The reaction of the golden armor boy was not slow.

Yan Qing raised his arm, as fast as lightning. The flattened, sharp spear tore through the air with a piercing roar, and a faint afterimage appeared.

There is no return marksmanship, and there is no return to the gun.

The stormy attack stabbed out in an instant, one afterimage after another, the gun seemed to be ferocious, but the gun had three points of stamina. This stamina is getting faster and faster...... When the shadows converge in one place, a crackling sound is produced.

The golden-armored boy was startled, and slashed with a wheel knife.

Judging from his reaction earlier, Zheng Yanqing felt that this guy was a chick. But as soon as he came into contact, Yan Qing immediately found that the young man's knife contained strength, and it was obvious that it had reached the realm of transformation. The knives intersected and made a crunching sound. The yellow horse under the young man's crotch was regretted by the strength in Yan Qing's lance, and he took a few steps back. And the jade hoof did not approach, but raised his head and neighed, retreated slightly, and rushed towards the yellow horse again. Yan Qing didn't leave a back hand, and the horse lance slanted, drawing a shining arc of light, like a silver snake, straight towards the golden-armored boy.

After the golden armor boy and Zheng Yanqing exchanged moves, his arm was slightly numb.

Seeing Yanqing pounce again, he was immediately furious, slapped his horse and danced with his knife, and fought with Zheng Yanqing.

In normal times, Yan Qing might still be entangled with him for a while. But now that he doesn't have an advantage, and he is in danger, he has the heart to entangle with him. After only two rounds, Yan Qing peeked to the side and saw that Xiong Kuohai and Kan Ling had led the crowd to kill the enemy.

Xie Ke's pressure was significantly lessened, but he was outnumbered, so he still fell behind.

The surrounding Goguryeo soldiers had begun to pour towards Yanqing. If they can't solve it quickly, Zheng Yanqing and others will be trapped in it.

Yan Qing was impatient, the tiger eyes narrowed behind the mask, and after raising the lance to break away the golden armor young man's powerful knife, the two horses staggered, he exchanged the horse lance with his left hand, and pulled out the silver whip on his back with his backhand, which was a whip. The martial arts of the golden armor boy are not bad, but after all, he has too little experience. There was no defense against Zheng Yanqing's lance whip, and he was whipped by Yanqing and hit him on the back. Cracks appeared in the armor in an instant, and the boy spurted out a mouthful of blood on the horse, and the big knife flew out of his hand. He lay on his horse, urging his horse to flee.

But Zheng Yanqing couldn't let him go.

Collect the whip and hang the lance, and draw the bow and arrow. The red-stemmed white feather arrow shot out like a meteor, hitting the young man's back in the heart.

The golden-armored boy screamed, and rolled over from his horse and landed. The yellow horse was still unconscious, and galloped away. His death caused the Goguryeo soldiers besieging Xie Ke to suddenly become confused. The loud chirping and shouting kept going, and they all looked flustered.

The Goguryeo generals who besieged Xie Ke pounced on Zheng Yanqing.

Yan Qing's hands were quick and he shot six arrows in a row, killing the two Goguryeo generals to the ground. At the same time, the majestic sea also joined forces with Xie Ke to kill the generals. The hearts of the Goguryeo people have been messed up...... There is still the desire to fight again. Zheng Yanqing rushed into the enemy army with a silver whip in his left hand and a horse lance in his right hand, opened the bow left and right, and beheaded two generals under the horse, and the Goguryeo people could no longer stand it!

One of the generals shouted, turned his horse and left.

If one person leads the way, countless others will follow suit...... Soon, the Goguryeo people were defeated and fled, leaving behind more than 100 dead bodies and the yellow horse that had found its owner nowhere to be found, and returned the same way.

This yellow horse, with a strong skeleton, is extremely powerful, and is also a good horse.

Zheng Yanqing ordered someone to pull it up, and then gathered up the war horses scattered around, a total of thirteen war horses.

Then, he urged the horse to come to Xie Ke, "Brother Xie, you are not in Nanshui, why are you here, being hunted down and killed by the Goguryeo?" ”

When Xie Ke heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Yanqing, Nanshui Daying, it's already empty......"

