Volume 1丨Jiang is the hometown of Qing Chapter 31: Alive, Go Home
Wei Yi, Yi Houpeng, and Wu Bo, who were seriously injured, didn't have time to be sentimental, and after collecting the remains and relics of Cong Qihu, they immediately took the remaining more than 200 butterfly troops, took the boat left by those refugees from the high country, and continued to rush to Zhuangguo along the Fei River.
Drifting on the river for about half a decade, fortunately, there were no accidents along the way, Wei Yi and Yi Houpeng recovered quickly from their injuries with the blessing of the red robes, and their faces returned to normal, only occasionally coughing twice.
When he was a child, Situ Jing had just come to Andong City, Cong Tinghu had joined their small team, and later after Situ Jing returned to Fenghou City and came back, Cong Jinghu never showed up again, until the Butterfly Army went out to fight Gaoguo, he came out to call the battle, and became Liang Zongli's adjutant in a daze.
In fact, when the thirteen people were separated, Cong Qihu wanted to be on a team with Liang Zongli, but Liang Zongli said that Wei Yi's side, there is a lack of a military advisor with a good brain, let him go to Wei Yi's team to pay more attention, don't look at the three who usually seem to have a lot of ideas, they are all rancid, and at the critical moment, someone has to show them the way.
Cong Qihu puffed up his chest with a smile and shouted, I have to give orders, and I will obey the general's orders. If Liang Zongli, who was thousands of miles away, knew that Cong Yuhu had died in battle, he didn't know if he would regret his original decision.
Yi Houpeng didn't sneak out of the Yizhou Marquis Mansion because of the forced marriage at home or couldn't stand Mao Shaojuan's stalking, the real reason is quite ridiculous in retrospect.
Yizhou, because the Yi family inherited the marquis for generations, so it was named, but there are also official positions such as the state and the county, but it is just a fictitious appearance of the imperial court, the real idle old man, as long as he holds everything and does not dare to worry about it, in history, there are also three fires for the new official, trying to display his ambitions, trying to change the atmosphere of Yizhou regardless of the sky, but all of them were squeezed out by the forces of the bright side, after all, the gentry gate valve that has been rooted for hundreds of years is not something that you can shake a small state pastor and county guard.
But inside Yizhou, there is not as much harmony as it seems on the surface. Time is like a big river, which is either rapid or slow, and will always inadvertently turn into a surging torrent of cement and rocks, which will wash away or even break some of the family forces that originally looked and stood firmly in the river, often only need a loser, or the whimsy of the head of the family.
That day, Yi Houpeng had just shaken off Mao Shaojuan's entanglement and tailgating, and he didn't know which alley he ran to, but he only listened to the wall, two broken family swordsmanship, who were saying that there was a treasure in the Jiangxi Mountain of Bozhou, and said in a colorful voice, Yi Houpeng didn't take it to heart, this kind of legend in the market, he can make up a "Yizhou Strange Story" by listening to it.
But when Yi Houpeng turned around and hesitated whether to turn left or right so that he would not meet Mao Shaojuan, he only heard the two people in the courtyard say: "Brother Zhao, my cousin who was a businessman in Andong City and Gaoguo, but he sent me that thing, and he wanted me to help him do some work in Yizhou and find a quiet official position." ”
"Oh? Brother Li, why don't you take it out and let your brother palm your eyes? ”
If it used to be hearsay, but now that someone really took out physical evidence, Yi Houpeng couldn't help but climb up to a willow tree outside the wall to see if it was a real treasure.
Soon, the Brother Zhao who was waiting under the pavilion saw that Brother Li was holding something covered with a silk luo in his hand. Brother Li didn't forget to look left and right, and be careful. Yi Houpeng hurriedly lowered his body so as not to be discovered.
"Now, Brother Zhao, this is it." When Brother Li opened it, it was a crimson fruit, which was the soil spirit that the chestnuts had eaten in the cave.
At the beginning, Qiu used this thing to feed chestnuts, and he also told Sang that he had teased a few little mongrels under the mountain, and it turned out to be the cousin of Brother Li in this courtyard......
"Brother Li, what is this, how does it faintly exude an indescribable aroma, which makes people's appetite move, it is indeed a bit strange."
