Chapter 149： dust

Huo Luo was encouraging himself. It was not so much that he heard it, it was more that he felt the movement next to him. He turned his head slightly. If he could still make a sound, he would probably exclaim: A dark shadow emerged from behind the stone, in the night. , By the light of the sky, he could see that the man was wearing a rags and shabby clothes. He smelled a bad smell before he came to him. He looked at the dark shadow nervously, the man half-crawling around the boulder, and reaching his side, suddenly propped up his upper body and rushed down at him.

Although Huo Luo was seriously injured, he was able to raise his arm and knock the man away. The man was knocked to the ground and wailed for a while, but he struggled again and crawled towards Huo Luo again. This time, as soon as the man approached, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the edge of Huoruo's armor, letting him beat him and not letting go. At the same time, he bit Huoruo's arm with his mouth like a mad dog. The ear power of Shen Jian and others finally returned, and they heard the sound, and they all walked over here.

When Huo Luo waved away the person again, he lifted the hair covering the person's face, and a particularly hideous face flashed in Huo Luo's eyes. Huo Luo felt that this face looked a bit familiar, and waited for the person to pounce on it again. When I remembered, isn't this the fake princess of the Southern Dynasty he married?

This person is the fourth princess. Huola came out of the camp, the soldiers naturally followed with their families and camp prostitutes, and the four princesses were also entrapped in them. After the camp, the soldiers went to attack the ridge pass, the camp was empty, and the four princesses finally found a chance to leave the camp. She has only one foot and can only walk limping. Surrounded by mountains, she walked up to the mountain where she was at war. If she could reach the place of war, even if she died in front of the battle, she would be considered dead by her own people, not in the North Rong.

She walked very slowly, and she had to avoid the northern soldiers on the mountain road. Those soldiers could climb the mountain in half an hour. She started climbing in the afternoon, and it was only midway through the mountain in the middle of the night. There are black holes in the surroundings, only one ridge has a blazing fire, and there is often the sound of gongs and suona. The fourth princess listened to these noises, endured hunger and the severe cold, and tried to move forward, but she crawled more and more slowly, and she was afraid that she would die if she could not get there...

Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps in front, and the fourth princess hurriedly climbed behind a big rock. A man rolled to the big rock where she was hiding, and then she heard something! She heard the voice of the southerner! Still absolutely authentic Beijing accent! In recent years, the four princesses rarely heard Chinese, and suddenly heard the local accent. She burst into tears and wanted to cry, but from what the man said, there should be fire in front of the stone, and hatred was burning like a fire. She immediately dried her tears. She climbed out of the boulder and rushed towards Huo Luo...

Shen Jian finally recognized the noise, and he waved to the others and ran here. He found two dark shadows tangled together. In the darkness, Shen Jian could see that the fire was lying underneath, but there was no one who stabbed it with a sword. Just say on one side: "This is Fire Luo, we can help you."

The four princesses heard it and fought with Fire Luo even more brazenly. Huo Luo's blood was running out, and a few arrows had been inserted deep into his back. He saw hopelessness to go down the mountain, unable to warn Bei Rong, despair in his heart, his arms began to weaken, and finally, he fell to the ground. The fourth princess finally pulled his hair to his chest. One of her one-eyed eyes stared at Huo Luo, a few inches away, and smiled at Huo Luo. The madness in her eyes made Huo Luo scared. His whole body trembled uncontrollably and violently, with a look of fear on his face. The fourth princess seemed to be satisfied, and he lowered his head and bit at Huo Luo's neck...

Huo Luo yelled reluctantly, then panted hard, his eyes widened, and soon there was no breath. Even though Shen Jian and others were sergeants, they felt that the situation of one person biting another person's throat alive was so tragic that they did not dare to step forward. When Huo Luo's originally slightly bent legs suddenly straightened out, the person on his body slowly raised his head. Her face was covered with blood, and she looked like a ghost in the night.

The onlookers were silent, Shen Jian swallowed, and said, "This... Uh..."

The fourth princess hadn't spoken for a long time, and her tongue had become stiff, and she made a hoarse voice Ulu Ulu.

