The twelfth lunar month passed quickly, and the first month came slowly with the fine sunshine of spring and the unknowingly melting ice and snow.

Zongzheng Xu stood quietly in Ziyang Hall, looking at this sleeping hall that he had worked so hard to obtain by any means, for the first time, he began to seriously think about a question: Is everything he did worth it?

On the table at hand was a letter from home, which was written by Zong Zhengchi.

The wind blew up and rolled up a corner of the white paper, covering the accusations and grief in the upper half of the paper, only the last two lines at the bottom of the page were exposed.

"Brother Huang, you have always been the target of my pursuit since I was a child. I will fight with you for what Brother Huang has, and I want to have it too."

"Brother Huang, this time, I will not fight with you. The country belongs to you, and the peace belongs to me."

How much does he want this country?

……

"Chi Zai," Xiao Qinghe rubbed Zong Zhengchi's bitter face suddenly and roughly, pretending to be relaxed, thinking he was funny, and said: "Tomorrow's battle will be more or less ominous, if you want to show such a bitter face again." , I will regard you as practicing for me in advance."

"Bah, bah, bah!" Zongzheng Chi heard the words, pulled off his paw, glared at him, and said, "Don't talk nonsense!"

When Xiao Qinghe returned to the army, Qin Baishui and Zong Zhengchi had already taken back a city. Although they won the battle, their losses should not be underestimated. Unexpectedly, the enemy army divided into two groups and attacked the city in the east and west directions respectively.

The situation was critical and there was no need to delay. Qin Baishui led his troops westward to Xiling, leaving Zongzhengchi behind, and ordered him to set off eastward to Dongxun as soon as Xiao Qinghe met. As the snow melted, we decided to set off early the next morning.

"Qinghe," Zongzheng bit his lips, and looked at Xiao Qinghe seriously after a while, as if he said with difficulty: "You don't want my brother, I'm fine, better than him, and I will treat you well! Always be nice to you!"

Looking at his earnest eyes, Xiao Qinghe felt sour in his heart, and slowly a little pain appeared again.

Since he came back, he has been tense and dare not let go. Once he relaxes, the pain will flood his heart. The pain is too familiar and too violent. If he doesn't stop it, it will disappear in an instant. Devouring him, the pain made him gasp.

He looked at Zongzhengchi quietly for a moment, took a breath, suppressed his undecided mind, and softly agreed, "Okay."

"Really?!" Zong Zhengchi's eyes lit up instantly like a bonfire in the dark night, sparkling, eager and warm, "You agreed?! That's great!"

As he said that, he rushed forward to hug him, Xiao Qinghe didn't refuse, he just smiled softly, he couldn't feel any joy or sadness, as if all the joys and sorrows in this world had nothing to do with him, he was indifferent, so indifferent that it was about to disappear generally.

It's a pity that Zongzhengchi couldn't feel such indifference, he just hugged him tightly, excited, excited, and distressed.

Xiao Qinghe gently touched his head on his shoulder.

Just coax the children, maybe I will die tomorrow.

The two set off with their troops before dawn, and arrived at Dongxun in the evening of the same day.

The situation was quite different from what the two of them had previously estimated. There were no people under siege, nor were there any enemy soldiers approaching the city.

It wasn't until the enemy troops shouting and killing quickly surrounded them that the two realized that they had been tricked!

I have read a lot of military books and military strategies, but I still lack actual combat experience.

Fortunately, the two of them kept their eyes open and realized that it might be an empty city plan, so they did not lead troops into the city. Being ambushed outside the wide city is definitely better than being caught in a urn. In the end, the two stood back to back, exhausted already.

"Chi Zai!" Xiao Qinghe was almost deaf from the screams in his ears at this moment, and the words that blurted out unconsciously became roars from his throat, "The defense in the northwest is relatively weak, you take the brothers and rush out! "

"No way!" Zong Zhengchi's eyes were filled with the sound of clashing soldiers, the sound of weapons tearing open flesh, and the wailing of injuries and dying, "If I leave, you will definitely die here !"

"That's better than letting all the brothers be buried with us!" Xiao Qing and Bai Jing's faces were splashed with bits and pieces of blood, which gathered into small streams and flowed down the mandibles, and it was impossible to tell who it was from. came out, the hand holding the hilt trembled slightly.

