Chapter 65 0065

Just as Judge Zhu Si finished speaking, someone howled all the way: "The fire is burning! The fire is burning! Boss, look at the fire over there!" Judge Zhu Si raised his head, my God, a The fire was so close that it seemed to be pressing on his eyebrows. Where did this fire burn the tile house of the Wu family?But it burned the dry woods in the north! Once the withered woods are burning, the smoky flames are rolling, following the sharp wind, pulling northwest to southeast. The sound of splashing explosions merged into a sea of ​​red and poisonous flames, and rushed towards this side.Poor those guys who were so tired of carrying dry wood in the middle of the night, they were so frightened by this nameless fire that the shit rolled out, and with a yell, everyone pulled their legs and slammed back.

"This...how did this happen?!" Judge Zhu Si said: "Arson is not allowed, but it's really unreasonable to set fire to your body. Run away, Mao Lao Liu!" Unexpectedly, when he raised his eyes, he could no longer see the shadow of Mao Liu. Luckily, several young men were still waiting with their white horses. Judgment Zhu Si took the reins, got on the horse, shook the reins, and ran southward.He knew better than anyone else that according to the terrain of Wu's Ferry, the entire ridge was covered with dead woods except for Wu's house, with a cliff on the east and a swamp full of reeds on the west.The dead forest caught fire, and there were only two places to avoid the fire, one was the tiled house of Wu's family, and the other was the river beach in the south. Now the tiled house of Wu's house was locked up and occupied, only Benhetan.As soon as the white horse reached the edge of the river, he heard another gunshot from the south bank of the river.

"The militia, the militia is blocking the river!" "Follow the river to the east, buddy, the militiamen have occupied Henan!" When Judge Zhu Si heard it, that's good, this fucking messed up the pot!As soon as the horse's head was led, he turned and ran east again, and saw that his men were in a mess. Some wanted to cross the river, but were knocked into the water by the gunfire from the other side, and some huddled on the river beach like maggots and resisted. People ran eastward along the high piles on the north bank of the river, scrambling to be the first, stumbling and climbing.As he was running, the unlucky white horse lost its temper and spun all four hooves. Judge Zhu Si took the reins and stirrups and couldn't subdue it. In a blink of an eye, everyone who stumbled and crawled ran forward. , I fell behind.When I was in a hurry, I heard someone shouting from behind: "Look, the rider on the white horse must be Judge Zhu Si, let's chase after him!" Someone else yelled with a crooked voice: "Judge Si, if you don't leave the horse, I will replace you." Eight holes were punched in your head to let blood out! Your grandma's!"

When judge Zhu Si heard this, he whipped his horse to death, and just ran a few feet away when a stray bullet flew over, almost shooting his ear away. "Several guns will nail you to see if you can fly to the sky!" one shouted. Judge Zhu Si was going to ignore it, but the other shouted in a crooked tone: "Listen up, the militiamen on the other side of the river! The man on the white horse is the bandit leader Zhu-Si-Judge-Officer, just shoot for me! Mouth him!" The yell was not too tight, and Judge Zhu Si rolled away from his white horse in fright, and ran forward desperately, when he heard the crooked voice behind him chirping again: "Listen, the civilian army on the other side of the river, Judge Zhu Si has already Throw away the white horse and run away! Now the horse is in the hands of Shorty Shi Er, Brother Wo Li, don't shoot indiscriminately!"

Judge Zhu Si sighed. He knew that the dream of swallowing the Liuhe gang at Wu's Ferry had already been crushed by this fire... The third strong wind after the midwinter swept through the ancient towers of the county town. There is a popular proverb in the Jianghuai area that says: ignore it in the first wind, don’t ask it in the second wind, and call your mother after the third wind!The wind in Sijiu's heart is so cold.The unobstructed desert wind swept away the severe cold outside the Great Wall, and even the warm room at home was dripping into ice; when the wind came, layers of red clouds piled up on the top of the zenith, pressing down to the feet of the surrounding sky. It is a hazy gray, the clouds are so low that they can hit people's heads, between the sky and the earth, there is only sharp wind roaring sharply, piercing the bones of people with cold, it seems that it is not wind, but drift ice with thin blades; The surging Grand Canal has also been frozen for a long time. After the drift ice piled on top of each other and solidified, countless fangs were raised on the river surface, looking from a distance like the shining molars of wild dogs!

The usually bustling county town seems to be locked in the severe cold. The ten-mile long street, the wharf along the river, Zhongzhou Island where fishing boats gather in spring and summer, the flower street with constant singing, Ciyun Temple Market, Wawajing in the east district and the Ji's House is completely silent, and from morning to evening, it is rare to see a few passers-by with warm sleeves and hunched necks.Especially at dusk, the sky is really dark, as if the sky and the earth have been covered with a layer of pot soot, it looks strangely desolate and sad.Countless crows from the frozen fields of the four townships roosted in groups on the electric poles against the wind, their wings rubbing against each other, and they were at a loss what to do. Sound energy brings them a touch of warmth.Only this kind of stinky bird and insect, which is considered ominous, adorns this sleepy city with their tireless noise.

