After Xie Xingzhou lost hundreds of men and horses in the woods, his face became ugly.
If it was said that he was instructed to suppress the bandits before, and there was not much to avenge Min Hongyi, then now he really wants to find out those cunning guys and kill them one by one!
Dare to fool him to solve Xingzhou, really tired of living!
Afterwards, he strengthened his guard and brought in soldiers who were proficient in Qimen Dunjia from the city.
The gossip formation in the forest was broken, and the army finally passed through this dangerous place and came to the entrance of the village.
A creek connects the canyon and the village, and the wooden bridge above it has been severed.
However, the river surface is not wide, and it is not a problem to re-log a temporary and simple wooden bridge.
"I'll bother Elder Lu." Xie Xingzhou said.
"Humph!" Elder Lu rode on the horse, turned his head lightly, and made a gesture to the two disciples behind him.
The two disciples understood, pulled out the swords around their waists, cut off the two big trees with lightning speed, and split them with a single sword.
Xie Xingzhou's lieutenant called a few capable soldiers to tie up the wood with ropes, insert the curved part into the dug mud pit, and secure the sides with long spears to prevent the wooden bridge from tipping over.
This operation only took two quarters of an hour, which is extremely fast.
The Jin army's war horses refused to cross this unreliable "dangerous bridge", and they were not able to cross directly like Heifeng Wang. Xie Xingzhou and his party had to turn over and dismount and walk across the bridge.
One of the lieutenants flattered and said, "I heard that the black wind riders in the country of Yan are very powerful. When we defeat them, we will capture the black wind king and give it to General Xie."
Xie Xingzhou didn't respond on the surface, but he was actually a little tempted.
Heifengqi is the most powerful iron cavalry in the Six Kingdoms. In addition to the excellent combat skills of the cavalry, the horses are one in a thousand, especially each Heifengqi, which can be called a god of war among horses.
When he was young, he had the opportunity to witness Xuanyuan Li's Heifeng King once, and he was so frightened that he couldn't sleep for three days, and the feeling of heart palpitations is still there in retrospect.
Of course he couldn't be frightened by another horse now, but if he could conquer such a god of war horse, it wouldn't be a disgrace to his reputation as a titan over the years.
... I don't know if the lord is interested in the Black Wind King. If he is, then he has no part in himself.
In such a short time, Xie Xingzhou had already planned the destination of the Black Wind King in his mind.
The Jin army entered the village.
The lieutenant said with emotion: "This village is not small, it can accommodate hundreds of people." He instructed his subordinates, "You guys, search from house to house!"
"Yes!"
The soldiers took the lead and divided into two teams, one team searched for the villagers' residences, and the other team searched for the camps of the ghost soldiers.
The result was disappointing. They didn't even see a single person except for a few wild boars that they couldn't take away.
"Escaped?" Xie Xingzhou frowned, called the two spies who stayed behind last night, and asked, "Did you find anything last night?"
The spy reported: "If you return to the general, we have been ambushing at the entrance of the ghost mountain last night, and we are sure that no one has come out of the ghost mountain."
Xie Xingzhou entered a stove at will, and put his hand into the stove to feel it.
cold.
He ordered: "Check the other stoves."
"Yes!"
The soldiers checked one by one, and none of the stoves had any temperature. With the current weather, if the fire had risen too early, how could there be residual temperature in the stove at this time.
Suddenly, another soldier walked over quickly, clasped his fists and saluted: "General! There is a discovery on the hill to the east!"
Xie Xingzhou took his subordinates to the location mentioned by the lieutenant.
The green hills are surrounded by shimmering waves, the lake is endless, and the ghost mountain is surrounded by water on three sides. There is only one entrance and exit, which is the hill to the south.
At this time, on the shore of the east hill, everyone found a large number of footprints and traces of ships docked, and even some scattered items, such as shoes and purses.
In addition, a small boat was parked on the shore. The bottom of the boat was leaking, and it was opened from a new cut in the broken plank, which was newly left.
Combined with the evidence that there was no fire in the stove in the morning, everyone could not help but imagine the scene of the villagers fleeing overnight, the lights were dark, the road was out of sight, things fell on the ground, and the boat was accidentally damaged.
Everything makes sense, and there is no second explanation.
If Min Hongyi was here and appointed to lead the army to detour to the other side of the lake to arrest people, Xie Xingzhou's mind would not be so simple.
"Zhong Cheng." He called his lieutenant, "Where is the other side of the lake?"
"I haven't been there yet," Zhong Cheng said. He was a meticulous work of the Jin State planted in Pucheng. He was very familiar with the topography of Pucheng, except for the ghost mountain, which was a forbidden area.
