A few golden fish swam in the water, and they passed away, and they stood still, the current was very shallow, and the carved stone walls that had been washed under the water were clearly visible. Groups of children frolicking at the water's edge, laughing and laughing, a row of small feet deep into the water slowly swaying, here is a stream in the Black Corner Village, children are close to the water, usually they love to play in this place.

Zhao Kai and Du Yanran sat together, it was already autumn at this time, and the stream was cool but not harsh, giving people a sense of soberness and comfort.

"Have you ever been to the capital?" asked Du Yanran.

"Well, I did. ”

"Isn't there a lot of fun stuff out there? Tell me about it. ”

"Well, I think about it. There is a thing called Tianji that is now prevalent in the capital, boxy, nine pieces on each side, a total of twenty-seven pieces, each side is engraved with a kind of animal a total of six kinds, and the order is disrupted and then let people spell out the animals on each side. ”

"But why shuffle the order?"

“.... You'll find out when you see it later. ”

"What else is there to be curious?"

"An iced cold drink introduced from the Western Regions is also very popular now, which is to add some honey, milk and pearl powder to the ice, which tastes icy and sweet, and tastes good. There are also bamboo dragonflies, fire silk from the Western Regions, Persian cats, raisins, many, many more. ”

"Wow!" This time not only Du Yanran was amazed on the side, but many children beside him also pricked up their ears and listened carefully.

"Haven't you ever played with bamboo dragonflies? Although it was first introduced to the noble children of the capital, it is simple to make, and it should be introduced to the people. He looked at Du Yanran suspiciously.

A little boy beside him replied first: "This is Heijiao Village, we have never even been out of the village gate a few times since we were children." ”

All the children showed sad expressions, even Du Yanran was no exception.

Zhao Kai comforted: "It's okay, there are gains and losses, you have a lot of things to play here, and I, an outsider, like it very much." ”

Du Yanran said: "It's different. ”

Zhao Kai found that enlightenment was useless, so he had to say: "When you grow up, you can go out, and if we can still meet you at that time, I will take you to the capital for a walk." By the way, bamboo dragonflies are very easy to do, and I will teach you in two days. In fact, he knows that he may not be able to go back to the capital for a long time, and everyone may not be able to see him, but at this time, the children are not just making vows, and it depends on fate whether it can be realized.

The sorrow of a child is like a thunderstorm in summer, which comes and goes as fast as it comes, and soon resumes the noise of human voices. However, in the autumn sky, a brilliant firework broke the silence, startling a group of geese that went straight up to the blue sky nearby.

The children stopped playing, and Du Yanran said: "It's an enemy attack, and the officers and soldiers are coming again." The crisp voice gave Zhao Kai an answer.

The crowd dispersed and went home. Zhao Kai found the three Yang Xiao in the courtyard and followed them to the Juyi Hall.

In the middle of the stockade, in the Juyi Hall, nearly half of the commanders gathered here, Du Ying stood in front of everyone, and said: "How can you attack directly from the main gate of Tieshaling, this is by no means the choice of a small-scale war, unless it is a siege and a decisive battle." ”

A man in brocade clothes beside him, who looked like a scholar, stroked his beautiful beard and said: "According to the previous speculation, in the decisive battle, Han Jin is preparing to unite the soldiers of other provinces to besiege our village, and it will take more than a few months to operate. At this moment, there was another rapid fireworks warning on the north side of the stockade.

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked, the man in brocade was Wu Chuanduo, the wise man in the village. At this time, he spoke: "It seems that their plan has been advanced, it is estimated that soldiers have come from all sides, and I also ask Brother Du Ying to quickly assign people to supplement the brothers who are now guarding the village." ”

After a short deliberation, the orders were given in an orderly manner, and the commanders rushed out of the hall in a murderous manner, each taking charge of his own war zone. Du Ying was also rushing to the wall across the Qilu River to the north with Wu Chuanduo, a think tank.

"Han Jin is not a presumptuous person, how could he advance the big battle?" Wu Chuan said as he walked alongside. Suddenly he thought of four people, four people with odd matches.

He continued to speak: "The encirclement and suppression of Tieshaling half a month ago was quite strange, and after that, there was another child who came brainlessly, there will be no problem, right?"

Du Ying immediately retorted, "No, that Taoist priest is an old friend and disciple of mine, and he is quite close to me, and the other three should be children of the Mo family, so they should not interfere in the affairs of the imperial court." ”

Just when Wu Chuanduo was still thinking, the four people he just mentioned came to him.

Yang Xiao was the first to speak: "I don't know where the owner of the village and Mr. are going, now that the officers and soldiers are besieging the city, we have been living here for more than half a month, and we should do our best." "The people of this world have never been involved in the affairs of the court, and even if they do, they will repay their kindness and revenge, and they will not blindly favor the court.

Du Ying replied without any concern: "The north of the village crosses the Qilu River, Han Jin should have sent the Denglai Naval Army, known as the elite of the naval army, to attack the wall, although we had iron cables to block it at the beginning, but in recent years, the merchant ships have come and gone, and now it is only hundreds of small boats across the river to intercept, I am afraid it is insufficient, you may as well set up a defensive line with us to block the officers and soldiers." ”

Yang Xiao first hugged his fists and agreed, then turned his head to Zhao Kai and said, "You go back to the courtyard first." Zhao Kai knew that he couldn't add to the chaos, so he nodded and agreed.