Shen Jian felt a sudden chill on his back. He faintly heard the tone that sounded like the Southern Dynasty. He approached a little closer, squatted down and said, "You are from the Southern Dynasty."

The fourth princess laughed, then choked and cried a few times, and then wailed hard, and gestured on the ground with her fingers.

Shen Jian was taken aback when he saw that the handwriting looked like "shen", and moved closer. The other party was one-eyed and his face was covered with wrinkles. Like an old woman, he didn't know such a person... Suddenly, he saw the other party's blood stains. There was a horizontal scar on his face, and he lost his voice: "Four princesses!"

The four princesses are hoarse, almost crying: princess...

Someone looked at the mountain and said, "A brigade of torches is coming up!"

Shen Jian raised his head and said to the people, "Quickly, carry her up the mountain!"

The fourth princess shook her head, pointed to the dagger on Shen Jian's calf, and yelled a few times.

Shen Jian hesitated, but he still drew the dagger from his boots and gave it to the fourth princess. Seeing the fourth princess now looks like this, Shen Jian really couldn't bear it. No matter how arrogant and unprovoked, the fourth princess fell to this point, it was also regrettable.

The fourth princess took the dagger and began to cut Fire Luo's neck. There are bones on the neck, where it is so easy to cut, she repeatedly cut for a long time, but only cut the flesh in front.

Someone whispered: "Those people are near, we have to go quickly."

The fourth princess raised her head, panting and gestured to Shen Jian, asking him to help.

Shen Jian saw the tragic situation of the fourth princess, and knew that the fire Luo she married must have done her to her in every possible way. She wanted revenge as well, so she endured the stench of the fourth princess and held the fourth princess’s hand for her. Afterburning, Huo Luo's head was cut off.

The fourth princess grasped Huo Luo's hair tightly in one hand, and held Huo Luo's head, as if suddenly no bones, she threw herself on Shen Jian's arm. Shen Jian wanted to take the dagger back from the fourth princess, but the fourth princess was still dead. Holding tightly, he had to stand up with the fourth princess, and said to the others: "Go, let's go up the mountain." A soldier came over and lifted the fourth princess's feet and said, "Oh, she missed one foot!"

When they heard Shen Jian calling this person "Four Princesses", they knew that she was the daughter of the emperor who married Bei Rong, but Bei Rong was so! Hearing these words again, he became even more angry, and cursed: "How can that group of beasts treat a woman like this!"

A string of torches at the bottom of the mountain approached, and Shen Jian and the soldiers hurriedly climbed up the ridge. After entering the fire, the soldiers on the ridge shouted and told them to run. The Beirong people started shooting arrows behind. Shen Jian and the others ran tortuously. Some soldiers jumped out of the remnant wall and shot arrows backwards, protecting Shen Jian and waiting for the fourth princess to cross the remnant wall. They couldn't walk around, they could only go to the side of the ridge and put the four princesses on the ground.

Under the firelight, the embarrassment of the four princesses was even more obvious. She held a dagger in one hand and Huo Luo's head in the other, just like Yasha.

Duan Zeng went over and took her hand to give her pulse. He frowned, put down the wrist of the fourth princess, and said nothing.

Yan squeezed over and asked Shen Jian with concern: "Are you okay?"

Shen Jian said: "I'm fine."

Yan sees Shen Jian carrying a person up, and looking at the ground, he is a man in ragged clothes, holding a dagger in one hand, and carrying a head in the other.

Shen Jian whispered: "This is the fourth princess."

Yan Shi listened for a moment, and squatted next to the fourth princess. Seeing that the fourth princess had all cracked lips, she looked at Duan Zeng. Duan Zeng shook her head very weakly, and then said to someone, "Hurry up and bring hot water."

Outside, the soldiers of Bei Rong who had caught up began to charge, and Qi Conglin yelled for people to start shooting arrows. The soldiers and people who rushed up this time were not good soldiers, because the coach took the people and never returned. Let's see what's going on. These people didn't rush violently, and they could shoot them back with arrows and crossbows, so they failed to climb the wall.