"Hehe, this is the legendary fairy fruit, my cousin and a few friends got lost in Jiangxi Mountain by chance, but met a mountain god grandfather, and then spent a lot of effort to ask for it from the mountain god grandfather. At first, the mountain god also said that they were ordinary people and did not deserve to enjoy this divine fruit, but in the end, they were still unable to withstand my cousin's sincerity, so they personally gave such a fairy fruit. ”
Later, Yi Houpeng didn't have the ears to listen to the "plan" of the two, but he was interested in Jiangxi Mountain in Nabo Prefecture. In order to prove that Brother Li was not deceiving Brother Zhao, Yi Houpeng also deliberately inquired that there were indeed other bosses who had been to Bozhou to do business, and there were all kinds of strange things in the mountains of Jiangxi.
So, Yi Houpeng didn't tell his family, so he secretly ran to Bozhou, and then went to Andong City.
In order to keep a low profile, Yi Houpeng, who left Andong City, went into the mountains alone, but he was a son who grew up in the Hou Mansion, so he had no experience in surviving in the wild, and he soon got lost, and the food he brought with him was gone.
That morning, Yi Houpeng, who was lying under the tree waiting for death, heard the faint sound of horses' hooves nearby, and after a while, several young men and girls riding tall horses stopped beside him, staring at him under the tree menacingly.
One of the fat men whistled, and soon, several more people came. More than a dozen people gathered around him and just looked at him.
"What are you doing?" A young girl at the head pointed at Yi Houpeng with a horsewhip and asked.
Yi Houpeng was already dizzy from hunger at that time, how could he still have the strength to speak, but he used his last strength to reach for the water bag of the nearest horse, and as soon as he got up, he fainted.
When Yi Houpeng woke up again, it seemed that he was in the back warehouse of a restaurant, which was full of all kinds of ingredients that had not yet been processed. For Yi Houpeng, it is like a wolf entering the sheepfold, and he doesn't care if he does anything clean, he catches it and devours it when he sees anything that can be eaten.
After eating and drinking, he finally regained some strength, and was about to push the door out, but found that it seemed to be locked, and then he pushed the door hard, and shouted, "Someone, someone, let me out."
I only heard someone outside the door, "This person can't be a fool, he can't even open the door." ”
"Well, maybe I'm hungry and stupid, do you want to call Situ Jing and them back?"
"Forget it, just the eldest lady's temper, don't you smoke him when you come back?"
"Hey, Wei Yi, you give me that thing to play with, it's quite comfortable to touch in your hand."
"Don't, Brother Wu, what you have in your hands will be gone in less than half a day, what about the Chunxiang map that you got yesterday, return me? Bring? ”
When Yi Houpeng heard this, he reached out and touched the sign on his waist, which was gone. In this hurry, with the force in his hands, he actually pushed the door open and threw himself on the ground.
Outside the door, Wei Yi and Wu Bo, who were secretly drinking, were so frightened that they vomited the wine on Yi Houpeng.
Looking at the Xuanxi waist card in Wei Yi's hand, Yi Houpeng hurriedly snatched it back, Wei Yi and Wu Bo's mouths kept flowing wine, and it took a long time to react. Wu Bo hurriedly ran out, leaving Wei Yi to watch him.
When Situ Jing came back, Wei Yi had already punched Yi Houpeng, and the two of them were drunk.
In the three-story private room of Wei Yi's restaurant, Yi Houpeng did not hide his identity, saying that he was the eldest grandson of the Hou Ye Mansion of Yizhou, his parents died early, and he heard that there were treasures in the mountains of Jiangxi, so he came to hunt for treasures, and he never wanted to get lost in the mountains.
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing, Wu Bo said, what a fool. Tan Qianru glared at Wu Bo, and then explained to Yi Houpeng that in the mountains of Jiangxi, there are some things that are very unusual, but when the treasures are said, they are all false.
Yi Houpeng wondered, saying that he had seen that kind of red fruit with his own eyes. Wei Yi smiled, and after going downstairs, he came back and threw one to Yi Houpeng, saying let's eat, except for the feeling of being hot after eating, there is nothing special about it, in the deep mountains of Jiangxi Mountain, sometimes you can indeed pick up a few, but it is not exaggerated to the extent of treasures.
Yi Houpeng sighed, he could only blame himself for being rare and strange, and he hadn't seen much of the world. Since he came, Yi Houpeng was not in a hurry to go home, as he had more contact with Wei Yi and them, no one looked down on him because of his identity, or treated him preferentially, everyone got along with each other as friends, as long as they went out to "patrol", they would call him.
Yi Houpeng stayed at Wei Yi's house like this, and replied to his family during the period, saying that he was very good in Andong City, eating and drinking without worry, and also met a group of friends who had died.
A year later, Gao Guo suddenly attacked, followed Situ Jing to mess around, and then became a captain of the butterfly battalion, and then followed this group of friends to fight in the north and south, so many things happened, but it made Yi Houpeng feel that his life was very magnificent, even if he died one day, it would not be in vain in this life.
