Chapter 11 Hot-Blooded and Cold
The old and weak refugees who were watching were whispering to each other, with expressions of surprise and confusion on their faces, and the buzzing sound of the discussion merged into a sound wave.
“What’s going on?”
“I heard that the bandits broke through the sky and attacked, and the guerrilla masters are going to lead troops to suppress the bandits!”
“How could this happen? "Do you want anyone left alive?" Immediately some women and children cried bitterly, "The boss has just entered the camp and is about to go into battle?"
"You only ate one meal of military rations, do you have to risk your life today?"
First one person cried, then dozens, then hundreds of people cried, and in the end there was a burst of crying on both sides of the official road.
Only the officers and soldiers drew their swords in their hands and glanced fiercely at the refugees on both sides of the road, but no refugee dared to attack the marching queue.
On the other hand, some of the young refugees walking in the middle of the team also started crying, and in return they were scolded and beaten with whips by the soldiers on both sides.
There was a young man who didn't know how to look. He kept crying and kept mumbling that he was no longer a soldier and that he didn't want to fight. He turned around and rushed out of the team.
He had some brute strength and was unexpected, knocking down several soldiers.
There were only scattered cavalry on the outside of the team running back and forth to suppress the team. Immediately, a cavalryman drew his saber, rode over, and passed by the young man.
With just a slight twitch of the wrist, the big head rolled in the sky along with the column of blood. The young headless corpse fell heavily to the ground, and the hot blood stained the loess road.
The head fell to the ground and rolled around a few times before falling into a pile of homeless people. The people were so frightened that they immediately dispersed into a clearing.
Soon some archers rushed over, grabbed the head, and put it on a spear. The cavalry held the long pole and spread it throughout the team to warn up and down.
This time, even the cries of the refugees on both sides of the road were muted by three points.
“No!” Lu Ye frowned.
He observed that the refugees who were trapped by the soldiers were still wearing rags and rags. They had not even changed into soap clothes. They had empty hands and did not have a dog-beating stick. This was a campaign of suppression. What kind of bandit are you?
Wang Hu came closer, his teeth chattering.
“Brother, this is a bit evil!”
"Going to the battlefield empty-handed like this, I'm afraid these young men will suffer!"
Lu Ye said: "Just wait and see what happens."
He had a bad idea in his mind, but he didn't I'm sure.
Who knows where the bottom line of this alien official is?
When the long queue disappeared on the official road and the city gate was closed, the gathered refugees, old and weak, could only disperse. The shack was filled with suppressed cries.
Lu Ye noticed that the female walls of the city were almost filled with strong men holding instruments.
Maybe because there were too many soldiers sent out for conscription, there were not enough soldiers left to cover the city wall, and there were many more government officials on the wall.
In addition, there were even many slaves wearing small hats and green clothes who went to the city with sticks.
There are dozens of wealthy family heads in brocade clothes and jade belts standing on the female wall, accompanied by an official in red robes, pointing at the refugee shacks outside the city wall.
Lu Zhizi’s uneasiness became even stronger.
"Let's go, Huzi," he suddenly said, "let's change to a shack."
"This is too close to the city, so go to the river to get water."
Wang Hu said reluctantly .
"Brother, it's too far. When the relief porridge is released, I'm afraid I'll only be able to grab two small bites."
Lu Ye insisted on his opinion, but Wang Hu had no choice, so the two left. After sleeping in a shack for a night, I found a shallow pit by the river, found a few dead branches to set up a shelf, and took off a piece of the layers of clothes I was wearing to hang up as a shelter.
Wang Hu couldn't lie down in the pit, so he went out to look out from time to time, anxiously waiting for the government to release porridge for disaster relief.
As a result, when the sun was in the sky, not even a hair was seen.
The refugees gathered outside the moat and suddenly started making noises. In the past, there should have been government officials pushing the porridge cart out an hour ago.
It’s just that all the young and strong among the refugees were taken away by the conscripts, leaving only the old and the weak. The officers and soldiers guarding the long bridge just pulled out their sabers, cursed a few times, and suppressed the commotion.
Wang Hu squeezed out from the refugees, ran back and complained to Lu Ye, who was lying flat in the pit with his eyes closed.
"Brother, if I had known I would have listened to you and not joined in the fun."
"I heard people say that the guards in the city were all sent out to encircle and suppress Chuang Po Tian today. There are not enough manpower. Wait until I’ll serve porridge again in the evening.”
Lu Ye suddenly opened his eyes and sat up. He took a few deep breaths and felt that his eyelids were beating so hard that his heart felt like a stone.
"Huzi, let's go, cross the river, and go back. Let's go up the mountain first."
Wang Hu was stunned.
"Brother, what do you mean?"
"No more porridge at night?"
Lu Ye shook his head.
"Huzi, I'm afraid there won't be any porridge at night."
Wang Hu frowned and murmured.
"That's true. If we can't spare manpower during the day, will we have enough manpower at night?"
"Maybe we'll have to wait for a long time again..."
"But brother, why do you need to change?" It’s a waste of energy in this place, why not wait here?”
