Night fell, but the fighting outside Chang'an City did not stop because of the darkness, but became more chaotic. Zhao Yun's troops and the Northern Army, Guan Yu's troops and the Eastern Army, Guo Yan's troops and the Western Army, they were constantly attacking each other in the night. And as Huang Si led the southern army out of the city to support, the situation became more complicated.

"General, retreat! If you don't retreat, I'm afraid it's not good to replace the main bus! Yang Xiu shouted anxiously.

Hearing this, Guan Yu was silent, at this moment, he was really a little uncertain. On the one hand, both he and Yang Xiu believed that the little emperor Liu Xie had escaped from Chang'an. If you can find it and bring it back, it will be a great achievement. It's just that they don't have evidence...... There is no evidence at all. Is it really worth it to fight with these 50,000 people just based on his and Yang Xiu's guesses, and even to catch the 50,000 people on Zhao Yun's side? Guan Yu really couldn't make up his mind.

"General!" Seeing that Guan Yu didn't speak, Yang Xiu became more and more anxious. It is true that he also very much wants to rescue the emperor and make a great contribution, but in the current situation, it is obviously more likely that the emperor has not been found, and his own troops will suffer a lot of losses.

This is not what Yang Xiu wants to see, you must know that he is a newcomer to Li Yi, although he has the credit of offering Huayin, but compared with Guan Yu, the generals who have followed Li Yi a long time ago, it is still far behind. At that time, who knows if Li Yi will detain most of the charges on his head in order to protect Guan Yu and them? You must know that he is also a military advisor with the army, and if the responsibility is to be deducted, it should not be too easy.

"What's going on over there?" Guan Yu asked in a deep voice.

"Back to the general, Guo Yan's side has been intercepted by the enemy troops who came out of the city, plus the pursuit of the Western army, I'm afraid it will be ......" Yang Xiu shook his head and sighed.

Hearing this, Guan Yu was silent for about a snap of his fingers, and then sighed, "Alas, pass the order, withdraw the army, and send someone to inform Zilong." ”

If there is no enemy army in Chang'an City, then Guan Yu may continue to fight, because this situation means that Chang'an City is still in chaos, so Ma Teng will not be able to send people out of the city to support for a while.

As for Guo Yan, Guan Yu could only give it up, although it was also a credit to rescue him, but now Guo Yan's department is surrounded by the Ma army, and Guan Yu's side is also dealing with the Eastern Army. In this case, if Guan Yu led the army to rescue Guo Yan, he would inevitably let himself fall into encirclement. At that time, even if Guo Yan is successfully rescued, he will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Obviously, for Guan Yu, a mere Guo Yan and the remnants of the army who don't know how many people can be left after a fierce battle are not worth the risk for him.

However, although he decided to withdraw from the army, Guan Yu was still a little unwilling, so he sent about a dozen cavalry squads to the south to search.

And on the other side.

Liu Xie and his entourage kept running south in the woods under the moonlight, their goal was Duling City, since Guo Yan led the army back to Chang'an, the territory south of Duling was all abandoned by Ma Teng. In this regard, Li Yi did not send anyone to take over, so that generation has now become a borderless land, controlled by local landlords and officials.

"Oops!" A coquettish cry sounded, and I saw Fu Shou fall to the ground all of a sudden.

"What's wrong?!" Liu Xie looked at the voice, and immediately frowned and asked.

"The foot seems to be twisted to ......" Fu Shou looked at Liu Xie cautiously, although there were bursts of pain at the ankle, Fu Shou didn't dare to show it at all.

Hearing Fu Shou's words, Liu Xie immediately frowned, but after glancing at Fu Wan next to him, a look of concern appeared on his face and said softly, "Hold on, you can rest when you enter Du Ling." ”

"Hmm." Fu Shou hurriedly nodded when he heard this, others didn't know, but Fu Shou, who got along with Liu Xie day and night, knew very well what kind of character the Son of Heaven in front of him had.

"Your Majesty, let's take a break, we have run so far in a row, and everyone is already tired, once something happens in this situation, I'm afraid it will ......" Zhong Xuan said with some worry.

"No! You must rush to Duling before dawn, otherwise it will be too dangerous! Liu Xie categorically refused.

