After everyone settled their calculations, Zhang Fei picked his three most trustworthy servants and slowly outflanked the thieves from the side.
As for the remaining ten people, including Liu Jian and Liu Bei, they took the torches from Zhang Fei and others and slowly moved forward on the spot. They used the number of torches to pretend that the number of people had not decreased, so that the people who were ambushing them on the opposite side would lower their guard.
, to gain good opportunities for Zhang Fei and others.
Liu Bei and Jian Yong had no confidence, and Liu Jian actually had no confidence either.
After all, Zhang Fei and the others only have six people, and they got there in the dark. If something happens, the consequences will be disastrous.
But he still chose to believe in Zhang Fei. After all, an outstanding person who can leave a strong mark in the history books must have something special about him!
Even if Zhang Fei fails to defeat the enemy, they will not be in danger. At worst, they will find their way back to the camp or go straight to Zhuo County and report to the official for orders.
Soon, there was an exclamation not far away, followed immediately by the sound of weapons clashing, mixed with shouts and fighting.
Liu Jian's spirit was shaken. He pulled out his long sword and called to Liu Bei and Jian Yong: "Brother Zhang Xian must have succeeded in getting rid of the thief! I will help him immediately!"
At this time, it would be too time-consuming to jump on horseback to assist Zhang Fei and would definitely delay the opportunity.
Of the ten people, one person was left behind to look after the horse, while the other nine people quickly moved forward with their swords in hand, probably running a few hundred meters away. The torches illuminated the field, which was still dark just now.
A quick glance revealed that there were about seven or eight people wearing short brown clothes and holding weapons in the field, fighting with Zhang Fei.
Obviously the other side did not expect that they would split into two groups, holding torches in front to lure the enemy, and sending people to attack them from the side.
What they didn't expect was that among the group of people who attacked them, there was actually an unstoppable strong man!
When the fire shone past, what came into view was a young man who looked like an iron tower, holding a sword and fighting bravely in front of the thieves.
The heavy sword was as light as a whip in Zhang Fei's hand, and he could swing it freely. Although the posture was not very elegant, it was extremely powerful!
Zhang Fei almost killed everyone with one sword, and he knocked people down quickly and easily. It looked effortless, and his killing techniques were extremely skillful.
Whether it was stabbing the heart, picking the throat, or slitting the neck, his actions were all done in one go.
The few followers who followed him were Zhuang Momo, and Zhang Fei killed five of the seven opponents.
When the seventh man, the reckless man, was stabbed in the abdomen by Zhang Fei's sword and cried out in pain, Zhang Fei suddenly kicked him to the ground, then raised his sword and stabbed him towards the lifeline of his throat!
"Slow down, you'll survive!"
Zhang Fei's men were very accurate. Hearing Liu Jian's shout, he immediately stopped what he was doing and stepped on the man's chest.
His big foot was extremely powerful and pressed against the opponent's chest, making it difficult for him to move at all.
Jian Yong walked to Zhang Fei tremblingly and looked at him in disbelief.
Obviously, this little brother, who was usually taken advantage of by his words, showed bravery at this time far beyond his imagination.
Recalling his original behavior, Jian Yong was a little scared.
"Fei...Brother Zhang Xian, have you killed anyone in the past?"
Zhang Fei shook his head solemnly.
"You've never killed anyone before, so why are you so familiar with it?"
"Killed a pig."
"..."
Liu Bei looked at the corpses on the ground and sighed: "My dear brother, why did you start so quickly? I haven't asked where these people came from, and I don't know if they really want to ambush us. Kill them all now. What if I kill the wrong good person?"
Isn’t it too late to regret it?”
Zhang Fei was stunned when he heard this.
He really didn't expect this.
Liu Jian walked to a corpse and picked up a short blade held by the corpse.
The handle of the short blade is engraved with the mark of their Liu family, and it should be held by one of the three people who never came back.
"Don't worry, I killed you right."
Liu Jian's words gave Zhang Fei a reassurance.
If Brother Jian said that he was not wrong to kill, he must be right!
Liu Jian walked up to the living strong man and said coldly: "Who are you? Where are my servants at home? Are they killed by you?"
"Stop unjustly accusing good people! So-and-so is a good family man! If you are so cruel, I will file a lawsuit with the county office...ahhhh!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Fei suddenly pierced his thigh with a sword, causing blood to flow profusely.
Jian Yong squatted down and carefully looked at the clothes of the corpses on the ground, but the short brown clothes of these people were very tattered, and the stench on them could be smelled from a long distance away.
Jian Yong said slowly: "Aren't you from Zhuojun? Judging from your accent, it sounds like you're either from Daijun or Dingxiang?"
The strong man gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Liu Jian put his finger on his heart: "Look at you, you came from across the state from the north of Taihang? You don't follow the official path, and you ambush us here. There should be no way to quote the talisman. Let me observe your body."
