The fifth day of May is the Dragon Boat Festival again.
This year's Dragon Boat Festival is obviously different from usual. The dense dark clouds and rumbling thunder make the local weather in Muzhou look particularly depressing, making it look like a storm is coming. What makes the local people even more uneasy is that officers and soldiers have left the city from time to time in the past few days. As for their whereabouts, it is unclear.
As the coach of the Song Army, Sun Tu did not take action this time. In fact, with his current identity and status, he really does not need to be involved in everything anymore and is always at the front of the team. Even if today's battle is related to the final outcome of Jiangnan's peace, he only needs to sit tight in the city and wait for the news to come.
At dusk, it was already dark. As a bolt of lightning struck across the sky, a loud thunder sounded, and the heavy rain that had been simmering for the whole day began to fall, making the originally sultry weather suddenly feel relieved. Sun Tu, who was sitting calmly in the hall before, also stood up and walked to the corridor outside the hall. He looked up at the rain line connecting the sky and the earth, and breathed out softly: "It's time for a result..."
"It should be close. With the skills of those soldiers and the help of the locals in Yuandong to lead the way, they will be able to catch them off guard. Moreover, in this weather, it will be inconvenient for Fang La to escape even if he wants to. Today, he will be captured in one fell swoop. No future trouble!" Tong Mu said in a very affirmative tone with his fist.
"Yes, we have done everything, and there is no reason for anything to go wrong. Then we will wait a little longer, and the news will come back around dawn." Sun Tu raised the corner of his mouth, but he had already turned around and returned to the hall. Even if there was another thunderous explosion behind him, his body did not move at all.
The same thunder sounds naturally louder at high places, especially when standing in the mountains, with no shelter and no obstructions, watching the lightning pierce the sky from above, and the thunder is rumbling in the ears, which makes Qu Hu's heart He twitched unconsciously, and there was a trace of confusion and uneasiness.
But he has long been accustomed to this. Ever since he escaped from Muzhou with His Majesty and fled to the mountains, almost all the brothers had no idea and were full of fear and uneasiness. Who could have imagined that in just over a year, they, who had almost conquered the entire Jiangnan area, would be completely defeated. They could not even hold on to their last lair, and could only flee into the remote mountains and forests of this poor country.
It shouldn't be like this. Under the leadership of Your Majesty, Prime Minister Fang, Pang Shuai and General Fang, our Wu army should have swept across the south of the Yangtze River and entered the Central Plains to fight against the long-dead Song Dynasty and seize their power. The country is the one. But in the end, the result was like this. Now the future is bleak, and I have no idea how to survive.
In fact, during the one or two months after escaping into the mountains, seven out of ten of the people who had been following His Majesty were gone, leaving only the most loyal ones still around. And even so, many of these people want to escape because they can't get used to the precarious life they live today. And now, around the cave where His Majesty is behind him, there are only more than 500 brothers waiting. If this continues, in a month or two, even if the official army has not entered the mountain to attack, they themselves will be dispersed.
He, Qu Hu, was just an illiterate warrior who only wanted to fulfill his duty, so although he saw some problems, he didn't know how to solve them.
, the only thing that can be done is to guard this area and prevent any possible threats from appearing in front of His Majesty.
It was the same tonight. The sultry weather and the sudden thunderstorm made him feel uneasy, so he took a few close followers and patrolled the edge of the mountain forest in the dark in case anything happened. Even at this night, his eyesight was not affected too much, and he could still clearly see the situation ten feet away.
Just as he walked to the corner of a mountain col ahead, he suddenly saw a black shadow passing by. This suddenly made his heart skip a beat. He had already grasped the spear tightly in one hand, and his pace became extremely fast, and he whispered He yelled: "What the hell!" As he roared, the soldiers who followed him also became alert. They all raised their guns and swords, and were ready for battle. Because of his skill, he took the lead. He rushed to the front and turned the corner with a huff.
Originally, he only thought it was a small mountain beast frightened by lightning and thunder, running around. Although it seemed full of momentum, he did not really believe that any terrible enemy would appear at this time. But just as he jumped around the corner and looked around suddenly, he was horrified to find that there were many people lying in front of him, all of them holding sharp weapons in their hands, as if they were dormant and hunting beasts...
"Yes..." Just as he was about to shout a warning, lightning broke out in the sky again, and then there was another rumble of thunder, which completely covered up his roar. And at the moment when the lightning suddenly started, two people flashed out from the black shadows hiding here, and rushed towards him as fast as possible. When he was halfway, three cold lights were already stabbing him faster than lightning. In his throat and heart.
