Chapter 20 Chapter Nineteen

The weather was fine that morning, a carriage slid across the field road, and drove to Fengxiang City like a boat.The soldiers guarding the city stared at the carriage from a long distance, and it was stopped as soon as it reached the stone arch bridge of the moat.The guards on the top of the city and at the gate of the city pointed their guns at the handlebar at the same time, and asked him what he was doing.He answered in the handlebar style that he was delivering materials to Zhou's Shaofang. To prove it, he untied one of the sacks on the cart and took out a handful of golden wheat.A man who looked like an officer on the tower yelled, "Wait where you are, we'll find out."

Zhou's Shaofang was a well-known shop in Fengxiang City, the officer immediately sent someone to find the shopkeeper of Zhou's Shaofang, and asked him to come and identify it. After a while, Zhou Liyan appeared on the top of the city.He looked down, was overjoyed, and called out: Brother, it's you! The officer upstairs beckoned to the handlebars, and the carriage approached the city gate.The soldiers in the doorway surrounded him, searched the handlebars, and then tried to stab the sacks on the car with bayonets.The handlebar type hurriedly said, boss, this is not good, once the sack is torn and all the food is leaked, I will poke it for you.This poking bar is a tool for grain inspection, made of thin iron bars, which can be poked into the sack to take out the innermost grain.A soldier stabbed several sacks placed on top one after another with a poking stick, and then turned out the ones that were pressed down and poked again.The officer who came down from the tower saw the poking stick, and knew that this man was an old man delivering materials, and his identity was credible, so he said, that's all, there is shopkeeper Zhou as a guarantee, and there is no Ma Da.Zhou Liyan said, if the boss is worried, he can unload the car with me and check the bags one by one.

The officer waved his hand and said, let's go!The reason why the officer released the carriage was because the gangsters had issued an order a few days ago that anyone who sent daily necessities to the city could be brought in as long as they were checked to increase the material reserves in the city, and they had to prepare for a protracted war.However, there is still a second half of the order of the party kidnapper: Fengxiang City is only allowed to enter and not to exit, to prevent spies from sending information to the outside.So the officer added another sentence: Shopkeeper Zhou, you can't walk with the handlebars, and you can only go back after the battle.

The two brothers did not dare to be intimate until the carriage left the city gate for a certain distance. They were so excited that they punched each other.Zhou Liyan asked Zhou Lide, brother, aren't you on the team?Why are you driving the carriage again?Zhou Lide said, this is a long story, let's unload the car first, you can find something to eat for brother, and brother will tell you slowly.Zhou Lide was really hungry. He received the money from Song Zheyuan yesterday afternoon. He immediately went to the nearby villages to buy carts, livestock, and grain. After all these were prepared, it was almost dawn, and he drank a few mouthfuls of thin grits in the morning. and hit the road.

On the way to Shaofang, Zhou Lide asked his younger brother, do the guys in the store know what your eldest brother does?Zhou Liyan said, it's hard to say, I didn't tell them, but it's hard to guarantee that they got the news from other places.Zhou Lide said, to be on the safe side, I will not be your elder brother, I will be a long-term worker, my name is Liu San.Zhou Lide has never been to Zhou's Shaofang, and the people in the Shaofang don't know him, so if he is Liu San, he is really Liu San.Zhou Liyan smiled and said, yes, Liu San. After unloading the car at Shaofang, Zhou Liyan greeted his brother at East Lake.East Lake is located in the southeast corner of Fengxiang City, covering an area of ​​more than 200 mu. It is shimmering in waves, mixed with water and lotus, surrounded by willows and surrounded by countless pavilions.Zhou Liyan led Zhou Lide up to the majestic Mingfeng Pavilion, and sat down at a table by the window.From here, you can overlook the entire Fengxiang City, and even the fields and crops outside the city can still be discerned.Zhou Lide came to Fengxiang for the first time, and he only knew that Fengxiang was a famous historical city, called Yongzhou in ancient times, and it was the land of dragon prosperity in Zhou and Qin dynasties.Su Dongpo once served as an official here, presided over the dredging project of the East Lake, and wrote a large number of poems and essays related to the East Lake. The famous ones include "The Story of Xiyu Pavilion" and "The Story of Lingxu Terrace". This is what his father told him in his early years. of.In the past, hearing was believing, but today seeing is believing.

