Li Shizi took his tens of thousands of troops and embarked on the road to rescue Red Fish City.
This road is a bit long.
People walking on the road were also a little flustered.
The night in Yingshui County is probably not suitable for traveling. The cold wind blows in the face, and the entire team collapses. No matter how you look at it, it gives people the feeling that the wind is rustling and the water is cold, and that a warrior will never return once he is gone.
.
And the most frustrating thing is that this motley army seems to be full of strange costumes, which really makes people unable to muster the courage to call themselves heroes.
As a disciple of Longshan Martial Arts School, Guo Zijin reached out and poked the man beside him on the back.
The man turned around and gave Guo Zijin a strange look: "What's wrong?"
he asked.
The man's name is Guo Yun, and he is Guo Zijin's cousin. The relationship between the two may be distant or close, but they are still relatives. Guo Zijin's parents died in an accident early in his life, and Guo Yun cannot bear to have him become homeless at such a young age.
After returning home, he took him into Longshan Martial Arts School, where he became a disciple and did errands, which was enough to make a living.
"Are we really going to fight against Youyun on the front line?" Guo Zijin asked in a low voice. Guo Zijin is only nineteen years old this year, with a childish look on his face. He is also very respectful to Guo Yun on weekdays.
After getting along with each other for these years, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are like father and son.
Of course Guo Yun could understand that asking this question was the result of fear in Guo Zijin's heart, and as he said it, Guo Zijin was not the only one who was afraid. Guo Yun also had no confidence in his heart.
When the master of the gym made this decision, nearly 2,000 of the 5,000 or so disciples in the martial arts hall were afraid and left, and the remaining 3,000 were probably more or less lucky. Firstly, it was because the conditions in Gale City were too great.
It is too superior. Compared with the difficult situation in this martial arts hall, Da Feng City not only has food to eat, but also has money and dragon-elephant Hunyuan-level skills to practice.
As for whether he can go to the battlefield or not, there are still variables after all.
And when all this really happened, most people were actually still a little confused.
Gulu.
Guo Yun swallowed his saliva, suppressed the panic that was also occupying his heart, and pretended to be calm and whispered: "Then what else can be done?"
"But can we be the opponents of the Youyun people like this? I heard people say that all the Youyun people are more than ten feet tall, with grinning teeth, and the most powerful ones have three heads and six arms..." Guo Zijin said with an ugly face, his words
The speed was very fast, fully revealing the panic and fear in his heart at the moment.
"Nonsense! Youyun people are also human beings! They are not monsters, how come they have three heads and six arms!" Guo Yun scolded in a low voice.
Although he has never seen such a big battle, he has heard it from many people. When the two armies are facing each other, the most taboo thing is to shake the morale of the army. If these nonsense were really spread by Guo Zijin, they would fall into the ears of Cehou that day.
If you don't match the middle and the guarantee, you will lose your head.
Hearing this, Guo Zijin quickly lowered his voice: "But we don't know anything now. When we go to Gale City, we just follow the construction of the city. How are we going to fight this battle? Otherwise..."
Guo Zijin did not explain what he said later, but the meaning was already clear.
Guo Yun glared at him: "What are you thinking about!? You little bastard."
"If we become deserters, where else can we go? We can't go back to Gale City, and Yingshui County is full of dead bodies in the wasteland. Have you forgotten the days when you stayed in the martial arts hall and had a good meal? Then came Gale.
We have enough food to eat in the city, where can we escape to?"
"Leave...Leave Yingshui County..." Guo Zijin responded in a low voice, probably seeing the anger written on Guo Yun's face at this moment, Guo Zijin
As Jin said this, his head lowered unconsciously.
"It's not that easy, silly boy..." Of course Guo Yun also understood Guo Zijin's fear. The look on his face softened and he whispered: "After leaving Yingshui County, with just our three-legged cat skills and luck,
I hope I can make a living by finding a martial arts escort agency, but I’m not lucky. When I pass the border, my belongings will be searched by the officers and soldiers. If it’s even worse and I’m found out as a deserter, I’ll lose my head..."
"But it's better than stupidly going to the front line, right? I heard that Red Fish City is almost undefendable. If we go like this, we will risk our lives to fill the mass graves dug by the Youyun people." And right there.
At this time, a voice suddenly came from the side.
The uncles and nephews of the Guo family were stunned and looked sideways, only to see that the person who spoke was the deacon of their former Longshan martial arts school, named Ma Liangcai. He usually had a high status in the martial arts school because of his extraordinary boxing and kicking skills and his cleverness.
He is highly regarded by the museum owner.
"Deacon Ma...you..." Guo Yun glanced at the other party with some surprise. From what the other party said and his tone, it was not difficult to tell that the other party seemed to have some evil thoughts.
"The owner treats you well," Guo Yun said.
"So what, he gave me money and I did the work. He treated me well and I never owed him anything. You can't let me risk my life to repay him!" Ma Liangcai said this and looked at his uncle and nephew from the Guo family and asked.
: "Many people have run away. Look at the team of more than 20,000 people when we came. We have only walked half the distance. Except for the Blackwater Army and the people from Guyangmen in front, not even half of the people we recruited have run away.
, that’s one-third. Then Li Danqing just hurried forward without asking any questions. I don’t think he is a marching and fighting material. If we follow him like this, isn’t that to risk death? I’m still in Yanma County
I have some connections, Lao Guo, you are a nice person, do you want to come with me?"