Zhuang State, compared to the Gao State with frequent border trade with Jiang State, is a little mysterious. The Green River is along the west mountain of Jiangxi, after passing the boundary of Bozhou, it seems to suddenly drill into the ground, become an underground river, and when the river surface appears again, it will flow into an inland lake, the green sea, and Zhuangguo, is in this sea.
The Feijiang River to the west also flows into the Green Amber Sea, so compared with the Jiang people, the Gao people know more about Zhuang.
Along the way, Wu Bo asked a circle of fellow Gao Guo people, most of them didn't know much about Zhuang Guo, only one or two people, saying that that that there was simply a heavenly realm, and all the Gao Guo people who had been to Zhuang Guo had never come back, and they were also going there for the first time.
After two more days, at noon, suddenly the sky became dark, and the three of them and the Butterfly Army looked up and saw that it was a solar eclipse. Everyone immediately prepared for battle, and the nerves that had been slacking off for many days tensed again.
After the half-pillar incense, the heavens and the earth returned to clarity, and the red mist became lighter and lighter, but inexplicably, the heart began to panic, and there was no reason to say it.
Until dawn was about to break the next day, Wei Yi and Wu Bo's boat rowed in front, and when Yi Houpeng and a few Butterfly Army's boats suddenly crashed into the transparent barrier, the same thing that happened to Liang Zongli and them that day.
The people outside, and even more than a dozen people from Gaoguo, came to Yi Houpeng and them, thinking of a way, but after tossing for a long time, Yi Houpeng and they didn't come out, and everyone was exhausted and lying on the boat.
The sun slowly rose, and the red fog inside the barrier became thicker and thicker, Yi Houpeng seemed to have made a decision, waved his hand to Wei Yi and Wu Bo outside, and said freely: "Let's go, don't toss." When you return to Dustpan Village, remember to write a letter back to my grandfather, it would be better if you could go to Yizhou in person. Tell his old man that his grandson is not a bear, but he will not be able to fulfill his filial piety in the future, so let his old man not blame me, and don't be too sad. ”
Wei Yi is also the only son in the family, because of Yi Houpeng's arrival, he seems to have experienced the feeling of having a brother, the picture of Cong Yihu dying in battle is still vivid, at this time and Wu Bo seem to be aware of it, the two of them have tears in their eyes, let him not give up, they are brothers, and they will go home together.
Yi Houpeng smiled helplessly, spread his hands, and said that he was also helpless.
Yi Houpeng said: "Wei Yi, even if I break the contract, it seems that the matter of the baby's relatives cannot be fulfilled." Wu Bo, at the bottom of the bed box in Wei Yi's room, I helped you hide a few sets of Spring Township Maps, don't let Wei Yi take the lead. After speaking, Yi Houpeng turned around and waved his hand behind him.
"The surname is Yi, and those who say they want to go back together will go back together." Wei Yi slammed the barrier with his double axe and shouted hoarsely.
Ding dong......
Whether it was Wei Yi and Wu Bo outside the barrier, the people of Gaoguo, or Yi Houpeng inside the barrier and the butterfly armies on both sides, they all seemed to hear a clear voice in their ears.
Immediately afterwards, from the front of the Feijiang River in the west, there were clusters of fan calls, Wei Yi looked, a horizontal line flashing with colorful light was flying towards this side, and when it got closer and closer, it turned out to be a group of colorful flower waist slaves.
Wei Yi and the others immediately flashed to the side, and the flower-waisted slaves who exuded colorful light all over their bodies immediately spread all over the barrier, gathering more and more, and the barrier vaguely began to appear small holes, and then faster and faster, and finally was opened by the flower-waisted slaves. Yi Houpeng hurriedly asked the Butterfly Army to go out first, and he was the last one to draw out.
Everyone hugged each other excitedly, and the flower-waisted slaves immediately dispersed and drilled into the river one after another, only to hear the faint rumbling sound under the river.
Wei Yi and the others reacted at this time, gratefully reminded the people around them, quickly left the place, and rowed away desperately forward. After leaving for a long time, I saw that outside the barrier behind me, the remaining dirt vines burrowed out of the river, wrapped in a multicolored luster, and finally turned into ashes.
"It's so hanging, but fortunately, the response is timely." Wei Yi helped his chest, and then suddenly hit Yi Houpeng's face, smashed a punch, and scolded hatefully: "You fucking think you're very heroic, don't you, Lao Tzu will abolish you today, return the baby kiss, let the eunuch kiss you." After that, it's a monkey picking peaches.