Xie Xingzhou said: "Repair the boat and send two people who know water to look for it."
"Yes!"
Regarding Xie Xingzhou's decision, it was actually predicted by Shangguanqing, and Shangguanqing was not worried.
Because there is only a small broken boat here, it can take two or three people at most, and the lake is very large, and there are green mountains on both sides of the lake.
There is a very steep waterfall at the end of the green hill, and most people who have not been there will not be able to return.
Of course, Xie Xingzhou's brain will not only make one-handed plans.
Sure enough, Xie Xingzhou immediately instructed the remaining lieutenants: "Look around, search every hill, pay attention to hidden caves, entrances, etc., don't let any clues go."
The people took orders and scattered.
Gu Jiao was sitting at the entrance of the cave. She already knew that the Jin army had entered the mountain, and she had heard Shangguan Qing leading the villagers to evacuate. At this moment, the Jin army was hunting and searching, and she didn't know if they would find any clues.
The two Jin soldiers pulled open the bushes outside the crack. The crack was inaccessible from the outside. The two took their swords and stabbed them in, and left very disappointed.
The Jin army came round after wave, but failed to find the cave behind the crack.
There are trees and grass outside the cave, and there is food and water in the cave, so I don't worry about being hungry.
Gu Jiao glanced at Xuanyuan Qi who was still in a state of meditation beside her, and continued to meditate to protect him.
…
The Jin army's search continued until the evening, and they searched almost the entire Ghost Mountain, but still found nothing.
In the big cave with the gurgling water, three hundred ghost soldiers were stationed on the edge of the stream, and behind them were more than five hundred villagers from the village.
Several ghost soldiers returning from the major passages reported the situation on the ground to Shangguan Qing.
"They seem to have stopped searching."
"But Xie Xingzhou didn't immediately order the withdrawal of the troops. He seemed to be waiting for the Jin army who went to search on the lake to return."
"Most of the two Jin soldiers were killed, and he couldn't wait."
Shangguan Qing nodded when he heard the words: "If he can't wait, he only has two guesses, one is that they had an accident, and the other is that they were killed by us. Xie Xingzhou may guess the latter, there are no other ships here. , he has to go to the city to carry it, and the search on the lake and along the shore can delay it for several days."
After he said that, he turned around, looked at the nervous villagers sitting on the ground, and said, "Don't be afraid, everyone, we are safe now, they can't find them, and they will naturally believe that we have successfully transferred."
"Then... when will it be?" a villager asked.
"At that time, the army of the imperial court will come over!"
It was Tang Yueshan who spoke.
He stepped forward and said to the eager villagers, "Today, the army of the imperial court is attacking the army of Liang, and after the battle, they will come to Pucheng to clean up the army of Jin!"
Shangguan Qing translated it again, and everyone just thought it was the dialect, and didn't think much about it for a while.
The villager said excitedly: "So... we will all be saved?"
Tang Yueshan said: "Of course! At most five days, the imperial army will arrive!"
Attacking the Liang army, capturing Nangong's family, and taking back the new city, five days at the speed of Lao Xiao was enough.
Lao Xiao's daughter-in-law is still here. If he doesn't return for five days, Lao Xiao must have guessed that he and the girl are in trouble and will speed up the attack on Pucheng.
Shangguan Qing repeated his words in Yan Guo dialect.
"How do you know?" another villager asked.
"I..." Tang Yueshan opened his mouth, thinking about how to explain his identity.
Shangguanqing put his hands behind his back, and said indifferently, "He is Marshal Tang sent by the imperial court."
Everyone present here is a native of the border, and they don't know much about the court officials, but when they heard that it was the Grand Marshal, everyone instantly believed in his words and rekindled hope.
Everyone looked at each other and smiled, and put their hearts back into their stomachs one by one.
Tang Yueshan whispered, "Is it a bit of a lie for you..."
Shangguan Qing raised his eyebrows and said, "I didn't say which country's marshal or which court."
Tang Yueshan: "..."
He wanted to say something else, but suddenly aware of the movement on the top, he hurriedly made a silent gesture.
The villagers were very cooperative, and even Xiaoying, who was over a year old, covered her mouth with her small hand under her brother's signal.
Xiaoying is good, Xiaoying does not speak.
In an instant, the cave became silent.
"Okay, camp here tonight!"
They heard the voice of Jin Jun.
Pucheng has developed border trade. Before the outbreak of the war, there were many shops opened by Jin merchants in the city. Basically, the people here can speak a little Jin dialect and Yan dialect.
