Two hundred and five chapters, trade-offs
"I'll see if I can stop him. Fang Zhi said that he was about to leave, and the purpose of his and Song Letian's hurried steps was to prevent this possibility, and at this time, the remedy might be able to stop Xu Ao before the letter was delivered.
"Senior brother, it's too dangerous, maybe the letter has been delivered now, if you run into a soldier now, wouldn't it be self-defeating. Tang Mushan did not agree with Fang Zhi to take the risk.
"Yes, senior brother, it's too risky to go in the past anyway, and it may not be too late to send another letter, so it's important for us to hide first and save our lives. Song Letian proposed, but he knew that Ji Qingxuan had several generals under him, and all of them had immortal cultivation skills, if a few people joined forces, they would probably not be able to get out alive with the seriously injured Lin Zheng Li Yu.
Fang Zhi hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded in compromise: "That's it, let's pack our things and prepare to escape." ”
As they spoke, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Fang Zhi and the three of them subconsciously drew their swords, thinking that the pursuers had already chased here, but when they turned around and saw the pale figure, they remembered Li Yu, who had been in a coma.
The three of them secretly scolded themselves for being stupid, how could the pursuers be so fast, and then asked Li Yu: "Brother Li, how is your health?"
Li Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then guessed that the three of them had recognized the identities of themselves and Lin Zheng: "The injury is fine, but I can't fight." ”
"Brother Li drink some rice porridge first, let's go pack up our things, we are ready to evacuate, the time is urgent, let Brother Lin tell you in detail." After Fang Zhi finished speaking, he hurriedly took the two of them out of the room to sort out the supplies of a few people.
"What is the situation now. Li Yu asked Lin Zheng while drinking hot rice porridge.
"We have been out of contact for three days, Wang Zixuan is estimated to have led troops to kill, I wanted to write a letter to report safety, but the letter was intercepted by Lu Changming's brother-in-law Xu Ao, and when he read the letter and went to the rebel army, the rebel army is estimated to know our whereabouts. ”
If Lin Zheng's words were heard by ordinary people, it would take a long time to digest them, but Li Yu quickly nodded: "No wonder Fang knows that they want to evacuate." ”
Then Li Yu asked Lin Zheng again: "Do you still want to report your safety to Wang Zixuan, if Wang Zixuan comes, I'm afraid it will delay the front line, and now the Qi and Zhao Alliance is not suitable for us to make enemies." ”
"Don't report it, let him come over quickly, no matter how late it is, we have to collect the corpse, there is no shortage of masters in the rebel army. Lin Zheng can only hope for Wang Zixuan now, if he can find himself quickly, he can be regarded as asking for danger.
When the two were talking, Fang Zhi and the three of them packed their things and asked the carpenter in the county to make a wheelchair in advance.
Lin Zheng was helped into a wheelchair by Fang Zhi, and everyone quickly left the courtyard.
Lin Zheng's wheelchair has no shoulder straps on the back and cannot walk on his back, but looking at Li Yu's pale face, I am afraid that he will not be able to carry him.
Fang Zhi and Song Letian could carry Lin Zheng on their backs, but that was too eye-catching, so the three of them just walked slowly and did not make any eye-catching behavior.
There are a lot of beggars in this county, and along the way, Lin Zheng saw many nameless beggars, who were unkempt and hid in the corner watching a few people.
When I came to the entrance of the county, there were no officers and soldiers guarding here, and there was not even a gate, only a small stone tablet with the words "Liuzhi County" written on it.
Lin Zheng knew at this time that he had been taken by Fang Zhi to a very remote county, and even the county was a little reluctant, but it was just a small village.
As if seeing Lin Zheng's thoughts, Fang Zhi spoke: "We are thirty miles away from the city, which is the most remote town here, and the rebel army camp is about fifteen miles away from here, the army will come soon, and we need to run into the mountains to hide." ”
Fang Zhi said, and didn't walk long on the official road with everyone, and then plunged into the woods next to him.
The road in the woods was overgrown with weeds and rattans blocking the way, Fang Zhi waved his long sword in front of him, cutting out a passage all the way, and Lin Zheng's wheelchair was also entangled in weeds, and the four wheels could no longer turn, so Tang Mushan and Song Letian could only hold a wheelchair and carry Lin Zheng on their backs.
"Excuse me. Lin Zheng said.
"Brother Lin, don't be like this, if there is no Brother Lin, I'm afraid that the three of us will be wiped out by Ji Qingxuan, this little thing is nothing. Fang Zhi cut off the vines in front of him and smiled.
Lin Zheng smiled and didn't say more.
Suddenly, a heart-shaking roar came from the woods, accompanied by the screams of some animal.
"It looks like this forest is not peaceful, be careful. Fang Zhi turned around and focused on his surroundings.
As they walked, they found a pool of blood, as well as some fur and minced flesh, in a clearing not far ahead, the blood was fresh, and it seemed that the roar had just come from here.
