This wooden bridge is used for the unloading of moored ships, about 20 zhang long, Li Zicheng and Hua Bushi are walking in the opposite direction, to the center of the wooden bridge, only to face to face zhanzhu.

At this distance, hundreds of muskets from the Thunderbolt battalion lined up on the dock fired in unison, and it was not difficult to kill Li Zicheng, and if Li Zicheng had drawn his sword and killed Hua Bushi first, this eldest young master would not be able to do martial arts, and he would definitely not be able to escape.

However, Li Zicheng didn't seem to have the intention of drawing his sword to hurt people, his expression was kind and calm, just like when he gathered in Biluo Mountain that day, but Hua Bushi's face was as cold as a sharp blade.

"Brother Hua has lost a lot of weight, I think it's been too hard to travel these days. Li Zicheng spoke first.

His tone was still the same, as if he were still the eldest brother who cared so much about his brother.

Hua Bushi stared at Li Zicheng's face, and after a while, he said, "Thirteen thousand." ”

Li Zicheng said: "What do you say?"

Hua Bushi said: "The 13,000 homeless people in Biluo Village have all been slaughtered!"

Li Zicheng said: "Brother Fool and King Chuang returned to Huaiqing from northern Henan, and I heard Li Guo and the flag wave said that the official army rushed to Biluo Village, but the situation at that time was too late to go to the rescue, and then the officials, soldiers and horses besieged the city, and we could only abandon the city." ”

Hua Bushi said: "How do you know that it is too late to rescue? Biluo Village originally had more than 200 righteous troops left behind, plus five or six hundred people who transported grain and grass back, it was enough to hold on for several days, unless you had already planned to give up Biluo Cottage, and there was no grain and grass to go back, and the soldiers who stayed behind were also ordered to withdraw, so they would be captured by the official army in less than half a day, I am not wrong, right?"

A complicated look flashed in Li Zicheng's eyes, and he said, "Brother Hua led his troops to come back to help, so why do you need to ask me if you already know the inside story." ”

Hua Bushi said: "When I took the Ning Ning family and more than a thousand homeless people to Biluo Mountain that day, you promised to take care of them, but in the end, you abandoned them and let them be killed!"

He glared at Li Zicheng and said sharply: "You took in the homeless people, but it was just to expand the army and take the young and strong people among them for your own use, and the remaining old and weak women and children are useless burdens to you, and this time I just used the hands of the officials and soldiers to get rid of this burden! I have mistaken you, and I mistakenly believe that you will protect them! Those innocent people died so unjustly, I must avenge them!"

Li Zicheng's expression was still calm, and he said: "Brother Hua is kind-hearted, and when he is an elder brother, he naturally understands, but in this chaotic era of Shura, famine, war, and plague, how many lives are taken every day, which one is not innocent, and which one is not unjustly dead? You want to avenge each of them, can you get it?"

Hua Bushi gritted his teeth and said: "Even if I can't repay it, I will report it as much as I can! Do you think you can lead the army to cross this Qi River today? You killed those homeless people with the hands of the officials and soldiers, and I can also use the hands of the officials and the soldiers to destroy you!"

Now behind Li Zicheng's men and horses, there are Zhang Zongheng, Zhang Yingchang, He Renlong, the officers and troops of the three roads are closely chasing, only by crossing the Qi River as soon as possible can they escape, if they are blocked on the bank of the river, the officers and soldiers of the brigade will chase them, there will be only a dead end. And Hua Bushi obviously decided that Li Zicheng would cross the river at Dongyao Ferry, so he took the first step to occupy the wharf and laid down this siege and killing.

Li Zicheng looked at Hua Bushi's somewhat reddened eyes, but his face remained unchanged at all, and said: "Brother Hua's strategy, when my brother has known it, I have always admired it, since you have been preparing to kill me, I will probably not be able to escape." No, this Hua brother is very wrong this time, do you understand?"

Hua Bushi said: "Really?"

Li Zicheng said: "I only have one life, and it is not a pity to die, but have you ever thought about the rebel brothers on the river, many of them are relatives of those displaced people in Biluo Mountain, and if you let them be killed, can you still say that you are avenging the dead displaced people?"

Hua Bushi said coldly: "Do you want to rely on them to save your own life?"

Li Zicheng said solemnly: "Brother Fool just wants to explain to Brother Hua, you want to avenge those displaced people, you are really looking for the wrong target! It is indeed my decision to abandon Biluo Village, but there is no other choice, now the official army has gathered more than 100,000 horses and horses to enter the Yu realm, and the righteous army cannot gain a foothold here at all, so it can only turn to other realms, and the Hua brothers should also be very clear about this situation. Imagine if we can march with more than 10,000 displaced people? They are all old and weak, women and children, and even if we really take them with us, they will be caught up by the official army in a few days, and they will inevitably be killed!"

"Many of the homeless people in Biluo Village are the wives and children of the rebel brothers, how can I be willing to let them be killed, but what more can I do than leave them behind?"