As soon as these words came out, Guo Yun had not yet responded, but Guo Zijin, who was standing beside him, had a look of excitement on his face and looked straight at Guo Yun, full of expectation.
But before Guo Yun could reply, the rest of the people on the side hurriedly came forward, looked at Ma Liangcai eagerly and flatteringly, and said, "Deacon Ma, please take me with you! I will definitely remember your kindness!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Deacon Ma, you are the most generous person on weekdays. Take me with you. From now on, I will ride the horse for you without any complaints." A group of people gathered around in a noisy manner.
Ma Liangcai felt quite proud when he saw this. He said: "Okay, okay, since you think so highly of me, I will definitely live up to you."
"But if we are interrogated when there are too many of us to pass the customs, and our identities as deserters are discovered..."
As soon as Ma Liangcai said this, everyone who had looked eager just now also looked worried. The Wuyang Dynasty had always had strict laws on escaping from battle. If you were lucky, you would be exiled thousands of miles away, and you would be punished with hard labor for thirty or forty years. Luck.
The slightly worse thing is to be executed on the spot without mercy.
"Don't worry, everyone, you are all disciples of Dafeng Academy, and you are not soldiers in the army. How can anyone make things difficult for you?" At this moment, another voice came from behind everyone.
The uncles and nephews of the Guo family and Ma Liangcai were both stunned. They looked sideways and saw a middle-aged man with a hood and an ordinary face standing in the crowd looking at them.
The man's appearance was not outstanding, he just looked like someone who would be forgotten in a crowd.
But his face didn't look as nervous as everyone else's when facing a formidable enemy. Instead, it was terrifyingly calm. What surprised Guo Yun the most was that although this guy was standing in the ranks of the Longshan Martial Arts School, he was a stranger.
At least Guo Yun has never seen this person in his memory.
But at this stall, apparently no one cared about this matter. Ma Liangcai was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly asked: "Is this true?"
"How can this be false? Military households in Wuyang must be registered, and then their civilian nameplates are confiscated and replaced with military badges. Which of these things have you done? From the beginning, we were just disciples of Dafeng Academy, but we have never
There is no such thing as joining the army." The man raised his eyebrows and spoke softly.
After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized.
"Then what are you waiting for! Brothers, if you want to survive, tell me and let's take a detour to the back and escape!" Ma Liangcai no longer hesitated at this moment and whispered at this moment, then bowed down. A large group of people saw
Zhuang hurriedly followed him around to the back of the team, then hid in the dense forest and boulders nearby, broke away from the team, and took advantage of the night to run in the opposite direction to the army.
Guo Zijin felt anxious when he saw Deacon Ma disappearing with nearly a hundred people in the blink of an eye. He raised his head and looked at Guo Yunyan, who was still standing there with no intention of leaving, and said, "Uncle, let's..."
Guo Yun glanced sideways at Guo Zijin and said, "If you are really afraid, then go with him. Although Deacon Ma is not a righteous person, he at least remembers some old feelings. If you follow him, you will also have something in the future.
A way to survive.”
Guo Zijin was shocked when he heard this. Before he could speak, another voice sounded from behind him: "Why, aren't you leaving?"
The uncle and nephew of the Guo family heard the words and looked over, only to see that the person who spoke was the unfamiliar face who had dispelled everyone's doubts. He was staring at Guo Yun at the moment, with a somewhat strange look in his stern eyebrows.
"Your Excellency, you're not leaving either!" Guo Yun secretly felt that this person was a bit unusual, and he couldn't help but feel wary.
"Besides, it was the owner who took me in back then, and that's why Guo Yun is here today. Although Guo Yun is just a reckless person, he also knows how to repay his kindness. As long as the owner is here, Guo Yun will not leave!"
"That's really going to kill someone." Hearing this, the man continued, and a smile seemed to rise at the corner of his mouth.
"What's the fear of death? No matter how coward you are, it's better than these rats who run away from battle." Guo Yun said angrily, and then his face changed and he looked at the man: "On the other hand, Your Excellency, you can run away if you want, why bother struggling with me here!"
The man didn't answer. Instead, he looked at Guo Zijin next to Guo Yun and asked, "What about you? You can still catch up with Deacon Ma if you leave now."
For some reason, the man gave Guo Zijin an inexplicable sense of oppression. Guo Zijin's body trembled and his face became paler. He gritted his teeth and thought for a while, then looked at the direction in which the people behind him were escaping, and then looked in front of him.
Guo Yun, then thought with a sudden thought: "I won't leave either! I'll follow uncle!"
When these words came out, the expression on Guo Yun's face relaxed, and the man nodded imperceptibly.
"Still a man."
"Congratulations on making a choice that may not be the right one, but I really appreciate it," the man said.
As soon as these strange words came out, the uncle and nephew became more and more alert.
Guo Yun asked: "Who are you? I don't think you are from our martial arts school?"
The man smiled slightly and took off the hood on his head. Guo Yun keenly saw from under the man's clothes that there seemed to be a ferocious wolf head on his neck.
But before he could see the thing clearly, the man's voice came again.
"Later, remember to follow me. If you are lucky, you can survive. If you are not lucky, I guarantee that you will be able to have a Youyun person on your back before you die."