Shijie led the troops in the wind and rain.

Everyone was cold and tired, tired and tired, but no one thought to stop.

Qin Xufei crushed the guards and scattered them with a small number of troops, but he had no strength to pursue and encircle them. And those guards who fled all the way will inevitably burn, kill, and plunder as their means of supply and survival.

These latecomer troops must shoulder the task of cleaning up, and if they break through a rout one day earlier, they may be able to save the lives of many people in the countryside.

The village houses that were slaughtered and slaughtered, and the ashes of the houses that were set on fire...... They have witnessed such a cruel situation countless times, and their hearts are like frying fire.

What if you have the strongest army in the world, even if you win consecutive battles and never lose? They did their best, but they only made the disaster a little less. saved most of the people of Yingcheng, but left a disaster to these poor people living in the countryside.

Qi Shijie urged the horse to march, his face was solemn, until a scout came from the front to report: "General, we have found a few refugees." ”

Qi Shijie was a little strange. This kind of routine thing, where do you need the scouts in front of you to report it.

"Guide them to the vicinity of Yingcheng to settle down temporarily."

"General, they say that they have encountered the defeated army of the Patriotic Army that we are pursuing, and they have killed ...... people."

Qi Shijie was taken aback: "How many of them are there?" ”

"There were only two people we met, who claimed to be out to explore the path. They said. There were less than twenty of them, and because of the rain and the lack of familiarity with the roads in the area, the others were temporarily settled in a village that had been half burned by the guards. ”

Less than 20 refugees, killed more than 200 patriotic soldiers? Qi Shijie frowned and waved his hand: "Bring someone over, I'll ask!" ”

Although the two men who were led were also skinny, although their expressions were somewhat flustered and cramped, they did not have the extreme panic and fear of ordinary refugees.

The two men hurriedly lay on the ground and kowtowed to the high-flying general.

There was still some joy on his face. Finally being able to meet their god of war, their three highnesses directly under the army, made these ordinary people who had been in exile all the way feel safe and dependent.

Qi Shijie listened to the accent in which they spoke. casually asked a few words about their hometown, customs, and confirmed that they were indeed the people of Qin, but they didn't dare to be completely reassured. After all, in this chaotic and killing world, in order to survive, it is not impossible for the Qin people to work for foreign armies.

He asked a few words lightly, and the two of them were already busy talking.

"It wasn't us who killed it, it was Fang Gongzi who escorted us all the way."

"Young Master Fang?"

"We only know his surname Fang. Moreover, he should be a native of Chu. ”

Chu people? Square?

Qi Shijie was stunned, and a trace of ridiculous thoughts floated in his heart. He hurriedly swept it away by himself. "How will you walk with the people of Chu."

"We fled to the territory of Chu...... The army of Chu did not stop us too much. ”

Qi Shijie was even more puzzled: "Since you have all arrived in the Chu State, why did you come back?" ”

The two looked desolate and said gloomily: "If it is not our own country, it turns out that we cannot survive at all." ”

There were more than 20 people in their group, and they thought that they had finally escaped from the battlefield. Escaped to a peaceful place where he could have a peaceful life, but he didn't expect it. No matter where they fled to, as long as they were discovered by the common people of Chu State, they would inevitably gather a bunch of people and chase and kill them with sticks. It's a pity that after they entered the Chu State, they were shocked three times a day, and they couldn't stop fleeing, which was almost the same as when they fled in China.

Qi Shijie smiled bitterly and did not speak.

Although Qin Chu is nominally an ally, everyone knows exactly what the relationship is in their bones. The Qin army that stayed in the Chu State, because it was far away from the area where the war was most intense in Qin and Chu, they lived in one place, and they were taken care of by Fang Qingchen, so the locals would not really treat them well.

And on the border of Qin and Chu, who has no relatives who have died in battle. These people of the Qin State, who fled and were unable to protect themselves and were not protected by the government, would naturally bear the hatred of the people of Chu.

"We fled exhausted, and our fellow men were killed or wounded five or six ......," the refugee's voice choked. Unexpectedly, these people who escaped on the battlefield would be killed by ordinary people like them. Those Chu people, with red eyes, refused to let go of even the children who had no strength and could not escape quickly.

