Warring States Survival Guide

Chapter 97: It’s a pity that we can’t start over again in this troubled time
The Taojing brothers were carrying Yuanye on a door panel and were quickly fleeing from Takeuchi Village along the lagoon. Beside them was Aqing, and behind him was Aman and more than 20 men who had thrown away their weapons and armor. Further away were the flickering flames of the pursuers and the burning South Gate.

In the previous street battle at Nanmenkou, Aman used his "playing dead skill" to sneak attack and kill Lin Zhenzheng, saving the precarious situation and allowing them to take the opportunity to forcibly repel the enemy's attack. They had time to set fire to the gate and escape, but Lin Zhenzheng's death also completely angered the Lin family, especially Lin Zhenzheng's father Lin Shengzhen. Setting fire to the gate only delayed time for a short while, as a large group of Lin family members were already chasing after them, and it seemed that they would not stop until they killed them.

What’s more important is that Yuanye was seriously injured. He was hit in the waist and ribs with a blunt object. It is suspected that one or two ribs were broken. Now he has completely lost the ability to move and can only be carried away.

"No, we can't escape like this!" Aman stepped into a mud pit, staggered and almost fell to the ground. He coughed several times before he steady himself, but his nose began to bleed again. He looked back and saw that the fire of the pursuers in the distance seemed to be closer. He felt that the situation was still not much better, and it was only a matter of time before he was caught up.

The darkness was too unfavorable for their escape. Torches would point the enemy in the direction; without torches, they would not be able to see clearly under their feet and would not be able to escape quickly. If they dragged on like this, the enemy would dare to gallop on horseback at daybreak, and they would have no choice but to wait for death with the little combat power they had left.

This was a situation they had not anticipated before. They had never expected that the Lin family would not let go of them, and they had never expected that Yuanye would be injured in the ribs and abdomen, becoming the biggest burden during their escape.

It's just too late to say anything now...

Ah Man felt that this was not going to work, so he quickly ran a few steps and grabbed Ah Qing who had been guarding the field and asked, "How is he doing?"

Ah Qing kept walking and shook his head gently, but then he realized it was too dark here and added softly, "Not so good!"

Ah Man took out a tinder and shook it. She used the light to glance at Yuan Ye. He was sweating profusely and his eyes were tightly closed. He seemed to be in a coma due to excessive pain. However, the situation was urgent and she could not care less. She pinched Yuan Ye several times and asked him repeatedly, "We can't get rid of the Lin family. What should we do now?"

Yuanye's ribs were broken by the short and burly warrior. Even breathing would cause friction at the broken ribs, which was excruciatingly painful. Lying on the door panel as the Taojing brothers jogged in the dark night, the pain was doubled, even stronger than the pain of giving birth. His brain was almost shut down, and it took Aman a long time to wake him up.

When he woke up he was still in severe pain, but after he managed to figure out what was going on he felt very calm, thinking that he had no chance of escaping this time.

But it doesn't matter. He tried his best. As an ordinary person, he tried hard to survive. If an accident happened, he had no choice but to accept the result calmly.

Everyone will encounter failure, it's nothing strange, but it's a pity that you can't start over again when surviving in troubled times, which is a bit of a pity.

Fortunately, his trip was not in vain, he did do something. At least he tricked the monkey badly, so he did gain some virtue.

He looked up at the starry sky, having accepted defeat. He tried hard not to faint again, and gave instructions for his funeral arrangements in a low voice, "It seems there is no other way. Throw me and the door panel into the lake together! Then you go find Yayoi and the others, divide the money, and try to let my friend...live a little longer. When he dies, or...when you lose your patience, cremate him and bury his ashes in Mt. Ise."

After a pause, he patted Ah Man's hand again, glanced at Ah Qing beside him, and forced a smile: "Thank you for all this time! Thank you so much..."

After he repeated this sentence, Jing Qilang stepped on empty air and was jolted. He felt a sharp pain in his abdomen and ribs again. His eyes went dark and he closed his eyes again. This time he was really forced to shut down.

Ah Qing's eyes instantly turned red, and he gritted his teeth and said to Ah Man, "I'll go lead them away!"

"It's useless. They are not fools. How could they all chase you alone!" Aman replied without thinking. He looked at her, then at Yuanye who was already unconscious, with a hesitant expression on his face.

To be honest, she had done her best for Yuanye. She ate his rice and fat chicken, took his cannon and domaru. She also followed him through life and death, risking her life. Even now, she felt a tightness in her chest and a burning pain in her back, but the little things she ate and took were enough to offset the pain.

Therefore, even if she really abandoned Yuanye and ran away, Yuanye could not blame her even if he died.

only……

She recalled every bit of her time with him over the past year, and finally sighed, dejectedly saying, "Forget it, I'll go! I knew I wasn't destined to enjoy a good life, and that if I did, I'd always be punished. Now the punishment has come, so forget it, I'll take some people to lead them away!"

