Chapter 10: Breakthrough
After a cup of tea, Xia Man cleaned it up, and after ordering the soldiers to bring their things, he helped Xiao Mo to the outside of the camp tent.
The dust on his face was mixed with the smell of blood, hiding the surrounding environment, Xia Man coughed a few times uncomfortably, Xiao Mo took Xia Man behind him with his hand, and instructed: "If our army is defeated for a while, you can take advantage of the chaos to escape." ”
Xia Man was stunned for a while, and before he could react, a team of people and horses came towards the two of them, and the guards around him stepped forward to meet the enemy, and they were cut under the horse, seeing that the horse's hooves were about to step on his chest, Xiao Mo backhanded a sword, and cut off the horse's hooves, and the people on the horse also fell, and then the painful neighing penetrated Xia Man's eardrums, making her sober up and shouting: "Such a chaotic world, where to escape!"
Xiao Mo smiled at the corner of his mouth, raised the sword in his hand, and killed the enemy soldiers in front of him one by one, but the other party was numerous, and he was injured again, and gradually fell behind.
Seeing that the sharp spear was about to pierce Xiao Mo's body, Xia Man quickly bent down and pinched the dirt and threw it into the man's eyes, and the sand entered the eyes, and the sneak attack soldier was killed by Xiao Mo by rubbing his eyes.
Because of the fierce battle, Xiao Mo's wounds have oozed blood, but the enemy army is killing in waves, at the moment of crisis, Zhou Chang came on horseback from the dust with the elite who succeeded, and the crisis was solved in three or two clicks.
When Xiao Mo saw Zhou Chang coming with the elite soldiers, he knew that they had defeated the Heavenly Wolf Division, and he was relieved for the most part, at least, he had a seventy percent chance, "Immediately inform King Qi to sneak attack the enemy army of the Northern Dynasty from the rear, and we will rush to join the elite soldiers on the left flank, so that the enemy army will suffer from the enemy." ”
Zhou Chang took out the fire fold and lit the signal flare, and with a 'bang', the signal flare exploded in the air, and a cloud of red smoke floated in the sky above for a long time.
Xiao Mo turned over and got on his horse, pulled Xia Man on the horse as if he had returned to the camp that day, and whispered in her ear: "Since you don't leave, let's kill the enemy with me." As he spoke, he whipped his whip and galloped in the direction of the enemy army in the north, while Zhou Chang followed behind with elite soldiers.
When he really entered the battlefield, Xia Man knew what 'white bones were exposed in the wild, and there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles', and the heavy smell of blood wafted in the air, causing Xia Man's stomach to spasm, trying to suppress his discomfort, grabbing the horsemane, following Xiao Mo, fighting to the death.
The enemy army of the Northern Dynasty was disturbed by Xiao Mo's elite soldiers for a long time, and they had long shown fatigue, and now they were caught between the two armies, and they soon fell behind, Xiao Mo took Xia Man to a bush, pointed to the fighting position and said, "Guess what, can we win?"
"Yes." Xia Man glanced at it and turned his head away, a cold sweat broke out in his hands, which came from the fear of the dead from the depths of his heart.
seemed to notice Xia Man's abnormality, stretched out his hand to touch her forehead, and felt the fine sweat, and then looked at her face, pale as paper, Xiao Mo couldn't help frowning, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xia Man shook his head, his voice trembling a little, "I'm afraid." ”
Xiao Mo thought that Xia Man was afraid that he would not win the battle, so he turned her around, covered her eyes again, and said in a low voice, "We will definitely win." ”
The temperature from the palm of her eyes made Xia Man feel at ease all of a sudden, this was the first time she felt warmth, the warmth between people.
Zhou Chang led the elite soldiers, focusing on the opponent's eyes and necks, and disrupted the enemy's formation at once, and Xiao Xun also came in the shortest time, and a large number of troops were invested, surrounding the enemy legions of the Northern Dynasties, and forming a formation of closing the door and fighting dogs.
Seeing that the enemy army of the Northern Dynasty was about to be defeated, Xiao Mo made a look, signaled Xiao Xun to leave a gap, and let the remnants of the enemy army leave, Xiao Xun secretly transferred troops and horses, and sure enough, there was a break point on the north and south roads, and the enemy army of the North Korea picked up the opportunity and rushed out from the break point.
