Li Congjing led a commander of the Hundred Battles Army and the sharp soldiers of the Military Intelligence Department, and chased them all the way to the east.

Li Jitao ran very fast, it was difficult to see a trace, and the Hundred Battles Army couldn't even catch up with the horses, Li Congjing couldn't help but sigh, the survival instinct that broke out between life and death should not be underestimated.

In the middle of the night, a sudden sound of fighting sounded in front of me, and there was a faint light of fire.

When many soldiers were inexplicable, Li Congjing had already laughed out loud, and said to the left and right: "It must be the defenders of Zezhou, copy Li Jitao's back road according to the plan, and at this time I rushed to stop in front, and I happened to fight with Pei Yue back and forth!" Soldiers, prepare to meet the enemy! ”

The soldiers shouted, the swords were unsheathed, and the horse lance was raised.

Running forward for a while, I saw An Yijun fighting with people, and in the torches, the armor and battle robes were faintly visible, which was the clothing of the defenders of Zezhou.

Li Congjing rode his horse forward and asked loudly: "Is it General Pei of Zezhou ahead?" ”

The soldiers who followed him immediately repeated his words, and their voices rang out loudly so that those in front of them could hear them.

"It's the old man!" The soldiers in front replied in unison.

As he spoke, the Hundred Battles Army had already approached, and now it was clear that the Anyi Army was being surrounded and killed by the defenders of Zezhou. This time, Pei Yue went out of the city and brought 800 people to deal with one or two hundred An Yi army, so he was naturally captured!

Li Congjing was happy in his heart, and immediately led the Hundred Battles Army into the entrance.

An Yijun couldn't resist it, and was killed by Li Congjing and others through the formation, and could no longer hold on, and surrendered one after another.

An old general opposite, his face under the torch was very resolute, Li Congjing stepped forward and hugged his fists: "Under Li Congjing, the one in front is General Pei?" ”

Pei Yue turned over and dismounted, laughed and greeted him, hugged his fists and said, "It's the old man!" General Li is young and resourceful, looking at this battle, even Li Jitao has become a lost dog, it can be seen that the 8,000 Li Dong coalition army has been defeated by General Li, the old man admires! ”

Li Congjing smiled and said modestly, and saw a young general hurrying over, the horizontal knife in his hand was still dripping blood, and he arched his hand to Li Congjing and said, "Brother Li, don't come unharmed?" ”

But it's inseparable.

Li Congjing was greatly surprised, and took his hand to look up and down: "Why do you look like this?" ”

Without waiting for Mo Li to answer, Pei Yue was already on the side and said with a smile: "Mo is a Confucian general in the army, he can kill the enemy when he gets on the horse, and he can fight when he gets off the horse, and the old man admires him very much!" After that, he sighed "The future is terrifying", and said: "I have a lot of talents, and it seems that the defeat of the pseudo-Liang is just around the corner!" ”

Everyone looked at each other and laughed.

The gossip can be recounted later, Li Congjing asked urgently: "Can you catch Li Jitao?" ”

Pei Yue looked left and right, "It's not good, it's hard to see, but I haven't seen that Li Jitao." ”

At this time, a sergeant came to report: "General, a group of thieves broke out of the encirclement and went to the east!" ”

"It must be Li Jitao." Li Congjing struck a blow and turned over on his horse, "This guy is fateful, he let him run out of the Lock Dragon Array before, and let him escape here." You and I hurry up to chase after him, and we must not let him return to Luzhou, otherwise, with the defense of Luzhou City, coupled with Li Jitao's preparations in advance, I don't know how much effort it will take to conquer it! ”

Everyone got on their horses in turn, and Li Congjing walked in front, and suddenly asked the sergeant who came to report: "How many Anyi soldiers have fled?" ”

"About a dozen!" Naze State Sergeant Road.

"A dozen people spread their feet and run, and the speed is fast." Li Congjing frowned and looked at everyone, "You can't chase after him with a large army, otherwise you won't be able to catch up with his footsteps!" ”

Pei Yue nodded and said, "That makes sense." ”

Li Congjing immediately assigned the troops and said: "It's better for General Pei to take most of the troops to slow down in the rear, and contact me with rangers, and I will bring my own soldiers to go!" ”

Pei Yue has nothing to do.

At that moment, Li Congjing ordered Zhang Xiaowu and others, and Mo Li, Tao Yaoyao and other sharp soldiers of the Military Intelligence Department, got more than 20 people, all of whom were the elite of the elite, replenished some dry food and water from the Zezhou sergeant, and each pulled a spare horse, and immediately accelerated away.

