, I couldn’t master inner strength, but came into contact with a lot of medicinal and herbal knowledge because of that. The twond thing is writing a couple of messed up lines of poetry. The little cat-like tricks called kungfu that I know can only be placed threerd.” Guo Xiaotian replied, “Father, if your kungfu can only be called ‘little cat-like tricks’, then we two brothers can only lay claims to ‘not even rat-like skills’!” The three of them buried the bodies while talking and laughing. After that they went back into the house and started on the food and drinks again. With all the Jins that Qiu Chuji killed today, all of them felt great joys and excitement.

Thinking about his wife’s pregnancy, Yang Tiexin could not stop smiling. He thought, “Father here knows poetry, then that means he excels in all facets.” So he suggested, “Brother Guo’s wife is pregnant as well. Could we vex Father to think of two names?” Qiu Chuji thought for a bit and said, “Brother Guo’s child will be called Guo Jing, and Brother Yang’s child will be called Yang Kang. It doesn’t matter if they are boys or girls, they can still use these names.” Guo Xiaotian replied, “Great! Father’s reminding the two of them to remember the Disgrace of the Year of Jing Kang, the humiliation of the capture of the two emperors.”

Qiu Chuji replied, “That’s right.” He reached into his shirt, took out two daggers and placed them on the table. This pair of daggers is completely the same in every way with green leather sheaths, gold hand guard, and ebony handles. He picked up one of the daggers and carved the words “Guo Jing” on the other dagger’s handle. Then he carved “Yang Kang” on the handle of the first dagger. He carved with great speed and quickness, faster than most people can write. Before Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin can figure out what he was doing, he had already finished carving the words. Smiling, he said, “I do not have anything worthy with me, only this pair of daggers. Why not leave them for the two kids?” The two men thanked him and took their respective daggers. When the daggers were unsheathed, a sinister coldness came from them. Their blades were obviously very sharp.

Qiu Chuji explained, “This pair of daggers came into my possession by coincidence. Although they are sharp, their small design does not fit me at all. But the kids can use them to protect themselves. Ten years from now, if I am lucky to be still in this world, I would come to this place again and teach the kids some kungfu. How about it?” The two men could not be any happier and thanked him repeatedly. Qiu Chuji concluded, “The Jins are occupying the north and torturing the people there. This situation cannot last long. Gentlemen, please take care of yourselves.” He picked up his cup of wine and downed it in one gulp. Then he got up and walked out of the door. Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin jumped up and tried to invite him to stay. But his steps were fast and steady as he was already very far away.

Guo Xiaotian sighed, “Masters like him are always coming and going like the wind. We were lucky to meet him today, I was thinking of talking to him and asking for his views a bit more, but alas, it was not to be.” Yang Tiexin smiled and replied, “Big Brother, at least Father was able to kill so many Jins today and vented out some of our angers for us as well.” He held up the dagger and unsheathed it again. Gently stroking the blade, he suddenly spoke up, “Big Brother, I have a stupid idea, tell me what you think of it?”

Guo Xiaotian asked, “What is it?” Yang Tiexin explained, “If both our kids are boys, then they will be sworn brothers. If they are girls, then they’ll be sworn sisters….” Guo Xiaotian cuts in, “And if it is a boy and a girl, then they’ll be husband and wife.” The two of them grabbed each other’s hand and laughed heartily.

Bao Xiruo came back out from inside, smiled and asked, “What has made you two so happy?” Yang Tiexin repeated what they just said to her. Bao Xiruo blushed, but she was happy in her heart as well. Yang Tiexin suggested, “Let’s trade our dagger right now as a pledge to the engagement. If they turn out to be sworn brothers or sisters, we can still switch back. If they are a little couple….” Guo Xiaotian joked, “Then I’m really very sorry, for both daggers would belong to my family then.” Bao Xiruo laughed and replied, “You never know, maybe they would both belong to our family instead.” So the two men switched daggers right there. Actually, arranging marriages before a child is born happens very often, there was nothing unusual about it.

Guo Xiaotian took the dagger and happily ran back home to inform his wife. When Li Ping heard it she was quite happy as well.

Playing with the dagger and drinking by himself, Yang Tiexin was drunk before he knew it. Bao Xiruo helped her husband onto the bed and collected the dishes and cups. Noticing that it is quite late, she went out to the backyard and collected the chicken cages. As she was closing the back door, she suddenly saw some drops of blood in the snow just in front of the door. Startled, she thought, “So not all of the blood was taken care of. If some official sees this, then we would all be in trouble.” So she hurriedly grabbed a broom and started sweeping.

