1219, Fulfilling the Promise(1/3)
The singing in the wilderness is sometimes unchanged, like the mist in the early morning.
Ten off-road vehicles drove towards their own roads of no return. What each person wanted was not to make meritorious contributions, but to give opportunities to others on the road.
All soldiers, including Zhang Yuge, have aspirations to die. From the beginning of the fight, they have already wanted to leave their hopes to others.
This is the glory of the Qing family troops.
The more than 40 barriers in the southwest are still peaceful. The blood shed when Luo Lan killed someone before has been wiped clean, as if nothing had happened.
The residents of the barriers used Luo Lan's murder as a topic of conversation after dinner. Everyone speculated why he suddenly killed someone, and privately arranged many stories of open and secret struggles. These stories were spread more and more widely, but no one thought that these things had anything to do with them.
After all, the struggle in the superstructure is inseparable from the common people.
So they didn't know that the real war actually began from this moment and happened in places they couldn't see.
War has never been limited to the bombardment of artillery shells and machine gun fires, and the undercurrents are equally thrilling.
Qingzhen once told Qingyi that fortunately Luo Lan launched a massacre within three days, eliminating all the hidden dangers of Qing's family.
Otherwise, now that everyone knows that "Qingzhen" and Luo Lan have gone to the Central Plains, their ambitions will definitely be ready to move.
Although these people cannot shake the foundation of the Qing family, they will still cause some small trouble.
Wang once sent an invitation, but was rejected by Qingzhen. Luo Lan and Ren Xiaosu said before leaving that they might have to go to the Central Plains in the end, because many things have exceeded Qing's control.
Therefore, Luo Lan killed these people and brought those infamous names to actually leave Qingzhen with a stable and united back before he left.
Luo Lan is still the same Luo Lan, and he has been taking care of this family in his own way.
Qingyi slept on the cold floor all night. Fortunately, it was summer now, and the altitude of the Ginkgo Manor was not high, so it was not too cold.
When he woke up, he found that Qing Zhen was still sitting peacefully in the black lake, as if he had not been asleep all night.
"Second brother, have you not slept at night?" Qingyi said in confusion.
"Yes," Qingzhen nodded: "Think about something."
"Are you worried that Zhang Yuge and the others could not send the news to the northwest?" Qingyi asked: "Second brother, do you think no one can break through the blockade?"
"Well," Qingzhen seemed to have already had his own judgment in his heart: "They can't succeed, Ayi, as I said, you can't be lucky when playing chess with artificial intelligence."
"What should we do?" Qing Yi frowned and said, "If Ren Xiaosu cannot go to the Central Plains, then will the eldest brother be in danger?"
"There is still a chance," said Qingzhen.
"What opportunity?" Qingyi was stunned for a moment, as if Qingzhen had made other arrangements after he fell asleep. Other than the ten soldiers, there should be others heading to the northwest: "Second brother, you can't reveal the news that you are still in Qing's family at this time."
"It's okay, I can trust this person with the letter sent by the crow," said Qingzhen.
Qingyi knew that there was an extraordinary person who could control a crow next to Qingzhen and hid in the dark. When Qingzhen and Luo Lan were under house arrest, Qingyi used the crow as a link to convey information.
When Luo Lan was under house arrest at Barrier No. 88, Qingzhen also used crows to convey information.
However, Qingyi always thought that the person who controlled the crow was Xu Man. Now that Xu Man has gone to the Central Plains, there should be someone else.
But he was a little puzzled: "Second brother, who else have you sent to the northwest?"
"Tangzhou."
Qingyi was stunned for a moment. He knew why Qingzhen sent Tang Zhou.
Yesterday, the second brother told him that if anyone in this world would sacrifice his life to save Luo Lan, then besides their brothers, only Ren Xiaosu and Tang Zhou would be left.
On this undercurrent morning, Tang Zhou rode a horse in the wilderness.
On the violently undulating horse's back, Tang Zhou bent down and leaned down on the horse's back to reduce the resistance of the wind.
Beside him, he was still holding the reins of two war horses.
One man and three horses were the highest configuration for cavalry scouts in ancient times when they were raiding for long distances.
An adult male soldier weighs about 160 kilograms, and a horse is loaded for a long time, which will cause great pressure and load on it.
During this long-distance raid, the cavalry needs to constantly observe the fatigue of their horses, and then allow the three horses to spread their feet in a transfer way.
In fact, there are modern troops within the Qing family, so there is no combat sequence like cavalry.
Tang Zhou rode his horse in the wilderness and did not walk on the main road, but did not want to be discovered by the enemy.
From the beginning, the ten off-road vehicles that went to different routes were used by Qingzhen to attract attention to Tang Zhou.
So Qingzhen had already made a judgment from the very beginning: if artificial intelligence really wanted to block the southwest, then none of these ten soldiers would survive.
In this long-distance race against time, Tang Zhou is Qingzhen’s real hope.
