Chapter 102: Encircled
There were also unstable factors in the army that thought they were safe, Yi Chenjing and Bai Qige turned off the lights and clothes and lay down and hugged each other tightly, but they couldn't find half of their sleep with their eyes open, and they didn't say anything all night.
After getting up early and continuing to march, until noon, no one came to test or mention last night's incident, but Yi Chenjing became more and more wrong, his face was red and not to speak, his whole body was hot and cold, and his cough was also loud, and by the afternoon, he simply coughed so much that he couldn't even speak, his breathing was heavy, and his forehead was hot.
"The general is infected with the wind cold, you have to take some cold medicine and then sleep well to get a fever and sweat, if you are fast, you can get better in a day or two, if you hold on and refuse to rest, I am afraid that it will be life-threatening if it is serious." The military doctor looked at the four lieutenant generals with a sad face. First, there are no medicinal materials to take in the army, and second, who doesn't know that Yi Chenjing is all about going to battle. Minor illnesses and disasters can't stop him from moving forward at all, but it's not a way to stand up like this, in case there are three long and two short, the one who loses his head must be the military doctor who delays his illness.
The four lieutenant generals, you look at me, I look at you, no one can make up their minds, their eyes invariably look at the handsome soldiers on the side, in the eyes of the military doctor who doesn't know the inside story, Bai Qige in armor is just an ordinary and beautiful young man.
Bai Qige groaned slightly, nodded heavily to the four lieutenants, and then walked to Yi Chenjing, who was leaning on the big stone not far away and resting with his eyes closed, his palm on his hot forehead, and his heart was cold again.
"It's even hotter than just now, and if you go on like this, you have to burn your body." Taking the wet sweat towel handed by the soldier, Bai Qige retreated from the surrounding people, and whispered while wiping Yi Chenjing's sweat, "I sweated all over my body last night, and when I heard the sound, I ran out in a single coat. I know you won't agree to stop the army and rest, so it's okay, anyway, this place is not far from Lingyun City, let Zheng Tai and Qi Tao send you into the city to rest and recuperate first, so that you can squeeze out about two or three days, and when the army marches outside the city, you will be almost fine, and you will not delay the speed of the march, what do you think. ”
Yi Chenjing was groggy and powerless to think in his mind, and simply thought that since he didn't delay the speed of the march, it should be okay to leave the other two generals with the army, so he nodded his head blindfolded, his throat was speechless because of the severe cough, but his hand kept clutching Bai Qige.
He didn't want to be separated from her, for fear of danger.
How could Bai Qige not understand what he was thinking, but she was not proficient in horsemanship, and it was a complete fool's dream to go to Lingyun City with her, so she had to entrust Yi Chenjing to the two generals to stay with the army. With a shallow sigh, Bai Qige approached Yi Chenjing's ear, and the hot breath came to his face, and his heart was even more distressed, but he still had to pretend to be indifferent: "Don't worry, I will take care of myself, you have a good rest in the city, and I will rush to Lingyun City to meet you in a few days." ”
Calling the two lieutenants, Zheng Tai and Qi Tao, who are the best at riding, Bai Qige repeatedly told him to rush to Lingyun City for medical treatment as soon as possible, and after receiving the order, the two of them carefully helped Yi Chenjing on the horse's back and tied it around his waist, and hurriedly ran towards Lingyun City.
Something bad will happen every time I say goodbye to Yi Chenjing, this time there is a reason for being overheard, Bai Qige prepared in advance, hid the short sword sent by Bimu Youshang under the armor on his waist, and was accompanied by the three soldiers during the meal, and spent the night and day safely. On the evening of the second day, just as Bai Qige was about to go to the three soldiers to cook some porridge together, Qi Tao, the deputy general who escorted Yi Chenjing to Lingyun City, suddenly appeared in front of him, with an anxious look as if he was in great trouble.
"The princess of Qiqi, the general, the general accidentally fell off his horse on the road, and the injuries were serious, and it looks like ...... It's not going to be good,"
Bai Qige's eyes were dark, and he almost fell, his heart seemed to stagnate for a moment, and his face was as pale as paper: "What's the matter." Didn't I tell you to be more careful? ,”
"The princess is angry, General Zheng and I have been very careful, but, but the general is really sick, and his consciousness is not clear, so he somehow fell off his horse by himself to the side." Qi Tao was like an ant on a hot pot panicked, pointed to the horses and trembled, "Princess, now is not the time to be held responsible, the general is very seriously injured, and he is now being taken care of by General Zheng at the roadside station, shouting that he has to see you." I'm scared...... Princess, please come with me, it may be too late to be late,"
The thing came suddenly, and Qi Tao said it without loopholes, Bai Qige was so anxious that he didn't doubt that he had him, and he didn't care about whether men and women were kissed or not, so he directly turned over and jumped on the horse that Qi Tao was riding, and casually asked a soldier nearby to tell the two lieutenant generals who were with him and urged Qi Tao to hurry as soon as possible.
Bai Qige anxiously looked at the kung fu in the direction of Lingyun City, Qi Tao quickly glanced at a soldier not far away, and after the two rode away together, the soldier who joined the army saw that no one was around, and then caught up with the soldier, and casually made up an excuse to trick the soldier into a corner where no one was paying attention, and as he was talking, the cold light flashed, and the sharp blade suddenly came out of his body, stained with the hot blood of the soldiers.
