Chapter 133： Falling short of success

Chapter 133: Falling short of success

Everyone was startled and turned around to look, and then their expressions all changed.

“Ah, the barbarians are coming, run, run!”

“Mom, wuwu, I’m scared!”

“Dad, dad!”

The team that had been happy just now suddenly became a mess. The women took away the children, and the men carried the old people on their backs. In the rush, they didn't even care about their luggage.

Li Laosi raised his hand to lift the luggage off the back of Daqing Mule, and the old lady immediately carried him on. Jia An Jia Xi ran too far and had no time to look for it.

He then pulled Mrs. Cui and the two little babies and put them on the back of the mule. Then, with a heavy slap, Daqing ran away.

Mrs. Li's face was pale. While trying to support Mrs. Cui, she opened the back basket behind her and held her granddaughter in her arms.

In this way, whether the arrow is shot or the sword is slashed, it will fall on her first.

Tao Hongying ran forward, grabbed Jiaxi Jiaan, gritted her teeth and continued running.

“Happy family, good luck, run quickly, run to the pier, don’t look back!”

Zhao Yuru helped the village chief support the frail wife of the village chief. Sister-in-law Qiong grabbed a little baby with one hand and ran after Daqing Mule. Li Lao Er, Li Lao San, Wen Hai and others took advantage of Uncle Zhao and others.

Jiaren actually went to get the package containing the books, but was slapped on the head by Mr. Wen, "You don't want your life, run away!"

Li Laosi picked up Doctor Zhang who was sitting on the sledge and threw him directly on Jiayi's back, "Run!"

After saying that, he picked up the hatchet and ran back against the crowd.

Obviously, he was worried and could not leave Liu Biaotou alone to fight against the barbarians.

“Woo hoo, old four, old four!”

When the Li family saw him, they tried to stop him but couldn't. They couldn't, so they could only cry loudly and run forward.

Jiayin was fast asleep on her grandma's back, but suddenly she was held in her arms and ran wildly. Listening to the crying in her ears, she even thought she was having a nightmare.

“Milk, breast!” She wanted to get up and see what was going on, but the old lady didn’t allow her to poke her head in.

"Run, run, go to the pier to help! Woohoo, go to the pier, go to the pier!"

In just five or six miles, we were so close to escaping, but it seemed farther than the dozens of mountains that everyone had crossed.

The child ran away and lost his shoes, the old man stumbled, and the woman cried loudly.

But none of this could stop the barbarians on horseback. As if they saw prey, they urged the tall horses under their crotches more and more, brandishing the long knives in their hands, roaring and screaming, and rushed towards them. Some even bent their bows, nocked arrows, and shot out!

Thirty barbarians and thirty horses, like wild beasts rushing out of the wilderness, came with billowing smoke and dust, which was extremely terrifying.

Liu Biaotou and Li Laosi raised their long knives high, gritted their teeth, and charged forward.

Two versus thirty, a match that was bound to lose, but the two of them moved forward bravely.

Because, behind them are their wives, children, children, and fellow villagers who depend on each other!

Everyone can be afraid, but not them!

"Come on, you bastard! I'll fight hard! Kill one to earn enough money, kill two to earn a pair!"

“Kill, kill! If you want to go over, step on my body!”

The barbarian was startled by the suicidal charge of the two men, but he smiled ferociously.

They rushed forward faster and faster, raising their sabers high and bringing them down hard.

Without thinking, Li Laosi and Liu Biaotou rushed forward and swung the long knives in their hands horizontally.

The two war horses in the lead were unable to dodge under the rapid charge, and their front legs were cut off directly, and they fell to the ground with a thud.

The war horses behind were unable to dodge and bumped into each other one after another, falling into a heap.

Li Laosi and Liu Biaotou jumped up and started to cut off the heads one by one.

Everything happened as fast as lightning. In the blink of an eye, five or six barbarians died and seven or eight horses were lost.

This completely aroused the ferocity of the barbarian, who screamed and surrounded him.

