(Monthly pass, I took a look today, haha, there is another alliance leader, this chapter must be updated tonight, thank you very much.±)
Luo Shixin, Luo Sanlang is back.
Four years have passed. The private salt dealer who fled west to Mayi with Cheng Zhijie at a young age has now grown into a giant. Standing there, he stands out like a chicken.
In this age when people are generally not very tall, a tall man with such broad shoulders can indeed be called a giant.
Both Li Po and Chen Yuan are not short, but they both bow their heads by more than half in front of others.
Zhang Xutuo died and his men were scattered.
A small group headed by Qin Qiong immediately defected to Li Mi, and another group, headed by Pei Renji and Jia Wuben, retreated to Hulao. Soon, the people in Dongdu made a fool of themselves and wanted to hold the defeated people accountable.
Even guarding a place like Luokoucang, Pei Renji and others were not given military rations.
Pei Renji was furious and killed the military supervisor and led his subordinates to surrender to Li Mi.
According to the established trajectory, once Zhang Xutuo died, Luo Shixin, who had become friends with Qin Qiong and others, had no future. He should have followed Qin Qiong and defected to Li Mi.
However, Luo Shixin now has one more way out.
Moreover, Zhang Xutuo regarded him as his nephew. Over the past few years, Luo Shixin also regarded Zhang Xutuo as his father and teacher.
Luo Shixin hated Zhang Xutuo for being killed by Li Mi, but now he had his own plan. He ignored Qin Qiong and others, led hundreds of trusted soldiers, broke out in a bloody battle, and did not follow Pei who was escaping quickly.
Ren Jibu went to Hulao and led people directly across the Yellow River to the north.
Entering Hebei, we fought several fierce battles with the Hebei bandits. The road ahead was bleak. Only more than a hundred remaining soldiers were exhausted and defeated. Fortunately, they were all Zhang Xutuo's personal guards in the Central Army, and they had extraordinary cohesion. Otherwise, they would have been exhausted.
If it were, just walking all the way, they might have dispersed long ago.
Luo Shixin could hardly walk anymore. Hebei was a piece of red soil. There were ragged thieves everywhere. The scene was almost exactly the same as that in Shandong, so the team could not get any supplies at all.
When we were at the end of the road, we heard along the way that Yang Yichen, the imperial servant, was recruiting strong men to suppress bandits in Hebei. So, a group of people discussed it for a while. Jin was too far away. If we walked like this, we wouldn't reach the place. I was afraid that everyone would starve to death on the way.
.It is better to go to Yang Gong.
Yes, Luo Shixin, who has worn official uniform for many years, is no longer willing to join the bandits.
They killed many people in Shandong and fought bloody battles in Henan, fighting only peasant soldiers. It is difficult for those who have not been there to understand that kind of hatred and antagonism.
So Luo Shixin and his men trekked all the way and joined Yang Yichen's command.
In the midst of the mountains and rivers, I met an acquaintance in Yang Yichen's army. Chen Yuan, a big man from Hebei, was still very conspicuous, and he brought with him the border troops from Jin, which were different from the other troops led by Yang Yichen.
With strict military discipline, strong combat power, and extremely united, it seemed that at that time it had become the strongest Chinese army that Yang Yichen relied on the most.
When Luo Shixin saw Chen Yuan, he almost cried. He had spent the rest of his life fighting, and it was so exciting to suddenly see his old brother who had escaped from the wind and snow in Liaodong here.
Now Luo Shixin finally found the organization, and he never left Chen Yuan again.
When Yang Yichen was relieved of his military power and the army was dispersed, naturally this group of borrowed troops would not follow him back to the Eastern Capital. After Yang Yichen's military order was issued, they immediately set off to return to Yunnei.
Even if Chen Yuan doesn't want to stay in this place in Hebei, his family has long disappeared. There are wars everywhere, the fields are deserted, and the refugees are no longer visible. What appears in front of you is either bandits or rebels.
No one wants to stay in a place like this.
What is particularly annoying is that in a few months, he fought thousands of miles and almost wiped out the Hebei rebel army. Not to mention the reward from the Eastern Capital, Yang Yichen was relieved of his military power.
Chen Yuan and other members of the Heng'an Town Army have long been fed up with this kind of ghost place.
Yang Yichen's final arrangement was actually to let Chen Yuan serve as a general guard in Hebei, but he didn't even hear a reply from Chen Yuan, and he led his army directly back to Jin.
Just like that, Luo Shixin reappeared in Yunnei.
When he saw Li Po, before he could say anything, this guy, taking advantage of his height and strength, gave Li Po a big hug and twirled him around in a circle.
Li Po was quite happy to see this guy back. He didn't have many friends, and Luo San was one of them. Unfortunately, Cheng Zhijie was a bit of a loser, so he took Luo San and ran away without a trace.
At this moment, in front of everyone, Luo San was spinning him around like a child, barely lifting him up. Apart from being in mourning, Li Po was also full of black lines on his head.
The captains and battalions who came with the general to welcome the return were a little dumbfounded.