"What are these?" Wu Bo didn't care about the commotion of the two of them, just looked at the flower waist slave who slowly dispersed and asked.
"Okay, don't make trouble, stay away first, and keep running." Yi Houpeng said.
After rowing for a long time, it became more obvious when I looked back, and the entire Gao Kingdom seemed to be covered in a red transparent lid, and the more I looked at it, the more weird it became, making people shudder.
"It seems that we have left the high country." Wei Yi laughed.
"Don't be too happy too soon, every time we take it lightly, accidents happen, we continue to talk as we go." Yi Houpeng said.
"If you don't say it, Yi Houpeng, you are really fateful. I think at the beginning, I was going to starve to death in the woods, or we saved you. Wei Yi sighed.
"Yes, Yi Houpeng, are you the kind in the novel, the kind of Chosen Son Fu Da Da Fu Da After all, are you also a little marquis? Wu Bo was amazed.
"Just now, I remember that it seemed to be a flower waist slave, but I have never seen such a dazzling scene, and the classics in the house have not been mentioned, do you know?" Yi Houpeng asked.
"If you ask me and Wu Bo, then it's the wrong person, if you ask about the eighteen postures of the wind and clouds, the twenty-four hands of the mountain, then Wu Bo and I, as well as especially Jun, can tell you about it for a day and a night, hehe."
Yi Houpeng looked at the obscene two people, and sighed, this team is not shrewd, and he is also confused, looking ahead, I don't know if I will return to my hometown smoothly, I am inexplicable, I actually miss the days when Mao Shaojuan pestered him.
Thinking of the situation just now, and for the sake of not knowing when the accident would suddenly happen, Yi Houpeng took out the Xuanxi waist card, handed it to Wei Yi, and said: "Haven't you always coveted my brand, I promised you before, in the future, when we have a child, we will order a doll to give it to the child, and I will give it to you now." ”
Wei Yi didn't think much about it, and he was even more polite, as soon as he got it in his hand, Wu Bo snatched it and accidentally fell at his feet, which scared Wei Yi and Yi Houpeng.
If nothing else, it's going to be an accident.
The two were making a fuss, and when they saw the Gao Guoren in front of them, they seemed to have suddenly disappeared, and only after one of the Butterfly Soldiers shouted, the three of them found out.
Before everyone could react, they saw that the river in front of them was getting more and more turbulent, and the sound of roaring impact came out of their ears.
After packing up Qu Xintang's remains and the cremated ashes of You Jun, the four of them and more than a hundred butterfly soldiers continued to follow the post road next to the branch of the Green River, turning to the north and setting off. On the west side of the river, it is still in the territory of Gaoguo, and on the east side is the endless white sand.
Xing Baoyan's severed left arm, with the blessing of the battle robe, the wound quickly scabbed, but occasionally it still felt as if it was a flame burning pain, and every time at this time, the team would stop and rest for a while.
In this way, stop and go, stop and go, upstream of the tributaries, you can vaguely see the shadow of the remnants of Jiangxi Mountain. This also gave some comfort to everyone's hearts.
These days, everyone rarely speaks, and they lose two partners at once, especially without the talker of You Jun, Shan Yuanming and Xia Weifeng are usually a stuffy gourd, and everyone is not in the mood to make jokes.
Before dawn, when everyone was asleep, Shan Yuanming was about to wake up Xia Weifeng to guard for him, and he felt that the post road above the river embankment was boundary, and it was clearly divided into inside and outside, with a thicker and thicker red mist inside, and a clear air outside.
Shan Yuanming was just about to board the post road, and suddenly felt that his head had hit something, he patted it, and found that it was already an invisible transparent diaphragm, fortunately, he listened to Xia Weifeng's words last night, and did not rest on the west side of the post road, but chose the riverside.
Shan Yuanming immediately ran down the slope, woke everyone up, and explained the vision of the mutation. The crowd did not hesitate, immediately packed up, and continued along the river to the north.
After a few days, the embankment narrowed and narrowed, and the tributaries turned sharply to the west, disappearing behind a patch of white sand. The post road is also broken here, and the west of the river is the barrier of the high country, and if everyone wants to continue walking along the river, they can only pass through the tidal flat in front of them and enter Baishaze.
Several butterfly soldiers did not wait for Shan Yuanming and Xia Weifeng to act, so they volunteered to investigate. Although it was a bit stumbling, fortunately, the muddy mudflats did not sink deeply, and they safely crossed the mudflats, and several people climbed the sand dunes again, and soon disappeared behind the hills.
