Chapter 137: Where to Survive
Xue An angrily pierced the heart and lungs of the last black-clothed masked man, pulled out the already blood-black spear head, and gasped heavily.
It's been seven days of running on and off, every time they think there's no pursuer stopping to rest. These black-clad knights would appear again and drive them forward, but every time they reached a city gate, the gates would be closed and the city would be heavily guarded, giving him the illusion that he and the others were wanted fugitives.
After trying four or five cities, the road to the north was not feasible at all, and Xue An, who was helpless, was forced to sit on the horse, feeling the soaking wet, spraying the wheezing horse that was thicker than himself, and could not go on like this, otherwise they would all be exhausted to death. Although there was occasional rest in the middle, he had already felt that his body was tense to a certain limit, and he was afraid that he would meet another wave of people, so he would confess.
"Dismount and rest!"
Gasping for breath, he commanded, and almost fell off his horse on one side.
The only remaining dozen soldiers also generally rolled off their horses, lay flat on the ground, and the next moment they all fell asleep.
Qiong'er motioned for Duan Yunzao to stay and help guard, and walked towards the woods next to him, and after a while, he came back with a string of pheasants and a badger with some weight.
When Xue An opened his eyes, it was because he smelled a smell of meat, and his stomach was bulging too much!
It was already dark, and when she sat up and looked at the fire next to her, a woman quietly spun around the roast, "Are you awake?" ”
The familiar face spat out an indifferent voice, "It's time to eat!" ”
Xue An lowered his eyelids and replied in a low voice, "Okay!" ”
After receiving a large piece of meat and a water bladder handed over by the black-clothed young man, Xue An unceremoniously poured a few mouthfuls of water before swallowing the roasted burnt meat.
The hungry soldiers gathered around the fire one after another, and the dome also cut the meat and divided the water for everyone.
Xue An listened to the only chewing sound left in his ears, and he didn't know what it tasted like, but he just took a big bite and bit the meat to cover up the bitterness in his mouth.
The county lord, who abandoned the car and changed horses and fled with them that day, he didn't pay attention to her face at all, but saw that her head and face were covered by a red veil.
After that, he was galloping and fighting all the way, except for guarding around her, he didn't have time to ask if this woman was tired, hungry, thirsty, but occasionally sighed in his heart that this county lord was really a heroine among women, and she galloped for several days in a row, and she didn't say a word, not even a small complaint. and the black-clothed young man who always follows her is also a character, who is quite good at equestrianism at a young age, and can help himself resist the secret arrows of the sneak attack on the county lord.
It was only the day before yesterday, when they were tired and recuperating, that the lord of the county went hunting and roasted them supper while they were asleep, that he saw her true face.
Dome!
Blueberries he raised as a child!
The pair of water-colored blue eyes are still the same, but there is a little more strangeness in them!
No wonder when he picked up his relatives in Lianyun City that day, he replied to him with such a familiar voice, but there were more layers of indifference, which made him hesitate and couldn't believe it!
"Eat more!"
A pair of white hands handed over two chicken legs, Xue An took them silently and stuffed them into his mouth.
"You don't have to eat too much, I'll roast the meat a little dry and bring it with me to replenish it at any time!"
It's not that Qiong'er doesn't want to get more food for these people, but they really have to gallop all the way, and their stomachs can't stand it when they are full, not to mention that if someone chases them, they still have to do it!
Duan Yunzao walked over and said softly, "The horses have been fed, but after running for days, some horses have injured their legs, if they continue like this, I'm afraid they won't be able to hold on for a few days!" ”
Qiong'er hesitated for a moment and turned to the person who bowed his head to eat meat and asked, "General Xue thinks where should we go?" ”
Xue An raised his head and looked seriously at the woman looking down, swallowed his saliva twice, and calmed down before saying, "Along the way, it seems that we are all considered bandits, and we can't go into the city to seek rescue, if we continue like this, we will be exhausted to death sooner or later!" If the county lord doesn't dislike going far, Xue An is the guard stationed in Tianliu, as long as he returns to the vicinity of Tianliu, this dilemma can be solved! ”
Qiong'er thought about it seriously and nodded, "Just according to the general's words!" ”
Xue An looked at the pretty face, and couldn't breathe in distress, so he quickly lowered his head and continued to gnaw on the meat to cover the astringency that surged into his eyes.
Ever since he had recognized her the day before, she had been talking to herself so unfamiliarly, as if they had never known each other, let alone seen each other!
No, she should have recognized her voice before, right? So she repeated it twice that day before she answered! Later, I asked her if she could march in a hurry, and she only said 'yes'!
Was she already so disgusted with herself?
I don't even want to say more than half a word to myself!
Hearing that the county lord agreed to go to Tianliu first, the dozen or so soldiers around him all breathed a sigh of relief, and they were really afraid that if the temptation of one city after another continued, they would all confess!
At the very least, if they fight, maybe they can return to the place where the garrison of Tianliu alive?
After eating the meat, he rested for a while, and waited for the county lord to divide the jerky and water bladders equally among them, and then got on his horse again and galloped in the early morning of the beginning of day!
These dozen or so cavalrymen were very polite to Qiong'er, not only because she was their task of protection this time, but also because this woman was tenacious enough to accompany her all the way, never complaining, and even when they were sleepy and languishing, they hunted and roasted meat and fetched water to feed the horses, giving them enough rest time, otherwise they would have been tired to see the Buddha, right?
With this, it's worth it to protect her until Tianliu!
I don't know if they changed their route and no longer asked for help from the city, but went straight to Tianliu over the mountains and mountains, and did not encounter a wave of chasing along the way, so Xue An secretly speculated that the people who intercepted and killed them were buried in the cities to the north along the way, so every time they appeared, they could be caught up in time.
And after galloping for a few days, their horses began to have problems, as the young man in black said, several horses broke their legs! It's exhausting!
The cavalry is most distressed about their horses, which is their **** life partner, and they are comrades who can be trusted on the battlefield, looking at the mourning war horse on the ground, the young man in black gave the horse a pleasure with a knife!
Although after many big battles, some war horses will be picked up as military rations, but they are all the opponent's horses, and it is the most cruel thing to ask these soldiers to eat their own horses and their partners.
More than a dozen people dug a pit together and buried these war horses, and after a long day, they collected their mood and continued on the road.
There were several horses missing, and everyone simply led the horses on foot, although the journey was hard, but with such a good skill of the county lord of the sky, it made everyone have a good taste of the mountains and forests.
More than a month later, when I saw the familiar Tianliu Mountain again, a group of people in ragged clothes laughed heartily, and finally arrived!
(To be continued.) )