Wang Yanwei was about to say something, but suddenly he heard the footsteps behind the mountain road.
Guo actually stood up and took a few steps forward, pressed the handle of the knife, but saw that a leader named Zheng Gao, who was under Ding Li.
Zheng Gao, with a skeleton of smoke, rushed to Lei Yuan, trying to speak, but he panted violently, unable to squeeze out a word for a long time, and his body shaking as if he was about to fall down. Seeing that his face was almost purple, Guo Jing hurried forward to support him.
Zheng Gao took a breath and said reluctantly: "Little Langjun, Cao's army has already set off the road! They... they will catch up soon!"
"So quickly?" Guo was surprised: "Little Langjun, let's go!"
Lei Yuan whispered expressionlessly: "Don't be anxious."
"But..." Guo Jing wanted to say something else. He was not afraid of the enemy, but was just worried about Lei Yuan's safety.
However, Lei Yuan shouted loudly: "Listen to me, don't be anxious!"
Lei Yuan's voice was not loud. But with this call, he opened his eyes suddenly, as if a sharp light burst out, which was intimidating.
Guo Jing couldn't help but take a few steps back. In a trance, he seemed to return to the night that followed Lei Yuan and rushed to the crowd of Cao's troops, and once again felt the powerful will contained in Lei Yuan's words. And that will instantly gave him the courage to continue to persevere. He said to himself, believe in Xiaolangjun, just believe in Xiaolangjun!
Lei Yuan took a water bag and handed it to Zheng Gao: "Drink a few sips of water and talk slowly."
Zheng Gao also took the water bag like a snatch, and poured half a bag of water under the water: "Report to the young man, Ding Quchang was leaving someone to observe the movements when he retreated. Once Cao's army crossed the obstacle, it would ignite a wolf smoke to warn. Look!"
Following the direction he pointed out, he saw the direction he had guarded the cliff before, and a thin wisp of smoke and dust rose up and was immediately blown away by the mountain wind.
Lei Yuan asked again: "How long has this wolf smoke been rising?"
"I'm afraid it's about a moment."
"A moment or so."
If it was on a flat road, this moment would be enough for Cao's army to come forward; but at this moment, the mountain road was dangerous and the actual marching speed of Cao's army would have been greatly slowed down. Lei Yuan smiled and said, "Tell everyone to pack up their armor and weapons as soon as possible."
Wang Yan frowned and stepped forward and whispered: "Little Langjun, as long as we move faster, it is enough to arrive at the platform before Cao's army catches up, why bother..."
Guo Jing grabbed his arm: "Young man has his own sense of justice!"
"It's true that there are some ideas." Lei Yuan nodded slightly to Wang Yan: "But you don't have to be impatient. Wait until the team catches up before discussing. I just need you to be prepared."
Guo Jing Wang Yan responded in unison: "Abide by the order!"
They turned and rushed towards the others: "Did you hear it? Get up! Get up! Pick up your swords and guns!"
The soldiers immediately stood up, some helped each other tighten their armor, some bandaged their wounds, and some took the new sword and gun to try the severity of the sword and gun. During the brief escape just now, these people abandoned the weapons in their hands and had to ask for help from their companions carrying the weapons of their subordinates. Fortunately, the excess weapons were enough to allocate, and no one was bare-handed. Lei Yuan's eyes swept over and knew that although the guards he trusted most were damaged, there were still dozens of people left in the list. These dozens of people did not disappoint the efforts he had put in, and were obviously more calm than others. Some even faced Lei Yuan's gaze and showed a eager smile.
When Deng Tong was sweating heavily and panting, he saw a neat and orderly army. They lined up along the outside of the mountain road. Although the scale was very small, they were so majestic that they could not see the failure that had just been suffered.
This situation made Deng Tong stunned for a moment, but his mind was tortured by grief and didn't have time to think about it, but his mouth moved very quickly: "Young man runs so fast... But Cao Jun is not slow either, so he probably will catch up again soon. What are you going to do?"