"Huh?"

"When the night war was raging, I saw that you had not returned, so I brought someone to meet you. Before leaving, I handed over the camp to Zheng Xing, but when I didn't want to come back, the Nanshui camp was empty. Thousands of soldiers were nowhere to be found...... And the Goguryeo people surrounded them from all sides.

In desperation, I had no choice but to lead my troops to break through.

After a fierce battle in the middle of the night, I couldn't tell the direction...... After coming out of the chaotic army, the followers he brought with him were almost killed and wounded. ”

Xie Ke's face showed a gloomy look.

His subordinates are not the same as Zheng Yanqing's Tiger Guard, and they are mostly composed of clan and village warriors. In other words, on this night, the sect under his command was almost dead...... After Xie Ke finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and said: "Then Zheng Xing was overwhelmed by the big responsibility, retreated without authorization, and wasted a great opportunity. He said, "If I see him again, I will take his head to comfort the souls of my brothers in heaven!" ”

Yan Qing, speechless.

"Childe, let's withdraw first."

Kan Ling stepped forward and said: "It's really too dangerous here, there are many thieves passing by, in case they are discovered, I am afraid that there will be another bitter battle." ”

So, Zheng Yanqing took Xie Ke and his remnants of more than ten servants to the col and joined Mai Zizhong and others.

Hearing that the south water was really empty, everyone's faces suddenly turned pale.

Since the Nanshui camp is gone, that is to say, the way back to Haipo was blocked by the Goguryeos. And more than 200 remnants of his own army were defeated, and one individual was sleepy and lacking, and it was difficult to break through the enemy's defensive line. After the blockade of the return route, I am afraid that the next step will be to face a large-scale purge by the Goguryeo people...... Although Yan Qing was calm and capable, in the face of this situation, he had no idea for a while.

"So, we can't go back to Haipu?" Zheng Hongyi swallowed his saliva, and his tone was astringent.

Xie Ke sat down on a rock, and Shen Guang took out a bandage from his body and bandaged his wounds. There were no fatal injuries on his body, but after fighting hard for half the night, it was inevitable that there would be some minor injuries. Although Xie Ke has many subordinates, he lacks the assistance of generals like Shen Guang, who is a majestic sea, so Zheng Yanqing has not been injured all night, but Xie Ke is scarred and quite miserable.

He said in a deep voice: "When I broke through from Nanshui, I heard that the general had fled to Haipu.

However, the thief chief Gao Yuan was not allowed to leave the branch, and the eastern lord Yuan Taizuo was the commander and led his troops to pursue the general...... His younger brother Gao Jianwu, the eldest against Lu Gao Jianwu, led his troops to clear the stragglers around Pyongyang and defeated them. To the south, although there was a Zhou commander in charge of the troops and horses, the Goguryeo army was very strong, and it was very difficult to join the army...... Unless, Mr. Zhou can defeat Yuan Taizuo; Stay, I'm afraid that it won't be long before Gao Jianwu will find us, and it will be equally dangerous at that time. Yanqing, at this time, you have to make a decision as soon as possible. ”

Zheng Yanqing's age is the youngest among everyone.

But in the eyes of everyone, it is faintly the head of the horse.

Although Mai Zizhong was not convinced, he also knew that this was not the time to fight for power.

Yan Qing hesitated, "Brother Xie, do you think Manager Zhou can't beat Yuan Taizuo?" ”

Without waiting for Xie Ke to answer, Mai Zizhong spoke first: "When the general crossed the sea, he had a total of 70,000 horses under his command. He took nearly 60,000 people to Pyongyang, and Haepo had only 10,000 left, mostly crossbowmen and sailors, and there was no cavalry to cooperate. I thought it would be very difficult to win. ”

Yan Qing said: "How many soldiers and horses are there in the Goguryeo people?" ”

Xie Ke thought for a moment, "I took a captive last night, and I learned from him that Yuan Taizuo had at least 60,000 to 70,000 people in his hands; In Gao Jianwu's hands, there should be thirty or forty thousand horses. The general is defeated and retreats to Haipu, even if he brings back some soldiers and horses, it will not be too many.