Zhou Liyan pointed out the window and asked his brother to identify Xiyu Pavilion and Lingxu Terrace among the dotted pavilions.Zhou Lide's eyes lingered on those admirable buildings for a long time, and then crossed the lake area and turned to the side street.There are many shops there, the most of which are restaurants, and the guises of various colors of wine are flying in the warm spring breeze, which is worthy of the reputation of Shaanxi's wine capital.The streets are wide, paved with blue bricks, full of pedestrians and bustling.Clay figurines, sugar blowers, horse ladles, and facial makeups take turns shouting: Clay figurines—sugar figurines—Facebooks—

Zhou Lide suddenly remembered the Qingming Riverside Picture collected by his father.His second brother said that painting was fake, but the fake scenery is true. This Fengxiang street looks like that genre painting! At this time, the food and wine were served, and the two brothers drank heartily. It had been more than a year since the last time they drank at home, and none of them thought that they would meet here today.While drinking, there was the sound of babbling and babbling tunes from downstairs. Someone was singing Qin opera. It might be because he was too drunk, his tongue was too big, and his articulation was not very clear, but Zhou Lide still vaguely caught a few words: La donkey Meat, Xifeng wine, East Lake willow, girl's hand... the singer is full of alcohol, and he seems more impassioned.Seeing Zhou Lide listening attentively, Zhou Liyan said, what is he singing?Zhou Liyan was somewhat drunk, he hit the table with his chopsticks, let go of his voice and yelled:

After listening to his younger brother's drama, Zhou Lide sighed and said, there will be no peace. Is there going to be a war?Zhou Liyan asked his brother.Zhou Lide nodded, Zhou Liyan said that as soon as you came, I knew what was going on. What a wonderful place, a famous historical city, Zhou Lide said, I really can't imagine what Fengxiang City will look like when all the guns are fired! Zhou Liyan said, brother, you must have come to rescue us when you came in to look for us. Zhou Lide admired his younger brother's intelligence, he said yes, although I can't promise to save the whole city, but there is a way to save all the people in our burning workshop.

Zhou Liyan asked what is the solution? Zhou Lide said, dig a tunnel! The next morning the cannon rang, and Zhou Lide knew it was a signal that Song Zheyuan had already dug a tunnel outside the city.As soon as the cannon rang, the people in the city immediately fell into panic.After all, there has been no war in Fengxiang City for more than ten years, and everyone is used to living in peace.Although the siege army had already approached the city, people felt that it was just a joke, and they didn't believe that there would be a real war.Now the cannon rang, and the shells exploded on the city wall. The loud noise was deafening. From time to time, shrapnel were thrown up by the hard green granite and flew to the streets near the city wall, scratching a lot of passers-by, and aroused shrill screams. Call.Of course the shells would not land in the residential area, this was an agreement between Zhou Lide and Song Zheyuan, try not to hurt innocent people, but the artillery can control the point of impact but may not be able to completely control the scattering of the shrapnel.However, this was a false attack, even though Zhou Lide didn't want to see civilians bleed, but the city people would not be afraid if there was no bloodshed.Zhou Lide needs to create panic now.

The people in Zhoujia Shaofang were afraid because it was close to the city wall.Zhou Lide said to his panicked younger brother, quickly dig a tunnel. Cannonballs don’t have eyes. With a tunnel, as soon as the guns sound, they can dig into the tunnel immediately. Valuable and valuable things can also be moved into it. Now that the gangsters have closed the city, run away. It is impossible to escape.Zhou Liyan immediately gathered a partner and handed it over to Liu San, the long-term worker, and asked him to direct people to dig a tunnel in the backyard. As soon as Zhou's burning workshop started, the sound of digging was heard by the neighbors.They rushed over to have a look, and they all praised Zhou Liyan for his idea, and immediately went back to imitate it. Within a few days, the street was full of dust, and the noise of digging was so loud that people couldn't hear anything.

