Chapter 48: Arrival in Teng Kingdom (2)
"Run fast, run ......"
In a panic, a father in his thirties held a wooden spear and looked at the smoke rising from the hills behind him with a frightened gaze, and immediately urged his wife and children.
At his urging, a woman grabbed the hands of the two children tightly in each of her hands, and fled down the mountain path in a panic.
Due to the slippery mountain road, the woman accidentally stepped on her feet and slipped down.
Fearing that her child would be hurt, she pushed the older boy towards her father, and then hugged the younger daughter so tightly that her back hit the trunk of a tree, and she couldn't breathe for a while.
"Mother."
"Baby, baby."
The father and son hurriedly rushed over and helped the mother up.
"It's okay, I'm fine."
Mother shook her head with difficulty.
Immediately, the family's voices stopped abruptly, because they vaguely heard the voices of those fierce Song soldiers coming from behind them: "You guys, go there!" …… Find them! ”
In Song Bing's voice, there are also women's cries and begging for mercy from time to time, as well as men's desperate and angry voices, and even the screams of people after weapons piercing their bodies.
"Quick, go."
The father picked up the mother and urged his wife and children to continue to flee.
They are the Teng people who are hiding in the mountains because of the war, in addition to their one family, there are dozens of families hiding on the mountain, all of them are Teng people who once lived in the countryside in this area, they quench their thirst with mountain springs, and satisfy their hunger with animal meat, mountain vegetables, grass roots, and tree bark, and they dare not show their heads for fear of being caught and killed by the soldiers of the Song State.
However, the vicious Song soldiers still found them today, slaughtered up the hills, and slaughtered into the "village" they had rebuilt on the mountain.
Escape!
You can only escape!
If you delay a little, you will be killed by those Song soldiers!
No!
Probably a more horrific ending than death.
Especially for this mother and her daughter.
"Here it is! There are people here! ”
Suddenly, the shouts of those vicious people came from behind him, and the faces of the family turned earthy.
They fled down the mountain in a panic.
However, just as they mistakenly thought that they had escaped and ascended to heaven, suddenly an army came slowly towards them behind the col in front of them.
The terrible chariots, the armor soldiers standing on them, and the foot soldiers with weapons in their hands, at a glance, numbered hundreds or thousands.
Where is this army?
The man in a cold sweat held the wooden spear in his hand and looked at the banner of the army.
He saw that it was a flag with white letters on an apricot background, and the flag read "Bei Ao Montessori".
The army of the Song State?!
"Daddy ......"
The woman cried out in alarm.
Hearing the woman's shout, the pale-faced man looked behind him, and then at the front of him, he could only clutch the wooden spear in his hand, although he knew that he alone could not fight against the army of hundreds of thousands in front of him.
"Woo woo woo ......"
In desperation, the woman turned around and crouched down, hugged her two children tightly, and muttered something like "close your eyes".
And the man seemed to be still struggling, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and bravely stood in front of his wife and children.
However, as the oncoming army approached, and after seeing the weapons they carried, the man also despaired, and dropped the wooden spear in his hand and hugged his wife and children tightly, as if hoping to be with his family at the end of his life.
"Are these guys blind? Why are you in the way? ”
In the oncoming army, on the chariot at the forefront, Meng Hu, who was in charge of driving, asked puzzledly.
As if sensing something, Meng Zhong raised his head and looked at the hill in front of him, and even saw a cloud of green smoke rising from the hill, and he could faintly hear some noisy human voices.
"Uncle Menghu."
He whispered to the young sect master Meng Hu, and when he saw Hou Ze nodding, he said to Meng Hu: "Ah Hu, slow down and go around." ”
"Okay."
Meng Hu pulled the reins, steered the chariot, and barely shifted the direction slightly, driving past the Teng people.
Seeing this, the Meng's clan soldiers also adjusted the direction of their advance and walked on both sides of the Teng people.
When these Meng soldiers passed by, the women hugged their children tightly, while the men hugged their wives and children, and the couple turned pale and waited in despair for these Song soldiers to kill them with cold weapons.
However, they did not wait in the end, and these soldiers of the Song Kingdom passed by them with untidy steps.
"We ...... Still alive......"
After glancing at each other, the couple hugged their child and wept with joy.
In addition to rejoicing, the woman looked in surprise at the direction in which the army was leaving, and asked in a low voice, "Isn't that the army of the Song Kingdom?" ”
"No, that's the army of the Song Kingdom."
The man affirmed.
He recognized the flag of the Song army, and the flag of the Song State was either white on an apricot background or gold on a white background, and the difference was only in the words on the flag.
The army that just passed, its banner is also white on the apricot background, and it is undoubtedly the army of the Song State.
It's just that this Song army "ignored" them.
"It should be the newly recruited army of the Song Kingdom." The man guessed with apprehension.
