On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, it is another year of Dragon Boat Festival.

This year's Dragon Boat Festival is obviously a little different from usual, the dense dark clouds and rumbling thunder make the local weather in Muzhou seem particularly depressing, and it is a scene of mountain rain coming. What made the local people even more uneasy was that in the past few days, officials and soldiers had left the state city from time to time, and as for their whereabouts, they could not be asked.

As the commander of the Song Army, Sun Tu did not come out this time, in fact, with this identity and status, there is really no need for him to bow down to everything, and he always rushes to the front of the team. Even if today's battle is related to the final end of the Jiangnan Rebellion, he just needs to sit firmly in the city and wait for the good news to come.

At dusk, it was dark. With a flash of lightning splitting the sky, a thunderclap sounded, and the heavy rain that had been held back for a day had fallen down, making the originally sultry weather suddenly relaxed. Sun Tu, who was sitting in the hall before, also got up, walked to the corridor of the hall, looked up at the rain line connecting heaven and earth, and exhaled softly: "It's time to have a result......

"It should be almost the same, with the skills of those soldiers, and the help of the locals of Yuandong to lead the way, they will be able to kill them by surprise. And in this kind of weather, it is inconvenient for Fang La to escape even if he wants to, and he will be able to capture him in one fell swoop today, and he will never suffer in the future! Tong Mu clapped his fist and said in a very affirmative tone.

"Yes, we've done everything, and there's no reason to go wrong. Then let's wait a little longer, and the news will come back around dawn. The corners of Sun Tu's mouth curled, but the person had already turned around and returned to the hall, even if there was a thunderous explosion behind him, his body did not shake in the slightest.

The same thunder naturally seems louder in high places, especially standing in the mountains, unobstructed, watching the lightning cut through the sky from overhead, and the thunder rumbles endlessly, which makes Qu Hu's heart twitch unconsciously, and he actually has a trace of confusion and uneasiness.

But he has long been accustomed to this, since he escaped from Muzhou with His Majesty and fled up the mountain, almost all the brothers have no bottom in their hearts, and they are full of fear and uneasiness. Who would have thought that in just over a year, they would be completely defeated by almost the entire territory of Jiangnan, and even the last nest could not be defended, so they could only flee to this poor and remote mountain forest.

It shouldn't have been like this, under Your Majesty, under the leadership of Fang Xiang, Pang Shuai and General Fang, our Wu army should have swept across the south of the Yangtze River, entered the Central Plains, and fought with the already decaying Song Dynasty to seize their country. But in the end, it was such a result, and now the future is bleak, and I don't know how to survive at all.

In fact, in the time or two that they had fled into the mountains, seven of the people who had followed His Majesty had disappeared, and only the most loyal ones remained. And even so, many of these people have the intention of fleeing because they are not used to living a precarious life. And now, around the cave where His Majesty is behind, there are only more than 500 brothers left waiting for them, and if this continues, in another month or two, even if the official army has not entered the mountain to attack, they themselves will be dispersed.

He Qu Hu is just an illiterate martial artist, and all he thinks about is to be loyal to his duty, so although he sees some problems, he doesn't know how to solve them, and the only thing he can do is to guard this area and not let any possible threats appear in front of His Majesty.

Tonight was the same, the sultry weather and the sudden thunderstorm made him feel uneasy, so he brought a few cronies and walked around the edge of this mountain forest in the dark, in case something really happened. Even in these nights, his eyesight was not affected too much, and he could still see the situation outside his palm.

Just as he walked to the corner of a col in front of him, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a black shadow drifting by, which made his heart suddenly mention, he had already grasped the spear in one hand, his pace became even faster, and he whispered: "Something! As he roared, the soldiers who followed him were also alert, and they all drew their guns and knives, ready for battle, and because of his skill, he took the lead, rushed to the front, and turned the corner with a breath.

Originally, he only thought that the little beast in the mountains was frightened by the lightning and thunder, and although it seemed to be full of momentum, he didn't really believe that there would be any terrible enemy at this time. But when he jumped around the corner and looked at it suddenly, he was horrified to find that there were many people lurking in front of him, all of them with sharp weapons in their hands, like beasts of prey hunting......

"Yes......" He just wanted to raise his warning loudly, when lightning rose again in the sky, and then there was a thunderous explosion, which directly covered up his roar. And at the moment of the lightning flash, two people flashed out of the black shadows hidden here, killing him as fast as they could, and halfway through, three cold lights had pierced his throat and heart faster than lightning.