"That won't work either!" Zongzheng Chi's voice was trembling, but the blade that killed the enemy was not slow. With one stroke, he wiped the necks of a row of enemy soldiers, and sprayed hot liquid all over his body. He didn't have time to look at him, "Let's go together Walk!"

In fact, he knew in his heart that what Xiao Qinghe said made sense, the best solution right now was for one of them to lead a group of brothers to fight out, then send out a signal for help, and then fight back with a stronger force.

But both of them knew in their hearts that it would take at least half a day's journey from Xiling to Dongxun. Half a day was enough for many things to happen. Maybe when he came back everyone would be cold, so Zongzheng couldn't accept it.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration.

"Qinghe!" Zong Zhengchi's body was already covered with blood, and his voice was already hoarse. "I'll stay, and you lead the brothers out of the encirclement! I'll wait for you to come back!"

"No!" Xiao Qinghe refused without thinking, "You have been injured, you won't last long!"

"Be obedient, old man Qin already set off a day earlier than you and me, and Xiling is not as far away as Dongxun. This time, he may already be on his way back. After seeing the signal from you, he will definitely hurry up and arrive within an hour. .”

"But..." Zong Zhengchi seemed to be still thinking about whether his words were credible or not.

Seeing that the gap in the northwest direction was about to be surrounded by the attacking enemy troops, Xiao Qing pushed Zong Zhengchi a certain distance with a single palm, plunged himself into the bloody wind, and turned back: "Let's go!"

Zong Zhengchi was overwhelmed by the expression on his face. He bit his lower lip, turned his head to kill the enemy in the direction of the gap, and led more than half of his brothers to fight a bloody path. When he finally left, he Looking back, the enemy quickly filled the gap and sent out a small force to chase them down. At that moment, he saw Xiao Qinghe smiling, as if encouraging him, saying that he had done a good job.

At that time, Zong Zhengchi never thought that that glance would be the last time he saw Xiao Qinghe.

……

Xiao Qinghe led a hundred soldiers to resist to the end, and the people around him fell down one by one, and they were exhausted even if they fought against ten.

Corpses were lying all over the place, the eyes of the brothers who had stared at Jiu Yanzhi in the past seemed to be blaming Xiao Qinghe for making them die, and the arrows with flaming arrows continued to shoot over, he raised his sword to block some, bent his knees, Kneeling down suddenly, it turned out that he couldn't dodge and was shot into the calf by an arrow.

The encirclement became smaller and smaller, Xiao Qinghe could hardly stand up anymore, his throat was sweetened, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Young master!" An anxious voice came from his ear.

Xiao Qinghe squinted his eyes, and saw clearly the person supporting him in front of him, "Uncle Li?"

Li Anrui followed his back, anxious, "Young master, how are you doing?!"

"Why didn't you go with him just now?!" Xiao Qinghe opened his mouth and blood flowed out of his mouth, which made Steward Li tremble with fear.

Of course Li Anrui knew that the "he" he was referring to was General Zong Zhengchi.

"Okay, okay, don't talk!" Butler Li was so distressed that he was about to die. The young master he had been holding in his palm all this time, the young master who would cry for him to coax him for a long time even if he fell, was vomiting blood now, and was beaten by a group of people. Surrounded by enemies, they may be injured by swords and swords at any time, or shot by an arrow flying out of nowhere.

"Young master..." Steward Li's voice trembled, and he wiped the blood on his face with his sleeve. His young master was originally fair and clean, with skin that could be broken by blows, and the corners of his naturally upturned lips seemed to be always smiling. A pair of eyes are shining, the whole person is clean and bright, it is not the blood-stained person in front of him with cloudy eyes.

Xiao Qinghe didn't seem to be entangled with Steward Li anymore, he pondered for a moment, made a decision, and shouted to the remaining soldiers with all his strength: "Brothers! Follow me into the city!"

"Oh!"

There are not many people, and the momentum is not small.

The military order is like a mountain, and even if he is in an open place, he can't escape, let alone once he enters the city, there is no room for turning back, and no one will question him why he gave such an order.

After entering the city, there were less than ten people around, these ten people resisted stubbornly, escorted General Xiao into the inner room, and three more people went in, with their backs to the door, blocking the enemy army outside.

There are two other people in the inner room, one is Xiao Qinghe who is missing his right arm, and the other is Li Anrui who is missing his left arm.

