Xu Sheng and the girl in green walked slower and slower, approaching each other more cautiously.
It’s difficult!
Xu Sheng was filled with sorrow, his brows were furrowed, and his heart was gloomy. After a long period of insinuations and speculations, he had some understanding of the current situation.
There is no doubt that there is a large army ahead.
But the target was not him. However, the men in black he provoked belonged to the same camp as the army ahead. There was no doubt that as long as he dared to appear, he would be immediately besieged by thousands of troops.
and......
Xu Sheng had no choice but to turn around and glance at the girl in green who was shaking her head behind him. He said "Oh" and sighed melancholy.
She is the practitioner sent by the Liu family!
The girl in green admitted it herself.
Both of them were actually a thorn in the flesh of the tiger and wolf warriors in front of them. This situation was really not optimistic.
"Hey, boy, don't walk so fast. There are rebels in front of you. Are you eager to die?" The girl in green stretched her neck and shouted towards Xu Sheng: "Now we are all grasshoppers on the same rope.
Now, life and death are one, and we share weal and woe; why not put aside past grudges and cooperate with integrity."
"Bah!" Xu Shengji spat rudely, with a bad look on his face, and said coldly: "Seeking skin from a tiger is the same as licking blood with a knife. Besides, you, a woman, have a heart like a snake and a scorpion, and are more vicious than a tiger. Who wants to
Cooperate with you?"
"You..." When the girl heard this, she immediately became furious, her face turned red, and she raised her fists high. Xu Sheng was really frightened.
"never mind"
The girl in green clothes thought for a while, then slowly lowered her fists, her expression gradually calmed down, she took two quick steps and caught up with Xu Sheng. She tilted her head and even said softly with a bit of flattery: "Now is not the time to be impulsive.
According to the Liu family's report, this time the rebels from all over Guandong, three states and 18 routes gathered together and agreed to march west together to attack Sishui Pass. Such a huge momentum can be said to have not been seen in thirty years.
, even the Liu family doesn’t dare to look down upon you. I’m afraid the two of you are not enough for each of us to spit on you.”
"What! How could that happen?" Hearing this, Xu Sheng was really shocked.
The Kanto Rebellion lasted for more than 30 years, and lasted for a long time, which is rarely seen in "Classics and History". In the beginning, the brutality during the period of Wei Xi and Wei Xian was truly terrifying to those who saw it, and chilling to those who heard about it. Later, Wei Xi and Wei Xian were defeated.
, although the Kanto Rebellion has not ended, it has been contained. Especially in the past ten years, rumors have been flying all over the sky, but the thunder is loud and the rain is small. The various rebel groups in the Kanto are occupying each other's territory, and their forces are intertwined, so they dare not act rashly; and the imperial court
On the one hand, since the "Dazhu Kingdom" came to power, the internal affairs have been in a mess and they have no time to take care of Guandong; the Liu family respects its own troops and does not listen to the court's orders at all, and its own strength is also limited. Relying on "Sishui Pass", it is more than enough to defend and attack.
Cutting cannot be done.
In short, all parties are making small fuss, checking and balancing each other, and generally maintaining peace. How could things suddenly change?
"Why?" Xu Sheng couldn't help but ask, very puzzled. Based on his understanding, the three areas of Guandong had been fighting for years, the fields were deserted, and the population was reduced sharply. Let alone the 18th Route rebels, what could the 28th Route do?
There is only so much power that can be mobilized. It couldn't be done in the past when it was at its peak, so why should we join forces and march westward now?
Where does confidence come from?
"Don't ask me, I don't know either. Not only me, even the Liu family is confused, otherwise they wouldn't have sent me here." The girl in green rubbed her head and said feebly: "But what do I want?
How can I get the information I want?"
"You are not easy to be a lackey of the Liu family." Xu Sheng took the opportunity to sneer. He knew very little about the Liu family, but because of Xu Lizi's engagement, he did not have a good impression of them.
"You are the dog. A dog's mouth cannot spit out ivory." The girl in green punched Xu Sheng's head and shouted: "If the Liu family knew about my identity, they would definitely not dare to appoint me.
I concealed my origin and accepted the mission in the name of a 'bounty hunter'."
"Who believes it?" Xu Sheng only rolled his eyes when facing the girl in green, but he had all kinds of thoughts surging in his heart.
He couldn't guess the identity of the girl in green, but one thing was certain: this girl definitely had a great background. Her words showed that she didn't care about a behemoth like the Liu family, a millennium-old family. Her true origins
, I am afraid it is only stronger than the Liu family.
