The oldest of the selected children was no more than eleven or twelve, and the youngest was five or six years old. Both boys and girls looked healthy. Chu Xiuyuan led them down to the secret room, which was located under the garden of the guest room. , Food, clean water, quilts and the like, try their best to prepare enough items for the children to survive.
These things should be able to last for a month without eating and drinking. After Chu Xiuyuan carefully taught them how to open the door from the inside, he closed the door of the secret room.
Because it is underground, there is only little light during the day, and they even explained that they cannot light candles at will.
In addition to these, Chu Xiuyuan also arranged for these people to set fire to the general's mansion directly if the city is broken, so that the burning of children aged five to twelve can be covered up, and the barbarians will not be too aggressive. Search carefully.
Those who stayed were all ready to die. Thanks to the heavens, good news came on the fourth day after the children hid in the secret room.
After a long time, Shen Jin still clearly remembered this day. The handsome flag waving in the wind, and the human head strung together like a small lantern were hung on the bamboo poles. The barbarians who were attacking the city stopped their hands, as if He rushed towards the troops behind like crazy.
"It's the general..."
"The general is back!"
Cheers continued to come from the city wall. Some of them knelt on the ground and howled as they watched Shuai Qi, and some hugged each other and screamed... The general is back, they are safe!
"Get out!" I don't know who was the first to yell, but it quickly became a group. The people who were still alive held weapons. Chu Xiuyuan ordered people to open the gate of the city, and rushed out in the lead. Yongningbo's army is attacking the barbarians...
"Aren't you afraid it's a trap?" Shen Jin, who had been helping Anping and the others to take care of the injured two days ago, naturally heard the voice and asked.
Butler Wang said, "So what if it's a trap?"
Shen Jin found out that Steward Wang had taught her a lot during this period of time. He was stunned for a moment before lowering his head and continuing to brew the medicine. Yes, so what if it was a trap. No matter how bad the situation is, it can be worse than it is now where.
"It's really back..." Shen Jin still had an unreal feeling.
Anping ruthlessly pushed a man who was about to go out to fight to the ground, washed his wound with spirits, and said, "Be honest."
"I'm going to fight with the general." There were many wounds on the man's body, the most serious one was on the abdomen.
Anping pressed his wound mercilessly, and waited for him to cry out in pain before saying, "You are looking for death."
"If I die, I will die on the battlefield." The man struggled and said.
In fact, he is not very old, only sixteen or seventeen years old. Shen Jin looked over and said, "Enough people have died, and it will be more useful for the general to survive."
Steward Wang didn't speak, but he obviously agreed. Shen Jin's words made many people's eyes turn red.
Yongningbo not only broke the siege of the border town, but also repelled the barbarians, killing them until they were defeated, killing countless enemies and capturing hundreds of people, and then he stopped the pursuit.
But this does not mean that the matter is over. The battle damage of the border town, the lack of supplies, and the burial of the soldiers made everyone busy again.
The crying never stopped...
Although the border town is not ten rooms and nine empty, but there is not a single family where all the members are there. Even those annoying gangsters and pickpockets have chosen to die at this moment.
In some families, even the men died, and the women also took up weapons to kill the enemy. Some old people had no strength, so they also climbed up the city wall, jumped down together with the barbarians, and died together...
Only later did Shen Jin know that the strings of lanterns hung by Yongningbo's army looked like heads, and belonged to many barbarian leaders, priests, and clan members. They directly copied the rear of these people, beheading all men, women, and children.
cruel? If she was still Shen Jin from Prince Rui's Mansion, then she would definitely feel cruel and frightened, but Shen Jin, who had gone through the war, felt more fortunate. will become theirs.
It wasn't until the third day that Shen Jin saw Uncle Yongning. He was wearing a colorless armor, with a beard all over his face and sharp eyes. He looked down at Shen Jin. Shen Jin was squatting by the well and washing cotton cloth with a few people, because he was bandaging the wounded. It is used, so after washing it, it must be boiled in hot water.
When seeing Uncle Yongning, Shen Jin didn't recognize him at all, but Anping still shouted, "General..."
In fact, Bo Yongning is not that scary... I don’t know if Shen Jin’s courage has grown up during this period of time, or she was misled by rumors that Bo Yongning should be more scary, so she didn’t react for a while, but just stared blankly. Yongning Bo.
Those who were still cleaning put down the things in their hands and knelt down to salute, but Shen Jin, who was squatting, seemed a bit abrupt.
But Shen Jin also reacted, stood up and blessed Uncle Yongning, "General."
"Get up." Uncle Yongning was only followed by Butler Wang, and he smiled at Shen Jin, "Madam, I'll pick you up."
"Xie Husband." Shen Jin changed her title with a wink.
After a long time, Yong Ning Bo and Shen Jin chatted about the first time they met. Yong Ning Bo said that at that time, he felt that Shen Jin was a small group. Having the courage to stand up, he asked Shen Jin again about his impression of him.
Shen Jin just told the truth, at that time... Shen Jin only hoped that Uncle Yongning would stop laughing, he looked really ugly and hideous.
However, Uncle Yongning didn't know it at this time, and even stretched out his hand feeling good about himself. Shen Jin struggled a bit before putting her hand on it. The cotton cloth had to be scalded with hot water again, not only became red and swollen, but also cracked, which looked very ugly, but Yongningbo didn't care, and instead held her hand tightly.
Bo Yongning personally came to pick up Shen Jin today, which also represented her attitude. Only at this moment did Shen Jin truly become a member of the Chu family and his wife recognized by Bo Yongning.
However, Uncle Yongning only took Shen Jin back to the General's Mansion, and then continued to work. Anping still stayed by Shen Jin's side, and Xi Le...had died under the arrows of the barbarians.
The children have been released from the secret room, Yongningbo's return not only broke the siege of the border town, but also made everyone have a backbone in their hearts.
On the fourth day, all the living and moving people put on sackcloth and went together to pay homage to those who died.
On this day, Chu Xiuyuan was accompanying Shen Jin, and Bo Yongning led the soldiers to escort the prisoners. The prisoners who had been hungry for four days had no strength to resist at all, and they were tied and knelt in front of the grave.
All the people who died in battle were buried together, and their names will be engraved on the stone tablet. Those names were copied by Yongningbo himself. The best places are all reserved for those who died in battle, and the rest who died of illness or old age were buried around.
During festivals, people in border towns will spontaneously come to pay homage to these dead.
The wine was spilled on the ground, Yongning Bo said in a deep voice, "Blood sacrifice."
As his voice fell, the heads of those captives were chopped off one by one and placed neatly in front of the grave, "I, Chu Xiuming, swear to God that one day I will sacrifice the blood of all the barbarians to the dead soldiers."
"kill!"
"Kill! Kill!"
Everyone's eyes were red, and the strong smell of blood not only did not scare people, but instead aroused hatred in people's hearts. At this moment, no matter men, women or children, they all shouted loudly, deafening...
Even Chu Xiuyuan yelled, Shen Jin looked at the man standing in front, even though he looked hideous and terrifying, he was still a man of indomitable spirit, is this her husband? A person who is completely different from King Rui, and more responsible... If he really likes eating raw meat, Shen Jin thinks she can try it with him. I don’t know if raw meat would taste better according to the method of fish sticks. .
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