"Chase and kill the rebel general Miao Tong!" On the official road in Chuzhou, there were about a thousand people on foot and cavalry, led by a thin supervisor, marching forward.
At this time, several heads had been cut off under the horse that the Supervisor Army was riding, and they were hanging with blood stains on them.
"Damn it, these traitors have entered the forest!"
"General, in front!"
The Supervisor Army raised his head, and sure enough, he saw a few vague figures on horseback, fleeing to the west.
"Chase, chase and kill quickly! Whoever passes Xiaomiao's head will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold!"
The group of more than a thousand people chasing after them suddenly became crazy and chased them forward, shouting and killing.
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Bang.
At this time, in an abandoned temple in the wilderness of Chuzhou, a dozen men covered in blood were gasping for air and rarely sat down to rest for a while.
The pursuit continued for several days and nights, exhausting their strength.
"General Miao, don't worry. The enemy's pursuers have been... led away by Li Hu and the others."
Miao Tong's face turned pale, and the arrow wounds on his body were so severe that he almost lost consciousness. He could clearly understand that Li Hu, the three personal guards, must have acted as a decoy to protect him.
But even so, it is still unsafe here. However, the dozen of them were already too tired from being chased all the way. Even a few horses were killed.
"General, what should we do next?"
Listening, Miao Tong's eyes were filled with pain. His bodyguards were almost dead, his family members were all executed, and he only had half his life left.
"General, drink some water."
After drinking less than half of the water bag, Miao Tong's expression softened a little. A soldier took the golden sore medicine and carefully helped him treat the arrow wound.
"General, why don't you surrender to Shu? The Dongling people are going to be killed!" A familiar guard said hesitantly.
Different from the past, this time Miao Tong lowered his head and said nothing for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.
"General, general!" At this time, there were inquiring guards outside the temple, and they hurried back.
"I got some news. I asked a small businessman who was on the run. The rebellion in Wuzhou is getting bigger and bigger. Moreover, the general's old friend, General Feife... has been killed. I heard that his head was cut off.
, and carried it under the city head with a bamboo pole."
Miao Tong, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly burst into tears, and his hoarse cries echoed throughout the ruined temple. His family members died in vain, his old friends were killed, and what happened in the past few days was like a nightmare.
"General, surrender to Shu!" More than a dozen personal guards gathered around, their voices filled with anger and unwillingness.
"I am willing to surrender to Shu with the general!"
Miao Tong stopped crying, closed his eyes and trembled. He recalled how high-spirited he was when he took Xiang Yong to seek refuge with Zuo Shiren that year.
"It's hard to have both loyalty and righteousness. I, Miaotong, have no way out."
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Outside Chenshui Pass, Xu Mu frowned deeply after receiving the information.
The bad news is that Feifu is dead and Miao Tong is seriously injured and missing. The good news is that the fire of rebellion on Lu Xiong's side has already reached Lingzhou. I heard that there are still more than 10,000 people oppressed in Hainan.
The people are willing to follow the Shu army to light the fire.
"Zuo Shiren should have understood a long time ago that letting King Liang enter the mausoleum will inevitably lead to a loss of control. When King Liang is in the inner city, people like Chang Shilang are still cautious. Zuo Shiren, how dare he."
The recent catastrophe in Dongling is already clear. The people of the Liang King are taking advantage of this time to eradicate dissidents and want to grasp the military and political power of Dongling.
"Under ambition, many people become fools."
Xu Mu closed his eyes for a long time before speaking, "Gou Fu, what do you think?"
Little Dog Fu thought for a while, "My lord, Miao Tong is still alive. This is the greatest blessing for me in Xishu. If not, we can try to rescue Miao Tong."
"What a blessing, little military advisor Bo Lie is in Cangzhou. He will do these things naturally, and I don't need to explain them at all."
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Thirty miles outside Lidu City, there is the main camp of Xishu.
Dongfang Jing, who was sitting on the tiger-skin chair, looked ahead silently. In front of him were three dead Night Owl warriors who had returned from Dongling.
Only three people returned from the seventeen-man Night Owl sentry, one of whom was still coughing up blood and seriously injured. The military doctor hurriedly walked in and helped the seriously injured person outside the camp.
"You are saying that Fife has been killed?"
"Little military advisor, that's exactly what happened... Cai Meng, the general of Zhenzhou in Wuzhou, besieged and killed General Fefu, and carried his head under the city wall."
Dongfang Jing sighed and continued to ask, "Where is General Miao Tong?"
"Every member of the clan was slaughtered. I heard that General Miao Tong was seriously injured and escaped from the siege. Our people searched for a long time and guessed that General Miao Tong might be hiding in the south of Chuzhou."
"The rebellion in Wuzhou was raging, and Miao Tong and Feifu became the stepping stones for the King of Grain to enter the mausoleum." Dongfang Jing pondered, and spoke again after a long time.
"Is there any way to sneak into Dongling again?"
"Of course there are little military advisors."
Dongfang Jing's eyes were sad. Although there was a way, it was almost a narrow escape. After escaping from Dongling, only three of the seventeen people died.
But Xi Shu is in dire need of a naval general. Even Dou Tong is only a half-way monk, and cannot compare to a naval general like Miao Tong.
After thinking about it for a while, Dongfang Jing became determined.
"I will send another hundred dead soldiers to follow you two and sneak into Dongling Chuzhou, bringing my handwritten letter with you. No matter what method you use, you must find General Miao Tong."
"Don't worry, little military advisor!" The two Night Owl warriors showed no fear on their faces.
"Hold on."
Dongfang Jing said with a serious face, "Get the knife."
The waiter didn't know why, but he quickly took the knife.
Holding the knife in his hand, Dongfang Jing cut his finger and began to write quickly on a clean white handkerchief.
After I finished writing, I cut off a strand of hair and carefully embedded it in the letter.
"Find General Miao Tong and hand over this autographed letter of mine to him. Tell him that I, Dongfang Jing, would like to swear on my body and skin that if he enters our Western Shu and the six states of Western Shu, I am willing to dedicate him to him.
Navy Admiral, my lord Xu Mu, and many Shu generals are all old friends with him, so we will definitely not have any objections to each other!"
Night Owl's dead warrior's face was moved, he stood up and took the blood letter.
"If there is such a powerful naval general in the country of Western Shu, then the chance of winning in a water battle will be increased by at least 20%!"
"The little military advisor is righteous!"
Dongfang raised his head in admiration, then looked at Yu Wen and others next to him.
"Immediately send an order, the army will pretend to attack Lidu City, contain the Shanyue people, and add three more fires to Wuzhou's rebellion!"