Chapter 19: The Way Home (8)
Ressa, who was in the camp, saw the three of them rushing over, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
"The pursuers are coming, hurry up and pack your things and leave immediately!"
"Hey, what's wrong with you two? Did you break your nose?" the blood stains on the sides of Gabriel and Lucifer's noses, which hurried past Ressa's side, caught her attention. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Uh...... Running too fast in the woods and accidentally crashing into a tree. Gabriel said with a red face.
"What about you, crashing into a tree?" said Ressa, Lucifer.
"Yes......" Lucifer's face also turned red.
"I say, what's the matter with you, are you going to tell Miss Ressa about your legendary story?" Gu Shiyu placed the saddle on the horse's back and began to tie the horse's belly belt.
Gabriel and Lucifer immediately fled like rabbits and went about their work.
Renesa was puzzled, the two brothers actually broke their noses at the same time, is there such a stupid person in the world?
The four rode fast horses through the woods, and it was not until it was completely dark that they stopped to find a camp.
All four of them were grumbling with hunger. Gu Shiyu broke a small branch and said angrily: "Gabriel, Lucifer, you two come over to me!"
The two of them stood straight in front of Gu Shiyu, bowing their heads pitifully, not even daring to take a breath.
Renesas had never seen such a big fire in the rain of Tani.
"We're on the run now, not a game! Any small mistake could lead to fatal danger! You say, if the enemy surrounds us now, will we still have the strength to fight?!" you say," Gu Shiyu asked with a stick on Gabriel's head, "How many cavalry can you fight now?"
"Two ...... Three of them!"
"What about you?" Lucifer also received a blow on the head.
"Almost......" Lucifer said pitifully.
Looking at the pitiful appearance of the two, Gu Shiyu couldn't help but soften his heart, he was also beaten and scolded like this when he was a child. But there is no room for negligence in the dangerous escape, and leading a team requires iron discipline as much as leading an army.
"In the team, everyone has their own tasks, and everyone has to do their best to do what they have to do. Your actions have affected everyone, and I must punish you!"
"I was wrong!" said Gabriel and Lucifer in unison. As long as you don't tell us about us peeking at Miss Ressa's shower, we'll do whatever you want.
Ressa muttered to herself, didn't you fight the rabbit, did you need to be so fierce? Hungry for a meal, hungry for a meal, everyone has never been hungry.
But how to punish it? Gu Shiyu handed the branch to Renesa, and then said, "Punish each of you to do ten sets of push-ups and ten sets of sit-ups, and each group should not be less than a hundred!"
Gabriel and Lucifer immediately leaned over and worked harder than ever.
"If they're lazy, you'll give me a hard smack!" Gu Shiyu told Renesa.
"What about you?"
"I have to make up for their mistakes. Gu Shiyu walked towards the forest.
This time, they have deviated from their original route, and the first thing they should solve now is to figure out where they are.
He climbed a hill, but the trees blocked his view. He had no choice but to climb until there were no more trees around, and he could see it in the bright moonlight for miles.
There was a faint flash of fire a few miles away, and it was supposed to be a pursuer sent by Erathia. The fires were scattered in the forest, and there were at least a dozen piles.
If a fire pile is counted as a cavalry squad, isn't there a hundred or so cavalry? Gu Shiyu was secretly frightened.
People of any race knew that it was necessary to avoid fighting the ground forces of Erathia in the open as much as possible. Erathia's heavy cavalry forces are invincible in cavalry, and even the undead dreaded knights are inferior by three points.
Suddenly, there was a faint noise. The sound was like snowflakes falling on the leaves, and like a kitten with meat pads on its feet playing and running in the snow.
A dozen pairs of green eyes appeared next to him. Rao is Gu Shiyu is a master of rain and art, and it is not what it used to be, but the cold hairs all over his body are also standing upside down.
Look at the black figure, it should be a timberwolf. A muffled sound came from their throats, slowly approaching, Sensen's fangs glistening coldly in the moonlight. One of the largest wolves jumped on a boulder and roared at Gu Shiyu, who must have been the leader of the pack.
Gu Shiyu leaned over and picked up a stone and threw it at the wolf king with all his might. The wolf king was very agile, but he heard the whistling sound of the stone cutting through the air, and the stone was already in front of him, and he was about to jump off the boulder to dodge, but he was hit by the stone on his back, and fell to the ground and wailed.
All that's left is chopping melons and chopping vegetables. Between the flesh and blood, the rest of the wolves scattered and fled, and when they were far away, they crouched on the ground, raising their heads towards the moon and howling.
The call of wolves was also heard from the distant mountains.
Listening to those terrible howls, goosebumps already appeared on Gu Shiyu's body. He didn't dare to stay long, and after hurriedly scanning the terrain near and far, he ran down the ridge, and before leaving, he didn't forget to take the wolf by the hand and pick up a wolf corpse.
