Chapter 66: Fake Death
Fan Li took over and said: "Grain and grass are the top priority, and the Qi army will definitely send heavy troops to guard it, and it will not be easy to burn it." So tomorrow's battle, the real main force is in front, and they will be caught off guard; As the saying goes, 'the real is the virtual, and the virtual is the real'. ”
"I know that Wu Zixu's intentions in ordering me to accompany the army this time are not good, but in the same way, he doesn't know my real strength, plus with Brother Fanlou's assistance, you don't need to worry."
Dong Yun listened quietly, and after he finished speaking, he said, "Does that gentleman know that Wu Zixu changed King Wu's plan?" ”
"Changed?" Fan Li was stunned for a moment, and then his expression gradually became solemn, and he asked, "What is the change?" ”
"The front is the bait, and the back is solid; And this bait ......" Dong Yun met Fan Li's gaze and said word by word: "It's the bait that really kills!" ”
Fanlou said in surprise: "You mean, the real army is in the rear?" ”
"Not bad." Dong Yun bowed his head and said, "Wu Zixu saved the last step. ”
Fanlou shook his head and said: "This is not right, Wu Zixu has been fighting for many years, it is impossible not to know the importance of grain and grass, he will only do this in vain." ”
At that time, Fan Li had already figured out the key, and said in a deep voice: "Of course he knows, so his purpose tomorrow is not to win the Qi army, but to borrow the Qi army's knife to kill me!" ”
"Wrong." Dong Yun's gaze wandered over the building and corrected: "It's to kill you!" ”
Fanlou was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I didn't expect that even I was taken by Wu Xiang, I was really flattered." ”
"You're still smiling." Dong Yun glared at him and said, "I brought you out just for this matter, hurry up and find a way." In addition, Wu Zixu has always sent people to monitor you, which is why I have never shown up to meet you; This time, it was really burning the eyebrows, so he used a strategy to lure them away. As she spoke, she looked at the brightly lit tent, "As expected, they should have noticed that you two were gone."
Fanlou also knew that the matter was serious, so he smiled and said: "If it is in Gusu, you can still borrow King Wu to suppress Wu Zixu; But now that he is out on the march, he is like a tiger untied, and it is difficult to escape from him. After thinking for a moment, he said: "I came this time and brought more than 1,000 elite soldiers, and I only listened to my orders, so I might be able to block it." ”
"It's useless." Fan Li shook his head and said: "You thousand elite soldiers, you know, I know, Wu Zixu also knows, do you think he is not guarded?" If I am not mistaken, he will try to transfer these thousand elite soldiers tomorrow. Without waiting for Fanlou's words, he said again: "Yes, those elite soldiers only listen to your orders, but Wu Zixu has 50,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, 50,000 against 1,000, this result, I don't need to say it." ”
Fanlou said helplessly: "This doesn't work, that doesn't work, what should I do?" ”
Fan Li pursed his lips and was silent, his complexion changed under the moonlight as white as water, and after a while, he suddenly said: "I can't avoid it, just as he wants!"
Dongyun was shocked and hurriedly said, "You are crazy, that's your own life!"
Fan Li was silent, and only looked at Fanlou, who was not as excited as Dong Yun, and said thoughtfully: "Do you want to come to a plan?" ”
"Not bad." Fan Li's eyes flashed with appreciation, no wonder he could go undercover by Bo Yao's side for ten years without being known, and he was really thoughtful and could understand it at one point.
"If I don't die for a day, Wu Zixu won't stop for a day, since that's the case, it's as he wishes." He raised his hand to stop Dongyun who wanted to speak, "Of course, it's not really dead, it just makes him think so; And I just took this opportunity to go back to Vietnam. ”
"Go back to Yue at this time?" Fanlou was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood something, "Are you worried that Qi Guo will not go down to Wu for a long time, and will go to Yue Guo?" ”
Fan Li nodded solemnly, "I hope I'm too worried, but I have to guard against it." ”
"Wu and Vietnam are leading each other, and they really have to guard against something." Saying this, Fanlou said: "I have seen the map, there is a mountain cliff three miles away from Ailing, and I will try to lead the Qi army there tomorrow, and then Brother Fan will pretend to be Pegasus and fall off the cliff, so that Wu Zixu thinks that Brother Fan is dead, I will cover from the side, but this cliff, Brother Fan must be careful." ”
"I know." Fan Li responded, and said worriedly: "Then what should you do?" ”
"I am Bo Yao's person in the end, Wu Zixu is just too blatant; Besides, the person he wants to deal with the most is you, and I'm just incidental, and as soon as you 'die', I believe he will have no intention of dealing with me. ”
Dong Yun said coldly on the side: "If you can't guess accurately, you will die." ”
Fanlou's long eyes turned, and his fingers, which were as white as a woman, stroked Dongyun's face, and said with a smile: "You...... Is this worrying about me? ”
Dong Yun trembled by the fingers, hurriedly knocked off his hand, and said uncomfortably: "What nonsense, I'm afraid that you will burden Mr. Fan, what does it matter to me if you don't die." ”
"It's so sad, but I saved your life." Fanlou said with a smile, unable to tell how true or false his words were.
