In the middle of the night, the news of Lingqiu City finally reached the city of Diyun.

Gao Yuan, who was shocked, did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the whole army to retreat and return to Lingqiu City.

The guards, who had been closely watching the movements of the Zhennan army from the city tower, immediately reported the military situation to the guard general Zhu Long, who happened to have just received the news from Lingqiu City, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately ordered the city to be pursued, and trumpeted the news that "Gao Fei, the head of the rebels, was assassinated".

"Presumably, except for Gao Yuan, the Zhennan Army is still in the dark, as long as the news spreads, they will definitely be in turmoil, we have been pressed and beaten for so long, it's time to raise our eyebrows!"

Zhu Long gave orders to several generals under his account: "Pass my general's order, I will personally lead 800 light cavalry to go first, and the rest of the troops will go out of the city in three ways to pursue, and be sure to complete the siege before dawn!"

In an instant, the offensive and defensive momentum of Diyun City has been reversed, and the original aggressive Zhennan army was extremely embarrassed when it retreated, Zhu Long took the lead in pursuit, and saw countless blades, armor and baggage abandoned by the Zhennan army along the way, and he laughed in his heart: "Where is this retreat, it is simply a rout! Without Gao Fei, this Zhennan army is just a group of rabble!"

He seemed to have forgotten that when the Zhennan Army was brilliant and famous on the border, Gao Fei was just a son and brother in Diyun City who chanted poems and eulogies, and occasionally played fists and feet, danced knives and guns.

The fourth prince Gao Yuan, who seems to be a weak scholar, is actually the real soul of the Zhennan Army.

At some point, a light rain finally began to fall in the gray sky, and there seemed to be muffled thunder rolling in the sky.

The road gradually became muddy, slowing down the pace of the large army following Zhu Long, but unfortunately Zhu Long, who was greedy for merit, did not notice this, he still led the eight hundred light horsemen to chase after him quickly, completely ignoring the distance between them and the main force.

Perhaps it was because he had been oppressed by the ferocious offensive of the Zhennan Army for too long these days, Zhu Long only felt indescribable joy in his heart at the moment, so that behind him, cold arrows had been shot out of the woods on both sides of the road, and several cavalrymen had fallen to the ground behind him, and he didn't immediately realize that the danger was approaching.

Until an iron chain suddenly appeared on the muddy ground in front of his eyes.

It was an iron chain that chased souls and asked for life, the war horse under Zhu Long's crotch let out a desperate wail, and had already tripped over the iron chain and fell to the ground, Zhu Long rolled on the ground several times, and when he opened his eyes in the mud on his face, he only saw a cold knife light in front of him.

Southern Chu Palace.

"Newspaper—"

It was late at night, the lights were still on in the Guogong Mansion, and a guard rushed to the front of the hall in a hurry, shouting: "The head of the rebel army, Gao Fei, has been assassinated, and the Zhennan army outside the city has all retreated!"

There were Zhu Ning and Zhu Lan father and son sitting in the hall, Zhu Lan stood up in surprise when he heard this, and exclaimed, "Really?"

The guard replied: "Back to the second son, it's true!"

Although Zhu Ning didn't speak, his originally tense expression was also soothed.

The eldest prince ordered people to spread the news that Gao Fei had died, and led the whole army out of the city to pursue. The guard added.

Hearing this, Zhu Ning, who had just looked calm, suddenly changed his face and suddenly got up.

Zhu Lan still couldn't believe it, "Gao Fei is really dead?"

The guard hesitated for a long time and replied, "This matter is still uncertain, but according to Lingqiu City's tip, Gao Fei was shot in the head by the artifact of Qingqiu Kingdom, the Snow Sculpture Divine Bow, and even if he didn't die on the spot, it is estimated that he will not live long." ”

Hearing this, a look of regret swelled on Zhu Lan's face, perhaps deep in his heart, he didn't want to see the rare genius of the Southern Chu Kingdom fall like this.

