Seeing Ding Cheng's ferocity, the enemy retreated one after another. Ding Cheng took the opportunity to rush out of the enemy encirclement with dozens of soldiers and civilians. Looking back, the enemy army, the Jiangchuan defenders, and the people in the city were mixed together, densely packed, and Zhou Rouqiang's figure was gone. Even Yun Ying and Mrs. Zhou did not withdraw.

Ding Cheng asked the soldiers around him to cover the evacuation of the people in the direction of Gushan, and he turned around and rushed into the enemy formation. After some rushing, he finally found Yun Ying and Mrs. Zhou. At this time, Yun Ying was holding Mrs. Zhou in one hand and holding a short sword in the other hand to fight with more than ten enemy soldiers.

Ding Cheng rushed to Yunying's side and said, "Sister, follow me and escort Madame out." With that, with a wave of the broadsword, the head of an enemy soldier fell to the ground. Ding Cheng rushed, where could the enemy soldiers stop him, and he immediately rushed to a bloody road. It didn't take long to send Yun Ying and Mrs. Zhou out of the enemy's encirclement.

Ding Cheng asked Yun Ying to escort Mrs. Zhou to go first, and then turned around and rushed into the enemy formation to meet Zhou Rouqiang. After a fierce battle, Ding Cheng and Zhou Rouqiang finally broke out of the encirclement, and at this time the two had completely become bloody people.

Ding Cheng saw that all the people had withdrawn, so he and Zhou Rouqiang rushed in the direction of Gushan. The enemy forces were also in hot pursuit behind them. The two came to a valley two miles away from the lake, and suddenly a group of men and horses rushed out of the valley. Ding Cheng was startled, thinking that the enemy had set up an ambush here in advance, and when those people approached and took a closer look, it turned out that Li Bei had brought people to respond.

Zhou Rouqiang asked, "What's the situation ahead?"

Li Bei said: "More than 2,000 people have already taken a boat to Gushan, and the Yunying girl has also gone to the island to protect her wife, and Commander Zhou is leading people to prepare to meet the adults by the lake." ”

Zhou Rouqiang nodded and said, "Okay, the pursuers will arrive soon, let's hurry to the lake and take a boat to the island." ”

The group rushed to the lake, and soon reached the lake. I saw Zhou Kang waiting by the lake with more than a dozen sergeants, and there were four small boats docked by the lake, which were prepared for the rest of the men and horses.

Zhou Kang saw Zhou Rouqiang coming, and hurriedly came over to help Zhou Rouqiang board the boat and row towards Lonely Mountain. The rest of the soldiers also boarded the ship. At this time, the enemy army had already caught up, and Li Bei immediately led more than ten soldiers to meet him. But in the face of hundreds of enemy troops, Li Bei and more than a dozen soldiers led by him were like mantis arms as cars, and they were instantly overwhelmed by the enemy. But when they stopped it, Zhou Rouqiang and the others had already gone away in a small boat.

Zhou Rouqiang saw Li Bei and others fighting bloodily in the chaos, and his expression was furious, so he wanted to drive the boat to the shore to kill. Zhou Kang grabbed Zhou Rou and said, "My lord, you can't go back." There are too many enemies, and even if we are all killed, we will not be able to save General Lee. Zhou Rouqiang sighed deeply and shed a few tears.

By this time it was already dark, and a few crows were chirping in the big trees by the lake. The scene on the shore gradually blurred, and many torches were lit here and there.

Zhou Rouqiang, Ding Cheng and others came to Gushan, only to see thousands of people sitting or standing in front of them, crowding most of the island. Yun Ying helped Mrs. Zhou to greet her. Mrs. Zhou saw that Zhou Rouqiang was covered in blood, so she hurriedly rushed over to help Zhou Rouqiang and asked, "Are you okay?"

