Chapter 42, Life and Death
Fu Jiezi asked Zhao Xiong, and Zhao Xiong sighed, "When the little general and Qiaoer saw that there was not enough water, they left them to our wounded. They haven't drunk a mouthful of water since yesterday."
Fu Jiezi looked at the two and the old military doctor. He sighed for a moment. He knew that Huo Yi and the old military doctor were, but it was a little surprising that Su Qiaoer, a delicate little girl, could also have this sentiment.
"Slaughter some walking military horses and bloodleting to save people." Fu Jiezi's words came out after beating in his mouth for a long time. Horses are the soul of soldiers. Soldiers who don't love horses will not be good soldiers. Fu Jiezi comes from a famous horse family and has much more feelings for horses than others. It is a painful thing to kill horses now.
But the situation is better than people. Now only horses can save people. Camels are thirsty and can survive to the end in the desert, so they can't be killed.
The horses lay on the ground, and the blood splashed everywhere. There was no way to make a fire here, and the dry food had been eaten. Everyone began to eat raw horse meat and drink horse blood.
These soldiers are all veterans. They have encountered this kind of thing before, but Su Qiaoer and Huo Yi have suffered a lot.
Huo Yi has been a child and has never suffered such a crime at all, not to mention Su Qiaoer.
She woke up dizzy and almost fainted when she saw that everyone was like a blood-sucking devil. Fu Jiezi took a bowl for him and sent it over. Su Qiaoer's face immediately changed. Looking at the red blood, she couldn't help vomiting.
Huo Yi also looked pale and looked at Su Qiaoer, the only girl on her side. But after a while, he felt that it was wrong. He should not be timid in front of the girl. Now he took over the bowl and lifted it. Although it was a little disgusting, he pretended to be a tough guy in front of the girl and felt better.
Su Qiaoer looked at Huo Yi, and her face changed again. She couldn't help but stay away from him. This made Huo Yi regret it.
Fu Jiezi saw that she refused to drink and did not force it. At this time, the Xiongnu's iron hooves were getting closer and closer. Fu Jiezi asked Huo Yi to keep the horse's blood for Su Qiaoer and drink it whenever he wanted. He urged the horse team to continue to run for their lives.
At this time, the Xiongnu cavalry had been changed to a light horse, and the speed obviously increased, and Fu Jiezi's army dropped too much because of fatigue. In this way, it was only a matter of time before they could catch up. After a walk, the wounded called Fu Jiezi. Zhao Xiong's face became very bad and said, "General, the Xiongnu soldiers have changed horses. Hearing the sound of horses' hoofs, we can't walk away.
Fu Jiezi said in a low voice, "Don't talk nonsense. We still have a chance to walk fast in the desert.
"No, General." Zhao Xiong gasped and said, "We have wasted a lot of time for the wounded. If we go on like this, we will kill everyone." Fu Jiezi was a little surprised and said, "What do you want to say?"
Zhao Xiong struggled, and Su Qiaoer hurriedly helped him.
"General, we wounded can't survive. Please also ask the general to put the overall situation first, choose some elite riders to escape quickly, and live one by one. If everyone is too tired to live, we will be ashamed to die..."
"Enough!" Fu Jiezi shouted, "Born together, die together, there is nothing to say. Let's go!"
Su Qiaoer helped Zhao Xiong and began a new round of limp. This time, she was obviously in a hurry. She was tossed away by the hot sun and yellow sand. At this time, she was heartbroken on the carriage, so she rode the little camel. The little camel was also a little tired, but after Su Qiaoer rode it, it was clear. He became much happier and ran like a girl all the way, unexpectedly falling behind the war horse.
The camel is bigger than the horse, but the speed is not as fast as the horse. The camel is heavy in endurance and camel, so it is called the desert boat.
"General, the Xiongnu army has caught up! We can't escape." Lu Ming's voice is hoarse. He hasn't drunk water for a day. He is still fine in the general environment, but in the desert, no water is the most deadly.
