Chapter 7: The Secret Spark
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Although the Uighurs had the upper hand in strength, they were not able to completely besiege the city.
This new Broken Leaf City is located on the north bank of the Broken Leaf River, the flow of the Broken Leaf River is from northwest to southeast, the irrigated farmland on the south side of the city has been trampled by the iron cavalry of the Hui people at this time, and the northwest of the city is against the mountain, but it is a place that the Hui cavalry has not yet been able to threaten.
The entrance to the "secret passage" that Guo Shidao said was in a dilapidated house in the northwest corner, and when the straw mat and wooden plank by the stove were lifted, a large hole was revealed that even a horse could lead into.
"If the broken leaves can't be defended, we will knock down this house before the city is broken, then the entrance to this secret passage will be sealed, and it will be difficult for the Hu people to search here in such a remote place." Guo Fen said.
Follow the stairs down, enter the ground more than two feet, towards the northwest direction, the terrain gradually goes higher, walk out of dozens of steps or so to see the bright light.
Guo Fen said: "We are outside the city. ”
This secret passage was dug here, and beyond that, there was a natural ravine wide enough for horses to run, and on both sides there were several people-high earth walls to block it, and it was difficult to find the scene inside the ravine.
After walking out of four or five miles, I arrived at a relatively open place, which was already in the middle of the hills and mountains, and there were hundreds of children waiting there, Guo Fen's younger brother Guo Bian, and Yang Yi's younger brother Yang Zhuo were among them. In addition to the young people, there were a few old men, more than a hundred women, most of the women were still holding babies in their hands, except for the ten guards who escorted Zhang Mailai, but there was not a single young man.
Guo Fen said to the old man at the head: "Grandpa An, I sent Special Envoy Zhang." He said to Zhang Mai again: "This is Grandpa An Liu." ”
The old man's face was full of furrows, I don't know whether it was deep wrinkles or scars, and it looked terrible.
Guo Fen said: "Okay, I'll send you here." To Tang Renxiao Wen Yanhai, who was escorting Zhang Mai, he said, "Please." ”
Zhang Mai stopped her: "You want to go back?" ”
Guo Fen raised his head: "I want to be with my father and brother!" If the broken leaf holds, I will come to inform everyone, if the broken leaf can't hold it...... Datang's man would rather die than give in, and Datang's daughter can't lose the face of her father and brother! With that, he walked away.
Zhang Mai only felt that as soon as his hand was loosened, his heart suddenly panicked.
Guo Bian shouted violently: "Sister, I'll go back with you!" ”
Several teenagers also shouted together, "I'll go back too!" "I'll go back too!" "I'm going to be with my brother!" "I'll go back to my mother!"
The old man An Liu shouted angrily: "Sit down for me!" The roar made all the young people stop, and An Liu said: "Why are you going with me instead of someone else, don't you understand?" The old man also wanted to die with Broken Leaves, but he still had to survive for the sake of you," pointing to the women: "They also came out to take care of you!" You're going to rush back and send your heroes to death, hey, you're heroes yourself, but what do you think of the adults! ”
He also said to Tang Renxiao, Wen Yanhai and others: "Your responsibilities are heavier!" There are only a few adult men left here, and before these teenagers grow up, they will rely on you to protect them, and the combat techniques and martial arts of Mo Dao and Horizontal Sword will also depend on you to teach them! ”
Tang Renxiao, Wen Yanhai and the others all clenched their fists, and seemed to be desperately patient.
Zhang Mai suddenly remembered that when the four towns of Anxi fell one after another, was there such a scene of staying young, storing fire, parting from life and death, but still patiently moving forward?
In the end, An Liu said to Zhang Mai: "Zhang Gongzi, let's go." It's still a long way from the sparks. ”
He stood up, and Zhang Mai realized that he only had one leg, but the old man walked at night on the mountain road with a cane, and he didn't need to be helped, and he walked faster than those teenagers.
Following him, Zhang Mai couldn't stop looking back, Guo Fen's back had long since disappeared, and it was just dark behind him.
"Why am I so unhappy, why? Why! ”
The road in front of you seems to be the only way to survive.
From the time he promised Guo Shidao to leave the city, to the time he saw Guo Fen leaving regardless of it just now, Zhang Mai felt uncomfortable.
