Only then did Liang Zhou know why Lu Changfeng did not follow the army to the expedition.

It turned out that he was waiting for him here, and he looked at the river not far in front of him, and the white mist was gradually covering the river.

He had probably guessed the outcome of this battle, but he was reluctant to go south of Xinjiang, even if he lost, he would rather die than surrender.

Liang Zhou's hand quickly stroked the saber on his waist, and said to the person on the side:

"Take all the guards with you and meet the enemy with me."

*

Here, Li Hanning also went to the shore with the army, but Xiao Ce took a step first, and Li Hanning looked at his back and didn't follow.

The guards on the side noticed this and hesitated, he was originally sent by Xiao Ce to protect Li Hanning.

"Your Majesty is just ahead, General Li, you-"

Li Hanning listened to his voice and looked over, and the scholar clan didn't dare to say anything more.

Li Hanning said: "You go and protect Your Majesty, I don't need people here." ”

The soldier looked visibly hesitant: "But—"

In case Xiao Ce blames him later, I'm afraid he won't be able to afford it.

"Don't worry, he won't blame you."

"Yes."

Li Hanning pulled the horse rope aside, and galloped towards the trail alone.

Strange to say, it was obviously the first time she came to southern Xinjiang, but since she went ashore along the way, she always felt that she was inexplicably familiar with everything here.

Here Liang Zhou is trapped in the mountains and valleys, the people around him are dead and scattered, and the surrounding guards are left, less than ten of them, and the surrounding highlands are all the sound of horses' hooves rushing back and forth, and now they are at night, and they can't see the situation at the bottom of the valley clearly, but these people trapped at the bottom of the valley know in their hearts, and everything will be clear as soon as the day dawns.

Xiao Ce's people should all be outside, and they have almost no chance of being able to kill them alive.

The armor worn by Liang Zhou had been cut in many places during the battle, his body and face were covered with unclear blood, and his hair was scattered in embarrassment, and he could only barely identify his identity through the white armor, and the sword he held in his hand at this moment was no longer stable.

Liang Zhou looked at the direction of Gukou and sighed heavily: "Let's go, Xiao Ce has given an order, don't kill the soldiers in Southern Xinjiang, you all have people in your family who are waiting for you to go back, the matter has come to this, you don't have to accompany me to lose your life in vain." ”

When the soldiers behind him heard this, they immediately panicked.

"What is the general saying, we are willing to follow the general to the death, and never leave the general alone."

Li Hanning watched all this in the dark, and admired these people very much in his heart, and at this time, he was also loyal to their general.

Liang Zhou walked in front with a calm face, and saw him look down at the sword in his hand, and the next moment he raised the sword and slashed it towards his neck.

Li Hanning stepped forward a little lightly, but she now had no weapon in her hand that could stop Liang Zhou's sword, and the surrounding branches were all dead wood, and she couldn't stop the sword in his hand at all, so she could only grab the sword body with her own hand in a hurry, although she dodged half a step along the sword momentum, but she still inevitably scratched her palm, but in a moment, blood dripped down the sword body and fell to the ground.

Only then did the soldiers behind him react, quickly got up, and shouted one after another:

"General Liang Zhou! Checkmate! ”

The expected result did not happen, and Liang Zhou only then opened his eyes and saw clearly who was the person who prevented him from committing suicide.

He also has some differences: "Li Hanning? ”

There was no one else around, only she was standing here alone, and Li Hanning came alone.

Liang Zhou put down the sword in his hand, and the soldiers behind him naturally saw it clearly, the person who came was the enemy, and he immediately stepped forward to protect Liang Zhou, but Liang Zhou looked at Li Hanning, who suddenly appeared, raised his hand, and they could only stand in place and dare not move.

Li Hanning drove alone for a long time before he finally found this place one step ahead of the army, and glanced at Liang Zhou: "I haven't seen Luoyang for a long time, General Liang looks much more embarrassed today than he was then." ”

Becoming a king or defeating a king, of course Liang Zhou knew what was waiting for him with a wry smile and dropped the sword in his hand.

Li Hanning looked at him and said: "General Gaoyi, I would rather die than surrender, I appreciate the integrity of the general, our Majesty too, our Majesty has always valued you, and his attack on Southern Xinjiang is also for the sake of the general's face, so he ordered those who surrendered not to be killed, the general has to think about it, if you die like this, you just achieved your own reputation, how will our Royal Highness treat the self-respecting King Yan in the future, and how will you treat these soldiers behind you?" ”

Liang Zhou's heart was shaken, Li Hanning knew that he could ignore his own safety, but he had led the troops for so many years, it was impossible not to feel sorry for his soldiers.