Moreover, Xu Sheng didn't feel much panic from the girl in green. She was very calm from beginning to end. Although she often exaggerated and pretended to be worried, if she was really not sure, she would have retreated long ago. Could it be like her?
Such a person would seek death for an insignificant task?
She must have something to rely on.
Xu Sheng's eyes were rolling. He didn't believe in any cooperation. In the final analysis, the girl in Tsing Yi deceived him into contributing and wanted to reap the benefits.
Xu Sheng was not wise, but he was not stupid either. His mind was racing for a while, and he turned over and over again, trying to find a way to deal with it.
At night, the sky is cool and the wind is blowing.
A bonfire that flickered on and off was restlessly jumping with tongues of flame.
Xu Sheng sat cross-legged next to the fire, bowing his head silently and silently. Only visible to the naked eye, he seemed to be a little restless. He kept clutching his trouser legs with his hands, turning back and looking around from time to time.
"That..." Xu Sheng hesitated and stopped talking.
"Little fool, I'm going to tell you something that's really heartfelt." The girl in green stared at Xu Sheng's face and said in a deep tone, "You also know the current situation. I have never lied to you. If you don't believe it,
, we can go forward thirty miles together, and I guarantee you will see a large, dark mass of people. If you want to go to Liaozhou, you will definitely have to pass through thousands of troops. How can you do it without my help?
"
"I know." Xu Sheng raised his head and caught the girl's gaze. He said, "I must go there."
"Then you have no choice but to cooperate with me. There is no other way." The girl in green had a formidable gaze and said in a rare soft voice: "Cooperate with me. I have countermeasures, but I need your help."
.”
"I..." Xu Sheng stopped talking, stood up and took two steps back, his eyes bright. He looked at the girl in green and said, "Can you trust me?"
"certainly"
"I don't believe it." Xu Sheng shook his head, "We met by chance and have been tit-for-tat many times. Your so-called cooperation is nothing more than putting me in danger. If you insist on staying after we succeed, what can I do?"
"Hey -" the girl in green sighed, and then said slowly: "You can't trust me so much? I swear, once the thing is done, I will let you go away. Anyway, the army is right in front of me, and you are under my control
Instead of taking a gamble, it’s better to take a gamble.”
"Then..." Xu Sheng's expression was very solemn, and his face twitched slightly. It could be seen that he was very entangled and his emotions were fluctuating violently.
"Believe me, you don't have a second choice." The girl in green persuaded her earnestly, her eyes blazing and never leaving Xu Sheng.
"Okay." After a long time, Xu Sheng stamped his feet, seeming to have made an extremely huge determination, and said in a deep voice: "I agree to cooperate, but before that, I have to go and see if the situation is as serious as you said."
"Can"
The girl in green clothes grabbed Xu Sheng, raised her brows, exercised her inner strength, leaped up into the sky with one arm.
By the time he landed, he had already jumped over ten feet.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
A black shadow walks through the moonlit night...
By the time the girl in green put Xu Sheng down, it was already dawn. He shook his head that was dizzy from the bumps, struggled to suppress the turbulent feeling in his stomach, exhaled slowly, and looked into the distance.
Alas!
Directly ahead, about three miles away, there was a bright light. Xu Sheng calmed down and tried to pour the "invisible secret power" into his ears and eyes. Suddenly, his eyes suddenly opened up, and noisy sounds rang in his ears.
The place was crowded and noisy. There were rows of sergeants patrolling and rows of soldiers on duty. It looked orderly and orderly.
Is this still a peasant rebel army?!
Xu Sheng felt a little surprised. Based on what he saw in front of him, they were clearly members of the regular army.
"I always thought that Guandong was exhausted, the people were in dire straits, the troops were scarce, and training was neglected; the ordnance was also crude and crude, and the weapons were useless. But now it seems that I have underestimated it." Xu Sheng sighed sincerely, feeling that it was a bit tricky. The more formal the rebels are, the more formal they become.
The more powerful he is, the more difficult he is to deal with, and the more dangerous his situation becomes.
"It seems that it is undoubtedly the Qin family's 'Red Sky Army'." The girl in green thought for a moment and whispered.
"Red Sky Army!" Xu Sheng muttered, his heart thumping.
He actually didn't know much about the Kanto Rebellion, but he had heard the name of the "Red Sky Army" a lot. According to what ordinary people talked about after dinner, he didn't know anything about the "Red Xiao Army".
The Guandong Rebellion began with Wei Xiu and Wei Xian, and with their Yellow Dao Army. After the two were defeated, it was the Chixiao Army that continued to confront the Jokhang side and carried the banner of the rebel army.
