Chapter 26: The Guide (Part II)
Arthur stared into the distance until Zhang Liang and Mulan disappeared from the end of his vision.
"No one is allowed to pursue until dawn." Arthur repeated to everyone present, and then he shouted again, "Where's the patrol leader?" ”
"In! Checkmate. Hearing the call, the patrol leader who was standing in front of the army immediately stepped forward and bowed down to wait for Arthur's order.
"The order went down, and the city gates were immediately closed, and all the traffic entrances in the city were blocked, and troops were sent to guard them strictly. As soon as the morning dawned, the police station army searched for the two fugitives throughout the city. Arthur said with a serious face, "In addition, immediately send a medical team to treat our injuries." ”
"Yes! Checkmate. ”
In the night dome, the clouds thinned out, the moonlight became dimmer, and everything fell silent, but in fact everything was waiting for dawn in silence.
After about half an hour, Zhang Liang flew all the way to the southern part of the city with Mulan on his back.
Lingcheng was sparsely populated, and it was the middle of the night, and the streets were just dark and silent. And Zhang Liang stepped on the void again, without making a sound, as if the whole person was integrated into the breath of this silent city in the middle of the night, and walked silently.
"After such a long time, the mausoleum city should have been completely blocked." Zhang Liang thought secretly in his heart. Yes, he didn't plan to escape from the city in the first place. from
It didn't take long from midnight to dawn, even if he escaped from the mausoleum with Mulan, he would inevitably be chased by countless enemies after dawn, and he didn't know the regional situation in the country, and he rushed to the mausoleum city all by relying on Mulan's intuition and intuition of the city, and it was inevitable that there were many unknown obstacles outside the city, so it was actually meaningless to escape from the mausoleum. Therefore, Zhang Liang did not plan to escape from the mausoleum immediately.
In addition, more importantly, he felt that Mulan's aura behind him became more and more disordered, thinking that Mulan was extremely injured and could no longer stand the bumps in the road, so he couldn't escape with Mulan anymore, he had to find a place to stop and let Mulan rest.
So Zhang Liang walked all the way through the quietest southern area in the mausoleum, trying to find a secret place to stay as soon as possible.
It is true that when all the adults were ordered to be taken away by the imperial court, there were many uninhabited empty houses left in the mausoleum, especially in the southern district, but Zhang Liang could not find a suitable hiding place on this long street, and the underlying sense of darkness told him that these empty houses were not safe places. And now it's only two hours before dawn, and for the safety of him and Mulan, he must step up.
"It's not like you when you're so anxious."
A hoarse voice appeared out of thin air, as if it sounded from all directions, surrounding Zhang Liang's ears.
The flying figure stopped suddenly, Zhang Liang's eyes stared, and his eyebrows revealed unprecedented solemnity.
The sound came from all directions at the same time, and the source of the sound could not be found at all. So Zhang Liang immediately stared, and the transcendent soul consciousness instantly spread, communicating with nature and extending perception. However, as soon as his consciousness spread outward, he immediately felt a tremendous pressure appear from all directions, sealing his perception in it and not transgressing it in the slightest.
Zhang Liang opened his eyes, and an unprecedented fear loomed in the depths of his pupils.
"Why release soul consciousness? It's human instinct to hear and find traces. ”
The sound sounded from all directions, without any emotion, as if the gentle sea water was surging from all directions.
At this time, Zhang Liang subconsciously listened to the sound of the ring, and finally found a hidden faint lan from the sea water surging in all directions, and looked in the direction of the subtle sound difference. Zhang Liang immediately looked back and saw that at a fork in the road he had just flown by, there was a man wrapped in sackcloth sitting quietly on an old stone pier on the side of the road.
In the misty darkness, the man showed the same old age as the stone pier under him.
"You can't rely too much on your talents. No matter how extraordinary your consciousness is, you can't ignore the most basic five senses. The sound once again came from all directions, but Zhang Liang had already found the subtle traces of the countless sounds, and was sure that the source of the sound was the unknown person sitting quietly on the stone pier.
"I don't know who my predecessors know me so well......" Zhang Liang's eyes rippled slightly, and then asked the person in a respectful tone.
"I don't know, I don't know you, it's just a view at a glance, just talk about it casually." Voices with a slight smile surged from all directions, overlapping into Zhang Liang's ears.
"What do you see at a glance?" Zhang Liang showed a shallow doubt in his eyes, and asked casually, "Dare to ask seniors, what do you see me like at a glance?" ”
The man didn't speak immediately, and after a while, the old man's voice slowly floated in from all directions.