The drops of blood lead all the way to the woods behind the house. There were also traces of someone crawling along in the snow. Bao Xiruo’s suspicion rose as she followed the blood into the pine trees. She arrived behind an old grave and saw something black curled up on the ground.

Bao Xiruo walked closer for a better look. It turned out it was a corpse. The man was covered in black, obviously one of the men that came for Qiu Chuji earlier. He probably didn’t die right away after being wounded and crawled here. She was just about to go wake her husband to take care of this corpse when she suddenly thought, “What if someone came and saw him right at this moment?” So she summoned up her strength and went over to the corpse. She wanted to pull it into a bush close by and then go get her husband. But just as she gave a pull, the corpse suddenly twitched and groaned.

This scared all the wits out of her, thinking it was a zombie, she wanted to turn around and run for her life. Yet it was as if her feet were nailed to the ground, she could not move at all. After a long wait, seeing that the corpse did not move again, she gently nudged it with her broom. The corpse groaned again, but this time much weaker. Only now did she realize that the person is still alive. She looked closer and saw that the back of his shoulder was hit by a wolf-fanged arrow. The arrow is embedded deep and the arrow shaft is covered in blood. Snow is still falling and there is already a thin layer of snow on his face. It would only be a little while longer before he is frozen to death.

She has always been kindhearted ever since she was little. If she saw an injured sparrow, frog, or even a bug, she would just have to take it home and take care of it until it has fully recovered. Only then would she release it back. If for some reason she can’t nourish it back to health, she would be unhappy for an entire day. This little quirk of hers never changed with her age and led to her house just crawling with small critters of each kind. Her father, being the time-tested country scholar that he is, gave her a name that goes along with this personality of hers, XiRuo, meaning weak-pitying. The Bao family in Red Plum Village had an unusually high amount of old roosters and hens. This is because once Bao Xiruo has taken care of a chick, she would never allow even one to be killed. If her parents wanted to eat one, they would have to go and buy one at the market. So the chickens that the family raised all lived to a very old age before dying. Because Yang Tiexin loved this flower-like beauty that is his wife, he always went along with whatever she wanted. So naturally, the yard of the Yang house has become the chickens and other little critter’s world as well. The little chicks have slowly grown to be adult chickens and ducks. There aren’t any old chickens or ducks because she hasn’t been in this house-hold for very long. But if things continue as they are, it will only be a matter of time.

Right now, seeing this man lying in the snow about to die, her kind heart started to act up. Even though she clearly knows that this man is not good, she can’t just watch him bleed and freeze to death. She hesitated for only a second before running back to the house to discuss this with her husband. But Yang Tiexin was deep in his sleep because of the wine, no matter what she did, he wouldn’t wake up.

Figuring that she save the person first and then worry about the rest, she took out her husband’s blood clotting powder that stops bleeding. Grabbing the small dagger, some pieces of cloth, and half a kettle of warm wine that was on the stove, she ran back to behind the grave. That man was still lying on the ground, not moving. Bao Xiruo helped him sit up and slowly poured what’s left of the wine in the kettle into his mouth. She has been taking care and curing animals ever since she was little, so she has a little bit of medical knowledge. The arrow has embedded itself deep inside of him, pulling it out might cause blood to shoot out of him and kill him. But if the arrow isn’t pulled out, there will be no way to start taking care of the wound. So she gritted her teeth, cut open the flesh around the wound using the dagger, grabbed a hold of the arrow shaft, and gave one hard pull. The man let out a savage scream and passed out. Blood shot out of the wound as Bao Xiruo’s shirt was covered with little specks of blood, but that arrow had finally been pulled out.

Bao Xiruo’s heart was beating like crazy as she anxiously and hurriedly applied the blood clotting powder onto the wound and firmly bandaged it with the pieces of cloth. After a while, that man slowly began to come around, just that he’s too weak and tired to even make a sound.

