Ten years without a return

After turning over the porridge bowl, he straightened the bowl and carefully handed it to me.

"General, your eyes?" he whispered.

I smiled at him and said, "It's okay."

He stood still in front of him, his voice choked with sobs: "General..."

Sure enough, I was still a child at heart, my heart softened, and I comforted: "It really doesn't matter, don't tell others."

"Ah."

I couldn't help but patted his head again. The boy's hair was soft, but a little rough due to malnutrition. I asked him softly, "You will die in a war, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid," he said firmly, "a good man should sacrifice his life for the country and spill his blood on the battlefield!"

"Okay!" I laughed heartily. He was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly collected the bowls and chopsticks and left.

The days that followed became more and more difficult. Langfei's corpse reassured the army, but it was also a provocation to Yuqiu. There were not many troops in the city, and I knew that it would not last long. Step over my dead body.

On this day, the bleak autumn wind rolled up the yellow sand outside the city, and I saw the enemy army below the city through my blurred vision. I knew that this decisive battle had finally come.

04

This battle was even more difficult than before. The enemy army was biting hard and didn't give us a chance to breathe. I didn't notice for a while, and was slashed on the back by the opponent.

My blood was surging, and there was a blur of light and shadow in front of my eyes. He seemed a little surprised, and clicked his tongue. My blood excited him, and then he attacked me more violently.

Surrounded by shouts of killing, this kind of city-breaking battle Yuqiu also set up an army formation. I heard the sound of sharp weapons piercing into the flesh around my ears. If I was trapped in the formation, I would lose this battle.

So I found a neutral position and shouted, "Back!"

Feng Lin and the others came to my side, shouting to retreat while fighting a bloody road together with me.

After retreating into the city, I ordered: "Close the city gate and release the arrows!"

Yuqiu set up a cloud ladder, and countless soldiers climbed up the long ladder nimbly to the city. They were shot down one by one, and another group of people followed, and the reinforced city gate was knocked tottering.

I took a bow and arrow and shot the arrow out based on my feeling, followed by a scream.

The time became very long, my hand was numb when drawing the bow, and I didn't know how many arrows I shot. After I shot down another enemy soldier, I fumbled back into the quiver, and found nothing.

No more arrows!

Du Yan pierced an enemy who had climbed up with a sword, wiped his bloody face, and said, "General, what should we do?"

I drew my sword and pierced the person who crawled in front of me, warm blood splashed all over my head and face, but he clung to the wall, I could only kick him down, and said to Du Yan when I had time: "Stay!"

Without bows and arrows, the people of Yuqiu attacked more swiftly. Rows of ladders were like spider webs with teeth and claws, trying to wrap us in an inescapable cage, with no power to fight back.

As soon as I beheaded a person, my waist and abdomen hurt, and someone took the opportunity to stab me with a sword.

Fortunately, his center of gravity was unstable, and the sword didn't penetrate deeply. When I swung the sword with my backhand, he was decapitated with fear and unwillingness.

Yuqiu people are endless like a tide, but the military strength is very different. Everyone who can move on our side has gone to the tower.Everyone was red-eyed, and some even died with the enemy.

I felt dizzy, and there was only one thought in my mind: "Shou!"

The number of defenders on the city was decreasing, and the Yuqiu people below shouted to persuade them to surrender: "Surrender, you won't have reinforcements."

Twilight is gradually falling, and the sunset glow is only blood red in my eyes. The evening wind blows, carrying the unique gritty feeling of the sand, and the bloody smell on the tip of my nose lingers for a long time.

Yu Qiu paused his attack, and their stubborn resistance cost them a lot.

I looked around, there were less than thirty soldiers in the city, I couldn't see their faces clearly, but I could feel the firmness and determination in their eyes.

The city is about to collapse.

I opened my mouth with a hoarse voice: "Today we will fight with our backs, thanks to all of you. Soldiers are determined to defend their home and country, so why not return home wrapped in corpses!"

Everyone shouted: "Kill!"

Yuqiu began to attack the city, and the darkness was like a giant beast that swallowed up the sky and covered the sun, swallowing up the last ray of light.

Another group of people fell.

Feng Lin raised his sword and stood beside me, "I can't hold it anymore."

There were less than ten people left, and some enemy troops climbed up to fight with us, and the Yuqiu people below had already begun to celebrate their upcoming victory.

I hold the sword in one hand, is it finally over?

At the critical moment, the sound of horseshoes came from not far outside the city, and a fire dragon approached quickly like thunder.

Du Yan's eyes widened in disbelief, and he, who could speak well in the past, stammered: "General...General, it's reinforcements!"

Yu Qiu had consumed too much of his troops, and was outflanked from the rear at this moment, and was thrown into disarray for a while.

Hope was ignited in my heart, and I supported the order: "Open the city gate!"