Seeing Liu Xie's unobjectionable appearance, everyone had to nod in agreement. It's just that at this moment, Liu Xie glanced around at everyone, and suddenly asked with surprise, "What about Jia Situ?" ”

Hearing this, everyone looked around, but they really didn't see any trace of Jia Xu, "Your Majesty, could it be that Jia Situ didn't follow?" After all, Jia Situ is old......" After being silent for a while, Zhong Xuan said in a deep voice.

"Perhaps, but we can't wait! Otherwise, it's too dangerous to stay here. Liu Xie paused when he said this, then looked at everyone again and said, "In this way, the queen, General Fu, and Zhong Shilang will act with me, and the rest of the people will be divided into three parts to act, and they will meet in Duling City when the time comes!" ”

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Zhong Xuan's mouth moved slightly, but he had already guessed Liu Xie's thoughts, but in the end, he still chose to be silent. Because he knows very well that Liu Xie's doing this is the wisest choice at the moment. Although he didn't believe that Jia Xu dared to run back and surrender, he had to guard against it.

Naturally, the others would not object to Liu Xie's proposal, and immediately, everyone immediately acted separately, and Liu Xie also took Fu Shou and the three of them to continue to hurry. Just walking, Fu Wan realized that something was wrong. "Your Majesty, this direction seems to be ......"

"Hurry!" Liu Xie said in a cold tone.

Hearing these words, looking at Liu Xie's back, Fu Wan suddenly found that he didn't seem to know the fourteen-year-old emperor very well.

The four of them kept hurrying, and they didn't know how long it took, but Fu Shou finally couldn't hold on. I saw her fall to the ground all of a sudden, holding the twisted foot just now with both hands, her face was pale, and sweat continued to drip from her forehead. But even so, she gritted her teeth and didn't make a sound.

Seeing this, Fu Wan hurriedly stepped forward to investigate, and at the same time shouted softly to Liu Xie's back, "Your Majesty...... Take a break......" His tone trembled a little, and there was a hint of pleading.

Hearing this, Liu Xie turned his head to look at Fu Shou, and after being silent for a moment, he finally nodded, "Then take a rest." With that, he immediately leaned against a big tree and sat down. In fact, he was also very tired, not only because of his age, but also because since he was placed under house arrest by Ma Teng, Liu Xie had no opportunity to exercise.

After resting for about half a pillar of incense, Liu Xie glanced at Fu Shou, then got up and said lightly, "Continue on your way." ”

Hearing this, Fu Wan wanted to say something, but seeing Liu Xie's indifferent expression, he finally had to help Fu Shou up. But at this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves from a distance, and suddenly, the four of them became flustered. Almost without any hesitation, Zhong Xuan pulled Liu Xie and ran deeper into the woods, and after running for more than ten steps, they hid in an obscure place. And Fu Shou's father and daughter did not follow, although they wanted to, but Fu Wan could only stay where he was for the sake of his daughter.

At the same time, dozens of balls of fire appeared in their eyes, accompanied by sounds that were all too familiar to them.

"Search! Give me a closer look! Ma Chao gritted his teeth and shouted angrily. He couldn't help but be angry, because he felt that everything that happened today was caused by his own recklessness. If he hadn't rushed in directly to question after learning about Ma Teng's adultery with Tang Ning, but had gone to Zhang Ning's side to report first, maybe everything would not have happened.

"The young general doesn't have to worry, judging from the traitors he caught just now, the little emperor will definitely not be able to run far." Wang Yi said softly.

"But will they really be here? This is no longer the way to Duling. When Ma Chao heard this, he asked a little upset.

"It shouldn't be wrong, the little emperor scattered his entourage and fled, but judging from their reactions, it should be a bait. Thinking about it this way, the little emperor would definitely not continue to flee to Duling. Wang Yi said in a deep voice, "Besides, General Huang has already led his troops to march towards Duling, even if the little emperor really still flees to Duling, it is impossible to escape." ”

Hearing Wang Yi's words, Ma Chao felt a little more comfortable. If the little emperor really escaped, then he really didn't know how to go back to face Zhang Ning, although from Wang Yi's mouth, Zhang Ning didn't mean to blame him.

At this moment, suddenly a loud shout rang out, "Who's there?!" "It immediately caught everyone's attention. Then, I heard a man's loud shout, "The big man is here!" If you want to die, come here! "Looking at the sound, who is it not Fu Wan?

I saw him glaring at everyone with a sword in his hand, and behind him, a thin man was limping in a certain direction.

