The white dew has passed, and the autumnal equinox is approaching. The temperature difference between morning and evening on the earth's surface has become larger, but the water body still maintains the temperature of late summer. The cold and heat are surging. In the early morning, a light mist of half a person's height condenses on the surface of the East Lake. The reeds and white grass on the shore are growing.

The head emerges from the mist, eager to absorb the first ray of sunshine.

Qi Jun, Yun Feixue, and Qi Qilang, all dressed as refugees, with their faces painted black and stained, mixed with a group of refugees, passed through the Ning Army's defense line on the outer edge of the lake shore, and boarded the boat.

The refugee boat swayed in the morning fog, and it took more than a moment to cross to Baizhou. After landing, the refugees were guided by the nuns from Jingjing Temple to Xuanzhou, and settled in a temporary refugee camp set up outside the temple for meals.

, everyone drank a bowl of white porridge that was half thin and half dry, and then they were sent back to camp to rest first.

Nearly a thousand people came to the island to seek refuge. The men's camp was to the west of Xuanzhou, and the women's camp was to the east of An. After Qi Jun inquired about it, the people who arrived first said that Baizhou and Zhuzhouli were military camps, with about two thousand defenders.

, the one who lives on the green island is the girl from Wu'an Tingxue.

Qi Jun went out to observe Xuanzhou. There was a curved bridge connecting Baizhou to the southwest and Qingzhou to the southeast. The Baizhou curved bridge was unobstructed. Ning Jun was guarding the Qingzhou curved bridge and the women's camp. Apparently they were afraid that some unscrupulous refugees would come to harass the women.

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The door of Jingjing Temple is open, regardless of gender. Anyone who wants to burn incense and worship Buddha is allowed to enter.

Qi Jun stepped into the mountain gate, and the four heavenly kings on the left and right, with their ermine, swords, umbrellas, and strings, each showed his face and threatened the cows, ghosts, and snakes to prevent him from entering. When he arrived in the front yard, in front of the incense burner, there were layers of men and women offering incense, and the main hall was even more crowded and could not be squeezed in.

Fortunately, Qi Jun's target was not there. Yun Feixue was already waiting for him in the veranda next to the Guanyin Hall.

"How is it?" Qi Jun asked with concern.

Yun Feixue didn't understand Qi Jun's concern for her, so she answered the question she thought Qi Jun was concerned about. "Women have long tongues, and they all say that he is among the flowers on Qingzhou."

"Then I'll go check it out tonight!"

Yun Feixue gave Qi Jun a white look: "It's the two of us!"

"I'm just going to explore the wind. I won't do anything yet. It's easier to move alone."

"What, you think I'm in the way?"

"How could it be? You didn't sleep at all last night. Get some sleep tonight!"

"I have to follow you. Haven't you noticed that our journey has been a little too smooth? I always feel like something is wrong!"

"It went so well! What do you mean?"

Yun Feixue glanced at the crowds coming and going, and lowered her voice: "Since we blended into the refugee group last night, no one from the Ning army has come to check our identity. Are they not afraid of Shun Jun's spies mingling among the refugees?"

"We have gone through all the troubles to cross the line of fire between the two armies. Is there any craftsman who is as skilled as us?"

"Then it's not like we didn't even ask! To be able to defend such a large city and mobilize so many soldiers and civilians, Xu Quwen is definitely not an idle person. Do you think he would be so relaxed in his final base?

Anyway, I feel like something’s not quite right!”

"Anyway, we are strangers and no one will recognize us. What are you afraid of? Just deal with it as promised!"

"Thank you for listening to the Lord of Leicheng City. If Leicheng City is besieged, do you want to interrogate the people coming in and out?"

Putting himself in his shoes, Qi Jun did notice something strange, but he was not very worried. "Our target is just one person, Xu Quban. He is showing us what we are hiding. Besides, there is you. Once the poisonous smoke is released, there will be no one who can move even ten steps away."

Stander."

