When dusk goes and morning comes, the people will never rest.
Time flies by like a flash, and in a blink of an eye it is the midsummer of the 26th year of Sheng'an.
This year has been extremely rainy. Rivers have continued to rise since summer. Houses and fields in many places have been flooded, people have been displaced, and food prices have soared just like the winter seven years ago.
While Tianchu was busy collecting food for disaster relief and settling the people, Mobei once again sent troops to the north.
Late at night, in the dense forest in the north.
Dozens of men in armor were walking through the dense forest. The group of people ran out of breath, but did not dare to stop. They looked back from time to time to look at the firelight chasing behind them.
When they reached the edge of the cliff, there was no way forward and the group had to stop. Looking at the group of approaching firelights in the distance, the expressions of the group gradually changed from anxious to determined. After adjusting their breathing, they clenched their swords and prepared for a fight to the death.
The leading man led the crowd in the direction they were walking in, looking for trees that would cover his body, and waited for the pursuers to come forward.
"Look carefully! Don't miss any grass or trees!"
Listening to the shouts and watching the torches getting closer and closer, everyone looked at each other, with relief, reluctance and determination in their eyes.
It's midsummer and although it's hot during the day, it's cool at night. Stopping at this moment, the sweat-soaked clothes made everyone shiver, and the hand holding the knife was stiff and trembling slightly due to the exertion.
The leading man, hiding his figure and staring closely at the torch, quietly stretched his stiff fingers and grasped the sword tightly again.
The pursuer, who was walking in front with a torch in his hand, used the knife in his hand to chop the branches beside him from time to time. He was less than five steps away from the leading man.
The leading man took a deep breath, raised his sword and charged out first. The two pursuers holding torches were caught off guard and fell to the ground with the sword.
Everyone also rushed out one after another, and the pursuers began to calmly respond after a moment of panic.
Both sides were furious, and their attacks were killing moves. Both sides suffered casualties in the melee. Seeing that they were slowly gaining the upper hand, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a group of torches in the distance quickly moved towards them.
When everyone saw this, their hearts sank to the bottom, and their attacks became more ruthless. The lose-lose strategy resulted in even greater casualties.
After killing all the pursuers, the leading man looked around and saw that there were only about twenty people standing around him, his eyes filled with heartache. He also had injuries on his arms and waist. Although the skin injuries were not serious, looking at the fire rushing in the distance, he knew that their physical strength was at the limit and they would not be able to survive the next fierce battle.
Knowing that he couldn't escape, the man didn't want to waste any more energy, so he calmly tore off his clothes on the spot and bandaged his men to stop the bleeding.
Everyone bandaged each other's wounds, saved their energy and leaned against the tree trunks, waiting for the torches to approach.
The subordinate looked at the man who was bandaging him and said anxiously: "Don't worry about us. You can go alone and we will stay behind."
Man: "You have advised me countless times in the past three days. I will not abandon my brother and run for my life. I can't escape anyway. It is better to live and die together."
Suddenly a clear voice came from the side:
"Isn't it too early to talk about life and death at this time?"
When everyone heard the sound, they stood up straight and surrounded the leading man. They raised their swords and pointed at the place where the sound came from.
A masked man in gray clothes came out of the darkness with a group of masked men in black clothes.
The leading man asked: "Who are you? Why are you here?"
The man in gray clothes took two steps forward and took off his mask:
"General Gu, after several years of separation, do you still recognize me?"
