The military uniform worn by the little baby was very loose. It was obviously ripped from the body of the deceased and simply altered, but it still didn't fit properly.
Li Ting knelt down, reached over, and closed the uniform to the wound in the middle, trying to cover the whitened muscles and torn internal organs. The uniform was soaked with blood and became sticky and heavy. Li Ting paused for a moment.
After pulling hard twice, his hands were covered with blood.
"This little boy's name is Han Lai'er. He is the second son of Han Renqing, the leader of the defeated army in Guchengdian. He and his elder brother were familiar with my younger brother Li Yun... His elder brother died of illness last year.
Li Yun even cried once... It seems that when the Gucheng store was attacked, Han Lai'er happened to be playing outside. He rushed back along the road, happened to bump into the enemy, and was found."
Having said this, Li Ting stood up and said, "Do you remember Han Renqing? He's from Fuzhou."
"Of course I remember." Guo Ning nodded: "We fought with him at Qingbaikou. Old Han was originally a veteran of Fuzhou's military service. He was skilled in bow and horse, and he was kind, so he was chosen
The soldiers support him."
"Yes, he is a rare kind person."
Li Ting responded, looking at the black smoke rising in the direction of the Gucheng store, he lowered his head and looked at the body again: "This kind man's lair has been raided, and his son has been killed! This knife is really neat, and the person who did it is a ruthless person.
A character. But I don’t know who he is under Yang An’er’s command.”
As he spoke, his face turned livid, and he was obviously extremely angry.
Twenty miles south of Guchengdian, to the west of Ansu County, is the Wazi River, which is parallel to the Qi River. The water pool formed by the accumulation of the Wazi River is called Wuguandian, and Li Ting and others stopped here.
Therefore, Li Ting and Han Renqing are close neighbors, and the two groups often interact with each other on a daily basis.
The life of the stragglers was not easy. It was inevitable that they would be short of food today and salt tomorrow, so they had to support each other. Over time, the two families developed a deep friendship.
These defeated soldiers are all very brave. If they really want to let go and act arbitrarily, what can't they do? The reason why they live in such embarrassment is just to avoid the fighting for a while and live a peaceful life in this damn world.
Even if some people turn into bandits, such as Monk Luo, who has no taboos in their actions, they generally have certain rules and will not burn, kill, loot, or attack and kill the stronghold of defeated troops.
The defeated soldiers had a hard time, and so did the common people.
In this world, there are so many miserable people struggling to survive, so why bother your own family?
Good thing now, even this little chance of survival is almost gone!
Three days ago, Guo Ning told Li Ting that he might as well send people to pay attention to Yang An'er's actions, but at that time no one expected that Yang An'er's actions would be so violent.
Li Ting sent out five or six detectives, but most of them came back yesterday, reporting that four or five camps of broken troops had been breached, and the people in the camps had been robbed and kidnapped.
When Guo Ning and others arrived at the Qihe River, they encountered the Guchengdian camp which had also been breached. This was a large-scale camp. There were at least nearly a hundred soldiers in the camp, and there were twice as many ordinary people in the camp!
A few days ago, Xiao Hao and Hu Nasi had killed many of their companions in Anzhou. It is roughly estimated that more than 200 people were killed in the five rout strongholds near Anzhou, and the number of ordinary people, women and children who were implicated in the disaster was no less than 200.
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But after all, Xiao Haohu still wanted to be the commander of the Anzhou capital and had no intention of becoming the target of public criticism, so he acted with restraint. For someone with an ambiguous attitude like Wang Shixian, after being captured, he only received a severe beating and had one of his fingers cut off.
Yang An'er is different, he is much more powerful than Xiao Haohu, and his actions are even more intense, almost like massacre!
Li Ting walked a few steps forward and stood among the trees beside the river beach, looking out.
The remaining light of dusk gradually dissipated. Yang An'er's soldiers on the other side of the river first walked into the shadows under the river embankment and were out of sight. Suddenly they lit pine torches, so Li Ting could clearly see them in the distance.
Go figure.
The light of the setting sun, the light of torches, and the faint light of the fire in the direction of the Gucheng store were all reflected on the water, and the swaying water waves reflected wisps of red, like blood.
Maybe it really is blood.
"Yang An'er is definitely going to rebel! He is going to Shandong anyway and has no intention of staying in Hebei for too long, so he doesn't have any scruples in his actions! But..."
Li Ting turned back like a whirlwind and stared at Guo Ning: "According to what you said before, it will be beneficial for us if Yang An'er and his gang go to Shandong... Maybe that's the truth. But we just sit back and watch Yang An'er behave like this.
