Zheng Quqi has lived in a peaceful and prosperous world for more than 20 years, and it is the first time that he has encountered such a thing as an enemy attack.

Before she even had a chance to sum up a set of coping methods, she was taken away by the people around her, and the atmosphere fermented by tension and terror was like boiling water under her feet, so hot that she couldn't stop in place and had to take action.

But she saw a stray arrow fly through the staggered heads, and shoot at her feet with a "boom".

The engineer's eyes widened, and he was extremely angry: "This damn barbarian, the speed is so fast!" ”

Zheng Quqi was a little numb all over, her heart was in her throat, and she felt a little difficult to breathe.

The government soldier ran while waving, he trembled all over, and his teeth chattered: "Hurry up the mountain!" Don't get all together, scatter! ”

There were more than a hundred stonemasons in the quarry, and with white faces, they dropped their tools and ran towards the rugged hill in a panic.

If you don't choose open mountain roads and flat land, it is too easy to expose your vision, and secondly, it is easy to be caught up by cavalry barbarians.

Fuxian was already at the border, and many people had seen the ferocity of the Ganyi barbarians, who controlled a large area of grassland animal husbandry in the western region and were good at casting iron.

Ganyi barbarians are greedy and cruel by nature, and it is rumored that they also have wolf genes in them, so every time they launch a large-scale raid, they like to bled and cut off the heads of the Central Plains people, showing their bloody and brutal side.

They would also hang the heads of Ye civilians on horses, wolf flags, and waists to show off their achievements.

Before Yu Wensheng became famous in the First World War of the Seven Kingdoms, the Ganyi barbarians simply regarded Fuxian County and even the western part of Ye Kingdom as their "sheep enclosure", and every autumn fruitful season, they would come to carry out an invasion and hunting and hunting.

Zheng Quqi followed them like a lost soul and fled for his life, People are always used to imitating strange things, and so is she.

She has never encountered a collective escape, she subconsciously followed others to climb up the mountain, along the way, her eyes were chaotic, but her ears could always sensitively hear all kinds of sounds.

There was the sound of wheezing, the rustling of footsteps, the panic of the restless people in front, and the shouts of the government soldiers to disperse the concentrated crowd......

Everyone was in a mess, including her.

People who run for their lives can still care about their image.

Seeing the halfway up the mountain, she finally couldn't control it because she had always been carrying her heart in the air, and turned her head to look in the direction of the construction of the city wall north of the quarry.

I saw that it had already been reduced to a hellish scene.

The laborers and craftsmen who had no time to escape were intercepted by the group of cadres and barbarians, and there were only dozens of people, but they chased and drove hundreds of people like cattle and sheep, and then raised their knives to kill them when they screamed in despair.

They also set fire to the planks that had been erected under the walls, and were ready to destroy the work that had been done for the past two days.

Zheng Quqi's eyesight is very good, even if it is so far away, she can see clearly the nomadic barbarians they are talking about.

The barbarian is very tall, at least a head longer than the average height of Ye Guo.

They had long, messy hair, not braided or tied, but scattered wildly over their shoulders, especially with their hair luxuriant, and almost all of their faces with savage beards, which looked like savages drinking blood.

Indeed, as the government said, these barbarians were well-armed, wearing armor, iron-cast scimitars were sharp and light, and even the horses under their crotches were good horses with shiny skin.

It was so far away, but the screams that kept sounding below kept hitting her eardrums.

She saw that those Ye craftsmen and laborers who tried to escape and resisted were all beheaded by these barbarians cruelly and laughing, and there seemed to be a smelly and fishy smell wafting in the air, and the extremely disgusting scene made her feel shocked.

"Run...... Run......"

Zheng Quchi couldn't help gritting his teeth sincerely, seeing the unilateral and ruthless slaughter below, it was clear that these barbarians were only dozens of cavalrymen, but they had so many people, but none of them could muster the courage to fight, fight, and unite.

It's like...... They were so frightened from the start that they never thought about fighting back.

"Ge Laozi, the barbarians are not only cavalry, they have another group catching up, don't stop, run away!"

A loud shout came from a government soldier who stood on a high rock and looked down the hill when he noticed the worst.

Zheng Quqi was startled, and looked at the foot of the mountain, only to see that there were dozens of barbarians, all of them were archers, they wore leather coats and carried arrows on their backs, and they shot at the people on the mountain with bows.