The Jin army actually camped on top of them, which is really a crooked fight.
Shangguan Qing signaled with his gesture: "Just don't make a sound, don't worry."
Everyone nodded, it just so happened that it was getting late, everyone took a nap, and when they woke up, this group of Jin troops should have pulled out of their camp and left.
"Don't sleep if you snore." Shangguan Qing whispered.
Tang Yueshan just lay down with his bow in his arms, and then sat up with a dark face.
…
At night, people on the ground and underground fell asleep, and Guishan fell into silence.
Tang Yueshan didn't dare to sleep too hard, so he grabbed the bow and found an open space to sit down, leaning his back against the wall, squinting from time to time.
In the middle of the night, he heard unusual movements, what seemed to be very difficult moans (separated).
He frowned and looked strangely at the source of the sound, and by the light of the night pearl on the wall, he could see that it was a pregnant woman with a big belly who was moaning (separated) in pain.
Tang Yueshan remembered that she was the mother of the little girl (Xiaoying).
Her husband was killed by the Jin army in Pucheng, and she was rescued by Shangguan Qing with her two children back to Guishan.
The ghost soldiers on duty went to patrol elsewhere, and the only person still awake was Tang Yueshan.
Tang Yueshan looked at her with a bewildered expression, wondering what happened to her
The next second, Tang Yueshan saw that she took out a dagger and clenched her teeth to cut it towards his neck!
Tang Yueshan's heart skipped a beat, flashed over quickly, clasped her wrist, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing!"
The moment she took out the dagger, he almost regarded her as a meticulous work. Who would have guessed that she was going to commit suicide
The woman's surname was Zhang, her whole body was soaked in cold sweat and her face was pale.
Tang Yueshan vaguely realized something, looked at her painful expression, and looked at her high bulging belly: "You... You are about to give birth, right?"
"what's the situation?"
Shangguan Qing woke up from his sleep and walked over.
He glanced at the water marks under the woman's skirt, frowned, and said calmly, "The amniotic fluid has broken, and the child is about to be born."
Zhang was only eight months pregnant, and she didn't reach her due date at all. Perhaps the pressure was too great to cause premature birth.
Zhang Shi endured a wave of terrible labor pains, and choked with red eyes: "I can't give birth... I can't..."
Jin Jun was on the ground, and once her baby was born, the cries would reveal where all of them were hiding.
She was full of tears, crying in pain and despair: "It will die... Xiaoying will die... Xiaohui will die... You... will all die... "
She couldn't sacrifice the lives of a pair of children and the entire village because of a fetus in her womb.
Shangguan Qing looked at Xiaoying who was snoring beside her, and then looked back at the sleeping villagers, and made a decision in her heart.
He said sternly: "I will take you to another place to give birth, please bear with me a little."
Zhang Shi choked: "No, won't it be exposed?"
Shangguan Qing said: "Many premature babies don't cry loudly. If we go farther, we may not be found. If... I mean if it really reaches that point, I will solve him by myself."
Tang Yueshan was shocked.
He actually understood.
He looked at Shangguan Qing in disbelief, he couldn't believe that such words could come out of this child's mouth.
For him, cruelty is a more difficult choice than kindness.
It's just that if you don't do this, thousands of people will lose their lives.
But rather than let Zhang's hands be covered with the child's blood, he would rather do it himself and let himself spend the rest of his life bearing the shadow that cannot be erased in a lifetime.
Zhang Shi nodded with tears in his eyes.
Shangguan Qing woke up an old woman in the village, and called in several ghost soldiers to give some instructions. The ghost soldiers found the emergency stretcher prepared in the cave and carried Mrs. Zhang away.
Shangguan Qing woke up another auntie and asked her to help take care of Zhang's children, so that they would not feel uneasy and scared when they woke up and found that their mother was gone.
"What happened?" the aunt asked.
There were also villagers who woke up one after another. Because they were trapped in the cave, everyone's spirits were highly tense, and they would be afraid of the slightest disturbance.
Shangguan Qing stood under the cold pearl light and said calmly, "I will solve it, everyone, go to sleep."
He exuded a believable aura, and everyone didn't ask any more questions, nodded, and went to sleep honestly.
Tang Yueshan went with him to the place where Zhang's production was produced - a small cave at least a hundred feet away from here, which was originally used for storage.
Mr. Zhang lay flat on the stretcher on the ground.
The old woman is not a stable woman, but she has a little experience in giving birth compared to men.
She accompanies Zhang to give birth inside, while Shangguan Qing and others are all guarding outside the cave.
