The next morning, the sun was just shining on the mountains.
At this time, it is Chen hour, the time when dragons move among the clouds. A large amount of fog is currently covering the forest path. A rapid sound of horse hooves came from the east like spring thunder.
The two children, Xia Houxuan and Cao Xi, just rode their horses and did not dare to talk to the burly uncle at the head of the team.
Because the uncle in front of him is their notorious enemy of the Wei Dynasty - the powerful generals of Soochow, Gan Ning and Gan Xingba.
It is said that during the war between Wu and Wei, this man only used more than a hundred knights under his command to forcibly capture a camp of thousands of people in their Wei army. What was even more terrifying was that in this battle, the hundreds of knights under his command actually Nothing is lost!
After the battle, the leader of Wu, Sun Quan, praised him even more: "There is no better general than Gan Ning!" Therefore, even the children of Luoyang in the Wei Dynasty have heard of Gan Ning and Gan Xingba's reputation.
However, the Wei people will not feel inferior because of this matter, because many years ago, they also had a Zhang Liao general Zhang Wenyuan, who once defeated the Wu army in Hefei with an iron halberd and 800 warriors. Wan Dajun's iron and copper walls shocked Xiaoyaojin and became a devil in the mouths of children in the state of Wu.
In this way, without saying a word, Xia Houxuan and Cao Xi followed Gan Ning's cavalry and galloped for several hours.
"Xu..."
Gan Ning looked into the distance, reined in his horse, and waved.
Seeing the command given by the general Gan Ning, everyone looked at the fiery red flag on the hill in the distance, reined in their horses and stopped moving forward.
Xia Houxuan and Cao Xi understood that the forward camp of the Shu army should be in front.
"You guys, wait here, I'll be here when I'm called!" Gan Ning gave a brief order to the seven cavalrymen behind him in a low voice, then raised his whip and moved forward.
"No!" The seven knights in shining armor bowed their heads in unison and accepted the order.
Xiahou Xuan, Cao Xi and others were eager to see their master, so they followed Gan Ning without saying a word.
As soon as Gan Ning entered the camp gate, he frowned slightly. He felt something was wrong. It’s such a quiet place in the barbaric camp. It’s as quiet as if someone is waiting for you! At this moment, the entire camp was empty except for a young man in white who was tied to a wooden stake in the center of the camp.
"It's the master!" As soon as they entered the camp gate, the two children were stunned. Their master was tied to a wooden stake at this moment, looking extremely weak!
Before Gan Ning could stop him, the two children rushed over like crazy.
"You...you, you...go...go quickly!" After Yu Gui opened his eyes, he actually saw two children. He didn't understand what the two children were like at this moment. He found them here, but he didn’t ask any more questions. Instead, he immediately shouted with difficulty in a weak voice to let them go. Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, dozens of barbarian soldiers appeared from nowhere and had already set up camp. The door is blocked! Gan Ning couldn't help but screamed. He immediately grabbed the long bow at his waist, took out a white feather arrow from the arrow holder, and shot with a whoosh towards the place where the cavalry was waiting down the mountain. [Note 1: Arrow Tao, that is, quiver. 】
"General, the general is in danger!" Looking at the long white-feathered arrows flying down the mountain, the seven silver-armored cavalry waiting at the foot of the mountain jumped on their horses and immediately galloped towards the Shu camp on the mountain.
"The king is really clever, haha!" A barbarian general looked up to the sky and laughed proudly.
At this moment, a skinny old barbarian man dressed in strange and gorgeous clothes slowly walked from the barbarian army and accepted the great gift from the barbarians. The two children, Cao Xi and Xia Houxuan, were extremely shocked, not only because they were ambushed, but also because they did not expect that the familiar old man in front of them, the former Han River boatman, turned out to be the barbarian king of Shu!
The Barbarian King Mosako felt a little surprised. He thought that in order to rescue the young man with amazing martial arts skills and the son of the Governor of Soochow, Lu Yan, the Wu army should send a large force, and he even summoned nearly a thousand people. I am ambushing here. If I succeed, I will certainly be able to take the lead on His Majesty's side. But I didn't expect...the only ones who came to rob the camp were a man and two young boys!
It seems that I don't have to implement the previous plan and gather too many people. This time, I only need a few hundred people from my camp.
"You...you old man, quickly...let my master go!" Cao Xi didn't know whether he was overly frightened or overflowing with pride. At this time, he was not afraid of angering the Barbarian King and started shouting.
"Your Majesty is the king of a clan, how can you embarrass a child and a man in white?" Xia Houxuan looked directly into the eyes of the Barbarian King with his clear and cold eyes.
The Man King was secretly surprised, and Gan Ning also did not expect that the child in front of him, who was only more than ten years old, could be so courageous and eloquent.
There were thin beads of sweat on Yu Gui's forehead. He understood that if he continued to tangle with this group of renegade barbarians, the two children would be in trouble!
"Xia Houxuan, hurry up...don't worry about me, take Xi'er away...let's go!" Before Yu Gui finished shouting, there was a noise outside the camp gate.
"Report, Your Majesty, it's bad!" A barbarian soldier rolled and crawled into the camp gate: "Wu Jun is here!"
"Why are you panicking!" Mosako was quite surprised. He had already set up an ambush. The Barbarian King sneered and continued to ask: "How many have come?"
