Chapter 30: Indignant(1/2)
The blood on the face is warm.
The fishy smell is tangy.
This is Chen Mu's first murder.
It's not like he wasn't mentally prepared for the murder.
Living in troubled times, life is as cheap as grass. If you want to avoid being killed, how can you not have the intention to kill?
But he originally thought that the first time he killed someone, he would be so frightened that his legs would weaken.
It's just that when the sharp sword penetrates a person's body, the soft touch is transmitted, as simple as picking up a piece of meat with a bamboo stick.
I didn’t expect that the hurdle of killing someone would not be difficult to overcome psychologically. Maybe it’s because I’ve seen too much of the troubled times, or maybe I’ve been assimilated through traveling for too long.
At least for Chen Mu, he only felt that Zhang Hu must be in pain, but it didn't matter, as long as he didn't feel pain, it didn't matter whether the enemy was in pain or not.
Zhang Hu's struggle only lasted for a moment. The main artery in his neck was punctured, and he died a moment later.
The Zhang family servants outside the door were so frightened that the master died like this?
"They killed their master and took revenge!"
"But he is a prince."
"The princes can't kill people at will."
"Go and report to the young master and all the elder uncles first."
The people outside the door dispersed in a hurry and ran to call for help.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were supporting Chen Qing and Chen Zhi.
Liu Bei said with a cold face: "Fourth brother, why not slaughter the whole family?"
In the Han Dynasty, it was a serious crime to insult someone's parents. Yang Qiu was from Yuyang County. An official in the county insulted his mother. Yang Qiu got involved with dozens of young men and killed the official and his family.
You must know that the people he killed were not ordinary people, but officials.
As a result, not only was it not a crime, but it even made him famous, and he was promoted as filial and honest, and he entered the official career, and finally killed the eunuch Wang Fu.
Even officials have their whole families killed for insulting other people's parents, let alone powerful men without official positions.
If Chen Mu wanted to, he could kill the entire Zhang family!
However, Chen Mu calmly shook his head and said: "Take my father and my brother back first. They need medical treatment now. Once they are settled, we will come back for revenge!"
His father and brother were covered in blood and beaten frequently. One had been injured before and his injuries had not yet healed, and the other was just a teenager. How could he endure such torture?
In order to prevent any accidents from happening to them, we must take the people out first. What's more, even if we have the courage to fight against ten thousand enemies, it is indeed difficult to fight with two oil bottles.
Liu Bei nodded: "Okay, second brother and third brother, let's go."
Chen Mu quickly walked over and took his father from Guan Yu's hands. He was covered in bruises, but he was still alive. He felt a little relieved, carried his father on his back, and rushed out of the house with his three brothers.
"Who dares to come to my Zhang family to commit murder!"
Dozens of guards rushed out from outside, led by several members of the Zhang family.
Liu Bei didn't talk nonsense and shouted: "Kill out!"
Chen Mu supported his father with his left hand and held his brother with his right hand. Liu Guanzhang shouted angrily and charged forward, and soon he was fighting with the enemy. He really couldn't help much in this kind of battle.
But there is no need to help, Liu Guan and Zhang Zhiyong are just chopping melons and vegetables even in the regular army, not to mention that such brave peasants have no fighting ability at all.
In an instant, seven or eight of the dozens of guards were killed. The remaining ones were so frightened that they rolled over and crawled when they saw the bravery of the three people, and never dared to approach again.
Under the escort of Liu Guanzhang, Chen Mu successfully ran to the front door with his father and younger brother.
The door was closed tightly, and the people on the surrounding turrets bent their bows and fired arrows, forcing them back behind the wall in the courtyard.
No one is afraid of close combat, but the enemy has bows and arrows.
Zhang Fei whispered: "Big brother, second brother and fourth brother, I will kill the people on the turret."
"Third brother, be careful, I will cover you."
Liu Bei gave instructions.
Zhang Fei nodded, climbed over the wall from the side yard, went around to the back of the left and right turrets, and started climbing up with a quick step.
There are four turrets in total outside the manor, one in the middle of the wall on the left and right sides of the gate, and one in the corner at the end of the far wall.
Zhang Fei found the one at the far right end of the wall, and the people on the turret next to the right wall couldn't see it at all.
Seeing Zhang Fei's action, Liu Bei ducked at the door and shot four arrows, all of which missed.
Although his force was not as good as that of Guan Zhang, Liu Bei was very agile and strong. He had already flashed back to the door before the arrow was fired, helping Zhang Fei attract attention.
The turret is two feet high, which is 4.6 meters. Zhang Fei himself is over 1.8 meters tall, so it only takes a few seconds to climb up.
