Chapter 181: Retreat to the second line
Lin Maolin frowned, anxious, and said, "What did you say?" What does it mean when baby pineapple doesn't live long? ”
Phantom Chime lowered her head and said helplessly: "I mean, little pineapple doesn't have many days left, since he came out with you, she has already chosen her path, even if she dies, she still chooses to come out with you." ”
Lin Maolin wanted not to hear a word, but he couldn't, because he couldn't bear it, a young girl in the flower season, although they have been together for a short time, but, in his heart, this girl has become an indispensable scenery on his journey.
"I'm going to find the little pineapple, she can live, she can live." Lin Maolin said while running.
Phantom Chi looked at him and said, "General Lin, only you can save her, you opened the cave, and the little pineapple came out with you, proving that she and her parents have put their hopes in your hands, I believe that you can save her, and I also hope that she can live and live well." ”
Just then, little pineapple ran towards him.
Lin Maolin hugged her in his arms, and there was a different kind of nostalgia in his eyes.
"Little pineapple, are you okay? Is there anything wrong with it? Is there anything you'd like to eat? Is there anything you want to play? My brother promised you that he would take you to play and eat. Lin Maolin spoke with a look of sympathy and pity.
The little pineapple's immature voice said: "No need, General Lin, you still have important things to do, I'm fine, don't worry, I'll take care of myself when I grow up, I'm in great health, I can jump and jump, I'm very happy." ”
Little Pineapple is a very sensible child, but Lin Maolin wants to see her happy and happy, so that a child has to pretend to be mature for the sake of national affairs, Lin Maolin can't bear it, but there is nothing he can do.
Li Zhanming came to Lin Maolin and said, "General Lin, the enemy is about to come up, do you still have to wait for the enemy to come up, and then let me and Your Majesty take action for you?" ”
Lin Maolin stood up, touched the hair of the little pineapple, and said: "Brother is going to war, you take good care of yourself, you must listen to Sister Phantom's words, Brother Lin promised you, he will definitely come back, he will definitely come back to pick up the little pineapple to have fun and eat delicious food." ”
The little pineapple jumped up and kissed Lin Maolin, and then ran in the direction of the phantom chime.
Lin Maolin touched his face, his hand touched very slowly, very slowly.
Little Pineapple encountered a lot of things when she was born, how much pain is hidden in this little guy's weak body that ordinary people can't bear? When he rescued her from the stone, the little guy was even a little afraid of them, maybe a little afraid of the world, which ordinary newborn children did not have, in her eyes, there was no excitement, except for being close to Lin Maolin, it was very familiar with the phantom chime.
When Lin Maolin walked out and looked back, the little pineapple knelt down and waved at him.
Lin Maolin's back gradually drifting away left an indelible memory in the little girl's heart.
"Kill!" A Dongying general said to the soldiers in front of him.
I saw seven or eight soldiers rushing to the camp, shouting and killing.
Wu Cheng raised the machete and kept waving the knife in his hand, and one after another Dongsheng people came down.
Just as he rushed up, more and more people rushed up from Dongying.
The stones under the defensive ditch showed obvious cracks under the trampling and collision.
The two sides fought together, and one by one the soldiers and Dongying people fell to the ground, their blood-soaked bodies filled with the smell of death in the light of the setting sun.
Wu Cheng brandished his sword, when he climbed on a boulder, his eyes were full of enemies and his comrades, under the ditch and rocks, the camp was not so heroic, however, after the archers' defense line was broken, they naturally put down the stones in their hands, picked up the war knives on the ground, and rushed to the front line as it is now.
Killing and being killed are vividly interpreted on the battlefield.
Wu Cheng shouted, "Brothers, hold on, you will definitely keep the enemy out of the ravine." ”
The voice spread across the battlefield, and every soldier heard it clearly, and Wu Cheng's voice was already in the ears of every soldier, so cordial and familiar.
"Please rest assured, General, we will definitely be able to." I saw a soldier slash a Dongying man with a knife and responded towards Wu Cheng.
Wu Cheng glanced at the soldier, this person he knew, because he had been fighting with him for a long time, Wu Cheng was also willing to tell his subordinate about something, so the two were confidants of their superiors and subordinates.
"Song Ji, good job!" Wu Cheng said approvingly.
The young man named Song Ji looked proud, and the war knife in his hand gave him confidence.
One by one, Dongying people lost their lives under his hands.
However, the soldiers beside him were not as lucky as him.
Song Ji looked at his brothers, two, three, four, under the enemy's sword, under the enemy's spear, one by one full of unwillingness, one by one full of stubbornness, just when they fell, just when they died, none of them retreated out of fear.
He brandished his sword and rushed towards the four Dongying people beside him, and just as he rushed up, Dongyingren paused, and on one side of his body, he took more than three steps back.
"Baga, he's alone, what are you afraid of?" A Dongying man stammered.
