Delong

Chapter 3 Staggering Walk (3)

In this way, the two of them staggered and staggered in the rain, maybe they were really blessed by the old man. Although there were mountains, mud, slopes and spring grass along the way, and some bumps were inevitable, they could still move forward hard.During the lunch break, the two even harvested a litter of rabbits, which were strung together in a string and hung on the handle of the knife.

However, as Du Meng said yesterday, although it can be guessed that Fenshanjun came out of the mountain to fight against the enemy's Buhaijun, it was probably a 'good intention'... But the power of the Dragon Lord, Unpredictable, with just one move, most of the deserters have been killed, and the original road has completely disappeared.

Therefore, the two had no choice but to walk through the back of the mountain with no roads, and they walked back and forth for a day without seeing other living people. It was not until the afternoon of the second day that they saw the three sitting together in a mountain depression. There is a big tree to hide from the rain, and there is actually a winding path next to the big tree, and I don't know where it leads.

"Your family heirloom is a real treasure, and it really can guide the way." Seeing this situation, Du Meng felt relieved. "I was thinking just now that if this continues, even if I can get out of this mountain alive, I will still be sick. In the end, I met a few living people... Let's go get a partner!"

Zhang Xing also had nothing to say.

In theory, he would have liked to be part of a larger group, where it would be less conspicuous, safer, and more informative.But at the same time, he was also faintly worried, because everyone was a defeated army, disorganized and undisciplined, and had just experienced a large-scale life and death incident, and there were soldiers on their bodies, so if they got together, something might happen.

But no matter what, now it's just the decision, can I object to it with an old cold leg?
As the two walked over, two of the three stood up immediately to hide from the rain under the tree, and then Ziyou Dumeng stepped forward to negotiate with them. At this time, Zhang Xing knew from the words that he and Dumeng were in the order of the army What kind of middle base army is called, and what kind of long water army the opponent belongs to, it seems that they are still homologous in terms of a larger sequence.After talking for a while, it was obvious that the rabbit on Dumeng's long knife played the decisive role. The two sides decided to join forces and brave the rain together.

But at this moment, Zhang Xing noticed the person under the big tree who had been unresponsive all this time, so he leaned on the knife with one hand and pointed at the tree with the other:

"Brother Han, Brother Wang... Isn't he a partner of your Changshui Army?"

The two members of the Changshui Army, one with a yellow face and a thin and tall surnamed Han, and the other with a dark and short surname surnamed Wang, looked at each other when they heard the words, and then the tall man surnamed Han sneered: "The brotherhood of Xiao Zhang made a mistake. Lying here... don't even know if he is dead or alive."

Hearing this, Zhang Xing was slightly surprised, and Du Meng stepped forward and asked: "Brother, can you still go? If you can go, then come out of this mountain with us, so we can find a way out!" "

The man under the tree heard the words, and finally turned his head slowly in the rain, but he had a frighteningly white face, and then he didn't speak, just shook his head slightly, and then weakly held a sheathless military sword in his arms and turned around. past.

"There is no trauma, either you have used too much strength like you, or you are hungry." Du Meng turned back and explained to Zhang Xing. "Anyway, it's temporarily paralyzed."

"Don't pay attention to him." The tall sergeant surnamed Han seemed to be the master of the other two, and he frowned upon seeing this. "Our strength is limited, and we have encountered such a natural disaster, and it is still raining. It is good to save a little strength. Do we still have to bring such a burden?"

The dwarf surnamed Wang immediately nodded in agreement, and Du Meng also frowned and turned to look at Zhang Xing.

Zhang Xing thought for a moment, but he had nothing to say, the other three were not happy, and he himself was still weak, how could he help?
"Wait a minute..."

However, just as he was about to set off with the other three, Zhang Xing looked back at that person. He didn't know if it was because of his old cold legs, or because the traversers lacked a sense of security, or simply humanitarianism, anyway. Suddenly there was a trace of compassion.

Immediately, he walked over under the complicated eyes of the other three people, took out two dry pancakes from his arms, and stuffed them into the arms of the man under the tree.

When the man saw the pancake, he looked up, his pale lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he was silent, and even turned his head away again.And Zhang Xing didn't pay much attention to it, and turned around and returned to the team with a knife.

"Why throw food?" The tall man surnamed Han was slightly dissatisfied.

