Plan to cut off the nine states

Zuojiazhai's descending army was caught off guard. They had wandered around and defeated Zuojiajun by chance. They thought they had eradicated the enemy, so they were completely unprepared. Until the enemy attacked the official hall in the middle of the village, many people were still sleeping.

Xu Chu put on his clothes and sat outside to wait for the result. Chang Yan stood aside and Lao Ding stood close to the door, listening to the shouts outside. He suddenly took a few steps back, knelt down to Xu Chu, and begged in a tearful tone: " Mr. Xu doesn’t remember the faults of villains, please don’t reveal my identity later.”

"When they ask, what do I say?"

"Just say...just say that I am your follower, just like Master Chang."

Chang Yan chuckled, not moved by the honorific.

Xu Chu smiled and said, "You have forgotten that the Zuo family's daughter-in-law has met you and knows that you are from Liangzhou."

Old Ding was stunned, and then said: "I am a small person, and I may not receive attention. In short, I would like to ask you two not to tell me my identity, and let me deal with it myself."

Chang Yan said with a smile: "You didn't let us speak last time, so we became prisoners."

Old Ding was speechless and could only kneel down.

Suddenly there was a banging on the door and sharp shouting, and Old Ding collapsed on the ground in fear.

Chang Yan said: "You go and deal with it. Neither I nor the young master will mention your identity, and you don't talk about ours either. Everyone talks about their own things."

Old Ding breathed a sigh of relief, nodded gratefully, stood up and came to the door, saying in a trembling voice: "We are passers-by and were caught with meat tickets. The door was not locked by us. Please tell me, gentlemen, are you here to save us..."

With a bang, the door lock outside was probably broken, the door opened wide, and a group of soldiers rushed in with swords, guns and torches. Lao Ding hurriedly retreated and hid behind Chang Yan.

A young general in his twenties stood in the middle of the room, holding an unsheathed sword in his hand. He looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Xu Chu - he was the only one sitting among everyone.

"Who are you?"

“The unlucky ones were arrested just because they were passing by.”

The young general walked closer and shook the knife in his hand, "Don't lie, this was originally my father's bedroom -" He looked around again and saw that almost all the original things in the room had been moved away, leaving only Bulky tables and chairs, "If the bandits are willing to let you live here, they must treat you as an honored guest."

The "treatment" that Xu Chu finally obtained from Yitun became suspicious, so he had to say: "I am indeed an unlucky person, but because my name is Xu Chu, so..."

"Xu Chu? Which Xu Chu?"

"I don't know if there are other Xu Chu..."

"He Rongren is offering a reward for Xu Chu's capture?"

"How much is the reward?"

The young general was slightly startled, "Five thousand taels of silver."

Xu Chu looked at Chang Yan and said, "I am not as valuable as the princess."

The young general added: "There is also Shan Yu's friendship."

Xu Chu smiled and said: "This reward is quite high, but I don't believe this is Shan Yu's intention. It should be a rumor."

"It has nothing to do with me whether you are spreading rumors or not. You are an honored guest and an enemy of my Zuo family."

"I haven't asked you what to call me?"

The other party was so polite that the young general could not get angry and said smoothly: "I am Zuo Jun, the deputy commander of the village..."

Lao Ding, who was hiding behind Chang Yan, did not control his mouth and interjected: "Vice Zuo knows the stronghold. Mr. Xu is telling the truth. He is determined to summon the leaders of the World Army and kill Mr. Xu in public to avenge the enemy. , he is allowed to live in a good house, not as a distinguished guest, otherwise it would not be locked outside. "

Zuo Jun also knew that something was wrong, because he didn't kill anyone as soon as he came in. He hummed and suddenly said to Lao Ding: "You are from Liangzhou."

Old Ding's face changed. He heard and saw clearly. Most of the people standing behind Zuo Jun were Qiang soldiers. Their armor was no different from that of the Central Plains, but they liked to paint their faces messily and used homemade horns. Bow, the characteristics are very obvious.

Hearing the word "Liangzhou people", several Qiang soldiers immediately shouted, and Lao Ding hurriedly said: "I am a Liangzhou citizen, hired to lead the way, not the Yang family."