"Later, we were finally surrounded by hundreds of ordinary people of Chu State, and seeing that we were going to let them beat them to death, that Fang Gongzi suddenly appeared. He was scattered alone

Personally, it saved our lives. He asked us where we came from, advised us to stay in the territory of Chu, otherwise he could save us once, and he couldn't save us for the rest of our lives, and then he left......"

The refugee was in a hurry to explain the matter, and many inconsequential details were gently omitted.

That Fang Gongzi had some proud and sad eyes, after that Fang Gongzi asked them to know that they were from the Qin Kingdom, he suddenly sighed, suddenly became distracted, and the subtle tone when he spoke, and the inexplicable gloom in his expression, all of this, the people present at the time may be able to feel it, but between the words, they can't tell the difference.

"Later, we got together to discuss, and finally thought, anyway, we are all dead, it is better to die in this foreign land, it is better to die in our own land, so we finally went on the road together to return to China, but I didn't expect to meet that Fang Gongzi on the road again, but this time he fainted on the road."

"Fainted?" Qi Shijie was stunned. "Since his martial arts are so high, can anyone hurt him?"

"It's not an injury, it's like an illness. He was so hot that he couldn't wake up no matter how he screamed. He is our benefactor, we can't leave him, and we don't dare to stay in the territory of Chu all the time, so we have to take him and continue to escape. It took him several days to wake up, and by that time we had already crossed the border and returned to Daqin......"

The two men stammered and talked for a long time. It was nothing more than them begging him for help, and although he was unwilling, he stayed in the end, and promised to accompany them through the war-torn area until he reached a safe place in the rear where there was no fighting.

How powerful Fang Gongzi is, he has kept them safe from the rebels and rangers of various countries, as well as those bandits and robbers.

Whenever the food and water run out, that Fang Gongzi, just go to any mountain, he can hunt and kill wild beasts and save everyone's lives.

It's just that Fang Gongzi has a bad temper and doesn't like to talk to people very much, along the way, seeing the tragic situation in various places, his eyes are getting more and more gloomy, and his expression is becoming more and more calm, everyone is grateful to him, and they don't have the courage to get close to him, until now, no one has even figured out what his name is.

The more Qi Shijie listened, the more curious he became, and after asking a few more questions, he asked the two refugees to lead the way, but at the same time gave his subordinates a few looks.

His subordinates were all elite soldiers, and they were all rolling in the sword forest, and they were all clever, so they immediately divided two groups of men and horses out, and one pulled people to search in the direction indicated by the two refugees in advance, to see if the bodies of the two hundred guards who were killed were still there, so as to verify whether the refugees' words were true. The other group hurried to contact the other troops who were chasing the guards, and asked them to come and deal with it immediately, in case it was a trap, and there were their own people behind them to answer it, and everyone had a bottom in their hearts.

After making such an arrangement, Qi Shijie confidently and boldly led the men and horses, followed the refugees forward, and not long after, came to a dilapidated village that had been burned to the point that only two or three complete houses remained.

More than a dozen refugees came out of the house one after another, and when they saw their own army, their expressions were still numb, until the person who led the way first announced loudly that this was the army directly under the Third Highness, and everyone's faces showed joy.

They fled in the country along the way, and the army of Qin often bumped into them, but no one paid attention to their pleas for help, and some troops even asked them for food and property, saying that they wanted to raise troops to resist the enemy. Later, they not only had to hide from foreign soldiers, but they were also terrified when they saw their own troops.

However, they had also heard from others that the army that His Royal Highness brought back to China would not exploit the common people, but would protect and take care of them, and Young Master Fang seemed to agree with this statement. Fang Gongzi is everyone's protector and backbone, so naturally whatever he says is what he is.

At this moment, seeing so many Qin troops, and most of them looked kind, everyone was relieved in their hearts, and felt that the suffering of displacement all the time finally had hope for the end.

Qi Shijie came over and asked where Fang Gongzi was, and someone had already led him to the outside of a house: "Fang Gongzi is a little uncomfortable, resting inside." ”

There was a faint worry in this voice, that Fang Gongzi didn't seem to be in good health, he often fell ill, and he refused to tell people about his condition, but every time he was uncomfortable, he hid from everyone alone, although everyone was worried, but they didn't dare to approach him against his will.

Qi Shijie nodded, pressed his sword with one hand, pushed open the door with the other, and walked in.