"I'll go, sister!" Ah Qing's eyes turned redder, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I'll ambush here, maybe I can kill the enemy's main general..."

"Don't even think about it. There are hundreds of people behind you. You are not a god or monster!" Ah Man was very upset. After a while, he felt better and interrupted her directly, "Besides, you are not as good at running away as I am. I may not die if I go, but you will definitely die!" "Sister!"

"Okay, we don't have to give in to each other!" Ah Man had made up her mind. She felt that Yuan Ye was very loyal to her, so now was the time for her to return the favor. She said directly, "Do as I say. You take him into the wetland and drag him away. I'll take the Lin family's people to make a circle!"

After a pause, she said unwillingly, "Of course, if I die, you must remember to tell this guy to kill the Lin family completely, not even a single chicken can be left alive, don't let my death be in vain!"

Ah Qing took a long breath, closed her eyes, then opened them again, and nodded vigorously, "I will, sister! Your death will not be in vain!"

"Don't tell me you can do it! You can't do it either, and you might even lose your life. But this guy is good at making money. Let him make enough money to hire someone to do it. He will definitely be able to do it!"

Aman ignored Aqing after saying this, turned around and shouted to the men to stop, and told them to go to the lake to drink some water to restore their strength, and to make some torches. She took this opportunity to call over a man from the Oda family, and asked Aqing to knock him out. She then took off the "bando" that Yuanye had not had time to throw away and put it on him. She felt that it was enough to pretend to be a general in the dark to fool people.

She was very calm and methodical, finishing all these tasks in a few minutes. Then she pushed Yuanye to Ah Qing and ordered, "Go! Hide around here first. After I lead the Lin family away, you drag him into the wetland and go in the opposite direction. Then...what should we do next? Ask him when he wakes up!"

Ah Qing nodded silently, looked at her vigorously in the darkness, and dragged Yuanye's heavy body into the reeds, while Ah Man put his hand on the handle of the knife, stared at the Taojing brothers sinisterly and said: "Carry this guy and continue to follow me. If you dare to run, I will kill you now. Two more people will carry him! Otherwise, as long as you don't die this time, you know the character of that guy. In the future, you will get a house, fields, money, and a wife. You can decide for yourself!"

The Taojing brothers were mentally prepared and did not hesitate. They went over and put the "fake head of the family" on the door panel, lifted it up and followed A-man obediently. A-man waved her knife to call back all the men and started to deceive people, asking them to speed up and follow her. She promised them a generous reward in the name of Yuanye. As long as they could send Yuanye out safely, each of them would be rewarded with a minimum of 100 strings of cash, and would also be given a house, tenant fields, and a wife in the future.

In a word, follow her and fight. If you can get rid of the enemy, you won’t have to worry for three generations from now on!

Whether or not I can fight for an inheritance for my descendants depends on tonight!

She forcibly boosted the morale and avoided the danger of a sudden collapse. Seeing that the Lin family was very close, she immediately led everyone to turn a corner and head towards the direction where the river flowed into the lagoon.

Without Yuanye's bulky burden, and with torches lit, their speed suddenly increased, and for a moment their speed was almost the same as that of the Lin family behind them.

The two teams ran one after the other along the lakeside to the river.

At this time, the sky gradually brightened, and the people of the Lin family finally dared to chase on horseback. It wasn't long before a small group of mounted warriors caught up with them, and they kept shooting arrows at them, slowly forcing them into a small river bay.

Aman had not given up yet and wanted to delay for a while longer, so he increased the reward again and led the exhausted men to hold the place. They held on for a long time before giving up after the Lin family's troops arrived.

She abandoned her gang and didn't care about their lives at all. They were going to die if they ate this bowl of rice. She only took the Taojing brothers and the "fake version of Yuanye" to escape to a high place by the river, and said to the Taojing brothers: "Okay, you guys run away too. Your life and death depends on luck. If it doesn't work, surrender! Anyway, if you survive, there will be a chance to be saved in the future!"

After she said that, she no longer cared about the Taojing brothers, and she lifted the door panel with force, and threw the "fake version of Yuanye" directly into the river. At this time, Lin Shengzhen also arrived on horseback with his men, only to see "Yuanye" fall into the river, splashing a large amount of water, and then sinking to the bottom after a few bubbles.

His face turned as black as the bottom of a pot and he slowly raised his hand. The warriors around him immediately drew their bows and aimed at Aman. Aman knew that he would not end well if he surrendered, so he just gave Lin Shengzhen a strange smile and raised his middle finger.

Ever since she learned this move, every time she showed it to Yuanye, Yuanye's face would always be distorted and painful. She immediately guessed that this was definitely not a good thing, and now Lin Shengzhen can also enjoy it!

Then, she was immediately hit by several arrows and fell into the river headfirst, splashing water. After a few bubbles appeared, she disappeared, leaving only a large patch of bright red blood on the river surface.

Soon, the bloodstains were washed away by the running water.

(End of this chapter)