"It's also a white-eyed wolf. I don't know if I can thank you." Du Meng was also very dissatisfied. "Can't stand up and still can't speak? Can't open your mouth and can't nod your head?"

"If it wasn't for Brother Du Meng, I would have ended up with this man, just for a moment of sympathy, and it's not bad for these two pancakes." Zhang Xing hastened to perfunctory, and there was really nothing to say. "Let's go, go!"

The four finally stopped talking and set foot on the journey again.

This time, probably because they walked on the trail, they started bumping into other scattered deserters on the way, and the team gradually grew stronger.

However, because of the continuous rain, and the great movement of Fen Tiger yesterday, everyone was exhausted and panicked. Although they supported each other with all their strength, they didn't have much words, and even a few words were inseparable from the defeat of the army and the sudden occurrence. earthquake disaster.

That's right, these people didn't know that the previous movement was caused by the Fen tiger's opening up of mountains and land, and they thought it was a natural disaster, but the two who knew the truth, even if they were both blind, didn't mention what they saw with their own eyes yesterday at all, so the conversation was even more serious. It's obvious that the bull's head is wrong with the horse's mouth.

Everyone is just going westward, preparing to cross the mountainous area and return to Shudi in Dengzhou, which they said, before talking about other things.

In this way, they walked for three consecutive days, the rain never stopped, and everyone became more and more difficult.

There is no way, the body is getting more and more exhausted, the food is getting less and less, and it is more and more difficult to make a fire. In this case, everyone including Zhang Xing threw down the heavy armor, leaving only those who can be used as A helmet that can keep out the pot and can keep out the rain, and the weapons are only light daggers and long soldiers that can be used as crutches and open the way.

Then, even precious things such as gold, silver and copper plates were discarded... It was really embarrassing and embarrassing.

On the way, people kept joining, and people kept falling behind. They often took a short break and didn't keep up when they started again. However, some people tilted their heads in the middle of the road and rolled down the hillside without any movement. Others saw, They could only grit their teeth and say nothing, no one even thought about finding, waiting, or saving each other.

The only time it moved was the boots of a broken soldier who went down to pick up corpses.

Under such circumstances, morale naturally became more and more depressed.

However, for Zhang Xing himself, there was a piece of good news during this period - after the past few days, his legs have actually gradually stabilized. down.

Having control over one's body undoubtedly greatly increased one's sense of security, but even so, the traverser did not tell anyone, but still walked at the end of the line with a long knife at the tip of his eyebrows and a helmet .

"Little Zhang."

This afternoon, just as everyone left after resting, the rain fell behind them inexplicably, and they suddenly leaned over. "It's not a problem to go on like this... The landslides and landslides in the back, and we don't know what regulations the imperial court has for us in front, and even though the road is right, these ten or so people are getting more and more frustrated day by day. I'm afraid if this continues , even if you go out, people will be broken."

Zhang Xing thought for a moment, then nodded directly: "Brother Du Meng is right."

"I know a place... I just saw this mountain and remembered it, but I was vaguely lost in the specific way." At this point, Du Meng directly posted it. "Brother, I have borrowed the treasure from your family. I have understood and thought about it in the past few days, and I also know the mantra of the old gentleman... holding the treasure and speaking the mantra can point out what is in my heart. There is no need for true energy at all... right? I don’t use it for unnecessary things, but I just take everyone to find a place to hide from the rain.”

Zhang Xing was slightly taken aback, then took off the compass from his waist and handed it over without hesitation.

The reason for this could not be more simple, one is trust, regardless of whether it is a real brother or a fake robe, the bearded man has chosen to save himself in life and death; the other is precaution, he is not familiar with the place of life, and it is time travel and war It's another fight between gods, in the midst of a rout, life and death are impermanent, and the only person you can rely on right now is this person, there is no need to evil the other party for this object, even if it may be a divine weapon; the third is the stakes, and right now we really need a place to stay , otherwise I really can't hold it, what's the use of keeping a baby?

To put it bluntly, everything is people-oriented, no matter how precious it is, it is just a thing in front of people.

But what's interesting is that Zhang Xing gave it happily, at least on the surface, but Du Meng, who asked for it, was obviously stagnant. relatively:

"Good brother, my brother will definitely take you out of this mess alive, and I will return all the treasures to you."

