Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 15 Rat
It was getting late, and Liu Bei was still on the left bank of Yishui at this time.

Xiangben and Shan County were separated by the Yishui River. When they came, they rented a boat to cross the river. After sending Shen Chen back to his hometown, Liu Bei ordered the boatman to wait at the ferry between the pavilions.

It turned out that the boatman was negligent for a while, and hit a hidden reef at the bottom of the river by mistake, causing the bottom of the boat to be slightly damaged, and it is currently being towed at the shore ferry for repairs.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, it was obviously too late to cross the river, so Liu Bei could only wait by the river for news of the boatman's repair.

After a while, the boatman shook his head and came out to tell Liu Bei that there was a water leak in the cabin and it would be repaired tomorrow.

Hearing this sentence, Liu Bei was a little dazed looking at the sunset in the distance when the sun was about to set.

The upper reaches of the Yishui River are relatively turbulent, so there are no bridges, and the left and right sides are all connected by ferry. Now there are no other boats at this late hour, and the boat will be repaired tomorrow. It seems that we can only stay here today.

"My lord, I went to ask about the Hezuo Post Pavilion. There are vacant houses. We can rest there tonight and cross the river back to Shan County in the daytime tomorrow."

Zhao Yun came back to report.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, all the princes from all walks of life called the Lord Minggong, but Liu Bei's subordinates called him Lord, which is a title that belongs to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei stood with his hands behind his back, nodded slightly and said, "Well, let's go back to the pavilion to rest first."

He didn't bring many people with him, only a few cronies and followers, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun. It was not crowded to live in the pavilion. Besides, the village pavilion at the end of Han Dynasty had already been dilapidated, and there was only one old pavilion father stationed in the pavilion. The head of the pavilion and the thief have long since disappeared.

Knowing that it was the clan of the Han family who came to live, Lao Ting's father swept the couch to welcome him. During the conversation, he said that Gaozu used to be the head of the pavilion at Sishui Pavilion in Peixian County, four hundred miles west of Yiting. In the world, return the great man to peace for 400 years.

But look at today, the great chaos has come, the princes are looting, the people are struggling to survive, and they are displaced.The land of the Central Plains was devastated, and when he reached the place of indulgence, he was already in tears, holding Liu Bei's hand and chattering.

When the sun had completely set, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and other cronies washed their faces and feet with water, and took out the dry food they had with them to share with Ting's father, planning to go to sleep.

In the night, Liu Bei couldn't sleep anyway. He remembered what Shen Chen said to him during the day. Many words seemed to be alluding to something, but he couldn't understand what he was saying, so he often thought about it. But I can't find it, I can't touch it.

When he was lying on the wooden slum, it was summer, the climate was hot, and mosquitoes kept coming. Liu Bei was tossing and turning on the sagging, thinking wildly in his mind. He was so irritable that he simply got up and pushed the door out, wanting to go to the nearby stream to have a wash.

After leaving the room, he raised his head, and suddenly saw the flames covering the sky and the sun in the north. He was stunned for a moment, and then broke out in a cold sweat. Isn't that direction the direction of the Huangmen Pavilion where Shen Chen is located?

Liu Bei woke up from the hot and confused state, and almost instinctively shouted: "Yun Chang, Yi De, Zi Long!"

Hearing his voice, the three of them who couldn't sleep because of the heat turned over at the same time and got up at the same time. They thought that Liu Bei was in danger, so they didn't even care about putting on their clothes. They rushed out the door with weapons in their hands, looking for Liu Bei's direction. Go and ask what happened.

"Brother, what's the matter?"

"My lord, could it be that there are thieves coming to commit crimes?"

"Look over there."

Liu Bei pointed to the north and said to them, "It's the direction of Zengyang Ju."

The three looked in the direction he pointed.

In the Han Dynasty, there was one pavilion ten miles away, and Shan County was about 40 miles away from Huangmen Pavilion. There were three pavilions in the middle, namely Zong Pavilion, Yi Pavilion and Xicheng Pavilion in the west of Shan County. They were located on the westernmost side of Yi Pavilion.

It just so happens that Zengyangju is located at the easternmost point of Huangmen Pavilion, and after passing Zenyangju, you will arrive at Zenting Pavilion. Therefore, the distance between the two sides is only more than ten miles, and you can see the flames soaring into the sky from a distance.

Zhuangyangju was already in flames at the moment. Under the cover of night, Cao Ren led two hundred soldiers to raid the village and killed many people in the east of the village.

The first to suffer was a family at the east end of the village. Because it was the closest to the bridge, ten guards rushed in and hacked wantonly. The torches reflected the expressionless faces of Cao soldiers. Some have a warm smile.

But at this moment, they all turned into ferocious murderous demons, blood stained their bodies without even blinking their eyes, and kept waving the butcher knives in their hands.

There is no brutal disintegration of the corpse or unnecessary movements, but the skillful way to hit the vital point, at most one more knife to make sure that the opponent is dead, and then leave immediately, like an old butcher in a slaughterhouse, everything is based on the efficiency of killing.

Cao Ren ordered the soldiers to block all the escape exits, and sent people to crouch around to prevent the fish that slipped through the net from escaping. He personally led 40 people to Shen Min's house. At this time, Shen Min was also alarmed.

