"Oh my God, finally out of that valley!"

Ruan Dashi looked at the Luzhou Basin, which was low and undulating in front of him, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The past few days in the Siling River Valley have been like nightmares, the villages along the way have long been robbed of a grain without a single grain, and even the local people have hid in the mountains, completely becoming a dead place. Ruan Dashi killed his own horse and threw all his wounded men into the valley before he could be considered to have struggled out.

Looking at the people behind him, the remaining more than 100 people are all not like people and ghosts, and their eyes are green when they look at the leaves. All the strength of his clan has been brought out, what can I do? Ruan Dashi is not afraid of the dead, but the dead have to be exchanged for wealth, if there is no money, there will be no manpower to replenish, and it will have to be swallowed up by neighboring forces, what can I do?

Lamenting all the way, sad all the way, Ruan Dashi led his people straight to the nearby village.

There was no one left in the village, and the food was also robbed, but after searching from house to house, they could always find some leftover rice and wild dogs, and they ate them in a mess, and the group finally recovered a little.

"Lord, what should we do next? It looks like there's nothing here in Luzhou! ”

An older man hung his head and asked Ruan Dashi in a muffled voice.

Ruan Dashi said viciously: "Nothing else, let's go to Luzhou City first." No matter what becomes here, there's always something to eat there! ”

"And then?" Lao Yu still refuses to forgive.

Ruan Dashi looked at Lao Dong Ding, with a fierce light in his eyes. If in the past, if a subordinate dared to talk to him like this, he would have to find an opportunity to die. But not anymore, there are too few people. People's hearts fluctuate. If you are not careful, these guys will rebel against themselves, and it is not good to say it.

And then. Then we go home, recuperate for a few years, and get everything back! ”

Seeing that everyone was silent, Ruan Dashi had a bad feeling in his heart, and said: "Don't worry, I didn't get any benefits from following me out this time, and I will compensate you!" For the next three years, everyone who was sitting. They are all exempt from money and food, and they are also exempt from your labor, so you can live in peace and you will always get better! ”

As soon as he said that, Ruan Dashi felt like he was cutting his own flesh. It's unlucky enough to come out this time, and if you don't receive three years of money and food, how can you live your life? Alas, I can only comfort these poor ghosts in this way, get through the days in front of me first, and wait for Jiaozhi to return. There is always a way to deal with them.

Not only Ruan Dashi, but now the entire Jiaozhi people in Luzhou are panicking. The valley mouth that went to Langzhou was guarded by Gao Daquan. Luzhou has no food to eat, thousands of people gather in the valley, and there is a fire every day.

Fan Zhixiang was the first force to rush to Gukou, so he relied on this qualification to get everyone to agree to change it and rushed back to Luzhou to find food.

At this time, almost all the native soldiers from Jiaozhi gathered in the narrow range from Luzhou to Gukou, and the harsh facts made them completely lose the mind to loot from the Song Realm, and returning home was already their last wish.

At this time, although there was no official Boyi field in Luzhou, due to the suitable location, the private trade has been very prosperous, and there are five or six hundred households in the state capital. These days, by nearly ten forces, four or five thousand people robbed over and over again, no matter how strong the family is, they can't support it, and the natives have long fled without a trace, becoming a garrison for the local soldiers of Jiaozhi.

Fan Zhixiang returned to Luzhou with the remaining more than 300 subordinates, only to feel physically and mentally exhausted, so he found a private house that was not occupied by anyone, and fell asleep on the bed.

As soon as I fell asleep, I dreamed that my sixteen-year-old concubine, who had not been bought for many days, was enjoying the gentle taste that had not been seen for a long time, and I heard "Bang!" from outside. Syllable! Syllable! The sound of the door.

Awakened from the dream, Fan Zhixiang jumped up from the bed, pulled the door open suddenly, looked at the cronies standing outside the door with a frightened face, and roared: "What is it called?" Funeral? I don't let sleep either! ”

"Lord, Lord Ruan's people are fighting with our people—"

"Which Ruan Dong Lord?!"

"Ruan Dashi, he took his men into Luzhou and robbed us of food as soon as he came."

"That wild seed, I haven't seen a shadow these days, and now I'm out to grab something!" Fan Zhixiang said as he turned around to take his coat, and said, "Wait a minute, follow me to pick his skin!" ”

The cronies around him gobbled up a piece of vegetable cake and said to Ruan Dashi: "Lord Dong, Lord Fan has more people than us, I'm afraid I won't give up." ”

"What are you afraid of, you just have to eat your stomach first!" A chicken that was snatched was slaughtered, and it was cooked in the pot, and Ruan Dashi gnawed on the chicken leg, ignoring the warning from his subordinates.

People are dying of hunger, grabbing food is the first priority, and Fan Zhixiang has few people.

Seeing that Ruan Dashi had eaten the left and right pieces of chicken, they were so hungry that they swallowed and salivaed, and they grabbed the chicken soup left over from the pot and drank it, so that it was good or bad to dip it in some oil and water.

