It should be a taboo for the main general to be trapped in the enemy's formation. If both main generals are trapped in the enemy's formation and they actively break in, it will feel a bit ridiculous.
Combat is exhilarating because it makes killing seem natural.
The threat behind me made me more sensitive, and I felt that everyone slowed down, including myself. My naked upper body was exposed to the midday sun, and I didn't feel any cold, because the feeling of death approaching at any time made me unable to remember anything else.
Their bravery cannot be denied. They were the ones who rushed towards me again and again, brandishing swords, spears and fishing forks. Although in retrospect, it felt like a group of fishermen pretending to be butchers. I had long forgotten all the moves that Zhang Fei and his men had taught me. In short, I would use the Heavenly Wolf to hit anyone who approached me, and I would block the weapons that were swung at me. There was nothing to say about that.
I had no idea what the fighting was like in other places. I only cared about myself. At least I couldn't let the people on this ship rush over. That was all I could think of. Maybe I wasn't suitable to be a commander. Being a vanguard or a soldier seemed to suit me better.
In an instant, I suddenly felt that the Heavenly Wolf seemed to enter my body as I swung it, without any restraint, flowing freely through my blood and throughout my body. I wondered if this was the ultimate in martial arts, where weapons and people were no longer separate, as if I had thorns on my hands.
Suddenly, a strong wind came from behind my head again, and this time it seemed that the thing coming was bigger, and it seemed to be more than just a meteor hammer.
"Slender-waisted wasp, watch out." This person is so rude. He actually treated me like this, which made me very angry.
"You must be the descendant of the eunuchs of the Slim Waist Palace!" I remember that's what I replied at the time. This allusion comes from the Warring States Period. The King of Chu liked thin waists, so he built the Slim Waist Palace and collected thin waisted women from all over the world. At that time, the women in the palace lived frugally and tied their waists to make their waists thinner. There were so many waists that the King of Chu could hold them firmly with both hands, and his fingers could even rest on them. At that time, people joked that the women in the palace were thin waisted bees. How could I swallow his anger when he did this to me
But I couldn't keep my body and hands idle. I caught the man and brought him to the landing place on the boat, and swung a stick at him. The man used a rope as a barrier to block the attack. I suddenly felt a little regretful. Why didn't I choose an axe when I first chose a weapon? You still used a rope to block it. It seems that I can learn dialect faster when I am with Longxing.
I thought about it, but I did it. I believed in my strength and used the wolf tooth stick to twist the rope of the meteor hammer. He also saw my idea, but he didn't hit me with the hammer, but pulled it directly behind him. However, his moves were not old yet. He immediately cut the rope with his arm downwards and suddenly added force. The hammer turned directly and fell from the top of my head. I subconsciously leaned back and grabbed the hammer with my hand. I caught it! Although my hand hurt, I knew that the thing in my hand was the fatal meteor gall.
He certainly didn't expect me to catch it, but he didn't hesitate, and immediately lifted the hammer with his feet, twisted it a little, and it bounced out immediately. I just stabilized my balance and without thinking, I turned sideways and kicked it with my foot...
Suddenly a gust of wind blew by, and Gan Xingba seemed to sense something. Without paying attention to the hammer wound on his leg, he slightly twisted the thin rope in his hand and removed the rope from my Tianlang.
Then he shouted: "The south wind is strong, pull quickly."
I saw the people who boarded our ship quickly retreat to their boats, and I also staggered back to our boat. Someone wanted to come over to help me, but was stopped by him. He must have seen that I did not forget to stop Long Xing and others from chasing me with arrows while I was fleeing in a panic.
"Return our brothers and I will not trouble you. Otherwise, as long as you are on this water, you will be in danger of death." He held up the rattan shield and threatened directly.
"How is your doctor?" I stood firm, but propped my hands against the side of the boat. "We have the great doctor Hua Tuo here. I won't let your brothers down. It's just that they are all injured, and many of them are seriously injured."
He left. After I finished, he didn't say anything. He just waved and left. I didn't even feel that he was my enemy. Thinking about my own words, I definitely didn't think I was their enemy. It was like a comrade-in-arms who was telling me what to do after his death.
