Chapter 578: The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell

Turning back and seeing the white-robed newspaper **** swept in the rear, Li Er simply regretted his intestines to the extreme, and secretly scolded himself for not delaying too much, not wanting to confirm whether Liu Wuzhou was surrounded and captured by the Sui army, and seeing someone kneeling in front of his rival Chen Fuliang, he should not carefully look at where Chen Fuliang's handsome flag is. The result is good, Chen Fuliang's eyes are the same thief and the same traitor as Li Er, and he immediately recognized Li Er, who had already changed into the clothes of Dingyang Sergeant, and then, Chen Fuliang, who had always been willing to be ruthless to Li Er, immediately chased and killed him with the **** of the absolute lineage.

Fortunately for Li Er, he reacted quickly and noticed that Chen Fuliang's expression was not right, and immediately took the last three people around him to follow Zhu Cang, Liang Jianfang and Wang Huaiwen to flee for their lives, and fled to the west of Chen Fuliang's position first.

The battlefield is definitely a rare wonder in a hundred years was born, in the face of the defeated soldiers of the Dingyang Army who fled all over the mountains and fields, as well as countless civil and military officials of the Dingyang Army hiding in the defeated crowd, Chen Fuliang, who was the commander of the Sui Army, not only didn't bother to take a look, but also held high his handsome flag and chased after the four soldiers of the Dingyang Army with thousands of elite cavalry, in order to speed up and save time, he deliberately did not cut down the defeated soldiers of the Dingyang Army in the surrounding area or in the road, Countless soldiers who were already tired of resisting had no defeated soldiers of the Dingyang Army, so they were lucky to pick up their lives, and there were also countless soldiers of the Dingyang Army who were confused, "Who are those people?" Don't you look like your majesty? How could the thief personally hunt them down? ”

Then the cavalry of the Sui army who came later, Cheng Biting Jin, was also taken aback, and then Cheng Biting Jin also said that Chen Fuliang had discovered Liu Wuzhou's traces and chased after him personally, and he quickly led the cavalry under his command to leave the main battlefield and chase this side, and then Chen Fuliang naturally immediately ordered someone to turn back and give Cheng Yanjin an order, saying that he had caught Liu Wuzhou, and asked Cheng Biting Jin to continue to pursue the main defeated troops of the Dingyang army, and be sure to withdraw the troops after the pursuit of more than 30 miles. As a result, Cheng Yanjin was confused when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Then what is Your Highness going to the west?" Who else is going to hunt down? ”

"His Royal Highness said that if you hunt down and kill an old enemy of him for many years, if you don't kill this enemy, Your Highness won't be able to sleep well even if you go to bed." Chen Fuliang's personal soldiers, who came to give the order, replied: "Therefore, Your Highness will pursue and kill to the end no matter what, let me give you and General Wei Chi an order to let you pursue thirty miles to collect your troops and return to Yuci City to assemble." ”

Cheng Yanjin nodded, waved his hand and asked Chen Fuliang's personal soldiers, who were holding the order talisman, to continue to pass the order, and then while directing the cavalry to continue to pursue the defeated soldiers of the Yang army in the north, he wondered in his heart, "Who is so hated by His Highness?" Could it be Li Erlang again? What did that kid do, and why was he so hated by His Highness? Let His Highness insist on being ruthless to him every time? ”

Of course, Li Er didn't understand why Chen Fuliang would give him such special treatment, but Li Er definitely didn't like Chen Fuliang's overly enthusiastic and grand treatment, in order to escape for his life, Li Er kept kicking his crotch and the horse's belly, forcing the war horse to move forward at full speed, Zhu Cang, Liang Jianfang and Wang Huaiwen, the three of Li Er's last henchmen, were also the same, they were all desperately whipping and kicking the horse, forcing the war horse to accelerate, although their crotch war horse was very pitiful, but Li Er knew very well in their hearts that if they were reported to catch up, Then their fate is definitely a hundred times more pitiful than the current situation of the war horse under the crotch!

When Li Er was desperately whipping up his horse, Chen Fuliang, who was not skilled in riding, was also risking the danger of falling off his horse and desperately whipping his horse, because Chen Fuliang knew very well the dangerous consequences of letting Li Er escape to Mayi, basically as long as Li Er was given a chance to make a comeback, then with Li Er's ability and the special terrain of Mobei, Chen Fuliang would have to spend ten times or even hundreds of times the price if he wanted to exterminate Li Er! Therefore, Chen Fuliang definitely didn't want to miss the opportunity to kill Li Er again, and would rather make fewer gains in the pursuit battle than fight to kill Li Er.