After half a pillar of incense, several people appeared on the sand dunes and waved their hands in this direction. The crowd no longer hesitated, and immediately set off to continue on their way. Xing Baoyan had difficulty moving, so Xia Weifeng hugged her and followed at the back of the team.
After most of them passed through the tidal flats, there were still a dozen or so butterfly soldiers and Xia Weifeng at the end of the line.
Shan Yuanming, who had just climbed to the top of the sand dune, turned around and looked at everyone, and suddenly his head was dizzy, only to feel that the world was spinning, his stomach was turning upside down, and the world in front of him seemed to be twisted into a ball, and he sucked it into the center point.
Xia Weifeng and the others kept looking at their feet, and did not find the abnormalities on the sand dunes, and when they stepped on the white sand, they thought that the people in front of them had already fallen off the sand dunes, and then accelerated their pace and climbed to the highest part of the sand dunes, but in front of them, except for the tributaries of the Green River that appeared again, only a few butterfly armies who had gone to investigate before waved at them by the river not far away, and Shan Yuanming and they all disappeared magically.
Xia Weifeng hugged Xing Baoyan, knelt on the ground with her legs, and the two looked weakly at the distance behind them, the endless white sand and the high country shrouded in red mist.
When Shan Yuanming woke up again, he was woken up by a dazzling white mang, and the unconscious Tan Qianru and the butterfly soldiers around him were still lying on the ground, he raised his head and found that he was in a white sand, shook his head, and was still a little dizzy in his head, and when he stood up and turned to look back, the whole person was blinded.
Han Shuicheng appeared ten zhang away.
Shan Yuanming couldn't believe it, rubbed his eyes, and confirmed that it was correct, on the city gate, there were three words Han Shuicheng written on it.
After a while, everyone woke up one after another and came to Shan Yuanming's side, Tan Qianru grabbed his arm tightly and bit her lip.
Through the city gate, inside Hanshui City, it was dark and nothing could be seen, just like what the Butterfly Army left outside the city saw after they entered Pingyuan City.
Without discussion, everyone immediately ran out of the city, such an obvious trap that even a fool could see.
After Shan Yuanming gathered everyone, he counted the number of people, plus him and Tan Qianru, which was worth a hundred. The water bags in everyone's hands are quite sufficient, and the food is enough to last for a while. Even so, Shan Yuanming also suggested that everyone should consume food and drink according to the minimum daily limit, because no one knows how long it will take to get out of Baishaze.
Which direction to choose, everyone unanimously looked at Shan Yuanming and Tan Qianru with resolute eyes, and a few people said, our lives, if we can live until now, we will earn it, as long as we follow the two captains, no matter where we go, it doesn't matter if we live or die.
Shan Yuanming didn't say anything, Tan Qianru nodded at him, so he immediately said his decision, try to hide behind the sand dunes during the day to rest, and then rush according to the stars at night, this is the safest, reduce the consumption of food and water can also maintain physical strength.
After that, everyone found a sand dune in the shade a hundred zhang away from Hanshui City, and rested.
Looking at everyone's faces, Shan Yuanming began to understand his father. After losing his mother, Shan Yuanming has always been resentful of his father, are his brothers more important than his family? Of course not, the two are not comparable feelings at all. The bond of mutual trust that has experienced life and death together, day and night, has long gone beyond family affection, which is the deep friendship established by all strangers who are not related by blood after the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Shan Yuanming also understood why his father always liked to leave home with wine, or drink sullen wine alone. I still remember that after the first time the army of the Gao Kingdom was completely wiped out, Zhu Yu would invite them to drink on the battlefield. At this time, he suddenly wanted to take a big sip, but there was only a precious water bag by his side.
Tan Qianru leaned on Shan Yuanming's shoulder, she just felt a little lonely and scared, without Qu Xintang, Xing Baoyan was also injured, Situ Jing and Liang Zongqing They didn't know if they were safe now. After calming down, a strong sense of insecurity hit my heart, and only by relying on Shan Yuanming's piece of wood could I give myself some comfort.
If it weren't for the fact that he met Situ Jing, who was not a wealthy family, and Tan Qianru, who was also a cannibal, she might have followed the steps like other daughters, learned to read poetry and books, and finally married a small official in Andong City or the son of a wealthy gentry, and then spent the rest of her life full of children and grandchildren.
Shan Yuanming rubbed Tan Qianru's head, in fact, he may not be very strong in his heart, maybe it was just because he lost his mother prematurely, so his heart is stronger than others.
The sound of conversation around became less and less, and when many people began to nap and rest, they only heard the sound of horses' hooves suddenly heard from Han Shuicheng.