When the lightning disappeared and the men behind him rushed towards him, Qu Hu's body had already trembled, completely lost his strength, and fell down on his back.
This change was so sudden and so fast that these remnants of the Wu army were unable to make any further reaction. Some people opened their mouths, but they were too frightened to even call for warning. At this time, the large black shadow in front of them had rushed towards them, using both swords and guns to kill fiercely. They did not spare any effort and had no intention of leaving anyone alive.
Since the Wu Army patrol post was found here, it proved that the target they were looking for was in front, so they did not need to take any prisoners. They just wanted to get closer before the enemy discovered their whereabouts and launch the final attack as soon as possible.
When another bolt of lightning lit up, there were only large bodies of corpses on this mountain col, as well as blood that had been washed away by the rain but could not be washed away. But the murderers who caused all this had already appeared in front of the simply built bamboo and wooden houses, and a new round of massacre was about to begin.
"Rumble..." Although he was deep in the cave, the thunder tonight was still clearly transmitted to Fang La's ears, who could not sleep, making him feel more and more nervous. After sitting up suddenly, he looked towards Not far away, Fang Fei was still reading a book under the firelight: "Eighth brother, we don't have much food in hand now, right?"
Fang Fei put down the book, with a bitter look on his face: "Fourth brother is right, after all, it is not too much to store food for Yuandong. And we can't ask for more, otherwise their people will not have enough to eat. Luo Laosi and the others have already helped us too much. If they can make any further progress
Chi, I'm afraid it will make them dissatisfied. "
"Then tell me, what should we do next? Also, will Song Jun really let us go? Most of the brothers have already escaped secretly, and it will be more and more difficult to protect themselves."
"This..." Fang Fei couldn't give an answer for a while. Although he had outstanding talents and good governance, such a desperate situation could not be solved by human beings.
"Why don't we leave here before the officers and soldiers arrive? Now it seems that there is no place for us in Jiangnan. Why not go somewhere else and find a way out?"
"Fourth brother, no, this is our foundation. If we can't survive here, wouldn't it be more difficult to go elsewhere? Besides, the brothers may not be willing to follow us to try this again..." There are some things that he doesn't want to admit. , but have to face it. In fact, those brothers are no longer the people who could risk their lives with Fang La a few years ago. They have already given up all their loyalty and energy in the past after enjoying the good days of having great power. Throw it out of the sky, now they have no choice but to continue to follow because they are worried about the court punishing them.
Therefore, it is impossible for these people to leave their hometown and go elsewhere, and it is even possible that they cannot even find another opportunity to fight against the Song army. But it's hard for him to say this kind of thing, at least he can't explain it clearly to Fang La yet.
In fact, not only them, but also Fang Fei and Fang La in front of him have long lost their original aggressiveness and courage. Now they are really just a group of desperate people who have slipped through the net. This is something Fang Fei would never have thought of before.
Fang La seemed to feel this, and his face became even more ugly. Then he suddenly stood up, walked to the edge, picked up a steel knife, and slowly pulled it out.
Under the light of the fire, the knife still shone with a frightening cold light, and the blade was still as sharp as ever. This was the sword he had always carried. It had helped him build a huge foundation in Jiangnan and killed many enemies with it. But in the past two years, the knife has always been in the sheath. It really hasn't been used for a long time. Even holding it in my hand like this, I feel a sense of alienation.
"Old Ba, do you think I'm old and useless? Now, I don't even have the courage to draw a sword and fight..." Fang La suddenly asked, but Fang Fei didn't know how to answer. .
Just when the atmosphere in the cave was a little depressing and awkward, a scream suddenly sounded outside, followed by a fight, which made the two people's expressions suddenly change.
At the same time, several guards guarding the cave suddenly stepped in: "Your Majesty, leave quickly, some officers and soldiers suddenly came to kill..." These words immediately stunned the two people inside, although they had also thought about it. There would be such a day, but I didn't expect that this day would come so quickly and suddenly.
Before the two of them could recover, several people came at the entrance of the cave with knives to kill them fiercely, and they were immediately fighting with the guards. The two men at the head were even more ferocious. With two long knives and a Zen staff, they quickly killed the more than ten guards guarding there. In one quick step, the two of them had already thrown themselves into the cave, and then They all shouted: "Ruda (Wu Song) came here on orders from General Sun to capture the rebel leader Fang La!"