Chapter Twenty-Three: Escape from Death

Finished! Guan Yu sighed lightly in his heart: I wanted to dig a pit to harm others, but now I even got into it. With such a graceful beauty in her arms, what is it wrong to do? I have to give her a funeral, blue thin mushrooms, the key is that we are not very familiar with it!

There was a crisp sound of "click", Guan Yu screamed, and he felt that his waist must be broken. The two people who fell quickly smashed a fist-thick dead branch sticking out of the cliff. The sudden pain made his consciousness blur for a moment, but his hands still clung to Yun Niang.

Soon he was involuntarily completely conscious, for it was even more unbearable, and the piercing cold swept over his body, and under the cliffs, a bottomless green pool of water was stirred up by the high white waves. With the instinct to survive, Guan Yu held Yun Niang tightly with one arm, paddled desperately with one hand, kicked his feet wildly, and finally stuck his head out of the water.

While panting heavily, he trembled and lifted Yun Niang's head out of the water, endured the pain and endless cold from his body, and swam towards the shore with all his strength. Finally touched the slippery stone on the edge of the pool, and he used his last strength to push Yun Niang's heavy body ashore, and he collapsed on the shore on all fours.

A cold and damp breeze slashed across his cheek like a sharp knife, and he shivered all over, gritted his teeth and said to himself: This can't be done, the temperature in the canyon is too low, lie still like this, if you don't fall to death, if you don't drown, you will eventually freeze to death. He struggled to peel off the armor that weighed more than a thousand catties on his body, and crawled over to remove the armor from Yun Niang's body, and reached out to touch her snort, breathing.

Dead horses should be live horse doctors! She fell into such a field, and in the final analysis, she was harmed by herself. Guan Yu forced her to lay her flat on the ground, and clumsily did a few chest compressions according to the memories of his previous life in his mind. Yun Niang closed her eyes tightly and spit out a mouthful of water, and then she didn't react again.

Guan Yu raised his head and looked around, looking for shelter from the wind, his body was soaked by the icy pool water, and he felt that he was about to freeze. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he saw a dark hole not far away. plucked up the courage and dragged Nie Yunniang to climb over. At this time, his brain could not think of anything else, in case there were wild beasts in that cave, they would take the initiative to deliver a delicious meal to the door.

Luckily, the dark cave was empty. Leaving Nie Yunniang, he first threw the wet clothes on his body one by one at his feet, but felt a little warmer, reached out and touched his lower back, a tingling pain, fortunately the bones were not broken, but at least there should be a bruise. This is a lumbar muscle strain, right? He thought to himself. If you want to improve your luck in the short term, climbing the cliff is completely useless, and it's good to be able to stand up!

After sitting on the ground and resting for a moment, he gritted his teeth and tried to get up, moving out of the cave step by step. A fire must be lit immediately, or it will be a dead end. While picking up the dead branch that had been smashed and fallen by himself, he was ecstatic to find Nie Yunniang's dagger. Forgetting the pain and cold, he took the dagger and cut a pile of slightly damp dead bushes, and hurried back to the cave.

The hands were worn out, and the drilling wood for the fire was finally declared successful, and with the jubilant and jumping red flames, Guan Yu's eyes also rekindled hope, and the cave was warm and bright. After going back and forth several times, he prepared enough firewood, dropped the dagger, and set his eyes on Nie Yunniang, who was pale and motionless.

Guan Yu moved her to the fire, stretched out his hand to test the distance, it was warm enough but not too hot, and he nodded with satisfaction.

Guan Yu leaned down and muttered, "Miss Yun, in order to save your life, don't blame Guan for being reckless." With that, he reached out and tore off her wet clothes one by one, and threw them by the fire until there was not a single wisp like himself. After checking up and down, Guan Yu was slightly relieved to find no bleeding wounds, except for a few abrasions and bruises. She should have been knocked out by the cannonball, and choked on a few mouthfuls of water, maybe it was okay, Guan Yu comforted herself.

Yun Niang's skin is as smooth and white as brocade, and the thin pale cyan blood vessels under the skin are also clearly visible. General Guan swallowed and spit, quickly looked away, suppressed the evil thoughts that flashed in his heart, and reached out to probe her snort, still breathing. What worries him even more is that when his fingers touch her body, it feels like he has touched an ice cube.

Guan Yu gritted his teeth and lay down, turning Yun Niang's back to the fire, and holding her front body tightly in her arms. As soon as the skin touched, the chill made him shiver. Guan Yu secretly said in his heart: Life and death are fate, I can only do this, whether I can stand it or not depends on your own creation! Gradually, the tired Guan Yu fell asleep.

At this moment, the "Thor" Gao Jinbao wanted to cry, he had to face a cruel reality: the brave and fearless Taiping Army was defeated by an old madman leading a group of recruits!

The corpses that fell in pieces seriously shook the firm belief in the hearts of the Taiping soldiers that they were "invulnerable", and Gao Jinbao did not need to withdraw his troops at all, because more and more of the Taiping soldiers turned around and ran back, and fear and timidity spread rapidly among the Taiping army like a plague. At this critical moment, "Thor" made a wise decision, he took the lead in turning his horse and galloping away from the battlefield.