Bao Xiruo had been scared to the point that there is no way for her to gather up enough strength to help move this man. Suddenly an inspiration came to her, she went back home and grabbed a door plank. She dragged the man onto the door plank and then pulled the door plank along the snow, as if she was pulling a sled. She pulled him back into the house and set him up in the barn. After being fully occupied for so long, only now did she get the chance to calm down. She switched out of the bloodied shirt and washed her hands and face. She poured out a bowl unfinished chicken soup, grabbed a stick of candle, and went to the barn once again to check on that man. When she arrived, that man’s breathing was weak but steady. Bao Xiruo felt a little better and started feeding him the chicken soup. That man drank down half a bowl before suddenly breaking out with a violent coughing fit.

Startled, Bao Xiruo held up the candle for a closer look. Under the candle light, she saw the man’s delicate features and rather high nose bridge. Turns out he was actually a very handsome young man. Her face suddenly heated up and her left hand shook, disturbing the candle holder and several drops of wax fell onto the man’s face.

That man opened his eyes. In front of him was a face as beautiful as a flower, cheeks blushing red, and eyes like twinkling stars, filled with both sympathy and bashfulness. It was as if this was a dream as he couldn’t help but become spellbound.

Bao Xiruo whispered, “Feeling any better? Here, drink the rest of this bowl of soup.” That man tried to take the bowl in his hands, but he had no strength in his hands whatsoever and almost spilled it all on himself. Bao Xiruo immediately grabbed the bowl back. At this time the most important thing is to save a life, so she fed him the soup little by little.

After drinking all of the soup, that man’s eyes slowly gained back some life. He stared at her, obviously grateful beyond words. But Bao Xiruo was getting embarrassed by the stare. So she grabbed some straw, put it on him to keep him warm, and went back into the house with the candle.

She did not sleep well at all for the rest of the night for she had several nightmares in a row. Suddenly she would see her husband spearing that man to death. But then she would see that man killing her husband with a sabre and then start to chase her, she was surrounded by darkness and had no where to run or hide. Several times she was scared awake by her dreams, covered with cold sweat. When she woke up in the morning, her husband had already gotten up. Seeing him grinding the spear head of his spear, her dreams last night came rushing back into her mind. She anxiously made her way to the barn and pushed open the door. Even more startling, there was nobody in the barn, only a messed up pile of straws. The man had disappeared.

She ran to the backyard and noticed the backdoor was only half-closed. The snow showed the traces of someone crawling and rolling toward the west. She stared at the traces and became lost in her thoughts. After a long while, a gust of wind came in right at her face as she suddenly felt her waist go sore and bones go soft. Sleepy, she walked back to the main room. Yang Tiexin had already made some porridge and put them on the table. Smiling, he said, “See, my porridges aren’t that bad after all.” Bao Xiruo knows that her husband is being even more considerate because of her condition. So she smiled, sat down, brought up the bowl, and started to eat the porridge. She figured that if she told her husband about what happened last night, he would be jealous and angry and would no doubt chase the man down and kill him. Then is that not the same as killing the man? So she decided to never mention it at all.

Winter ended and Spring returned. In a blink of an eye several months had passed. Bao Xiruo’s waist slowly got bigger as she slowly began to feel more and more weary and tired. And the incident of that night when she saved a man gradually disappeared from her memory.

On this particular day, the Yang family had just finished dinner and Bao Xiruo was sitting by the lamp as she was working on sewing a new pair of trousers for her husband. Yang Tiexin was hanging up the two pairs of straw sandals he just finished on the wall. Remembering that he broke the head of the plough while working in the fields earlier that day, he turned to Bao Xiruo and said, “The head of the plough is broken. Tomorrow I’ll go to Zhang MuEr on the east side of the village and have him add a bit of iron and take care of it.” Bao Xiruo replied, “Alright.” Yang Tiexin looked at her and said, “I have enough clothing already. Your body is weak and is carrying a baby, you should rest as much as you can. Don’t worry about making clothes for me anymore.” Bao Xiruo turned her head towards him and smiled, but her hands did not stop. Yang Tiexin walked over and gently took the needle and thread out of her hands. Only now did Bao Xiruo let out a yawn, blow out the lamp, and went to bed.

At midnight, Bao Xiruo was suddenly snapped out of her dream by the sound of her husband sitting up. Faint sounds of hoof beats could be heard coming from very far away. The sound came from the west, after a while, hoof beats started coming from the east as well, followed by sounds coming from north and south. Bao Xiruo sat up and asked, “How come there are horses in all 4 directions?” Yang Tiexin jumped out of the bed and started to put on cloths. Soon, the hoof beats were getting closer from all 4 directions and the dogs in the villages started to bark. Yang Tiexin replied, “We are surrounded!” Shocked, Bao Xiruo asked, “What for?” Yang Tiexin replied, “Don’t know.” He handed the dagger that Qiu Chuji gave him to his wife and said, “Take this, to protect yourself!” He took down a spear on the wall and firmly held it in his hands.

