Chapter 69 Forgetting life and death, the prancing horse whips after the poor
"My lord, what should we do?" these were the words that the third prince's confidant Meng Zhiyuan asked in a panic.
"Withdraw!" the third prince, Meng Zhiyuan, shouted angrily. The situation was so bad that he could never have dreamed of it. The out-of-control army, the scattered soldiers, the rampaging Qingyue City army, the tragic scene in front of him broke his heart, and the attack on the palace of the July Kingdom became a hopeless fantasy, and years of hard work were in vain.
Turning the horse's head, the third prince Meng Zhiyuan led dozens of cronies to mix in the defeated army and withdraw from the battlefield. He wants to return to Qingyue City and integrate the army to make a comeback. Although the purpose of attacking the Imperial Palace of the July Kingdom could not be achieved, the task of harassing the interior of the July Kingdom and cooperating with the attack of his father Emperor Mengtan still had to be carried out.
The lord of Blue Moon City, Yue Liangqi, led his army to repeatedly fight in and out of the rebels, but he himself did not kill a few rebel soldiers. Because he was protected by his soldiers from any danger, he set his responsibility on finding the rebel leader Yue Pingfeng, the city lord of Green Moon City. Looking around, the scene of the fight and the fleeing figure interfered with his vision all the time.
Seeing that the battle was coming to an end, the Blue Moon City Lord Yue Liangqi still had nothing to gain, and his heart was anxious: "Wang Yan, have you ever seen that Green Moon City City Lord Yue Pingfeng?"
"Green Moon City City Lord Yue Pingfeng, what does he look like?" Wang Yan's answer made Blue Moon City City Lord Yue Liangqi stunned. How could Wang Yan be blamed for this, he didn't know Yue Pingfeng, the city lord of Green Moon City, at all. By the time they had finished destroying the rebel soldiers who had crossed the river and landed on the shore, and then crossed the river to kill the enemy, the remaining army of the rebels had already been slaughtered by the soldiers of Qingyue City who were attacking from the left and right flanks. At that time, it was no longer possible to tell which were soldiers and which were officers.
"His appearance is ......" The city lord of Qingyue City subconsciously wanted to describe the appearance of Yue Pingfeng, the city lord of Green Moon City, to Wang Yan, as soon as the words came out, he felt that something was wrong, and immediately shut up. Yes, the battlefield in front of us is full of captured rebel soldiers and dead corpses, and many more rebel soldiers have long since fled without a trace. At this moment, no matter how clearly the appearance of Yue Pingfeng, the city lord of Green Moon City, was described, it was useless. You can't let Wang Yan identify them one by one. Moreover. Who can guarantee that Yue Pingfeng, the city lord of Green Moon City, has not escaped?
"Clean up the battlefield. After a pause, Moon Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City, gave an order to his soldiers.
"Lord Castle, I understand what you mean. As the saying goes, capture the thief and capture the king first, if he is escaped by Yue Pingfeng, the city lord of Green Moon City. It's tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain. There is going to be hell to pay. Chaotic battlefield. We missed the opportunity, but there were rebel prisoners. From their mouths, we should be able to get the news we want. Wang Yan was very keenly aware of the disappointed mentality of Yue Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City, and came up with a countermeasure against his mind.
"The one who knows my heart is none other than you!" Yue Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City, praised Wang Yan.
Wang Yan smiled slightly, and accepted the heartfelt praise of Yueliang, the city lord of Qingyue City. After that, Wang Yan immediately ran to the nearest place where the rebel prisoners were.
"Do any of you see your commander, where is the Green Moon City Lord Yue Pingfeng now?" Wang Yan asked loudly as he asked the many rebel prisoners in front of him.
The rebel captives were blank and silent. Just now, they were all thinking about running for their lives, who can pay attention to the whereabouts of the officers.
Wang Yan did not get the answer he wanted, and was not discouraged, and ran to another group of rebel prisoners. It is important to know that the war had just ended, and the captured rebel soldiers had not yet gathered together in time.
"Have any of you seen your chief commander, where is Yue Pingfeng, the city lord of Green Moon City, now?" Wang Yan walked over to another group of rebel prisoners and continued to repeat the question.
No one knew about it, so Wang Yan left again, and then ran to the other rebel prisoners.
"I know. Wang Yan's efforts were not in vain, and finally the captives responded. The third prince, Meng Zhiyuan, led his henchmen to flee quietly, and as he rode past the captive, a henchman's horse ran into the soldier, causing the soldier to be injured and eventually captured.
"Speak quickly!" said the king, sternly, to prevent the rebel captives from lying. In his heart, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing the whereabouts of Yue Pingfeng, the city lord of Green Moon City, and it would be easy to do next.
