PS: Weakness is better than strength

Volume 53 chapters

Helian Chang can't say that he likes Yao Zhanbao, and he can't say that he doesn't like it. He admits that this person has the ability, but since he is not under his command, there is never even the slightest hint of refuge, then his ability is like the wife next door, no matter how beautiful it is, it is used by others.

So when he was awakened from his deep sleep and learned that Yao Zhanbao was visiting at such a strange time, it was natural that he would be more annoyed than curious. However, Yao Zhanbao is not alone, there is a pregnant woman behind him, and this pregnant woman claims to be Chen Song's wife.

Immediately the drowsiness is gone.

He was not the same as his brother Helian Bi, who was not interested in women, and of the three things he liked, women were between horses and good knives. In his opinion, there is something in common between these three things, and the gist is whether you can master it skillfully. He has seen many beautiful women, but a beautiful woman, with a big belly, crossed the battlefield in the middle of the night to find her husband, and was escorted by a Hun general, which was really beyond his experience in hunting beauty. sighed secretly in his heart: this woman's appearance has surpassed all his involvement, but it is a pity that she has been planted by others. However, that face was more poignant because of melancholy, which made him feel pity for the jade, and he didn't know how to tell him about Chen Song's ending.

Xue Mei'er looked at Helianchang's expression, and she already had dark clouds in her heart:

"Please ask General Helian to allow me to see my husband."

Helian Chang gritted his teeth:

"You won't see him anymore!"

Xue Mei'er has the last bit of hope left:

"You escorted him to Chang'an?"

Helian Chang shook his head and didn't speak.

Yao Annihilation Leopard sighed silently. The war was over, and he really wanted to meet Chen Song. It's not just because this person once let him go. It is also because the world is so big, and it is rare to meet outstanding people. A hero talks about it, and it is better to read a thousand books of rotten Confucianism. But look at Helian Chang's expression. knew that Chen Song was indeed dead. This is somewhat untrue, because he will always remember the wind and lightning strike when Chen Song led the elite cavalry to fly down from the high post in the Battle of Chiyang, and he can't imagine that such a person with martial arts will be gone. He was originally standing three steps away from Xue Mei'er, but at this time he consciously took a big step forward, lest Xue Mei'er suddenly faint.

But the woman stood straight and stared straight at Helian Chang:

"You killed him?"

Helian Chang didn't like the feeling of being forced to look at. He respects Chen Song very much, and he also regrets his death, but this momentum has passed before dark. Battlefield encounters. Life and death are in the sky, and if the soldiers are not detached, at least they are paralyzed. But in front of this woman, he actually felt a trace of guilt.

I didn't want to say more, so I stood up and made a gesture of please, and led the way out of the tent.

The soldiers carried torches and led them for about two hundred steps.

Between the two tents, a row of unloaded carts with horses was parked, each covered with cowhides.

The pro-soldier pulled down the cowhide from the first car. Silently walked away.

Xue Mei'er's legs were on the clouds.

Underneath the cowhide, there is also a white cloth. The moment she lifted the white cloth, she had the illusion that he was still alive. Chen Song's face was not injured. His eyes were wide open and his brows were furrowed, which was what he often did when he was unhappy or happy but intended to hurt others. Xue Mei'er is very familiar.

She slowly pulled the white cloth downward, ready to see the different parts of her body. But what you see is a whole body. The Huns had already cut off the shaft of the arrow on Chen Song's body and washed away the blood stains on his body. gave him a new white brocade robe, and at first glance this person was painless, just sleeping in his clothes.

But immediately two penetrating wounds on the side of the neck were found, followed by dense scars on the body.

She touched every wound gently, as if wherever her fingers went, those wounds would disappear, and the man's body would automatically regain its youthful glow, like the legendary resting soil.

Her eyes were hazy, and the man lay in a fog.

Get up, you are lying down so thinly, the woman is distressed.

But he was disobedient and just lay there.

The man's eyes didn't close at first, and now they don't. It wasn't like this before. He didn't have a problem with sleeping and opening his eyes, but he would snore when he was very tired. No snoring tonight. This is very untrue.

The man's lips opened slightly, and the woman felt as if he was gesturing to lean over and kiss her. But every time she kisses, the woman closes her eyes and doesn't know what the man's mouth looks like when he wants to kiss, it won't be a flower anyway, and the flower won't have so much beard.

