Listening to the continuous sounds of killing and screams coming from behind, Mu Heng's face, who was lying on the ground and running for his life, was stiff......

He was already numb, and once again escaped from the brink of life and death, and gave up the thousand guards who were loyal to him, so that he threw away the last bit of pride, and naturally there was no previous pain and self-blame.

So far, he only has one thought left, just live, return to Huayang alive, and then plan for the future.

And to survive, the safest way at the moment is to enter Shunzhou and seek refuge, after all, there are still tens of thousands of troops there, and the southern army has not been able to take it for many years before, maybe it will be the same next.

So he hurried in the dark, climbed the mountains and into the forest, and when he reached the place where the horse could not walk, he abandoned the horse without hesitation, and then walked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and all the pain and hunger had been left behind by him.

The other cronies and guards who fled with him didn't know what to say to comfort the patriarch of the family at this time, so they could only follow silently, protect him, and continue to go in the direction of Shunzhou City this night.

Although the road was difficult to navigate, and their boots were almost worn out, the steep and rugged mountain road still helped them a lot, completely blocking the huge enemy army behind, and not even a single pursuer rushed over.

After walking all night, after dawn, they found a safe corner to rest, caught a few more rabbits, and ate them raw to replenish their strength.

In this way, after three days of difficult walking, they finally crossed hundreds of miles from the most difficult mountains to walk, and came back to the front of Shunzhou City.

When he saw the familiar Shunzhou city wall, even Mu Heng almost shed tears, and immediately said in a dumb voice: "Let's go, let's go into the city and tell them that the southern army will be killed soon, so that they are ready to defend the city to the death!" ”

These people have worked hard to pass through the mountains, drinking blood, and have long been unkempt and embarrassed.

Hearing this at this time, and thinking that it was finally safe for the time being, they all lifted their spirits, and agreed in a low voice, and then they had to escort the patriarch to the city gate.

As a result, he didn't take two steps, but one of them suddenly said: "Patriarch, why don't you send someone over to see the situation in the city first...... If the Shunzhou Tian clan changes its position, we will be caught in the net. ”

"Impossible, he Shunzhou has blocked the southern army for a long time, and the two sides have long become a situation of endless death, how can it be ......"

Mu Heng shook his head in denial, but he was a little uneasy in his heart, after all, the situation was very different.

Before, Shunzhou thought that there would be reinforcements in the north before they dared to defend to the end, but now, their own defeat is great, and they are afraid that there will be no reinforcements coming in a short time, can they hold on any longer?

And just when a few people hesitated at the edge of the mountain and forest, not knowing whether to send someone over, there was a remnant of barbarians on the official road in front of them who had no banner and torn armor and stumbled straight towards the gate of Shunzhou.

After a big defeat, there were more northern troops scattered and fled, and naturally many people had the same thoughts as Mu Heng and them, and wanted to live in Shunzhou to save their lives.

Soon, as the team ran to the bottom of the city, after shouting and shouting, the guarded city gate really opened a crack in the door and let them in.

Seeing this, Mu Heng and the others finally put their minds at ease, Shunzhou was willing to include such a defeated army, and it was naturally not a problem for them to wait for the past.

But just as they stepped forward, about to expose their figures, there were several screams in the city on the other side, and then they returned to calm.

Although this movement was not big, it was tantamount to thunder in Mu Heng's ears, which made their bodies shake and quickly shrank back.

As they looked at each other, the expectation in their eyes had turned into suspicion and horror.

"Shunzhou City is hard to go......"

After a long time, Mu Heng made a decision in a dumb voice.

Although I don't know what happened, the worst possibility is that Shunzhou saw that the general trend was gone, so he decisively decided to surrender to the Southern Army.

And they have not changed their banners until now, or they are waiting for the arrival of the southern army to talk about the conditions; Either they specially prepared traps and waited for the defeated soldiers of the Northern Army to throw themselves into the net and calmly hunt and kill......

As I saw just now, these defeated soldiers just ran into it without knowing it, and then became the credit of Shunzhou.

And if it weren't for the remnants of the army who took the first step, I'm afraid it would be their line of work.

"Patriarch, let's ...... next"

Mu Heng looked at the city in front of him blankly, and said after a while: "Continue to walk from the mountains and walk back to Huayang ......."

This is obviously an extremely hard and dangerous thing, just from the battlefield to Shunzhou dozens of miles, they walked for three days, Huayang can be hundreds of miles away, and there is no food, its difficulty is even more than a hundred times.

Moreover, if they only walked through the mountains along the way, not to mention the pursuit of the southern army, the attack of wild beasts along the way alone was enough for them to bear.

Therefore, after hearing the patriarch's words, several loyal subordinates also showed fear and even despair on their faces.

Mu Heng said to himself at this time: "Now we have no choice, if we don't want to die, we can only endure hardships and walk back." Don't worry, when I return to Huayang, I Muheng will definitely not forget you......"

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard two miserable snorts behind him, turned his head in surprise, and saw his two personal guards lying in a pool of blood, and behind them stood the other two guards.

fled all the way here, there were only five people, including Mu Heng, but now there are only three people left.

"You ......" Mu Heng was full of anger, staring at the two guards holding the blood knife, and he didn't know what to say.

And after the two of them glanced at each other, they pounced fiercely, and shouted: "Patriarch, we have no choice, in order to survive, we can only tie you up and go to Shunzhou!" ”

Maybe these four people were completely loyal to Mu Heng before, even if they endured hardships along the way, they could endure it.

Because they still have a goal and thoughts, they feel that as long as they arrive in Shunzhou, they will be safe, and they can also be rewarded by the patriarch for this, and they will go to the top from then on.

However, Shunzhou's rebellion shattered this dream.

The two more loyal ones were still willing to be loyal, but the other two guards who were not part of the Mu clan's core completely changed their minds at this moment.

With just one eye contact, they made the final decision - to protect themselves, they had to be traitors once.

Soon, Mu Heng was subdued by his own guards, his hands were tied behind his back, but he still shouted: "You two fools, do you really think that you can protect yourself in this way?" Don't forget, your family is still in Huayang, and when my Mu family rises again, I will definitely ...... you."

The curse and threat soon disappeared, because his mouth was also blocked, and then he pushed and dragged him, and the two took him down the mountain and went straight to the gate of Shunzhou.