The night of chaos passed quickly, and the uprising caused by Li Rongneng went away as quickly as it came. After Li Rongneng's more than a hundred soldiers were killed by Li Yaoyang, the remaining soldiers were all frightened. Soon soldiers from the outside rushed in and surrounded these soldiers who blindly followed the uprising. The situation was quickly controlled by Li Yaoyang. .
After Li Dingxing settled the second master Li Rongcai, although he was tired from traveling all the way, he still managed to reach Li Yaoyang's tent with strength. Li Yaoyang sat in front of the commander's desk in the big tent and rested with his eyes closed. His whole body was soaked in blood. There was a badly damaged sword placed on the commander's desk.
"Brother..." Li Dingxing called.
Li Yaoyang opened his eyes and forced a smile: "You are here? How are the fourth uncle and the second uncle?"
"Second uncle is old and fell. I have sent him to the camp to rest. Fourth uncle..." Li Dingxing didn't say any more. The two brothers knew the outcome in their hearts.
"You should go and take a rest." Li Yaoyang was clumsy and didn't know what to say, so he had to say this.
Li Dingxing nodded silently, turned around and was about to go out. Suddenly he looked back and asked: "Those who started trouble with Fourth Uncle..."
"I have my own arrangements, you don't have to worry." Li Yaoyang spoke up in time, interrupting Li Dingxing's words, then closed his eyes again and sat quietly. Li Dingxing said no more, bowed his head and walked out of the tent.
"Such a big thing happened last night, why didn't you see Yi Xiaodao?" Li Dingxing was suspicious, so he called the guards on the side, asked about Yi Xiaodao's tent, and hurried over.
"Yi Xiaodao, Yi Xiao..." Li Dingxing opened the curtain and entered Yi Xiaodao's tent, but was stunned. There was no one in the tent, and the beds had fallen neatly. Li Dingxing stepped forward and touched the bed. It was cold and there was no sign that anyone had slept on it.
Li Dingxing said to himself: "Where did this kid go?"
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There is still a hint of coolness in the autumn morning. There is a thin layer of dew on the grass and trees. If you look closely, there is a layer of ice chips, but no one has the intention to look closely.
A horse galloped past like lightning. The horse was covered in armor and its eyes were as cold as the wind. The rider clings to the horse's back in order to reduce the resistance of the wind, carrying a long sword on his back like a knight, it is Yi Xiaodao.
Last night, Yi Xiaodao pretended to promise to return the account, but in the end he ran to the stable, led a horse and left the Nanhuai Army's camp. The battle between the Nanhuai Army and the Chu Xiang Army had nothing to do with him. Although Li Dingxing took it away by himself, he has now returned it to Li Yaoyang intact. Now Yi Xiaodao has only one idea in his mind, return to the capital to see He Moon.
Yi Xiaodao and Li Dingxing followed the army on the road day and night. The army all had guides and they were not worried about getting lost. At this time, Yi Xiaodao was walking alone with his sword. Although it was daytime, he found that he had lost his way and had no idea where to go. Where to go. Helpless, Yi Xiaodao could only go north, planning to run to the river first and then down the river. He would definitely be able to return to the capital.
"Such a large swamp, I don't know how we got here last night. If it sinks..." Yi Xiaodao muttered, and the wind poured into his mouth violently, forcing him to close his mouth. Unknowingly, In the blink of an eye, Yi Xiaodao had already run to the battlefield last night.
"Help...Help" Yi Xiaodao was galloping, and when he reached a fork in the road, he heard a faint cry for help coming from the roadside.
"Sorry, I'm in a hurry..." Yi Xiaodao hesitated for a moment, but the horse had already galloped past. Yi Xiaodao had no choice but to turn around and yell, and continued on his way.
