5

The freshly snow-covered forests were even more cloudy at night, and the dry branches, which had been straight, were curled up by the thick snow, revealing a sky as black as ink. The light of the torches did not travel far before it was eroded by the dark forest gaps, and only a cold red was reflected in the blue snow. The sound of the horses' hooves was sucked away by the thick snow, and every step seemed to lose its strength. Only the bitter north wind was still strong, blowing the cheeks that exposed the cloak and the hands holding the reins painfully.

When he reached the top of a mountain, Zhong Li would look around, and each time he would see a few points of fire moving slowly from a few hills. So he rushed down the hill with another pedal, and ran to the firelight to chase with all his might.

He suddenly remembered the heavy snow in Yingchuan seven years ago, when the situation in the mountains seemed to be similar to now, except that there was more goose feather snow in the wind, and it hurt like a knife on his face. At that time, he was the one who was chased, and today he is chasing others, is it possible that Yuan Xian's drama will fall on him? Thinking like this, he raised his guard against everything around him.

However, the sky was still bright, and the wind, frost, fog, and snow made the whole mountain as pale as if it were walking through a pile of white paper. And now everything is pitch black, even if you want to ambush, it's not so simple. Once he came here, it was his own territory, and Dai Ying could only leave people to defend on the way, and could not arrange it in advance, so it was unknown whether he could intercept Zhong Li. If the torches are extinguished and the ambush is laid, the dark night alone can make these defeated soldiers lose their last courage.

Just thinking about it, Zhong Li suddenly heard some rustling sounds not far away, he listened to the sound and pulled his bow is an arrow, only to see something pop out of the night, and he fell into the snow without two steps. Zhong Li took a closer look, it was a small wild boar, thinking that the nest was nearby, and was alarmed by a group of people.

At this time, the snow fell sporadically, not like the snowflakes in the sky before, and now only small snow grits like gravel are falling. The sky that had just revealed a corner of the moon was as if it was being held by a black cauldron, and there was no light to be seen. Zhong Li had to rely on the faint light of the torch and ran to the next mountain.

After a few more hills, Zhong Li suddenly felt that there was something wrong with the point of light he was pursuing, and he seemed to be much slower than Fang Cai. Looking at it again, the next col is also surrounded on all sides. He ordered a few horses to walk ahead with cloaks and torches made of spears, and he and the rest of the dozen or so men were all on foot.

"Be careful, Dai Ying may have discovered that we are chasing him, and the speed at which the fire is traveling doesn't look like he is fleeing."

Zhong Li was talking, only to see a few horses go down the slope, and a group of black shadows suddenly appeared around, and a few cold lights flashed from the stirred snowflakes, and several cloaks were torn to shreds in an instant.

"Oh no, it's a dummy!"

The black shadow was stunned, Zhong Li jumped directly down from the hillside, and the two slashes on the left and right killed most of the black shadow. As soon as the rest of the black shadows wanted to fight back, they swished a few crossbows, and saw several people lying in the snow with arrows in their chests.

"General Zhong is so skilled!"

An old voice came to Zhong Li's ears, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a fire in front of him, and a person in the middle was sitting on a tall horse wearing a mountain pattern armor, and looked over with a smile, with endless insidiousness in his face. Looking around again, fires were lit, and the woods were filled with soldiers in blue and white armor.

Zhong Li shook off the blood of the sword and looked at Dai Ying: "You still want to use this method to block my hand, so you killed me here, isn't your Liaoxi still gone?" ”

A person walked out behind Dai Ying, "General Zhong is one of the four fierce generals of the Shuoguo Army, if he can easily kill you when the army is defeated, it will be regarded as a big gain." What's more, if you send it to the door yourself, it's not good for us not to accept it, right? ”

Zhong Li deduced from his white face and scheming eyebrows and the corners of his eyes that this person was Yuan Hua. "It's a pity."

"Knowing this, why did General Zhong have to chase after him?"

