Junior Disciple C

Chapter 154

Feng Ye hid beside a brightly lit tent, and the laughter of Xiqiang soldiers drinking and punching came from the tent.

Feng Ye held his breath. Although he took some paths that were inaccessible all the way, he still couldn't avoid the guards at the exit.

This is the exit, the only exit, from this quarry camp.

Whether entering or leaving, you must pass through here.

Feng Ye listened intently for a while, and after confirming that the soldiers in the camp had no intention of coming out for the time being, he started his own actions.

He stepped lightly, although his heart was tense like a tight string, but he did not make a mistake.He touched the side of the tent, and the tent door was not closed. Although the group of soldiers were too lazy to stand guard, they stayed in the tent and drank.

But they were also afraid of any accident, so they opened the tent door.As for the direction of the tent door, it is facing the exit, and they will usually notice when someone enters or exits from the exit.

It's just a general situation, like now, all of them are a little drunk because of drinking, and their reactions are not as sensitive as usual.

As long as Feng Ye's speed is fast enough and the movement he makes is small enough, he won't be noticed.

Feng Ye estimated the distance, he punched the crowd in the tent again, and when they were booing and drinking, he suddenly rushed out from the side of the tent.

He jumped into the air, his figure was like a vigorous cheetah.He rolled sideways the moment he landed, and in almost a blink of an eye, he had already left the area covered by the camp's exit lights.

He escaped into the darkness, and the darkness provided him with camouflage, and the booing of those people provided a cover for his movements.

Feng Ye patted his chest that was beating wildly, not only nervous, but also joyful.

He escaped.

Although he has not escaped from the Western Qiang Imperial City, he has already left the heavily guarded camp, and the next road to go is the residential area where ordinary people live. To relax a lot.

More than half of his plan to escape had been successful, but Feng Ye quickly suppressed that trace of joy.

It is too early to talk about joy and joy until the moment of real success.

He walked on the dark street, the night was silent, and there was no one on the street except him.

It seems that the Xiqiang guards are more lax than Feng Ye thought. At the beginning, Feng Ye still moved slowly against the shadow at the base of the wall, so as to hide himself in case he encountered others.

But soon, because of the excessive silence on the street and Feng Ye's uncontrollable desire to escape from here.

He started running down the street, running without hesitation.

Like a caged bird, the unbearable urgency before regaining freedom.

The sound of running footsteps was non-stop, and there was a sore and dull pain in the limbs.This month of excessive labor, even though Feng Ye's physique is better than ordinary people, his muscles and bones have been tortured a lot.

At the end of work every day, my limbs are as heavy as lead, and I am so tired that I don't want to move. This kind of fatigue can only be relieved by sleep.

And tonight, instead of taking a good rest, he first killed a Xiqiang soldier, and then hid in the camp. He has been busy so far and has not had a chance to rest for a while.

Now that he is running at such a speed that is almost close to his own limit, the fatigue during the day should have doubled.

But Feng Ye didn't feel tired, and his heavy limbs were no longer heavy, but became lighter and lighter.

The wind seems to be supporting him to run, and the still stone bricks on the ground seem to be pushing him forward.

He ran faster and faster, and finally, he came to the city wall.

Feng Ye panted, looking up at the 20-meter-high city wall.

This is the last hurdle for him to escape from Xiqiang. As long as he crosses this wall, he can truly be free.

It is only 20 meters high, which is nothing compared to his desire to escape from here.

But Feng Ye was not in a hurry to climb up. He huddled in a corner of the city wall, secretly observing the situation on the city wall.

The city walls are guarded by soldiers, and they should be stricter than those in the camp.After all, it is a matter of the safety of a city. If you slack off and don't realize that the army is approaching the city, it will be a disaster for the country.

However, after observing for a while, Feng Ye found that the facts were completely contrary to what he deduced, the guards on the city walls were actually not very strict.

These soldiers are like those colleagues in the camp, all huddled in the guard tower sheltered from the wind, drinking and chatting.

Feng Ye turned his eyes and suddenly understood the reason why these soldiers were lax.

The fortune of the Xiqiang nation is at its peak, and among all the countries in the world, they are the only ones to invade other people's lands, and other small countries such as Chu can hope that Xiqiang will not declare war on them, let alone Attack the most core part of Xiqiang, the imperial city at the foot of the emperor.

The Xiqiang army on the front line may still be brave and good at fighting, but the defenders in the rear have been paralyzed by this long-term victory.

This kind of laxity and carelessness does not do any good to Xiqiang, on the contrary, it may bury the hidden danger of destroying the country.But for Feng Ye, it was too good to be better, which made his escape plan a lot easier.

Seeing that the people in the sentry tower had no tendency to come out, Feng Ye hung himself with his arms and climbed up.