Just now, he didn't even have the courage to ask to stay, he felt that he looked like a deserter in front of these people.
The more generous these heroic sons and daughters of the Tang Dynasty are, the more cowardly they become!
People follow An Liu like a walking corpse, but his heart is like a wave of the sea-
"I can't just leave, otherwise, even if I survive this time, I will look down on myself in the future!"
"What's more, if you hide, you may not be able to live, and if you go back, you may not be able to die!"
"Although Guo Shidao said that the end of the broken leaves has come, is there no other way to go at all? Guo Shidao them, as well as Guo Fen, can they only wait for death in Broken Leaves? No, just think about it, there should be a way! ”
Several times, Zhang Mai wanted to turn back, but he couldn't muster the last courage.
The night was dark and the road was not easy to walk.
A little girl sobbed and cried, "Sister, I'm afraid. It's so dark, will there be ghosts? ”
An older girl next to her said: "Xin'er, don't cry, don't be afraid, there is a sister here, and the eldest brother is here, and the ghosts dare not come." ”
"But...... Sister, it's so dark. ”
"Ah, by the way, my mother prepared a lamp for us."
She took out an oil lamp from the bag and stuffed it into her sister's hand and lit it, becoming a little light on the dark mountain road.
An Liumeng felt that his back lit up, and he jumped over in fright, slapped the girl, and shouted, "What are you doing!" Don't you know where we are? ”
The girl was beaten by her and fell to the ground, the oil and so on were also knocked over, the oil was scattered on the ground, and was led by sparks, and burned on the ground, An Liu was shocked, Tang Renxiao and Wen Yanhai hurriedly stretched out their feet and stepped on them quickly, and they didn't step on it twice, but even the straw shoes were burned with oil on their feet, Zhang Mai shouted: "Cover it with sand!" ”
Guo Bian and a few teenagers held the stones and sand around them to extinguish the fire, An Liu looked at the surrounding environment and said, "I hope it is not discovered." No matter what the little girl was still crying, she said coldly: "Get on the road!" ”
The mountain road turned into darkness again, but the fire shone brightly in Zhang Mai's heart!
He suddenly stopped and said, "You go first, and I'll go back to the broken leaves." After saying this, even he himself was a little surprised at his resoluteness at the moment.
An Liu, Tang Renxiao and the others were even more stunned, and they didn't know why he suddenly changed his mind.
"Envoy Zhang, don't be rash, let's go with us quickly, if the broken leaves can't hold it, then you ...... Even if you get back the broken leaves, it won't do anything. It's just going to die in vain. An Liu persuaded, although he was kind-hearted, his words were ugly.
"Not necessarily!" Zhang Mai nodded at Tang Renxiao and said, "You take three brothers and go back with me." Said to Wen Yanhai: "You take the other brothers to escort Uncle An and these children to Xinghuo." ”
An Liu shouted: "Envoy Zhang, don't mess around, this is Guo Linggong's order!" ”
"I'm an envoy, I'm a messenger, I don't have to listen to his orders!" patted Tang Renxiao on the shoulder: "Follow me!" ”
When Tang Renxiao heard that he could return to the broken leaves, he excitedly stood up and responded: "Yes!" He ordered Ding Hanshan and Murong Yang to go with him.
These Tang warriors are all willing to die and ashamed to steal their lives!
Guo Bian and a few teenagers shouted: "Uncle Zhang, I'll go with you too!" ”
Zhang Mai turned his head sharply and shouted fiercely at Guo Bian: "What do you call me!" Guo Bian was stupid, I don't know what went wrong, but Zhang Mai's fierce face has turned into a weird smile: "If you want to call me Brother Zhang, or call me Brother Mai, what Uncle Zhang, am I that old!" Touched his head: "Wait for me with Grandpa An at Xinghuo, I'm not going back this time to die—I'll definitely come back, with your father, your brother, and your sister." After speaking, he took Tang Renxiao and other three soldiers and left.
Leaving An Liu to stay there and muttered: "Nonsense, nonsense!" These young people, what nonsense! The four of them go back, what can they do! What a role! ”
Guo Bian and Yang Zhuo shouted: "Brother Mai, you must come back, we are waiting for you in Xinghuo!" ”
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