At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 143

The continuous spring rain was falling, and Liu Chengwu's face was as gloomy as the sky. Behind him were a hundred Goguryeo cavalry. At this moment, everyone stood in the rain with sad and angry expressions. Except for the sound of rain, the surroundings were as deadly silent, and the atmosphere was oppressive and deadly.

One hundred naked corpses were lined up in the open position of the valley entrance. The blood stains on the wounds had been washed away by the spring rain. The corpses that had been dead for a long time looked pale and swollen, like a pile of dead pigs that had been shaved. The scene was shocking. .

Centurion Liu Chengxun still had a wooden arrow stuck in his left eye, while his right eye was wide open. His expression was horrifying and ferocious. His hands were strangely twisted into the shape of chicken feet. It was caused by convulsions, which shows that he suffered great pain before his death. .

Liu Chengwu is Liu Chengxun's elder brother, and his position is also a centurion, but he is a cavalry centurion, and his rank is much higher than Liu Chengxun. Looking at his brother's horrific corpse, he felt extremely sad and indignant, and his originally handsome face was severely distorted , the canthus of the eyes are completely cracked, like a beast that chooses people and devours the ground.

"Wow... Ah!" Liu Chengwu roared to the sky, looking crazy, his hands tore open his chest, his nails drew ten shocking bloodstains on his chest, and the hundred cavalrymen under his command remained silent.

"Come on, bring all those Sui dogs up." Liu Chengwu yelled fiercely, and dozens of emaciated Sui soldiers were roughly pushed forward, kneeling side by side tremblingly.

These dozens of prisoners of the Sui army were the rout of the Sui army captured by Liu Chengwu not long ago. They hid in a dense grass forest, but they still did not escape the search of Liu Chengwu and others. Most of them were tortured and killed on the spot. were all captured alive.

However, before Liu Chengwu had time to escort these captives back to Liaodong City, he received the bad news from his brother Liu Chengxun and rushed to this valley in a hurry, but what he saw was a hundred naked corpses, including his younger brother Liu Chengxun.

Clang...

Liu Chengwu drew out his gleaming waist knife, strode forward with one blow, and chopped off the head of a Sui army prisoner, blood soared nearly two meters high, but killing a prisoner obviously couldn't calm down the hatred in his heart And angry, I saw that he raised the knife in his hand and killed dozens of Sui army prisoners in one breath. Then he thrust the waist knife into the ground with all his strength, and said through gritted teeth: "Chengxun, elder brother first use 37 Sui dog's Heads are sacrificed to you, and when the Sui dog that killed you is found, the eldest brother will cut off all their heads and bury them with you—ah!"

Crack - bang!
A sound of spring thunder streaked across the gloomy sky, and the rain intensified in vain. The rushing rain water was like a thousand arrows firing, washing away the blood stains on the ground, and finally merged into a bloody stream flowing down to the lower place.

"Get on the horse!" Liu Chengwu put the knife back into its sheath, yelled and got on the horse. A hundred cavalrymen under his command hurriedly got on the horse, followed him and left the valley with a murderous look, galloping towards the north.

This spring rain basically washed away all the traces left on the ground. Naturally, Liu Chengwu could no longer track Gao Bufan and others, but it didn't matter. The country must cross the Liaohe River, so it is definitely right to chase north. As long as you search along the Liaohe River, one day you will be able to find this Sui dog and kill them all.

Once the spring rain started, it would never end, and the road was muddy and slippery, which naturally caused great inconvenience to Gao Bufan and others' marching. In addition, there were seriously injured people like Liu Wuhu in the team, who had to be carried on stretchers. Then, the speed of travel naturally became slower, and he only traveled less than fifty miles in one day.

The spring rain is rustling, the sky has been groggy, and I don’t know what time it is, but Gao Bufan guessed that it is already evening, and almost everyone is drenched to the ground at this time, it is cold and hungry, and morale is low. Very depressed.

