Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 336
"Kill—!"

"The Chinese thieves are coming in soon, run, run!"

"Woman! Girl! Wait for me! Girl, Weng, where are you? I'm afraid, I'm so scared, where are you? Where are you?"

"The Han bandits broke into the west gate, and the county lord also ran away from the south gate! Hurry up, big guys!"

"It's on fire! There's a fire on the north gate!"

The sound of shouting and killing on the city wall in the distance was clearly heard, and the sound of shouting and crying from the street continued to spread into the courtyard. Hearing these panicked sounds, Taigong Liu's family in the courtyard became even more chaotic. Hiding behind the window and looking around outside, Lu Zhi led her two young daughters and stepson Liu Fei, hurriedly took off the satin and brocade clothes she was just used to, and put on the burlap clothes she used to wear before her husband got rich. To be cautious, Lu Zhi hurried into the kitchen, grabbed a few handfuls of firewood from the bottom of the kettle, and smeared it on his still young face. Male and female servants ran around the yard like headless flies, Some people began to climb over the wall and escape from the yard.

Grandpa Liu's second son, Liu Xi, was even worse. He found two water tanks to block the door of the hospital, and shouted loudly for the servants to fill the tanks with water. Lu Zhi, who had just painted his face black, felt angry when he saw it. , yelled: "Second brother, what's the use of blocking the door with a water tank? Han thieves can break even the city gate, what use can a courtyard gate do? Think of a way, whether to escape from the city or find a place Hide?"

"Yes, yes, that's right." Liu Xi nodded again and again, trembling and hurriedly said: "Are you going out of the city to escape? Or are you looking for a place to hide? How to escape? Where to hide? How to escape? Where to hide?"

Panicked to the extreme, Liu Xi was so anxious that he pulled his clothes and hair with his hands, but he couldn't think of how to escape or hide. Cursing in my heart: "Damn it, you are enjoying the glory and wealth in Nanyang, leaving our mothers and others in Pei County to worry about it. At this time, it would be great if you could come here?"

bang bang bang!bang bang bang!The sudden violent knock on the door startled the whole family of Eunuch Liu. The young daughter was so frightened that she hid in Lu Zhi's arms, and her stepson Liu Xi quickly hid behind Lu Zhi. Eunuch Liu asked tremblingly, "" The Chinese thief is calling? Is it the Chinese thief calling?!"

"Sister-in-law Qiu! Father Yu! Brother Xi, open the door quickly, open the door quickly, I am Shen Shiqi, I am Shen Shiqi!"

The shouts from outside the courtyard made Mr. Liu's family heave a sigh of relief, and Liu Xi rushed forward as if seeing a savior, moved the water tank slightly, and opened a crack in the door. Squeezing in through the cracks, seeing Liu Taigong's family in the courtyard, many of them greeted him, Shen Shiqi was relieved at first, and then hurriedly said: "Father You, Mrs. Qiu, the traitor rushed to the west gate The city wall is broken, and Pei County cannot be kept, you are the family members of Brother Ji, and you are likely to be targeted by the traitors, you can't wait to die here, come with me, I will take you to escape."

"Shi Qi, where shall we go?" Lu Zhi hurriedly asked.

"I heard the news that the Han thieves surrounded the four gates of Peixian County. There is no way to run away." Shen Shiqi replied hurriedly, then walked quickly to Lu Zhi and others, and said in a low voice: "My uncle lives in In the south of the city, the place is remote and poor people live there. It is not easy to be targeted by Han thieves. I have already told my uncle that you should go hide with him for a few days, and wait for the army of the King of Western Chu to rescue Pei County. Beat the traitors away, and you will be safe."

Liu Taigong and Liu Xi were overjoyed when they heard that, and hurriedly thanked Shen Shiqi without a word. Lu Zhi also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly thanked Shen Shiqi: "Brother Shiqi, thank you, if you can survive this Guan, I will definitely thank that heartless person in the future."

"It's all what I should do. Why should Mrs. Qiu say thank you?" Shen Shi's words were punned, and his eyes were still unusually gentle, and he said, "But Mrs. Qiu, I'm afraid you have to spend a little money. My uncle's family is a bit greedy for money. Go to his house to hide from traitors, you have to give him some benefits."

"This is no problem." Lu Zhi immediately revealed the package on his back, and said, "You understand that tell your uncle, as long as you help us pass this test, he will be indispensable to thank you."

Shen Shiqi nodded, and hurriedly carried Lu Zhi's son Liu Ying on his back, and then Lu Zhi's step-son Liu Fei, and stepped forward to lead everyone. Carrying Taigong Liu on their backs, and leading their wife and children to follow, the group hurried out, passed through the chaotic flow of people on the street, and came straight to the poor area in the south of Pei County.

