Song Dynasty

Chapter 303 Farewell ([-])

I saw that Ximei had a lame foot and was still holding a cane in her hand.

She was probably injured by the rebels, her left leg was wrapped in gauze, and faint blood oozes from it.

And Yang Yao supported his younger sister and walked very slowly on the road.

The footsteps of people echoed in the valley. Sitting behind the bushes, Niu Gao could clearly hear the voices of Yang Yao and the others below.

"Xiaomei, your legs are important, why don't I carry you for a while?" Yang Yao's face was full of love and pity, and his eyes were full of concern.

Ximei: "Brother Yao, it doesn't matter, you also walked in the middle of the night, you are exhausted, why don't we take a rest."

Yang Yao listened attentively to the movement, and shook her head: "Xiaomei, it's not suitable to stay here for long, the stronghold is already broken, we'd better go down the mountain and get out of the pass earlier. It's already daylight, if we delay, we won't be able to leave."

"Look at the profuse sweat on your head." Ximei took out a hemp towel from her bosom, and carefully wiped the sweat from Yang Yao's forehead: "Brother Yao, the cottage is broken, you should have left before dawn." Why do you turn around and look for me when you go this way? If officers and soldiers stop this mountain road, we will all die on this mountain. Brother Yao, you are the backbone of the brothers in our religion. If you have something to do, I will teach you Mingzun It's all over."

Yang Yao shook his head and said with a smile: "It's over, it's over, I, Yang Yao, am nothing. Life is a lifetime, and the grass and trees fall in autumn. People are going to die after all. You and me, the brothers in the religion are no exception. Even if I, Yang Yao, are dead, as long as there is one Ming Cultist left in the world who is not killed, my Ming Cult will not perish."

On the hillside, Yue Yun was furious when he heard it, and he was about to shoot an arrow.Niu Gao pressed his hand, shook his head, indicating that he was not in a hurry, and listened to what Yang Yao had to say.

Yang Yao: "My Ming religion is rich and poor, and it is the way of heaven. Today, the Song court loses its power and humiliates the country, causing most of the country to fall. Not only do they not want to cheer up, but they are anti-expropriating and oppressing the people. How has our Hunan been harmed by the government? You too. I see. The way of heaven is to make up for what is lacking when it is damaged; the way of man is to make up for what is not enough. Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and treat all things as dogs; saints are not benevolent, and take the people as dogs. Is the way of heaven ruthless? No, all of this needs to be changed. Our Mingjiao seems to be doomed on the surface today, but I believe that as long as there is one believer alive, the teachings of the Divine Cult will one day ignite a raging fire. Sister, die A Yang Yao is nothing... It's just that I only have you as a family member, and I don't want anything to happen to you. I can't imagine what I would be like without you."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and gently plucked a dead grass from his sister's hair.

Ximei's eyes are also full of tenderness: "Brother Yao, we all have to live a good life. I don't understand the so-called great achievements of your big men. As long as my family is happy together, that's enough."

Yang Yao suddenly looked sad: "Sister, I'm sorry, brother is sorry for you."

Ximei: "How did Brother Yao say such a thing?"

Yang Yao sighed: "Brother knows that you like Big Brother Tie Zhu, and I tried my best to find him when I came to pick you up, but...but I still couldn't find anyone..." There was confusion yesterday, when I heard Zhong Ziang say that Niu Gao used his When he led the army to attack the palace in name, he already knew in his heart that Tie Zhu was probably a spy sent by Wang Shen to infiltrate the village.

He was also wondering, hadn't Zhong Ziang snatched all the men under Tie Zhu's command, and gathered another army from somewhere.

It's just that it's inconvenient to say this to Ximei, if she really knows, I don't know how sad she will be.

It seemed that he could only lie to her.

Hearing Yang Yao talk about Niu Gao, Ximei's eyes turned red: "Brother Yao, stop talking, I'm not a fool, this army is in chaos, it's not easy to find someone. The Sizhou army has already killed on the mountain, it's hard to say Brother Tie is dead."

Tears could no longer hold back and fell in clusters.

On the hillside, Niu Gao felt a pain in his heart and a warm feeling when he saw it.I am already forty-three years old, and there are too many women around me before.I have something to do, those women have never cared about him so much.Last time, when I broke up my family to build a country, and scattered all my family property to recruit Xiangyong to meet the main force of the Jurchens who passed by my hometown, I also asked those women if they would go home.

As a result, those women abandoned him without saying a word.In their minds, they probably thought that Niu Gao would definitely not be an opponent of the Jurchen, and they already regarded him as a dead person.

This is the first time someone has cared so much about himself, since his parents passed away, this is the first time.

For some reason, Niu Gao's nose felt a little sour.

Yang Yao held Ximei's hand: "Sister, there are many good men in the world, let's go. After living today, brother Yao will tell you another handsome man."

"Don't, don't." Ximei finally choked up and said, "There is only one big brother Tie in the world. Apart from him, I don't pretend to be anyone. At worst, I will go to a nunnery in the future and become a sister-in-law."

"What nonsense, you are only 16 years old, how can you be a nun. Besides, we believe in Mingzun, how can we worship Buddha?" Yang Yao continued to persuade.

