Outside the Great Wall, there was lush grass. There was about a mile of road ahead, and there were some small bushes beside the road. Mang Shen led everyone into the bushes. Mang Shen asked everyone to lie down, lifted up their robes, and exposed their scratches.

. He opened the water gourd and washed away the sand and soil on the wound with water; he opened another water gourd, poured some medicine into the palm of his hand, and patted it on the wound.

Zheng Anping first felt hot, then cool. The pain was relieved a lot, and his admiration and affection for Mang Shen increased a little bit more. "After all, there is no dog in the door!" He thought in his heart and thanked him:

"Thank you, sir!"

Mang Shen smiled at Zheng Anping: "Please help me, Master!"

Zheng Anping followed Mang Shen's example, opened his own water gourd, washed the other person's wound clean, then stretched out his hand to ask Mang Shen to pour some medicine into his palm, and patted it on the wound as usual. After a while, all five of them were

After getting dressed, he sat on the grass among the trees.

Mang Shen's face suddenly became serious, and he said in a very formal tone: "Now everyone listens to me while eating."

After hearing this, everyone immediately straightened up, took off the dry food bag from their shoulders, took out the completely cool corn rice, put it in their mouths and chewed it. Mang Shen took out a copper festival and a jade pendant from his arms: "Great Army."

There are no military envoys in the city. Now that the war is about to begin, I ask you to assign military envoys. Please use five miles as a pavilion, and when passing the post, you must hold the festival and wear it at the same time."

When Zheng Anping heard this, he felt at ease: he no longer had to fight on the front line! He just moved the postman's errands from the post station to the outside of the city. Although the field post was not as comfortable as the post station, fortunately it was not winter yet and the weather was still mild.

, compared to one-on-one fighting on the battlefield, it is still much better.

He picked up the knot and the pendant and looked at them carefully. The knot was an ordinary copper knot, but the jade pendant was made of high-quality white jade. It was half-moon shaped and decorated with Taotie patterns. It looked like a ball of grease and felt cool in his hand.

It's so gentle that you can't put it down.

"This thing is very valuable!" he thought to himself.

After a while, the sky was completely bright, and everyone had finished eating and drinking. The pain in their waists and backs was almost gone, and they felt much more energetic. Mang Shen led everyone forward along a path that emerged from the grass.

About five miles away, Mang Shen would always leave one person behind, directing him to an obvious landmark and asking him to wait there. He also told everyone: "Remember this place, don't get lost!" He also told the postmen: "In addition to holding on to the place,

No one is allowed to approach anyone who refuses to comply. Anyone who refuses to comply will be shot!"

Zheng Anping hoped that he could point him to a place to stay, so that he could rest. You know, from yesterday to now, he only rested in the posthouse outside the city for less than an hour, not counting walking.

, just running for almost two hours. But Mang Shen never pointed his finger at him. This made him extremely disappointed, but he couldn't say anything, so he could only grit his teeth and carry it on.

After walking for three hours at a stretch, the sun moved from east to west. The dust in front became more and more obvious and bigger, and finally you could even smell it. At this time, only Zheng Anping was left beside Mang Shen.

.Just now, Zheng Anping hoped that Mang Shen would keep Masan by his side and stop to guard the post. But Mang Shen resolutely reached out to Masan and said, "Please ask the post official to wait at the entrance." There is actually a courtyard here.

, the place inside is on the side of the road. It's a great job to guard the post here. It's not a problem to make a fire or some water. It's spread out on the grass and you can lie down beautifully. As soon as he thought of lying down, he immediately felt comfortable. But Mang Shen's words

His sweet dream was shattered: "You can't get close to the inside, and the people inside are not allowed to come out, otherwise they will be shot!"

"Shoot and kill" was the word Zheng Anping heard most today. He was surprised that he could calmly listen to someone casually say "shoot and kill" a stranger.

After arranging Ma San, Mang Shen said to Zheng Anping: "It's not far ahead, let's speed up!" Then he quickened his pace. Zheng Anping endured his displeasure and also quickened his pace.

After walking for about an hour, the sound of people shouting and horses neighing could be heard in the distance. Obviously, the army was in front. Mang Shen pointed to the bend of a small river and said: "Master, please stay here! Anyone can

No one is allowed to approach without restraint, and anyone who refuses to comply will be shot."

Zheng Anping looked at the post pointed to him. There was a section of river flowing from the west, turning to the northeast here; there was a stone bridge not far to the north. He estimated that the range of the crossbow might be barely enough, but the lethality

It's hard to talk about, it's shocking at most. There is a stone bridge to the north in the west, but it's far away. On the other side of the river is an abandoned city. This big bend just forms the natural moat of the city. On this side of the river,

There are no homes within three or two miles, but there are some small-scale fields. They don't look like a village, but they are scattered wild people.

"This is the old Guan Kingdom," Mang Shen explained to Zheng Anping, "now it is completely abolished."

He took out another piece of scarlet linen and said to Zheng Anping: "Master, please tie it on your left arm so that you can send messages and identify it! Don't lose it."

Zheng Anping took it and tied it up as instructed. Mang Shen crossed the stone bridge and ran westward along the city wall alone.

It's dusk and everything is quiet!

Due to the damaged city wall in front of him, Zheng Anping could not see where the army was, but judging from the dust rising above the city wall, it should be very close.

A wave of sleepiness hit him, and Zheng Anping wanted to fall down on the spot and have a good sleep, but he suppressed his desire: the army was not far ahead, and this was already the front line. If he wanted to survive, he had to be more alert!

He first went around to the river, grabbed two handfuls of water and poured it on his face to wake himself up. Then he came up and carefully observed the surrounding terrain. He thought about crossing the river and finding a place to settle in the old city; but he saw

If we don't know what's going on in the city, it would be bad if there's a person or a wild animal.

He finished his work again, counted the dry food bags, water gourds, crossbows and quivers, picked up his halberd, and quickly approached the stone bridge. He stopped by the stone bridge and carefully looked at the abandoned city in front of him.

.

The city wall is not high and is made of rammed earth. It looks like it took a lot of work. However, due to years of wind and rain, there are gaps in the city wall in many places. If there is someone inside, point a crossbow at him... He looked back again.

He looked around and found that it was empty. He couldn't find a tree or even a slightly larger stone. But he finally found a good place: on a soil slope, the weeds grew very high, and there seemed to be more trees behind it.

Daokan.

He quickly flashed here and looked around: the view here is very wide, and the wild grass grows very lush. If someone approaches, he is confident that he can find the other party before the other party finds him. The bridgehead is not far from this grassland.

Within the range of the crossbow. He sat down on the grass, unloaded the dry food and water gourd, put the crossbow on the string, and put the halberd at hand, while quietly listening to the movements around him, eating dry food and drinking water.

The sky was getting darker and darker. Everything around him became hazy and his eyes became heavier and heavier. Finally, he simply closed his eyes and lay on the ground. While resting his tense body, he put his ears to the ground and listened to the sounds around him.
Chapter completed!