Chapter 92: The Fall of the Comet (I)
Outside Qilian City, more than 200,000 people who fled here from the border of Liangzhou in embarrassment could only camp on the spot and rest first.
There is no way, even if it is the door of the house in front of you, but the people inside do not open the door, they can't get in, this kind of feeling of grievance that is obviously close at hand, but cannot enter, and when you come to the door, you can go home smoothly only a few steps away, and the panic of seeing your relatives is intertwined, not to mention how uncomfortable it is in their hearts.
Even many people secretly slandered themselves, why this Qilian defense line was built so impregnable, it was completely impossible to splash water, but the enemy was not blocked, and now it has become a tool used to stop their own people, but it is a pity that if this Qilian City is a little fragile, even if they fight to lose some more people, they will attack it, and now they are in a dilemma, they can only watch the sky and wait here, how sad it is.
After running for more than ten days, the nerves were tense, and there were few stops to rest halfway, which caused everyone in the team to have extremely insufficient sleep time, and they all had arrived at the door of the house, these people were relaxed a lot, this was idle, the brain was dizzy, and the eyes couldn't resist slowly closing, and finally they couldn't help but fall asleep deeply, and even the soldiers who were supposed to stand guard outside sat down, leaning on the things next to them, holding weapons in their arms, tilting their heads and sleeping.
From the geographical point of view, the place where they are now has actually reached the foot of the Qilian Mountains, and the enemies chasing behind are all large forces of cavalry.
Don't just talk about them, even Duanmu Shuofeng, who shouldn't be asleep the most, has already fallen asleep in his own tent, although he doesn't need to be like Chen Jing, he has to think about what to do next all day long, these things can be handed over to Wu Heng and others to do, but he was nervous along the way, and he didn't let go for a moment, for so many days, he naturally couldn't hold it anymore, and as soon as he lay down, he had already fallen asleep before he could react.
The whole camp became quiet, and if you listened carefully, you could only hear some subtle, faint snoring, and in the mountains and forests, the wind began to blow on the flat ground, and it was the sound of the leaves shaking with the wind.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that there were too many of them, there would have been not only insects and birds chirping, but also fierce beasts that would have come to hunt for food, but so many people gathered together, even if they were as strong as a bear in the mountains, they would have to avoid it, and it would never have been possible to take advantage of this opportunity to run out and attack people.
Animals are much more sensitive to danger than humans.
In a blink of an eye, it was already the second half of the night, and the bright moon hanging high above the head gradually began to shift, and the thick fog brought up by the wind from nowhere slowly shrouded the entire mountain forest, and the white mist was filled, and even the originally bright moonlight began to become hazy, and it was not real.
As the moisture flowed through the mountains, the chill began to become more and more intense, and the plants and trees in the mountains seemed to be smeared with a layer of water droplets.
At this moment, I don't know where to start, a very ethereal and ethereal song suddenly sounded in the mountains, that feeling, as if the spirit of the mountain ran out to make a mistake, a sound, obviously as far away in the sky, out of reach, but very clearly into everyone's ears.
"The wind blows, the moon shines. ”
"People who are thin and tired and resting, such a night, how beautiful, how beautiful. ”
"Misty fog, twinkling stars. ”
"Tired and sleepy sleepers, such a night, how quiet, how quiet. ”
"Distant relatives, are you also looking at the moon and thinking about me? ”
"Separate love, may this wind bring me a memory of you. ”
"O stranger, I bless you too. ”
"May you have a bright future, may you have beautiful lovers, may you be happy in the world. ”
"I don't want to be a distant son anymore, I just want to go back to my homeland. ”
"Daddy, mother, child, you. ”
"Confused people, when will you go home?"
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The song is melodious, tactfully listening, this is a folk tune that is widely spread in Weiguo, because of the very unique geographical location of Weiguo, resulting in a lot of people who make a living from running business, this song is actually those who are in a foreign land, looking up at the bright moon in other places, thinking of their homeland in order to relieve homesickness, the creation of a wine tune, belongs to the entertainment program at the cocktail party, and it is also a small part of the routine.
After a hundred years, not only those businessmen who have been wandering outside all the year round, almost everyone in the country can sing this song, including those who are illiterate, and even many merchants of the Liangguo who came to Qilian City to do business later learned to go, but now what reverberates in the mountains and fields is sung in the most authentic Wei tone.