A Qiang soldier stepped forward and said to Zuo Jun: "The village belongs to you, and the people of Liangzhou belong to us."

Zuo Jun nodded, and several Qiang soldiers stepped forward to drag Lao Ding and Chang Yan away. Xu Chu stood up to stop them, "There is only one person from Liangzhou. He is not from Jiangdong Wu."

Qiang Bing said: "If you say something, I will know if you are from Liangzhou."

"I'm from Jiangdong Wu." Chang Yan tried his best to speak in a normal tone.

Several Qiang soldiers looked at each other and concluded that this man was not from Liangzhou, so they dragged Lao Ding out. Lao Ding was so lost that he couldn't even say anything to plead.

Xu Chu said nothing.

Zuo Jun looked at Xu Chu and was a little overwhelmed by this unexpected "gain", "You stay here first, I will deal with you later."

Zuo Jun walked out and suddenly turned around, "You two come with me, I don't want anything to happen."

"I don't want to either." Xu Chu smiled and followed with Chang Yan.

The war was almost over. The Advent Army only had more than a thousand people. Faced with sneak attacks by several times the number of enemies, they were completely unable to resist. They quickly surrendered and turned from occupiers into prisoners.

Before entering the official hall, everyone heard a woman's howl and cry coming from inside.

Zuo Jun ordered everyone to stay outside and went into the hall to check the situation.

Chang Yan said in a low voice: "This person must be the fifth son of the Zuo family, and inside is his wife."

"Zuo Jun went to his father's house to check first. It's likely that he hasn't gotten married yet."

"I want to make a bet..."

Before Chang Yan could finish speaking, Zuo Jun came out, with a look of grief and anger on his face, gritted his teeth and said: "If you can help me, I will bring you Qiu Qiu, whether you are dead or alive, I want it!"

Some soldiers followed the order and left, while others surrounded Zuo Jun and entered the hall. Of course, Xu Chu and Chang Yan also had to follow.

In the official hall, the fifth daughter-in-law of the Zuo family had just finished crying. Before she could finish her previous words, she said as soon as she saw Zuo Jun: "Seventh brother, you must avenge your brother. That person... that person is a beast. He, he …”

"Fifth sister-in-law, there is no need to say more, I understand everything."

The fifth daughter-in-law sat down and was still wiping her tears.

Chang Yan nodded to Xu Chu to admit defeat.

Zuo Jun stepped forward and said: "Fifth sister-in-law, go and rest in the back. The things here..."

"No, I must see the whereabouts of the gangster, otherwise I will be hard-pressed."

Zuo Jun couldn't persuade her, so he had to let her go, but he extinguished a few nearby candles and left the fifth sister-in-law in the shadow. Then he walked among the Qiang soldiers and talked quietly with a few people.

Xu Chu guessed that what they were talking about was related to him.

There were footsteps outside, and a large group of soldiers came in escorting more than a dozen leaders of the Avatar Army, including one of them.

"He ran too fast and fell off his horse." A Qiang soldier said, "He was quite aggressive and threatened us with a place of death."

Most Qiang people speak the Central Plains dialect, but some words they don't understand well.

He was tied up in one breath, his helmet was gone, and there were some scratches on his face, but he showed no fear, "Death without a burial place, this is the fate of all of you."

Zuo Jun pulled out his knife and said angrily: "Our Zuo family has no grudges against you, why are you so cruel and killing my whole family?"

He laughed loudly, "I happened to be here by chance. Doesn't matter whether you have any grudges or not? You have to kill the people you catch. If you don't kill them, why don't you keep them? Your Zuo family's bones are not strong enough. You kept trying before you died." Please have mercy on me..."

Zuo Jun couldn't bear it anymore and raised his knife to chop.

The fifth daughter-in-law in the hall said: "Seventh brother, wait a moment."

She laughed heartily and said: "It's still a little bitch to talk about friendship, a husband and a wife will be kind to each other for a hundred days..."