"About...seven or eight cavalry..." The barbarian soldier still stammered, looking panicked. Before the barbarian king could scold the barbarian soldiers for making a fuss, he saw a burst of dust swirling into the camp, and saw only seven cavalrymen rushing into the camp gate. Each of them had a long white feather on his helmet. Although there were only seven people, they had thousands of warriors. The unstoppable momentum of the army!
"It's...Silver Feather Flying Cavalry!"
The corners of Mosak's mouth twitched, and his expression was extremely solemn:
"Brothers, come on, come on!"
[Note 2: The Silver Ling Flying Cavalry is said to be an elite army of Soochow. 】
Seeing that his subordinates had entered the battle, Gan Ning also drew the sword from his waist and charged at the Barbarian King. When Moshako saw someone attacking, he hurriedly raised his ax to block the attack. He heard a "bang" sound and sparks flew. Gan Ning and Moshako both took a few steps back.
"Come on, give them all to me!" The Barbarian King gritted his teeth and hurriedly backed away while holding the ax in his numb hands.
Hundreds of barbarian soldiers were seen, like a tide, rushing into the camp from all directions in an instant, while Gan Ning and the seven Silver Feather Flying Riders continued to fight steadily. For a time, hundreds of barbarian soldiers were unable to do anything to these eight people!
Seeing the melee among the people, Xia Houxuan hurriedly pulled Cao Xi to a safe place. At this moment, the barbarian camp was full of blood and flesh, and it was too horrible to look at. The two children suppressed their fear and the urge to vomit, and slowly moved in the direction where Yu Gui and Lu Yan were tied up.
At this time, the camp was in chaos. It was a good time to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the chaos to save people.
With great difficulty, Xia Houxuan and Cao Xi finally rescued Yu Gui and Lu Yan and slipped to the camp gate. Suddenly, Lu Yan looked back and saw Gan Ning, who was covered in blood and fighting bloody battles. He yelled at Gan Ning: "General Gan, leave quickly!"
"Gan Ning is your powerful general in Soochow, he should be fine." Yu Gui, who had been poisoned by the barbarian king's hidden weapon, weakly persuaded him: "Quickly, get down the mountain!"
Although Yu Gui said this, he knew in his heart that Gan Ning and others were already outnumbered, and at this time, the regular Shu Han army nearby might have been alerted. If the fight continued, it would be very dangerous.
[Note 3: Gan Ning, the cause of death was not stated in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms states that he was shot and killed by the barbarian king when Liu Bei was conquering Wu, which is fictionalized here. 】
I am no longer able to save anyone. All I can do is find a way to keep the three children alive!
At this time, a blood-covered Silver Ling rider staggered to the camp gate and drove three horses out: "Young Governor, hurry up..." Before he could finish his words, he was hit in the back. A few arrows, and he fell to the ground!
When the barbarian army saw that the horses were being driven out, they quickly drew their bows and shot arrows. In an instant, a horse was killed by random arrows!
Xia Houxuan did not dare to hesitate anymore. He and Cao Xi pulled Yu Gui and Lu Yan onto their horses as quickly as possible and galloped down the mountain without looking back. Four people and two horses could only hear the "whoosh" of flying arrows behind them at this moment.
Xia Houxuan's mind went blank at this moment. He only knew how to gallop. He forgot his fear and just rushed forward blindly. He seemed to be avoiding the Asura Hell, avoiding the bloody place just now.
Ahead is the possibility of life; behind you is the abyss of death!
I don’t know how long I ran wildly, but finally, there was no more shouts of killing or the sound of flying arrows behind me. The dust stirred up by the horses’ hooves gradually dissipated and became silent. But the smell of blood always seemed to linger and refused to go away.
Xia Houxuan hurriedly helped the weak Yu Gui off his horse, but when he heard a "boom" behind him, he hurriedly turned around to look.
Lu Yan is down!
Cao Xi hurriedly stepped forward to help Lu Yan up, but suddenly found that his hands were covered with warm liquid. Only then did everyone see a long feather arrow nailed to the back of Lu Yan's heart!
Lu Yan had been crying since he left the barbarian camp, but they didn't realize that Lu Yan had been hit by an arrow. Lu Yan's white lips were trembling at the moment, and his eyes gradually became dull.
"Lu Yan!" Xia Houxuan hurriedly tore off a piece of his robe to seal Lu Yan's wound: "Hold on, we will take you home..."
"I...can't do it anymore..." Lu Yan shook his head, his eyes filled with tears, his hands trembling as he took out the little longevity lock from his arms with difficulty: "Please... .Give it to my father..."
Lu Yan's clear eyes eventually became empty. The two children were already in tears and at a loss. It turns out that the so-called death is so ruthless! The peers who had just been born and died together had not had time to formally get to know each other, and they had not had time to say goodbye, so they passed away in an instant...
Xia Houxuan looked at the longevity lock, which was emitting a pale light in the sun.
Yo yo deer roar, eating apples in the wild...
The sunshine in Jiangling City is still as bright as spring.
In the empty and sparse mansion, it was still as quiet as ever.
The kind old woman on the couch in the inner room still kept mumbling: "Hey... Lu Ming..."
"Mother..." Lu Yi burst into tears and choked up: "Ming'er... is back..."
"Ming'er..." The old woman was startled, and could no longer control her tears: "I'm back... Hurry, come to grandma, come..."
Xia Houxuan snuggled into the arms of this kind blind old woman, as if he was really her relative. Finally, he couldn't control his tears, and tears flowed out of his eyes...