It's not bad for Chen Fuliang, Li Er did not flee to the direction of Mayi in the north when he fled for his life, but kept fleeing in the direction of Taiyuan due west, Chen Fuliang was secretly happy for a while, and said that Li Er was confused in a hurry. However, after chasing more than ten miles to the west, Chen Fuliang gradually became dumbfounded, because the road ahead had gradually become bumpy, and the number of hills and trees on both sides of the road had also increased significantly, and then Chen Fuliang suddenly remembered that Li Er had lived in Taiyuan for many years, and he was definitely more familiar with the terrain in this area than himself, and running to the west was definitely not a panic, but a premeditated one.

Although they are cavalry like Li Er and others, they are heavy cavalry, and the terrain requirements are very strict, and the impact of bumpy roads is far greater than that of light cavalry.

In this regard, Guo Feng and Chen Ci, who had already suffered such a big loss in the pursuit of Xue Ju's father and son, would carefully remind Chen Fuliang to pay attention to safety, and Chen Fuliang replied: "Don't worry, this is fifty miles away from Taiyuan, there will be no ambush, we will chase another twenty miles, no matter whether we can catch up with the retreating soldiers!" Guo Feng, Chen Ci and others reluctantly agreed, and Yu Le said that he would stay where he was and wait to receive Chen Fuliang, Chen Fuliang knew that he had good intentions, so he also agreed.

At the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity to temporarily stop advancing and disarming the equipment, Li Er, Zhu Cang and the other four finally temporarily shook off Chen Fuliang's pursuit, but just when Li Er breathed a sigh of relief, Zhu Cang, who was in front, pointed to the southwest and shouted: "Right Governor, there are people there!" ”

Li Er, Wang Huaiwen and others hurriedly followed the sound, and they really saw a knight who was also wearing the uniform of the Dingyang Army, who seemed to be lost and was looking for the way, and saw Li Er and the others wearing the clothes of the Dingyang soldiers, and the knight also let out a cheer, hurriedly patted the horse over, and shouted in a woman's voice from a distance: "The Dingyang soldier over there, I am your Majesty's little sister, my brother and I are lost and lost, take me to see him!" ”

"Liu Xiaomu?!" Li Er was dumbfounded, he never expected that he would happen to run into Liu Xiaoyan, who disappeared last night, and his fiancΓ©e who had already signed a marriage contract with him during his escape. Then, Li Er suddenly thought of what kind of favorable situation he would win in Mayi if he could bring Liu Xiaoyan back to Ma Yi smoothly, Li Er couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart, and said secretly: "God help me." ”

"How are you?" Liu Xiaomu obviously didn't expect that he would happen to run into Li Er, and when he ran closer, he just saw Li Er's appearance clearly, Liu Xiaomu immediately exclaimed and asked, "How did you put on our Dingyang Army's military uniform?" ”

"Sister Xian, I'll talk about the rest of the road later." Li Er waved his hand very gracefully and shouted, "Let's go quickly, the thief Chen is about to catch up!" ”

"Why should I go with you?" Liu Xiaomu's words almost blurted out, but after hearing the violent sound of horses' hooves from the west, Liu Xiaomu, who was very assertive, still closed his mouth obediently, and while galloping with Li Er, he couldn't wait to ask: "Why are you dressed like this?" What about my brother? What about my brother's army? ”

Li Er didn't rush to answer, first turned around and carefully inspected Chen Fuliang's pursuers, and then said: "Sister Xian, you have to be mentally prepared, what I said is all bad news, the main force of my brother's Dingyang army has ended, and Brother Wu Zhou seems to have been captured alive by Chen Yingliang's traitors." ”

Liu Xiaoyan was shocked, and hurriedly reined in the horse to see Li Er, Li Er hurriedly pulled Liu Xiaoyan's horse reins, and while pulling Liu Xiaoyan's war horse to continue to move forward, he quickly introduced the battle situation last night, and finally said that he had seen the person suspected of Liu Wuzhou from afar to surrender to Chen Fuliang, and finally comforted Liu Xiaomu and said: "Sister Xian, you don't have to be afraid, the foolish brother will definitely find a way to save Brother Wu Zhou, as long as Brother Wu Zhou is not killed, I will definitely be able to save him back." ”

What surprised Li Er was that although Liu Xiaoyan had tears in his beautiful eyes, he never shed a single tear, and then wiped the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand, Liu Xiaoyan also said to Li Erzheng very rarely: "Take Brother Xie, if my brother can really save my brother, my little sister will be a cow and a horse, and I must repay my brother for your great kindness." ”

"I don't need you to tie the grass ring, be a cow and a horse, as long as you obediently accompany me to bed."

