Originally in front of Wei Yuanting, it was inconvenient for Jiang to say anything more. After a while, Wei Yuanting disappeared, and Jiang also mounted a horse and followed Xue Ziqin. He was so sleepy before that he couldn't open his eyes, but now he was so invigorated, watching Xue Ziqin beside him walking forward with a blank expression, something in his mouth came to his mouth a few times, but he swallowed it again.
He observed Xue Ziqin's face, except for the gloomy flash when he heard Hanzhou's fall, there was no extra expression after that. He didn't know whether Xue Ziqin was in a hurry or not, but he was so anxious now.
After walking with the army for a while, Jiang finally couldn't hold back and asked, "General, Hanzhou..."
Xue Ziqin frowned: "I know."
"Did the general leave them alone?" For a while, he didn't care whether he could say this, should he say it, so he couldn't wait to ask.
Jiang also needs Xue Ziqin's position now.
In the military camp, on the battlefield, and after coming to Qinguan to support the friendly army, he had unknowingly had an expectation for Xue Ziqin. That was their general, invincible and omnipotent. In this feeling, all expectations were subconsciously placed on Xue Ziqin. Now that Wei Lin's life and death were unknown, the first answer he wanted was whether their generals would draw swords for their safety.
But Xue Ziqin didn't speak.
He was surrounded by Wei Yuanting's people, and Xue Ziqin's people followed behind him. In other words, he was now under Wei Yuanting's surveillance.
Jiang also did not understand. Facing Xue Ziqin's attitude, he became even more anxious, and simply asked, "Whether it's for my brothers or not, they are all your soldiers, have you left them alone?"
Xue Ziqin raised his eyes and glanced at Jiang Ye who was beside him. The eyes were very complicated, and Jiang couldn't read them either. In other words, the current Jiang Ye has lost the ability to think. He can't wait to follow Xue Ziqin and kill him back to Hanzhou at this moment to rescue Wei Lin. But even so, Xue Ziqin needed an order.
"Shut up and go back to Xiangcheng with me first." Xue Ziqin said.
"General! You can't wait until you die!" Jiang Ye shouted at him, and there seemed to be some pleading in his voice, hoping that Xue Ziqin would lead his troops back to Hanzhou as he thought.
Xue Ziqin shook his head, sighed again, and walked for a long distance before slowly saying to Jiang Ye, "I can understand your mood, but there is nothing I can do right now."
After finally hearing Xue Ziqin's answer, Jiang also responded immediately: "Didn't the general lead us, with five hundred people, to drive away the Wuqu people? How could the general be powerless?!"
"Don't be too naive, do you think this world really belongs to whoever has the strongest fist?" Xue Ziqin scolded, "Jiang Ye, obeying military orders is the principle. If the emperor wants me to go back to Xiangcheng, I will definitely go back. Min Qiu After following me for so many years, Hanzhou fell, and he was among them. Even if he was to die at the hands of the enemy the next moment, I would go back and wait for the next opportunity to avenge him."
Xue Ziqin's voice became smaller and smaller, but the words were clear, especially the word "revenge", as if the situation was now as he said, gnashing his teeth.
For a time, various emotions twisted in Jiang Ye's heart. He stared at Xue Ziqin deeply for a long time, as if the bumps on the horse's back had disappeared, he just looked at Xue Ziqin with surprise and disappointment in his eyes.
"I understand the truth." Jiang also said word by word, "If someone dies, what's the use of revenge?"
"You are a coward!"
After saying these words, Jiang also suddenly pulled the reins, and the horse stopped obediently. Xue Ziqin was still moving forward, and he looked back at Jiang Ye. I saw Jiang also salute him in a proper manner, then turned his horse's head, waved his whip, and ran against the army: "Drive!"
Looking at Jiang Ye's back, Xue Ziqin didn't know whether to stop him or not.
But he knew that if he were himself a few years ago, he would probably be the same as him. The moment he heard the news, he would have rushed over with someone. But now he can only follow the emperor's wishes and return to Xiangcheng.
