Guo Ning felt as cold as ice all over his body, and his back was in sharp pain.
He choked and coughed several times before spitting out all the mud and blood that almost covered his mouth and nose.
As he panted, the water in front of him swayed, and the broken ice fragments collided with each other, making a slight sound.
A howling wind blew. Wherever the wind passes, it becomes colder. In the sound of the wind, there were faint groans of pain, and there were dull sounds of sharp weapons slashing into the human body.
This voice made Guo Ning suddenly nervous. He subconsciously used his arms to support his body that was lying in the water.
This movement made the pain in my back become more severe, as if something hot was stirring between the muscles and bones. Those were two arrows, and the arrow clusters penetrated deeply into the flesh. Fortunately, there should be no damage to the internal organs.
Guo Ning felt that he had probably had a long dream and just woke up now. When I woke up, I was a little confused. I didn't know which of the dreams was real.
However, when he turned around slightly and saw the scattered bodies in the water, and when he saw the blood gurgling out from the terrible wounds, covering the entire pond, he confirmed that all this was absolutely true. Yes, it's not a dream.
A few feet away there was a tall man with a beard, walking back and forth on the edge of the pond.
This man was wearing light leather armor with a wide round-collared military robe underneath. He had a bow on his back, a quiver on his waist, and a blood-stained sharp blade in his hand.
The sound of slashing with a knife that Guo Ning heard just now was the man's last stab.
Most of the dead were shot in the back and fell to the ground. Several people were still alive, but after being hacked by the big man with his sword, their hands and feet twitched several times and became silent.
At this time, Guo Ning struggled to get up, attracting the attention of the bearded man.
He was startled at first and showed a horrified look; then he noticed Guo Ning's weak movements and saw that the arrow stuck in Guo Ning's back was still shaking, and there were wisps of blood running along Guo Ning's body. Flow into the water.
So he cheered up and came fiercely.
Guo Ning pressed his hands on his knees and barely stood up straight. Before his steps were steady, the big man stabbed Guo Ning straight in the chest with his short sword, with an unusually ferocious force.
Unfortunately, I used too much force and it was full of flaws.
Guo Ning turned sideways slightly, and the short knife missed the point and passed under his ribs.
His left hand grasped the big man's knife-holding wrist like an iron plier, pulled it back with all his strength, and used the force of the pull to stride forward.
Before the big man could react, his vision went dark and Guo Ning punched him in the face. The big man staggered and was about to counterattack, but Guo Ning had already snatched the dagger and waved it with his hand.
The short knife pierced the right side of the big man's neck, then passed down the left side of his throat, and the blade hit the left shoulder blade before stopping.
The blood vessels in the man's throat were severed. Blood hissed slightly, splashing out from between the bursting flesh. The sticky blood sprayed onto Guo Ning's face and flowed down, making him feel a little warm.
The big man stared at Guo Ning and opened his mouth, but only a few blood bubbles came out of his throat. The next moment, his eyes were scattered and his body swayed and fell.
Guo Ning also staggered a little. These two simple movements almost consumed all the strength he had accumulated; his eyes seemed to be filled with stars flying, and the sky was spinning.
But the bearded man also had accomplices.
The moment Guo Ning swung his sword, the reeds roared, and the other two people rushed in, stepping on knee-high water. The two of them were shocked and angry when they saw the big man with the beard splattered with blood from his throat.
One of them shouted loudly and ran over with his sword drawn. The other man slowed down slightly and drew his bow and nocked an arrow twenty paces away.
Guo Ning had no time to dodge, and only had time to thrust forward his right arm.
There was only a "buzz" sound, and the long arrow that was shot was firmly grasped in Guo Ning's hand, and the arrow shaft was still twisting and trembling, just like a fish emerging from the water.
The man was using a light bow that was no more than five dou. Because of his panic, he could only draw the bow halfway, and his shooting movements were not standard at all.
But the arrows are the heavy arrows used by the Jurchens, which are very long and heavy. Sharp arrow clusters six to seven inches long pierced Guo Ning's palm, causing blood to splash everywhere.
While grabbing the arrow, Guo Ning leaned over and half-crouched, took out a bow from the bearded man, nocked the arrow and fired. This action had been practiced for many times, and he didn't even need to aim, the long arrow whizzed through the air.
The man with the knife who ran first was hit by an arrow in the forehead. As the arrow penetrated his head, he threw himself into the water and made no sound again.
Guo Ning took out the second arrow from the quiver of the bearded man.
The man holding the bow at the back was not slow in his movements and had already taken the second arrow in his hand. But when he saw this situation, he didn't dare to confront Guo Ning. He just trembled his lips and forced a smile: "Liu Lang! Let's talk..."
Before he finished speaking, there was an arrow on his forehead, and he immediately died.