Zhu Ning asked with a pale face, "When did the eldest prince chase him out?"

"The eldest prince got the news a little earlier, and when he saw the Zhennan army retreating, he chased him out, and it had been almost an hour since he set off. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Ning sat down as if he had heard a huge bad news, and he muttered in a low voice with dull eyes: "It's bad, it's bad, it's too late, it's too late......"

Zhu Lan didn't hear what his father said clearly, only found that his face was ugly, and he couldn't help but feel strange. Since he was sent to Qingqiu Country as an envoy, everything has been carried out according to Zhu Ning's design, and now Gao Fei has really failed, and even the Zhennan army has been repulsed, why is his father not happy at all?

Suddenly, Zhu Ning seemed to remember something again, turned his head to look at Zhu Lan and said, "Get out of the city quickly! Let all the troops quickly withdraw to the city!

Although Zhu Lan didn't quite understand why his father was so anxious, he didn't ask, because he saw his father's anxious look, and he didn't have time to explain the reason to himself, so he had to take the order and leave.

Zhu Lan had just stepped out of the city gate on horseback, but he saw another guard hurrying from outside the city, but this guard looked panicked and sad, obviously what he brought back was not good news.

Zhu Lan remembered what his father had asked the guard just now and his dejected expression, and vaguely guessed something, after all, he didn't seem to have seen Zhu Ning so lost in his life, as if he had aged several years all of a sudden.

"Second son!" The guard saw Zhu Lan, "pounced" and knelt on the ground, and said sadly: "The eldest prince led eight hundred light cavalry to pursue the enemy, and encountered an ambush on the way, the eldest prince he, he ......"

Zhu Lan almost fell off his horse: "What's wrong with my eldest brother?"

"The eldest son, he has ...... I'm already dead!"

"What?" Zhu Lan only felt that the world was spinning for a while, although he had a vague premonition, but it was still difficult for him to accept the news when he heard the news.

"Report-" Zhu Lan had not yet woken up from this huge bad news, but another herald guard ran from outside the city, but this guard came from the northwest.

"Second son, there is a report from the scouts in the northern Xinjiang, the Yan family has learned what happened to Lingqiu City and Wangdu, and the general Yan Jin personally led 50,000 black-armored soldiers, and he is rushing to the king overnight!"

Zhu Lan only felt that there was another thunderbolt on his head, and then he suddenly realized, why his father was so anxious to order him to go out of the city to recall all the troops, it turned out that he had already expected that the Yan family would take advantage of the fire to rob, at this moment, he had no time to think about it, and he didn't have time to grieve for Zhu Long's death, he shook his horsewhip fiercely and galloped away in the direction of the south.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier.

The muddy road was not easy to walk, but the fourth prince Gao Yuan still did not stop, although he arranged for some troops to ambush the pursuers behind him, he himself still led the main force of the Zhennan Army to rush desperately in the direction of Lingqiu City.

Now his heart was full of remorse, he hated why he didn't send more people to follow Gao Fei back to Lingqiu City, and hated that when Gao Fei left alone, he still suspected that he was the murderer of the first king.

Now thinking about what happened that night, he already realized that there were many doubts.

How did Qin Yu come to his tent without being discovered by others, and still be able to sneak away quietly under Gao Fei's nose?

When did she become a companion in the palace?

What's even more strange is that that night, as if enchanted, she turned a blind eye to these loopholes that now seem so obvious, and instead believed in what she said.

He even suspected that he had just had a dream that night.

But now is not the time to think about this, he just wants to hurry back to Lingqiu City, he hopes that his third brother is still alive, and he can hear him, he wants to tell what happened that night and ask for his forgiveness.

He also knew that Ling Qiu Cheng must be isolated now, and if Gao Fei was not dead, he had to rush back as soon as possible to save him and save that glimmer of life.

What he didn't know was that Goofy couldn't wait for his rescue, and Ling Qiu Cheng couldn't wait either.

