Chapter 321: Death may be the best relief
The siege of Dacheng's army soon began, and the young man took the cake and handed it to his sister, and then set out into the procession to fill the river.
He drank the rice porridge in two sips, ate half of the cake, and carefully wrapped the rest of the cake into his arms.
In the past few days, the little sister always wakes up hungry at night, and he wants to give the cake to the little sister to eat. Every time I think of my little sister's thin body, I feel bitter in my heart.
Don't let my little sister suffer, never! He swore silently in his heart.
The diggers over there were already busy, bags of sand on the ground. The palms of each person who filled the river were already soaked with sweat, and their breathing became rapid.
Suddenly! A rapid drum beat came, and the leader in charge of the command gave an order, and hundreds of men carried sandbags and rushed towards Pingyin County.
These people resisted the heavy sandbags and rushed to the county seat like crazy. Many people did not dare to look up at the city wall, and the black holes and muzzles on it were dizzying.
Just as they were approaching, a cannon rang out from the head of Pingyin County. The iron balls from the artillery hit the charging homeless people with a whistling sound, and the dense crowd of people under the city had no possibility of missing the artillery at all.
After three cannon shots, the shells made three bloody passages through the crowd. The homeless people who were still running were torn apart the moment they were hit by the shells, and the surrounding homeless people were covered with blood on their limbs and internal organs.
A few timid homeless people dropped their sandbags and turned around and ran back, and at this moment they changed their minds. Although the old battalion is good, they still need to fight with their lives, and they would rather drink porridge than brave the rain of artillery and arrows to attack the city and fill the river.
The escape of these men brought the reclaimed team to a halt, but before they could go far, they were shot down by the archers of the Dacheng army.
The leader shouted loudly to the reclaimers: "Death to those who retreat!" Connect the whole family! Come on! Bring all the families of these people to Lao Tzu! ”
At his command, soon their families were pulled to the front. More than a dozen people lined up, including gray-haired old men and children of several years.
"Slash!" At the leader's order, more than a dozen heads fell to the ground. The old man looked at the sky without blinking, as if he was indicting the sins of the world.
The child's young face was full of horror, and he would never understand why he had been beheaded until he died.
The young man had witnessed all this in the crowd behind, and he would not let such a thing befall his sister. He wants to send his sister to the old camp, so that his sister will no longer starve and suffer, even if it costs a lot.
More than a dozen heads frightened the displaced people who wanted to flee back, and they rushed to the county seat with a shout. A rain of arrows struck, and dozens of people were hit by arrows.
The rest of the people did not dare to stop, they rushed to the bottom of the city, dropped their sandbags off the moat, turned and ran back.
The rain of arrows continued to fall on their heads, and the absence of archers to suppress the fire on the city's heads would be a disaster for those who filled the river.
Of the hundreds of people who went out, less than ten of them were able to make it back, and they all fell to the ground the moment they returned to the Dacheng army camp.
They all walked around the ghost gate, and it was extremely lucky that they could survive. No one said a word, and they all cried loudly.
The leader swept his eyes to the displaced people waiting to fill the river and said, "They have become a member of the Dacheng army, and their families will move into the old camp immediately. I've seen it all! As long as you dare to work hard, you will have a chance to enjoy happiness! ”
Then the second wave of people set off, and this time the people were more unlucky, and none of them returned.
Seeing that it was about to be his turn, the young man's hands clenched tightly into fists. The force used was so great that the knuckles turned white.
"Up!" The young man who heard the order took the sandbag and rushed out, and at this moment he forgot his fear.
It seems that there is a road to happiness in front of him, and his goal is just a moat two miles away.
The young man hypnotized himself over and over again, and all he had to do was simply run over and drop the sandbag and return safely.
My sister can do such a simple task, and it is even easier for me to complete it.
Suddenly! A cannon rang out in his ears, followed by a terrifying howl. The young man fell to the ground unsteadily, and when he got up, the ground was full of corpses.
Near the moat, corpses were piled up on top of each other, and the companions in front of them stepped on the corpses and rushed forward.
Many people were shot by arrows while running and fell to the ground, and some ran to the moat and had no time to stop their pace, filling in the moat themselves along with sandbags.
The young man did not dare to delay, for he was afraid that he would be mistaken by the leader of the Dacheng army for fear of the enemy and flee, and his sister would suffer.
He quickly grabbed a sandbag from the ground and rushed towards the moat, and he was lucky. In the rain of arrows, he rushed to the moat unscathed, leaning on one side and shoulders to one side, and the sandbags fell smoothly into the moat.
Now that half of my mission is complete, all that remains is to return safely and everything will be fine.
Just as he turned around, Wu Shuang at the head of the city opened his bow and aimed at a lucky guy below.
Wu Shuang easily opened the bowstring, and the wolf's tooth arrow came out of the string and went straight to the lucky one under the city.
The young man turned with joy on his face, and before he could take two steps he was shot in the back by an arrow.
The inertia of the feather arrow knocked him to the ground, and the young man lay on the ground weakly. He raised his head in the dust and looked at the Dacheng army camp in the distance.
There he seemed to see a childish face, one who called out to him, "Brother! The sound penetrated the battlefield and reached his ears.
The young man knew that it was impossible to live without his sister, and that such a girl would be dragged out by those who were hungry wolves and eaten when they were done.
This kind of thing has happened more than once, if it weren't for his desperate efforts to protect his sister, that immature face would have lost a smile a long time ago.
can't let such a thing happen, even if it's death, you can't let my sister be wronged a little.
The young man gritted his teeth and got up from the ground and ran towards the camp of the Dacheng army. His steps staggered, as if he would fall in the next moment.
Although he still advanced towards the camp, the feather arrows on his back hurt with every step he ran. For a moment, he wanted to give up such a struggle, and dying in troubled times might be the best relief.
But as soon as he thought of his sister, his eyes became determined, and just as he was about to run to the camp, a cannonball hit the distance.
After hitting the ground, the shells bounced again and hit the youth. Although the young man heard the loud reminder of the person in front of him, his heavy body made him unable to react.
The shell passed under his leg and took one of his left legs. The young man could no longer hold on, and his body fell to the ground.
At the moment of falling to the ground, he seemed to see a thin figure running towards him, and the figure fell on top of him.