Country color

Chapter 65
In an unknown mountain village in Longmen, Shanxi, crows croaked and wild geese wailed endlessly.

The setting sun was like blood, coating the barren plain with a layer of blood. Suddenly, a group of fast horses galloped past, and a group of crows were startled.

After the fast horse passed by, the crows still gathered and landed on the ground again, pecking at the shriveled bones.

Along the land along the official road, the bark of the trees has been stripped off, and there is not a blade of grass on the ground.

There are loess flooding everywhere, and there are starving people lying down everywhere.

Refugees, a large number of refugees, wandering everywhere like ghosts, like locusts plundering the ground, nibbling at every bit of emerald green.

It was getting late and the temperature plummeted. Tens of thousands of ragged people gathered in the forest to avoid the wind.Among these people, the faces were withered, and most of them were holding sticks and short knives, and they gathered separately in the forest.

The sound of horseshoes sounded, and a row of more than 20 riders appeared on the right side of the forest.

"I'm back." Everyone's expression changed, looking forward to it.

A big man with a beard in two armors stopped his horse with a whimper, and got off the horse.

At this time, Huhu, all the people had red eyes, and rushed over from the forest together, countless men, women, old and children flocked here
At this time, the knight immediately took out a cloth bag, took the white steamed buns from it, and threw them directly into the crowd.

At this moment, countless people jumped up to grab, fight, and grab the steamed bun.

The baby was crying and screaming, but no one paid any attention to it, and the young men and women were piled up in one place.The person who caught the steamed bun stuffed it into his mouth, and jumped up to grab it before he could swallow it.

Those who couldn't get it, and were jealous of those who won the steamed buns and then ate them, immediately rushed to beat and kick them, and went to pick food from the opponent's mouth.

And the person who was robbed didn't let go of his mouth even when he died. He ate himself while being beaten, until blood spurted from his mouth and nose, and he still didn't want to spit it out.

As for the elderly and children who couldn't grab food, they could only squat on the ground and rub their hands downwards. When they saw a trace of steamed bun scum falling down, they immediately threw it into their mouths and swallowed it.

The big man with beard looked at this scene, but he laughed loudly, and said: "Yes, yes, I want to rob, I want to rob. My subordinates, don't want the old and weak, don't want women and children, it is reasonable to have big fists, so that you can live Those who come down are tough guys, and those who can kill can not be killed, this is the way of the world."

It turned out that the bearded man deliberately sent his men to distribute the steamed buns unevenly, in order to provoke these refugees to kill each other, so as to implement his so-called idea of ​​weeding out the weak and retaining the strong.

Immediately after the steamed buns were thrown, all the refugees looked up eagerly. Dozens of people had already been lying down on the loess, most of them were old and weak.

The big bearded man straightened his waist and said: "It's gone, it's gone, it's gone today, I'll pick it up tomorrow, if I want to eat, I'll attack the nearby county town tomorrow, and I'll have food if I kill it."

Hearing the words of the big man with the beard, all the refugees tensed up, as if they were frozen by the biting cold wind, they retreated together.

"No guts!"

The big bearded man cursed secretly, when these refugees fought for food by themselves, they fought bravely to be the first, but when they were asked to fight the county town, they were so frightened that their legs limp.

These people are so useless, how can I use them to become kings.At that moment, the big man with bearded beard couldn't help talking to himself, saying, "Wang Bo, Gao Shida, Du Fuwei, and Zhai Rang gathered more than [-] people at every turn.

My Wang Tiezhang has reached this day, and even ten thousand people in this area can't be subdued, can't win the hearts of the people, and don't mention anything.

The big man with curly beard turned his head and took a look. There was a crowd of people in the forest. When his subordinates came down to spread the steamed buns just now, none of them came up, obviously there was some reason for it.

The big man with Qiu Xu immediately picked up a roe deer, led seven or eight followers and rode over immediately, and threw the roe deer in front of the group of people, saying: "Hey, brothers, it's not a sign of respect, it's not a respect."

The roe deer fell to the ground, but no one came forward to get it, the big man with beard saw clearly for a moment, among the dozens of people sitting in the forest, all of them were holding eyebrow-leveling sticks, sitting cross-legged, and there were rules and regulations.

The big man with the beard shuddered in his heart, thinking that this group of people did not seem to be ordinary refugees, they were not only a group, but also had a battle, could it be that they were fleeing troops from the Liaodong conquest.

If it were someone else, he might have left immediately, but the big man with bearded beard is an ambitious person. He muttered for a while, thinking that refugees like Xindao are like beggars.

These people see it differently, they are all big men with rules, and they also have a hundred and ten 'strong men' under their command, and more than 20 can ride horses. In addition, the strength of these people can be increased a lot, and there is much hope for taking down the county. up.

Just when the big man with beard hadn't said anything, a tall and straight man suddenly stood up, walked out of the forest and said, "This general will take a step to speak."

The big man with the beard looked at him, and saw that although he was dressed as a martial artist, he had a gentle demeanor and demeanor, unlike an ordinary soldier, and he had a longbow on his back.

Seeing this, the big man with curly beard trembled in his heart, and immediately turned his head to look at the attendants behind him. Seeing that they were all around, he felt relieved a lot, and clasped his hands on the horse's back and said, "What can this good man teach you?"

The man walked up to the opponent's horse and said: "I heard that the general is going to attack the county, so I came to persuade him."

The big bearded man laughed, and said: "What are you talking about, don't worry, the county magistrate is the most cowardly, ordinary people are fish and meat, I believe that as long as my flag is raised, the people in the county will surrender to the county magistrate. "

Speaking of this, the big man with Qiuxu said solemnly: "The county town, let me say at least, we can gather another [-] to [-] people, as much as money, food, soldiers and horses. I said, little brother, you are also a brave person, why don't you join us?" Under my account, how about being a school captain and having a thousand people under your command?"

Having said that, the big man with the beard rolled his eyes and saw the dozens of people behind him.

The other party smiled and said: "Thank you, General, for your kindness, but when I was crossing the Yellow River from Pujin, I heard a news that the imperial court wanted to make Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, the comfort ambassador of Hedong, Shanxi, and lead the army to suppress the area of ​​​​Hedong. The county is easy. Take it down, but if you provoke Tang Guogong's army, the general may be in danger."

Speaking of this, the big man with bearded beard waved his hand and shouted: "What Tang Guogong, Zhou Guogong, court bird officials, they are not all the same. Little brother, think about it for yourself, and give me an answer tomorrow."

After finishing speaking, the big man with long beard rode his horse.

The young man stood there for a while, and behind him a bare-headed man with a simple and honest appearance stepped forward and said, "Senior Brother, this thief who doesn't care about human life, my old Tan can't wait to smash his head with a hammer." His head is blown, what are you telling him to be careful?"

The young man smiled and said: "Junior brother, this big man with a beard is not guilty of death, but these tens of thousands of people are innocent. If Li Yuan defeated this group of refugees, how many people would accompany them to die? And the people in the county."

The bald man said: "Brother, you are too fussy. In times of chaos, these 1 people can't get enough to eat. If they don't die today, they will die tomorrow. What do we care? Let's get on the road early and rush to Taiyuan County It makes sense."

(End of this chapter)