"General, should we leave the city first?" A soldier with a tired face said to Xuan Qiu.
"You go first!" Xuan Qiu stared at a gap and said without looking back.
"No, General, we'll stay to cover you, you go first!" The soldier's voice was a little anxious.
"This is an order..."
Before he could finish saying the order, Xuan Qiu was knocked unconscious by the soldiers on the side.
Although this soldier looks to be about the same age as Xuan Qiu, he is only in his twenties or thirties. He is wearing a black armor. The armor is not old-fashioned. It seems that he has joined the army not long ago. The black armor has been slashed with swords in many places.
The broken cracks exposed the bronze skin, and the hideous wounds were rolled with flesh and blood, without even a trace of bandage.
Seeing that he had knocked Xuan Qiu unconscious, the other five people did not show any reaction. Some even patted his shoulder with approval and gave him a happy smile.
The other five people also looked quite embarrassed, with more or less wounds on their bodies. It was obvious that they had just gone through a fierce battle.
The most seriously injured soldier even lost an arm, and the wound was hastily bandaged. However, his face was already very ugly, his lips were white, and he did not even have the strength to stand. He was supported by his comrades next to him.
Straighten up.
These five people were the soldiers who had followed Xuan Qiu into the imperial capital. After Xuan Qiu's plan to take away Graniwen failed, they were wanted by Emperor Nanfeng.
Under the emperor's order, all the guards turned their weapons on their former commander.
Thanks to the hard work of Xuan Qiu's eleven soldiers, they escaped from danger. However, they still lost five brothers in this breakout. Eleven people were either dead or injured, leaving only the current six.
These six people can be said to be loyal to Xuan Qiu. Even under the inducement and coercion of Emperor Nanfeng, they still did not give up their loyalty. They used their own blood to save a glimmer of life for Xuan Qiu.
At this time, they were hiding in the cellar of a tavern. This tavern was one of Xuan Qiu's spies in the imperial capital. It was the best place to use it as a refuge at this most critical time.
However, hiding like this is not a long-term solution. Emperor Nanfeng has sealed off the entire city and sent five thousand guards throughout the city to search for Xuan Qiu. It is only a matter of time before this place is discovered.
The best way at the moment is to leave immediately. It will only be more difficult to escape later.
However, the wise and mighty general in the past still refused to leave at such a moment, and the helpless soldiers had no choice but to knock him out and take him away.
In fact, they still don't understand their general. Although Xuanqiu has lost his mind many times for Graniwin, at such a moment, he will never be a person who insists on his own way.
The most dangerous place is the safest place. In Xuanqiu's plan, the guards disguised themselves and left first, and he sneaked into the palace to hide. After the noise subsided, it would be easy for him to leave the imperial capital alone.
But his idea was nipped in the bud before he could express it. Those loyal soldiers had already made a choice for him. Undoubtedly, this choice was not the best. It might take away the lives of many people, but in the end
Xuanqiu will definitely be safe.
In the hearts of the soldiers, it was a pride to sacrifice their own lives in exchange for the general's life. They planned to have one of them disguise himself as Xuan Qiu, escorted by three people, and let the person with the least injury take Xuan Qiu and sneak out of the city through a farther road.
outside.
Undoubtedly, this method seems very feasible on the surface, but for the deep-minded Emperor Nanfeng, it is undoubtedly a self-defeat.
Emperor Nanfeng had already ambushed heavy troops on both roads they chose, just waiting to catch the turtle in the urn.
In the wine cellar, the light was dim, and the sunlight filtering through the cracks eased the dull atmosphere. Xuan Qiu was knocked unconscious after showing signs of waking up for the third time.
The soldiers were waiting for an opportunity, and fleeing at night was undoubtedly the best time. They were waiting for the sun to go down, and for the sky to darken. The night would be their best protection.
The Windy City is extremely quiet under the night. Today, the Windy City is enveloped in a chilling atmosphere. Before the sun sets, the people in the city have received a notice from the empire that a curfew will be implemented in the next month.
No one can go out after dark.
Such regulations make the already deserted streets even more deserted. There is no one on the empty streets. There is only the rustling of leaves in the evening breeze, mixed with a few birdsong, which adds to the coldness.
desolate.
Amidst this rustling, the group of people divided into two directions and walked forward silently.
They were Xuan Qiu and his men. These soldiers who were originally wearing armor had taken off their original battle armor and put on ordinary people's clothes. Their wounds had also been bandaged, and they looked like ordinary people.
It's just the keen insight of their dark eyes that highlights their extraordinaryness.
The group of seven people was divided into two waves. Xuan Qiu was carried on the shoulder by a soldier and hid in a secret alley corner. Among the remaining five soldiers, one of them changed into Xuan Qiu's clothes and put on a big hat and was surrounded by four people.
The guard stayed in the middle and headed towards the city gate.
Before leaving, their eyes met with the soldier carrying Xuan Qiu. Both parties nodded and left.
