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The sunset is red.

The maple leaves on the distant mountains are also red.

It's as red as the blood that hasn't yet coagulated in the city!

The city is Nanfeng City, which belongs to Jiangnan West Road, and it is also the capital of Chu established by Wang Qing.

Blood is the blood that gushes out of the bodies of thousands of soldiers and horses after the war.

Iron-blooded soldiers were born for this war full of corpses.

The cold sword was born for this hot blood!

When the blood of these thousands of people is mixed with the blood of the horse, absolutely no one can tell from which fallen corpse the blood flowed.

Because the blood of all men is equally red.

The blood of war horses is as hot and red as human blood.

Blood is always redder than a maple leaf and hotter than the sunset!

Heaven and earth seemed to be completely filled with that disgusting blood.

Several people were named marquis and became famous, and thousands of people were blood-stained on the battlefield and shrouded in horse leather.

Once it will be done, ten thousand bones have withered!

This is war! Brutal war!

Today, it is the day when Liangshan Song Jiang was ordered by the imperial court to lead an army of more than 200,000 and break Nanfengcheng, the capital of Chu State.

The city was completely stained red with blood, and it was a dazzling red.

The blood was red, but the tunnels were black, so black that it was close to the color of death.

In this dark tunnel, only ghosts can exist in such a dark place, and absolutely no one will believe that there is life here, because in such a place, you will never see any light.

But Wang Liu is in this dark tunnel.

Wang Liu, the son of Wang Qing, the king of Chu and the crown prince, is only five years old this year.

At the age of five, it is the purest, joyful and carefree time of a person's life.

But Wang Liu must now choose to flee.

Now he had to pass through this dark tunnel, out of the palace, and begin his escape.

If he doesn't flee, he will die!

At a time when the country was ruined, the darkness of death in this tunnel became his only hope.

This tunnel was excavated under the city in advance when Wang Qing built the palace, and it can be directly connected to the military peak outside the city from a dry well in the inner garden.

Wang Liu had never been to such a dark place, and he didn't know whether this boundless darkness was leading to the light or to death.

Although Wang Liu is the crown prince, at such a moment, there are no elite soldiers to escort him, because the heads of most of the soldiers of the Chu State have been cut off by the enemy's sharp knives.

Even his father Wang Qing and mother Duan Xueqin are very likely to have been trampled into mud under the iron hooves of others at this time. This mud, of course, is red meat puree!

Now there are only three women by his side.

These three women, one is called Shi Luoyi, one is called Xue Hongquan, and the other is called Du Liying.

Shi Luoyi was originally the daughter of a rich family under Fangshanzhai, and she was powerless, her parents were killed by Liao Li, the owner of Fangshanzhai, and it was Wang Qing and Duan Xueqin who rescued her from Liao Li's hands, and was recognized by Duan Xueqin as her sister.

Xue Hongquan and Du Liying are both harem guards.

Because there were no generals in the harem who were incapable of leading the army, there were only a few hundred palace maids, chamberlains, and thirty or forty harem guards, Duan Xueqin, the princess of Chu, had no choice but to hand over her son Wang Liu to these three people.

Wang Liu was now wrapped in sackcloth and tied to Xue Hongquan's back.

At this time of parting with his parents, five-year-old Wang Liu did not cry, although his body was tightly wrapped and even breathing was difficult, but he was holding a bead tightly in his hand.

He did not get the land of the eight military states and the eighty-six counties from his parents. The only thing he got was this bead that was not as big as a bird's egg.

This bead is called "Dripping Cui Zhu", which is the "glass bead" mentioned in the Buddhist book.

In Wang Liu's long life, he may never forget that moment again. His mother hung this bead tied with a red rope around his neck, burst into tears, grief-stricken, stroked his face, and said softly to him: "Son, you and I, mother and son, may say goodbye to today, this 'Dicui Pearl' was originally given to you by your father, and today you will take it with you and escape from the city from the inner road of the palace, and you can have a thought when you grow up." If you are unfortunately punished, it is also fate, if the emperor protects you, you can escape. I hope that my son can be blessed by the gods, turn evil into good fortune, and be auspicious in trouble. ”

Shi Luoyi, Xue Hongquan, Du Liying and other three people kept Wang Liu and went down the tunnel.

