"How many of us are left?"

"Forty-three!"

"No, it's forty-four," Murong Ling pointed to Wang Xian's body, which was flat on the big bluestone.

Everyone's faces were stained with dried blood, which was oozing in the moonlight, and Li Xiaofei stood on the top of the boulder and looked at Chang'an City on fire in the distance.

The rest of the people all sat on the ground with their backs to gasp, fighting all the way to escape, and they had already exhausted their physical strength. Flies began to fly around Wang Xian's body. Murong Lingpan sat next to Li Xiaofei and closed his eyes to breathe.

Li Xiaofei turned his head to look back at everyone, his heart was sour, Xiang Dahu didn't know when he fell, most of the forty-one people sitting on the ground were injured, and nearly 50,000 Liang troops only escaped from these forty-one people.

The tired and thirsty soldiers slowly got up from the ground to pick wild fruits to satisfy their hunger, Li Xiaofei ordered everyone to make a fire to fetch water for cooking, everyone did not dare to make a fire for fear of attracting the enemy army, Murong Ling opened his eyes: "It's okay, just make a fire, let them know that we are here, so that we can escape!" ”

After Murong Ling finished speaking, everyone did so, and the others buried their heads in fetching water and digging stoves to cook, Murong Ling lit a big fire next to him alone, dug a big pit, cut down many trees and vines, wrapped Wang Xian's body, and put it in the pit and put it on the kang.

There were Wang Xian's personal soldiers in the crowd who couldn't help but run over: "We have to bring back the general's body no matter what, the Taishi can't burn him"

Murong Ling glanced at it: "The scorching sun is scorching, it will stink in another day, who can take it out of the encirclement of the enemy army?" I'll use secret techniques to dispose of the general's body, and then you can take him home!" ”

The soldiers were suspicious, so they had to stay by Murong Ling's side, for fear that Wang Xian's body would be burned.

At the fourth watch, Murong Ling took out Wang Xian's body, and the soldiers cried loudly when they saw it, the body had been dried by the kang, and the vines lost their moisture and wrapped tighter, looking like a piece of dead wood.

Murong Ling woke everyone up and asked these forty-one people to take Wang Xian's body along the remote path into Bashu, and he and Li Xiaofei set fire on the top of the mountain and erected flags to attract enemy troops.

Everyone was puzzled, Li Xiaofei explained that if we went together, the enemy army would send someone to intercept it in advance if they knew the direction of our path, and they might not be able to get out at that time, and now that he and Murong Ling are here to ignite a fire to attract the enemy army, everyone has a chance to escape.

Everyone did not hesitate, farewell to the two, and the soldiers disappeared into the woods with Wang Xian's body on their backs.

Fan Zhi was also very annoyed when he saw that the enemy's main general had escaped, and when he saw a fire burning on the mountain far to the west, he took 5,000 people to chase after him.

Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei saw the enemy troops coming from far and near on the mountain, so they drove the dozens of horses tied to the straw men that were left behind and ran north, and after running for a few miles, the two of them fought back.

Fan Zhiwang saw dozens of horsemen fleeing to the north, and immediately thought that this was a plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so he ordered everyone to chase south, and chased dozens of miles south without seeing a single person or horse.

Fan Zhi shouted and was about to turn the horse's head, when the soldiers behind shouted: "People are in front!" ”

Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei stopped more than a mile away from them, and the soldiers of the Green Flag Khanate all recognized Murong Ling's official uniform, so they only clenched their swords and guns and did not dare to move forward.

Fan Zhi thought that he was not Murong Ling's opponent, so he waved his hand and asked everyone to rush forward and shoot arrows together.

The horse poked out its front hooves, and only then did he take out his bow and arrows, and Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling turned their horses' heads and walked west.

Although Fan Zhi and the others were afraid of Murong Ling, they also wanted to kill him so that they could give an explanation to the Green Flag Khanate, and the main general was killed in the camp, and these deputy generals and personal soldiers could not escape the responsibility. So Fan Zhi jumped out of his horse, and everyone rushed over with their swords.

Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei ran wildly on horseback, and the army of the Green Flag Khanate followed closely. kept chasing out for a hundred miles, the war horses on both sides collapsed to the ground, Murong Ling pulled Li Xiao to run on the nearby hillside, and Fan Zhi continued to chase with hundreds of people behind.

The two of them kept running to the top of the mountain, and there was a cliff in front of them, and Li Xiaofei turned around and prepared to fight to the death. Murong Ling grabbed him: "Hurry up and breathe, the way to life is here!" ”

Fan Zhi and the others chased closer and closer, and began to release arrows, Murong Ling dragged Li Xiaofei and ran towards the bottom of the cliff, his head rushing straight to the bottom of the cliff.

Li Xiaofei shouted in the air: "It's dead!" Before he could finish his shouting, he plunged into the water.

Under the cliff, there was another big river, Murong Ling had already made up his mind, took Li Xiaofei to jump into the water, and slowly floated up in the water and swam to the opposite bank.

After going ashore, the two looked at the top of the cliff, Fan Zhi led people to search around, Li Xiaofei laughed loudly: "Follow you Murong to escape, I will be scared to death sooner or later!" ”

This loud laugh echoed among the cliffs, and Fan Zhi and the others looked for a sound, and saw the two waving on the shore. Fan Zhi also smiled: "We don't have to chase after us to the west, they will never come back!" Go and order the gates to be closed and arrest these two. ”

Li Xiaofei and the others also knew that they couldn't take the big road to cross the town pass, so they had to take the small road instead.

The two walked west for more than a month, hunting, digging wild vegetables and eating wild fruits along the way, and finally got out of the control of the Green Flag Khanate.

The forty-one people who escorted Wang Xian's body here also arrived in Hanzhong more than a month later, and the Hanzhong Taishou collected Wang Xian's body into the coffin, and played to the court to bring back the body of the general Wang Xian to save the Liang army who broke through.

The ministers of Jinling were also relieved, after the fall of Chang'an, there were first people who came to report that Wang Xian had surrendered to the enemy, and there were also those who reported that Wang Xian had been captured, and there were also those who reported that Wang Xian had broken through. The ministers first prepared a statement to punish Wang Xian's family, then a statement to scold Wang Xian for his lack of integrity, and later a statement to ask Wang Xian for losing his teacher and land, and a few people wrote a memorial text for Wang Xian in advance.

Finally, the sacrificial text came in handy, from the emperor to the hundred officials were crying, at this moment all the honors of the Liang belonged to Wang Xian, if Wang Xian himself could hear it, he would probably come back to life with a smile. But after all, Chang'an fell, and the 50,000 Liang army was annihilated, and someone had to bear the responsibility.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shan and the others remembered that Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei were also in Chang'an, and if there was no exact news, most of them would have died in battle.

is just right, so Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling were removed from their official positions and took the responsibility for the fall of Chang'an, of course, in order to commend their loyalty, the imperial court still sent them a funeral and posthumously presented them with the official positions of Taishi and Taifu.

The news of the deaths of Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei spread quickly, Chen Hongyi did not eat for three days, one is to pay tribute to Wang Xian, after all, this old boss he never looked down on still adhered to his integrity at the last moment of his life, and died in battle with the glory of a soldier; the second is to regret that Murong Ling and Li Xiaofei, two young heroes, were also burned in Chang'an City; Third, the battle situation has taken such a sharp turn, and the enemy's next target is Luoyang.

Liu Jian, Zhu Xuehua, Xiang Xiaoyu, Meng Crow and others set up a mourning hall for Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling, and Zhu Xuehua passed out several times.

After Hongrui, who was far away in Shou County, heard the news of the fall of Chang'an, he went to inquire about Li Xiaofei's whereabouts, and what he inquired about was the news of the imperial court's funeral for them. Hongrui held back her tears and hugged Li Youran: "Your father is finally a hero, but you have no father since then", Li Youran giggled, and Hongrui's tears flowed down all of a sudden.

