At the end of August of the ninth year of Jinghan of the Wu Dynasty, the city of Hangzhou was broken, and 150,000 forbidden troops poured into the city.

Fang Qifo, the general under Fang La, led the elite of the direct line to break off, and started a street battle with the imperial army in the city.

At the same time, Fang La and the others led their armies to the west, and after a fierce battle, the remnants of Yongle scattered to the west and south.

The uprising set off by Fang La, the scope of the sweep is actually very large, Hangzhou is only the capital of Fang La's imperial state, and the foundation of its uprising is still in the area of Qingxi County.

After Fang La's army was defeated, the imperial army that rushed from all over the country continued to chase and kill the remnants of Fang La.

In just a few days, on the front of about 200 miles from Hangzhou to Qingxi County, tens of thousands of corpses were ambushed, and blood flowed like a river.

In the mountainous area a hundred miles northwest of Qingxi County, a defeated team dominated by the Badao battalion was crossing the mountains.

When the city was broken, the Badao battalion that went out of the city from the south received the task of the queen of the palace, and they did complete their mission, dragging a large number of court pursuers, so that many remnants of Yongle were able to escape.

However, when the battle stopped for a while, and Liu Xigua wanted to lead the Badao battalion to catch up with the large army of Fang La in the west, it was already the most serious battlefield pursued by Tong Guan.

Considering the situation of the Badao Battalion dragging his family and mouth, Liu Xigua chose to make a U-turn, go out of the city from the south, bypass Tong Guan's army, turn to the northwest, and join Fang La's army in the second half.

"Fang La's death is ......"

Ning Yi looked in the direction of Qingxi County and shook his head.

Ye Zixun sighed with emotion: "Yes, the momentum is too big, and now the tail is too big, if Fang La can't break his wrist and only take more than a thousand elites to the mountains to fall into the grass, it is estimated that he will be played by Tong Guan to death." ”

Ning Yi turned his head and glanced at Ye Zixun and did not reply.

On the day of the city's breakdown, Ning Yi considered that Su Tan'er was pregnant and it was difficult to run around with the army, so he asked Lu Hongti to stay by Su Tan'er's side to take care of it, and by the way, he asked Li Yun and Zuo Yu to protect their personal safety.

As for himself, together with Ye Zixun, he followed the army of the Badao Battalion to break through to the south.

During this period, Ning Yi emptied two magazines and killed many court generals who intended to hunt down and kill the women and children of the Badao Battalion.

On the contrary, it was Ye Zixun, who fished secretly along the way, and basically didn't do much except to protect Ning Yi.

This led to the overlord camp's extremely complicated perception of the two brothers, but Liu Xigua still trusted Ning Yi as always, and the strategy of the army's roundabout return was proposed by Ning Yi.

"Hey, look over there!"

Ye Zixun suddenly poked Ning Yi, pointed to the handsome young man standing beside the girl not far away, and said with a chuckle: "I guess, that little white face is suing you again!" ”

The little white face in Ye Zixun's mouth is named General Lu.

He was originally one of the orthodox strategists under Fang La's command, but when he broke the city, he was swept into the side of the Badao Battalion.

Liu Xigua knew that he had some skills, so he took him in the army, which could be regarded as a defeat of the generals.

Ning Yi said with a smile: "The literati are light, he is a military advisor, I am also a military advisor, watermelon trusts me, he is worried that he does not have his own ecological niche, so it is normal to look at me unpleasantly." ”

“…… Are you sure he just doesn't like you? ”

Ye Zixun said with a smile.

Ning Yi understood what Ye Zixun meant, but he just smiled slightly, as if he didn't care.

In the evening of the same day, the Badao Battalion was encamped, the fire was lit, and Liu Watermelon began to inspect everywhere.

Suddenly, General Lu walked out of the tent next to him and whispered something with a solemn expression.

After a while, the two walked into the tent next to them, and Lu Jiang took out a small notebook and whispered.

Suddenly, the girl stretched out her hand and clamped the other party's neck, Lu Jiang struggled desperately, but it was useless, for a long time, until he was about to suffocate to death, the girl let go of her hand.

"I said that...... It's all true...... It's all true......"

Lu Jiang fell to the ground and breathed desperately, handing over the small notebook as he spoke.

Liu Xigua took it silently and began to look through the contents of the paper by the light of the fire.

General Lu coughed twice, struggled to get up, and said in a trembling voice: "On the day the city was broken, in addition to the artillery factor, there was also the reason for Dong Fangyue, the guard of the north city gate...... He indulged in rumors, which caused the morale of the army to be discouraged, and the north gate was lost......"

"These days, I have been investigating, and I have asked the people in the team, some people know, after Bao Daoyi's death, Dong Fangyue's position was transferred with the participation of Ning Liheng, and the timber business of your Badao Camp has something to do with Leng Gong's side, and these operations are very ingenious...... And it just pushed Dong Fangyue to take the place of the former defender Leng Gong......"

"Nonsense!"

Liu Watermelon slapped it on the table and shouted angrily: "The court spies in the city are not taking advantage of our power to do things, and you have to rely on the master after eighteen turns, a villain like you will have to have three swords and six holes in my sword camp, and there is no need to discuss!" ”

As he spoke, Liu Xigua had to pull out a steel knife.

Lu Jiang didn't expect the girl in front of him to be so ruthless, and he was immediately frightened and his teeth trembled, and he shouted in horror: "I have conclusive evidence...... You look back...... Look back! ”

“……”

Seeing that Lu Jiang's expression was panicked, not as if he was faking, Liu Xigua couldn't help but fall silent.

