Chapter 19 - Bamboo Forest Heroes
"Xia Yu, why are you here?"
The white-haired general in golden armor who appeared in front of Mocha and more than five hundred dead soldiers was none other than Mocha, and it was for Mocha that this white-haired general in golden armor was their nightmare. This white-haired general was none other than Xia Yu, the first prince of Qi who had just wiped out almost all of their Yue army under Xuancheng City. However, at this moment, what appeared in front of them was obviously the figure of Xia Yu, the first prince of Qi Kingdom!
Mocha had already been frightened, and the ambition he had originally established had basically disappeared without a trace after the defeat of Xuancheng. Now what Mocha wants to do is just save his life, but now, Mocha himself feels that it is very difficult to hold on to his life.
"Let's retreat to Licheng" Mocha saw Xia Yu appearing on the top of the city, and he didn't dare to continue thinking about it, so he quickly turned his horse's head and shouted to the soldiers behind him. They were ordered to retreat quickly, preparing to flee closer to the city of Li to the north. Mocha still had a faint glimmer of hope in his heart. He desperately hoped that the current Qi troops had not yet touched the city of Li, which was closest to their original territory of the Yue clan.
Although the more than five hundred soldiers behind him were a little suspicious, they were the first to retreat, even if Xia Yu didn't have to clean up the battlefield. It was impossible for them to catch up with them so quickly! According to common sense, their more than 500 soldiers were chasing Mocha's figure on horseback, and the speed should not be so slow! However, even if these soldiers were suspicious, they did not dare to disobey Mocha's decision. The only thing these more than 500 soldiers know is that they just want to protect Mocha.
Looking at the back of Mocha and more than five hundred soldiers leaving in the moonlit night, Xia Yu, who was standing on the city tower, slightly pursed a subtle smile on his lips. He took off the helmet he was wearing on his head, revealing a delicate and young face, obviously this person knew from his appearance that it was not Xia Yu, the first prince of Qi State, but a young general. This general used such a strategy, and he didn't want to rebel again with the Yue people, he wanted to rely on the success of the Yue clan patriarch Mocha's exploits to get an official and a half position in the Qi country.
However, the general also knew that the more than 500 soldiers who were now following Mocha were all one enemy and one hundred existences, and if they wanted to face it head-on, they might not have a chance to succeed. Therefore, the general negotiated with the generals left by the Yue people to guard Li City, lured them into an ambush circle, and surrounded and annihilated them with strong bows and crossbows. Now that the first step has been completed, Mocha and his more than 500 dead men have unwittingly embarked on a path they didn't know they knew they had.
However, such a plan is now being implemented. Naturally, Mocha and his more than 500 dead men did not know. So they left Que Cheng with the last glimmer of hope and went straight to Licheng, the northernmost city of Qi.
In the middle of the night, the sky gradually turned white, and Mocha and his more than 500 soldiers were still spinning in circles in confusion. They had been a little dizzy by the road between Que Cheng and Li Cheng.
The distance between Mocha and his more than 500 soldiers was 260 miles between Que City and Li City, and there was an unusual, cold land in it. This icy land is located between Que City and Li City, in fact, the temperature here is not enough to produce such a year-round cold land, according to the rumors of the older generation, this cold land has an unusual ability. People who enter this cold land basically can't get out, but the older generation once said that a young man who walked in by mistake has a special ability. It's easy to make some cold out anytime, anywhere.
However, due to the fact that this icy land is really a bit evil, all the emperors of the previous generation of Qi State explicitly ordered the troops of Que Cheng and Li Cheng to blockade this cold land. Since then, some people who originally wanted to go in and find out have lost the possibility of exploration. I have no choice but to give up.
It's just that this time the rebellion of the Yue people was without warning, and now the emperor of Qi Xuanlejun is also seriously ill and unable to govern. Now the state of Qi is very fragmented both in terms of internal affairs and diplomacy. The rebellion of the Yue people came without the slightest warning, which caught all the people and soldiers of the Qi country by surprise. Only then was the Yue army connected two cities. Naturally, this icy place was also visited by many curious Yue soldiers. However, none of these soldiers who walked in out of curiosity could come out alive. As a result, no one has ever entered this icy land again.
This time, when Mocha and his more than 500 dead men passed by, they also happened to pass through this icy land. Because the Yue army guarding the original avenue has changed its flag and turned it into a bright Qi flag. As a result, Mocha and his more than 500 soldiers felt a cold feeling, and they had no choice but to choose another road that had to take a long detour back to Licheng
The sky gradually brightened, and the light shining in the sky was shining. Under the light of the rising sun, a new day was ushered in on the Demon Spirit Continent.