On this night of thunderstorms, the five thousand defenders of Lingqiu City were powerless under the sweep of the most elite Holy Silver Iron Cavalry of Qingqiu Country, and together with the city lord Xiang Qiushan, they were all killed in the city, and the entire army was wiped out.

And these 10,000 cavalry did not stay in the city for a long time, the cavalry is good at charging into battle, not sticking to the lonely city, Ying Tianjiao is very clear about this truth, the purpose of the original order to capture Lingqiu City is only to block Gao Fei's back road, and now Gao Fei fled to Qingqiu Country, but it is in his arms.

Now all the cavalry has withdrawn from Lingqiu City, leaving only an empty city waiting for Gao Yuan and his Zhennan army.

At this time, Ying Tiancao, like Gao Yuan, was also in a hurry.

Because the clouds and dust will not stop to rest because of the rain, and the Ying Tianjiao will naturally not either.

In this sleepless night, everyone seems to be on the way, and perhaps only those who sleep forever do not need to run for the disturbances of life.

Unlike these people, although Nangong Yue was also on the road, it was impossible to rush in the rain on such a thunderstormy night.

She was not in a hurry, because there were still two days before the agreed time of arrival, and in the evening, the entourage had already arranged for her to go to the palace in the nearby city, but the princess was tired of the step-by-step routine on the way, and did not want to stay in the city longer, and insisted on continuing to take the official road.

Who knows that people are not as good as the sky, it suddenly rained on the way, so he could only stop and camp in place, and now Nangong Yue is staying in the tent set up by the entourage and sleeping soundly, maybe she is having a wonderful dream.

She didn't know that she might never be able to reach Lingqiu City, because Ying Tianjiao had returned from Lingqiu City, and he would bring this nominally married princess back to Qingqiu, anyway, the news of the peace between the two countries had not spread, and besides, he had another reason for her to return.

Because she will never see her own wishful husband.

Nangong Yue was awakened by the sound of hurried horses' hooves.

The person who came was Yun Luochen who was on the run, and he had already recognized it from afar, this was the real family sending team of Qingqiu Country.

It is obviously impossible to rely on these people to stop Ying Tiancao, but Yun Luochen knows very well that to deal with Ying Tiantribulation and his 10,000 cavalry, maybe only one person is needed, which is more than enough.

He untied the belt that had tied Goofy to himself, carefully helped Goofy to sit down against a large tree by the side of the road, and then lunged towards the largest and most luxurious tent in the camp.

The accompanying guards all rushed over, trying to block Yun Luochen's footsteps, but unfortunately Yun Luochen's strength was much higher than them, and these people almost didn't see his figure clearly, Yun Luochen had already broken into front of Nangong Yue.

Nangong Yue is not a little girl who has never seen the world, although she was a little surprised, she was not very panicked, but she was surprised: "It's you?"

The guards outside were about to rush in, but they were stopped by Nangong Yue, "No need to come in, I know him." ”

She looked at Yun Luochen carefully, and said with a smile: "You are the heir of the Yun family who just came here not long ago, I have seen you in the palace, and I heard that your martial arts are very good." ”

Yun Luochen didn't have time to chat with her, so he only said, "Offended!" and sealed her acupuncture points like lightning, Nangong Yue's face changed drastically, but she couldn't move.

Yun Luochen held Nangong Yue under his arm with one hand, rushed out of the tent, pulled out the giant sword behind him and swung it around, and the fierce sword qi shook all the guards who came up and flew out, and at the same time, there was wind under his feet, and he quickly ran towards the tree he had just dismounted.

Yun Luochen finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Ying Tianjiao was so obsessed with this princess, with her as a hostage, Ying Tianzheng would definitely not dare to act rashly again.

But when he came to the bottom of the tree, his heart that had just been put down was like falling into an ice cave again, because there was no one under the big tree.

Goofy is gone.