The other three Dongying people looked at each other, and also felt that their fear made them very embarrassed, although they were not big samurai, but in their place they had been deeply poisoned by the so-called Dongying bushido spirit, most people fought one, they were still very good. Bullying the weak and fearing the hard made them charge regardless of the soldiers behind them, thinking that they could show themselves, but when the first soldier fell, the rest of the soldiers also looked afraid.
"Up, give it to me." The one was standing behind the two of them as he spoke, and he even took two steps back as he spoke.
The two men rushed towards Song Ji, brandished their katana twice, and one slit was bright, the last light they saw in front of them, and under this light, they closed their eyes and muttered, "I want to go home." ”
However, they can't go home anymore before they die, so let's hope that after they die, their souls can return to Dongying.
Song Ji killed the two Dongying people, and the Dongying people who had been shouting and charging fell to the ground in fright, and then got up, and the war knife in front of him was inserted into the soil, and he pulled it out, but no matter how hard he tried, the war knife did not move at all.
A touch of blood ended his short and wretched life.
Just before he died, he thought about all the results, this way of death is nothing to him, after all, he didn't dare to ask for anything to free him, or even let him die comfortably, just the moment he put down his arms, a pair of weak, a little skinny hands, had given up the last hope, death would be the best relief.
Song Ji's knife ended such a tragic life, ended the life of suffering Dongying people, he didn't know this, he only knew that Dongying people were their enemies, and between him and the enemy, either you died or I died.
Lin Maolin came to the battlefield and looked at the mess in one place, the corpses all over the ground, there were comrades-in-arms and enemies, all of them were confused on the battlefield, one after another, one after another, one pressing the other.
Lin Maolin shouted: "Brothers, retreat! ”
Because in his eyes, the Dongying people pounced on his soldiers like a pack of wild beasts.
Wu Cheng jumped down from the stone, his side already stained with too much enemy blood.
There were few Central Plains soldiers left on the battlefield, and they gathered around Wu Cheng one by one.
However, when these people gathered, the Dongying people, who had just emerged from the camp, did not let them all leave.
"Kill me." A Toei samurai said to the soldier beside him.
The pace of Dongying people rushing up is getting faster and faster.
Wu Cheng wanted to lead the men and horses to rush over, but before he could pass, the Dongying people had already killed them.
Song Ji said: "General Wucheng, you go first and protect the people." We'll leave it to you here. ”
Wu Cheng was about to step forward, but General Lin was standing behind him, and the order he had just given, it was impossible for him to disobey Lin Maolin's order, so he retreated with his men and horses.
When he returned, he could only hope that his men would return safely.
Song Ji was holding a long knife, and there were more than a dozen soldiers standing beside him, and there were more and more people in Dongying, more and more, and the mountains on both sides were full of enemies.
Song Ji said to the soldiers: "Brothers, are you afraid? ”
Song Ji heard voices coming from all directions and said, "Don't be afraid! I'm not afraid, I'm afraid of begging. "Wait. They didn't come from the same people, but they came from an army.
Wu Chengdao: "General Lin, do you want your subordinates to help them?" ”
Lin Maolin shook his head and said: "It's useless for you to go over, the enemy has already been killed, and there is not much time left for us, so you have to resist, Wu Cheng, you will understand a lot of truths if you follow me in the future, when the enemy is too strong, temporary avoidance is the best choice." ”
Wu Cheng was puzzled, he looked at his brother, he didn't want to leave, he wanted to go up to help him, he wanted to go up and kill the enemy, when his ideas and orders were contrary to each other, just when he could only choose one of them, he didn't move, just when he was standing in place, his choice had already come out.
Song Ji was very pleased. There was no trace of discomfort on his face, and even in the last trace of resistance, his knife did not have any mud and water, and he slashed with ease.
One by one, more than a dozen soldiers fell, and everyone remembered them.
The enemy rushed to the camp, the battalion flags planted in the ground were cut off one by one, and the large flags fell down the hill.
The soldiers were full of anger one by one, they wanted to go up and fight the Dongying people, but the old and weak women and children behind them did not allow them to go up and fight with the Dongying people.
Lin Maolin looked at the arena and didn't move, a scene he didn't want to see still appeared.
"Brothers, let's go, this is not our battlefield, we can't let the blood of our brothers be shed in vain, we will definitely avenge them in the future, we will, as long as I am here, I promise you."
Lin Maolin almost knelt down when he spoke, and he finished these words in pain.
The soldiers on the side looked at their general, they didn't know what to say, but what they wanted to do and express appeared in their general's body, and when these habitual thoughts that had been formed in their minds appeared in his eyes, they were moved, and when they stood in the position of a bystander, they finally understood what true justice was.
"General Lin, it's not your fault, if you want to blame it, you can blame Dongying for being too cunning
。 Wu Cheng comforted.
The soldiers beside Wu Cheng also comforted: "Yes, General Lin, don't blame yourself, it's not your fault, if you want to blame us, we failed to protect our brother." It was we who let the enemy rush up, and I ask General Lin to punish him. ”
A group of soldiers knelt in front of Lin Maolin.
