Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 133: A Pommel Horse Like Floating Clouds (6)

"Do you want Ruoxue to remarry?" Zhao Xingde struggled for a long time, "Is it better to be a widow or remarry?" His head was dizzy, and the faces of Du Chuijiao and Jian Cheng in front of him gradually blurred, and he muttered the words of the beautiful woman in his mouth. name, passed out.

"Zhao Dutou is really a person who values ​​love and righteousness." Seeing this, Jian Cheng said to Du Chuanjiao.Du Chuijiao also nodded: "He is a good man."

Zhao Xingde was in a daze, suddenly he was shivering as if he was in an ice cellar, and suddenly he was sweating profusely as if he was being scorched.Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others turned around from the darkness one after another. Strange to say, Zhao Xingde couldn't see his face clearly, and suddenly thousands of troops rushed out, with iron hooves bursting out, and the sky was filled with yellow dust. The clanging of weapons, the screams and groans rang together, and the thick darkness was gradually submerged in blood, and the emperor's land was full of blood, and the land of the Central Plains was barren for thousands of miles.A group of people were being chased by the cavalry, and there was a cliff and deep sea in front of them. Zhao Xingde desperately wanted to tell them not to run away, but he tried his best, but he couldn't make a sound. Like a flock of yellow sheep, these people were driven into the sea. The young people with frightened faces, the old man with white hair, and the woman with a baby in her arms, like pearls with a broken thread, kept falling towards the sea. There were only corpses that had been hacked and shot to death, and the barbarian cavalry laughed and laughed, leaving only the sea waves lapping on the shore, as if the wailing and sobbing of innocent souls were endless.

Seeing this tragic scene, Zhao Xingde felt all hope was lost, as if on the day he was shocked by the news of Zhang Bing's death, he was filled with hostility like a sea tide. The sky was dark and a hole was torn open, and he broke free. In the dimness, he seemed to really grasp the center of the dark cloud. In an instant, the sky was full of thunder, and lightning bolts danced wildly like silver snakes, hitting his body. As soon as the crack was broken, Zhao Xingde gritted his teeth and insisted, and with his arms stretched, he actually tore a gap in the sky. The pouring blood water poured down from the sky as if leaking, washing Zhao Xingde like a waterfall. After a long time, this blood rain just ended After a rest, the sky revealed a hazy white light, and a cool breeze came in through the cracks in the dark clouds.

"Zhao De..." Duan Huaixian's face vaguely appeared in front of his eyes, "Zhao De," his voice seemed to come from the sky, "Zhao De, are you awake?"

Zhao Xingde shook his head vigorously, tried to focus his sight, and saw clearly that the person in front of him was indeed Captain Duan Huaixian. "Isn't this a hallucination?" Zhao Xingde said, but there was only a meaningless hoarse voice in his throat.

Duan Huaixian frowned, and said to Liu Zheng beside him, "Give him some water." Since Zhao Xingde fell asleep, Liu Zheng has been staying here to take care of him for two days and one night. Zheng immediately called Huang Zongdao, Huang Zongdao poured medicine into Zhao Xingde, and scalded his acupoints with moxibustion, stimulating Zhao Xingde's potential, and finally pulled him back from the gate of hell.

Zhao Xingde drank the 'medicine' soup and felt a burning pain in his throat.This soup "medicine" tastes sweet and slightly bitter, but it is boiled with licorice and mung beans.

"Your throat is swollen, which is a symptom of the venom of the flat-necked snake." Huang Zongdao took the 'medicine' bowl and explained, "Since you wake up, you will be able to escape a catastrophe, and you will be fine for a long time. He paused, and then said: "If you encounter this kind of snake venom again, Zhao Dutou's chance of survival will be much greater than others."

Zhao Xingde also regained his sanity at this time, said with a wry smile: "It's better not to encounter it again." He said: "The last general is incompetent, and Captain Duan is concerned about it."

Duan Huaixian stared at his slightly thin face, not knowing whether to praise him or scold him. After a long time, he shook his head and said slowly: "It's too late. A brave man who dies lightly will lose his life. Let it go. It is enough to overthrow the army and harm the country. After this crisis, there should be gains.”

