Late Tang

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Yang Xingmi sat in the cold dawn, watching the group of fierce guys slaughter the only pig in the village, and he couldn't help adding another debt to him that these damn guys owed him. .

One of the guys slit open the belly with a skinning knife and immediately steam came out of the dead pig's body.He uses both hands, skilled operation, not wasting a single knife.This matter should have been done quickly, and it looked like a skilled veteran.

A person next to Yang Xingmi asked in a low voice: "Brother, what do you think these people are from?"

Twisting his body for a while, allowing his bound body to sit in a corner in a more comfortable position, Yang Xingmi secretly looked at the group of people opposite him with vicious eyes.I sighed in my heart that it was unlucky, and I felt even more sorry for the only pig in the village.This pig is a treasure. Everyone loves it very much and takes turns growing pigweed.After finally seeing it grow to more than 100 catties, they were not willing to kill it during the Chinese New Year. They were going to kill it when it grew to more than [-] catties. Now, they will be eaten by those damned guys.

On the side, another man in his twenties also bowed his head and cursed secretly, his body was the same as Yang Xingmi's, he could barely see the original red color in his tattered clothes.Looking at the style, it was a battle robe of the Tang Dynasty's officers and soldiers. Unfortunately, it looked too shabby, and I don't know how long it had been worn.He cursed softly, and quietly looked at the guys next to the pigsty. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he whispered to Yang Xingmi: "Brother, look at these clothes, they are all black, and they don't look like that at all. They don't look like us Han people in the Central Plains, but they look like those barbarians in the border areas."

"Could it be a party member? Liu Wei, do you think it looks like it?" said the good man beside Yang Xingmi.

"Xu Wen, what kind of eyes do you have? I think you are from Tuyuhun!" Liu Wei shook his head immediately.

"Wrong!" Yang Xingmi, who had been sitting there all this time, raised his head, his eyes were full of anger towards those who slaughtered pigs outside the pigsty. "These people are Shatuo people, and looking at their clothes and the way they kill pigs, they are definitely Shatuo cavalry. Maybe these people are the Crow Army!"

The 36 people who were locked in the firewood room were taken aback when the word Crow'er Army came out.

Who in the world does not know the Ya'er Army, and who does not know the Shatuo people.

Tian Kai on the side asked suspiciously: "Didn't the Ya'er army follow Feihuzi to the north of the river, why did they come to our Shuofang?"

Yang Xingmi's brother-in-law Zhu Yanshou also said loudly: "That's right, brother-in-law, are you mistaken? I heard that Li Ya'er and his son rebelled in Daibei. It's over."

"The things you know are all about the past in the Year of the Monkey." Yang Xingmi smiled softly, "I tell you, didn't I go to Chonggang Town a few days ago, when I was in the town, I heard many people say that the imperial army defeated Shatuo people."

"This is impossible. Lu Jianfang, who was sent by the imperial court to attack Li Guochang and his son, Cao Xiang, and the previous Hedong Jiedu envoy, were all defeated by Li Guochang. I heard that apart from Lu Jian Fang and Cao Xiang died at the hands of Li Guochang and his son, and Li Jun, the governor of the Zhaoyi Festival, also died at their hands, and the entire army was wiped out at the Zhaoyi Festival." Lu Xingzhou also hurriedly told what he knew. speak out.

Yang Xingmi said in a low voice: "What you said was before. I heard people in the town say that it seems that the commander-in-chief of the town, Li Jing, led his troops into Jin, and that the Jiedu envoy of the Zhenwu Army Yu Wu, attack from two directions, first copy the back route of the Shatuo people, and then join forces to defeat the Shatuo people."

"Isn't the suppressor in the same state? I haven't heard that there is a suppressor in the anti-rebel army, and Yu Yu is the defense envoy of the Tiande Army." Xu Wen also refused to believe it.

"At that time, I also asked others the same way, only to find out that this town leader is not the one in Tongzhou, but the former Zhendong Army in Ziqing Town. Because of his meritorious service in killing thieves, he has been granted the title of the town leader, and opened the opening ceremony. Zhen, that military envoy Li Jing has become a Jiedu envoy, his mother, a 21-year-old Jiedu envoy." Speaking of this, Yang Xingmi was full of envy, he is also 21 this year, but now he is just a team leader.

Even this team leader is hard-earned.He was originally an orphan in Hefei, Luzhou.They are a little bigger, and they are considered strong, but they have the strength to lift a hundred catties with ease, and they can travel three hundred miles a day, but they can't even live without food and clothing.Later, in order to make a living, he took risks and sold private salt, but was arrested by the government. In the end, he did not do anything, and led a group of brothers to the mountains to become robbers, screaming in the mountains and forests, and gathering people to become bandits.

It's a pity that it's not easy to be a bandit. After a short period of time, the village was wiped out by the government, and a group of brothers were directly punished.It was supposed to be executed, but Zheng Chi, the governor, was having a headache at that time about recruiting soldiers to guard the border of Shuofang. After recruiting for a long time, he failed to recruit soldiers who were willing to go from Huainan to Shuofang.In the end, Zheng Chi saw that Yang Xingmi and the others were tall and thick, and they were also extremely majestic.Simply, he pardoned Yang Xingmi's guilt, put them directly into the border guard team, and sent him to Shuofang Lingzhou.

