Chapter 160: Pursuit and Search and Rescue
In this huge army, it is inevitable that there will be masters with keen observation, and if they are accidentally discovered, they may not be safe even in the sky, so An Xu urged Xiaohai to let the Fire Feather Eagle rise to height, and at the same time avoided this route.
It seems that the army invading from the Tiger Gorge Fortress has begun to prepare to move south, probably to completely open several entrances to the west and join other forces.
This is bad news for An Xu, and it can be regarded as good news.
The bad thing is that if the enemy army is ready to go south first and then east, then Heyuan City will definitely bear the brunt of it, and then Hidden Moon City, which is open and difficult to defend, and cannot resist the attack of the coalition forces at all.
As for the good side, it seems that they don't pay much attention to Birou and her party who fled into the mountains, and they didn't let the army stop, so as long as a few enemy troops are thrown in the search, the chance of rescuing Birou is greater.
The huge army moves very slowly, especially in the northwest, there are mountains and mountains everywhere, and there are even no roads in many places, and there are still hundreds of miles away from the Yinling Fortress, so An Xu does not have to worry about the safety of everyone in the Yinling Fortress, and when the enemy's main force arrives, the garrison of the Yinling Fortress has already withdrawn.
The most important thing now is to find the hiding place of the Birou and them.
An Xu searched around in the air, and because of his wide field of vision, he soon found the wide river, the Nushui River!
The northwestern part of the kingdom is on the high side, the water is very fast, and the banks of the Nushui River are almost all cliffs, and when you look down from the shore, the raging water seems to roar, hence the name Furyshui.
Such a river can't even be crossed by boats, let alone tens of thousands of troops, in other words, An Xu definitely didn't believe that anyone could break through a large fortress built on the Raging Water River, but since seeing the mage's terrifying joint spell casting ability, An Xu didn't think so.
It only takes ten high-level mages to act at the same time to freeze this angry water overnight and provide a passable road, which is nothing at all.
The two of them rode the Flaming Eagle all the way north along the Nushui River, and after about half an hour, they finally saw the Pingdingshan mentioned in the call for help, but An Xu didn't dare to go down to look for it, because it was full of searching enemy troops, including barbarians and human soldiers from Rohigar.
The huge Fire Feather Eagle is actually very easy to attract the attention of others, and if you go down rashly, not only may it be discovered by these search teams, but it may also reveal Birou's hiding location, Xiao Hai commanded the Fire Feather Eagle to hover in the air, waiting for dark.
And An Xu was thinking in his heart, how to take them away?
It was a quick way to send them to the west of the Nushui River, but it was a palliative solution, and the area on the opposite side had already been occupied by the enemy, and there were many troops stationed there, which put them in an even more dangerous place.
Only by going east can it be possible to escape from the pursuit of the enemy, because if you go straight east from here, you can reach the White Jade City, which has not yet fallen.
And in order to defend against the rebels of the Crimson Collar, the kingdom has placed heavy troops there, and the defenses are very strong and difficult to attack! This is also the main reason why the enemy army did not continue to the east, but chose to go south.
As long as you escape there, it will be considered safe, An Xu calculated, at the speed of the Fire Feather Eagle, it will take more than an hour to go back and forth from here to White Jade City, and a Fire Feather Eagle can carry two or three people without other loads, and if it goes well, it will not stop all night, and it should be able to take them all out.
However, this must be without being discovered by the search team, otherwise once exposed, those who have not yet been evacuated have little chance of survival.
Moreover, tonight is almost the last chance, judging by the progress of these search teams, at most one day, this area will be completely turned upside down by them, and Birou and they may be found at any time.
An Xu was anxious, but reason was telling himself that the more he arrived at this time, the more he had to be calm, and only by calming down could he get that glimmer of life.
The cold winter nights come quickly, and when the sun goes down, the sky soon gets dark.
In a hidden cave at the back of the mountain, the atmosphere was unusually oppressive, and a group of young students were huddled together, all silent, they had been hiding here for days, without food, without first aid, it was not easy to survive until now.
Many people were seriously injured during the breakout, and because they did not receive effective treatment and had no source of energy, their injuries worsened, and even not long ago, a seriously injured mage quietly stopped breathing, and the grief caused by it still permeates the entire cavern.
They don't know if they will be the next one to stop breathing.
The most important thing is that the core of the team and the spiritual pillar of everyone, Teacher Birou, is still in a deep coma due to serious injuries, so that these usually pampered students have completely lost their square inches.
Since hiding here, it means that everyone has reached the point where there is no way back.
Ahead of them were thousands of cliffs, and there were no lives if they jumped down, and under the peaks were endless search and search teams, which could find their hiding place at any time, and even in the daytime, they could hear the footsteps of the search team.
Maybe tomorrow morning, the search teams will search here!
A haze of despair enveloped everyone, and some of the weaker girls sobbed softly, because they had already honed their skills on the battlefield, and if it had been before, I was afraid that the team would have collapsed long ago.
"Damn, I can't stand it anymore, instead of being trapped here, it's better to go out and fight with them, killing one is enough, killing two is earning!" One of the warriors suddenly stood up and said indignantly.
"Yang Tengfei, you be quiet, no one will stop you if you want to die, but please don't bother other classmates!" A female mage rebuked.
It seemed that Yang Tengfei was quite afraid of this female mage, his face was cloudy for a while, and finally sat back on the ground and sighed heavily.
Seeing that Yang Tengfei was quiet, the female mage said softly: "Don't give up, Teacher Birou has already sent a distress signal before, and I believe that someone will come to save us!" ”
Everyone didn't speak, in fact, they also knew that this was just self-comfort, now that they were under siege, the ordinary rescue team had no ability to take them out, and it was impossible for the kingdom to let the guard legion of White Jade City abandon the fortifications and forcibly attack this place for the sake of a group of students.
Suddenly, there was a small sound outside!
"Shh Yang Tengfei sat at the entrance of the cave, signaled everyone to keep quiet, and then pulled out his weapons and carefully guarded, everyone was so nervous that their hearts almost stopped.
Could it be that their hiding place was discovered by the search team?
There was a 'bang', and the stone hidden at the entrance of the cave was moved away at once, and then a figure poked in, Yang Tengfei's eyes flashed fiercely, and he stabbed it with a sword.
The black shadow keenly dodged, and then grabbed Yang Tengfei's wrist with one hand.
Due to the injuries on his body and the fact that he had not eaten anything for a long time, Yang Tengfei was now very weak, and he was firmly controlled for a while, unable to move.
However, Yang Tengfei estimated in his heart that even if he used all his strength, he might not be able to compare with the other party in terms of strength, and the person who came was a very powerful character, which made him very desperate!
"Don't be nervous, it's me!" A clear voice sounded, and An Xu, who entered the cave at the same time, was also overjoyed, and after looking for several caves, he finally found them.
He took out the Radiance Stone he had asked for from Doudou from his bosom, and the faint light reflected his face.
"Is that you?" Yang Tengfei's eyes widened, An Xu had already become a celebrity in the Demon Martial Arts Academy of Hidden Moon City when he was shining at the monthly meeting, and it was impossible for these students not to know him.
Immediately, everyone showed a happy look, since An Xu appeared here, wouldn't it mean that reinforcements were coming? But they waited for a long time, but they didn't see any other figures.
"Why are you the only one?" Yang Tengfei couldn't help but say.
"Don't look at it, it's just me, what about Teacher Birou?" An Xu now just wants to know what happened to Birou.
An Xu's question silenced him, and a girl said with a crying voice: "Hurry up and save Teacher Birou, she is dying!" ”