All the way forward.

An hour or two later, no one caught up, Zhang Xiaowu said depressedly: "Commander, Li Jitao's life is really big, and he can't kill him!" ”

The strong wind was blowing, and Li Congjing said with a smile: "Whoever is in a position has a lot of luck, and if the luck does not go for a day, it is easy not to die." Li Jitao has not died until now, which can only show that he still has some luck. ”

Zhang Xiaowu wondered: "Then can we catch up with him this time?" ”

Li Congjing Zheng'er said: "This guy first got away from the dragon lock array, and then got out under the interception of the eight hundred Zezhou army, how much luck can he have to withstand such a toss?" According to the envoy, Li Jitao's luck has been almost used, and it is time to die. ”

"I see." Zhang Xiaowu suddenly realized.

The people around him were amused, Mo Li saw Zhang Xiaowu's serious face, and couldn't bear to be fooled by Li Congjing's jokes, so he kindly broke it, "Brother Li is teasing you, don't take it seriously." ”

Zhang Xiaowu was stunned and expressed disbelief, and his expression made everyone want to laugh.

"Xiao Wu, you are good at everything, but you take Brother Li too seriously, you believe everything he says!" Mo Li shook his head and sighed.

Zhang Xiaowu immediately retorted: "The commander is already very godly, can't God burn the eight thousand thief army with one fire?" ”

Li Congjing was so amused by him, and said angrily: "Are you praising me or scolding me?" ”

The crowd laughed for a while, stopped talking hard, and hurried on their way.

Those who pursue are hard, and those who run away are even harder, not only hard, but also in different moods.

At dawn, Li Congjing and others finally saw Li Jitao's figure, not far apart, about one or two miles.

The horses on both sides were very fast, and after another two hours, Li Congjing and the others had already begun to change horses and drink water. Not long after, in Li Jitao's team, there was a war horse screaming, foaming at the mouth, falling to the side of the road, and throwing the knight on the horse down.

Li Jitao and the others glanced back, but no one stopped.

Li Congjing and others are one person and two horses, Li Jitao and others do not have such good conditions, after all, in the process of escaping, between life and death, it is impossible to have the kung fu to prepare another horse for themselves.

Li Congjing and the others ran past the war horse of the An Yi Army, and the knight had already run away, but his strength was not strong, and he didn't run far, and a soldier of the Hundred Battles Army pulled his bow and shot an arrow at the back of his neck. The Anyi army screamed and fell to the ground.

The first one in the An Yi army was left behind, and within a short period of time, there was a second one, who was also tired and died of war horses.

This time, Li Jitao didn't turn his head back, but his body trembled.

The third cavalry of the Anyi Army, who was left behind, was a knight who had been wounded in the battle last night, and he had not had time to bandage it carefully, so he lost too much blood and fell from his horse.

The team of more than a dozen people was not long, and after losing a few in succession, an An Yijun collapsed and roared, shouted a word to Li Jitao, turned the horse's head, brandished a horizontal knife, and killed the hundred battle army.

Li Congjing took out his spear and stabbed him off his horse cleanly. At the moment when the lance took away the other party's vitality, Li Congjing saw that An Yijun's eyes were relieved.

An Yijun, the last one who fell behind, took the initiative to break away from Li Jitao and ran to the field, holding on to the reins of his horse. The war horse could not withstand the tossing of the potholes in the field, and fell to his knees, and the sergeant of the Anyi Army threw a mouthful of soil, got up with his hands and feet, and ran forward with his head crying.

Because he was a little far away, no one paid attention to him.

A small village appeared in front of him, and Li Jitao took the rest of the people into the village.

The sky had been low for a long time, and suddenly water droplets fell, and suddenly, heavy rain poured.

This is a poor and dilapidated small village, or not a village, only a dozen or so households, the houses are sparse, the thatch is the roof, the soil is the wall, and the bamboo and wood are the fence. A skinny earth dog was startled by the war horse and hurriedly ran to the field.

When Li Congjing and the others entered the village, the villagers in despair, fled in a hurry, and when they saw the Hundred Battles Army, they screamed and crawled away.

When they came to a slightly larger earthen hut, they saw no people's horses parked outside the courtyard, and the horses were untied, but they had no strength to run around again.

The heavy rain was like a note, slapping on the war horse, causing the war horse to neigh, the nose to sound constantly, and the horse's hooves to trample indiscriminately, quite uneasy.

The earthen house is fenced, and nearly ten An Yijun are standing in the yard with knives, drenched in the rain, staring at Li Congjing and others silently with low eyebrows.