Du Liying carried a sword to open the way in front, Xue Hongquan carried Wang Liu on his back and walked in the middle, and Shi Luoyi carried a package full of clothes, gold and silver, and walked at the end.

The three of them slowly groped their way forward in the darkness.

After walking for nearly an hour, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave in front of me, and I saw that there were twenty or thirty steps, leading to the ground.

Du Liying held her breath, clenched the long sword in her hand, and poked her head out first.

I heard a man's voice say loudly, "Okay, here we are." ”

Du Liying, who was walking in the front, was taken aback when she heard this, and when she raised her eyes, she saw two or three Taoist priests, as well as an officer-like person with seven or eight soldiers, guarding the entrance of the cave.

Du Liying jumped out, protected herself with a sword, and blocked the entrance to the cave.

Xue Hongquan and Shi Luoyi also came out.

The officer-like man, who was very tall, with a scruffy beard, a gray face, and covered in blood, saw three women come out with a child wrapped like a dumpling, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly asked, "May I ask if the princess and the prince are here?"

Du Liying stared at this person vigilantly for a long time, but did not answer, but asked rhetorically, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

The officer hurriedly saluted and said, "The young general Zhang Changsheng was sent by the king to wait for the princess and the crown prince here. ”

Du Liying asked, "Oh, where is the king now?"

Zhang Changsheng said: "The king was defeated and could not enter the city, and now he has gone to Yun'an." The king said that there was a tunnel in the palace that led directly to this view, and guessed that the princess and the prince must have escaped from here, so the young general waited here to protect the princess and the prince, and went to Yun'an to meet, and then planned later. ”

It turned out that after the defeat of the Chu king, Wang Qing was ready to kill back to the palace, led his wife and children to escape from the tunnel, and then went to Yun'an.

When Du Liying heard this, she was overjoyed, pointed to Xue Hongquan, and said to Zhang Changsheng: "The two of us are palace guards, my name is Du Liying, she is Xue Hongquan, and Shi Luo, the sister of the prince and princess, is here." The princess resisted the thieves in the palace, but she really didn't know what would happen to her life?"

When Zhang Changsheng heard this, he sighed and asked the soldiers guarding outside the Taoist temple to lead the horses over. The master of the Junfeng Observatory also thought thoughtfully, took out the bag of dry food that had been prepared for a long time, and handed it to Zhang Changsheng for delivery.

Everyone got on the horse, Zhang Changsheng said goodbye to the Taoist priest, and led everyone straight to Yihuang County.

But he never thought that when Zhang Changsheng and others came to this military peak crown, they had already been seen by the sergeants under Bai Sheng, the general of the Song army. Bai Sheng was overjoyed, thinking that his great merit was here, and he must not miss it, so he personally led five hundred soldiers under his command to chase after him.

Zhang Changsheng and others, protecting the crown prince Wang Liu, were in a hurry like a fish that had slipped through the net, busy like a lost dog, panicked, and ran forward, only to hear the sound of horses' hooves falling like raindrops behind them, dusty, covering the sky and the sun.

Shi Luoyi, who was only frightened, trembled all over, and the upper and lower rows of teeth caught and killed. Seeing that he was slowly approaching, Zhang Changsheng said loudly: "Three girls, you take the first step, and I will wait for everyone to stay behind and block the pursuers." After speaking, he took off the dry food on his body, threw it to Du Liying, and shouted again, the sound was like thunder, and said, "Brothers, stop me and resist the pursuers." ”

Zhang Changsheng and other twenty or so men suddenly reined in their horses, and the horizontal knives were flying in the dust, waiting for Bai Sheng's military horse to arrive.

Xue Hongquan, Du Liying, and Shi Luoyi came with a mortal heart to save the little prince, and saw Zhang Changsheng and others stopping at their horses, resisting the pursuing soldiers, and ignoring them, they galloped all the way.

