Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Like a house on fire

Everyone sat with a jug of wine and a crystal clear glass in front of them.The centurion of the 4th Battalion was separated from Bu Anli's seat, and he glared at me from time to time, probably still blaming me for what happened to the woman yesterday. It's just that this is the Marquis Wu's banquet, so he dared not challenge me here even if he had the guts to do so. Early this morning, Qi Lie told me that in the evening Marquis Wu will celebrate the victory of the twenty centurions of our Vanguard Battalion.But the death of that woman yesterday made me uneasy, and when I woke up in the afternoon, I actually overslept.When I arrived at Marquis Wu's camp, I was the last one to arrive.Marquis Wu didn't blame him either, he probably thought that I joined the massacre of the city and cut off the benevolence of women, how could he know that I was benevolent again.If he knew that I used the precious sword he gave me to compete with Bu Anli for a woman, he would be even more angry, right?

After we were seated, Marquis Wu clapped his hands and said: "There is nothing pleasant in the army, only a glass of water and wine, generals please Haihan, I will respect generals first." Seven of our twenty centurions were newly promoted by their subordinates. Marquis Wu probably meant to win over them.The centurion of the Qianfeng Battalion, although his official position is not high, he is the most proud elite of Marquis Wu, and it is easy to make meritorious service. After this battle, more than half of them will definitely be promoted to a higher or lower level. This time may be our last time Gathered to drink as a centurion.

The cooks in the army were brought from Beijing by Marquis Wu.Marquis Wu has three good things: good wine, treasured swords, and famous horses. He doesn't value men's favorite women very much. The group of female singers behind him must have been improvised. The faint traces of tears. During his toast, we all raised our glasses and wished Marquis Wu: "Your Majesty, Wanan." But I noticed that among the two soldiers around Marquis Wu, only one was standing behind him today, and the other one didn't know what was going on. went. Just about to drink the first glass of wine, suddenly the sound of silk and bamboo became chaotic, like a pillar suddenly holding up the sky in the mountains, far higher than usual.Although I don't have any special interest in music, but this song "Moon Reflects the Spring River" is familiar to me since I was a child, so I couldn't help but look at that group of female music.

The person with disordered sounds is the fourth woman on the left who plays the pipa.Her complexion was as usual, the sound was chaotic, but it followed the trend and gradually calmed down.This "Moon Reflecting on the Spring River" was originally a palace tune, her tone had been transferred to a Shang tune, it was a little abrupt at first, but now it sounds like it should be so.I looked at Marquis Wu, there was nothing unusual about him, I probably couldn't tell. That woman's face is like white jade, and she is wearing a light yellow silk shirt. All the female singers in that group are stunning, and she is the best among them.However, on her face, she was expressionless, as if she was frozen.Maybe, she was thinking about the old house that was burned down by the war, and the parents and brothers who were hacked to death by steel knives, right?

I was a little dazed, and after a while, I raised the wine glass in my hand and drank it down in one gulp.I only feel that the taste of wine is sour and astringent.Wine is good wine, but drinking it at this time is like drinking poison. At this time, the personal soldier suddenly rushed in from behind, and whispered something in Marquis Wu's ear.Marquis Wu slapped the table heavily, and shouted: "It really is true?" There was a loud noise on the table, and a wine glass jumped on the table. I haven't seen much of Marquis Wu's wrath, but every time he gets angry, blood will flow and his corpse will lie for thousands of miles.I noticed that even the two inseparable soldiers around him changed color a bit.

We twenty centurions couldn't help being startled, not knowing what happened. Marquis Wu said: "Talk to the warriors in the Qianfeng Battalion what happened." The soldier stepped forward and said loudly: "The army on the left is in control, Ying Yang Bo Lu is garrisoned in the east of the city, his command is weak, and he opened the city defenses privately, causing Cang Yue, the rebel leader of the republic, and more than 2,000 people from the rebellious army and civilians to escape at the east gate. .” Everyone present was startled.Lu Jingyu, that is Marquis Wu's favorite general.He was my senior brother at the military academy 20 years earlier, and also my military instructor.I heard that in the year he graduated, among the more than 1,000 graduates of the military academy, his grades ranked first, and he was awarded by the late emperor for this.More than ten years ago, there were 100,000 Han Luo pirates from northern Xinjiang who gathered to attack. The first emperor ordered Marquis Wu to attack. At that time, he was in charge of the vanguard battalion. The battle ended.After that, he fought for more than 700 miles, beheaded 20,000 people, and chased the Hanluo pirates to the extreme northern ice field. In the battle of extermination of the clan, he took the first place. From then on, he was called the Dragon of the Ice Sea, and he was named Ying Yangbo. His reputation was as great as ever.He has always been the right-hand man of Marquis Wu, and in the army, he is also famous for his strict management of the army and his generosity. Some people say that because he is a student of Marquis Wu, and because his family was poor since he was a child, Marquis Wu single-handedly brought him up. Make him loyal to Marquis Wu, otherwise, he would have replaced Marquis Wu already.Afterwards, although the peace was long and most of the warriors did not make any achievements, but in this battle, the left army under his command was the first to reach Gaojiu City, and it suffered the least casualties, so it can be seen that it is indeed worthy of its name.It's almost a joke to say he's poor at command.

