Chang Suining looked around and saw two forked roads ahead, and the sound of horse hooves obviously came from the road near the river.
At this moment, the men and horses she had brought with her and followed along the river bank had also arrived behind her.
"General Ningyuan, there is something strange ahead!" Captain Bai dismounted his horse and looked at the men and horses looming behind the gaps in the grass on the fork in the road ahead. His expression immediately changed: "It's Xu Jun!"
You can see it in the military uniform!
"alert!"
Following Captain Bai's urgent shout, the troops behind him immediately stood ready, waiting for Chang Suining's order.
Chang Suining felt something was wrong, and looked intently at the men and horses ahead who had slowed down.
The next moment, the first thing that appeared in their sight was Xu Zhengye and others who were retreating from the sword-wielding warehouse.
Captain Bai and others were shocked when they saw this.
What's happening here?
Xu Zhengye’s people rebelled?
…
Just now, Xu Zhengye was escaping on the water, but the hull of the boat was damaged. In his anxiety, he saw familiar soldiers and horses suddenly appearing on the shore in front of him!
That's his person!
It's his cavalry!
Sure enough, there is no end to the road... He knew that his Xu Zhengye's life should not be cut off!
Facing Chang Suining and others who were about to catch up from behind, Xu Zhengye made a prompt decision and led his only twenty subordinates to immediately abandon the ship and go ashore.
But at this moment, they were forced back by those wearing Xu Army uniforms and riding Xu Army horses.
Xu Zhengye's eyes were filled with anger, but more importantly, he was filled with panic and fear.
especially……
Especially when he saw the men and horses behind him. They were no longer in Xu Jun uniforms, but...
There were nearly a thousand people coming in front, most of them in Xu Army uniforms. Yuan Xiang could only barely catch a glimpse of the situation behind him, and then he said with great certainty: "Ms. Chang, there are our people behind!"
Behind them are the horses and uniforms of their Xuance Army!
Lieutenant Bai was overjoyed: "It's Xuance Army?!"
Chang Suining's attention was elsewhere. She watched Xu Zhengye leading the remnants, and in a dilemma, they chose to throw themselves into the dense vegetation beside the fork in the road and flee.
Why didn't the visitor kill Xu Zhengye and the others, but just forced them back here?
This matter was so weird that Chang Sui Ning didn't care to stay and investigate for a moment. She jumped on her horse and ordered a group of dozens of people headed by Bai Xiaowei: "... you will follow me to pursue Xu Zhengye!"
As he spoke, he glanced at the people in front of him: "Yuan Xiang stays here and carefully distinguish between ourselves and the enemy! If there is a scam, retreat in time and use the sound of fireworks as a signal!"
"Yes!" Yuan Xiang agreed, shouting at Chang Sui Ning's back as he rode away, "Ms. Chang, be careful!"
Ordinarily, he should follow Mrs. Chang at all times, but there was a mix of people coming in front, which was indeed strange. With the presence of Xuance Army, he still needed to distinguish the authenticity of the situation.
In the early days of March, the grass is growing and the orioles are flying.
The iron hooves of the war horse swept through the wild grass half a man tall, bringing up gusts of wind and startling the birds and rabbits.
Chang Suining and Bai Xiaowei divided their troops into two groups. One group pursued them and the other group surrounded them from the sides.
Two quarters of an hour later, Chang Sui Ning caught up with Xu Zhengye who was fleeing by a wild stream.
On the way to escape, Xu Zhengye first asked his men to divide into two groups, then even three groups, or four groups to escape in different directions to confuse the sight of the pursuers behind him.
At this moment, he finally stopped in this shallow stream.
The horse's hooves stepped through the clear stream, walked around him leisurely, and then stopped in front of him.
The girl sat on the high horse, holding the reins in one hand, and looked at him: "General Xu, it's time to stay."
The clear voice of a girl of this age blends perfectly with the sound of this naturally occurring wild stream.
Xu Zhengye held the knife, bent slightly and panted.
The leader fought all night, and fled for half a day on the water. He was injured by Chang Suining on the way, and he hid here to escape. It can be said that he was on tight alert all the time.
Prepare.
At the moment he was stopped, he was almost exhausted.
At this moment, he raised his bloodshot eyes, looked at the girl sitting on the horse, and squeezed out an angry and sarcastic laugh from the deepest part of his throat.
"You are really a piece of shit that can't be shaken off..."
He had been hiding and escaping all this way. Even though he was unwilling to give in, he still thought he was not in a panic. He could still deal with it calmly at all times. But even though he tried every means he could think of, he still couldn't get rid of her!
"It's my ability to make this dog-skin plaster." Chang Sui Ning said with a slight smile: "It's because General Xu is not capable enough that he can't get rid of me and is defeated by me."