I straddled my horse to meet the enemy, and when I saw the familiar figure in front of the reinforcements, my exhausted body instantly surged with strength.

The man drove his horse towards me, fighting side by side like any previous battle.

I shot an enemy soldier away, without even looking at him, I said calmly, "They said you were dead."

Dongzi leaned on his horse's back to avoid the blow, and said, "Hey, just because those grandchildren still want to save my life?"

The reinforcements were unstoppable, like a sharp sword piercing Yu Qiu's throat, not long after, the leader of the Yu army gave an order, "Withdraw!"

After seven days, the battle was finally over.

After Yu's troops withdrew, I was so tired that I almost collapsed on the ground. Dongzi stretched out his hand to pull me. His hand was unbearably cold. I wondered, isn't this guy as hot as a stove all year round?

He saw my doubts and said, "Is my hand cold? You don't know. I soaked in the water for a long time to escape my life and ask for help. My hands and feet are cold in this hot day, and I haven't recovered yet." .”

The reinforcements spontaneously began to tidy up the battlefield. He and I were walking on the street, and busy sergeants passed us by. Dongzi walked for a while, and suddenly said: "Ahan, go somewhere with me."

"where?"

"Tsk, go propose marriage. Didn't I say that after this battle is over, go propose marriage."

"Now?"

"Nonsense, the people who were evacuated are thirty miles away. If we go now, we will probably arrive at dawn."

"it is good."

We got on the horse, and Dongzi clamped the horse's belly: "Let's go."

I caught up with him and joked, "Are you going to go empty-handed?"

Although I couldn't see his expression clearly, I knew he must have given me a sideways glance, and he said angrily, "We don't have anything here, why don't you bring a bird's egg?"

He babbled with me all the way, recounting the things we have known since we met, including the fact that we stole the military master's chess pieces to hunt birds. I refuted a few words from time to time, but he always quickly objected back.

The wind picked up, and the wind outside the Great Wall blew his voice into pieces. It was almost dawn, and the destination was approaching.

I listened to his almost silent voice at the end, trying not to let myself tremble, and finally there was only the sound of the wind beside me, bringing a sigh-like words: I'm leaving, take care.

Its daybreak.

There was nothing beside me, yellow sand was everywhere, and behind me, there was only a horseshoe print from the beginning to the end.

I knew it a long time ago, didn't I, from the moment I saw him again, from the moment I saw the soldiers passing by him.

Feng Lin hadn't seen the general since the war, so he asked the gatekeeper and said he saw the general leaving the city alone, and the speed was too fast, so he didn't have time to ask.

Feng Lin fidgeted and waited until dawn, and finally saw the figure of the general. He went up to meet him. The general's eyes were black and blue, with sand on the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, and he looked a little out of his mind.

"General?"

I looked up and found that my eyes could see roughly clearly. Seeing the worry on his face, I forced a smile: "I went out of the city for a walk, what's the matter?"

He hesitated to speak, but still took out something, and offered it with both hands: "Just now Captain Zhao's person came and asked me to give this to you, he said..."

Feng Lin hesitated for a moment, and said with difficulty: "Lieutenant Zhao was hit by a boulder when he broke out to ask for help, and only found this."

I took it, and it was Dongzi's purse, which was stained with blood, and the soft fabric was scabbed with blood, becoming rough and stiff.

I remembered Dongzi's promise: I will not disgrace my life.

The smile on his face couldn't hold back anymore.

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Yuqiu only retreated temporarily, and came back after the rest. The reinforcements brought soldiers and food. I was no longer limited to defending the city, and led the soldiers to attack all the way.

But Yuqiu seems to know our deployment every time. Many attacks have ended in failure, and there must be spies in the army.

This time the situation was not good, the ambush failed, and the rear where I was was surrounded by a Yuqiu team. Most of the elite troops were sent out, and most of them were wounded cooks.

I broke out with my personal guards, and the days of fighting caused me many scars. They released arrows, and I retreated while fighting. An arrow shot at a tricky angle. I couldn't dodge it. Killed with one sword.

The sound of flesh being pierced was heard, but the arrow didn't hit me, only a slightly immature muffled groan was heard. The soldier who delivered the food stood beside me, clutching his shoulders, and was driven back a few steps by the momentum.

I was startled, I didn't have time to check his injuries, the enemy didn't pay attention to these old, weak, sick and disabled, and attacked like teasing, until they were surrounded by my soldiers.

The leader was probably new to the battlefield, and for a moment I didn't understand why the situation was completely reversed, so I clapped my hands and said, "Bring it up."

A heavily tied man was brought over.

As soon as they saw this person, they immediately knew that they had been fooled.

"Put them into our army?" I smiled inexplicably, and said in a deep voice, "Take them all down."

The leader was not reconciled, stared at me with tearing eyes, and said indiscriminately: "Do you think you won?