The dogs in the whole village were barking, and the neighbors nearby were screaming incessantly. Shen Min hurriedly told his wife and children to hide in the cellar, while he hurried out to check with a rake in his hand.

In the end, he ran into Cao Jun before he even went out. With the light from Shen Min's main room, Cao Ren had already spotted him first. The sword in his hand was like lightning, and he stabbed Shen Min who hadn't had time to see what was going on outside. Hacked.

Blood spurted out, and severe pain emerged. Shen Min instinctively wanted to cover the knife wound on his chest, but was kicked down by Cao Ren, who ruthlessly mended his neck, and his artery was instantly like a burst water pipe. Like gushing.

After killing the middle-aged man in front of him, Cao Ren waved his hand and said, "Surround the house and don't let anyone go."

"Yes, General!"

The soldiers around surrounded the house, and the rest followed Cao Ren into the house to search for targets.

And at Shen Chen's house next to him, he had already heard the movement outside at this time.

In a daze, he got up from the bed, walked to the yard, climbed up a ladder next to the rammed earth fence, and stuck his head out from behind the fence.

Then he saw more than a dozen people broke into the yard of Uncle Qi's house, which was only 20 meters away next door.

At that moment, Shen Chen's eyes widened, and his whole body trembled.Even in the eighth year after time travel, this was the first time he felt the cruelty of war and the threat of death.

He tightly covered his mouth, trying not to let himself make a sound, and then slowly trembling, he climbed down the ladder, and when he finally stepped on the ground, he began to roll and crawl towards the direction of the main room.

Passing through the atrium is the woodshed and kitchen in the backyard. There is a vegetable field in the backyard. There is a back door leading directly to the back mountain, but footsteps could be vaguely heard from outside the backyard wall, and Shen Chen dared not open the door to look.

Looking around, I saw the dog hole in the southeast wall corner by the moonlight.His family had a dog before, but later that dog was stolen and eaten by people from other villages, and they never raised it again.

Not caring about other things at this time, Shen Chen trotted to the side of the dog hole, got down on his stomach and began to crawl outside.

The fragrance of the grass in the mud came with a choking smell of dung, which made people sick, but he didn't care about it, and his whole body squirmed outside like a silkworm.

Fortunately, Shen Chen's height and build were rather thin, so he got through the dog hole smoothly. Outside was a ditch with weeds growing on the left and right sides.

Looking around, fortunately there was no one there, so Shen Chen hurriedly crawled across the ditch, got into the wild grass, and a little further on was the back mountain.

But when he was about to run into the mountain, the sound of devilish footsteps and deep voices calmed down Shen Chen like thunder.

It happened at this time!
Shen Chen was so anxious that he was on the verge of crying, but he had no choice but to suppress his voice, and lay down in the half-human weeds and basil, not daring to move.

Fortunately, his father Shen Zhen only went to the back mountain to chop firewood on weekdays, and he rarely cleaned the weeds outside the backyard wall. In addition, the sky was dark, so he was covered up and no one found him.

"Corporal, why did we travel so far to slaughter this village?"

After a long silence, the two soldiers who were assigned to guard the backyard began to talk. Surprisingly, they spoke with a Qingzhou accent. Shen Chen had heard many Qingzhou people from Langya speak before.

"Follow the general's orders, there is no need to ask so many questions."

The corporal's voice was relatively cold. To them, killing people was no longer a kind of cruelty and bloodthirsty, but a kind of numbness and routine.

"Yes."

The soldiers responded softly, and squatted in the corner to rest for a while. They set off from Xiangben County to Huangmen Pavilion for more than 40 miles, about [-] kilometers. After walking for more than an hour, they still had no time to rest. It's still a little sour now.

The surrounding massacre continued, with screams and all kinds of bumping sounds.A family of ten soldiers is more than enough to encircle, and even Shen Chen's house soon heard the sound of flipping and searching.

The soldier stared boredly at the ditch in front of him. This ditch was formed by a small stream flowing down from the back mountain, extending all the way to the backyard of Shen Chen's house.

The water in the ditch was used for watering and watering the vegetable fields around. The soldiers felt a little thirsty, so they crouched down and prepared to drink some water.

Suddenly there was a rustling sound in my ears, and the corporal commander and the soldiers immediately became alert, grasped their weapons and glanced around.

In the grass, Shen Chen's heart suddenly twitched, because he saw a huge mouse crawling out of its nest in the ground about one meter away from his eyes, and began to search for food, making chirping sounds.

The soldier crossed the ditch and walked towards the bushes. The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer. Shen Chen could even feel the shadows covering his head, and the basil in front of him was shaking constantly.

Beads of sweat dripped slowly from Shen Chen's forehead. He opened his eyes wide, staring at the grass in front of him, and his legs were tense, ready to run away at any time.

"Beep beep."

Almost when a pair of thighs were less than one meter away from Shen Chen's face, a sharp whistle sounded.

The soldier looked around the ground and saw the fat mouse whizzing through the grass, he immediately relieved, turned his head and said, "Captain, it's a mouse."

"Well, we're assembled."

The corporal waved his hand. They were in a small team of ten, with one Shichang and two corporal leaders. The whistle came from the assembly of the Shichang.

The two turned and left. In the bushes, Shen Chen's back was soaked with sweat, and water could already be wrung out.

(End of this chapter)