Although it was a little strange to have a south wind in winter, I thought that the wind from the south was not an enemy. Following this rare wind, I thought that in half an hour, I would see my acquaintances again. I suddenly felt that I could not support myself. The pain in my feet made me sit down, but the expression on my face still showed that nothing was wrong.
Hua Tuo was busy again. The good news he gave me was that the bones in my feet were not broken, but the bad news was that the arrow wound in my back had burst. But I felt that my back was fine, but my feet were much worse.
But I still trust him very much, after all, he is my savior.
"Mr. Hua, please stay." He treated me so quickly that it was as if I was the only one injured, not all the people on the ship. Before the sun moved, and there was no movement on the southern ship, he had already put down his sleeves, casually asked the patient how he felt, smiled and answered others' thanks, and prepared to go back to rest.
"Are you feeling unwell?"
"Do you know Wei Dingguo and Doctor He?"
"Of course, we grew up in the same village. Now, Dingguo seems to be the governor of Jingzhou, right?"
"That's right. I'm going back to Xiangyang. I want to know if Mr. Hua is willing to go with me to Xiangyang to meet old friends."
"Let's wait until after the Chinese New Year. There has been a flood in Jiangnan recently, and the epidemic may be more serious. I am a walking doctor and cannot delay what I should do."
I stood up and bowed deeply to this simple yet great doctor. My action made the middle-aged man a little confused. He waved his hand and left. In his eyes, we were just a group of young men, not a peaceful and powerful man.
"Brother, why don't you let me shoot?" Long Xing handed me clothes and helped me put them on.
"I don't know, but if you don't want to do it, then don't do it. You're right to listen to me."
Long Xing shook his head, somewhat confused, but he did not ask too many questions, and he still asked everyone to be on guard. In his eyes, he did not feel safe yet, I think it was because he was on the water.
I didn't leave the cabin, I was watching from the side of the ship. By the way, I saw that the other people were preparing for battle with some "disorganization". I think they must be grateful for escaping the attack of the Jinfan thieves, because we really suffered real casualties in this battle. Almost all the Xianbei people were injured. It can be seen that they seemed to be the target of heavy attacks. The enemy must be well-trained or Gan Xingba's command was unique. Thank God, we didn't have many casualties, but the sadness of parting was not alleviated by the number of people who left.
Long Xing directed people to arrange their funeral affairs, cut the hair of the dead with a sharp knife, and cremated the hair under the command of an old man, wiped off the blood on their bodies, and took off their battle clothes. I turned my back, unable to bear to watch them leave. After all, they were brothers who fought with me and traveled thousands of miles. I heard a familiar voice behind me and immediately blocked the cabin door. Don't let Huang Xin come up.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Huang Xin was very curious. She came over and pushed me to come out to see what was going on.
"Go back!" I yelled at her, getting angry from nowhere. Huang Xin's sister-in-law immediately turned around and left, dragging Song Qian, who was also curious, with her.
She didn't insist on anything, nothing, she just turned around and left. I suddenly felt guilty, why did I get so angry, she didn't do anything wrong. After thinking about it, I went downstairs, came to her house, and bowed: "There is a fierce battle upstairs, the scene is very tragic, it is not suitable to watch, I am sorry for offending you." Seeing that she didn't react, I sighed, turned around and left.
"You usually speak so elegantly. Are you hurt?"
My heart warmed: "No, it's okay."
"Don't act like a hero." She laughed. "Who are you trying to fool when you walk with a limp?"
"It's okay, no bones were broken."
"If you hurt your bones, you won't be able to walk." This person pretended to know a lot about medicine. "Come in and sit down. Time will pass quickly if you find someone to chat with... Are you okay now?" I thought about it and shook my head. I was very relieved about the people above. With them, I felt that I could sleep well every day.
"Why don't you come in and sit down, and stand up straight?"
I smiled foolishly and sat down feeling relieved.
"I have something to ask you."
"Speak." I thought my voice was too loud, and in such a cabin my voice sounded like thunder. Even my head shrank.
