Chang Suining looked ahead and saw two forks in the road, and the sounds of horse hooves were obviously coming from the road near the river.
At this moment, the troops she brought with her who had followed along the river bank had also arrived behind her.
"General Ningyuan, there is movement ahead!" The leading lieutenant Bai dismounted and looked at the troops and horses that appeared behind the gaps in the grass and trees on the fork in the road ahead. His face immediately changed: "It's Xu Jun!"
It can be seen from the soldiers' uniforms! "Be on guard!"
Following Captain Bai's urgent shout, the troops behind him immediately stood ready, waiting for Chang Suining's order.
Chang Suining felt something was wrong and stared at the people in front of him who were slowing down.
The next moment, the first people who appeared in their sight were Xu Zhengye and others who were retreating with knives in their hands.
Captain Bai and others were extremely shocked when they saw this.
What's going on? Did Xu Zhengye's people rebel?
…
Just now, Xu Zhengye was fleeing on the water, but the hull was already damaged. In the midst of anxiety, he saw familiar soldiers suddenly appear on the shore ahead!
Those were his men! They were his cavalry! As expected, there was always a way out... He knew that Xu Zhengye was not destined to die!
Faced with Chang Suining and others who were about to catch up from behind, Xu Zhengye made a prompt decision and led the only twenty remaining subordinates to abandon the boat and go ashore immediately.
But at this moment, they were forced back by those who were wearing Xu army uniforms and riding Xu army horses.
Xu Zhengye's eyes were filled with anger, but more of it was panic and fear.
Especially...
Especially since he had seen the troops behind him, they were no longer dressed in Xu Jun's uniform, but...
There were many people coming, nearly a thousand in front, most of them were dressed in Xu's army uniforms. Yuan Xiang could only barely catch a glimpse of the situation behind him, and he said with great confidence: "Madam Chang, we have people in the back!"
In the rear are the war horses and uniforms of their Xuan Ce Army!
Captain Bai was pleasantly surprised: "It's the Xuan Ce Army?!"
Chang Suining's attention was elsewhere. She watched Xu Zhengye and his remaining troops, caught in a dilemma, choose to rush into the dense bushes beside the fork in the road and flee.
Why didn't the people who came kill Xu Zhengye and the others, but just forced them back here?
This matter was strange, and Chang Suining didn't bother to stay and investigate. She jumped on the horse and pointed to the dozens of people led by Captain Bai: "... Follow me to chase Xu Zhengye!"
As he spoke, he looked at the people in front of him and said, "Yuan Xiang, stay here and carefully distinguish between the enemy and us! If there is a trick, retreat in time and use the sound of fireworks as a signal!"
"Yes!" Yuan Xiang agreed, and shouted loudly at Chang Suining's back as she rode away on her horse, "Ms. Chang, be careful!"
Normally he should follow Madam Chang at all times, but the mixed crowd ahead was indeed odd. There were Xuan Ce's troops among them, and he needed to figure out whether the situation was true or not.
At the beginning of March, the grass is growing and the birds are singing.
The iron hooves of the war horses swept through the half-man-high weeds, causing gusts of wind and scaring away birds and rabbits.
Chang Suining and Captain Bai divided their troops into two groups, one group pursued directly and the other group encircled the enemy from the side.
A quarter of an hour later, Chang Suining caught up with the fleeing Xu Zhengye beside a wild stream.
While fleeing, Xu Zhengye first divided his subordinates into two groups, and later even three or four groups, and fled in different directions to confuse the pursuers behind him.
At this moment, he finally stopped in this shallow stream.
The horse's hooves stepped over the clear stream, slowly passed by his side, and then stopped in front of him.
The girl sat upright on the tall horse, holding the reins in one hand, and looked at him: "General Xu, it's time to stay."
A girl of this age has a clear voice, which now blends in with the sound of the naturally flowing wild stream.
Xu Zhengye was leaning on his knife, slightly bent over and breathing heavily.
He led the army in a battle for a whole night, fled on the water for half a day, was injured by Chang Suining on the way, and hid and escaped here again. It can be said that he was on high alert all the time.
When he was stopped, he was almost exhausted.
At this moment, he raised his bloodshot eyes, looked at the girl sitting on the horse, and squeezed out an annoyed and sarcastic laugh from the deepest part of his throat.
"You really are a piece of plaster that can't be shaken off..."
He had fled all the way here, and although he was unwilling, he did not think he was panicking, and he could still respond calmly at all times. However, even though he had tried all the means he could think of, he still could not get rid of her! "It is my ability to make this dog-skin plaster." Chang Suining smiled slightly, "You cannot get rid of me and become my defeated general, because General Xu is not capable enough."
