I don't want to return

The capital of Beiyu thousands of miles away.The continuous and majestic Imperial City is also covered with snow, so quiet that it seems to be able to isolate all the flames of war.

However, the gunpowder smoke could not be seen, but the gunpowder smoke had already quietly risen and diffused.

Xue Jinghong stared at the secret letter in his hand, which was sent in a hurry, and the joy, shock and indignation in his heart were like weeds in the wasteland, rising and falling, dying and returning to life.

The recipient of this letter is Zou Chun. It was sent from Heiyun Mountain, the land of Jingchu, the night before yesterday, and it arrived in his hands this evening.There are very few pens in the letter, but every one of the things he explained makes him emotionally turbulent and difficult to calm down.

The bandits in Heiyun Mountain were just as he expected. They were all poor people who had lost their land. They had to become bandits when they were displaced. Under the coercion of the Beiyu government, he fled into Heiyun Mountain with nowhere to hide.

This kind of rhetoric is consistent with the truth that he learned in the last days of his previous life-it turns out that the people of Nanyan have never received the slightest protection from the Beiyu court.On the contrary, since his gold and iron cavalry went south, what he brought to the people of Nanyan was only a lot of scars.The bandits in Yingtou Village are just the tip of the iceberg.

When Xue Jinghong thought of this, the anger and regret that had been suppressed and accumulated in the past few years came up little by little, making him seem to be wrapped in ice, and there was only a miserable coldness in his chest.This is more painful than living.

Maybe God let him live a new life, just to make him hesitate in this kind of boundless remorse and self-blame, as a punishment.He had thought so more than once.

Fortunately, the ruthless nature of heaven is not ruthless. In such a dark and endless despair, there is a ray of bright moonlight hanging high not far away, which makes him think like crazy.

Since Xue Jinghong saw Mu Chongyu for the first time, he was overwhelmed by him.The people of Beiyu live outside the Great Wall all the year round, where the desert is smoldering and the grass is low. They immediately acquire a rough character. They talk and laugh boldly, but their demeanor is unavoidably vulgar.

They, including the former Xue Jinghong himself, never knew how to be courteous, never knew how to be modest, and never knew what kind of person the so-called "gentleman" is.I have only heard it in the poems from the south: "Zhanbi Qiao, green bamboos are like 箦. There are bandits and gentlemen, such as gold and tin, such as jade and jade."

Words like that are too far away to be imagined.The people of Beiyu always only know that the winner is determined immediately, the winner is determined by riding and shooting, the weak prey on the strong, and force is respected.

Until he met Mu Chongyu.That was clearly a thin man that any warrior from Beiyu could defeat with one hand, but every time he pursed his thin lips and looked at him calmly, Xue Jinghong felt that such a man was actually invincible.

Mu Chongyu didn't seem to care about anything, so he was humble and polite, neither fighting nor grabbing, but there was an incomprehensible persistence hidden in his eyes.

He seemed to be overwhelmed with sadness and joy, so there was always a warm smile on the corner of his mouth, but there was a ray of gloominess that was clearly wrapped in that smile that could not be concealed.It was as if the goshawk in the Mobei Grassland had its wings chopped off.

This kind of Mu Chongyu made him deeply attracted and bewildered by him, until finally... he couldn't extricate himself.

During this period, Xue Jinghong did many wrong things, some were provoked by traitors, some were because of misunderstandings, but in the end it was because of his own stupidity, because he didn't trust Mu Chongyu... enough.

This little bit of distrust has become the sharpest weapon to separate the two of them.

Xue Jinghong took a deep breath, and stroked the sentence in the letter again with slightly trembling fingers—Mu Chongyu's most trusted lieutenant, Shen Qing, appeared in Heiyun Mountain!

In other words, Chongyu is undoubtedly in Heiyun Mountain at this time... Xue Jinghong muttered the words "Heiyun Mountain" in his mouth, and he had a decision in his heart.

In Heiyun Mountain over there, the war has been going on for five days.Days and nights of fighting made both sides exhausted, but no one offered concessions.

Xu Lihui was furious because he couldn't attack for a long time, but Yingtou Village was about to sink his boat.

Mu Chongyu's conversation with the people in Yingtou Village five days ago did not achieve the result he expected. He told the truth and the worst consequences, and he also scolded them harshly and coaxed them softly. I persuaded them, but it turned out that everyone was united.

Let's go together!They say so to themselves.

Mu Chongyu couldn't describe his mood.After so many years of being dependent on others and enduring humiliation, his world has been smeared pale. Only the belief in restoring the country is like a candle that supports him to go on.

It's a pity that the road ahead is boundless, but the candle is too small. He really doesn't know how far he can go, and whether he can lead him to the right path.And now, he's finally determined.

He made the right choice, he did the right thing.Even if Nanyan's political power is destroyed, his country and family have never perished. In the vast land of thousands of miles, there are people who care about Nanyan everywhere.

As long as you have this, what is there to worry about?It's a big deal to fight with your back!

Although Xu Lihui has set up encirclement circles at various critical moments around Heiyun Mountain, after many days of melee, they have lost hundreds of troops, and their morale has deteriorated greatly. If you dive down the pass, you may not be able to break through the encirclement and escape from Heiyun Mountain.

At this moment, it is the Yazui Stream at the foot of Heiyun Mountain.The location of Yazuijian is hidden and narrow. There is a frozen river flowing in the middle, shaped like a duckbill, with twists and turns. Those who are not familiar with the mountain roads cannot cross it. Perhaps because of this, Xu Lihui did not deploy sufficient troops here. Therefore, this is the weakest place in the entire encirclement.

