Zhuoying

Rong Yang was walking northward in the snow, Shi Yu and Zhong You hadn't moved for two days when they were still in Qingping.

In order for the barbarians to follow up, Shi Yu risked himself many times, but the progress was still slow.It wasn't until the barbarians lost their bed crossbows repeatedly, fearing that the next attack would be unfavorable, that they sent troops to go through the harassment of Shiyu and attack the Changhe Valley in one go.

Shi Yu began to retreat quickly, and in this gap, Zhong You sent a book to Chang Hegu, and the two armies stood by.When Shi Yu was approaching the Long River Valley, Zhong You sent a sack upstream to wait, and asked for ambush soldiers to approach.

The last letter was rushed, and the barbarians followed Shi Yu closely, and they were already close at hand.If the ambush did not come, Shi Yu would be trapped in a desperate situation at the bottom of the valley with only the remaining thousand people, and it would be difficult to escape.Zhong You took control of the fire, and San Xin urged the three teams to divide their forces.Zhong Xie was at a key point upstream, and his letter to Zhong Xie not only told the time to remove the sacks, but also explained what was left of Shi Yu.

It was exactly two days later that Shi Yu and Zhong You led the barbarians into the Changhe Valley.

The river was frozen, and the upper reaches were cut off.Zhong You's advance strategy was "strike it halfway through the crossing". When the barbarians entered the valley and crossed the ice surface of the long river, the sand and sacks of mud and sacks were removed from the upper reaches, and water was released to intercept the barbarian formation, and then the two armies who had already ambushed all around attacked together.The crucial time is stuck in withdrawing sacks, earlier or later, the results are completely different.Zhong You firmly believes that Zhong Xie can grasp it, so he is assured that the team Zhong Xie will go upstream.

When the horse reached the river, more than a thousand people followed Shi Yu.Shi Yu got off his horse, pushed aside the snow to look at the ice, "you can pass." He got up, "but be quick, the heavy weapons of the barbarian soldiers will not hit the ice, and those who come to test the road must be light soldiers, we just need to lure the barbarians The middle section of the pawns can also keep up with the ice, so they can retreat."

"Remember to pay attention to bed crossbows and single-point cannons." Zhong You immediately turned his head, looking behind his eyes, "This time the barbarians will definitely not just be a shocker."

It was sunny today, and the sky above the Long River Valley was blue, only a few eagles could be seen flying by.

"Sir, go ahead with the others." Shi Yu got on his horse and said to Zhong You, "Retreat to the Tibetan soldiers on the other side."

"I need to be on the ice to know when to remove the bag and release the water." Zhong You smiled at him: "Don't worry. My master is at the rear, and you are in front. When the barbarians are halfway across, I will send a whistle , we will retreat."

Shi Yu's horse stepped on the ice, he leaned over, and said through the gap for Zhong You to pull the rein: "If you see something wrong, ride the horse straight to the opposite bank, I will be behind, and I will take my own measure."

As the hot air sprayed on his temples, Zhong You couldn't help squinting his eyes, and replied in a low voice, "Remember, Sixth Brother."

The two looked at each other and both smiled.

Barbarians advance.They don't have cavalry, and most of the infantry go into battle lightly, because heavy armor will only slow down the marching speed after heavy weapons are pressed.

The camp of the former Qingping Army is now empty, and the camp is scattered, as if fleeing in a hurry.Shi Yu's people were obviously a little flustered, not as steady and steady as usual.The barbarian soldiers waited and watched, but there was no sign of wind and grass. Seeing that Shi Yu had already climbed over the ice and crossed the river, he finally raised his troops to catch up tentatively.

This small group of people collided on the ice, it could be seen that Shi Yu was messing up his own way today, but he still wanted to fight to kill them all.When the barbarians didn't see Qingping's support, and saw that Shiyu was killing people rampantly, they were in a desperate situation, so they beat drums and rushed in.

The barbarians were cautious, and the heavy weapons were still left on the river bank, and they refused to send them to the ice easily.Only soldiers and horses went first, and more than a thousand people rushed towards Shi Yu.In the past half month, they have fought many times, and they have been suffocated by this harassment for many days. Today, Feng Shui takes turns, so naturally they refuse to let Shi Yu go.

Shi Yu's horse had its legs cut off, and he rolled over and fell into a melee.The steel arrows of the strong crossbow have long been used up, and at this time they can only fight hard and wait for the opportunity.Surrounded by weapons without eyes, Shi Yu's hundred battles hit the tiger's mouth and hurt.The people retreated more and more slowly, and the barbarian soldiers surged more and more.

"Brother Yu!"

The Mongolian man behind him has a sharp knife, and a blunt knife can only be used to smash people.He suddenly yelled: "I'm leaving!"