"That won't work. You still have to be careful. No matter what you say tonight, I will be with you!"

Nothing happened in the morning, so I huddled up in the camp to rest and had lunch. After lunch, more and more military ships were coming and going on the lake. Outside the lake, in addition to the west, north, east, and south, there was new smoke rising from three directions, north and south.

There are several lines of black smoke in the east and two directions that are almost approaching the lake shore.

Another boatload of refugees was sent from the west bank to Baizhou, and three more boatloads of wounded soldiers came ashore and were transferred directly to Zhuzhou. Before dark, the increasingly tight war situation had been directly reflected on the refugees.

An officer entered the men's camp and showed a piece of paper with small words written in his hand: "All normal men under the age of sixty and above fourteen years old follow me!"

Some are decisive, some are hesitant, some are confused, and some are confused.

About a hundred or so people stood up in a sparse manner, of which there were only about twenty young adults, and the rest were either middle-aged men or half-grown children.

The officer picked and pinned down a few who were too thin, picked up a few who had reluctant expressions, gave an order, and led the 100 men out of the camp.

Crossing Baizhou on Buqu Bridge, we arrived at the west end of Zhuzhou. A group of Ning troops were waiting here. Old spears, bucklers, and machetes were scattered in the open space. The officer pointed at the weapons: "Everyone chooses their own weapons!"

There was a timid and reluctant little old man inside who asked: "Master, why are you asking us to use knives and guns? Are you asking us to go back to the shore to fight?"

The officer glared: "At this time of national crisis and family feud, are you from Hesaka?"

The word "yes" came to the little old man's mouth, and he suddenly rolled his eyes and said with a sad face: "Master Mingjian, the little old man just came to Hesaka to visit his relatives at the beginning of the year. He wanted to stay for half a year and then leave, but he didn't know that he would leave after this delay.

No more!"

The officer looked at him coldly: "Even in wartime, you can enter and exit the East Gate on time and according to orders. Why can't you leave?"

One after another, the smart people said: "The military master doesn't know something. I am from Haogou Suxia. Both ends of the Suxia gorge have been sealed off by the Ning Army and the Shun Army. You can't go back!"

"Oh, are you from the Ning army or the Shun army?" The officer's tone was already wrong.

Xiao Congming continued: "Of course it's from Shun's army, otherwise why wouldn't he be able to come back..."

Before the word "go" was uttered, blood flashed in front of everyone's eyes, and the officer chopped the little old man down with a knife. He tapped the body with the tip of the knife: "This is the meticulous work of Shun's army. Is there anyone from Heban who is not from Heban?"

Killing chickens to scare monkeys is always very useful. With this sword strike, not only those who are willing to kill the enemy, but also those who are muttering will immediately surrender.

Everyone was picking in front of the weapons pile. Qi Jun carried two knives and Qi Qilang carried eight broken spears.

The officer suddenly pointed to Qi Jun and Qi Qilang: "You two, come here."

Qi Jun was extremely vigilant and walked over. He nodded and bowed and said, "Do you have any other orders, Master Jun?"

"You two look very good-looking, you don't have a Hesaka accent, and you look so strong. What are your backgrounds? Why haven't you been selected as a Mingyong before?"

The ready-made lie was memorized: "The two of us are merchants selling mahogany and tea porcelain between Northwest and Hesaka. Because we made 'charitable donations' before, we did not join the ranks of the people's braves!"

"Then why don't you continue spending money?"

Qi Jun pretended to be angry: "The stores are gone, where can we get money?"

"Why don't you bribe the enemy with the money to keep yourself safe?"

Qi Jun gritted his teeth and glared: "There is no such thing as bribery among robbers!"

The officer glanced at Qi Jun again and asked Qi Qilang: "Then who are you?"

Qi Qilang's acting skills were good. He shrank slightly behind Qi Jun and replied weakly: "I am my master's domestic slave."

"Oh, you know kung fu?"

Qi Qilang shook his head.

