In the dark night, birds spread their wings and flew across the night sky. Under the half moon, the mountains undulating and extending. Under the starlight, the water channels were like pale white ribbons scattered across the earth, and like beards and tree roots, they spread with the terrain. The traces left by human beings in this darkness are only specks of fire, sometimes gathered and sometimes scattered.
In the early morning of the ninth day, nearly five days after the fall of Hangzhou, the initial chaos caused by this chaos finally had a relatively clear trajectory. The lights at night are centered on Hangzhou, and after the fall, they poured out to the surroundings. At first, it was restless and dense. By this time, the trajectory gradually turned into one after another, and the fire in the city of Hangzhou, after the initial splendor, has gradually stabilized at this time.
Bleeding, killing, and death, in the past four days, almost all the streets of this city were dyed red. However, when the initial frenzy is over, everything will always calm down, and it's time to wash off the blood. How much blood was lost in the four days of slaughter and looting cannot be described in detail. Many wealthy businessmen, gentry, and officials who did not escape the city were almost hunted down and tortured to death. Jie, I don't know how many people were killed in the "suspected" resistance, I don't know how many women were insulted, after the initial rebels were killed, the survivors who could survive basically became dumb, let "Rebels" who came from different places occupied a site with one place.
Only a few wealthy people became exceptions.
A large house not far from the Hangzhou government office was originally the house of the Chang family, one of the four major families in Hangzhou. Although it was also affected by the earthquake, it was not serious, and it has been repaired since then. At this time, shortly after midnight, the lights inside and outside the house were bright, and a banquet was coming to an end. The host at the gate of the house sent a large group of people to the street, saying hello and seeing them off one by one.
Generally speaking, in the chaotic Hangzhou city at this time, those who can hold a banquet are basically the leaders of the rebels who have entered the city, but it is not the rebels who participated at this time. The middle-aged man who is the master and the servants around him are quite generous. This middle-aged man is the most respected brother of Fang La in the city of Hangzhou, Fang Qifo, known as the Buddha Commander, but these people he sent away were not Most of them were the wealthy and wealthy businessmen in the original Hangzhou city, as well as some officials who had taken refuge in Fang La. Among the crowd, there was also a figure near the main building of Loujiajia.
As one of the big families in Hangzhou, the Lou family had no contact with Fang La before, and Fang Qifo only found him the night before the city was destroyed. Because the Lou family's business was varied and he was in contact with a lot of three religions and nine streams, the other party found some connections and moved with affection. His answer at the time was not firm, but because he was harassed by Qian Haiping's people before, he was angry. No refusal.
Therefore, on the second day when the city was broken, he cooperated with Fang La's army, who was not familiar with the situation, to count all kinds of materials in Hangzhou at this time, and then became a guest of Fang La's army. If Fang La can really sit firmly in Hangzhou, his Lou family retains almost all the capital, and it will faintly become the first family in Hangzhou at this time.
Of course, Fang La may not be stable when sitting in Hangzhou. In fact, he is not optimistic about what will happen in the future, but at this time, he can only talk about it for this reason.
The surviving group of people actually know each other more or less in Hangzhou city, or have heard their names. Some of them colluded with Fang La secretly from the beginning, and some were lobbied to join later. In Fang La's new regime at this time, they may become the first group of native nobles, but unless they are the group of people who firmly joined Fang La's camp from the beginning, the rest of them are somewhat uneasy, and they did not speak to each other. Don't talk casually, just say goodbye to Fang Qifo respectfully, and then leave.
For this group of people, Fang Qifo's attitude seemed gentle and kind. He is nearly forty years old this year, tall and extremely skilled. He knows how to kill enemies when he is a general, but when he is a counselor, he has a stable and reserved side. In Fang La's army, there are countless people who are arrogant and arrogant, similar to Shi Bao's madness, Deng Yuanjue a little crazy, Li Tianrun calm but arrogant, Si Xing Fang Jiazhen fierce, these people have their own arts and crafts, but in front of Fang Qifo, However, they are extremely obedient, and even the moody girl who calls herself Liu Dabiao, or Wang Yin, who is equally literate and scheming, usually obeys orders and doesn't say much when facing him.