At sunset, Yingtou Village initiated another breakout in the past five days.The radiant afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled all over the cold and hard ice of the Yazuijian, refracting dazzling light.The horse neighed, breaking the last silence.

Shen Qing led 500 soldiers from the old Nanyan army to rush forward, Mu Chongyu led [-] troops closely behind, and Chen Kangsi commanded the remaining four in Yingtou Village who were physically weak, wounded, and unable to use martial arts. Hundreds of people stayed at the end, and when the encirclement was torn apart and there was a gap, they rushed out immediately and retreated first.

There is not much time left for them. If they fail to break through this time, the chances of escaping will be even slimmer when the Beiyu court pursues them.

Xu Lihui's soldiers guarding here were all taken aback.They didn't seem to expect that the bandits from Yingtou Village would break out from here, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

The leader of the army hastily ordered his lieutenants to go to Xu Lihui's main camp to rescue soldiers, while he put on his cloak and drew his sword and fought head-on, but in the end he was caught off guard because of his hasty preparation.

The chief general gritted his teeth and gave a death order to the soldiers behind him: besiege with all your might, and never back down, and those who back down will be executed on the spot!

This is the fourth time that Yingtou Village has taken the initiative to break out of the mountain.Originally, they had already discussed with General Xu. It was expected that Yingtou Village occupied a dangerous position and they would not be able to defend it. Therefore, they also planned to die at the foot of the mountain, but they did not expect that Yingtou Village would suddenly take the initiative to break out of the encirclement five days ago. , and caught them off guard.

Fortunately, our own side had the advantage in strength and did not let them succeed.

But in the next few days, Yingtou Village seemed to go crazy and broke out from various exits. Although they failed, it also caused a great loss to their own troops.

Probably because the food and grass in Yingtou Village were exhausted, they had to make a final struggle.

He had a premonition that they tried their best to break through today, so he must not be careless, otherwise, if he told these bandits to escape from here, he would face Xu Lihui's beheading order when he went back!

So one side made a death-defying determination to break through, while the other side tried its best to guard against it. This offensive and defensive momentum was completely different from a few days ago, and they were stuck in a stalemate.

At Yingtou Village, Shen Qing, who was in the lead, was fighting and walking, and the resistance he encountered became more and more tenacious. He couldn't help frowning, and beheaded the enemy who was close to him with one knife, while turning his head to Mu Chongyu's look in the direction.

Mu Chongyu had already stepped off the battlefield in person at this time, and his face was blocked by a mask, but Shen Qing could still tell at a glance that he was already showing signs of exhaustion, and he couldn't help feeling anxious secretly.

The battle situation was far more intense than they had imagined. Although the enemy's deployment here was weak, they still had nearly 800 troops. They had less than [-] people in Yingtou Village.

If there hadn't been that accident and his identity hadn't been exposed, all of them would have stationed on Heiyun Mountain, methodically nibbling away and defeating Xu Lihui's army bit by bit according to the careful plan they discussed.

But now... Shen Qing felt even more ashamed in his heart, and his swords were even more merciless.My heart became anxious again.

Seeing that Xu Lihui's rescue soldiers stationed at other passes are about to arrive, but they have not successfully broken through here.Another group of enemy troops bypassed Shen Qing and went straight to the direction of Mu Chongyu in the middle.

Shen Qing's heart trembled, he shouted "protect the third master" to the left and right, then reined in his horse and ran towards Mu Chongyu.

Fortunately, they arrived at Mu Chongyu's side before the enemy army.With a wave of Shen Qing's knife, three or four enemy soldiers were beheaded.But also because of this, they broke up their own formation.

"Shen Qing, don't mess yourself up!" Mu Chongyu raised his sword to block a sneak attack, and scolded Shen Qing: "My side can resist it, you go back to your position!"

Mu Chongyu had noticed Shen Qing's distraction earlier, but now seeing him running in front of her, he was moved but also annoyed.

In the life-and-death battle in front of him, he must not make mistakes because of himself.

He raised his eyes and saw the gunpowder smoke on the battlefield, swords and swords flashed in front of his eyes, and the blood-colored setting sun merged together, inseparable, like a purgatory on earth.

But there was no pity or intolerance in his eyes, only a strong desire to live, to escape with more than 1000 people.

Even with blood on his hands, he is bound to fight to the last moment here.

As if it had been a long time, and it seemed that it was only a moment, the last ray of the setting sun gradually dissipated, the stars slowly rose into the sky, and the chill suddenly rose.

The two sides are still at a stalemate.Mu Chongyu's arms and shoulders were already covered with scars. He planned to rush to the front of the team and charge himself, shaking his arms and shouting to boost the morale of the whole army.

However, at this moment, a group of people and horses suddenly rushed forward from a distance, and the sound of neat horseshoes shocked everyone on the battlefield.

Is it Xu Lihui's reinforcements?Almost at the same moment, everyone's movements involuntarily slowed down for half a moment.

The team did not join the battlefield, but stood outside the battle circle and waited quietly.A person stepped out, holding up a command flag in his hand.

The command flag was swung down violently, and a loud voice came out: "Order the whole army to stop fighting!"

The audience was stunned.

The author has something to say: I’m sorry that I was going to update it in the afternoon today, but it turned out to be later, because the author’s text is _(:зゝ∠)_