Chapter 317: The Gap
"Haha, look!"
A Zhang Yejun cut down a Southern Prison Army who rushed over, and when he saw that Luo Xingtian's boat had gradually moved away, he laughed out loud, and Zhang Yejun on the river turned around in a trance, and sure enough, he saw that Luo Xingtian's boat had gone not far away.
The leaf boat on the golden water rowed towards the north shore little by little, Luo Xingtian slept in the cabin, feeling the rise and fall on the water, and he woke up with a splitting headache.
"Where is this?"
The two guards didn't say a word, just gritted their teeth and paddled fiercely, they had only one direction, that is, the opposite bank, their hearts were dripping blood, behind them were their robes, watching their brothers die on the bank of the river, but they were like cowards, they could only live in humiliation.
"Jinshui, this is Jinshui!"
Luo Xingtian also smelled this salty, and stood up step by step, he heard a burst of shouts of killing in a drowsy state, and suddenly woke up.
The rain was still falling, slapping on his face, making him feel extremely cold, he held the boat, and said weakly: "Quick, go back, we can't be deserters, die, we have to die in Zhangye!" ”
The two guards couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears on their faces, and they didn't even dare to look back, unwilling to see the cruel scene, but desperately rowed in the direction of rushing to the city.
"Listen to my ...... Listen to my ...... Cough...... Get back! ”
Luo Xingtian's face was pale, but he was extremely anxious, he was faintly in pain, he didn't know how Wu Ze was now, he had already hit Jinshui, perhaps, there was no Wu Ze anymore.
"General, wake up, Zhang Ye is finished, don't let the brothers' efforts go to waste!"
One of the guards roared, his eyes blurred with tears on his face, and his face wrinkled into a hideous face.
"It's over...... Is Zhang Ye finished? ”
Luo Xingtian saw Zhang Yejun on the other side, his voice was a little confused, he still couldn't believe it, tens of thousands of people, it's over?
"Brothers, General Luo has left, let's go find General Wu!"
On Zhang Ye's side, the man at the head smiled miserably, clenched the knife in his hand, looked at the leaf flat boat above the golden water, and finally showed a knowing smile, they did it!
"Horn!"
For the soldiers of the Zhang Ye Army on the pontoon bridge, this crash was simply a greeting of death! In the frightened and earth-colored wails of the Zhang Ye people, the last cable that relied on the stability of the pontoon bridge was also cut by the soldiers of Zhang Ye's army!
"Whoa...... Click......! ”
With the breakage of the cable, a fierce wave rolled rapidly, and a wave swept the pontoon bridge with no strength, and the ear drum was filled with the sound of the pontoon bridge being smashed by the big wave.
And the leaf ferryboat under the pontoon bridge was also swept by the huge waves, and countless people capsized. The Zhang savages on the pontoon bridge also came to the end of life at this time, with the huge waves falling into the river one after another, the turbulent and wide river surface floated for a while, and the wail was deafening! Zhang Ye's people struggled, shouted, and struggled, trying to break free from the arms of death!
However, the great power of the violent nature extinguished their last hope, and as one huge wave after another swooped in, the golden water soon became quiet! Except for the still raging river, there is no life! The remnants of the fighting continued, but at this point it could no longer be called a battle, it could be called a one-sided slaughter......
Gradually, the rain stopped, and the sun peeked out of the clouds, showing a bright smile! In the distant sky, a huge rainbow is erected in the sky, emitting colorful millilights, which is extremely spectacular and beautiful! However, the air after the rain should have been clear and natural, but at this moment, on the shore of Jinshui, it is bloody and pungent! As far as the eye can see, the corpses floating on both sides of the golden water are dozens of miles, and the corpses of the battle-lost Zhang Savages are stacked on top of each other, almost submerging the earth!
Groups of soldiers of the Southern Prison Army were cleaning the battlefield in the foot-reaching mud in wet clothes, and they carried out the body of a Zhang Savage who had been soaked a little from the muddy water, ready to be buried together!
