The woman was trembling with fear.
She buried the child in her arms, her eyes filled with tears, looking at the raised butcher knife!
Swoosh, an arrow shot through the chest of the soldier holding the knife.
He fell down immediately.
Chen Wu held a loudspeaker and cursed on the city wall.
"I killed all the Chu army, and killed Qi Xuanheng to run back to Qi, and the barbarian army fled!"
"Dare to fight at my city gate, you think your life is too long, right?"
"Everyone put down your weapons, dare to hurt women and children, you will be killed without mercy..."
On the west gate wall, a row of archers drew their bows and aimed.
The Zhan family army at the west gate all showed their Mo Dao.
The soldiers under Xu Huai all drew their bronze weapons, trying to intercept the military families who had taken refuge in Zhenguan.
The atmosphere between the two sides was stalemate, and the swords were drawn.
Xu Huai was carried on a stretcher, holding his chest, and said to Li Hu with difficulty: "Never... Never allow anyone to leave the barracks."
"Violators will be beheaded!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Zixiao walked out of the tent with the soldiers whose wives and children were killed by the barbarian army last night, and the soldiers who had a good relationship with him.
Chen Kui and others were mixed in.
Cheng Zixiao half-knelt and bowed, and said sadly to the former general: "General, you want to take over the town pass, and I should cooperate!"
"But you should never cooperate with the barbarians and kill innocent families just to set a trap for General Zhan!"
"They are all miserable people, so innocent."
"Now, the camp is short of water and food. The town pass can keep them alive, why should they block their way to life?"
"Don't you want to use your family as rations!" As soon as the voice fell, all the soldiers looked at Xu Huai in shock. The
barracks have been cut off from food for a long time!
But Xu Huai and some soldiers always have meat in their meals.
There was no shortage of war horses...
So, were the women and children who disappeared a few days ago eaten by them?
Those missing families were all relatives of the soldiers.
How dare they!
The soldiers who lost their families had red eyes and stared at Xu Huai angrily...
And on the city wall, the soldiers of the Zhan family army mocked.
"When we were in the most difficult time, we killed war horses without hurting any innocent people."
"Xu Huai actually killed his family members and ate their meat. It's too cruel and despicable!"
"Aren't you leaving yet? Waiting to be eaten by him?" After the words fell, the woman, with tears in her eyes, hugged her child, and rushed to the city gate regardless of her husband's retention.
This time, someone else wanted to intercept them.
Before the knife was raised, they were all shot dead by a shotgun!
Li Hu was furious and shouted, "Do it..."
Cheng Zixiao led people to stop Li Hu, "Who dares to do it?"
"If you want to wait to die here, it's your business. We want to go to Zhenguan to live a good life. Who dares to stop us!"
Among the 100,000 people, most of the soldiers wanted to enter Zhenguan.
The gate of Zhenguan has been opened!
They know this is the last chance!
Who is willing to wait for death with Xu Huai?
What's more, Xu Huai is so cold-blooded and eats human flesh. After the women and children are eaten, it will be their turn!
Sixty to seventy percent of the soldiers are packing their bags and want to enter the city gate!
Seeing that Cheng Zixiao dared to oppose him, Li Hu drew out his saber and slashed at him!
The moment Li Hu took action, all the generals around him took action.
Xu Huai's subordinates had an internal conflict and were about to fight.
Bang, bang, bang~
A few gunshots hit Li Hu and several of his subordinates.
The shotgun team shot Li Hu in the heart.
He looked at the blood bursting in his chest, his eyes widened like drums, and he could hardly believe it.
The strongest general under his command, Xu Huai, fell down like this.
The blood hole in his chest was bleeding!
Xu Huai saw Li Hu die, his eyes were bloodshot.
"Zhan Chengyin, I, Xu Huai, will definitely kill you!"
Zhan Chengyin, wearing a white long gown decorated with green bamboo, stood on the city wall.
The night wind blew fiercely, and the general sneered with his thin lips.
"A dignified general of the Great Qi Kingdom actually colluded with foreign enemies just to kill my Zhan family army."
"From the moment you agreed to cooperate with Qi Xuanheng, you are a dead man in my eyes!"
Now, this general has only one thing to say, those who want to join the Zhan family army, tonight is your last chance."
"Those who refuse, all will be shot!"
Boom~
As soon as the voice fell, all the soldiers under Xu Huai entered the tent and quickly packed up their things.
The people under Li Hu held knives, and they were not in a position to enter the city, nor were they in a position to stay.
Cheng Zixiao glared at them, "Are you waiting to be shot if you don't leave yet?"
They came to their senses, and did not even pack their things, and directly followed the large army into the city.
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One hundred thousand people~
All the troops under Xu Huai entered the Zhenguan City. A group of people walked into the city gate . They were surprised to see that the roads in the city were wide and the ground was smooth with cement pavement under their feet.
The houses on both sides of the road were painted with brand new white paint, which was particularly dazzling under the night lights.
What surprised them most was the street lights…
They were not lanterns hung with kerosene, but solar-powered lights that cast a bright white light.
There was one every fifty meters, lighting up the entire road.
As they walked into the city, they suddenly saw a row of taps.
There were dozens of large vats under the taps, and a circle of enamel cups hung next to the water vats for their drinking water.
Before these 100,000 people entered the city, the town had already made preparations!
When the families of the soldiers who entered the city saw the water for a moment…
someone shouted.
"Water, it's water!"
Instantly, everyone rushed to the water vat and leaned over to drink water.
Others couldn't squeeze in, so they took the hanging enamel cups, scooped a cup of water, and drank it with both hands.
This water is sweet and moist, and it quenches thirst! !
Ah~
They are finally alive!
They haven't had such clean water for half a year. They can survive for so long because they dug dozens of meters down the river and found yellow, bitter sandy water!
Even so, they can only drink a small cup a day.
They wouldn't die if they hang on.
However, their body functions had already been disrupted and many soldiers did not survive and died of illness!
They drank the water happily, and only changed to another group of people after they were full. Those who had drunk the water were brought to the river to take a bath by the deserters and their families who had taken refuge in Zhenguan two days ago...
When they saw the vast river, they immediately knelt down on their knees and bowed to the river!
River water!
Zhenguan really has enough water, and they will never die of thirst again.
Everyone cried with joy!
They thanked General Zhan Chengyin for accepting them regardless of past grudges.
There were also some soldiers who cried miserably!
They regretted it very much!
It was just one day, just one day!
Why did they come to Zhenguan now?
Why did they give up on Xu Huai
Only after their wives and children died! If they had fled to Zhenguan earlier, their wives and children would not have been killed by the barbarians last night.
They hated it so much, so much!
The woman held her children, knelt by the river, and cried loudly.
There is water~
the orphans and widows can survive.
If her husband had joined the Zhan family army earlier, he would not have died of illness!
They experienced despair from last night.
There is hope for survival again today...
Emotions fluctuated greatly, and several people fainted from crying.
Because of the previous experience, Song Yunhui asked several disciples to guard the river.
If anyone faints from crying, they will be given acupuncture!
Cheng Zixiao brought several generals under Xu Huai to the river...
They couldn't believe that the water in Zhenguan River was so full.
Upstream, children were swimming and women were washing clothes nearby.
Downstream, soldiers in the barracks were taking a bath, rubbing foam all over their bodies!
Street lights were installed by the river!
The entire river was illuminated, and a magnificent temple was built by the river!
Cheng Zixiao sighed: "If we had known this, we should have joined the Zhan Family Army earlier!"