"Why are you so loud?" She kept scolding me, and then she laughed. Because I laughed, her voice got louder.
The hairpin on her head, life in the mountains is far from luxury, if that hairpin is counted, it is also a piece of jewelry, and there are no other ornaments. It seems that the hairpin is her favorite thing. I have seen her touch it more than once, but when I wear the hairpin, I will touch it when I have nothing to do, so I have never paid much attention to it. But thinking about it carefully, it seems that she always touches her head when she wants to think about something or make a decision. The most impressive thing is that time when she wanted to write a poem, but I was in the pine tree at that time and was busy looking at the beautiful girl. Maybe that thing was brought from Kawanaka's family.
"You saved us this morning... Why did you think of saving us? That's an arrow, it will kill you." It's rare to hear her talking in a stuttering way.
"First, the arrows are coming, and the five of us can't run away here, at least not all of us can run away." I'm always like this, always starting to get naughty at the most critical moment. "Second, the five of us have different sizes. From largest to smallest, they are: Song Qian, you, Zhang Qin, Tu Jinglie, and me."
She laughed too, but she decided to continue listening to my nonsense quietly: "Then someone has to take the blame for the others. Who do you think can guarantee that no one else will get hurt?"
She smiled and nodded. I think she believed it, but I didn’t even believe it myself.
"So, a talented woman is so wonderful that she needs to be dismantled and turned upside down. Is that the way it is?"
“It’s not exactly the same, but that’s basically what it means.”
"Looks like a girl, right?"
I suddenly realized that I had made a mistake. The word "miao" is composed of a "nu" and a "shao" instead of a "cai". Why did I remember it as a "cai"
"That's right." But when I saw her inquiring eyes, I suddenly felt my quick wit coming back. "If it's a masterpiece, you can't write it so respectfully. Do you know how to connect the strokes?"
"I once saw a drinker who wrote with a brush after drinking. His words were smooth from beginning to end. Although his handwriting was not neat, it had its own unique charm." The talented woman, who seemed to be thinking about something, began to suddenly realize something.
"Yes," I picked up the pen on the table and dipped it in ink. I thought to myself that the weather was quite warm, there was no ice in the inkstone, and there was no smell of alcohol this time. I said, "Look at these few words."
I wrote a few words neatly on the left side of the paper, which caused a criticism: "Your handwriting is not very good. You must have been slapped on the palm of your hand by the teacher many times." However, she still gave me a little praise: "But the words are still very powerful and tasteful."
I decided to ignore him and continued, "Look at how I write this time?" I then placed my pen on the right side of the paper, and immediately a thin line appeared between the two lines. I then deliberately lengthened the vertical line, and then added a stroke across the middle.
"Isn't this the word 'talent'?" I replied to the talented woman with pride.
The talented woman was obviously very interested: "What kind of calligraphy is this?"
“I don’t know. Maybe it can be called cursive writing.”
"Why?"
"Sometimes I have wonderful ideas, or I occasionally gain something, but my memory is not good. Whenever this happens, I must write it down for fear that I will forget it soon. I often sketch out the outline first, and then write it down in an article when I have free time. That's why it is called cursive writing." I once again demonstrated my strengths.
"Cursive script...Cursive script, quite interesting." I saw that she started to write on the paper I wrote with some interest, using cursive script with connected strokes. She wrote the word "怡", and then the word "恬".
Suddenly, the sound of footsteps got louder. Huang Xin and I looked up, but of course we couldn't see anything. I immediately signaled that I had to go up, and she signaled to her heart. We didn't say a word, and I quickly caught up.
Everyone gathered around the side of the circular pool of water surrounded by our ships, holding weapons in their hands. Only Yan Rou was standing on the outer side of the easternmost ship, looking at the water outside with a bamboo pole in his hand.
"What's going on?"
"Someone is coming from underwater."
"What?" I was incredulous. Although this year was a warm winter, the temperature of the water was still imaginable. I quickly climbed onto the boat and looked around. Although my eyesight was not very good, I could not see any other ships except the fleet in the distance. I turned around a few times to confirm it. But all these combined together were a little unbelievable.