The crowd immediately stood up alertly and stared at the city gate. As the red light became more and more, soon, one after another, the corpse puppets of the High Kingdom, also wearing war armor, riding black rotten horses, came out of the black hole of the city gate, silently waving their spears, and headed straight for them.
"Array!" Shan Yuanming immediately organized these remaining hundred people. As a result, He Tan Qianru was suddenly held up by several people, and was quickly dragged to the north.
A guard lieutenant just ordered a few people to ensure that Captain Shan and Captain Tan returned to their hometown alive, and then turned around, prepared for battle, and regarded death as home.
The Butterfly Army, having been planning for a long time, seems to have been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Shan Yuanming and Tan Qianru tried their best to break free from the few people who were holding themselves, and shouted loudly: "I order you to let go of me, let go of me, don't you hear, ah!" ”
A few butterfly soldiers just silently shed tears and did not look back, quickly dragging the two of them away from the "big army".
I don't know how many sand dunes I have climbed, and the sound of fighting behind me is getting lower and lower until I can no longer hear it. The only ten people who were left finally rolled under a sand dune, and all of them fainted.
In the morning and evening of Baishaze, the temperature difference is very large. At night, Tan Qianru, who felt the cold, woke up first, looking at the nine people scattered around, she slowly crawled next to Shan Yuanming, tried his snort, and was still alive, Tan Qianru suddenly cried loudly, and the sound immediately woke up the others.
Shan Yuanming opened his eyes, and immediately got up, looking at everyone, fortunately, they were all alive.
At this time, one of them said, "Captain Shan, you guys go quickly, leave me alone." "The soldier's right leg was obviously bent at 90 degrees, and it should have been broken when he rolled down the dune.
Shan Yuanming hurriedly beckoned the two of them, wanting to set him up, but before he could get to him, the man decisively raised the butterfly knife, wiped it horizontally, and then blood spurted out, and he sat on the spot, with a smile on his face, and his eyes looked ahead blankly.
Shan Yuanming's body trembled, his fists clenched tightly, and he was about to step forward to close his eyes, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves not far away.
Everyone hurriedly prepared to flee again, Shan Yuanming knocked on his chest, took one last look at the soldier, pulled Tan Qianru without hesitation, and ran quickly.
The astrological signs at night, Zhu Yu once strictly assessed them, spring, summer, autumn and winter, how to distinguish between in the city and in the mountains, and what direction to judge, they have long been aware of it.
Nine people, led by Shan Yuanming, ran in the northwest direction with unmistakable accuracy, slowly throwing off the pursuers behind them. Nine people, don't dare to delay for a moment, they really can't run, so they rest a little, only drink half a sip of water, and then continue to run, thanks to Zhu Yu's cruel training, physical strength and perseverance are greatly different from ordinary people. If it were ordinary people, they would have collapsed to the ground, vomited heavily, said nothing and didn't run, and did whatever they loved.
In this way, everyone ran until dawn, and then found a place in the shade of the sand dunes to rest. Nine people, on duty separately, did not dare to relax. Those monsters will definitely not let them go, and the nine people know it. Fortunately, the sandy area is not conducive to the pursuit of cavalry, if it is still in the high country, let them have four legs, they will not be able to outrun them.
Finally, when the sun was about to set, nine people ran for their lives again, all for one reason: to go home, to live, to go home.
Anton City, since the Butterfly Army issued a certificate, has never been so lively, nor has it been so solemn.
Mao Shaojuan and his entourage were the first to rush to Andong City, and they didn't say hello to the county guard, so they went directly out of the south gate and went straight to the direction of Gaoguo.
As soon as they arrived at the south gate, they were stopped by the guards, and since their last unruly gallop in the city, Situ Changqing strictly ordered that no horses were allowed in the city, and they were only allowed to walk through the city gate.
Mao Shaojuan did not protest, but took everyone and asked the guards to lead the way to the county guard's mansion.
Situ Changqing, these days are very difficult, the families of more than a dozen children come to the door every day to ask for people, and he really has no news at all, and he doesn't even know how to say the prevarication, and finally has to move out of his daughter, and there is no news, promise to receive the letterhead, notify them as soon as possible, and then send each family.
After seeing Situ Changqing, Mao Shaojuan was arranged in the mansion, and in the face of many of her questions, Situ Changqing just said that the little prince and the Bai Yingjun of Cizhou were on the way, and when they arrived, let's talk about it together.
Two days later, another team arrived in Andong City, neither Jiang Quanliang's men nor the Baiying Army, but the 1,000 Jinfeng Army and Xuanhe Army led by Jiang Quanjue.