At this time, he sent off the people who participated in the banquet, turned around and walked back, and a young man who followed behind followed: "Teacher, you value them so much, but in my opinion, they may not like them, some of them are good. People are all unhappy, and I'm afraid that we won't be able to do this business for long. From my point of view, those who didn't really submit to us in the first place, if they kill them, they will kill them... and they can make a lot of money."
Perhaps it was because he was accustomed to this disciple's tone of voice, Fang Qifo just glanced at him lightly, but he was not very angry, and smiled slightly: "Chen Fan, we have occupied Hangzhou now, you should be used to this kind of bandit. Change it, what is this business, what a big profit. The Shenggong will be the emperor, you will at least be a general in the future, Mr. Mo is greedy. "
"Tsk, teacher, it's always better to be greedy and interesting. Those emperors, generals, etc., have a headache just thinking about it..."
The young man named Chen Fan looked a little tired, but Fang Qifo didn't care, he just walked away and said, "Hangzhou is the place to be in the south of the Yangtze River. The sage proclaims the emperor, Hangzhou is the capital, and so on. This place cannot really be completely smashed. Now the autumn harvest will be coming, the rice will be cut, and people will need to be manned. In the future, the city will need to be built, rules, and business. In addition, if you want to be an emperor, you need someone to support it. The scene is coming. These things, the people who came to the city with us, are not good at it, they will only burn and loot. Now this is our own home, it is time to restrain ourselves. "
Fang Qifo sighed: "Those we don't understand, they understand, it doesn't matter if they are unhappy now, as long as they are willing to do things, I will give them status and power, and they will like it... Now that I have won Hangzhou, I have I'm about to get up and attack Jiaxing. Before that, I have to arrange these things. I will leave in a few days. You are here to keep them from being disturbed. Can you remember this?"
"Teacher, I want to follow you to attack Jiaxing. I don't understand these things. Otherwise, you can keep General Wang or An Xifu and exchange me. It doesn't matter if I go to Huzhou..."
"It's not that you don't understand, you are too lazy to think about it, otherwise you would say that they... Now Wang Yin wants to take charge of the situation in the south, and An Xifu goes north to Huzhou. It's best for you to stay, you are my disciple, and it's not unreasonable. "
"I'm not being unreasonable. I think I can exchange An Xifu for it. Take a step back and say, isn't that chick from the tyrannical family more unreasonable than me? I can also exchange her for it."
"Those people who went north to Huzhou are messy, good and bad. Sending them over is to let them disturb Huzhou on the one hand, and on the other hand, it's just to give them a chance to loot. It's good to follow the past, so that when necessary, Dominate this group of people. You know that at noon today, Lu Qiang and Yao Yi almost got into a fight. Thanks to An Xifu's timely arrival with Hei Lingwei, this matter was settled. If you were the one in the past, I'm afraid it would have caused chaos. Right... As for Ba Dao, where has she been these days?"
Chen Fan tilted his head and scratched his eyebrows: "A few days ago... when there was a lot of slaughter in the city, she was on the street to befriend her relatives and neighbors, and gave those people steamed buns, and she was not allowed to kill us. Yesterday also went north, listen. Said that she was looking for a man named Ning Liheng with her subordinates, that is to put her and General Shi together, and kill Gou Zheng and their man? Anyway, I think this chick is idle..."
Fang Qifo frowned and thought for a while: "The city was broken, and the most people fled north. I heard that Ning Liheng had contacted many people beforehand and went north together. Today, Yao Yi and others seem to be watching too. On a group of escape teams, is it possible that he is among them?"
"Teacher, do you want me to catch up and warn them? Obviously that Ning Liheng is very powerful. By the way, I will exchange Liu Dabiao and the others?"
"What is there to warn about, there are troops in the fleeing crowd, and they have become exhausted. That Ning Liheng was only a temporary success that day, and the power of one person, what can you do in such things... As for you want to exchange Liu Dabiao, go and tell her yourself, as long as you can tell her clearly and let her come back to maintain the situation in the city, I will allow you to go north."
