Chapter 2: Ambush
As we were about to enter the North Silver City, we were ambushed.
Hundreds of Lou soldiers stood on the tower of Beiyin City, all holding bows and crossbows, facing us downstairs in the city.
Willow's hundred guards stood in front of me, and I perched one hand on my brow bone, and vaguely saw a familiar figure standing on the castle tower.
"Mu Xian is also on top, he arrived one step ahead of us." Seeing that I was squinting, and knowing that I couldn't see it really, Willow spoke.
"How did he know you were here? Someone tipped off? I grabbed his coat a little nervously.
Wei Luo patted the back of my hand, his voice was a little tired, and said, "There are two possibilities, one, someone from the Xiahou family; Two, He'er. ”
I nodded and looked at the castle tower again: "Then what do we do now?" ”
"It will take three days for the reinforcements to arrive here, and now we only have thirty-six plans, and we have to go to the top." Willow turned around and stuffed me and Mud into the carriage, then shouted, "Withdraw!" ”
I felt that the sky was spinning, and I and Ni Meng fell on all fours in the carriage, and finally stabilized our bodies, wanting to see the situation outside, and an arrow feather grazed my sideburns and nailed straight to the inner wall of the carriage.
gasped, quickly held down the mud Meng on the side, and said loudly: "Get down!" ”
The sound of fighting outside faded away, and the bumpy carriage slowly stopped. I carefully straightened up, lifted the curtain of the door, and the escort who was driving outside was hit by several arrows and fell to the side, already exhausted.
Looking at the white snowy scene, I couldn't discern the direction for a while. pulled Ni Meng out of the carriage, and looked around for the figures of Wei Luo and Xiao Ran.
The noon sun shone on the crystal snow, reflecting a few strange red lights, and we walked all the way back along the mottled bloodstains, except for a few corpses of guards, there was no one on the way.
"Sister Tassel, have they been caught?" Ni Meng grabbed the corners of my clothes with trembling hands and asked with teary eyes.
I shook my head and comforted: "Don't worry, it won't be, Xiao Ran's martial arts are so good, and Wei Luo is so smart, how can they be caught?" ”
When I said this, I didn't know the bottom in my heart, after all, Mu Xian took the lead, relying on the location and people, Wei Luo and Xiao Ran were indeed more than lucky.
I don't know how long I walked, but the sun had already set in the west, and the red afterglow seemed to be a cloud of mist. In the dimness, there was a swaying figure in front of him.
Ni Meng held my hand tightly, and screamed, "It's Jun Shang and Brother Xiao!" ”
hurriedly stepped forward, and only then did I see that Wei Luo was walking towards us with Xiao Ran on his back.
"What's wrong with Xiao Ran?"
Wei Luo slowly put down Xiao Ran on his back and said in a low voice: "He was hit by an arrow in his back, hurry up and find a place to treat his wounds." ”
I held Xiao Ran's hand and froze in place, and Wei Luo actually rescued Xiao Ran? Aren't they mortal enemies?
Mud Meng tugged at my sleeve and said, "There's a medicine box on the carriage!" "I came back to my senses and looked at Willow for help, except for him, Ni Meng and I really didn't have the strength to carry Xiao Ran back.
Willow sighed helplessly, picked up Xiao Ran with his short body, and walked with me and Ni Meng all the way to the carriage.
How would Xiao Ran react if he woke up and knew that Willow had saved him?
Back to the carriage, Ni Meng and I were busy looking for a medicine box to heal Xiao Ran's injuries, and Willow sat on the ground for a while before getting up to find something to light the fire.
With the experience of pulling arrows for the first time, it was much faster to help Xiao Ran deal with his wounds this time.
After bandaging his wounds, he was left to take care of him in the carriage, and I walked slowly to the campfire of Velozan alone and sat down.
"You're going to save him?" I asked, looking at Willow's sallow face glowing in the firelight.
He clenched his right hand into a fist, clutched his placket, and said lightly: "By the way, I saved him, do you hope that I won't save him?" ”
"I want you to save him, but you are like this, not like you."
"What am I like in your heart? Insidious and cunning? Scheming? Unscrupulous means to an end? Willow looked at me with a smile as she drew her pale lips into a beautiful arc.
I shook my head vigorously: "What is rumored is not the same as what I saw, I don't know if it is a fan of the authorities." ”
"Do you still like me?" Willow asked softly as she ran her left hand through my hair.
My back suddenly stiffened, and my eyes flickered away with a flickering eye: "I...... I don't like you! ”
"Oh?" Willow put his hand on my shoulder and sighed in disappointment: "But I like you, what should I do?" ”
Turning around and patting his hand away, he pretended to be honest and said, "What you should be thinking about now is how we survived these three days." ”
"Shoot a man before a horse, capture a thief and capture the king first." Wei Luo raised his hand and pressed the corner of his forehead, looked to the north, and muttered to himself, "How can I capture Mu Xian?" ”
"Mu Xian shouldn't know about He'er's death yet......" followed Willow's gaze into the distance, and already had a plan in his heart.
When Xiao Ran woke up, it was already the early morning of the next day, and Ni Meng carefully watered the dry food and was feeding him one bite at a time.
Estimating that Ni Meng had already told him about Wei Luo's rescue of him, Xiao Ran said to Wei Luo with a somewhat strange expression: "In the battle yesterday, all the guards you accompanied were killed, what are your plans next?" ”
"Enter the North Silver City at night and take the head of King Lou." Willow replied with a faint expression.
Xiao Ran and I were stunned, and asked in unison: "Are you going alone?" ”
……
I couldn't change the decision that Willow had made, and my eyes swept over the bamboo basket left by He'er in the carriage, and I didn't know who brought it over.
As twilight approached, Willow changed into a dark suit, picked up a long sword, and sneaked into the North Silver City alone.
Xiao Ran understood my intentions very well, and drove the carriage and hid in a mountain col outside Beiyin City. I opened the bamboo basket left by He'er, and there was no black snake in it, just a few changes of clothes.
I put his clothes on my body, and asked for a self-defense dagger from Ni Meng and hid it in my sleeve, and after cleaning it up, I looked at Xiao Ran and said, "Your injury ......"
Xiao Ran waved his hand at me and interrupted me: "It's okay, what do you want to do, I will cooperate with you." ”
I picked up the long sword from his waist, made a few strokes around his neck, and said, "Cover my eyes and mouth with strips of cloth, and then take me hostage into Beiyin City." ”
Ni Meng looked at me confused, then snatched the long sword and handed it back to Xiao Ran, and said angrily: "Nonsense! You and Han ...... There is no resemblance to that He'er, once Mu Xian sees your face, you will die! ”
Ni Meng rarely spoke so excitedly, I knew that she was really worried about the safety of me and Xiao Ran, but as the monarch of a country, Vero could risk his life, so what reason did we have to retreat?