"It's your turn to be unlucky today, who told that woman to pick you up to report the news." Looking at the dead soldiers, the soldiers shook their heads regretfully, pinched their lips and whistled like a wild bird's cry, and soon ten soldiers hurried from the camp group, all of them were burly, and at a glance they knew that they were armed with martial arts, not ordinary soldiers. After vigilantly looking around, after making sure that there were no outsiders, he joined the army and summoned ten people to his side, and said in a low voice: "People went to the west of Lingyun City, everything is going according to plan, you know what to do." If you do it neatly, General Qi's reward will be indispensable to you, you know. ”
"Thank you Chen for joining the army," the ten people said in unison, and it was difficult to hide the ecstasy in their eyes.
Waving his hand impatiently and reprimanding everyone to move quickly, Chen took advantage of no attention to drag the innocent soldiers to the grass to bury them for a while, and then walked back to the camp as if nothing had happened, as if nothing had happened.
The plan is seamless, as long as no one makes a mistake, those two people will be away from hatred tonight.
The setting sun did not sink below the horizon, and a remnant of burning clouds drifted in the sky, and on the uninhabited plain post road, a brown horse flew with four hooves, and the sound of empty hooves spread endlessly. The woman on the back of the horse kept looking forward, urging the man on the horse to hurry up and hurry up from time to time, like a willow's long eyebrows and brows were deeply hooked, and her face was pale with palpitations.
The man who sat in front of him answered the horse perfunctorily at first, but when he had left the post road and stepped onto the vast plain where gravel and grass were intertwined, no matter how much the woman asked and urged, he refused to answer any more.
"This is where to go. Didn't it say that His Highness and General Zheng were on the post road. Seeing that the straight post road was slowly turning to the side and going farther and farther, Bai Qige finally noticed something unusual, and while questioning Qi Tao sharply, he quietly stretched out his hand and groped in the armor.
Qi Tao still didn't answer, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, his feet clamped the horse's belly tightly, and the horse's hooves accelerated forward like a wind.
The big gap between the performance before and after made Bai Qige suspicious of Qi Tao, although he did not regret that he was desperate to rush there when he heard that Yi Chenjing was injured by falling from a horse, but he was still full of worries about the uncertain future, not worried about what kind of danger he would fall into, but worried that if Yi Chenjing really fell from a horse and was injured and Qi Tao was malicious, then it would mean that he was also in danger.
He also had a high fever and was delirious, and if he was in danger, who would be able to keep him safe.
The woman behind her suddenly fell silent, and Qi Tao was wondering why she didn't ask anymore when a cold light crossed the tail of her eyes, and the cold blade was close to her neck.
"Stop." The low tone was calm and calm, without the slightest panic and panic that an ordinary woman should have when she encountered danger, and it was not easy to hold the short sword on the back of the bumpy horse, and after a while, Qi Tao's neck was cut out of three or two wounds that were not too deep, and a string of blood beads rolled down the skin, staining the placket red.
Qi Tao's scalp was numb, the reins in his hands were subconsciously tightened, and the horse let out a long roar, and finally stopped galloping.
"Your Highness is not injured or not. Where are the people. ”
"The princess misunderstood the last general, the last general has no malicious intent, let's take the short sword away first." Qi Tao didn't dare to move, and said with a stiff smile, "The general did fall from his horse and was injured, I was afraid that the princess would be in a hurry, so I left the post road and took a shortcut, and I would be able to meet the general in a few hours." ”
"You're here for the first time, and there's no sign on the map where there is a trail shortcut, who told you that this path is to go." Bai Qige was unmoved, and still insisted on threatening with a short sword.
Her keen alertness was unexpected by Qi Tao, but Qi Tao set up a careful plan to lead her out of the garrison camp but did not consider that she might be discovered halfway, and the perfunctory and casual cover-up words inevitably made some mistakes, and it was such a little question that caused Bai Qige to completely lose his trust in him.
The wrist was pressed down, and three points of force were added to the short sword, and more and more blood gushed out of the wound and soaked his clothes, Qi Tao's face was pale, and his teeth were full of fierce light.
Just as the two were at a stalemate, there was a chaotic sound of horses' hooves in the distance.
There should be no one else here who is deserted, Bai Qige immediately thought that Qi Tao might have a helper, a distraction, and the horse jumped up suddenly, and Qi Tao in front took the opportunity to raise his elbow and hit him back, and Bai Qige fell off the horse in a hurry.
The ten soldiers who arrived were all proficient in equestrianism, and when they saw Bai Qige fall from a distance, they knew that the time was ripe, so they did not hesitate to speed up and surround Bai Qige before he got up from the ground and picked up the dagger again.
"The princess is so skilled and courageous, it's a pity that such a heroine can't serve me Da Yao, and she is about to be a miserable and lonely soul with the general." Wiping the blood on his neck, Qi Tao's fierce face was revealed, and with a look, the soldiers who followed turned over and dismounted, and the sharp blades were all aimed at Bai Qige.
In the garrison camp of the remote army, far away from the crisis, the deputy generals Xiao Baishan and Liang Gong were studying the map, and the herald suddenly broke into the tent, followed by a trembling civilian.
"Two, two military masters, I am a resident of Lingyun City, and I met two military masters when I was grazing outside the city this morning, and one of them asked me to come here and hand this over to the general in charge......"
Xiao Baishan and Liang Gong were full of suspicion, and after glancing at each other, they took the corner of the blood-stained shirt in the hands of the common people.
Qi Tao reversed, the general was attacked, and he was in danger. The east of the city came to the rescue.