Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 50 Cruelty

Chapter 50 Cruelty
He was about to rush to the back room when suddenly his back hurt and a short knife stuck in his back. The old seven screamed in pain, turned half-turned and kicked him. Hu Chun, who was attacking him, had no time to dodge and was kicked down. On the ground, Lao Qi turned around and saw that it was a child. He was furious and wanted to kill Hu Chun with a knife. Li Shi who was in the house rushed over, hugged Lao Qi's arms from behind, and shouted: "Chun'er, run!" Lao Qi stretched his waist and arms together, trying to break free from Li Shi, but Li Shi, who is usually weak, didn't know where the strength came from, Lao Qi struggled a few times, but he didn't break free. He rushed out, hugged his arm and bit it off. Lao Qi let out a cry of pain, and with all his strength, he threw Li Shi away. He turned around and cut Xiao Hua's neck with a knife, and Xiao Hua fell to the ground and died.

Li Shi screamed like a wounded female animal and rushed over again, hugged Lao Qi tightly and then opened his mouth to bite Lao Qi's ear. Li's head was chopped off, and Li was still biting one of his ears. Before he could turn around, Hu Chun had already pulled out the dagger stuck in his back, and with a roar, the dagger pierced his neck , the aorta in the neck was cut open, blood spurted out like a fountain, Lao Qi fell to the ground with a long knife in his hand, covered his neck with his hands, made a hoo hoo sound from his mouth, staggered his steps, and slowly fell to the ground to die.

All this happened within a few tens of breaths. The donkey outside the house was struggling to stand up tremblingly when he heard Lao Qi's scream. Hu Chun picked up Lao Qi's long knife and rushed out of the house. Shocked, he was about to turn around and run away, but he couldn't move because of his serious injuries. Hu Chun rushed to his side and sent the knife forward. The blade pierced his ribs. , Crazy like chopping off one knife after another, dozens of knives down, the donkey died long ago, and his body was bloody.

Hu Chun threw the knife and sat down on the ground, gasping for breath. After resting for a while, he got up and went to the gate, closed the door, turned back to his father's body, knelt down and hugged him. After crying for a long time, Hu Chun arranged his father's body, went into the house with tears, picked up his sister's already cold body and put it on the kang, and wiped the bruises on his sister's face with a piece of clean cotton cloth. The blood was wiped off, and he turned back to the outside room. Hu Chun threw himself on his mother's body and wept bitterly.

Because there were long guns placed by bandit soldiers at the door, no bandit soldiers entered Hu Chun's house, and as the night gradually fell, the din of shouting outside subsided. They were placed on the kang, with the younger sister in the middle, and the parents on both sides of the younger sister. He dragged the corpses of several bandit soldiers to the woodshed in the yard. Without eating, he lay down beside his father's body on the kang and fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up, it was already the afternoon of the second day. After Hu Chun opened his eyes, his whole body was sore, and he saw his closest relatives as if they were sleeping soundly. Tears flowed down again uncontrollably. Hugging his father's cold body, he put his cheek against his father's face, then slowly got up, and put his mother's face in the same way, and smoothed his sister's eyes full of fright that were still open. His heart was relieved. It's like being held tightly by hands.

Hu Chun came to the kitchen and devoured two steamed buns. His strength gradually recovered. He picked up the long knife and walked to the gate. He wanted to open the door to see the situation outside. There was no sound on the street. Could it be a thief? Soldiers left?
Suddenly there was the sound of rumbling horseshoes, and Hu Chun was terrified. Could it be that the bandits haven't left yet?He carefully opened a crack in the door and looked out, only to see groups of knights in bright armor trotting past the door leading their horses. He instinctively felt that these were not bandits, and those bandits had a kind of He had an aura of fear and loathing, and he was dressed in all kinds of clothes. He was wearing a uniform armor like this cavalryman. When he was hesitating whether to open the door to go out, a group of cavalrymen ran over holding a few large flags. There were many words on it. , but Hu Chun only knew one "Ming", the official army!Without hesitation, Hu Chun threw away the knife, opened the gate and ran out, then knelt down straight at the gate, looking up at the passing cavalry.

