Chapter 261 - Exchange of hostages
Under the scorching sun, two teams of people stood on both sides of a hill and looked at each other from afar, in front of the black-clothed and black-armored Moyun Army, Jiang Rui was holding Ji Feiling who was tied up, looking at the Chiyan Army in dark red armor in the distance, and in front of the Chiyan Army, Ji Ran was also holding a bloodstained person with a tied cape, who looked and dressed, but looked very much like the great prince of Moyun.
However, Mo Yun's generals all know in their hearts, this person is not really the eldest prince, although the distance is far, but a closer look can still see some differences, at least with the temper of the eldest prince, he will not be so honest waiting for the exchange. Ji Ran also tried his best to find someone to make the eldest prince's dress and appearance very realistic, making it look like the eldest prince had suffered a lot of punishments, and he was also drowsy and unsteady on his feet, if it weren't for Yun Yuhong's words, no one would have looked carefully, and he could really have fooled him, but he didn't have much time, and he was too hasty to prepare, and he was still noticed a flaw.
Ji Ran looked at the direction of the Moyun army and was also beating a drum in his heart, why was the ghost king not in the Moyun army, where did the ghost king go, how could she not come on such an important occasion, or did she really break the plan and have already made another arrangement, no, no, the altruism of the terrain here is also known by chance, and the plan is also suddenly realized, the ghost king should not be able to find out in such a short time, maybe the ghost king just has something or stays in the army.
Jiang Ruizhen sent the second prince to come forward to question, the second prince is more clever, and he is also very familiar with the eldest prince, but he can explore the truth first, in case that person is really the eldest prince!
The second prince stepped forward and said loudly: "General Ji, my eldest brother is fine, you are cruel to my eldest brother!" ”
Ji Li also stepped forward and said loudly: "Don't worry, the eldest prince just suffered a little skin injury, after all, it is not easy to make him honest with the temper of the eldest prince, but it is the general of our army, you didn't do anything, right?" ”
The second prince sneered: "Your young general is not very honest, but my eldest sister is much kinder, but she is tied, and she has not moved a finger, but now it seems that we have suffered a big loss." ”
Ji Li also sneered: "You are a young general who will be replaced by a prince, no matter how you look at it, you will only make money and not lose money!" ”
The second prince shook his head and said: "There is no such thing as making money or not, for their relatives of each other, does it matter whether they are princes or not, and you are willing to agree to the exchange, which means that in your heart, the weight of this little general is far more important than the benefits brought by the prince, doesn't it?" ”
Ji Li was stunned for a moment, his expression eased, and he nodded and said, "Yes, the second prince is reasonable, let's not say more, let's start exchanging!" ”
"Wait, this hill separates the two armies far away, and the line of sight is not clear, let's check each other's authenticity, so it's good to feel at ease." The second prince made a request.
Ji Li's heart sank, and he said mockingly: "You can't trust us anymore? ”
"Yes, you and I are not close friends, but enemy soldiers, when we get to the battlefield, either you die or I die, intrigues and tricks are common, but believe in it is the way it should be."
Ji Li sighed in his heart, it seemed that he couldn't be fooled. It's just that he still said toughly: "Since you don't believe it, then there is no need for us to exchange, everyone should collect their troops and go back." ”
The second prince was stunned for a moment and said: "Okay, then let's go back, but since I saw my eldest brother being beaten so badly by you, after I go back, I will use all this on this young general, and the next exchange, I dare not guarantee whether she will be a complete person." ”
Ji Li was furious and shouted, "You dare, don't you want your eldest brother's life?" ”
The second prince snorted coldly and said: "Didn't you say it, my eldest brother is a prince, his status is noble, he can bring great benefits to you Chiyan if he is alive, and your father and your monarch will not easily take his life." It's just that this young general has an ordinary identity, does anyone care if he doesn't die? ”
Ji Li was speechless for a while, but said hatefully: "How do you want to test the truth and falsehood, the second prince won't want to go to our army, right?" ”
The second prince shook his head again and said, "I don't dare, I'm afraid that it will be easy to walk in and difficult to come out." I'm here to exchange hostages, not to be a hostage. I just need to ask a private question, and if he can answer it correctly, it will be true, and if he can't answer it correctly, it will be false. ”
Ji Li was secretly happy in his heart, as long as you don't go to see people in person, you won't find out too quickly, and you can delay for a while, so he asked, "What question does the second prince want to ask?" ”
The second prince thought for a while and said, "You can help me ask my eldest brother, where did I bury a jar of wine?" ”
Ji Li nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask, the second prince also ask me to ask the young general, who Ji Feiqi is." ”
The second prince nodded, and the two of them went back to ask for the answer.
After the second prince came back, he said the problem, and the third prince interjected: "What is the problem, Ji Feiqi is his brother, or is it his cousin?" It can't be her sister! ”
Jiang Ruizhen motioned to the third prince not to talk nonsense, but to look at Ji Feiling, Ji Feiling thought for a moment and said, "Half a master, half an apprentice." ”
The third prince was curious and wanted to ask, but Ji Feiling turned her head to the side, obviously not wanting to answer. The second prince smiled and said: "I heard that your martial arts are the best in the third generation of the Ji family, I think it may be that my brother taught you to practice martial arts at the beginning, and after you learn more than him, it is you who taught him to practice martial arts, I guess right?" ”
Ji Feiling looked at the second prince in surprise, obviously the second prince guessed correctly. Everyone laughed, and the second prince turned around and walked to the top of the hill again.