However, the soldiers of the Zhang Ye Army who died on the land, and the soldiers of the Zhang Ye Army can still do their best to bury them! But the Zhang Yeren who died in the golden water, the soldiers of the Southern Prison Army had nothing to do!
Looking at the golden water from the sky, the floating corpses on the wide and rushing river surface floated downstream, and the huge number made the clouds in the sky still a little gloomy! In the narrow part of the river, a large number of dead bodies piled up and even stuffed the gold water into a temporary impassable flow, and the water level continued to rise, and the water overflowed the embankment, and washed away countless fertile fields on both sides!
Near Jinshui, it has become a huge morgue for the soldiers of the Zhangye Army, and in this battle, many of the remains of the Zhangye Army are here!
The main force of the Zhang Ye Army no longer exists!
"Drive!"
In the heavy rain, Qin Tianzhao's army commander drove straight in, towards Jinshui, a general of the Southern Prison tightly tied a human head behind the horsetail, constantly dragged in the heavy rain, look at that face, twisted and hideous, not Wu Ze, who is it?
"Childe!"
Xuanyuan Wu was wearing a white armor, suddenly knelt on the ground, looked at Qin Tianzhao, and said in a deep voice: "Childe, forgive me for being incompetent, let Luo Xingtian escape!" ”
"Boom!"
Qin Tianzhao rode on the horse, looking at the empty leaf boat on the water that was about to dock, he suddenly smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile: "General Xuanyuan, you have worked hard, you should be the first to break the chapter of Yecheng this time!" ”
Xuanyuan Wu glanced at Qin Tianzhao, then stood up, his face was a little strange, he didn't hold Qin Tianzhao's hand, just stood aside, silent as always.
"This big victory, return to the camp, reward the three armies!"
Qin Tianzhao laughed, then turned his horse's head and ran towards Zhangye City, and the army behind heard Qin Tianzhao's order and shouted excitedly: "Long live Childe, long live Childe, long live Childe!" ”
Xuanyuan Wu looked at Qin Tianzhao's back, his face was a little complicated, and for a while, he actually showed a smile, but this smile flashed away, as if he had never smiled.
"Driving ......"
The horse's hooves clattered, and the Southern Prison Army stepped on the mud, following the steps of Qin Tianzhao and Xuanyuan Wu, and also went towards Zhang Ye step by step.
Qin Tianzhao didn't arrest Luo Xingtian back, it was too late, there were no ships on the golden water, and it was not easy to transfer him again.
Luo Xingtian slowly walked to the shore with the support of the two guards, and across the golden water, he could vaguely see the corpses floating on the water.
"Ahem...... Ahem......"
There was some pain in his chest, he had been training for half his life, and after more than ten days of hard work, the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command had died, and now there were only two guards left under his command.
Tens of thousands of people, just gone, didn't die when defending against foreign enemies, died in the hands of his own people, died in internal strife, he really couldn't accept it.
"General, where are we going?"
Luo Xingtian and the two guards walked aimlessly, without any direction, they didn't know where to go, leaving Zhangye, they were already homeless vagabonds.
"Let's go first, let's take one step at a time!"
After being silent for a long time, looking at the two guards looking at him blankly, Luo Xingtian finally spoke, facing the torrential rain, they stepped in the deep mud......
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, but there was no place to stay, above the golden water, the waves were rolling, and after a while, Zhang Yejun's corpse was no longer visible, as if nothing had happened.
In the South Prison, in the city of Mangyuan, it was raining lightly, which was much milder than Zhang Ye, and it even had a bit of oil on the flowers and trees.
"No news yet?"
Liu Fa sat in the hall, there was a faint worry between his eyebrows, Qingyunfei had been going south for a few days, but there had been no news, what worried him the most was Zhang Ye's situation, Jinshui divided the southern prison, south of Jinshui, it can be called the real southern prison, after the waves of the angry sea, it was the real place of exile, but after Qin Wen came, everything changed, but the golden water was crossed, which still caused a lot of inconvenience to the southern prison.