Zhong Li smiled, "You misunderstood, I said it's a pity to say that it's a pity for the two of you." It took so much effort, but in the end, there were only these people left, and there was no capable leader, so I'm afraid it's easier to capture me Zhong Li, right? ”

"You! Hugh is going to speak wildly, do it! ”

The four armors killed together, and Zhong Li took out his bow and shot Dai Ying is arrow. Dai Ying dodged, the arrow just grazed Dai Ying's breastplate, and flew to Yuan Hua's side, only to hear Yuan Hua scream and fall off the horse. However, the enemy army had already slain in front of them, and there were hundreds of them. Zhong Li hurriedly ordered the guards to approach in a circle formation, and broke through to Dai Ying's side back to back.

The Northern Forward Army killed together, and the spears in the round formation were stabbed to death by most of the stabs in the head, but the enemy was outnumbered, and the soldiers who made up for it were killed in front of the formation in the blink of an eye, forcing Zhong Li to meet each other in a short manner.

"Turn it up!"

Zhong Li ordered, the circle quickly turned up, the first soldier blocked the attack, and the second soldier took the opportunity to mend the sword. However, due to the continuous flow of enemy troops, the circle formation did not turn around before there was a gap, and Zhong Li had to kill it with his own strength, leading everyone to kill the first wave of attacks.

Suddenly, his ears tightened, and Zhong Li hurriedly shouted: "Find cover!" Before he could say anything, the arrow came in front of him. Zhong Li picked up the corpse of the enemy with one hand, blocked it with a knife with the other, and hid behind a tree on a slope in three or two steps. A round of bows and crossbows came down, and only three or two people remained in the snow, surrounded by firelight.

"Don't do any more useless struggles, just grab it!"

Zhong Li could tell that Dai Ying was behind the group of crossbowmen in front of him, and was thinking about what to do, when he suddenly saw a flash of fire on the mountain in the distance, so he said: "It's okay or not, it's a death anyway, it's better for the two of us to sit down and talk." ”

"Then you remove your armor first, and then throw the knife out."

Zhong Li first threw out the helmet and leg armor, and then threw Chang Xun out two or three steps away, just entering everyone's sight. For the sake of insurance, Dai Ying asked two crossbowmen to come forward and pick up the knife. Zhong Li saw the two of them approaching Chang Xun, suddenly burst out from behind the tree, a stone buckled to a mountain of one person's helmet, and then wrapped his hand around the other person's crossbow hand, pulled it to the back to block the bow and crossbow that came from one side, and then kicked the armor, raised a piece of snow, leaned over to dodge the flying bow and crossbow, picked up Chang Xun with his right hand, killed the crossbow man in three or two steps, raised his left hand and pointed the crossbow he had just grabbed at Dai Ying who was hiding behind.

"General."

6

"Faster!"

Gu Yu and Qin Lang led more than 100 cavalry to follow the traces left in the snow all the way into the mountains, but the ankle-deep snow made it even more difficult for the already tired horses to run. Suddenly, a pair of jackdaws were startled not far away, and there was a faint sound of white blades colliding with metal, and Gu Yu vaguely felt that something was wrong.

The closer you go, the clearer the sound becomes, but the more sparse it becomes, and when you go up the mountain, you can see a row of Beifeng soldiers standing in the middle of the mountain, aiming the bows and crossbows in their hands at a position. Everyone looked at each other, only to see Zhong Li pointing back at everyone with a crossbow in one hand, and a knife against one person in the other, and that person didn't have to guess to know that it was Dai Ying.

When the soldiers of the northern front saw a group of black-armored cavalry behind them, they adjusted the bow and crossbow back to half, and the rest of the people also held the bow and crossbow tighter, and the original evacuation formation was adjusted tightly, and the spearmen hurriedly returned to the front of the formation.

"Don't act rashly." Dai Ying, who was holding a knife, shouted to the people on the hill first, "If you kill you, your general's life may not be guaranteed." ”

Gu Yu saw that Zhong Li also had a lot of crossbowmen in front of him, so he ordered everyone to stop where they were, and at the same time gave Qin Lang a secret look. Qin Lang immediately understood the meaning, turned his back behind his back with one hand, and used sign language to let the rear cavalry outflank the other side of the mountain pass.