Duan Zeng made people take advantage of the gap in the attack to burn **** water to the soldiers, so someone sent hot water in a moment. Yan helped the fourth princess and gave her a sip of water.

With a mouthful of hot **** underwater, the four princesses seemed to take a sigh of relief. She watched Yan pointing to her skirt, purring in a low voice, and saying "book" with her mouth. Yan asked: "Letter" The four princesses blinked and approved. Mouth shape again: Prince...

The prince Yan blinked, but she saw that the fourth princess's eyes were a little lost. Knowing that she was dead soon, she nodded and said, "Okay, to the prince."

The fourth princess reluctantly raised the hand holding Huo Luo's head to show Yan. Yan suppressed the nausea and said to the fourth princess: "You killed him." The fourth princess let go, and the head rolled away. The fourth princess pointed to the head, and pointed to the outside of the wall, speaking in a mouth-like manner. Yan stared at her mouth closely and said, "Pick it out and let them see."

The fourth princess nodded vigorously, and Yan said, "Okay, let the people of Beirong see!" She hadn't met the fourth princess in the past, but now she sees such a woman who has suffered so much and cut off the fire. The head, eyes with tears for a while.

There was shouts and bangs outside, and in the flickering of the fire, the fourth princess saw tears in Yan's eyes, and her eyes were also moist. She watched Yan trying hard to speak, but without her tongue, she could only whimper, and wrote on the ground with the dirty fingers that used to hold Huo Luo's head: Buried... She pointed to herself and then to the ground.

Yan Shi hesitated and said, "Or, go back to the capital."

The fourth princess seemed to smile and shed a drop of tears. She shook her head vigorously: let people see me like this

Yan understood what she meant, and said to her: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

The outside attack stopped, and both Shen Jian and Qi Conglin returned in a hurry. The fourth princess looked at them, as if sighed, and then began to move. Duan Zeng took out the needle, a little hesitant, and whispered: "It just made her suffer more..." But as he said, he put a needle on the top of the fourth princess' head.

The fourth princess breathed more smoothly, and looked at Yan again, struggling to speak to Yan, but Yan couldn't understand. The fourth princess wrote on the ground with her hands: They... failed to kill me...

As soon as Yan Shi had just read this, Fang nodded, and Shen Jian shouted: "Quick..." Yan looked up and saw that the fourth princess had put the dagger against his heart, Yan was about to pull it. With her hand, the fourth princess looked at her with begging eyes, and Yan's hand stopped in the air. The fourth princess stabbed the dagger fiercely into her heart, and she pushed it up all over her body, then relaxed, letting go of her hand, and exhaling one last breath.

Yan knew that the fourth princess was the prince's younger sister, but couldn't help but shed tears at this time, Duan Zeng took the needle from the fourth princess' head with a heavy expression.

The people around him watched silently for a while, and Yan turned his head and said to Shen Jian: "She said she was going to bury her here. She doesn't want to go back to the capital."

Seeing the appearance of the four princesses, everyone also understood that if she was sent back, her humiliation would be made public. Being buried here also saved her some dignity.

The sky will dawn, some of the remaining soldiers and civilians in Beirong hesitated to go up the mountain, but no one charged up: tens of thousands of elite soldiers and the coach disappeared. Who dares to go up and watch again, someone on the ridge used a stick The bamboo pole picked out the head of Huoluo, and there was a commotion in Beirong. People began to retreat down the mountain. The coach was determined to die. Should everyone go home?

When they all went down the mountain and returned to the valley, Yan lit the fireworks, and the fireworks rushed into the sky. After an explosion, there was still a pre-dawn silence around them. But before long, the seven peaks around the valley rumbling almost at the same time.

The old carpenter saw the fireworks and pulled the iron chain by the pulley to pull away the tripod that stabilized a pillar under a wooden platform not far away. This pillar shook first, and then tilted. The stones piled up on the wooden platform naturally rolled down, rolling along the hillside and getting bigger and bigger, driving the snow and forming an avalanche...

