Chapter 36: Pursued Again

"What's going on?" Yuan Chen saw that Liu Ming, who had always been calm, was also panicked, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked.

"I ...... Killed officers and soldiers. Liu Ming said.

"Why?" Yuan Moqing asked.

"He wanted to snatch the knife, but it turned out to be ......"

"Liu Ming!" Yuan Chen was a little anxious and shouted, "You're not such a person who can't suppress your anger, are you?" Don't you know where we are now? ”

"You don't know......" Liu Ming wanted to explain.

"Oh, don't explain it yet, are there any officers and soldiers chasing you?" Yuan Moqing interrupted him and asked.

"They're coming in the direction I fled, I don't know the exact location, but I guess it won't be long before I find it."

"There should be a little time left, let's pack our things and run away." Yuan Chen said.

"I'll clean it up." Yuan Moqing said and began to pack the package.

"You can rest for a while," Yuan Chen said to Liu Ming, who was still out of breath, "Pack up your things and we'll hit the road." ”

After a while, Yuan Moqing had already packed up her things.

"You wait for me at the back door, I'll lead the horse." Liu Ming said.

"No," Yuan Chen stopped, "It's better for us to go out of the front door together and lead the horse directly, if we deliberately go through the back door, we will be suspected." ”

"Okay, without further ado, let's go." Liu Ming said, leading the two out of the room.

The three of them walked out of the inn through the front door, and there were people coming and going in front of the door, and sure enough, no one paid attention to them.

The three men looked around alarmingly, then dodged into the stables, flew on their horses, and rode east.

The three horses had just run a few streets when Liu Ming suddenly shouted, "Slow! Fast forward to the alley! ”

Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing looked forward, and it turned out that not far ahead, a group of soldiers was coming.

Taking advantage of the fact that they were not discovered, the three of them immediately turned their horses' heads and went into a nearby alley. A short walk out of the alley, there was another group of soldiers in front of them.

The three of them turned their horses' heads again and went into an alley, where they were no longer heading east, but west.

"This can't be done, always hiding like this, walking around the road, when will we be able to get out of the city?" Yuan Moqing was a little worried.

"Why are there so many soldiers? How many people did you kill? Yuan Chen asked.

“…… Two. Liu Ming said.

"What?" Yuan Moqing was surprised, "What's wrong?" In broad daylight, you would kill two people at once? ”

Liu Ming was annoyed: "Hey, you don't know. When I was selling the knife just now, some of the soldiers recognized the knife and not only wanted to snatch it, but also said that I was a knife thief. In a fit of rage, I fought with them, but who knew that they couldn't help but fight, and as soon as they struck, they killed two. ”

"If that's the case, I'm afraid we won't be able to get out of the city." Yuan Chen said.

"Huh? Why? Yuan Moqing was taken aback and asked.

"If they recognize the knife, they will definitely think that you are a knife thief. If they get the word that you killed those soldiers escorting the weapons, they will definitely seal the city gates and search for us in the city. ”

"What then?" Yuan Moqing was even more worried.

"Where did you kill people?" Yuan Chen asked Liu Ming.

"It's not far from the inn."

"When did you kill it?" Yuan Chen asked again.

"A quarter of an hour ago, less than two quarters of an hour."

"Then we should have a chance." Yuan Chen thought for a while and said.

"Sister Yuanyuan, what is your chance?" Yuan Moqing asked.

Yuan Chen replied: "For knife thieves and murderers like us, they will definitely not let go. However, they informed the city gates that it would take time to strictly inspect them, and we came in from the south gate, and the inn was also the closest to the south gate, and they would go from the south gate to the east gate and the west gate faster. But ......"

"But it takes a certain amount of time to get to the north gate." Yuan Moqing took her words and said.

"Yes, if we gallop to the north gate and ignore the soldiers on the road, maybe we will make it out of the city gate."

"What if the soldiers on the road stop us?" Yuan Moqing asked for advice.

"It's better than being surrounded by soldiers at the gates, or even blocked by closed gates." Yuan Chen said.

"Okay, let's rush over, or we won't be able to escape if we are stuck in the city. Rush it, and maybe there will be some chances. Liu Ming rubbed his hands and said.

The three of them got along with each other, so they rode their horses hard, and the three horses galloped up and rushed out of the alley.

There was a group of soldiers in the street who were visiting, and the three horses rushed straight through the ranks of the soldiers without stopping.

The soldiers were swept away, and they cried and shouted, "Stop! That's him! Hold it! ”

The three of them ignored it, and still ran wildly.

About half an hour later, they came to an alley very close to the north gate.