Pharmacist Zhu, who was training in Liyang, also got the news, remembered many past events, and also set up a memorial hall for the two of them, and drank wine all night in front of their spirits.

At this time, Li Xiaofei and Murong Ling had already arrived in Gaochang Kingdom, and they didn't know that Liang Guo had already mourned them.

The two, who had been running around in the wild for several months, smelled the smell of barbecue beef and mutton, and they couldn't hold back their saliva. The two went to a stall and took a lot of meat to eat, and when they paid the bill, they took out a few pieces of money, but the boss didn't follow: "Gaochang only needs gold coins!" We don't want the broken copper and iron you gave! ”

Li Xiaofei thought that he was too little, and took out all the money he made: "This money, in the Central Plains, can buy a few cattle and sheep, you don't have to inch in!" After saying that, the two put down the money and were about to leave

The boss chased after him and grabbed Li Xiaofei's sleeve: "You have eaten a lot of my meat skewers, and you don't even give money, I want to report to the official!" ”

Murong Ling was about to make a move, but Li Xiaofei grabbed him: "Forget it, after all, we have eaten a lot of other people's meat"

There were also many people on the street: "These two people are not from our Gaochang country, they must have fled, report to the official, report to the official!" “

"It's a robber, but this tall man looks like he's wearing clothes made of fine fabric."

"Arrest them and send them to the government!"

The crowd was shouting, and a middle-aged man wearing gold ornaments and many small braids came over, followed by a group of soldiers with scimitars.

"An Lehou is here, get out of the way!"

The man known as An Lehou has a tall nose, fair skin, and a handsome appearance, and his height is on par with Murong Ling: "My Gaochangguo has always been a place of civility, etiquette and hospitality, how can you bully guests from afar like this?" “

"Master Hou, these two people ate the meat skewers that I was going to sell for three days, and after eating, they took out these tattered copper and iron to pay the bill, this...

An Lehou picked up a string of coins and looked at it carefully: "This is the five-baht coin of the Central Plains, but it's a pity that my Gaochang Kingdom only recognizes gold coins and silver coins." Since the two guests have eaten a lot of meat skewers, they have to pay for him, do they have any other possessions on them? “

Murong Ling put the long knife on the stall: "Take this knife."

An Lehou smiled: "It seems that this guest has already answered me with actions, or good, if you are better than the scimitar in my hand, I will invite this meal!" “

Murong Ling took a wooden stick from the stall next to him: "We're not robbers, and we don't want to kill people, I'll just use this, please"

The crowd was boiling: "I'm afraid this person is not crazy, he actually challenged the first swordsman in Gaochang with a wooden stick!"

"Master Hou killed him with one move, and this Central Plains person is too crazy"

"These Central Plains people are simply crazy, kill him!"

An Lehou hesitated, after all, the opponent was holding a wooden stick and was in place, and he didn't pose openly, this person either didn't know martial arts or was a master.

An Lehou didn't want to kill anyone, so before the knife was unsheathed, he flashed forward and slashed straight over, wanting to knock off the wooden stick in Murong Ling's hand.

Murong Ling turned the wooden stick just against An Lehou's scabbard, and as soon as he sent it again, An Lehou took a few steps back.

An Lehou already knew that his opponent was far above him, so he put away the knife: "I lost, boss, how many gold coins I invited"

Everyone was dumbfounded: "Hey, I just bet ten gold coins with Lao Li and An Lehou to win!" Now, this, An Lehou, you have to play two more games, two wins in three games! “

"Is An Lehou having a fever today, it is clear that An Lehou's subordinates are reluctant to dirty their hands, hey, it's boring"

Everyone quickly dispersed, and Murong Ling threw away the wooden stick: "Actually, your martial arts are not bad, and what is even more rare is that you can admit that you can't beat me."

An Lehou smiled: "If I fight with you because of everyone's opinions, I'm afraid I'm dead by now"

Murong Ling also smiled: "Since you have a treat, why don't you treat us again"

An Le Hou happily agreed, but the boss was busy closing the door: "Master Hou, I have to go buy meat, they will eat up the three days' inventory for me in one meal!" “