"Miss Shangguan doesn't understand... But Marquis Yiyong should know..."
"Marquis Yiyong?" Mu Jingrui was stunned, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant. "Marquis Yiyong is here?"
"Yes." The lieutenant general had never seen Mu Jingrui's face so ugly, and explained, "The original plan you arranged was taken out of your military tent by Miss Shangguan. The later design... Marshal, is there any problem?"
Of course there is a problem.
Mu Jingrui looked around and saw that the Western Xia troops were approaching.
This was not his arrangement at all, and it was too late to fight back now.
He immediately adjusted his strategy and tried to break out of the encirclement, but it was too late. The imperial army of 100,000 was slaughtered by the Xixia troops, leaving them in disarray and wailing everywhere.
When Mu Jingrui led a group of men out of Tiangou Gorge, it was already sunset. He looked back and saw only a few scattered people, less than a thousand.
He looked at those pairs of eyes that were staring at him earnestly, and a feeling of sadness welled up in his heart.
With 100,000 soldiers buried in the Tiangou Gorge, how could he have the face to return alive to see the emperor? How could he face the families of those soldiers who died on the battlefield?
"Marshal, let's go quickly..." The blade of the steel knife in the lieutenant's hand was already bent. He looked at Mu Jingrui's sad expression and persuaded him, "As long as we have the green mountains, we will not be afraid of running out of firewood. As long as we can go back..."
"Hahaha! You can't go back."
As hearty laughter rang out, Li Binhao led his troops to surround Mu Jingrui and others, and the elite archers drew their bows and aimed at them.
"Marshal Mu, I haven't seen you for a few days. Why do you look so disheveled?" Li Binhao felt furious when he thought of Mu Jingrui breaking into his territory and taking Shangguan Wanning away.
He jumped off the horse and walked in front of Mu Jingrui.
"How is it? Do you admit defeat?"
Mu Jingrui smiled coldly. "I didn't lose to you."
"Yes, you lost to one of your own people." Li Binhao came close to Mu Jingrui, "If you didn't have problems internally, why would you be so friendly to me and open your doors everywhere, as if you were waiting for me to beat you up."
These words deeply hurt Mu Jingrui's heart.
He could accept betrayal, but he could not accept Shangguan Wanning's betrayal.
She did this not only to kill him, but also to destroy his reputation after his death.
Not only kill people, but also destroy their hearts.
"Now, you only have less than a thousand people left, and I... have brought 30,000 troops to hunt you down. I will now give you two options. First, surrender and join Xixia. I will let you be a vanguard in my camp."
"Don't even think about it!"
Hearing the three words "Ma Qianzu" evoked the memories that Mu Jingrui least wanted to recall in his heart.
Li Binhao was not angry, as it was expected. If Mu Jingrui agreed immediately, he would find it boring.
"Okay, then let's go with the second option. Just kneel down and kowtow to me three times, and respectfully call me Grandpa Sancheng, and I will let you go, and the thousand soldiers behind you, too. How do you think?"
Mu Jingrui clenched his fists, his eyes burning with raging fire.
What Li Binhao did was clearly a humiliation to him.
He would rather die than bow down to his enemies, but...
Mu Jingrui looked back and saw that those who were able to escape from the battle in Tiangoujian had all escaped death.
He is not afraid of death, what about them?
"How about it? I'll tell you the truth. If someone like you can't be used by me, then you have to get out as soon as possible. Even if you kneel down and beg me now, I won't let you go. But I can assure you that they..."
Li Binhao pointed to the remaining 1,000 soldiers. "You can survive."
Mu Jingrui's heart was trembling violently and his face was pale.
He had already let down those who died in Tiangou Gorge, and now these thousand people...
"Marshal, you don't have to be embarrassed or kneel down."
The lieutenant general stood up, spat at Li Binhao, straightened his chest, and knelt in front of Mu Jingrui with his hands clasped.
"Marshal, I am incompetent and cannot help you win this battle. Now that so many brothers have died on the battlefield, I am too ashamed to live in this world. I will go ahead, Marshal, take care."
After saying that, he picked up the rolled steel knife and cut his neck.
Blood gushed out and splashed on Mu Jingrui's battle robe.
Mu Jingrui had witnessed the death of countless people, but none of them had shocked him as much as the commander. He wanted to save him, but he could only watch helplessly.
"Marshal, the war has failed, and the 100,000-man army has been wiped out. Even if I return to the court, I will be dead. In this case, it is better to die on the battlefield with honor. Marshal, take care."
As they spoke, dozens of soldiers committed suicide.
They all seemed to have made an appointment, and committed suicide after saying goodbye to Mu Jingrui.
Mu Jingrui's heart went from pain to numbness, until he saw corpses lying all over the place in front of him, and his thoughts came to a complete stop.
He knelt down in front of the more than one thousand soldiers and closed his eyes heavily.
Li Binhao was also a little surprised. In the face of such a cruel war, everyone's life became so fragile.
After a long time, Mu Jingrui slowly stood up, turned around and looked him in the eye.
He held the sword in his hand and pointed it at Li Binhao.
"You don't intend to kill all my thirty thousand soldiers by yourself, do you?"
"I just want to kill you."
As soon as Mu Jingrui finished speaking, he thrust his long sword towards Li Binhao. Li Binhao dodged a few times and jumped behind the archer.
"Shoot!"
Countless sharp arrows shot towards Mu Jingrui.
Mu Jingrui brandished his sword, dodging and sniping the archers.
However, no matter how good his martial arts skills were, he would eventually run out of energy. He couldn't remember how many people he had killed, but he felt his hands were numb.
Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in my body.
A sharp arrow shot into his chest, and he suddenly thought of Shangguan Wanning.
She teamed up with her grandfather and betrayed him in such an important battle. He could sacrifice his life for her, but what about her?
Mu Jingrui's eyes were moist, and another sharp arrow hit his back.
He was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to dodge. He couldn't remember how many times he had felt such severe pain until his sword slipped out of his hand and he fell to the ground unconscious.
"Your Majesty, he seems to be dead. Do you want to take him back?"
Li Binhao walked up to Mu Jingrui, kicked him, and asked the soldiers to check his breathing.
"How about it?"
"Your Majesty, he is dead. Do you want to take him back?"
"Why are you dragging him back? Are you here to bury him? I want to expose his body in the wilderness for the generals of the Central Plains court to have a good look. If anyone dares to resist Xixia again, Mu Jingrui's fate will serve as a reference for them."
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