The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 239
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In the dark forest, there was a soft sound of skinning and cutting. A piece of bloody fur was peeled off and rolled into a long tube and tied behind his waist. In the dark, a guard wiped the blood on his hands and took a large piece of bloody venison away. Deep in the woods ahead.

Under the big blue rock, there was a slight fire. When the guards came in, there were more than a dozen women hiding inside, crowded on the wet ground. Among them, the old woman was surrounded by guards. She was in good spirits, holding her crutches and scolding Twice.

"These damned thieves, when my son finds out, I will never spare them!"

At the side, Qiao Niang kept comforting the old lady by rubbing her back. The guard came in, picked up the venison, put it on the side of the small fire and roasted it slowly, and said at the right time: "Old lady, don't be so angry. , some of our brothers have already rushed out, and the news has already been sent to Longyou by this time. Don't worry, Shang Shuling must have brought troops to rescue by now."

"Then how far is it from here to the river? How is Commander Zhao injured?" Among the women, there was also a calm one who asked two questions in a row.

The guard knew that they were Shang Shuling Geng Qing's family members, so he didn't dare to be negligent, and clasped his fists together: "We came from Fengzhou, and we are still two or three hundred miles away from the river. battle"

Coming out of a small county below Fengzhou, they were attacked. They fought in a scuffle that night. With the help of veteran military experience, they killed more than a thousand bandits. It was learned from the undead captives that the attackers were from the The wandering army who came from Huazhou through Heyang.

That is to say, after Huang Chao's death, a small number of remnants got entangled again and formed an army running around. It was nothing more than a bandit to put it bluntly. The leader Huang Ye was later killed by a woman. Everyone was afraid of her martial arts. Dozens of people from the rivers and lakes who came with her also listened to her leadership. At first, they fought vigorously in Xuzhou, Chenzhou, and Bianzhou. Before staying here for half a year, he was besieged and killed in the mountains, abandoned some soldiers and horses, rushed into Heyang in a panic, and then entered Hezhong Mansion from Heyang.

When the spies who sneaked into the city saw the convoy coming here, they thought it was a family member of a high-ranking official, a fat sheep, so they came to plunder, but they never thought that the team of more than 200 people was much more fierce than they imagined. 200 people Using the terrain and formation to fight them back, even Tang Baoer, the leader with high martial arts skills, was chopped off an arm in the scuffle.

After repelling the thieves, the 200 people here also paid the price of dozens of casualties. They carried the still-moving comrades on their backs, followed the traces of the convoy, found the convoy, and went south together to approach the river. Over there was Wang Chongrong, the Jiedu envoy of the river. At least the thieves would not dare to chase after the county.

However, the wandering army suffered too many casualties, and many of them were related to relatives. After this beam was formed, the thieves naturally would not let it go. After resting for less than half a day, they regrouped and clamored for revenge. Leading the way, he launched a tail-to-tail chase towards the fleeing convoy.

The convoy moved slowly, and there were many wounded among the guards. They fought while walking along the way, or retreated to the foot of the mountain to hide for a while, and then they were found by the wandering army and continued to retreat south. But the number of people is small, they just watched from a distance, they didn't mean to intervene, and they even faintly wanted to rush over to get a share of the pie. If the commander of the guards hadn't shouted loudly, he was Fengxiang Zhao Zhouyi's younger brother, and the other party might have taken advantage of the chaos to loot up.

Even if there were no wanderers in the Hezhong Mansion to fish in troubled waters, they were still entangled by the wandering army. A carriage fell behind and was taken away by the bandits. Among them were seven or eight women, all of whom were family members of that Shang Shuling.

Commander Zhao was so angry that he wanted to lead his troops back, but Wang Jinqiu, who got off the carriage, hit him with a cane, and then he stopped drinking.With red eyes, the old woman said in front of everyone: "If something happens to them, it will be their fate, but if they die a lot, how can I, a woman, repay this kindness for my son? I can't afford it! Everyone Life is precious too, we can't kill more people for the sake of a few women—"

Everyone fell silent, and continued to walk on the wet dirt road. It was getting dark, and they rested in a certain mountain forest.

In the bonfire, Wang Jinqiu just cursed a few words. If she really said she had no feelings for those women, it would be a lie. When everyone was not paying attention, she secretly wiped away her tears and began to cry in a low voice.

Qiao Niang, who was always by her side, also cried with her.

At this time, they didn't know that the thieves who were cursing in their mouths also had some accidents that night.