Ji Li also came back, and the second prince replied first: "That young general said, It's half a master, half an apprentice, is this answer right?" ”
Ji Li nodded and said: "Yes, it seems that Mo Yun is very trustworthy, but the answer you want can't be asked, your eldest brother fainted, and he didn't wake up after calling for a while, or you should send someone to take a look!" ”
The second prince was angry and pressed down again, and said in his heart: It seems that it is really fake, otherwise how could there be so many things, the Chiyan people are really hateful, I want to see what tricks they will have next.
The second prince sneered: "No need, let's exchange it another day, farewell." With a flick of his sleeves, the second prince turned around and left.
Ji Li also sneered, waved his hand back, and a team of crossbowmen stepped forward, the arrows in their hands were all rockets, and there was another heat wave in the hot sky, which made people very uncomfortable. Ji Li shouted: "Since you're here, don't think about leaving, see if you're fast enough to get faster than the speed of the rocket, shoot!" ”
A row of arrows with fire came in, but not at men, but at the ground, or more accurately, at the half-withered grass on the ground. It's almost autumn, and the weeds on the ground are the most flammable, and a little fire can burn, let alone so many rockets. After the rocket fell, the fire quickly burned, but the wind direction was blowing in the direction of Moyun, Jiang Ruizhen immediately ordered a retreat, and suddenly a group of people wearing black clothes and strong martial arts rushed over to rob Ji Feiling. They don't care about anyone who leaves, but as long as they are close to Ji Feiling, they will not be polite, it can be seen that Chi Yan has no intention of fighting, but just wants to take advantage of the chaos to save people.
The fire quickly came out, Jiang Ruizhen had already rushed out with people, but the two people holding Ji Feiling were killed by the man in black. Seeing that Ji Feiling was about to be saved, the second prince rushed forward, put his sword on Ji Feiling's neck and shouted: "If you want her to die, just come forward!" ”
The man in black stopped for a moment and didn't dare to step forward, but he also trapped the second prince and Ji Feiling in the middle, not letting them leave, but the fire was getting closer and closer, obviously if they didn't leave, they would be trapped in the fire and unable to leave.
One of the people in ink sneered: "If the second prince doesn't leave, he won't be able to leave, isn't the second prince afraid of being buried in this sea of fire?" ”
Before the second prince could answer, a cold voice came, "There is this king who can't die in him, but you deserve to die." ”
Yun Yuhong jumped over from behind, slashed at the man in black with a sword, and the man in black fell four, and then Yun Yuhong threw away the sword, grabbed Ji Feiling and the second prince one by one and jumped over from the high flames, but the two Moyun people left behind could only look at the flames around them and stomp their feet, but now they couldn't jump, and it was getting harder and harder to breathe, and finally they could only be swallowed by the flames.
Ji Ran looked at the fire in front of him and was anxious, this is the best chance to save Ling'er, if this can't be successful, then Ling'er will be more than lucky. It's just that the fire in front of you is burning so high, and Ling'er has no information yet, so obviously the situation is not good.
When Ji Ran had a headache, he heard exclamations from the rear of the camp, and the formation was also chaotic, looking back, but seeing a large cloud of smoke rising, Ji Ran shouted: "It's not good, run!" "Obviously, someone set a fire behind him, this hill is overgrown with weeds, the most flammable, only standing above the direction of the wind will not be affected, but he is above the ink cloud, obviously, someone spared his army, stood above him and lit a fire, he wanted to burn the ink cloud army, but he didn't expect to be burned instead.
There were fires on both sides of the front and back, Ji Ran and the people could only run to both sides, the hill was not big, where could so many people run away, and many Chiyan soldiers were either trampled to death by their companions or burned to death by fire. On both sides was the Moyun Army that had been waiting for a long time, and the Chiyan Army was in a hurry to fight, which was the opponent of the Ghost King Army, which was quickly annihilated, and only Ji Ran and Ji Li with a few hundred people were still resisting.
Yun Yuhong wanted to wait to catch Ji Ran, but after Jiang Ruijin ran out with people, she didn't see Ji Feiling and the second prince, Yun Yuhong knew that it was not good, she didn't want Ji Ran to be caught, so she lost a royal brother first, so she rushed into the sea of fire to save people. Jiang Ruizhen led the pursuit of the Chiyan soldiers, and on the other hand, led people to cut down trees and weeds, and made a barrier belt to block the fire. When they rushed to arrest Ji Ran, they saw that Ji Ran had left under Ji Quan's answer. Jiang Ruizhen couldn't help but sigh and regret that he had missed the opportunity, but Yun Yuhong smiled, how could Ji Ran not pave a way out for himself, it was not easy to catch him, he was not afraid, and the future would be long.