"How many people?"
"It seems there is only one."
"One?" It was a bit surprising.
"The boat is leaking!... Someone is cutting into the boat!" A loud shout came from the hatch of a boat. I understood the man's intention. Then, right in front of me, a person came out of the water in this circle to take a breath. Before everyone's noise had subsided, he immediately sank again. Long Xing immediately drew his bow and arrow and shot at the still blurred figure under the water. Unexpectedly, it deviated a few inches away. I think this is something he never expected, and neither did I. This is probably the first time he missed. I also couldn't figure out why the arrow just didn't hit the "fish".
But now, we are in trouble. There is a man below who is slashing our boat, and we seem to be helpless. Long Xing asked everyone to pick up weapons and go downstairs quickly. If they see a hole, they should use their weapons to stab it.
Then, he asked a few people, who seemed to be good at swimming among the Xianbei people, but were actually only somewhat good at swimming. There were not many swamps in the far north, so few people could swim. Go into the water together to deal with the pirate. Although he failed the first time, his ability to respond was not affected. I think Jingzhou has got a treasure this time.
Four strong Xianbei guys were shouting in the wind, drinking strong liquor, and exercising their bodies. Each of them held a sharp knife in their mouths, prepared themselves, and then jumped down. The battle under the boat began after a while. The water under one of the boats began to become restless and rushed out.
But soon, blood gushed out with the water. The four Xianbei people were injured and could not hold on. I just expressed my surprise against my will and responded to the unbelievable Po Liu Han Lie Ya, because I just thought that guy would be more powerful. Two of the four people were seriously injured, but when I saw Hua Tuo appear, I felt relieved, thinking that nothing serious would happen. It may be that he didn't need to use much strength in the water, so the cuts were not heavy. However, in this case, he still wanted to chisel our boat. It was almost crazy to think about it, but we seemed to have no way out. Long Xing opened his bow and stared at the water, waiting for him to appear again, intending to shoot him. But I don't know why, I was actually worried about this person who was slowly pushing us to a dead end. I think I started to think about this underwater dragon again.
I didn't expect that there are so many capable people in Yunmeng. If they can help me in Jingzhou, I won't have to worry about anything. After thinking about it, I hurriedly warned myself not to think wrongly and save my life first. I feel that we are really useless. We were forced to this point by one person. It would be a big joke for people to know that hundreds of people were tied to ropes and slowly dragged to death by one person. I know that I am a good swimmer, but I know that compared with the man underwater, I am far behind. Yan Rou was still paying attention to the water outside. Long Xing had no choice but to wait and see. I didn't think about what to do, but Yan Rou ignored this person. I decided to go over and see what this honest man was thinking this time. Because he was a little strange, as if the whole ship's affairs had nothing to do with him. He just stood there motionless and just relied on the pole.
All he did was quietly watching underwater, occasionally leaning out to take a look. He didn't say anything to me. Sensing my approach, he even asked me to stay away from the side of the boat, but without saying a word.
I followed his instructions, and I always trusted my brothers. So what could I do? I also began to think about how to deal with this underwater person. I couldn't appear to be a person who didn't care about it. Only my brothers were busy and I was like an idler.
If we treat it like a fish, but this fish is more ferocious. Then the better way is to use a net to catch it. Obviously, this method can be eliminated, because if it is possible, it can only be a man named Gan Xingba who made a big mistake and actually used a fishing boat to attack us. These ships that at least look like warships should not have such things. If I ask people to find such things on these ships, it will become another joke.
Suddenly, I felt Yan Rou, who had been motionless, move. His bamboo pole slowly reached down, then swept fiercely, and then he drew his sword from his waist and threw it down. I clearly heard the sound of a sword splitting flesh. Immediately, Yan Rou called for others to jump down, and he jumped down immediately. I thought I could go over and see now, but I hesitated when I thought of that sound. Although I have killed people before, this sound seemed to make me feel even more horrified. I couldn't even move a step on the boat.
