Scenery of the North Chapter 1(1/2)
The boy sat upright on the top of the city with stains on his face, but his eyes were extremely bright. He looked out of the city from time to time, gasping slightly, licking his dry lips, which was a little dry and a little salty, and he was holding a curled sword in his hand.
The boy looked up at the sun. It was already noon and it seemed that it had finally stopped outside.
I reached out and took out half of the steamed bun from my arms, chewed it, and my dry lips and even drier steamed buns were really hard to swallow.
I looked around and wanted to find out where there was a kettle.
The boy spotted a place and slowly touched it.
He pushed away the person pressing on the kettle with force. It turned out to be Liu Ada. He thought silently in his heart. He walked all the way and carefully picked up the kettle and shook it for a while. It seemed that there was still a small part of it. Suddenly, he felt that his hands were covered with blood. He wiped Liu Ada's body with disgust.
He carefully touched back to his original position and started to chew on steamed buns. He cursed from time to time: "This little girl, the steamed buns are becoming more and more unpleasant."
He swallowed his last bite of steamed bun, looked around, then lowered his head and sighed inwardly. This was the first time he was left alone.
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The young man's surname was Lu'an, and he had been in this ghost place for two years. At the age of twelve, due to the war between Wu and Ning, large-scale recruitment began in Ningguo. Lu'an, who happened to be an orphan, was forcibly taken away by someone inexplicably, as a supplementary person.
Fortunately, Lu An was young and when he arrived here, he was a fire-headed army to help handle the logistics. Later, the battle situation escalated, and more soldiers in Ningguo died more and more, and faster and faster. Lu An changed from a fire-headed army to a city guard.
From the trembling moment when I first took the sword, to the first time, the life-and-death moment when I went to the city, to the fear and anxiety when I killed the first person, I transformed again and again, and escaped from death one after another.
From the beginning of being greedy for life and fear of death to death, to the present of being greedy for life and fear of death. It has been two years since Lu An is 14 years old. You should know that the head of the northern city of Sebei has always been claimed to be a life of death by Ningguo soldiers. Lu An has been staying on it for so long, so he deserves his own name. Lu An, survive carefully.
Everyone admired him very much. In every war, Ningguo was always the defender. The quantity and quality of the soldiers of the Wu Kingdom far exceeded that of Ningguo. However, since the Wu Kingdom attacked the city north of the Seibei, the people of Wu Kingdom could not go further in two years.
The closest success was that the gates of Saibei City had been knocked open, and the entire city was covered with Wu people, and the only Ning people standing was Lu An.
Lu An blocked the passage alone and did not retreat.
A young man, wearing armor, a sword, and a gun, stopped everyone and forced himself to kill more than twenty people.
Finally, Ningguo reinforcements arrived, and the Saibei City was saved.
That time, everyone was moved by him. When the Lord Wu heard about this scene, he sighed: "Ruo Ning people are like this, it's hard for us to go further."
Of course, that time, Lu An was also seriously injured and had already seen the King of Hell with one foot, but in the end he was forced to come over.
Since then, everyone has the most admired look at this young man who is only in his teenage years old. Someone asked him why you can fight to the end and never retreat?
Lu An replied: "Because I'm afraid of death."
In this way, a person who was born to be afraid of death became a legend on the city wall.
General Hu Yong, the lord general of the northern city of Sebei, especially liked this young man and deliberately accepted him as his adopted son, but he refused because he became the general's adopted son. His goal was too big and he seemed to die easily. I was afraid of death, so I should not be considered a person.
In this way, a man who had been on the city wall for two years is still the lowest-level soldier. The reason why he didn't want to be promoted is that I was afraid of death, but he always fought on the front line.
Since then, a saying has spread: the city of life and death is destroyed, and it is settled on the city.
No one knows why a teenager in his teenager actually has such powerful strength, perseverance, and resilience. In just two years, the turning point from ignorance to killing was so fast and smooth.
All people can say is that this may be the talent for fear of death.
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From last night to this morning, there was another tragic siege.
Lu An survived again, but there were basically not many people around him left.
Lu An looked at the corpses all over the ground, some of whom he knew and some of Wu Jun. He looked at it for a few seconds, and his heart was not disturbed. He took a sip of water and saw that Wu Jun had retreated orderly under the city.
It was a little earlier than I thought. Lu An dared to raise his head a little, looked out, and took a brief look. This time, the other party also died a thousand people, so he could have a rest for a while.
Lu An stood up and looked around. At this time, there were still many people standing up on the top of the city.
Ye Yu nodded and smiled at these people, and could see that everyone's faces were now showing a bitter smile of gratitude.
Surviving was probably the greatest luck for everyone here. Gradually, Lu An heard a few sobs coming from all over the world. As expected, he was a recruit. He looked like a new face, and he hid alone in the corner and kept sobbing. He was lucky, so he shrugged and slowly walked down the city.
As soon as Lu An got off the city wall, a burly man with a bearded face and wearing a standard armor came towards him. Seeing Lu An walked down, he reached out and patted Lu An on the shoulder, "I did a good job, and I survived again."
Lu An looked up, looked at each other for a moment, and nodded.
"Boy, hold on for a while, it will be over soon. Don't be burping in the last period of time." The man said happily.
"Big Bearded Man, I have heard this almost eight hundred times. It would be better to say it another way, and I would like to invite us to have a big drink tonight. And you are just like farts, and it has never worked out once." Lu An said unhappy.
"You little brat, why do you talk to me? Be careful that I will deal with you according to military law." Hu Yong glared.
Lu An hummed twice, turned his head and left.
Hu Yong looked at Lu An's defeated look and laughed, and went straight to the top of the city.
Lu An came to the place where he cooked the food properly and found a place to sit down.
