The flames roared, the screams of death sounded, and the scorching heat wave had been left behind, leaving behind the exhaustion and severe pain all over the body. Burns, stab wounds, and blood are still dripping, taking away physical strength and obscuring sight. It was still night ahead, and Zhu Wu staggered forward with the knife in his hand.
The original pair of knives, now only one is left, the hands are bleeding, trembling while running. The most painful is not the wound caused by the knife and gun in the fight, but the burns on the head and back. After the blisters burst, the feedback is far more pain than ordinary wounds. The pain initially condensed consciousness, but due to the long-term persistence and the physical exhaustion of fighting and fleeing, the spirit has already begun to be scattered.
The only thing that can support him is this clear understanding, who is on the edge of life and death. At this time, as long as he falls, even if the injury can't kill him, the officers and soldiers who catch up behind him will also take his life.
He didn't know how long he had been fleeing between the mountains, the sky was still dark, and if there was a place with a better view, he could still see the flames at the other end of the mountain stream. It was also at this time that he could recall the previous battle a little.
Different from the situation that more than 200 people were still able to break out of the siege in the face of 2,000 officers and soldiers the day before, this time the battle that suddenly occurred, there is not much resistance or breakout at all. When Ning Yi led the officers and soldiers to rush out of the woods, the two sides engaged in the fiercest fight in an instant. However, dozens of people in Liangshan were already wounded and exhausted, and the battle situation was already one-sided in a blink of an eye. Happening.
Zhu Wu and the others just saw the situation for a little bit, and they knew that there was no reason to do so, and they turned to flee. "Little Yuchi" Sun Xin, like Lu Fang, was immediately beheaded in front of them.
Before that, Zhu Wu never thought that such a thing might happen.
In front of an enemy who is good at calculating, he must consider whether the opponent has a backhand at every step. He understands this. When Lu Junyi and others broke through, he also thought about whether things would be fraudulent. But when the other party called out Lu Yuanwai's name, he slightly dispelled his doubts. After that, the escape and careful exploration were all to avoid the possibility of being caught up. But in the end, the figure appeared in front of them at the darkest time. He couldn't figure out why.
It's been less than a day since the last battle when my brother was arrested. Even if someone defected, it wouldn't be so fast. How could this be a layout for only half a day.
However, the appearance of the other party. It just truly proves the gap between the two sides in layout and operational research. If the first accident was just because the other party was cautious and accidentally discovered the plan here, this time it was digging and setting up a situation based on the initiative. When he was still thinking about how to follow along, When trying to figure out a way to save people, the other party is directly anti-customer, and set up a poisonous plan to invite you to enter the urn.
Change is drastic and things happen quickly. But it made them have to continue the matter, and there was no room for careful consideration.
There are also some things that Zhu Wu felt more clearly at this time.
He originally had the fluke mentality to accompany him all the way. It is because the government and even the green forest have always had the same attitude towards Liangshan. More than 200 people killed half of them and caught 40 to 50. It was already a great victory. Next. Those who fled must be more vigilant, and if they want to catch them again, it will be twice the result with half the effort. for most enemies. This achievement is already commendable, and will no longer focus on arresting or chasing everyone. Although the other party is different from the government, there are restrictions on identity after all. A scholar who has the status of entering the family, good planning, gives people the feeling of being weak.
And when Ning Yi reappeared in front of them, he finally realized that this person was completely different from the official government, and even different from most of the green forest tycoons. At the same time that he had already won a laudable victory, what he thought in his heart was still to kill everyone without leaving a way to survive. It also made Zhu Wu suddenly realize the meaning of that incident. He... now has a feud with himself to destroy the family.
Liangshan and many people have a grudge against his family, and he may be numb after experiencing too much. But for ordinary people, this kind of hatred is really visible in front of them.
There are more than 40,000 people in Liangshan. For ordinary people, they have already defeated 200 of them. What's the point of chasing and killing the remaining 40 or 50 people? This is the only person who wants to kill all the enemies who appear in the field of vision. Clean up. Everything that might have been caused by the small hatred between Xi Junyu and the "Su family", which was originally just a plain concept for them, was really pressing down in front of them with the figure at this time.
Xi Junyu may have really kicked an iron plate that shouldn't have been kicked...
If I had realized this sooner, maybe everything would have been a lot better. But now, everything can only be filled with life. Zhu Wu even tried to take the initiative to rush up and shouted loudly: "There is a kind of one-on-one duel!" But after that, in addition to Ning Liheng's nodding and saying yes, there was also an arrow that flew towards him with a wave of his hand. rain.