It's a veritable veritable veritable vernacular.
"Huh?"
The singing is actually not big, and it is even a little vague, and it is not very real to hear, but because these people have already become all the grass and trees in the days of fleeing all the way, in a state of wind and noise, coupled with the cold of the night, they are already half-asleep and half-awake, but they don't want to move, at this time, after hearing the song, they woke up all of a sudden, and then began to look around in a daze.
The ethereal singing kept echoing in the sky above the camp, over and over again, and I don't know who was singing, but the feelings contained in it were sincere enough to arouse homesickness in people's hearts, and slowly, some people couldn't help but chant along with them in a low voice.
"Blowing wind, bright moon!"
"People who are thin and tired and resting, how beautiful a night like this is, how beautiful!"
"Misty fog, twinkling stars. ”
"Tired and sleepy sleepers, such a night, how quiet, how quiet. ”
"Distant Relatives"
The first man began to sing along, and immediately a second man sang along, and so on and so forth, and so on, and a feeling called homesickness, began to spread rapidly throughout the camp with a terrible speed.
It is said that the hometown is more timid, when they are far away from their hometown, they only think about escaping, but they are strong, even if it is a continuous rapid march, they can completely rely on willpower to survive, but now that their hometown is ahead, their accumulated emotions have also come to a peak.
I don't know who started first, but suddenly someone couldn't help singing and singing, covering his face with his hands, and began to whimper in a low voice, his voice was miserable, with a full of grievances.
"Woo woo, woo woo"
No one, in front of real relatives, can no longer be strong, hometown for each of them, is irreplaceable relatives, in the heart of any human race in the Western Continent, there is this kind of thing called nostalgia.
When you are far away from home, you will naturally miss it, the fallen leaves will eventually return to the roots, and people will eventually return to the place where you can settle down, which is what it means to everyone.
My peace of mind is my hometown.
In fact, it is nothing for a person to be like this, but this sad emotion spreads faster than the singing, and when the whole army begins to whimper and cry in a low voice, the movement is loud.
Duanmu Shuofeng, who was sleeping and resting in the camp tent, was woken up by the mixed movement of cries and songs, he sat up slowly on the marching bed, shook his head, and only after a while was he completely awake, followed by extreme anger, he lifted his mattress, turned over and got out of bed, so anxious that he didn't even have time to put on his shoes, so he ran out in stride, and as soon as he lifted the curtain of the tent, he shouted: "Who is crying?"
The two guards guarding the door next to him were also secretly wiping away their tears, but at this time, they were also startled by Duanmu Shuofeng, who suddenly rushed out, and then looked at Duanmu Shuofeng's angry face, and immediately knelt down, kowtowed like pounding garlic and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty forgive your sins! Your Majesty forgive your sins!"
Duanmu Shuofeng turned his head and looked at them upset, the reason why he was so angry was because he knew how important this morale was to an army.
Anger can make a weak army defeat an invincible enemy, while grief can fundamentally destroy an otherwise powerful army, which is still outside the city, in other words, they are still in danger at any time, and if the morale of this team is crushed by a folk tune, then there is really no chance to fight the last time.
"Whoever dares to sing in the night will be killed with a cane!"
The two of them obeyed the order, hurriedly got up from the ground, and after saying yes, they hurriedly ran outside.
It's a pity that Duanmu Shuofeng still thinks too simply, can this kind of thing be stopped?
Emotional things cannot be forbidden, because there is nothing wrong with missing their family and homeland, they are nothing more than singing a small tune of their hometown at night, can they be condemned on this basis?
The law does not blame the people, not to mention that they have not broken the law at all, so this time, even Duanmu Shuofeng's order does not work, the singing is still not said, and there is even a rising momentum, a sad mood began to envelop the entire camp, even thicker than the surrounding fog.
"It's the other way around, it's the other way around!"
Duanmu Shuofeng stood at the door, because the foundation was good, and he was not afraid of the cold, and after waiting for a while, he found that there was no posture to stop at all in this song, he turned over angrily and rushed back to the camp, with a cloak and a sword, he rushed out, thinking that he would kill the chickens and monkeys first, and he had to use blood to stop the mouths of these untouchables.
But at this moment, there was suddenly an extremely obvious sound of horses' hooves in the outside world, Duanmu Shuofeng's face changed, and the whole person panicked all of a sudden.