Renesa and the others had moved the camp and found a nearby hollow to start a bonfire. Gu Shiyu nodded, and said in his heart: "Fortunately, this place is well chosen, there are stone cliffs on three sides, and the firelight will not reveal your whereabouts." ”
When camping in the wilderness, you must light a bonfire, first, to keep warm, and second, to drive away wild beasts. Renesa must have heard the howl of wolves resounding through the valley, so they decided to light a campfire in a different place.
When Ressa saw the wolf corpse on the ground, she glared and said, "Don't tell me that you're going to give us such a disgusting thing to eat." ”
"Have you ever eaten dog meat? It's the same thing as dog meat, it's delicious. ”
"I despise you! What a cute animal a puppy is, and you can't bear to eat it?"
"In order to survive, there is not so much to pay attention to. "When Gu Shiyu hiked and explored, when he was hungry and faint in the desert dense forest swamp, he even ate locusts, spiders, moths and other insects. But he didn't dare to say it, Renesa would definitely vomit when he heard it.
"What are you doing in a daze?" Gu Shiyu glared and said, "Why don't you hurry up and get it?"
Gabriel and Lucifer immediately got busy.
"Are you done with your punishment?"
"It's done. Both said in unison.
When it was done, Gu Shiyu looked at Gabriel and Lucifer suspiciously. Are you still alive and kicking when you're done?
"Okay, even if this matter is over, if you do bad things in the future, I will definitely not be able to spare you!"
"Yes!" Gabriel and Lucifer looked at each other and smiled, a stone in their hearts finally landed.
Gu Shiyu found a few stones, fiddled on the ground, and said, "We are here now, with a high mountain behind us, and the road is in this position." Erathia's cavalry was here, only five or six miles from us, and there were probably more than a hundred of them. ”
"Oh my God, so many cavalry!" exclaimed Ressa.
Gabriel and Lucifer were busy skinning the wolf carcass, and they were nervous as they listened.
"If we are surrounded by them, we will definitely be annihilated, and we must find a way to get rid of them. We walked along the ridge of this mountain range, and although they were numerous, even if they caught up, they could not take advantage of their numbers. ”
"You can go whatever you want!" said Renesa, yawning, "We'll follow you." ”
"You can also be regarded as the deputy commander of our small army, I have to discuss it with you. ”
"I'm too lazy to care, I have you to worry about it, I just eat, walk, and sleep. ”
"You, you...... Alas, not motivated at all!" Gu Shiyu's head shook non-stop.
The roast wolf meat is really delicious. Renesas desperately refused at first, but then he couldn't resist the temptation of the aroma.
"Gabriel, Lucifer, I have to tell you about you! I know you're getting stronger now, and you think only about fighting every day, and your hands itch. Definitely don't kill if it's not necessary, I hate blood. "But my hands are still stained with blood. He added, "Except for animals." But we only take what we need, and nature's bounty is not endless, and no one can waste it. ”
Ressa sneered, "Brother Guzi, I think you speak more and more like my father." ”
Gu Shiyu looked at Gabriel and Lucifer worriedly.
Gabriel nodded and said, "Well, when you talk old-fashioned, I don't think I'm a father, I'm just an old grandfather." ”
Lucifer looked at Gu Shiyu sympathetically, and also nodded: "Well, and he is also a drunken old man who talks nonsense." ”
Could it be that my mentality has really become so old? Brother, doesn't I feel too much pressure? Gu Shiyu sighed and ordered: "After eating, hurry up and go to bed, you two little villains will be on guard first, and then I will take over from you, and we will set off when the morning dew first rises." ”
However, even so, Gu Shiyu still did not get rid of the pursuers behind him. In the afternoon of the next day, they were overtaken by the cavalry and began to fight against each other.
Gu Shiyu only found out until now that the pursuers behind him each carried two war horses, riding alternately, no wonder the speed of the pursuit would be so fast.
"Are you here to arrest us back?" Gu Shiyu shouted.
A hero rushed out of the cavalry and said, "We are ordered by His Majesty the King to ask the Chosen One to return with us to the Iron Fist Castle. ”
"I will not go back, but I ask you to convey to His Majesty the King and thank him for his hospitality. ”
"Your Majesty said that as long as you are willing to go back and marry Her Royal Highness Princess Saiya, he promises to give up the throne of King immediately. ”
"I'm sorry Princess Saiya, because I already have a sweetheart, and that is Princess Catherine, the daughter of your former king, Geffenhardt. I don't want to cheat on Princess Saiya's feelings, it will be painful for everyone. ”
"You...... Your Royal Highness Princess Catherine is the one you fell in love with?"
"Yes. If you insist that I go back, then we'll have to go to war!"