Zhou Rouqiang smiled and said, "I'm fine, it's all some minor injuries, it's not in the way." ”

Yunying also pulled Ding Cheng to take a closer look. Ding Cheng said: "Don't look at it, I'm not injured." Are you alright?"

Yun Ying said: "I'm fine, Mrs. Zhou was a little frightened." ”

Zhou Rouqiang ordered the uninjured sergeants to take care of and settle the civilians and the wounded soldiers. At this time, someone stepped forward to report: "My lord, we have found a large amount of grain in the main village of the original Waterway Alliance. ”

Zhou Rouqiang said happily: "I'm worried about what so many people eat? Now it's okay, I can't imagine that this Li Wenbo has made contributions to the people of Jiangchuan after his death." Then he instructed the sturdy young man to start cooking in a pot.

While he was busy, Master Wuxiang led several little monks to greet him, and Fa Ming was also among them. Zhou Rouqiang saw the Wuxiang Zen Master and hurriedly saluted. Zen Master Wuxiang also saluted: "I have arranged for the disciples to clean up all the monks' rooms, please Lord Zhou to lead everyone into the temple to rest." ”

Zhou Rouqiang said: "The Buddha Gate is pure, how dare we disturb it? ”

Wuxiang Zen Master said: "My Buddhist disciples pay attention to helping the world and crossing people, if you see the suffering of the world and can't open the door of convenience, how can you talk about crossing people? ”

Zhou Rouqiang saw that the Wuxiang Zen Master was sincere, so he thanked him and arranged for some people to enter the temple. Master Wuxiang ordered people to take out all the wound medicine in the temple and treat the wounded soldiers and civilians. All the monks also came out to help Zhou Rouqiang and others settle the people.

After everything was settled, Zhou Rouqiang got up and went outside to patrol. He stood on the edge of the cliff and looked at the opposite bank, only to see a firelight, illuminating the entire embankment. There are so many people on the shore that I can't see how many people there are.

Zhou Kang walked up to Zhou Rouqiang and said, "Why don't you go to rest yet?"

Zhou Rouqiang said: "I'm worried that the enemy army will sneak attack the island while it's dark, so I'm going to take a look." ”

Zhou Kang said: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, the boats of the nearby fishermen have been collected by me here, and the enemy army has no boats to use." So if they can't come up, you can go back and rest with confidence. ”

Zhou Rouqiang felt a little relieved at this time, turned around, and saw that there was nothing else, so he returned to the temple.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, Zhou Rouqiang got up and came to the edge of the cliff and looked at the opposite bank. I saw that the army on the other side had already set up tents, and many people were busy as if they were building ships. Seeing this scene, Zhou Rouqiang was worried, he knew that he had entered a desperate situation with these soldiers and civilians, and he could only hope that the reinforcements from Mu Wangfu would arrive as soon as possible.

After watching for a while, Zhou Rouqiang walked west, came to the main square, and saw Ding Cheng practicing knives in the square alone. The sword technique practiced is very different from the past. Sometimes it is as quiet as a virgin, motionless, sometimes it moves like a rabbit, and it moves like the wind. The knife is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and the moves on the knife are plausible. Suddenly, the move changed, and a treasure knife entered the storm or slashed or split. With one last move, the blade swept over a stone pillar on the edge of the square. The stone pillar was cut into four from the middle and fell down with a bang. It turned out that with this last slight stroke, there were already three knives.

Zhou Rouqiang praised: "Good knife technique!"

Ding Cheng put away the sword, his expression was gloomy, and said: "Too many things have happened during this time, and yesterday I saw so many people dying in front of my eyes, and my heart was like a big stone blocked, and I couldn't say how uncomfortable it was. ”

Zhou Rouqiang said: "The eldest brother is not suffering in his heart. In these troubled times, you and I are like a small boat in this lake, and we can only rise and fall with the waves involuntarily. All we can do is do our part and do what we think is right. All that's left is to pray for Heaven's favor. ”

(End of chapter)