Before the sound fell, the blunt knife slashed over the body, charged straight into the barbarian group, and made the barbarians retreat in disorder.Shi Yu led his men to follow up with copying swords, and took advantage of the situation to violently chop down the barbarian soldiers who were in a mess.The man leaned against the edge of the knife, hugged the other side tightly, and laughed, "Okay! One life is worthy of the group!"

Three knives pierced through the chest, and people stopped laughing in the air, just like that, they were nailed to the tip of the barbarian knife.

Blood spurted out in front of Shi Yu's eyes, and the barbarian's head rolled under his feet, he supported the standing body of the man, his eyes were terribly cruel.There is blood in every battle, and the blade keeps dripping.There was blood on his hands, face, eyes and nose.

A bell whistle sounded from the rear, the time has come, you can retreat——

Zhong You blew his whistle sharply again.

But there was no movement upstream.

Zhong Xie didn't withdraw the bag in response, and if the embankment couldn't be opened, Shi Yu and the others below couldn't escape!

"Ride the horse across the river! Go to the other side!" Zhong You reacted quickly, "Ask His Highness King Pingding to send someone to remove the sand immediately!"

But how can this be in time!

Shi Yu couldn't wait for the flood to rush in, and he was already deeply surrounded.The person Zhong You sent to deliver the order was still far away from the shore—it was already too late.The ambush soldiers didn't know what was going on, they obeyed orders and waited for the upstream to withdraw the sand before attacking the barbarian soldiers, but now the barbarian soldiers had crossed nearly half of the way, and the upstream was still not moving.

To save or not to save?If you act rashly, will it interrupt the master's plan to defeat it?

A group of cavalry suddenly rushed up and rushed upstream.

"Remove the sand!" The leading young general shouted: "His Highness orders, remove the sand immediately!"

"But now that people are surrounded, if the sand embankment is removed and the flood overturns, not only the barbarians will die, but also..."

"Your Highness ordered!" The young general suddenly pulled him up and threw him out of the way, "There is no time! Sixty thousand barbarian soldiers entered the valley with heavy weapons at the back. If you miss this time, the two armies will fall into a fierce battle!" He went crazy He tugged at the sandbag, his eyes were red, and he couldn't help cursing, "This is fucking terrible! Where did the team guarding the upstream go!"

Zhong Xie did not come, and even the key soldiers and horses along the way failed to arrive as promised.

When the upstream flood rushed down, Zhong You rode his horse back, and he couldn't even find where Shi Yu was!The rushing water overturned the men and horses, and even cracked and crackled the entire ice surface, followed by cracks, breaking ice and overturning.Countless people fell into the water in shock, Zhong You's horse stumbled and fell into the water, and he fell into the icy water.

The moment he fell into the water, Zhong You clearly heard the shooting sound of the bed crossbow.A heavy siege weapon, a spear and arrow with a thick arm pierced through the three of them, and Shi Yu fell into the water with a heavy blow.

The ice drifted, and everyone, whether it was barbarians or Shi Yu's people, fell into the water.The flood was raging and the river was violent.Zhong You kept looking for it, but unexpectedly, the broken ice crashed into the crowd, killing many people.

"Shi Yu..." Zhong You hissed, "Where, where..."

I can't find it, there are barbarian soldiers everywhere.At this time, it was difficult for anyone to take care of anyone else, and the people who were climbing the ice began to fight each other.The river was surging, Zhong You choked on the water, his ankle was suddenly pulled, and he fell into the water immediately.The water was icy cold, some barbarian soldiers grabbed Zhong You's ankle tightly, and they both died by accident.

A powerful arm suddenly embraced from behind, kicked away the people below, and led Zhong You upstream.The flood was still pouring, the ice was colliding, amidst the noise, Zhong You was tightly strangled in his arms, Shi Yu stuck to his temple, and kept saying: "It's all right, we're about to reach the shore."

But it is so difficult to swim in this surging sky.The ambush in the valley rushed out with the sound of killing, single-shot shelling smashed, and the bones piled up in the chaotic battle, no one could see who was clear.

This battle was fought until the snow fell and it was dark.The barbarians were defeated and all their weapons were captured.However, the people Mengchen threw in were wiped out.None of the more than a thousand people survived, and all died between the temptation of the enemy and the flood.

Zhong You and Shi Yu disappeared into the water together.

"Your Highness." The little soldier who turned over the corpses in the river fell into the water. He searched one by one up to his waist, looking for each one. He obviously didn't want to cry, but for some reason his words were choked up. He said, "So many people... ...Maybe there are still alive..."

The river was silent.

There was no response from the corpse floating on the water, and he suddenly cried and cursed: "Fuck it... what happened to you upstream... where did you go..."

The man who got off his horse took off his cloak, his temples were white, and his eyes were long and narrow.He was very calm, and it was hard for him to be moved by the river full of corpses.This is Wang Baijiu of Ping Ding.

