Chapter Twenty-Four: The Mighty General Chen Xiong
As soon as he entered the culvert, Hua An suddenly felt a wave of nausea in his heart, although his mouth and nose were tightly wrapped with a wet cloth, but this could not block all the peculiar smells, and after getting used to it for a while, Hua An felt better, so he followed the flow of sewage to the outside of the city.
The black hole in the culvert is hollow, only a glimmer of light shines into the gap between the wooden planks overhead, and at the same time, a trace of air can be used for people's lives, and the silt under his feet is also very thick, fortunately, Hua'an had the foresight to prepare a thick tree trunk, which can just carry the weight of Hua'an, Hua'an hugged the trunk and almost floated out of the city,
From time to time, there was a "squeak" of rats around, and even bold rats climbed on Hua'an's head to fight. These brutes actually used Hua An's head as a martial arts arena, and Hua An was naturally furious.
He raised a hand to grab these beasts who didn't know what to do, and slammed them on the canal walls on both sides, listening to the screams of these beasts before they died, Hua An's heart unconsciously relaxed.
These rats are all pests in the capital, specializing in stealing and eating the food of the people's homes, and every time they kill a rat is doing a little good for the people of the capital, Hua'an naturally will not have pity for the lives of the rats.
With a dim glimmer of light, Hua An saw more than a dozen iron fences erected in front of him, obviously under the city wall, after this iron fence, there should be another one not far ahead, and beyond these two iron fences is considered to be out of the city.
"Hey, it's strange, why is there suddenly an extra iron fence in front of you, and it can still move, what could it be? Could it be a snake? Hua An muttered in his heart.
"Hiss...... "Hiss" There was a terrifying cry ahead.
"That's right, it's a big water snake." Hua An had already seen clearly, and in front of him was a black-backed snake with a length of nearly one zhang.
"What can I do if such a big snake is in the way ahead?" Hua'an couldn't help but worry.
Although he swore that he was not afraid of rats and snakes in front of Yin Hao, when a big snake really appeared in front of him, Hua An still felt terrified.
"Hiss...... "The big water snake twisted and let out a warning cry, obviously this is its territory, and it is extremely dissatisfied with the arrival of Hua'an, an uninvited guest.
As the minutes ticked by, the two sides were still facing each other. Hua An'an said: "The task assigned by the master is very urgent, and this is the only passage, you must do your best to pass guò, and if you want to pass guò here, you must kill the big water snake in front of you." ”
Hua An thought of this, carefully observed the big snake in front of him, and found that its body was all wrapped around an iron fence except for the three feet of its head sticking out, and he was holding a fairly thick tree trunk in his arms.
"Death to those who stand in my way." Hua An hugged the trunk of the tree and shouted as he slammed into the snake with all his might.
With one blow, the snake's body was smashed into several sections, and it floated along the direction of the sewage and disappeared without a trace.
Hua An was very lucky, he immediately drilled through the iron fence, drifted past the bottom of the city wall without a trace of light, and then drilled out of the second iron fence, and then followed the current for more than ten miles.
Suddenly, a glimmer of light appeared in front of him, and gradually the light became more and more dazzling, and the exit was about to arrive, and Hua An'an's heart that had been tense also relaxed.
Out of the culvert, there were green woods and a wide green river, but Hua An didn't have time to appreciate this, he soaked in the river to quickly wash away the smell of his body, and then climbed a big tree that grew on the hillside.
Standing on the treetops, Hua An could clearly see the capital in the distance, he carefully observed for a while, and found that he had reached the rear of Chen Xiongjun, and an open field not far away was Chen Xiongjun's camp.
Finding the target, Hua An didn't care about resting, and hurriedly climbed down the big tree and ran all the way to Chen Xiongjun's camp.
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Outside the west gate of the capital, Chen Xiongjun's camp.
Chen Xiong, dressed in military uniform, patrolled back and forth in the battalion, and after days of hard fighting, more than 3,000 of his subordinates had already lost more than 1,000 of them, and the remaining 2,000 soldiers who could still persist in fighting were also exhausted.
Looking at the wounded soldiers lying on the ground and groaning, Chen Xiong's heart was very complicated, he didn't understand why the army of the same Great Jin Kingdom had to kill each other, why they couldn't unite against the Hu people in the north, and why they wanted to fight this war.
But as a soldier, he has no choice, obeying orders is the duty of a soldier, his top boss Han Qian is not in the army, as the general of the Northern Expeditionary Army, he must obey the orders of the supreme commander Zu Yue.
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"The barracks are heavy, and idlers are not allowed to enter." As soon as Hua An arrived at Chen Xiong's barracks, he was stopped by several soldiers at the door.
"I'm not an idle person, I'm here to find my brother-in-law Chen Xiong, he is a great general, please give me a report." Hua An made up with a sincere face.
