Chapter 131: Despair
The wind in Luoshan is not as gentle as in Guangdong, just like the inhabitants of this mountain, rough and heroic. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info Every time he walked through the mountains, he would shake the canopy vigorously, rustle the leaves, and make the half-man-tall weeds bend over as a way to show his might. The mountain wind howled, the grass and trees shook, and with the wind, there was a strong smell of blood and shouts of killing.
The tranquility of the mountains has been completely shattered since the night raids of last year. In the past, it was not uncommon for outsiders to break into the mountains and forests and alarm thousands of creatures in the forests, but outsiders were like the wind, no matter how strong they were, they only whistled by. The locals are stones, staying there forever, motionless, as long as they hold on, eventually the mountains and forests still belong to the stones.
But this time, things are different.
Instead of sweeping the valley as swiftly and violently as the wind, outsiders gathered from all directions like fire, eating away at everything in the mountains and forests little by little, and then narrowing the circle...... Zoom out again.
This time it may be a real disaster.
The mountain sent an envoy to sue for peace, but all he got was the head of the envoy. tied up the Han scholars to negotiate, but all they got was random arrows. By this time, even the simple mountain people could understand that this war had nothing to do with scholars at all, they just needed an excuse and then destroy themselves.
The scholar, who was the culprit, was hit by an arrow in the rain of arrows from the official army, and there were no medicinal herbs in the mountains at that time, let alone salt. Then the wounds festered and sores, and the man began to have a fever and talk nonsense until he died. In fact, since the outbreak of the war, there have been enough dead people, and he doesn't care if he can't die in the mountains. It's just that what he repeatedly said before he died was that his wife saved me, which made these mountain people feel even more contemptible.
As the encirclement narrowed, Pan Sheng expected that it might be time to settle the matter with the outsiders once and for all, and before that time he had to leave the seed behind to ensure that the fire existed. His sons and daughters began to flee during this time, and the hunt followed.
In the forest, a man as strong as a mountain pulled a beautiful and innocent girl in a blue cloth skirt and galloped, and behind them, the battle between the guards and the pursuers continued. The sound of swords colliding, shouting and scolding, and screaming were heard from time to time. Some voices are unfamiliar, while others are familiar.
"Ahh
A scream was very close to the two, and the girl exclaimed, "Uncle Iron Fang! He stopped and wanted to look back, but he was led by the man and couldn't stop, so he had to run forward with him. Behind him, a cold laughter had already sounded, "Little girl, don't run, leave some strength to accompany your grandfather ......" Before the words fell, the tall man suddenly turned around and shot a crossbow arrow into the forest, so the laughter was cut off by the screams and stopped abruptly.
The big man pulled the woman forward and ran for a while, and only stopped when he saw that the woman was out of breath when he saw that the woman was already running. The girl gasped, her chest rising and falling violently, and her eyes were full of tears. The guards beside him were all gone, only the two of them were left, and the warmth and longing in the man's eyes when he looked at his sweetheart couldn't be dissolved.
"Sister Qiong...... As soon as I get on the boat, I won't be able to go down with you any longer. Remember, no matter what happens, don't stop. You are the daughter of King Pan, and everyone in this mountain was born to die for you. Even if we die, we can't let you fall into the hands of officers and soldiers and be bullied by those people. If you think about the way Ah Cao and Shi Ma died, you can't stop...... Don't stop. ”
The girl remembered her former good sisters, female soldiers, and subordinates. The appearance of dying naked, or the appearance of being forced to dance naked in front of the battle, also felt cold in his heart. She looked at the man and said, "Brother Hu, you ...... Come with me, won't you? I want you to stay with me, and we'll run away together. ”
The man shook his head, "I am a warrior of the tribe, and I should fight to the death to defend the sacred mountain, this is my fate." Sister Qiong, you must live, just like your brothers and siblings, as long as you live, the son of King Pan will not be cut off, and the tribe can be restored. ”
With tears in her eyes, the girl grabbed the man's hand and didn't let go. "No...... I don't want to be separated from Brother Tiger. I don't understand why the officers and soldiers came to kill us, why the sacred mountain no longer blesses its people. In the past, every time the officers and soldiers came, the sacred mountain would send down punishment, with plague or hunger, and drive them out of our land with divine worms, why did you ...... this time?"
The man was silent, as a well-known warrior in the tribe, he could even fight beasts with his bare hands, but it was clearly beyond his ability to let him answer such questions. He also didn't understand why the tribe had not only lost this time, but had lost so badly.