After being stopped by the guards, Jin Fengjun and Xuanhe Army, where they had received such anger, were about to rush into the city, and in the end, Jiang Quanjue took the overall situation into account, stopped the two captains, took the lead in dismounting and demonstrating, and then asked the guards to lead him to the county guard's mansion, and the other 1,000 people were arranged to be stationed in the north of the city first.
When he arrived at the county mansion, Situ Changqing was discussing things with Liang Huanqing and a few others, and the old housekeeper apologized slightly, saying that the county guard couldn't get away for the time being, so he could only send him to lead Jiang Quanjue to the council hall.
As soon as I crossed the threshold, the smell of gunpowder hit my face. Situ Changqing and Liang Huanqing are arguing. The old housekeeper wanted to introduce someone, Jiang Quanjue stretched out his hand to block it, signaled him to go down, and then found a place by himself, sat down and listened.
"Situ Changqing, what do you want so much Xuantie for, not to mention Bozhou, just look at the entire Jiang Country, how many are there?"
"If you don't have it, you have to change it, a few days ago, Qizhou should have received my letter, and when the King of Thailand returns, it shouldn't be a big problem."
"Heh, it will take a few months for Qizhou to come and go, and then for material dispatch, it will be a few months, is it too late?"
At this time, Situ Changqing couldn't help but be a little angry, and asked, "Then what do you say?" ”
"Why bother to go far, isn't Jiangxi Mountain nearby?"
"Does Jiangxi Mountain have it, and if so, what will I discuss with you?"
"Then look for it, it's always faster than Qizhou's, both sides at the same time, isn't it?"
Situ Changqing thought about it, and it was also a way to guarantee the bottom, "Okay, then hurry up and arrange people, and go now." Zhang Xiancheng, Gao Xianling, a few of you, send someone to Jiangxi Mountain now. ”
"Whoa!"
"Lord Situ, what do you want so much Xuantie for?" Jiang Quanjue listened for a long time, and couldn't help but ask the same doubts as Liang Huanqing.
At this time, everyone found that Jiang Quanjue was already sitting next to him.
Several people arched their hands towards Jiang Quanjue, and Jiang Quanjue got up to salute in return.
"I didn't mean to hide the prince, wait for two days, the little prince and Bai Yingjun will arrive, let's talk together." Situ Changqing said helplessly, why did King Li's people come here to join in the fun, wouldn't it be even more chaotic, alas.
"In that case, then I'll go back to the army and wait for news from the county guard." After speaking, Jiang Quanjue didn't wait for Situ Changqing to reply, and walked out. I thought, how did they come, especially the Bai Yingjun was actually sent to this Bozhou.
Situ Changqing and Liang Huanqing glanced at each other, didn't say anything, and continued to discuss the following topics.
A few days ago, Jiang Quanliang's army and Baiying's army merged two armies into one army in Fenghou City, and then marched towards Andong City. Non-stop, I soon saw the dazzling Jinfeng Army and Xuanhe Army in the north of the city.
Jiang Quanliang had a good impression of the eldest brother of the third uncle's family, and the two did not have the tension they imagined when they met, they just greeted politely, and then the group came to the county mansion together.
Situ Changqing, seeing that everyone had finally arrived, then asked the housekeeper to call Mao Shaojuan, and after brewing for a long time, the first sentence made everyone stunned.
"Butterfly Army, gone!"
Here, except for Mao Shaojuan, they basically know more or less about the existence of the Butterfly Army, and even the strength of the combat power, especially Jiang Quanliang, who can be said to be the direct initiator and person in charge of this team.
"How is that possible? Situ, you made it clear, why is it gone? Jiang Quanliang's face was incredulous, and Jiang Quanjue didn't look like he was a fake.
Zhu Yu's last secret letter was just to tell Jiang Quanliang that the Butterfly Army had just finished a tragic battle, and the Gao Guo Great Array was about to open, and there were only more than 1,000 people left in the team, and they might need to withdraw to Jiang Guo separately, and no matter how much they were, they didn't make it clear, and they didn't receive any letterhead from Zhu Yu later, so when they heard Situ Changqing say this, Jiang Quanliang naturally couldn't sit still.
Situ Changqing didn't answer Jiang Quanliang's question directly, but just pointed to the sand table in front of everyone, and pointed to the stone last wall that was erected with his hand, the answer is obvious, those miraculous figures, since they have erected such a closed huge building, isn't the answer obvious?
"Situ, this is just your guess, right? You can't talk nonsense! Jiang Quanliang sat down again and said suspiciously.