Zhang Xing just nodded indiscriminately.

Immediately, Dumeng held the compass and shouted out the truth in a low voice, and the pointer really pointed to one place, which made the bearded man overjoyed, so he just hid the compass and went forward boldly to talk to the rest of the people.

Zhang Xing naturally didn't need to say much about the ten or so defeated soldiers, and the rest of them were depressed. Only the tall man surnamed Han was in good spirits, and seemed to have an idea. After asking a few words, he agreed. intention.

As a result, the group immediately changed their way and followed Du Meng who had hidden the compass.

Not to mention, after another night, after paying the price of two people left behind, at noon of the next day, a group of people who had been tortured by the rain to the unbearable situation really saw it in a mountain depression. A small mountain village.

The mountain village is very small, with about [-] or [-] families, but even so, it is enough to be called life-saving for seven or eight broken soldiers who have struggled for four or five days in the rain, mud, humidity, itching, exhaustion and fear Straw.

In fact it is.

Not to mention that once you have a village, you will know the way back to Shudi of Dengzhou. You only know when a group of people enter the village. The young men in these people's families were either captured to transport food, or went to the army directly. It is said that there are two left. I also went hunting in the mountains a few days ago, and then I haven't returned for a long time. Considering the war and the "natural disaster" of the previous few days, it is estimated that there will be no good results... In stark contrast, this group of uninvited guests is almost one person. Take the long soldiers.

Under such circumstances, the families in the small village could only accept the assignment of this group of unexpected guests unexpectedly under the leadership of a few elders, and try their best to meet all the requirements.

With hot water, hot soup, hot food, and dry beds, Zhang Xing thought he could maintain a certain manner of morality and self-cultivation, but in fact, he waited until he finished eating, wiped his body with hot water, and treated the wounded Only after enjoying a family's side room and a haystack bed in it as an identity, did he suddenly feel a sense of shame.

It turns out that the extremely poor material conditions can really make people easily abandon things like education and dignity, and you don’t even have time to think about it. You need to find out afterward.

This made the traverser Zhang Xing feel a little uneasy, and this uneasiness became more and more intense.

Finally, in the afternoon, Zhang Xing, who had been lying down for about half an hour, got up and walked out "with a knife". He wanted to express and comfort the local villagers verbally, otherwise, even if he was extremely exhausted, he would not be able to sleep peacefully.

But he had just walked out, and before he had time to go to the landlord to express his thanks, a burst of shouting and begging came from not far away clearly.

Zhang Xing didn't dare to be careless, he followed the voice to the back of a neighbor's house, and then listened under pressure, but after a while, he heard clearly that it was a broken soldier who wanted a widow to "make a bed" for him alone, attracting It made a commotion and angered Du Meng who came later. The two seemed to have been arguing for a while in the house, and there were even traces of fighting.

Zhang Xing, who was originally uneasy because he was occupying the magpie's nest, became even more angry now, and turned directly from the back of the house.But as soon as he turned around, as the wind and drizzle hit his face, the traveler's heart moved slightly, and he calmed down again, and then slowed down, moving slowly with the sharp knife on his eyebrows.

Sure enough, after walking only seven or eight steps, he bypassed the house and came to the open space in front of the house, which is regarded as the courtyard. The rest of the defeated soldiers were either dazed or stunned, and almost all stood here. The leader, a tall man surnamed Han, saw When Zhang Xing arrived, he even managed to squeeze out a smile.

And farther away, some old and weak locals cower behind corners and haystacks, not daring to approach.

Just as Zhang Xing was about to speak, a bigger movement came from the house, and the violent voice was like thunder. The broken soldier who wanted the widow to make the bed suddenly fell silent, and the woman's crying sound also disappeared suddenly.Everyone was wondering, the next moment, they saw a shirtless rout soldier being dragged out of the room by Dumeng like a dead dog, and thrown into the muddy ground in the rain.

The latter tried to struggle in the mud, but obviously his legs and feet were all removed, he couldn't stand up at all, and he only opened his mouth with a 'ho ho' sound.

As for Du Meng, he turned back and went into the room, took a long knife and came out.

"Brother Du Meng, as for?"