He has personal experience, two years ago, when those Song soldiers first arrived in his Teng country, many Song soldiers would be "merciful" to them, the civilians of Teng, whether it was the Song soldiers holding the white flag on the apricot background, or the Song soldiers holding the gold flag on the white background.
It's just that after a period of time, those Song soldiers gradually became vicious and cruel, and killing people was like killing chickens and dogs, and there was no mercy at all.
"Let's go."
The man urged his wife and children, and the family fled to the desert.
At the same time, the soldiers of the Meng clan where Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and the others were located were passing through the hill from the side.
At this time, on the hill to the left, the original noisy voices had calmed down, but some women's cries could still be faintly heard.
What exactly happened on the mountain, there is no way to know.
"Hurry up."
Seeing Meng Zhong frowning and looking at the hills, Meng Ju reminded expressionlessly.
Along the way, when they got closer to Tengcheng, they could bump into some fleeing Teng people from time to time, and "ignoring" these Teng people was the only thing Meng Zhong and his party could do.
There is no way, their position and authority are not enough to influence this war.
On July 20, the Meng soldiers arrived at the Song army camp twenty miles southwest of Tengcheng.
At this time, the number of Song troops patrolling and guarding the surroundings gradually increased, sometimes they were the soldiers of the Wang Division, and sometimes they were the soldiers of the Song Kingdom.
Immediately, some Song soldiers reported the matter to the military Sima Jingyi.
"Qi Qi Sima, there is a team that claims to be a reinforcement of the Jing Bo Meng's clan, holding a rune."
"Jing Rang Montessori ......"
Jun Sima Jingyu stroked his gray beard and nodded thoughtfully.
Jing Yu is a veteran of the Song State, it is said that he is more than 70 years old this year, although there is no "good war" name among the Central Plains countries, but in the Song State, he can also be called a commander of a lifetime, but there is no dazzling record.
Two days ago, he had received a letter from Hui An, in which he said that a group of Meng's soldiers would arrive at his camp in a few days, and that he would be asked to take care of a young man named Meng Zhong.
Moreover, Hui Ang bluntly stated in the letter that the young man was a disciple of Zhuangzi and his newly recognized brother.
Hui Ang is the important minister of the Song State, although he has lost his position in recent years because of the relationship with Qiu He, no one can deny the weight of this person in the heart of Song Wangyan.
So after receiving Hui An's letter, Jing Yu sent people to guard the gate of the village, waiting for the reinforcements of the Mengshi army.
And today, the Montessori reinforcement has finally arrived.
"I can't imagine that Dr. Hui will also do favoritism......"
Jing Yi smiled, but he didn't dare to slack off on Hui An's entrustment, after all, don't look at him as the military Sima who commanded the Ten Thousand Kings Division, but his status is still far inferior to Hui An.
"When the time comes, take advantage of the "consolation" to go and see the kid named Meng Zhong."
Jing Yu thought secretly.
A moment later, Meng Zhong, Meng Hu, and the others received a response from the military camp - Jun Sima allowed them to enter the camp and join the old Meng clan soldiers led by Meng Qing.
Under the guidance of several soldiers, Meng Zhong and his party came to the place where Meng Qing and the other clansmen were stationed, and after Meng Qing got the news, he also took the clansmen out of the camp to greet them.
After more than two years, Meng Zhong met Meng Qing, the family Sima of the clan, again.
Compared to two years ago, Meng Qing's face had a terrifying scar, from his forehead to the left side of his face, which made the already silent and stern family Sima even more formidable.
Not to mention the others, even his own son Meng Hu did not dare to step forward.
"Young Sect Master."
"Meng Qing, you don't have to be called that in the army. You are the family Sima, and I am your subordinate. ”
After seeing each other, Meng Yu handed the beast horn rune in his arms to Meng Qing, indicating that Meng Qing was the commander of all the Meng clan soldiers.
"Then ...... Forgive me for being rude. ”
Meng Qing took the talisman and held it high in front of everyone, and carefully took it into his arms.
Then, his eyes looked at Meng Zhong who was standing beside Meng Yu, and his resolute face showed a little guilt: "Ah Zhong......"
Of course, Meng Zhong understood Meng Qing's feelings.
After all, Meng Qing was entrusted by the Ge family to take care of Meng Zhong's brother Meng Bo in private, but in the end, Meng Bo died in battle to save his brother Meng Zhi, which made Meng Qing feel very uncomfortable.
But Meng Zhong didn't think so, whether it was Meng Qing or Meng Zhi, Meng Zhong felt that they had fulfilled their duties as elders, and as for the death of his brother Meng Bo, it was the latter's own choice - if it weren't for Meng Qing and Meng Zhi treating Meng Bo well, would Meng Bo not hesitate to sacrifice himself in order to rescue Meng Zhi?
"Alright, let's go into the tent."
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little solemn, Meng Zhi smiled and said.