I was still thinking wildly, but Pu Anli had already stepped out of the crowd, knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, General Lu is by no means a man who is incapable of leading troops, and there may be rumors about this matter." Although Pu Anli and I were not on good terms, his words won my heart. Marquis Wu said: "General Pu, you don't need to say too much. This incident is definitely not groundless. When I learned about it during the day, I didn't believe it at first, but now it is certain. Chu Xiuhong, the commander of the fifth battalion of the vanguard."

I was stunned, walked out of my seat and knelt in front of the tent, and said: "Your Majesty, the general will obey orders." Marquis Wu threw down a military order and said, "I order you to bind Lu Jingyu quickly, and if he dares to disobey the order, he will be executed immediately!" His throw was so powerful that the cast iron token also knocked a small hole in the ground.I took the military order and said, "Obey." When I stood up, I saw Pu Anli glaring at me fiercely.He and his group were in the class directly under Lu Jingyu in the military academy, and they are usually proud of it.Marquis Wu also asked me to tie Lu Jingyu here to take care of their teacher-student friendship.If I wanted to arrest someone else, I would be very happy to do it, but at this time, I hope that Bu Anli can argue again.

It's just that he's back in his seat.His squad of four centurions all stared at me as if I were the informer. I walked out of Marquis Wu's camp with the general order in hand, Qi Lie and several other chiefs were waiting for me outside the tent.It is not a trivial matter for Marquis Wu to give drinks, and they have to stand outside.Seeing me come out in a hurry, Qi Lie said, "General, what happened?" "Marquis Wu ordered me to capture Ying Yang Bo Lu Jingyu." "what?" He too was taken aback.The name of Lu Jingyu is close to a myth in the army, almost overshadowing the name of Marquis Wu.Although Marquis Wu is moody, but Lu Jingyu is now the commander of the left army, I will arrest him, if his subordinates mutiny, I'm afraid I will have to confess my life.

I was a little dazed and just said, "Let's go." I took Qi Lie and ten of my subordinates to the east gate.Before reaching the east gate, there was a smell of scorching.Lu Jingyu's department was the Chinese army that was second only to Marquis Wu and invaded Gaojiu City.The Republican Army defended the east gate with all its strength, but Marquis Wu did not expect that the main force would go around the south gate, otherwise Lu Jingyu must have been the first to break into the city. The 20,000 men under Lu Jingyu's department were stationed at the gate of the city, and the tents were neatly arranged, which was not inferior to the Chinese army commanded by Marquis Wu.On the other hand, our Vanguard Battalion, because it belongs to the direct lineage directly under Marquis Wu, is somewhat arrogant. Although the tents are neat, even our centurions often make troubles. strict.

When I walked to the tent, an officer came forward and said, "Who is here?" It was already dark, but under the light of the torch, I saw that the man's complexion was iron, although his figure was not very tall, he looked as solid as a rock.He was probably He Zhong, Lu Jingyu's most trusted Chinese military officer. I held up the general's order and said: "Chu Xiuhong, the centurion commander of the Fifth Battalion of the Vanguard, is ordered by the Lord and Marquis to invite General Lu to discuss matters. The general is..." The man said: "Young general He Zhong, an officer in the left army. General Chu is brave and invincible, and the young general also admires him." He Zhong took the general order and inspected it, and returned it to me respectfully, saying: "My lord is on the top of the wall, I will take you up. Please, General Chu." As expected, the Ministry of Land, Economics and Fishing had a solid name, and the soldiers moved out of the way neatly and silently.I followed He Zhong and walked up the stone steps on the upper city wall. The attack and defense of the East Gate was also extremely brutal. Although Lu Jingyu used his troops like a god, almost all the last elites of the Republican Army were at the East Gate. Half of the thousand or so people lost by the Imperial Army in this battle were from the Left Army.On the stone steps, there are bloodstains that have condensed, and the stone surface is also full of scars.I really can't figure it out, with such a strict arrangement, Lu Jingyu would let Cang Yuegong and more than 2,000 city residents escape. Could it be that his subordinates are all asleep or something? Walking up to the top of the city, I saw a man sitting on a battlement, looking north intently.He Zhong walked up to him and said in a low voice, "My lord, Marquis Wu ordered someone to deliver the message, and the person who will come will follow behind." The man stood up, turned around, and said: "Brother He, you go down first, I will go with them by myself." He Zhong walked down the wall without saying a word.As soon as he left, the elders