The number of thieves who escaped began to increase, and the resistance became less and less, and everyone desperately wanted to run, so they were huddled together first, making it not so easy to escape.

The thieves who had fled the battlefield ran forward desperately, running as far as they could. I kept thinking in my heart, fortunately I stood a little back, now I can escape much faster than others, as long as I can escape, I will never be a thief in the future, it is better to be stable, at least my life is guaranteed!

Just as they were thinking about it, they suddenly felt a pain in their throat and it became difficult to breathe, and they reached out to touch their necks, and a crossbow arrow was shot into it at some point. Desperately opening his mouth wide, but the air in his lungs was still getting less and less, and then his consciousness began to blur, and he struggled to glance ahead, and then fell heavily to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, more than twenty thieves who were about to escape fell in a pool of blood, and those thieves who had not yet run far had to stop, bow down, and search everywhere where these cold arrows were fired.

I don't know how many people on the other side have not shown up, Hu Fei feels that he has fallen into a trap, maybe these people are bait, right? No matter what, he can only fight as hard as he can! Hu Fei shouted hoarsely: "Brothers, we can't escape, fight with them!"

Although Hu Fei screamed fiercely, and the thieves knew that he had a point, everyone was selfish and hoped that others would go up to fight while they would run away as soon as possible. There is no way to escape here, and who knows where these crossbowmen are hiding? This place is uncovered, and running out is not a target for others! I can only turn around and run in the other direction, and maybe I can escape the catastrophe.

I finally ran to the other side, and before I could catch my breath, another burst of crossbow bolts fell head-on. After a dozen thieves fell, others scattered like headless flies. It seems to be surrounded, there are troops everywhere, and all the people don't know where to run. When they are attacked in this direction, they turn around and run in the other direction, running around, all in circles, and no one can escape.

The students in the battle didn't know who was helping them, but it must have been their allies, and maybe the nearby city guards had come to their aid. The strong support boosted their morale, as if they had no end of strength, and the thieves they chased were running around.

After a long time, there are always some thieves who really can't run, so they simply throw away the weapons in their hands, squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, and there is a posture that Lao Tzu will not run away and let you dispose of it.

The most anxious thing is Hu Fei, everyone else can lay down their arms and surrender, but he can't. Even if he surrendered, he would have been executed, so he had to resist desperately. In fact, he also knew in his heart that the chance of leaving alive today was too slim, and death would be a matter of a little sooner or later. But if he wants to be caught, how can he be willing?

The situation is already under the control of the students, Liu Yu doesn't need to worry about anything, he can completely let it go. The heavy sword in his hand greeted Hu Fei mercilessly, and the fierce attack made it difficult for him to parry, and in an instant, there were dozens of more scars on his body.

With a "snort", Hu Fei received another heavy sword on his leg, and he could no longer stand firmly, staggering and falling to the ground. Before he could get up, Liu Yu's heavy sword was on his shoulder.

"What else do you have to say?" Liu Yu looked down at Hu Fei and asked calmly.

"Where are you city defense troops, and why are you arresting us so desperately?" Hu Fei said dejectedly, "If you want to be promoted and make a fortune, is it worth it for you to do this?"

"You're wrong, if you're like other thieves who only rob and oppress the nobles and merchants of the common people, I won't touch you. Liu Yu sighed, "It's a pity that you are so greedy for profit that you have forgotten the original intention of the establishment of the thieves group, and only think about satisfying your selfish desires by force." Even if you don't encounter us this time, you will be wiped out by other armies or bands of thieves. We are not city defense troops, but students of the Bokan Military Academy. We have our own beliefs, for the sake of the strength of the empire, for the sake of a better life for the people, we can abandon everything, including our lives!"

"I understand, I was wrong! I also vowed to save civilians from fire and water, but gradually, as I accumulated wealth, I forgot my oath and always wanted to use this money to satisfy my own **, instead of helping those civilians in need. Hu Fei muttered to himself, "I have today's fate, and it is also my own sin, and I can't complain about others." I hope that after you kill me, you will be able to spare the others. They are all from poor backgrounds, and although they have done some bad things, they are all orders from me, and all the blame should be borne by me alone. ”

"Do you really want to take all the blame? It's a mortal crime, and no one can save you. Liu Yu reminded Hu Fei.