The man's chest is cold and hard. I told you not to sleep, you prefer to sleep in the car in the winter. When a man is out at war, a woman sleeps on a pillow; When the man returns, the woman pills on his breast, which is warm, wide, and elastic.

There are a lot of calluses on the palms of men's hands. It shouldn't have grown tonight, but these hands have been caressed on the woman's body, why didn't the woman feel it? Maybe the woman was already drunk at that time.

The man's legs were slightly bent, as if they could not be straightened. Men's legs are very straight, and they look good with or without pants. There is a lot of hair on his calves, which is said to be the reason why he runs fast. When a man gets on and off the horse, his legs look very charming. But today he neither ran nor got on his horse, just fell asleep with his legs bent.

The part between the man's legs is hard now, but it's not warm at all. When the man gets hard, the woman softens into mud, and she gasps and moans in the mud. If a man is hard, he will be soft, and that is because he has completed his mission and planted a little elf in the woman's belly.

Her eyes were hazy.

She read his name over and over again, and he just lay there, pretending to be asleep, pretending to be stupid, and deliberately not getting up. She didn't believe he could hold his breath, so she kept calling his name. His name was salty, as tears ran down his cheeks and into his mouth.

Get up, get up, don't be foolish!

It's so cold, if you don't go back with me, I can't split those hard firewood. If you don't go back with me, there will be a big pot of porridge for breakfast. If you don't go back with me, when there is thunder and lightning, I will hide in someone's arms. If you don't go back with me, the children will learn to ride horses, who will teach them? You don't come back with me. The women were washing their clothes by the river and talking about their men. How can I answer? You don't go back with me, I bought good clothes. Wearing good jewelry, who else can you show it in front of the mirror?

She whispered, softly calling out the salty name.

The man was motionless.

Helian Chang was dressed very warmly, but her toes had begun to numb, this woman seemed to be very resistant to the cold, she had been crying here for so long, and she was still climbing the carriage and refusing to move her steps. After a long time, he walked over gently:

"Please Mrs. Chen's condolences. I also have to take care of General Chen's flesh and blood. ”

This sentence woke up Xue Mei'er. It was at this moment that she threw away the idea of following Chen Song. It was one Chen Song who died, and the one who was about to be reborn was another Chen Song, who was the wife of one Chen Song and the mother of another Chen Song. If she leaves the world now, Chen Song will really die, die cleanly, and leave nothing behind.

Wronged this child, and then such a cold night. has always been with my mother, cold with her, bitter together, and struggling together in despair.

Slowly stood up. Turned to face Helian Chang:

"General Helian, I'm going to take him."

Helian Chang shook his head;

"Madame wants to take General Chen away, so I shouldn't stop it. However, you Han people pay attention to entering the soil for peace. The road to Jiangdong is far away, and the saddle horse is bumpy. I'm afraid it's not conducive to General Chen's rest. Helian Chang respected General Chen and had already sent someone to Chang'an to buy a good coffin. Originally, General Chen was to be buried. Not to mention ......"

Yao Zhanbao had already thought of what Helian Chang was going to say, but he was not good at interjecting. Sure enough, Helian Chang hesitated for a moment, and said what he should have said:

"There are people who hate General Chen and refuse to let you go, and I can't stop it. Wouldn't it be sad if they caught up with you and blasphemed General Chen? ”

Xue Mei'er didn't know about the secret battle between Helian Chang and Helian Bi, but it was not difficult to imagine that Chen Song's body was desecrated, and this was definitely intolerable. He groaned a little, and said that I would cremate him here, and take his ashes away, along with his eight brothers.

The Huns set up firewood with all their hands and feet, ready to carry the corpses of nine people up. Xue Mei'er knelt beside her husband and looked greedily at his face. In a few moments, the face will be gone forever.

An old voice called out to Madame in a low voice. She looked back and was a Hun veteran. The veteran said that I washed General Chen's body, and I found this on him.

After saying that, he handed over a small bag. The bag was soaked in blood, and the primary color was no longer visible, and there was a hole in the middle. She untied the bag and found that it was her own strand of hair, half of which had been cut off by the arrow. She smiled at the veteran and said thank you, tears rolling down her cheeks. This wisp of green silk can't grow back, just like a person who dies and can't be resurrected. It should be left to Chen Song and cremated with his body. Its jet-black soul is going to follow Chen Song. It was like a messenger for his soul to remember her colors, smells, and tastes until one day, she was reunited with him again.

