Li Xu opened his eyes in a daze and saw Mr. Li standing in front of him holding a torch.
"Ninth brother," Mr. Li's face was full of dirt, "the left wing army has fallen, and those lieutenants fled with their troops. I killed the deserters but it was of no use. In this situation, we might as well first
Find a way to get out and worry about it later."
Li Xu looked at Mr. Li.
Mr. Li's expression became even more anxious: "You can save the green hills without worrying about having firewood, and Ninth Brother is no longer able to lead troops to fight in this body. Why not pick a few people to pretend to be you and attract Song Chengxuan's attention."
Li Xu's voice was a little hoarse: "How could Song Chengxuan be fooled? I have known him for a long time, and I can tell the authenticity just by looking at his body."
Second Master Li frowned and thought for a while, then said: "I am similar to my ninth brother, and I am willing to seduce Song Chengxuan."
Li Xu looked at Mr. Li in surprise.
Mr. Li nodded: "There is no news about the eldest brother and Zhang Hu. They must be gone. The fourth brother was captured by the court. Several concubine brothers have long since heard the news and fled. Now I am the only second brother beside you. I
If I don’t help you, who will?
We have grown up together since we were young. Just like my eldest brother said, we want to see you achieve great things, but unfortunately things go against our wishes, but as long as you are alive, there is still hope.
The Li family has become a traitor in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Whether or not the Li family can be exonerated in the future depends on the ninth brother. If the ninth brother does not escape, I will not leave. Facing Song Chengxuan, he will eventually die, so why not let me help the ninth brother.
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"Second brother." Li Xu couldn't help but shake his head.
"Since you call me second brother, you must listen to me now," Li Erye said firmly, "I have made up my mind to go east early tomorrow morning to lure Song Chengxuan's troops. Ninth brother only needs to go all the way to the west.
Break out from there, and if Ninth Brother believes in me, leave it to me."
Li Xu had no strength at this time, and there was still blood seeping out from his shoulders. He smiled quietly at Mr. Li for a while: "Second brother, go make arrangements!"
Second Master Li nodded and brought the medicine bowl to Li Xu: "The doctor said that Ninth Brother's injury is not serious. It's just because he worked too hard. He needs to take good care of himself when he settles down."
Li Xu drank the medicine, leaned against the tree and closed his eyes to rest. Mr. Li quickly walked towards several lieutenants.
Avoiding the others, Mr. Li told his lieutenant: "I have agreed with my ninth brother that we will set off early tomorrow morning."
The lieutenants' faces were filled with joy, but some still couldn't help but worry: "Young master is smart, will you discover our intentions?"
Mr. Li shook his head: "Normally, I can't deceive the ninth brother, but it's different now. The ninth brother has been defeated one after another. He is about to be caught by Song Chengxuan and has no time to care about anything else. Moreover, the ninth brother's injuries have become much worse. I'm afraid he looks like this.
It’s hard to survive these two days.”
At this point, Mr. Li let out a long sigh: "I shouldn't have left my ninth brother behind. If we rushed to Ross together, we would have survived. But our ninth brother has been deeply poisoned and cannot withstand the bumps. Song Chengxuan is by no means a kind person."
, I won’t relax even if I can’t see my ninth brother. After all, I think this is the most appropriate arrangement. If we have the opportunity in the future, we will avenge our ninth brother.”
Several lieutenants nodded: "I will follow the arrangements of the second master."
Mr. Li said: "In addition, we also need to take away some property, especially pearls, gold and other objects. The Russians like them very much. They can also be exchanged for an official position."
After Mr. Li gave his instructions, everyone split up to make preparations. At daybreak, dozens of cavalry and horses arrived. The scouts reported to him that Song Chengxuan's army was in the east. He lied to his ninth brother that he would lead his people all the way east to attract Song Chengxuan's army.
Note that he is actually planning to go north, and they will go all the way north after bypassing the village in front.
The horses they rode were carefully selected, especially the horse he rode, which was a BMW that Mr. Lu found for his ninth brother. By the time the ninth brother discovered the clues, it was already too late to chase them.
Li Erye said: "Half a day after we set off, Ninth Brother will go to the west. It will be safer. After bypassing Song Chengxuan, we will find a way to enter Tatar. With Ninth Brother's relationship with Jinyue Khan, Tatar will protect Ninth Brother."
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Mr. Li got on his horse.
"Second brother."
Li Xu stood up and bowed deeply to Mr. Li: "We brothers can only go here for this farewell. As younger brothers, we should have this courtesy."
Mr. Li's eyes turned red.
"So that the second brother will know," Li Xu said, "Father and mother are not immune, so the second brother should not be worried."
"I got it." Second Master Li didn't want to delay any longer. Before Li Xu changed his mind, he wanted to leave with his people immediately.