around me started to make moves.I stopped them and said: "General Lu, Marquis Wu ordered me to send the general to discuss matters." Lu Jingyu looked up at me and said, "Your Excellency is..." I saluted and said, "The last general, Chu Xiuhong, commander of the fifth battalion and centurion, see General Lu." Lu Jingyu said: "It was General Chu who took the lead in attacking the city. Today's 100,000 troops are all extolling the name of General Chu." I couldn't help being a little proud in my heart, I bowed and said: "The last general dares to be arrogant, it's all thanks to Marquis Wu's ability to lead the troops, so that the Republican rebels can be wiped out with one blow." Lu Jingyu smiled and said, "There is a way to lead troops? Hehe, there is nothing more than a way to kill people." What he said was a bit implicated, but I didn't refute it, I just said: "Rebellious ministers and thieves, everyone can punish them." Only then did I see his face clearly.In the military academy, Lu Jingyu seldom wears military uniforms, but always wears military uniforms.Now he is dressed in military uniform, with the iron helmet set aside, and the bronze armor with some blood stains, which seem to be mottled in the light of the torches below the city. "General Chu, sit down." Lu Jingyu walked to the inner side, and swept the gravel with his hand on a remaining battlement, but he didn't mean to follow me. I sat next to him, but my heart was in turmoil.Marquis Wu's order must not be disobeyed, but if he refuses to go with me, I really can't do it if he asks me to kill such an unarmed person. Sitting on the top of the city, looking down, there are ruins and ruins, and in the National Square in the middle of Gaojiu City, corpses are being burned on fire, and from a distance, corpses can be seen lying everywhere.Sporadic cries were still coming from many places in the city. In the twilight, it sounded like a burst of ice water pouring into my heart. Maybe it was because the remaining residents of Gaojiu City had been searched out.Gaojiu City has gone through such a catastrophe, and I'm afraid it will never recover its vitality. Lu Jingyu looked at the city and said slowly, "Did Marquis Wu order you to arrest me?" I didn't say a word, just sat, touching the city bricks with my hands.There are two strong cities in the empire, which are known as "iron beats the fog and clouds, and copper casts gods", and Gaojiu City is called "the city that never falls", and it is the third largest city after the two high cities. The two cities of Shenwei and Shenwei are slightly shorter, but they are all piled up with a kind of big stones that are a specialty of southern Xinjiang.When the first generation of Duke Cang Yue built the city, it is said that it took 230,000 civilians to complete the project and it took two years.Now, those stone city bricks are full of scars, and most of the plates are broken.When I touched the rough surface with my hand, I felt a tingling pain in my palm. He looked at the city, and said in a low voice: "Three months after the siege, I saw with my own eyes that the people in the city were desperate and wanted to escape from the city. Marquis Wu ordered me to kill anyone who left the city without mercy. I will know when I do this." We have to bear all the consequences. It’s just that the emperor made it clear back then not to kill and surrender, let alone those unarmed people.” It has been more than ten months since the division left, and the city has been besieged for three months.I heard that when we set off, considering the fortification of Gaojiu City, Marquis Wen had taught Marquis Wu face-to-face advice on the strategy of "driving fish into the deep", driving all Cang Yuegong's remnant soldiers and refugees to Gaojiu City.Cang Yuegong probably didn't expect that there would be so many people in his city all of a sudden, and the granary that could last for several years would be empty all of a sudden.Otherwise, with the fortification of Gaojiu City, I am afraid that Marquis Wu's strategy of encircling the four generals will have no chance of winning. The food and grass in the city have not run out, and our food and grass have already been exhausted. I am still silent.It was his benevolence in this thought that caused trouble for the upper body.He stood up, smiled, and said: "General Chu, let's go, I'm afraid Marquis Wu is already waiting impatiently." Qi Lie stepped forward and wanted to tie him up with a rope, but I shouted, "Stay back! Don't be rude to General Lu." Qi Lie did not back down, and said: "General, Marquis Wu ordered us to tie up General Lu. If we don't obey the order, the general will be hard to explain." Lu Jingyu looked back at me, and said, "General Chu, you soldier is right. Military orders are like mountains, if there are exceptions, how can you convince them?" He stretched out his hand and let Qi Lie bind it.I stood, motionless.After Qi Lie was tied up, Lu Jingyu said, "General Chu, let's go." I looked at him, feeling suddenly sad.I said: "General Lu, I would like to use my fame to redeem General Lu's life." In the vanguard battalion, although I