The speed of the avalanche is faster and faster, and the snow waves are getting bigger and bigger. At the beginning, Shen Wen said to Yan that he was worried that these avalanches would not be able to develop, or that they would not be able to reach the valley where the northern army soldiers were, or the speed was too slow, because some An avalanche may only have a speed of 50 kilometers per kilometer, allowing the enemy to retreat. Therefore, Yan always prioritizes the avalanche, and plans to use the avalanche to frighten off the rest after destroying a large number of elite soldiers.

Now, Yan is watching nervously on the mountain, and several avalanches facing the valley of Beirong garrison gradually converge in the process of descent, forming a stream of snow scouring the valley.

Avalanches occurred in the surrounding mountains at the same time, and a line of snow flowed down, seeming to show that God had imposed punishment. The people of Bei Rong were already guilty of conscience, and when they saw such a weird avalanche, they became even more frightened. In almost a moment, Bei Rong's men and horses disappeared at the bends of the mountains, and the snow flow from the mountains also reached the valley, slowly filling the gully. The original man and horse with banners in the mountains turned into white snow again, except that the flagpoles and the tops of the tents were exposed in some places. The hillside in front of them was full of dead bodies. The two blazes had been burned out, and the remaining smoke mixed with ashes drifted around in the early morning cold wind.

Qi Conglin let out a sigh and said dumbly: "They retreat!" The soldiers behind him cheered weakly. Many people sat on the ground, stretched their limbs and said, "I have to sleep for a while..." They haven't closed their eyes for three days and nights.

Duan Zeng kicked one by one: "No sleep! There is no camp here. Sleeping like this is for death! Get up! Get up! Or I will pierce you with a needle..." This hillside is facing the wind and cold, and these people will be frozen to death when they fall asleep.

Shen Jian pointed to the valley and said, "The avalanche filled most of the valley and blocked the road. They have to wait a few days if they want to come back."

Yan said: "I think they have lost more than 50,000 men, most of them soldiers. Even when they came back, they didn't have many soldiers."

Qi Conglin said: "Then I will leave a few hundred people to watch Beirong and take others back to the city. We need us more over there."

Yan shook his head: "It's too cold here to keep people."

Shen Jian nodded and said, "Since they have lost most of the soldiers, we will no longer guard here. Go back and rush into the city before Beirong siege."

Yan frowned and said: "Someone has to follow the scholar to pick up those who made the avalanche. They have been there for a long time and can't leave them alone."

Duan Zeng heard this and came over and said: "We have dozens of wounded, some of them are slightly injured, but if we are on the way, we will definitely not go fast."

Shen Jian thought for a while, and said, "Those wounded, those who were withdrawn from the mountain, and the volunteers, don't go back to the city. Go to the south from here and tell people there that Bei Rong might pass."

Yan immediately nodded: "Good idea!" This will spread the news of the entry of the Beirong East Route Army...

Qi Conglin remembered that Shen Yi said that the final decision should be made by Shen Jian, so he nodded slowly.

Everyone hurriedly packed their things, drank hot water, ate dry food, and helped the volunteers who had been standing next to the black ice untied the ropes and returned to the ground without black ice. The volunteers were all pale and gray, and all of them were half tired at the end of the night, and some people still couldn't hear the sound.

Shen Jian beckoned Chen Lichang, who had dark lips, to come over, and said to Chen Lichang: "I will send thirty sergeants and your volunteers to send the wounded to the south..."

Chen Lichang glared and waved his hands vigorously-he really didn't want to speak now, Shen Jian raised his hand and said, "This is not a light job. Although Bei Rong has retreated now, it is still possible to come back again. We can't stare here, and, They don’t have much strength along the way. The inland people and soldiers should be able to resist. You can follow the soldiers to organize the armed forces to resist the enemy. If there is a Bei Rong past, you can stop them. "

Chen Lichang blew suona all night, his vitality was greatly injured, but this did not stop him from shaking and asking: "Then... can I... take the crossbow"

Shen Jian looked at his feeble arm and shook his head. Seeing Chen Lichang’s disappointed expression, Shen Jian said hurriedly: “The people on the ridge now are all people of merit! You will all be rewarded in the future, that’s Going to the south, you also represent Shen Jiajun!"

