Escape from the Ghost

Fighting in the flames of war, looking from a distance, the afterglow of the setting sun is smeared, and the sky is full of blood.

For ten days, the Song family's army fought and advanced all the way, entangled with Chen, Han, and Zhao at the border of Mucheng.After Song Qingzhi's vanguard army was annihilated, the Northern Wei Dynasty was physically and mentally exhausted all the way. Not to mention the enemy's deliberate and cunning stretching of the front line, just regrouping after a big defeat is enough to put a huge stone on the hearts of every soldier .

"Kill--" a loud roar from the chaos army, and a new round of attack by the Mu army began.

Li Zhaoling grabbed the reins and hurried to catch up with Song Muzhi, saying: "General! Let me lead the forward battalion to kill!"

Song Muzhi's eyes sank, as if about to say something, he hesitated for a moment, then sighed.

Li Zhaoling knew in his heart that Song Qingzhi had been missing since the defeat of the army. After all, he was Song Muzhi's younger brother. As the commander-in-chief of the first army, he wanted to put the overall situation first, but as the elder brother, his responsibilities and feelings fell apart. On this cruel battlefield, it is as if a knife is hanging over the head, and if there is a slight negligence, there will be no place for burial.

Li Zhaoling's eyes were low, and he said indifferently: "Don't worry, general, I have my own measure."

Song Muzhi hesitated, looked at the winding snow-capped mountains in the distance, and said, "The terrain around here is complicated, the enemy is dark and we are clear, and the best thing is to retreat from the enemy. Don't go too deep."

"Yes……"

dong dong dong ——

With the sound of war drums, Li Zhaoling raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers from the Qianfeng Battalion follow me!"

"Kill ah-"

After a shout, smoke and dust floated in the air, and the 3000 people in the Qianfeng Battalion, covered in exhaustion and blood stains, began to meet another round of attacks by the Mu army before dark.They started from the side peak mountain range to the east of Tianlu Mountain, rushed through the jungle to Hukou.The soldiers fought close to each other, Li Zhaoling had just cut off the head of a soldier in front of him, when the banner of the Mu army was raised on the top of the hill, signaling to withdraw the troops.

Li Zhaoling clenched the handle of his sword, watching coldly the sparsely retreating enemy troops who had discarded their helmets and armor.

"Zhaoling—" Xia Houyong rode his horse back to the front of the formation, and said, "The spies came and found Mu Yi's trace."

"Mu Yi? Are you sure?"

Xia Houyong nodded and said: "It may be really Mu Yi. Before the war, the general guessed that this time Zhao Guo's garrison is outside Hukou, and only by uniting with Han and Chen countries on the left and right sides of the border can we fight this war or not. , How about a disgusting trick that can't be retreated? Chase or not?"

Zhang Xun rode over and said, "General Li, the spies will report again, it is indeed Mu Yi. Mu Yi seems to be injured and is resting at the entrance of the mountain range."

Li Zhaoling frowned. If Mu Yi was taken down, it would be equivalent to winning without a fight, and it might even be exchanged for Song Qingzhi.Otherwise, according to Song Muzhi's temperament, even if he forced himself to death in his heart, he would never be able to soften a word for Song Qingzhi in the army.

Li Zhaoling ordered decisively: "I will take 300 people to chase, and you will take the rest of the soldiers to join the army."

Xia Houyong was shocked: "No!"

Zhang Xun persuaded: "No, it's going to be dark soon, it's too dangerous!"

Li Zhaoling waved his whip and said, "Don't worry." He pulled the reins and was about to leave.

Xia Houyong drove his horse to stop him and shouted: "Li Zhaoling..." He said hastily, "I'll go with you."

"You know exactly what I want to do. If I tell you to come back, why are you making trouble?" Seeing Xia Houyong's stubborn face, Li Zhaoling finally softened his voice and said helplessly, "I promise you, if you are not careful, you will retreat. It's just a matter of luck, you help me go back and apologize to the general in advance."

Xia Houyong moved his lips, but finally said nothing.

With the sound of horseshoes, Li Zhaoling rushed out with the army.He looked at the man's back, raised his hand and slammed the helmet on his head, and said to himself, "Damn it! It's so fucking complicated!"

Zhang Xun looked dumbfounded from the side, where did this song come from?

Xia Houyong finally shouted: "Withdraw—"

He led the rest of the troops and temporarily withdrew from the Tianlu Mountains.

Li Zhaoling rode his horse and galloped, and saw a red light burning deep in the dense forest from a distance.

At this time, the sun had completely set, the sky was grayed by the night, everything was silent, and only the slight gasp after trying to hold one's breath remained in the air.

Li Zhaoling raised his hand, everyone dismounted quietly, and hid in the dense forest, with only Wu Guangxin by his side.

