The noise in my ears was louder than before, noisy and cursed.
"You stepped on my shoe."
"Hey, these shoes haven't been worn on your feet yet, how come they are yours?"
"This knife belongs to me, get out of here."
"Is this for horses or for humans? No matter, let me eat to my fill first."
Armor was being put on randomly, weapons were being fought against each other, grain and straw bags were being torn apart, and wheat beans were being grabbed and stuffed into their mouths.
No one paid any attention to Li Minghua and the other three. Li Minghua held the knife tightly in his hand, with a daze in his eyes.
In fact, it was the first time she had gone out so far and met so many people...
"Miss Minghua, they have no intention of killing us," said three soldiers who had ropes tied to their arms and were thrown to the ground.
These were the three people who raised the alarm before to explore the road, but it turned out that they were not killed.
A soldier cut the ropes of the three men with a wave of his knife, but the bandit next to him ignored them.
There is no point in paying attention or not. The five of them can't kill so many people, and they can't escape.
"They have been ambushing here for a long time." A soldier rubbed his arm and whispered, "They came out to grab us when they saw us alone."
Do bandits need to go to so much trouble to steal things now? Instead of killing them and wearing armor and weapons, Li Minghua didn't know what to think, and she didn't have any ideas.
"Hey, this lady." The clear and pleasant voice sounded again, and the man also urged his horse to come to her.
He also put on a set of armor to cover his naked chest and back, and his whole person became different. He carried two swords behind his back, looking majestic.
Five soldiers guarded Li Minghua.
The man didn't care. He was also riding on a horse. He was as tall as a mountain: "You can give the order to set off."
Order? He seemed to have no doubt that this young lady was the one who made the decision. Li Minghua looked at the man, and then looked past him.
"Let's go." She said as expected.
There is nothing scary about talking, she is not afraid of their teasing.
There was a lot of noise all around.
"....You eat less! You carry another bag."
"Those knives placed on the horse's back belong to me."
The bandits were still arguing and fighting, and Li Minghua's voice passed through them and then disappeared, just like a child throwing pebbles into the lake without even a splash.
Li Minghua, who threw the stones, did not look embarrassed, but the man on the horse jumped.
"Did you hear that? The general ordered us to set off!" he shouted angrily, "line up, line up!"
The bandits stopped making noise, and then started a new round of noise. They formed a group and lined up.
"Where do I stand?"
"Who's next to me?"
"Get out of here, you're not on our team."
"Hurry up!"
Men as tall as mountains also joined in, yelling and kicking, and after some confusion, the bandits lined up and stood still.
The man looked back and forth several times with some satisfaction, then turned to Li Minghua and smiled: "How is it? Not bad."
The bandits wearing armor actually still look a lot like bandits. Even though Li Minghua only has five soldiers, his aura is different from theirs.
Li Minghua said nothing.
The man didn't mind the wariness in the eyes of these people. He raised his hand and stroked his temples. At some point, he inserted a wild flower, and the small pink flower swaying gently in the wind reflected his face.
"We can be considered a strong force of a thousand men." He said, waving his sword, "Suppress the rebellion and kill the enemy."
The bandits also followed suit and waved their weapons.
"Counter rebellion!"
"Kill the enemy!"
Although it was mixed with laughter and the voices were uneven, the shouts of more than a thousand men were still very powerful.
The confusion in Li Minghua's eyes turned into a trance due to the excitement. Could this be what she was thinking just now, is there someone there?
But what is going on with these bandits? Do you really want to follow them to suppress the rebellion and kill the enemy?
Li Minghua still couldn't figure it out until he was speeding on the road.
"Miss Minghua, these people look well-trained." A guard whispered.
The training of the guards? Li Minghua withdrew his eyes and looked around. Just like he had followed the Jiannan Road Guards before, the six of them were arranged in the middle. At this time, there were two teams lined up on the road. Behind the bandits on horseback, there was a group of people who were not there.
The horses were running and following. The horses were old, fat, thin, and different in size. Different people were wearing the same armor, and they still looked different. It always looked a bit confusing.
Li Minghua didn't understand this military force and couldn't tell anything.
"Their formations are well-trained." Another guard also noticed it, and explained in a low voice, "They are all in formation, but they are a little unskilled, so they look a little chaotic, and those who are following behind..."