However, it was just hope. As for whether Tang and Zhou could reach the northwest, no one knew.
Just like what Qingzhen often says to Qingyi, you can’t be lucky when playing chess with artificial intelligence. He didn’t say this to Qingyi, but to himself.
He needs to say it to himself again and again so that he can remember it firmly in his heart.
At this time, Tang Zhou had already rode nearly 500 kilometers northward. He kept changing on the road, but he could still feel the physical condition of the war horse being declining.
It was clearly early in summer, but the sweat on the war horses was still evaporating white mist. It can be seen that the temperature on the war horses was so high that they were almost able to withstand the limit.
But Tang Zhou could not stop, so he could only use whips and spurs to urge the horses to continue running wildly.
These three horses are mutated breeds bred by the old men of the Qing family when they were alive. They are said to travel 600 kilometers a day while carrying people.
Generally speaking, before the disaster, a war horse speed between 20 kilometers and 60 kilometers per hour, and traveling 300 kilometers per day is the limit, and it is easy to kill the horse.
In the past, the old men of the Qing family were still there, so some people often said that these three war horses were their treasures and were kept in the low mountain pasture behind the Ginkgo Manor.
On weekdays, some people specialize in taking care of their diet and daily life, and some people specialize in training them for various projects.
A breeder accidentally scratched the three war horses a little bit, but was sent to the Order Sect Prison by the old men in power in Qing's family and was imprisoned for 7 years.
However, Qingzhen didn't care about their life or death. He ran to the barrier No. 144 in the north at full speed of 800 kilometers. Even if the three riders transferred, even if they had mutated and evolved, they would have to run away and die.
The toys cherished by others are just a qualified tool in Qingzhen's hands.
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Last night, while Tang Zhou was walking forward in the wilderness, he vaguely heard gunshots not far away.
And...the musical singing.
The loud singing sounds are like a farewell between men with wine and laughter.
Goodbye, my friend.
Goodbye, my friend.
Oh, goodbye, my friend.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
If I die on the battlefield, please keep moving forward and carry our glory on your shoulders.
Tang Zhou probably understood that this should be the encounter between the warrior who attracted firepower and the enemy. At this time, Tang Zhou could not even confirm what the enemy was, so he could only silently say in his heart.
He could not save his comrades who were covering him, because the note sent by the crow said: Send Luo Lan to the North No. 144 Barrier, ten people's lives will be exchanged for you in one chance, and you can only succeed, not fail.
The barrier No. 144 is getting closer and closer, and the valley area where bandits were once rampant is already in sight.
Tang Zhou knew that as long as he could pass through here, the action would be successful.
Because in the north of the river valley area, there was a battalion-level army of the Sixth Field Division training nearby, and he only needed to attract the attention of that army, so naturally someone would help him bring the news to the north.
However, the next moment, he suddenly saw a sparrow standing alone on the treetops of the mist in the morning, staring at him.
Tang Zhou swore that he had never seen a sparrow staring at him like this.
He didn't have to think too much, but instead whipped the horse hard on the butt. After the war horse was in pain, it started running hard again.
When Tang Zhou passed by the treetops where the sparrow was, he subconsciously returned and took a look, but found that the huge sparrow was flapping its wings and following closely behind him.
Looking further back, Tang Zhou suddenly saw the direction of the gunfire before, and suddenly a flock of birds like dark clouds floated up.
The horses that Tang Zhou sat down were getting slower and slower, while the dark cloud-like birds were getting closer and closer to him.
"It turns out that you have to face such a terrifying thing, artificial intelligence," Tang Zhou smiled bitterly, but after he smiled bitterly, he immediately made a decision.
As one of the most core figures of the Qing family today, how could Tang Zhou not know the whole story of the attack on the No. 012 military base, so when he saw the sparrow, he already understood everything.
He understood what kind of opponent he had to face.
Just as the war horse was galloping, Tang Zhou was agile and rose up as he marched. In just a moment, he flipped onto the back of another war horse.
This war horse has the best physical strength.
After sitting firmly, Tang Zhou immediately released the reins of the other two war horses: "Go, you don't have to accompany me to die, go back to the wilderness, thank you for your hard work."
After saying that, Tang Zhou tightly clamped the horse's belly and left the team like an arrow. After losing control of the reins, the two war horses behind him ran to the wilderness one left and one right.
In fact, Tang Zhou knew why Qingzhen chose himself to deliver this news, because Qingzhen knew that even if he died, he would send this news to the northwest.
Tang Zhou thought to himself, when did he meet Boss Luo?
It seemed like it was the autumn 10 years ago, when Tang Zhou was still a refugee at the barrier No. 111, and his only relative, his father had just passed away.
People die like a lamp extinguished. Even refugees want to bury their relatives well. At least they have to have a coffin, otherwise the wild dogs in the wilderness will dig out their father's bones from the ground and take them away.
To be continued...