This is Zhou Lide's clever plan for Song Zheyuan: use the sound of tunnel digging in the city to cover up the sound of tunnel digging outside the city, which is called fighting poison with poison. The Guanzhong Plain is full of porcelain-solid loess accumulations. Digging tunnels is like digging stones, but it is a matter of one's own wealth and life, no matter how difficult it is to dig.One family dug ten schools, and ten schools dug hundreds of schools. This tunnel digging spread in Fengxiang City like an infectious disease.Zhou Lide calculated that when the whole city entered the peak period of digging tunnels, the tunnels outside would almost reach the bottom of the city wall, and the sound of digging underground would be completely drowned out by the noise on the ground. Can't hear a little movement. Zhou Lide's plan went smoothly, he just had to wait for it to come true.On days when there is nothing to do, Zhou Lide wanders around Fengxiang City. Of course, he is not only looking at the scenery, but more importantly, scouting.Although he can't leave the city now, and it's impossible to send out the information, once the army enters the city, he can immediately act as a guide.As Zhou Lide gradually got to know the situation in the city, he found that the bandit Dang Gangzi was quite different from the bandits he had seen. First of all, the kidnappers of the party practiced a benevolent government in Fengxiang.According to the understanding of ordinary people, bandits must kill people, steal goods, bully men and women, and do all kinds of evil.The gangster might have done this before, otherwise why would he amass wealth and become stronger?But after participating in the Revolution of 1911, they stopped doing this. As the Yasukuni Army, they had a fixed salary.After the defeat of the Yasukuni Army, he ran to Fengxiang. Of course, the rebel government's supplies were gone, and they could only solve the problem of survival by themselves.Fengxiang is an important town in the West Mansion, and the gangsters decided to occupy themselves here.Since he wants to use Fengxiang as his base, of course he can't impose tyranny on the people here. Rabbits don't even eat grass by the side of their nests.But if you don’t eat grass by the side of the nest, there must be grass to eat. If the gangster wants to feed his army, it is impossible not to spend money.However, his way of raising money is not to increase the taxes of ordinary people, but to think of evil ways. This kind of evil recipe can only be done by bandits. One is to dig ancient tombs.Fengxiang and its surrounding areas are the hometown of the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, and are known as the hometown of bronzes. There are many ancient tombs and historic sites here. The gangsters dug up all the ancient tombs that could be found.Digging a tomb requires a lot of thunder and thunder, and most people dare not do it, but the bandits are not afraid to be cold, they can do it.Countless antiques were unearthed from the ancient tombs, and the gang kidnappers exchanged all these priceless treasures for money. The second is to sell opium.Party kidnappers buy local opium soil, and then transport it to other places with arms to obtain high profits.Armed trafficking was originally done by the underworld in secret, but now the gangsters are doing it openly, and there are many others, and the government has nothing to do with him. Neither of these two things will harass the common people, on the contrary, the common people can sometimes benefit from it.Let’s talk about digging ancient tombs first. Ancient people are buried in ancient tombs, and it has nothing to do with modern people. Whoever is brave will dig. The bandits left and the common people went to pick up foreign land. If you are lucky, you can dig up a couple of them from the mound. It's a baby.Let’s talk about collecting big cigarettes. There are big cigarettes everywhere in Shaanxi, and it’s not just Fengxiang’s species. No one can say that the gangsters harmed Fengxiang. On the contrary, in order to compete with the government for supply, the gangsters often raise the purchase price to attract Fengxiang’s locals and even other places. Tobacco farmers trade with him, so that the tobacco farmers get benefits. With a reliable source of money, the gangsters pay light taxes in Fengxiang. Compared with the jurisdiction of the government, Fengxiang has become a paradise. Many foreigners would rather leave their homes and come to Fengxiang to do business.Zhou Liyan is one of them.He told his eldest brother that, as far as the Zhoujia Shaofang is concerned, if it were opened in Jiangzhang Town, it would have to pay an extra five or six hundred yuan in miscellaneous taxes every year. In this way, although the common people in