Chapter 274 Get Out!
"Your Highness, it sounds like they are catching up."
Shang Xi looked around, carefully identifying the direction, and matching the surrounding environment with the map one by one.
"Go that way. I remember there's a suspension bridge over there."
The group rode their horses at a rapid speed and saw a suspension bridge.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves behind him was getting closer.
"quick!"
When Shang Xi and his group reached the other end of the suspension bridge, they saw Xiao Ning leading his men up the hillside.
When she arrived at the bridge, Shang Xi's men raised their knives and cut the ropes connecting the suspension bridge.
The only connection between the two cliffs was cut off.
The two looked at each other across the river.
Xiao Ning pursed his lips, his expression gloomy.
"Shang Xi, do you really have to do this?"
Shang Xi looked at her and smiled faintly.
"Aning, you have your ambitions, and I also have my reasons for doing this. If you want to blame me, blame me."
Xiao Ning raised his wrist.
"Shang Xi, this distance isn't enough for my crossbow to miss."
Shang Xi looked at her raised wrist, feeling a soreness in his throat.
It turns out that in her heart, he is really just like this...
Shang Xi smiled, but his eyes were fixed on Xiao Ning's wrist stubbornly. Even when the guard stood in front of him, he raised his hand to push them away.
He took two steps forward and stood at the edge of the cliff without dodging or evading, standing opposite Xiao Ning.
"It is my blessing to die in Aning's hands."
Xiao Ning's hands gripped the reins so hard that they turned white, and his eyes were bloodshot and red.
"roll!"
"Don't let me see you again!"
"If we ever meet on the battlefield, I will take your head and offer it to the military flag!"
After Xiao Ning finished speaking, he pulled the reins and galloped down the hillside.
The soldiers looked at each other, finally looked at Shang Xi, and followed Xiao Ning away.
Shang Xi, who was standing on the other side of the cliff, watched Xiao Ning leave without even looking back, and felt a suffocating pain in his heart.
He and she finally reached this point...
Shang Xi pressed his chest to suppress the pain in his heart.
"let's go."
Shang Xi was the first to mount his horse, and the others followed.
Once again, he rushed towards Cangzhou.
…
On the way back, Xiao Ning met Li Yuan who was coming with his men.
He had heard the news on his way here.
"Didn't you catch anyone?"
Xiao Ning said, "I caught him, but I let him go. This is my fault. When I return to the camp, I will take fifty military sticks as a warning to others."
Li Yuan heard this and advised: "General, why do you have to do this? If there is any fault, it is my fault."
"I was too arrogant and only arranged four people to follow him, which led to His Highness's escape..."
"It's my subordinates who should lead the fight!"
Xiao Ning said: "I could have killed him just now, but I didn't."
Couldn't she see that what he had just done was just to attack her heart?
He only had a few people, and she had so many people that she could shoot them all into sieves.
But she couldn't do it.
After he really stood against her, she couldn't bring herself to do it.
She used to despise people who acted on emotion the most.
She is now also emotional...
Li Yuan comforted Xiao Ning, "It's okay. Half of Dayong is now under our control. A son of the previous emperor... is nothing to be afraid of."
Xiao Ning didn't say anything else.
After returning to the camp, Xiao Ning went to the interrogation hall to receive his punishment.
The soldiers in charge of the punishment looked at each other, and finally looked at Li Yuan for help.
Li Yuan squatted down again to persuade Xiao Ning.
Xiao Ning said, "Military law has been established. No matter who commits a crime, they should be punished according to military law. If I am lenient with myself because I am the commander-in-chief, how will the Xiao family army be governed in the future?"
"Considering the march, fifty strokes of the cane is already a light punishment."
Xiao Ning said: "You are familiar with the military regulations, so you must be clear about this."
Xiao Ning closed his eyes after saying this.
"Let's do it."
Seeing this, Li Yuan knew that it was useless to persuade him further, and nodded slightly to the soldier who was carrying out the execution.
The stick was raised high and dropped heavily.
Xiao Ning gritted his teeth and endured the caning.
The small square in the middle of the interrogation hall was now full of people, watching Xiao Ning's buttocks being beaten and bleeding.
They all looked reluctant.
Despite such a punishment, the general could actually grit his teeth and remain silent...
"Fifty sticks..."
"Fifty strokes are enough..."
After the executioner had beaten the man with fifty sticks, his forehead was covered in sweat.
After all, the person they are executing now is their commander-in-chief.
It is like a stabilizing force in their hearts.
Li Yuan had a stretcher brought over. He carefully moved Xiao Ning onto the stretcher and hurriedly sent someone to say, "Quickly find the army doctor!"
“Yes, yes…”
For a moment, there was a hurried pace in the camp.
When the soldiers were carrying Xiao Ning past Shen Zhiyi's barracks, he saw him and subconsciously wanted to rush over, but was stopped by the guarding soldiers.
“What’s wrong with him!”
Shen Zhiyi shouted at Li Yuan.
Li Yuan turned his head and looked at him without answering.
"Xiao Ning!"
"Xiao Yanqing!"
Shen Zhiyi shouted towards the person on the stretcher.
Xiao Ning tilted his head when he heard the voice and looked towards Shen Zhiyi.
She was sweating profusely, her hair sticking to her face, and she looked more than a little disheveled.
The eyes that were always bright were now dark.
No more bright sparks...
Shen Zhiyi looked at Xiao Ning like this, and a subtle pain arose in his heart.
"Are you okay?"
After just one glance, Xiao Ning looked away.
Shen Zhiyi watched helplessly as Xiao Ning was carried back to the room.
He was blocked at the door and couldn't even take a look.
After entering the barracks, Li Yuan carefully moved the person to the bed.
"Everyone, go down first."
Li Yuan ordered.
Everyone else left, leaving Li Yuan alone sitting by the bed, wringing out a handkerchief to wipe Xiao Ning's sweat.
Xiao Ning said, "You can go down too."
Li Yuandao said, "A general's position is sensitive. If a subordinate doesn't follow the general, he will feel uneasy."
Xiao Ning said: "I have my own guards. When I am not available, you will be the backbone of the army. Go and train the troops well."
Li Yuandao said, "Wait for the army doctor to come over. I'll give her a few words before we leave."
Xiao Ning stopped talking after hearing this.
She closed her eyes and turned her head away, bitterness spreading in her throat.
Not long after, Lu Li came running over with a medicine box in his hand.
She was running so hard that she was out of breath and couldn't catch her breath for a long time.
On the way here, she had heard about the general situation and was shocked and angry.
The general would rather defy military law and accept punishment himself than kill Your Highness.
He just ran away without saying a word.
Even though he knew that the general had feelings for him, he still asked the general to kill him.
How can you bully the general like this...
In the two years they had known each other, she had never seen the general treat anyone so attentively.
"I, I'll go check on the general first..."
"Don't worry."
Li Yuan gestured for her to follow him to a secluded place.
"Army doctor, I know you are a woman disguised as a man."
Lu Li: “……!!!”
Her mind went blank and she almost suffocated.
Why does he know this...
Did the General tell him that?
No, no...
"Army Doctor, I know you're shocked, but don't be shocked yet. I want to talk to you, General."
"General, she is a woman just like you."
"You'll find out later when you're healing your wounds."
"The reason I told you this in advance is because I'm worried that you might be so shocked that you lose your composure and hurt the general."
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