"Don't get contaminated with fishy smells, let's take a detour. Lin Zheng said at this time.
"Good. Fang Zhi nodded, turned around and led everyone around, and finally found a hillside near the water source, and there was a cave at the bottom of the slope that happened to accommodate a few people.
After a few people entered, Fang Zhi re-erected the grass around him and completely covered the cave.
Because of the proximity to the water source, the cave is a little damp, and the walls around it are a little sticky and dusty.
Li Yu had already lost his physical strength, so he relied on perseverance to persist here, and now that he could rest, he immediately sat on the ground panting for breath.
"You rest first, I'll go out and collect some dry firewood. Fang Zhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the sky that had gradually darkened, and hurriedly went to prepare to make a fire.
In Liuzhi County, the county where several people left, an army of tens of thousands of people neatly surrounded the town, and among the first few generals, a rugged-looking man with a big ring golden knife carried Xu Ao and asked, "Is this Liuzhi County?"
"The letter said that it was Liuzhi County, but I don't know the specifics. Xu Ao said with a smile.
"Hmph. Hearing this, the man waved his hand, and hundreds of people immediately walked out of the army: "Search for me, see if the person is still there, if not." ”
A cold light flashed in the man's eyes, and he pinched Xu Ao's broken wrist.
Xu Ao's howl of pain was clearly heard by the entire army: "Everyone here will pinch your broken arm for an hour, and then hang you outside the barracks." ”
With that, the man finally let go of his hand.
The rest of the people are accustomed to the man's move, and if the man doesn't do it, they will do it, after all, they can't be played like this.
Xu Ao's pale face was squeezed with sweat, and the severe pain made him unable to say a complete sentence.
"Lin Zheng, you must be here. Xu Ao looked at the army of tens of thousands behind him and prayed silently.
Time passed bit by bit, and the teams that went to search soon all returned, and after careful searching, everyone did not find any trace of Lin Zheng.
"Boy, what do you say. The man who had just put down his cruel words looked at Xu Ao with a cruel smile: "Your time of 10,000 people was wasted by you like this." ”
"No, no, Lin Zheng must be here, general, you quickly send someone to look for it, this is a great opportunity to kill the Heavenly Master Pavilion Master!" No one found Lin Zheng, Xu Ao was very anxious, and now seeing the man's sneer, Xu Ao's heart was about to jump out.
"General, you, listen to me, I can't joke with my life, Lin Zheng must be here, you are carefully searching and searching, the great merit of killing the Heavenly Master Pavilion Master must be yours. Xu Ao knelt on the ground and begged the man to send someone to search again.
"Listen, listen, kill the master of the Heavenly Master Pavilion one by one, but aren't you from the Heavenly Master Pavilion? He also wrote to you to send the news, what is the result?" The man sneered twice, he is a general, and he looks down on Xu Ao the most on weekdays, if he falls into trouble in the future, is it also Lin Zheng's step? So Xu Ao came with important news several times, and he didn't give Xu Ao half a bit of politeness.
"My lord, ...... you" Xu Ao trembled and couldn't speak.
"Okay, he's right, no one will joke with their lives, Lin Zheng should have been here before, maybe he found our traces and ran away in advance. Another general, who had been silent, said, this person did not look as rough as the previous one, but had fine skin and tender flesh like a scholar, but the strange shape of the long sword at his waist was indeed very extraordinary.
"Well, I think so too, all around this area are deep mountains and old forests, it is not difficult for Lin Zheng to hide, it seems that we are bound to search the mountains. The rugged man nodded, agreeing with the man's remarks.
"Don't delay, our people can't even search this town, it must be in the mountains. The last general turned his head and ordered, "Search the mountain!"
The army of tens of thousands of people began to spread out along the official road, and walked into the deep mountains and old forests on the side one by one.
"If you can't find Lin Zheng, no one is allowed to go down the mountain. The rugged general shouted.
Xu Ao trembled on the side and didn't dare to speak, and at the same time, regret rose in his heart, even if he broke his hand, he was also a young master, why did he do this self-destructive thing?
Xu Ao's intestines were blue at this time, and a mouthful of blood spurted out of his chest.
"Aren't you suffering from some terminal illness?" Seeing this, the rugged man immediately kicked Xu Ao out of the air: "Stay away from me, don't infect me." ”
It was soon getting dark, and the search for the mountains was slowing down, and everyone in the army began to light torches.
At this time, the letter officials on fast horses on both sides arrived, and handed over the urgent letter in their hands to several generals: "General, Wang Zixuan of the Zhige Army has led an army of 100,000 to the front of the battle, and the generals need to go back to support immediately." ”
"What?" the rugged man frowned.
At the same time, some soldiers rushed down from the mountain and shouted: "Found it! Found it! Found the traces of Lin Zheng, there is a path that I think cut out winds all the way to the mountain, it should be Lin Zheng!"
News came from both sides at the same time, and the rugged general frowned for a while.