The robbers looted the whole village of valuables, burned all the houses, destroyed all the fields, so that even if the war was tilted to either side, there would be no stronghold without a village, and the robbers could come and go as they pleased, which could be said to be the usual method of the robbers.

No matter what the bandits were thinking, the border chiefs didn't care, because they had already completed the first stage. By the time the attack was launched here, there was already a steady stream of border armies on their way across the border. According to his calculations, when the Chu and Jin Empires gathered their forces, his Aosi Empire had already arrived in the city. What he has to do now is not wait for the Chu Jin Empire to react, and to stir up the entire Qingshuiling border as chaotic as possible, so that the garrison of Shimang City can be dispersed. When the army is overwhelmed, it can capture the first town on the border, Shimang Town, in one fell swoop.

Jin Shi felt very cold, and felt that a chill had seeped into his bones. He also felt very hot, as hot as the whole world was burning. When consciousness returned, there was darkness in front of him, but the unwarranted pain in his heart reminded him that you have lost everything, you have lost everything.

Jin Shi felt that his body was burning, it was very hot, and there was a pain in his heart. It's like being burned by a stove fire when I was doing housework as a child. He jerked his hand back and opened his eyes, but it was dark in front of him, as if he was being pressed down by a mountain. Because he was so crushed that he couldn't even breathe, he struggled so hard that he really broke free from the mountain.

Jin Shi opened his mouth wide and took a deep breath, but what he could inhale was heat, soot, and burnt smell. He coughed violently, and suddenly felt a bolt from the blue, and suddenly realized something. When I looked back, wasn't the mountain that was still pressing on me my father? Because the house collapsed on my father's body because of the fire, the scorching smell came from my father's body.

"Dad. Jin Shi shouted. An inexhaustible burst of strength from his body, and he finally broke free, desperate to push away the burning wood on his father's body. But when he pushed away an arm-thick piece of wood, he cried and remembered everything at last.

He cried harder and louder, and when he cried to a certain extreme, he threw himself at the burning pile of wood that was pressing on his father. If he couldn't move, he would shout out, feeling that as long as he shouted, he would have inexhaustible strength. The clothes burned, and his skin burned, and he couldn't feel it, and his young little hands were burned to the point that there was no good skin left, and he couldn't feel it, what he could feel was endless fighting, screaming, and death.

When Jinshi finally frees his father from the fire, the whole world is burned red, and the sound of burning and the collapse of houses echoes, as well as the sound of Jinshi crying.

"Mom, Dad. Jin Shi cried and shouted. Tired of crying, he fell asleep beside his parents.

When Jin Shi woke up, it was already dark, and the sound of burning water was not only the sound of burning but also the sound of the great river. When he opened his eyes, he saw the corpses of his parents, especially his father's bloody back, which had been burned by the fire. He cried again, but not at all, for his voice was hoarse.

I cried for a long, long time, until it was dark, and Jin Shi was dizzy with hunger. In a daze, he saw that his mother's body was not hurt at all in his father's arms. I can't help but think of my father's words: "Protect your mother." But in the end, I didn't protect my mother after all, and even my mother's body was kept by my father. and himself, which was also preserved by his father's body.

At this time, a group of men and horses entered the village, and there was a great commotion, and Jin Shi was very frightened when he heard it, and he suddenly remembered his father's words: 'Run to the town.' 'Yes, I should run.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Jin Shi threw himself into the night and hid, and after the group left, he touched his field and dug sweet potatoes for food.

On this night, people kept passing by the village, and Jin Shi was too scared to go to his parents, so he finally mustered up the courage to try to walk to the town. The road to the town was not close, he had followed his parents and knew the way.

As soon as he set off, Jinshi was timid, he couldn't see the road when it was dark, and he hid when there was a disturbance. But all he could do now was listen to his father and run to the town, and he didn't even know why he was running to the town.

There were many strangers on the road, and Jin Shi knew that they were all in league with the people who killed his parents, so he was so afraid that he could only hide. I was so hungry that I couldn't stand it, so I went into the wasteland, which was the border, and there were not many places where no one had set foot, so I could always find something to eat. Just like the wild sweet potatoes he now gouged out from under the vines, he and his playmates used to look for them in the mountains.

In this way, it was supposed to be a three-day journey for adults, but Jin Shi hid and walked for more than ten days before he walked outside Shimang Town. At this time, it was already evening, and Jin Shi was dizzy with hunger. Seeing the stone-built town, he finally couldn't hold on anymore and passed out on the side of the road. Before passing out, he muttered to himself, "Dad, I'm in town." ”

When night fell, the city gate of Shimang Town was brightly lit, and the lookout soldiers on the city tower suddenly shouted: "The reconnaissance team is back, the reconnaissance team is back." ”

Immediately afterwards someone shouted: "Open the gates." ”

The heavy iron gates were pushed open by the combined efforts of everyone, ready to welcome the arrival of the reconnaissance team.