Lu Zhizi had a guess, but he always felt that the guess was a bit surprising, and he couldn’t say it out to persuade Wang Hu.
Now Wang Hu is a man with proven character and responsible for the force. The two have lived together all the way, and he will never abandon Wang Hu.
He rolled his eyes and had no choice but to evade, saying that if he went back to the mountain, he might meet some kind-hearted people like the refugees who blocked the road yesterday, and he would give them two hard buns to eat.
Wang Hu’s eyes lit up, and he could accept Lu Ye’s explanation. However, he was reluctant to give up the porridge for disaster relief. He insisted that he could only cross the river to the foot of the mountain, and could not go further. Once the porridge was released in the city, he might still be able to drink it warmly when he ran back.
Seeing Wang Hu’s persistence, Lu Ye stopped persuading him.
It is also good to run to the foot of the mountain, at least stay away from this city.
So the two of them crossed the river and walked towards the foot of the mountain where they came yesterday.
When we arrived at the foot of the mountain, there was a wind blowing from the other side of the mountain, vaguely mixed with the cries of countless people, the sounds of horses neighing, people roaring, and the sound of metal colliding.
Lu Ye and Wang Hu stood still, listening carefully with surprised expressions on their faces.
However, the strong wind only blew once and then disappeared, even those sounds disappeared.
Wang Hu forced a smile.
"Brother, I may be so hungry that my ears can't work. I seem to hear some noise."
Lu Ye: "I heard it too. Maybe the officers and soldiers are confronting Chuang Potian?"
Affected by this, Wang Hu's mood also became depressed. He didn't notice that Lu Ye led him to hide behind a dead tree with a thick waist beside the dirt road at the foot of the mountain.
Wang Hu fell asleep unknowingly while waiting in the afternoon.
I don’t know how long it took.
Suddenly the rumble of horse hooves sounded.
Wang Hu opened his eyes so fiercely that he woke up and found that the sun was almost setting in the sky, dyeing the earth as bright as blood.
Lu Ye was concentrating on hiding behind the tree and staring at the dirt road. As soon as Wang Hu got up, Lu Ye immediately turned his head, his face was frighteningly serious, he made a silent gesture to him, and then looked at him with a serious expression. beckoning him to peek out.
Wang Hu felt scared for no reason. He stuck his head out like Lu Ye and immediately took a breath of air.
Only a dirt road.
The officers and soldiers who went on an expedition in the morning returned victorious.
The general rode a big horse with his head held high and his belly protruding. There were several heads hanging under the horse's neck, and the blood dyed the long hair on the horse's temples red.
The personal guards at the back all followed suit, all arrogant and extremely proud.
In the long queue of infantry, they held up long guns, with several dead heads on them like skewers, and the gun barrels were soaked with blood.
The team dragged the leader and walked for a long time before passing by the dead tree where Lu Ye and Wang Hu were hiding.
It’s just...
Wang Hu said in surprise behind the tree, lowering his voice.
"Brother, look, the officers and soldiers have won the battle... But why are the young and strong refugees following them? Why are none of them missing?"
He suddenly thought of something, a look on his face Horror asked.
“Did they all die on the battlefield and disappear?”
Lu Ye snorted coldly and pointed at the long guns held high by the soldiers in the distance. The heads on the gun barrels were like red candied haws skewers.
"Huzi, take a look, they are all here."
"Aren't those heads all on spears?"
Wang Hu was surprised. , suddenly sat down on the ground, sweating all over.
He murmured - impossible, impossible...
The officers and soldiers over there crossed the shallow bend of the river.
The refugees gathered around and immediately started crying loudly without waiting for their son, husband and brothers.
Suddenly a cannon sounded from the top of the city.
The city gate is wide open.
A large group of soldiers, mixed with government servants and slaves, rushed across the long bridge with swords and guns and shouted loudly, and crashed into the crowd of refugees waiting to be given porridge, causing large flowers of blood to bloom.
As for the officers and soldiers who had just crossed the river, the general gave an order, and the cavalry rushed towards the refugees on horseback, trampling them wantonly and plowing bloody traces in the dense crowd.
Wang Hu's lips trembled as he watched, and his eyes suddenly filled with tears.
“Why...why on earth is this...”
“We just want to be slaves and have enough to eat.”
“The master said, the government He will provide disaster relief and comfort the people..."
Lu Ye saw many refugees fleeing across the river. Many cavalry and archers followed across the river and chased them, working together to strangle them.
The cries gradually approached the direction where they were hiding.
Lu Ye saw that Wang Hu was still alive.
Pop!
He slapped Wang Hu directly, grabbed the lapel of Wang Hu's clothes with one hand and roared, and stuffed the wooden stick into the opponent's arms with the other hand.
"Huzi, wake up!"
"Don't listen to your master, he has already abandoned you and ran away!"
"Listen to big brother from now on!" Lu Ye's facial features Distorted, his voice was sad, "These bastards, if they don't give us a way to live, they want our brothers to die!"
He swept his long stick, and the cold and sharp dagger tied to the end pointed straight ahead. .
"Hu Zi, if you want to survive in troubled times, listen to your elder brother and do his mother's work first!"
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