"The city lord took the officers and rode back to the direction of Qingyue City. The rebel prisoner decisively said the direction in which the third prince Meng Zhiyuan and his henchmen fled, and stretched out his hand to indicate the specific direction. In his heart now, he hates the city lord and officers of Green Moon City to death, and he can become a prisoner, all thanks to those officers, in this case, it is natural to reveal the whereabouts of the officers.
"How long have they been fleeing?" Wang Yan understood that this was also very important, and whether they could catch up or not would depend on time.
"It's been half an hour. The rebel captive had a rough estimate of the time.
"Quick, bring a war horse over!" Wang Yan immediately ordered to the soldiers guarding the prisoners beside him after hearing the time the rebel captives said.
At the beginning, Wang Yan, Zhou Shan, Dong Yun, Yue Ting, Yue Yu, and the five of them left Qingyue City on horseback, and it took seven hours to reach here, but it was an ordinary horse. Of course, it won't take that long for the army's war horses, but it will take more than four hours to run at full speed, and there is still a glimmer of hope that they can catch up.
Flying and stepping onto the war horse led by the soldiers, Wang Yan clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and the war horse flew out like an arrow.
The speed of a well-trained war horse is naturally extraordinary. It's just that this kind of speed can't meet the requirements of chasing the rebel commander Yue Pingfeng, the city lord of Green Moon City, and other officers, after all, they are also riding the same trained war horses, and they have been quickly escaping for a long time.
Break out, war horse! Wang Yan didn't care about the war horse under his distressed crotch at the moment, and the whip he clenched and rained down on the war horse, madly stimulating this war horse and stimulating all its potential. One man and one rider disappeared in an instant, leaving all the soldiers who saw it dumbfounded.
"Lord Castle, we are worthy of our mission. After the battle, Zhou Shan and Dong Yun followed the instructions of the soldiers before they found Yue Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City. Came to him and reported on the battle.
"You've done a fantastic job and I'm very satisfied. Yue Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City, praised him, but the expression on his face was not very natural.
"My lord, what about Wang Yan?" Zhou Shan and Dong Yun were so careful, they found the abnormal expression of Yue Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City, at a glance, and at the same time found that Wang Yan, who they wanted to see the most at the moment, was not here.
"He .......," Yue Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City, hesitated for a moment, knowing that he couldn't hide it from these two girls, he sorted out his thoughts for a while, and then said, "He rode alone to chase the rebel commander. It was only after I received a report from the soldiers that I found out about this. I have already sent Adjutant General Shang Hong with 300 soldiers to support and respond. Wait with me for news. “
"Isn't Wang Yan always with adults? How could it be possible to chase the rebel commander alone?" Zhou Shan and Dong Yun felt that the sky had fallen, and their impatience was not enough to describe their anxious mood. Everyone knows that chasing the rebel commander alone is an act of life and death. No, that's just going to die, and there's no return!
"I sent Wang Yan to the rebel prisoners to inquire about the news of the rebel commander, who knows. He ...... "Qingyue City City Lord Yue Liangqi's words are not finished yet. was interrupted by Zhou Shan and Dong Yun.
"Which direction is Wang Yan going?" Zhou Shan and Dong Yun were talking to Yue Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City. Already on the war horse. As for the reason that Yue Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City, said, it didn't matter to them at all, and the top priority was to follow and catch up. It's just that he didn't know the direction of the road, so he didn't rush away.
"Girl, don't be impulsive, in case you have another three long and two short, when Wang Yan comes back, how should I explain. "Qingyue City Lord Yue Liangqi wants to persuade Zhou Shan and Dong Yun to stay.
"Don't worry about it, point the way!" Zhou Shan and Dong Yun could still listen to it, and kept urging.
"It's the direction to Qingyue City. "Yue Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City, really had nothing to do, so he had to send another three hundred soldiers to protect them, which could be regarded as an explanation, so he told Zhou Shan and Dong Yun the direction in which Wang Yan was chasing the rebel commander.
Seeing Zhou Shan and Dong Yun galloping away with the soldiers, Yue Liangqi, the city lord of Qingyue City, silently prayed for them in his heart.
Wang Yan desperately stimulates the potential of the war horse, in order to be able to catch up with the rebel commander. However, after all, the war horse is flesh and blood, and the potential of the body is stimulated to the limit, but it cannot be rested, and no matter how powerful the horse is, it cannot withstand such a lifeless drive. Finally, after running continuously for nearly two hours, the war horse under Wang Yan could no longer hold on, and his feet stumbled, driven by the huge inertia of running, and fell forward, and he actually lost his strength and died.
Of course, Wang Yan couldn't fall with the war horse, and the moment the war horse stumbled, he felt bad, and immediately jumped into the air and broke away from the war horse. He just glanced at the tired war horse, then performed light feats and continued to gallop, even if there was no war horse, with his feet, he had to catch up with the rebel commander.