Zhao Xingde was stunned for a moment, but before he could answer, Duan Huaixian asked Huang Zongdao again: "Leaving tomorrow morning, Zhao De will be traveling with the army in a carriage, should he be able to hold on?"

Huang Zongdao nodded and said: "It's the most dangerous two days after being infected with snake venom. After that, there will be no serious problems. It should be no problem to ride a carriage." Zhao Xingde also said: "The general can hold on, don't miss the army march." Therefore, it is an iron law in the army that the march must not be missed.Running for thousands of miles, even if you are dying of thirst and exhaustion, you must arrive at your location on time.

"Okay." Duan Huaixian nodded, patted Zhao Xingde on the shoulder, turned and walked out.Huang Zongdao looked at his back, and said to Zhao Xingde: "Zhao Dutou, it seems that General Duan thinks highly of you."

Just as Duan Huaixian walked out, four centurions Wang Tongdeng, Deng Xi, Liu Shangyou, Ding Dayong, Jian Cheng, Du Chuijiao and other soldiers from Hongdu all rushed in to see Zhao Xingde.Jian Cheng smiled and said: "Zhao Dutou, if you survive a catastrophe, you will have future blessings. This time you dispatched military affairs, you fired like a god, and you sacrificed your life to save Paozhe and submit the report to the General's Mansion. You are the protagonist who must do your part. Invitation." In the Xia army, the most important thing is the righteousness of the same robe, and the credit for saving the robe is better than beheading the enemy's head, so Jian Cheng said this.

Zhao Xingde was worried that the other centurions would lose face, so he scolded Jian Cheng with a smile: "You are the protagonist, and the whole family is the protagonist." , After a long time, the laughter just stopped.

Du Chuanjiao said: "The military intelligence department interrogated the murderer who wounded people with a poisonous crossbow. It is said that he lived in Kangju City. He was taken to the mountain by those pretending to be ghosts dozens of days ago. A poisonous crossbow, before she had time to escape, she encountered us attacking the mountain, she hid in the garden, saw with her own eyes those gangsters killed all the captive women, she was overly frightened, that's why she threw crossbow wounds indiscriminately people."

Jian Cheng said angrily: "This murderer must be sophistry, General Duan should tell the military intelligence department, she hurt the head of our battalion, so don't let it go easily." All the soldiers also echoed, Zhao Xingde recalled the woman's face , I can’t remember exactly, but I only remember a pair of eyes that were extremely terrified, and she slowly shook her head and said: "According to what she said, she is a hard-working person, as long as the Military Intelligence Division finds out her innocence, we can forget about it here. "

At this time several centurions also spoke to Zhao Xingde one after another, Wang Tongdeng said in a deep voice: "Zhao Dutou, he is a man." His tone seemed to have given Zhao De a lot of face.Zhao Xingde knew that this person was always proud and arrogant, so he cupped his hands and said politely: "I'm sorry."

Wang Tongdeng saw that although Zhao Xingde's face was slumped, his spirit gradually became brighter, and he obviously survived the snake's venom, but Chun Yushang, a soldier under his command, died the night before.When going out to fight, the shroud of horse leather is indispensable. Although the soldiers deliberately did not mention this, but Wang Tongdeng and Chunyu knew each other when they were still in the Tiger Wing Army, and thinking about it now still hurts a little.

In the evening, Zhao Xingde took part in Chunyushang's military funeral with strength. After the raging fire, the centurion Wang Tongdeng picked up the white ashes scattered on the ground and put them into a Dawan horse bone china bottle. The bottom of the bottle was engraved with Chunyu Yue's life, hometown, and Chengying's identity.Zhao Xingde was wrapped in a blanket and stood among the soldiers with a solemn expression.Wherever there is battle, there will be sacrifice. "It's not my life, it's someone else's life." Zhao Xingde thought sadly, "The life of a star, the bigger and brighter it is, the shorter its lifespan, and the smaller and dimmer it is, the longer it is. Humans too. Is it like this?" He took a deep breath of the cold air, looked up at the deep sky, where the stars were twinkling.