In fact, it is the consensus of everyone in the tribe that you can't beat the officers and soldiers yourself, so you have 100,000 officers and soldiers and I have 100,000 mountains as a means of coping. No matter how many soldiers come, as long as they can hide their figures, they are gone, and the mountain is still their own.
However, the performance of the officers and soldiers this time was different from each other time, they did not swarm to search for people, but like hoops and barrels, they uprooted the strongholds of each tribe one by one, compressing them and shrinking them into the hinterland.
The so-called 100,000 mountains are just a pretext, even if they are in the mountains, they can't survive anywhere. What's more, tens of thousands of people of all ages need a lot of space to hide, and there are only a few strongholds suitable for survival. In the past, when they purchased large logs and went into the mountains to cut them, they destroyed the hidden environment of several strongholds, and it was not until the fighting that the mountain people found out that logging was a conspiracy, and the purpose was to reduce their room for maneuver.
To escape, the children of the king of Pan must escape, and if they die to protect the children of the king of Pan, the soul will return to the embrace of the mountain god and live with heaven and earth. With the support of this belief, the people who protected the children of Panwang to break through were not lacking in loyalty and bravery, but every time they fled, there was no news of anyone returning.
The beautiful girl named Pan Qiong is the youngest daughter of Pan Wang, and the most favored one, and for this escape, Pan Wang arranged for his best guard, Pan Hu, and dozens of the strongest men in the tribe. But now, there is only one guard left by Pan Qiong's side, Pan Hu.
When the Han families were harvesting timber before, they sent people outside the mountain, including guards, bodyguards, and servants. As soon as the war broke out, these people were conscripted into the army, and most of them could only serve as auxiliaries, but a few who did have amazing artistic skills were grouped together with the army scouts and became the most terrifying ghosts in the mountains and forests.
Their familiarity with the forest cannot be compared with that of mountain hunters, but after almost a year of training and familiarity, they have already adapted to it. And their advantages in equipment and martial arts are not something that the mountain people can catch up with, and in this kind of fighting in the rivers and lakes, it is the natives who have the upper hand.
Pan Qiong's personal female guard was captured in front of her when she broke through with her. She could even hear her screams and men's laughter, but she didn't dare to look back, let alone think about what had happened to the girl who had grown up with her and was a sister, who should have been married. And right now, even this childhood sweetheart's lover has to be separated from herself, and the girl only feels lonely and afraid. It was as if the entire sacred mountain had turned into a demon and was about to devour itself.
"Brother Tiger, I want to be with you...... I'm not afraid of death. ”
"Don't be stupid, you know, they won't let you die, they will only stain your body and stain the most beautiful gem in our mountains. This boat was hired by us at a price, and it is also our old relationship, he will send you to Guangxi to hide for a while, and then you will come back when the government is gone. Come, I'll take you on a boat. ”
The roar of the rushing water of the Xijiang River had already reached his ears, and the wind behind him was whimpering, and even the best hunter in the mountain, Panhu, could not be sure if those evil ghosts Shura would have caught up. What happened to the women in the mountains when they fell into the hands of the Ming army, he knew very well, just like when they broke the county and caught those ladies. When this kind of thing is pleasant as the perpetrator, it will not be happy when it falls on oneself.
Pan Qiong is Pan King's favorite daughter, and she must not be allowed to be harmed. Panhu gritted his teeth, and suddenly kissed Pan Qiong the lips, and Pan Qiong obediently hooked her lover's neck. She loved him and was willing to give everything for him.
After a long time, Panhu pushed her hard, "Forget me...... Go and marry the head of the Nishan tribe, and borrow his soldiers to avenge us. Let's go, I'll send you across the river! ”
Originally, the Xijiang River was used as a transportation artery, and there were many ships coming and going, even if the government wanted to blockade Luoshan, there would be merchants who would take the risk to send the food, cloth and iron tools that were most needed in the mountain. It is precisely by relying on these businessmen that Luo Shan has the courage to call the government into battle. But this time, the waterway was not smooth, and a woman named Lin Witch blocked the river with iron and blood. All merchants who tried to trade with the natives of Luoshan would be mercilessly killed, and their corpses would drift down the river.
Trade with the government can get heavy profits, and trade with the mountain people will die. After several times, the merchants finally abandoned Luoshan, and the end of Luoshan people came. This ship can appear, or Pan Sheng spent a lot of effort to find a ship that only he knows, and as for the price, it is also expensive and scary. But for the sake of Panwang's favorite daughter, how much money is worth it.
