Ma Zheng burst into laughter, drew out his sword from his waist and walked towards Zhang Hu.
Without Uncle Li's support, Zhang Hu could only rely on the few people he brought to fight with Ma Zheng and others.
The light of the sword and the shadow of the sword.
Everyone is wandering between life and death.
Governor Ma left his eldest son here, and only ordered a few hundred people to guard these guard posts when he left, because he wanted to bring more people to help Governor Song fight against Li Xu.
Hundreds of people guard these guard posts, and the manpower is spread out. Each guard post only has dozens of people. Li Xu sent people to attack the guard posts, and there must be a lot of manpower sent. This must be a fierce battle.
But Ma Zheng did not panic. Instead, he was very happy. The more soldiers and horses his father took away, the more favorable the next battle would be and the safer his father would be.
Li Xu's men were hiding in the dark, waiting for opportunities. They remained unchanged in response to all changes. There were fewer and fewer soldiers around them, but they gritted their teeth and survived these days.
The sound of cannons sounded, and Mr. Song and his father took action.
Li Xu thought he wanted to make a false shot, so he turned back and attacked Master Song, but he didn't know that Master Song was waiting for him there.
happy!
Now he can finally let go of the burden in his heart and fight for the last time.
Ma Zheng said: "Kill all these traitors who collaborate with the enemy."
Zhang Hu's eyes were red. There were not many men in the guard station. Ma Zheng had been injured before. If Uncle Li cooperated with him to attack the city, they would not necessarily lose.
This damn thing, no wonder the young master would doubt Uncle Li. At the critical moment, as the young master's brother, he would actually run away from the battle.
If he had known this, he would have killed Uncle Li in advance.
Zhang Hu regretted it, but it was too late. Ma Zheng had targeted him, just like a tiger that had discovered its prey, and would definitely not let him escape from here.
"You take one step first, Li Xu will arrive soon." Ma Zheng stabbed Zhang Hu with his sword.
…
The earth trembled and fire flickered in the darkness.
Each general cannon exerts its divine power.
The advance team did not expect to be suddenly attacked, and immediately became chaotic. Not only because they were afraid of the power of firearms, but more fear came from the enemy's understanding of them.
It is impossible for such a heavy firearm to be transported here in a short while, and it must have been arranged in advance.
Why would the enemy know their whereabouts?
The young master asked them to rob and kill Song Chengxuan's troops, but now they fell into someone else's trap.
"Quickly retreat." If the enemy comes again at this moment, there will be no way for them to survive.
The deputy general shouted, and everyone fled backwards, but it was too late. Countless arrows rushed towards him in the darkness.
Li Xu couldn't help but frowned when he heard the sound of artillery.
"Sir, it's not good, there's an ambush ahead."
Li Xu ordered his men to march while it was dark, in order to familiarize themselves with the surrounding situation and seize the opportunity. Darkness could hide their tracks and make them less likely to be discovered by the enemy's scouts. Unexpectedly, he was attacked by artillery before he reached the guard post in front.
attack.
"Sir, please leave first. Those people are hiding in the dark to attack. If we are caught off guard, we will inevitably suffer losses. We cannot directly confront them. After tonight, after dawn, they will have nothing to hide..."
After the gunfire stopped, the screams continued, and it seemed that there were other ambush.
"Song Chengxuan was born at sea and may have been a pirate. He is full of tricks and tactics. The young master should not compete with the bandits at this time."
The torches were lit in the team, and everyone looked around. The sneak attack on the forward team had already affected the morale of the army.
Li Xu said: "Song Chengxuan doesn't have many troops to begin with, and some of them are still at the guard post. If they are really ambushed, they will rely on the city not far ahead to fight me decisively. No one can use the current terrain. He can't attack me by surprise."
It dampens our spirits, so there is no need to panic.
There is a village to the west, let's retreat there and camp there first." Since he had no chance, he had to stabilize the situation.
There will be no battle before dawn. No matter how powerful Song Chengxuan is, he cannot swallow all his troops in one go.
The village was not far away, and Li Xu and others quickly arrived at the village.
"Everyone in the village seems to have disappeared."
The guard came forward to report.
Li Xu used the torch to look at the village and got off his horse. He knew there was a village here because he and Zhou Yue had been here when he joined the army.
He thought that he would definitely come back, but he didn't expect that when he revisited the old place, it would be like this.
"Amitabha, there is no need to look for the donor. Everyone in the village has left."
Li Xu raised his head and saw a monk slowly walking over.
The monk's face was not very clear in the darkness, but Li Xu recognized it at a glance. This monk was the person who appeared in his dream. Li Xu couldn't help but his heart sank, but his face remained calm and he ordered: "Let
People were guarding the village, and we settled here."
The deputy general beside him agreed and immediately went to make arrangements.
Li Xu dismounted and walked to the monk: "There is no one in the village, why is the master here?"
The monk said: "I don't have a fixed place. I come and go according to my will. It's probably fate, so I will stay here for a few more days."
Li Xu looked at the monk: "Master, have you ever seen me?"
The monk raised his head and looked at Li Xu: "I can't remember, but looking at the face of the donor, I have some doubts in my heart and want to ask him?"
Li Xu looked towards the village: "Master, can you go in and have a chat?"
The two people walked into the room. The guard brought two lamps and put them down. Li Xu looked at the monk opposite again. The light shone on the monk's face, and the dream that day became particularly clear, as if the scene at this moment was already the same as that one.
Dreams blend together.
Li Xu said: "Master, do you know where the people in this village have gone?"
"I heard that he went to join the army," the monk said. "The imperial court was fighting against the Tatars. All the men in the village went to the guardhouse, while the old, weak, women and children went to seek refuge with a Song grandmother."
Li Xu was in a trance for a moment, always feeling that this scene seemed familiar, and his mind was in chaos, as if he saw a group of people coming towards him. He wanted to see the scene clearly, but suddenly he had a splitting headache, until he heard the sound of someone reciting Buddhist scriptures in his ears.
The sound and the uncomfortable feeling gradually disappeared without a trace, leaving nothing behind in his mind.
After a long while, Li Xu calmed down and raised his head to look at the monk. The monk also stopped chanting and looked at him quietly.
"Who are you?" Li Xu's eyes were sharp, "Who asked you to come here?" He didn't believe in sorcery, but the monk's affairs were so strange that he had to be suspicious.
"Amitabha," the monk said, "I just saw that the benefactor was restless, so I recited a Buddhist sutra. I was just a monk and happened to meet the benefactor here."
"But I dreamed about the master," Li Xu said. "Since we have never met, why did the master appear in my dream?"
The monk performed a Buddhist ritual: "Everything has a fate, everything has a cause and effect, but we don't know where the fate comes from. If we could see it clearly, the donor and I would not be here."
Li Xu looked at the lights: "It's like someone knows you very well, but you don't know the reason. You always want to see through it, but in the end you find nothing."
"It's not others that the donor can't see through, it should be himself!" the monk said, "If a person deceives himself for too long, he will not be able to discern the true direction and cannot see through his true self."
For some reason, Li Xu heard a hint of sadness in the monk's words, as if he was a pitiful person.
Li Xu said calmly: "Master, are you taking pity on me?"
"Buddha has mercy on the world. I am not a Buddha, but I have mercy on those poor people who are stubborn and stubborn."