"If you go back to the general, it should be in the next two days, there will definitely be news!" The guards on the side saw that Liu Fa's face was not very good-looking, so he immediately whispered.
"Send out more people to investigate carefully!"
Liu Fa frowned, obviously not very satisfied with this answer, if Zhang Ye was broken into a situation of confrontation between the north and the south, then he would be more passive, that was the result he didn't want to see the most.
The guard heard the coldness in Liu Fa's voice, and then hurriedly walked out, and several people had gone out to investigate, but it had been raining heavily for the past few days, which made it quite difficult to investigate.
"Driving ......"
On the crooked official road, the spring rain is dotted, Qing Yunfei is cold, his body is already soaked, and the army behind him is also dusty, looking like a defeated army, to describe it in one word, that is, the rabble!
It's just that no one knows this army under Qing Yunfei better than Qing Yunfei, they have been killed all the way from the South Prison to the Southwest Mansion, invincible, and no one does not look at them squarely!
Their current direction is Zhang Ye, and they are going to support Luo Xingtian, but they don't know that Zhang Ye at this time has fallen into the hands of Qin Tianzhao, and the heavy rain all night makes the march extremely difficult, especially in this southern prison, the spring rain does not bring rain, but brings out countless poisonous insects and miasma.
"Faster!"
Qing Yunfei's voice was as cold as the iron armor on his body, but he felt a lot of helplessness in his heart, from Mangyuan to the south, to Chongcheng was smooth sailing, but the road behind this was getting more and more difficult, and the slower and slower he went!
"Yes!"
The morale of the generals under his command was low, and the rapid march all night, even if it was an iron nerve, could not stand it, they heard Qing Yunfei's order, and cheered up, in fact, they were already physically and mentally exhausted.
"I hope that guy can hold on!" Qing Yunfei sighed, seeing the team behind him, he couldn't help but be a little worried, not to mention how to help Luo Xingtian with a team like himself, it was difficult to say whether Luo Xingtian could hold it or not.
"Squeak ......"
On the muddy road, a dilapidated ox cart was moving forward, and the direction it was facing was only the direction that Qing Yunfei came, and the two people who drove the car were covered in dirt, and in the car, there was a faint coughing sound.
"Ahem, where have we been!"
A weak voice sounded from the car, it was Luo Xingtian, the past few days of repeated blows, has made him like an old man who is about to die, plus he has been drenched in the heavy rain for a long time, he was originally injured, at this time he was infected with typhoid fever, the whole person is a lot haggard, the two guards are also trying their best, and finally got an ox cart, but in this weather, the mud under their feet is not even willing to move, so their speed is also extremely slow, the most important thing is that now Luo Xingtian's body is getting weaker and weaker, But I can't even find a single langzhong along the way, even if it's a charlatan, in this troubled world, there are not many.
"Back to the general, we are not too far from Chongcheng, I think it won't be long before we can reach Chongcheng!"
One of the guards shook the rain off his robe, then lifted the curtain slightly, and closed it again in an instant, for fear that the cold wind would blow in.
"Hmm...... Cough...... Ahem......"
Intermittently, Luo Xingtian answered, but his face became more and more pale.
"Boom, Boom......"
At this moment, there was a clear sound of horses' hooves from behind, and the muddy puddles splashed everywhere at the moment when the horses' hooves hit the ground, and the sound of horses' hooves was mixed with the smell of cold and rust.
The faces of the two guards changed greatly, they glanced at the back, and immediately changed their faces, behind them were the army, although the heavy rain blurred their vision, but the feeling was still very familiar to them, it was a group of iron-blooded divisions who had been on the battlefield, and they could feel the cold murderous aura from afar.
"Not good, hurry, drive!"
A guard turned his head suddenly, looked at the cow in front of him and then whipped it down, the old cow was in pain, just snorted, but did not go too fast, after all, it is just a cow, besides, this kind of weather, just want to be fast, how fast can it go......