Wu Guangxin has been in the army for ten years, and he is more than calm, but not hard-working.

Li Zhaoling knew what Song Muzhi meant, but he could fight but not love to fight.Years ago, Mucheng was killed and surrendered, and Song Muzhi accepted it on his behalf. If Song Qingzhi's defeat was not too miserable this time, the Song family army would not have been allowed to march.So today, he no longer dared to take risks for his own selfishness, but...he was willing to go through fire and water for Song Muzhi.

He walked a few steps slowly to get close to Wu Guangxin, and ordered in a low voice: "If there is a slight change, retreat immediately, and leave me alone."

Wu Guangxin frowned, and murmured: "General Li..."

Li Zhaoling patted Wu Guangxin on the shoulder and said, "Trust me."

Wu Guangxin still understood why Li Zhaoling came here.

After nearly ten years on the battlefield, if Song Muzhi is the god of war, then Li Zhaoling is the most ruthless blade in this team.He lowered his expression, said nothing, and nodded emphatically.

Behind the fire was a team of more than a hundred people. Mu Jun's battle flag with a yellow border stood in the center of the crowd. Li Zhaoling quietly drew out his sword and said in a low voice, "I'll take a small team, and you lead the rest If it is really Mu Yi, I will send out a signal, and the flag will prevail."

"General Li!" Seeing that Li Zhaoling was about to leave, Wu Guangxin hurriedly stopped him and said, "If it's a trap..."

Li Zhaoling raised the corner of his mouth and said with a free and easy smile, "Why do you love my mother-in-law and mother today!" He lowered his expression and left a sentence, "Let's go..."

The sky was completely dark, and Wu Guangxin opened his eyes wide, trying to distinguish the shadows flashing in the darkness.

"Someone—ah!"

There was a howl in the darkness, followed by the sound of cold weapons touching each other, followed by screams one after another.Li Zhaoling pierced the soldier in front of him with a sword, sneered and said, "Mu Yi, long time no see."

Mu Yi had a bloody bandage wrapped around his arm. He hurriedly stood up from the ground and looked at Li Zhaoling coldly. After a while, he said, "I didn't expect to gnaw a big fish out of this bite. Li... Li Zhaoling? Don't come here without any problems." .”

Li Zhaoling clenched the sword in his hand and said, "Mu Yi, this battle is coming to an end." With his footsteps on the ground and the point of his sword pointing down, he quickly ran towards Mu Yi.

"It's still early!" Mu Yi yelled, got up and got on his horse, turned the horse's head, and ran quickly.

Li Zhaoling jumped up, kicked down a young soldier on horseback, swung his sword to cut off the army flag, pulled the reins, and chased forward.

A sound of fighting sounded from a distance, Mu Yi glanced behind him, and said viciously: "Let me see, who is in the hands of today's game?"

He turned his hand sideways, and suddenly a bunch of fireworks lit up in the sky, and a long string of torches was lit on the mountain outside the dense forest, burning and winding down from the mountain.

Wu Guangxin frowned, and said, "General Li, there is an ambush! Withdraw quickly!"

Li Zhaoling shouted: "According to what was discussed before! Tell the general, I will definitely take Mu Yi back." He glanced at the back of the horse riding in the distance, and said, "I just want to see, it's your reinforcements Quick, I'm still fast!"

The two of them ran for several miles in the night. Seeing the flames getting closer, Li Zhaoling saw the turning point, grasped the reins tightly to speed up, overtook him from the inside, and slammed into Mu Yi firmly with his body.

With this collision, Mu Yi immediately felt as if his whole body fell apart, turning sideways, he was about to fall down from his horse.Holding on to the rope, he pulled out a feathered arrow from the horse's neck, pulled the rope again, and finally got on the horse and sat still, and stabbed Li Zhaoling's horse's neck with the feathered arrow.

The war horse let out a miserable scream, bent its front legs, and was about to roll to the ground, including the man and the horse. The moment it landed, Li Zhaoling stretched out his hand to hold Mu Yi, his eyes widened, and he rushed forward like an angry beast. They fell off the horse together and rolled into the forest.

As soon as he landed, Mu Yi took a broken arrow and stuck it in Li Zhaoling's shoulder.

"Hmm..." Li Zhaoling snorted, but didn't let go. He pulled Mu Yi by his collar and turned over, pressing him down.

Mu Yi twisted his body and said with a sneer: "Song Muzhi really can hold his breath, his biological brother is in my hands, and he can still bear to tear me apart! I've been fishing for a long time to catch a traitor like you!"

Li Zhaoling pinched Mu Yi's wrist and said, "You're unworthy of tricks, commander-in-chief of an army!"

"A low job? I'm called a soldier who never tires of cheating!"

