Chapter Forty-Five: Overture to the South

Brother Zhen, who swallowed his anger, waited for more than three months. Seeing that autumn was coming, and winter was coming, he finally couldn't sit still.

"I can't just wait!" He said to Mama Li, Zheng Xiaojie, Rachel and others: "I have to bring people over, maybe they need us to come over to support!" ”

This time, Mama Li was also a little anxious. Her daughter was also there, and she was not heard from at all, and she naturally began to get anxious. Therefore, she also agreed to go to answer as soon as possible.

"I'll go with Rachel!" Li's mother said: "You and Xiaojie are here, just take care of this mess." ”

"That's wrong, Mama Li!" Brother Zhen flatly refused: "The people here are all your subordinates, let me and Sister Xiaojie stay here, they may not be willing to listen to us." And to go there, you need to be strong and able to run, you are all a little old, and I am afraid that I will not be able to help anything when I get there! ”

Mother Li and Rachel were silent because Brother Zhen was right. Here are all their original subordinates, even those who are new to join, they are more familiar with Mama Li and Rachel, and they are familiar with each other!

And when you go to the dungeon, the situation is unknown, and you may run into trouble when you go, so it's more appropriate to be really young and able to run. In addition, Brother Zhen and Zheng Xiaojie are from the dungeon, and if they can meet their own people, it will be convenient to get in touch.

Therefore, Mama Li and Rachel stopped fighting, and Brother Zhen began to rectify the people. In addition to his group of more than 200 people, he selected a relatively young 10,000 people to prepare for departure. But Mama Li felt that since she went, she should bring more people with her. She selected another 10,000 people and asked Brother Zhen to take them away.

Brother Zhen and Zheng Xiaojie set off with 20,000 people. If you are not careful, you will be involved in the war, and it is inconvenient to take the child, Zheng Xiaojie handed over her two-year-old son to Li's mother and went on the road by herself.

Xiaoxing stayed overnight, and they walked for three whole days. On the fourth day, not long after they set off, they met Li Linger and Jennifer and ten of them.

"How's it going over there?" Brother Zhen was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly asked about the situation: "Who are they?" ”

"Let's go back!" Li Ling'er said in frustration: "The dungeon is lost, and it is occupied by the Jones!" They escaped. ”

"How so? ......" Brother Zhen was shocked and angry: "How can you lose the dungeon!" ”

He ordered the troops to stop their advance and camp on the spot.

"Let's talk about it, you have been gone for more than three months," After setting up camp, Brother Zhen had calmed down: "What have you encountered in the past few days, how did you lose the dungeon?" ”

"As soon as we arrived near the dungeon, we knew that the dungeon was lost," Li Ling'er said: "We didn't give up, we just circled around and felt the situation." ”

She told Brother Zhen and Zheng Xiaojie that the five of them were lurking around the dungeon, trying to find out the situation, but they didn't dare to get too close. They couldn't see a single earthling around, and when they were about to give up and return to the north in desperation, it happened that Tang Liqing and Elizabeth launched an attack on Jones's children.

"They escaped from the riot and were rescued by us," Li Ling'er said, "It was from them that we learned the general situation." Later, we also met one of your father's original guards, named Liang Jingjing. ”

Li Linger and Jennifer were discovered by Liang Jingjing, who was incognito out of the city. Liang Jingjing had been in the Lovers' Fortress for a long time, and although she and Li Ling'er were not familiar with each other, they still had some impressions of each other. She told Li Ling'er that the earthlings in the dungeon had been captured by about 3,000 people, including more than 500 children. The earthlings who escaped have all been broken into pieces and fled to the south and sneaked into the jungle.

"What did she say?" Brother Zhen asked.

"Guard Liang knew that we didn't have any weapons, so he told us to go far!" Li Linger said.

"She added," Jennifer added, "that the captured earthlings, except for the five hundred children, were killed by the Jones in the riot, except for a few who escaped." The Jones don't know you exist, so she's advised us to stay away and try not to be discovered by them. ”

"Okay, you guys take a rest first," Brother Zhen listened, was silent for a long time, and said, "I'll think about it again." ”

Li Linger and Jennifer went to rest, and Brother Zhen and Zheng Xiaojie were relatively speechless. They didn't expect it to be worse than they could have imagined. Xu Yunzhi was captured, Tang Liqing and Elizabeth were killed in battle, Zhang Jingyi, Xiang Zidan and others went into exile, and the Jones people are still killing earthlings everywhere and hunting down the children of earthlings!

"Let's listen to Sister Jingjing," After a long silence, Zheng Xiaojie said, "Let's go back, hide as well as possible, and don't let the Jones people find out......"