At first, the new army, which was still a little lacking in confidence, was greatly encouraged, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, and all the horsemen flocked to the front. When Lang Zhendong, who was brandishing a bloody silver spear and charging forward, was caught up by the heralds sent by General Yan, they had already chased them for thirty miles.

Gao Jinbao, who rode his horse and galloped wildly, couldn't help but look back with hatred, looking at the blue-gray city towers that were gradually getting more and more blurred, he gritted his teeth and shouted in his heart: I will definitely come back! This classic silent cry became a famous saying, and in the time and space where Guan Yu traveled through the time and space before he lived, he was given an animated character, whose name was Big Big Wolf.

General Yan is not only inhospitable, but also ruthless. After a short rest, he led the high-spirited new army to send the Taiping army out fifty miles away, and the two sides reluctantly shed tears and said goodbye.

The so-called wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the drum was beaten by thousands of people. The Taiping army on the way to retreat suddenly became fat sheep, and the defenders of the county capitals, which were about to collapse at the touch of a button, suddenly became bearded dogs on the grassland, pounced and bit from time to time. Although he was scarred and angry, Gao Jinbao had no intention of fighting, and he was similar to General Feng Yong back then, he just wanted to go home quickly. Of the 100,000 heavenly soldiers who were brought out with great pride when he set out, less than 50,000 followed him back to the old camp in despair.

General Guan Yu was holding a rag around his waist, holding a homemade pointed harpoon, and standing quietly by the pool of water with bare feet. The water is so cold that there are no big fish in the pool, only some unknown fish the size of a palm and a wide flat body. Fortunately, these stupid fish had never been attacked, and they didn't know the danger at all, and after a while, he pierced up a dozen of them.

Quickly threading these small fish into a string, Guan Yu quickly returned to the entrance of the cave, picked up a bundle of dry firewood, and lowered his head to burrow. It's been three days, the pain in his waist has gradually eased, and Nie Yunniang's body temperature is gradually rising, but he hasn't woken up yet. He threw a few pieces of wood into the dark red fire, and took down the iron pot made from his helmet, the fish soup in it was milky white, and the meat was boiled, except for the large thorns.

Guan Yu scooped a spoonful of fish soup with a homemade wooden spoon, put it in his mouth, smacked it, and shook his head. It would have been much better if there was a little salt, coriander, mushrooms, sauerkraut, fungus, chili peppers and the like, he thought to himself.

walked over and lifted Nie Yunniang's head, gently put it on her knees, opened her mouth and poured fish soup spoonfuls into it, feeling almost there. He laid her flat, paddled the hay he had found out of nowhere under her, and turned to crouch by the fire to roast fish and eat it. If only there was wine, he couldn't help but think.

It gradually got dark, Guan Yu packed up, and naturally lay down next to Nie Yunniang, sleeping with her in his arms.

In the middle of the night, Guan Yu, who was sleeping, flew out sideways, and the back of his head hit the stone wall with a loud "bang", and a big bag suddenly bulged there.

He opened his eyes with bared teeth, and he was surprised to see Nie Yunniang's lips trembling with fire-breathing eyes, and she was struggling to get up, her hands covering her body in a panic. Obviously, she had used the power of this kick, and her whole body trembled and staggered.

Ignoring the pain in the back of his head, Guan Yu grinned and said, "Miss Yun, are you finally awake?" I'm scared to death. ”

Nie Yunniang scolded in a trembling voice: "You shameless person, what have you done to me? Where's my clothes? ”

Guan Yu spread his hands innocently and said, "I didn't do anything!" The two of us fell into the water, and our clothes were soaked, and I kept roasting by the fire. After saying that, he walked over, ripped Nie Yunniang's hot clothes off the wooden stick, and threw them at her. Then he turned his back and sat down by the fire, and stretched out his hand to make a fire.

After a while, there was silence again. Guan Yu turned his face and saw Nie Yunniang's pale face full of tears, with an expression of hesitation to pounce on him immediately and bite him to death.

Guan Yu turned around and said solemnly: "Miss Yun, listen to my explanation, Guan really has no intention of offending. It's just that in a hurry, I have no choice but to be bound by secular rituals in these barren mountains and mountains. And I advise you to take off your clothes and sleep, for this valley is damp and cold, and although there is a fire in the cave, you will wake up with your clothes and your clothes will be soaked again. ”

Looking at Nie Yunniang's eyes, Guan Yu hurriedly changed his words and said, "Okay, you are free, when I didn't say anything." But you can't kick me out of the hole, or I'll freeze into a popsicle before dawn. ”

After being silent for a long time, Nie Yunniang sighed slightly and asked softly, "What happened after our army opened fire on the battlefield that day?" ”

Guan Yu's nervous mood was relieved, and he said with a hippie smile: "Well, it's a long story, please allow Guan to speak slowly for you." Are you hungry or not, I'll heat some fish soup for you first? ”。