There were footsteps in the distance, and the fire instantly lit up the jungle. Mu Yi twitched his mustache, and said in a proud tone, "You can't escape, come back quickly if you have sense, and I can spare your life."

"Fart!" Li Zhaoling raised his hand to make up for the blow, ready to be knocked out and taken away.

Mu Yi took a breath and said in a low voice, "Song Qing surrendered to me a long time ago..."

Li Zhaoling paused his hands, stopped in mid-air, gritted his teeth and said, "Impossible!"

Mu Yi grinned, twisted his shoulders and said, "He came up with the idea of ​​fighting and retreating. He said that Emperor Gao Zun of the Northern Wei Dynasty never trusted Song Muzhi. The longer the war, the greater the rift between the monarch and his subjects. Naturally, we can win without fighting..."

When the last word landed, Li Zhaoling was shocked.

Swish————

A ray of silver light shot from deep in the dense forest, Li Zhaoling let go of his hand, turned over to dodge, and another ray of light rubbed against his chest and plunged into the tree trunk behind him.He let go of Mu Yi, rolled suddenly, and disappeared into the darkness of the jungle.

Mu Yi took advantage of the firelight behind him to stand up, and several black shadows flashed by, kneeling on the ground with one leg.

Mu Yi said coldly: "Kill—"

"Yes--"

Everyone got up and went into the forest, quickly searching the forest for the last trace of Li Zhaoling's disappearance.The black shadow stopped, knelt down, wiped the black and red on the ground, put it in front of his nose and sniffed, and ordered: "It's near here, search carefully for me!"

"Yes--"

After Li Zhaoling left, Song Muzhi's chest seemed to be blocked by something.His intuition on the battlefield has always been terrifyingly accurate. He frowned and stared into the distance while riding his horse, motionless.

Xia Houyong stepped forward and said: "General, I'm here to meet you, you take everyone back to the camp first?"

Song Muzhi held his breath, still looking into the distance, without answering.

The sky suddenly lit up, and the yellow flames shuttled rapidly through the dry forest, facing the wind, waves of smoke wafted.Beside the fire, countless torches are hidden under the mountains, shining in the forest, like a giant dragon in the dark.

Xia Houyong said in a deep voice, "Li Zhaoling has encountered an ambush." ​​Then, his voice hurried, "I will bring people to support immediately."

"Wait!" Song Muzhi interrupted sharply.

"General..."

Song Muzhi clenched his halberd tightly, pulled up the reins, and said in a deep voice, "I'll go in person. Duan Fuzun picked up 20 cavalrymen, all of whom took off their heavy belongings and wore only close-fitting weapons, and put on black clothes. Xia Houyong, take Follow the rest of the troops and return to camp!"

Xia Houyong said in shock: "General, no!"

Song Muzhi looked at the flames in the distance, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "This is an order." After a pause, he added: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have put him in a dangerous situation, I have to put him in my own hands." bring back."

Xia Houyong wanted to persuade him again, but Duan Fuzun shook his head at him.

Xia Houyong sighed, and said loudly: "Get ready...to return to the camp..."

Song Muzhi changed into black clothes, clenched the Zhantian Halberd in his hand, and quickly disappeared into the darkness, the distant flames fell into his eyes.When Li Zhaoling left, the words "Don't worry" suddenly had a little more meaning, and it kept lingering in his ears, making his heart throb along with it.

Looking back now, this person is really stupid. He has been inquiring about Qingzhi's whereabouts since he left the army. He is several times more worried about this younger brother than he doesn't know.

There was a sound of footsteps in the forest, Song Muzhi raised his hand, and everyone immediately stopped their horses and hid in the darkness.The sound of footsteps became louder and louder. The visitor didn't light the lamp. The leader was a big man in armor. Song Muzhi flew out, and the cold sword in his hand slammed down against the visitor's face.

Wu Guangxin sensed the hostility, but he had no ability to dodge it at all. Jianfeng stopped against his neck. He mustered up the courage to turn his face away. The outline of the person in front of him was familiar. After calming down, he timidly tried: "General?"

Song Muzhi quickly put away his weapon, and asked in a deep voice, "Ambush? Where's Li Zhaoling?"

Wu Guangxin hesitated and said, "General Li...he...he went after Mu Yi. Let's go first."

Song Muzhi tightened his grip on the sword, exhaled and said, "Mu Yi is not sure about the ambush at night, you and Xia Houyong meet up and return to the camp quickly."

"then you……"

Song Muzhi's eyes were calm and he didn't speak. The wind in his ears, blowing through the forest and hurting his face, made him more uneasy.He got on the horse and tightened the reins, and said firmly, "I will bring Li Zhaoling back... Nothing will happen to him."