After running far away, Yi Xiaodao held the reins tightly, gritted his teeth, turned the horse's head, and came back. Seeing a seriously injured Nanhuai Army soldier lying in the haystack, he jumped off his horse, stretched out his hand to help, and said: "Brother, please tell me if you have any last words. I still have something to do. If you stop by and it's not troublesome, I don't mind helping you." Done."
"Jiang Ping...rebelled...the third master...was captured by...Chu Xiang's army...inform...the prince...save the third..." Nanhuai Army took his last breath, uttered his "last words" intermittently, and turned away.
Yi Xiaodao's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, and then he touched Nanhuai Jun's body, tested his breath and pulse, and confirmed that he was dead.
"What does the third master's being captured have to do with me? It's not my third master. Jiang Ping's rebellion has nothing to do with me. He's not against me. I'm about to get married, and I've ended up with so many problems. Well, He Yue'er is still waiting for me. I don't have time to save this one today and that one tomorrow..." Yi Xiaodao muttered and stood up, turned over and sat on the horse.
"Don't worry, Master Yi. Now that the aristocratic families are willing to cooperate, what's your name... Fang Long's little brother will be found soon."
The words that the old Nanhuai King said to him with a kind smile on his face to comfort him before he was attacked and killed on the city wall suddenly popped into Yi Xiaodao's mind.
"To be honest, the old King of Nanhuai is quite easy to talk to. He also sent the annual tribute, and the people did search for it, although they couldn't find it. There are indeed a lot of small thoughts, but after all, he is a vassal king of the same place. This is normal. ..." Yi Xiaodao sat on the horse and looked back at the corpse of the recently deceased Nanhuai Army lying on the grass.
"On the left is Chuxiang, and on the right is the capital." Yi Xiaodao looked at the fork in front of him again, hesitating in his heart, and no longer had the decisiveness to rush through on horseback the first time.
Soon, Yi Xiaodao's eyes became firm, and he gently pulled the reins. The horse sensed the rider's intention, raised its hoofs, and stepped away to the left.
Yi Xiaodao touched the long sword behind him and inserted it firmly into the scabbard, feeling a little calm in his heart.
"I can't save the King of Nanhuai, but I hope I can save this third master... It's not in vain that the soldiers and civilians of Nanhuai call me Master Yi..." Yi Xiaodao lightly kicked the horse's belly, and the horse gradually increased its speed. Gradually, the speed and It was generally the same before.
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"Old guy, aren't you pretty good at running? Keep running!" Li Rongyi was being held in a prison car and couldn't move. A soldier from the Chu Xiang Army raised a riding crop and whipped him in the face. After being whipped, Li Rongyi had a blue mark on his face. The armor was in dilapidated condition, with wounds all over his body, and some wounds were still bleeding.
Li Rongyi clutched the prison car tightly and remained silent, but the fingerprints he was taken out of the prison car showed that he was not at peace in his heart.
Other soldiers on the side dissuaded him: "Okay, okay, after all, he is also a respectable person, don't go too far."
"So what if you have a good reputation? What we are arresting are people with a good reputation! Hey, you big guys like to fight when you have enough to eat and have nothing to do? But it's okay, if you don't fight, we won't reward you. Speaking of this, I have to thank you too!" The soldier retorted, but finally stopped, jumped out of the prison car, and took the cake handed to him by his comrades.
"But to be honest, that kid last night was really awesome. Hundreds of us couldn't surround him, and he just rushed out."
"Do you know who we surrounded last night? That's the young prince of the King of Nanhuai. Nanhuai people call him the 'Little Overlord'. Why do we still want to surround him? It's good if we can save one life."
"You said that the old prince of Nanhuai was really..."
The soldiers of the Chu Xiang Army were eating dry food and chatting idlely. Just when the soldier was mid-sentence, he was lightly kicked by another soldier. The soldier also reacted very quickly and immediately stopped talking.
An extremely burly man with a full beard walked over. It was Ma Liu, the general of the Chu Xiang Army: "If you have something to eat, eat with peace of mind, and don't say anything you shouldn't! Do you hear me clearly?"