The leader of the reconnaissance team suddenly makes a gesture for the team to stop. The captain was a little impatient, and finally walked to the door, could there be anything else?

The pacesetter said, "Captain, there's a child on the side of the road. ”

At this time, another platoon had already gone up to inspect and shouted, "I should be faint from hunger." ”

The captain's heart jumped, and he said, "Take it back to the town, although we should know what he knows." ”

"Yes. The two pacesetters carefully picked up the golden stone, for it was at the gate of the town, and they gave up their horses, one leading the two horses, and the other carrying the golden stone back to the town, and helping him to complete the last mile.

Jin Shi didn't know that he was lucky, because just after a meal, a small group of people gathered at the entrance of the town to harass the soldiers on the city tower, and Shimang Town also organized a small force to fight back and expel him. went back and forth like this, and the two sides actually fought for a night.

Jin Shi slept for a day and a night, and when he woke up, he found an elderly woman lying on a soft bed, busy making dinner. He jumped up in fright and hid in the corner, shivering.

When the old woman heard the movement and saw Jin Shi's appearance, she hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, it's okay, it's already in town, don't be afraid, child." ”

Jin Shi was relieved when he heard the word town, and suddenly his stomach croaked. The old woman smiled and said, "You frightened me, I was already hungry and fainted, but I still didn't wake up." After speaking, he picked up the bowl that had been prepared next to him and said, "I adjusted the rice cereal and stuffed it into your mouth spoonful by spoonful, but I didn't expect it to work." ”

Jin Shi was exhausted and faint from hunger at that time, and the string in his heart was finally loosened, so it was naturally difficult to recover. If it weren't for this bowl of rice paste, the old woman would have stuffed it into his mouth little by little, and I am afraid it would have been possible that he would not have woken up.

"Come, there is still half a bowl left, eat clean and cushion the bottom, you can eat immediately, there is a pot of rice tonight!." The old woman handed the bowl to the stone.

Jin Shi took it and saw the bottom before he even tasted it, and when he raised his head, the old woman had already brought a bowl of steaming pot rice in front of him. Seeing the old woman's kind smile, she let down her guard and gobbled it up.

"Oh! poor boy. The old woman sighed.

Jin Shi didn't speak, the old woman didn't take the initiative to talk to Jin Shi except to clean up the house, occasionally saw Jin Shi looking at her, she smiled kindly, and was doing her own thing. Jin Shi also slowly let down his guard and gradually calmed down.

Until a hurried voice broke the silence, after a knock on the door, without waiting for a reaction, a woman's voice said: "Mother Matiel, it's coming, Commander Dude ordered the people who have no combat strength to flee quickly, you hurry to the city gate, I still have to inform the families in the back alley." ”

The old woman jumped up and packed the unfinished meal of the evening into a large bag. It seems that she has been prepared for a long time, and she stuffed a lot of things into it, basically eating. Finally, he walked up to Jin Shi and said softly, "Child, those bad guys have called, but don't be afraid, Mother Matil will take you to a safe place." ”

Jin Shi nodded slightly, and he didn't know if Matil Niang saw it, so he was pulled outside by her.

Walking through the alley, Jin Shi heard various shouts. There are only two kinds that can be distinguished, "The people evacuate this way." "Assemble, assemble quickly. ”

Following Matiel Niang through one street after another, Jin Shi saw a person standing on the city tower, because it was far away, the figure was very small, what he noticed was that the person held up a head-sized fireball in his hand, only to see that person threw the fireball down the city tower, and held his hand, and there was another fireball out of thin air, which was really amazing.

The Qingshuiling Border War broke out in full swing, with Shimang Town as the core, and the Chu and Jin Empires mobilized all border forces to launch a stubborn resistance to the invading enemy. The bandits and bandits who raided the border and the Aoth Empire's border army suffered heavy losses, but they also bought time to gather a large force. In a few days, half of Qingshuiling was reduced to a battlefield, and the border fortress town of Shimang Town also suffered heavy losses, and half of a legion was killed in battle, not counting the assembled militia.

At the same time, the Second Legion assembled in Tieken City has also been assembled and is heading to the border in an attempt to stabilize Shimang Town. Not only that, but the regent who assisted the emperor personally guarded Tieken City, and he was also mobilizing Jincheng guards to rush to the unknown battlefield.