Rumor has it that the Chixiao Army besieged Sishui Pass with 500,000 troops for several years. At that time, people were in panic. Even the people of Zhongzhou were frightened by the words "Chixiao Army" and their expressions changed when they heard it.
.
It is a pity that the Chixiao Army was internally divided and was overtaken by the "Green Forest Army". After that, the Green Forest Army could not escape a similar fate. It had internal struggles and collapsed on its own. Today, most of the rebels in the Kanto region came from Chixiao and Green Forest Army.
Split from the two armies.
"Isn't the Chixiao Army finished? What is the relationship between the Chixiao Army and the Qin family?" Xu Sheng was very curious and rarely asked the girl in green for advice.
"It's a long story to tell." The girl in blue shook her head, trying to make things mysterious.
"To make a long story short." Xu Sheng was not in the mood to amuse her at the moment, and he knew that the girl in Tsing Yi wanted something from him, so his attitude was a little more forceful.
"How dare you..." The expression of the girl in green changed instantly, but she immediately calmed down, tilted her head and thought for a moment, then said impatiently: "The Qin family was originally one of the eight great aristocratic families, and like the Liu family, they have been together for thousands of years.
Although the family is at the bottom of the eight major families in terms of strength, it has guarded Liaozhou for generations and can be regarded as a vassal. Thirty years ago, the Wei family rebelled from Liaozhou and rebelled. Instead of suppressing it, the Qin family rebelled under the pressure of genocide.
The Qin family surrendered. Since then, the Qin family has completely parted ways with Da Zhao and embarked on the path of the rebel army. The ancestral land of the Qin family is in "Chixiao County", so their army is called "Chixiao County".
Army'. Later, because the Red Sky Army developed too fast, had a large number of personnel, and the internal struggle was too fierce, it split into five divisions, and its vitality was seriously damaged. However, its core members still survived, and are still called the Red Xiao Army, and they still control it today.
Covering most of Liaozhou, it is the strongest force among the rebel armies. This joint march to the west is the Qin family's idea. "
"Qin family? Eight major families?" Xu Sheng was confused and looked confused.
"No way, kid, you don't even know about the eight major families?" The girl in green clothes was a little unbelievable.
"I really don't know, I've never heard of it."
"Okay." The girl in green felt helpless, cleared her throat, and continued: "The eight aristocratic families can also be called the seven major families, because one of them is the current royal family. Strictly speaking, it has exceeded the number of the aristocratic families.
Category. The remaining seven families have a long history and provided great support at the beginning of the founding of this dynasty. Due to the decline of the royal family, today’s world is unceremoniously said to be the world of the seven major families. These seven major families are respectively Zhongzhou Fertile Land
The Liu family, the Yan family in Shenzhou in the west, the Qin family in Liaozhou in the northeast, the Ye family and Tan family in Jiangzhou in the south, and the Wang family in Yongzhou in the northwest were exiled to the Yu family in the southernmost mountains and two places across the country. Now, let’s look at the situation on the surface.
, the Yan family stands out, firmly controlling China, and even has a lot of control in the two states of Zhong and Yong; the Liu family and the Wang family are self-respecting, and can be ranked as the second class; the Ye family, the Tan family, and the Yu family
The strategic space is limited and the foundation is slightly insufficient, so it can be classified as the third level; as for the Qin family, it has almost been removed from the seven major families."
"Oh" Xu Sheng nodded, calm on the surface, but shaken inside, remembering the words of the girl in Tsing Yi word for word,
Are the eight major families the power hidden behind them and the initiators of everything?
Xu Sheng fell into deep thought. The Xu family, a subsidiary family of the Liu family, could exist like a weirdo. So how strong should the eight major families that are far above the Xu family be?
However, if the Eight Great Families are really the masterminds behind all the secrets, then how could the Qin family be conquered by Wei Xi and Wei Xian? You know, even those as powerful as Wei Xi will only turn into a bloody red fruit and be conquered by them.
The big bronze hands held it tightly.
It seems that the eight major families are far from the final answer.
Xu Sheng thought of a lot at once, and involuntarily thought of the girl in Tsing Yi. According to the girl in Tsing Yi, she didn't even care about the Liu family, so what is her origin? Is she a member of the eight major families? Where does she belong?
One family?
"Hey, what are you thinking about?" The girl in green interrupted Xu Sheng's reverie and said with her hands on her hips: "Now is not the time to distract you."
never mind.
Xu Sheng shook his head, retracted his mind, raised his head, and met the gaze of the girl in green. He stared at it for a long time, and said seriously: "I agree to cooperate, but I want to hear your countermeasures."