Chapter 104: Sixteen Years Ago (1)
The mother moved to Mrs. Zhenguo step by step, unable to believe her eyes, "Miss? ”
"Yitong?" Mrs. Zhenguo's voice trembled, "Is it really you?" ”
The two hugged each other, hugged their heads and cried.
Sixteen years ago, in a border town in the southwest mountainous area of Qi State, the weather was full of dark clouds, the weather was stuffy and hot, the air was extremely humid, and a torrential rain would fall at any time.
Si Hongrui, who was the general of Zuo at the time, bid farewell to his wife who was about to give birth, and led 5,000 elite soldiers to approach Hengduan Mountain to encircle and suppress several mountain bandits entrenched there.
That same night, the general's wife, after several hours of labor pain, gave birth to a baby girl.
The personal maid carefully picked up the pink baby and handed it to her, "Miss, the little lady really looks like a general!" ”
The baby's eyes were closed, its small mouth was sucking the sweet milk, its long eyelashes trembled gently, and fine beads of sweat appeared on its nose.
The general's wife lovingly stroked the tip of her little nose, "Yitong, do you think the general doesn't like girls?" ”
"How could it be! When the general left, he said, whether male or female, as long as the mother and child are safe! The little lady looks so cute, the general must be very rare to see it! Miss, I stewed chicken soup, so I'll serve it to you. ”
The maid Yitong said, put on a gown with a blue background and plain flowers for her, and then opened the door and walked out.
A bright purple bolt of lightning pierced the dark night sky, and a fierce wind rose, followed by a rumbling thunder.
The mother tightened her arms and hugged the baby in her arms tightly, for fear that the thunder would startle her. The little baby is full of milk. Unconsciously, he fell asleep in his mother's arms.
At this time, the people of the whole town are also immersed in sleep. Little did they know that a deadly danger was creeping in.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! The shrill sound of trumpets broke the silence of the night, and the barracks suddenly became chaotic, with a mixture of voices and fires.
Yitong rushed in in a panic, "Miss, it's not good!" The enemy has sneaked up and surrounded the entire town! ”
The general's wife turned pale, and only 3,000 soldiers were stationed in the town, and a few and a half were old, weak, sick and disabled without combat effectiveness. It is impossible to stop the enemy's premeditated attack.
It's such a coincidence. As soon as the general took most of the elite soldiers to pull out, the enemy attacked the camp, there must be a spy who leaked the news!
There was a thud and the door was slammed open. The captain of the guard, covered in blood, clutched his injured arm. "Madame! Come on. The front is going to be unbearable! With that, he turned around and rushed out again.
Yi Tong hurriedly packed a few pieces of clothes, grabbed a few pieces of dry food on the table and stuffed them into the package. He took the baby in her arms and helped her out of bed.
"Miss, let's go to the Niangniang Temple on the mountain to hide first, there is no one in the middle of nowhere, and the enemy may not find it."
The two men held the baby in their arms and ran up the hill at night. Just halfway through the run, the rain poured down, drenching the two of them all over.
It was pitch black in the Niangniang Temple, and I couldn't see my fingers. They staggered behind a clay statue, and the little baby was uncomfortable with the dampness and began to cry.
The general's wife held the baby in her arms, rocking it gently while watching the movement outside worriedly.
The maid Yitong took out a half-dry dress from the package, took the baby to help her dry her body, and wrapped it again.
However, the baby's cry eventually attracted a few enemy soldiers, who pounced on the temple with spears in hand, shouting at words they did not understand.
"It's a barbarian!" The general's wife was shocked, she thought it was a bandit at first, but she didn't expect it to be a barbarian army that was even more vicious than the bandits!
When she first arrived here, she had heard from the locals that the neighboring barbarian country was cruel and barbaric, and even had the custom of cannibalism. However, the barbarian country was small and weak, and he never dared to attack rashly, so Si Hongrui dared to leave only 3,000 soldiers to garrison. This invasion was by no means accidental, there must have been someone inside and outside collusion, and the barbarians would take the opportunity to invade.
She couldn't think about it too much, and the shouts of the barbarian soldiers were getting closer and closer.
What to do, I just gave birth, my body was the weakest, and it was raining heavily outside, and now even if I run away with the baby, I will definitely not be able to escape the pursuit of the barbarian soldiers.
She looked at the child who was sleeping again in Yitong's arms, gritted her teeth, and commanded in a low voice: "Yitong, you hide here and don't make a sound, I'll go and lead away the pursuers." ”
"Miss, you can't"
Before he finished speaking, the general's wife ran out by the light of lightning, and immediately, there was a burst of shouts from outside the Niangniang Temple.
Yi Tong was frightened, frightened and worried, trembling uncontrollably, and at this moment, there were footsteps and the sound of barbarian soldiers talking at the gate of the temple. In desperation, she leaned her back against the clay statue and locked it into the corner.
Suddenly, his back was empty, and the whole person fell backwards. It turned out that there was a small hole half a person high behind the clay statue, which was hollow inside. It used to be blocked by a wooden plank, but at some point the plank fell down, revealing the hole.
Yitong hid in the mud statue tightly in her arms, she kept praying that the child would not wake up at this time, and never make a sound.
In the darkness, she could hear the barbarians circling around the temple, and even walked up to the clay statue and poked around with their spears.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and the roof of the Niangniang Temple, which had been in disrepair for a long time, could not withstand the rain, and Hula suddenly fell into a large piece, and the two barbarian soldiers shouted, as if they were afraid that the broken temple would collapse, and ran out on their feet.
Niangniang Temple was crumbling in the torrential rain of thunder and lightning, and the roofs fell down one by one, and Yi Tong felt that the mud statue leaning against him had also seeped into the rainwater and shook slightly.
Oh no, I'm afraid it's really going to collapse here. She gritted her teeth, wrapped the baby in her arms with her shirt, and tied it firmly to her body, burrowing out the clay statue. As soon as he ran a dozen steps away, the clay statue behind him fell to the ground with a thud.
Yi Tong didn't dare to go back, and ran towards the mountain in the rain.
I don't know how long it took, but the rain gradually stopped. Yi Tong, who was hiding in the cave, took out a piece of dry food that had already been soaked, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, and fed it to the crying baby.
From dark to dawn, and from dawn to dark, she did not dare to leave the cave for half a step. I don't know if Miss escaped or what the town is like now. All she knew was that it was safe for now.
She hadn't eaten a mouthful of dry food for days, she had saved it all to chew and feed to the baby, and when she was thirsty, she used her hands to catch some droplets of water oozing from the cave walls.
Until one day, the last piece of dry food was also fed, and the little baby had not eaten for more than half a day, and he was crying with hunger.
Yitong was also weak and couldn't hold on any longer, and his eyes were black for a while. She forced herself not to close her eyes, for fear that she would never wake up again if she fell asleep.
Miss risked her life and entrusted her newborn daughter to her, and no matter what, she will persevere!
There was a noise outside the cave, as if someone was passing by. Before Yi Tong fainted, the last thing he saw was a tall figure appearing at the entrance of the cave. (To be continued......)