Outside the city of Que City in the north of Qi Kingdom, the newly rising morning sun reflected the figures of five servants who came from the wind and dust. These five people who appeared outside the city of Qi Guoque City in the early morning were obviously a little unusual. A man in white who was about thirty years old at the head looked at the Que City that came into their eyes, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly: "Huh, thank God I finally arrived at Que City, and I almost went wrong."
Behind the middle-aged man were four teenagers and girls of similar grades, and these four teenagers and girls followed in the footsteps of the middle-aged man and came to the outside of Que City. but they didn't see the people they wanted to see.
"Sister Yue's speculation is really quasi-Mocha, they are really not here," a young man standing behind the middle-aged man in a light blue horse coat and a pair of blue cloth shoes looked at the empty environment around him, and couldn't help but sigh. The young man's ethereal gaze was a little confused, and he didn't know what to look for there.
A beautiful girl in a white robe standing next to the young man smiled unfazedly, and said lightly: "It's just luck."
The middle-aged man turned around and looked at the uninhabited wilderness monks around Que City, where there were not many soldiers patrolling. He said thoughtfully: "I know, they must have bypassed that cold place and went to Licheng, but unfortunately Duke Xia Yu's plan has been completed, they are even more desperate to go to Licheng, children, let's chase!" After speaking, the middle-aged man used his light skills and quickly chased forward, aiming straight to Licheng, the northernmost border of Qi State.
"Okay!" The four teenagers and girls behind him raised their right arms in unison, and then quickly chased after the middle-aged man in front of them, showing their immature light skills, and went straight to Li Cheng
There are three different roads from Que Cheng to Li Cheng in the north. One of the widest and closest roads had been guarded by the Qi army anyway. The other way is through the icy land where almost no one has survived. The last remaining road is a long way over the mountains.
However, this long road naturally has the benefit of being long and rugged. This path is usually not guarded by troops, and it is very safe to walk. However, the only downside to this path is that it is too narrow, and you can only pass two people at a time. It took more than an hour for Mocha and his more than 500 soldiers to reluctantly cross the trail and return to the main road, heading straight for LĂŞ.
On the deep road, there were no soldiers stationed here. Mocha and his more than 500 soldiers quietly walked around the outside of a town, and a black plaque hanging at the gate of the city read "Li Cheng" in two large red letters.
Mocha and his more than 500 soldiers lurked behind a small hill to see if the city of Li had been recovered by the Qi State. Mocha unwittingly dispersed some distance from the more than 500 soldiers behind him, and he did not notice that his last men were crouching behind the small hill, assassinated one by one and fell to the ground.
"Mocha, you're cornered! Why don't you catch it yet?" Mocha didn't realize that the dead soldiers behind him had been killed by poisoned arrows in the distance. When he came to the city of Licheng and saw the flag of Qi that had already fluttered on the city, Mocha's heart suddenly became half cold. When he heard the solemn voice from the castle tower again, Mocha gave up completely.
Mocha almost subconsciously ran away from the city of Licheng, and when he saw the fact that the dead soldiers who were loyal to him had been killed by poisoned arrows, Mocha almost collapsed to the ground. Immediately, he gritted his teeth fiercely, turned his head and went straight to the cold place between Li Cheng and Que Cheng. He knew that only by going there could he save his life.
The soldiers in Li Cheng didn't expect Mocha to have such courage, and they didn't dare to continue chasing. One can only hope that Mocha himself will die in that cold land.
By the time Mocha was out of breath and out of the icy land, ready to go inside. Mocha suddenly saw five people appearing in front of him.
"Mocha, you have no way out! It's better to tie your hands and arrest it!" A middle-aged man dressed in white appeared in front of Mocha, this middle-aged man was about thirty years old, with a faint and indifferent smile on his face, and his voice was full of extremely irresistible ability, which made Mocha involuntarily take a step back.
Behind the middle-aged man in white were four boys and girls of similar age, on the far right was a beautiful girl in a white Yaoqin, on the far left was a young man, who was wearing a black robe embroidered with a golden bronze dragon, and in the middle was a pair of brothers and sisters who looked similar. A little girl in a wide white robe and a boy in a pale blue riding coat and a pair of blue cloth shoes appeared in front of Mocha at the same time, preventing him from entering the icy land behind them.
"Who are you?" Mocha froze in place, choking slightly in his throat, and could only ask.