When Bai Sheng saw it, he divided two hundred soldiers to chase after the anti-crown prince Wang Liu, jumped on his horse and grabbed it, and led a group of sergeants to welcome Zhang Changsheng. This Bai Sheng's martial arts are low, how can he resist Zhang Changsheng?

Bai Sheng ordered the sergeants to surround Zhang Changsheng and kill him, and Zhang Changsheng rushed left and right, killing thirty or forty Song soldiers. The Song army retreated together, and the arrows were fired together, but the poor twenty or so men on the battlefield were shot to death by arrows all over their bodies, like hedgehogs, bleeding all over. Zhang Changsheng screamed and fell to the ground and died.

Xue Hongquan, Du Liying, Shi Luoyi, the three of them, to keep Wang Liu, since the palace back garden dry well into the tunnel, sacrificed their lives to run, so far it has been about two hours, and the horse has been ridden by the soldiers for a day, and long run, how can these three horses withstand such a toss, the tired limbs are soft, and the body trembles. Xue Hongquan's horse lost its front hooves first, and she fell off the horse, and the horse fell to the ground, unable to lift its limbs, sweating all over its body, and convulsed.

The pursuers arrived again.

Xue Hongquan landed on his right foot, jumped up, cut the strip of cloth on his body with a knife, threw the wrapped Wang Liu to Du Liying, and carried his knife to meet the pursuers on foot. When the Song soldiers saw it, they didn't step forward, they just bent their bows and arrows and shot, Xue Hongquan swung his knife and pulled out the arrows one by one, stepped forward to kill, was surrounded by the horse army, a good kill, flesh and blood flew sideways, and killed and slashed thirty or forty chasing soldiers, loyal to Xue Hongquan, and died of exhaustion.

Du Liying put Wang Liu on his horse and rode forward with Shi Luoyi. Both horses are gradually unable to walk, and whatever you want, you can only move slowly. The two were so anxious that they simply abandoned their horses and walked.

It's dark.

The boundless darkness has completely engulfed the earth.

Du Liying tied the wrapped Wang Liu to her back, tied a knot on her chest, and took Shi Luoyi, in the darkness where she couldn't see her fingers, she panicked, and just looked forward.

After a tiring saddle horse, and ran on foot overnight, in the early morning of the next day, the two were exhausted, and came to the boundary of Xingan under the Linjiang Army, but they heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them, and looked closer.

When Shi Luoyi and Du Liying looked back, they saw a fat monk, holding a Zen staff in his hand, leading hundreds of people and horses, galloping over. The person who came was the flower monk Lu Zhishen. It turned out that Bai Sheng came to chase after him, encountered Zhang Changsheng and other dead soldiers, and nearly half of the soldiers were killed and wounded. Song Jiang also sent the flower monk Lu Zhishen to lead 500 soldiers to chase Wang Liu overnight.

This Lu Zhishen chased after him, and saw that it was an orphan and a widow, with a guard, and walked in the dust, extremely tired, and embarrassed. Although this Lu Zhishen is a monk who kills people and sets fires and does not abide by the rules, he is by no means a villain who can bully orphans and widows. At that time, I saw three people like this, sat on the horse, frowned, didn't say a word, turned around and left.

Shi Luoyi and Du Liying saw it, they were fascinated, and they didn't know why, they looked at these hundreds of people blankly, until they saw that Lu Zhishen and his group had all retreated, and then they were relieved.

The two of them panicked all the way, and they didn't eat, and at this time they were completely weak, so they simply liberated Wang Liu, sat on the ground, and opened the package of the Junfeng Guan Taoist priest with dry food, but it was a package of steamed cakes with oil and honey.

Wang Liu had just woken up, and he was panicking with hunger, and when he saw the steamed cakes, he was like a starving ghost reincarnated, and he ate six of them. Shi Luoyi and Du Liying also ate three or four each.

Wang Liu threw himself into Shi Luoyi's arms and asked softly, "Auntie, where is my mother?"

Shi Luoyi gently stroked Wang Liu's head and said, "Your mother has arrived in a very beautiful place, let's go find her now, as well as your father, okay?"

Wang Liu nodded and said, "Okay." ”