Fan Zhixiang led his men to the outside of the hotel occupied by Ruan Dashi's men, and shouted to Dong Ding who was guarding outside: "Go and ask your lord to come out, and say that Lord Fan will ask him for questioning!" ”

Ruan Dashi listened to the report, stretched his neck and burped, walked out of the door, looked at Fan Zhixiang and said, "Lord Fan Dong, I haven't seen you for a long time, where is I getting rich these days?" ”

"Wealth of your fathers! Straight lady thief, these days, in order to open up the road to Langzhou, we are working hard in the valley! You don't know where to hide with people, and you dare to rob my people when you come! Seeing that you are impatient, come, come, come, let's fight! ”

Ruan Dashi stretched his neck, raised his head and burped again, and said to Fan Zhixiang: "Lord Dong, what are you talking about?" We are all Jiaozhi people, and we should help ourselves when we are in trouble, and we can't grab anything. ”

Fan Zhixiang became more and more angry when he saw Ruan Dashi's appearance, and took two steps back: "To put it lightly, now a handful of rice is a life!" If you don't give me an explanation, you will fight to the death today! ”

Ruan Dashi looked at it, his face did not change, and said to Fan Zhixiang: "Lord Fan Yu, let me ask you, you have been in the valley for a few days with Song Jun, do you have any hope of rushing out of the valley?" ”

"What if you can't rush out? You always have to fight, you can't just sit here and starve to death! ”

Ruan Dashi shook his head and said with a smile: "I have a way to live here, Lord Fan Yu, how about this meal in your hand?" ”

Fan Zhixiang didn't answer, stared at Ruan Dashi for a while, saw his natural expression, and felt disbelief in his heart, and asked, "Do you really have a way to live?" Tell me about it! ”

"The law does not spread to the six ears, we talk at the same time."

At this time, there is nothing more important than escaping from Luzhou, although Fan Zhixiang hated Ruan Dashi for robbing him, he still followed Ruan Dashi to a secluded place on the side with half a doubt.

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Fan Zhixiang asked Ruan Dashi with a calm face: "Say, if you are tricking me, I will take your life today!" ”

Ruan Dashi turned around and asked in a deep voice, "Lord Fan, let me tell you the truth, has the road to Langzhou been blocked?" With our manpower, we can't rush out anyway? ”

"Why do you ask?"

"I just arrived in Luzhou, and I don't know much about the war in the valley, but looking at the people around me, I'm afraid I don't have any thoughts. You've been to Taniguchi, so of course you know better, yes or no? ”

Fan Zhixiang saw that Ruan Dashi was asking seriously, remembered what he said, and nodded: "Yes, the Song army in Gukou has thousands of horses, and it occupies a geographical advantage, even if we consume all people, we can't rush out!" Not to mention, our people come from various mountains, and there is no leader, how can we be right with the Song army? ”

"That's it, I have long thought that Song Jun has set up this formation, how can he still leave us a way to survive there? They are going to seal us up in the valley and starve us to death! There is still food in the past two days, and Luzhou is already in chaos, Lord Ruan, in two days, the hungry and red-eyed soldiers will kill each other, do you believe it or not? At that time, without Song Jun's action, we tossed ourselves to death! ”

"Lord Ruan, if you have anything to say, just say it, where is there still a way to live?"

Ruan Dashi faced the east, looked at the reckless mountains, and smiled mysteriously: "I know that the road to Langzhou is impassable, why do you want to fight the Song army there?" Why don't we turn east and swim up the Poor Strange River! ”

"What?" When Fan Zhixiang heard this, he was so shocked that he took two steps back, "You mean, go, Su Maozhou!" ”

"Yes, there is the Poor Strange River, and you will never get lost in the mountains. Although the road there is not easy to walk, there is no Song Jun blocking the road, gritting his teeth, he can always find a way out. ”

Fan Zhixiang's face remained unchanged, and he said after a while: "Lord Ruan, you have to think clearly, although it is now our territory of Jiaozhi, but seriously speaking, like Langzhou, it is the land of Jiaozhi and the Great Song Dynasty. Even if it is in the past, it may not be a way to live. Besides, even if the local local officials think that we are all Jiaozhi people, they may not have a good face, and those who beg for food will be driven away wherever they go! ”

"It's all at this joint, why do you still share the territory of the Great Song Dynasty? The Luzhou place we are in now, but in the real territory of the Great Song Dynasty, it is not even a land of two belongings! ”

"Well, if we don't say this, it's still that sentence, and no one will accept us when we get there."

"Do you want them to accept it?" Ruan Dashi sneered, "The sum of our two peaks is now more than five hundred Ding Zhuang, which one of Su Maozhou dares to drive us away?" I'm not afraid we'll take his place away! ”

"Just these 500 people?"

"Isn't more than 500 people enough? What is the cause of this war? It's not because the Wei brothers in Sumaozhou voted for Song! Their brothers took away three or four thousand people, how many people are left in Sumao Prefecture now? Lord Fan, as long as we go out of the mountains along the Qiqi River, Su Maozhou will let us run vertically! ”

Hearing this, Fan Zhixiang was already moved. Sumaozhou is a mountainous area with undulating mountains and harsh terrain than Luzhou, and it is also a sparsely populated mountainous area. The Wei brothers led more than 3,000 people to the Song Dynasty, and there was not much population left there. As for the Jiaozhi reinforcements stationed there, they will never attack and kill their own soldiers and horses, but just let their people help them fight.

The Great Song Dynasty has already put up such a large position on the front line of Langzhou, and I don't believe that there are still many troops that can fight in Sumaozhou. Thinking about it, this is really a way to live.

(There's another chapter in the evening.) (To be continued.) )