Luck was not bad, it didn't take long for Wang Yan to unexpectedly find a rebel on a war horse, walking slowly in front. Blame the rebel for being careless, thinking that after escaping for so long, there would be no more pursuers to catch up, so he slowed down. This rebel was not a confidant officer who fled with the third prince, Meng Zhiyuan, he was just an ordinary soldier, and the war horse he was riding was lost from the battlefield and happened to be discovered by him.
Wang Yan was not merciful, this war horse was extremely important to him, not only because the war horse ran fast, but more importantly, it allowed him to save his physical strength and use it to deal with the rebel commander.
When they saw the outline of Qingyue City, the third prince Meng Zhiyuan and his henchmen and officers were relieved, as long as they returned to Qingyue City, which had already been occupied by them, everything could start again.
"Yue Liangqi, you wait for me, I won't take revenge, I won't give up!" The Green Moon City Lord 'Yue Pingfeng' gritted his teeth and swore an oath, took the water bag handed by his henchman, drank it all in one go, and slammed the water bag to the ground.
"Your Excellency, please take care of your health. "The confidant officers saw that the Green Moon City Lord 'Yue Ping Peak' was angry, and they comforted them together.
"A bunch of useless waste!" The Green Moon City Lord's 'Yue Ping Feng' heard the voices of his henchmen and officers, and vented his anger on them. is usually majestic and arrogant, but now he has become a lost dog, which makes him angry and angry.
The "......." henchmen and officers were scolded and didn't dare to fight back, and they all lowered their heads and looked gray.
At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves behind them, and the henchmen and officers were already extremely depressed, and they did not dare to attack in front of the city lord of Green Moon City, 'Yueping Peak', and now they were even more disturbed by the sound of rapid horses' hooves, and immediately several people scolded the people riding horses behind them at the same time.
"Looking for death! I don't know that the Lord of the City of Lu Dao is here, and he will not be punished for dismounting. "These henchmen and officers regarded the man on horseback behind them as an ordinary soldier.
"City Lord, is it the Green Moon City Lord Yue Pingfeng?"
"Bastard, dare to call the name of the adult, go to death!" a henchman officer waved his sword to meet him, eager to behave in front of the city lord of Green Moon City, 'Yue Ping Feng'.
"It's just him. The man on horseback smiled at the rebel officer who had slashed at him. This person is Wang Yan!
With a 'dang' sound, the two steel knives slammed into each other in the air, and what Wang Yan didn't expect was that the steel knife in his hand broke in response. This is not because the quality of the steel knife is not good, but it is caused by Wang Yan's excessive fighting on the battlefield and excessive use of the knife.
"Die!" Seeing that Wang Yan had no weapon, the henchman officer shouted again and slashed the steel knife at Wang Yan.
Except for the Silver Moon Sword left as a souvenir, Wang Yan didn't have any weapons around him. He knew that this was not the time to fight, otherwise he would not be afraid to deal with the rebels empty-handed. But not now, Qingyue City is not far away, once he is escaped back by the rebel commander 'Yue Pingfeng', he alone has no ability to attack the city. After silently saying 'I'm sorry' in his heart, Wang Yan took out the Silver Moon Sword and blocked the slashing steel knife.
After a crisp sound, the steel knife broke in half again, but the rebel henchman officer didn't even have a chance to be dumbfounded. The sharp blade of the Silver Moon Sword, after cutting off the steel knife, took advantage of the situation to cut the rebel henchman officer in half.
"Protect the City Lord!" The remaining dozen or so rebel henchmen suddenly realized that something was wrong, and rushed towards Wang Yan together with a shout.
Meng Zhiyuan, the third prince dressed as Yue Pingfeng, the city lord of Green Moon City, did not move, daring to kill his henchmen, he wanted to watch Wang Yan being chopped into meat with a knife.
It's just that after a while, the third prince Meng Zhiyuan changed his mind. Because the henchmen officers who rushed forward faced Wang Yan, there was no one to join them. Wang Yan just waved the Silver Moon Sword in his hand very casually, and those rebel henchmen and officers were in different places along with the weapons in their hands.
"You can't escape. After killing all the officers who protected the Green Moon City Lord Yue Pingfeng, Wang Yan chased after him, seeing that the gate of Green Moon City was clearly recognizable, he knew that Lu Dao could not pursue it any longer, and he had to kill the rebel commander immediately.
The Silver Moon Sword flashed with a dazzling light in the air, and it sank into the body of the Third Prince, Meng Zhiyuan, from behind. The corpse that had fallen from his horse had a bloody hole in his chest, and his eyes were wide open. (To be continued......)