After Xiao Qinghe had arranged everything, the chests of the three people behind the door had been pierced by weapons, and the remaining willpower was that they were still firmly against the door frame.

With a "boom", the entire door frame fell down, covering the bodies of the three people underneath, Xiao Qinghe couldn't see their staring eyes, nor could they see their unrepentant faces.

The enemy soldiers rushed forward, holding sharp halberds in their hands, and stabbed at Xiao Qinghe's chest one after another. He smiled and closed his eyes as if death was at home.

The sound of the sharp weapon piercing the flesh rang clearly in the ear, but the expected pain did not come as expected.

He slowly opened his eyes, his pupils dilated slowly, and he said in a trembling voice, "Uncle Li?"

"What's the smell?" someone in the crowd asked.

Gradually, the entire inner room began to be filled with thick smoke that choked the nose.

"It's on fire! It's on fire!"

"Run!"

The reward for capturing the enemy leader alive is great, but nothing is more important than being alive. The enemy soldiers who learned of the fire dropped their weapons and fled out.

"Uncle Li..." Xiao Qinghe's lips trembled uncontrollably, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Li Anrui grinned, and the donated blood trickled down the corner of his mouth. As if he didn't see his hedgehog-like chest, he stretched out his hand to touch his face, his voice was so weak that it seemed to disappear in the next second, "Qing He Don't cry, don't cry..."

Xiao Qinghe's heart ached, but his cheeks felt slightly cold.

It turned out that he was crying.

After returning from Huailei City, he thought he would never cry again.

"Uncle Li... woo..." Xiao Qinghe threw away the sword in his hand, and sat down with one hand holding Butler Li's body. The tears that broke the dike kept flowing out, falling on Li Anrui's face , Begging: "Uncle Li, please, I beg you, please don't die..."

"Qinghe, you...you are unhappy, are you...is it, he...he bullied you?"

Xiao Qinghe kept shaking his head, the feeling that his life was dying was about to drive him crazy, "Wuuu...don't die...please..."

"Our family...Qinghe, everyone...no one can bully..." Butler Li's eyes began to slacken, as if he was looking far away, and he seemed to be looking at nothing, "Nothing, bugs can't...birds ……also can not……"

Li Anrui took his last breath and slowly closed his eyes.

He was the only one who closed his eyes of all the people who died today.

Xiao Qinghe caressed Li Butler's gray hair with tears in his eyes, his thoughts drifted far away.

He no longer knew how old he was that year. It is the nature of all little boys to be mischievous, and he was no exception. It was a sunny day, and he climbed up the tree quickly while the servants were not paying attention. The eggs in the bird's nest are very curious and have been coveted for a long time. At this time, I finally have the opportunity to climb up to have a look.

"Ouch! Young master, what are you doing? Climb so high! Get down quickly!" Butler Li stamped his feet anxiously under the tree.

"I got it, I got it!" Xiao Qinghe puffed up his face, his expression was full of dissatisfaction.

He reluctantly touched the eggs in the bird's nest, turned around, and held onto the branch with both hands to prepare to slide down the tree trunk. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a big bird flew onto the branch with a worm in its beak, fluttering Wings, as if trying to drive him away, the worm in the bird's beak swayed as it flapped its wings, crumbling.

Xiao Qinghe opened his mouth wide in fright, at this moment, a worm fell into his wide open mouth.

"Wow..." Xiao Qinghe was terrified and didn't know what to do. He loosened his hands and fell from the tree. Butler Li hurried over to catch him, took out the worm in his mouth, and coaxed: " Qinghe don't cry, be good, don't cry..."

That day, Steward Li brought many people and beat the bird to death.

"Ah..." Xiao Qinghe raised his head and yelled, the voice was horrifyingly shrill and sad.

"Cough, cough, cough..." He sucked in a lot of thick smoke, and he was choked to cough out. As the smoke got thicker, it became more difficult for him to breathe, and the burning sensation on his cheeks became more intense.

He has always been overly conceited about his appearance, but he didn't feel panic at all when he was licked by the tongue of fire.

Either way, he put Butler Li's head into his arms, just like he put his head into his arms when he was a child, and slowly closed his eyes.

In a daze, he saw a person walking in the thick smoke, dressed in plain clothes, with eyes as deep as the sea.

It seems that I have seen it somewhere.

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