Lao Huang led the scout team and rushed out of Wangfeng Cliff first.
Behind him, scattered reserve army soldiers also rushed out.
Looking back, I saw that on the top of the cliff, bandits fell from the top one by one, like birds with broken wings, screaming and hitting the ground, splashing blood and flesh.
It took almost a stick of incense.
Lao Huang, who had already run far away, heard a loud noise from behind.
I saw a sea of fire rising into the sky from the direction of Wangfeng Cliff, cutting off the entire Wangfeng Cliff.
Even from a distance, one can feel the terrifying power contained in the blazing fire.
"Old Huang, who do you think is helping us?" Wang Erma wiped the sweat from his head and asked.
A figure flashed in Lao Huang's mind, "What do you think?"
Yang Erbang dragged Xiao Xu and ran wildly, asking Lao Huang, "Do you know who it is?"
"Not only the sudden rainstorm, but also the fire just now, are all grammar, right?"
"And he is definitely not a low-level scribe like the ninth or eighth grade."
"Can we meet such a big shot?"
The pace of everyone slowly slowed down, and Da Xu also followed and said, "Yes, you must be at least a seventh-grade scribe. How could such a big shot waste his literary talent on us?"
"The county magistrate of a county is no more than seventh grade."
"If I were a seventh-grade scribe, I would definitely marry several wives and spend all my time living in abundance. Who would suffer like this?"
Lao Huang showed a faint smile, "Do you think Li Si is still alive?"
"Should...be alive." Wang Erma said, "It was so dark in the forest last night that I couldn't even see my fingers."
"With his strength, as long as he can rush out, he will definitely be alive..."
"No, Lao Huang, don't tell me, the person who saved us is...Xiao Li!?"
The eyes of the other three people were also full of disbelief.
He actually thought that it was Li Si who saved the big guy!
"Old Huang, is this too exaggerated?"
Yang Erbang was also frightened by this speculation, "I believe he is alive, but if he rescued us at Wangfeng Cliff, would he be overthinking it?"
"Brother Li... I haven't seen him practicing literary skills on weekdays... and he's just like us, lying down anywhere and falling asleep leaning against a tree."
Da Xu's words were somewhat stumbling.
"He...can really make such a big...movement!?"
Lao Huang said noncommittally, "It's hard to say, but apart from him, I can't think of anyone else."
"When I ran into Wangfeng Cliff, I saw a figure from a distance, stabbing a knife into the stone wall and hanging on half of the cliff..."
"It's very similar to him."
"However, whether it is him or not, we will never see him again."
Lao Huang let out a long sigh.
"What?" Wang Erma looked at Lao Huang.
"As Da Xu said, how come a person like him keeps hanging out with us reserve troops?" Lao Huang said with a smile,
"He can only have one goal on his way north...that is the battlefield of Fengchuan Three Thousand Miles."
After a long time, Wang Erma said dullly, "Whether it's him or not, I recognize this brother."
The remaining people in the reserve army were sparse, like bereft dogs. They ran forward for two hundred miles before stopping to rest in a forest by a river.
Everyone was out of breath, with a look of defeat on their faces.
We haven't reached the northern border yet, and we haven't even fought a battle yet.
They were half wiped out by bandits.
This is the only way that so many people can survive without the bandits taking pains to kill them.
Otherwise, everyone would have died long ago.
Is there anything more demoralizing than this?
Lao Huang lay down by the river, picked up water and poured it into his mouth.
By now, my throat is almost smoking.
Before, I was just trying to save my life, so I didn't pay attention at all.
Now that I came back to my senses, my whole person was on the verge of collapse.
Looking at the others, it was even worse than Lao Huang, and several of them fainted.
Most people were vomiting so much that their faces were as pale as death.
Several members of the scout team calmed down and were about to go out to take a look.
Suddenly there was a rustling sound from the side of the woods.
"Who!?" Wang Erma drew his sword directly and shouted in a low voice.
"Brother Wang, it's me." A familiar voice sounded, and an equally embarrassed figure emerged from the bushes.
"Li...Li Si!?" Wang Erma's eyes nearly popped out, and her breathing became more rapid, "Why, why is it you?"
Lao Huang and others were also stunned.
They never expected that Li Si would come back.
Li Changan patted the broken grass blades on his body and said with a smile, "Brother Wang is cursing me to death?"
"Why can't it be me?"
Wang Erma sighed twice, "Am I cursing you? We all thought you wouldn't go north with us."
"Brother Wang dislikes me?" Li Changan snatched the water bag from Xiao Xu and drank several gulps, "I am also a soldier of our reserve army after all."