She was also very tired. She might as well say a few more words to him at this moment.
Xu Zhengye never missed the trace of leisure in her eyes, which was the look of a hunter when facing an inescapable prey.
He gritted his teeth and glanced behind him.
Her people were seven or eight steps away, a row of more than ten people, sitting on horses, each holding a crossbow.
Not far away, the sound of horse hooves also began to approach, and those who she had chased separately met her here.
Xu Zhengye looked up at the sky for a moment, and a reluctant laugh rolled out of his throat.
Is he not talented enough? !
He has been able to reach this day and create the momentum he had before. How can he be mediocre?
How could he be a mediocre person trampled under the feet of a mere little girl!
The reluctance in his eyes swelled: "...you set up an ambush in Bianshui, and you can't rely on the deception of a woman who can't stand the stage, so what kind of skills can you count!"
But he saw that the girl was not irritated at all, and said to him calmly: "On the battlefield, except for the winner who lives and the loser who dies, where are the unchanging rules? Winning is the skill."
"You came to Luoyang this way. You thought you chose it yourself. In fact, the situation forced you to choose it. And this situation was created by me."
"From the beginning to the end, you were part of my deceitful plan."
He also boasted unashamedly: "So, I have a lot of skills, not just women's deceitful ambush and plotting. It's a pity that General Xu is not lucky enough and has no chance to see more."
She was so mean-spirited that Xu Zhengye was angered by her.
The provocation method was useless, so he tried to find another way.
"...Do you really think that by taking my head to show your loyalty, you will be able to gain the respect and trust of future generations and protect the Chang family's wealth and glory for a long time?"
"You are wrong! Empress Ming was suspicious and sinister, and she always treated Chang Kuo with suspicion... What's more, you had openly forced her to order the death of the Ming family's eldest son in the capital. No matter how hard you sacrificed your life for her, your Chang family would never It won’t end well!”
When he said this, real hatred burst out in his eyes: "Empress Ming is not worthy of being the master of such a prosperous country! She is scheming, sinister and cold-blooded, ambitious, and stepped on the bones of a pair of children to ascend to the throne. However, Her background has already determined her vision, she has never been and can never be a truly competent king!"
"A wise king should first love his people like his children! But he doesn't even have the heart to love his children, so how can he love his people!"
"Ever since she ascended the throne, she has been fighting against the nobles. She only wants to fight for power. To this end, she will do whatever it takes to use the world as a chess piece, causing the people under her rule to complain and make the world feel alienated!"
"I was just following people's will and trying to restore the right path. What's wrong with me?"
Faced with his increasingly agitated expression, Chang Sui Ning frowned slightly.
"When you were in Jiangdu, did you ever climb the city gate and look back at the scene in the city instead of looking at the mountains and lakes in the distance out of ambition? Whose hands destroyed the prosperity and peace of Jiangnan in the past? Was it the emperor who lived far away in the capital, or you? The knife in your hand?"
"Is this how you conform to people's hearts, the right path in your heart?"
"May I ask whose heart you are following? What kind of righteous path are you following?"
"You are not qualified to talk about loving the people tomorrow, so are you?"
"You shouldn't ask me what you did wrong." She looked at Xu Zhengye, her eyes colder than the spring water: "You should ask yourselves what you did right."
Meeting those eyes, Xu Zhengye's clenched teeth trembled slightly.
"Furthermore, wasn't it precisely because of your support that Minghou came to the throne?" Her voice was very calm: "In the final analysis, you and she are on the same journey, so why should you pretend to be righteous and deceive yourself and others when you are about to die? "
To put it more simply, this is just a story about burning bridges across rivers, unevenly dividing the spoils, parting ways, and resulting in resentment.
Xu Zhengye held the handle of the long knife inserted in the stream tightly with both hands, and suddenly asked one word at a time: "Who are you?"
If martial arts is said to be a natural talent, how can we explain the attitude towards things and the silent oppressive momentum she displayed at the moment?
At this moment, the feeling she gave him made him feel deja vu, as if he had seen it in another person a long time ago...
Xu Zhengye looked at her steadily, as if trying to find the truth hidden in her eyes.
"Who am I?" She repeated his question and replied in a leisurely tone: "Didn't it say in the memorandum that I am the reincarnation of a star, and I have come to kill you according to the will of God."
"God's will?" Xu Zhengye suddenly laughed and managed to stand up straighter.
Then, he suddenly drew his sword, and pointed it at her with murderous intent in the water droplets: "You are full of lies, what kind of destiny do you have!"
The girl still sat firmly on the horse and said with a half-smile, "I regard myself as God, and my will is God's will."
