At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 433 Another Misfortune in the World

Autumn is crisp and fresh, the forests are just dyed, and the wilderness under the sky is like an overturned palette, which is too beautiful to behold.

Gao Bufan originally thought that rice could only be planted south of the Yellow River, but he didn't expect that there were even Changping County and Huairou County in Zhuo County. , the plump grains are yellow and clear, obviously ready to be harvested, and there are farmers on the rice fields not far away who are busy harvesting.

"The weather in Zhuo County is quite good this year. It seems that everyone's harvest is good." Gao Bufan looked at the farmland in front of him while riding on horseback, and said to Wei Zheng next to him.

Wei Zheng also rode a horse, walking side by side, and behind them was a neat team, about 250 people, a mixture of infantry and cavalry, 50 people on cavalry, and 200 people on infantry.

It is said that on the sixth day of July, after Gao Bufan accepted the request of Guo Xuan, the governor of Zhuo County, he led his army to Changping County under the jurisdiction of Zhuo County the next day.Recently, the Xi people have frequently crossed the Great Wall and plundered southward, and the Changping and Huairou areas have suffered the most, and the Yanle and Miyun counties in the neighboring Anle County have suffered even more. Impact.

However, what made Gao Bufan feel depressed was that he had led his army here for nearly ten days, and he didn't even see a single hair of Xi Ren.

It turned out that those Xi people who went south to plunder usually acted in a small group, usually no more than 30 people. When the person received the report and rushed to the scene, the other party had already disappeared.

Therefore, although Gao Bufan has 250 well-trained elite soldiers, it is no different from cannons fighting mosquitoes. Therefore, Gao Bufan recently adjusted his strategy and divided his team into several small teams, each with [-] people. Each is equipped with fifty cavalry, led by a brigade commander, and scattered around villages and towns with relatively concentrated populations in order to wait and see. As for the effect, it remains to be verified.

At this time, Wei Zheng stroked his long beard, took Gao Bufan's words and said: "Maybe, but there are too few paddy fields in this place, most of them are in the hands of local gentry, and the rice in the north is also reserved. Gui, if you put in more effort to care for it, it will grow naturally, Gao Lang will see you over there."

Wei Zheng pointed to the dry land at the foot of the mountain on the other side, and continued: "The crops over there are not growing well."

Gao Bufan followed his expectations, and saw that the crops planted on the dry fields were nearly one person tall. They should be sorghum, which looked sparse, and the ears on the top were thin and small, but they were already red. The shirtless boy is busy harvesting the fields.

As soon as Gao Bufan saw it, his heart moved suddenly, and he ordered the team to rest on the spot, and then lightly clamped the horse's belly and walked towards the dry land beside the mountain. Seeing this, Wei Zheng also drove the horse to follow.

When the two came to the side of the dry land, the shirtless boy became visibly embarrassed. He glanced at Gao Bufan and Wei Zheng vigilantly, and found that the two did not seem to have any malicious intentions, so he continued to bury his head in harvesting sorghum.

I saw this boy was about eight or nine years old, dark skinned, thin and frail, with a sallow face, bare feet, and only a pair of tattered linen mustache pants on his lower body, he looked like a child from a poor family.

Wei Zheng couldn't help frowning. He himself was poor, so he didn't despise the poor, but he despised the lazy. This sorghum grows so poorly and overgrown with weeds. It can be seen that the owner must be extremely lazy. He doesn't understand Gao Bufan. Why are you interested in this boy.

However, Wei Zheng quickly understood what was going on. It turned out that there was a baby in the basket that the boy put aside. The baby was wrapped in a worn-out swaddle, and it was probably asleep, motionless, not paying attention. I really can't find it.

Seeing this, Wei Zheng couldn't help sighing inwardly, it seems that he is another miserable person in the world.

Just at this time, the baby in the basket woke up, cried loudly, and got up at the same time. It seemed that it was only about one year old, and its movements were clumsy, as if it had just learned to crawl.

The boy immediately threw away the sickle and ran over, picked up the baby from the basket, patted and coaxed the baby, but the baby cried even harder.

"It should be hungry, where are the parents of the child?" Gao Bufan got off his horse and asked.

The boy held the baby vigilantly, ignored Gao Bufan, took a handful of sorghum, chewed it in his mouth, and then fed it into the baby's mouth. Sweet sorghum froth.

"What's your name?" Gao Bufan asked, the boy still didn't say anything, and the vigilance in his eyes became even more serious.

Seeing the young man being so rude, Wei Zheng was about to scold him, but Gao Bufan waved his hand to stop him, and was about to get on his horse and leave, when suddenly dust was flying in the distance, and a dozen fast horses turned out from the trail behind the mountain.

"The Xi thief is coming!" The people who were harvesting in the rice fields turned pale with fright, threw down their sickles, turned around and ran away.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa...

Those dozen or so fast horses came galloping like lightning, and the riders on horseback were dressed in animal clothing and felt hats. This attire was undoubtedly ridiculous.These Xi people just came out of the mountain trail and were about to make a fortune. They screamed strangely while riding their horses and raising their swords. They were really invincible.

250 Yingyang troops were sitting and resting by the side of the road. A dense group of people, each carrying weapons, stared straight at the dozen or so Qixi people.

These Xi people were stunned for a few seconds before they came back to their senses. They shuddered cleverly, and immediately turned their horses' heads and wanted to run away.