"It's almost time to get to the north gate, let's get ready, let's rush out!" Yuan Moqing said.

"Slow! Look, the soldier in front. Yuan Chen suddenly pointed to the front and said.

Not far in front of the three of them, there was a soldier who was also galloping on his horse, and seemed to be holding a roll of something in his hand.

"Could it be that he came to the north gate to give a strict investigation order?" Liu Ming looked at it carefully and said suspiciously.

"Probably, he's got the order in his hand." Yuan Moqing said.

"What should I do?" Yuan Chen asked.

"It's come to this, it's better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go, and we will chase him and kill him." Yuan Moqing said.

"Okay, if you want to kill me, don't bother you." Liu Ming said, patting the horse and chasing after the soldier.

Liu Ming's horse was fast, and before he got out of the alley, he had already chased to the soldier's horse.

The soldier felt that someone was approaching, turned his head to check, but at this time, Liu Ming's knife was out of the sheath, and with a wave of his hand, he instantly cut off the opponent's throat.

Yuan Chen and Yuan Moqing rushed forward, the three of them dismounted, picked up the paper scroll in the soldier's hand, and opened it to see, but it was not the strict inspection order of the city gate that they believed, but a simple dispatch letter.

"It's broken, and another person is killed by mistake." Liu Ming said.

"Fortunately, this alley is very quiet, no one sees us, hurry up and get on the horse, let's go quickly." Yuan Moqing said.

The three of them were about to get on their horses, when they suddenly heard a shout at the entrance of the alley: "The person who killed us wants to leave?" It's not that easy! ”

The three of them were startled, and when they looked up, a group of soldiers had sealed the mouth of the alley, and when they looked back, many soldiers were also coming.

"You think your horse is fast? Can I get out from the North Gate? Haha, the wrong plan! The first soldier laughed and said, "Actually, we are always ready to kill a rebel like you, if you kneel down and don't resist, I can guarantee that we will give you a good time." ”

"How so? Are they already laid out? Yuan Moqing said.

"I didn't expect them to be so efficient." Yuan Chen was also surprised.

"It's useless to talk more, let's kill it!" Liu Ming lifted the knife and said.

Yuan Moqing drew his sword, and Yuan Chen also took out nunchucks. The three of them took a stand and prepared for battle.

"What? Do you really want to resist arrest? Then don't blame the brothers for not being emotional. The leading soldier said, waving his hand, "Brothers! Above! Kill these three rebels on the spot! The soldiers in front of and behind the alley obeyed the order, drew their swords one after another, and shouted and pressed towards the three men.

"Don't worry about what's behind you, let's rush forward together, up!" Liu Ming shouted and rushed forward first, followed by Yuan Moqing and Yuan Chen.

Liu Ming's figure was fast, his hand was up and down, and he instantly killed the soldiers he was leading, and then the blade flew left and right, and he cut down two more. Yuan Moqing and Yuan Chen also fought with the soldiers.

There were thirty or forty soldiers in the front and back of the alley, and it seemed that they had practiced the general practice of surrounding three people in the center, and attacking in a circle of seven or eight people. The three of them were able to fight back for a while at first, and after cutting down seven or eight soldiers, they could only barely resist, and after a while, Liu Ming could still hold on, but the two girls were a little unbearable.

A soldier swung his knife at Yuan Moqing, was dodged and was about to raise his sword to stab him, but another soldier on his side slashed at him, Yuan Moqing hurriedly turned the sword and grabbed the blade. Hearing only the sound of "dang chang", she was shocked to the point that her arm was numb, and she took two steps back, and the soldier behind her took the opportunity to raise a knife and stab her.

The tip of the knife was about to stab Yuan Moqing's body, but when he heard the sound of "poof", the blade of the knife broke into two with a muffled sound, and it turned out that Liu Ming waved the treasure knife to cut off the soldier's knife, and then swiped the knife horizontally, and cut down the soldier again.

The other soldiers approached again, Liu Ming tried his best to protect Yuan Moqing, and the two cooperated with each other and fought with the soldiers. Yuan Chen was separated by another group of soldiers and surrounded alone.

Seeing this, Yuan Chen secretly screamed in his heart. Originally, the nunchucks he used did not have much lethality, and at this time he was left alone, and if he continued like this, he would not escape the fate of being injured or even killed.

She swung her nunchucks sharply as she thought, opening a little gap, and then dodged out and came to the wall of a house in the alley, with her back against the wall, and fought with the soldiers.

Yuan Chen's choice was right, with his back against the wall, at least he would not be attacked behind him, but even so, there were not a few soldiers in front of her, and five or six people attacked in a group, and in a few strokes, she was only able to parry, and she had no power to fight back.