"Think about it! I can't hold anyone else accountable for the crimes I have committed. Hu Fei closed his eyes and said firmly, "You can do it." ”

Opening his eyes again, Hu Fei looked at Liu Yu with some doubts: "Why don't you do it yet?"

"You go, remember what you said today, I don't want you to be doing something like this when I meet you again. Liu Yu withdrew his heavy sword and said to Hu Fei.

"You're going to let me go, why?" asked Hu Fei, puzzled.

"What's the point of killing you? it's better to have one more person who does justice for the common people. If you have repentance, why should I kill them all? Killing is only a means, not an end in itself. But if I let me know that you're still doing bad things in the future, I won't let you go, okay, you can get out of here with your men. ”

Hu Fei left with his group of thieves, and the students were still busy sorting out their weapons and equipment. After this battle, their confidence has increased a lot. Not a single casualty on our side was defeated, but they scattered their opponents and fled, and if they continued to fight, they would surely be able to annihilate them all.

Zhou Sheng walked out of the hiding place with his reconnaissance team, the crossbow arrows that had just been shot at the thieves were all done by them, and they intercepted the thieves and did not let anyone go.

"Commander, why did you let them all go?" Zhang Bo didn't understand Liu Yu's approach.

"If we don't let them go, will we still kill them all? Although these people have done a lot of bad things, they are not guilty of death, as long as they can change their ways, why should we kill them all? Now that Hu Fei has understood his mistake and left them alive, maybe he can do more good things for the poor civilians in the future, which is much better than killing them. Liu Yu explained to Zhang Bo and other cadres.

"Then why don't you take them to a nearby town and hand them over to the Archon to deal with?" asked Bian Yue again.

"What can be done by handing them over to the consuls? What is the use of killing them all? Besides, we don't have the time to escort them over, and we still have a task to complete. This battle has already delayed us for a long time, how can we have the time and energy to escort them to the next town?"

"I see. Bian Yue nodded, suddenly realized.

After an hour's rest, a little dry food, the team started again. It was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and eighteen hours had passed since they set out, and they had only traveled more than 160 kilometers, and in the next 30 hours, they would have to travel 340 kilometers to reach the designated place on time.

After this battle, the road ahead was much calmer. By eight o'clock in the evening, they had easily advanced more than 140 kilometers. However, the surging and flowing Evergreen River was silently lying in front of them at this time, making them have to stop moving forward again.

Liu Yu stood at the ferry by the river and looked out, the banks of the Changqing River were pitch black, and there was no light in sight. Even the ferry boat has been taken away, how should we cross the river? Liu Yu frowned and thought bitterly, swimming over? No, the hydrology of the Changqing River is complicated, and it has never been here before, and it is easy to encounter danger if you rush into the water, and it will be too late to rescue you once you are in danger in the water.

It seems that it is not advisable to requisition ships, not to mention whether there are ships in the vicinity, and even if there are, I am afraid that they will not be able to requisition them in a short time, and since the upper authorities have taken all the boats, they must not want us to use boats to cross the river.

"Zhou Sheng, you take a few people to check if there are any bridges that can be passed within ten kilometers upstream and downstream here, and at the same time see where the water flow is gentler and easy to pass, and the others rest in place. Liu Yu ordered.

It didn't take long, and Zhou Sheng had already turned back: "Commander Liu, I've checked it all, and there is no bridge found near here, that is, the water flow is relatively gentle at this ferry, and the river is very turbulent in other places, so it seems that we can only cross the river from here." ”

"You've worked hard, go down and rest first. After listening to Zhou Sheng's report, Liu Yu nodded and said, "As I expected, there are no bridges, no ferries, so we can only rely on ourselves." ”

"What should we do, let's swim over?" asked Bian Yue. In his mind, this was the only way.

"No, it's too dangerous, I can't let my classmates take this risk unless it is absolutely necessary, who knows what the danger will be underwater? Liu Yu decisively rejected Bian Yue's proposal. For a while, no one could think of any good way to cross the Evergreen River safely and quickly, and everyone fell into deep thought. "With this method we will be able to cross the Evergreen River in the shortest possible time, and there will be no great danger. Liu Yu stood up violently and said excitedly. (To be continued.) )