In the mountains and forests in the distance, the leaves and the ground were wet, and they were illuminated by torches. 1000 or [-] people from the wandering army crowded the forest to the brim. The sound of scolding, laughing and cursing pierced the night. Go ahead to see the seven beautiful women surrounded by the crowd.

Thin skin and tender flesh, but also pay attention to maintenance, it is not comparable to ordinary women, plus the appearance is outstanding, many thieves can't help but want to kiss Fangze, but no one dares to do it, a rough man with dark skin, what a shame The long knife stood among these women, whoever wanted to step forward would be kicked out by him.

"Chen Shuba! Do you want to be alone?" Someone in the crowd shouted at the man.

The surrounding voices immediately condemned one after another.

"Number eight, when you and Chief Tang came over, we had a drink together. What's the matter, all these girls are reluctant?"

"That's right, back then we supported Chief Tang to seize power. Why, after sitting in the position for a long time, we don't want to see the brothers anymore?!"

"That's the reason, isn't it just a few women? It's not like we haven't played it before, and the big deal is that we will die. The brothers think they are good meat, so they don't eat them. They dig a hole and bury them to prevent their corpses from being exposed to the wilderness!"

The wandering army still had rules at first, but Huazhou was defeated and many people died. The Tang leader among them wanted to restrain them in the form of an army, hoping to stop the march and fight like a real army. A gang of thieves gathered together, many people died, and their tempers became more wild. The depression during this period made them feel a little depressed. Now that there are so many women, they finally can't suppress it anymore.

"Boss Tang didn't say anything, who would dare—"

Chen Shuba buzzed away the saber in his hand, and more than a dozen direct descendants behind him also drew their sabers and stood in line, scaring back those who just wanted to come up.

"You are afraid, I am not afraid, let's go together! Whoever grabs it first will get it!"

A bearded man squeezed the people in front of him and rushed to pull the nearest woman on the ground. Chen Shuba yelled, "Good time!"

Before he swung the saber away, a black shadow leaped down and hit the man on the forehead with a bang, knocking him to the ground. The light of the fire exposed Senhan, and the leather rein swayed slightly with the sword head.

With the sound of 'wow' in the air, Tang Bao'er jumped down from the tree in the distance and stood firmly beside Chen Shuba. Her eyes were sharp and she scanned the surroundings, and the people who originally wanted to step forward all took back their steps one by one.

"You want to rebel? Do you want internal strife because of these women?"

"It was you who did it for these women first!" Someone shouted.

"Sneaky, hiding in the crowd, what's the point, if you have the guts to speak out!" Tang Bao'er showed an angry face, raised her voice, and looked at the crowd, "Or do you think you have superb martial arts skills and compete with me? What if you beat me? , kill me, this leader position, you can take it as you like, if you don’t dare to come out, you will know to confuse other brothers, you have no courage!”

Everyone also knew that she was highly skilled in martial arts, and she was no opponent at all alone, and no one stood up for a while.

The seven women on the ground looked at the woman who was the leader of a gang of thieves with trepidation, fearing that she would agree to let her sisters be manipulated by these thieves, and they would be ruined and humiliated to death before long.

The forest was quiet for a while, and Tang Baoer over there sank down, and his tone eased a lot.

She looked at the people around her,

"Brothers, although Tang Baoer is a woman, she also knows that great things can be accomplished only when everyone gathers. We uphold Huang Gongnian's thinking and roar the world, hoping that one day, my rebel army can rise again, but everyone like this is like this. If we can’t control it, how can we do things? The common people resent us, the government chases us like rats, and we are looked down upon by others. Do you want this?”

Speaking of this, Tang Bao'er also looked a little tired, her injury was not healed, her face was a little pale, the wound medicine in the team had already been used up, and she didn't have much energy to consult right now, so she just waved her hand.

"That's it. Let's cheer up, everyone. Since we have formed a bridge with that convoy, we will kill everyone who deserves to be damned and rob them of their property, so let's leave!"

In the dark night, in the distance in the middle of the river, "fire dragons" swept across, and figures galloping on horseback held torches and roared past.

The Hezhong government army discovered this scene and shot loud arrows. However, the speeding enemy ignored them. After receiving the news, Wang Chongrong went out of the mansion overnight and climbed the city wall. In the dark night, the 'Fire Dragon' had already gone to the north. Only a few sparks can still be seen in the darkness.

Soon after, the east was pale, and the sky gradually brightened.

It happened to be the fifth day of March.

Renzi Day, Jingzhe.

(End of this chapter)