Zuo Jun was shaking with anger, and his fifth daughter-in-law was even more furious, but she still remained calm, "It would be too cheap to kill him like this. His whole family followed him as a bandit, including two sons, one daughter, and two younger brothers. , there are more than twenty close relatives, and seventy or eighty distant relatives. He relies on the support of these people to claim to be the king of heaven, so he cares about these people the most. If the seventh brother wants to take revenge, he will find these people and kill them one by one in front of him. Only by killing can I vent my hatred."

Yan Yan's face changed color for the first time, and he cursed: "What a cruel bitch, I shouldn't have said so much to you in bed..."

"Gag his mouth." The fifth daughter-in-law said tremblingly.

Without her reminder, Zuo Jun took matters into his own hands, tore off the strips of cloth from Yi Yan's robe, tied his mouth randomly, and kept talking non-stop, but no one could hear what he said clearly.

Zuo Jun said to the other prisoners: "Whoever is a family member who swallows everything in one piece, come forward."

No one dared to stand up.

"You testify against each other, and whoever testifies more will have his life spared."

This sentence was effective, and several leaders spoke immediately, and soon identified the seven relatives who had swallowed it up - they were the majority of the leaders.

Zuo Jun said to the Qiang soldiers: "Please take them out, identify them, and devour the other family members. Make sure no one is left behind."

The seven relatives who were left behind were already so frightened that they knelt on the ground and trembled. One of them was also confused and argued: "General, sir, whoever sleeps with your wife will swallow it whole, not us..."

When Zuo Jun heard this, he became even more angry. He wanted to wait for everyone to gather before taking action, but then he slashed one of them first with his sword.

The remaining six people had pale faces and just begged for mercy.

He was still unconvinced and kept shouting.

Once Zuo Jun started, he couldn't stop. He held the knife in both hands and chopped hard. When he hit the fifth person, he only heard that person whining but couldn't kill him. When he put the knife away and took a closer look, he found that the blade had been curled.

When the Qiang soldiers saw the blood, they were all excited. Someone immediately brought his own knife, and Zuo Jun took it in his hand and continued to chop.

Xu Chu and Chang Yan stood aside and looked at each other. They both felt that the situation was about to get out of control, but no one could persuade them.

One after another, more devoured relatives were brought in. Zuo Jun asked for his identity and immediately started to attack. When he couldn't cut it himself, he asked the Qiang soldiers for help.

When he met two women and several children, Zuo Jun felt a little soft-hearted. While he was hesitating, the fifth sister-in-law said from a distance: "Seventh brother, you are the only male left in the Zuo family. All the young and old have been killed."

Zuo Jun did not look back and ordered them all to be killed.

When he killed the child, he finally gave in and kowtowed, but it was no use. Seeing more and more corpses, he shed tears.

Zuo Jun untied the cloth in his mouth and gritted his teeth and said: "You also know what it feels like to destroy a family. Why did you kill my whole family in the first place?"

He swallowed only half a breath, "Please...please kill me first."

Zuo Jun was already in full swing, but he still had no mercy at all. He didn't stop until he killed more than a hundred people, and then he took action himself, cutting off the enemy's head, and devoured him without even trying to hide.

There was a river of blood in the official hall, and there was almost no place to stand. The Qiang soldiers carried away most of the corpses, leaving only a few who were swallowed whole.

Zuo Jun walked towards the woman in the shadow, "Fifth sister-in-law, the great revenge has been avenged, have you fulfilled your wish?"

"It's a bit better."

"Okay, but you have ruined your reputation and I can't keep you. Please go to the underworld and tell the Zuo family that I have avenged them."

"Seventh brother..." When the woman was about to argue, she was stabbed in the neck, bleeding profusely.

Zuo Jun turned away from her and said to the Qiang soldiers at the door: "If you avenge me, I will have nothing to say. I will keep my promise and lead you to Liangzhou. Our Zuo family has a lot of contacts with Liangzhou. Under the banner of Zuojiazhai, we can definitely catch them off guard, at least we can capture a few big cities and let the Qiang people gain a foothold."

Xu Chu sighed very lightly, deeply feeling the suffering of troubled times.