The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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Yuan Pan and Zuo Ju galloped with all the people in the fields. The roads in the fields were bumpy and bumpy, and some people in the fields could not see well. Although there were torches in front of them to guide the way, the lighting range was not wide, and there were many people. It is crowded, and if you are not careful, you will be squeezed into the fields under the road.

The path twists and turns, passing through a sparse forest, passing a cemetery, crossing a small river, and then exits the boundary of Fanyang Pavilion and enters the territory of Baiting. As soon as I entered the country, I felt different from Fanyang Pavilion.

When they came out of Fanyang Pavilion, the pavilion was still quiet, but in the facing cypress pavilion there were human voices and dog barks, which were heard from all directions. The night was as chaotic as the day.

Yuan Pan and Zuo Ju stopped to distinguish the direction. Zuo Ju said, "It seems that the whole of Bai Ting knows about the thief."

"We even heard the police drums of Bo Ting, not to mention the people from Ben Ting!"

"It's just so noisy, but I don't know where the thief is?"

Yuan Wang looked around and found that although the cypress pavilion was a mess, it was all in chaos, and there were not many people on the roads and fields outside. He knew it in his heart and thought: "This must be because the people are afraid of thieves, so they don't dare to go out." Comparing the situation in Fanyang Pavilion, it is completely different, "The burglars are in Baiting, but the villagers of Baiting are afraid to go out." Move, let alone rescue, but look at my Fanyang Pavilion, which is only bordering Baiting, but when Xunjun gave an order, the six li warriors are all fighting hard, rushing through the wind and cold, and galloping to the rescue!"

From this point on, Bai Ting's pavilion chief was thoroughly compared by Xun Zhen!

Zuo Ju added: "There are three pavilions bordering Baiting. Now it seems that we are the only ones here to help!"

"The surrounding pavilions, since the beginning of winter, although there have also been various actions to prepare for bandits, but compared with our pavilions, they are far inferior. Most of them are just perfunctory. It is not surprising that the law has no courage, and dare not come to help."

Yuanpan watched for a while, then pointed to a village two or three miles away on his left, and said, "…, the fire is the biggest there, as if something is on fire! The voices of the people are also the loudest, as I expected, it should be That's where the thieves are." He took the torch from the hand of a limin next to him, bent down, and carefully examined the ground with the help of the firelight, and came to a conclusion, "..., yes, that must be where the thieves are! You see, the horseshoe prints on the ground all go that way."

Feng Gong and the big and small Su brothers passed by not long ago, and the horseshoe prints on the ground are very clear.

"Then let's go!"

Under the leadership of Yuan Pan and Zuo Ju, a group of more than 40 people, carrying knives and sticks, got on the official road and ran to the place where the fire started. The official road is very wide, which is different from the narrowness of the small road. After this run, more than 40 people quickly divided into two distinct groups. A wave of disorganized, empty and scattered places, sparse; crowded places, you push me. The first wave maintained a certain formation. Although it was not neat, it was at least more disciplined.

The former group is ordinary Limin, and the latter group is those who have been trained.

It has been almost three months since I started practicing in September, and it has been practiced every three days, almost 20 or 30 times. Although Xun Zhen has not practiced the formation individually and formally in order not to discourage Limin’s enthusiasm, but every time Before the second drill, there was a call-up session, and a while ago, the event of running was added. Imperceptibly, those Limins who have participated in the drill also have a little sense of discipline and formation.

Yuanpan has read a lot of books, and has also dabbled in the art of war, but it is easier to know than to do, and dabbing does not mean that you will train soldiers. At this time, he noticed the difference between the two groups, and he kept his eyes on it, thinking in amazement. : "It's been less than three months since the training, and I have also been to the side of the training venue. Although I felt that Xun Jun's training method was different, it didn't seem very surprising. Gan Yi is just gathering people's hearts, but he didn't expect the results to come so quickly? The results are so good?"

Zuo Ju was a careless person and didn't notice the difference between the people in the village. His mind was all focused on the place where the fire was in front of him, and when he got closer, he remembered whose house it was and shouted: "The place where the fire started is Baiting Liu's house. Zhuangzi!"

The wealth of the Liu family is only second to the Ting Gao family in the township. Similar to the Feng family of Fanyangting, it is a famous wealthy family in the township. Zuo Ju scratched his ears, then smiled and said: "This thief chose a good place! A good family!" While speaking, he rushed outside the village, and the sound of "crackling, crackling, crackling" was in his ears, and he could clearly see that it belonged to the Liu family. The gatehouse was on fire, and the fire extended to the thatched earthen house in the front yard. The fire blazed into the sky, and the smoke filled the air.

There were two people riding horses on the road outside the door, one with a bow and arrow, the other with a short crossbow, but it was Shi Juxian and Gao Bing.