By now, the horse neighs and the human voices from all 4 direction were loud and chaotic. Yang Tiexin opened up a window and looked outside. A group of soldiers had already surrounded the entire village with torches in hand. Seven or eight of them are galloping back and forth on horsebacks.

The soldiers shouted as one, “Catch the traitors, don’t let them get away!” Yang Tiexin thought to himself, “Are they here to catch Qu San? Haven’t seen him around recently. Luckily, he isn’t here, or else there is no way he could beat all of these soldiers, no matter how great his kungfu is.” Suddenly one of the men on a horse shouted, “Guo Xiaotian, Yang Tiexin. You two traitors come out now and get what’s coming to you!”

This shocked Yang Tiexin and Bao Xiruo’s face turned white. Yang Tiexin whispered to her, “Don’t know what’s gotten into the authorities, they only know how to malign us normal citizens. We won’t get a chance with the authorities. The only thing we can do is run for our lives. Don’t panic, with this spear of mine, I can assure you that we’ll get out of here.” His kungfu was good and had made a living in the martial world before, so even though he is in grave danger, he did not panic. He put the arrow bag onto his back and grabbed his wife’s right hand.

Bao Xiruo spoke up, “I’ll pack.” Yang Tiexin replied, “Pack what? We are leaving everything!” Bao Xiruo’s heart suddenly went sour as tears rolled down her cheeks. She said in the shaking voice, “What’s going to happen to our home?” Yang Tiexin answered, “All we need is to survive. We can start another home somewhere else.” Bao Xiruo asked, “What about these little chicks and cats?” Yang Tiexin sighed, “Silly, why are you still worrying about them?” After a pause, he tried to console her, “Why would the authorities bother the little chicks and cats?”

Just as he finished his sentence, the light from the torches outside fluttered. The soldiers had just lit two thatched cottages on fire. Two more foot soldiers were heading this way with torches to light the house on fire, all the while shouting, “Guo Xiaotian, Yang Tiexin. If the two of you don’t come out now, we’ll burn all of Ox Village down to the ground!”

Yang Tiexin had about all he can take, so he opened the door and walked out. He shouted at the top of his lungs, “I am Yang Tiexin! What do you people want?” The two foot soldiers were shocked as they dropped their torches, turned around, and ran back. In the firelight, a man rode forth on his horse and shouted, “Good, so you are Yang Tiexin. Come with us to the magistrate. Seize him!” At once, 4 or 5 foot soldiers ran up. Yang Tiexin twirled his spear, pulled a “White Rainbow in the Sky”, and swept three of the soldiers onto the ground. He followed it up with “Madly Deafening Spring Thunder” as he picked up a soldier by the spear shaft and threw him into the crowd. He shouted, “If you want to catch me, first tell me what crimes I committed.”

That man shouted back, “Traitor! How dare you resist arrest!” Even though he was calling names, he nevertheless feared his foe’s courage as well as skill and was afraid to get any closer. Another man on horseback behind him shouted, “Just come with us to the courthouse peacefully, that way there won’t be anymore punishment to add for your crimes. We have the official document for your arrest here.” Yang Tiexin replied, “Let me see it!” That man replied, “What about the other traitor, Guo Xiaotian?”

Guo Xiaotian stuck half of his body out of the window with his bow and arrow and shouted, “Guo Xiaotian is here!” The arrow was aimed at the man on horseback.

That man’s heart felt all hairy as cold waves washed up his back, so he shouted, “Put down your bow and arrow, then I’ll read the document to you.” Guo Xiaotian viciously shouted back, “Read it now!” He pulled his bow full. Seeing that he has no say in the matter, that man brought up the document and read aloud, “Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin of Ox Village of the Prefecture of Lin’an, colluded with traitors and criminals with intentions of wrong doing. Capture them and bring them in to be strictly judged by the law.” Guo XiaoTin asked, “Which office issued the order?” The man replied, “Chancellor Han himself.”

