Chapter 60: Race against time

Since Wang Man's accident, Chang Le has never returned, he wanted to wait for an opportunity to approach Xu Rui to avenge Wang Man, but Xu Rui was either hiding in the inn or in the Chinese army, both of which were heavily guarded, Chang Le tried several times but couldn't find a chance.

As a last resort, he had to disguise himself and hide in Tibet, but fortunately, the army was hastily withdrawn, and there was chaos everywhere, so he could first temporarily lurk and then find a new opportunity.

Chang Le was walking on the long street looking for an opportunity, when he suddenly saw a group of soldiers from the forward battalion approaching him menacingly.

In the forward battalion of Beiwuwei, he had the strongest friendship with Xu Rui, Chang Le didn't know if his identity had been exposed, so he hurriedly lowered his head and stepped aside, for fear that something would happen and expose his identity.

A group of people walked past him with a sigh of relief, and was about to continue wandering the street, when he heard a sudden low cry behind him.

"Stop, talk about you! Do you hear that? ”

Chang Le's body tightened, stopped, and subconsciously held the handle of the knife with his right hand, ready to attack at any time.

But once he is in trouble, he will inevitably reveal his identity, his life and death are nothing, but he will definitely lose the last chance to avenge Wang Man, no matter what, he will not allow this to happen.

Thinking of this, Chang Le easily opened the handle of the knife and turned around hard.

The soldiers of the forward battalion behind him all stopped, and looked at him with slanted eyes, led by a sixteen-year-old boy, who walked up quickly when he saw him turn around.

"Which battalion are you from?"

The boy asked.

Chang Le hurriedly pretended to be cowardly, and arched his hand: "The little one is Wang Le, the pro-guard camp." ”

"The Guards Battalion? Why haven't I seen you? ”

The young man narrowed his eyes, revealing a look of suspicion.

Chang Le hurriedly said: "The little one has just joined the army, and he is usually responsible for cooking fires, and he doesn't know many people......"

The young man suddenly said: "Oh, it turned out to be a firehead army, I said, I know a lot of people in the guard battalion, why have I never seen you." ”

Chang Le hurriedly said: "The little general is very familiar with the personal guard battalion? ”

At the mention of the guard battalion, the young man smiled shyly and was about to speak, but the soldiers of the forward battalion behind him coaxed first: "Our three dogs and Xu Zuoling of the guard battalion are brothers, how can there be anyone in the guard camp who doesn't know each other?" ”

"Go, go, what nonsense, Brother Rui just looks at me pitiful......"

"Xu Zuoling?!"

Hearing these three words, Chang Le was shocked, and hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask the little general, which Xu Zuoling are they talking about?" ”

"Which one else could it be? Of course, it is through yin and yang, building immortal bridges, and conquering Xu Rui and Xu Zuo of Lingdong without blood. ”

The veteran ruffians laughed for a while, making the three dogs' cheeks red and red.

Chang Le's pupils shrank and he looked at Sangou in surprise.

"Does the little general really know Xu Zuoling?"

Sangou scratched the back of his head and said: "Don't listen to their nonsense, Brother Rui is good to people, I just helped him do some small things, how can it be like they say, looking at you, you seem to know Brother Rui too?" ”

Chang Le shook his head: "Who doesn't know Xu Zuoling, who doesn't know Xu Zuoling, who is through yin and yang, building immortal bridges, and conquering Lingdong without blood?" It's just that he doesn't know me, but I'd love to see him and see if he's as legend goes, with three heads and six arms. ”

The soldiers of the forward battalion laughed again, and looked at Chang Le's eyes as if they were stunned.

Sangou also laughed, patted Chang Le's shoulder and said: "How can there be three heads and six arms, they are all false, Brother Rui is actually the same as you and me, that is, he is better looking than us." ”

"That's ...... so"

Chang Le rolled his eyes and arched his hand: "Little general, if you have a chance, can you take me to see Xu Zuoling?" Just look at it from afar, and the brothers in the camp keep telling me stories about him, and I'm very curious. ”

Sangou frowned, looked embarrassed, thought for a while and said, "Brother Rui is very busy at the moment, probably there is no chance to ......"