Although it took three years to return to Huainan after being garrisoned at the border, Yang Xingmi was very happy to save his life for nothing, so he followed the Huainan soldiers to Shuozhou.However, Shuofang's frontier army was really not done by people. Because of their bad background, Yang Xingmi and his men were assigned to a cottage in the northernmost village of Lingzhou, the Shuofang Jiedu envoy, except Chonggang Town, under Helan Mountain in the north.The Shanzhai belonged to the Central Guard, and there were originally dozens of people, but as soon as they came, the guards from the former prefect went back to their hometowns, and there were only 36 old brothers left here.

I have been here for almost a year, and this life is much more difficult than I imagined.The military rations pulled out by the imperial court have been embezzled several times, and it is not easy for those who get it to eat enough.Each of them originally had a monthly salary of two pennies, but they had never seen a dime.It was more than 100 miles away from the town, and it was like exile.

Originally, three years of Renren had passed, but who would have thought that in the middle of the night yesterday, they were taken away by a group of savages, and now they are all tied up in the firewood shed. Chinese food.

"Brother, our pigs are gone just like that." Lu Xingzhou cried.

"What time is it? At this time, you are still thinking about that pig." Yang Xingmi said suddenly a little irritated, "It is still a question whether we can survive tonight with dozens of lives."

Everyone was silent for a while, and they were all depressed.If the group of people outside were really the Shatuo Crow Army, and they were defeated soldiers who fled here after being defeated by the government army, then it would be really difficult for these dozens of people to survive.

In the crowd, Gao Xu, who has always been known as a military adviser, suddenly said: "We can't sit still like this. I don't think this is a bad thing, but a good thing, an opportunity."

Tai Meng gave Gao Xu a blank look, "Master Gao, are you stupid? Our heads are about to be chopped off and kicked as balls. You still say it's a good thing. Are you scared stupid or crazy?"

However, Yang Xingmi's heart was moved. Gao Xu was also an old brother who sold salt and was a robber together. He always had a lot of ideas in his mind, and Yang Xingmi always regarded him differently. "Liu Wei, shut up and listen to Master Gao."

Gao Xu squeezed closer to Yang Xingmi, looked at the door, and said in a low voice, "The last time I went to the town, I went with my elder brother. My elder brother may not have noticed. At that time, there was a notice posted in the town. It said Recruiting Deputy Envoy, Duke of Qi, Jiedu Envoy Li Jing, and Deputy Envoy Wei Guogong, Jiedu Envoy of Zhenwu Army Yu Jing, the two masters and apprentices jointly issued a notice. As for them I ambushed Li Ya'er in Feng'an in Fengzhou, beheaded [-] Ya'er troops, and captured more than a thousand, but Li Ya'er, several rebel leaders and some Shatuo rebels got away."

Tao Ya couldn't help but said: "Don't talk about what you have and what you don't have, just talk about the important ones."

Gao Xu licked his chapped lips, and said in a low voice: "The important thing is that Yu Yu and Li Jing offered a big reward, saying that as long as they can capture Li Keyong, they will immediately reward [-] guan, and other thieves will also be rewarded immediately." Reward one thousand guan. Even those Shatuo thieves have fifty guan if they live, and twenty guan for their heads when they die."

Hearing such a reward, everyone's eyes lit up. Although they had also been robbers, they were exterminated by the army within a few days. In fact, everyone came from a group of poor people.

"More importantly, Li Jing also said that if these rebels can be captured, they will apply to the imperial court for official rewards depending on the situation."

Everyone was aroused by Gao Xu's words, but only for a while, Liu Wei said discouragedly: "We have all become prisoners of these Shatuo dogs now, what's the use of talking about those things."

"Of course it works!" Yang Xingmi said suddenly, his face full of anticipation.

"Brother has a way to get out of trouble, and can he take them down?" Liu Wei was taken aback.

"The solutions are all thought up by people. We living people can still suffocate to death with urine." Yang Xingmi chuckled, "Everyone think about it now, think of a solution together, and we will always come up with one."

Dozens of people whispered and whispered about ways to get out of trouble.

After a while, Yang Xingmi suddenly said loudly: "Damn, that money was saved by all our brothers, you don't want to use it to pay for your life alone." After speaking, he threw himself into the crowd. Ten people tied together with ropes hit their heads and shoulders, swearing and beating in a mess.

The Shatuo soldier who was slaughtering pigs at the door glanced dissatisfiedly inside, and then said to a subordinate next to him: "Just teach them a lesson and tell them to shut up!"

The younger Shatuo soldier strode towards the firewood house immediately, "A group of Han dogs, why are you barking, tell me to chop you all up."

The guy was cursing and kicking one by one. When he hit Yang Xingmi's side, Yang Xingmi rushed forward and pinned down the Shatuo soldier.Before he could utter a cry, a group of Huai Shang heroes who were both robbers and soldiers smothered the soldier to death. (To be continued.)