Both Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin were shocked by this, “What could be so important that Han TouZhou himself got involved? Could it be that Father Qiu’s actions that night were discovered?” Guo Xiaotian asked, “Who is the plaintiff? On what evidence?” That man shouted back, “We only worry about capturing you guys, if you guys want to plea your case then come to the courthouse with us.” Yang Tiexin shouted back, “Chancellor Han only knows how to do harm to us good honest people, everyone knows that! We won’t fall for that lie!” The leader shouted in response, “Refusing arrest, that is another crime to your sheet!”

{Actually Han Tuozhou is not as bad as portrayed in the book. Between Yue Fei’s execution in 114two and Han Tuozhou’s ascension as head chancellor in 1206, the Southern Sung emperors did not once invade the Jin territories in an attempt to reclaim some lands. Only when Han Tuozhou became chancellor did another attempt was made. However, this attempt was poorly planned and general preparations were lacking, add on top of that the internal conflicts within the imperial court, it is no surprise that it failed. NingZong, the emperor at the time, and a bunch of officials favoring peace executed Han Tuozhou and presented his head to the Jin emperor as a show of their willingness for peace. This was the last attempt by the Southern Sung dynasty to drive out the Jins. So Han TuoZhuo was actually a patriot who died for his country instead of how he is portrayed in this book.}

Yang Tiexin turned toward his wife and said, “Quickly put on some more clothes. I’ll go get his horse for you. Once I shoot down the leader, the rest of them will panic.” The sound of bow being released was followed by a meteor-like arrow hitting the leader’s right shoulder. The leader let out an “Ai-Yo!” before tumbling down onto the ground. All the soldiers shouted in surprise. Another official shouted, “Seize them!” All the soldiers came rushing forth. The two men were shooting arrows one after another and in an instant, they had already shot down 6 or 7 soldiers. But there were too many of them as they still managed to charge to the front of both houses.

With a loud shout, Yang Tiexin jumped out of the door with his spear making the soldiers back up in surprise and fear. He jumped to the side of an official that was riding a white horse and thrusted the spear at him. The official tried to parry with his spear.

But Yang Family Spear was too fast, Yang Tiexin’s spear dove down and hit the official on his leg. He then lifted his spear up and flipped the official off his horse.

Yang Tiexin put his spear shaft on the ground and pushed off, jumping onto the horse. He squeezed his legs, making the horse neigh and gallop towards the house. Yang Tiexin killed a soldier by the door with a thrust, leaned down, extended his arms, grabbed Bao Xiruo, and lifted her up onto the horse as well. He then turned and shouted, “Brother, follow me!” Guo Xiaotian was waving his twin halberds and protecting his wife as he charged out from the crowd. Seeing the ferocity of the two men, none of the soldiers dared to get any closer. So they started to shoot arrows at them.

Yang Tiexin made his horse run to Li Ping’s side and shouted as he jumped off, “Sister, get on!” Li Ping anxiously said, “That won’t be any good.” Yang Tiexin didn’t care what she said and threw her onto the horse. The two sworn brothers followed behind the horse and slowly walked off while battling off the soldiers.

After a bit of walking, suddenly loud shouting came from ahead as another group of soldiers came charging in. The two men silently groaned. As they were looking for another direction to run to, arrows started coming in from ahead. Suddenly, Bao Xiruo screamed, “Ai-Yo!” For her ride was hit by an arrow and fell over, throwing the two women on its back off. Yang Tiexin said, “Brother, you guard them, I’ll go get another horse.” He charged toward the crowd of soldiers. Ten or so soldiers lined up, pointed their spears at Yang Tiexin, and let out a yell together.

Seeing the overwhelming number of enemies, Guo Xiaotian thought, “For us two brothers, escaping is not hard. But with enemies in front and behind, there is no way our wives could escape. It is not like we broke any laws, so going to the courthouse in Lin’an to argue our case is much better than dying for no reason here. Last time Father Qiu Chuji killed all of the men there, not a single one of them got away. Therefore nobody is there to prove we did it, so the court can’t say for sure that we were guilty of anything. Besides, the two of us didn’t kill any officials or Jin soldiers.” So he yelled, “Brother, stop it. Let’s go with them!” Yang Tiexin was very surprised by this and ran back dragging his spear behind him.

The leader of this group of soldiers ordered the men to stop shooting and surround the two men. Then he shouted, “Throw down your weapons and arrows, then your life will be spared.”

