"Little girl, what are you doing alone in this barren mountain?" Su He frowned.
"Old man, you are seriously injured, do you want me to help you?"
The soft voice came, making people feel like spring breeze.
Su He squinted his eyes, a flash of light flashed, and moaned: "Then thank you girl, if you are willing to send me home, there must be... poof!"
A blood arrow sprang out along the cut throat.
Su He clutched his throat, his bloodshot eyes bulged, and pointed at Jiang Zirou, but he couldn't make a sound.
"I'll save you if you help me go home. It's a disaster to keep people like you. Sending you to hell can be considered."
Gently shake hands.
The blood on the big summer sparrow was wiped clean, Jiang Zirou turned around and left without looking back.
…
Although Jianzhou is adjacent to Nanzhou, Jianzhou is a deserted area with a vast land and few people. In addition, the barbarian army was in turmoil, and bandits took advantage of the chaos to plunder, so the road was not peaceful.
this day.
The smoke and dust billowed and the yellow sand flew up.
The vision was blurred, Jiang Zirou opened his double pupils, only then did he realize that there was a small oasis not far away, and there seemed to be a small army staying on the oasis.
"Army of barbarians..."
…
at the same time.
On the oasis, Haishan, the leader of the barbarians, watched the soldiers coming and going, sitting down to drink water and rest.
With a little worry on his face.
It has been six or seven days since the barbarians and Great Xia fought.
The current situation can be said to be a dilemma.
At the beginning, the battle went smoothly. Under the cooperation of Yaodao and Nangong family, the two lines of defense established by Daxia on Jianzhou were instantly defeated.
But when attacking the third line of defense.
But an accident happened.
First, the 2,000 elite barbarian blood rhinoceros heavy cavalry who were the vanguard army were wiped out, and the most precious time was lost.
Then Daxia's soldiers moved swiftly.
By the early morning of the next day, the Pingmo Martial Arts Team led by Jiang Longxiang had already gathered in Daonan City.
Just over a thousand people.
However, he repelled the 100,000 barbarian army several times, and Jiang Longxiang even took the lead, charging into the battle, unstoppable.
Even if there are high numbers of shots in the demon way.
It was just to curb the guy's arrogance a little bit.
When the troops scattered in Jianzhou regrouped, and the troops and supplies from Daxia Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Huangcheng caught up, the situation took a turn for the worse.
For seamounts.
The first thing to consider now is no longer how to expand new victories, but how to retreat safely and get through this difficult winter.
"General, it seems that someone is coming over there..."
The burly deputy said.
"Oh... is it the enemy?" Haishan was a little nervous.
He turned his head and saw the small gray falcon chirping beside him.
This is a marching falcon, not ferocious, but its eyesight and sense of smell are excellent, even in all kinds of bad weather, it can spot enemies far away, so it is very precious.
"uncertain."
The deputy holding the spear stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance. After waiting for a while, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's not a big problem..."
He is not very old, and when he smiles, there are two small dimples on his chapped face, and his teeth are very white: "It's a woman, she looks lost, and she can just be caught in the tribe and give birth to us."
"No!"
Haishan frowned and said, "If it's just getting lost, let her stay here for a while, and let her leave by herself after the wind and sand pass."
"Okay!" The deputy said with a hearty smile, "We all listen to you!"
…
With a wave of their hands, several barbarian warriors stood up from the yellow sand and ran towards the woman excitedly.
Haishan stared.
The parade falcon next to him screamed uneasily and fluttered his wings. He reached out and gently stroked the little guy's feathers with a serious expression on his face.
do not know why.
He felt extremely nervous, his heart was pounding, as if he had encountered some terrifying monster.
"Just a girl lost in the desert..."
He comforted himself and said, "Haishan, haishan... Did the defeat during this period make you so desperate?"
But if she is really an ordinary woman, how dare she walk alone in this desert full of soldiers and bandits
He saw in the distance, in the yellow sand.
A hooded woman in a gray sand jacket is surrounded by barbarian soldiers.
Those tall, naked soldiers danced and said something, and some soldiers reached out, trying to lift the hood on the woman's head.
Haishan pursed his lips.
He wanted to stop these people, but before he could stand up, he saw a bright light, a hundred times brighter than the scorching sun at noon.
There was a vast expanse of whiteness in front of him, and his eyes were extremely hot.
Can't keep my eyes open.
A hoarse cry came out of his mouth, and his hands scratched in front of his eyes indiscriminately.
A little time passed.
"crash"
There was a sound of water pouring down the top of his head, and only then did Haishan feel a burst of coolness.
"Do you feel better?"
The wind and sand gradually subsided, and a very gentle voice came.
"Sorry... I accidentally hurt you."
Under the infiltration of cold water, the scorching eyes finally felt better, and Haishan opened his eyes.