The people upstairs heard the noise, but before they could react, they saw a man with a leopard head and ringed eyes emerging.
Zhang Fei emerged from the turret ladder, grinned, stretched out his big furry hands, grabbed the man, pulled him hard, and threw him down.
Zhuang Ding screamed in agony. He fell from a height of four meters, which would not kill him, but he was still smashed to pieces and lost his fighting power.
"Brother, continue!"
Zhang Fei threw the bow and arrows and quiver hidden on the turret into the wall of the inner courtyard, shrank his head and hid in the turret.
The whizzing arrows shot from the turret on the other side, but were all blocked by the turret blocking board.
Liu Bei ran over and picked up his bow and arrow, and using the inner courtyard wall as cover, while the people in the remaining three turrets outside were on guard against Zhang Fei, he shot another person to death with one arrow.
Two have been dealt with now, and there are still two left.
"No more showing up."
Guan Yu stuck his head out to observe and found that the enemy was huddled in the turret and did not dare to show his head.
Liu Bei's archery skills are recorded in the "Three Kingdoms". He was proficient in bow and horse. He could ride a horse and shoot arrows with a bow at the same time. His archery skills were very good, far beyond anyone's comparison.
This one-hit arrow had frightened the people in the turret so much that they only dared to lie down in the turret and observe with a small field of vision, not daring to come out again.
"Third brother, they don't dare to take the lead anymore, kill them."
Liu Bei shouted deliberately.
The people on the corner tower were so frightened that they dropped their bows and arrows and shouted repeatedly: "Mighty man, spare your life, strong man, spare your life."
"Walk!"
When Liu Bei saw them dropping their weapons, he immediately rushed out.
The Zhang family manor is not small, but there are definitely not many people in the outer front yard. A group of people have just been killed and dispersed. When they call people from behind, it will be difficult to rush out when they are surrounded by hundreds of people.
The horses the four of them had used when they entered were tied up in the front yard. Zhang Fei took the horses over and the four of them met at the gate.
The door was closed, they took off the bolt and kicked it open. The four people rushed out of the door, helped the people onto their horses and started to leave.
At this moment, the pursuers came out from behind.
Hundreds of people ran out of the manor with weapons in hand, shouting that the thieves should leave.
When Dian Wei killed someone in Xiangyi, he was also besieged by hundreds of people.
Now Zhang Zhiyong is not inferior to Dian Wei, and is even slightly better than Dian Wei. These people are even more contemptuous.
"The eldest brother and the fourth brother will leave first, and the third brother and I will leave behind!"
Guan Yu Hengdao immediately hit the ground with the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand, narrowed his eyes, and thick murderous intent spread from his body.
Both Liu Bei and Chen Mu knew that now was not the time to kill, the key was to treat the injured first.
So I didn't waste any time, just took Chen Qing and Chen Zhi with me and left.
The two of them were galloping, with the shouts of killing and the sound of weapons exchanges behind them shaking the sky. Guan Zhang had already joined hands with the enemy.
However, Liu Bei and Chen Mu were not worried about them. Two fierce generals with ten thousand enemies could kill seven in and seven out in a melee of hundreds of thousands of people. What kind of strong winds and waves have they not seen? They would not capsize in the ditch here, and they really couldn't get on their horses and run.
That’s it.
Liu Bei supported Chen Qing, and Chen Mu held Chen Zhi. For fear of hurting their wounds, they did not dare to run too fast. They walked a mile or two on horseback. When they were approaching the gate of Puyin City, a black crowd came out in front of them.
Dozens of people.
These people were the thieves under the command of Puyin County, and the soldiers under the supervision of the thieves. When the county magistrate heard that some madmen were making a noise at the gate of the county government office, beating the soldiers, he was furious and sent people out to chase and kill four of them.
"These are the madmen, catch them!"
The soldier who had been slapped in the face by Zhang Fei pointed at Liu Bei and Chen Mu and shouted loudly.
The soldiers guarding the city gate also looked over, and the people who were entering and leaving the city also looked at him sideways, and hundreds of people soon gathered.
"Who dares to touch a member of my Chen family!"
At this moment, a strong man with a bandage on his body came out with more than ten young men, holding weapons high in their hands, and shouted to build momentum.
Chen Mu knew him as one of the bravest clan uncles in Chenjia Village. His name was Chen Meng, and he was known for his bravery and courage in the village.
One of the main reasons why Chenjiacun was not bullied by powerful men was his bravery.
However, Chenjia Village suffered heavy casualties this year. Although Chen Meng was strong in the village, his strength was only forty or fifty, far less than Guan Zhang's strength of over one hundred, and he could not support the entire clan by himself.
To be continued...