Chapter 12
The oldest children selected were only eleven or twelve years old, and the youngest was five or six years old. Boys and girls looked very healthy. Chu Xiuyuan took them down the secret room with them. The secret room was located under the garden of the guest room, with food, water, quilts and other things, and they did their best to prepare enough items for the children to hold on.
These things are saved by eating and drinking, and they should last for a month. After Chu Xiuyuan carefully taught them how to open the door from inside, he closed the door of the secret room.
Because it is underground, there is only a little light during the day, and even told them not to light the candles at will.
In addition to these, Chu Xiuyuan arranged for these people to set fire to the general's mansion if the city was broken. This would not only cover up the burning of children aged five to twelve, but the barbarians would not search too carefully.
All those who stayed were ready to die. Thanks to the endless road, good news came on the fourth day when the children hid in the secret room.
A long time later, Chen Jin still clearly remembered this day. The handsome flag fluttering in the wind and the heads strung up like small lanterns were hung on bamboo poles. The barbarians who were sieging the city stopped and rushed towards the troops behind as if they were crazy.
"It's the general..."
"The general is back!"
Cheers kept coming from the city walls. They looked at Shuaiqi, some kneeling on the ground and howled and cried, while others hugged each other and screamed... The general was back, and they were safe!
"Kill out!" I don't know who was the first to shout it out, but soon all the people who were still alive took weapons. Chu Xiuyuan ordered people to open the city gate and took the lead in rushing out, cooperating with Yongning Bo's army to attack the barbarians...
"Aren't you afraid it's a trap?" Chen Jin had been helping with Anping and the others to take care of the injured two days ago. She naturally heard the voice and asked.
Butler Wang said, "What can you do if it's a trap?"
Chen Jin found that during this period, Butler Wang taught her a lot of things intentionally or unintentionally. He was stunned for a moment before he lowered his head to continue boiling medicine. Yes, what can it do if it is a trap? No matter how bad the situation is, how bad can it be compared to now.
"I'm really back..." Chen Jin also had an unreal feeling.
Anping pressed a man who was still going out to fight to the ground, washed his wounds with strong liquor, and said, "Stay honestly."
"I'm going to fight with the general." The man had many wounds of all sizes, the worst of which was on his abdomen.
Anping pressed his wound mercilessly, and waited for him to exclaim in pain before saying, "You are looking for death."
"I will die on the battlefield even if I die." The man struggled.
In fact, he is not very old, only sixteen or seventeen years old. Chen Jin looked over and said, "There are enough people who die, and it will be more useful to the general if he survives."
Butler Wang didn't speak, but he obviously agreed. Chen Jin's words made many people's eyes red.
Yongning Bo not only lifted the border city siege, but also repelled the barbarians, killing them to defeat the army, killing countless enemies and capturing hundreds of people, and then stopping their pursuit.
But this does not mean that the matter is over. The damage to the border town, the scarcity of supplies, and the burial of soldiers have made everyone busy again.
The crying never stopped...
Although the border town is not empty for nine out of ten families, no family is present. Even those gangsters who are annoyed by others choose to die in battle at this moment.
Some families and even men were dead, women also took up weapons to kill the enemy, some old people had no strength, they also climbed up the city wall, hugged the barbarians and jumped down together, and died together...
Later, Chen Jin realized that the strings of lanterns hanging on Yongningbo's army were like heads, which were many barbarian leaders, sacrifices and tribe members. They directly copied the rear of these people, killing them regardless of gender, age and age.
Cruel? If she was still Chen Jin from Prince Rui's Mansion, she would definitely feel cruel and scared. However, Chen Jin, who had experienced the war, felt more grateful. Thanks to the general who rushed back, if the border town was broken, those people who were hung up would become theirs.
It was not until the third day that Chen Jin saw Yongning Bo. He was wearing armor with no color. His bearded face was sharp and his eyes were sharp. He looked down at Chen Jin. Chen Jin was squatting beside the well and cleaning cotton cloth with several people. Because it was for bandaging the wounded, he had to boil it in hot water after washing it.
When Chen Jin saw Yongning Bo, he didn't recognize him at all, and Anping shouted, "General..."
In fact, Uncle Yongning was not that scary... I don’t know if Chen Jin had raised his courage during this period, or if she was misled by rumors and thought Uncle Yongning should be more terrifying, so she didn’t react for the time being, but instead looked at Uncle Yongning in a daze.
The people who were still cleaning put down their things and knelt down and saluted. Chen Jin was squatting and seemed a little abrupt.
However, Chen Jin also reacted and stood up to bless Yongning Body, "General."
"Get up." Uncle Yongning was only following Butler Wang. He looked at Chen Jin and smiled, "Madam, I'll pick you up."
"Thank you, Mr. Xie." Chen Jin changed his name with a wink.
A long time later, Yongning Bo and Shen Jin talked about the first meeting. Yongning Bo said that he felt that Chen Jin was a small group at that time. If Butler Wang and others had not told him, he would have never thought that Chen Jin had the courage to stand up and asked Chen Jin about his impression of him.
Chen Jin told the truth. At that time... Chen Jin only hoped that Yongning Bo would not smile. He looked really ugly and ferocious.
However, at this time, Yongning Bo did not know, and even stretched out his hand with a good feeling. Chen Jin struggled for a while before putting his hand on. Her hands were no longer as tender as when she first came. Because she was washing cotton cloth in cold water and scalding with hot water, it not only turned red and swollen but also cracked, which looked particularly ugly, but Yongning Bo did not care, but instead held her hand tightly.
Yongning Bo came to pick up Chen Jin in person today, which also represented her attitude. At this moment, Chen Jin truly became a member of the Chu family and his wife recognized by Yongning Bo.
However, Yongning Bo only took Chen Jin back to the general's mansion and continued to work hard. Anping still stayed with Shen Jin's side, and Xile... was already dead under the arrow of the barbarians.
The children have been released from the secret room. Yongning Bo's return not only lifted the siege of the border city, but also made everyone have a backbone in their hearts.
On the fourth day, all the living and moving people changed into mai clothes and went to pay tribute to the dead.
On that day, Chu Xiuyuan was with Shen Jin, and Yongning Bo took the soldiers to escort the prisoners. The prisoners who had been hungry for four days had no strength to resist. They were tied up and knelt in front of the grave.
All the people who died in battle were buried together, and their names would be engraved on stone tablets. Those names were copied by Yongning Bo himself. This is a tradition in the border town. There are constant wars here, so I specially found someone to choose a place with good Feng Shui and circled them separately. The best places were left to the people who died of war, and the rest of those who died of illness or old age were buried around.
During festivals, people from the border town will spontaneously come to pay tribute to the dead.
The wine sprinkled on the land, and Yongning Bo said in a deep voice, "Blood Sacrifice."
As his voice fell, the captives' heads were cut off one by one and placed neatly in front of the grave, "I, Chu Xiuming, swore to the heaven that one day I would use the blood of all the barbarians to pay tribute to the dead soldiers."
"kill!"
"Kill! Kill!"
Everyone's eyes were red, and the strong smell of blood not only did not make people afraid, but instead aroused hatred in people's hearts. At this moment, no matter men, women, old and young, they shouted loudly, deafening...
Even Chu Xiuyuan shouted loudly. Chen Jin looked at the man standing in front. Even if he looked ferocious and terrifying, he was still a man who stood up to earth. Is this her husband? A person who is completely different from King Rui is even more responsible... If he really likes to eat raw meat, Chen Jin felt that she could try with him. He didn't know that according to the method of fish sashimi, raw meat would be better.
Chapter completed!