"Then why are you carrying so many broken spears?"

"I'm afraid... I'm afraid it won't be enough. Carrying a few more will make me feel at ease."

This sentence made the soldiers laugh wildly.

The officer said: "You are the two strongest people here. You," pointing to Qi Jun, "lead half of the people to guard the woods in the north of Qingzhou. You," pointing to Qi Qilang, "lead the other half to guard the south beach of Qingzhou."

The officer shouted to the two new team captains: "Anyone who wants to sneak across Qingzhou from the water or on a boat should report here as soon as possible. At the same time, no matter what method you use, as long as you don't let the enemy put their feet on the ground, otherwise Qingzhou will

If you are attacked, all of you should come forward to see me! Do you hear me?"

Qi Jun and Qi Qilang had no choice but to respond in unison.

After taking the sword, he had to stand guard. Qi Jun divided Min Yong into two and led the two soldiers towards Qingzhou.

Passing by the center of Zhuzhou, I saw many tents for wounded soldiers. The lightly wounded soldiers were sitting or lying on tree roots, stones, and hammocks. Only the seriously wounded were "qualified" to sleep in the tents.

Busy inside and outside the tent were military doctors, civilian doctors, girls from Wugan Tingxue, nuns from Jingjing Temple, and young and strong women drawn from refugee camps to help take care of the wounded.

Qi Jun deliberately slowed down to see if Yun Feixue had been whipped, but he met her eyes.

Qi Jun was startled. Yun Feixue looked even more shocked than Qi Jun. When they were dislocated, Yun Feixue shook her head slightly at Qi Jun, indicating that it was not appropriate to act tonight. Qi Jun nodded slightly as a response.

The Gouyan Doujiao on Qingzhou is the inner courtyard of Wu'an Tingxue's villa. The Ning army's guards have surrounded this place for a week. It seems that Xu Quwang is really here.

Arriving at Qi Qilang's defensive line first, Qi Jun said, "Be careful!"

Qi Qilang nodded: "Young Master, please pay more attention!"

Went around among the stones of the Chiqiao corridor on the west side of the bieye, and arrived at a small forest in the north of the island.

This forest must not be entered by ordinary people. The ground is green and yellow with dense shrubs and long grass. Qi Jun ordered all the brave men with swords to cut the road first. The swordsmen here were chirping and grinding the foreigners, and the pestles holding spears were stealing on the ground.

laugh.

Qi Jun saw this and loudly gave an order: "Brothers who cut the road have worked hard, and the spearmen will be on duty tonight!"

This time the scenery changed, the ones cutting roads were grinning with bared teeth, while the ones holding spears were cursing.

One of them was unconvinced and said provocatively: "Don't use chicken feathers as arrows. You are just a wood dealer. Why are you shouting and shouting? There are so many Ning troops there. We are just here to show off."

You are trying to frighten Shun's army. Who can show you that you are so serious? How can you expect to be promoted?"

Qi Jun sneered twice: "You must have seen how the old man died just now, right?"

The man was even more unconvinced: "I didn't say I wouldn't use a spear. What power do you have to punish me? What power do you have to punish me?"

"Once you have a spear, you are a soldier. It is the bounden duty of a soldier to obey orders. If you don't obey the captain's order, the captain will punish you!"

The man blew his beard and said: "Blow, if you can, you can chop me off?"

Qi Jun smiled: "Hey, they are all my brothers, why should I kill you!"

"Hey, the paper tiger is useless in scaring people!"

Qi Jun touched a thigh-thick tree next to him, raised his knife and neatly cut the tree into two sections. The huge tree crown fell rustlingly on the road, scaring the brave soldiers to run away.

"Which one do you think is harder, your neck or this tree?"

This exposed hand has another effect of killing chickens and warning monkeys. From the hair-raising guy to all the swordsmen and spearmen, everyone shrinks their necks. Everyone can brag, but with such a thin neck, they are all reduced to

We're at this point, so we'd better be obedient.
Chapter completed!