Fengxiang live in a bandit area, they don't think the bandits are hateful. On the contrary, they are somewhat grateful to the gangsters. In addition to benevolent to the people, the gangsters also treat soldiers as brothers.There is such a rumor in Fengxiang City that no matter who is a soldier in the team of the gangster, the gangster will remember his birthday clearly. On his birthday, he must eat a bowl of poached eggs with the old man who is the birthday star.Assemble the team after morning exercises, Dang Guaizi stood on the command platform and called out the names of the soldiers who celebrated their birthdays. Bowls of steaming poached eggs were immediately served in the kitchen. Dang Guaizi and these soldiers formed a circle on the ground, screaming Hula blew away this bowl of poached eggs.When it's over, the gangsters always want to say, you are all treasures at home, but you are brothers here, and I am poor, so I can only entertain everyone like this, but you remember what the elder brother said, eat eggs today, and share golden eggs tomorrow!Most of these soldiers are so poor that their eggs jingle their legs. They never know what eggs are like. Now that they can eat eggs and they are accompanied by the commander himself, they have long been grateful to tears. As for whether they will share money Dan and the others didn't think too much about it, they decided to follow the gangsters just because of today's commander. There is one more detail rumored.It is said that once a gangster celebrated a soldier’s birthday. After the roll call, there was an extra person in the team. That person had just surrendered from another pole last night, and it happened to be his birthday today. I didn’t know in the kitchen. There is only one bowl of poached eggs missing.Dang Gangzi immediately gave him his share and asked the kitchen to make another bowl quickly, but the kitchen purchased according to the list, and there was no extra stock.Dang Gangzi could have skipped eating, but he felt that he would feel sorry for his brothers if he didn’t accompany them. It just so happened that an old raven yelled at this moment. , it was the end of spring, which happened to be the season for old ravens to hatch their eggs.The gangster came under the tree, threw off his clothes, climbed up the locust tree, and dug out two eggs from the nest of the old raven. The cook hurried over and said, Commander, I will cook it for you. The eggs in the bowl are already cold, and my stomach hurts when I eat them cold.After finishing speaking, he knocked the two eggs together, poured them into his mouth, swallowed them with a groan, and clasped his hands and said to everyone, please forgive me for keeping the brothers waiting for a long time and not being well prepared.Those brothers saw the commander being so righteous, they were a little dazed when they picked up the bowl. Of course, these were all rumors, Zhou Lide didn't dare to go to the bandits to confirm it.But he believes that there is always some basis for all rumors, people will not fabricate bad things for a good person for no reason, and by the same token, ordinary people will not fabricate good things for a bad person.Even if the gangster is just pretending to buy people's hearts, it's not easy for him to pretend for a long time. There are tens of thousands of people in his team, how much effort does it take to remember the birthdays of so many people?Some bandits were moved because their parents forgot their birthdays, but the kidnappers remembered them!Zhou Lide compared the National Army with the party's kidnappers. The National Army claims to implement equality between officers and soldiers, and emphasizes that officers love soldiers like sons. This is actually just a slogan.Let’s take Song Zheyuan as an example. Don’t tell him to remember the birthday of a soldier, he doesn’t remember any of his close staff, adjutants, and guards.In fact, Zhou Lide himself is the same, there are more than a hundred of his subordinates, and he doesn't know when their birthdays are.At this point he felt blushing.Don't say it's a small matter, small things are the most revealing of a person's spirit, if a person can't even do small things well, can he be expected to do big things? Dang Gangzi is a bandit that makes Zhou Lide elusive.Should he fight?As far as he digs graves and sells drugs, this is a heinous thing, and it's no use beating him up.But as far as he does not disturb the people and shows his loyalty, the dignified government officials of legitimate government agencies may not be able to compare with him.Zhou Lide, who originally hated bandits to the core, hesitated in front of the gangster, the gangster. Even though he knew that the war was imminent, it was inappropriate or even dangerous to have such emotions, but