"Fart big boy, what nonsense, our general hasn't married yet? Take a walk. A few of the soldiers guarding the gate didn't believe what Hua An said.
"He has two scars on his face," Hua An said, pouting.
"He really guessed right."
"Maybe it was the general's impromptu idea to fall in love with a girl from which family."
Several soldiers muttered for a while, looked at Hua An and asked, "Is there anything you have to do with our general?" ”
When Hua An heard this, he said with a smile: "My sister gave birth to a big fat boy, I came to give good news to my brother-in-law, that fat boy grew up like my brother-in-law, and he also had a big red mole on his buttocks." ”
"There's also a big red mole, and you're saying our general has a big red mole too." Several soldiers suddenly became interested and asked jokingly.
"That's what my sister said, I can't be wrong." After Hua An finished speaking, he looked at the soldiers in front of him with a sincere face.
"Hahahaha, hahahaha," the soldiers burst out laughing.
Many of the resting soldiers in the camp were also lured, and everyone laughed when they heard the story.
"No loud noises are allowed in the camp, what are you laughing at?" A majestic reprimand came from behind him.
"General." The soldiers hurriedly lowered their heads and retreated to both sides.
Hua An looked up, the general with a scar on his face in front of him was very similar to Chen Xiong described by Han Qian, and all the soldiers also called him General, it seemed that this person must be Chen Xiong.
"Brother-in-law, I found you." Hua An hugged Chen Xiong's thigh and pretended to be sad and said.
Chen Xiong felt strange when he saw a large group of soldiers in front of his barracks, gathered around a child, and at this moment, this child actually called himself brother-in-law, which was even more inexplicable, he had never been married at all during the perennial war.
"Ben is not your brother-in-law, the military camp is heavy, leave quickly." Chen Xiong shouted without thinking.
"Brother-in-law, it doesn't matter if you don't remember me, but you can't forget my sister! Back then, you were seriously injured in Yongqiu, lying in bed for 7749 days, and my sister personally applied medicine to you every day, have you forgotten? After Hua An finished speaking, he pretended to be sad and wiped his eyes.
"Yongqiu, serious injury, forty-nine days, and personal dressing, General Han, Yongqiu's serious injury back then was given to me by General Han, and it must have been sent by General Han." Chen Xiong's heart suddenly swelled with an inexplicable excitement.
Although many years have passed, Chen Xiong still remembers this vividly, when he was still a small soldier, the first time he went to the battlefield, he did not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the Hu generals and was cut into serious injuries, and the military doctors thought that they could not save him.
Seeing that he was so brave, General Han insisted on being treated by the military doctor and personally applied medicine to himself every day for 7749 days until his injuries were completely healed.
Since then, he has followed Han Qian's side to fight in the north and south until today.
"Brother-in-law, do you remember?" Hua An reminded when he saw Chen Xiong standing still in a daze.
Chen Xiong's eyes swept over the faces of the onlookers one by one with coercion, and shouted: "Whatever you see, it's all scattered for me, you, come with me." ”
After Chen Xiong finished speaking, he took Hua An's hand and walked towards the Chinese army's big tent.
"It seems to be true, and they have all come to the door."
"This is called the ancient heroes who are sad to pass the beauty pass, and our general is no exception."
After Chen Xiong left, the soldiers behind him whispered.
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"General Han is fine now." As soon as he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, Chen Xiong couldn't wait to ask.
"The master is fine, this is the letter that the master asked me to hand over to you." Hua An said as he took out the letter wrapped in an oilcloth from his bosom and handed it to Chen Xiong.
Chen Xiong took the letter and couldn't wait to open it, read it carefully, nodded and said: "It's still General Han's thoughtfulness, Su Jun has no prestige in the hearts of the people, raising troops to rebel is a rebellious act, and it will inevitably be inevitable to die in the end. ”
"In this way, General Chen agreed to strike a counterattack before the battle."
"This is natural, General Han treats me like a mountain, no matter what he wants me to do, I, Chen Xiong, will not frown." After Chen Xiong finished speaking, he paused and said, "By the way, you just called General Han a master, why did General Han actually accept you as an apprentice." ”
Hua An smiled indifferently and said softly: "Yes! Just the other day. ”
Chen Xiong nodded thoughtfully, looked at Hua An and praised: "General Han once said that he would never accept people with less talent than himself as apprentices, for this reason, he has not accepted an apprentice for many years, and now he has become your master, so it seems that you are the person he is looking for who can inherit his mantle and save the people of the Great Jin Kingdom from fire and water!" ”
"General Chen has won the award, Hua'an is just a child, how can he be so powerful." Hua An said humbly.
"Be humble and unassuming, this is the ability that a person who achieves great things should have, and General Han will not look away." After Chen Xiong finished speaking, he paused and said, "By the way, you have delivered the letter safely, how can we inform General Han in the capital of this news." ”