Ever since he learned that Gao Yingxiang and other thieves broke through Queshan and other counties and headed south to Zhili, Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army who had rested for several months, Qin Yiming's Sichuan soldiers, and the Liaodong cavalry came from Ruzhou. , because the bandits broke through the county with little effort, and after breaking through the city, they did not stop after looting. When Lu Xiangsheng chased Hezhou, the bandits had already divided their troops. After analysis, the enemy of Break Hezhou It must be going to Chuzhou, and the destination of the other way back to the north should be Fengyang. The incident of breaking the imperial tomb has just passed. If the thief goes to Fengyang to wreak havoc again, it will not only be punished by the emperor Now, Lu Xiangsheng, who is the prime minister of the five provinces, is no longer alive in this world.

Lu Xiangsheng decided to divide his troops in Hezhou as well. Zu Kuan and pursued to the northwest. He led Tianxiong Army, Qin Yiming's Sichuan Army and Li Chongjin to pursue the enemy going south. When he went north, after the siege of Chuzhou was resolved, the two armies joined forces to attack; when Lu Xiangsheng set off from Ruzhou, he sent an order to Huang Degong's department stationed in Shan County to immediately go south to Fengyang to protect the imperial tomb.

Lu Xiangsheng entered Hezhou City under the guard of his own soldiers, and what he saw was almost the same as the previous few cities that had been breached. There were hardly any living people on the street, and the corpses of killed people could be seen everywhere. Some were strong, some were women and children, some were old people, some women had naked corpses, some children were decapitated, the scene was appalling.

A soldier came over on horseback, got off his horse and knelt down on one knee and said, "I report to the Commander-in-Chief, most of the house in the prefectural office was burned, and three bodies were found in the court. The other person may be a servant; Lord Zhizhou’s head was taken away, and three bodies were found in one house in the inner house, one adult and two children!”

Lu Xiangsheng felt sad, and ordered: "Find a good coffin and bury it outside the city!" Then he continued to drive the horse forward, and before going far, Lu Xiangsheng found a boy kneeling on the ground, looking up at a row of coffins. The cavalry marched in a row, and ordinary people would hide away when they saw the people in the army. This young man made him feel a little curious.

Driving the horse up to the young man, Lu Xiangsheng reined in his mount and asked gently, "Young man, why are you kneeling here?"

Seeing someone questioning, Hu Chun kowtowed and replied loudly: "Master Guan, I want to be an officer, and I want revenge!"

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Hu Chun's red and swollen eyes, frowned and asked, "Get up and talk, but someone in the family was killed?"

Hearing someone questioning with concern like an elder, Hu Chun's restrained emotions for a long time suddenly collapsed. He fell to the ground and cried bitterly. The death of his relatives brought him heartbreaking pain. After all, he was only 14 years old. Just a junior high school student.

Lu Xiangsheng jumped off his horse, came to Hu Chun's side and pulled him up, and said softly, "Tell me what's going on here?"

Hu Chun was sobbing for a long time before he intermittently told about the tragedy that happened yesterday. Although Lu Xiangsheng was used to seeing life and death in the past few years, he felt sad after hearing this. The hatred of this kind of bandit who regards human life as nothing is not a pity to kill.

He thought for a while and asked: "Being a soldier and killing a thief may kill you at any time. You are still young, aren't you afraid?"

Hu Chun wiped away his tears, shook his head firmly and said, "I'm not afraid! I just want to avenge my parents and my sister! I'm fourteen, so please accept me!"

Lu Xiangsheng sighed slightly, he could see that this young man was determined to die, revenge might be his biggest belief in living, so he ordered two personal soldiers to help Hu Chun bury his relatives, and then brought him to join the team After meeting, he stayed by his side as a personal soldier. After Hu Chun knelt down and kowtowed his head a few times, Lu Xiang rode away on his horse. After confirming safety, they will return home one after another to rebuild their homes, and the court will send people to the vacant official positions. Lu Xiangsheng only needs to report the truth. After all, his main responsibility is to be the prime minister of the military affairs of the five provinces, and the security of the people is incidental.

(End of this chapter)

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