Seeing this, Zhong Li put away the lone wolf who looked like he was hunting, and said to Dai Ying with the attitude of a winner: "How, not only is it not easy to kill me now, I'm afraid that none of you can return to Liaodong." ”

Looking at the mountains of black armor, Dai Ying sighed, "What do you want?" ”

"I want to spare your life, so that your Liaodong will be spared from war and will go directly to me. If Lao Yuan is happy, he may be able to give your official position. Originally, Liaodong has a chance to turn the tables without you, so it's better to stay in Qingshan, at least you can play for a while. You tell me? ”

Dai Ying was obviously thinking about Zhong Li's words, causing Zhong Li to focus most of his attention on Dai Ying's reaction, so much so that he ignored the unusual movement beside him.

"Zhong Li be careful!"

Gu Yu's voice came, Zhong Li hurriedly reacted, and saw Yuan Hua, who had been shot down by a stray arrow more than a dozen steps away, lying in the snow, with an empty crossbow in his hand pointing to this side. When he saw it, it was too late, and he saw a sharp arrow shoot through the armor into the left rib, and blood slowly spilled down the armor.

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they saw this, only Zhong Li turned his left hand and pierced Yuan Hua's head with an arrow. The second person to react was Dai Ying, who pushed Zhong Li away and ran away, but was immediately pierced through the chest by Zhong Li's Changxun. The Beifeng soldiers saw Dai Ying fall before they released their arrows together, and Qin Langfang ordered the cavalry to rush up, and the small mountain col was in chaos for a while.

"Hurry up and save Zhong Li!" In the chaos, only Gu Yu thought that Zhong Li was still alone, only to see Zhong Li hurriedly dodge behind the tree, and he was still hit by an arrow in his leg, so that he could only roll and crawl to find cover.

After a while, the killing stopped, and the cavalry of the Xuanlong Army cleared the remnants of the Northern Front without any suspense. Gu Yu quickly rode straight to the bottom of the mountain pass, jumped off the horse and looked at Zhong Li's situation. I saw that his left rib was three inches deep, his right calf and left thigh were pierced by the arrow, and his left shoulder and abdomen were also hit by an arrow.

He lay quietly on the white snow, looking at Gu Yu who was hurrying over, and his surroundings were slowly dyed red with blood. "It's a little slow."

"Some people say that they don't fight for their lives, and when it comes to the critical time, they have to rush up alone. It's a joke to say that you can go and go back, and when it really matters, you have to rush to the front! ”

Seeing that Gu Yu scolded herself without saying anything, Zhong Li laughed, even if she scolded people before, she used a plain tone. "Why bother, the gains and losses of Liaoxi have nothing to do with your work."

Gu Yu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, "Yes, why bother?" Maybe I'm angry that I'll tell a stupid person about my plan. She laughed to herself.

At this time, Qin Lang also rushed over, "How is the situation of the general?" ”

"See for yourself."

Qin Lang had the impression that Zhong Li was so seriously injured only in the story. "How's that for good? General, you hold on, and I'll teach someone to carry you back to the camp. ”

"No need." As soon as Qin Lang was about to call someone, Zhong Li stopped, "If you toss back like this, your blood will be drained, not to mention that the weather here is very cold ......."

Gu Yu hesitated, and when he saw Qin Lang take off his cloak and cover Zhong Li, he asked, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Zhong Li smiled, and turned to Qin Lang and said, "Do what you have to do, help me." ”

"General?" Although Qin Lang knew what Zhong Li meant, he didn't dare to think about it.

"Don't grind, if Yuan Xian arrives in a while, and sees me like this, I won't be able to walk......"

"But, General, I ...... I haven't even sent ...... to my subordinates."

"You, ahem, don't you want to learn from me...... cough cough ...... "Zhong Li couldn't breathe for a while, and every time he coughed up, blood gushed out along the wound.

