Li Zhang

Li Zhang has been a little restless since Bailu left, and Wang Xiang is also worried about guarding Sima Yi.Sima Yi was hungry, but he felt nauseous. Seeing that the water bag Wang Xiang was holding was churning with sour water, he pushed Wang Xiang's hand away.He looked around irritably, seeing Li Zhang fidgeting and looking at the direction of Bailu's departure, he suddenly became sour and cursed: "Who will show such a lost soul!"

After Li Zhang was stunned, he realized that he was really worried and confused, so he asked for instructions: "Subordinate, go and have a look, Miss Bai has been gone for a long time."

Sima Yi was even more angry when he heard this: "She sneaks and hides like a ghost, what can you see?"

"Miss Bai is too tired these days, and my subordinates are worried..."

"What are you worried about? What is there to worry about?! The people taught by Jin Bai don't need to worry about me!"

Sima Yi's tone was taken for granted, and Li Zhang frowned upon hearing that, so he stopped talking and walked out of the reeds.

After leaving Nanba, as the living conditions became more and more difficult, Sima Yi, whose physical condition declined rapidly, became more and more bad-tempered, and made troubles for no reason from time to time. Li Zhang, who was under the care of Bai Lu, was scolded for no reason every day, and Li Zhang had long been familiar with this.

"You! Come back to me!"

"My lord, let Vice Commander Li go and have a look. Miss Bai has been gone for a long time. The subordinates are also a little worried."

Wang Xiang, who had been silent all this time, also begged for mercy, which immediately made Sima Yi's pent-up air even more uncomfortable, and he angrily turned his head away from them.

Their hiding place is the reeds beside the Xiaoshi River outside Qingshiping, which is still separated by a road from Qingshiping.The white deer left in the middle of the afternoon, and it was already the climax of the moon. Li Zhang became more and more worried as he waited, and was about to take the risk, when he saw a group of officers and soldiers suddenly appearing outside Qingshiping, coming straight to his side, and suddenly something bad happened premonition.

Li Zhang returned quickly and briefly explained what he had seen. Seeing that Sima Yi was too soft to stand, Wang Xiang bent over and picked him up and left.

The moon above his head was huge, shining brightly everywhere. Wang Xiang ran to the section of the river he had hoped for in advance, but saw that the originally thin and shallow water was much more turbulent, and the river surface was twice as wide as before, so he stopped in his tracks. .

Sima Yi also saw the situation in front of him clearly, and made Wang Xiang put down with force, and raised his hand to pull out Chi Xiao from his waist.

"Since there is no way out, let's kill it!"

Wang Xiang knelt down and stopped Sima Yi: "My lord, please cross the river with Vice Commander Li!"

"So what if you cross the river? I'm tired of running around like this, why don't you just have a good time!"

"My lord can't do it! Commander Mu knows the lord's plight, so he will definitely come to help. His subordinates will fight to the death to protect the lord to cross the river!"

Sima Yi still refused. During the stalemate, a sharp cry came from the sky, and a black shadow fell straight towards them.Wang Xiang raised his hand subconsciously, and a night owl landed on his arm.

"Night owl! Your lord!"

Wang Xiang's eyes lit up, he reached out and took out the note, and handed it to Sima Yi.

Sima Yi also looked at Night Owl in bewilderment and surprise. After reading the words on the paper, his frantic eyes became calm again.After he wrote a new note and put it back into the feather sac on the night owl's feet, he stroked the night owl's back feathers with complicated emotions, and raised his hand to let it fly.

When Li Zhang, who checked the maze again, arrived, he saw the scene of Sima Yi releasing the night owl.

Seeing Li Zhang coming, Wang Xiang earnestly asked, "Vice Commander Li, please lead the prince across the river!"

Li Zhang looked up, looked at the determination in Wang Xiang's eyes, then turned to look at Xiaohe again.

"Deputy Commander Li!"

Sima Yi didn't know what Li Zhang was thinking, and suddenly said harshly: "I'm not leaving! This king is waiting for Mu Yan here! They want my life, so they use the pile of corpses in exchange for it! Let them all sacrifice to this king!" array!"

"My lord! Deputy Commander Li!"

Wang Xiang was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, wishing he could throw the two of them into the river.

Li Zhang pretended not to hear, went down the river to roughly measure the depth of the water, and carefully confirmed the route explored earlier, turned around and took out the rope in the bag, folded it in half and tied it around his waist, then tied both ends to Sima Yi and Wang Xiang, turned around and walked towards the river.

"The water is just a little more turbulent, so it shouldn't be submerged. Let's go through it together!"

Li Zhang said flatly but firmly, Sima Yi was still waiting to object, Li Zhang had already stepped into the river.Wang Xiangzao was convinced by Li Zhang, and he didn't insist anymore when he saw this, he helped Sima Yi and walked towards the river together.

Even though it was summer, the river flowing down from the snow-capped mountains was still icy cold, and the three of them had already exhausted their strength, and they all shivered.The stones at the bottom of the river were slippery and messy. They groped forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. The shouts of officers and soldiers came from behind them, which was very clear.

Li Zhang focused on exploring the road, and said softly without looking back: "It's not so fast. If they don't destroy the reeds, they will wander around for a while."

As soon as the words fell, there was a sound of cutting reeds behind him, and the expressions of the three of them changed.Li Zhang turned back and supported Sima Yi together with Wang Xiang, and the three of them stabilized their figures and quickened their pace.

The river was getting deeper and deeper, gradually submerging Li Zhang's chest, which made it difficult for him to breathe, and affected the unhealed wound on the collarbone, causing intense pain.The right shoulder he injured in Mount Emei had not completely healed because of a broken collarbone.In the battle of Nanba, I exerted too much force. At that time, I was so concentrated that I didn't feel it. Later, I realized that there was a lot of redness and swelling. After applying medicine carefully all the way through Bailu, the swelling had just subsided.

