Chapter 46: Life and Death

At least a thousand Hun cavalry rushed straight to the Crouching Tiger Pavilion!

When everyone got the news, they all became pale, and in previous years, when disasters occurred outside the fortress, there would also be sporadic nomadic tribes who secretly crossed the Great Wall and came to the Han to harass, but each time there were only dozens of rangers, not so much to rob, but to steal and beg; But this time is different, thousands of elite Hun cavalry, such a powerful force, is by no means something that a small Crouching Tiger Pavilion can fight against, and a bad one is that the whole town will be slaughtered, and retreat has become the only choice now.

At the same time, another more difficult problem is placed in front of everyone, thousands of women, children, and old people in the Crouching Tiger Pavilion, with their speed, there are no three hours, and they can't run to the Panlong River at all, and on the other side, although Xiao Yi and others killed the Hun rangers, but it can't be delayed for long, with the speed of the Hun cavalry, it is estimated that it will be here in about an hour, that is to say, someone must stay behind and fight for more than two hours for the retreat of the women and Confucians. And the result of leaving behind is inevitably ten deaths.

Who gave birth? Who died? Who will fight for those precious two hours with their own blood? How should fate be decided?

There are thousands of people in the family, one person in charge, and everyone's eyes are on the old pavilion chief, as long as the military order is issued, no matter whether it is life or death, the people here will obey.

Looking at a pair of expectant eyes, the old pavilion chief felt that he had returned to the years when he was young and fought on the battlefield, when he was still a small chief under the command of the general, the years were ruthless, but the veteran did not die, and he held the ring head knife that followed his life around his waist, which can give him boundless courage.

"Blacksmith Niu Hong, you are responsible for escorting all the women and children across the Panlong River, and place them carefully, and there must be no mistakes."

"No!" The blacksmith clenched his fists and received the order, and immediately turned around and went out to arrange for the women and children to retreat, without saying goodbye, and it was too late to push, time is precious, and now every minute and second needs to be exchanged for blood, not to mention the responsibility of escorting women and children across the river is equally heavy.

"Come with the Immortal Master of the Dust, with you, you can appease the emotions of the crowd." The old pavilion chief clasped his hands into fists and saluted, his eyes were full of trust and said, Lao Dao has been using medicine to save people over the years, and his prestige is extremely high, and in the eyes of the people, he is no different from a living immortal, and he is unfathomable in martial arts, and he is proficient in medical skills, and he is indeed the best choice to take care of these women and children!

'Out of the dust' Lao Dao still looks like a fairy wind and bones, but there is a faint layer of black gas between his eyebrows and eyes, and he didn't say anything after saluting, but slowly came to Xiao Yi's face, stretched out his old arm, and gently touched Xiao Yi's head, just like when the two first met, Lao Dao's hand was still so warm. Looking at the young man who has grown into an eight-foot man in front of him, Lao Dao is like looking at the most proud work in his life, and his eyes are exceptionally bright, as if he wants to remember the appearance of Xiao Yi in front of him forever.

It has been nearly three years since the time came through, and now Xiao Yi's hair has grown very long, because he has not yet performed the crown ceremony of an adult, and he does not like the kind of boyish bun like two sheep's horns; So his hair has been flowing casually, and he usually just ties a ribbon on his forehead. Now seeing that Lao Dao wants to fix his hair bun, Xiao Yi knows that when life and death are parting, Lao Dao wants to preside over the crown ceremony for himself in advance, so he kneels on the ground reverently and accepts this sudden men's coming-of-age crown ceremony.

The matter was in a hurry, there was neither a golden crown nor a hairpin, Lao Dao just gently tied Xiao Yi's hair together, gathered it into a bunch of ponytails, and tied it with a ribbon; Then he took out a piece of jade pendant from his arms and tied it on Xiao Yi's forehead, the jade pendant is only the size of a red date, crystal clear is obviously a rare piece of mutton fat jade, engraved with five flying bats, bats and blessing have the same sound, so the ancients often thought that bats were auspicious, and in the five bats surrounded by a strange "swastika" word!

The word "swastika" is said to be one of the oldest symbols of human beings, whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, and in Western civilization have repeatedly appeared, its true meaning has been difficult to understand, but everyone agrees that one explanation is auspicious, ten thousand blessings, longevity, and the great wisdom!

The heart is like ice, and the sky is not shocked

All changes are still calm, and the mind is calm

Dirt is not stained

The void is chaotic

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Touching the top of the hand, in a Taoist mantra of the Sanskrit chanting, the old Tao left......

"Take care! Remember, disciples! Looking at the back of Lao Dao's departure, Xiao Yi knew that the wings of the Dao Bone Fairy Wind could no longer shelter himself, and from then on, his long hair was tied into a ponytail, and the jade pendant on his forehead became Xiao Yi's fixed hairstyle......

All the women and children in the Crouching Tiger Pavilion withdrew to the Panlong River under the leadership of Lao Dao, the blacksmith Niu Hong took dozens of apprentices under his hands to escort them tightly, and the young women and children were evacuated, and those who were old and frail were left automatically, their old bodies could not adapt to the long journey, and would only slow down the speed of the retreat team, just like all species in nature, when disaster came, the old and frail individuals would take the initiative to abandon themselves, Leave the chance of survival to those young individuals of the race, this is the law of nature: "Leave the weak and the strong, the fittest survive!" ”

There was no crying, no reluctance to part, people silently performed their duties and did everything they had to do; In this troubled world, everything has to make way for survival, including feelings.

"All the other men who can pick up arms, join me to guard the Crouching Tiger Pavilion!" After watching the team of women and children leave, the old pavilion chief let out a final roar like an old lion.

"No! ……”

At the same time, thirty miles away in the mountains and forests, the Hun cavalry of the brigade was secretly marching, and the rolling iron cavalry was like a torrent, unstoppable......

Liu Bao, the king of Zuoxian, looked at the rolling iron cavalry under his hands, particularly proud, this time after the 10,000 elite cavalry of his tribe entered the Great Wall, he quickly divided the troops into four ways, plundered everywhere, and the harvest was extremely rich, and he personally led a straight to the Crouching Tiger Pavilion, where, there are fragrant wine and a large number of iron tools waiting for him, if he is lucky, he can also rob some beautiful Han women as slaves, in Liu Bao's heart, but for those well-read, beautiful Han women have been coveted for a long time.

Just when Liu Baozhi was complacent, one of his subordinates rushed over: "Report to Lord Zuo Xianwang, Centurion Hu Man led people to explore the way, but they never came back, and the people we sent to search did not find any trace of them." ”

The report of his subordinates pulled Liu Bao back to reality, "Hu Man is a capable centurion under his subordinates, with countless battles and extremely rich experience, and he will never make the low-level mistake of not coming back to report, but he really didn't come back, so there is only one reason...... He'll never come back!

"Not good! Our whereabouts have been exposed, send orders to the three armies, accelerate the advance, and the target ---Wo-Hu-Ting!" ”

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