Chapter 654: Cover My Graves, Loyalty Carries Two Shoulders
"Master Hou. β
"Shhhh Meng Changlong stopped Mingwei's words, and then walked to the couch softly to take a closer look at the lingering, and saw that he had lost his uneasy appearance and slept soundly, so he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's all because my body is not good, so it's not good to drag on with such an injury, otherwise he wouldn't be tired like this." β
"He was depressed in his heart, and if he had nothing to do, he was afraid that he would hurt his body even more, so that he could sleep when he was tired and fell down, and he would not be cranky. Mingwei got up and went to the table to get a stool, Meng Changlong sighed and shook his head and sat down.
"Julu's defense is too strict, Baishan is occupied, the front and back roads are cut off, if no reinforcements arrive, our more than 10,000 men and horses are afraid to ......take it seriously" Meng Changlong paused for words, shook his head again, and said nothing. The shape of Shifang City can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye, not to mention that the grain and grass are exhausted, even if it needs to be abundant, it will not be able to withstand the repeated attacks of the enemy.
"Hou Ye don't worry, maybe the little Hou Ye will take someone here now, Mingwei once had a friendship with him in Lin'an, knowing his ability, Hou Ye can't trust his son. β
Hearing Mingwei mention Bai Yan, Meng Changlong couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, revealing a pleasant color that he hadn't seen for a long time.
Although the child was not his own, but the relationship between father and son was like blood, he had no doubt that Bai Yan would not care about it in order to save himself, but after all, he was young, and he had never led troops to fight, so he was afraid that he would not be able to do anything.
Thinking of Bai Yan, he thought of the flawless son Leng who was entangled with him, Meng Changlong sighed a long time, and said to Ming Wei: "Xiangguo Mansion Ming Ting Jiuyuan, secretly helping Heboduo, there are countless henchmen in the DPRK and China, Wu Xiang is old and cunning, his son is now sitting in Julu, breaking the connection between us and Jiuyuan, even if Bai Yan's child has the ability, it is difficult to break through the two lines of defense of Heboduo and Xiangguofu to come here to rescue, I know in my heart, our more than 10,000 people have been trapped here and can't get out." β
"Isn't there any other way to go?"
"There is also a waterway, ending at Pinghu Beach, from the dark river into the Nu River, up to Jiuyuan Jianzhou, but there is no boat to take, and no one has walked for many years, the waterway has six bay roads, very steep, we are soldiers on land, it is difficult to control the water flow, and it is a dead end to go, not to mention it, the province has given everyone hope, but let them down. β
"Master Hou!" The tent door was hurriedly picked, Rover walked in with a look on his face, looked at the lingering that was still asleep, and stopped talking, Meng Changlong saw that his expression was wrong, so he turned back to Mingwei and said, "You look at it, I'll go out first." β
"Yes, Master Hou walks slowly. Mingwei had already seen Rover's face and knew that he had something to say, but he seemed to be afraid of being heard, so he didn't keep it, and got up and sent Meng Changlong out of the camp.
"What's the matter?" Meng Changlong walked out of the tent and looked behind him before asking in a low voice.
"Julu's army has moved forward, and the posture is not trivial, but I am afraid that their army is about to arrive. β
What should come can't be escaped after all.
Meng Changlong waved his hand and took the lead towards the tent of the discussion: "Go and gather the people, we have to discuss countermeasures." β
"Yes. β
Mingwei lowered the curtain and turned around with a sudden startle, lingering at some point had woken up and was standing behind him without saying a word.
"It's good to wake up, I have someone make food for you, the aftermath has been settled, and now your biggest task is to eat, drink and sleep, and don't think about anything else. Mingwei said and stretched out his hand to pull Langmian back to the couch, Mingmian lowered his head, still didn't speak, Mingwei didn't know how much he had heard, seeing that he was silent, he was really not at ease, so he walked to the tent door to call someone to prepare food, but he turned back and sat next to Langmian again.
"The body can't stand it anymore, so you should be honest, everyone is hanging. β
"It's just a minor illness, no need to make a fuss. Lingering said lightly, and then looked down at his ten fingers.
These hands used to be so smooth and lubricated, the knuckles were never rough, and the nails were always trimmed neatly, but now, the ten fingers were scarred, the wounds were festering, and the thick calluses were reborn.
However, if his hands and even his life can be exchanged for Xi Hao, what if these hands are useless!
"Brother lingering is awake?" Gu Yu entered the door with the medicine bowl in his hand, and couldn't help but be overjoyed to see that lingering had woken up. The medicine had just been decocted, and he was anxious to drink it, so he rushed all the way with the hot medicinal juice, and by the time the medicine bowl was put down, his hands were already hot and red.
"You stupid boy. Lingering snorted lightly with a reproachful tone, and then took his hand and took a look: "What a big deal, I can't die, don't do this next time, now there is a shortage of medicinal materials, if it is burned, it will be bad." β
"Out of the way. Gu Yu retracted his hands and wiped them on his clothes, and said with tears in his eyes: "As long as Brother Mian is fine, we all have to rely on you." β
Hearing this, Lingering let out a long breath, took the medicine bowl and tried to smile: "Okay, I'll drink it, and everything will be fine when I sleep after drinking." β
Knowing that his words were just comfort, Gu Yu still smiled happily; in such adversity, if there is no goal to fight for, and there is no person who can lead everyone forward, it will be difficult to continue even the most basic survival, and now the leader of this team is this man called Lingering, as long as he does not fall, then more than 10,000 people in the Ten Square City will definitely not fall!
