Chapter 2: Wounded Red

Chen Fu sat on the white jade lion seat, he leaned on the back chair, and the five fingers on his left hand supported his forehead.

Through the cold gaze between the five fingers, he observed Yu Ruo, who was still kneeling on the ground.

"There will be no fighting in the near future, and tomorrow I will send you back to my father, go down." ”

"Yes. ”

Yu Ruo's face was expressionless, his head bowed, and he lay on the ground.

A winding river channel flows through grassy fields.

Flowing water flows down the low-lying places on the river, overflowing the fertile soil on the riverbank, and the flowing water that has nowhere to go accumulates in low-lying places.

Following the stream flowing through Yinshui Town, I came to the lake.

Liu Heng jumped off the back of the cow, squatted down, and plunged into the wide lake at the end of the stream with his hands.

Quietly feel the continuous undercurrent under the calm surface of the lake.

On the tired face, the slender thick eyebrows frowned tightly.

"We don't have ships. ”

Yougen walked to Liu Heng's side, his eyes fixed on the sparkling lake.

"If we go around the lake, we may have to delay another night, but we have run out of food. ”

Liu Heng stood up, shook off the water marks on his hand, and showed an indifferent smile on his face.

"Heh, our manpower naturally can't storm Caoyun County, but in the tower fort outside Caoyun County, there is still some grain in stock, if we collect these grains, we should be able to survive. ”

Hearing this, Yougen snorted coldly and said, "Your people, there is no extra food, how can your enemies let go of the grain stored in the tower fort?"

Liu Heng turned his head, glanced at Yougen, and then turned his head.

"We can go looting. ”

"Looting, looting what, townspeople, outcasts?"

The smile on his face retracted, and Liu Heng, who had a solemn face, stretched out his hand and pointed to the other side of the stream.

"Looting, of course, you have to find the right person. ”

Yougen looked in the direction pointed by Liu Heng, on the field, three hundred meters away from the shore of the lake, behind the undulating gentle slope, a flagpole was erected.

On the flagpole, in the blue flag, the eagle spreads its wings.

Under the flagpole, a horseman wrapped in a sackcloth coat sits on horseback.

A fat brown war horse with thick sideburns.

He was followed by a thousand infantrymen.

Caoyun County returned to Baisha.

The other forces that get a piece of the pie must build their own fortresses to hold the armies that maintain their authority.

In order to stabilize their rule, the various forces transported the old grain and straw, as well as countless craftsmen and prisoners and overcrowded civilians, to the land allocated to them in rudimentary wagons.

Among these forces, there are powerful counties and weak tribes.

The troops who appeared in front and were targeted by Liu Heng came from a tribe.

A smile finally appeared on Yougen's face, and he lowered his head and thought for a moment, and this smile quickly disappeared.

"Someone has already arrived here, where is Yinshui Town?"

"Don't worry, for the sake of the offerings, they won't harass the town now, and at most they will increase taxes, but Yinshui Town will not have to pay taxes for thirty years. ”

Liu Heng turned around, looked at Yougen with a worried face, and explained.

"Oh. ”

Hearing this, Yougen's face softened slightly, he was silent for a moment, and then spoke again: "Then now, what should we do?"

"This unit, presumably on its way to the station, followed them along the creek. ”

"Do you want to do it at night?"

The corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and the depths of his rooted eyes were filled with excitement.

"That's a good idea. ”

Sticking out his tongue and licking his chapped lips with the tip of his tongue, the Chi Chief, who had been staying behind the two of them, had a hideous look on his face.

"Take advantage of the darkness of the night, pry open the helmets of those soldiers, and tear off the heads that are bound to the flesh and blood like the most ferocious hungry wolf on the snow peak, and let the splattered blood merge into a river. ”

The two men standing by the lake turned around, both staring at the distorted face covered in oil paint with shocked expressions on their faces.

"What's wrong?"

Under the gaze of four pairs of frightened eyes, the Chi Chief was stunned at first, and a trace of shyness quickly flashed in his clean eyes.

Then, the giant, who was more than three meters tall, pouted in embarrassment, pouted, and turned to the side.

Liu Heng wordlessly pointed to the lake behind him and said, "Today's lunch is only based on this lake." ”

"Ho!!"

In the crazy cheers of the barbarians, Yougen, whose eyes twitched wildly, turned his head and looked at Liu Heng, who was expressionless and seemed to have nothing to do.

"This, what kind of cute door did you buy. ”

Under the banner of the eagle, the cavalry will lead a thousand infantry and stop on a gentle slope with the sun in the back.

Countless smoke rose from the makeshift camp.

The rider, who took off his heavy cuirass and opened the sandwich linen, took the plate handed by his attendant.

On wooden plates, sliced bacon is stacked.

Picking up the cloth bag full of spirits, he took a big sip, and the rider wiped his chin with his hand, wiping the liquor that remained on his thick beard.

"It's almost there. ”

Followed by a retinue of horses, the rider strolls up to the top of the gentle slope, facing the blazing sun and looking into the distance.

Blue eyes, a high nose, and a skeletal protrusion resembling the face of an alien, but with thick black hair that reaches the back and a black beard that surrounds the cheeks.

"My lord, it's time to go to your territory. ”

Behind the rider, the retinue, who looked ordinary and held the reins, stopped.

"yes, there's still about ten miles to go. ”

The corners of the mouth hidden in the thick hair and beard are gently upturned, and the blue eyes reveal a touch of brilliance.

"Our tribe is too small, and there is no land to cultivate, so we can only fight for the old man, and farm for the old man, if it weren't for the steep terrain of our hometown, I am afraid it would have been swallowed up by others. ”

The rider sat on the ground, pointed to the distance with an excited face, and said: "With this land, our life will definitely be improved." ”

"Sure, sir, sure!"

The attendant echoed the rider, and his voice trembled uncontrollably.

Sensing his gaffe, the attendant turned his head, trying to hide the wetness in his eyes, but suddenly froze.

"So, sir, what's there?"

"What?"

The rider, who was munching on the salted meat, turned his head to look at the attendant behind him with a puzzled expression, and the rider frowned and followed the line of sight of the attendant.

At a distance of three hundred miles, it was impossible to distinguish with the naked eye, and the horsemen did not see the big lake, nor did they see the barbarians fishing in the lake.

He only saw the blinding red in the boundless firmament, far away from him.

The horizontal stripes are like wounds in the sky.

The crimson glow was like blood flowing from a wound.

The plate in his hand fell to the ground, and the horseman's body trembled uncontrollably.

The whole Western Wilderness, the whole Middle-earth, and the whole world have seen the red in the sky.

Countless foolish people fell to their knees, and countless learned people frowned.

Countless weak people are praying sincerely, and countless cultivators are asking themselves.