"Catch the guy who escaped!" Seeing this, Ma Chao suddenly shouted in surprise, and at the same time turned over and dismounted and prepared to catch up. Just two steps away, he was stopped by Wang Yi shouting, "Young General, there are still people over there!" ”

Looking in the direction of Wang Yi's finger, Ma Chao only saw the dark woods, and looked at Wang Yi with some doubts, but saw Wang Yi with a serious expression and said, "Young General, I saw a black shadow flashing over there just now, it must be someone!" And I guess the one over there should be the little emperor. ”

"Good!" Ma Chao didn't think much about it when he heard this, and immediately turned around and took a few personal soldiers and chased in that direction with Wang Yi. In his opinion, the two of them here are already turtles in the urn, so they don't have to worry about anything at all.

The black shadows that Wang Yi saw were naturally Liu Xie and Zhong Xuan, and after Fu Shou and the two were discovered, Liu Xie did not hesitate and immediately fled to the depths of the forest. Seeing this, Zhong Xuan had to follow quickly.

It's just that although the two of them kept fleeing, the footsteps behind them were still approaching quickly. Obviously, compared with Liu Xie and Zhong Xuan, Ma Chao and Wang Yi, who have practiced martial arts since childhood and are young and strong, do not have too much advantage.

Suddenly, Zhong Xuan stopped suddenly, drew his sword and shouted at the person in front of him, "Traitor, I won't let you hurt my son!" While shouting, he actually greeted him.

Hearing this, Ma Chao's footsteps paused, and he seemed to be affected by Zhong Xuan's words, but at this moment, Wang Yi also shouted, "Keep chasing!" That person is the Little Emperor! ”

Hearing Wang Yi's words, Ma Chao's pace, which had slowed down a little, accelerated again, and rushed to Zhong Xuan's face in an instant.

Seeing Ma Chao's hideous face, Zhong Xuan had no fear in his heart, he stabbed the sword in his hand fiercely, even though he knew that his martial arts were vastly different from the seventeen-year-old boy in front of him.

"Boom!" With a bang, the two swords collided together, and in an instant, Zhong Xuan felt a huge force coming from the sword, making him unable to hold the sword at all. "Are you going to finish? My ambition...... The future of the Zhong family ......" Looking at the cold light that had arrived in front of him, Zhong Xuan thought secretly in his heart.

"Poof!" With a bang, Ma Chao cut off Zhong Xuan's head with a sword, and then continued to chase Liu Xie without stopping for a moment. He didn't know who the person he killed was, and he didn't care at all, because at this time, in his eyes, there was only Liu Xie's constantly fleeing back.

"Hah...... Ha...... Ha ......" Liu Xie kept panting heavily, he felt that his legs had become numb, and even began to feel dizzy, which was a reaction to lack of oxygen. After a long time of rushing and tense nerves, the young emperor's body was already a little unable to hold on.

By this time, his clothes had already been torn by the woods, and his body and face were covered with blood, but he could not feel anything. Even when Zhong Xuan stayed behind to help him block the enemy just now, he didn't notice anything. Because now in his mind, there is only one thought left, escape! Escape faster!

I don't know how long it took, just when the voice behind him was getting closer and closer, the sound of a stream of water came into Liu Xie's ears, and at this moment, Liu Xie seemed to hear the sound of a fairy. I don't know where the strength was born, and the speed has increased by one percent.

"Shoot the arrows! Can't let him jump into the river! Wang Yi shouted urgently, and she naturally heard the sound of the water.

Hearing this, Ma Chao gritted his teeth, a trace of hideousness flashed in his eyes, and then, he saw him quickly bend his bow and shoot at Liu Xie's leg.

"Poof!" With a bang, the arrow hit Liu Xie's thigh, and suddenly, Liu Xie was about to fall. Just didn't wait for Ma Chao to be happy, he saw Liu Xie's hands and feet stand firm with his hands and feet, and continued to run forward.

And at this time, the river reflecting the moonlight had already appeared in front of Liu Xie. "Step! Trample!! Liu Xie's feet stomped heavily on the ground, and he came to the riverbank in a few moments. The sound of rushing water continued to come into Liu Xie's ears, it was a sound like heaven, and he knew that he was only one step away from escaping!

Without any hesitation, Liu Xie jumped up with all his strength and jumped into the river in front of him. At this moment, he felt like a bird, a bird that had escaped from its cage and was about to escape from the hunters.

"Whoosh......"