Looking at how happy Chen Lichang was, he went to discuss with the volunteer soldiers he brought with him. Soon, he came back and said that there were more than 60 volunteer soldiers, and a dozen of them were determined to return to the city, and the others could go to the south.

In contrast, Qi Conglin was more difficult. None of the soldiers he asked wanted to go to the south. Many people went crazy at the time: "No! I've practiced for many years, wearing Yang Jian and extinguishing candles in a hundred steps. I finally waited until now before I fought a battle and walked with the civilians. Is this saying I can't do it? I think I'm a fool... …"

Qi Conglin said bitterly: "There will also be wars there. If Bei Rong passes, what will happen is to rely on you to lead the people against the enemy..."

Someone replied: "It's because Bei Rong has passed by, so there are so many people who can attack the city! You are so foolish!"

"That's it, let the wounded go or not, it will become those people who get better soon..."

The wounded were also protesting: "I just hurt my thigh! I can definitely shoot arrows! I want to return to Yancheng!"...

In the end, Qi Conglin had to agree to let the wounded go, and those who were not injured didn't have to go. As a result, there is another arrogance about who is the wounded soldier, and many people say that they are not injured. Duan Zeng identified fifty-seven people one by one.

Yan called several scholars together and said to them: "You lead the volunteers to the mountain over there to pick up those who made the avalanche, and then go to the south and tell the people along the way..."

A scholar immediately said: "No, I have to go back to the city with the sergeant, there are many things in the city..." Others also said they wanted to go back to the city.

Yan's persuasion: "You have helped me with many things. Going to the south this time is also doing things for the border. You have to shout out that Beirong might pass and let the people along the coast be vigilant and organize resistance, so that we don't have to keep soldiers there. We have defended here, and we can go back to defend Yancheng with all our strength."

Shen Jian walked over and said, "It is exactly this way. You can speak and write. When you get there, it is better to deal with the local government than just our soldiers and volunteers."

Several scholars were very upset, and Yan urged: "Take someone to find the old carpenter and them, and you must come back here before dark." The scholars had no choice but to call a dozen young volunteers to go to the peak of the avalanche. The people who were there, Qi Cong Lin Rang and the people who were going back to the city went down to draw arrows from the corpse. The soldiers knew that it had to be so, but they still complained wearily: "You are really stingy." Let people live..." It took them a long time to get most of the arrows back, but they didn't have the strength to deal with the corpse.

Yan found a piece of cloth hidden by the four princesses in the tattered placket. It looked like a corner of the gorgeous embroidered clothes, but unfortunately it was already covered with stains. Only a few blood words were written on it: Huo Luo, beast, kill me and follow the envoy. .

Even if the four princesses didn't write anything, her appearance also showed that no one who followed her had ended. Yan had never been hurt by the four princesses, and was very pity for the four princesses at this time. She endured the sadness and wiped her face and hands with the fourth princess with water. There were men around her, so she did not wipe her body. She chose a relatively flat place on the ridge to let people dig a hole. At this time in the twelfth month of winter, it was freezing three feet deep, and it was impossible to dig a deep hole. I could only use an iron pick to make a shallow hole and put the fourth princess in it. Sort out some stones that came up from the ground. Yan found a wooden board, hesitated for a while, and let him engrave the "Tomb of the Female of the Southern Dynasties" with a sword, and then engraved the "Handblade Fire Luo in Here" underneath, marking the year, month and day, and inserting it on the stone.

The soldiers pryed up the ice on the rock and restored the original appearance of the hillside, but piled up the materials nearby for future use.

In the afternoon, the scholars and volunteers returned with the old carpenter and his men. The old carpenter was lame and his face was full of frostbite. Yan thanked him, and the old carpenter said with a trembling voice, "Thank you, the military division, for asking me to come to me. I was so cold that I didn't want to move. I didn't want them to stand. Can't get down."

Duan Zengzeng said, "Let me see." Several people who were half-to-dead were diagnosed and treated in turn.

Yan wanted to let the old carpenter and others go to the south, but the old carpenter and his sons were determined to return to the city, saying that they would take care of the carpenter with bad eyesight, so Yan had to agree.

