Chapter 38 Escape and Pursuit

The road is long now, so why should we care what the people behind us say or think?
He only knew that he was going crazy with hunger.

He will chop to death anyone who doesn't let him eat.

He quickly rushed to the city gate, took out the fine iron spear from behind, and swung it.

When he used 200 kilograms of force, he felt that the spear was too light and a little uncomfortable to hold.

Now, with the tremendous force of three hundred and twenty kilograms, it was like a piece of cake to throw out the afterimage of the spear.

The shadows of the guns made the rain of arrows shot down from the city wall make "bang bang" sounds.

The arrows broke and fell to the ground.

Swinging his spear, he soon engaged in battle with the elite soldiers who rushed out.

Several officers and soldiers surrounded him, but could not get close to him. After being hit by the long spear, all of them had broken bones and tendons.

As the large force from the rear arrived, the officers and soldiers who rushed out of the city wall were beaten back step by step.

Led by Zhao Hu, riding on a steed, holding a ghost-head knife, he cut off a head with one blow.

Blood spurted from the bottom of the city wall onto the broken city gate.

Nearly two thousand soldiers quickly rushed into the gate of Lianhua County amid shouting and killing.

The screams of the residents in the city and the sounds of metal clashing between the defenders and the soldiers of the Tianxing Army who were attacking the city were intertwined.

The entire Lianhua County fell into chaos.

Lu Yuan sat on a big rock next to a rockery to rest.

He was covered in blood, and the intact leather armor he had received was now stained red with blood, sticking to his clothes and making him very uncomfortable.

He reached out and pulled the leather armor off.

Press your belly.

It wasn't that there was any wound on his stomach that needed to be pressed.

In fact, up to this point in the battle, he had not been hit by a single knife, and all the blood on his body was from the enemy.

He held his stomach because he was so hungry that he couldn't stand it anymore.

They killed more than a dozen people but didn't find a single piece of bread.

After entering the house and searching, we found that most of the items had been taken away by other pawns.

When you go to the courtyards where the rich families live, you can't see a single hair, as if they had moved away long ago.

Not to mention rice, even the books on the bookshelf were moved away.

He has been fighting until now and has not eaten anything yet. He no longer wants to move.

At this time, Meng Yan took out a pancake from his pocket and handed it to Lu Yuan.

"Captain, you must be hungry. I have a piece of cake here. I found it from a soldier I killed. Please eat it first."

Meng Yan's face was covered in blood and his body was cut with several wounds.

He handed the cake over and looked at Lu Yuan with admiration as if he were a god.

Just now, after attacking the city gate, he finally killed a soldier with a chop. Then he saw Captain Lu, alone, holding a gun, sweeping away the seven or eight soldiers surrounding him.

Any officer or soldier who was hit by the fine iron spear would have his leg broken immediately if it hit him in the leg.

If hit in vital parts such as the head or chest, the person will die instantly.

He got the bread from the soldier he had killed, and the first thing he thought of was not to eat it himself, but to think that the captain had not eaten since morning and must be very hungry. So when he saw Lu Yuan had killed the soldier, he took out the bread and offered it to him immediately.

Lu Yuan took the pancake from Meng Yan, took a big bite, and finished it in a few bites.

He killed more than a dozen officers and soldiers, but didn't find a single cake.

Meng Yan's drop rate is so high that he can find something just by touching a corpse.

The pancake seemed to be digested instantly after it went down his stomach. His stomach stopped churning and started to growl, as if asking for more pancakes. When Meng Yan heard this, he hurriedly said:

"I'll call Song Wen and Zhou An and ask them to go find you something to eat."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

The captain is very hungry now, and they have to find more food.

At this time, Lu Yuan felt a little better after eating a pancake. He looked around and saw the opened west gate next to him. Outside was a man on horseback, with a dozen soldiers, heading out of the city.

His eyes narrowed, and after seeing clearly who the person on the horse was, his expression changed, and he picked up his spear, stood up, and walked towards the direction where the horse and pawn disappeared.

"Captain Zhao, there are carriage prints here!"

Zhang Yannian pointed at the two wheel marks on the muddy ground and spoke to Zhao Zheng who had his back to him.

Zhao Zheng had a very ugly expression on his face. After hearing Zhang Yannian's voice, he walked over to check.

When they captured Lianhua County, they discovered that the courtyards of many wealthy businessmen there were empty.

The rooms of these wealthy businessmen have almost all been emptied, with no one left.

In Lianhua County, the remaining people, except for some garrison troops, were ordinary people.

They didn't find anything valuable inside, not even much rice was left.

Therefore, Zhao Zheng's face looked quite ugly at this time.

No wonder their attack on Lianhua County was smoother than their attack on Qingping County.

Although there are quite a few soldiers here, they are obviously not elite soldiers.

It seems that these officers, soldiers and wealthy families had already received the news that Qingping County was destroyed, and they had fled when they arrived, or even earlier.

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Zhao Zheng was looking at the wheel marks and the horseshoe prints in front.

The carriage had obviously left not long ago.

And judging from the depth of the wheel marks, there should be a lot of things loaded on the carriage.

In this muddy mountain terrain, and carrying so much weight, he definitely hasn't run very far at this point.

He mounted his horse and pointed ahead, saying:

"Chase him!".

Mountain forest path.

One carriage was in front and one was behind.

The carriage in front was driven by a young man who looked no more than 20 years old. It was pulling a carriage with some cute little animals sewn on the roller curtains. It looked very delicate.

The carriage at the back was driven by an old man who was probably in his fifties and looked somewhat similar to the young man in front. He was dragging rolls of bamboo and wood chips, which when stacked together were taller than the old man driving the carriage in front.

From the outside, you can see that these pieces of bamboo and wood are covered with words, and they should be volumes of books.

Behind the carriage were three guards wearing armor and carrying swords on their waists.

The three of them at this moment had extremely nervous expressions on their faces, looking back from time to time.

If the carriage in front got stuck in a mud pit, the three of them would push hard from the back to push the carriage out.

At this time, the carriage pulling the bamboo slips fell into a big pit again.

The three guards pushed forward with all their might, but the pit was too big and the wheels were stuck too deep in the mud, so they couldn't push them out for a while.

At this time, the carriage in front stopped.

The young man who was driving the carriage jumped off the carriage, walked to the back of the carriage, rolled up his sleeves and pushed it from behind, complaining:

"Dad, there are so many rotten bamboos, can you throw away some of them? Every time your carriage gets stuck in the mud, we have to move for a while and stop for a while, it's so tiring!"

(End of this chapter)