Many people were shot in the back, and with a howl of pain, they rolled down, and the sound of the barbarian laughing proudly was heard below.

Her fingertips stabbed into the flesh, her eyes were red, and her heart was burned with panic and panic.

At this time, an arrow shot at her from behind, Zheng Quqi's dynamic eyesight was outstanding, perhaps because of the results of "Sang Xuanqing" training archery since childhood in this life, she captured the trajectory of the arrow, and when she was about to dodge, she was thrown to the ground faster by a figure.

Zheng Quqi raised his eyes in surprise, but collided with a pair of familiar eyes.

"Autumn?"

She had no idea it would be him.

Autumn's face was smeared with some black oil, and his whole person's dress and appearance were very different from before, and he didn't know where he had hidden himself for so long.

"Hmm."

Zheng Quqi's eyes were shining brightly at the moment, like a fire burning in the thorns: "Autumn! Did you bring a crossbow? ”

Qiu glanced behind him and said, "Ruler, if you expose your archery skills here, no one will be grateful to you afterwards, and you will be arrested and tried as a suspicious person." ”

"But ......"

Cho pulled her up, her eyes sharp as eagles, and began to search for a safe route: "I didn't bring a crossbow, and I won't let you save anyone." ”

"But can you let these barbarians kill people so recklessly?"

"The strong insult the weak, since ancient times!"

Qiu dragged Zheng Quqi and continued to climb the mountain, their movements were not slow, but the movements of the Ganyi barbarians in the rear were more neat, they were like natural warriors, their limbs were flexible and agile, and they were rushing up, menacing.

In particular, the range of arrows can be shortened, even if they are 100 meters apart, dozens of arrows are fired in a salvo, and they can always aim at many fleeing figures.

Even Qiu chopped off a few arrows for her, but at the same time, he was inevitably injured by the two of them.

"Leave me alone, let's run separately, I'll try to drill into the dense forest, with trees to cover, and if I'm lucky, I'll be able to get away from the pursuing barbarians."

Zheng Quqi saw that he gave up his absolute safety to protect her, but she didn't want to drag him down, and she didn't want to owe him favors, because their positions and goals were destined from the beginning, and the two would not be friends in the future, but enemies.

Autumn turned a deaf ear to her words: "We are companions, I will not leave you." ”

He thought for a moment, and no longer dragged her away, but picked her up and jumped into the woods.

It was not a way to escape all the time, and he planned to carry out a deadly counterattack after going deep into the hinterland.

Autumn was very fast, and gradually there were no more people around them, and most of them were either killed or left behind by Qiu.

An arrogant, rough voice with a thick accent shouted.

"The miscellaneous people of Ye Kingdom, keep running, and be the prey of the grandfathers, hahahaha...... Kill you and sacrifice your blood and your head to Kada. ”

"Help—"

Zheng Quqi stiffened, and turned his head suddenly, only to see those barbarians actually crush the craftsmen they had caught to their knees, then grab their hair, pull their hair and lean back, and cut their throats like killing chickens or ducks, and blood splattered out.

And when they had done all this, they grinned and laughed as if they had received some interesting reward, and joined their accomplices in celebration.

At this moment, Zheng Quqi's whole body couldn't control the trembling, anger and sorrow gathered in her eyes, urging the soil in her heart to plant a seed that she didn't know what it was called yet.

"Why do you want to do this......

A barbarian wearing a sheep's bone casually raised his eyes and aimed in the direction where Zheng Quqi was, perhaps sensing Qiu's extraordinary skills, he escaped death several times, this time he climbed the tree with dexterity like an ape, his squatting posture was standard and stable, and he drew his bow and aimed.

Zheng Quqi turned her head to look at the back, she didn't miss this scene, and immediately said tightly: "Qiu, dodge!" ”

Qiu is stagnant, he has no shelter in front of him now, and the other party is high and far-sighted, and his archery skills are outstanding, from either side, it is difficult for him to retreat with his whole body, but at least ...... Qiu immediately made a decision, threw Zheng Quqi away with one arm, and was hit by an arrow in the chest as soon as he turned around.

Uh-

Autumn!

She quickly got up from the ground, but the afterglow swept to the brute wearing a sheep's bone helmet, his face was hideous, and he raised a scimitar in his hand, and the cold light reflected in the pupils, and her eyes were miserable white.

But the knife didn't cut off her head in the end, but he jumped into the air and slashed Sun Chao, and a huge impact shot from behind, slamming the brute into the thick tree trunk.

