The next morning, the sun was just shining on the mountains.
At this time, it was Chenshi, the time when dragons move in the clouds. A large amount of fog was covering the forest path. A rapid sound of horse hooves, like spring thunder, came from the east.
The two children, Xia Houxuan and Cao Xi, just rode their horses quickly 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, the great Wei Dynasty, had heard of Gan Ning's reputation as a hegemon.
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 Kingdom of Wu.
In this way, without saying a word, Xia Houxuan and Cao Xi followed Gan Ning's cavalry closely and galloped for several hours.
"Xu..."
Gan Ning looked into the distance, reined in his horse, and waved.
Seeing the command given by General Gan Ning, everyone looked at the fiery red flag on the hill in the distance, reined in their horses and stood up, no longer 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 to receive 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. The barbarian camp here was really too quiet. It was as quiet as... someone was waiting specially for it! At this moment, this whole situation
Except for a young man in white who was tied to a wooden stake in the center of the camp, there was no one in 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 how the two children looked at each other at the moment.
He found them here, but he did not ask any more questions, but immediately shouted with difficulty in a weak voice to let them go. Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, dozens of barbarian soldiers appeared from nowhere and had already set up camp.
The door was blocked! Gan Ning was heartbroken. He immediately grabbed the long bow at his waist, took out a white-feathered arrow from his arrow holder, and fired with a whoosh towards the place where the cavalry were waiting at the foot of the mountain.
Go. [Note 1: Arrow Tao, that is, quiver.]
"General, you are 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.
"Your Majesty, what a wonderful plan, 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 gifts from the barbarians. The two children Cao Xi and Xia Houxuan were shocked, not only because they were ambushed, but also because they
Unexpectedly, the familiar old man in front of me, the Han River boatman from before, 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 the 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, why would 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 beads of sweat on Yu Gui's forehead. He understood that if he continued to tangle with these 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?" Moshako was quite surprised. He had already set up an ambush. The Barbarian King sneered and continued to ask, "How many are here?"
"About...seven or eight cavalry..." The barbarian soldiers still stammered and looked panicked. Before the barbarian king could scold the barbarian soldiers for making a fuss, he saw a puff of dust swinging into the camp, and only
The seven cavalrymen who rushed into the camp gate each had a long white feather on their helmets. Although there were only seven of them, they had the unstoppable momentum of thousands of troops!
"It's...Silver Feather Flying Cavalry!"
The corners of Mosak's mouth twitched, his expression extremely solemn:
"Brothers, come on, come on for me!"
[Note 2: The Silver Ling Flying Cavalry is said to be an elite army of Soochow.]
Seeing that his subordinates had already joined the battle, Gan Ning also pulled out the long sword from his waist and charged straight at the Barbarian King. Seeing someone attacking, Moshako quickly picked up his ax to block the way. There was a "bang" sound and sparks flew everywhere. Gan Ning and Gan Ning were fighting.
Mosha Kejun took several 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.
I saw hundreds of barbarian soldiers, like a tide, rushing into the camp from all directions in an instant, while Gan Ning and the seven Silver Ling Flying Cavalry 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 hide in a safe place. At this moment, the barbarian camp was covered with blood and flesh everywhere, which was terrible to see. The two children suppressed their fear and the urge to vomit, and slowly headed towards
They 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.
Finally, 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.
Then Gan Ning shouted: "General Gan, leave quickly!"
"Gan Ning is one of your heroes from Soochow. He should be fine." Yu Gui, who had been poisoned by the barbarian king, 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 nearby regular Shu Han army 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 Chronicles 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, so this is fictitious. 】
I am no longer able to save anyone, so 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 on their horses as fast as possible and galloped down the mountain without looking back. The four of them and two horses could only hear behind them at this moment.
The flying arrow "whooshes".
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, but finally, there were no more shouts of killing or flying arrows behind me. The dust stirred up by the horses’ hooves gradually dissipated and became silent. However, the smell of blood seemed to always linger, no matter what.
Willing to disperse.
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 this 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 bright eyes finally became empty. The two children had already burst into tears and were at a loss. It turned out that the so-called death was so ruthless! The peers who had just been born and died together had not yet had time to formally know each other.
There was no time to say goodbye, and he passed away in an instant...
Xia Houxuan looked at the longevity lock, which was emitting a pale light in the sun.
Yo yo deer calls, eating apples in the wild...
The sunshine in Jiangling City is still as bright as spring.
In the empty and spacious 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...