Nowadays, Li Powei is more serious than those in the army, especially when it comes to maintaining military discipline. Li Po spared no effort and has gained a reputation as a selfless person in the army.
Some of the small tricks he used in the past are gradually no longer used, and now Li Po is talking about the increasingly perfect military laws of Heng'an Town.
As a result, when the lieutenant general saw him, he was frightened at first, and his awe grew day by day.
When someone was being teased like this, well, they had never seen it before.
Some old people recognized Luo Shixin, and they also knew that this was the man who used to call him "General" as his brother. No one could compare to him in terms of kindness and kindness.
Some people didn't recognize it, like Bu Qun, who looked at this scene and almost burst into laughter after being shocked. Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer times to see the general lively.
What matches Luo San's stature is his loud voice.
"Brother, I have finally met you. If you want to drive me away this time, I won't leave either..."
This sturdy man is still only seventeen or eighteen years old, but his face is already weathered, and you can't tell his actual age. He is just a bit childish.
Li Po slapped him twice on the head, "Put it down, put it down, put it down quickly..."
Luo San chuckled and let go, then stared around with big copper bell eyes, "What are you looking at? My brother and I have reunited after a long separation. What's so good about it? If anyone dares to laugh at my brother, I will screw him."
His head is down."
This guy was already extremely scary when he was angry. Over the years, he has fought his way down from Liaodong, Shandong and other places where human life is as cheap as grass seeds. His temperament is completely different from the simple and honest look he used to have.
people.
When he opened his eyes, murderous aura emerged from his body, as terrifying as the devil coming out of hell.
It's a pity that these guys here are full of daring and courageous people. They competed with the Turks for life and death and fought bloody battles, but they were no worse than him. Immediately, some people stared back and said to themselves, what? I just wanted to rely on it when I came here.
Why don't you make good friends with the general and suppress me? That won't be what you want.
Unexpectedly, he turned around and became happy, muttering to Li Po, "Brother, the soldiers you brought out are really good. If the general sees this courage, he will definitely like it."
The general naturally refers to Zhang Xutuo, but as soon as he mentioned the general, the smile on Luo Shixin's face was immediately replaced by sadness.
Li Po took a look, hehe, this guy has something on his mind, and his speech is a bit more coherent than before. But he doesn't know what kind of experiences he has had over the years to make this stupid kid look like this?
That night, Li Po held a banquet in Bamianglou to welcome Chen Yuan, Luo Shixin and others.
After a series of bad things, he finally encountered a happy event, and Li Po drank a few more drinks.
During the dinner, I naturally asked about various things in Hebei and Shandong.
Chen Yuan and Luo Shixin took turns talking, making the increasingly noisy banquet quiet down.
"Hebei is in ruins. No one is planting the fields. There are bandits everywhere. They are suppressing them. There are fewer and fewer people. It is desolate and there are bones everywhere. It is really miserable to see."
"There is nothing to eat. There is a shortage of food everywhere. I can exchange a bushel of corn for whatever I want. The army is running back and forth, but the food and grass can never keep up..."
"The matter of cannibalism is spread everywhere. I've never actually seen it, but I think it's pretty close."
"The local officials died and fled, and there were not many left. After entering some cities, the people were starved to death, but they could not provide military food to them. They all starved to death before their eyes.
, I heard that Mr. Yang cried several times over this...but there was nothing he could do."
"When I killed Zhang Jincheng, I really felt my hatred. Wherever this man passed was a piece of red soil. He was a murderer. After hearing all the rumors, I really wanted to cut him into pieces that day."
"Yang Gong dispersed the army. In fact, it was not just because there was an edict from the Eastern Capital. There was really no food and grass. Those people in Zhuo County were just beasts. When we suppressed the bandits here, they just watched helplessly. The food and grass soldiers were just one person.
If you don't bring them out, it means that Duke Yang is soft-hearted. If the general is here and takes us to take Zhuojun, open the warehouse and stockpile grain, everything will be gone."
"Not to mention Shandong. I have followed General Zhang Xutuo and fought in Shandong, Hebei and Henan in the past few years. What have I not seen?"
"When I went back, Shandong had become a mass grave. My hometown was flooded and everyone disappeared. Later, I worked with the general to suppress the bandits. I won countless battles, but the number of bandits increased."
"At the end of the battle, even the general was discouraged. I looked at how many people were gone in Shandong. What does it mean to eat people? Even the bark of the trees was eaten away. In the end, except for us officers and soldiers, the rest of Shandong was in chaos.
Army, there is no such thing as ordinary people."
"Brother, you don't know, right? I went to Henan, guess who I saw?"
"That guy Cheng Dalang actually surrendered to Zhai Rang. You said... we were walking back from Liaodong at that time, and I followed him back to Shandong. Unexpectedly, a few years later, when we met again, we actually met with swords and guns."
"I can't say...if I see that guy again, I will definitely cut off his head..."
As he talked, Luo San's eyes were red. It was not from sadness, but from hatred.
In short, one word, miserable, so miserable. The two of them only said a few words, and they already painted a picture of hell, with bones exposed in the wild and no roosters crowing for thousands of miles.
This chapter has been completed!