Tongues of fire sprang up, grinding nine bodies and warming nine souls. The night sky is reflected red, like a feast at night.

In everyone's ashes, there are a lot of arrows. The soldier tried to check them out with pliers, but Xue Mei'er stopped her, and when the arrows were still warm, she took out one of them and hid it in her arms. For a moment, a thought flashed through her: if it weren't for the two children, she could have stuck this thing down her throat.

While waiting for the carriage and horses, Helian Chang asked Yao Zhanbao in a low voice:

"It's good that General Yao sent a personal escort, why did you send her personally?"

Yao Zhanbao had a huge voice rolling in his heart: Because she is a Qiang Qiang Qiang, because she is the Imperial Concubine, the Imperial Concubine, the Imperial T

"They are all war generals, if I throw my corpse on the battlefield one day, my wife can have the courage to collect the corpse for me, and I also hope that the enemy general can give her a ride!"

Helian Chang nodded and said You can take care of the rest, and I'll go back to sleep.

Xue Mei'er sat in the carriage, holding a leather bag tightly in her arms. Chen Song's ashes are inside, and there is still residual warmth, just like a man's quilt after leaving.

Not long after they left the Xiongnu camp, they heard the sound of drums and horns behind them. Yao Zhanbao thought of Helian Chang's words, and knew that Helian Xuan was unwilling to spit on himself, and he was already about to chase after the army.

Regardless of Xue Mei'er's pregnancy, she asked the driving soldiers to run to the fastest, bumpy all the way, smoke and dust all the way, and finally sent the person to Guo Xu in the middle of the day. Guo Xu is his enemy, and he can't sue the other party Helian to catch up, but he can hint:

"General Guo. You don't have to defend this place anymore, and the faster you go, the better. It's just that there is still a long way to go, don't care about the head! ”

Dismount and walk to Xue Meier's car:

"Madame, take care all the way. Forgive Yao Ji for not being able to send it far! ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked away, and after walking a few steps, he heard Xue Mei'er calling his name from behind, and turned around to see her dragging her clumsy body on her knees and kowtowing deeply to him.

Yao Zhanbao couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so he hit the horse and ran away.

He had taken great pains to defeat the Jin army and prove his strategy on the battlefield. He did it. If it weren't for his familiarity with the geography around Chang'an, it would be impossible for Helian to besiege the Jin army in the dense forest, and Chen Song should still be alone in the yang world at this moment. Chen Song's death. It was part of his victory that he finally thwarted his fierce opponent in the Battle of Chiyang. However, even if he was resourceful, how could he have predicted that the death of this enemy would mean that a Qiang sister fell into the abyss, and she was precisely the woman of the Qiang Emperor. Yao Ji, a Qiang officer who was incapable of defending the imperial family, and the woman who defended the emperor begged for more blessings when the Qiang kingdom fell, and later sprinkled a layer of frost on the ice and snow of the imperial concubine's fate with her own hands.

The first time you discover the glory of war can also be instantly covered with a layer of dust.

Back to the camp. The ministry will find him gloomy. No one dared to ask him why. After a while, the order went down, and the army went east, blocking the barracks at the mouth of the valley. Without his orders, no one was allowed to move half a step, and no one was allowed to pass through the guò.

This is a strange command. Because they had no battle to fight, the soldiers were looking forward to going to Chang'an to receive the reward. Then sprinkle the reward money on that world of flowers, and bring all kinds of war fortunes back to Daxia's hometown.

But he ordered like that. No one dares to ask why.

He drank quietly in the tent, and ordered his own soldiers, and if someone from the west came to the camp, he would report it immediately.

So when Helian Bian rushed first, he found a big camp on the road, and Yao Annihilated the leopard in front of the big camp. What surprised him was that when this man saw the three princes coming, he had no subordinate etiquette, not only did he not dismount, but he also rode his horse, looming as if he were an enemy.

Helian said that General Yao had a hard time escorting the beauty last night.

Yao Zhanbao immediately understood that Helian Chang had Helian Chang's eyes and ears in the camp. These two brothers, in order to win the heir, have done a lot of tricks. But let it go, the two dogs of the Helian family are fighting for bones, what is the difference to my Qiang Yao Ji?