At that moment, Fan Li thought about it: "Dongyun said yes, your guess, as long as there is a trace of error, it is a disaster of death, it is better to fall off the cliff with me and avoid its sword for the time being." ”
"Never." Fanlou raised the smile on his face, and said solemnly: "You fell off the cliff alone, it can be said to be an accident, but if you have two...... Brother Fan thinks that Wu Zixu will not be suspicious? ”
"Besides, with Wu Zixu's temperament, after Brother Fan falls off the cliff, he will definitely send someone to search for it at the bottom of the mountain, and someone has to arrange for the corpse to deal with it, so I must stay."
Fan Li knew that he was telling the truth, but he still had scruples, "But ......"
Fanlou knew what he wanted to say, and interrupted: "I have been in Wu for more than ten years, and I have encountered a lot of dangers, large and small, and every time there is no danger, I believe this time is no exception." Saying that, he smiled and said: "Brother Fan has never been a person who drags mud and water, how can he be so mother-in-law in this matter?" ”
Seeing him say this, Fan Li no longer hesitated, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then it's decided!"
Fanlou smiled, turned his head to Dong Yun and said, "You go back quickly, once you are discovered by Wu Zixu, he will never spare you." ”
"Okay." Dong Yun readily agreed, but it was useless to let Fanlou get ready, but it was always a good thing that Dong Yun was willing to go.
After Dongyun left, Fan Li and the others returned to the barracks, as expected, Wu Zixu sent people to look around, and when he saw them coming back, he said with a gloomy face: "Where did you go?" ”
Fanlou arched his hand and said: "If you return to the Lord Xiangguo, the two generals are worried that the Qi Kingdom will attack at night, so they look around, and they have not reported to the Lord Xiangguo, and they hope to forgive their sins." ”
Gongsun Li sneered on the side: "Are you really worried about the sneak attack of the Qi State, or are you secretly reporting the news in the name of inspection?" ”
Fanlou said in surprise: "General Gongsun suspects us of colluding with the Qi State? ”
Gongsun Li said strangely: "You know it in your own hearts, why do you have to say it? ”
"Catching thieves and taking stolen goods, guessing in vain without evidence is called spewing blood." Saying that, Fanlou pretended to be puzzled and said: "Look at General Gongsun, he looks like a human, why can't he spit out ivory?" ”
Gongsun Li was inexplicable by him, and subconsciously asked, "What ivory to spit out?" ”
"A dog can't spit ivory out of his mouth." In the face of Fanlou's ridicule, Gongsun Li was so angry that he was about to go crazy, his hand suddenly grasped the handle of the knife, and he was about to pull it out, but he was held down hard, it was Wu Zixu, "Lord Xiangguo......"
Wu Zixu raised his hand to interrupt his words, his gaze wandered on the faces of the two, and finally fell on Fan Li, "Since there is nothing to do, let's go back and rest, and raise our spirits to fight with the Qi army." ”
After Fan Li and the others withdrew from the big tent, Gongsun Li said eagerly: "The two of them left in the middle of the night, sneaky, there must be a problem, why don't you ask clearly?" ”
"Ask?" Wu Zixu sneered: "Will they say it? If they won't, why waste their tongues and ...... left and right" He looked at the darkness that seeped through the tent, and said indifferently: "They are dying, why bother to compare with two dead people." ”
Gongsun Li thought about it, and his anger suddenly quickly dissipated, and he said flatteringly: "It's still Lord Xiangguo's wisdom." ”
After a moment of silence, Wu Zixu suddenly said, "Is everything arranged?" ”
"Alright." Gongsun Li lowered his voice and said: "Tomorrow, the Qi army will think that the front is the main force, and they will attack with all their might, Fan Li and they will definitely die." As he spoke, he added: "Don't worry, my lord, the lowly arrangement is seamless, and Qi Jun will definitely not doubt it." ”
"That's good." Wu Zixu nodded with satisfaction, after tomorrow, he would not see Fan Li again, although it was a pity that he had that talent, it was better than letting Fan Li use it to deal with Wu Guo.
The next day, everything was as planned, Wu Zixu ordered Fan Li and Fanlou to lead 3,000 men and horses to attract the attention of the Qi army, and he himself commanded the main force to attack the rear of the Qi army.
When the Qi army got the news early in the morning, they mistakenly thought that Fan Li and they were the main force, and mobilized 30,000 soldiers and horses to meet the battle, which was ten times that of Fan Li and them.