The day was thinning, the soldiers carried their luggage and bows, and the volunteers carried the wounded and walked down the mountain.

Yan Shi and Shen Jian stayed for the end. Before they left, they finally looked down at the valley that was already covered by the shadow of the mountain. Recalling the scene of Shen Wen leading them to point the country here that day, Yan said to Shen Jian in a low voice: "At that time, the younger sister said that this plan made her unbearable, because I don't give the enemy a chance to change, I understand now. What she meant."

Shen Jian sighed: "The war is so bloody, I hope you and the little girl don't have to go through all of this. The woman should be in the back, embroidering a flower and weaving a cloth..."

Yan glared at him, "I look down on women and no younger sisters. How can I help you with this plan?"

Shen Jian shook Yan's hand and said, "Of course it helped. I have to thank the lady well, otherwise..."

Yan knew what he was going to say, and hurled him hard: "Don't talk nonsense! Oh, I haven't settled the account with you yet, why are you chasing Fire Luo by yourself"

Shen Jian's surprised expression: "You still want me to take you to chase Huo Luo!"

Yan's mouth curled up: "It's not it, but how should I say hello or something..."

Shen Jian took Yan's hand: "Well, next time I will say: I will chase the enemy, Master Yan is forbidden."

Yan smiled: "Quick!"

Shen Jian looked at Yan and smiled. Yan was a little embarrassed. He turned to look at the team that was going away. Seeing someone beckoning to them, he said, "Let's go, they called us. There is still a battle to return to the city. ! According to my brother Ji’s estimation, we are just barely gaining the upper hand, and it will not be easy."

Shen Jian nodded, and the two went down the mountain holding hands.

There is no one on the ridge. The cold winter sun shines on a broken city wall, the tall human head in front of the wall, a solitary grave behind the wall, and the stacked dead bodies under the ten-zhang cliff in front of the **** and behind the mountain.

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Zhenbeihou finally finished inspecting what he thought should be an ordinary "city defense fortifications", and he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time. Although this lost city was built in a primitive way, with rough stones and wood, the offensive and defensive structure and various organs of its design are full of killing intent. It is difficult for people who have entered this lost city to get out alive.

Ji Wenzhao looked at Zhenbeihou with a surprised but vaguely angry expression, and thought to himself that this was probably the same as when a mouse came home and found a big hole dug out by the mouse under the original small hole.

In his pride, Zhenbeihou asked: "How can you mobilize so much craftsman money to complete this lost city?"

Ji Wenzhao found that his habit of bragging really worked well at this time, and said calmly: "Master Hou said that I am Zhuge Reborn, and Xiu Ming is not ashamed. But such a small construction, Xiu Ming can still bear it! This matter! , First of all, it is to draw a picture, and then quarry and gather the craftsmen according to the picture. The famine in the past few years has caused people to be displaced and it is easy to find manpower. As for food, Governor Shen has been allocating..."

Speaking of Shen Jian, Zhenbeihou felt so distressed that he was so angry that Shunhe's second son had carried out such a large project on his back. He could only say, "Very...not bad."

Ji Wenzhao smiled, "Of course."

Zhenbeihou doesn't care about Ji Wenzhao's arrogance anymore. He saw this lost city and felt that there was a lot more confidence in defending Yancheng. "

Ji Wenzhao pointedly said: "It's not just defending the city."

Zhenbeihou frowned, then nodded: "Yes! It's not defending the city, it's annihilating the enemy!"

Shen Yi outside the city received a report that soldiers everywhere had retreated, so he said to others: "Five hundred cavalry with a thousand empty horses, follow me to meet Governor Shen."

It was dark shortly after Shen Jian and the others descended the mountain. They were too tired, and the wind was small under the mountain, so they camped and rested, and set off again before dawn the next day.

Shen Jian and Yan Shi walked together, and Shen Jian asked in a low voice: "Are you tired?"

Yan said proudly: "Of course I'm not tired! I thought I had to walk four hours a day when I was at home, and then I came to the border gate. My legs and feet were almost iron."

The two of them murmured and walked in front. Chen Lichang at the back looked and exclaimed: "It seems that it is not only the father and the son who are in the battle, but also the older brother-in-law.