His eyes widened, he spat out a mouthful of blood mist, and then turned his head in horror.

"What the hell?" A spear was held in front of his eyes, a tall burly man about his size was against the light and shadow, he bent his arms back a few inches, and the fox eyes that usually laughed and scattered, but at this moment there was a storm of anger inside: "You deserve to die!" ”

Poof-

The tip of the spear pierced his eyes directly, and the brute wailed in pain, his hands tightly grasping the body of the spear, but Wei Yao did not stop moving, but continued to exert force and roll.

After some painful torture, in the end, the brute fell.

Zheng Quqi's chest rose and fell, and he looked at Wei Yao worriedly: "Wei, Brother Wei, Brother Wei......"

His cold face turned around, stared at her for a moment, and then put his palm on his forehead and smiled bitterly: "At least, at least I saved you......"

Did a lot of people die?

She wanted to ask.

But she shut up again in time, just because she thought it was nonsense.

Didn't she see it with her own eyes before? How these barbarians who broke through the gates brutally tortured and slaughtered the craftsmen, staining their blood red around the city walls.

"All dead?" She muttered in distraction.

Wei Yao's Adam's apple rolled a few times, and said in a dry voice: "No, but ...... Not many will survive, and we are too late. ”

But then he said ruthlessly: "However, with the general here, none of these animals can escape." ”

Checkmate?

Yu Wensheng?

Zheng Quqi's mind was a little sluggish at the moment, and she was half a beat slow to react before she remembered him.

Yes, with him, as long as there is still one in the Ye Kingdom, he will not be slaughtered and bullied by these mad nomadic barbarians, but ......

She looked up: "Why are you late?" ”

Wei Yao paused, clenched his fists, and whispered heavily: "Sang Xuanqing, there is more than one ghost mountain in Fu County, and there are still several major passes to be guarded in the six states. ”

Zheng Quchi was stunned for a moment, knowing that he had misunderstood, although she had always been a small citizen, she also knew what it meant to take care of the overall situation, and she wanted to explain: "I didn't mean that...... I just want to know what I can do right now. ”

She suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness, it turned out that once people are caught up in a war, they can be so small and helpless, once ordinary people do not have the protection of the national army, they are like antelopes, others can kill if they want to.

After Wei Yao heard that she had survived a dangerous situation, the first thing she thought of was not escape, refuge and happiness, but reflection, self-blame and positive face.

To be honest, he really likes her sunny and bright character.

Reaching out and rubbing her hair, Wei Yao guided her with her own experiences and feelings: "A-Qing, what you can do depends on your own thinking, when you want to do something from the bottom of your heart, you will naturally know what you should do and what you can do." ”

Wei Yao's burden is not light, as Yu Wensheng's left and right arms, he naturally will not only shoulder the task of rescue.

He didn't have time to talk to her more, so he had to go.

And after Zheng Quqi waited for Wei Yao to lead the troops to sweep and hunt down the barbarians, he promised that he would no longer pretend, show a real worried look, and hurry to find Qiu.

Just now, after she was saved by Wei Yao, Qiu hid when no one was paying attention.

"Autumn!"

Cho heard her shout and walked out from behind the tree, he had already pulled out the arrow in his chest, and surprisingly the wound did not bleed much.

Although Zheng Quqi was puzzled, he still asked, "Qiu, how is your injury?" ”

He shook his head: "It's okay, I have medicine, you go down the mountain quickly, it will be safer to follow Wei Yao." ”

"What about you?"

"Don't worry about me, the most important thing is not to arouse Yu Wensheng's suspicion of you."

He was different from Shan Bian, and he didn't ask Zheng Quqi why he was so familiar with Yu Wensheng's people.

Zheng Quqi saw that he really didn't look seriously injured, so he nodded.

As soon as she took two steps, she stopped slowly, turned back to him and said solemnly, "Qiu, thank you." ”

Qiu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously touched the position of the wooden eagle on his chest.

This time, the arrow wound would be so light, and it was only because the wood eagle blocked most of it for him that he was able to survive.

It was the wooden eagle she sent him that saved him.

Looking at Zheng Quqi's back walking away, he lowered his eyes.

"Ruler, don't betray ......"

He didn't want to kill her.

Although he had killed many people before, killing people was as simple and ordinary to him as drinking water and eating.

This was the first time he had resisted and unwilling to kill.

(End of chapter)