Under the intentional guidance of Fan Li, they came to the Eagle's Beak Cliff located three miles away from Ailing, and after a series of fierce battles, their people were not even a thousand, and they were struggling to support there.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to pass by, Fan Li exchanged a look with Fanlou, and then deliberately revealed a flaw, led the troops to pursue, and retreated to the edge of the cliff step by step.
In the fierce battle, a Qi soldier grabbed a spear and stabbed at the war horse under Fan Li's crotch, Fan Li saw it, but deliberately did not stop it, let the war horse suffer, screamed, and stood up. Fan Li was waiting for this opportunity, and secretly used his strength to fall off the cliff with people and horses.
Fan Li's death was an extremely heavy blow to the Wu army, which was originally at the end of the crossbow, and it consumed the soldiers' remaining fighting spirit.
People are constantly falling to the ground, there are fewer and fewer Wu troops alive, and they are surrounded by the Qi army.
"Phew!" Fanlou spit out the blood foam in his mouth, and casually pulled out the arrow that shot into his arm, and for a while the blood flowed like an infusion, staining half of his body red, but he didn't seem to feel any pain, and he didn't even frown, just stared coldly at the Qi soldiers who were constantly approaching.
Although the Qi army has the upper hand, but in the eyes of the Qi soldiers who looked at the fanlou, without exception, they all have a deep fear, this person is ruthless, from the fight to the present, at least more than 100 people have been damaged in his hands, often before they can see the shadow of the knife, the people around him have fallen to the ground.
"Kill him!"
"Kill him! Kill him!"
I don't know who shouted, like water poured into boiling oil, it boiled all of a sudden, shouted loudly, and rushed towards Fanlou!
Looking at the Qi army coming in waves, the corners of Fanlou's mouth raised a wry smile, it seems that he is really going to die here today, it's okay, I've been a spy for so many years, I'm really tired, I can take this opportunity to take a good rest.
It's a pity...... I can't see her anymore!
A shadow swept through his mind, making Fanlou's mind trance, revealing a flaw, the sword light swept by, and the armor on his back broke, scratching an extremely deep scar.
Fanlou's eyes were dark, and the whole person fell forward, and quickly put his knife on the ground, barely holding his body, this action exhausted all his strength, and he was no longer able to resist those Qi troops who rushed over.
It's finally coming to an end......
Fanlou closed his eyes and waited for the sword to fall on his body, but after waiting for a while, he never saw the sword falling, and opened his eyes suspiciously, only to see a thin figure, waving his sword in front of him, stopping those Qi troops who rushed over.
"Winter clouds?" Fanlou almost couldn't believe her eyes, wasn't she gone, how could she be here?
Although Dongyun is strong in martial arts, his two fists are difficult to defeat with four hands, and he is soon dwarfed, and he is about to be unable to hold on, and the place where the Qi army is stationed suddenly bursts into flames.
"The grain and grass are burned!" Such a sentence suddenly appeared in the crowd, and there was a commotion in the Qi army, grain and grass are the lifeblood of all soldiers, and the burning of grain and grass means that they have no food to eat.
Thinking of this, how could the Qi army still have the mind to deal with Fanlou and them, and retreated like a tide, heading straight to the place where the fire started.
Dong Yun breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly picked up the seriously injured Fanlou, and left with the few hundred remaining Wu soldiers to take refuge in a hidden valley.
"Why didn't you leave?" It was only at this time that Fanlou had the opportunity to ask.
"I can still speak, but I can't seem to die." Dong Yun said coldly, took out a porcelain bottle from his bosom, and poured the white powder inside into Fanlou's wound. This is extremely magical, as soon as it touches the blood, it quickly melts, like seeing the snow of the sun.
Melting, the bleeding stopped, and within ten breaths of effort, even the deep bone scar on the back immediately stopped the bleeding; However, there is a side effect, that is, pain, Fanlou, who had not been injured by a knife or a sword before, was in a cold sweat with pain, his teeth were clenched, and his feminine and handsome face was distorted and deformed because of the pain, and after a while, the pain slowly disappeared.
Fanlou let out a sigh of relief, and said with palpitations: "What is this? ”
"The hemostatic herb with Yiguang has a wonderful effect, but when it is just sprinkled, it is slightly painful."
"Is this still called slightly?" Fanlou smiled bitterly, remembering that Dongyun hadn't answered his question yet, and asked again, "Why didn't you leave?" ”
Dong Yun bandaged him and said, "If I leave, you will be a corpse at this moment." ”
"So you've always been there?"
Dongyun nodded, "I never thought about leaving, but I knew that if I didn't agree last night, you wouldn't give up, so I pretended to agree, followed secretly, and saved your life." ”