Seeing Sangou's refusal, Chang Le was disappointed for a while, and was about to make up another reason, when he suddenly heard Sangou continue: "But right now, we are going to do something for Brother Rui, and there is just a shortage of manpower, if you are not busy, you can go with us, and when you are on a business, you may be able to take a look at him from afar." ”

"Really?!"

Chang Le was stunned and pleasantly surprised.

Sangou smiled: "I can't guarantee whether you can see me, it depends on your luck, how about it, do you want to do it or not?" ”

"! Of course, as long as I can see Xu Zuoling, I will do it with my life! ”

Chang Le nodded again and again, and was about to jump up happily.

Sangou smiled, and said in his heart that this veteran is not young, but he didn't expect such a temperament, anyway, he just glanced at it from a distance, and he couldn't delay what Brother Rui explained, and it happened to have more people, it was a good deal.

"Okay, then it's decided, you have to work hard for a while, don't be lazy!"

The three dogs patted Chang Le, Chang Le naturally nodded again and again, his heart was very excited, and he almost shouted and sighed that the sky has eyes.

An hour later, the Northern Guards gathered a large army, opened the north gate, and began to enter the mountain quickly.

In order to gather enough supplies to go home, the army ploughed the entire Lingdong like locusts, and robbed all the food, clothing, and mountaineering equipment that could be taken away, but left most of the weapons and other equipment.

For a time, the people in Lingdong City were crying and crying for their mothers, and the people were kneeling and wailing, and it was difficult for them to survive this winter without food, clothing and bedding.

But war is so cruel, in order to survive, you can only seize other people's survival resources, there is no reason to talk about it.

As Xu Rui sighed when he saw the tragic situation in the city, "War is like a monster that will devour life, morality and all goodness, so we actually fight to never fight again......"

Mei Chuang couldn't understand his mysterious words, and always felt that as a guy who opened his mouth and let the 250,000 army be a substitute for the dead ghosts, it was a bit shameful to say such things.

And just as Beiwuwei was slowly retreating into Liuqingshan, Hong Qi and his three thousand lonely troops were rushing towards Lingdong City more than ten miles away.

Hong Qi was riding on a horse, his face was full of anxiety, Zhang Beijiang beside him looked tired, only Tian Zhong was still full of energy, scolding and scolding.

"I knew that the old dog of the Southern Dynasty was not to be believed, and he didn't take a good road, so he had to go around and around, and he was delayed for three days, so he was killed!"

Hong Qi sighed: "Our army did not encounter ambushes all the way, this is a great luck, no one would have thought that it would suddenly snow, it is really no wonder that he is really surprised." ”

"You're still exculpating that old dog?!"

When Tian Zhong heard this, he suddenly glared at the bull's eye, and he was furious.

"Lao Tian doesn't have to be angry, General Hong is just talking about things, if you want to be really unfair, wait for the army to converge, kill that old dog for you to vent your anger!"

Zhang Beijiang hurriedly rounded the field.

Seeing that Hong Qi did not refuse, Tian Zhong's anger subsided slightly, and he snorted coldly and stopped scolding.

Dozens of meters behind them, Shangguan Buda had been turned into an inhuman shape, his loose bun covered most of his face, his thighs and buttocks had long been worn out by the saddle, and the spilled blood stains stuck his pants and saddle together, and every time he got on and off the horse, it seemed like he was going to tear off a layer of skin.

The butler rode his horse and slowly approached Shangguan Buda, his condition was not much better, and the continuous running and highly tense nerves made him seem to be ten years older, and his face was full of dead skin that had been sunburned.

Looking around, seeing that no one was paying attention, the butler lowered his voice and said, "Master, they said that if this lone army can join the main force, let us follow in." ”

"What?!"

Shangguan Buda was like an electric shock, his whole body trembled, and the whole person woke up like a dream, and his eyes immediately had a little more brilliance.

The housekeeper said with a bitter face: "They said that the prince already knew about your carelessness, and only dark chess in the world could save your life, so let us help them do things obediently." ”

"Blackmail, this is blackmail!"

Shangguan Buda gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "I have been desperately dragging this lone army for three days, they have already become suspicious of me, and now they want me to continue to lurk, this is not to save my life, it is simply to kill me!" ”

The housekeeper cried and shook his head helplessly: "Master, there is no turning back now, we can only do what they say, otherwise they will be killed immediately." ”

Shangguan Buda's body trembled, his eyes showed a hint of fear, and his teeth creaked.