Lao Huang drove Wang Erma and the others away. The centurion wanted to count the number of people. There couldn't be anyone left to do the work.
Only Lao Huang and Li Changan were left.
"Is that you at Wangfeng Cliff?" Lao Huang asked casually, as if he was asking about a commonplace matter.
But in fact, Lao Huang's nervous heart was on edge.
Li Changan looked at Lao Huang with a calm expression, then smiled and said,
"After I ran away last night, I dressed up as a bandit and followed him up to Wangfeng Cliff, and ran out under the cover of night."
Lao Huang nodded and smiled, "Just stay alive."
"Yeah, just stay alive." Li Changan put his hands under his head and lay down directly.
He naturally knew that Lao Huang didn't believe it, and he also knew that Lao Huang already knew it. Both of them knew it well.
What he just said seemed to be meant for Lao Huang, but in fact it was used to silence others.
The battle at Wangfengya was too costly.
Li Changan's heart is still bleeding.
Three whole grammatical strategies were torn up by him.
If it weren't for those three grammars at the peak level of seventh grade.
How could he possibly save these people from the reserve army from bandits?
We have only gone less than 30% of the way north, and we have used four grammatical strategies.
Unfortunately, he hasn't mastered these grammars yet.
I'll have to use it sparingly next time.
Otherwise, before we even enter the battlefield of Fengchuan Three Thousand Miles, they will all be used up, and why not give them a hammer?
Wang Erma and the others soon brought back a piece of news that made people's hearts sink.
"There are only fifty-six people left."
"Almost everyone was injured."
"If we encounter bandits again, we will probably be wiped out."
Yang Erbang took out a piece of dried meat from his arms, put it into his mouth and chewed, "How could there be no bandits on this road?"
"What's more, there are officials who are more bandits than bandits..."
Lao Huang patted Yang Erbang's shoulder and said, "Well, there's no point complaining anymore. As long as we can get to Beiliang City, we will at least have half a year to live happily."
"Fourth brother, do you think we can get to Beiliang City?" Xiao Xu asked Li Changan with a hint of hope.
Li Changan smiled and said, "Of course, otherwise, why would we go north?"
"We didn't go north just to be killed by the bandits and the government."
"Well, fourth brother, I believe in you." With Li Changan's assurance, Xiao Xu's eyes regained some light.
However, Li Changan's guarantee could not give other soldiers confidence.
At night,
Da Xu kept watch at night and found that two soldiers had gone out for a long time and did not come back. He searched along the road for several miles, but the two men had disappeared.
"Someone escaped."
Da Xu hurriedly said to Lao Huang.
Lao Huang sighed, "Forget it, don't worry about it, just pretend you didn't see it."
Someone deserted.
The news spread throughout the reserve army after dawn the next day.
Fifty-six people, two missing, there is no way they can hide it.
The centurion didn't say anything more, he just wrote the names of these two people on the defection list.
On the second day, four more were missing.
There are only fifty people left in the entire reserve army!
The centurion finally took a cruel step and wrote those four people on the list of collaborators.
As long as you pass by the inn and hand over the two lists, the two deserters and their entire family will be arrested.
The men were sent to the army, the women were sent to the military service, the beautiful ones worked as official prostitutes, and the ugly ones did menial jobs.
Children are trained from an early age. Boys with good looks are used as male prostitutes. Boys with ugly looks are directly purged and sent to the homes of officials to work as servants.
Apart from being unclean, girls are just like everyone else.
As for the remaining four collaborators, there is only one outcome.
That is, kill everyone!
The atmosphere in the reserve army has reached rock bottom.
Li Changan even noticed that many soldiers clenched the long knives in their hands.
In addition to being depressed, the atmosphere seemed to be filled with a layer of suppressed restlessness.
"Please pay attention," Lao Huang reminded, especially to Big Xu and Xiao Xu.
"Erma and I will keep watch tonight. You guys should try not to sleep. If you do, you should take turns sleeping."
Wang Erma and Yang Erbang both nodded.
Xiao Xu was a little panicked, "What, what happened?"
"I'm afraid there's going to be a mutiny." Li Changan patted Xiao Xu on the shoulder, telling him not to get excited, "You're right next to me, nothing will happen to you."
Lao Huang whispered to Li Changan, "Don't be impulsive. Let's just sit back and watch."
"Don't worry." Li Changan nodded.
Time passes bit by bit.
The atmosphere in the reserve army became increasingly oppressive.
Wait until night falls.
The surroundings were extremely quiet, except for the snoring, there was no other movement.
In the middle of the night, Li Changan, who had been comprehending the intention of the Wind-Severing Saber, suddenly opened his eyes.