"Teacher, then you have to give her an order..." Chen Fan tilted his head and said, but Fang Qifo waved his hand in front of him and kept his pace. But I can't maintain the situation in the city, you... Teacher, aren't you too strong, I want to fight!"
The piles of bonfires were dimmed and dimmed, and the camp had entered the stage of rest.
This small camp on the top of the hill is not organized regularly, there are no fences, there is not much patrolling, and there are few tents. The tired soldiers holding various weapons of good and bad slept around the bonfire in the wild. At this time, although there were all kinds of mosquito bites, they were all groggy.
Lu Qiang was sleeping in the tent—in fact, he wasn't asleep. He was lying on the bed eating half a roast chicken, looking at the roof, occasionally spitting out bones.
"Oh shit… "
What was unpleasant in my heart was, after all, the namelessness that I received at noon during the day. My brother was beaten by several people, and he was ambushed in the valley like that, and Yao Yi even insisted that he had attacked him!
It's really unpleasant to add to the guilt, it's so uncomfortable...
Although their main responsibility for going north this time is to disrupt Huzhou, making it impossible for Huzhou to take care of Jiaxing and Hangzhou, the main task is actually not that important. At this time, on the northwest side, the one who can really rescue Huzhou or Jiaxing is the Wuzu Camp that originally belonged to Kang Fangting, but since Fang La took Hangzhou, the Wuzu Camp has been pinned down by Fang La's sister Fang Baihua in the northwest. Hundred Blossoms are undefeated, and Huzhou's force is powerless against both sides.
Encountering such an unpredictable disaster in such an easy task of murder and robbery, he originally thought that he would have to fight back no matter what, but he naturally failed. After the black military law team arrived, both sides were dumbfounded.
In Fang La's army, although most of them were made up of homeless victims, some of them couldn't even gather weapons. For example, he, Lu Jiao, was drawn from his hometown of Tong County, and then joined the Anglican Army. He hills and prepares. But there are still some really good armies.
Letting aside the army under Fang Qifo and others, in order to avoid the situation of fleeing on the battlefield is too serious, the military team established by Fang Baihua is indeed an out-and-out elite. They are all ruthless and murderous people. In several battles, when the front row was defeated, the heads of the rear fell in batches. Now the leader of this team is a young man named An Xifu, who has a taciturn bookishness, but I have to say that Lu Qiang felt a little guilty when he saw him.
I have to say that in today's uprising army, everyone involved is basically like a mountain top. Whoever has a big fist will be afraid of others. Naturally, Lu Jiao can't provoke Deng Yuanjue, Shi Baosi Xingfang, or Hei Lingwei. But he was with Li Tianrun, and Yao Yi, who was under Si Xingfang, could still be provoked. I felt unhappy in my heart today, I couldn't sleep at this time, and cursed in my heart for a while.
He was venting his heart out, when he suddenly heard a small movement outside the tent, he was startled, and secretly thought that Yao Yi was making trouble again? With a big knife, he picked up the curtain and went out, but only after he got out of the tent, he saw a group of people passed through the camp and came towards him. Behind her was a tall man with a box on his back. Then, a group of people with vague outlines came. The footsteps of these people disturbed the bonfire on the way, and the rays of light were rolled up in the air. Lu Qiang thought about the origin of the pedestrian in front of him, but he was stunned when he reacted.
The girl took out a token in her hand and shook it, Lu Jiao hurriedly saluted, and before he could speak, the middle-aged man behind the box was the first to speak: "General Lu doesn't need to be too polite, let's look for a famous person. The scholar named Ning Liheng may be in the fleeing team to the north, has General Lu heard of it?"
Lu Sheo was stunned: "No, I don't know..."
"You came all the way, and you must have arrested a few people who were alone on the way. Where are they detained and take us to ask, okay?"
The people fleeing came from all directions, and when they came along, they would definitely catch some people, some were killed, robbed, and some were caught and interrogated. Lu Shao nodded quickly, and then led the group over. Looking from a distance, the dark shadows in the mountains seemed to be ambushing more people. After the people brought it, the girl and others didn't need him to watch, so he turned back and sat by the bonfire to look over there.