While speaking, the two of them had already copied the knife in their hands, their hearts were cold, it seemed that they couldn't escape, coming from the direction of Jinshui, except for the Southern Prison Army, who else could there be, the two looked at each other and laughed miserably, they were ready to die in battle.
"What's the matter, did anyone catch up?"
Luo Xingtian obviously heard the sound of iron hooves behind him, but he looked indifferent, as if he was not very worried about this, maybe he had expected such a day.
"You don't have to worry about me, let's go, let's go!"
The two guards were silent for a long time, without saying a word, obviously acquiescing to Luo Xingtian's words, Luo Xingtian shook his head, and said lightly through the curtain.
"General, we are willing to live and die with you!"
"No, I want to live!"
Luo Xingtian smiled indifferently, looking at the two guards, a wisp of complexity appeared in his eyes, the two guards were stunned for a moment, and then understood the meaning of Luo Xingtian's words.
"General?"
A guard couldn't hold back any longer, and then opened the curtain, looking at Luo Xingtian who was indifferent, and couldn't help but be a little disheartened, Luo Xingtian's meaning was very clear, he wanted to live, and there was naturally only one way to live, and that was to surrender.
"Let's go, I don't need you anymore...... Ahem......"
Luo Xingtian smiled reluctantly, his face became more and more pale, but the smile on his face made the two guards feel extremely strange, is this still their general, is this still the Luo Xingtian who galloped through the South Prison?
"General, wake up, General Wu is dead, and countless of our brothers in Zhangye are also dead, now, do you still want to surrender, are you worthy of our brothers?"
A guard put down the knife in his hand, looked at Luo Xingtian, and said with some hiss.
"But I want to live, is it wrong?"
Luo Xingtian was always indifferent, indifferently made the two of them feel a little terrible, suddenly, a guard laughed, and he laughed so much that tears flowed out: "It turns out that we have worked hard all the way, you still have to go back, haha, haha...... We were so wrong, so wrong! ”
The sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, Luo Xingtian raised his eyebrows, obviously a little disgusted by the words of the two guards, he was silent for a moment, and then said lightly: "Let's go, if you don't leave, there will be no chance!" ”
"You!"
"That's it, let's go, let him fend for himself, we will fight, but only one death!"
One of the guards wanted to say something, but at this moment, the other guard spoke again, stopped the robe beside him, then talked about the knife on the ground, and finally glanced at Luo Xingtian.
Luo Xingtian's face finally changed slightly, and finally, he still didn't say anything, just closed his eyes and quietly waited for the arrival of the Southern Prison Army.
The two guards looked at the ox cart with indescribable indignation in their hearts, is it worth it?
They really want to know, is it worth it, the lives of countless brothers, in exchange for a person to live, to be born and die, to give up the chance to live, to give all the opportunities to one person, and now that person is going to surrender, go out of the pile of dead people, and now go back, is it really worth it?
"No, it's not fair, it's not fair to our brothers in Zhangye!"
After taking a few steps, one of them finally couldn't help but stop, he was unwilling, unwilling to just leave.
"Then what else can we do, do we want the general to go with us on the road?" A guard shook his head, a little self-deprecating, he suddenly regretted a little, a little confused, after so many years, following Luo Xingtian, what did he get, and finally came to this point, he really felt that he had not seen Luo Xingtian clearly for so many years.
"Do you want the general to come with us on the road?"
After he said this, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but as soon as he raised his head, he saw that there was something playful in the eyes of the other person next to him, and he immediately thought that something was wrong.
"We, are we really okay?"
The other spoke, but the man did not answer, and they were all silent. After a while, a hint of complexity flashed in their eyes almost at the same time.
"Do you really want to do that?"
"For the sake of the brothers who died, for the sake of the general's name before and after, let's go on the road with the general!"
There was a hint of madness on one of the guards' faces, and even though it was raining heavily, his hair seemed to be about to blow up.