Gao Bufan got on the horse as soon as he stretched out his hand, his bow was already stretched like a full moon, the next second, boom boom boom, three arrows shot out one after another, but seeing the arrows go like shooting stars, the three Xi people immediately fell off the horse.

Dong dong dong, Gao Bufan shot three more arrows in a row, and shot and killed three people again. The young man couldn't help being dumbfounded when he saw this. Obviously, it was the first time he had seen such a miraculous archery technique!
At this time, the fifty cavalrymen from Yingyang Mansion had already chased them down, and the remaining seven or eight cavalrymen were frightened, ran into a dead valley in a panic, and were quickly beheaded. empty.

After working for more than ten days, today finally broke his fast. All the soldiers of the Yingyang Mansion were very excited, and they all carried their heads to Gao Bufan to show their merits, sweeping away the frustration of the past few days.

"My name is Xue Li." The young man came to Gao Bufan's side at some point, and volunteered his name.

Gao Bufan stretched out his hand to tease the baby in the boy's arms, and said with a smile, "Xue Li? Who gave you this name?"

"My former father." The boy replied.

Gao Bufan was slightly stunned: "Your former father?"

Xue Li nodded and said: "My former father was my own father, named Xue Gui, who died of illness for a long time, and later my mother remarried to the current father, so I followed my mother to Changping County."

Gao Bufan showed sympathy and said: "It seems that your former father was a scholar."

Xue Li didn't make a sound, Gao Bufan asked again: "What about your parents? I mean your current father?"

"Dead, killed by Xi thief, my mother was also taken away by Xi thief." Xue Li said calmly, without sadness or resentment, as if numb.

Gao Bufan frowned: "When did it happen?"

"This spring, when my father and mother were planting sorghum here, my father was hacked to death by a Xi thief, and he died in this position." The young man pointed to the position where Wei Zheng was standing, and continued: "It was almost cut in two. Duan, the internal organs flowed all over the floor, I didn’t see my mother, they all said that my mother was taken away by Xi thief, I buried my father there.”

As Xue Li spoke, he calmly pointed to the weedy mound in the sorghum field. Wei Zheng was silent, and subconsciously took two steps aside. Who are you?"

"My brother just turned one year old. My mother and my father were born last year. I mean, the father who was killed by Xi Thief!" Xue Li looked down at the baby in his arms. At this time, his indifferent eyes Zhongcai added a touch of tenderness, and added: "His name is Luo Tong, and my current father's surname."

"Why did you suddenly mention this to me?" Gao Bufan asked.

Xue Li raised his head, looked at Gao Bufan firmly, and said, "Because you are a person with real skills, and you are really killing Xi thieves, unlike those wastes in the county government who only bully the people. He is as fierce as the king of Hades, but he is as cowardly as a worm when he meets Xi thief, running faster than anyone else. I want to join you, kill Xi thief, avenge my father, and find my mother."

Wei Zheng frowned and asked, "How old are you?"

"I'm 16 years old!" the boy said.

"Are you really 16 years old?" Gao Bufan's eyes were scorching hot, and the young man's indifferent eyes gradually became a little unnatural.

"I think it's half the size." Gao Bufan patted Xue Li's shoulder lightly, and said, "You're too young, and Yingyang Mansion won't accept you. Let's wait until you grow up to 16 years old."

Xue Li said anxiously: "If you are ambitious, you don't have to be old. General, you can accept the younger ones. Whatever others can do, the younger ones can do."

Gao Bufan frowned and said: "It's good to have ambition, but as long as Yingyang Mansion can kill the enemy, what skills do you have?"

"The little one can ride horses and shoot arrows." Xue Li said loudly.

Gao Bufan couldn't help being a little surprised. As the saying goes, if you are poor and rich in martial arts, horseback riding and archery are not something ordinary people can afford. It seems that this kid originally came from a good family background.

"Get the bow!" Gao Bufan shouted loudly.

A soldier immediately showed his bow. It was a one-stone bow. Yingyang Mansion's recruiting standard was to be able to open a one-stone bow, so all soldiers in Yingyang Mansion had one-stone bows.

"If I can draw this bow to its full capacity, I will accept you." Gao Bufan handed a stone bow to Xue Li, and at the same time he naturally hugged the baby in his arms.

Xue Li took a crossbow, gritted his teeth, his face was flushed, and he only pulled the bow halfway. Seeing this, all the soldiers in the government felt sympathetic and regretful.

Gao Bufan was not surprised by this. How much strength an eight or nine-year-old child can have, not to mention that this kid is severely malnourished at first glance. It is quite good to be able to draw a stone bow in half. After all, people with extraordinary talents are only a minority .

Xue Li was obviously not reconciled, he was still gritting his teeth fiercely, his palms were bleeding from the bow string, and he still refused to let go.

Seeing the young man's stubborn appearance and the blood dripping down, all the government soldiers present were all moved, but Gao Bufan reached out and took the bow back from the young man's hand, and said indifferently: "Don't force it, you are not qualified yet. Join Yingyang Mansion, go back, and take good care of your brother!" After saying that, he handed the baby back to the boy.

Xue Li showed frustration, seeing that Gao Bufan was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly said loudly: "I know where Thief Xi crossed the Great Wall from."

Gao Bufan stopped and turned around slowly!
　Today's update, the missing update will be added later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)