What to do?, the cavalry began to whisper.
"We dare not fight against the Great Chosen, not to mention that you are also the husband of Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine. Go away, go back and tell Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine that the Knight of Orling and his squadron of cavalry salute her!"
"Thank you, Knight Orling, and I will bring her respect for you and your soldiers. ”
Ou Ling's cavalry watched Gu Shiyu and his party drift away.
"General, what are we going to do?"
"What should I do?" Ou Ling smiled bitterly, "The great battle of the Chosen One in the arena, all of you know. He's so powerful alone, not to mention that he has three helpers. If we go to war with him, we can't be sure that we will be able to keep him, and besides, we don't have an advantage in the terrain. Besides, Princess Catherine will return to Erathia sooner or later, are you willing to be her enemy?"
"But we can't go back! King Kendall gave us a death order, and if we don't bring back the Chosen One, he will behead us all!"
Ou Ling stood on the ridge and looked out at the rolling mountains.
"Alas, the world is so big, is there no place for us?"
Ou Ling looked back at his soldiers. The soldiers were looking at him, their eyes just as blank as his.
"Let's go to the Frontier City, which is the front line of Erathia's fight against the demon legions, and the two powerful priests, Ryan and Ronis, are leading their armies in a bloody battle against Fiona, and they are in need of help. ”
Ou Ling's lieutenant also nodded: "We disobeyed the orders of His Majesty the King and committed treason. If there is one place in the world that can accommodate us, it is the city of border gates. The city of frontiers is fought by mercenaries, criminals and bandits, where we can atone for our sins so that our families will not be affected. ”
Hearing this, the soldiers were relieved. When they serve as soldiers, in addition to blood and honor, it is more important to protect their families. As long as the family can be safe, even if they fall on the battlefield, what are the regrets?
A few days later, after a long journey, the cavalry finally arrived at the border city.
Ryan and Ronis were overjoyed to hear that more than a hundred cavalry had fallen from the city. They hurried down the tower to greet Ou Ling and his party.
"General Ouling, are you a reinforcement sent by His Majesty Kendall?"
Ou Ling smiled bitterly and said, "Your Excellency, my army and I have betrayed His Majesty the King and are now a homeless sinner who has come to take refuge in you. ”
"How so?"
Ou Ling gave a brief account of their situation.
"Do you say what should we do? Capture or kill the Chosen One at all costs? The Chosen One and Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine are the hope for Erathia's future, and we don't want that hope to be dashed. ”
"This task that Your Majesty has given you is indeed difficult enough, General Ou Ling. Welcome you and your brothers to the city of the border gates, and we will die on the battlefield and not on the guillotine. ”
Everyone went into the city. The huge border city is now a military camp, and there are wounded soldiers with missing arms and legs everywhere, and soldiers in twos and threes gather around the bonfire, looking at the flames dancing in the bonfire with demented eyes.
Dense drumming began in the square, and several soldiers fell from the gallows to the beat of the drums, kicking their legs around.
No one was watching such a scene. It was a common practice for soldiers to execute deserters or steal military supplies from time to time in the square, not to mention the horrible appearance of those who had been hanged, their eyes bulging out almost from their sockets, their tongues sticking out, and their lower bodies covered in dirt of feces and urine.
"I didn't expect the morale of the border city to be so low. Ou Ling whispered.
"Alas, the city of the border has been alone against Fiona's demon legions for three years. After the fall of Erie, the castle was under tremendous pressure. In the past three years, we don't know how to survive. ”
"We have reported to His Majesty the King many times, begging him for material and military assistance. But apart from sending a few thousand prisoners to the border city, there was nothing else to eat, grass, salaries, armor, weapons, and arrows. ”
"His Majesty's army and supplies are almost entirely used to attack Dia and Carava, because he considers the Duke of Elares and the Duke of Drino to be the representatives of the forces against him, and if he does not get rid of them, his throne will be seriously threatened and challenged. He will not send you the main force, only the criminals in the prison for you. ”
"It seems that he needs to get some people and put them in prison, preferably a warrior like you, that will be enough for us. Ryan shook his head with a wry smile.
"How long will the grain and grass last?" asked Ou Ling.
"It can last up to two months. We can only make a quota distribution now, and the soldiers can't have enough to eat, even the rats, kittens, and dogs in the city have eaten up. The soldiers who were executed just now were the criminals who stole and killed the war horses. ”
"They're damned!" Ou Ling spat heavily. The cavalry regards the war horse as life, and anyone who dares to abuse the war horse will be brutally whipped, let alone killed the war horse!
"We now send four squadrons of soldiers out hunting every day in hopes of relieving the horrors of famine. ”
At last they went to the top of the city. Ou Ling couldn't help but gasp as he looked at the endless tents of the enemy army outside the city.