reason sometimes couldn't control emotions. Ten days later, at noon, the people in the Zhou Family Shaofang were eating lunch, when there was an earth-shattering roar, the ground jumped violently, the beams of the house were screaming, and the guys who were eating on the ground slammed and fell. Squatting down, the old bowl in Zhou Liyan's hand fell to the ground with a clang. Zhou Lide's rice bowl was held firmly, but the dust fell from the top of his head and covered the white mess with plaster. He put the chopsticks into the bowl Insert, yelled loudly: Drill the tunnel! The frightened people ran to the backyard in a hurry.Zhou Liyan ran behind and greeted Liu San. Liu San said you go down first, and I will come when I take a pee. As soon as Liu San left the Shaofang Gate, he became Zhou Lide.He ran to the northwest of the city wall, and by the sound he determined where the explosion had occurred.People on the street ran around like frightened mice, and Zhou Lide shouted loudly while running: Don't run around, get into the tunnel quickly! Before Zhou Lide ran to the city wall, he saw a big hole in the city wall from a distance, and soldiers from outside the city poured in like a tide. The siege battle has begun. The battle lasted only half an afternoon before it was over.The soldiers guarding the city were completely stunned. They never expected that the city wall like a copper wall would suddenly collapse and the government troops would fall from the sky.Three or four thousand people were killed or injured by the bandits, and the rest were taken as prisoners. Song Zheyuan is most concerned about the kidnappers of the party. He wants to see people alive and dead bodies. Such people are the root of disaster and must not be let go.But after counting the battlefield, there was no gangster in the body, and all the prisoners were searched, but there was no trace of him. Where did this guy go? He can't run.Song Zheyuan said, I put 30,000 troops outside the city and surrounded Fengxiang City so tightly that not a single mouse could escape. Then he is hiding.said the chief of staff. For sure, Song Zheyuan said, dig three feet to find him. The chief of staff said that the party kidnapper has been operating in Fengxiang for so many years, he must have built a very hidden refuge for himself, and we are afraid that we will not be able to find him all at once. Find it even if you can't find it!Song Zheyuan said.He turned his brains around and ordered the chief of staff: Escort all the prisoners to the playground of Chengguan Primary School; send people to all the streets and alleys in the city to beat the gong and announce: Dang Haiqing must surrender himself before dark, otherwise all the prisoners will be shot! Soon, five or six thousand captives were gathered, and there were crowds of ordinary people watching outside.Between these two groups of people were government soldiers with live ammunition, their bayonets were red in the setting sun, blood had already been seen if they hadn't killed anyone. At dusk, Song Zheyuan boarded the commander's platform on the playground, holding a trumpet made of iron sheet in his hand, and shouted loudly, "Dang kidnapper, listen up, I know you are in Fengxiang City, if you have the guts, stand up, hero!" Be a good man, if you surrender yourself, I will spare your subordinates.I'm counting now to ten! Song Zheyuan shouted one, and a long line of machine guns was immediately set up on the top of the classrooms on both sides of the playground. Song Zheyuan shouted two, and the soldiers guarding the captives on the playground immediately retreated, widening the distance from their prey.The onlookers backed away in fright, and those who were trampled cried for their fathers and mothers.Song Zheyuan shouted three, and the machine gunner on the roof clicked open the ammunition box.Song Zheyuan shouted four, and the soldiers guarding him clattered and loaded the bullets.Song Zheyuan had already shouted to eight, but there was still no response from below. The prisoners were trembling with fright, and squeezed together hard, until they squeezed into the middle with great strength, as if someone outside would block the bullet and they would not be killed.Song Zheyuan counted to nine, and someone among the prisoners cried, and soon there was a lot of crying. Song Zheyuan was about to shout ten when suddenly an old man squeezed out from the crowd and shouted sharply, Song Zheyuan, your grandpa is here! Song Zheyuan shouted, tied! Zhou Lide was on the scene.He saw that this man had a black coarse cloth jacket on his upper body, black coarse cloth crotch pants on his lower body, a red belt tied around his waist, and a dry tobacco pot pinned to him. At first glance, he looked like an honest farmer.Could it be someone faked