didn't have a good relationship with Pu Anli and the others, there were five or six centurions who were life and death friends with me.If they know that I am doing this, they will definitely advance and retreat with me. Lu Jingyu said: "General Chu, I appreciate your kindness. With Marquis Wu's strict rule of the army, it will be useless if you do so. Don't worry, according to my past achievements, Marquis Wu will not kill me." At this time, a torch suddenly lit up under the city, and there were hundreds of them.I was taken aback, I didn't know what happened, I saw He Zhong came up in a hurry and said, "My lord!" Lu Jingyu's face sank, and he said, "Brother He, what are you doing?" He Zhongdao: "My lord, the 18,203 brothers in our army are willing to die with their lives." My face is a little discolored.This is pitiful, but the meaning of the words is threatening me.It seems that this errand is really difficult to handle. Lu Jingyu shouted: "Nonsense! Brother He, the king is like a father and son to me, how can you say such words to make him difficult? Get back quickly." He Zhong didn't back down, and said, "Master, it must be a disaster for you to go this time. He Zhong has received the great kindness of the Lord, and he is ashamed for not being able to repay his life. I just ask the Lord to let me do it for you." His lord died." Lu Jingyu's face sank like water, and said: "Nonsense, I order you to purge your subordinates, and wait for the order of Marquis Wu, and there must be no changes!" Although he was tied up, he was still the all-powerful commander-in-chief of the first army in his words.He Zhong still had something to say, Lu Jingyu said: "General Chu, let's go." He has gone down to the city.Under the city, about all the officers of the left army were already there. When they saw Lu Jingyu coming down, they all knelt down.In the light of the torch, I saw that Lu Jingyu had tears in his eyes. Without saying a word, I followed Lu Jingyu. As soon as they entered the camp, the other centurions were all there, and the girls had already left, and everyone was waiting.Lu Jingyu knelt down in front of Marquis Wu's seat, and said: "The humble Lu Jingyu, please be safe, Your Majesty." There was no expression on Marquis Wu's face, he said slowly, "General Lu, yesterday more than 2,000 Republican rebels escaped from the east gate where you were stationed, is this true?" Lu Jingyu bowed his head and said, "It's true. It's just that I saw that most of the two thousand people were women and children, so I felt pity for a moment." Marquis Wu slapped the table violently, and shouted: "Do you know that Cang Yue, the leader of the rebels, also escaped from the city with this group of people. You can't escape the responsibility for not being successful in this battle!" Lu Jingyu's voice was still very calm, and said: "If you violate the order and do not obey the military law, you will be punished. If you are humble, you don't dare to quibble, so please forgive me." Just as I was about to kneel down, Pu Anli and his group of four centurions had already snatched out their seats, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, General Lu is really right, but please, please take into account General Lu's past achievements and give me a lenient punishment." .” At this moment, I knelt down together with the remaining sixteen centurions, and said, "Your Majesty, please think twice." Marquis Wu's face was a little red, but it had gradually subsided at this time.After a long while, he finally said, "Lu Jingyu, if everyone uses past achievements as an excuse, then military discipline is just a dead letter? You have been in the army for a long time, and you don't know the truth." Lu Jingyu said: "The humble official understands, please let Marquis Wu down, and the humble official dare not complain." At this time, Marquis Wu had become peaceful, and said: "Lu Jingyu is the way of generals, and orders are prohibited. If there are orders that are not obeyed, how can you convince the public? This time you have committed a serious crime, but considering the past achievements, let's remember it for the time being." Exit. I order you to order a thousand cavalry from the headquarters, and I will allocate another vanguard battalion for you to use, within ten days, if you can’t get Cang Yue’s head back, you can send your own head.” Although this treatment is a bit harsh, it is not impossible.Cang Yue's remnants and defeated generals no longer have much fighting power, and with the addition of a large number of civilians around them, victory is even easier.The problem is that it is a problem to find Cang Yuegong within ten days. Lu Jingyu said: "Xie Junhou, I will go to deal with it quickly. The generals of the Qianfeng Battalion have fought bloody battles for days. They dare not work in humble positions, so I still use my cavalry." My heart skipped a beat.If Lu Jingyu doesn't want us to accompany him, he may already have the desire to flee. I'm afraid Marquis Wu will not agree to this request. Unexpectedly, Marquis Wu thought for a while, and said: "That's fine. You set off