"The three princes are killed, they are chasing hard, it's hard!"

Helian saw that the words were wrong, and didn't want to waste time, so he frowned and said that if General Yao had spare strength, he would pursue the Jin army with me, and the credit would be indispensable to you; If you are tired, you can make the way, I will go and get Zhu Lingshi's head!

Yao Annihilation Leopard just didn't look down on Helian Bi before, but today he is a little disgusting. Reached out and took out Helian Chang's warrant from his arms:

"Yao Ji has a warrant from the eldest prince in his hand, and he wants me to let the Jin army go over, and I must not stop it. The three princes want to pursue, this can be regarded as a block, Yao Ji can't obey! ”

"Yao Ji" instead of "Yao Annihilation Leopard", Helian heard it very awkwardly, but he didn't have time to think about it, because it was even more unforgivable for this person to use Helian Chang to block him.

"My brother has an agreement with Jin Jun, that's his business, I don't care! If you don't know the current affairs, I will play your majesty together afterwards and punish you for the crime of collaborating with the enemy! You left your post last night without permission and escorted Chen Song's wife back and forth, which is already a big crime, plus today to obstruct me from chasing and destroying the remnants of the enemy, it is enough to cut off your head ten times! ”

Yao Zhanbao smiled:

"Three princes, be honest. Chen Song said that if you let you go, let you go, without the slightest hesitation. Why do you have to come back and hunt for it afterwards? ”

Helian was poked in the scar, his face suddenly turned red like a pig's liver, and he drew his sword and pointed at Yao Annihilation:

"The Qiang people have descended to captivity, and they dare to ridicule you, can't I behead you with the respect of the prince?"

He didn't realize that as soon as these words came out, the Qiang officials around Yao Zhanbao all sank their faces. In the battle of Chiyang, the leopard extermination battalion was heavily damaged, and most of the Qiang people were lost. The people who were born were alone in the Hun army, and they were even more united. Now Helian is openly humiliating them, although they can't scold back immediately, they are already secretly gnashing their teeth.

Yao Zhanbao was not impatient, and made a gesture of please:

"If you have the ability, just cut it off, and my head will be waiting."

Not only did the "Three Princes" be replaced by "you", but the lance also pointed over.

Helian immediately realized that Yao Anbao had a different person today. He was happy to cut off the head of anyone who stood in his way, but he was no match for him, but he took a step back and raised his hand:

"The three armies on the opposite side listened to the order. Yao destroyed the leopard without a prince, and was bound to rebel. Whoever takes him will be a marquis! ”

There was no reaction over there.

Don't say Qiang officers. Even the Huns also have a common sense, that is, a general like Yao Zhanbao, who is ordered by the emperor rather than the prince, is a rebel or not by Helian Bobo, not his son.

Seeing that the commander did not move Yao to destroy the leopard's headquarters, Helian Xuan jumped on his cheeks, turned around and shouted:

"Give it to me, take down Yao Annihilation Leopard!"

The official who followed him looked at each other. No one stepped forward. The situation is very clear, whoever moves forward will provoke his own family fire. Helian Xuan went to his father and kowtowed to him, and he could turn a big thing into a small one, but others were not so easy. A stone that can smash a bag on his head is a mountain that can crush the other nine clans.

Helian was actually entangled all night. Chen Song died, his shame had already calmed down, he tossed and turned all night, and fell asleep at dawn. But I didn't sleep long before I was woken up. A secret report came from the henchmen who were planted in Helian Chang's camp, saying that Yao Zhanbao had escorted Mrs. Chen Song to him, burned the bodies of nine Nanren, and took away the ashes. His fire was ignited in an instant. He was kidnapped. Helian Chang was a good person in the middle, and in the end he became the biggest beneficiary. This slippery head, in order to hit his own brother. He didn't hesitate to go eye-to-eye with Jin Jun! There's nothing wrong with having an agreement, wait until you get out. You can completely tear up the agreement to catch up, and kill Nanban without leaving a piece of armor! Those who have done great things in history. There are a few who talk and count! Liu Bang and Xiang Yu have a chasm covenant, aren't they also chasing after them to cut the grass and eradicate the roots? That's not all, he actually gave Yao Anbao a warrant to let him go of the Jin army!

