Ding Xun, an older young man, walked out of the grass, came to Liu Xiu, bowed his hands and saluted, and said: "We saw Mr. Jin leaving the inn in the evening, and we were curious, so we followed him quietly, but we didn't know what to do."
It’s not the slightest bit malicious, I just want to see if Mr. Jin needs our help in any way, so as to repay Mr. Jin for rescuing the siege during the day!”
Liu Xiu smiled lightly and said, "Now, you have all seen it!"
Ding Xun asked curiously: "Master Jin, do you think they should be killed because they are just like the common people?"
Liu Xiu shrugged. If Ding Xun and others understood it this way, he would accept it.
A young man named Cai Lin said: "There are tens of thousands of troops near Wancheng, and Mr. Jin only has four people. How can he kill them all?"
"So?" Liu Xiu asked.
Long Yuan answered: "In the inn, you said you came to defect to Deng Feng. Now that you see us killing Deng Feng's people, do you want to capture us?"
Ding Xun waved his hand and said: "We originally planned to surrender to Deng Feng, but it was really disappointing to see what Deng Fengjun did during the day. In fact, Deng Feng and the Luoyang Army are from the same species."
Liu Xiu said: "We all meet by chance, and no one owes anyone anything. And I have also said that what happened during the day is just a trivial matter and is not worth mentioning. Now, we are doing our things and you are doing yours. It has nothing to do with each other.
." The implication is that you take your Yangguan Road and I cross my single-plank bridge. The water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river.
Ding Xun was silent for a moment, then took a step forward and asked, "Master Jin, can you tell me your true intentions?" He didn't believe that Liu Xiu and others left the inn secretly just to kill a few patrols.
Liu Xiu looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile. Ding Xun explained: "Don't worry, Mr. Jin. I can swear to God that we do not have any ill intentions. We just want to repay Mr. Jin for today's kindness."
"We are going to sneak into Deng Zhongjun's camp tonight." Liu Xiu suddenly spoke and said bluntly.
"Ah?" Ding Xun, Cai Lin, Cui Yong, and Ji Yuanxiang were all shocked and looked at Liu Xiu in surprise. The latter continued: "The purpose is to rescue two people."
After a pause, he said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, and you can't help. Just go back to where you came from. You'd better not get involved in this muddy water in Nanyang!"
After saying that, he pushed the half-drawn Chixiao Sword back into its scabbard, and then waved at the four people, telling them to leave here quickly.
The four of them, Ding Xun, looked at each other in confusion and communicated with each other with their eyes. Ding Xun asked, "I wonder who Mr. Jin saved?"
Liu Xiu shook his head and said that he couldn't tell you this. Ding Xun lowered his head, thought about it for a while, and said seriously: "If Mr. Jin doesn't dislike it, I am willing to sneak into Deng Zhongjun's camp with Mr. Jin to help Mr. Jin!"
With that said, he turned back to look at Cai Lin, Cui Yong, and Ji Yuanxiang, and said: "Alin, Dayong, Yuanxiang, you go back to the inn first!"
Cai Lin and Cui Yong both smiled and said: "Boss, if you want to do it, we will all do it together. There is no reason for you to go alone, we will all stay in the inn!"
The two of them raised their chins to Ji Yuanxiang again and said, "Really, little junior sister?"
Ji Yuanxiang also nodded repeatedly and said: "Elder brother, we will go with you!"
"This..." Ding Xun turned to look at Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, and asked: "Do you know how many soldiers and horses there are in Deng Zhongjun's camp?"
"There should be no less than ten thousand people!"
"To be exact, there are 30,000 people." Liu Xiu reminded with an emphasis.
Ding Xun, Cai Lin, Cui Yong, and Ji Yuanxiang had the same expressions as usual. In fact, facing ten thousand people is no different from facing one hundred thousand or one million people. If they really fight, the final result will be death! Ding Xun said calmly
: "Although our knowledge is limited, we also understand the principle of repaying a favor with a spring of water! We all met by chance, but Mr. Jin was willing to rescue us. Mr. Jin's conduct is admirable. Mr. Jin's
Even if you are busy, we must help! If we unfortunately die in the camp, it will be because we are not good at learning and we deserve to be unlucky!"
Liu Xiu had nothing to say after he said this. He looked around at Ding Xun and the four of them, raised his hands and said: "If we can finally escape from Deng Zhongjun's camp, I will repay you twice as much for today's kindness!"
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"Young Master Jin is serious!" Ding Xun and the four of them returned the greeting with their hands raised.
Next, Liu Xiu didn't say anything more, and took Ding Xun and four others to the grass to change clothes. When Liu Xiu was changing clothes, Long Yuan came over and asked in a low voice: "Master, can these people
Is it reliable?"
Could it be the work of Deng Feng's men?
Liu Xiu shook his head and said, "I don't think they are Deng Feng's people." First of all, when Ding Xun talked to him, his expression and attitude were very sincere, and his eyes were calm, and it didn't look like he was lying.
In addition, if Ding Xun is really a meticulous work of Deng Feng, there is really no need to perform such a play in a small Pingzhen inn. Who is he doing it for?
Liu Xiu, Long Yuan, Long Zhun, Long Bo, Ding Xun, Cai Lin, and Cui Yong quickly finished changing into Dong Xinjun's military uniforms. After waiting for a while, Ji Yuanxiang, who had gone to change clothes elsewhere, also came over.
The eight of them all put on the military uniforms and armor of Dong Xin's army, and each carried a spear in their hand. As for the sword they carried, they were hidden in their armor.
Liu Xiu glanced around and wiped the blood on everyone's military uniforms and leather armor. Feeling that there was no problem, he nodded to everyone and took the lead out of the grass and walked towards Deng Zhongjun's camp.