Yang Tiexin spoke up, “Brother, don’t fall for their lies.” Guo Xiaotian shook his head for a while and then threw his twin halberds onto the ground. Yang Tiexin looked over at his beloved wife and could not bear the frightened look on her face. He sighed and threw his spear on the ground as well. As soon as both of their weapons fell on the ground, 10 or so long spears immediately came and surrounded the 4 of them. Eight foot soldiers walked up and tied the 4 of them up with their hands behind their backs.

Yang Tiexin held his head up high and sneered. The leader of the group lifted his horse whip up and smacked Yang Tiexin squarely on his face, “Damn traitor! Do you really want to die?” A welt appeared on Yang Tiexin’s face from his forehead all the way down to his neck. In rage, Yang Tiexin replied, “Ok! What is your name?” That official got even angrier as his whip came down like rain, “Your old man here is Duan TianDe! Remember that? When you get to the gates of hell you can tell them all about me!” Yang Tiexin did not back up or flinch at all as he just stood there staring at him. Duan TianDe continued, “I got a knife scar on my forehead and a birthmark on my face! Can you remember all that?” His whip came down some more.

Seeing her husband being treated like this, Bao Xiruo cried out while tears rolled down her cheeks, “He’s a good man and has done nothing wrong. Why are you… you beating him? Don’t… Don’t you know anything about justice?” Yang Tiexin suddenly spit at him, hitting him in the face. Furious, Duan TianDe pulled out his sabre and screamed, “I’m going to kill you traitor right now!” He brought his sabre up and swung it down. Yang Tiexin sidestepped the strike. The two foot soldiers at his side pushed their spears up against his sides to stop him from moving as Duan TianDe chopped down once again. With nowhere to dodge on the sides, Yang Tiexin could only jump back to avoid the strike. Turns out this Duan TianDe knows a little bit of kungfu, even though he missed again, he immediately thrusted his sabre forward. The sabre he was using is saw-toothed and with his move he sawed a gash on Yang Tiexin’s left shoulder. He then immediately followed it with another chop.

Seeing that his sworn brother’s life is in grave danger, Guo Xiaotian suddenly jumped up and aimed his feet at Duan TianDe’s face. In shock, Duan TianDe brought his sword back to parry this away. Even though Guo Xiaotian’s hands were tied behind his back, his footwork was still quite formidable. So before his body fell down, he twirled his left leg and brought it back and, at the same time, sent out his right leg, hitting Duan TianDe in his stomach.

In extreme pain and rage, Duan TianDe shouted, “Stick those spears in them! Orders from above, if the traitor resist arrest, then kill them all!” The soldiers stabbed forth with their spears. Guo Xiaotian kicked down two soldiers in a row, but with his hands tied behind his back his quickness was restricted as he had to jump away from spears. Duan TianDe came up from behind him and swung down hard, chopping Guo Xiaotian’s entire right arm off at the shoulders. Yang Tiexin was trying to struggle out of the ropes but could not no matter how hard he tried. Suddenly seeing his sworn brother wounded on the ground, a surge of strength came from nowhere inside of him. He snapped the ropes off his body, punched a soldier, grabbed his spear, and whipped out the Yang Family Spear. This time he is fighting without regards to his own life, it was as if he could take on tens of thousands of soldiers all by himself. He had just started but had already taken down two soldiers. Seeing that the situation has turned, Duan TianDe immediately back away. Last time Yang Tiexin was holding back somewhat, not really wanting to kill government soldiers; but now he could not care less. Flicking right and swinging left, he killed several soldiers in an instant. Seeing his ferociousness, the rest of the soldiers scattered at once.

Yang Tiexin did not bother chasing them as he helped his sworn brother sit up. Blood is gushing out where Guo Xiaotian’s arm was chopped off and by now his whole body was covered in blood. Yang Tiexin could not stop his tears from falling down at the sight. Guo Xiaotian gritted his teeth and shouted out, “Brother, don’t worry about me… leave, leave now!” Yang Tiexin replied desperately, “I’m going to get a horse, and then I’m going to fight until I die to make sure you escape.” Guo Xiaotian faintly replied, “No… no….” He passed out. Yang Tiexin took off his outer shirt so he can bandage up the wound. But Duan TianDe chopped off his shoulder and portions of his chest as well, the wound is almost half-a-body in length, impossible to bandage up. Guo Xiaotian had slowly come to and shouted, “Brother, go save our wives. I… I can’t… ma