What Mai Gongzi said is not unreasonable.

In such a situation, our army was newly defeated and exhausted; The Goguryeo people are newly victorious, and their morale is booming, and Mr. Zhou is only afraid that it will be difficult to get benefits. ”

Zheng Yanqing thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Who has a map of Pyongyang?" ”

Mai Zizhong, Xie Ke and others looked at each other.

This thing, before that, had a ...... But after a fiasco and a night of escape, who would carry a map with him?

Feng Guo had been silent, but at this time he said loudly: "I have a share here...... However, the maps we collected on the spot when we set out from Lingnan earlier are not accurate. After landing in Haipu, my son-in-law received an accurate map, and the original map is kept on my side. ”

After speaking, he took out a roll of maps from the deerskin bag he was straddling with him and handed it to Zheng Yanqing.

Yan Qing took it, spread out the map, quickly glanced at it, and immediately smiled bitterly.

This is probably a hand-drawn map by merchants traveling between Goguryeo and the Central Plains, which is not only inaccurate, but also vague and messy.

Zheng Yanqing can only distinguish one direction from this map.

Specific to the Wubao Mountains, there is no marking. However, at least you won't get lost anymore if you have a map like this at this time!

Yan Qing handed the map to Shen Guang and asked him to pack it up and keep it.

After a moment of silence, he said softly, "Let's go into the mountain!" ”

"Into the mountains?"

Zheng Yanqing said: "If you stay here, sooner or later you will be discovered by thieves." Let's go into the mountains, hide, and send someone to find out the news by the way.

Everyone fought all night, but I was afraid that they were all tired...... At this time, if you encounter a thief, you will definitely be more than lucky.

Gao Jianwu only has 30,000 or 40,000 people in his hands, and it is not so easy to clear the surroundings of Pyongyang. He must have cleared the plains first, and then went into the mountains to search. Let's try to make a time difference, go into the mountain to rest first, and then wait for the opportunity to try to leave. ”

Now it seems that there is only one way!

Zheng Yanqing and the others made up their minds, and immediately led their troops, took a remote path, and escaped into the mountains of Dacheng.

As everyone knows, he just missed the last chance when he entered the mountain. Yuan Taizuo led his troops to pursue Laihu'er, but on the bank of the Shangyuan River, he was attacked by Zhou Fashang's ambush and returned. However, although Zhou Fashang repelled Yuan Taizuo, he was unable to fight back.

So he stationed troops in Haipu and gathered the remnants of the defeated army.

Yuan Taizuo retreated to the south bank of the South Water and built a strong defensive line.

Zhou Fashang and Lai Hu'er waited in Haipu for three days, and collected more than 15,000 defeated troops. Among them, there are about 7,000 people who have been given a chance to escape because Yan Qing burned grain and grass in Nanshui. These routs, plus the soldiers and horses in Zhou Fashang's hands, the total number did not exceed 30,000. With such troops, it is unlikely that they will turn defeat into victory...... Seeing this situation, Laihu'er had to give an order, and the three armies boarded the ship and withdrew their troops to Donglai County.

Dacheng Mountain, the mountain is not steep, and the scenery is worth seeing.

However, due to its long mountains and dense hills, it is not easy to find it when hiding in it. After Zheng Yanqing and his entourage entered the mountain, they only took the sheep intestine path. Around noon, they found a hidden mountain valley and rested in the valley.

After a night of fierce battle, Zheng Yanqing was hungry.

I didn't eat last night, plus I ran all night fighting. When I didn't stop, it was fine, but when I stopped, I felt sore, and my bones seemed to be scattered. Jade Hoof found a piece of water and grass in the mountain valley and rested by herself.

Shen Guang took a few people and found some fruits in the mountains.

After Yan Qing ate two unknown fruits, sleepiness came to him, so he leaned on a mountain rock and closed his eyes to rest. The rest, the wounded bandaged, and the uninjured, simply lay on the ground, not wanting to move. Seeing this scene, Mai Zizhong and the others were a little worried.