Just now, they waited until the sun set to make sure there was no movement outside, and then left the wine cellar. They stopped and walked along the way, and after avoiding several patrolling guards, they came to this alley corner. This alley corner was a dividing point in their trip.
, after separation, they will face different risks. Whether they can successfully take Xuan Qiu away depends on tonight.
It seemed that even the God of Creation was watching over them. The moon tonight was obscured by dark clouds, and even the stars were barely audible. Therefore, the night was dark and it was almost impossible to see them on such a street, but this also reduced the number of them.
Risk of exposure.
Everything went very smoothly. The soldier with the least injury took Xuan Qiu along smoothly. Their plan was to take a long way out of the city by water.
At this time, the night wind was very cold. Although the soldier had been running and his clothes had been soaked with sweat, he was still shivering in the night wind. Fortunately, as a soldier, his iron will always supported him.
Looking at him, even though he was wearing thin clothes, he still did not slow down his running speed.
Soon, he seemed to hear the sound of water flowing in the distance. As he got closer, he could just reach the river, jump into the river, and swim to the other side to meet the team outside the city.
Thinking of this, the soldier tightened his grip on Xuan Qiu on his shoulders, sped up and ran towards the river harder and harder.
On his back, Xuanqiu, who had been knocked unconscious four times, had his eyelashes trembling slightly and his brows furrowed slightly. The whistling wind made his head start to hurt. He realized that he was actually moving, and his own experience echoed in his mind.
, he opened his eyes suddenly, glanced in all directions, and then returned his gaze to the soldier who was carrying him on his back.
If the soldier had been a little alert at this time, he would have discovered that the general on his back had woken up. However, as he got closer and closer to the river, all his attention was on the road, and he had long forgotten that his general might have woken up.
There is such a thing as waking up.
"Stop!"
A hoarse male voice sounded in the dark night.
The soldier's running steps stopped. Because he was too fast before, as his steps stopped, his body couldn't stop rushing forward. He stumbled and fell to the ground. Sensing something strange, Xuan Qiu flew away.
He jumped off the soldier's back, reached out and grabbed the soldier who was about to fall to the ground, and pulled him up from the ground.
The soldier who was already ready to fall to the ground closed his eyes tightly after Xuanqiu grabbed him, as if waiting for a heavy fall.
However, the impact he was expecting never came. After a moment, he opened his eyes.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Xuan Qiu looking at him with a livid face. He was so frightened that he hurriedly took a step back and took back his hand.
Seeing Xuan Qiu's face, he knew that their general must be angry. Just as the soldier was about to explain, his mouth was covered by Xuan Qiu, and then he pulled his body. Then he dodged and hid.
In a thick bush.
"No one! Are you sure you heard the voice?"
"I'm sure someone is talking. The voice is a bit familiar. It must be Commander Xuanqiu!"
"Okay, stop nagging, there's no one there! You must have heard wrong!"
"Impossible, it's obviously his voice."
"I think you are going crazy because you want to make a contribution. You must have been blown by too much cold wind and your mind is confused. Now that you have made such a fuss, even if it was really Commander Xuanqiu just now, he would have disappeared long ago."
"Is it my imagination? No way?" One guard scratched his head and asked the other guard sheepishly.
After hearing what he said, another guard laughed and said: "It's definitely your imagination. Don't worry, even if Commander Xuanqiu wants to leave, he will definitely take another path. It's not our turn to make meritorious deeds. Your Majesty really wants to guard that place."
It would be nice to have a way out, and we also sent the same troops to ambush here. I think the wait is in vain." |
After listening to his friend's complaint, the former guard also thought it was reasonable and nodded frequently.
His opinion was supported, and the guard smiled very proudly, patted the shoulder of another guard and said: "Let's go, find a windless corner to sleep, I really can't bear to stay up all night like this!"
As the footsteps went away, Xuan Qiu released his hand covering the soldier's mouth. The soldier took several deep breaths, and cold sweat had already broken out on his forehead. At this time, his heart was full of fear, and he wanted to
He knew that if he showed up rashly with the general just now, he would definitely be caught. If the general hadn't woken up, what would have been the consequences... Thinking of this, he thought of his companions from the other path, and his face was full of worry.
As a general, Xuan Qiu knew the thoughts of his subordinates very accurately. Even if he didn't ask the soldier, he already knew the whereabouts of the others.
There was no time for the soldier to be surprised.
Then walk back to where you were.
At the gate of the capital city of the Nanfeng Empire, four soldiers surrounded a man dressed as a soldier, who was hiding in a dark corner under the city tower. After a while, two of them took the lead in taking steps, preparing to deal with the two defenders under the city tower.
Soldiers, then directly open the city gate and go out.
Outside the city gate, a guard team of a thousand people was ambushing outside the city gate. They were ordered by His Majesty to kill anyone who forced their way out of the city.