"Hey, sir, look, is something wrong?"

The butler suddenly pointed ahead, only to see a scout hurriedly rush to Hong Qi's side and say a few words, Hong Qi immediately reined in the horse's head and signaled the whole army to stop advancing.

Shangguan Buda's face was solemn, and while squinting his eyes and carefully observing the situation, he said to the housekeeper: "Something must have happened, be smart, if something is wrong, let's run." ”

"Run? Where to run? ”

"Hey, no matter where you run, run for a while."

Just when Shangguan Buda was trembling, Hong Qi and the three of them were also colorless.

"What? The main force of the Southern Dynasty was found in front? ”

Hong Qi trembled and reconfirmed.

The scout gritted his teeth and said, "Exactly, all the cavalry is advancing in the direction of the east of the ridge, and there are about 10,000 or 20,000 people. ”

Hong Qi shook his fingers and asked Zhang Beijiang: "How far are we from Lingdong City?" ”

Zhang Beijiang was stunned and said, "Probably...... It's probably less than 15 miles......"

"In other words, the main force of the Southern Dynasty has already rushed to Lingdong one step ahead of us, if the army is really waiting for us in Lingdong City, then ......"

Hong Qi couldn't go on, and looked back at Zhang Beijiang and Tian Zhong, how could the two not understand what he meant?

If the army is still in Lingdong City, it will definitely be blocked, and nine times out of ten it will not be able to escape the fate of the annihilation of the entire army, this is the worst and worst situation, there is no one.

The faces of the two turned pale in an instant, as if they had been struck by thunder.

I don't know how long it took, Tian Zhong was the first to break the silence.

He sighed and shouted: "General Hong, General Zhang, it's useless to talk about it at this point, let's go." ”

The two looked at him blankly: "Go, where are you going?" ”

Tian Zhong said in a deep voice: "Of course it's Lingdong City. ”

"You're crazy, Lingdong City is the main force of the Southern Dynasty, shall we go to death?"

Zhang Beijiang came back to his senses and angrily reprimanded Tian Zhong.

Tian Zhong snorted coldly and said: "If the main force of the Northern Martial Guard is really blocked in Lingdong and the whole army is annihilated, then it is the three days that we delay and the whole army has been harmed, and we can only die on the battlefield to thank him for his crimes, otherwise what face do you have to face my Northern Martial Guard's 50,000 heroic souls?!" ”

"This ......"

Zhang Beijiang was speechless for a while, and he was also shocked by the news just now, and he felt that it was wrong to say anything.

"By the way, let's go to Lingdong, let's go to Lingdong!"

Hong Qi suddenly shouted, and the blank look on his face was swept away.

Zhang Beijiang said angrily: "He's crazy, you're crazy too?" ”

Hong Qi shook his head: "I'm not crazy, this is the only chance, the only chance for us to join forces with the army and break out of the encirclement!" ”

Zhang Beijiang opened his mouth wide, speechless, this plan is really crazy, after hundreds of miles of fighting, his three thousand men and horses are exhausted, the main force of the army must not be much better, the probability of defeating the main force of the Southern Dynasty is infinitely close to zero, but as Hong Qi said, this is the only chance in a desperate situation.

At this time, Lingdong was already in danger, and the Southern Dynasty pursuers led by Zhong Qingyuan did descend from the sky at an astonishing speed, killing under the city of Lingdong without any pause, and immediately launched an attack.

At this time, although most of the main forces of Beiwuwei have retreated into Liuqingshan, the White Tiger Battalion responsible for the broken back on the city has not yet come down, and the North City Gate has not had time to close.

What's worse is that Beiwuwei didn't go far enough, as long as the Southern Dynasty army abandoned their horses and entered the mountain, it didn't take a quarter of an hour to catch Beiwuwei's tail, and because Beiwuwei entered the mountain in batches, the team dragged on for a long time, and most of the weapons and equipment were discarded, and it was the most vulnerable time, there was no room for resistance at all.

The most feared thing still happened, Beiwuwei fled most of the Southern Dynasties, and in the end he fell short, and was chased by Zhong Qingyuan at the last moment!

Liu Yi and Mei Chuang stood at the mountain pass, looking at the Southern Dynasty army surging like a tide, and their hearts were full of despair.