Morale was low to the valley, and hunger and cold were unbearable, and people were unfamiliar with the land.

How long can this continue?

In everyone's hearts, they are not very sure. However, seeing that Zheng Yanqing slept soundly, this nervous mood was somewhat relieved.

When Yan Qing woke up, it was already dark.

The mountain breeze at night was cool, which made him feel uncomfortable.

In the valley, Xie Ke and the others lit several bonfires and slaughtered three wounded and unusable horses. After all, simply relying on wild fruits to satisfy hunger cannot replenish enough physical strength. In this battle, it is even more necessary to eat meat. The strong aroma of meat made Zheng Yanqing's index finger move.

"Yanqing, wake up...... I'm hungry, too. ”

Xie Ke handed a piece of roasted horse meat to Zheng Yanqing.

There were no condiments, just a little coarse salt. However, for the hungry Zheng Yanqing, this is undoubtedly a delicacy in the world.

He was not polite, took it, and swallowed a piece with a gobble.

I have a bottom in my stomach, and my heart is not so panicked. Zheng Yanqing looked around and found that Mai Zizhong and Feng Guo were missing, and asked a little strangely, "Where is the wheat fertilizer?" ”

"Oh, Mak-in-a-Mak...... Feng Guo was worried about the safety of his son-in-law, so Maizi went out of the mountain with him to find out the news! ”

"How's it going out of the mountain?"

"It's not very clear at the moment. Mai Gongzi and they are coming back soon, and they will find out when the time comes. ”

Sheko bit down on a piece of horse meat and chewed hard in his mouth.

asked vaguely: "Yanqing, in this situation, what are your good ideas?" ”

One sentence made many people around him suddenly cheer up...... Zheng Yanqing secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, but pretended to be indifferent on his face, "The soldiers will block, and the water will fill the soil." In these years, can a living person still suffocate urine? The top priority is to figure out what is happening outside the mountain. It's best if you can contact Mr. Zhou, if not, ......"

He looked up and said to Shen Guang, "Bring me the map." ”

Shen Guang hurriedly spread out the map in front of him, although the drawings were not accurate, but the general situation could still be seen clearly.

Yan Qing said: "If we can't contact Mr. Zhou, then we are equivalent to falling into the hinterland of thieves." There are two routes, one is to the east, try to board the ship from Silla and return to Dongnae; The second road is to the north, in the direction of Liaodong, to join our army.

It's just that we still don't know the situation in Liaodong.

If the war in Liaodong is unfavorable, if we go north, we will be caught in the net. So, once we were alone, my idea was to return to Dongnae through Silla. ”

"Yanqing, Liaodong Tun has gathered a million troops, and there are many famous generals such as Yu Zhongwen, Mai Tiezhu, Xue Shixiong, Xin Shixiong and so on, and His Majesty is sitting in Zhuojun to supervise the battle, even if the Goguryeo people are cunning, they can't be the opponents of our army. Since that's the case, why not go to Liaodong?

Maybe if you don't wait until Liaodong, you will be able to merge with our army.

When the time comes, wouldn't it be a great achievement for us to recapture Pyongyang with the army? ”

The Sui army was defeated in Pyongyang, but Zheng Hongyi and Xie Ke still had an optimistic attitude towards the entire battle situation. Pyongyang was defeated, and the defeat was carried away by Laihu'er. But in Liaodong, millions of Sui troops, famous generals like clouds, and even more emperors supervising the battle, how could they be defeated?

Zheng Yanqing knew that the Sui army would be defeated in Liaodong.

However, he didn't know how to explain it to Zheng Hongyi and others.

I was hesitating in my heart, and suddenly heard a sound of people shouting and neighing outside the valley. Zheng Yanqing and the others stood up suddenly, very nervous.

"Big brother, it's Mai Gongzi who is back, and he has brought a lot of people with him."

Xiong Kuohai hurriedly ran to Zheng Yanqing from outside the valley, "It seems that there are four or five hundred people, but they all look quite embarrassed." ”

(To be continued)