Fortunately, they are all natives of Peixian County, and they are very familiar with the streets and alleys in Peixian County. They walked through the streets and alleys in the chaotic crowd, and Liu Taigong's family miraculously did not get separated, and they managed to snatch the money. At the same time that the Han army entered the city, the old and young fled to the south of Shen Shiqi's uncle's house. After seeing the golden jade that Lu Zhi took out at random, Shen Shiqi's uncle immediately vacated him. Liu Taigong's family hid in his back room.

When the sun was setting, Peng Yue's army under the flag of the Han army finally broke through the west gate of Peixian County and entered the city of Peixian County in a large scale. After the death, the Han army took over the important facilities in the city, searched and killed the remnants of the enemy, and tossed and tossed until late at night before barely regaining calm.The result was just as Shen Shiqi expected, because the area where his uncle lived was a slum area, Peng Yuejun did not pay too much attention to it, only a few teams of soldiers came in after chasing and killing the fleeing enemy, and soon Withdrawing out, there was no house-to-house search and looting, allowing Liu Taigong's family to spend the first night after the city was broken in fear.

The next morning, Shen Shiqi, who also hid in his uncle's house, volunteered to go out to inquire about the news, and did not come back until the afternoon to join Liu Taigong's family. When Liu Taigong and Liu Xi hurriedly asked Shen Shiqi about the situation, Shen Shiqi refused. Answered, but first went back to the back room with Liu Taigong's family, and then said nervously: "Father You, Mrs. Qiu, it's so dangerous! The Han thieves are after you, not only sent troops to turn your house upside down Chaotian also posted a list, offering a thousand gold rewards to find your whereabouts."

"Offer a thousand gold rewards to find us?!"

Liu Xi's cry of surprise caused Lu Zhi to roll his eyes, and he scolded in a low voice: "Second brother, keep your voice down, do you want to yell so that the neighbors can hear you?"

Liu Xi quickly covered his mouth, then lowered his voice, and asked Shen Shiqi in a panic: "Brother Shen, the Han bandits have no grievances or enmity with us, why do they hate us so much, and even offer a high price of thousands of gold to find us?" us?"

"Is there even a question? Of course it's because Brother Ji is the enemy of the Han thief king Xiang Kang, so of course the Han thief wants to arrest you and sacrifice them to the thief king Xiang Kang." Shen Shiqi replied helplessly, and then said: "Father You Brother Xi, you must not go out these few days, and you must not let others know that there are outsiders hiding in my uncle's house. If someone becomes suspicious and runs to the traitor to inform, then things will be bad."

Liu Taigong and Liu Xi quickly nodded in agreement, but Lu Zhi hesitated to speak, hesitated for a while, then winked at Shen Shiqi, and said, "Brother Shiqi, you must be hungry after running outside for a long time. , go to the kitchen to eat, and talk about other things later."

Shen Shi is Lu Zhi's confidant, seeing her glance, he immediately understood what she meant, so he immediately agreed, and slipped into the kitchen next to the courtyard under the pretext of eating, and then, as Shen Shi expected, after a while, Lu Zhi quietly Slipped into the kitchen, and immediately stood by the door with his back to the wall, Shen Shiqi misunderstood what she meant, hurriedly came up, and said in a low voice while making movements: "Hurry up, someone may come in at any time."

"It's not for this." Lu Zhi shook off Shen Shiqi's hand a little angrily, and said in a low voice, "As soon as possible, find another hiding place for us, and we'll move out tonight."

"Why?" Shen Shiqi asked in surprise, "Isn't it good here?"

"It's not bad, it's unsafe." Lu Zhi said in a low voice, "Didn't you say that your uncle's family is greedy for money, what would they do if they knew that the Chinese thieves offered a thousand gold rewards to find our whereabouts, and they became greedy? They knew that of our identity."

"No way, he is my uncle, so he will sell me?" Shen Shiqi asked in disbelief.

"In front of Qian Hequan, not to mention the uncle, even the father-in-law may betray the son." Lu Zhi sneered in a low voice, and then said: "Be careful, think about it quickly, there is a safer place to go Let us hide for a few days?"

Shen Shiqi thought about it for a long time, and then said: "Qiu sister-in-law, there is really no safer place, and now the city is full of Han bandit soldiers, as long as you go out, you may be discovered, it will only be more dangerous gone."

Lu Zhi was helpless, so he could only change his words and said: "Then how to do this, you go and tell your uncle, and say that as long as he helps us hide until the Han bandits leave Pei County, we will thank him for [-] gold, and your brother Ji will come back. I will definitely give him a big thank you.”

"Okay, let go, go and tell your uncle."