it?Zhou Lide was a little suspicious.He knew it was possible, the gangster usually treats his subordinates well, maybe someone will die for him. However, such concerns were immediately dismissed.Some of the captives have already screamed: Look, the party commander!Zhou Lide immediately understood that this kidnapper had disguised himself among the common people, and now he was provoked by Song Zheyuan. When the gangster was taken to Song Zheyuan, Song Zheyuan smiled and said to him, that's right, he is a man, and he is still loyal.Song Zheyuan's smile is full of the conceit of a winner.He hit the lifeline of the party's abductee, and those who talk about loyalty will use their loyalty to plot against him, so it shouldn't be wrong.Of course it smacked of gambling, but it turned out that he won the bet.Song Zheyuan was happy for his cleverness. But you are not a man!The gangster smiled contemptuously and said, "If we have the ability, we will do it openly. It is not shameful to dig a hole like a mouse!" Song Zheyuan laughed, do you know the story of Song Xianggong?Song Zheyuan said, soldiers never tire of deceit, can war be faithful?Sun Tzu's Art of War said: Soldiers are deceitful! Fuck your ghosts and be humane, I don't accept it!The gangster is a rough man who doesn't understand what Song Zheyuan means, so he jumps up and down in anger. What do you want if you don't agree?Song Zheyuan mocked him. You kill me, grandpa is not afraid of death!The gangster stuck his neck. Song Zheyuan said, he still has self-knowledge, and I won't keep you. The man stared at Song Zheyuan and said, "You are also the commander of the first army after all. A man must keep his word and let my brother go." Song Zheyuan said, you can go at ease, I will make my own arrangements later. The gangster said, okay, grandpa will trust you once, but if you are about to break your promise, grandpa will turn into a ghost and come to pester you. Song Zheyuan yelled, ready to execute! Dang Guaizi said that I have been in the rain of bullets all my life without getting a single bullet hole in my body, which is considered a skill.I don't have any other requirements today, I just want to lose my whole body and don't leave bullet holes on my grandfather.After saying this, he opened his mouth wide and his eyes widened, waiting for the executioner. The executioner didn't know what to do, but he was frightened when he opened his mouth wide.Song Zheyuan was also a little confused. He has been in the army for decades, and he has never heard of people being shot without leaving holes. Zhou Lide stepped forward and said, let me do it!Zhou Lide had worked in the village guard team before, dealt with bandits, and had heard of this method of death.He admired this kind of man and wanted to perfect him.He was worried that if he didn't act, others would humiliate the gangster, hang him or drown him, or maybe Song Zheyuan would shoot him to death if he became impatient. Song Zheyuan waved to Zhou Lide. Zhou Lide came to Dang Guizi and put the gun barrel into his mouth. Dang Guaizi held the gun barrel with a smile on his face, which was the joy of meeting a bosom friend.Zhou Lide said softly to him, the party commander, don't worry and go.At the same time as he said this, the gun rang out, and the bullet shot into his throat and out of his butthole, and the gangster fell to the ground without leaving any bullet holes on his body. After killing the gangsters, Song Zheyuan divided the captives into five teams and ordered the National Army of five divisions to take them back.Those captives were emotional, saying that the party kidnapper was dead, why didn't they let us go?Say what you say!The surrounding people also booed.Song Zheyuan said, now you are going to collect the toll separately, get the money, eat a full meal, and then go home, don't know what is good or bad! The prisoners left happily, but Song Zheyuan left the commanders of the five divisions behind and gave orders to deal with the prisoners. kill them all?The chief of staff stared in surprise. Yes, Song Zheyuan said. That's five thousand people, for God's sake!The chief of staff reminded him. What happened to five thousand people?Fighting Tongzhou and Fengxiang killed more than 5,000 people, right?I killed these 5,000 people just to make an impression on the rest of the bandits and warlords. Anyone who refuses to surrender and dares to resist will be killed the day the city is destroyed. This is called killing chickens for monkeys to see.I killed them today so that we will bleed less and die less in the future. If anyone scolds me for being cruel, just scold me. I'm not afraid! The massacre began after dark.There were gunshots and cries everywhere in Fengxiang City, and the whole city became the Hall of Yama.Song Zheyuan's headquarters is