Seeing this, Gu Yu said, "It's better for me to come, he is not ready yet." So saying, he set up his crossbow in three or two and put on the bowstring. Anything else you'd like to say? ”

"Is there anything you can't say back there?" Zhong Li looked at Gu Yu behind the crossbow machine, her face was expressionless, her eyes stared straight over, as if she was staring at someone she had never met, or even at something that was inanimate at all. However, those eyes like a frozen lake are now so deep, so deep that people want to enter and explore them, so deep that people can't help but fantasize about the scene in them. This seems to be the Grim Reaper, the kind of eyes that only a quiet and serene Grim Reaper should have.

"You seem to be very proficient in this."

7

"The flag covers the frost and the snow stops, and the sound and fog are thick. Just a few words are handed over to life and death, and old dreams are now coming.

"Trampling on hooves for hundreds of miles, corpse cold and Taoist heroes. It's hard to settle things today in the coming spring, but in the midst of talking and laughing? ”

On the snow, Gu Yu hummed a song "Cry in the Dark Night" repeatedly, humming and humming, and gradually filled in the words. On the side, Zhong Li's armor had frosted, and his hair and face were covered with a thin layer of snow, and it would not be long before this shell would gradually turn into smoke and dirt, and it would be as scattered all over the mountains as this snow.

At this time, a little fire gradually appeared around the mountain, getting closer and closer, gathering more and more, as if a wildfire had started in the mountain, illuminating the crystal new snow into a bright yellow and a warm red. The fire gradually gathered, and it was only when I got closer that I could see that it was countless soldiers in black armor. When I saw the black and red dragon flag held high again, a white horse carrying a red robe had rushed to everyone.

"Zhong Li? Zhong Li? ”

Qin Lang saw that it was Yuan Xian, so he had to get up and walk in front of him. "Major General."

"Where is Zhong Li?" Judging from Qin Lang's reaction and the appearance of everyone in the Xuanlong Army as if they were frosted, Yuan Xian had already guessed that something was not quite right.

"General, he ......" Qin Lang didn't continue, but just pointed over with his gaze.

Following Qin Lang's gaze, Yuan Xian saw Zhong Li's armor and saber covered with snow, jumped off his horse in an instant, and ran over in a few big strides in the thick snow, only to see that Zhong Li's body was full of arrow feathers, and there were short arrows with carved tails at the center of his eyebrows.

She noticed the short crossbow beside Gu Yu on the side, and a steel spear wiped her hair and placed it in front of Gu Yu. "Is that you?"

"I gave him a ride." Gu Yu said, leaving her cold gaze away from the boundless snowy night, and followed the tip of the spear that shone with cold light, and looked at Yuan Xian's eyes that seemed to be burning with flames.

"Major General, it's she who has been helping the general." Qin Lang saw that the two of them looked at each other for a moment, as if lava had been poured into an ice lake, and ice and fire burst out in an instant, so he hurriedly stepped forward to explain.

"Who is she?"

"Gu Yu."

"It was the general who met by chance in Liucheng, and now he is the general's doorman, if it weren't for her, we estimate that we would have been wiped out by Dai Ying in Liucheng." Qin Lang continued to grab the words to explain, "General Fang Cai came to intercept Dai Ying alone, and Miss Gu Yu led us to find the general's horse tracks, and when she came, she saw that the general had fallen into the encirclement of Dai Ying's preset. Later, the general was hit by a cold arrow, and he was hit by several arrows during the siege, knowing that he could not save him, and he didn't want the major general to see his appearance, so he wanted me to give him a ride. And I can't do it, so I'll change to Gu Yu girl......"

Yuan Xian felt the gun tremble in her hand as she listened, until the tip of the gun hit the ground, and she slowly knelt down in the thick snow. First Mo Huan and then Zhong Li, she suddenly understood why her right eye was beating so hard that day, it was all her own eagerness, and she shouldn't have experienced such a two, and she filled her fault with her own life.

"Why bother?" Gu Yu said softly on the side, "Although there is life and death, it is just a game." Now that Liaoxi has been decided, wouldn't it be better for you to get together with him? ”

"How can you understand if you're not a general?"

Gu Yu just smiled indifferently.

Since then, the first part of the "Liaoxi Campaign" has been completed.