"Listen clearly!" A group of Chu Xiang soldiers stood up quickly and responded loudly.
"Yeah." Ma Liu snorted and glanced at the soldier who just mentioned the old Nanhuai King. The soldier lowered his head and did not dare to speak. Ma Liu did not hold him accountable. He glanced at Li Rongyi in the prison car and said : "Give him some food and water, and bandage his wounds. On this face...if any of you dare to mess around again, don't blame me for being ruthless."
The two soldiers on the side quickly took out the big cake and water from the package, jumped into the prison car, and handed it to Li Rongyi's mouth. The other soldiers did not dare to say a word, especially the one who had just whipped Li Rongyi. The soldier was scared to death.
Li Rongyi looked at the pie and water in front of him without speaking or opening his mouth. He remained motionless in the prison car.
"Third Master, no matter what happens, it is true to live with enough food." The two soldiers were the kind-hearted soldiers who had just tried to dissuade them. They also knew Li Rongyi's identity. Seeing that Li Rongyi remained silent at this time, they were afraid of offending him. After seeing Ma Liu, he couldn't help but persuade him in a low voice.
Li Rongyi saw that the two soldiers had sincere intentions, and since he had no trouble with his stomach, he opened his mouth to eat. When Ma Liu saw Li Rongyi opening his mouth to eat, he turned around and left with confidence.
The Nanhuai Army raised 90,000 troops to invade, which was unprecedented in the history of Daqi, and the opponent marched extremely fast. They rushed from Su City to Poyang Lake in just five days, which was staggering. Although King Xiang of Chu wanted to rebel, he had been accumulating strength and did not dare to do anything. The Nanhuai army was coming fiercely, so he had to order to stop the enemy first. Ma Liu was thoughtful and understood the prince's thoughts. He responded to the encounter last night and led 10,000 troops to encircle him.
"Now that a Marquis of Nanhuai has been captured, the prince will be happy to know that he has a hostage in hand, and he has the confidence to negotiate peace with Nanhuai. If Tong Meng comes and is killed by this Marquis, I'm afraid it will really happen Let's fight Nanhuai until death." Ma Liu thought in his heart and couldn't help but laugh.
On the hillside not far away, Yi Xiaodao reined in his horse and looked down at the situation below. His face was stern, but his heart felt colder than his face: "How can we save so many people..."
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In the capital, in the courtyard, Xiang Lian'er packed her bags, and He Yue'er stood aside and asked, "Are you really going? They just sent you back..."
Xiang Lian'er packed up her baggage and carried it on her back: "Sister Yue'er, you don't have to persuade me. It's rare that there is a sect that only recruits women. I plan to become a disciple and learn skills. No matter what I do in the future, it will be more convenient. No. As for being arrested like this time, Yi Xiaodao will have to come to save me."
"It's okay, sister doesn't have much experience. If you like it, go ahead. It's just that you're from a girl's family, so I really can't worry about it..." He Yue'er said.
"I don't know where Yi Xiaodao is now. I went to Nanhuai to find Yi Xiaodao and Fang Long. Sister, you don't have to worry." Xiang Lian'er patted her chest, looking confident.
After He Yue'er thought about it, he grabbed Xiang Lian'er and said, "Didn't you say there is a sect over there called Xiu Fanfang? It specializes in teaching women to learn medical skills. I'll go with you! If Yi Xiaodao does it next time If he's injured, he won't have to bother Fang Long to carry him, and we'll have someone to take care of him along the way, how about that?"
When Xiang Lian'er heard this, she suddenly smiled and said, "Okay! Sister is right! Quick, pack your things and we'll leave now!"
The two got busy again and helped He Yue'er pack the parcel.
At the same time, in the palace, Zhao Yizhi smiled bitterly and called out: "Two little girls are here, Zangyun, please take a trip, be sure to leave two of them behind! No... be sure to leave He Yue'er behind." ."