located in the main hall of the Town God's Temple, where he waits for the divisions to report the results.Suddenly a person came in and reported that he was the battalion commander of the second battalion of the fifth regiment of the third division. The commander let the prisoner go away quietly. Song Zheyuan scolded, it's really a woman leading the army, it's unreliable!He immediately ordered Zhou Lide to assemble his pistol company, and quickly chased those escaped prisoners on horseback. After catching up, he shot them on the spot, leaving no one behind! Zhou Lide rushed out of Fengxiang City with his cavalry, and when he reached the outside of the city, he dispersed the team and ordered them to pursue separately along several roads, but he jumped into the crop field alone.He knew that the fleeing people would never take the road rashly, they could only flee in all directions into the crop fields.Although the crops at this time are not high, people can't hide them standing up, but they can be completely hidden when lying down. Moreover, the crops are covered with field seedlings, and there is no sound of footsteps when walking, which will not attract others' attention.Sure enough, within half a bag of cigarettes, Zhou Lide vaguely saw a figure in front of him, he slammed on the horse's belly, and the horse galloped like flying, and quickly caught up with the group of people. Zhou Lide yelled in a low voice, stop!Although his voice was not high, those people froze as if they had been restrained.There were about seven or eight of these people, probably some of the prisoners who had run away, Zhou Lide couldn't see their faces clearly, but he could hear their rapid panting.When those people saw Zhou Lide on the tall horse, they all knelt on the ground with a plop. Zhou Lide said, you ran in the wrong direction. There are troops stationed in this direction. Now turn around and run to the southwest. There is a gap between the Seventh Division and the Eighth Division.You are all soldiers and know how to intersperse. Those people were stunned for a moment, unable to react.Zhou Lide said, hurry up and run, it will be too late if you delay any longer.After these people came to their senses, they ran towards the southwest. Zhou Lide didn't leave immediately, he had to wait here, if someone came after him, he could drive them away and save some time for the prisoners.At this time, he suddenly found that there was a person who was far behind, and the others had disappeared, and he was still grinding.Zhou Lide immediately chased after him, the man turned around and looked at him, he was panting like a bellows, obviously he had no strength left.Zhou Lide jumped off his horse and walked towards him, he stepped back vigilantly.Zhou Lide said, don't be afraid, I will give you a ride on horseback.The man stopped hiding, Zhou Lide helped him onto the horse, then jumped on the horse himself, and the two galloped forward. When the horse jolted, Zhou Lide felt something fell down, he looked down and saw a small pointed foot. woman! No wonder I can't walk, and my little feet are covered with big shoes, which is so cumbersome. The woman cried, her tears were blown by the wind and sprinkled on Zhou Lide's face. Passing through the mass graves between the two villages, and climbing up to a plain opposite, Zhou Lide reined in the horse, let the woman get down, and said to her, it's safe now, you can go. The woman took a few steps forward, then turned back.She said to Zhou Lide, you are a good person, I don't know how to thank you, let me give you this thing.The woman took out a cloth bag the size of a bowl from her arms and handed it to Zhou Lide.Zhou Lide asked, what is this?The woman said, baby, antique. Zhou Lide refused to accept it, saying that I saved people voluntarily, and I don't want thanks. The woman said, this is a rare treasure, and my head has always asked me to carry it with me, so don't take it lightly. Zhou Lide said, I don't think it is light, but I think it is too heavy, and I can't bear it. The woman said, if you think it's too heavy, you can sell it and share some of the money with those who suffered from the war in Fengxiang City, which can be regarded as a little compensation for them. When the woman said this, Zhou Lide took the cloth bag hesitantly. The woman is gone.She didn't go far, but Zhou Lide chased after her.He said, hearing you cry, it seems that you are reluctant, or you should take it back, I can't take what others like. The woman said, it was my man that I cried.Back then, we escaped together on a horse, and today we are also carrying two people on a horse, but my man died. Zhou Lide listened in a daze, this woman seemed unusual.He stood on the edge of the plateau and watched that woman off, thinking in his heart, who is she?