Li Er first muttered a big truth in his heart, and then hurriedly turned back to see the situation of the Sui army's chasing soldiers, but what made Li Er angry and helpless was that Chen Fuliang had not only been chasing after him, but the banner had also been kept in the sight of Li Er and others, and he might catch up at any time. At the same time, what worries Li Er, who is familiar with the terrain, is that the terrain in the vicinity is not suitable for cavalry action, and if he turns around and runs north, he will enter the open plain if he is not five or six miles away, and if he continues to the west, it will be seven or eight miles at most, and he will also enter the open land where the Sui cavalry set up an ambush last night and arrive at that kind of terrain, and the possibility of Li Er and others being reported to catch up will undoubtedly be much greater.

"Right Governor, a short distance further is the open land." Wang Huaiwen also reminded: "Our war horse is already very tired, and it has not eaten forage since last night, and it is difficult to outrun the Chen thief war horse in the open field." How to deal with it, please make a decision quickly! ”

I glanced back at the rear again, although I was blocked by trees and hills and did not see the ugly appearance of my rival Chen Fuliang, but the equally ugly handsome flag was in sight, always keeping a distance of more than 300 steps from Li Er and others, and there was a trend of gradually shortening The Sui army was well prepared before the war yesterday, and the war horses of the **** soldiers seized the time to eat during the gap in the war, and the physical strength of the war horses was naturally much stronger than the war horses of Li Er and others.

"The speed of the thief Chen is too fast, if it goes on like this, I will die, what should I do?"

With this thought in his heart, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of Liu Xiaoyan, who was also wearing the uniform of Dingyang Sergeant, Li Er's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said without hesitation: "This area is the only place in this area that is barely suitable for cavalry combat, and if we continue to escape like this, there will definitely be only a dead end!" Now there is only one way, we retreat separately, so that the thief Chen can't find the target to pursue, and then we take the opportunity to get out. ”

"How to split up and retreat? Please give me the right command! Liang Jianfang hurriedly asked.

"I'll go west alone and go back to Taiyuan for help first, and the four of you will go north." Li Er said very calmly: "After you arrive at the open terrain, you will immediately divide into two and retreat in two directions, and then we will meet in Taiyuan City in the ......." ”

Li Er was a little hesitant when he agreed on the meeting place, and almost wanted to say that he had met in Mayi, but considering that the road was far away and there was no food or drink, and there were too many dangers along the way, and he might die unexplained if he was not careful, so Li Er still changed his mind and decided to go back to Taiyuan to rest first.

After listening to Li Er's instructions, Wang Huaiwen and Liang Jianfang, the two generals who were loyal to Li Er, did not hesitate, and immediately hugged their fists and sang a promise, Liu Xiaoyan did not doubt him, and also nodded in agreement, Zhu Cang rolled his triangular eyes and peeked at Li Er, but after seeing that Li Er and him were still separated by Wang Huaiwen and Liang Jianfang, Zhu Cang's eyes quickly dimmed again, and he secretly scolded a traitor, but he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only obey his fate.

After agreeing on the method of retreat, Li Er did not hesitate to advance directly to the west, while Liang Jianfang, Wang Huaiwen and others surrounded Liu Xiaoyan and turned north, and Zhu Cang reluctantly followed. Then it didn't take long for the **** soldiers to see Liang Jianfang and the other four people turn around and head north in the cracks of the woods and rocks, although Chen Fuliang carefully ordered the soldiers to carefully count the number of people, but he didn't know that Liu Xiaoyan also joined Li Er's team during the unloading of the **** soldiers, so the **** soldiers just saw that it was four enemies, Chen Fuliang didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately took the newspaper ** to turn around and go north, and continued to pursue Li Er, the enemy who had been entangled with him for many years.

Of course, it is as painful as it is to pursue the enemy in the woods with cavalry, but fortunately, Liang Jianfang and Wang Huaiwen, who also did not dare to throw down their horses, also acted on horseback, and they were also not fast by the terrain, so the report with a relatively superior physical strength was that after pursuing for another five or six miles, they finally caught up with Liang Jianfang and others at the edge of the forest area. Liang Jianfang, who had already entered the open field, saw that it was not good, and hurriedly ordered: "Zhu Canghuaiwen, you go to the northeast, and I will escort Miss Liu to the northwest." ”

Wang Huaiwen agreed, but Zhu Cang said quietly: "General Liang, let me escort Miss Liu to the northwest, you and General Wang go to the northeast." ”

Hearing this, Liang Jianfang paused for a moment, then immediately came back to his senses and roared angrily: "Are you afraid of suffering?" Although the northeast is far away from Taiyuan, there must be a large number of defeated troops of the Dingyang army there, which can just cover you! ”

"Then General Liang, why don't you suffer this loss?" Zhu Cang asked with a smile, and suddenly pointed at Liang Jianfang's back, and said in surprise: "Right Governor!" How did he get back? ”

"The Right Governor is back?" Liang Jianfang and Wang Huaiwen were both shocked, and when they subconsciously turned back together, Liang Jianfang suddenly felt the wind ringing in the back of his head, and when he hurriedly turned around, he just saw Zhu Cang's saber in front of him, and his head had already flown into the air!