When he spoke, his blood-covered strange eyes rolled up, full of contempt and provocation.
How dare this man be so rude? Guo Jing, Wang Yan and others suddenly changed their expressions. Dozens of people took a step forward at the same time, and the armor and weapons on their bodies clanged.
Lei Yuan immediately raised his hand and signaled, and Guo Jing and others retreated together.
Lei Yuan didn't care about Deng Tong's rudeness at this time. He could understand that because of Lei Xiu's death, Deng Tong was obviously in a state of lack of rationality; he knew that his blood relationship with Lei Xiu could not guarantee that he would naturally gain the support of Lei Xiu's subordinates. Especially in this critical moment, choosing a wrong leader would be equivalent to choosing a dead end. These experienced warriors have their own judgment standards, and no one would entrust their lives to others at will.
"Chief Deng Qu and brothers, let's take a break first." Lei Yuan said lightly: "Cao army has not arrived yet, so don't get tired first. When Chief Ding Qu and the others follow, everyone will make a charter."
"Stop? What nonsense?" Deng Tong widened his eyes in surprise: "Didn't that guy Zheng Gao tell you, is Cao's army about to chase after you?"
Lei Yuan said: "He said it, I know."
Deng Tong limped and squeezed rudely through Lei Yuan's body: "Why don't you leave quickly? Go to the platform first to meet with Mei Gan, don't put on any airs here!"
Lei Yuan was not angry. He even cooperated to take a step back half a step and give Deng Tong a room to move forward. It was not until Deng Tong took a few steps that he asked softly: "Deng Tong, are you so afraid of death?"
This gentle sentence drifted into Deng Tong's ears with the whimpering mountain wind.
"Bastard! You...what did you say?" Deng Tong turned around angrily.
His beard stood up, making his originally huge body look like a circle, and his whole body approached Lei Yuan with a terrifying momentum. The uncontrollable anger made him clench his fists and tremble slightly. Lei Yuan could even hear the princess sounds made by his gritting teeth.
"I said..." Lei Yuan said slowly: "Are you afraid of death when you are so anxious to escape?"
"I didn't run away! I'm not afraid of death!" Deng Tong shouted.
Lei Yuan felt that he was spitting out of spit on his face. He wiped his face with the sleeves of his military uniform and said to Deng Tong with his face, "Deng Tong, you are the most capable subordinate of my brother. In recent years, you have been wearing strong and holding a sharp edge and obeying all your life. My brother also regards you as his right-hand man. However, now, my brother has just died in battle, and you have lost your fighting spirit and fled with the defeated soldiers and my brother's body? There are about two thousand people on the platform. Do you hope that these two thousand people will see your cowardly attitude? If I were any of the two thousand people, I would ask you on the spot, where were you when the young general died in battle? Why didn't you fight to the end? How could you have the face to come back alive?"
"I didn't run away! I just... just..." Deng Tong felt angry and almost boiled his brain and burned himself to ashes. He shouted that he wanted to defend himself, but he was not a smart person at first. At this time, he was extremely angry and could not say the complete words.
"What are you just? Say it." Lei Yuan asked. At this time, Ding Li and his party rushed to the back of the mountain road. Several people in the team were carrying a bedding made of guns and spears. Lei Yuan knew that his brother was there. So he pointed calmly in that direction: "What are your defenses? If you don't want to say to me, then maybe you can talk to my brother?"
Deng Tong was in an instant and was deeply moved.
Lei Xiu's death had already made Deng Tong feel full of self-blame. Deng Tong thought: If it weren't for his unfavorable battle, the young general wouldn't have had to go into battle himself; if it weren't for his evacuation, Lei Xiu wouldn't have had to fight hard with Zhang Liao; if it weren't for the battle that consumed too much of Lei Xiu's energy, how could he not avoid a shot arrow? When Lei Xiu died in battle, Deng Tong felt that something in his heart collapsed. So he collapsed, and he just wanted to leave here, so he ran away in a desolate manner.
Chapter completed!