Seeing the enemy army leave, Xiao Mo hurriedly asked a group of soldiers to change into the clothes of the Sky Wolf Army and mix with the enemy army in the Northern Dynasty and leave together.
The battlefield stopped neighing, stopped the soldiers, and the accompanying soldiers carried the wounded and sick and evacuated to Yuncheng with the army.
The group rested in Yuncheng, and soon received the emperor's will: "The edict said: King Heng Qi Wang has meritorious service in the border area, return to the palace quickly to receive the reward, and the border city defense will be handed over to Zhang Lin, Marquis Yu, Qin this!"
As soon as the holy decree was issued, Xiao Mo knew that the emperor was afraid that he held military power, and wanted to use this to regain power and clear the way for the prince to ascend the throne in the future.
Although Xiao Xun is not greedy for military power, he also feels that his father's actions are indeed a little inappropriate, he is okay, he doesn't bother much about military affairs, but the third brother really added his own efforts, once he was seized of power, I am afraid that the dislike with his father and the emperor has deepened a little.
This morning, before the holy decree came, he received his father's reply on the transfer of troops - "no one has been sent", just four words really chilled his heart, holding the letter in his hand, he didn't dare to show it to the third brother, this is tantamount to a sharp knife, read it, it will be pierced into the heart, the pain is unbearable, the letter is crumpled into a ball, and thrown it vigorously, as if throwing away his loyalty to his father.
Xia Man entered the inner room with food, and saw Xiao Mo sitting in front of the desk fiddling with the talisman in his hand, and there was no emotion on his face.
"It's time to eat."
Putting down the talisman in his hand, Xiao Mo picked up the rice bowl, ate a few bites, and said, "Would you like to go back with me?"
"Okay." Xia Man didn't think about it, and agreed that it would not be too bad to follow the prince.
"Hmm." Xiao Mo ate by himself again.
Today's Xiao Mo is a little different, as if he is a little lonely, Xia Man probably understands that soldiers, power, and those who lose their military power are like having their hands and feet cut off, not to mention the royal family that is still fighting openly and secretly.
"Woe is the place of blessing; Blessings lurk in disguise. Xia Man comforted Xiao Mo through Lao Tzu's words.
Putting down the dishes and chopsticks, Xiao Mo got up, looked at the world outside the window, and suddenly laughed, "Wonderful." ”
Xia Mandian felt inexplicable, I don't know which nerve he touched him, it seems that the words of the ancients can't be used casually, the power is too great, and it will backfire.
The military power has been handed over, and how long can the military talisman be kept, it's just whose hands the army is, not just the military talisman.
"Let's leave tomorrow and return to the city." Xiao Mo swept away the unhappiness in his heart, walked to the table, picked up the brush, and wrote the big word "Fu" on the white paper.
Xia Man stretched out his head, looking at Xiao Mo's full and vigorous word 'Fu', he couldn't help but secretly admire, no wonder they all said that the ancients were proficient in 'qin, chess, calligraphy and painting', and they were really beautiful.
"Can you write?" Xiao Mo saw Xia Man's demeanor, so he classified her as 'clumsy'.
Xia Man was hit again, now it's okay, in Xiao Mo's eyes, he has become an illiterate person who can't write, can't read, and can't read, but what can be done, the times are different, and I can't help it, "There are so many strokes, and the glyphs are so complex, I can only write simple." ”
"Write and see."
Xia Man had never learned calligraphy and wanted to refuse, but Xiao Mo had already stuffed the brush into her hand, and he didn't give her the slightest chance to say no.
Holding the brush, Xia Man poked the ink, and redrew a simplified word 'Fu' on the paper, and the point on it, due to too much ink, has been pasted, looking at the crooked words on the paper, the ink is different shades, Xia Man felt hopeless, he really has no talent.
Xiao Mo coughed lightly, then turned around, and didn't even want to publish his evaluation, "Pack up and leave early tomorrow morning." ”
"Oh." Xia Man pursed his lips and began to miss the round pen that had been turned by himself.
can export chapters, and he is absolutely full of poetry and books, but why can't he even write words, Xia Man has more and more doubts, infinitely disturbing Xiao Mo.
Misfortune and blessing depend, blessing and misfortune lurk; Sorrow and joy gather in the door, and good and evil are in the same domain.