After hearing this good news, the cautious and cautious brother Shudiqi, who has been under the rule of the thief, was naturally overjoyed and burst into tears. It was rare to make muddy wine with the soil that he could not drink, and he just drank a drink. Drunk.
Then he took out the sealed knives and guns, summoned the Tongzhuang Qingzhuang who were farming in the unowned wasteland, and armed them from head to toe to protect the countryside; he waited for the arrival of the officers and soldiers to respond to the deeds.
However, he waited left and right in the village for many days, and he could not wait for the arrival of the imperial king. On the contrary, the thieves who claimed to have gone to Chang'an to support the war had passed one after another. The gathered Ding Zhuang took a lot away.
So elder Shutice couldn't wait any longer. He finally said goodbye to his reluctant wife. With more than 20 young and strong people gathered, he went to join the army with knives, guns and bows.
However, what made him feel ironic was that when he passed by a village where a thief army was recruiting for farming, he was even warmly welcomed by the other party and supplemented with dry food and water bags, just because he claimed to be going to Chang'an District to participate in the war. of.
Only when he reached the bank of Wuting River in Wugong County, he finally saw the first official army banner. But before his brother Shudiqi came forward happily to declare his identity, this officer army under the banner of Ningzhou unity was defeated by another thief army;
Therefore, Ge Shudiqi also had to fake the name of the former thief army, and when he crossed the thief soldiers, he also got the news that he could meet Huang Chao's team in the southwest.
Therefore, after receiving such an important news, his mind to defect and serve the royal master became more and more intense; therefore, he pretended to turn to the west, and then turned to the north halfway.
This time he traveled all the way along the northbound Wuting River, and finally encountered the long-awaited outpost of the imperial court; but it was an outright team of horses and horses. Ge Shudiqi also quickly played out the flag of the Shencexingying Crossbow Team that had been carefully collected for a long time, and negotiated with it.
Only then learned that the opponent was the Hedong Jiedu envoy and recruited on behalf of the Northbound Battalion, and Gyeonggi was one of the four major feudal vassals under Cui Anqian's command.
These Uighur soldiers were also curious and surprised for the brother Shutic who played the banner of the Shence Xingying Crossbow Squad. They sent him to another general of the army, known as Zhang Kexing, the deputy envoy of Hezhong soldiers and horses of the camp. .
Not only did he carefully interrogate a lot of corresponding news and the local situation, but also comforted and comforted him with Yan Yuese, saying that he would work for Cui Sanggong and promote him for a while.
After all, he had also heard of the reputation of the blood palmist Cui Anqian, who was a prominent figure in killing thieves; Ge Shudiqi immediately voluntarily cited as a leader and leader, and went to Meixian, his hometown of recovery.
However, this became the beginning of his nightmares again and again, and the source of all his regrets.
Under his guidance, he took a detour and attacked Wugong County, and defeated the local bandit army. These army officers, together with the accompanying Tatar Hus, began to rush to the city without stopping. The plundering of the people outside the city.
This made elder Shutic feel a little disappointed, and a cloud of clouds was cast in his heart. But he tried to comfort himself and those subordinates, saying that this was just a temporary means of venting their anger, and as long as the local people and people were happy to welcome the king, there would be no such disaster.
However, what happened next was like repeatedly beating Ge Shudiqi's face; these officers and soldiers, after plundering back from the Wugong county seat, seemed to be out of control, and started On the places along the way, they carried out indiscriminate ransacking and plundering.
And when the soldiers of the official army arrived in Meixian, they were about to approach Ge Shudiqi’s hometown, and after the old tricks were repeated in Meixian town; Ge Shudiqi could no longer stand up and wanted to find someone to negotiate. .
However, Zhang Kexing, the deputy envoy of Hezhong soldiers and horses, didn't mean to see him at all. As for the officers and generals who were still polite to him in the industry, facing his questioning and intercession, they changed their faces and laughed and mocked:
"If I didn't copy the local cities and villages, I would wait to come from afar to contribute to the country, holding my head to kill the thief, what would I eat and what would I use..."
"Don't worry, you will naturally leave some benefits with you when you look back..."
However, his subsequent reactions and emotions inevitably became more intense, and he was taken under custody and placed under house arrest on the spot on the grounds of unwarranted noise in the camp. In this regard, for a while, his brother Shutic, who only felt disappointed and disappointed, could only escape by leaving the camp at night;
It was only when he ran away all night in the dark, until he saw the village surrounded by elm trees and small rivers in the pale sky; after the little lights that showed up, he seemed to be totally relieved.
However, after he slowly walked in, he was tired and sore, but he was more than an ice cellar and stiffened on the spot; because the lights that patrolled the night in those villages were actually left after a house was burned. The embers are curled up.
He didn’t want to believe everything in front of him, and he was holding the brother Shutic, who was thinking of luck, and walked through the fields outside the village to come to it; all you can see is those corpses lying in the ruins of the ruins. Familiar with faces.
In the midst of mosquitoes and flies flying in the sky like a low-pressure cloud and the strong bloody smell that is lingering in the wind, men and old people have their heads cut off without exception, children are trampled to death, or are stuck in fences.
