Chapter 1: The Battlefield

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On the lonely hill, a big Chu banner full of holes stood obliquely at the top, hunting in the night wind, the huge Chu character in the middle of the flag was half gone, and the big hole that was torn open was like a big mouth of a black hole, laughing at something wantonly. A soldier sat down under the flag, holding the flag tightly in one hand, his head hanging down on his chest, a spear pierced through his chest, penetrated his body, and pierced deep into the ground, the blood on the barrel of the gun had long since turned purple and black, and he had been dead for a long time. But he still won't let go of that flag.

Surrounding this flag, I don't know how many corpses fell on top of each other, obviously, around this flag, there was an extremely tragic battle, down the hillside, the corpses of the enemy and us intersected, the death was strange, until the distance, the grass had already turned dark red, a rough look, in this square garden of a few miles of meadows, at least thousands of casualties on both sides.

A hovering vulture excitedly discovered this huge food field, swooped down with a shrill whistle, but startled several wild dogs who were tearing the corpses on the ground, and scattered in panic, several feet away, but turned back unwillingly, its furry head was stained with blood, its open nose was spewing heavy breath, its grinning mouth was dripping with a liquid mixed with blood and saliva, and there was still a trace of minced flesh between the teeth.

The proud vulture glanced disdainfully at the wild dog not far away, and with its curved and sharp beak, pecked at the delicacy in its eyes, tore off a piece, and craned its neck to swallow.

Perhaps due to an unknown fear of the creatures on the ground, the wild dogs roared a few times in demonstration, scratched their forepaws on the ground, and then fell silent, and each turned his head to aim at the next target, anyway, there was so much food here that he could not face the unknowable danger.

A wild dog pierced its sharp teeth into the target's thigh, the meat here was the most chewy delicacy for them, the warm liquid pouring into his mouth may have made the wild dog perceive something, this bite of food seemed to be a little different from the previous one, but it made him more excited, the warm liquid that poured into his throat made the hormones in his body instantly rise by several orders of magnitude, he whimpered lowly, closed his sharp teeth, and waited to shake his head to tear off this piece of food that made him even more excited.

"Ahh A terrible scream rang out over the silent meadow, and the food in his eyes suddenly sat up from the ground, and his blood-stained face was stained with blood, and a pair of eyes stared blankly at the wild dog that was close at hand.

The wild dog screamed, let go of its mouth, turned around and ran away, ran away for a few feet, but stopped again, turned its head and stared at a pair of green eyes, staring at the previous food, and the huge vulture not far away, frightened, also spread its wings suddenly, and brought a fierce wind, soared into the air, and circled over the meadow.

The food in the eyes of the wild dog is still with a pair of blank eyes to look around, with frightened, puzzled, confused eyes, but there are bursts of words in the mouth, but even the corner of the eye does not sweep the wild dog a few steps away.

Perhaps it was the disdain of the food that angered the wild dog, or perhaps the delicacy of the warm liquid still running down its throat aroused its wild surname, or perhaps it was the disdain for it that made it feel ashamed of it after connecting it twice tonight, in short, the wild dog roared angrily a few times, and suddenly barked wildly and ran towards his target, his sharp teeth glistening coldly in the light of the faintly burning fire not far away.

Approaching the target, it rose to its feet, and aimed its wide open mouth at the throat of the food, which was exposed by staring up at the night sky, and it was very satisfied with its own blow, and even thought that it was the most perfect blow of its life. But its shallow thought came to this, and the food in its eyes raised its hand, and there was a steel knife shining with cold light in its hand, waiting on the way to pounce, the wild dog's eyes showed a frightened light, but it was powerless to stop the most violent and perfect pounce in its life, it watched itself pounce towards the cold light like a flying goose to a fire, it heard the sound of a steel knife entering the flesh, and then, the light in its eyes dimmed, and its body fell heavily from the air.

Perhaps, in the face of the survival of life, dignity is really nothing, since it has been trampled by the vultures once tonight, it may not be a matter to do it again, not to mention, this standing creature is more terrible than these guys in the air. If this wild dog could still think, it would surely let out such an emotion.

The death of the wild dog made the others feel the danger, and they ran away from the vulture, even the invincible vulture, and although they never left the food ground, they would look up at the figure that had fallen to the ground every time they lowered their heads and tore a few bites.

Li Qing's head hurt, the tearing pain made him moan loudly, but what scared him more than the headache was that he didn't know where he was and what was going on. Looking at the scene around him, the miserable situation like Shura's hell made his body tremble.