A few people turned around and saw that these bandits had no horses, they arrived late and they didn't grab much. Some only had armors and some only weapons, all large and small, and even more messy.
"Their steps are the same, and the way they hold their weapons is the same."
"Whether a trained person is walking, running, or holding a weapon, his body shape and posture are different."
Li Minghua said: "The bandits should also train."
"Bandits also train, but they train only individuals." A guard said, "We only train individual bravery, we don't require everyone to train the same."
Bandits have no need to fight in groups, unlike officers and soldiers.
Hearing what they said, Li Minghua also saw that the movements of these bandits did seem to have been carefully crafted.
"Then they are deserters?" she guessed.
After the rebellion, many guardsmen became deserters, and many of them became bandits and became kings in the mountains.
There were so many guesses that the guards had no answer.
"It could be a deserter or a rebel." A guard whispered, "No matter what the identity is, the most important thing is the intention."
Either take advantage of the chaos to gain benefits, or simply defect to the rebels. The former is fine, but the latter is very dangerous.
Li Minghua clenched the knife in his hand. How could they prevent this danger?
A gust of wind blew by, and a sound sounded in my ears.
"I thought of something very important."
The man floated over at some point, and Li Minghua and others couldn't help but stand on end. It was scary to approach him silently in the midst of a noisy and chaotic crowd, not to mention that they were obviously very vigilant.
This man is awesome!
The scary man smiled, revealing his white teeth. The flower on his temple had been replaced by another one at some point, but it was still bright.
"We should have a flag," he said.
What do you mean? Li Minghua looked at him.
"That's the origin. For example, you are the Jiannan Road Guards." The man explained, reaching out and touching his chin, "Then what should we be?"
Not sure if he was really crazy or just pretending to be stupid, Li Minghua simply said: "You can be said to be the Jiannan Road Guards."
The man thought and shook his head seriously: "No, we should have someone powerful."
Does it mean that the Jiannan Road Guards are not powerful? The five guards looked at him with unkind eyes.
But this man doesn't care about other people's eyes at all.
"Besides, it's not good to use a single flag, it won't be lively. You have only one reinforcement and can't scare the rebels. Didn't you say that there are reinforcements from Huainan Road in the southeast? Then let's call them the soldiers and horses of Mrs. Chu from Huainan Road.
"The man said, then he gave a high-five and laughed loudly, "I'll call you Chu Jun!"
After saying that, he galloped away on horseback, shouted loudly about bringing a flag, and changed the words on the flag, causing even more commotion in the marching team.
Li Minghua and others were still stunned and did not react.
What? It is called Huainan Road? So this man thinks that Huainan Road is more powerful than Jiannan Road? No, Huainan Road is called Zhenwu Army, not Chu Army.
What do these bandits do?
Why did she encounter such strange people and things? Is she awake or dreaming now? In other words, is she alive or dead?
Are the others alive or dead? Is Gangneung Fucheng alive or dead?
...
...
The clattering military flag fluttered under the scorching sun, and the wolf's head on it suddenly unfolded and rolled up, becoming more ferocious.
The shaking of the earth never stopped, and the waves rushing outside the city never seemed to stop roaring, again and again.
People were still running on the street, houses were being pushed down, and bricks, wood, and hot water were being transported up the city wall. But without the monk under the city gate, the atmosphere became completely different.
The wounded and dead who were carried down cried louder, and the people waiting for support on the city wall could not stop shaking with their swords and guns in their hands.
"This is all the strength I have accumulated before, and it has been exhausted." Monk Mu stood on the street and said, "Sir, if you hesitate, more and more people will die."
The prefect looked dazed, his eyes were full of exhaustion, and his lips trembled: "Master, are you really not going to save people?"
"I am just saving people." Monk Mu said, beating his wooden staff, "Sir, follow me out of the city."
The prefect seemed to have no strength to say what he wanted to say.
Monk Mu's eyes were clear and calm: "Sir, are you afraid of death?"
The prefect smiled bitterly: "Who is not afraid of death?"
Monk Mu reached out and touched his forehead, which felt warm and cold at the same time. The magistrate couldn't help but close his eyes.
"Life is death, death is life, and all appearances are false."
The ethereal Zen sound is refreshing and endless, calming all fears and fears.
"Open the city gate."
The prefect opened his eyes and looked at the end of the street. The street seemed to be endless. The city gate became far and near in his sight. He raised his feet and took a step forward.