So she glanced at Liang Zhou, who was close at hand, and continued:

"General rest assured, from now on, even if Your Majesty wins this battle, your southern Xinjiang is still there, the throne of King Yan Weixing is still there, and your position as a general still belongs to your General Liang. Luoyang is far away from the mountains and roads here, so everything here will not change, but the country name is just a false name for Zhou. ”

Liang Zhou pondered his eyes for a moment, then suddenly frowned again, and looked at Li Hanning in front of him:

"It is precisely because Luoyang is far away from the mountains and roads here, your emperor will not rest assured."

Li Hanning knew that Liang Zhou's heart was already shaken, but he also knew what he was worried about.

"General Liang rest assured, he will rest assured, because I will stay here."

Li Hanning looked at Liang Zhou, who looked a little surprised, and said, "Now that the war is over, it's normal for me to go home, isn't it, brother?" ”

Liang Zhou's eyes widened at this moment when he heard this title.

Li Hanning continued: "You don't even plan to tell me that you are still alive, if you die like this, how will I deal with myself in the future?" I went back to southern Xinjiang this afternoon, if I hadn't come here, I happened to meet the house where I used to live along the way, and I remembered those things, don't you plan to let me know? ”

Liang Zhou choked for a while: "I-"

But then he seemed to understand that he had done everything wrong.

Liang Zhou said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry. ”

Li Hanning shook his head: "It's me who should say I'm sorry, I've almost forgotten what happened when I was a child for so many years, and I've never looked for you for so long." ”

When the two of them were still talking about the old days, there seemed to be movement on the top of the mountain, the torches around them were getting brighter and brighter, and their army finally discovered the people hiding here, Xiao Ce looked down at Li Hanning in the valley surrounded by Lu Changfeng and other soldiers around him.

Liang Zhou was taken back to the military camp where he was temporarily resting, but he was treated politely not as a general, but as a general.

As for the reason why Xiao Ce didn't go to Liang Zhou in the first place, it was because he was taking a military doctor to Li Hanning to show her the injuries on her hands.

Xiao Ce looked at the military doctor on the side and asked a little anxiously, "How is it?" ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, General Li has only suffered some skin injuries, I will prescribe some external medicine, don't move your left hand these days, but it will be back to the same in a few days."

Li Hanning's left hand trap was wrapped with layers of gauze, it was just some flesh wounds, nothing to be surprised about.

Instead, Li Hanning glanced at Xiao Ce and comforted: "Don't worry, there is nothing big about it." ”

Xiao Ce looked at her like this, and couldn't bear to blame: "You, this time you even sent away the guards I sent to you privately." ”

At that time, when he saw the guards come back, he knew what was happening, and Xiao Ce was still very worried about her safety at the time, but he was finally relieved to see her in the valley later, and Xiao Ce almost heard about what happened later.

Lu Changfeng was also a little surprised: "I've never heard you talk about this before, your home is in southern Xinjiang?" Liang Zhou is actually your brother? If I had known, I wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble before. ”

Li Hanning shook her head, she knew Liang Zhou very well before: "Even if he knew before, he would not betray Southern Xinjiang." ”

He's that kind of person.

He has always been loyal to Yan Wang Weixing.

Lu Changfeng said thoughtfully: "But it's okay now, if Wei Xing hears about tonight's battle, and hears that Liang Zhou is now in our hands, it will be a matter of time before he surrenders." ”

After a few people finished chatting about business, the entire camp suddenly quieted down, Lu Changfeng glanced at Li Hanning and then at Xiao Ce, and suddenly understood:

"By the way, Your Majesty, it's not too early now, and there are still some things to deal with on the minister's side, so I won't bother much."

Xiao Ce waved his sleeves, and Lu Changfeng understood what was going on, and seemed to have to retreat.

Li Hanning looked at Xiao Ce and confessed: "He is not my brother, he has such a thought, and there is no way for Southern Xinjiang, when I saw Liang Zhou today, he was about to commit suicide, if he died at the bottom of the valley at that time, for Your Majesty, the matter of recovering Southern Xinjiang would be tantamount to abandoning all previous achievements." ”

Liang Zhou's prestige in southern Xinjiang is very high, not only the generals in the army, but also the people of southern Xinjiang love this general, if they really force this general to death, even if they temporarily recover the land in southern Xinjiang, they will also lose the hearts of the people here, Luoyang is far away from here, and over time, there will always be another accident.