"Leave it alive!" I only had time to think of this sentence, and then all I did was watch them come up together, carrying the half-dead fish. There was a big gash on the back of the "fish", and blood kept oozing out. I didn't need to do anything, Hua Tuo had already started to treat it. This was a strong man, more than 20 years old, with short hair that only reached the back of his neck and a hairband tied around his forehead. I have seen many fishermen who go fishing in the water like this, to prevent their hair from covering their eyes. He is not very handsome, but his body shape and underwater skills are more attractive to girls.
"Yan Rou, why are you waiting over there for him to come up for air? How do you know he'll be there?"
"I saw him swimming over here." Seeing my surprised expression, he wiped the water drops from his head and decided to explain in detail: "At that time, I didn't know what it was. I only saw the water churning from here to the west. Gradually, this turmoil came under our boat. I knew there must be something. But I didn't know what it was. I told Long Xing, but didn't tell others for fear of causing a commotion. When the boat began to be pierced, although we didn't know what he was doing, we knew that this person was not a friend, so I asked them to make noise in the inner circle. That person would definitely head inside for a demonstration. However, as long as he has some sense, he will come out to breathe. He will find a place he thinks is safe to breathe, so I expected him to return to the place where he first went under our boat to breathe. Because I didn’t shout when he came, he must have thought that he went under our boat without being discovered. I didn’t think he would find a very unfamiliar place. Sure enough, he chose this place, but his vigilance was still very strong. He just sank when his head slipped. As long as I saw ripples on the water, I would hide and look at him through the gap in the side planks. He would stick his head out to look at me, then take a breath and go back down. He was drilling the southwest boat and swam over to breathe, and he was swinging a hammer underwater. I thought he would soon be exhausted and tired. He would rest for longer and longer periods of time, so I waited. When he relaxed his vigilance and gasped for breath, I would hit him.”
I nodded and looked at the second treasure I brought back to Jingzhou: the stoic and calm Yan Rou: "You saved all of us. Go and rest now. Your heart will catch a cold."
"How is his injury?" I turned and asked the miracle doctor Hua Tuo.
"He's seriously injured and the bleeding has just stopped. Now it depends on whether he can get through this." He didn't stop bandaging the wound. I asked them to find a place to put the prisoner.
"It seems you want to recruit this water ghost again." Long Xing said expressionlessly.
"So what?" I answered with the same expressionless face.
"Not very good. Then send this person to Brother Xie's boat and put him on his couch to settle him down." Still expressionless.
"Why put it on my couch?" I was still as still as a wooden board.
"It's you who wants to recruit him, not me. Of course I have to do something to impress him. Your cabin is much more comfortable than other cabins, and you just need to serve them well outside the cabin. That's how those people in the books win people's hearts." He finally couldn't help but smile.
"Send him to my couch and let him rest. Dry him and light the stove." I gave the final order, still maintaining a desk face.
"Let him lie on his left side." Hua Tuo demonstrated. "This way, it will not bleed again and it will be easier to drain the pus later."
"Thank you, Dr. Hua." I bowed deeply, but got a sigh in return.
The next thing was to wait for the fleet in the south, watching them getting closer and closer. After getting rid of the scary underwater dragon, everyone no longer had the desire and plan to fight. If there was anything else, we would wait until the present moment. I sat on the side of the boat, bored, with my legs drooping like a child, sometimes shaking. And Long Xing seemed to be always restless. He and a few Xianbei people tried to tinker with the sail, of course, it would end in a humiliating failure, because he was smart all his life but confused for a moment. The bow and stern of the boat were still connected, so even if he held the sail correctly, he couldn't move the boat at all. But I just didn't want to, because I was too lazy to let him mess around.
I felt sleepy, that was the only feeling I had. Time went by so slowly just sitting there waiting for them that I could not help dozing off and almost fell into the water. I quickly climbed back into the boat and found a safe place to sit down. Suddenly I remembered that another boat had been dented, so I hurried to check it out. But I had already given up on his stupid move. Dilonghang told me not to go, and that everything was fine.
"How?"
"Hemp, hemp. We have been using it to plug the hole in the boat. Now it doesn't leak anymore."
