Turning over the front port, and going westward, the three-li waterway is Wujiazhuang.

Wu Wenming was homesick and lifted the curtain to get out of the cabin. Yu Qinghuai and Li Zhiyong were embarrassed to lie down again, so they put on their heels. The bow of the boat was not big, so they could only stand behind Wu Wenming.

"It's almost here, I'll ask you two when I arrive at the village." Wu Wenming didn't dare to use the safety of the two ancestors as a joke. He made up his mind no matter where the bandits in Taiping arrived. As soon as he returned to the village, he asked Yu and Li to pull the two clan elders away.

"I am lucky to be able to serve Brother Wu in three lives." Yu Qinghuai was about to bow his hand and return the gift when he suddenly found that several thick smoke was rolled up in the southwest direction.

The boatman also noticed it and said to himself while riding the boat: "Who has lost the fire? The smoke is so high!"

Wu Wenming was shocked and was about to ask the boatman to hold on faster, but several small boats turned over from the port. However, the boatmen did not continue to support the boat eastward, but leaned on the north shore and climbed onto the shore with bamboo poles. Immediately afterwards, the people on the boat threw things into the shore one by one. The people who had just climbed ashore didn't bother to collect the package, but pulled the people on the boat one by one to the shore.

"What are they doing? I want to walk north of the river less than a mile to have a ferry." The boatman felt strange and forgot to hold the boat while watching.

Wu Wenming felt strange and murmured: "Boatman, hold on, hold on, go and ask."

"oh."

The boatman realized that as soon as he had just inserted the bamboo pole to the bottom of the river, several small boats turned out of the port, and leaned to the north shore like those people just now, and hurriedly climbed to the shore.

"Brother, can't go forward any more!"

"Big brother, help me, lean on the boat and let us go!"

Just as he was suspicious, a burst of rapid footsteps came from the south bank.

...

The three of them looked back and saw a dozen villagers rushing to the river, some carrying packages and some holding children, shouting at the boat, while looking back anxiously, as if they were afraid that someone would catch up with them.

"Which village do you belong to? Hurry up, what's wrong?" Wu Wenming asked anxiously.

"We are from Liujiazhuang, and the Taiping bandits are killed!"

"The bandits are killed, where are they?"

"We have already reached our village, arrested people everywhere, and robbed them of whatever we see. Even the ancestral hall of Mr. Liu's house was burned by them. Fortunately, we ran fast. Master, please be kind and save the young man's life, so that the young man can cross the river!"

The bandits are now killed!

Wu Wenming was shocked and sweated coldly. While asking the boatman to support the south bank, he asked anxiously: "Where is Wujiazhuang, have the bandits gone to Wujiazhuang?"

"They didn't even let our Liujiazhuang go, let alone Wujiazhuang!" A man was eager to escape, and rushed down the river with his child in his arms. While leaning against the cold river water, he said with lingering fear: "The Wu family is a big family, and several high-ranking officials of the court have emerged. The leader of the bandits went to Wujiazhuang."

It's over!

It’s still one step too late to hurry up!

Thinking of the misfortune of the two ancestors, Wu Wenming was as stupid as a wooden chicken and suddenly lost his mind.

Yu Qinghuai realized that this place could not be kept for a long time, so he grabbed Wu Wenming's arm: "Brother Wu, the two old men have a good fortune, and there will be no trouble. Let's send these villagers across the river first, and then think about inquiries."

The reason why Li Zhiyong was willing to help the Tongzhi master train the local tyrants and was willing to take the risk to come to Yizhen not only wanted to make achievements, but also wanted to come with him to see where the thieves were killed. If you don’t see with your own eyes, you are worried. After all, your family is big and you can’t just leave, but if you don’t leave, you may just sit back and wait for death.

Like Yu Qinghuai, he didn't want to die here in a daze, and hurriedly said, "Brother Wu, don't worry, there are so many children in your village, they can think of them as much as we can think of, and they must have escorted the two old men out of danger soon."

"Even if they can think of it, but the ancestors are unwilling to leave, what can they do?"

"We need to think about the benefits and send these villagers across the river."

...

At the same time, yesterday afternoon, he led his brothers from the surprise barracks to Liang Liu, who was engaging with Liang Jiu outside Yizhen City, and was running desperately towards Yangzhou with more than 60 coolies led by Liang Jiu.

The official road was full of people fleeing to Yangzhou, ox carts and carts blocked the already-not-wide official road. They rushed into the fields in a panic. The three guides I had been looking for had already run away, and they only knew that it would be better to run east.

"Brother Six, it's not a problem to run like this. If you run away, all the people will run away. Let's do it with them!" Liang Jiu saw that the brother behind him didn't follow, and he grabbed Liang Liu and stopped.

Liang Liu looked back and said panting, "How can we have sex with the thieves?"

A coolie said anxiously: "Brother Six, Chen San ran away and lost!"

"Let's take a break and take a breath first," Liang Liu turned around and looked up, then raised his arm and pointed at the direction of the official: "Lao Jiu, take a few brothers over and take a look, we're waiting here."

"Okay, I'll go and have a look first."

Mr. Han told me that as many people as they brought, they would take back. Liang Jiu did not dare to delay for a moment and led five coolies to run back.

Liang Liu couldn't run anymore and sat down on the ground.

A coolie sat next to him and asked with a bitter face: "Sixth brother, why did Master Yizhen run away when he saw the bandits? There were also the green camp soldiers and yamen runners in the city, one ran faster than the other, and he didn't even need weapons."

"I'm afraid of death, what else can I do?" Liang Liu looked at the coolies who were slumped in the ground and shouted: "Brothers, the defenders in the strange army camp, Qingshan camp and Yizhen City were afraid of death. Mr. Han had expected it long ago, otherwise he wouldn't let us collect weapons! Although the bandits occupied Yizhen City, there was nothing extraordinary, and we had nothing to be afraid of!"

"Brother Six, we are not afraid, we think it's not a problem to run like this!"

"Yes, Brother Six, I don't even have the strength to walk anymore. I can't stand steadily. Why do I have to fight with the thieves?"

"We will do it sooner or later with the thieves, but not today, and not here!" Liang Liu rubbed his calves and gritted his teeth, "War is not a fight, but a war is about the rules. Before coming, Mr. Han told me that we are here to collect weapons, not to fight with the thieves. Wait until we take the weapons we have collected in the past few days back, find a place to practice for a few days, and then work with the thieves!"

"But all the thieves have been killed, can we go back?"
Chapter completed!