"How likely is it?" Brother Zhen shook his head and said, "Now Aunt Zidan, they are still in the south, and the Jones are chasing them. When they are exterminated and the Jones take control of the earth, they will completely clean up the earth. At that point, can we guarantee that we won't be discovered by them? ”

Zheng Xiaojie stopped talking, she also knew that once the Jones people got rid of Zhang Jingyi and Xiang Zidan who were outcast, they would definitely go back and figure out if there were any remnants of earthlings on the earth. At that time, their 100,000 earthlings with no weapons and equipment will be the meat on their chopping block!

"We can't be so passive waiting for someone to clean us up!"

"You mean, we took the initiative to go to war?"

"Yes! Instead of passively waiting for death, it is better to fight," Brother Zhen said: "We stand by and watch, maybe we will die even worse!" ”

"But our weaponry is too shabby!" Zheng Xiaojie said: "Vulnerable! ”

"Let me think about it, my mind is chaotic today," Brother Zhen said, "Rest for the night!" ”

They camped on the spot. In the evening, Li Linger and Jennifer came over, and the four of them began to discuss again. At first, Li Linger and Jennifer both thought that they should go back, but after listening to Brother Zhen's analysis, they also felt that something was wrong. It seems to be wise to protect one's life, but in fact it is almost the same as passively waiting for death, so is it still interesting?

"There is really no room for standing idly by," Li Linger and Jennifer looked at each other, and both agreed with Brother Zhen's analysis: "Let's go to war!" ”

"Very well, we have agreed on a few things," Brother Zhen said, "Tomorrow we will analyze the situation for everyone, hoping to convince everyone." Of course, if you really don't want to, we won't force it! ”

Zheng Xiaojie kept her head down and didn't speak, as if she was thinking about something.

"Sister Xiaojie, what do you think, say it and let everyone discuss it!"

"How do we get there?" Brother Zhen urged, Zheng Xiaojie finally raised her head. She looked at the three of them and said, "We're going to the south and meet Commander Zhang and Sister Zidan, and the dungeon is right in front of us!" ”

"I've thought about this," Brother Zhen said, "Let's go east, and when we are far away from the dungeon, we will turn around and head south, and we will definitely be able to cross it!" ”

Zheng Xiaojie thought about it and agreed. To the east, it is in the direction of the original Lovers Fortress. Once there, even if you can't cross the past, you can still tip the lover's fort. The original cave area and the mountains to the west are good places to live.

"Well, let's take it one step at a time," she said, "and if we can safely go to the south, we will pass." If we can't get by, we can take a break in the area of the original lovers' fort. ”

"We're going home?" Li Ling'er was a little excited. She came out of the lover's fortress, and naturally had a nostalgia for it, although it was actually in ruins.

"Not necessarily," Zheng said, "our goal is the south, and stopping at the Lovers' Fortress is just our alternative." Since we are not going to sit idly by, we are still going to meet with our people in the South as much as possible. ”

"I know this," Li Ling'er said with a smile: "It's just that when I talk about the couple's fortress, my heart beats inexplicably!" ”

"Me too!" Zheng Xiaojie also smiled. After all, the couple's fortress is where they were born and raised.

"Okay, since we've all agreed," Brother Zhen said, "we'll announce our decision to you tomorrow." Our principle is that those who wish to follow, and those who do not want to follow can return to the camp, what do you say? ”

Zheng Xiaojie, Li Ling'er, and Jennifer all agreed.

"Now let's rest!" Zheng Xiaojie said: "How to sleep? ”

"What does Xiaojie mean by asking?" Jennifer smiled: "Could it be that the three of us sleep with the emperor together?" ”

"Don't guess, that's not what I meant!" Zheng Xiaojie hurriedly explained: "I mean, shouldn't we find a place where Brother Zhen can sleep alone and sleep comfortably." ”

"Well, yes......" Li Ling'er said, "But it's so late, everyone else is asleep, and I'm afraid of arguing with them." ”

"Ling'er is right, the four of us will spend the night here!" Brother Zhen said: "But don't think about it, tomorrow will be very nervous, I don't want to toss and get up tomorrow with a sore back!" ”

"Okay, then everyone can sleep in peace!" Zheng Xiaojie was the first to agree.

They blew out the torches that lit them, and the four of them lay down side by side. After a while, all three women fell asleep, but Brother Zhen was completely sleepy. He was so nervous that there were three naked women lying beside him, and he didn't think about anything anymore.

He didn't know how the 20,000 men would react to their decision tomorrow. What if none of them want to come along?

He regretted a little that he should have asked Zheng Xiaojie to bring the child. In that case, even if those people don't want to follow, he and Zheng Xiaojie can take the child to the south to find Zhang Jingyi and Xiang Zidan.

But now, the child stays with Li's mother. In this way, he can only pray that there will be more people willing to follow him tomorrow. It's strange, he only thinks about the son he had with Zheng Xiaojie, and as for the children born to other women, he didn't think about it at all. There are many lice and no itching, there are many debts, and it doesn't hurt to die a few, perhaps, this is the attitude of the ancient emperor towards his children!

He listened quietly to the soft snoring of several women, like a lullaby, and he gradually faded into a hazy ......