He didn't climb fast, and for the sake of concealment, he was very careful in every movement, so as not to make any noise to disturb the soldiers in the sentry tower.

But even so, after half a stick of incense, he almost reached the top of the city wall.

Feng Ye wanted to climb up the city wall directly, and then go down from the other side of the city wall without stopping.But by chance, those soldiers nestled in the sentry tower came out suddenly.

There were not many, only two people, but Feng Ye immediately lowered his body and pressed himself against the wall to avoid the patrolling sight of these soldiers.

As the footsteps got closer, a drop of cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and he was very nervous.

He didn't know if he would be discovered if he did this, and if he was discovered, would he be able to defeat these two people and escape smoothly.

He stared upwards, the muscles in his arms tensed, ready to attack the opponent with all his might.

Soldiers passed by Feng Ye, but they didn't notice anything unusual.Because they didn't look down the city wall at all, but talked while walking.

"It seems that war is about to start in the east, but the troops have not yet fully withdrawn from the south. I heard that the priest is going to temporarily transfer the defenders in our city." One of the soldiers said.

"Huh? Are we going to be transferred to the front line?" Another soldier replied, with a strong reluctance in his tone.

Thinking about it, the job of guarding the rear is so easy, who wants to be transferred to the front line where they are desperately fighting.

"How is that possible!" The soldier who spoke first patted his companion next to him, and said in disgust, "Let's go, who will guard the city gate?"

He lowered his voice and whispered to his companion: "What I heard is that, except for the defenders at the city gate and the quarry, all the rest of the city rushed to the front line."

Knowing that he didn't have to go to the front line, his companion breathed a sigh of relief.But after he was relieved, he reacted belatedly: "How many people are there at the city gate and the quarry, just three thousand? Isn't this imperial city no different from an empty city?"

With [-] defenders, no matter how strong the walls of the imperial city are, they are useless under the pressure of a large army.

"Who dares to challenge us in Xiqiang?" The soldier asked back: "Furthermore, this is just a stopgap measure. When the fighting in the south is completely over, we will go directly to the imperial city to replace the defenders who left."

"Besides, we have a priest sitting in town. In order to protect the imperial city, he specially kept the strongest one of the eight ghost generals who were supposed to go to the front line with the defenders in the city."

"How strong is that ghost general? I don't need to say more? Even if we only have 3000 people, nothing will happen."

"It makes sense!" The companion was persuaded. The tyranny of the eight ghost generals was obvious to all Xiqiang people. It can be said that these eight ghost generals are the reason why Xiqiang has been invincible.

"By the way, when will the defenders leave, and when will the fighting in the south end?" He asked again.

The soldier thought for a while: "I estimate that the journey will start in half a month at the latest. As for the south...I can't say for sure. I think it will take at least a month."

"Hey, let's not talk, it has nothing to do with us anyway. Hurry up, it's so cold outside, hurry up and pee and go back to drink."

"You're right, the wind is quite cold here. It would be great if there was a beautiful lady who could help warm the bed." The companion rubbed his hands while talking.

"Go and dream your dreams!" The soldier jokingly pushed his companion, and then couldn't help thinking about it together.

What follows are some unsightly three common sayings, discussing which family's wife is good-looking and which family has a good figure.

As they gradually walked away, their voices became smaller and smaller, and gradually became inaudible.

After the sound completely disappeared, Feng Ye tentatively climbed up. He took a peek at the situation on the wall, and after confirming that there was no one there, he turned over and jumped onto the wall.

Then the goal of entering is the boundless wilderness outside the city.

It is also a free wilderness, where every flower, grass and tree grows freely and unrestrainedly.

Feng Ye's eyes couldn't help but glow with joy, he was only one step away from freedom, as long as he jumped off the city wall, he could completely escape from the Western Qiang Imperial City.

Hao Chen's eyes also lit up with joy, because the opportunity he was waiting for was about to come.

Although this illusion is real, it is not the real world, it has boundaries.

And the boundary of the illusion is the boundary of the imperial city, which is the city wall under Feng Ye's feet.Although Feng Ye could see the scenery outside the city unobstructed by standing on the city wall, it was just a false illusion.

Once he really leaves the confines of the imperial city, he will find that there is nothingness in front of him. There is nothing but darkness outside the illusion.

Obviously, a real world would not have such a situation.This trace of abnormality will make Feng Ye start to doubt the world he is in, and then realize that what he is in is an illusion, a huge and carefully crafted lie.

When he began to doubt the existence of the world, the illusion leaked a flaw, and a flaw meant a weak point. This was the opportunity for him and Feng Ye to break the illusion together!

Hao Chen's urgency was no less than Feng Ye's. He followed Feng Ye all the time. At this moment, he stood beside Feng Ye, waiting expectantly for the moment when Feng Ye jumped off the city wall.