"Oh." The waiting time was still boring. The foreigners had found a way to kill time and started playing in the water. It must have been influenced by the "fish". The reason was that a Xianbei girl stabbed one of the boys. Then, a group of heroes jumped down one by one with full of enthusiasm. Nan made some movements in the air before jumping down, which caused everyone to cheer. I suddenly felt familiar and remembered that it was Zhang Kai. It was really amazing that he could think of such a trick. Nan learned it very quickly. Obviously, it takes a lot of courage to go down. Basically, everyone went down once and didn't have the courage to go down a second time. And as long as you go down once, you can show your bravery, and the feeling in the water in winter doesn't seem to be a good feeling. So then everyone started a new game. I think everyone has completely regarded the fleet in the south as their own people and is not on guard. Although it's a bit reckless, I am the same. Everyone is completely tired of this kind of life of fear for several months. They have begun to indulge in entertainment and don't care what is coming.
Nan was teaching Wenwen how to shoot arrows, and Huang Xin also appeared on the boat and became a spectator. She seemed to feel that it was inconvenient to disturb the two children. I took the initiative to teach her how to shoot arrows. Although she said she was happy to learn, she still pointed at my back and said that I was injured and didn't want to move. I said that the injury was fine, but I still found a number one bow to teach, unlike the child who showed off his ability and asked his brother-in-law for the longbow.
I started to have bad thoughts, and asked the brothers over there to get out of the way. Then, with Long Xing's usual method of holding the bow horizontally, I shot an arrow at the hatch over there, and then shot arrow after arrow like a master. Although I didn't practice archery much, I still had some basic skills. Ten arrows were nailed on the door, and they were very close. The Xianbei people were obviously used to it. There was no cheering, just watching casually from the side, but other people were shouting. However, Huang Xin was obviously curious about this action and asked this and that. I answered a few questions casually. In fact, my thoughts were still on the stubborn boy next to me. Sure enough, Xu Wenwen was also curious about my action. Long Xing had never shot many arrows in front of them, and most of the battles were withdrawn to places where they could not see the battlefield. Seeing this kind of crossbow shooting action was indeed a bit strange.
Next, it was the turn of the boy to perform. Watching his movements, I knew two things: first, he was a little weaker; second, he didn't know that a horizontal grip required considerable strength. Because I had tried his unique method in a place where no one was around, and learned some lessons. Of course, I couldn't bear the pain I had suffered alone, so at least I could let Nan learn from it, which would have a certain effect on his future development. I suddenly felt the growth and rampage of my bureaucratic spirit.
Nan's arrow went out, a little too high, and I knew that if the target was far away, it would be a little too low. But the most important thing is not this, I "kindly" walked over and asked softly, "Is your arm injured?"
Nan wanted to act like a hero at first, but now that he was exposed, he couldn't hold on any longer, so he had to rub his right arm to show that his arm had bounced. The biggest requirement for horizontal grip is arm strength, because you can't stick to your arm, otherwise it will bounce. Vertical grip will increase the angle due to the natural distance between the arm and the shoulder, while horizontal grip requires you to control the angle and strength that will not hurt your arm. Thinking of this, I wanted to scratch my left elbow. I didn't think of this at first. I think it's much easier than vertical grip. I didn't understand it until I suffered a loss.
Suddenly the south wind picked up, and the weather became even more bizarre. However, this was a good thing for people coming from the south, as the Yangtze River originally flowed from southwest to northeast in this section.
I lowered my bow and looked into the distance, hoping for confirmation.
"Li." I shouted out excitedly. I was even happier when the word "Zhou" appeared immediately afterwards. Thinking of the upcoming meeting and the blow, I began to prepare bad words.
But then a "Wang" appeared, which made me a little confused. I know that the Wang I am more familiar with is Wang Xiaojuan. We all believe in Madam Bo, the apple of Lord Situ's eye. This one is probably a newcomer. As for how he came here, I don't care.
I suddenly collapsed and sat down. This time I felt really tired. I was so tired that I no longer had the energy to do anything else. Come on, brothers, take me home.