There is no other explanation! If the Jin army was wiped out, Helian Xuan's shame would be erased. If the Jin army stays, people will say that this defect, which is detrimental to the victory, is caused by the eldest prince's necessity to save the third prince, and the reason why the third prince needs to be saved is because he is pressed in the bed with his bare buttocks, and there is a male pet by his side. His large battalion of tens of thousands of people, the enemy easily infiltrated, and it proved that he had no way to command the army, and he was a rotten noodle that could not be lifted.

It's not that the Jin army can't let it go! But since the Jin army is used by his own people to fight against dissidents, then he will never let it go! Not only that, he must let his father uphold justice, and say whether the Xiongnu prince should be so lenient to Nanban!

He thought that Yao Annihilation Leopard should be actively pursued, because so far the latter had not reaped a little oil and water from this battle. Since the eldest prince has a warrant, he can't help but be wronged, but isn't the third prince himself at the door the best reason to take advantage of this?

But it was this Yao Annihilation Leopard who was so strong, as if he was determined to break off the queen for the Jin army.

He couldn't read it.

The two Xiongnu armies faced each other for most of the day. In the middle of the day, the people sent back by Helian Chang brought Helian Chang's password:

The previous order is revoked, and it is up to you to choose whether Yao Annihilation is willing to pursue or not, but you must get out of the way.

The juice of this matter has been squeezed out by Helianchang, and he can't break with his younger brother openly for the sake of a Yao Anbao.

Yao Zhanbao shook his head sadly, then smiled, and turned back to the three armies to order:

"Helian Chang's order, the Huns can no longer disobey, and the Qiang Yao Ji can no longer obey; All the Qiang people, who are willing to obey this command, stay where they are; If you don't want to, come to me! ”

The meaning of these words could not be clearer. With Yao destroying the leopard as the boundary, the two Xiongnu armies immediately retreated to both sides, accompanied by the sound of surprised discussions. The Qiang people who remained in place were about five or six hundred, and after a little hesitation, most of them galloped into the Xiongnu army, leaving behind all the officers and one hundred and ten soldiers.

Yao Zhanbao glanced at the people around him:

"I'm sorry, you don't have the glory and wealth with me, and you've gotten to this point."

No one spoke.

Helian gave an order, and the Huns flocked to it. Don't shoot arrows, catch them alive, let His Majesty personally condemn them to death, and let them split their waist and cut them off. The dead can't be accused, and they can climb while they're alive, even if it's the eldest prince.

But this can only kill more people.

The Qiang people cursed and killed in the Qiang language, and the Huns cursed and killed in the Xiongnu language, and it didn't take long for only Yao Zhanbao to be on the horse.

The Huns changed their tactics and stopped fighting him, because that was what he did best. They pressed the horses tightly together, each with a shield and a lance, pressed densely towards the center, and the encirclement became smaller and smaller.

When he was about to be locked by the dense tip of the lance, Yao Zhanbao shouted:

"Your Majesty, Chen Yao Ji did his best!"

The Huns who surrounded him did not understand that he was talking about Yao Hong and not Helian Bobo, and found this sentence really strange. They saw this Qiang general who threw away the name of "Yao Annihilation Leopard" and called himself "Yao Ji" reversed his long lance. He stabbed the tip of his lance into his throat. A stream of blood spurted out and crossed the horse's head. Splashed on the ground. Yao Ji held the lance in one hand and the saddle bridge in the other. Holding this position for a while, he finally collapsed.

Helian Peng frantically brandished his scimitar:

"Don't stop, step over, step over, trample him to me!"

The knights instigated their mounts to spin in place.

The earth had not yet thawed, and Yao Ji could not melt into the hard earth, and the fragments of his flesh and blood spread out on the ground.

Helian took off the wine bag and poured a few sips, and ordered hoarsely:

"All Qiang, line up!"

The Qiang knew that the last hour had come. They didn't follow Yao Ji just now, and there is no possibility of a fight at this time. Under the curse, collision and squeezing of the Huns, they threw away their weapons and dismounted and concentrated in the clearing, with the blood of those Qiang people under their feet.

Helian took a mace, rushed into the crowd, and waved it wantonly. His cavalry did the same.