Where am I? What is this place? Is it dreaming? No, it's not a dream, the warm blood that sprayed on my body just now, and the sharp pain on my body are all real.

The sharp pain in his brain disappeared imperceptibly in this fear, but a piece of information passed through his mind at this time, Da Chu, barbarians, war, defeat, death, in an instant, Li Qing understood everything, but his body trembled even more.

The half-round waning moon, the corpses in one place, and the faintly burning remnants of the fire not only did not add half a cent of heat between the heaven and the earth, but made people feel even more cold, and the rising green smoke was instantly blown away by the wind and dissipated in the air.

The vultures in the air, the wild dogs in the distance looked coldly at the bloody man who fell to the ground in the distance, brandished the knife in his hand, pointed to the heavens and cursed the earth, from the Nine Heavens Buddhas to the eighteen layers of hell, scolding hoarsely, and finally fell to the ground weakly, waving his fists, and pounding the ground one by one. Sensing that the bloody creature would no longer pose any threat to them, the vultures and wild dogs finally set their sights on the food again, only to occasionally raise their heads and pay attention to the creature in the distance, which they felt both inexplicable and a little frightened.

Li Qing, who was on the ground, was panting heavily, the corners of his mouth were foaming, his mouth was dry, he was already unable to scream and scold, he lost too much blood and was emotional at this time, and his body was already extremely weak. The pleasure of pointing at the heavens and the earth has just passed, and the idea of survival immediately comes to mind.

I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a troubled world, but it seems that I am a troubled person. Li Qing slowly calmed down, and the sharp pain in his body made his mind more sober. The pain mainly came from two places, one was on the head, and the other came from the legs, reaching out and touching the painful place on the head, a pinprick sensation came immediately, it seemed that the head was hit by some heavy object. He was bitten on the leg by the damn wild dog.

Trying to stand up, although his body was shaking, Li Qing knew that it was because of the dizziness caused by excessive blood loss, as long as the bleeding stopped, it would not be a big problem. Looking at the soldiers on both sides who were missing arms and legs, and even their heads were missing, Li Qing couldn't help but be very happy, he fainted to the ground after receiving this heavy blow to the head, but he was less suffering from the piercing of knives and guns, if he was stabbed, it is estimated that he would be bitten by these wild dogs like these corpses on the ground now.

Looking at his body, the simple soft armor only covered a few important parts of the body, and the clothes woven of coarse linen were already extremely tattered, smiling bitterly, Li Qing found the scabbard, hung the knife on the buckle of the soft armor, and found a spear from the ground, the right to use it as a crutch, the battle of the meadow, Da Chu seemed to be defeated, and he had to leave this ghost place earlier, Li Qing knew that the barbarians were extremely vicious, and now it may be the pursuit of the fleeing Great Chu army, and when they turn around, they will come to clean up the battlefield, these dead corpses are wearing leather armor, The discarded weapons will be stripped away by them, and if they find themselves, they will have to go to the palace of Hades again.

The vulture was a little afraid of this shaky figure, and after Li Qing staggered a few steps, it seemed to show signs of approaching it, and it immediately flapped its wings, hovered in the air for a few weeks, and fell straight to the top of the small hill, where there are also endless delicacies.

Li Qing squinted at the vulture, and then his eyes fell on the broken flag, and sighed silently, now he is a soldier of Da Chu, and he is also a captain of Yunlu, a low-level officer, and he can't let the flag of his army fall into the other party's hands.

With his spear in hand, Li Qing climbed towards the hill step by step, and he wanted to take the military flag with him.

The vulture was very dissatisfied with this fellow's choice, and actually followed him again, and screamed helplessly, and once again flapped his wings, away from this place. But it was still hovering in the air, and the wild dogs in the distance barked a few times in satisfaction, and it was actually a little like a wolf.

Standing in front of the warrior who refused to let go of the flag in his hand, Li Qing bowed deeply, no matter where the brave and confident warrior is respected.

I took down the military flag from the flagpole, looked at the side of the flag, and the bright red Changsheng was written in big letters, and I couldn't help sighing, I won the long victory, but now it is a big defeat. Folded the military flag of the Great Chu Changsheng Battalion full of holes neatly, carefully carried it in his arms, and once again looked around at the battlefield like Shura's hell, Li Qing limped into the distance with his spear, and the long shadow dragged behind him, lonely and desolate.

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