"Is there any wood?" the old woman asked.
"How big is it?" Shangguan Qing asked.
The old woman said: "It doesn't need to be too big, it is so that she can bite into her mouth so as not to make too much noise and to prevent her from hurting herself."
Shangguan Qing pulled out the cork on the water bladder: "Is this okay?"
The old woman shook her head: "This is not good."
"What about this?" Shangguan Qing pulled out the wooden hairpin on his head again.
The old woman shook her head again: "No way."
Shangguan Qing hesitated for a moment, then took out a very old wooden dagger from his arms and handed it to the old woman.
The old woman smiled and said, "This should be almost the same."
After all, she turned around with the dagger and entered the small cave.
Tang Yueshan noticed a moment of disappointment on Shangguan Qing's expression.
Is that little wooden dagger a very cherished thing
But it doesn't look expensive. If he likes it, when he becomes his own son, he will carve ten or eight for him!
Zhang's labor pains began during the day, when the cervix was fully opened, but she just couldn't give birth.
"Oh, I'm afraid it's not good..."
The old woman came out anxiously and said to Shangguan Qing, "Zhang's dystocia..."
It is a ghostly gate for a woman to give birth to a child. Once she encounters a dystocia, she is likely to die.
Tang Yueshan punched his palm and muttered, "If only that girl were here!"
"What's wrong?"
A familiar young voice suddenly appeared at the other end of the passage, and the two ghost soldiers quickly became alert.
"it's me."
Gu Jiao said.
Shangguan Qing waved his hand, and the two ghost soldiers stepped aside.
Gu Jiao pushed open a secret door and climbed out.
She patted the dust on her body and said softly, "It's really hard to find here."
Shangguan Qing looked at her suspiciously: "Did you come from the back mountain?"
Gu Jiao said, "Otherwise? Are you coming from the Jin army's tent?"
Shangguan Qing couldn't hide his surprise: "There is also a tunnel in the back mountain? Is it connected here?"
"What? You don't know?" Well, she just knew.
She was bored strolling in Xuanyuanqi's cave, but accidentally bumped into a trap and fell into a tunnel.
She wanted to go back, but she ran around and met them.
Tang Yueshan took her by the wrist and came over: "You came just in time! A woman has a difficult childbirth! Come in and see!"
"Primary or multiparous?" After Gu Jiao asked, seeing the confused expressions on their faces, she sighed and changed her tone, "Have you ever been born before?"
"Had two children." Shangguan Qing said.
Gu Jiao: "When did it happen?"
Shangguanqing: "I don't know the specifics, she has been holding back."
"Okay, I see." Gu Jiao entered the small cave produced by Zhang's.
Zhang's face was pale, and he was biting a small wooden dagger in his mouth.
There was no dry place on her body, and even the stretcher under her body was soaked with sweat.
"Do you feel like you are going to show respect?" Gu Jiao asked.
She nodded hard.
Gu Jiao checked her, and the cervix was fully opened, but the fetal position was not correct.
There are currently no conditions for a cesarean section.
Fortunately, her amniotic fluid was not completely broken, and the fetus was still swimming in the uterus. The fetus correction technique that she stole from an old Chinese doctor in her previous life should also come in handy.
"I hope useful to you."
…
Time passed minute by minute.
Shangguanqing and Tang Yueshan were guarding outside the cave. They seemed calm, but in fact their palms were sweating.
Tang Yueshan never dreamed that he would one day guard a woman to deliver her baby.
This... what's the matter
He paced up and down the passage, whispering to himself.
"It's been a long time, you won't be able to give birth, right?"
"No, no, that girl is so skilled in medicine..."
"How can I never find out that it is so dangerous for a woman to give birth to a child..."
"My sister-in-law has worked hard to give birth tomorrow. I will go back and make up for her."
With Mrs. Zhang's last grunt, a bruised baby fell to the ground.
is a baby boy
Although less than a month, he is not small.
"Why... no... crying?" Mrs. Zhang feebly looked at the baby in Gu Jiao's arms.
Gu Jiao grabbed the little guy by both feet, lifted it up and slapped his little ass a few times.
The unresponsive little guy finally moved, he clenched his little fist, opened his little mouth, and cried with a wow—
The cry was so loud that Shangguan Qing and Tang Yueshan were so shocked that their hairs exploded!
What about premature babies
The full-term baby doesn't cry as loudly as you, right
Inside the tent on the ground, Xie Xingzhou and Elder Lu opened their eyes almost at the same time.
The two have excellent ears, but they are not sure if they heard it wrong.
