Chapter 1 Guarding
There is no end to the desert at a glance, and a few dead cacti reveal an aura of despair that only deserts can have.
In this vast desert, there is a team of more than ten people moving slowly, which is particularly conspicuous.
Everyone in this group was dressed in armor and carried long knives at their waists, but their chapped lips and tanned faces indicated that they had been walking in the desert for some time.
A man with a strong body and some officials looked like an official, walked quickly from the middle of the line to the front of the line, and then said with his hands together: "General, let's rest and rest, the soldiers are a little tired." β
Hearing this, a man in silver armor with a grim face slowly stopped, he raised a hand, signaled the team to stop, and then slowly turned around and looked behind.
He looked at these soldiers who were following him, each soldier's lips were chapped, his face was gray, his eyes were even more hollow, very tired, he sighed slightly in his heart, and then said: "Rest on the spot, General Thunderstorm, see how much water there is, set aside a third, and give the rest to the soldiers to drink." β
The Thunderstorm General nodded, then quickly ran to the middle of the line to get water for everyone to drink.
Seeing the water, the soldiers' eyes were a little brighter, and they quickly surrounded the thunderstorm general, but surprisingly, although the soldiers were already thirsty, they did not make any moves to scramble, and lined up in an orderly manner to receive water.
The person who was called the Great General just now did not go to the water, but stayed in the position where he had just stopped, and took out a somewhat yellowed parchment scroll from his bosom, which had a sense of precipitation over the years, and he unfolded the parchment scroll with both hands, looked at the text and map on it, and recalled the scene when he had just obtained this parchment scroll.
"Jiangshou, this is a parchment scroll that a famous warlock surnamed Xu paid tribute to the first emperor, on which is the location of the legendary elixir, and now it is obtained by the palace of the Xia Dynasty, cough cough..."
Jiang Shou looked at the already very weak person in front of him, his heart was extremely uncomfortable and painful, how he hoped that he could bear these pains for the people in front of him, but God did not give him this opportunity, he was not afraid of dying on the battlefield, he was afraid that the person in front of him would leave him, because if there was no person in front of him, the existence of Jiang Shou would be meaningless.
The general who has never shed a tear and has always been ruthless and ruthless, has tears in his eyes at this moment, this scene made the imperial doctor and the palace maid who were guarding the bedside surprised, and they asked in their hearts, ten thousand enemies will also have tears? But thinking of the love between these two people, I was relieved.
The general pounced on his knees, and then said heavily: "Please recuperate with peace of mind, I will definitely take back the elixir and cure the Queen Mother's illness!"
The person who stopped coughing shook his head slightly, and then said softly in a slightly weak voice: "I still like to hear you call me Liang Jin the most, when I was young, and now it is the same." β
It seemed that a few words had taken a lot of effort, the Queen Mother gasped slightly, and after the breath was smooth, she continued: "Whether you can find it or not, you have to come back safely, I need you, the emperor needs you, and the Xia Dynasty needs you even more!"
A few words, it seems to have exhausted all the strength of the Queen Mother, after speaking, the Queen Mother slowly lay down, but her face was still facing the general guard in front of the bed, she quietly stared at the resolute face of the general guard, looking at him with tears in his eyes, her heart instantly swelled with an incomparable pride and warmth, and the pain seemed to have been alleviated a lot, in the entire Xia Dynasty land, she only believed in the people in front of her, as long as she was guarded, no matter how difficult and difficult she encountered, how strong the enemy, she never had a trace of fear, because the general would sweep everything for herγ
The name of the general was obtained by Liang Jin, which means Liang Jin's general, and he will always be by Liang Jin's side!
Only Liang Jin's father knew the origin of the guard, but his father never told her.
Liang Jin was born in a wealthy merchant family in the Xia Dynasty, Liang Jin was just born as a baby, his father Liang Youcai was worried that his family was rich, and his daughter was afraid that he would be mistaken in the future, so he searched all over the country for Liang Jin, after several years and many hard visits, he finally found the one in a million generals, and Liang Jin's father only had one requirement for the generals, that is, to protect Liang Jin's safety all his life! Since then, Liang Jin has guarded her when she was a baby, and when Liang Jin became the queen, she was still the guardian.
When the emperor of the Xia Dynasty died in battle, Liang Jin took his son who was less than a year old to listen to the government, and the orphans and widows at this time were despised by the court and the prying eyes of the enemy country, and the general was promoted by Liang Jin to the general of the Xia Dynasty, because the Xia Dynasty empire was very weak at that time, compared with other neighboring countries, it was like an ant!