"So, if I want to kill you, it is God's will to kill you. It is obviously the truth, how can it be a lie?"
"...It's so arrogant!" Xu Zhengye's scarlet eyes suddenly showed a hint of excitement: "But it's good! It seems that you and I are on the same road!"
How can anyone who can say such rebellious and unethical words like "I regard myself as God, and my will be God's will" be a foolish and loyal person who keeps to himself!
Even if he dies today, this country will never be stable tomorrow!
He suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.
Then, he staggered forward two steps in the water, and the knife in his hand was almost in front of Chang Sui Ning: "...I can take a high look at you right now, do you dare to decide the winner with me openly!"
"Dare you."
Chang Suining smiled: "But I'm tired today. For the sake of being a general, I'm willing to listen to your last words. It's a great honor for you."
"And I have some prestige now." She looked behind Xu Zhengye, "If I have to do everything myself and jump up and down to kill people all the time, wouldn't it look too unstable and lack the demeanor of a general?"
Of course, there is only one way to defeat him.
Xu Zhengye had some skills on his body. If he was determined to fight her head-on, her current body would probably not be his opponent.
It's a small matter if he takes the opportunity to hold her hostage, but it's a big deal if he beats her down.
Nowadays, her face and life are very valuable.
While Chang Suining was speaking, he had already taken the reins, took a step away from Xu Zhengye, and the horse's hoofs wandered away from him.
However, Xu Zhengye suddenly turned around with strength, ran after her, and slashed at her back with his knife.
Chang Suining held the reins with one hand, raised the other hand, and pulled out the long knife from behind.
When the long sword was unsheathed, she had already lowered her figure on the horse, controlled the horse, turned around, and swept away with the sword.
The light of the sword is pressing.
His eyes were piercing.
Xu Zhengye's arm holding the sword was cut off, and the severed arm and the sword flew out together.
He staggered back a few steps in disbelief.
"I said I wouldn't fight you, but you were really fooled." Chang Suining threw the long knife and hit the handle with his palm.
"Pfft!"
The long knife flew straight out and pierced Xu Zhengye's chest.
Chang Suining turned his horse's head back again and never looked back.
Xu Zhengye knelt down in the water and moved with difficulty, still reluctant to get his knife back.
Dozens of arrows fired in unison.
His body trembled as he was hit by arrows again and again, and then his head dropped weakly, and everything finally calmed down.
"General!" Lieutenant Bai asked carefully, "Do you want to take away Thief Xu's head?"
after all
, that seventy-three days...
Chang Suining nodded: "Bring it with you."
Then, he confessed: "Drag his body out of the water."
Water is living water and flows with each other. If a corpse rots in this stream, it will also spoil the nearby water. People have already committed great sins while alive, so they should not commit more sins after death.
There are also corpses in the Bianshui River, whether they are colleagues or enemies, they must be salvaged and buried.
Previously, she and Coach Xiao said that throwing the dead into the river to feed the fish was just a stupid thing to subconsciously say to calm down in the face of the upcoming killings.
A large number of corpses will destroy the water source and may even cause a plague. She has fought so many water fights, so naturally it is impossible for her casual nonsense to come true.
But no matter how much nonsense you say, it will never be able to offset the impact of the killing.
The only way to truly put an end to all this is to stop the fight.
But in this current situation, these two words are no different from delusions.
But she will always go on this road called delusion. If one day she can get close to this delusion, she will use this delusion as the foundation and try to build an unstoppable career for her people, so that this delusion can be realized. To become as long as possible, to stay on the land beneath her feet for as long as possible.
Chang Suining drove his horse slowly and looked ahead.
Weeds half as tall as a man were swaying in the wind, green waves seemed to connect with the blue sky, and the breeze pushed the white clouds up and down.
In the clear breeze and white clouds, the sound of horse hooves sounded like thunder, galloping towards me.
Chang Suining subconsciously reined in his horse and stopped.
As the sound of horse hooves approached, Chang Suining could slowly see clearly that it was Xuance Jun, Yuan Xiang,...
He was someone she was worried about.
The men and horses on both sides stopped ten steps apart.
The young man was sitting on the horse, wearing a dark green robe and clear eyebrows, looking at her in the breeze.
After a moment, he got off his horse and walked towards her.
Chang Suining, who had just finished a big battle, had a brief feeling of reality and illusion under his tired head.
It wasn't until the man came to her side that she came back to her senses slightly and looked down at him on the horse: "Cui Jing, are you okay..."
Hearing this "Cui Jing" that he had never heard before because it was too subconscious, the young man's eyes overflowed with a smile that was more pleasant than the breeze.
He nodded to her seriously: "Yes, I'm fine."
