Soon after, the gray-headed Empress Cao stumbled across the wilderness, and the last three guards behind her had long since disappeared, and only one child was left. In the end, these guards, after Empress Cao lost her mount, did not have time to react in fatigue and numbness, and they ran away with another baby who was immediately lethargic.
When they wanted to turn their heads back, new chasers also appeared in the field of vision. Therefore, the next thing can only rely on Empress Cao herself. Now she is rushing all the way down the wild bushes, her boots are worn out and worn out, her hair is shed with the dropped crown, and the robes on her body are hung in strips; but there is no Can make her stop her footsteps.
Because of the successive battles within the Guan, the slightly thicker trees in the suburbs of Chang'an and along the edge of the Weishui River have been cut down to be used as materials for camps, fences, and equipment. Therefore, these newly grown slender trees are not enough for them to hide their tracks. I had to walk a long distance to find a place to hide and rest reluctantly.
They are like a pair of frightened birds. They are far away from the road and rely on a little intuition to run and trudge in the general direction to hide and hide. For her, who had followed Huang Chao in the army for many years, the memory of the last similar experience seemed to be very far away.
It was at the junction of Jiangdong and Jiangxi where Qizhou had crossed the river. After being attacked by Zhang Lin, the top general under the commander of Zhenhai Jiedu, he was defeated in the land of East Zhejiang. Since Wuzhou (Jinhua, Zhejiang) passed through Quzhou, "seven hundred miles of mountain roads" between the lofty mountains and ridges, entered the period of Fujian Observer (now Fujian Province).
It is also a road paved with bones and flesh and blood. Almost every day, people fell down in pieces, and some people fled and disappeared desperately, and became a meal for the beasts, snakes and insects in the mountains. As a relative of the Yellow King, she had to abandon her car and packhorse when she walked on this road, and she could only take the lead in trekking through rocky rocks or deep muddy mountains and forests with her feet.
Then the shoes broke as she walked, and the cloth covering her feet was rotten; but she still insisted on carrying the young medicine on her back, and followed behind the once rather generous figure without saying a word. Although some people continue to advise her to let go of this child, or give it to others to bear it. However, she clenched her teeth and persevered.
Because, at that time, she didn't worry about other people at all, would she abandon this lonely child in the mountains and forests to fend for himself in the next moment? It's like those old and weak women and children who can't walk, or soldiers who can't keep up because of injuries. No matter how they cry and shout, they can only slowly leave behind.
Since their mother and daughter were able to survive the difficult and dangerous conditions of the past, and ushered in their respective destinations; the current Empress Cao would naturally not give up and despair easily. Just as she traveled far and wide, she still felt the various weakness and weakness brought about by her age and a pampered life.
You must know that she was able to sing songs with a tired voice on the road to inspire the rebel family members who were also exhausted; although most of them died in the city of Fuzhou, under the butcher knife of the rebellious Bi Shiduo and others. As far as Empress Cao is concerned, the only motivation that can support up to now is that she still wants to see the birth of her grandson with her own eyes and enjoy her family relationship for it
However, the next moment her hand suddenly loosened, but Huang Ding, a child who had been pulling and walking by her, stumbled and fell to the ground again. It's just that Huang Ding, who has become swollen on his face and blue and purple, can't stand up no matter how he supports it at this moment, and can't help crying in a hurry:
"Mother, don't leave me.. I will be obedient..."
However, the next moment he prepared Empress Cao to hug him, and then hung it on his back and continued to move forward slowly, just like she used to carry medicine on her back through the hundreds of miles of mountains in Fujian in the early years. , I still muttered in my mouth:
"Ding'er, you, Aye, did not abandon me after the hardest thing back then, and now I will not abandon you either..."
Then the next moment before the words fell, Empress Cao's body suddenly leaned forward, and the two of them rolled down in an inconspicuous shallow dirt ditch together again, but Empress Cao couldn't stand up anymore. Because her legs and ankles were completely damaged; and she could only push Huang Ding to the edge of the dirt ditch, panting with cold sweat and squeezing out an amiable expression:
"Ding'er, you have to leave by yourself, and your mother will come after some rest..."
