At night, the lights flashed in Xuchang camp, and many camp tents showed dim fire. It was when soldiers were sleeping in the tent, lit small bonfires to keep warm. Although there was a risk of fire, heating was important.

The weather is cold. Although the military camp usually controls lights at night to avoid a fire and a "fire-burning camp" in the fire, soldiers need to keep the fire cold. If they do not allow the fire to be lit, they will inevitably cause mutiny. Therefore, the military camps in winter relaxed the control of lights.

But even so, soldiers are not allowed to walk around at night or whisper, so as not to cause a rumor to roar, let alone the situation is wrong today. The generals strictly prohibit the soldiers from talking nonsense to avoid unpredictable consequences.

Early this morning, the city of Wucang, east of Xuchang, was set on fire by the enemy. It is said that the large amount of food stored in the city was burned down. Although the generals tried their best to cover up the news, there was no airtight wall in the world, and the soldiers knew about it.

In the morning, smoke was rolling in the northeast, and soldiers claimed that they had seen a big-headed monster flying over the sky and heading south. Although this sounds incredible, the fact that something happened to Shikurakura could not be concealed.

Although most soldiers are ignorant and do not know any major principles, everyone understands the principle that they will go hungry if they don’t have anything to eat. Now that the food in the shui warehouse is gone, they will go hungry in a few days. No matter how stupid the soldiers are, they know that the situation is not good.

Although the generals repeatedly refused to discuss the matter of Tsukuang, how could so many soldiers keep their mouths blocked? They spread ten in private, and the news quickly spread.

But the superiors were watching it tightly, and whoever dared to discuss would get whipped, so the military camp was generally calm, but the news spread more and more, and more soldiers were worried, not knowing what fate they would have next.

At the beginning of the year, they followed the army across Henan and left their hometowns to fight in Xuchang, Henan. As the year was about to end, they were about to leave their homes for about a year. The situation of their relatives in their family is unknown, and their situation is getting worse and worse.

The official army retreated step by step, and saw that our side was about to become an isolated army. The war was not easy to fight, but the granary was burned by the enemy. How could this battle continue? As long as we were out of food in a few days, when we were hungry, how could we have the strength to fight?

So staying here is just waiting to die?

I can't win if I fight, and I can't run away if I run away. I'm afraid I will never return to my hometown and be unable to reunite with my relatives.

Is it interesting if I die here, no one will restrain my corpse and no one will pay tribute to memorials after death?

In the tents, countless soldiers were thinking about similar problems, tossing and turning, unable to sleep. At this moment, a song suddenly came from the sky, which made the soldiers stunned at first, and then listened.

The singers spoke with a northern accent. Although the soldiers in the camp did not have the accent of their hometown, they were somewhat similar. As they listened, they couldn't help but feel intimate.

The songs from the sky are familiar to everyone. Although the specific lyrics are different, they are generally folk songs I heard and hummed when I was a child. Now I hear them again in a foreign land, which makes me feel a different feeling.

The singing sounds from far to nearer and clearer. Then the sound of trumpets sounded everywhere in the military camp, which were the sentry guarding on the arrow tower.

Many soldiers picked up their weapons and rushed out of the tent, but saw a few black shadows floating in the night sky, and there were fires flashing under them. Seeing such an incredible scene, many people couldn't help but become nervous.

But they heard that the songs were coming from these big black shadows, and it seemed that someone was singing loudly on them, as well as the sound of flutes and the accompaniment of the pipa song.

The camp was noisy and the soldiers who were busy resisting the night attack were all attracted by the big black shadows flying from the sky, and the familiar folk songs from it made many people start to daze.

The homesickness that already appeared in my heart was stirred up by these songs and was out of control.

They remembered their white-haired parents, their wives standing against the door and their sad faces, their children chasing behind them when they left home, their familiar rivers, small bridges, and their hometown.

I remembered that my side had no food, and it was about to be over. I was afraid that I would never return to my hometown or see my relatives again. Many soldiers couldn't help but feel hot and sad.

"Shoot! Shoot these things down!"

The shouts came one after another, and the generals were instructing the archers to shoot down the monsters in the sky that disrupted the morale of the army. Many arrows flew into the sky, but fell in vain.

I don’t know if I was scared or something, but the singing in the sky stopped, but after only a while, the sound rang again.

Accompanied by the desolate pipa song and the sound of the flute, many sounds are singing:

On the 15th, he joined the army and returned to the army until he was eightyth.

I met a villager, who is there at home?

From a distance, it is Jun’s family, with pine and cypress tombs.

The rabbit enters from the dog's penis, and the pheasant flies from the beam.

Atrium is a hiking trip, Inoue is a hiking trip.

Pound the grain and make rice, pick the sunflower and make soup.

The rice is cooked for a while, I don’t know who is yummy?

When I went out to look east, tears fell and my clothes were stained.

The singing was repeated over and over again, and the soldiers on the ground remained silent as they listened. The archers who were ordered to shoot arrows into the sky were no longer moved, and they were all stunned.

Many people's eyes were blurred, as if they had gone through a lot of hardships and returned to their hometown, but their homes were dilapidated and had no one to live in for many years. Looking at the graves in front of them, they were buried in them with their long-dead relatives. They were lonely and didn't know who to eat with after cooking.

Such a desolate scene made many people feel like they were shattered, and their tears involuntarily overflowed from their eyes and slid down their cheeks.

The originally noisy military camp suddenly became silent, deadly. After a while, a cry suddenly sounded, followed by sporadic crying, and finally gathered into a piece.

Many soldiers cried loudly, and their crying was desolate. Although some soldiers did not cry loudly, they could not help but wipe their eyes with their hands. The sadness spread quickly and was unstoppable.

In front of the central army's tent, Yuchi Youqi, who had just arrived back, stared blankly at the big black shadow floating in the sky, listened to the crying sounds coming from all directions, and the bow that had been tightly held in his hand fell to the ground.

He has heard this song, "The Purple Horse" in "The Song of Liang, Drum, and Horns". The Purple Horse is an old title for the Han Dynasty Yuefu, and its content is said to be an ancient poem.

After hearing this, he only said that it was a sour literati who complained without any illness. The young and energetic Yuchi Wulang was determined to achieve fame immediately. Now that the situation is critical, it is only in his ears that he can hear how sad it is to savor this song.

After staggering forward a few steps, Yuchi Youqi felt his strength dissipate. His legs became weak and he knelt on the ground, pounding the ground with his hands. He wanted to cry without tears, and his heart was full of despair.

Before Yuchi Shun came back, Yuchi Youqi rode his horse back to Xuchang without caring about his safety, and tried his best to save the situation. He wanted to lead the main force of the army to retreat north and leave early tomorrow morning. Now it seems that it is too late.

The enemy was surrounded by enemies, blowing away the morale of the Chu King. Now, the morale of the Xuchang army was instantly disintegrated by "Purple Horse".
Chapter completed!