Li Laosi and Liu Biaotou also fought hard, back to back, waving their swords with all their strength.

The villagers who were running wildly in front turned around and their eyes were red with anxiety. “My dear, run away, I have to go back to help!”

“Father, mother, you run away first, I want to go back!”

“No, I have to save the fourth child!”

"Liu Biaotou, we are here!"

One villager after another, leaving the elderly and children behind, they ran back with hatchets in hand.

Jiayi also handed over Doctor Zhang to Jiahuan, and caught up with Liu Yang who was a few steps ahead, "Wait for me, let's go kill the barbarians together!"

The woman cried harder and harder, but she didn't dare to stop, "Woo, help, help! Come and save us!"

Jiayin was pressed tightly to her chest by her grandma. Listening to her violent heartbeat, she finally guessed that the barbarians were coming to chase her. She struggled to get up, "Grandma!"

The old lady was panting like a bellows, "Fu Niu...don't be afraid, don't be afraid, grandma is here!"

Jiayin wanted to speak, but two arrows shot over, one pierced Daqing's butt, and the other penetrated the old lady's shoulder.

The old lady screamed, and Daqing went crazy. He suddenly accelerated and threw everyone off his back.

The old lady held the good news tightly in her arms, flew high, and then fell heavily under the official road.

Mrs. Cui tried hard to hold on to the two little dolls, but luckily they fell into the grass on the side of the road.

Li Lao Er and Li Lao San ran forward, jumped off the official road, and helped their mother and niece up.

Original Mrs. Li's shoulder was bleeding, and her face turned pale in pain.

There was no movement at all about the good news. Li Lao Er suddenly touched the back of his niece's head, and there was blood on his hand.

“Fu Niu!” Mrs. Li was so heartbroken with pain that she hugged her granddaughter tightly, “Fu Niu, wake up quickly, help me, my Fu Niu, help me!”

The villagers heard this in the confusion and turned to look over. They were all shocked by the tragic sight of the grandfather and grandson.

The village chief and Uncle Zhao stopped and looked at each other with deep hatred in their eyes.

“Let’s fight! We old guys have survived to this point, we are good enough!”

“Kill back, fight back!”

“I want to kill a few more barbarians, and I can brag to my brothers even after I get to Jiuquan.”

The village chief pushed his old wife directly to Zhao Yuru, held up a hatchet, and rushed back with Uncle Zhao and others.

Li Lao Er also wanted to follow, but Li Lao San pulled him back.

“Second brother, you stay here. If we die, you can be filial to our mother and raise our children!”

After saying that, he climbed up the official road and ran in the fighting circle.

Li Lao Er stamped his feet anxiously, but with his niece in one hand and his mother in the other, he could only hug his niece and help his mother to continue running.

Tears fell to the ground drop by drop. For the first time in his life, he hated himself for not learning martial arts!

At the pier three miles away, many lights were lit because the sky was getting dark.

There were soldiers guarding both sides of the pier. They heard cries in the distance. A captain came forward to report, "General, it seems that some fleeing people have been entangled by barbarians!"

The general looked to be in his twenties, with red lips and white teeth, and even powder on his face. Perhaps he thought the armor was too heavy, so he didn't wear a helmet, and the armor was also worn crookedly.

Hearing this, he glanced far away and responded nonchalantly.

“It’s so far away that I can’t see clearly. Besides, almost everyone has arrived in the south of the Yangtze River. How can there be anyone left at this time?”

The captain was a little impatient and advised in a low voice, "General, it's better to send someone to have a look. What if the people are really fleeing? We are so close, it doesn't take much effort..."

The general became impatient, squinted his eyes and cursed, "Are you ordering me? Are you the general, or am I the general? I won't send troops if I can't tell you! You have to disobey me!"

The captain quickly lowered his head and said, "I don't dare. Of course I will listen to the general."

The general snorted coldly and said nothing more.

The captain held back his anger and slowly retreated.

(End of this chapter)