Seeing this, the tall sergeant surnamed Han was visibly disturbed, and hurried forward to stop him. "The big guys supported and escaped together. It is not bad to say that they are close friends. When they get out of the mountain, they may have to avoid the court's pursuit or something. Even if the court doesn't pursue it, they have to hold together to find a way out. One more strong soldier How much help is it? Do you have to annihilate yourself for this matter?"

"I know this place because it's my hometown of Paoze. When I passed by last year, he pointed to the valley and told me! I brought you here just to find a place to stay in the village, so as not to be trapped in the mountains. Drenched in the rain!" Dumeng's eyes widened angrily, he held a knife in one hand, and pushed the opponent back with the other hand. "Surnamed Han, tell yourself, my robe died at the hands of Dongyi people at the beginning of the year, and I led the way. How can you allow such a poor dog to do such a thing?"

The sergeant surnamed Han was pushed, startled and angry, but he glanced at the other rout soldiers who hadn't moved, as well as the old and weak villagers who flinched after hearing the words, but fell silent and stepped back a few times. step.

And Du Meng didn't hesitate, took advantage of the situation, stepped forward, and with just one stab, he beheaded the shirtless soldier who was trying to crawl away.

For a moment, the head fell to the ground, blood spattered three feet, rained mud, and the light of the knife reflected red.

The rain was misty, but the light was sufficient. Even though the traveler had experienced so many bizarre things in the past few days, and because of the situation and identity, he was mentally prepared enough. At this time, he couldn't help but feel a jump in his heart, and then his mind went blank for a moment... …Fortunately, almost everyone was looking at the dead man on the ground and Du Meng, who was majestic like an iron tower, and no one noticed him who still needed to use crutches.

After a while, several people dispersed in awe-inspiring manner, and Du Meng also parted ways with the old and weak in the village.

Zhang Xing originally wanted to go forward together, but in the end he still didn't say a word. He leaned on his knife and slowly returned to the door of the side room he occupied. He didn't know if he was walking too slowly. Someone taps on the door:
"brother."

Hearing the voice, he knew that it was Du Meng who came.

Zhang Xing opened the door to face each other, and Du Meng also came in with a bloody long knife, and then immediately lowered his voice and said, "Brother, I regret bringing people here now... Those soldiers are not real, we Be careful."

After Zhang Xingwei thought about it, he knew what the other party was referring to, but his face remained unchanged, pretending not to know:

"Didn't Brother Du Meng kill the Si Liwei who caused the trouble?"

"It's not that guy, it's the surname Han!"

Du Meng's tone was serious. "You don't know, the one surnamed Han is the one with ideas, and his thoughts are not right... On the way, he told me again and again that when he crossed the mountain and returned to the country, he didn't know how the court would deal with us deserters. I must hide and wait and see for a while, and since I want to wait and see, instead of going home and hiding in fear, it is better to find a village to be happy and happy, and then I will be the head of the house, and he will be the second head of the house..."

"Is this going to become a thief?" Zhang Xing was in a daze for a while.

what is this?It's not the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it's not Journey to the West, and it's not the prehistoric times, but it's the Water Margin?

Do you want to get a nickname first... Shenxing Taibao Zhang Xing?Will it be repeated?What about Lao Han with his legs open?

"Of course you can't be a thief." Du Meng said firmly, and by the way, he also pulled back Zhang Xing, who was thinking wildly. "At first I only thought he was joking, but just after eating in the village, he said that this place is not bad, it is a good place to hide, so I became vigilant...As for the man I killed just now, when I begged for mercy in the house, he also It was said that it was the surname Han, so I took off my chin, hands and feet and took them out to kill him. Firstly, it was to prevent him from yelling and making trouble, and secondly, to test and intimidate the surnamed Han... As a result, the surnamed Han came to stop him, and only I'm afraid I really have a bad idea."

"Then what should I do?" Zhang Xing asked in a deep voice.

"Be prepared first." Du Meng's beard trembled slightly. "If it's really going to be a fight, am I afraid of him? Besides, the short man surnamed Wang is not afraid, just beware of him not hooking up with the other two... But here, although you are a person who has cultivated the way of true qi, you can I can't use it all the time, and my legs are not sharp, especially be careful, don't meet those two people in private, then I won't be able to take care of you."

Zhang Xing nodded: "I see, everything depends on brother Meng."

Du Meng didn't talk nonsense, and turned and left directly.

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