The north of the village, on the Qilu River, the magnificent man-made walled wall is now also a gathering of soldiers and armor, the arrogance is forested, under the ferry specially used to moor the boats, hundreds of small boats carrying a slightly lack of momentum of the Black Horn Naval Army sailed away from the ferry, lined up in front of the enemy to meet the enemy, the commander of the naval army Jiaolong Road Yuan Dynasty is standing in the so-called naval tent, that is, a small boat in the middle of the dispatch of ships.

"Let Yuan Sheng and Ruda lead their men to disperse at the front to meet the enemy, using maneuver to harass the ships, and the rest of the men continue to build a defensive line and prepare for reinforcements. He shouted loudly, the Denglai Navy is not a low-grade commodity, it is the elite of the Navy Army, just looking at the giant warship, it is extremely difficult.

The main gate on the east side of the black horn village, there is no loud horn sound, when tens of thousands of elite armor soldiers appeared, the minions in charge of patrolling have not yet reacted, a pair of soldiers carrying a ladder rushed forward, after the minions who reacted quite keenly took the lead in launching the first fireworks, there were already enemies climbing up the ladder, and today the commander who is responsible for managing the main gate is coincidentally Gao Gan, he took hundreds of minions of his cronies to frantically resist the soldiers who had climbed the wall of the village while taking advantage of the unpreparedness, while directing a small number of archers to shoot a rain of arrows.

He shouted to his cronies, "Go and get the timbers and rolling stones that you have prepared, and gather the archers in the vicinity, and inform the nearest commander to come to your aid." ”

"Yes!" After hearing the promise, Gao Gan waved the Xuanhua plate axe in his hand and killed the nearest encirclement gap.

In the earth-shattering shouting, Zhao Kai did not go back to the yard, walked in the village that was almost uninhabited, looked down at the gravel road under his feet, his hand was tightened and loosened, and he was unable to wait and see again and again, and a deep sense of powerlessness filled his heart.

At this time, a hurried voice sounded, "Hurry up and find some cloth, and water, and follow me to find a bucket for water." Turning his head, he saw that he was a little minion he knew, who usually likes to joke, but at this time his face was anxious and serious.

Bursts of wails came from a makeshift tent, saying that it was a tent, but it was nothing more than wrapping a large piece of cloth around the gathering area that usually had a canopy to keep the wounded aside, Zhao Kai took the strip of cloth he found, carried a bucket and entered this hell on earth. I saw rows of simple wooden beds placed in it at random, and in less than half a day, there were more than 100 wounded here, and there are more than a dozen tents of this size.

Many people in it are busy, mostly old and weak, women and children, all of whom are the families of the villagers, and there are also Langzhong who are specially supported by the village, a group of people keep bandaging and changing dressings, and the blood-stained cloth quickly pollutes the basins of water. Zhao Kai put down the things in his hand and looked at the wounded people around him, many of them had recently followed Du Yanran and then met, these people usually love to tease this group of children, Zhao Kai is obviously among them, but now their stumps are broken, and there are tears on their distorted faces, although Zhao Kai has seen bloody killings when Yang Xiao first killed the killer of the Earth Character Division, but the current scene, mixed with the sound of crying and disgusting taste, still makes him feel uncomfortable.

"Don't be stunned, do what you can. The minion who brought him here reminded.

Looking at the distorted faces of the people around him, he had a clearer understanding of war and a stronger disgust for it. Zhao Kai picked up the strip of cloth and the nearby wound medicine, and learned from the people around him to apply medicine and bandage to the wounded.

The sky is getting dark, and night is falling. The enemy withdrew his troops and stopped the offensive for a day. Since the completion of the Black Horn Village, there is only one war that can be compared with today's all-out war, which was a few years ago, and finally ended in the victory of the Village, which laid the prestige of the Black Corner Village. In the past few years, although there have been frequent skirmishes between the stockade and its officers and soldiers, there have never been such tragic battles as today.

Zhao Kai dragged his tired body back to the small courtyard, Yang Xiao and the three were sitting at the stone table in the courtyard waiting for him, Zhao Kai looked over, only to see that although the three of them were dusty, but there was no damage or bloodstains, it should not have participated in the war, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I am working in the wounded barracks today, it's okay." ”

Yang Xiao patted him on the shoulder, but said heavily: "I heard something next to Du Ying and Wu Chuanduo today, they said that in their conjecture, such a large-scale battle would be months later, but it was about to break out without warning. Coupled with our previous experience of being besieged in Iron Sand Ridge, it is very likely that this war was started in advance by someone to save you. ”

When Zhao Kai heard this, he remembered the scene he saw in the wounded barracks today, and the guilt filled his heart and overflowed with words.

Yang Xiao saw his appearance, knew that he was guilty, and said comfortingly: "It's not your fault, you can't help yourself, since you have been involved in this chaotic battle, we have to think of a solution, the three of us have already discussed, if there is no turnaround in two days, maybe we will have to leave here in two ways." ”

"Two soldiers?"

"One way is me and the sledgehammer, from the gap they deliberately left in the south to attract their attention, the other way Wang Qi will take you to break through from the reeds in the north, and then reunite in the northern Shu land. ”

Looking at Zhao Kai, Yang Xiao wanted to speak again and again, and finally spoke: "I know you may have questions, why we have a good relationship now, why don't we just hand you over to the officers and soldiers, and then we can even escort you back to the palace." It's not that I can't go back because I owe a debt to Wan Yaozong, but we are in the middle of the whirlpool, and even if I give up the task, there will be other people who will accept the task again, which will be even more uncontrollable. Now it's just a matter of taking one step at a time. ”

Zhao Kai just nodded and said dryly: "I understand." You don't need to explain, I trust you. ”