilapidated, but the camp tent standing in the southernmost part is majestic and magnificent, there is no doubt that it is the leader of the righteous army, the big tent of the Chinese army in Huangchao. (To be continued.) )