She slowly lowered her head, flipped through the small notebook in her hand, looked at it quietly for a long time, and then slowly inserted the steel knife into the scabbard.

……

……

At night, Ning Yi sat on the grass outside the tent, boiling tea, and laughing with Ye Zixun beside him.

Suddenly, Liu Watermelon's figure appeared in front of the two.

Ning Yi was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Do you want to sit down and have a drink?" ”

Liu Xigua didn't reply, but turned his head to look at Ye Zixun: "Brother Ye, can you let us talk alone?" ”

Ye Zixun blinked, seemed to understand something, turned his head and gave Ning Yi a look of self-begging, then stood up, patted his ass and left here.

Liu Xigua sat in Ye Zixun's original position, looking at the jumping bonfire in a daze.

Ning Yi looked at her for a while, and suddenly said, "I still insist, no matter how the situation develops, I can't go to Qingxi County anymore." ”

Liu Xigua nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"A group of people dragged their families with their families, there are too many people to take care of, there are only 800 elite soldiers left on our side, and the remaining 3,000 are women and children, so we really don't have the capital to lose again...... I don't have a relationship with your Uncle Fang, these questions can be straightforward, the main thing is that everyone can see that the past is meaningless, they don't dare to say these words, I can tell you. ”

Liu Watermelon turned his head to look at the bright moon in the sky: "Why didn't you say it a few days earlier?" ”

"Just broke the city, you are also thinking about it, and now that you have thought about it, I can say it."

“…… Chen Fan: They want to go back. ”

"I talked to him, even if he wants to go back to Qingxi County, he can't take more than ten people with him, otherwise ......"

"Otherwise, you want Brother Ye to kill him?"

Ning Yi shrugged: "That's not it, at most he won't be able to leave." ”

Liu Xigua smiled: "Then he will hate you for the rest of his life!" ”

Ning Yi laughed when he saw Liu Watermelon, and he laughed too.

At the same time, above the heads of the two, Ye Zixun went and returned, quietly leaning on the treetops, looking at Ning Yi and Liu Xigua sitting below with complicated faces.

As a time-traveler who knows the plot well, he doesn't know what will happen next.

Liu Xigua discovered Ning Yi's identity as a spy and naturally wanted to come to him to confront him, but in Hangzhou for so many days, the two had already formed a friendship behind them, and Liu Xigua even fell in love with Ning Yi.

Of course, it may not be accurate to say that it is love.

Ye Zixun felt that it would be more appropriate to use the word comrade to describe it.

Liu Xigua's ambition was originally simple equality for all, until she met Ning Yi, and under the influence of the other party, intentionally or unintentionally, Liu Xigua began to understand the so-called democracy, freedom and equality.

In her eyes, Ning Yi is a close comrade-in-arms with the same ambition as her.

And this is a much closer relationship than the one who loves and is admired.

It was difficult for her to accept the fact that Ning Yi was a spy, and it was difficult for her to make a move against Ning Yi like this.

After a brief chat, Ning Yi began to talk to himself, as if explaining the future, and told all the development plans of the Badao Battalion in the future.

Liu Xigua listened silently, and it wasn't until Ning Yi finished speaking that she sang a breath, and said with ruddy eyes: "You know...... You know I'm going to come over tonight and ask you something......"

Ning Yi glanced at her and smiled a little complicated.

The girl stood up suddenly, and shouted angrily with red eyes: "You have been here for so long, have I treated you badly in the sword camp?!" ”

"I, Liu Qianqian, have never put my heart into you?!"

"What you said before, all those freedoms and equals, are they all fake?!"

Voices mixed with anger and grievance came out, and dense black shadows appeared around the tent.

Ning Yi glanced at those figures, and easily distinguished Chen Fan, Fang Shuchang, Liu Tiannan and other familiar friends.

Fang Shuchang sighed: "Brother Ning, I've known each other for so long, I believe you have a hard time, if you can prove your innocence, or prove the evidence that you can't help but say." ”

Ning Yi smiled, put down the teacup in his hand, and said softly: "The 1,200 people who followed behind us are not the Tong Guan Forbidden Army, they are the elite of Kang Fangting's Wusu Battalion, and in half an hour, they will launch a surprise attack from the southeast, Uncle Nan had better prepare first." ”

Fang Shuchang and Liu Tiannan and the others were stunned for a moment.

Liu Xigua tilted his head and said in a difficult tone: "Uncle Nan, go and confirm." ”

Liu Tiannan nodded and quickly left with a few scouts.

Ning Yi stood up at this time, his gaze swept over everyone, and finally stopped at Liu Watermelon, whose eyes were ruddy but his expression was stubborn.

"Everyone has to do different things, I've been here for so long, there are some things you don't know......"

"I don't have much to do with the imperial court, but there is an old man named Qin Siyuan who recently became the right prime minister, when I was still in Jiangning, I played a few games of chess with him, and it can be regarded as a friend of the year, so after leaving here, I will go to Beijing and do my part......"

Speaking of this, Ning Yi smiled gently and arched his hand towards Liu Xigua and the others.

"'Bloody Hand Man Slaughter' Ning Liheng, although the Tao is different, I am fortunate to meet you!"

Chen Fan sneered and strode out: "Can you walk?" ”

"Whoa—"

The sword light struck and nailed to Chen Fan's feet.

Chen Fan stopped, and everyone looked up, only to see Ye Zixun sitting on the treetops, holding a flying knife, looking at them apologetically.

"I'm sorry, guys."

"Although Ye doesn't want to make a move on you, ......"

Speaking of this, Ye Zixun paused, and then sighed: "In short, please give Ye a certain face, don't make Ye embarrassed." ”

(End of chapter)