Qi Conglin and the people around them all laughed, and Shen Jian and Yan were slightly separated.

Suddenly someone shouted: "Come here and see! These are the two people who left early that day!"

It turned out that someone left the team to go to the side of the road for convenience, and found the two people killed by Wang Zhi.

Chen Li hurriedly ran over and shouted: "Really! I brought these two people, but how can you tell their family!"

A person next to him said coldly: "It was said that they fled before the battle, but did not die on the battlefield, but they wanted to die by themselves!"

Chen Li sighed long and short, "Although they can't live up to their expectations, they can't say so straightforwardly. How uncomfortable the family is!"

When Shen Jian glanced at the body, he saw Yan's contemptuous eyes, knowing that she also understood Wang Zhi's intentions, and said to Chen Lichang: "It's better to say that they were raped."

Chen Li looked down: "It's better to die on the battlefield with such a useless death. Shall we carry them back?"

Soldiers are carrying packs of arrows and other weapons. Volunteers usually have no strength training, and now they are carrying the wounded. They are all exhausted. People say: "I can't lift it back." "Just shallow." Buried here, tell their family."

The crowd covered the two of them with earth and rocks before they moved on again.

Thinking of Wang Zhi, he thought of other spies. Shen Jian said, “It’s better not to spread the word about what we are up to. Let’s tell everyone that the details will be kept secret until the end of the war.”

Someone said: "Yes, maybe you can do it again."

Qi Conglinmong instructed all the way, some soldiers said to Chen Lichang and others: "You people, your mouth is important!"

Chen Lichang became angry: "You kid is called our people at this time! We are righteous soldiers, we are soldiers!"

The soldiers laughed: "Uncle! Your days as a soldier are over!"

Chen Lichang retorted: "No!"...

Qi Conglin shouted: "Don't quarrel! Remember, no one has a lot of mouths!" Everyone agreed scatteredly.

Soon, at the fork in the road, Chen Lichang was waiting for the volunteers, the scholars and the wounded were heading south. Everyone gave them the rest of the dry food. The active wounded and volunteers were equipped with weapons. Both sides bid farewell. The volunteers carried the wounded and helped the lightly wounded and left, and the others walked towards Yancheng.

Not long afterwards, a group of cavalry came here in the distance. Shen Jian looked at the banner and knew that it was Shen Yi who came to meet him.

When Shen Yi saw Shen Jian and others, he hurried forward, got off his horse and ran in front of Shen Jian. He was rarely overjoyed and said to Shen Jian, "Second brother! You are already down the mountain! You are not really hurt, right?"

Shen Jian laughed: "Of course not."

Qi Conglin ran over to see the ceremony, and Shen Yi asked, "How are you doing?"

Qi Conglin said loudly: "Awesome! Everyone is a hero!"

The soldiers burst into laughter, and Shen Yi looked over with a stern face, everyone was quiet.

Shen Yi asked Qi Conglin: "They still listen to you

This time, Qi Conglin squatted and said: "Also... or listen... listen..."

The soldiers around laughed softly.

Shen Jian rolled his eyes from Conglin, knowing why the soldiers were not afraid of him.

Shen Yi snorted, ignoring Qi Conglin, who was unable to help him, and said loudly: "Everyone is on the horse! Let's go back to Yancheng!" I don’t know how to ride a horse, so I have to sit on someone else’s horse...

Through the confusion, Shen Jian whispered to Shen Yi: "Little sister's idea really succeeded."

Shen Yi nodded and glanced at Yan Shi who stood silently behind him and said: "You can't get out of the city. The things above are all arranged by Master Yan, and Master Yan should lead the great work!" He still doesn't know the true identity of Yan Shi .

Yan Shi listened and said hurriedly: "No need, no need..."

Shen Yi said, "How can I do it? After the war, I will ask for your credit."

Yan's shook his hand: "It's really not necessary, I'm just a... uh... a scholar who came to help..." How can I repay my merits? !

Shen Yi interrupted and said, "Master Yan does not have to be so humble..."