immediately. After ten days, either the head of Cang Yue or your head, you can choose one to present. Come and untie him." His personal soldiers released Lu Jingyu.Lu Jingyu stood up, gave a respectful salute, and said, "Thank you, sir. I'm leaving now." He bowed his hands to us again, and said, "Thank you, generals." Watching him go out, I couldn't help but feel a little empty in my heart.I'm afraid that this brave general known as the "Dragon of the Ice Sea" will never be seen again in the army. At this time, Marquis Wu said in his seat: "Generals, please take your seat, let's have fun all day long." The girl band came out again.Six women in silk shirts played a cheerful piece of music.It was an ancient song "Sitting in the Spring Breeze", which was composed by the famous musician Zeng Shiya more than two hundred years ago based on the music contained in an ancient book. People clicked on this song the most in restaurants and karaoke houses.Marquis Wu ordered to play this song, as if to dilute the chill just now. I raise a glass of wine.This wine is specially made by Marquis Wu.The art of brewing wine was also discovered from ancient books.It is said that the best wine can be ignited. Although the great technicians of the empire racked their brains to make wine according to the records in those incomplete ancient books, they could not light it no matter what.I really don't know how the ancients brewed that kind of wine. The wine is placed in a small jug with a small charcoal stove underneath to keep the wine warm.I poured a glass and drank it all down. Two women in red and yellow gauze were dancing in the tent, and inside the tent, there was a sense of spring.However, there is a faint uneasiness in my heart.Occasionally, I glanced at the woman in yellow shirt playing the pipa, she still had no expression on her face, she pointed down, as if she was very familiar with it, and a string of music flowed out from under her finger, but it was like the mountain water condensed into ice particles, which could be heard There is no sense of the spring breeze at all, but it is like the cold spring, the rain and plantains at night, and it is miserable. Each of us drank about half a jug of wine, and the centurions who were not able to drink well were already drunk and couldn't resign because they couldn't. It seemed that they gradually stopped taking pleasure in banquets.I drink a lot, but I am also a little dizzy. Out of the corner of my eye, Bu Anli is calm and composed.It's no wonder that ordinary people can't afford to drink alcohol. Only the children of aristocratic families like Pu Anli can drink fine wine when they are young, so as not to get drunk. Marquis Wu was also a little drunk, and suddenly smiled and said: "Sweeping the Republican rebels, all the generals have made great achievements in battle. After a few days, the army will be in command, and today I invite everyone to let go. Come and have more wine." As soon as this remark came out, the face of the greedy drinker showed joy, while the light drinker secretly smiled wryly.But my attention was all on the sentence that Marquis Wu leaked.He said that he would ask for a class teacher "in a few days", so he must have acquiesced in Lu Jingyu's escape.People like Marquis Wu, who seem to be unkind, also have ordinary people's feelings in their hearts. I don't know how long it took, but I only felt a little headache.After the banquet was over, twenty of us drunken centurions walked out of the camp, and the guards and chiefs who were waiting outside surrounded us one after another to support our general.The climate in southern Xinjiang is warm, but it is only early spring after all, and the night is still chilly.When the cold wind blows outside, it is more comfortable.Qi Lie came up to him and said, "General Chu, can you ride a horse?" I smiled and said, "You look down on me too much, don't you?" Although I'm a bit drunk, I'm fine with riding.I swung the pedals onto the saddle, but let go of my hand and almost fell off.Qi Lie supported me and said: "General Chu, if you can't ride a horse, I'd better borrow a car from Mr. Deyang." I shook my head and said: "I'm afraid Mr. Deyang has fallen asleep early, so don't provoke others." Riding on the horse, walking on the way back to his barracks.There are 100,000 troops, 20,000 are stationed in each of the four sects, and we, the direct descendants of Marquis Wu, are stationed in the city.In the past two days, the city has been slaughtered from the south of the city to the north of the city. Women's cries and children's screams can still be heard in the night.I raised my head and looked at the sky. I really didn't know where I was. In the sky, the stars and the moon are blurred, and a few clouds float in the dark blue sky.It's just because there are still raging fires in the city, and the sky seems to be a blood red. The massacre will continue for two more days.In two days, we will be full of gold beads, women and craftsmen.Although they did not kill young women and craftsmen for the first massacre of the city, how could they manage so much during the massacre? Two imperial armies