Gong Yuanhao led the remnants of the army to retreat to the camp in a hurry, but saw the thousands of sergeants in charge of staying on the ground lying on their backs, there was no trace of a fight at the scene, and those sergeants had a small blood mark on their necks, which was obviously solved silently, and all the camp tents and the five burned grain and grass had turned to ashes, and the thick smoke drifted away with the wind.

Gong Yuanhao, who was furious for a while, suddenly spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, his body shook violently and almost fell off the horse, and his already pale and tired face instantly turned pale and blue.

"Lord Wang......" The faces of the generals on the left and right suddenly changed greatly, and they stepped forward to support him.

Waving his hand to stop everyone's support, Gong Yuanhao took out Jinpa to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, but soon more blood spilled, he had to cover his lips with Jinpa, tried his best to suppress the fishy sweetness that kept surging in his throat, and said in a deep voice: "Count how many soldiers and horses we have." ”

"The last general obeys!" Several people then left.

Gong Yuanhao sat on the war horse, only to feel that there was a gust of wind in his ears, the rustle of the leaves, and the shadows of the trees not far away were swaying with the wind, which made people feel desolate and gloomy.

After a while, several generals came back, looking at Gong Yuanhao, who was looking up at the sky, his lips moved but he didn't know what to say.

"How many more soldiers and horses?" Retracting his gaze from the sky, he saw that several people had heavy and gloomy expressions, and Gong Yuanhao's eyes gradually became more and more proficient.

A sturdy general who was pushed out glared at the rest of the people fiercely, and then lowered his head and said cautiously: "Back to the prince, plus the wounded soldiers, there are still 210,000." ”

"Two hundred and one thousand?" Gong Yuanhao's face became extremely ugly when he heard this.

They started with an army of 400,000, and only suffered about 100,000 casualties in the six fierce battles with Duan Fanghong, but he didn't expect that this battle actually lost 90,000, how could this not make him shocked and angry?

Several generals were also terrified.

Gong Yuanhao's henchman Lei Fang hesitated for a while and said cautiously: "Lord Wang, the so-called staying in Qingshan is not worrying about running out of firewood, our foundation is in Jiuyuan County, it is better for us to temporarily return to Jiuyuan County, one is to avoid its edge, and the other is to discuss a detailed plan to make a comeback." ”

"Go back?" Gong Yuanhao lowered his eyes slightly, judging from the current situation, this is indeed their only choice, and it is also the choice to preserve their strength and make a comeback, but if he leaves like this, he will be unwilling after all, and he will be heroic...... Yingjie?!

Suddenly raising his eyes to look at the west, Gong Yuanhao's deep eyes flashed with anxiety and panic, is Yingjie still in that secret passage?

Thinking that his only son's life and death were still unknown, Gong Yuanhao couldn't stay any longer, and forcibly suppressed the fishy sweet beating horse that kept surging in his throat and galloped towards the secret passage.

Yingjie, you must be safe and sound, otherwise what is the use of seizing the throne for your father?

Gong Yuanhao galloped very fast, and by the time several generals reacted, he had already run more than ten zhang away.

Several people looked at each other, not understanding why the prince left suddenly, but when they saw the direction of his gallop clearly, the few people who knew the inside story suddenly understood, so Lei Fangqi and another confidant general, Ma Xun, hurriedly chased him with 10,000 soldiers, and the rest of the generals comforted the army while secretly praying for the safety of the prince.

Turning over and dismounting, Gong Yuanhao snatched the torch from the hand of the sergeant behind him and rushed into the secret passage, carefully inspecting the situation in the secret passage with apprehension.

There was no corpse until the secret passage at the other end, and there was no trace of a fight in the entire passage, nor did he see a trace of blood, Gong Yuanhao did not give up, and ordered people to search for a long time in the jungle adjacent to the secret passage, but still did not see his son.

Looking blankly at the shadow-shrouded jungle, Gong Yuanhao couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad.

Seeing that the corners of his prince's lips were overflowing with a trace of blood, Lei Fangyan and Regret both looked drastically changed, and there was deep worry in their eyes, Ma Xun comforted: "Prince, this shows that the prince is still alive, so please take care of your body, the prince is still waiting for the prince to rescue." ”

"Is Yingjie really alive?"

After listening to Ma Xun's words, Gong Yuanhao's originally blank eyes gradually condensed into light, and he turned to look at Lei Fangqi and Ma Xun, and saw the two of them nodding heavily, and a glimmer of hope rose in his heart: "Yes!" Yingjie is still alive, just waiting for this king to rescue, come here, immediately follow this king to rescue the son! ”

Seeing that the prince was going to rescue the prince now, Lei Fangqi and Ma Xun hurriedly dissuaded him.

Lei Fangqi said calmly: "Lord Wang, we don't know who took the prince of the Dao Dao to where he was taken, if he acted rashly without a clue, not only could not save the prince, but also disturbed the enemy and endangered the safety of the prince;

Moreover, the 200,000 army is still waiting for the prince's order, and the ninth princess has arrived in Liyang County again, maybe she is leading the enemy army to follow and chase at this moment;

It's better for us to go back to Jiuyuan County first, to prevent the enemy from taking the opportunity to seize Jiuyuan County and then flank us back and forth, and at the same time send someone to secretly find out the news of the prince, once we have the exact news, we will formulate a thorough rescue plan, so that we can not only preserve our strength, but also ensure that the prince will be rescued safely, I don't know what the prince wants? ”

"This king is not leaving!" Wiping the blood from the corners of his lips, Gong Yuanhao shouted loudly: "If you can't see that Yingjie is safe and sound, how can this king feel at ease?" ”

When Lei Fangqi and Ma Xun heard this, they immediately became anxious: "Lord Wang......" pursuers are coming, and the consequences if they don't leave are unimaginable.