Feng Ye did indeed do this. He had already stepped on the edge of the city wall with one leg, and the distance he jumped down was only the distance of his arms.

However, suddenly, his movements stopped.

Hao Chen didn't understand why he looked at Feng Ye's face, and saw Feng Ye's expression in a daze.

"Are you going to run away?"

The voice that had disappeared for a long time sounded in his heart again.

Like a lingering ghost.

Feng Ye frowned, he didn't like what the other person said, especially the word "run away".

This word represents cowardice and incompetence.

But he couldn't refute it. Everything he did was to run away.

What's more, he left his own people, those who were also enslaved, and fled alone.

But he didn't do anything wrong, he was just one of thousands of slaves, and he was able to escape because of such a rare opportunity, so what ability did he have to save others?

He couldn't save others, but he finally managed to save himself, why couldn't he run away?

The reason for his escape was justified, and Feng Ye himself convinced himself, but just when he was just about to hit the door, he was questioned by a voice from the bottom of his heart.

Those justifiable reasons suddenly became untenable, because on the way to escape, he faintly realized a fact.

Can he really save other people?

Maybe it couldn't be saved before, but when it was learned that the defenders in the imperial city were about to be transferred out and this place would become an empty city, there was a turning point.

How many slaves are there in Xiqiang?As far as Feng Ye's observations in the quarry were concerned, there were at least [-].

Ten thousand to three thousand, almost a ratio of three to one.

Even if the Western Qiang defenders had the advantage of weapons, their physique was better than that of the slaves.But the slaves were not completely unarmed, and things like the pickaxes they used to mine quarry could also be used as weapons.

And with the huge advantage in numbers, the difference in physique can be ignored.What's more, are these soldiers who drink all day long really better than slaves who work hard every day?

It can be said that as long as there is a qualified leader to lead them, they have a great chance of winning.

And this leader must not only have the courage to stand out, but also have a certain ability to form troops.Otherwise, no matter how many people there are, they are just stragglers.

And these points are generally not possessed by slaves who were just ordinary peasants.But Feng Ye did.

Although he doesn't remember the past, he has an instinctive awareness of how to defend and how to fight, and he seems to be very good at it.

He didn't know why Wu Yi said that he in the same village was good at this, but he was really good at it, so he remembered so clearly the position of the defenders in the quarry.

He may be the only one among this group of slaves who is qualified to be the leader.

But now he is ready to escape.

After he escaped, the news that the imperial city was about to become an empty city would not be known to those fellow slaves. They would still work obediently and did not dare to have any thoughts of resistance.

And if he stays, although he is not certain of winning, the chance of winning is at least [-]%.

If he stayed, he would have to stay in the imperial city for many more days, and he would have to bear a [-]% risk of failure.

Leaving now, he doesn't need to take any risks, and he can be free immediately.

This is a deal that looks like the latter is a bargain.

But Feng Ye was still a little confused in his heart. Looking at the boundless wilderness outside the city wall, he didn't know where he should go.

In a daze, he suddenly turned his head and glanced behind him.

He wanted to take a look in the direction of the quarry, but inadvertently, he met the huge statue of the snake god in the center of the imperial city.

The giant snake raised its head and looked in the direction of Feng Ye from a distance.

It is so tall, so tall that it seems that it can see any corner of the world, and no one can escape under its snake eyes.

Feng Ye looked at Snake Eyes, and he suddenly thought of the scene when he entered the city on the first day, the cold snakes biting the people who fell off the cliff.

The healed brand on the side of the neck suddenly started to hurt again, Feng Ye suddenly squatted down.

He hugged his knees and curled himself into a ball.He grasped the brand mark on the side of his neck with five fingers and remained silent.

After a while, he suddenly stood up again.

But instead of leaving the imperial city as Hao Chen expected, he came back the same way and re-stepped in the direction he came from.

The hesitation in his eyes disappeared, and he finally made the seemingly unwise choice.

It just seems unwise, but Feng Ye doesn't think so.

If he runs away now, where can he go?

Just as there is no escape from the serpent's sight, so with the brand of a slave, there is no escape from him.

So what if he escaped from the Xiqiang imperial city, as long as someone within the borders of Xiqiang finds the brand mark on the side of his neck, he will still be caught by soldiers.

However, the territory of Xiqiang is constantly expanding, and it already has the tendency to dominate the world.

But in such a huge country, there are always some remote mountains and old forests.

He can also hide in Tibet, hide in such deep mountains and old forests, and stay away from people.

But the freedom to hide and hide like this is not the freedom Feng Ye wants. He wants to walk on the streets crowded with pedestrians as an ordinary person in an open and aboveboard manner.

The freedom not to be arrested, nor to be discriminated against.