"Newspaper - the army led by the young master is already ten miles away. The scouts hurriedly came to report, Luo Yun heard this, and said to Wang Kaiqing, who was staying here: "The camp tent you prepared is ready." β
"It has been prepared according to the instructions of the adults, soft pillows and warm quilts to ensure that the young master can sleep comfortably when he comes, and hot water has been boiled, so that the young master can warm up his body and relieve fatigue. Wang Kaiqing bowed down and replied, his face full of flattery. He was originally a person next to Zuolunde, and this Zuolund did not learn and did not know how to do it, and the people around him naturally gathered like things. The last time Wu Feiyun asked Zuo Longde to send troops to attack Shifang City, it was he who led the troops, when he came, he thought that the remnants of the army would not be afraid, so he took more than 10,000 horses to directly provoke the siege, but he was unexpectedly defeated by the lingering people, and fled in the wilderness, he was afraid that he would be dealt with by military law after going back, so he took a part of the people to stay on the grounds of besieging the Baishan Army, waiting for reinforcements from the army. Now that he heard that Wu Feiyun personally led the troops to come, he was already so frightened that his legs were weak, so he had to curry favor with Luo Yun with all his might, hoping that Luo Yun could intercede for himself in front of Wu Feiyun.
"Remember, the young master has a plain-clothed boy by his side, and no one is allowed to provoke him, otherwise, the young master will be angry, and I won't be able to protect you. β
"Plain boy?
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask, don't keep your mouth shut, just wait to lose your head. Luo Yun's words frightened Wang Kaiqing into a tremble, and he hurriedly shrank his neck and nodded: "Yes, yes, the subordinates will order it to go down, and no one is allowed to disturb the son." β
"Go ahead. Luo Yun walked out of the tent and looked in the direction of Shifang City, then took a deep breath, turned around and said, "Come on, come with me to welcome the young master!"
"Little Hou Ye, there is the Huangshi Valley in front, from this valley we can reach Xinling, Xinling is hundreds of miles away from all plains, we don't have to walk so hard when we get there. Qin Chi turned his head in front of him, pointed to a valley as far as his eye could see, and said in a loud voice, Bai Yan looked in the direction of his finger, nodded his head, and said, "Okay, pass the order, everyone will go through the Huangshi Valley in one go, and arrive at Xinling to rest again." β
"Yes!"
It has been four days of rapid travel, due to the sudden change in the climate, the road is very difficult, and now this group of 2,000 people is exhausted, hearing Qin Chi say that after passing through the valley can reach the plain, everyone is in good spirits and rekindled hope.
Once you enter the plain, you don't need to climb mountains and mountains, and you can also walk by horse, which will naturally be much easier.
"Flawless, take my hand and let's go down the mountain. Bai Yan turned around and stretched out his hand to Flawless, Flawless pursed his lips and smiled slightly, just as he was about to stretch out his hand, but suddenly heard a loud noise behind him, he looked back, only to see the rocks splashing on the cliff, and a large piece of flowing stone fell from the brush.
"Be carefulβ" Bai Yan reached out to clasp his wrist, but in that instant, he ran towards the soldiers who were following him.
"Flawless!"
"Childe-"
There were only three people leaning on the cliff where the driftstones were falling, and they had not yet stood up, and when they heard the sound, they looked up, but they were stunned by the sudden situation, and they did not know how to dodge, and stayed in place.
Everyone's hearts sank to the bottom of the valley at that moment, and they pounced on the three of them flawlessly, but Bai Yan chased after him, and when Nangong Rehe and Gong and the others reacted and rushed away, the flowing stone had already fallen, and the flying snow was smashed in all directions, raising a fog.
"Childe-" Xianyi's voice had changed tone, and when she pushed the crowd away and ran under the stone wall, all she saw was the rapidly stained blood in the snow.
The stone was very large, cutting off everyone's sight, so that everyone could not see the situation behind the stone, everyone ran over like crazy, only to find that the five people were huddled together close to the stone wall, in that moment of life and death, Flawless grabbed the three people and buckled them into the insignificant depression under the stone wall, Bai Yan used his body to protect him tightly, and was therefore scratched by the edges and corners of the flowing stone, and cut off a piece of flesh and blood on his back.
"Comeβmove the stonesβ" Time was of the essence, and he did not know if there would be any more falling stones from the cliff, so he had to get the five of them out as much as possible. Needless to say a second time, everyone had already used all their strength to move the stones and pull Bai Yan and the others out.
"Get out of here. After a few people came out, Qin Chi ordered the team to move forward as fast as possible to avoid this unpredictable danger. At that moment, Fang was flawless and just subconsciously did that kind of action, and when he found that Bai Yan was injured because of his actions, his heart suddenly became afraid.
Bai Yan was behind him, if the flowing stone was a little bigger, a little faster, wouldn't he-
"Flawless, don't be afraid, I'm here, I'm fine. Feeling the tremor coming from the flawless fingertips, Bai Yan turned back with relief: "I said, Yan Luo doesn't think I'm noisy and too lazy to accept me, so you don't have to worry about this at all." β
Flawless didn't speak, just held Bai Yan's hand tightly, as if he was afraid that he would disappear suddenly, until he felt a warm liquid flow down Bai Yan's palm into his palm, he buckled his palm and looked down.
The blood that fell down his fingers hit the chaotic snow one by one, and the bottom of the flawless heart twitched fiercely, and tears flowed down his eyes.
"Don't cry, it's just a small injury, let them bandage me when I get down the mountain. Bai Yan still smiled, reached out to wipe the tears on the side of the flawless cheek, and said softly: "If it weren't for you, the three of them would have died, Flawless, it's not your fault, whether it's this time or on the boat you fought hard to save the Royal Forest Army, I want to thank you on behalf of everyone, Flawless, what you did for me, I should remember it in my heart!"