Chapter 18: The Expedition (9)
At this moment, there was a sound of rapid and slight footsteps behind the team leader, and before he could react, a knife light flashed in front of him, and he felt as if he was flying, and then he saw his body getting farther and farther away from him, and then there was a brief pain in his neck, and finally he realized that he was in a different place, and the same scene happened to the other soldiers......
After quickly slashing and killing these Eastern Wei soldiers, Li Mu picked up the head of the Eastern Wei team leader, silently came to the dead man's side, knelt on the ground on one knee, and stuck his saber on the ground, dripping blood down the blade.
I saw him stretch out his hands and gently close the man's eyes, and muttered in his mouth: "Engong, Li Mu thanks you for your great kindness, I have avenged your family, and I hope you rest well in the spirit of heaven, and this kindness will be repaid in the next life." ”
Then he knelt down, kowtowed three times, and then stood up and said to the soldiers: "Bury Engong's family on the spot, and if you can live this battle, you will come back and bury it." With that, he picked up his knife and left the compound.
The sky gradually darkened, the winter night in the north was cold and gray, there was no light in the starry sky, and the air was full of cold smell.
The group walked gently in the alley, constantly observing the surrounding situation, but in this heavily guarded Fennan City, they could not escape, so they had to constantly change directions and avoid the Eastern Wei army that was being searched in the city.
The whole group was desperate, they had not eaten all day, and now they were tired and hungry, all supported by a trace of faith in their hearts, and all their spirits seemed to be drained.
Li Mu looked at the pro-guards, not a drop of water, supported by a belief, but if he continued like this, he would soon be discouraged, and then the last hope would be gone.
At the moment, he himself doesn't plan to continue to abscond, the man's husband, when he keeps stopping, just fight, even if he can't rush over and die, it's worth it, at least the soldier's horse leather shroud is also a good destination.
"Warriors, now Fennan City has been heavily guarded, if we want to live, we have to take advantage of the enemy's inattention to kill out, I have observed, several other passes are easy to defend and difficult to attack, only the city gate is relatively flat, which is convenient for our army to quickly break through, and the enemy army at the city gate has war horses, we can snatch it and run out."
The pro-soldiers didn't say much, nodded involuntarily, and agreed: "General, we will listen to you in everything." ”
Li Mu pointed to the sentry in the distance and said: "The enemy's main force is still in the outer city for the time being, and now in the city in addition to the important passes are heavily guarded, there are not too many soldiers patrolling the city, I think we might as well slaughter a few Eastern Wei patrols first, and then pretend to be patrol soldiers close to the city gate, and then take the opportunity to launch, I believe that the enemy must be caught off guard, we can take advantage of the chaos to grab the war horse and escape." ”
It happened that there was a slight rain in the sky, which made the night even colder, and the sky was dark, people's attention was easily distracted, and the Eastern Wei army searched for a day, thinking that they had all been arrested, and the rest had been washed away by the flood.
Li Mu and his entourage walked over gently, then glanced at each other, and quickly rushed up to slash at the defenders, directly killing the soldiers stationed in a daze, many soldiers were hacked to death before they could react, their eyes were full of incredulity, and they didn't know why their colleagues would kill themselves.
However, Li Mu was also unlucky, because he wanted to welcome Duan Shao, the boss, into the city, Qi Lian diligently arranged for the elite soldiers to line up near the city gate, preparing to hold a grand ceremony to enter the city, so as to win the favor of Duan Shao, the boss, and it happened that He Ba Shiwen was also accompanied by him as a deputy.
It turned out that after the water gradually receded, Gao Yang sent He Ba Shiwen to lead a Xiaoguo army into the city to attack in order to make meritorious contributions to his Xiaoguo army, in the name of assisting General Qi Lianmeng to clean up the battlefield, and Qi Lianmeng was to sell his favor to Gao Yang, after all, he was not easy to refuse, and he took this credit alone.
The two were arranging a welcoming ceremony at the gate of the city, preparing to welcome the main force of Duan Shao's army into the city, but they happened to meet Li Mu's group to make a surprise attack at this moment, so angry that Qi Lian Meng went crazy on the spot, and rushed to the city on a mount holding a horse lance.
In the city of Fennan, Li Mu and others had already grabbed the war horse, and they were constantly attacking the city gate on horseback, but they met Li Mu who was quickly lifting the horse lance and charging towards him, and couldn't help but be surprised, and his right arm was blocked with a knife, but his arm was numb, but he didn't expect this general's strength to be so great, and he didn't get a drop of water for a day, so he secretly suffered a big loss.