After running for more than ten miles, all the residents were sweating, and Zuo Ju was no exception. On this cold winter night, his head was sweating. He stopped three or four steps away from the horses of Shi Juxian and Gao Bing. He looked at Gao Bing and wondered, "Why is he here too?... Jiang Qin, is Gao Jia here too? "

Although Jiang Qin, Gao Jia, Gao Bing and others followed the drill, they didn't live in Fanyang Pavilion, and they didn't hear anyone saying that they would come. It was a bit strange that they suddenly appeared. However, Zuo Ju immediately guessed the reason: "It was because they also heard the sound of the police drum, so they came to the rescue." He was straight and could not hide his words. Xiao Gaojun, are you here to help the Liu family too? Are Jiang Jun and Da Gaojun here too?"

Gao Bing replied: "The police drum in Baiting is very powerful, and everyone in the neighborhood heard it. We and I were playing at the Jiang Jiabo. Jun Jiang said, 'When Jun Xun heard the sound of the drum, he would rush to rescue him at night. At that time, he drove his horse to come."

Yuan Pan said in his heart, "This Jiang Qin is the 'first hand fight'. It is not only brave, but also very scheming. I know Xun Jun quite well." Zuo Ju said: "So it is! ... Then Jiang Jun and Da Gao Jun Where are you and Xunjun now?"

Gao Bing replied: "When I was waiting, the bandits attacked the village, just as Xun Jun led Jiang Jun (Xu Zhong) and A Bao's men to cover up and kill from behind, so they rode their horses, joined forces to attack, and shot to death. After taking the thief's head, he forced the rest of the group into the corner of Zhuangzhong. They were supposed to chase him down, but they didn't realize that the thieves had kidnapped Lao Liu's children. Now they are in a standoff. . ."

"The thieves kidnapped Lao Liu's children?" This change was beyond Yuan Pan and Zuo Ju's expectations. Shi Juxian didn't give them time to be surprised, and said, "Xunjun has an order, saying that when you come, you don't need to go in to help, and put out the fire first."

Standing on the road at this moment, I can feel the sultry heat of the flames. This fire is really not small. Yuanpan said: "Isn't the local pavilion chief here? Since the thieves have been cornered, it is already safe. Although this Liu family's Zhuangzi is in the field and does not meet the various li, he can't helplessly watch the being attacked. The fire is burning! Why didn't the local pavilion organize people to fight the fire?"

Gao Bing chuckled lightly, pursed his lips, and said, "Master Ben Ting Ting? Why don't you lie there!" Yuan Pan and Zuo Ju followed and saw more than ten corpses lying on the ground outside Zhuangzi. Looking at his clothes, there are thieves, guests in the village, disciples, and local pavilion guards. One of them is red and black, and I think he is the local pavilion chief.

"..., dead, dead?"

"When Jiang Jun and I waited, he was already dead."

"What about stealing?"

"Severely injured and carried back to the dormitory."

In this way, there are now a group of dragons without a leader in this pavilion. Yuanpan made a quick decision and said, "In that case, according to Xunjun's instructions, let's put out the fire first!" With the arrangement of Zuo Ju's own commander, the people of more than 40 li put away the knife and stick and avoided the fire first. Enter the village from the collapse of the courtyard wall, find some pots and pots, and then fetch water from the nearby river and well to put out the fire.

Yuanpan didn't go with them, but said to Gao Bing and Shi Juxian, "I'll go to Zhuangzhong to see."

He is the leader of the followers of Taiping Dao in Fanyang Pavilion. He is usually kind, and he does not need money for medical treatment. He has a good reputation in the pavilion. Shi Juxian was afraid that he would make mistakes and said: "These thieves are very fierce. Xun Jun has already asked, It was the group of people who killed Sha Ting and begged for robbery a while ago. During the battle just now, A Bao, Xiao Xia, and Feng Gong were all wounded. , you are not better than us, why go in and take risks? Why don't you wait outside."

"Although I don't have the power to kill thieves, but I have a three-inch tongue, maybe I can help Xun-Jun. ..., I'll go in and have a look."

Shi Juxian listened to what he said, and did not persuade him any more, saying: "Enter Zhuangzi, go straight, go to the backyard, turn right, and you will see Xun Jun and the others."

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Yuanpan entered the village and, according to Shi Juxian's instructions, walked through the front yard and came to the back yard. Along the way, there were corpses, bloodstains, broken knives and arrows from time to time. From the traces left, we can imagine the fierce fighting at that time.

I came to the backyard and walked a short distance to the right. There was a three-story painting building. I walked around and saw a hut at the corner of the courtyard wall. There were many people gathered in front of the house. It was noisy, and they were all lit with torches. Take a knife and a spear. Not far away, a large mulberry tree had lost its leaves early and its branches were bare. There were two or three people standing under the tree, two young people and an old man in his 50s or 60s.

The old man, whom I had hoped to meet, was Liu Weng, the owner of the village.

Those two young men, one tall and strong, standing with a knife, were talking to Liu Weng, who was it if it wasn't Xun Zhen? The other was not tall, with blood stains all over his clothes, a knife stuck in his waist, and stood silently beside Xun Zhen, but it was Jiang Xian (Xu Zhong).