Shen Jian hurriedly changed the subject and said, "Everyone is a man of merit, and I will report it well when I go back."

Yan Shi was relieved. It was Shen Jian who was writing the pen anyway, so he knew the depth.

At sunset, they rode out of the mountainous area, and the villages along the way were no longer there. Shen Yi said to Shen Jian: "The people around three hundred miles should leave. Either enter Yancheng or go to the south. The soldiers from the realm stronghold have also gathered into Yancheng, and now you are outside." As he said, a rush of horseshoes came in front of him, and the soldiers shouted: "General Shen!"

Shen Yi waved his hand, and the soldier came over and said to Shen Yi: "Report! A group of Northern Rong cavalry was found a hundred miles north of Yancheng!" It was Shen Yi's signal soldier.

Shen Yi turned around and shouted: "Speed ​​up!" Bei Rong's cavalry is fast, they can't delay.

Shen Jian hurriedly turned his head and said to Yan Shi, who was riding behind him: "Master Yan! Come up, I will take you!" Although Yan learned how to ride a horse while traveling north, he did not have the riding skills to sprint and jumped off immediately. He got up on his horse, climbed onto Shen Jian's horse back, and without shyness, he hugged Shen Jian's waist with his hands, his body pressed tightly against Shen Jian.

Shen Yi looked at it and felt very, very wrong! Frowned.

A soldier said to Duan Zeng: "Duan Langzhong, we are going to fly, or you can ride behind me, like Junshi Yan did."

Duan Zenglimei: "How can I be like her! She is..."

Shen Jian and Yan coughing at the same time, Duan Zeng hummed: "I can ride a horse better than she!" He went to Bei Rong with the second Miss Shen and galloped thousands of miles!

A soldier said jokingly: "Duan Langzhong, don't be brave! What if you fall down for a while, hug me!"

Duan Zeng scolded, "Be careful, don't get hurt and fall into my hands! I have to cry you!"

The soldier cried and said, "Duan Langzhong, I dare not..."

The person next to him laughed, and Shen Yi said sternly: "What a laugh! Fast forward! Being blocked by Bei Rong outside the city, we have to cry for people to come and save us!"

No one dared to pick up Shen Yi's next stubble, and while the twilight was still dark, and still could see the road clearly, everyone hurriedly hurried their horses towards Yancheng.

At the same time, the army of Yancheng, Zhenbeihou frowned, listening to the emergency report again and again: "Beijing cavalry entered twenty miles..."

"The number of people crossing the border is more than 400,000..."

"Bei Rong has passed the Xiaoling Pass to the north, and the troops at the checkpoint have been withdrawn, and Bei Rong has gone straight ahead without hindrance!"

"The Northern Rong cavalry has arrived in Heishui Town, sixty miles away..."

Zhenbeihou said: "Tell the imperial military sentiment to the court and tell the emperor that I, the Shen family army, will definitely hold on to the last breath."

Ji Wenzhao hurriedly wrote the memorial, Zhenbeihou signed the letter, and Ji Wenzhao sent it out.

When there was only Ji Wenzhao in the house, Zhenbeihou asked: "You are sure that General Shen and the others have received urgent information."

Ji Wenzhao nodded and said: "Sure, General Shen's soldiers are all around (not less than your army). He must have gone to the northeast to meet Governor Shen, and he should be on his return journey now."

Zhenbeihou said, "Let's go up to the city."

They stayed in the city all night, and the sky was bright, and Zhenbeihou looked north from the top of the city. On a severe winter morning, the sky and the earth are still gray, and there seems to be a dark shadow where the sky and the earth connect to the north...

Zhenbeihou blinked, and suddenly shouted: "Passing orders! Close the city gate! Bei Rong is here!"

Ji Wenzhao who was beside him said hurriedly, "No! Keep the northeast gate and wait for General Shen and them!"

Zhenbeihou nodded and said, "Okay, just leave the northeast gate. Let's go over."

With the sound of a horn on the city, the scattered pedestrians on the road outside the city desperately ran to Yancheng, the dark shadows in the distance grew bigger and bigger, and finally became a group of people with flags, spreading to Yancheng like an overwhelming sky.