He was not familiar with the team in front of him before, he had only heard of it. It was the Battalion Battalion led by Liu Dabaozi, a famous martial artist in Southwest China. This Liu Dabiao was originally a martial arts hero, not a mountain bandit. He just had friendship with Fang La and echoed Fang La's uprising. He was also an elite of the rebel army with Hei Lingwei.
Of course, compared to Hei Lingwei's reputation for beheading and killing all the time, this battalion of swords is attributed to Liu Dabiao's own fame. It is said that this man is a fighter with a sword, and he has few rivals in Jiangnan Wulin. He is a man eight feet tall with waist circumference He is also a hero of Bachi and Xiong Mao Linlin. Among the rebels, there are few people who can compare with him.
When Lu Jiao first heard about joining the Rebel Army, he admired Liu Dabiao very much. But as he became famous among the rebels, he realized that although the soldiers in the Battalion Battalion could occasionally be seen, Liu Dabaozi himself had never seen it. This person does not seem to be involved in the various activities in the rebel army to compete for power and profit, and is mysterious and domineering. But later, Lu Jiao faintly heard that Liu Dabiao died a few years ago, and now it is Liu Dabiao's daughter who is giving orders in his place, but he also stubbornly asks her to be called Liu Dabiaozi, as if he wants to let the father's daughter The name was passed down because of this. He heard it at first, and it was a bit funny, but later he realized that the atmosphere was a bit wrong.
It is said that although Liu Dabiao's daughter is strange, her martial arts skills are extremely high. This is a high-ranking rebel army, and almost no one dares to make fun of Liu Dabiao's four words, because she has fought a lot with everyone in the high-level. shelf. The woman was frail, but the fierce and tyrannical sword in the imperial envoy's family took a different approach. I heard that even Shi Bao, Wang Yin, and others with the highest martial skills in the army at this time may not be able to beat her. Fang Qifo's disciple Chen Fan, It is said that it even has the power to pull the willows upside down, and the battle formation is like Shura, but I heard that it was a draw against Liu Dabiao.
It is not clear whether there are other reasons for this, but it is not clear to Lu Shao, but these tiebreakers are still alive. Among the army, there are many people who are said to have been killed by Liu Dabiao. A woman, but she didn't dare to use a name other than Liu Dabiao to refer to her. Over time, it became more and more mysterious. The first time he saw it today, he didn't feel much domineering, but he didn't show any disrespect.
After a while, the interrogation over there was probably over, and they came here again. The girl nodded slightly to thank him, he hurriedly returned the salute, and the middle-aged man in the back said: "I asked about the matter, but there was no result, so we came over from General Xue Dounan, General Yao should be nearby, I don't know if you have seen it before. ?"
This group of people is actually quite polite. Lu Qiang heard the question and realized that the girls and the group were actually the people who were heading north. Their team should be at the other end of the mountain, just go west. Oh, and the Black Feather Guard, led by Mr. An, has probably already moved forward."
"Thank you." After listening to these people, they turned and left, walked into the darkness, and after a few steps, Lu Shao saw the girl turned her head and opened her mouth. This was the first time he heard the other party's voice. It's a little cold, but it also sounds sweet: "We are looking for a person named Ning Liheng. If General Lu encounters a fugitive again tomorrow, please help and ask, thank you."
"Uh... natural, no problem."
After Lu Qiang finished speaking, he sighed slightly as he watched those people go away in the dark. Feeling, these people are very friendly to each other, and immediately felt that this may be the momentum of a powerful person, it is best to go to Yao Yi's side to get angry and clean up Yao Yi and others, that is the best …
At the same time, our line of sight was pushed further north, and some bonfires were burning in the valley where many fugitives were camped. In the darkness here, Chan'er was sitting on the grass with her knees folded, her eyes slightly saddened as she looked at the figure who was far away by the bonfire, while the figure of another woman was holding a glass of water and facing there. walk over.