competed for a woman, and they refused to give in to each other, so that they cut the woman in half and everyone divided it. There are often self-interested things, so there is no need to talk about craftsmen. For some reason, I always think of that woman.She fell from the top of the city, with the afterglow of the setting sun on her body. The scene at that time is something I can't forget for a long time, and I can still vividly remember it now. Qi Lie and the ten elders followed behind me, following in a leisurely manner.They also shared a few glasses of wine, probably reveling in that little bit of drunkenness.One of them suddenly hummed a ditty, and he didn't know what to sing. It was mixed with the occasional cries, which made people feel cool in their hearts. As he was walking on the horse in a daze, the two elders behind him suddenly started arguing, their voices getting louder and louder, as if they were arguing about what the owl kiss on the corner of the house in front was.One said it was a dragon, while the other said it was a rat and tiger. I turned my head and said, "What are you talking about?" Nashi said, "Look over there." In the twilight, a long shadow protruded from the top of a house there. It was insignificant, somewhat human-shaped, but not quite human.I laughed and said, "There's nothing to argue about, just look at it." Nashi said: "It's too dark, where can I see clearly?" I said, "Xiao Lie, have you brought my sun-piercing bow?" That bow is one of my treasures.Ordinary bows can only shoot about 200 steps, and strong bows can only shoot up to 400 steps.It is said that this bow can shoot up to 800 paces when it is fully opened, but I can only shoot up to about 500 paces.Now the distance from the owl kiss is only a hundred steps away, it is easy to shoot there. Qi Lie said: "Oh, I didn't bring it today." Tan Qing, the outstanding archer in Shichangzhong, said: "General, I brought the bow here." He handed the bow to me, and I tried it, and it was a bit weaker than my Sunbow, but still usable.Tan Qing is famous for piercing Yang with a hundred steps, and his accuracy is better than mine, but his strength is far behind me. I said: "Tie a torch to the arrow, and when I shoot the arrow, I will let you see clearly." Everyone cheered.This area has been slaughtered twice, and there will be no more people. The barracks are far away from here, and the surrounding area has been demolished into a piece of white ground, which cannot be burned even if it is set on fire.I tied the arrow with a torch to the string, and when I drew it fully, I saw that arrow shot straight at that thing like a bolt of lightning in the dark night. Qi Lie and everyone shouted, seeing that the arrow had reached the thing, suddenly saw the thing move, with a "pop", the arrow was hit and flew to another place, where it landed. The applause stopped abruptly.We all saw that thing at the moment when the torch was shining.It was a strange human face, and the body was covered with green scales. At the moment just now, that face looked hideous and terrifying, not like anything in the world. I shivered all over my body and said, "Do you see what that is?" They all looked at each other.If it was a person, how could he be in the room?And it's a little too short, as if it's only half of its body.Suddenly Qi Lie said: "I figured it out, that is a remnant of the Republican Army, usually hiding between the roof and the algae well, he dug a hole in the roof, leaned out half of his body to check, we found it. " This makes sense.My heart was filled with fighting spirit, and I said, "Quick, catch him, don't let him escape!" If it was normal, I would not even participate in the massacre, not to mention hunting down the remnants of the Republican Army in such a night.But at this time I was already half drunk, I felt murderous intent all over my body, wishing I could kill one or two people immediately to try the blade. The murderous intent on them was also ignited by me, Tan Qing said: "He's moving! Let's guard all the exits and don't let him escape!" These few houses are already isolated in the middle of this white field, if there is one guard on each side, you can see everything running out of it.The man on the roof was really retreating into the room, I said: "Tan Qing, Kong Kaiping, Shen Tuyi, Wang Dong, the four of you stay outside, the others follow me to search!" I turned over and got off the horse, only to feel that the wine I drank just now seemed to be burning up on my body, and my body began to feel hot. Stepping on the rubble all over the ground, I held the Baipi Dao and rushed towards the house with seven people.This area of ​​houses must have been a place where rich people lived together, and was the first to be slaughtered, but the houses are tall and sturdy, and many of them are still intact.Holding the torch in my left hand, I looked for the house I saw outside, and Qi Lie ran over and said, "General, it's that one." We ran over, but saw that the door of the house was closed.That kind of door opens outwards, and there must be a latch on the inside.Qi Lie stepped forward and