"Since King Zhongwu doesn't want to go, then don't go!"

A clear voice suddenly sounded, and the jungle that was originally shrouded in shadows suddenly burst into flames, as bright as day, I don't know when a group of soldiers in armor have surrounded Gong Yuanhao and others in three directions, the firelight is reflected in the faces of resolute and solemn, the silver armor and the blades in their hands flashed with a cold and cold light.

Glaring angrily at the leading man in front of him, Gong Yuanhao reacted instantly: "Situ Jingyu, tell me where Wang Yingjie is?" ”

Since he is ambushed here, then Yingjie must have fallen into their hands, who leaked the secret to the Nine Princess? You must know that Lu Dao, this secret passage, and Yingjie's going to the capital from here are only known to him, Yingjie, and a few henchmen and generals, could it be?

Seeing Gong Yuanhao's cold and suspicious gaze, Lei Fangqi and Ma Xun trembled, and shook their heads hurriedly to indicate that it was not them.

These two are guards who have grown up with them since they were children, and they have always been loyal to themselves, and Gong Yuanhao doesn't believe that they will betray him, but who will it be?

"Where the prince has gone, King Chungmu should know better than General Ben."

Situ Jingyu's handsome and resolute face did not have a trace of expression, but his whole body exuded Ling Ran's momentum, and his voice was as cold as the chill of the snowy sky in the moon: "Gong Yuanhao, you have no way to escape, so let's just tie your hands and arrest it!" ”

"This king will never surrender even if he dies!"

Gong Yuanhao didn't care about the ridicule in Situ Jingyu's tone, but secretly thought that maybe Yingjie didn't fall into their hands, otherwise the Ninth Princess would definitely use Yingjie to blackmail him, after all, he only had one son, Yingjie, didn't he?

As if he had expected that Gong Yuanhao would not hit the south wall and not look back, Situ Jingyu stopped talking nonsense, and immediately ordered the soldiers to be killed!

Looking around at the murderous tens of thousands of troops around them, after Lei Fangqi and Ma Xun glanced at each other in unison, Ma Xun decisively said: "Lei Fangqi, you quickly escort the prince away, I am responsible for the broken queen!" ”

Fortunately, the enemy army did not cut off their back road, as long as the prince successfully passed through the secret passage to meet with the 200,000 army and then rushed back to Jiuyuan County, the enemy army could not help the prince, and he died without regrets.

"In the next life, we will still be brothers!" Lei Fangqi knew that Ma Xun was determined to die to protect the safety of the prince, although he was very sad, he didn't say anything, and took a thousand soldiers to forcibly protect Gong Yuanhao and quickly retreated to the secret passage, and at the end, he glanced back at Ma Xun, who was blocked at the entrance of the secret passage and desperately blocked the enemy's approach, his eyes flashed with sadness and admiration, and then he left absolutely without leaving.

Who knew that when they rushed to the camp not far away, there was also a fierce battle going on there, but seeing countless purple guards and troops surrounding their 200,000 legions, the sky was full of arrows and arrows from all directions, and soldiers continued to fall.

This situation finally made something that Gong Yuanhao forcibly suppressed break out of the cocoon, blood spurted out of his mouth, and the whole person was lying on the horse's back in a dejected manner, his face was as white as gold paper, but he was struggling to keep his mind clear.

"Lord Wang......" Lei Fangqi hurriedly flew forward to support him.

Gong Yuanhao Yungong pressed down his throat and waved his hand: "This king has nothing to do!" ”

The purple-clothed guards and the army soldiers also seemed to have spotted them, and soon countless sharp arrows came quickly, Lei Fangqi looked horrified, and ordered a thousand soldiers to use their shields to protect the prince from approaching the army, and at the same time waved their spears to block the speeding arrows in the back.

But after all, their number was too small, and in the blink of an eye, most of the 1,000 sergeants died, but their own army was blocked by the rain of arrows and could not get closer, Lei Fangqi was so anxious that he suddenly saw a sharp arrow with the momentum of thunder shooting towards the prince who was more than ten paces away, but it was too late to save.

At the last moment, with a whoosh, a white feather arrow broke through the air almost at the same time, and I saw that the previous sharp arrow fell to the ground five steps away from Gong Yuanhao, and then a group of masked black-clothed people landed around Gong Yuanhao from the sky, and one of the black-clothed people said coldly: "Go!" ”

Lei Fangqi and the man in black escorted Gong Yuanhao to quickly join the army, and then retreated to Jiuyuan County.

The rain of arrows suddenly stopped.

"Dancing Shadow Girl, why don't you continue to pursue?"

Hearing the inquiry of a purple-clothed guard beside him, the dancing shadow's eyes flashed with a dark edge: "The meaning of the Nine Princes is ......" suddenly stopped speaking, and his sharp eyes swept in the direction of his left hand.