The tall body of the Panhu rushed in front and waved the colorful flag in his hand towards the people on the boat, and the flag was embroidered with a winged mountain eagle, which was the Pansheng flag. The embroidery is exquisite and meticulous, and it is also a means of talented women.
A figure appeared on the deck, dancing back with the mountain eagle flag, seeing the code on the top, Panhu let out a long sigh, turned back to Panqiong and said: "Sister Qiong, take good care of yourself when you get to Nishan, listen to your husband, don't think about me ......"
With tears in his eyes, Pan Qiong looked at his lover, who was about to send himself on the boat, and he was about to send himself to another man to become his bride. But I don't love him, I've never seen him, why should I marry him. If she wants to marry, she can only marry her own tiger brother, and no one can except him. She ran quickly towards Panhu, trying to pull him aboard the boat, but if he refused, she wouldn't leave. Born together, died in one place.
Bang!
A muffled thunder sounded, and Panhu's tall body trembled violently. This strong man, even if he was hit by the claws of a fierce beast, his face would not change, but this thunder made his body tremble uncontrollably. Pan Qiong's running pace slowed down, and a look of fear appeared on her face. She had heard this kind of thunder many times, and every time the thunder sounded, it meant that the people she knew left forever and returned to the embrace of the sacred mountain. This is the demon law of the Ming people, they ...... Killed?
The muffled thunder sounded one after another, Pan Hu's body shook violently, pointed at Pan Qiong, opened his mouth wide and seemed to want to shout something, but he fell straight down without a sound.
The earth seemed to tremble for a moment at that moment, perhaps because Kamiyama was sighing for the best warriors returning to his arms. Pan Qiong's eyes widened, she couldn't believe this scene, why...... Why is this the case? On the boat, a dozen men with long-pole weapons pointed at her, and then someone jumped out of the boat and rushed towards her. Pan Qiong knew that she should run away, but her legs couldn't move. Brother Tiger is dead, her world has collapsed, and she no longer has the strength to escape.
The people who rushed down were all women, which was the only comfort for her, at least women wouldn't bully women, and they would die cleanly. When she was tied up and pushed into the cabin, she closed her eyes and raised her head ready to die.
"Pan Qiong? Known as the flower of Luoshan, the most beautiful lark in Luoshan? A woman's voice rang in her ears, and then Pan Qiong felt a calloused hand touch her face, and then ...... So he touched it down.
"Yes, it's really good, it's very smart." The woman stretched out her hand as she spoke, and Pan Qiong opened her eyes in horror, and in front of her, she was a rather beautiful woman, not inferior to herself. But dressed like a man, with a long and short double knife at his waist, and the female soldiers behind him are carrying long metal pipes, and these are the things that killed his own tiger brother?
Pan Qiong, who was ashamed and angry, slammed into the woman, not wanting the woman to be prepared, so she hugged Pan Qiong from behind. "Little girl, is she very strong, but it doesn't matter, I like strong horses. In fact, you should be glad that if you fall into the hands of the official army, this is not the case now. Your two sisters and one brother are in the hands of officers and soldiers, and their situation is ...... You won't want to know. I have your other two brothers and five sisters, and you can see each other when you come back. ”
"You...... Who is it? Why did you kill Brother Tiger? Pan Qiong asked through gritted teeth.
The woman sneered: "I, it's the Lin Witch you said, this Xijiang is now my world, and even those who do business with your father have long been controlled by me." Do you still want to run? It's a dream! You can call me a witch, or you can call me Lin Fang, you can do it. Come on, take her down, look at it, this little wild horse, it's really delicious. ”
Several women dragged Pan Qiong, who was scolding incessantly, down, and an elderly woman persuaded: "Lin Fang, you can't do this all the time." You also know that many young people have thoughts about you, and you either really find someone to be nice to, or you are like a lady, always doing this, and sooner or later something will happen. ”
"Whoever has an idea for me, get a list, send them to a boat, and let them go next time they go to Nanyang." Lin Haishan instructed the woman, and thought about it again, "What you said also makes sense, no matter what, I am also a fair person, and I have to look like a wife." What about you guys, I'll go to see Xianggong, several of Pan Sheng's children have been caught, and he himself has become a turtle in an urn. I want to see if the Ming army is really powerful, or if it will only rely on more for victory, and in the future, I will be friends and enemies, and I must first look at the strength before speaking. ”