pulled, but he couldn't pull it away.This is a strange thing in the place after the massacre, I shouted: "Get out of the way!" I stepped forward, stretched out the Baipi knife, inserted it into the crack of the door, and swiped upwards, and it really hit the door latch.There are pins at both ends of this kind of door latch. If the pins are pinned, it can only be broken into the door.I tried it, but felt that the latch was not locked, so I pushed it hard, and opened the latch, saying: "Pull the door." Qi Lie stepped forward and opened the door. The door was just opened, and I felt a bloody stench rushing towards my face, like a nightmare, a skeleton-like person rushed towards me! I was taken aback. I didn't expect that someone would dare to ambush me at this moment.I jumped back, and the Baipi knife had already been released, almost without a sound, the knife was like a broken rotten wood, as it swung past, the person who pounced on me flew with his head flying. If it is an ordinary person, there must be blood spurting out of the cavity.But the man's head was cut off by me, without a drop of blood, he just threw himself on the ground, and that head also rolled straight on the ground.At this time, we saw that the man was already dead, and there was a big wound on his back. The body was thrown on the door just now. Presumably when he wanted to escape the door, he was about to pull the latch and was killed from behind. die. Qi Lie stepped forward to take a photo, and said: "It's been a while since he died, almost all the flesh on his body has rotted away, I think he died before the city was broken." In March of the siege of the city, when the food and grass in the city ran out, they only persisted for about ten days. I also saw the city guards washing and stripping women right at the top of the city and boiling them into broth.Presumably, this person died because of it.It's just that the clothes on his body are still there, and it doesn't look like his flesh has been cut. Qi Lie said: "General, do you hear a voice?" I listened attentively, but I couldn't hear anything. The people I saw outside were probably still inside the house.I took a photo, and this is the main hall without an algae well. According to the photo, under the dark roof, there are scattered beams.I said, "Go inside and have a look." We divided into two groups, and each went to the left and right inner chambers to have a look.I walked to the left before entering the inner room. As soon as I took a photo, a senior had already covered his mouth and spat it out. Inside, there were the remains of several women.It's really hard to tell how many, but I can only see a few severed hands, a pile of half-rotted intestines on the bed, and some white bones that seem to have been gnawed. Pick the tender ones and eat them, and throw the rest aside.Although we can all be said to have experienced hundreds of battles, and each of us has killed no less than ten people, this is the first time we have seen such a disgusting and terrifying scene. Qi Lie stood beside me and said, "General, what's going on?" I held the knife tightly, shone the torch in my left hand up and down, and whispered: "Brothers, be careful." Before I could finish speaking, someone on the right let out a strange cry.I just wanted to know what happened, and rushed over with a few people, and as soon as I entered the inner room on the right, I saw three elders there huddled together, trembling. In the room, there were two people, a man and a woman, both of whom were dead, half lying on the bed, with the lower body sticking out of the bed.Although the corpse was relatively complete, its face was blue, and the flesh was poked out of the bones.Some of them had extreme fear on their faces, as if they were slowly being strangled to death with a big cloth, so that their bones were broken.And their two legs have become white bones, with shreds of meat on the bloody bones, as if they were scraped with a knife. Qi Lie whispered: "It's really cruel. Why do you want to do such a thing?" I looked at him and didn't say anything.It seems that the imperial army is not qualified to accuse others of being cruel, but killing people to such an extent, it is not like killing people, but killing people for fun. I look around.There was still some mucus under the two corpses, I leaned forward, and Qi Lie said from the side: "General, be careful." I picked a little with the tip of a knife, and the slime had a foul smell, like reptile saliva.I said: "That person must still be in the house, be careful." We didn't dare to separate and searched several houses.This family is probably a big family, there are dozens of people up and down, and these dozens of people are all dead, and none of the corpses are clean. After searching, we gathered in the lobby, Qi Lie said: "General, what should we do?" At this time, my drunkenness had turned into cold sweat, and it all flowed down my back.I said: "Burn these corpses, be careful not to burn them elsewhere." Qi Lie nodded, they found some long sticks, and piled up the fragmentary corpses in the lobby, and wrapped the corpses on the bed