When the mace was covered in flesh and his robes were stained with blood, the humiliation in his heart finally dissipated a lot.

Throw away the mace and draw the knife and point forward:

"The rebellion has been removed. Come with me to kill the Nanban! ”

He knew that the best time to pursue was over, but he would catch up even if he could only catch a small rearguard force. The knife must be stained with blood, and it must be stained with the blood of the Nanban. If not, he will not be able to eat and sleep uncomfortably. The battle between Great Xia and Great Jin is over, but his personal war has only just begun.

Run through the canyon for two hours. There was no trace of the Jin army. The first man who persuaded him to return to the bridle was whipped by him, and the second would have cut off the hand holding the reins if he hadn't dodged quickly. People are miserable. But the pursuit can only continue. When the sun was about to set in the west, they rushed to the bottom of Tongguan City. found that there was no longer a single soldier of the Jin army here. Helian Bi asked his staff to write a battle report to Helian Bobo, claiming that he led his army to capture Tongguan. After a short rest, he immediately went out of Tongguan to continue the pursuit. How much is in front of him, how high he is at the moment. The striker grabbed a fallen Jin soldier on the side of the road and whipped a few whips, this soldier said that the Jin army went in two ways, Zhu Lingshi led the main force to the east, as if he was going to a fortress occupied by Wang Jingxian of the Jin army, and a small army turned south, Guo Xu took it.

Helian hesitated slightly, decided to catch the big one if he wanted to, and vowed to capture Zhu Lingshi, but he refused to be so cheap Guo Xu, so he divided a thousand cavalry, led by his own soldiers, and chased after him fiercely.

By Guo Xu's side, there will only be Hu Luzheng and Xu Zhihao left, and the knights are barely three hundred. When the whole army arrived at Tongguan, it had been two days since the defenders of Tongguan had withdrawn. Zhu Lingshi originally hoped to rest here, but there was no trace of friendly troops, the people were closed, and the grain depot was empty. The common people loyal to the Great Jin Dynasty asked them to leave quickly, because many Huns had already infiltrated in disguise and hid in various parts of the city. Zhu Lingshi judged that Helian would definitely regret it, and he would immediately follow after him, and at that time, he would be overstretched by the enemy inside and outside, so he decided to leave immediately. He didn't want Xue Meier and Xiaoqiao to be frightened anymore, so he decided to give Guo Xu a horse with good foot strength, and asked him to take the path to Luoyang immediately. He himself led the main force and went east with great fanfare, attracting the attention of the pursuers. There is Wang Jingxian's fortress in the east, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he can rest and wait for help, as long as he gets there, Helian will have nothing to do.

The cavalry that pursued Guo Xu ran until the night was dark and could not run anymore, so after discussing it, it was decided to camp on the spot. Chase for another hour tomorrow morning, and if there is no trace of the Jin army by then, turn around and go back.

The knights were very tired and slept deeply in the saddle. A pro-soldier was in a hurry to urinate, and after sprinkling, he came back and woke up a soldier next to him, saying that he vaguely heard the child's cry and wanted to go over and take a look. The man slept in a daze, and said to sleep quickly, in the wilderness, don't scare people.

The pro-soldier went to sleep. I heard the child crying. He kicked out another soldier and dragged him forward, right next to their camp, across a small hill, and he saw another camp. The moonlight was unknown, but his eyes had adapted to the darkness, and at this time he could see many people sleeping on the ground, and there was a car in the crowd, from which the crying of children came.

He touched it from the mountain bag, told his companion to hurry up and call someone, and he continued to monitor it. At this time, several secret sentinels of the Jin army outflanked him. The two soldiers jumped to their feet and shouted to the police while fighting the enemy.

Guo Xu rushed over and killed the two Hun soldiers neatly, and saw that countless torches had been lit not far away. Immediately asked Hu Luzheng to lead two hundred brothers to escort the car away, and he and Xu Zhihao led the rest of the brothers to break off.

The car walked out less than two miles. The right wheel got into a crater and the violent impact broke the axle. Almost threw Xue Mei'er out. Hu Luzheng immediately asked the two knights to give up their horses to the two women, but they were not good at riding horses. I still have to hold the child in my arms, and I can't run fast at all. Guo Xu and Xu Zhihao were unable to stabilize the battle line at all under the rapid attack of the Huns, so they could only fight and retreat, and soon caught up with Hu Luzheng's team.