"Patrol along the river, bring back the wounded soldiers, and kill the enemy. Send people three miles away to find Zhong Xie." He sank slightly, his eyes were cold, "If he is still alive, let him kneel and climb three miles to get to Zhong Xie." Come here and meet me."

Zhong Xie didn't move when he heard the sound, which delayed the military situation, making the ambush almost impossible, and more than a thousand people died in Changhe Valley for no reason.The victory in this match was not beautiful, Zhong You proposed to fight halfway, he never expected what kind of tragedy it would be.

Zhong You was pushed ashore, and they didn't know where they were washed up.It was dark, and the people under the snow were trembling.He climbed ashore, coughed and turned around, wanting to give Shi Yu a hand.

But Shi Yu couldn't come up immediately.

Shi Yu was lying on the edge of the ice, his body stiffened while holding the ice bump he was resisting.Zhong You knelt on the bank, pulling him hard, Shi Yu crawled slowly, but finally only climbed half of his body.

He was planted in the snow, even though his lower body was still in the water, he didn't move at all.

Zhong You called him, but he never heard.It wasn't until Zhong You desperately hugged and dragged him ashore and turned over him that he saw that the blood had soaked his chest and shoulders and was still dripping.

"Ah, Ayu."

Zhong You trembled, he pressed hard on the place where the blood was coming out, his hands rarely trembled in shock.Shi Yu's complexion was pale, half of which was injured, half of which was frozen, and his lips turned white.Zhong You leaned over and kept calling him, but he didn't open his eyes to answer anyway, if he didn't feel his chest still beating, the portrait would be dead.

The crossbow pierced through the bed, one arrow pierced through the bodies of the two people, Shi Yu was nailed to the shoulder by the arrow.Without the buffer of the first two people, no matter where he was nailed, he would have been killed on the spot.

The icy water slid from the hair, and the clock shivered at night.He bit and tore off his clothes, wrung out the water as hard as he could, and wrapped Shi Yu's shoulders tightly to stop the bleeding.He hugged half of Shi Yu's body, but it was so cold that he could not warm up at all.

"Shi Yu." Zhong You pressed against Shi Yu's cheek, tears rolled out of control, he said, "Wake up Shi Yu."

If I fall asleep tonight, I'm afraid I will fall asleep completely.Zhong You has never shed a tear since the moment his mother was buried in the earth. Now he is afraid of this, he is really afraid, and he is really afraid.

Drenched all over, no fire break, no flint and steel.Apart from himself, there is nothing that can protect the time from the wind.

Here near the mountain, Zhong You dragged Shi Yu to the forest.There was snow on his calf in the forest, he dragged and hugged the person, because he couldn't see clearly at night, he stumbled and touched a cave.The hole is not deep, at least it can block some wind.

Xue Piao came in, Zhong You hugged Shi Yu, and kept calling him.The voice was hoarse and his arms were numb, and finally he heard Shi Yu's semi-drowsy murmur.

"No..." raised his finger to stroke Zhong You's cheek, "No... nothing."

The gentleman buried his head in his neck, his hands were still shaking slightly.Shi Yu lightly leaned his head against each other, and gradually regained consciousness, he was still chanting the sentence in the water: "... just... we're about to reach the shore..."

Zhong You nodded, held Shi Yu's finger, and breathed on his lips.His eyes were red and swollen, and the tip of his nose was red, and he only said softly, "Here we are, A Yu, wake up." He kissed that finger, and said with a trembling voice, "As soon as the light comes tomorrow morning...we can go home."

Shi Yufan held Zhong You, trying to comfort Mr. in a drowsy state, but couldn't open his eyes.

The candles burst.

Zhong Xie woke up with a start, and fell asleep at his desk.When people got up, they still felt head heavy.He stroked his forehead and asked Zhou Pu across the table: "Chunjing, what time is it?"

"Zi Shi." Zhou Pu drank tea, looked at a letter tremblingly, and said warmly, "White Ou has sent a letter."

Zhong Xie looked over, frowned and said, "Did you tell the time? When can we leave?"

Zhou Pu quietly looked at the handwriting in his hand, slowly folded it, and pressed it flat with his fingertips, "White Ou said there is no rush. You and I will wait."

There was another sound of bells outside, Zhou Pu listened to it for a while, then shook his head and said, "I hate the sound of bells the most."

Zhong Xie was getting up to pour tea for himself, when he heard the words, he asked, "Why?"

Zhou Pu looked at the pitch-black curtain, and the wind leaked in slightly.He said, "Because someone likes it." After the sound, he smiled again, but he was not very happy. He said softly, "Ruchen, this winter is still here. I don't know when I will see spring."

"As soon as the barbarians retreat, isn't it spring?" Zhong Xie sipped his tea, "It's coming soon."

Zhou Pu put the folded letter back into his sleeve, and said, "I hope."