The more senior you are, the more you will know that this life is never yours alone.
Guo Linchong kept watching, not daring to speak, until Jiang Ye drove away, and he stepped forward a little: "General, do you need to chase it back?"
Xue Ziqin shook his head: "Whatever he wants. He can't make any waves by himself. I hope he understands what it means to retreat in spite of difficulties."
"Isn't the general worried about Min Qiu?"
"He is a famous lieutenant after all. Wouldn't Suiguo use it for a little bit of money? He wouldn't kill him."
Jia Da was seriously injured, Jia Er wanted to take care of him, and he could only rely on himself. Jiang also had no plans in his heart, and all he could do was save Wei Lin.
Jiang also ran all the way towards the city gate, and after leaving the city gate, he reached the border.
"Brother, where is Yan Hangu heading?" he asked the guard at the city gate hurriedly.
Seeing that he was wearing a military uniform, the guard did not speak, but raised his hand to show him the direction. Before Jiang could say thank you, he rode his horse in the direction the man pointed.
Going along the border road to Yanhangu, it is much closer than before they went to the hinterland of Shangzhou to avoid the eyes and ears of the enemy. Along the way, apart from being unable to bear to eat and sleep, he was on his way almost all the way. There was not much dry food left with him. Fortunately, Xue Ziqin asked someone to go to Yuzhou to get some dry food and send it to them, and Jiang also ate it again. It must be less, otherwise it must have been unbearable at this time.
In this way, he ran all the way, and six days later, Jiang also arrived at Yanhangu.
The garrison of Yan Hangu, that is, Xue Ziqin's team is no longer here, so the gate of Yanzhou is still handed over to the prefect of Yanzhou. There was no one in Yanhangu, and Jiang also slept there. Fortunately, the battlefield was cleaned up thoroughly after the war. Those corpses had already been dragged and burned together. Otherwise, Jiang would have slept with a pile of corpses at this time, even if he slept well.
Probably because he was too tired to travel a few days ago, he slept until the night as soon as he slept. Jiang also tied the horse, and based on his memory, he found the place where he and Xue Ziqin went into the water and swam to the south of Hanzhou City. He was also anxious, but Jiang didn't care whether he would get water or not. Just like last time, he found a slightly thicker piece of wood, hugged it, and went down into the river.
He still remembered that Wei Lin had explained to him that from Yanhangu to Hanzhou, it was downstream, and even if it didn't move, it would be washed to Hanzhou by the current. Just relying on the current to rush to Hanzhou, I am afraid it will take more effort. Jiang also started to swing his legs when he got into the water. According to what Wei Lin taught him before, it took a lot of time to successfully swim to the place where he used to be. The place to go ashore.
The night was hazy, and the impression that was already blurred in his memory, Jiang also recalled it over and over again, and finally found the place where Xue Ziqin was on the wall on the south side of Hanzhou City.
Jiang also looked down under the moonlight and saw the depression on the wall.
But the depression is so subtle that it may be difficult to settle down. Seeing that he was close at hand, but was blocked by the thick city wall, Jiang was both impatient and helpless. He couldn't think of any other ideas for a while, but things were imminent and urgent.
In the end, Jiang also simply broke the jar, and grabbed the depression with his hands. The first place was extremely high, and it was difficult to reach it without jumping up. Jiang also tried several times, but he could only grab it with his fingers, but his fingers were not strong enough.
At this time, Jiang Ye's stubborn temper came up, and he would never give up until he did it. He jumped up again, his fingers tightly clasped the depression, supporting the weight of the whole person, the fingers were so hard that he didn't let go, and he just hung on the wall.