Fortunately, in the dark night, the road was narrow, and the Huns could not outflank them on both wings, so they could only push forward and kill until dawn. There were only more than 50 cavalry left around Guo Xu, and there were about 20 brothers who had died on their mounts and could only fight on foot. At this time, Guo Xu realized that they were fighting and walking in the dark, and they had missed the fork in the road, and now there was a river in front of them, which was not very wide, but the horses could not jump over, and the current was also very fast. Don't even think about it.

The 1,000 Hun cavalry, who had already lost more than half of them at this time, also saw the situation of the Jin army and decided to drive them all into the river. It's dawn. The Huns' bows and arrows were put to use, and the infantry brothers surrounded the two women as meat shields, under the cover of the cavalry. Run along the riverbank.

When there were only a dozen or so cavalrymen left, the infantry brothers, who were running ahead on foot, suddenly shouted in ecstasy.

Bridge!

There's a bridge over the river!

Actually, it's three planks. It was on a stone bridge abutment in the middle, and I don't know how long it took to step on it. After a long time of wind and rain, the planks have begun to decay. Guo Xu was afraid that these boards would not be able to support the cavalry, so he rushed to the front line, brandished the iron mallet, killed several Hun soldiers, scared off the remnants, and told the brothers to dismount and cross the bridge immediately. As soon as the person reaches the other side, the plank is immediately removed.

But the Huns pressed closely, and if there was no one in their way, they would also dismount and cross the bridge. Guo Xu jumped off his horse, threw away the long sword that had been cut off, and asked for a long lance from a brother, which was blocked at the head of the bridge like an iron tower. The brothers had already run across the bridge, and only he, Hu Luzheng, and Xu Zhihao were left here.

Hu Luzheng, you can't shoot arrows, you go to the other side to cover us.

Hu Lu shook his head self-deprecatingly, and ran across the bridge with his bow.

Without waiting for him to send Xu Zhihao, the latter spoke first:

"Brother Guo, don't fight with me, I don't have a family!"

Guo Xu didn't say anything, nor did he move his steps.

Xu Zhihao glanced at the two women running forward on the other side of the bank, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and added faintly:

"There's already a widow, don't add another one!"

Guo Xu gritted his teeth and ran to the other side of the river. Hu Luzheng had already found a big stone to hide, and the quiver was untied from his body and placed on the ground. His position happened to be on the flank of the bridge, and there was no blind spot for shooting at the enemy on the bridge.

The Huns pounced. Xu Zhihao's iron mallet flew over their heads.

They were not afraid of death, and they came up in waves.

Xu Zhihao stepped back step by step.

The first Huns to step on the bridge were shot into the water by Hu Luzheng, followed by the second, third, and fourth. Guo Xu looked back anxiously, and saw that the brothers had run away, and a little relieved, he waved his hands and shouted loudly;

"Xu Zhihao, take it down! Get down! Let's tear down the bridge! ”

He knew that many Huns knew Chinese, but he couldn't hide his intentions.

Xu Zhihao immediately turned around and retreated, and the Huns who tried to snatch it were shot one by one by Hu Luzheng.

Xu Zhihao ran to the bridge, left the iron mallet, bent down to lift the plank, Guo Xu stepped forward to help, and then they found that the end of the plank was buried deep in the soil and could not be picked up at all. Not to say that they are exhausted, even when they are full of strength, they do not want to shake these seemingly decayed and broken woods.

Xu Zhihao didn't care about the hammer, rushed to the middle of the bridge, looked around, looked at the most rotten place of the wooden plank and kicked it fiercely, and broke the middle board in a few strokes, just when he was about to step on the board on the side, an arrow from the Huns shot through his back.

Guo Xu saw Xu Zhihao's movements suddenly stop, and then accelerated and kicked up. The second board was stronger, and he stepped on it seven or eight times in succession, and finally broke it, and was hit by two more arrows in the middle of the back. If the Huns knew that Xu Zhihao's chest shot by Hu Luzheng failed to penetrate his rock-like muscles, it would not be strange that this person was able to carry three arrows on his back. At this time, Xu Zhihao was already bleeding all over his back, and he had no strength left, so he raised his legs and walked back with difficulty. Guo Xu was about to catch up, when he watched an arrow drill through Xu Zhihao's leg from behind.