"It's really ink stains." Yue Yun was already annoyed at the other end: "Lao Niu, do it!"

After finishing speaking, he straightened up and shot an arrow at Yang Yao and Yang Ximei.

For some reason, Niu Gaojin subconsciously called out: "Be careful!"

It was also because this shout reminded Yang Yao.

What a good Yang Yao, hugging his sister and rolling on the spot, barely avoiding it.

Yue Yun's arrow sank deep into the ground, leaving only half of the arrow shaft outside.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"Break!"

Everyone under Yang Yao was in chaos, and a fierce soldier drew out his knife with a clang, and was about to climb up.

Yue Yun roared angrily: "Old Niu, turn your elbows away?"

Before the words were finished, the second arrow had already been shot.

His archery skills are only average in the Sizhou Army, but he is strong enough to draw a hard bow.The distance between the two sides was also close, and the arrow rounded the bow and shot at the man's forehead, and shot through his head in an instant.

The enemy who was about to pounce on him didn't even have time to snort, and fell off the cliff as soon as his body weakened.

After a while, there was a thrilling sound of the body colliding with the rock below.

Yang Yao's soldiers were also aggressive, advancing instead of retreating, all charging upwards with their weapons in hand.

Yue Yun's third arrow shot out again, but unfortunately this arrow missed and only hit the lower abdomen of the frontmost enemy.

The man didn't seem to feel the pain, his feet stepped on the grass slope, and the dirt and sand rolled down.

If it was on flat ground, with only this delay, the enemy would engage Yue Yun hand-to-hand.

Fortunately, the terrain here is too dangerous, which slows down the attack speed of Yang Yao's men.

Yue Yun shot another arrow and hit the enemy's thigh, which made him slide downhill like a gourd rolling on the ground.

But at this time, Niu Gao was still standing there like a clay sculpture.Yue Yun scolded: "What an old cow, are you going to rebel? Zhiniang thief, hurry up, I can't hold back. Zhiniang thief, I have already killed two demon thieves, you owe me twenty I've got the money."

Feather arrows whizzed non-stop, falling like raindrops, surprisingly fast, using the technique of Lianzhu arrows.

This archery technique was obtained from Wang Shen, who worked up his strength every day, and would drag Yue Yun to feed him when he was free.Of course, Wang Daosi is old, but he missed the best age to learn martial arts.Apart from adding some practical experience, there is not much progress.But in this way, Yue Yun learned many of his modern archery training techniques.

In an instant, almost all the Manichaean thieves rushing up the slope had arrows on their bodies, but they were so shot that they couldn't lift their heads.

Fortunately, they all have armor on their bodies, and no one died for a while.

At this time, Niu Gao came back to his senses, and he also drew his bow and shot down.

As expected of a famous sharpshooter, Niu Gao pierced a thief's throat with one strike.The sharp arrow cut off the carotid artery, and hot red blood flew all over the sky.

The Chinese Manichaeans couldn't bear it, and subconsciously stopped.Some people hid behind their companions, while others stretched out the small circles in their hands.In addition, the grassy slope was too steep and slippery. In an instant, the hillside was full of human bodies rolling down.

Ximei had already seen Niu Gao, and screamed: "Brother Tie, why are you there..." She pulled Yang Yao's hand vigorously, and cried, "Brother Yao, it's Brother Tie, he fell into the government office. He is in the hands of the army, save him quickly!"

Yang Yao just gritted his teeth and remained silent.

A Manichean next to him said angrily: "Ximei, can't you see that Tie Zhu is a spy?"

Ximei: "No, no, Brother Tie is not such a person."

"Are you blind, didn't you see that he has shot and killed several of our brothers?" The man was so angry that his eyes were red.

Ximei raised her tearful eyes and looked over, her heart suddenly fell into an abyss.However, Niu Gao drew his bow and shot an arrow, hitting a brother from Jiaozhong.The arrow was so sharp that it shot through his eye sockets, and the eyeballs in them immediately fell down.

"Who will save me, who will save me?" The wounded soldier screamed loudly and sat on the ground, constantly stuffing his eyeballs back with his hands.

At this time, someone rushed up and knocked him down from the top.

Before he got up, Yue Yun shot an arrow at his heart, finally ending his pain.

Not knowing whether it was fear, dread, anger, or heartache, Ximei's slender body couldn't help shaking, her teeth bit her lip, and a trace of red blood flowed down.

"Let's go!" Yang Yao gave her a hand, and pulled out the horizontal knife from the sheath with a clang: "Don't love to fight, rush out, and the number of escapes is counted!"

Niu Gao and Yue Yun above occupy a favorable location, and they are using strong bows, it seems that their archery skills are very good.Condescending, the mountain road was firmly sealed.

In just a moment, five or six elite soldiers died under their hands.

It seemed that it was impossible to go uphill.If the delay continues like this, maybe the thirty or so people under him will be killed by them like flies.

Instead of wasting so much, it's better to take advantage of the crowd and rush forward.Even if a few more people were shot to death, they would still be able to kill a bloody path.

However, so what if he rushed out with arrows and rocks, wouldn't people follow and chase him?

After chasing down the mountain, how can you get out of the pass?

(End of this chapter)