There are some things she doesn't understand, even if she understands slightly, by this time, she has become somewhat incomprehensible.
In the morning, my uncle was diagnosed with a critical injury on his hand, and the doctor gave first aid. When she, Juan'er, Sister Xing'er and others were forcibly driven into the departure team by the young lady, she was so sad that she almost burst into tears, but it was not the time to cry, so she held back.
In the afternoon, both the uncle and the young lady caught up, and she was very happy because of it. But on the way, she inquired, the uncle's injury was very serious. But as soon as he got here, the uncle started to do things, all kinds of things, running around to persuade the wealthy businessmen to take out gold and silver jewelry as bait, summoning veterans and hunters to ask about various situations, until the night, these things didn't work. After stopping, my uncle kept asking around the campfire, occasionally thinking about it, walking around, and most of the time writing and drawing along with the map on paper.
Injuries slow down people's thinking, and my uncle's situation doesn't seem to be ideal, but from the beginning to the end, he didn't stop, occasionally asking the lady's opinion, until those who were asked were already asleep, he Still writing and thinking.
It's not that she couldn't understand the uncle's intention to do these things, but something kept beating her in her heart: Uncle's injury is too serious, uncle will not be able to hold it...
I wanted to persuade a few words in the past, but I haven't been able to summon the courage. The lady didn't persuade the uncle this time. She followed and watched. Most of the time, she didn't speak quietly. Maybe it was her husband singing. fu with. She envied the intimate relationship between Miss and Uncle, but... Uncle will not be able to hold on...
Just now, she brought a glass of water and wanted to go over, almost trying to summon up her courage, arrogantly overstepping her duty as a servant girl, and opened her mouth to persuade the uncle to stop for a while, but the lady who passed by took the water glass over. Perhaps seeing the look on her face, the young lady shook her head slightly and hugged her, then brought her a water glass. She came back here and fell asleep unintentionally. When she saw the young lady sitting side by side with her uncle, she hugged her knees, pressed her two chuns on her knees, and cried in a low voice...
The fire exploded, and a piece of light and dust rose. In the light, Ning Yi raised his face and thought about it carefully, then lowered his head and continued to write and draw on the paper. The night may still be very long...
That night, Ning Yi finally slept, and when he woke up the next day, he continued with yesterday's plan and deduction. The refugee pulled out of the camp and turned around. He continued to think immediately, sometimes discussing with Su Tan'er, and handing over the things he thought to Su Tan'er for review. Along the way, he asked people of this kind and that. It was only in the evening that he handed over a general idea to Chen Xingdu. Some of the details still need to be revised by people who really know the military. Maybe it will not be accepted in the end, but at the moment, only to this extent.
When some people were discussing in the tent that they had just set up, Ning Yi and Su Tan'er rode a horse and walked towards the nearby hillside, where there was a winding waterway. As the sun sets in the west, the sun sheds golden rays of light on the mountains and on the water, sparkling under the mountains, and beautiful wildflowers blooming on the hillsides.
Ning Yi got off the horse and stretched out his hand to pick up Su Tan'er. Later, although he saved his wife, he stumbled back a few steps, and the two fell on the grassy slope. Ning Yi still had some strength at this time, although he fell However, it wouldn't cause Su Tan'er to be shaken too much, and then the two of them lay there and laughed lightly.
Looking up, in the evening of the ninth day, the sky flew over the geese, and the clouds on this day were very good, like pure white cotton wool. Ning Yi opened her arms, and Su Tan'er put her hands on her stomach, like two children.
The two children lay there for a while before anyone spoke...
It’s another 6,000 words, and I hate myself a bit. It would have been better if I posted it a few days earlier, but it doesn’t matter. I don't know if everyone has released a new chapter until today. Anyway, there is no double this month... Please! ! !
Another recommended book, Saint Chenlei's "Storm in the Late Ming Dynasty", I read it yesterday and it was very good. I have always trusted this author's books, and this one is really good. It's a very good story about picking up girls and farming. His farming atmosphere is actually what I've always wanted to learn, and anyone who is interested can watch it! .