Fu Jiezi looked back and saw that there was dust rolling up in the desert ten miles away. It seemed that there were not a few people. If he really encountered it, there was basically no possibility of winning.
"Keep on your way!" Fu Jiezi had no expression, but shouted numbly.
"General, Miss Su has fallen!" A sergeant shouted in the back.
Fu Jiezi's heart ached slightly and hit the horse back.
Su Qiaoer fell from the camel and fell to the ground unconscious. He was picked up by the sergeant and put on the carriage. The army was still moving forward. The little camel was sad and looked into the carriage to see what was wrong with the little master.
Fu Jiezi knew that she was thirsty and fainted. He quickly pinched the person and took out two silver needles for her life. He finally woke up Su Qiaoer and shouted, "Get the horse's blood!" A sergeant handed over a bowl of horse blood. Su Qiaoer saw Yin Hong's blood in her confused eyes. How could she drink it? Fu Jiezi couldn't help but have a bad nature at this time. He held her and pinched her cheeks and poured it in.
Su Qiaoer struggled in uselessly. She only felt a turbid breath surging up from her throat, which was indescribably uncomfortable.
But after drinking, he looked much more sober.
Su Qiaoer struggled but began to cry.
Fu Jiezi's face was pale and said nothing. He picked her up and put her on the little camel. He stepped on it and shouted, "According to the map, it is an oasis after walking more than ten miles. We drank enough water there and dumped the Xiongnu soldiers in one breath!"
The morale was shaken, and the team's progress was much faster.
Su Qiaoer's body was weak and leaned on Fu Jiezi's chest. Her mind was blank. She didn't care about life or death at a young age. This was not how free and easy she saw through the world, but that she was too tired to think about nothing now, except numbness or numbness.
"General Fu, are we going to die?" Su Qiaoer asked headlessly.
"How come? After crossing the desert is Dunhuang, which is the land of my great man. There is my great man's army. If the Xiongnu soldiers dare to chase them, we will kill them all!" Fu Jiezi knew that it was not a day or two to go to Dunhuang, but he still comforted the girl like this.
"Oh." Su Qiaoer answered weakly and said, "It's always fighting and killing. Isn't it good for everyone to be together? Why do you always have to fight? Fu Jiezi was a little unhappy and hummed, "If you can be kind, you don't have to fight. It is precisely because you can't be kind that we touch the guy. These Hungarian barbarians have to be killed! Kill!" Fu Jiezi said that at the end, a word "kill" was like a sword out of its sheath, and a murderous spirit burst out.
Su Qiaoer couldn't help but be shocked.
Fu Jiezi looked at the dust behind him, looked at the depressed Han soldiers around him, and turned to Su Qiaoer and said, "Do you want to listen to songs?" Su Qiaoer was very surprised and said, "General, do you sing?"
"Nonsense!" Fu Jiezi smiled gently and said, "Huo Yi, get up." Huo Yi naturally knew that Fu Jiezi could not have this leisure now, and it was naturally a military song to sing.
"In the sky, the sound of the flute is cold..."
"The sunset in the desert, the remnant moon is in the sky..."
"Listen to the camel bell day and night, and go to your hometown with your dreams..."
Fu Jiezi also sang this "General Order". His voice was originally excellent. When Yin Yin was alive, they also sang Huadan. This is a problem left by the nobles of rich families. Fu Jiezi also did it. However, after Yin Yin's death, his mind changed sharply and he was determined to join the army. These things were put aside. .
Su Qiaoer smiled sweetly and looked back at Fu Jiezi singing. This was a new job. This general like Rasha also had warmth. She couldn't help humming. The Han army swept away the decadent and became ambitious.
"Three feet of Qingfeng in his hand, six family letters on the pillow, determined to kill the head of the enemy general, and tears withered after watching..."
The sword came out of its sheath, and the murderous spirit suddenly appeared. Su Qiaoer's smile froze on her face.