"You're confused. So we rely on our consciousness and ignore our five senses. ”
"Confused......?" Zhang Liang's voice still conveyed unspoken confusion.
"You don't know where you're going?"
“…… Dare to ask whether the 'road' mentioned by the predecessors is the road under your feet or the road in your heart......" Zhang Liang's tone was slightly relieved, and then asked with a little hesitation.
"The way under your feet, but also the way in your heart......" The voice that came around paused for a moment, and then continued, "Moreover, it also refers to the path of your life." ”
Zhang Liang was silent, and in a short moment, the shocking light flashed in his eyes. Then, he only felt a thin window pierced by a thin needle, and the chaos that had been dormant in the depths of his consciousness for a long time revealed through that crack.
The so-called confusion seems to be born in an instant.
"Xie senior's proverb, I really never knew where my path was since Xia Ping's life." Zhang Liang bowed slightly and said to the man in an extremely respectful tone.
"Oh, no...... Isn't the woman on your back leading your way? "Laughter swells up like a tidal wave in all directions, and then disappears in an instant.
When Zhang Liang heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"The road of life depends on you for a long time to think. The path of your heart must also be found by yourself. The voice of vicissitudes of life then rang out, "The narrow road meets, it is for the fate, let me be a guide, and point to the road under your feet with you." ”
"There is a deep alley in the south of the street, and the ancient house is hidden at the bottom of the alley, and the house is empty. Hide in the coffin, day and night, you can hide. The voice from all sides gradually faded, and there was no trace of the person in the place where Zhang Liang's eyes could see, leaving only the old stone pier that had been stable for an unknown number of years.
Everything was calm again, Zhang Liang subconsciously walked in the direction that the man was pointing to, and there was an inexplicable shock hidden in the depths of his eyes.
- Time receded a little, three days after Mulan had not yet entered the Mausoleum City, and Zhang Liang and Han Xin had left Merlin City-
Han Xin held a spear in his hand and rode windward on the desolate mountain trail.
Stepping on the swift boots made by Mozi increased Han Xin's movement speed several times, and when he ran, he only felt the wind on the soles of his feet, and he was running like electricity. Since leaving Merlin City, Han Xin has only focused on the final destination of Longshun City, ignoring all external objects, just walking desperately all the way, sleeping only for three hours a day, and the rest of the time he has been rushing to the border city non-stop.
Under the all-out running day and night, in less than five days, Han Xin drove 900 miles away, completed most of the trip, and behold, Longshun City was about to arrive!
As far as Han Xin's eyes could see, he could already see the thin gray smoke waving out of the vast border city, and now he was only a few miles away from Longshun City in a straight line, although the road was tortuous, and the actual journey might be more than ten miles, but for Han Xin, it would only take a few hours to arrive!
The excitement in Han Xin's confidence can be imagined, although along the way, Han Xin was numbing his emotions by calculating the distance and time, but the worry about Wang Zhaojun was deeply rooted in his heart, as if a fire was burning in his heart. Han Xin endured and endured, but the fire was inexhaustible!
The red hair like a horse's tail fluttered wildly, and the wind-like figure skimmed over the densely wooded mountain road, bringing an urgent rustle in the quiet forest leaves.
A few newly grown young leaves were scattered from the branches and fluttered in the invisible air.
Although the border city was close at hand, Han Xin's pace did not slow down in the slightest, and the urgency in his heart for Wang Zhaojun's safety was intended to be in the rush of his passage through the mountains and trees.
As he moves forward like the wind, countless good things from the past will flash before his eyes, and then mysteriously fall into the abyss beyond his sight. In order to catch up with everything, in order to keep everything, in order to protect everything, he must run faster until he can see the face of the alluring city that passed three years ago.
- At the same time, on the other side, Bai Qizheng led the vanguard troops to run on the avenue at the fastest speed, with the aim of stopping Han Xin before he arrived in the border city!
Bai Qi, who was wrapped in dark blue war demon armor, was straddled the pitch-black, nine-foot-long unmarked leopard beast - the ghost leopard, a high-level wild monster with amazing strength and terrifying speed, its rarity was even higher than that of the azure stone statue and the crimson stone statue, it was the proud son of the beast born in the natural world, born arrogant and lonely. However, Bai Qi tamed it.
The speed of the ghost leopard is as fast as a violent wind and thunder, and there will be ghostly black afterimages in the air between runs, but in order not to pull away the troops behind him, Bai Qi did not let the ghost leopard run at full speed.