The group of people ran north.
After running for half an hour, Mr. Li realized that something was wrong. It was too quiet along the way and no one came to stop him.
"Second Master, there are scouts ahead."
As soon as the deputy general finished speaking, the scout immediately disappeared without a trace.
Is that Song Chengxuan's scout?
"Let's take another look when we get up the mountain." Mr. Li ordered and walked up the hillside. He jumped on his horse to the top of the small mountain and had a panoramic view of everything around him.
A flag was fluttering not far away. Although the words on the flag could not be clearly seen, the mighty soldiers and horses were very familiar to Mr. Li. They were Song Chengxuan.
"Oops." Mr. Li's heart sank. The scouts got the wrong information. Song Chengxuan was in the north instead of the east.
"Let's go east immediately." Mr. Li was about to turn the horse's head in a panic.
"Second Master, look, that is... Young Master..."
At some point, Li Xu's soldiers and horses followed quietly.
Mr. Li's face changed drastically. Li Xu had already seen his intention and used a trick to let him attract Song Chengxuan's army so that Li Xu could take the opportunity to escape.
"Li Xu." Mr. Li shouted hoarsely.
…
Li Xu stood watching all this from a high place, and he could hear Master Li's voice clearly.
"I gave him a chance to escape. If he didn't want to plot my troops and property, he would have escaped long ago." Li Xu seemed to be talking to the guards around him, and also seemed to be whispering to himself.
He deliberately let go of the guards outside the account because he wanted to take advantage of Song Chengxuan's order of troops to return to the guard station and his strength was greatly reduced to attack Song Chengxuan.
Because he knows that this is his last chance.
Song Chengxuan really came, but his troops and horses were weak. Not only could they not complete the encirclement, but their military morale was completely weakened after several confrontations with Song Chengxuan. He knew that this battle would be lost.
On the battlefield, many things cannot be accomplished by just planning. If he is given the opportunity to practice more, he may still have a chance of winning this battle.
"Young Master, let's leave quickly. Zhou Yue has figured out the defenses there at the Onan River. He will definitely be able to protect the Young Master from leaving Dazhou while taking advantage of the chaos."
Jin Chan's escape was his last resort. He arranged for Zhou Yue to go to the border to leave a way out for himself.
Li Xu looked forward, Song Chengxuan's army was ready to attack, and he really didn't have much time.
Li Xu moved his hand to his shoulder, and found that the injury on his shoulder was not that serious. He showed weakness to make Song Chengxuan underestimate the enemy, but in the end, his methods were of no use.
Everything is like a mirror, it seems so beautiful, but in fact it cannot withstand a blow.
Just like his relationship with several brothers from the Li family, they never cared about him, and he didn't trust them from the bottom of his heart and didn't regard them as brothers.
When he was young, Li Changyan liked his two older brothers. He also tried every means to overshadow them and win Li Changyan's favor. However... in the end, he got nothing. The second brother knocked him to the ground in front of Li Changyan without any mercy.
When he grew up, his brothers and sisters were all just pretending. When the real moment came, he also hoped that someone would come to him and stand with him no matter success or failure.
Just when Li Xu thought of this, he vaguely saw a man and a horse approaching him quickly, and the man's shadow was getting closer and closer to him.
"Sir, it's time to go."
"Son..."
Li Xu stood there motionless.
More than once, this figure appeared in his dreams, and this time it finally came before his eyes.
The woman is wearing a cyan cloak and riding a maroon horse. She looks like the most beautiful color on the horizon.
Li Xu looked at the figure closely, but she stopped halfway and stopped approaching. Li Xu frowned and took a step forward.
The woman rode up to Song Chengxuan's side.
The two people stood side by side, just like a pair of lovers.
"That's Xu Qinghuan, it's her indeed." Li Xu seemed to have solved the mystery in his heart. This was the answer he wanted. Everything he wanted to know was right in front of him.
When she came here, did she also want to see his result? Should she run away, or should she not be afraid of death?
Li Xu suddenly felt angry.
"Sir, we..."
Before the guard finished speaking, Li Xu said: "I'm not leaving."
The guard was surprised.
Li Xu said: "Take my knife... Now that things have come to a point, we should fight in an upright manner. We can only die and cannot escape."
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Xu Qinghuan stood in front of Song Chengxuan.
Song Chengxuan couldn't help but glance at Yong Ye and Uncle Lei next to him.
Yongye lowered his head as if he had made a big mistake.
"Don't blame Yong Ye," Xu Qinghuan said, "I know that your husband is fighting with Li Xu, so I came here to say a few words to your husband."
Song Chengxuan urged his horse to take Xu Qinghuan aside.
Xu Qinghuan took a deep breath and raised his head: "My husband has been asking me about the dream. I will tell you the truth today."