Gao Bufan is physically strong, he has achieved a small amount of internal martial arts, and his breathing is long and continuous, so he doesn't feel anything, but most of the team are people who have been undernourished for a long time, so they can stand it, so they don't need to find a place to shelter from the rain Cold, I am afraid that many people will catch cold and fall ill.

At this time, Dou Xianniang was so cold that her pretty face turned pale and her lips were blue. If she hadn't clenched her teeth tightly, Gao Bufan would have heard the sound of her upper and lower teeth cackling.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes sounded hurriedly, and Han Laoshi, who was in charge of exploring the way ahead, finally came back, rushed to Gao Bufan and reported concisely: "There is a small market town five miles ahead, with thirty or forty families, a hundred or so people. "

Although Han Laoshi is honest, he has good physical fitness, and he is unambiguous in hunting. The key point is that he can also ride a horse, so Gao Bufan gave him the captured horse with animal patterns to ride, and temporarily acted as a scout in the front Pathfinder.

Gao Bufan glanced at Han Laoshi with a strange expression, nodded and said, "Thank you, Uncle Han."

The rain dripped down Han Laoshi's fibrous roots, as usual, but with a bit more rough taste, he grinned foolishly, shook his head and said, "It's not hard."

Gao Bufan waved his hand and shouted loudly: "Send the order, everyone speeds up, and we will spend the night in the small town ahead tonight."

Everyone couldn't help looking at each other. They hid in Tibet along the way, and tried to avoid populated villages and towns, so as not to attract the Goguryeo army to chase and kill them. Now Gao Bufan did the opposite and went directly to the densely populated town Come together, this made them a little bit overwhelmed for a while.

However, although everyone has doubts, they are cold and hungry right now, and they are eager to find a place to shelter from the rain to eat and keep out the cold, so they don't care too much, and their instinct is to follow Gao Bufan in the direction of the market town. go.

Sun Tzu's Art of War has a saying: Therefore, a wise general will feed on the enemy. One minute to eat the enemy is worth twenty minutes to me.It was obvious that Gao Bufan was planning to "eat from the enemy". To put it bluntly, he wanted to rob. Not only did he want to rob, he was also planning to take over the birds and spend the night sheltering from the rain in the market town, otherwise many people would not be able to survive.

Although it is a bit unkind, the easiest and most direct way to obtain supplies is undoubtedly to rob. As the saying goes, if you don't command soldiers with kindness, you can't live anymore. If you talk about benevolence and morality to the enemy, it is undoubtedly tantamount to killing yourself.

Although the people of Gaojuli in the market town are unarmed civilians, but now the Sui Dynasty and Gaojuli are hostile countries, and the people of the enemy country will naturally belong to the enemy's camp. They suigou, secretly tipped off to the official.

Therefore, Gao Bufan is not polite, and there is no need to buy people's hearts with benevolence and righteousness, just do it freely. Of course, he can't do such inhuman things as murdering villages, so when the market appeared in When Misty Rain was in his sight, Gao Bufan ordered not to kill or injure people at will, and unless he encounters fierce resistance, let alone rape a woman, otherwise he will not be spared.

Following Gao Bufan's order, the team was divided into two, one half led by Liu Ying and Han Laoshi went around to the other side of the market town, and the other half was led by Gao Bufan himself, heading straight for the town.

As Han Laoshi reported, there are less than 200 households in this small market town, and there are less than [-] people in total. It is getting dark and it is raining again, so the whole town basically stays at home. Breaking in and blocking all the entrances and exits of the town, the townspeople reacted, either running away screaming, or hiding at home shivering.

About half an hour later, the entire market town was controlled by people under Gao Bufan's command. Except for a few thorns who tried to resist and were injured, no one was killed.

People may not be killed, but things must be robbed. After Gao Bufan ordered all the townspeople to be gathered in one place to be detained and guarded, he ordered people to collect supplies from house to house.

(End of this chapter)