The encirclement on the mountain this time is probably the scale of two or three hundred people. However, when they rushed up this time, even Zhu Wu and others did not have much chance to break through. They fought all the way and were divided by arrows. surrounded. In the end, it was the rockets that had been fired from the very beginning that gave Zhu Wu a chance.
These rockets caused a certain amount of damage to the people in Liangshan, and in the process of the subsequent killing, they also lit up the surrounding environment. On the contrary, the encircling officers and soldiers came from the darkness, which made it difficult to quickly determine the direction of the breakout. Forty or fifty Liang Shanzhong, who were tired and wounded, were beheaded in a blink of an eye.
Then the flames began to spread, and it was not until the scale gradually increased that it finally caused the same troubles to both parties. This may be the only miscalculation of Ning Liheng. When Zhu Wu braved the raging fire and almost committed suicide to break out, he heard the other party shouting over there: "Who told you to shoot the rocket... Catch those bastards!"
In the flames, everyone was divided. Zhu Wu could see Chen Da's figure being drowned by officers and soldiers. Lu Junyi and Yan Qing were surrounded on the other side, dragging dozens of people, and they were all bloodied. . In his mouth, he still shouted: "Flee!" However, when Zhu Wu took a last look, he saw someone with a knife stabbed into Lu Junyi's chest. Yan Qing fought hard, and the roar like a trapped beast came faintly...
Only Zhang Shun, who was also seriously injured, and one of his subordinates were still fleeing with him. They met after being blocked from different directions. Zhang Shun was highly skilled in martial arts and found him. The subordinate clutched his stomach and went with Zhang Shun. Helping to move forward.
Hope that could have been seen. The great prospects have been completely annihilated this time...
Since going to Shaohua Mountain, he has never suffered such an injury, never experienced such failure and darkness. Just a few days ago, everything should have been guaranteed. A few days ago, he saw the young man Xi Junyu on Liangshan and said that he had been treated unfairly. There were too many things like that, and he never even thought about it. Some things, like bad luck, are like slashing the invisible thread, which appeared years ago. At a certain unsuspecting time, it smashed down.
Consciousness is muddled, but the body is still relying on instinct, trying to escape according to the best route. They came out of the woods and climbed up the ridge. For the first time, the darkness faded in front of my eyes, and the distant horizon was white with fish belly. The light in the air in front of me slowly spun along with the dust. The subordinate who followed Zhang Shun finally drained his blood and fell. Zhang Shun dragged him up and pushed the body off the cliff shortly after.
"We're going back..." Zhu Wu said weakly. Zhang Shun patted him on the shoulder, and he almost fell.
"We're going back... back to Liangshan... Tell them about this..."
The sun gradually came out, and they walked on the ridge. I don't know how many people survived, and I don't know what else happened ahead. It was not until two days later that they met a dead man on the way back. The Yan Qing…
This is another story.
The morning sun penetrates through the tree gaps and shines down in the forest where there is still a small fire and is filled with smoke. The morning fog, dust and flames combine to give people a slightly sticky feeling. There are more blood and blood in the woods. Corpses, the battle is over, and the soldiers cleaning the mess are counting the heads and making up for the knife.
Ning Yi and the others walked over the edge of the field, and after leaving the woods, went up a small dirt slope: "How many people have left?"
"Four or five."
"That's almost it." Ning Yi nodded, "Hai capture documents, it is still necessary to ask various Lucas to help check. But they should be able to escape back. I believe in their ability, they can do it."
"There is only one question." Wen Ren Bu'er came over, "That Zhu Wu is not simple, why didn't you do him?"
"Sometimes, smart people do things better than fools." Ning Yi replied, then tilted his head, "Let's go, go back. I have to say thank you."
They walked through the forest, went down the mountain, and parked several carriages on the side of a rugged mountain road. Ning Yi got into one of them. When the curtain was lifted, the light showed the figures in the carriage. That was Lu Junyi, who Zhu Wu thought was "dead". Originally, he seemed to be looking down, but after seeing Ning Yi, he sat upright and his eyes were not friendly.
This was the first official meeting or conversation between the two after Ning Yi threatened him in the cabin the day before. Ning Yi's eyes were kind, even a little too kind.
"I've wronged you, you did a great job. Besides... Thank you." Ning Yi went over and took the initiative to shake his hand, then patted the back of his hand, "Brother."
His attitude is sincere, not ironic, but this brother is not flattering, but it clearly startled Lu Junyi, probably because he has never seen such an extremely unscrupulous behavior. Ning Yi then sat down on the side of the carriage and knocked on the wooden board next to it to let the driver in front set off: "Let's talk as we walk, Mr. Lu, if you have any doubts in your heart, you can say it, and I'll express my opinion here."