On the way, Liu Xiu warned as he walked: "When we arrive at Deng Zhongjun's camp, you don't have to say anything, just listen to me."
"Understood." Ding Xun, Cai Lin, Cui Yong, and Ji Yuanxiang all agreed.
Liu Xiu suddenly stopped and looked back. His eyes fell on Ji Yuanxiang's face. He raised his legs and stamped on the ground and said, "Smear your face a little bit, as well as your neck, palms, and wrists!"
Ji Yuanxiang is a girl with extremely white skin. She looks so out of place among this group of people. Ji Yuanxiang reacted, hurriedly squatted down, grabbed the soil on the ground, and smeared it on his face, neck, wrists, and palms indiscriminately.
The parts that are exposed outside the clothes.
After walking for less than half an hour, everyone arrived at Deng Zhongjun's camp. The soldiers guarding the gate of the camp raised their eyes and looked at them. By this time, the sky had darkened, and the distance was far away, so they could not see clearly.
When Liu Xiu and his party came closer, two soldiers holding torches stepped forward, glanced at them, and asked: "Password!"
"I don't know!" Liu Xiu answered simply.
"What?" The soldiers who asked the question all suspected that they had heard the password wrong. Don't you know the password? Before he could ask any more questions, Liu Xiu came closer, raised his hands and said: "Brother, we are General Dong Xin Dong. His patrol team."
"Oh!" Looking at the military uniforms they were wearing, they were indeed from Dong Xin's side. The soldiers guarding the camp gate asked curiously: "Why did you patrol here?"
"We came here to meet some acquaintances!"
"Oh? Who are you looking for?"
Liu Xiu was about to speak, but then he seemed to suddenly discover something. He looked at the appearance of the soldiers in front of him and said: "Brother, I think you look familiar! You... you are a veteran of Nanyang, from the Zhutiandu Department, right? ?”
The soldiers and horses under Deng Feng were mainly Nanyang veterans, and the Nanyang veterans were basically from the Chung Ling Army, which was the Zhutiandu tribe led by Liu Yan.
Liu Xiu deliberately used words to deceive the other party, but in the end, he really hit a dead mouse. Most of the soldiers guarding the camp gate were soldiers from the Zhu Tiandu tribe.
Hearing Liu Xiu's question, many soldiers gathered around him, looked at him in surprise, and asked all kinds of questions: "Brother, are you also from Zhu Tiandu?"
"Exactly!"
"Hey! What a damn coincidence! Who were you following back then?"
"Our military lord at that time was Xu Ping."
"General Xu? Now General Xu is no longer a military prince, but has been made a partial general by General Deng! Unfortunately, General Xu is not here in Wancheng now, but is fighting in the Huyang area with General Deng!"
Liu Xiu said: "I also heard that many of our old brothers from the Zhu Tiandu Department are under the command of General Deng, so we came here to take a look!"
All the soldiers present nodded and said: "We Nanyang veterans have basically all taken refuge with General Deng. Why did you go to Dong Xin's side?"
Liu Xiu said helplessly: "When General Dong started an uprising in Duxiang, we happened to be nearby. We felt that General Dong was a good person, so we decided to follow him! If we had known that all the old brothers were here with General Deng, We have come here a long time ago to defect!"
A soldier asked: "Do you know General Ren Guanren?"
Liu Xiu thought for a while and asked uncertainly: "But it turns out that Ren Guan served as a school captain under the King of Hanzhong (Liu Jia)?"
The soldier clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Yes, that's General Ren! He is now serving as a partial general under General Yuanpeng (Deng Zhong). You can find a job with General Ren. It will definitely be better than working under Dong Xin." Much more!”
Whether the other party is an old brother of the Chung Ling Army cannot be hidden from the veterans who came from the Chung Ling Army.
Liu Xiu knew the Chung Ling Army so well that no matter who he mentioned, he could give a general idea. Even if he was not very familiar with them, he definitely knew them.
Through conversation, the soldiers present were 100% sure that he was an old brother from the Chung Ling Army.
Liu Xiu has always been a careful person. When he followed his elder brother to rebel, he wanted to write down the names of all the ordinary soldiers below. Now, his carefulness finally came in handy.
When talking with veterans of the Chung Ling Army, he was very familiar with the people and things of the Chung Ling Army, and his answers were fluent.
Regarding Liu Xiu's identity, the soldiers present no longer had the slightest doubt. Liu Xiu struck while the iron was hot and handed over to the soldiers and said: "I would also like to ask you, brothers, to make it easier for us to enter the camp. First of all, , to meet old brothers I know, and secondly, to seek a job from General Ren."
We all came from the Chung Ling Army, and this feeling was extraordinary. The soldiers guarding the gate of the camp moved aside to let the passage pass without saying a word, and only reminded: "Brother, hurry in, hurry out, don't Just make it difficult for us!”
"Don't worry! We will see each other often in the future, let's have a good get-together!" "Okay! Haha!"
Liu Xiu chatted and laughed with everyone, and walked in through the gate of the camp openly. Long Yuan and others followed closely behind, and followed Liu Xiu into the camp.
Not to mention that the soldiers guarding the camp gate thought Liu Xiu was a veteran of the Chung Ling Army. Even Ding Xun, Cai Lin, Cui Yong, and Ji Yuanxiang believed that Liu Xiu was indeed a veteran of the Chung Ling Army. Otherwise, he would It is impossible to know the people and things of the Chung Ling Army so clearly.
In fact, Liu Xiu was indeed from the Chung Ling Army, and he was the second in command of the Chung Ling Army, second only to his eldest brother Liu Yan.
After entering the camp, the smile on Liu Xiu's face disappeared and he said expressionlessly: "Let's go to the Chinese military tent!"
