Lei Tong nestled his huge body next to Xi Zhang to show his affection, and almost flattened Xi Zhang.
Xi Zhang couldn't move and was stared at by Lei Tong, so he could only sigh first.
After sighing, he shouted angrily: "Go away, I will be crushed to death by you!"
Lei Tong left Xi Zhang quickly, but still refused to leave.
Xi Zhang patted his back gently: "You are still young. Live as long as you can. Don't stay here to wait for death. But there is one thing. You must remember that you would rather die than treason."
This was meant for Lei Tong and also for Yin Xiao.
Lei Tong was unmoved: "Wherever you are, I will be there."
But Yinxiao stood aside without saying a word, having no idea about the death of civil servants and the death of warriors, but he just missed Song Huiyue very much.
Xi Zhang suddenly asked him: "Xiaolou, where are you?"
Yin Xiao shook his head: "I won't leave."
He hasn't finished the things Song Huiyue told him yet, and he hasn't even gotten a single piece of Yelu's head.
Xi Zhang laughed as if he was crying: Okay, okay, if we work together with one heart and one mind, and if we are still fighting to the death, then we will go out and carve out a bloody path."
He used a wooden stick to draw a rough outline of Waqiao Pass on the wasteland with a layer of white salt floating on it, and then pointed hard at their location.
The 30,000 Liao soldiers were like a huge bowl lid, covering all the places where they could escape, including Baihe. However, they had no choice but to go west, break through the siege and reach Zhending.
It's just that this place is all salty, and no grass grows in places with a lot of salt. Therefore, there are not many civilians here. They have nowhere to hide. They are exposed to broad daylight, and every move they make will be investigated by the Liao soldiers.
No matter where you run, you will be found.
Just when he was at a loss what to do, the Liao soldiers suddenly made a move. Yelu Qizhen no longer wanted to waste any more time, so he mobilized his troops and concentrated them on the river bank closest to the Central Plains people. He wanted to cross the river by boat and kill these Han people until their blood flowed into the river.
Xi Zhang immediately mobilized his troops and surrounded the river bank into iron barrels.
Yelu Qizhen did not take this small number of troops seriously. It was beyond his expectation that they could resist for so long. He immediately urged the soldiers to get on the boats, bring barrels of rocket oil, and burn the camp at all costs.
The boat paddled across the river smoothly. Before it could reach the shore, thousands of arrows were fired. The arrows came with oil and collodion balls.
The soldiers drew their swords and cut arrows one after another, but they could not withstand such dense rockets. The number of casualties increased gradually, and another barracks caught fire.
Seeing this, Yinxiao abandoned his spear and ordered his men to bring Shili bows to shoot at the Liao soldiers on the ship.
Before he could take action, he saw a group of about twenty soldiers pushing up from behind. Ouyang Bai took the lead, took off his shoes, socks and armor, and jumped into the water.
The river was full of falling fireballs and tung oil. They ignored it at all and rushed forward one after another, quickly arriving in front of the Liao soldiers' boat. The Liao soldiers also discovered traces of this small group of people and immediately panicked.
When he was about to shoot them with arrows, the water suddenly turned into a sea of fire. The water held the oil, and the oil held the fire.
Ouyang Bai's head started to get hot. He quickly plunged into the water and held his breath until he reached the edge of the boat. Then his head came out, stretched out his hands to grab the edge of the boat, and used all his strength to capsize the boat.
People don't know the nature of water, and they don't even know how to sail a boat. Once they enter the water, they become confused and can only shout wildly and flutter around with their hands stretched out.
The rest of the people also overturned the boat like Ouyang Bai.
When Yelu Qizhen saw this, he cursed angrily on the north bank. He personally drew a long bow, drew it to full length, and shot out an arrow like a meteor. It hit Ouyang Bai's left eye in the water, and penetrated from the left eye socket to the back of his head. Blood floated on the water.
Getting up, Ouyang Bai sank.
The other Liao soldiers came to their senses and fired arrows at the water. After a while, the originally chaotic water calmed down, and only the empty boat was left downstream.
The bodies also sank.
No one spoke, Xi Zhang led the people to continue to resist, and asked them to collect the clothes of the dead soldiers and set up a tomb on the bank of the river.
Yelu Qizhen led 30,000 troops, but he was actually restrained by such a group of Central Plains people.
He decisively gave up the North River Bank, leaving only a thousand soldiers and a few large bed slaves on the North River Bank. Once the Central Plains people dared to cross the river and go north, he shot them into a hornet's nest. He led the remaining people on horseback and arrived at
The west side of the defense.
Just as Yelu Qizhen expected, Xi Zhang's team had already broken camp and began to retreat to the west - they had to dig up even the grass roots in this place, and they would starve to death if they didn't leave.
Yelu Qizhen pursued them and used all possible means to intercept them. However, this small group of people was well-trained and they all rushed to kill them. Yinxiao had sharper ears and eyes than wild wolves and could lead them to the weak point of the Liao soldiers.
They fled from place to place. After this run, they ran for another half a month and broke out of the siege, but they could never escape the pursuit.
The weather was getting hot very quickly, and the cloth armor they wore was already too heavy, so they had to take off their armor and walk around in civilian clothes.
What made them even more dejected was hunger.
The entire Waqiao Pass, the land is covered with a white layer of salt, and all you can see are weeds. Occasionally, you will encounter one or two lakes with fish and shrimps in them, which can fill your teeth. The best thing is to encounter
The wolves have plenty of meat, enough for them to have a full meal.
But the wolf is also smart, seeing so many people salivating at him with his mouth open, and running faster than a rabbit.
A strong army was starved to death and turned into skinny refugees. Everyone's eyes were glowing green, and they wished they could grab a handful of dirt from the ground and eat it.
Hunger brought weakness and disease, and Xi Zhang's leg injury worsened completely. Lei Tong had to wash his wound with salt water every day, otherwise maggots would grow on the wound in the hot weather.
At night, sleepiness swept over him, his hunger was a little better, and he had to beware of raids by Liao soldiers. Yelu Qizhen was like a cat chasing a mouse. He hated not being able to kill them all, but at the same time he wanted to take advantage of them for fun. He would kill them every now and then.
A sneak attack is to be carried out on them at night.
Everyone was exhausted, holding their breath, and dared not speak.
Some of this energy was directed against the Liao soldiers, some against Jin Shang, and some against Xi Zhang, and supported them to continue walking westward.
Just when everyone couldn't survive it, Yin Xiao, Lei Tong, and Hou Er quietly left the team and walked quickly in the night.
The wind was strong and the sand was flying all over the sky, covering the three of them. The three of them walked faster and faster, and finally arrived at the camp where the Liao soldiers were stationed.
The Liao soldiers have been following until now, but they are still exhausted. More than 20,000 men and horses have set up camp on the spot. The white barracks are like snow bags, and the firelight is weak. The soldiers in the camp do not run back and forth vigilantly, but sit on the ground with half-closed eyes.
doze off.
Yin Xiao stopped twenty steps away from the camp and winked at Hou Er. Hou Er immediately understood and floated in like a shadow blown by the wind.
Yin Xiao and Lei Tong crawled on the ground, waiting for Hou Er to find out where the food and grass were.
While he was waiting, he looked up and saw a full moon hidden in the dark clouds, looking at him silently, which made him feel warm.