Simultaneously, the icy river calmed down the smoldering fire in Sima Yi's heart. He gradually calmed down and focused on looking at the dark and silent river beach ahead, no longer paying attention to the movement behind him.

Amidst the sound of rushing water, the breathing of the three gradually became clear. Different from Wang Xiang and Sima Yi's heavy breathing, Li Zhang's breathing was quick and shallow, as if he was carefully avoiding something.Sima Yi turned his head to look at Li Zhang strangely, and was about to ask, when suddenly there was a sharp whistling sound of feather arrows piercing the air behind him, and he immediately turned his body to avoid it.Wang Xiang and Li Zhang who reacted at the same time became unsteady due to inconsistent movements, and pulled Sima Yi into the water together!

Sima Yi struggled instinctively, but the more he struggled, the more he couldn't stand up. Instead, he choked up a few saliva and panicked even more. He grabbed Li Zhang's hand and dragged him so hard that he couldn't stand up.Wang Xiangyin was already prepared to fall into the water, but now he was calm.He let go of Sima Yi's hand, and tried to lower his head to untie the rope around his waist.

Sima Yi grabbed Li Zhang's right hand and threw it in the water, pulling his wound so painfully that he became dizzy.He gritted his teeth fiercely, held his breath and endured the pain, stretched out his left hand and tapped Sima Yi's Fengfu acupoint forcefully, even though he missed the point in the chaos, Sima Yi still softened his body and let go under the full force.Li Zhang took the opportunity to stand firm, and grabbed Sima Yi who was drifting downstream. Just as he was helping him to stand still, Wang Xiang, who had untied the rope, also stood up by himself.

Behind them, the sound of the water was chaotic, and I don't know how many people jumped into the water.Li Zhang and Wang Xiang looked at each other and sighed silently.At this moment, Sima Yi's heart was as calm as a mirror, and he turned to look at the river bank with a smile on his face.

The officers and soldiers who rushed into the river surrounded the three of them tightly. On the river bank not far away, a figure on horseback stood quietly against the backlight.The banks of the river were full of noisy soldiers, laughing loudly at the embarrassed people in the water.

Sima Yi took a step forward.Li Zhang and Wang Xiang were still on the left and right, supporting him to the shore.

The three of them had mixed emotions when they set foot on the solid ground again, and they looked at the surroundings coldly but showed no fear in their eyes.Sima Yi raised his head to look at the man who had been silent all this time, his heart skipped a beat at the familiar figure.

"Yun Cong? Is that you?"

Li Zhang was taken aback, and at the same time looked up at the man, but couldn't confirm it.

Sima Yi took half a step forward, staring at the man's face that was always hidden in the shadows and eagerly asked: "Is that you? Yun Cong!"

The man finally made a move, but silently waved his hand.Everyone rushed forward.Sima Yi still stared at the man blankly, and was tied up without any resistance.Seeing that it was difficult to escape, Li Zhang no longer resisted.

The man didn't say a word, watched the crowd escorting the three of them towards Qinglongping, then turned the horse's head and quietly followed.Under the moonlight, his tall and straight figure looked a little stiff and cold, compared with the high-spirited soldiers, he looked very lonely.

That person was Ling Yuncong.

Since he took refuge in Sima Yao, he was arranged by Sima Yao to join the Dingxi Army. He is still Yamen General, but he is no longer the Ling Family Army he is familiar with.

After being freed from the crime, Ling Feng's mood declined, and his early injuries were accompanied by depression. He was ill for half a year, and he no longer led the army.After recovering from his illness, he went to the Shu and asked to resign, but the prince of Jian Guo didn't persuade him to stay, so he went back to his hometown and set up a small manor house, and started farming.

Ling Yuncong hated Sima Yi for a long time, until all the dust settled and Sima Yao was made the crown prince, he vaguely understood what Sima Yi did back then, but it was too late.

Living together with Sima Yi, because of his father, he never admitted that he and Sima Yi were in love with each other, but now that he hated it after thinking about it, every drop was sweet and precious.

The means and practices that made him grit his teeth with hatred, but after stripping off the cloak of hatred, he realized that they were all protection and love. Although they had domineering selfishness, they were love feelings that were never concealed.

During the days when he wanted to understand things, he would be breathless when he thought of Sima Yi, and he would be so drunk that he would vomit bile. As time passed, he didn't dare to think about it anymore, and let this wound fester in his heart, eroding his heart bit by bit.

The life in the army is no longer simply just about military exploits and victories. What happened to my father's life in the battle has deeply revealed the ugly reality.With doubts in his heart, the familiar life was cast in gloom, and the Dingxi Army's behavior of only seeking rebellion and not defending the frontier even swept away his dazzling high spirits.He became the most capable person in the Dingxi Army.

When Zhang Lanzheng dispatched the Western Army, Ling Yuncong didn't know that it was Sima Yi that he was going to surround, and when he found out in the future, he didn't dare to think about what he would do when he really wanted to deal with his boss, Ma Yi.

want to see.

Afraid to see again.

Tian Tian asked about the battle report more frequently than anyone else, and seeing Sima Yi approaching him little by little on the map, he had no idea where his heart was.

dare not touch.

When he learned that Sima Yi was just outside Qingshiping, he had the urge to run to him immediately, but when he came back to his senses, he felt deeply exhausted.He watched him fall into the water in embarrassment, and then watched him struggle to stand up. The once familiar handsomeness was trampled invisible by a shallow river bank, and he completely lost the courage to face him.