Only this ruined city is left standing alone on this land, looking particularly dilapidated and deserted in the afterglow of autumn.
A figure cautiously poked his head out of the arrow holes in the city wall to take a look, then quickly retracted, and then slowly poked his head out again. After doing this several times, he finally got the courage to look towards the city.
The people under the city looked over, and then shouted happily: "The thieves are retreating." The voice was clear and childish, and it turned out to be a half-grown little girl.
Following this shout, many people stood up one after another on the city wall, supporting each other and leaning on the wall to look out. At a glance, they were all old and weak, women and children, the youngest was only around ten years old.
, the older man has a white beard, and he can't take a step without taking two breaths. And most of the people on the city wall are women, naturally not the female generals under Hucha Dongchan who are even more fierce than the tigers. They are all
These women are ordinary women. These women are old and young. They don't have military uniforms or armor. They just wear the clothes they usually wear at home. There are brocade clothes and fine clothes, and there are also coarse linen clothes. There are countless shapes in different shapes. But at this moment, they are all.
It was completely black, and even the appearance of his face was smoked by the smoke, making it hard to see clearly. It was really embarrassing.
It's just that I don't know where the strong men in this city have gone. Only these old, weak, women and children are left guarding an isolated city.
"Madam, Madam, come and see, the thieves have all run away, and we have won again." The girl who just spoke couldn't help but ran to the side, and said happily in front of a woman who was leaning against the wall and trying to catch her breath.
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This woman is one of the few people wearing armor on the city wall at the moment. She holds a two-foot-long red-tasseled spear in her hand. She has sword-shaped eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. She looks quite heroic. Even though she is covered in blood, she can't conceal her natural beauty. However, her face is a bit pale.
It's very hard, but you have to pretend like nothing happened.
The woman nodded and said: "Li'er, go and tell everyone to take the time to rest. These evil thieves from Caohai will attack again no matter when. We can't take it lightly."
Li'er responded obediently and ran to help the villagers who were staggering around. The woman took a deep breath, her face suddenly lost color, her abdomen felt like cramps, she staggered under her feet, and she hurriedly stretched out her hands to hold on to the city wall to barely stabilize herself.
After a long while, the woman took a step with difficulty. But what is surprising is that every time the woman takes a step, her feet become more determined. From a distance, it seems that what is coming is not a person, but a breath.
The courage to ask God for fate.
Along the way the woman passed by, everyone who saw the woman, whether young or old, would respectfully and lovingly call her "Madam". The woman smiled softly, and this smile added a touch of tenderness to the heroic spirit on her face. In this thick smoke
The surrounding situation makes people feel particularly cherished.
The woman gently said a word or two to everyone passing by, either comforting or greetings. There were old men with tearful eyes, little children who didn't know the heights of the world, and others with faces of reverence, forgetting the pain and fatigue.
The villagers, no matter what their external circumstances are, no matter whether they are hungry or in dire straits, they will always look at the woman with respect and say a word or two. This is how a man should die for his bosom friend. But if a man
Having a confidant who can die for oneself should be regarded as a life worth living, but the woman in front of him seems to have a city of people who would go through fire and water for her without hesitation.
Sitting on a piece of rubble under the city wall was a wealthy woman. She looked like she had been pampered for a long time, but at the moment she was just leaning against the dark wall with her eyes closed and meditating. Beside her were two maids who looked like maids, one on the left and one on the left.
Right, he was already so tired that he fell asleep.
The woman came here, smiled warmly, and gently pulled up the woman's half-slipped coat and covered it up better. She hadn't had a good night's sleep in the past few days. The weather was getting colder, and the woman's body must have been exhausted
Unable to live.
The woman groaned and slowly opened her eyes. When she saw the woman standing in front of her, she let out a low voice and struggled to sit up. The woman quickly held her down and said softly: "Mrs. Qi, please rest a little longer.
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"Mrs. Cheng, I'm fine. Are the thieves gone?"
"Um."
Mrs. Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a look of relief: "These people who have been stabbed a thousand times are finally gone. Mrs. Cheng, will they come back?"
The woman in uniform smiled slightly and said, "Don't be afraid, Mrs. Qi, I will take care of everything."
Mrs. Qi's eyes were sore, and her tears fell like beads. She washed away the smoke and mud on her face, revealing her fair complexion: "I don't know what happened to them. Did Qing'er suffer from cold or hunger?
Why don't you even send us a letter these days? I, I, I..." As she spoke, Mrs. Qi began to sob, waking up the two maids who were sleeping soundly, and opened her sleepy eyes.
He looked at his wife blankly.
The woman in military uniform comforted her softly: "Mrs. Qi, the world is not peaceful now. There is no one who can send letters. Don't worry. Ji Cheng and the others are with Qing'er and everything will be fine."
Mrs. Qi held the hand of the woman in military uniform and started crying non-stop. She swallowed hard and her eyes filled with tears.
There was no trace of impatience on the face of the woman in military uniform, and she gave gentle words of persuasion to appease Mrs. Qi's grief and grief. During this delay, many people gathered around the woman in military uniform. Some were trying to persuade Mrs. Qi, some were worried, and some were worried.
The person who asked the woman in military uniform was asking when the men in the woman's family would come back.
The woman in military uniform glanced at everyone and said loudly: "Don't be afraid, everyone. Before they left the city, they promised to come back in ten days. No matter who comes back or who doesn't come back, we have had enough of waiting for these ten days. I
I believe that as long as one person is still alive, they will definitely come back to report the news. We here are all relatives, now and in the future. If we protect and support each other, we will definitely be able to overcome this difficulty."
Everyone nodded. This woman in military uniform was already the backbone of everyone. What the woman in military uniform said at this moment was what everyone packed. The fierce fighting for days had made these people exhausted. If it weren't for the woman in military uniform's constant encouragement, maybe this
The city has long since fallen into the hands of the Caohai soldiers.
"Madam, the city took in refugees a few days ago. They said that most of the capital city has been occupied by others, and that the entire Shiyan Prefecture except ours has been ruined by those bad people. Madam, do you think this is true?
If this is really the case, are Master Cheng and the others in danger?" A woman asked worriedly.
"Whether it's true or not, we can't panic. I believe in Ji Cheng, and you should also believe in your husbands.