Perhaps it was Lu Zhi's more generous acknowledgment that played a role. After Shen Shiqi brought the words to his uncle, his uncle's family was more polite to Liu Taigong's family, not only responsive to Liu Taigong and others, but also When having dinner, I slaughtered all the chickens in the family to add food to Taigong Liu's family.As a result, when the delicious chicken was delivered to the Liu family, Liu Taigong, Liu Xi and others couldn't help but feel suspicious, and hurriedly asked the examiner who brought the food into the back room: "If I remember correctly If so, there seems to be only one crowing cock in your uncle's house? Kill the chicken, and your uncle's house won't listen to the rooster crowing anymore?"

"Really?" Shen Shiqi really didn't pay attention to the number of chickens in his uncle's house, so he could only say: "Sister-in-law Qiu, don't worry about so much, the money you gave my uncle yesterday is enough for him to buy hundreds of chickens." There are enough chickens, if he eats the rooster he crows, he will buy it in a few days."

Lu Zhi didn't dare to rest assured, he just blinked his eyes, and immediately asked: "When you came in just now, was your uncle's whole family there? Is there anyone missing?"

After thinking about it for a while, Shen Shiqi replied: "My cousin is not here, so I don't know where he went."

Lu Zhi's expression changed, he stood up immediately, and quickly said to Liu Taigong and others: "A Weng, second brother, don't eat, it's dangerous here, let's go!"

"What's the danger?" Liu Taigong and others asked in surprise.

"Shiqi's uncle killed the only crowing rooster in his family and gave it to us to eat. He made it clear that he doesn't care if there will be a crowing rooster in the future, and he also wants to stabilize us temporarily." Lu Zhi said quickly with a dark face: "They His son disappeared again, most likely he went to inform the traitors."

Liu Taigong, Shen Shiqi and others were skeptical, and when they were thinking about the possibility, the sound of the door being knocked open came from the front yard. Shen Shiqi, Lu Zhi and the others were shocked, and rushed to the front door to check The situation, and then I was stunned to see that a group of soldiers with weapons in their hands had rushed to the front yard with torches, and the family of Shen Shiqi's uncle had already fled to the courtyard, and Shen Shiqi's uncle personally pointed at the Lu Zhi and others yelled, "They are Liu Ji's family members, arrest them quickly!"

"Uncle, I am your nephew, you betrayed me too?!" Shen Shiqi asked angrily.

"Silly boy, how could I be willing to miss your uncle's chance to make a fortune?" Shen Shiqi's uncle replied triumphantly.

"Shi Qi, because we are cousins, listen to my persuasion, and take Liu Ji's wife down immediately, so that the King of Han's army might spare you." Shen Shi Qi, who had disappeared before Brother was very proud, standing in the crowd of Han soldiers and laughing loudly: "The general of the King of Han has promised me that as long as I lead the way to take down Liu Ji's family, he will not only reward me with a thousand gold, but also bring them back to the country." Give me all the things you own! Since you gave us this opportunity to make a fortune, we can share it with you!"

Shen Shiqi was furious, and subconsciously pulled out his sword from his waist, but Lu Zhi stopped him and said in a low voice: "It's useless, you can't beat so many bandits by yourself, save your life first Bar."

After saying that, Lu Zhi puffed up his chest and said loudly to the soldier who came forward with a grinning spear, "I am Lu Zhi, the wife of Liu Ji, King of Nanyang, if you want to arrest me, take me to see your general, I want to have a look. Did he put so much thought into arresting our family just to kill us all to vent his anger for you King of Han?!"

As expected by the empress Lu Zhi, after Liu Taigong's family and Shen Shiqi were escorted to the headquarters of the Han army, Peng Yue, Yue Yan and others did not yell at them as soon as they met. On the contrary, they received them very enthusiastically. After meeting them, Huo Han Wen Nuan was as affectionate as if they were the same as Shen Shi Qi, and they were also close friends of Liu Laosan.

After impatiently introducing himself as an official, Yue Yan smiled and comforted the Liu family and said, "Don't worry, the Grand Duke, and the Queen, too. Although the King of Nanyang is currently our Han King's enemy, after all, he has once called our Han King a brother. In view of this point of affection, we ministers will definitely not make things difficult for you, so you just feel free to stay and be guests. If things go well, you may have a chance to reunite with King Nanyang in the future."