The two walked out of their tents.
When Xie Xingzhou saw Elder Lu who came out, he was half sure: "Are you..."
Elder Lu did the same, he nodded: "I thought I heard it wrong, it seems that General Xie heard it too."
Xie Xingzhou said, "It's not a ghost crying in the middle of the night, right?"
Elder Lu said indifferently: "If General Xie believes in ghosts, I have nothing to say."
Xie Xingzhou said in a cold voice, "Hmph, even if there is a ghost, this general has to pull out that crying kid!"
Elder Lu said, "The sound seems to come from underground."
The two fell down and put their ears to the ground.
At this moment, lightning flashed across the sky, followed by a thunderous explosion.
"Wow-"
The cry of the baby was perfectly drowned out by the sound of thunder.
The two stood up.
Xie Xingzhou asked, "Elder Lu, what do you think?"
Elder Lu said funnyly: "The commander of this operation is General Xie, and I follow General Xie's orders."
Xie Xingzhou looked up at the lightning that leaped on the dome like a dragon, smiled, and said, "They are really lucky, no, we are lucky."
Elder Lu's face also showed a determined smile: "Although the thunder was dense, covering up the crying of the baby, it is certain that there are people underground. We only need to dig three feet in the ground and we will be able to dig them out!"
…
underground.
Zhang Shi was already exhausted and fainted.
Gu Jiao hugged the crying little guy and stuffed his own thumb into his own mouth.
He didn't suck twice and fell asleep.
The man in the passage breathed a sigh of relief.
Holding the last bit of luck, Tang Yueshan asked: "The first sound was not covered by the thunder just now. It shouldn't be so unlucky to be discovered, right?"
Shangguan Qing sent ghost soldiers to investigate the situation, and the information obtained was that all the Jin troops on the ground were awakened by Xie Xingzhou.
"It seems... they found us and are preparing to dig. It's just that they don't seem to be sure of our specific location. They started digging from the village."
Ghost soldiers report.
Tang Yueshan also guessed it from the look on his face, he closed his eyes, and sure enough, where is the fluke in the battlefield
A little carelessness is fatal.
Shangguan Qing clenched his fists.
Tang Yueshan understood what he was thinking, patted him on the shoulder, and said with relief: "It's not your fault, this place is actually very hidden, and ordinary crying can't get out."
This is really not a comforting word. He remembered when Tang Ming was born, he was strong and strong, but his cry was not as loud as this child's.
His one baby is worth three others.
Seeing that Shangguan Qing was speechless, he asked, "You don't really want to kill this child, do you?"
Shangguan Qing glanced at the child in Gu Jiao's arms, clenched his fists slowly, and sighed, "It's already been exposed, and killing him will not help."
Gu Jiao asked Shangguan Qing, "How long can you block here?"
When Shangguan Qing heard this, he gave Gu Jiao a deep look: "What do you want to do?"
Gu Jiao lowered her head and took the little guy's fingers out of his mouth, and said, "He will still cry when he wakes up. When the thunder stops, Jin Jun can easily lock your position. I will take him away."
Shangguan Qing said: "Where to go? The ghost king's lair? It will be exposed as well."
Gu Jiao said, "No, go back to Quyang."
Shangguan Qing was shocked: "You..."
Gu Jiao said calmly, "I'll go back to Quyang to move rescue troops, give me two days, and the Black Wind Rider and the imperial army will surely come to the city!"
This will be the final battle!
"It's useless." Shangguan Qing turned around, "Even if you leave the Ghost Mountain, you won't be able to leave Pucheng."
It is easy to enter Pucheng, but difficult to get out of Pucheng, not to mention the people who want to arrest Ghost Mountain, the checkpoint at the gate of the city must be stricter.
Even if he goes out in person, he may not be able to successfully send people out of the city.
Gu Jiao said, "You can't get out. You have to try to find out. Besides, you guard the ghost mountain, and I will find a way to get out of the city. You just need to tell me which channel can get out of the ghost mountain."
In her dictionary, there is no retreat.
Shangguan Qing asked, "Are you sure you want to do this? It's very dangerous."
She's not afraid of danger, but—
She thought of Xuanyuan Qi.
At this time, she still had that strong intuition: if she left here, she might never see him again.
Those secrets will forever be kept in dust.
A thousand lives, and the truth she wants to trace.
Without any hesitation, she made a decision in her heart.
Xuanyuan Qi: I heard that you want to leave me.
Jiaojiao: ￣□￣｜｜
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The game is almost over, and the Yan Guo chapter is drawing to a close.
(End of this chapter)