A good start gave Jiang Ye some confidence. In the two months he spent in the military camp, it wasn't that he had no growth. He had experienced so many things, and was tortured by Xue Ziqin for so long. If nothing else, he definitely had resilience. Seeing that it could be hung on the wall, Jiang also reached out to reach the depression above. Fortunately, the scout was not a pervert like Xue Ziqin at the time, and the depression was not too far apart, so he could barely reach it. His feet were pressed against the gap between the bricks of the city wall, very reluctantly, as long as he was not careful, he would fall off immediately. At this moment, he stretched out his hand to reach the depression, and then his legs came up, trying to step on the place where he had grabbed. This process is very painful, let go of one hand and one foot, and the whole person hangs on the strength of only one hand. But he is absolutely reluctant to fall down. For things like climbing a wall, if you fall, you have to start all over again. With the decline of physical strength, the difficulty will only increase.
When Jiang also climbed up most of the time, his fingers were congested with blood and showed a terrible red color because of the excessive force. Although he could not see clearly at night, he could feel that his fingers were swollen and weak, as if they were not his own. . The knuckles rubbed against the city wall, they had already been broken, and the blood was oozing continuously.
Because of the pain, Jiang Ye's subconscious kept calling to let go of his hand, and in a trance he couldn't grasp it. Jiang also came back to his senses immediately, let go of one hand, took out the knife he was carrying with him from his waist, and slammed it into the crack of the brick. The city wall of Hanzhou City has not been rested for a long time. The knife was inserted into the crack of the brick immediately. Jiang also held the handle of the knife, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.
He didn't know how long this work took, but when he reached the tower, Jiang Ye's hands were covered in blood and looked like a serious injury. But he knows that it's just grinding the meat at the joints, it's not a big deal, but it will definitely be useless for a while.
Coincidentally, Jiang also didn't know when there would be patrols above and when there would be no patrols. He came up with the idea of killing someone, but there was no one on the tower.
This is convenient for Jiang Ye, Jiang Ye turned around and wanted to go down the tower from the other side, but he felt wrong when he walked to the side.
Although he had taken off his armor before he went into the water, he was still wearing Xuan Guo's clothes, so he went in like this, and when he met people, he knew that he was from outside. Jiang Ye thought about it for a while, then hid at the observation deck next to him, waiting for someone to come.
After waiting for a while, Jiang also heard footsteps.
He knew it would take one kill to make sure they couldn't notify anyone else. Jiang also listened carefully to the footsteps, and could vaguely identify two people. He held his breath and was very nervous, holding the knife tightly in his hand, just waiting for someone to come over.
He clings to the wall of the lookout, and the two come from the other direction, just waiting for them to pass.
The soldiers of Sui Kingdom were quite nervous after passing the previous enemy attack. At this moment, they were silent, just walking with torches in their hands.
The chance is only for a moment, if he misses it, he will die.
Jiang also thought so, the knife in his hand had been raised to his neck. The footsteps were getting closer, he clinged to the wall, and then saw the two pass by. The torch was in the hands of the person who was farther away from Jiang, but he didn't even take a picture of him, so the two of them walked straight forward.
good chance! Jiang Ye secretly thought in his heart, and then stepped forward with a stride, stabbed a knife on one of them's neck, and the other hand made a knife-like knife, and slashed down the neck of the person next to him.
It worked.
The two Sui soldiers fell to the ground in an instant.
Jiang Ye moved quickly, took off the clothes of the undead soldier, put them on his own, and took out a token from him, Jiang also put it in his arms without thinking. Then he put a knife to his throat, and pinched the others with the other hand, waking them directly.
"Don't yell, or you'll die too," he said coldly.
The man naturally felt the cold tip of the knife on his neck, and also understood that as long as the man in front of him moved a little, he would wipe his neck. He looked at Jiang Ye in horror, not daring to nod or speak.
"Where are the prisoners of Xuan Guo held? Huh?"
"I, I don't know..."
"Don't tell me?" Jiang Ye exerted a little force on his hand, and the tip of the knife cut through the man's neck, oozing blood.
The pain in the neck made the man tremble with fear: "I said, I said, locked in the sky prison..."
After getting the information he wanted, Jiang didn't even think about it, he inserted the knife deeply into his throat, what the man wanted to say, opened his mouth, and blood came out.
Jiang also took out his knife, wiped the blood from the blade on the corpse, then turned around quickly and climbed down the city wall, successfully entering Hanzhou City.