Hua Bushi said: "Since you have made up your mind to give up the cottage, why didn't you make the news public earlier? At least you can let the displaced people in the village escape first, and not fall to the point of being slaughtered, you are just afraid of affecting the soldiers' military hearts! You know that sooner or later Biluo Village will be captured by the official army, and the family and wife of the righteous soldiers will die young, so they will be even more determined to follow you to kill the officials and rebel for your use, but you never expected that I would find out the news of the official army's attack on the village in advance and go back to the rescue, which will almost ruin your big thing, right?"

Hearing this, Li Zicheng's face turned a little red, and he said loudly: "You must know that it was the officials and soldiers who killed them, not me, Li Hongji! Brother Hua is a person of foresight, don't you still know the truth that you can't stick to small things if you want to achieve a great cause?"

He paused for a moment, his expression calmed down, and said, "Brother Hua invited me to cross the river to meet, and Brother Hua knew that Brother Hua actually had no intention of killing me. You and I are good brothers, and we should work together to overthrow the current Ming Dynasty and remove the emperor from the dragon chair, then we should really avenge all the innocent deaths in this troubled world!"

Hua Bushi stared at Li Zicheng, and said after a long time: "You guessed right, I have no intention of killing you today, but that is just for the sake of the relationship with Fifth Brother Ma back then, I must not kill his brother with my own hands." Thirteen,000 lives may seem like a small section that can be discarded in your eyes, but in Hua Bushi's eyes, it is absolutely not! Although they died at the hands of the officials and soldiers, it was because you abandoned them, and from today on, the brotherly righteousness between you and me will be severed, and we will have nothing to do with each other!"

Li Zicheng frowned and said: "Why do you bother? With the talents of the Hua brothers, if you and I can work together to achieve great things, why can't we build a career in this troubled world, it is not difficult to be famous for eternity!"

Hua Bushi said slowly: "I thought you were different from those other rebel leaders, but unfortunately this is not the case. You want to overthrow the Ming Dynasty and become the emperor yourself, but Hua Bushi has no wish, and you sacrifice so many innocent people, I can't accept it, you and I have different ambitions, and the means of acting are definitely incompatible, so it's better to separate earlier. ”

As he spoke, he turned and walked along. After taking two steps, he paused slightly, and said: "If you and I meet again in the future, maybe we will already be friends and enemies, and I just hope that Li Chuang will do it himself!"

Hua Bushi has always called Li Zicheng "Brother Li" or "Brother Hongji", but now he calls Li Chuangjiang, obviously no longer treating him as a righteous brother. Li Zicheng watched Hua Bushi walk away step by step, and the expression on his face seemed to be regretful and regretful.

Hua Bushi walked to the end of the wooden bridge, and Li Hu and Ximen Hitomi had already greeted him. He stepped onto his mount and commanded, "Order the Perak camp to withdraw from formation, let's go!"

Although Hua Bushi didn't look back at Li Zicheng again, a sour feeling of loss also surged in his heart.

He had heard of his name for a long time before he saw him, and later from the first meeting in Wuyang City to the bold gathering in front of Biluo Cottage, Hua Bushi once thought that Li Zicheng was a great hero of benevolence and righteousness, a great hero, regarded him as his brother, and helped him without reservation. However, the reality made the eldest young master realize that Li Zicheng was just a ruthless hero, and the talents and strategies he possessed might be able to achieve great things, but they were still not enough to change the current troubled times.

In this troubled world, there may be no real heroes at all!

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ Huaiqing City fell, the prefectures and prefectures of Yujing were panicked, and the imperial court sent troops to conquer and suppress it, which caused frequent wars in various places. However, at this time, Kaifeng City, which is also in northern Henan, is very peaceful and tranquil, and still maintains the prosperity of the past.

And rightfully so.

Kaifeng is known as "the first metropolis of the Central Plains", is the capital of Henan Province, the location of the governor of Henan Province, there are more than 20,000 officers and soldiers stationed in the city, and it is the fortified city with the largest garrison force in Henan. No matter how fierce the rebels are elsewhere, they will never threaten to come here.

The most famous and most pedestrianized place in Kaifeng City is the Daxiangguo Temple located in the south of the city.

Daxiangguo Temple was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, and in the Song Dynasty, it has become the most prosperous temple of incense in the country, even the emperor often comes here to worship incense. At that time, Lu Zhishen, the hero of Shuibo Liangshan, was once a monk in this temple, and there was a story of "uprooting the weeping willows".

Now after several dynasties, Kaifeng has long been the national capital, this temple has nothing to do with the royal family, but the incense is still quite good, and after many times of renovation and expansion, the temple is much larger than the original.

The pilgrims of Daxiangguo Temple have been in an endless stream for many years, and the street facing in front of the temple gate has become the most prosperous and lively place in Kaifeng City.

This street is called "Daxiang Street", the street is five zhang wide, 100 zhang long, the ground is all paved with bluestone, very smooth, even the real elephant walks on this street, there will be no problem if you think about it.