"Uncle Situ, no, you must have guessed it yourself, Yi Houpeng will definitely be able to come back, right?" Mao Shaojuan also didn't believe Situ Changqing's words.
When she came to the county mansion that day, Situ Changqing told her that Yi Houpeng had joined the Butterfly Army and had followed the team to Gaoguo, as for more, Situ Changqing couldn't bear to tell her in detail.
"All of you here are all in the army, do you still need me to guess, don't you think with your brains, don't you know the answer?"
Here, only Jiang Quanjue may still be confused, so he asked: "Lord County Guard, who erected this wall, and what is it for?" ”
Situ Changqing looked at Jiang Quanliang, ready to let him, who had experienced the whole incident before and after, answer Jiang Quanjue's questions.
Jiang Quanliang stood up, circled around the sand table, and after thinking about it, he picked those who could say it, and told Jiang Quanjue one by one, as Jiang Quanliang told him, Jiang Quanjue's face became more and more solemn, especially when he heard the artillery and the black weird monster, it was unbelievable.
Jiang Quanjue asked, "What you said is true?" ”
Jiang Quanliang smiled bitterly: "Brother Jue, what do you think, plus your family's three-way army, they are all in the north of the city at the moment, do you think we can perform such a scene in order to toss the whole country?" If you don't believe it, tomorrow you will take someone to see the high wall, and then think about standing on the wall and looking at the high country opposite. ”
Mao Shaojuan whispered: "I've seen it." ”
Jiang Quanjue also figured out what Situ Changqing and the others discussed a few days ago, "So, you urgently needed a large amount of dark iron ore that day?" Only a weapon made from it can hurt them? ”
Situ Changqing nodded.
"Nothing but Darkiron?"
Situ Changqing pointed at Jiang Quanliang, here, he is directly responsible for contacting the Butterfly Army, if you want to ask, you can only ask him.
Jiang Quanliang didn't hide it, and said: "I have seen the materials that Wen Duwei is looking for, and I have asked her what it is, she just said that it is a spiritual mine, that is, a mineral that has a spirit qi innately, and the weapon made with this is not only sharpening iron like clay, but also has other functions." I didn't bother at the time, so I didn't ask her where she got it. ”
"Spirit mine, spirit mine......" Jiang Quanjue thought silently.
"Dazzling Crystal!" Jiang Quanjue and Mao Shaojuan said in unison at this time. Then the two looked at each other and smiled.
Yaojing, Jiang Quanliang knows that as long as it is in the classics collected by the princes and princesses, it is recorded. Cizhou and Qizhou have some output, but they are extremely rare, and most of them are used to make ritual utensils for wealthy families. But the material of the vermilion fish, which I remember clearly, is not very consistent with the sparkle.
"It doesn't seem to be, I remember that the materials brought by Wen Duwei are extremely large, and they are far from the dazzling crystals I have seen, both in terms of color and material. The materials, faintly containing a red glow, can be visibly warm when placed on the hand. ”
Mao Shaojuan said: "That should be the Red Flame Crystal, right?" Most of the ritual utensils we use are green jade spars. ”
Everyone looked at Mao Shaojuan.
Mao Shaojuan continued: "Don't you know, there are four kinds of dazzling crystals, as well as cold dazzling crystals and golden tenacious dazzling crystals, which do not refer to one of them. ”
"Mao girl, how do you know?" Jiang Quanliang couldn't help asking.
"Haven't you all read what is recorded in "The Ancestor of All Things"?"
Everyone was stunned, they had seen it, but they didn't study it carefully, there were still many ancient texts in it, and for a few people who were busy with government affairs and military affairs, how could they have the time to ponder carefully.
"Even if it's a sparkling crystal, where can you go up to find so many, let alone two thousand people, even twenty people are extravagant." Jiang Quanliang had to admire Zhu Yu, he was really generous, and he easily armed more than 2,000 people at once.
"Why do you want to make equipment, listen to what you just said, can't we just make arrows like their artillery, or bow carts?" Mao Shaojuan said again.
A few big men are ashamed of themselves at this time. Yes, solve the most tricky ones, and the remaining shrimp soldiers and crab generals can be cleaned up with Xuantie.
In the end, after discussion, everyone decided to be responsible for contacting their respective connections and resources to collect dalites and dark iron as soon as possible.
Jiang Quanjue walked out of the palace, a little hesitant, whether to report this matter to his father, whether to contribute to it, as a result, not long after, he didn't have time to think about it, and he couldn't allow him to think about it.
On the side of Gao Guo, the big array was finally launched.