After firing two arrows in a row, Guo Ning's heart beat like a drum and his whole body became cold.
Can't hold on any longer.
He used his bow to support his body and wanted to hide in the depths of the rolling swamp, but not long after, he fell into the reeds and fainted again.
When I woke up this time, it was already dark.
It seemed that except for the three who were killed, no other enemies came. What a fluke.
The moisture on the ground came up through the reeds, chilling to the bone and making the body stiff.
Guo Ning laughed hoarsely twice and slowly moved his arms. After a while, he held the knife behind his back and cut the flesh against the exposed arrow shaft, trying to remove the arrow cluster.
This movement is a bit awkward, and it will inevitably stir up the arrow clusters stuck between the muscles and bones of his back. He was covered in cold sweat, gritted his teeth with a ferocious expression, and grunted from time to time.
When the two long arrows left his body one after another, Guo Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
He has been away from the army for a long time, but he still habitually wears a military uniform with a coiled collar and narrow sleeves. Under the military uniform, he wore a leather armor.
The leather armor was not of good quality, there were many holes on the surface, it was soaked and rotten in many places, and it exuded a putrid smell. Fortunately, the person who attacked him during the day was not a good shot, and the bow he used was not powerful enough. The power of the arrow was weakened by the leather armor, so although the wound lost a lot of blood, it was not fatal.
However, the action of pulling out the arrow cluster widened the wound a little more, and even if the action was slightly violent, it would twitch and hurt.
Right now, I really can’t do anything with anyone.
Guo Ning tore off his clothes and simply wrapped the bleeding wound, then climbed on the old tree next to him, straightened his back and looked around.
In early spring, the ice and snow are still there. Under the cold moonlight, you can see the bright white thin ice on the swamp water surface and vegetation.
Densely covered reeds and shrubs stretch endlessly, and the wilderness is endless. In the distance to the north, a steep embankment or river bank can be vaguely seen, which is also covered with miscellaneous trees and is connected with the reeds and shrubs in the low areas.
There was no sign of enemy activity.
Guo Ning walked back in the direction of the fight during the day.
After walking a few steps, there was the sound of dead branches breaking not far away. Guo Ning's body leaned over and his steps suddenly stopped.
After a while, several crows flew by at low altitude, landed on another row of branches, and began to cackle. So he went ahead and acted.
He should have focused his energy on the surrounding areas and thought about how to face the predicament in front of him, but with the sound of gentle footsteps, Guo Ning's thoughts began to become chaotic. The dream I had when I fainted last time is not only not blurry now, but is becoming clearer and clearer.
In the dream, Guo Ning lived thousands of years later and saw all kinds of incredible things. Those were so much fun.
Guo Ning thought, maybe that dream was true? Is he really a person from later generations? He just traveled to the second year of Chongqing and woke up in the body of a Jin Army soldier?
Right? I am Guo Liulang from Wushabao in Changzhou, right? Everything I have experienced in this life is also very clear, right?
After thinking about it for a long time, Guo Ning shook his head and decided not to dwell on this issue for the time being.
In any case, the memory of later generations gave Guo Ning insight. It made him understand that the current situation he was in at the moment was just the beginning of troubled times. The future would be much more terrifying and bloody than the present!
The Jurchen Jin Kingdom, which originated in a corner of the Northeast and once shocked the world with its roughness, barbarism and might, has gradually shown signs of decline in recent years.
The year before last, at the end of August in the third year of Da'an, the Jin army and the Mongolian army fought in Yehuling. The Jin army was defeated. Hundreds of thousands of troops were destroyed and scattered. There were hundreds of miles of zombies along the way, and the Military Assets Commission was abandoned like a mountain.
Most of Guo Ning's clan, relatives and brothers in this life did not participate in this battle. He himself therefore lived in Ansu Prefecture within the Great Wall.
After the war, the Mongolian army marched across the Central Plains and the interior of the Jin Dynasty, reaching from Linhuang across the Liao River in the north, to Xin and Dai in the southwest, and to Heshuo and Zhongdu in the east. The beasts entrenched on the Mongolian plateau began to stretch out their claws beyond the plateau.
Last year, the first year of Chongqing, the Mongolian army once again broke into the Central Plains. At one time, they used partial divisions to directly capture the central capital, and attacked the city with hundreds of tactics. The entire Jin army was destroyed in the field battle. He County, which was guarding the city, was massacred. Millions of soldiers and civilians were killed. Once again endured terrible devastation.
And these are just the beginning!
Guo Ning frowned and thought carefully.
Memories from another life flooded into Guo Ning's mind like a tide. Those plain narratives and simple numbers were merged with what he had seen and heard in this world, forming a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, which made him suddenly stop and almost choke.
After a while, he sighed deeply and cursed: "This is such a shitty world!"