When he was in danger, he saw Liu Ming struggling to come out of the encirclement, rushed behind the soldiers who surrounded Yuan Chen, slashed a few people with a knife, and killed Yuan Chen's side.

"Are you alright?" Liu Ming asked while fighting.

Yuan Chen shook her head, indicating that it was okay, at this moment, she was so tired that she couldn't speak.

Liu Ming stood in front of her, trying his best to protect her with his body, and fought with the soldiers again. Yuan Chen had a little respite.

But at this time, Yuan Moqing was surrounded by the soldiers alone, resisting round after round of attacks alone. One didn't pay attention, she was stabbed in the right shoulder, and blood splattered out.

"Ahh Yuan Moqing screamed in pain and threw away the sword.

"Mo Qing!" Liu Ming shouted, and swung his knife again.

Yuan Moqing didn't care about the pain in her shoulder, she got up and struggled to resist the slashing of the soldiers with her bare hands, but in the blink of an eye, she was stabbed a few times, she couldn't hold on anymore, and sat down on the ground.

A soldier raised a knife to her head, Yuan Moqing closed her eyes, just waiting for death, but after a while, she didn't feel like being hit, when she opened her eyes, she found that the soldier who wanted to raise a knife to kill her just now had fallen in front of her, her neck was bubbling with blood, and she was already exhausted. It turned out that at the last moment, Liu Ming rushed into the encirclement, cut down the soldiers, and protected Yuan Moqing, and Yuan Chen also rushed over.

Liu Ming dragged Yuan Moqing up, put it on his back, held it with one hand, and slashed with the other hand.

The soldiers had already been cut down by more than half of the three, and there were only a dozen people left, and they could no longer surround Liu Ming and Yuan Chen, so the two fought hard to slash and retreat towards the mouth of the alley while fighting. When he arrived at the entrance of the alley, Liu Ming quickly swung a few knives, and took advantage of the moment when the soldiers retreated and were stunned, stabilized Yuan Moqing's back, and escaped from the alley with Yuan Chen.

Liu Ming carried Yuan Moqing and ran forward, although Yuan Chen was not burdened, but he followed quite hard, under the actual comparison, she finally sighed the correctness of Liu Ming's original intention of practicing light skills.

More than a dozen soldiers were jealous of the three of them, and did not dare to chase after them, but followed them with shouts and shouts.

"Don't ...... Don't go to the gates! Yuan Chen shouted out breathlessly as he ran.

"I know!" Liu Ming carried Yuan Moqing on his back and answered without looking back. Indeed, the three of them lost their horses at this time, and Yuan Moqing was injured again, and they couldn't break through the city gate that might have been deployed a long time ago.

"Follow me!" Liu Ming shouted and ran to the northeast.

When Yuan Chen was in the police force, she had to run in the morning almost every day, but her physical condition was not very good recently, and she tried her best to escape after such a fight. After running for about five or six miles, the three of them came to the city wall.

There is a staircase in the city wall, which is a passage for soldiers to patrol the city during the war, and on weekdays, there are no soldiers here.

The three of them went up the stairs to the city wall.

Yuan Chen looked out of the city wall, the city wall of Xinyang City was very tall, and the top was about three or four stories high from the ground outside the city.

Yuan Chen looked at Liu Ming suspiciously, very puzzled, didn't he run into a dead end? What the hell is he trying to do?

Liu Ming turned his head, looked at Yuan Chen, and asked, "Jump down, do you dare?" ”

"What?" Yuan Chen was startled, and looked down again, yes, it was indeed as high as three or four floors, and jumping from such a high place, even if he didn't break his leg, he would break his foot.

There was a commotion under the walls, and the soldiers came after them, and there were some supplements, about twenty or thirty people.

Yuan Chen looked at the pursuers anxiously, and then at Yuan Moqing, who was already unconscious due to excessive bleeding on Liu Ming's back.

"Don't hesitate, I'll jump first, and then I'll pick you up below." Liu Ming looked at Yuan Chen with a firm gaze.

Yuan Chen got a trace of confidence from the other party's gaze, gritted his teeth, and nodded.

Liu Ming put Yuan Moqing down from behind, hugged him in front of him, and walked to the edge of the city wall.

The soldiers of the city had already begun to ascend the stairs, but one by one they were timid and slow.

Liu Ming glanced at those people, took a long breath, and with a force of his arms, he suddenly threw Yuan Moqing out of the city wall.

"What are you going to do?" Yuan Chen was shocked when he saw this.