In a trance, a slender figure was reflected.
She took off the hood on her body, and her long cloud-like hair was flying in the sunshine, beautiful and dazzling.
It was the woman I saw just now.
Haishan lost his mind, but was shocked in his heart.
He glanced out of the corner of his eye indiscriminately, only to realize that his barbarian guards had all fallen in a pool of blood.
Heart aghast.
These barbarian guards are the real elite among the eighteen tribes, and some of them are even comparable to the martial arts masters of Da Xia.
But in an instant, they all fell to the ground.
Who is this woman!
Haishan's heart tensed up, before he had time to think about it, he heard the girl's voice again...
"You don't look like a barbarian... why did you appear in the barbarian army?"
"I'm a scholar from Chu Nan City in Jianzhou. This time I went back to my hometown to visit my relatives, but happened to encounter barbarians harassing the border, so I was arrested."
Haishan lowered his head, and his accent was exactly the dialect of Jianzhou.
"Yeah… "
He raised his head slightly, and saw that the straight knife in the woman's hand was still dripping with blood, and there was a half-smile expression on her face. She looked really good-looking, but it also made people panic for no reason.
"You are just an ordinary bachelor, why did the barbarians pay so much attention to it, and sent warriors comparable to martial arts masters to escort you?"
"and… "
Jiang Zirou looked at Haishan's neat clothes, "These barbarians are really good at taking care of people."
Damn it!
Haishan heard the sarcasm in the woman's words, he was flustered, but he said without changing his face:
"Maybe I did it rashly. I was also arrested not long ago."
Jiang Zirou shook his head, put the big summer sparrow back into the sheath in his hand, walked to the other side, bent down, and filled the kettle from the small pool in the oasis.
"call!"
I saw the woman leave.
Haishan heaved a long sigh of relief. He stretched out his hands to cover his chest, only to realize that his back was drenched in cold sweat.
"Gudong~Gudong~"
"Jianzhou is dangerous. Find a town to stay in. Those barbarians will be expelled in a short time. It won't be too late to contact your family when the time comes."
Jiang Zirou drank the water, wiped off the water stains on the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand, and said, seemingly intentionally or unintentionally.
"Yeah?"
Hearing Jiang Zirou's words, Haishan couldn't be happy, and lowered his head with a gloomy expression.
"What's wrong? You seem a little unhappy..."
"Nothing, I just feel that war is really a tragic thing."
He looked at the corpses lying on the ground around him, and thinking that just now, these children were still guards and even friends with him day and night, so he couldn't help saying:
"These people must have their own difficulties."
After saying this, Haishan panicked for no reason, wishing to reach out and slap himself.
Sure enough, he turned around and saw that woman was standing by the lake, staring at him with eyes as deep as a cold pool.
"Those people and soldiers who died under the iron cavalry of the barbarians, who can tell their difficulties?"
Jiang Zirou's eyes dimmed:
"War is always a cruel thing. The weak will either be wiped out by the strong, or..."
"Or what!?"
Haishan's eyes lit up.
"Haha, either submitting to the strong is a good way out."
Jiang Zirou shook his head and smiled, but he didn't want to say more about this matter.
Another period of time passed.
The wind and sand completely disappeared, the white sand dunes were shrouded in a layer of hazy moonlight, and the light of the stars jumped in the calm pool, beautiful like a fairy tale.
"By the way, do you know how to get to the Hanging Temple?"
Jiang Zirou asked.
"Hanging Temple?"
Haishan stood up, pointed to a star above his head and said: "Follow that star and go south, you will arrive at Feiye City, Feiye City is not far from Xuankong Temple, just ask anyone in the city .”
"Okay, thank you!"
"Girl, you're welcome!"
Haishan hurriedly clasped his fists to salute, the night wind blew, he looked up, only to find that the girl's figure had already disappeared into the night without a trace.
…
early morning.
Jiang Zirou arrived in Feiye City.
It is said to be a city, but in fact, it is not bad to say that it is a slightly larger town.
Maybe it's because the city's geographical location is too remote, or maybe it's because the Holy Land of Martial Arts is nearby the Xuankong Temple. At this moment, the city hasn't been harassed by the barbarians.
It's just that the impact of the war still affected this small town.
Some refugees were dressed in ragged clothes, sitting on the ground, covered with dust, their faces were dirty, and their numb eyes exuded pain, hunger and despair.
Scanning back and forth at the pedestrians passing by on the street.
Jiang Zirou wore a hood and was covered in a large robe, so she couldn't see her face or figure clearly, and walked slowly through the deserted streets of Feiye City.
"Please do me a favor... save my daughter..."
In the corner, a skinny hand stretched out and grabbed Jiang Zirou's clothes.