Since the general guard went into battle, led 30,000 Xia Dynasty soldiers, swept the empire's 300,000 elite divisions, almost hit the enemy country and no longer had the power to fight back, but also slaughtered the younger generation of the enemy country, the world is even more legendary, that battle, the general killed tens of thousands of people alone, known as the world's veritable "ten thousand enemies!", after this battle, with the military exploits and military deterrence of the generals, Liang Jin firmly controlled the power of the Xia Dynasty Empire, and also deterred the peeps of other empires, and no other enemy dared to attack!
Empress Dowager Liang looked at the generals gently, she couldn't imagine what she would do without the guards.
When the Empress Dowager Liang listened to the government, she was only in her early twenties, and ten years later, she was only in her thirties.
Just after the queen mother handed over the parchment scroll to the general, the general guarded in order to get the elixir back as soon as possible, rushed to the military camp non-stop, in order to act quickly, he only selected three hundred of the best soldiers of the Xia Dynasty, and ordered a general, and immediately set off to the location drawn on the map.
On the way to the march, the general underestimated the power of nature, even if you are a god of killing, in front of nature, you will expose your weakness and ignorance.
The beasts of the primeval forest, the raging rivers and the desperate desert made only a dozen of the three hundred best soldiers of the Xia Dynasty have been left in just three months.
"General, drink some water!" a voice came, interrupting the general's memories.
The general turned his head, it was the thunderstorm general, he took the parchment scroll in his hand back in his arms, took the water handed by the thunderstorm general, drank it a few times, and then handed the water bag back to the thunderstorm, the thunderstorm took the water bag, found that there was still more than half of the water in it, just wanted to speak, the general shook his hand to interrupt the thunderstorm, and then nodded, and said nothing.
Thunderstorm looked at the general, knowing that the general wanted to leave the water for the others, so he sighed and withdrew the water bag, but the man did not leave.
The general felt that the thunderstorm was not gone, and was still standing aside, he looked at the thunderstorm suspiciously, and when he saw the thunderstorm's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he asked, "Thunderstorm, what else is going on?"
"General, I... I wonder, do you really believe what the parchment says?" asked Thunderstorm cautiously.
Jiang Shou's heart sank, and after being silent for a while, he said calmly: "If you can't find it within three days, you can go back with the rest of the people first." β
"General, I'm not afraid of death..."Thunderstorm thought that the general thought that he was afraid of death, so he wanted to explain urgently.
"Thunderstorm, you don't need to say it, you are a soldier I brought out, I know you, I know that you are not afraid of death, but you don't want to waste your precious life because of a map that cannot be confirmed, but for me, if the Queen Mother has any accidents, I have no meaning to live, you are my brother, in my life, the only meaning of life is to protect the Queen Mother, I would rather die on the way to find hope, but you don't have to be like this, three days later, take the rest of the people back, this is an order. β
Hearing the firm tone of the general, Thunderstorm wanted to say something, but the generalist had already turned his body around, leaving one with his back to him, Thunderstorm shook his head helplessly, and then walked behind him.
The thunderstorm that walked away turned around, looking at the lonely and very lonely figure of the general in the wind and sand, he couldn't bear it, but he was helpless, he could die for the general, as long as it was the order of the general, he could not hesitate to go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, although he was also a generation of famous generals, but for the general, he had only deep surrender.
Thunderstorm's eyes at this time gradually out of concentration, it seems to have returned to the former battlefield, no matter what the battle, as long as the enemy hears the name of the general, the enemy will be greatly reduced, the formation is chaotic, no matter how many people the enemy has, the general will be like entering no man's land, harvesting the enemy's life, until no one can stand up!
"Look, General, what is that!" a soldier shouted in surprise.
The general guard looked at the soldier who made the sound, and then followed the direction of the soldier's finger, looked over, only to see a small black spot in the distance, and the general guard was also slightly startled in his heart, is it there?
The general immediately shouted: "Thunderstorm, gather the team, go!"
The soldiers, who were still resting just now, immediately packed their bags and followed the footsteps of the guards to move in the direction of the black dot.
As the distance closes, the black dot gradually becomes clear, and it is actually a round lake with crystal clear bottom!
The lake is round and surrounded by a green forest, and each tree is infinitely vibrant, even a single grass under the tree stands straight!
When the soldiers saw the scene in front of them, everyone's hearts were extremely happy, for those who have been walking in the desert for many days, the sight is simply heaven!
The soldiers all looked at the general, waiting for the splashing carnival after the general's nod!
But the general guard didn't make any movement at this moment, and there was no surprise on his face from other soldiers, just standing on the periphery of the woods, quietly observing the forest and the lake in the center!
Shomori felt that in this desert, there was such a vibrant forest, and there was such a clear lake, which was very unusual, and in order to avoid other accidents, Shomori decided to explore the way first to see if there was any danger.
After deciding on it, the general ordered the thunderstorm to lead the team to wait here, not to step into the woods, but he slowly walked to the lake, always paying attention to the movements around him.