"There's a queue on the long street!" Someone brought the news and spread it into the closed doors, but the reaction was just a cold silence.A few people cursed angrily, complaining that the Beiyang generals did not treat human beings as human beings. "The cold wind is like a knife, and they are still kicking these grain-eating bosses like a ball?!——The nail in Yanshi really pierced Sun Chuanfang's eye? It must be pulled out in the middle of winter?!" "It's not that easy to get out of Yanshi, Yadantou is an example!" Someone chimed in and said, "You don't need to look at the hard shell of the Jiangfang Army, and they will leave as soon as they encounter hard fire. These recruited soldiers It has always been said that food is eaten when there is food, and surrender when encountering the enemy. Who is really willing to work for Sun Chuanfang? If you don't believe it, just watch!"

But in the eyes of most people, there is no such optimism. In any case, this division and a brigade of the Jiangfang Army drawn from the bank of the Yangtze River are two hard cards in Sun Chuanfang's hands. The number and momentum are enough to frighten of.Although the merchants in the county did not rise up like Yanshi, they had already echoed in private. A large number of Jiangfang troops came up. Who wouldn't sweat for Yanshi? ...In the many doors that were left open and by the wide-sided copper stove, people gathered separately, discussing the war facing Yanshi with anxiety. It seems that the only thing that can save Yanshi from disaster is hope. The Northern Expeditionary Army went north one day earlier.

The team crossed the long street along the river, and swam like gray pythons to the big camp in the west of the city. The sharp wind forced each soldier to tuck his neck into his high collar and lean forward so that he could carry the heavy burden. The square-horned rucksack looks like a group of hunchbacks from a distance, and the feet in straw sandals are hurried because they have walked a lot. They have stepped on the ice and snow, and they have either worn-out chilblains or blisters, and they walk crookedly. Turning around, moaning and chirping, only desperate people swung their arms and paddled forward, complaining that the sky was unfair, and the march encountered a strong wind. ... The team walked over, the bayonet scabbards on their buttocks clashed with the small rice bowls, and the old crows on the electric poles started to make a fuss and shouted, this side is also wow-wow, and that side is also wow-wow ——, the cooks caught in the middle of the team made more noises, the ends of the shoulder poles were grinding the ropes, and the ropes were firmly biting the poles. Every time the cooks shrugged their shoulders, they let out squeaking, squeaking rat screams. It seems to have teeth, and the hearts of many hungry and damp people have been bitten to bleed.And there were baskets on the bottom of the pot, bumping and hitting, making people hungry and feverish. ... The team walked westward, the gray sky and the dark tiles flowed into people's eyes and turned into a bleak future, and there was nothing else in their hearts except one word of resentment.

"What the hell is this hapless bird city full of rotten birds and insects? Howling at people's heads!" A guy in the team said, "Brother, maybe we are destined I'm going to be buried here, and I'll fertilize people's fields for free!...Look, isn't Xiong Laozi holding a funeral?!" "Don't f*cking hang the ghost there and put powder on it—it's just to save face, okay?!" The other jokingly said with resignation: "A few skeletons like ours, which have no meat or oil, are shot on the ground. I'm afraid dogs won't eat them. It can be said to be a place for people to fertilize the fields." ?"

"Don't speak bad words, just spit and you'll die!" Another said: "Whoever wants to be shot, whoever is attacking the salt market will go forward and let them open up your stomach to vent your grievances for you. This breath is stuffed in the heart of a living person, it is more uncomfortable than death! Our old man with a flat nose (referring to his teacher) is an out-and-out sycophant. ... Do the math, how many have been stuffed into the snow hole along the way?!" As soon as the snow cave was mentioned, everyone couldn't help but hooked their heads and fell silent.Walking long distances in the wind and snow, red poisonous death sticking to the shadows of people's eyebrows, knowing that, but mechanically moving their legs towards it, some are thin and sick, wheezing, coughing and diarrhea, hunger and severe cold, Fatigue and distress, one attack and one pinch, fell out of Liezi and left halfway, no stretcher, no medicine, even if there was half a breath, he would open his eyes and close his eyes to bury him as a dead person, making a hole in the snow, Stuffing people in is like putting a cork on the mouth of a bottle, plus a few shovels of wet soil to smooth it out. By the side of a river embankment with sparse reeds, three people are stuffed at a time. His life had to be carried by his own two legs that were numb from the cold.That kind of death is far more tragic than being shot.People are called worm hogs, but in fact, people are not as good as worm hogs, worm hogs have the opportunity to dig holes to avoid the cold, but people have to walk on the road, looking for the hoof marks left by the passing officials on fat horses and warm coats , a black hoof mark is a dark pit of fate, you are only allowed to fall to the bottom of the pit, you are not allowed to leave your name, if Zhang Degong dies, he will make up for Zhang Degong, and if Li Desheng dies , I will add a Li Desheng, no one will remember your face, your eyebrows, your bloody sorrow and wet sigh... What are people? ! "Who the hell captures that mountain, rewards the ocean with a thousand rewards." "Who the hell captures that town, rewards the ocean with five hundred!" Handsome Beiyang always likes this tune, as if thousands of lives are worth that Price!But when hehe yelled and stepped on the corpses all over the place, Qian couldn't heal the hearts of the dead. The blood dripped from the eyes to the bottom of the heart, and there was tide everywhere.The merlons whirled, and the procession drove past in the sharp evening wind, and every mouth that gritted its teeth made no sound.