Their words made Lin Maolin reach Lin Maolin's ears, he slowly stood up, then fell down, stood up again, and said: "Brothers, you are all good, I promise, it is impossible not to avenge them." ”
As he spoke, Lin Maolin took out a dagger and cut a deep crack on his finger, allowing the blood to flow.
"General, general, why are you doing this?" A soldier said in a mournful voice.
Lin Maolin threw the knife on the ground, and then walked behind him.
The brothers followed him, and when they passed by Lin Maolin's position just now, they couldn't help but look at the dagger twice.
When Lin Maolin left, Wu Cheng came to Lin Maolin and said softly: "General Lin, why are you, why do you want to hurt yourself?" ”
Lin Maolin replied: "Wu Cheng, my brothers are dead, my brothers are wounded, I am a general, such a big responsibility, do you let me leave like this?" If it weren't for the people, I would be more reckless than you, and I wouldn't go back until I kill them all. However, just now, I thought a lot, I thought a lot, I want to change my mind, it is important for the brave to be fearless, but only by taking into account the overall situation can we protect everything here, not only brothers, not only the people, but also the belief in why we are gathered together. ”
Wu Cheng was silent, he didn't think about this, he just looked at everything in front of him, when his brother Song Ji died, he didn't even dare to look at him for the last time, he was afraid, he was afraid that he would go crazy when he saw it! He looked at Lin Maolin, and the clenched fists in his hands slowly relaxed.
Wu Chengdao: "General Lin, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I shouldn't doubt you, just now, Li Zhanming came to the front of the army." ”
Lin Maolin asked suspiciously, "Li Zhanming is here?" When did he come over? What did I tell you? ”
Wu Cheng said: "When General Li came over, he told us that he must guard this place, and if the camp is lost, he will sentence us and General Lin for treason against the enemy, and he also said that he will not show mercy to his subordinates." ”
Lin Maolin didn't expect that Li Zhanming would come to the front line, he was a general, a former general, if he hadn't helped him at the beginning, it is estimated that he would not have the current him, so he instinctively thought that this general had been embarrassed for so long He might have other difficulties, but now that the catastrophe is coming, he is still in front of the battle, promoting his thoughts seriously, and even forcing Lin Maolin and others to a difficult path.
Lin Maolin said: "Wu Cheng, do you also think that I have done something wrong?" Maybe I made the wrong decision? It's not just Li Zhanming who doubts me, even you doubt me? ”
Wu Cheng knelt down and said, "General Lin, I, Wu Cheng, will never dare, I only obey General Lin's orders." ”
Lin Maolin laughed and said, "Wu Cheng, I teased you, how could I doubt you, get up." ”
Wu Cheng stood up slowly, when Li Zhanming came over, he still listened to Li Zhanming's words, and when Lin Maolin gave the order to let them leave, this meaning became his idea of being sure that Lin Maolin was treasonous. His own subordinate Song Ji died bravely, where could he not leave a little emotion in his heart? It is not faith that is shaken, but people's hearts. Even if Lin Maolin has always been working for the welfare of the people and protecting the people, but he Wucheng doesn't think so, he thinks that this General Lin's change makes him feel strange, a general doesn't care about his brother's life and death, and protecting the people has become a gimmick for them to lose their lives, which no one will believe, and he Wucheng is not a fool.
This knife went down, Wu Cheng's heart, Wu Cheng's eyes, he didn't know what to say when he looked at Lin Maolin, anyway, he regained his confidence again, but the dead are the greatest, whatever you say has become a cool word, anyway, it's not you who died, you don't feel it. It's not your people who die, and you don't have heartache.
Wu Cheng looked at Lin Maolin's hand and said, "General Lin, you better bandage your hand, it's bleeding too much." ”
Lin Maolin said: "No, compared with my brothers, what does it matter if I have Lin Maolin's blood?" No amount of blood will die. Let the blood of this finger flow until the moment I return to camp.
Wu Cheng looked at Lin Maolin's departing back.
The brothers also looked at the back of Lin Maolin's departure.
Li Zhanming led the men and horses to hurry over.
At this moment, he had only one thought in his heart, this time he must arrest Lin Maolin, such a figure that made him and the Central Plains royal family fearful, a person who made him come all the way, this time, the murderous intent that had never appeared in his eyes appeared at this moment.
"Brothers, you have been following me Li for so long, I also believe in you, you should have killed the enemy on the front line and made meritorious contributions, how can I do it, a general who collected bandits, the Central Plains general who sheltered Dongying, appeared, maybe Uncle Zhou Huang can't do it, but my Li Zhanming wants to meet him for a while, brothers, you are willing to follow me with me, and if you don't want to, you can leave on your own."
One soldier after another said in unison: "Kill Lin Maolin, kill Lin Maolin, the Central Plains soldiers will inevitably drive the Dongying people out of the Central Plains and raze the Central Plains Bandit Mountain to the ground." ”
I saw that among the Central Plains soldiers behind Li Zhanming, five people carrying a dog-headed guillotine appeared in their ranks.