The women lay bare on the ground in the corners and under the room, with their faces twisted and bruised. Many of them had their hands, feet and necks broken, or their throats cut. It was like what he was familiar with in the mouth of the officers and soldiers about the things he had done to the thieves.
At this moment, his brother Shudiqi was also in tears of remorse and self-blame, completely collapsed and fainted on the spot, both physically and mentally. Until he woke up, he was like a walking dead, and he couldn't help but came to the ruins of his house.
After searching and inspecting a corpse with trembling arms, he did not find the bodies of many young women, including his wives; but this also represented another sad and sighing result. encounter.
However, this also caused the despairing brother Shutic to give birth to a trace of hope and miss in the abyss of despair; as long as the person is still alive, it may mean that there will be a chance to redeem or save the person in the future. .
Thinking of this, he once again made up his mind and went to Choi Sang-gong’s thieves’ camp alone, trying his best to obtain and serve a background, and then gain credit and qualifications on this basis, and then leave the one behind without any regrets or regrets. , The gentle and virtuous woman who silently supported all her decisions, rescued her back to her side.
With this resolute belief, he attacked a Hu soldier who came to spy and freed his horse to drink, drowned him in the river and seized his mount and clothing. In this way, thinking about the east side after tossing and fleeing, finally found a barrier that belonged directly to the Ha Dong Army under Choi Sanggong's command.
This time he finally learned the lesson of the destruction of the family and left ten thousand cautions, but unfortunately, he was so lucky that he actually encountered a military officer who belonged to the camp of the gods; he nodded at the fate of this dimension. With the guarantee and witness, Ge Shutic finally got the opportunity to go to the main formation of the Hedong Army and report the military situation.
Then, although he could not meet Cui Sanggong, who was always wise, but an elegant and generous-looking Kong Mu officer came out for questioning, and he encouraged and relieved his loyalty who came to report the letter. A Yuhou was sent to accompany him full-time to wait for a few days.
However, while waiting, when he thought of his unpredictable wife, he was uneasy about going to bed and eating; then he was persuaded to drink a lot by the prince, and then he got drunk by drinking alcohol; However, when he woke up, he found that he had been tied to a mule by Wuhuada, and he was heading to a place where he didn't know where to go.
It was not until he came to a small river ditch that he was relieved, panicked and at a loss; and the persuasive Yu Hou Ran sneered and told him: whether it is the Hezhong Army or the feudal lord Huqi, it is a sage. The important part of the thief's great cause will definitely not be susceptible to disputes because of his personal gains and losses.
Therefore, in order to reduce the accidental side of the court’s great cause of seeking thieves, such a stubborn person who is full of grievances and ignorance of current affairs can only cut to death; of course, he will give him the news that he brings back. A good place for his burial.
However, knowing all these reasons, his brother Shudiqi couldn't help struggling with the desire to survive, and he rolled into this ditch and was washed away by the current. When he got up from the river beach with a bruised nose and swollen face and broke the rope, he saw dozens of party members who were riding horses and drinking water.
Therefore, he naturally became a member of these party members, and was one of the thousands of people expelled from various villages and villages. Then, driven by their swords, guns and lashes, he cried and cried towards the direction of Chang'an City. Away.
During this long journey, as long as someone falls and does not get up in time, there will be peripheral patrol Hus riding forward, trampling people over with horseshoes or stab them to death on the spot; therefore, After traveling for a certain distance, the most frail and sick of them all died on the road, leaving only the others who were frightened and persevering.
In this situation, Ge Shudiqi really can't understand, why, as the royal master of the imperial court for the rescue of thieves, would be so cruel and cruel to the civilians under restoration? Is this the inevitable price and pain of the rejuvenation of the kingly way
Then, even if his brother Shutic, who had been loyal to the emperor and serving the country as his conviction since he was a child, he couldn't help but despair. Because he has discovered and felt through the actions of some party soldiers, even if most of them can reach the end of this journey, it is probably a complete dead end.
This is because the reason why these party soldiers and horses still retain their lives is to drive them to fill up the gully outside Chang'an and reject the horse. And he didn't even see that he had any chance to escape.
At this time, suddenly there was a burst of violence in his side and rear, but someone broke free from the rope tied to his hands on the road and fled away, and then followed the camera rampage and trampled party item Huqi, and turned into Greater chaos.
However, Ge Shudiqi stopped and watched coldly, because he could not see that these people had any possibility of fleeing in chaos. When the two legs with bare hands chased the four fully armed legs, besides causing chaos. Apart from dying more people in the middle, there is no other result or choice.
At this time, there was a sudden burst of rapid and sharp horns on the mountain bag in the distance, and then it turned into a piercing whistle all over the mountain; and those that appeared before these whistle sounds were arrows flying in the air. Rain and a little smoke trail.
Then, Hu Qi, the party members who gathered to chase and flee, seemed to have received a head-on blow, and suddenly fell from his horse. Then from behind the rolling mounds and sparse trees, many gleaming ambushes sprang up.
And the old brother Shutic, who was originally loose and dejected, also raised the rope in his hand like a blessed soul, ran a few steps forward and jumped up and wrapped the neck of a sentry with his back to him, and strangled him in one fell swoop. After getting off the horse, he used to fall to the ground. (End of this chapter)