Chewing a reed stick, Tang Wuyuan's face was filled with the expression of his dead parents.
It was not that he was thirsty for water, but that he had seen too many corpses floating on the river these days. He would rather chew reed sticks than know the water in the river.
"Lord, the commoner thief has caught up with me again!"
"damn it."
Tang Wuyuan gritted his teeth and threw the reed pole into the river, "Tell the boat master not to rest any longer and paddle immediately."
"Lord, the boat master is exhausted..."
"What will happen? If the common thief catches up, we won't be able to survive. Don't the common thief really not understand the principle of not pursuing a poor enemy? If he pursues him again, he will end up in the sea!"
Tang Wuyuan didn't dare to think that when he entered the sea, there would be no reed poles floating on the river.
"When I sent him off, I just wanted to establish a prestige. He must have understood. Now, it's clear that he won't let me go."
"Lord, we are ready to go to Wuzhou."
Tang Wuyuan did not answer, his eyes were filled with exhaustion.
"Let's go and sail immediately! I, Tang Wuyuan, know a little about the art of observing the sky. There may be heavy rain on the Xiangjiang River in the past few days. At that time, we can use the rain and fog to escape the pursuit of the Western Shu Navy."
Tang Wuyuan didn't know.
Xu Mu behind him was making arrangements in an orderly manner. When night fell, he asked his general Wu Wei to separate more than 6,000 people and sneak into Wuzhou from the dark.
"Wu Wei, after lurking in the mountains, don't go too far. There are quite a few Shanyue people in Wuzhou."
"Don't worry, my lord." Lao Pi, General Wu Wei, clasped his fists seriously.
Xu Mu has always been at ease with these old team members who followed them in the war. Only after Wu Wei led the people away did Xu Mu exhale and look back at the river ahead.
Tang Wuyuan was like a lost dog. He chased him for days and nights, and he was probably still cursing.
"Lord...are you still chasing me?" Ma Yi swallowed, "Wu Wei brought more than 6,000 people, and now we only have two or three thousand people."
"Donald Duck doesn't know."
"My lord, this is the youngest Tang."
"I'm used to talking." Xu Mu nodded and thought seriously, "Ma Yi, how far is it before we can enter the sea?"
"It will take at least six or seven days of waterway. In addition, some veterans said before that there may be heavy rain on the river at this time. If the rain is heavier, it will be unfavorable for sailing."
Xu Mu was startled, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Then we'll catch up to the heavy rain and then we'll rush back. Tang Wuyuan is so dizzy now that he's been driven away. He thinks that even if it rains heavily and he can't distinguish the rain and fog, he won't dare to go to the shore."
"So, it's a lot of fun to make him change from a lost dog to a drowned rat. By the way, Ma Yi, go to the shore. Send a secret envoy to Yuan Song and tell him that Tang Wuyuan is bringing him The remaining soldiers may want to take a detour to Qingzhou."
Ma Yi was surprised and happy, "In this case, even if we get ashore by then, this young man Tang may be ambushed by Laizhou. Could it be that young man Tang is... my lord's former enemy? The kind with deep hatred."
"No, I told you, he was very unhappy."
Not surprisingly, it took more than a day. On the river, a heavy rain fell. The last round of war drums was beaten, and the last batch of flying arrows were thrown out randomly. Xu Mucai asked people to stop the boat slowly and follow the nearby river bank to take shelter from the rain and rest.
On the river where the heavy rain was pouring, Tang Wuyuan was shivering from the cold, gritting his teeth and huddled in the cabin. He claims to be a famous conspirator, and he should be famous all over the world, but he never imagined that he would be chased by the Xishu Navy to the sky and into the earth. Even if it rained, he would not dare to go to the shore to escape.
"Send the order, keep marching forward! The rain and fog are very heavy, it is impossible to avoid the common thieves!"
In front of Tang Wuyuan, the young and strong soldiers who had set fire to the coalition forces no longer had the spirit of victory as before. After being chased and suppressed all the way, and divided into groups, there were only less than 7,000 soldiers left, with exhausted faces on their faces.
"Common thief, how dare you bully me, Tang Wuyuan!"
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The rain not only fell on the river, but also in the southwest of Cangzhou.
Sitting in the Sheriff's Mansion, Zuo Shiren was worried. He did not expect that Demon Empress Su, even though they knew the city was falling one after another, still did not send troops to help.
"Lord, if we continue like this, I'm afraid something will happen in the three states of Dongling." Next to Zuo Shiren, Zuo Shixin, the young general of our family, had worry all over his face.
Zuo Shiren held hot tea and looked up at the rain outside.
"Xu Buyi will definitely not attack Dongling. The Demon Queen will not dare to mobilize troops easily in this situation. What I am most worried about is the puppet emperor Yuan Song. There are too many changes in this war. So that my plan keeps changing step by step."
"My lord, why don't you return to Dongling first and then make plans. As for these towns in the southwest of Cangzhou, my lord can move the people, poison the wells, destroy the fields, and deprive the population of the Demon Queen for at least three years. The defense line in the southwest of Cangzhou has completely collapsed. We just have to wait for the army to rest and recuperate. In one or two years, we will unite with Xu Buyi and continue to attack Cangzhou. My lord, don’t forget that we still have 20,000 navy troops staying with Xu Buyi."
"Teacher Xin." Zuo Shiren closed his eyes, "Don't mention such words in the future. I know that there are many people in the world who say that I am hypocritical and deceive the people to gain power. But you don't know, sometimes, I really can’t bear to do something evil.”
Zuo Shiren put down the tea cup, his eyes a little painful.
"I built water conservancy in the three states of Tangling, harmonized the family at home, and conducted diplomacy with mountains and rivers, so that the people of the three states of Dongling could still survive in troubled times. You think it's all for reputation."
"As I said before, my Zuo Shiren's greatest long-cherished wish is to put an end to the troubled times, create a new dynasty, become a sage and emperor for the ages, and leave a name for all generations. These things are connected together and there is no conflict."
Zuo Shiren stood up.
"Furthermore, if we retreat to Dongling at this time, I'm afraid the situation will become even more difficult. The three states of Dongling are sandwiched by the two emperors. If we don't move fast enough, it will be too late to do anything in the future."
"Zuo Shixin, please pass on the order and immediately investigate the Demon Queen's true identity. I want to force the Demon Queen! This war cannot be delayed any longer."
"I have a good idea in mind."
Zuo Shixin was silent for a while, accepted the order with clasped fists, and left the Sheriff's Mansion.
"Knowing how to fight quickly but not deciding quickly, the Demon Queen's city is extremely terrifying." Zuo Shiren sat down again, frowning deeply.
"Kang Zhu."
Not long after, an armored general stepped out from behind the Sheriff's Mansion. The face is the same as that of the Central Plains people, but the difference is that the skin is much darker.
"Kang Zhu, just follow the plan you and I made before."
"The people of Shanyue live up to the benevolent king and are willing to die for the benevolent king." The dark-skinned general named Kang Zhu suddenly fell to the ground.
"Okay, I did not misjudge you." Zuo Shiren rarely smiled after being disappointed for a long time.
"Without a benevolent king, our twenty-seven tribes in Shanyue would be like refugees in the mountains and fields. It was the benevolent king who taught me the joy of waiting for rice, soup, fish, and farming mulberry trees."
"The twenty-seven tribes of Shanyue are willing to die for the benevolent king."
The general faced Zuo Shiren and repeated it again, slamming his whole head on the floor.