with quilts or sheets.There are dozens of corpses piled up like a hill, I hit the fire scythe, and set the pile of corpses on fire. Whoever these people were, master or slave, would now be the same heap of ashes, no longer recognizable. I took a stick they had found, and pushed in the corpses that fell out of the fire. While it was burning, I suddenly heard a strange sound above my head, like a heavy panting, and then Qi Lie shouted: "General, be careful!" A gust of wind rushed from overhead. I was still holding the wooden stick with my left hand, and I pushed it hard on the ground.The strong wind came so fast that I didn't dare to look up, for I was afraid that if I looked at it, I wouldn't be able to hide it. Although the strength of my left hand is not too great, but with this strength, I rolled on the ground and moved two feet away.At this time, with a "bang", a gun was stabbing at the place where I was standing just now, and the floor tiles were smashed by the gun, and the fire was also shaken to sparks.If I take a slow step, the shot will go from the top of my head to the soles of my feet. Anger welled up in my heart, I pressed my left hand on the ground, and the Baipi Saber in my right cut away horizontally.I figured it out, the shot he fired was so powerful that people would jump off after that.Now that I am cutting out with the saber, I am waiting for work with ease, and he will definitely not be able to escape. I didn't know that the knife slashed, but it hit the barrel of the gun. With a "bang", my hands were numb from the shock, and the gun retracted to the beam.The man didn't come down.This took me by surprise.The gun was only half a person tall, it was a short gun, and the beam was more than a foot above the ground, the man's hands would never be that long.Did he drop the gun?But when I was rolling, I clearly saw the man's hand grabbing the gun out of the corner of my eye. I got up, only to see Qi Lie and a few chiefs were stunned and motionless, I said angrily: "What are you doing? Hurry up!" The man was on the beam just now. When we got burned, the heat surged up. He must not be able to stand it anymore. Now he is afraid that he is looking for a cooler place, and he will probably attack again soon. Unexpectedly, when I yelled, Qi Lie and the seven elders were just stunned, I yelled: "Wake me up quickly, are you going to sleep?" Only then did Qi Lie come back to his senses. He looked at me and murmured, "It's a ghost! It's a ghost!" I was baffled by what he said.It's not the first time for Qi Lie to take part in the battle, why is he afraid of being like this?I slapped him across the face with my left hand, and said, "Don't say stupid things, don't let him run away, and guard the exit." I was talking, but my attention was still on it. At this moment, I saw the shadow of the man. Between the beams, the fire below was blazing, and the light above was flickering, but I couldn't see it clearly.At this moment, the man fired another shot. I was already prepared for this shot, and I saw him leaning down from the girder, and he jumped straight on top of my head.Even if his feet were tied to the beam with a rope, he couldn't go back easily this time.我等那枪快到我跟前，刀又是一推，那枪顺着我身体又向下插去，刀锋刮着枪杆，发出让人牙酸的难听声音。 这时，我已与他打了个照面。 此时我才算看清他的样子。这时，我才明白为什么祈烈他们这批杀人不眨眼的魔王居然会感到害怕。 那根本不是人，一张脸虽有人形，但眼是光光的，脸上有些鳞片，也没嘴唇，鼻子只是脸上的两个小孔。 这还不算什么，最为可怕的是，那个人的下半身，不是两条腿，而是盘在梁上的一段蛇身！ 即便是我，也吓得深身一激凛，不也再与他照面，人跳后一步，手里抓着刀，喝道：“你到底是什么人？” 那个怪物挂在梁上，用枪在火堆里一挑，想必要把火堆挑得矮一些，可是却挑得满天都是火星。它发出一声叫，又缩回梁上，已向上穿过屋顶。 它是受不了那热气，想要逃了。 我道：“退后，在门口守着。” 我们走出大门，正好看见那怪物游出屋顶，正盘在上面。原来刚才它露出了半截身子，才会让人误以为那是个鸱吻的。现在它盘在屋顶上，倒显出原来身形不算小。它作势便向边上的屋顶游去。要是被它游到另外房里，只怕又是难找的。它在上面跑来跑去很是方便，可我们在下追着却太吃力。 我叫道：“快，让我借借力！” 祈烈和一个什长相对把拳互相握好，我一脚踩到他们拳上，他们已用力向上一抬，我一跃而起，跳上了屋顶。 屋顶上，是厚厚的瓦片，但踩在上面有点滑。那个怪物正盘在前面正要向前游去，我喝道：“哪里走！” 那怪物回过头，两只眼睛是浑浊的黄色，没一点神情。它上半身长着两条和人相差无几的手臂，下半身却完全是一段蛇身。它提着那枝枪，盯着我，我不由得心头发毛。 忽然，它弓起上半身，猛地向我扑过来，那枝枪使得力贯枪尖，居然不下于军中的勇士。我只觉脚下有点发滑，情知不能和它久战，看准了它刺来的枪尖，百辟刀已然劈向那枪头。“当”一声，当我感到刀身上已有沉甸甸之感，人已借力跃起，竟跳得比它还高。 这怪物万料不到我有这一手，它两只手伸得长长的，这一枪却刺了个空，我一刀已落，“嚓”一声，这一刀正砍断了它的两只手，那杆枪登时滚下屋去。 它疼得浑身动了起来，我正在欣喜，正要再一刀，却只觉身后一阵寒意，那怪物的下半身已抬了起来，象一根绳子一样卷住我的双肩。此时刀虽在我手上，却也无法再送出去半步。 它已缠住了我！ 这怪物的力量大得吓人，缠在我身上时，我只觉眼前金星乱冒，气也渐渐透不过来。我的刀在乱挥着，肩头以下已被它缠住，两只手只能在自己身前动动，碰不到它半寸。此时它卷着我凑到跟前，张开了嘴。 它的嘴里，有一排白色的牙。和人的牙不一样，这些牙非常尖利，像是两排小刀。我一下想起了那屋里的那些残缺不全的尸首。那些，也许都是它的食物吧？ 它的嘴里发出一股恶臭，下半身卷着我，似乎要送到它嘴里。我拼命挣扎，可它那截蛇身像是铁铸的一般，根本动不了分毫。 It's over. 此时我才感到死亡的来临。真想不到，我居然会是这等死法，这反让我有点好笑。可好笑归好笑，现在这事却实在不好笑。 这时，一枝短箭发出一声尖叫，一下刺入它的左眼。它万料不到忽然有这等事，卷着我的后半身一下松了，我落到屋顶，只觉浑身的骨节都象拆碎了一样，一阵疼痛。 这时，又是一枝短箭射来。这是谭青所发，他的箭术在前锋营是有名的，虽然离得较远，还是箭无虚发。如果由我来发，虽也能射中，但当时我和那怪物相距如此之近，稍有不慎，只怕这一箭要先刺入我的脑袋的。 这一箭却射不中那怪物了，它的头一摆，那箭从它头边掠过。可是它这一动，却露出胸前的一片白色。刚才落下时我正在它身边，此时见机会难得，一刀向它胸前扎去，却只觉脚下一滑。屋顶本是斜坡，平时我要站稳了也不易，现在我浑身疼痛，已然站不住。 这一刀才扎到它胸口，我的人已向下滑去，屋顶上唏里哗啦地一阵响，我的人已滑到了房下。 这一掉下去，非摔个半死不可。我正在担心，只觉身后一沉，却是祈烈和另两个什长扶住了我。此时我们看不清上面的情景，只听得上面一阵乱响，不知怎么一回事，正在纳闷时，忽然一声巨响，那个怪物穿过屋顶，摔了下来。 刚才我这一刀，竟然将它的肚子划开了。这怪物负痛，在屋顶一阵扑打，屋顶哪里受得了它那么大的力量，瓦片一下碎了一大片，它掉了下来。 大门正开着，这怪物在梁柱间磕磕碰碰，又是“砰”一声，正落入那堆熊熊燃烧的火堆中，马上浑身都烧了起来。 这时，身后有脚步声，我们回头一看，却是刚才守在外面的谭青他们四个什长。 那怪物在火中烧着，被我拉开的肚子里，内脏也流了出来，里面居然还有一个整个的小孩，大概是先前被这怪物吞了未化尽的。火势本旺，它一阵挣扎，只让火头更大，一会儿，便再也不能动了，已烧作一段焦炭。 谭青他们还不知是怎么回事，道：“将军，那是什么？” 我不知该怎么说，只是打了个寒战。 抬头看看天，月色居然是鲜红的。