Seeing that it was not an opponent, Li Mu did not dwell too much, so he rode to the gate of the city, and when the guards who were protecting him saw this, two cavalry turned their heads to block Qi Lianmeng, giving Li Mu time to escape. However, bad luck was not good, and he ran into Heba Shiwen, who led the Xiaoguo army into the city, and the two sides continued to fight together as soon as they met each other.
Heba Shiwen's strength was already inferior to Qi Lianmeng, coupled with his youth and vigor, a horse lance forced Li Mu to have no power to fight back, and the Xiaoguo army waited for work, coupled with strict training and after several rounds of battles, it was no longer the rabble at the beginning, and the army cooperated very closely, constantly picking the enemy off the horse.
In the end, only Li Mu was left alone to be surrounded by the Xiaoguo army, while He Ba Shiwen confronted him on one side, and he was not in a hurry to continue fighting.
Qi Lianmeng sat on the horse, looked at Li Mu and said, "Your Excellency must be General Li Mu, right?" ”
It turned out that he had already recognized this person as Li Mu, the chief general of Fennan City, and the two had fought each other in the Battle of Bishan, and he admired him very much, and it was a great achievement to be able to capture Li Mu alive, so he stopped the soldiers who were coming forward to kill Li Mu.
Li Mu was already exhausted, there were several wounds on his body, and his right arm was stabbed by He Ba Shiwen with a horse lance, bleeding blood, staining his military robe red, I saw him panting, and sneered disdainfully: "If you want to kill, you will kill, why bother, my Li Mu's good head is here, if you want to, let the horse come and get it." ”
Qi Lian smiled fiercely and said respectfully: "General Li is a hero in the world, he has resisted my army for a long time with a weak momentum, and now he is doing his best, why not put down his arms, with the talent of a general, Duan Shuai will definitely recommend to King Xiang, Bo is rich, and when the time comes, the general will still expect the general to be able to take care of one or two." ”
"Haha, Qilian fierce old horseman, do you think the Kansai man will serve the second master like you? I am a big husband, how can I defect to the enemy and betray Yuwen Zhuguo," Li Mu scolded loudly, so angry that his beard straightened.
"Old thief Li Mu, Hugh is rampant, you want to find death, I will send you to the west as you wish."
As he spoke, Qi Lian suddenly prepared to charge and kill Li Mu.
"Stop, General Qilian, Hugh is rude!"
At this time, Duan Shao's command was remembered behind him, which made Qi Lianmeng stop the killing action.
I saw Qi Lian snorting violently, driving the war horse to Duan Shao, clasping his fists and saluting: "Duan Shuai, this thief is stubborn and insults the last general, please let me kill this man." ”
Duan Shao let out a faint "um" and comforted Qi Lianmeng: "Okay, General Qi Lian, this commander has his own judgment in his heart." After speaking, he no longer paid attention to Qi Lianmeng, and looked straight at Li Mu, who was panting but fearless, and appreciated it very much in his heart, the Kansai man is really a real man!
Gao Yang couldn't help but observe Li Mu, this person was born in the two dynasties of the famous Longxi Li family, successively assisted Yuwentai and Yang Jian to establish the Northern Zhou Dynasty and Sui, and Li Hu (Tang Gaozu Li Yuan's grandfather, Tang Taizong Li Shimin's great-grandfather), Li Yuan (the twelve generals of the Western Wei Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty) are known as the three heroes of Longxi during the Western Wei and Northern Zhou periods.
Duan Shao smiled and nodded: "General Li is loyal and patriotic, this marshal admires, if you don't want to surrender now, I won't embarrass you, it just so happens that your son is also in the army, you father and son can have a good rest in my army, and then report to the prime minister after the war, and then make a decision, do you think it's okay?" ”
Hearing that there is no need to die, and that he will not suffer for the time being, Li Mu is of course willing, it just so happened that he was hungry, and laughed heartily at the moment: "Haha, as long as I don't surrender and betray Yuwen Zhuguo, of course Li Mu is willing to be a guest in your army, just a day without a drop of water, if you can provide some good wine and good food, it would be better." ”
Duan Shao also laughed out loud after hearing this, and instructed the pro-army: "Go and make arrangements immediately, treat General Li and his son as honored guests, and don't slack off, otherwise the military law will deal with it, and then arrange a table of good wine and food for General Li and his son to enjoy." ”