If you smell blood, there must be a murder case! If I hand you over to the county office and send you back, your life will never be easy... If you are willing to tell the truth, I will give you a happy life, how about it? "
After hearing this, the strong man not only was not afraid, but his expression became distorted, as if he was hesitating about something.
Liu Jian understood that he had guessed correctly.
After a while, I finally heard the man say: "The body of your man is in the river three miles northwest. We killed him. The blade and horse are in the river not far to the north. This man is not as good as a dolphin dog. I
Enough is enough! Even if I die here today, I won’t go back to Yunzhong!”
After saying that, he saw a bit of madness suddenly appear in his eyes. Without waiting for Liu Jian and others to react, he ran towards the sword pointed at Zhang Fei and pushed it against him.
Liu Jian, Liu Bei and others were shocked.
Zhang Fei didn't expect that the other party would commit suicide. Before he could retract his sword, the sword had already entered his throat, and bright red blood spurted out from his Adam's apple!
The man had a painful and ferocious expression, staring eyes like Tongling, staring at Liu Jian in front of him, his hands and feet beating rhythmically on the ground, his teeth clenched, and blood spilled from his lips...
Then he moved slower and slower until he died.
Liu Jian was also shocked. He didn't expect that such a cross-state refugee would not be afraid of death?
No one is unafraid of death, unless life is worse than death.
Although the villains were eliminated by our side, there was no excitement in the hearts of everyone.
On the contrary, it was as if a stone had been pressed into the hearts of those present, with an indescribable heaviness.
When I was young, I heard Liu Bei say: "I will go to the river first to find the bodies of our people."
"Brother, be more careful."
"rest assured."
Liu Bei left immediately.
Jian Yong pursed his lips and sighed: "How bad has the world become? They are just refugees fleeing across states, but they are so unafraid of death? Why? Why!"
"No." Liu Jian stared at the man's body seriously: "They are not ordinary refugees."
"What's the meaning?"
Liu Jian turned to look at Jian Yong: "Brother Xianhe, does he know the situation west of Taihang?"
"West of Taihang?"
Jian Yong didn't know why Liu Jian suddenly asked this: "I'm not sure about the specifics, but Su Shuang from our county once traveled to the north to sell horses. I often heard him say that since Zang Zhonglang's general traveled thousands of miles away, it was unfavorable, and he jumped into the Taihang Mountains in Bingzhou.
Many thieves appeared. These thieves set up camps in Taihang, gathered refugees, and hid people. Although they did not directly call for rebellion, their behavior was no different from rebel thieves."
Liu Jian nodded when he heard this.
Three years ago, Xia Yu, Zang Min, and Tian Yan went out thousands of miles to attack Xianbei, but were defeated by Tan Shihuai. In the following three years, Bingzhou and Youzhou border counties were constantly harassed by barbarians. In addition, two consecutive years of drought and hiding people
Due to Ding's stubborn illness, the frontier counties of Guizhou became increasingly desperate. Countless suffering people abandoned their homes and fled to the Taihang Mountains to seek survival, gradually forming one force after another.
Just imagine, after a few years, the Montenegrin military was gradually merged with millions of people under its jurisdiction. It is not expected that such a large base will not be achieved overnight. It should be a process of slow accumulation.
And these bandits in front of us may be the predecessors of Montenegro.
The two were discussing the matter when they suddenly saw Liu Bei rushing back.
His brows were furrowed into the Chinese character "Chuan" and his face was extremely abnormal, to be precise, his face turned green.
"Deran, Xianhe, you come with me." Liu Bei's tone was unusually heavy.
Liu Jian and others immediately followed Liu Bei to the riverside.
There, they saw the bodies of the three missing family members.
But what is puzzling is that these corpses are obviously mutilated.
The flesh on the arms, thighs, and hips had all been cut off.
Zhang Fei looked at the three corpses in confusion: "What's strange is that if they were eaten by jackals and wild beasts, they should have been disemboweled and had their breasts gnawed. They were mutilated. How come they only lost the meat in their thighs? And the wounds were so neat,
It's like a knife cutting..."
Jian Yong on the side listened to Zhang Fei's soliloquy and suddenly thought of something.
His expression changed, he turned around and ran to the river, where he retched into the river.
The other people's faces were also extremely ugly.
For them, they had only heard of the story of Yi Zi eating each other...but they had never even heard of the story of killing people and eating each other.
Liu Jian's mind recalled the sadness in the eyes of the strong man who was restrained by Zhang Fei just now.
The man would rather commit suicide than be escorted back to Bingzhou Border County.
There is no doubt that the corpses of the three servants under him became like this because of the work of those bandits just now!
To Liu Jian and others, his beast-like behavior is like a butcher devil! Killing him a hundred times would be considered an advantage for them!
However, who in this world is really willing to be a beast?
Unless they are desperate, what normal person would put himself on the same level as a tiger or a wolf? Would he behave like an animal?
Are they willing to be wild beasts, or have they been forced to become human beings?