The hunk brother chuckled silly and slowly fell to his knees on the bridge.

Guo Xu screamed and wanted to rush over, and as soon as his foot stepped on the plank, the plank sank down. Raising his eyes and looking at the other side, the Huns were slowly coming along the board that had not been broken. He walked up to Xu Zhihao, hesitated, and still raised his scimitar to cut off Xu Zhihao's head. He staggered, quickly regained his balance, and raised his knife again.

Guo Xu shouted, Hu Luzheng shot him, shoot him, shoot him quickly. He didn't hear the bowstring sound. Looking back, Hu Luzheng was sitting on the ground with his head down, and the bowstring in his hand had been broken.

He has lost the vegetable worm, mung bean, and madman, just lost Chen Song, and now he is about to lose Xu Zhihao. He saw that the enemy wanted to cut off his brother's head, but he could do nothing.

The Huns' knives were already raised above their heads.

At this moment everyone heard the voice of a woman;

"Stop!"

Guo Xu looked back and saw that Xiao Qiao was standing on the top of a low slope and stretched out her hand forward, as if this would stop the killing in front of her. Guo Xu has never seen Xiao Qiao more like a goddess than a woman than at this time.

The Huns were there.

They had never seen a woman on the battlefield calling for a halt.

Xiao Qiao walked down, pushed away Guo Xu, who was trying to stop her, and walked all the way to Xu Zhihao's side, covering him with his body, his face as pale as a jade carving almost touching the tip of the Huns' knife.

"I've killed more than 10,000 people, haven't you killed enough? Do we have grievances and hatreds? Killing and killing, all the blood of the common people is shed, and the achievements are all the merits of high-ranking officials and nobles! You chop around like this, Helian is happy, Liu Yu is happy, will your parents, wives and children be happy? What can you save but a blood debt? Brothers Huns, these people are my relatives, and I will exchange my life for them. Come on, cut it! ”

The Hun soldier looked at Xiao Qiao, then at the knife in his hand, and slowly lowered his hand.

Behind him, there was a whisper among the Huns, who put their knives back into their scabbards.

Guo Xu was stunned, not knowing what magic swept the enemy.

A Hun officer stood on the other side of the river, holding his heart with one hand and bowing to Xiaoqiao:

"Mrs. Guo, you and General Guo have been to our camp, and many of us here have heard you sing. Helan Mountain, like a picturesque screen, the Huns' daughter is in tears, we like it! Let's go, don't kill it, you and we have too many people dead, we won't kill it! ”

Xiao Qiaoshen returned the salute and bent down to help Xu Zhihao.

Guo Xu watched them walk over cautiously in a daze, as if in a dream, he couldn't believe that life and death were good or bad, and he decided in the woman's words.

Xu Zhihao crossed the bridge, looked back at the enemy who had put down the butcher knife, and asked the officer with difficulty:

"Let us go, how will you explain when you go back?"

The officer did not answer, but raised his voice to restrain the army, and said it to his subordinates, and also to the enemy:

"We caught up with the Jin army and killed for a while, but the Jin army reinforcements arrived, so we had to retreat!"

The Hun soldiers raised their voices in response, and there was a hint of joy.

The officer waved to Xu Zhihao on the horse, turned the horse's head, commanded the army, and disappeared into the distance in a blink of an eye. Everywhere the horse's hooves went, there were corpses all the way.

Guo Xu and Hu Luzheng helped Xu Zhihao to walk forward, walked two or three miles, and met the brothers who came back to answer. Xu Zhihao was too heavy, everyone took turns to carry him, everyone could only walk a hundred and ten steps, and everyone had his blood dripping down their heels. When it was Guo Xu's turn to carry it the second time, Xu Zhihao weakly asked Guo Xu to put him down. Guo Xu said stop talking, hold on, someone will answer if you move forward.

Step by step, they moved to the middle of the day, and finally saw a small group of cavalry on the southern horizon.

They encountered the rangers sent out from the camp in the northern suburbs of Luoyang.

Guo Xu walked a few steps quickly and patted Xu Zhihao who was lying on the back of a brother;

"Zhihao, if you endure it again, you will be able to have Langzhong soon."

Xu Zhihao did not answer.

He just lay on the back of his comrade, forever losing his breath. (To be continued......)