The sneak attack killed Liang Jianfang with a knife, and Zhu Cang immediately swung his knife to cut Wang Huaiwen, but unfortunately Wang Huaiwen was already prepared, and while raising his knife to hold Zhu Cang, he roared and asked: "Zhu Cang, are you crazy or stupid?" Why did you kill Brother Liang? ”

"You're stupid!" Zhu Cang sneered and said: "Li Erlang asked the four of us to go north, and he went to Taiyuan for help alone, which is a good word." He obviously just wants to use the four of us as substitutes for the dead ghosts, lure away the pursuers for him, and let him take the opportunity to escape for his life! You are stupid, I'm not stupid, I can see that! Our war horses have already begun to foam, how can they outrun the chasing soldiers led by His Royal Highness King Tang himself? ”

"Even if that's the case, it's our right thing!" Wang Huaiwen was furious and said: "The right governor is as kind to us as a mountain, and it is our glory to die for him!" ”

Even the two knives were held up by Wang Huaiwen, and it was estimated that Zhu Cang, who couldn't take Wang Huaiwen for a moment, took a step back, and suddenly strangled Liu Xiaoyan's neck with his left arm, and the saber in his right hand also quickly rested on Liu Xiaoyan's neck, and sent with a cruel smile: "Wang Huaiwen, there is a good thing to cheap you, if you are smart, you will dedicate this little lady to His Royal Highness King Tang with me, this little lady is not bad, and she is Li Erlang's wife who has not passed the door, His Royal Highness King Tang will definitely like it, and our glory and wealth will be there soon." ”

Wang Huaiwen roared wildly, came up and slashed Zhu Cang with a knife to try to rescue Liu Xiaoyan, Zhu Cang tightened Liu Xiaoyan's neck, and waved the knife to parry carefully, Liu Xiaomu, who had tears in his eyes before, saw this scene, and finally shed crystal tears in his beautiful eyes, his heart was sour and sad, but he didn't know what he was crying for, I don't know if he was crying for the tragic end of becoming a captive, or sad for his brother to be captured and destroyed, or crying for being abandoned by his fiancΓ© as a substitute for the dead............

When Liu Xiaoyan, who had lost his soul, came back to his senses, he was already surrounded by white robes fluttering newspapers, Wang Huaiwen lay down more than a dozen steps away and turned into two heads, Zhu Cang honestly knelt in front of a person's horse, saying some words begging for life, Liu Xiaoyan raised his eyes to see the appearance of the person who accepted Zhu Cang's kneeling, and the face of Chen Fuliang, who had seen it once, appeared in front of Liu Xiaomu again.

After listening to Zhu Can's report on Li Er's design to get out with a little irony on his face, Chen Fuliang's face was of course how ugly and ugly it was, and the **** soldiers who were hard to pursue him next to him were also furious, shouting to find a person to vent to. Seeing these situations and seeing Chen Fuliang's terrible face, Liu Xiaoyan's heart involuntarily hung in his throat again, and he subconsciously remembered the tragic fate of the enemy's family members who were captured by Dingyang Jun.

Fortunately, Chen Fuliang is also a person who is very good at controlling emotions, after taking a deep breath, Chen Fuliang forcibly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, looked up and smiled at Liu Xiaoyan: "Sister Xian, we meet again." ”

"You ......, what do you want to do with me?" Liu Xiao's eyes trembled and asked.

"I'm not going to do anything to you." Chen Fuliang smiled and said: "Sister Xian, don't worry, not to mention that you and Li Erlang are only married but not married, even if you have become relatives, I have never been in the habit of abusing the enemy's family, you will be treated well in my army, I will also let you meet Liu Wuzhou, I will not kill you." It's just that....... ”

Speaking of this, Chen Fuliang paused for a moment, and then added: "It's just that you definitely can't officially marry Li Erlang again, and I won't marry you to a vicious villain who uses his fiancΓ©e as a tool for golden cicadas to shed their shells, which is tantamount to pushing you into the fire pit." ”

Liu Xiaoyan had more tears in his eyes, and finally couldn't help but hide his face and cry. Zhu Cang desperately kowtowed and begged for mercy, begging Chen Fuliang to spare his life and give him a chance to atone for his sins. Chen Fuliang originally wanted to hack to death this cannibal Erwuzai, who had always had zero loyalty, but after a change of mind, Chen Fuliang changed his mind again and said to Zhu Cang: "Okay, for the sake of your repentance, I can consider giving you a chance to atone for your sins." But now, ......, come on, cover his face with a cloth for me, and escort him back to Yuci to slowly fall. ”