He shouted: "Su Mu, do you know that I was not killed by the Wu people and almost choked to death by your steamed buns? Are you a spy sent by the opposite side who specializes in making iron steamed buns to assassinate our elites?"
When the people present heard this, they laughed and echoed loudly, "That's right, I almost choked to death after eating one today." "What, do you still have steamed buns? I didn't eat anything today, so I drank a few sips of water."...
It was like a frying pot, and the originally lifeless atmosphere suddenly became lively again.
Lu An smiled slightly. A small man suddenly jumped out of the inside with a black charcoal on his face and wearing a pair of incompatible armor. He hurriedly ran to Lu An, grabbed Lu An's hands, feet, face, and body, looked carefully, then breathed a sigh of relief and kicked him, "I wasn't injured. Are you almost choking to death by my steamed bun? Then why are you still alive?"
"What does it mean?" Lu An shouted, "You little girl, it seems that your butt is itchy?"
"Hmph." Su Mu stood up and glared at Lu An and said, "Go away, do you want to have a meal tonight? Why are you doing here? Go there."
Lu An hurriedly moved his seat and gave way to her.
At this time, Lao Bai, who had a broken arm, came over and said quietly to Lu An: "This girl, don't be too worried about it in front of me. She has been watching you for a whole day. She wished she could pick up the kitchen knife and go up to kill the enemy."
Lu An nodded. As soon as Su Mu rushed out, he immediately checked her body. Lu An saw clearly her expression and movements. He couldn't help but smile when he heard what Lao Bai said. Sure enough, he didn't feel any pain in this little girl.
Lu An watched Su Mu get busy there, and couldn't help but think of the scene when he first saw Su Mu more than a year ago.
At that time, Ningguo and Wuguo had just fought a big battle. The most glorious and dangerous time of Lu An almost survived.
Lu An was seriously injured and almost couldn't get through it. When he woke up, he saw Su Mu taking care of him, a very spiritual and fairy girl who took care of him for a week of food, drink, defecation and urination. That year, Lu An was just thirteen years old and Su Mu was only eleven years old.
Since then, Lu An learned that there was a Su Mu in the Fire Head Army, and Su Mu also knew that there was a Lu An on the top of the city.
There was a follower behind Lu An's butt.
Thinking of the past when she changed her dressings, whenever she screamed, Lu An laughed out loud. She must have never been exposed to this kind of thing at a young age. Unlike now, she has done it in a few seconds.
Su Mu looked at Lu An and smirked alone there, confused, and said, "Has you been hit in the head?"
Lu An ignored her and continued to smile foolishly.
Lao Bai looked at the two little kids and started quarreling again. He shook his head, and was a little speechless, but it was pretty good. Who knows if there is any chance next time?
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At night, Lu An leaned alone by the city tower, and everything was quiet around him. The battle day and night made everyone feel exhausted and fell asleep. There was only the sound of the wind blowing torches, the neighing of the war horses from time to time, and of course, the snoring one after another.
Lu An looked at the moon in the sky. Today is another full moon. There is only one moon in the sky, not a star, only a few clouds slowly drifting by.
Suddenly, a man next to him slowly moved over, sat directly beside Lu An, and reached out to hand Lu An a steamed bun, and this time there was a pot of water.
Lu An looked at the steamed buns and water and smiled slightly, "Here you come."
At night after each war, the two of them sat in this place, chatting, having fun and talking about these stupid things. After all, the two of them were just teenage girls in their teens and were the only peers.
When they first arrived in the military camp, the bearded general was stunned. He turned out to be a twelve-year-old doll to defend his country, and almost let out a breath of old blood. Later, even the eleven-year-old girl came after a year, and almost pulled off her beard.
During that time, our General Hu's face was dark, and everyone often heard him say alone, "Heaven will destroy my Daning." Everyone was shocked.
Whenever they think of this, both of them laughed and covered their stomachs.
But who would have thought that the youngest boy could support the sky alone on the top of the city wall? The only girl also made good steamed buns in the kitchen.
Lu An closed his eyes and said, "Big Bearded Man, tell me today that the battle is about to end and we can go home soon."
"He said this again, he has deceived you so many times." Su Mu said angrily.
"This time it's different. I heard his tone different from before. This time, he was filled with joy and expectations. I think it's very likely." Lu An said calmly.
Su Mu sat up straight and stared at Lu An with both eyes.
Lu An suddenly felt no sound. When he opened his eyes, he was startled, "What are you doing? He stared at me with two big eyes in the middle of the night, scaring me."
"Where are you going to go after it's over?" Su Mu asked softly.
"I? Of course I have returned to my home. Two years have passed. I don't know if the old house in my home is still there? Maybe I'll be homeless when I go back. Where are you?" Lu An said.
"Me?" Su Mu closed his eyes and leaned against the city wall without saying a word.
When Lu An saw this, he immediately didn't know what to say. Since the two met, Su Mu had never mentioned anything about himself. He accidentally mentioned things about this several times, and hesitated.
The reaction this time is different from before.
"How about you go home with me. There are many fields near my house. In the future, we can farm and let go of cattle." Lu An teased.
"Are you going home with you? OK." Su Mu looked happy.
Now Lu An was stunned, and agreed so readily.
"But, don't think about it. I just go to your house to stay for a while. You have to serve me, eat, drink, and wear well." Su Mu continued.
When Lu An heard this, he laughed, "Then I have to think about it carefully, bring back a big trouble and have to serve you well."
"You actually have to consider that I, a big yellow girl and such a beautiful beauty, should you be happy to go home with you. Do you don't want to live anymore? If I didn't dare to go back now, I wouldn't go home with you?" Su Mu said angrily.
To be continued...