However, the next moment her arm was held tightly by the tearful Huang Ding.
"Without a mother, I won't go anywhere..."
"Okay, let's just wait here for our mothers..."
After hearing the words, Empress Cao seemed to relax her body completely, stroking the child who was sitting next to her in a light tone; perhaps this is her final stage, but it is inevitable that she will become a beast in the wild. The meal is up. Not knowing how long it took, Empress Cao felt that she had regained some strength, so she resisted the severe pain of swelling and wanted to climb up the side of the ditch to stand up.
However, at the moment when she probed out, a figure emerged from the sparse trees not far away, almost yelling after a face-to-face encounter with her; then several Hu Mazi in leather robes almost It was scrambling to show up, and screaming at her while rushing forward.
At this moment, Empress Cao's heart was cold and exceptionally calm. She held the only sharp object in her hand—a fine iron grate with half a bundle of hair, and decisively glanced at the tearful child Huang Ding. But in his mouth, he screamed out in a hug.
"I am the Queen of Daqi... Don't be rude..."
She pressed the grate on the crying and trembling Huang Ding's neck, secretly expecting that she would not suffer too much before she died. Just as she took a deep breath and tried to press it down, she heard a scream and a scream; it was not from the Huang Ding in front of her. Empress Cao turned her head and saw the Huren who was at the end collapsed. On the ground.
The others were also startled and stopped suddenly. However, another person broke blood on his shoulder and rolled to the ground. The other husbands couldn't help but gather a bow and a knife in their hands and gathered around to guard. In the next moment, I heard a series of crackling noises more clearly, and these rascals spurted blood on their bodies one after another, and screamed and escaped again, and then they were knocked down one after another on the back before they ran far. . .
It is as if Empress Cao, who had watched an absurd mime, came back to her senses, but saw her in the opposite direction of the forest suddenly squirming, and then slowly came out with a few groups of walking dead branches and fallen leaves; not yet When she turned her mind from the speculation of the "mountain spirit tree monster", a familiar password sounded in her ear.
"Average tonic..."
"Recreating peace..."
However, the next moment, Empress Cao, who was full of excitement, had only time to answer this sentence, she suddenly lost her strength and passed out while holding the child Huang Ding.
—I am the plot dividing line —
In the city of Chang'an, in front of the Shengyang Hall, which has been cleaned up roughly but still has a large amount of blood, it is rare to gather most of the generals belonging to the northwest platform.
"Is this how the thief army can stand firm?"
And Zheng Tian, the prime minister who became thinner and thinner in a purple robe, frowned and looked at the firearms that was presented. The black and heavy fine iron long pipe, reed and machine bracket, together with the neatly crafted, no burrs and a large lacquer body guard, although there are many scratches in the process of getting it, but the overall look It still has a sense of beauty with smooth lines.
Prior to this, the Western army had captured some sporadically when fighting in the pass. However, it was either severely damaged or missing important parts, or goods that were bent and deformed during the battle, but they have not been seized in such a batch. This time, I would like to thank those who lost their fighting spirit and fled after being breached in Bei Nei/Daming Palace, and discarded these firearms and supporting medicines all over the ground.
"Don’t look down upon this blunderbuss, as long as it is filled with medicines, it is only capable of piercing through wood and cracking stones! It is the iron armor that can block most of the arrows, so it may not be a blow! As long as you shoot together! The number is large enough, even the brave warriors will inevitably drink hatred."
The surrender at the side, Huang Shi, the former deputy envoy of Gongchen of Qi Gongchen, had a humble expression on his face and carefully explained with him:
"But it is so... Earlier, the thief army in the city tried to release this item mixed with crossbows, and attacked and wounded my general and the warriors at the head of the city. Although it was armed with one or two layers of armor, it was inevitable to take advantage of it, and even momentum. Stopped..."