Lu Junyi looked at him for a moment, then straightened his back: "Okay, someone is also curious about something."
"Say."
"I just nodded my head and made a bet, and you can let me go on purpose. If I don't cooperate with you and just say what you said was fart, what can you do with me!" He was the most strange at this moment. Yes, but it was this matter. Just after he nodded to Wen Ren Buer last night, Wen Ren Buer told him what he was going to do without any restraint.
"Don't say that, I don't doubt you, I believe in your character, Lu Yuanwai." Ning Yi laughed, quite sincere, but Lu Junyi looked at him. Obviously do not believe, this kind of thing, after all, no one will believe. Ning Yi smiled for a while, then calmed down and looked at each other lightly.
"First, I believe that you really have to, and if you have a grudge in your heart, you can take a gamble. It's the truth. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't find you at all. Second, if you come to our side, I can kick it out. It's much simpler to turn over the entire Liangshan. If you don't plan to tear your face with Liangshan. I would rather you show your attitude today, than when I really do an operation on Liangshan, you disrupt my plan behind your back. This is also your vote as a non-member. What you do today, outside the staff, has little effect on me, and only when you suddenly defect in my plan will it affect my future plan."
"Then you really don't mind if I lead people to escape today? Where did you get the confidence..."
"It's not a matter of self-confidence, some things must be done." Ning Yi looked at him with a smile. "Since I want to do it, the purpose is for 40,000 people in Liangshan. This time there are only 200 people. Do you think it is really important to me? I will kill today and tomorrow. They are all going to die. If you don't regret it today. , take them back to Liangshan, at least I know that you will never really help me. For me, only certain news can be considered good news. "
"Haha." Lu Junyi laughed. "It's not that simple. How many people have you turned against us? If I don't hand in this submission, will you be able to find where everyone is hiding? Who are your people? Chen Da? Zheng Tianshou? I don't. I think it’s Yan Shun too much…”
"Shh." Ning Yi raised his fingers, "These are secrets... After all, it's a bit sad to talk about these things. Outside the staff, tell me what you want to hear. You died on Liangshan, and this time you will go north with the boat. Time is difficult to clear your identity immediately, but you don't have to worry, I will arrange for you to meet with Qin Xiangye and directly recommend you to him. At that time, maybe I will try your martial arts and tactics. You can seize this opportunity. Everything will be worry-free. The lawsuit or something will be destroyed in Liangshan, and then we will come forward to fight you. I am basically a vengeful person, but the grievances are clear. Since you are on our side, I will not hold grudges against you. Of course you'll see this later, and the best thing is that we shouldn't work together, so you don't have to pay too much attention to me."
Being able to meet Qin Siyuan, Prime Minister of the Right in person, was a rare thing for Lu Junyi, who used to have status but no status in the Daming Mansion. Ning Yi threw it out lightly at this time, and his expression changed slightly. He is a capable person, as long as he can be appreciated in front of Qin Siyuan, even if Ning Yi really wants to go back and break the agreement, of course he has to think twice. And before he brought down Liang Shan, Ning Yi naturally wouldn't kill him. Before that, the promise to see the right minister had to be fulfilled.
He thought about it for a moment, then suppressed his mood, and said: "It's not necessarily bad if you don't believe me. If you really believe me, why do you want me to pretend to be dead? Wouldn't it be better for me to go back to Liangshan." Although this was a rebuttal, But tit for tat means very little after all, just like complaining.
Ning Yi shook his head: "That's not grudge, it's ability. Outside the staff, to be honest, you are definitely not fit to be a spy, Brother Yi is the real genius. You finish talking to him in a hurry on the battlefield, and he immediately If you can cooperate with you to be 'killed' and shout like that, you are not as good as him in many aspects. Since he is your confidant, you can trust him in the future if there is anything. Let me talk about it, people need to realize their own abilities, you better think about what happened before. When you die, Brother Yi will return to Liangshan, and he will definitely be reused. It is much better for me to cooperate with him than to cooperate with you. Whether you admit it or not."
Lu Junyi himself is a very proud person. If it was in the past, he would have beaten Ning Yi, but after so many things happened, he naturally couldn't do anything to Ning Yi at this time, but his face still didn't agree. Ning Yi brushed his sleeves and stood up.
"That's it, I'll go first. If you have anything to do in the future, you can talk to me or Wenren. You're all right... Welcome to abandon the dark to the bright."
Ning Yi knocked on the carriage, and when the carriage stopped, he lifted the curtain and went down. Lu Junyi sat there, thinking about all the things that had happened these days, and looked at the light seeping in from the car curtain. In the many things he had experienced before, he had never seen a strange person who acted like this...