Datang: Salted fish at the beginning, Gao Yang was given marriage by Li Er

Chapter 281 Kindness is Always Humiliated

The drizzle was falling, and the mountains were filled with mist.

Curls of cooking smoke rose from outside the cave, faintly filling the sky.

The woman adding firewood to the fire looked at the fire, and satisfactorily picked up a spoon to stir the porridge in the pot. The faint sound of arguing came from the cave, and the woman heard it, her face covered with mud could not hide her sadness.

They are all people who were rescued by General Zhang. Their homes were destroyed and temporarily settled in caves to avoid the flames of war. They usually do some trivial things within their ability.

Last night, I heard that General Zhang Yi led nearly a hundred people to attack the camp at night, and returned in a disastrous victory, bringing back nearly half of the corpses.

Suddenly, there was silence in the cave, and majestic words came out after a while.

"We Han people pay attention to returning fallen leaves to their roots, so we can't just bury them here!"

"I may have brought people out, and if they die, they must be brought back to the earth for peace!"

Standing on the high platform, Zhang Yi slowly bowed to the figure on the ground covered with a torn sheet, and saluted as a sign of respect.

The soldiers who were used to seeing life and death felt a fever in their hearts and hurriedly got up and grabbed the bowed figure.

"General Zhang, even though that's the case, what's the difference between us and ordinary bandits?"

"Things are very different now!"

"The sky is the quilt, the earth is the bed, you can just lie there! If this situation continues, I don't know how many people will be buried!"

The left arm was held by another refugee Lizheng, frowning sadly and saying good things again and again.

"Master Jun! What this soldier said is true!"

"Last night was a miserable victory, and running all night has already been exhausting. Now that the wind outside is so tight, if we have to work on these deeds and are discovered by those thieves, we will not be able to move away!"

"Live is the most important thing!"

The other people in the cave who were carrying large and small bags also echoed their advice, saying not to take risks.

"General..."

A weak breath came from the corner of the wall. Behind the crowd, a dying soldier was leaning against the wall, his face as pale as paper, and it seemed that it took extra effort to say these simple words, panting heavily.

Zhang Yi heard the call during the moment when the crowd was quiet, stepped forward and walked over.

This soldier was the one who survived the longest among the group of serious injuries, but everyone knew in their hearts that they couldn't see the sun of tomorrow.

Suddenly, Zhang Yi's eyes were rosy, and he looked at the figure and sucked his nose.He pulled up his cold palm and wiped away the dried mud.

"Today I must take you away."

"The thieves are chasing you closely, brother, I can't stand you."

The fingers in the palm of his hand moved slightly, a faint smile appeared on his pale face, and he said something with his lips flapping and biting.

Zhang Yi hurriedly moved his ears, and the voice that was as angry as gossamer came to his ears indistinctly.

"I can hear... Brother... I have no regrets in this life."

"In the future...you can't follow the general...if you can...have some hot porridge..."

"...I don't want to be...a starving ghost..."

Tears gushed out of his eyes, and the burly figure couldn't stop his inner agitation anymore, he waved his hands and shouted outside.

"Porridge! Come on porridge!"

Someone rushed outside, and more onlookers silently turned their backs and wiped away their tears.

Such a scene is somewhat bleak, but if they stay here, they will probably be slaughtered, and they still don't want to leave every fighting soldier behind, and no one wants to expose these fighting soldiers to the outside.

swoosh~
A snapping arrow shot through the bushes, heading straight for the cave.

The sound of breaking through the air echoed in the long passage, and then the sound of clanging and landing spread into the crowd.

This is a signal for guarding sentry, and it will only be fired when encountering an enemy attack.

Zhang Yi, who was in tears, heard the moderate echo, and his heart skipped a beat. An inexplicable panic surged into his heart instantly, leaving everyone who hadn't reacted, and ran out of the cave quickly.

"What's wrong? Enemy attack?"

"What? Brutal riding is coming?"

"My God, what's going on."

The sad people heard it clearly, they were startled suddenly, and they all turned towards the figure passing through the corridor.

"How could this happen, it came so fast, what should I do."

The people who were shrouded in fear became anxious, and they dared not come out of the cave at will, and became a living target for the barbarians.

He didn't dare to hide in it and become a lamb roasted by smoke and fire.

In the entire cave hall, more than a hundred figures clustered together, looking at the empty corridor in a noisy and chaotic manner, only hoping that General Zhang, who had gone out to inquire about news, would bring a glimmer of hope.

General Zhang, who was outside the cave, couldn't be more anxious. He removed the branches in front of him to cover him, and headed straight for the throne.

Ben had returned safely last night, but thinking of the heavy casualties this time, he felt extremely guilty.In order to forgive the uneasiness in my heart, I organized some manpower to move the dead soldiers back overnight.

After going back and forth, I ran into a patrolling scout, and ran away desperately all night, and finally returned to Montenegro in the middle of the night.

It's just that they didn't expect the speed of these wild riders to be so fast, and they surrounded them so quickly.

If it was because of his own selfishness and hesitation that he led these disasters to the cave, then the hundred people who were rescued there would fall into the hands of these beasts again.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yi suddenly felt regretful.

Regret my indecision, regret why I hesitated so much.

An ownerless horse came into view on the barren hill in front of him, and the figure that fell under the horse's back was lying on the ground motionless.

Zhang Yi ran over in a hurry, turned over the figure with the arrow stuck in his back, lifted his head and put it on his knees.

It was cold, just like Zhang Yi's state of mind at the moment.

puff.

The dark red blood stains overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and the soldier slowly opened his blurred eyes, and the blood-red sight reflected a figure with a sad face and tears running down his face.

"North... the open land in the north... there are wild cavalry..."

Opening his chapped lips, he squeezed out weak words from between his bloody teeth, the corners of his mouth twitched with blood, and the reporting soldier secretly held his tense palm.

"General...we did our best..."

"...Those people... the people have to rely on...the general to escape..."

Listening to the difficult words, the corners of Zhang Yi's tense mouth trembled slightly.

"how many people?"

The figure in his arms tremblingly raised his palms, and the five fingers were covered with bright red color, trembling slightly.

"Five thousand..."

"General...don't fight again...quick...run away."

As soon as the word "escape" was uttered, the figure in his arms seemed to have exhausted his last strength, and the angry figure reflected in his eyes was also rapidly dissipating, and fell into the soundless world for a moment.

In one day, more than half of the brothers were lost!
Facing another 5000 troops this time, Zhang Yi was a little helpless, crying while holding the warm corpse.

"Heaven, I hope you can open your eyes and see the desolate western frontier!"

(End of this chapter)