The lives of Liu Taigong, Liu Xi and others were hanging by their hands, so they could only nod their heads submissively, but Lu Zhi remained calm and said to Yue Yu: "My lord, don't waste your words, I know what you mean. But I also have something to say first, If you just want to exchange us for some gold, jade and jewelry from my husband, then there is a possibility. But if you want to exchange us for city land, or force my husband to make some concessions to you, you'd better not fight This idea. I know better than anyone else what kind of temper my husband has, and he will never care about our life or death. "

It’s not that the traverser’s Yue Yan would believe it, but he just smiled and ordered the soldiers to detain Liu Taigong’s family for safekeeping. He also ordered the soldiers to prepare a prison car early in order to drag Liu Taigong’s family away. Said that he was Liu Laosan's servant, and that Liu Laosan had entrusted his wife and children to him before his departure, and asked to be imprisoned with Liu Taigong's family. Peng Yue and Yue Yan, who appreciated his loyalty, did not refuse, and immediately took a promise.

After successfully capturing Pei County and capturing Liu Laosan's family, Peng Yue's army, who basically believed in the sincerity of Yongchi's surrender, was not in a hurry to abandon the city and retreat, but just set up a temporary camp outside the city, ready to leave at any time , Waiting patiently for the arrival of the Western Chu Army's pursuers.Then, just as Peng Yue expected, just two days later, when he went to the north to monitor the details of the Huling Ferry, he flew a horse to report that the pursuers led by Gan Ji, the governor of Donghai County of the Western Chu Army, had arrived at Huling and started to start immediately. When crossing the south, it was obvious that Peng Yue's army was in Pei County. In addition, Ganji's troops gathered the defeated troops of Xuejun's West Chu army that had been killed by Peng Yue's army before, and expanded its strength to more than 7000 people.

"Order the whole army to set off immediately and go west to Fengyi to fight to the death with the Western Chu bandit army!"

Hearing the news, Peng Yue, who had made up his mind a long time ago, didn't even bat an eyelid, and immediately ordered the army to march westward, to the Fengyi battlefield where friendly troops were hiding, to fight a decisive battle with the Western Chu chasing troops.However, just as Peng Yue's army set off quickly, another fast horse came from the south, rushed to Peng Yue and clapped his hands and said: "General Qi, the thief general Feng Zhong of Western Chu led an army of [-] thieves and set off from the north of Pengcheng." , is heading towards Peixian County, and as of yesterday evening, it has reached Wuduanting, about forty miles away from Liuxian County."

"Feng Zhong?" Peng Yue's expression changed, and he blurted out, "Why is it him?"

"Brother, is there something wrong with Feng Zhong?" Hu Zhe next to him hurriedly asked.

"The three thieves in Pengcheng, Xiang Sheng, Xiang It, and Feng Zhong, the last one I want to meet is Feng Zhong." Peng Yue's face was a little gloomy, and he said, "As far as I know, this man not only uses troops to fight, but also has brains." , and also won the hearts of the soldiers, and was loved by the soldiers. Although the bandit army is not the strongest among the Western Chu bandits, the army discipline is the best, and there are few rumors of disturbing the people and harming the people. It is said that the reason why Xiang Yu let him stay in Pengcheng is because he likes him, so he is relieved to let him lead the army to guard the capital of Western Chu."

"Compared with the Western Chu army, the biggest advantage of our army is that it is good at running around and can endure hardship." Peng Yue frowned again and said: "An army with good military discipline is usually good at enduring hardships and hard work. Since Feng Zhongpifu's army is known as the Western Chu thief The military discipline of the army is the first, so it will definitely not be so bad in long-distance marching, if this is the case, then this man's military style will just restrain us."

"You can't underestimate Feng Zhong." The old man of the Young Marshal, Yue Yan, also hurriedly chimed in, "When the King of Han called himself a Young Marshal, among the generals under his command, Feng Zhong was the first to take charge of his own affairs. Always victorious, never defeated."

"Then what should we do?" Hu Zhe asked hastily: "If it's just the army of Gan Jifu, then we may still have the power to fight, but if we add the elite army of Western Chu thieves led by Feng Zhongpifu, we won't have any There is a way."

"We can only take one step at a time." Peng Yue said helplessly: "Let's go to Fengyi first. If it doesn't work, let's temporarily give up the plan for a decisive battle in Fengyi, and give priority to throwing off the pursuers of the Western Chu bandits."

At the same time, on the road from Pengcheng north to Liuxian County, Feng Zhong, who was feared by Peng Yue, also had a gloomy expression, and secretly said in his heart: "The enemies in the north, if you are really my brother Xiang's army, don't stay and fight with me so stupidly." I will fight recklessly, and the farther I can go, the better, because I have no choice but to send soldiers, and I don’t want to fight with you brothers.”

While secretly hoping that Peng Yue's army would flee quickly, Feng Zhong had another thought in his mind, and secretly said: "Can you take this opportunity to find out the details of the bandit army in the north, and look at that giant bandit Peng Yue, Is it my brother's person, if so, then things will be much easier."

(End of this chapter)