Are you treating our brothers Pao Ze like this?"
Guo Ning pondered for a moment and sighed.
Since that big dream a few days ago, Guo Ning has gained a lot of new insights and ideas in his mind. Because of his new insights, he increasingly feels that the situation in front of him is both sad and absurd.
The stragglers distributed in the armies of various states in Hebei were originally the backbone of the imperial army. Everyone has combat literacy, experience in military command, and the tenacity to contend with powerful enemies. After being reduced to this point, they are all full of hope.
With strong resentment at being abandoned by officials and generals, he was full of despair about his poor life.
Yang An'er's troops stationed in Dingxing County used to be peaceful people. They were squeezed to the point where they could no longer survive, so they fought against the imperial court at all costs.
Strictly speaking, the defeated soldiers and Yang An'er's troops should not be enemies. The two could have cooperated or even merged.
The sufferings suffered by both parties actually all stemmed from the obsessive rule of the Jin Dynasty, the increasingly fierce ethnic conflicts within the Jin Dynasty, the collapse of the economy, the decline of people's livelihood, and the inability to fight externally.
The Jurchen aristocratic group arbitrarily encroached on the land, and the corrupt officials carried out harsh inspections and excessive recruitment; the imperial army generals treated the soldiers as cattle and horses, treating them as nothing more than grass and grass. They single-handedly created the current predicament and created a world that makes it unbearable. They
is the real enemy.
But the arrogance of the Dajin court is still there, and the huge political power spanning thousands of miles of territory has not yet fallen. Although it has suffered heavy losses, countless recruitment departments, military unification departments, Xuanfu departments, and general administration offices are still there, and countless meng'an are still there.
Plan to defeat the army, suppress the defense army, guard the personal army, and the Yi army is still there.
Since Dajin is a court, it is natural for the court to do evil. For hundreds of years, the Khitan people and the Jurchens have done this, and everything is normal. The defeated soldiers struggled to survive in mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and suffered countless hardships. The key question is,
But no one thinks about it, or doesn’t dare to think about it.
Tens of thousands of brave warriors struggled to survive with their heads and eyes covered. The boldest ones were just planning to join the Mongols and eat some of the remaining carrion.
After all, Yang An'er, a rebel with many years of experience, is smarter than ordinary soldiers who retreat.
It seems that he has a broader vision and loftier ambitions, so he knows who the enemy is and wants to fight against him.
However, they do not know the correct method and can only act within the scope of their own understanding.
They only regarded the defeated soldiers all over the mountains and plains as strong men who were easy to be kidnapped, and fat meat that was easy to be slaughtered. So they relied on the thousands of years of bandits' tricks of kidnapping people, swung their swords, and first killed the same poor people.
People were killed with heads rolling and blood flowing like rivers.
Those they slaughtered and kidnapped were all Guo Ning’s comrades!
Without Li Ting's urging, Guo Ning couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
"Since we are here, we have to do something. However, Yang An'er's troops can easily defeat the Gucheng Store, so there must be a lot of troops. Let the archers spread their guard, and the other soldiers will rest here for a while. The few of us will cross the river to explore
Check it out. I remember that there is a wooded slope east of the Gucheng store, which is very suitable for exploring the situation... That place seems to be called Gaolin Slope, right?"
Li Ting quickly said: "Exactly."
"Let's go to Gaolinpo."
"good!"
Guo Ning turned around and looked around, and asked in a deep voice: "Has Master Huifeng arrived?"
In the dark wilderness, Monk Luo's thick voice sounded: "Here he comes! The Sa family is here!"
"The enemy is not an ordinary bandit. We must set up scouts and secret sentries near the Gucheng Store. Master Huifeng, please go out and grab a tongue and come back for questioning."
Monk Luo chuckled and said, "Okay, okay."
Li Ting couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Guo Ning's instructions.
He was not familiar with Monk Luo. In recent days, he had seen the fat monk's footsteps thumping everywhere he went, like a mountain of meat. How could this man be capable of doing delicate things?
Just as he was surprised, he saw Monk Luo taking off his broad robe and wearing only a dark gray t-shirt. He nodded slightly to Guo Ning and jumped into the forest beside the road. His figure as big as a bear swayed very nimbly.
Li Ting's vision blurred. At first he saw a bald head flashing, but then he lost sight of it.
"Master Huifeng is extraordinary and has his own abilities. Li Erlang, let's go and check it out ourselves. Don't worry."
"What a skill! What a skill!" Li Ting was stunned for a long time. Seeing that Guo Ning was already heading towards the river beach, he quickly rushed to catch up.