Behind Bai Qi and the ghost leopard, there is a vanguard of a group of 1,000 people, all of them ride on the modified machine chariot, this kind of machine chariot was originally changed from the siege vehicle, remove all the excess heavy weapons on the siege car, and strengthen the horsepower system, the speed is extremely fast, but compared with the ghost leopard that Bai Qi sits, there is still a gap.
At this moment, Bai Qiyin and the four eyes under the battle helmet were angry and suspicious. After more than a few days of pursuit, they didn't even find a trace of Han Xin on the road, which really made him unbelievable - compared to Merlin City, Yancheng was closer to the border city, so he should be faster than Han Xin in the distance from Yancheng, but now, there is no trace of Han Xin......
"How so...... Didn't he immediately return to the border city? A trace of speculation flashed through Bai Qi's mind, but he immediately ruled out this thought, "Impossible, since Han Xin has personally experienced the battle of the organ city, he will definitely be shocked by the truth of the inner country, even if he is in the spirit of the courtier's loyalty and does not question it, he will definitely return to the border city as soon as possible and pass the news to Xiang Yu......"
Han Shin ...... Where the hell have you been? Traces of red blood spilled from the eyepiece of the white helmet, and his palm unnaturally clenched the scythe blade in his hand......
"Where are we going?" Bai Qi suddenly asked without looking back.
"Report to the marshal, you will arrive at Yuanzi Mountain in a few more hours." As soon as Bai got up, a soldier riding in a pioneer car immediately responded.
"Yuanzi Mountain...... Have you all arrived at Yuanzi Mountain? Bai Qi muttered to himself in a deep voice, his voice full of confusion. Yuanzi Mountain is a pass between the border city and the inner country, even Yuanzi Mountain has arrived, and Han Xin is still missing!
"Has the scout sent to find out the news returned?" Bai Qi asked in a deep voice.
"Marshal, you've just returned...... The five passages near Yuanzi Mountain have been investigated, but no trace of Han Xin has been found, and the ambush troops on each passage are also guarded normally, they said...... They said that they had not seen anyone like Han Shin appear recently...... "The soldier reported the information truthfully, but his voice gradually trembled subconsciously......
"What !!" Bai Qi scolded angrily, and pressed the ghost leopard's head with his left hand, and the ghost leopard immediately stopped running wildly.
Bai Qi turned his head, and four sinister eyes glared at the soldier behind him who was reporting information. And under his previous angry rebuke, the entire vanguard was stunned, and all of them stopped advancing.
"What do you say? Or is there no trace of Han Shin? Bai Qi rebuked again, the voice, the gaze, as if it was about to swallow the soldier in an instant.
"Gift...... Report to the marshal, he ...... They...... Still looking, we're ...... We're going to do our best...... Searched! The soldier trembled under the white gaze.
"How else can you find this shit!" Bai Qi reprimanded angrily in a deep voice, "Is there only a road near Yuanzi Mountain from the inner country to the border city? ”
"......" Bai Qi was furious, and the soldier didn't dare to make any extra sounds, he really didn't know...... He just lowered his head and trembled, silently praying in his heart that he would survive this catastrophe......
"Gift...... Report to the marshal, it's not just the road here in Yuanzi Mountain......" At this time, another soldier suddenly said boldly, "...... In fact, there is a place called Eagle Mountain Gorge ten miles away...... A few years ago, thunderstorms split a narrow gap between the mountain gorges, but they can also lead to the border city, but few people know about it......"
"Bastard! I didn't say such an important news before! Bai Qi yelled at the soldier.
"If it weren't for the time crunch, I'd have killed you right now!" Bai Qi pressed the sickle blade in his hand hard, and shouted in a deep voice, now the situation is urgent, every second counts, thinking that Han Xin must have taken the road of Yingshan Gorge, then he must turn around and chase at full speed now...... The overall situation is important, and there can be no delay.
"A bunch of rubbish! You go back to the mausoleum city yourself, and I will chase it myself! Bai Qi rebuked the entire vanguard force. Time was too short, he couldn't waste time with this group of soldiers, and there was only one person who wanted to come to Han Xin, and it was more than enough for him to deal with it himself. The important thing now is time, these people are all sent to Lingcheng, just like the army he brought with him to attack Yancheng before, they were also ordered to be sent to Lingcheng and handed over to Arthur Zhong Wuyan to take care of.
Hearing Bai Qi's order, thousands of vanguard soldiers silently breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
And Bai Qi had already ridden the ghost leopard towards the direction of the Eagle Mountain Gorge and rushed away.