When the lightning disappeared and the subordinates from behind pounced, Qu Hu's body was already trembling, completely lost his strength, and fell on his back.

This change was too sudden, and too fast, so that these remnants of the Wu army could not make the next reaction, and some people opened their mouths, but because of fear, they couldn't even call for warnings. At this time, the large black shadow in front of him had already rushed over, raising swords and guns at the same time, killing fiercely, without the slightest hand, and there was no intention of leaving any alive.

Since the Wu army patrol was found here, it proved that the target they were looking for was ahead, so they did not need any prisoners, but only wanted to get closer before the enemy found out their whereabouts, and launched a final attack as soon as possible.

By the time another bolt of lightning lit up, there were only a large number of corpses on the col, and blood that had been washed away by the rain but could not be washed away. And the murderers who caused all this have appeared in front of the simple bamboo and wooden houses, and a new round of slaughter is about to begin.

"Boom ......" Although he was in the depths of the cave, the thunder tonight still clearly reached the ears of Fang La, who had not fallen asleep, making his whole spirit more and more worried, and after sitting up abruptly, he looked at Fang Fei, who was still flipping through the book in the firelight not far away: "Eighth brother, there is not much food in our hands now, right?" ”

Fang Fei put down the book, and his face was also a little bitter: "What the fourth brother said is right, after all, there is not too much grain stored here in Bangyuandong." And we can't ask for more, or they won't have enough to eat. Luo Laosi, they have already helped us too much, if we get an inch more, I am afraid that they will be dissatisfied. ”

"Then what do we do next? Also, will Song Jun really let us go? Most of the brothers have already fled secretly, and it is becoming more and more difficult to protect themselves. ”

"This ......" Fang Fei couldn't give an answer for a while, although he was outstanding and governed well, but such a desperate situation could not be solved by human beings after all.

"Why don't we leave here before the officers and soldiers arrive? Now it seems that there is no place for us to stand in Jiangnan, why don't we go elsewhere and find a way to survive? ”

"Fourth brother, this is where our foundation is, we can't even live here, isn't it more difficult to go elsewhere? What's more, the brothers may not be willing to follow us to break through this ...... again" Although he didn't want to admit some things, he had to face them, in fact, now those brothers are not the people who were able to follow Fang La a few years ago to give up their lives, and they have enjoyed a good life with power in their hands They have already thrown all their past loyalty and momentum out of the clouds, and now they are just worried about the punishment of the court, so they have to continue to follow.

Therefore, it is impossible for these people to leave their homeland and go elsewhere, and it is even very likely that they will not even be able to find another opportunity to fight the Song army. But he couldn't say this kind of thing, at least he couldn't explain it clearly to Fang La now.

In fact, it is not only them, but also Fang Fei, as well as Fang La in front of him, who have long lost their original aggressiveness and courage. Now they are really just a group of fish who have slipped through the net at the end of the road, which Fang Fei would never have thought of before.

Fang La also seemed to feel this, and her face became more and more ugly. Then he suddenly stood up, walked to the side, picked up a steel knife, and slowly pulled it out.

Under the reflection of the firelight, the knife still shimmered with a terrifying cold light, and the blade was still as sharp as ever. This is his long-standing saber, which has followed him to lay a huge foundation in Jiangnan and killed many enemies in it. But in the past two years, the knife has been in the sheath, and it has not been used for a long time, and even holding it in his hand like this, he feels a sense of alienation.

"Eighth child, do you think I'm old and wasted? Now, I don't even have the courage to draw my sword and fight......" Fang La suddenly asked, but Fang Fei didn't know how to answer.

At the moment when the atmosphere in the cave was slightly depressed and embarrassing, a scream suddenly sounded outside, followed by a fight, which made the faces of the two suddenly change.

At the same time, several guards guarding in front of the cave also suddenly flashed in: "Your Majesty, go quickly, there are officials and soldiers who have suddenly killed ......" This sentence immediately made the two people inside completely stunned, although they had also thought that there would be such a day, but they did not expect this day to come so quickly and so suddenly.

Before the two of them could come back to their senses, several people had already killed them with knives at the entrance of the cave, and they were immediately in one place with those guards. And the two men at the head were even more fierce, two long knives, a Zen staff slashing and waving, and quickly killed more than ten guards guarding there, and in an arrow step, the two of them had already pounced into the hole, and then shouted in unison: "Luda (Wu Song) is ordered by General Sun to capture the rebel Fang La!" ”