At the side, another officer and army general at the West Frontier Camp of Liangzhou, Tianshi and Gao Jinda, who knew the soldiers and horses from the right, replied in a serious manner:
"The medicine from the thing is invisible to the eyes, and the wound is invisible and invisible, and the wound is like a hole, and the blood pump springs up and it is difficult to stop. Afterwards, the wound is even more difficult to itch, and only the small and small pieces are obtained by cutting it with a knife and needle. Petals. Although there are golden sore plasters, the wounds are still difficult to heal, and among them there are more feverish faces such as cyanosis and death..."
"Then how did you deal with this generation's methods before waiting?"
Hearing this, Zheng Tian quickly interrupted his endless words:
"It's just a reinforced long row of large shields, which are repeatedly attacked in unison; to disturb the other generations day and night, they will fight with firearms...... Suddenly mobilized and attacked, so I didn't think it would be troublesome..."
Gao Jinda's hair color is black and gray and the corridor is profound.
"But it is also a decent statute, enough to be extended to the army.. The order is passed on, so that the battalions and soldiers will be equipped with thick platoons and block cars..."
Zheng Tian was dissatisfied when he heard the words and said farewell to the corners of his lips, and ordered:
"Next, please be fair and observe the reasoning of firearms..."
And Huangshi, who was on the side, once again asked for his orders:
"Xie Lingwen, you can demonstrate..."
Following this command, a dwarf sergeant who was fearful and fearful came out of the soldiers waiting in the distance; I saw him cautiously stepping forward under the attention of the public and Huangshi's repeated urging gazes. Picking up the fire gun, and faintly sweating on his forehead, he began to check the gun body and the machine, and then opened the word medicine bag in the leather case.
Finally, remove the reed with the flint, pick up a cylindrical paper bun medicine with thick fingers, and then poke a little powder with an awl to pour it into the small hole for ignition; stuff it into the mouth with a cleaning strip Press it to the end; only then will the end be lifted up and tied to the armpit. Facing a large armor hung under the corridor in the distance, he took a deep breath before buckling it down.
In the next moment, only a spark burst into the ears, and a puff of gray smoke rose out of the air, and the flames still became fragmented. Then the blown up face was gray and black and skinny, and the bloody sergeant with guns opened his eyes wide and shook his body and fell to his head. When the other generals saw this, they couldn't bear to back up a few steps instinctively, as if they wanted to get farther away from these thieves' weapons that would hurt people if they didn't agree with them.
"This...this...is it possible to be the leader of the thieves in the Ridge, which made it impossible for the demon technique?"
There was an army general who lost his voice with an ugly expression:
However, it was Liangzhou Jiedu Yaya and Zhang Herong, the envoy of Shandan Town, who had read several bodhisattvas' titles and precepts. After all, in the imperial court’s consistent claims, this demon-born thief leader is always known for being brutal and easy to kill. He most likes to use the internal organs of the men and women of the family of powerful officials and officials as medicine. Demon method. . .
"Asshole, what are you talking about... There is no magic method, but it is just a guise of mystery of this generation to intimidate those stubborn husbands and fools."
Another general, Wang Jingyi, the defensive envoy of the western border of Liangzhou, quickly reprimanded:
"We ask the Sunshine Bodhisattva to bless the disciples of the Buddha to eliminate disasters; if it weren't for the demon method of the thief army, how could it break apart in the hands of the thief?"
There was also Gao Yingxin, the general of Jialin Town, who argued on the spot while praying.
"I'm afraid it's the hidden mechanism... it needs to be dismantled and pondered by other craftsmen in the army..."
And the only southerner in the Western Army (Fujian Jianyang) was born, and the official worship of Hexi Jie Ya judge Weng Gao thoughtfully said:
Afterwards, looking at the big armor that was taken down and obviously shattered by a piece of armor, Zheng Tian, who was a little disappointed, also turned to look at Huangshi's confession:
"Next, let people try it out to find out the mystery... I'm sure it will be useful when dealing with the ridge thief..."
It's just that although he said it was an understatement, he no longer had any hope for this batch of seized firearms. As for the nodded Huangshi, there is another batch of seized kerosene bombs and explosive bombs, a few small artillery pieces and their corresponding demonstrations, so that people don’t even want to touch them again. Up. (End of this chapter)