"Dismount." Li Congjing spoke, got off his horse, and handed the reins to the sergeant behind him.

There is a well in the courtyard, and the team surnamed Guo is sitting on the edge of the well, with one hand on his knees, supporting his body slightly leaning forward, holding a horizontal knife in the other, standing on his side, he didn't look at the hundred battle army, and buried his head in the soil in the courtyard.

The rain wets the soil.

Li Congjing stood outside the courtyard with his hands in his hands, and everyone stood behind him.

There was an irregular loud noise in the house, Li Congjing counted the heads, one was not bad, and it should be Li Jitao who was moving in the room.

The rain fell on the armor, washing away the blood stains on it, turning red and flowing downstream.

Li Congjing looked at An Yijun in front of him for a while, and said, "Disarm the soldiers, you can go." ”

Some stayed, but many more chose to leave.

In the end, there were three An Yijun left, with messy armor and weapons at their feet.

The team surnamed Guo suddenly raised his head, facing the sky, letting the rain hit his face, regardless of the heavy rain, his eyes open.

Li Jitao appeared at the door, took off his helmet and held it in his hand, holding clear water, holding a piece of cake with one hand, leaning on the door frame, smiling at Li Congjing, eating and drinking.

Li Congjing looked at him quietly, without making a sound or moving, waiting for him to finish eating and drinking.

He is not in a hurry to do it because he knows that Li Jitao will die today. As soon as Li Jitao died, the predicament of Zezhou would never exist, and Luzhou could be lowered overnight, and the situation in Zelu would be settled, and Li Congjing's trip would complete the task assigned by Li Cunqing.

Plan for a long time, fine layout, and get results today. Li Congjing is in a good mood.

When the food and drink were finally exhausted, Li Jitao finally took a sip of water, threw away the helmet, hugged his arms, still leaned on the door frame, and said to Li Congjing: "You seem to be very patient?" ”

Li Congjing smiled and replied to him with the words he had answered Li Huan at the beginning: "I will always respect people who are about to die." ”

Li Jitao smiled, pulled out the horizontal knife on his waist inch by inch, but did not kill Li Congjing, but held it in front of him and looked at it carefully. Half a sound, he said: "What a good knife, hard, sharp, sharpening iron like clay." It's a pity that before the world can see his edge, he will be broken, sad husband, sad husband! ”

He looked at Li Congjing again, "Time is also, life is also!" I have nothing to say about the defeat in your hands today, the time is not good, and the luck is just in the end. But I'm unwilling, why should you win me if you haven't reached the crown? ”

Li Congjing thought about it and concluded seriously: "When I didn't debut in the past, I spent ten years studying hard and polishing my martial arts. Winter is cold and summer is hot, there has never been a moment of slackness, although the world is prosperous, but thousands of purples and thousands of reds do not enter my eyes; After I became the commander of the Hundred Battles Army, I was diligent in military affairs day and night, dealing with the relations between all parties, handling various affairs, and walking on thin ice, but if I wanted to do something, I had to deduce it a hundred times in advance in order to achieve perfection. My whole life has been spent on my inheritance, although there are beautiful women on my side, I have never looked at it much, although there are beautiful women in my arms, I have never moved. ”

After speaking, Li Congjing looked at Li Jitao and asked seriously: "These, is it enough for me to win you?" ”

When he asked this, he didn't notice that Tao Yao glanced at him.

Li Jitao opened his mouth and was stunned for a long time. At the end, he smiled bitterly, "It turns out that my opponent is not a human, but a monster!" ”

With that, he burst out laughing. The laughter was so long that it seemed to tear the rain curtain.

He pointed at Li Congjing, smiled and bent over, "Monster, monster, monster, hahahaha......"

Li Congjing looked at him with a smile, not angry, and stretched out his hand to stop Zhang Xiaowu and the others who wanted to rush up and chop him.

Finally, Li Jitao laughed enough, he stopped, and looked directly at Li Congjing again, "Okay, Li Congjing, you are ruthless enough!" I took it, I didn't lose to metrics, I'm not ashamed. It's not a big deal to lose, it's just a life. Li Jitao's head is here, you are qualified to take it! ”

Li Congjing hugged his fist and bowed deeply, "Thank you." ”

Li Jitao crossed the knife on the side of his neck, and took one last look at Haotian in the rain.

The arm was rounded, and the blood gushed like a spring. The horizontal knife left his hand and fell into the muddy ground, and his body, leaning against the broken door frame, slowly fell.

Li Congjing exhaled, sighing and happy, his eyes fell on Li Jitao's corpse, "Your life is over, mine has just begun." ”