She was also very tired, so she might as well say a few more words to him at this moment.
Xu Zhengye never missed the leisurely look in her eyes, which was the look of a hunter facing his prey with no escape.
He gritted his teeth and glanced behind him.
Her men were only seven or eight steps away, a row of more than ten people, sitting on horses, each holding a bow and crossbow.
Not far away, the sound of horse hooves began to approach. It was the people she had been chasing separately, heading here to meet her.
Xu Zhengye looked up at the sky for a moment, and a reluctant laugh rolled out of his throat.
He's not capable enough?!
How could he be a mediocre person if he could come this far and achieve the previous momentum? How could he be a mediocre person who was trampled under the feet of a mere little girl! The unwillingness in his eyes was surging: "...You set an ambush on the Bian River with nothing but treacherous means that were not worthy of being shown on the stage. What kind of ability can you say that!"
But the girl was not angered at all, and said to him calmly: "On the battlefield, other than the winner lives and the loser dies, what are the unchanging rules? Winning is a skill."
"You thought you chose to come to Luoyang, but in fact, you were forced to choose because of the situation, and this situation was created by me."
"From the beginning to the end, you have been calculated by my treacherous tactics."
He then said shamelessly: "So, I have many skills, not just treacherous ambushes and calculated layouts. It's a pity that General Xu is not lucky enough and has no chance to see more."
Every word she said was heart-wrenching, and Xu Zhengye was actually irritated by her.
Provoking the opponent didn't work, so he tried another approach.
"...Do you really think that by taking my head as a token of your loyalty, you will be trusted and respected by the Empress, and that your family will be rich and glorious forever?"
"You are wrong! The Queen of Ming is suspicious and vicious, and has always been suspicious of Chang Kuo... What's more, you had previously openly forced her to issue an order to kill the Ming family's son in the capital. No matter how hard you work for her, your Chang family will never have a good ending!"
At this point, his eyes burst with genuine hatred: "The Queen is not worthy of being the master of this great country! She is calculating, sinister, cold-blooded, ambitious, and she ascended the throne by stepping on the corpses of her two children. However, her background has already determined her vision. She has never been, and will never be, a truly competent monarch!"
"A wise ruler should first love his people like his own children! But if he doesn't even love his own children, how can he love his people?"
"Since she ascended the throne, she has been fighting with the nobles. The only thing on her mind is the struggle for power. To achieve this, she will do anything to achieve it. She uses the people of the world as pawns, causing the people under her rule to complain and alienate the people!"
"I am just following people's wishes and wanting to restore justice. What have I done wrong?"
Faced with his increasingly excited expression, Chang Suining frowned slightly.
"When you were in Jiangdu, did you ever climb the city gates and look back at the city instead of the mountains, rivers, and seas in the distance? Who destroyed the prosperity and happiness of Jiangnan in the past? Was it the emperor living far away in the capital, or was it the knife in your hand?"
"Is this what you mean by following the will of the people and the righteous path in your heart?"
"May I ask whose heart you are following? What kind of righteous path are you following?"
"The Queen is not worthy of loving the people, so are you worthy?"
"You shouldn't ask me what you did wrong." She looked at Xu Zhengye, her eyes colder than the spring stream: "You should ask yourself what you did right."
When he met those eyes, Xu Zhengye's clenched teeth trembled slightly.
"Besides, wasn't it because of your support that the Queen ascended the throne?" Her voice was very calm: "In the final analysis, you and she are on the same path. Why do you have to think you are righteous and deceive yourself when you are about to die?"
To put it simply, behind this is nothing more than a story of crossing the river and then destroying the bridge, unequal distribution of spoils, parting ways and resulting resentment.
Xu Zhengye held the handle of the long knife stuck in the stream tightly with both hands, and suddenly asked word by word: "Who are you?"
If her skills in martial arts are the product of natural talent, how do we explain the attitude she showed towards things and the silent oppressive aura she exuded at that moment?
At this moment, the feeling she gave him was inexplicably familiar to him, as if he had seen her in another person a long time ago...
Xu Zhengye looked at her steadily, as if trying to find the truth hidden in her eyes.
"Who am I?" She repeated his question and answered leisurely, "Didn't the manifesto say that I am the reincarnation of a star general, and I have come here to kill you according to the will of heaven."
"God's will?" Xu Zhengye suddenly laughed and tried to stand up straighter.
Then, he suddenly drew his sword, with water droplets wrapped in murderous intent, and pointed it at her: "You are full of lies, what destiny are you following!"
The girl still sat firmly on her horse, and said with a smile: "I regard myself as heaven, and my will is the will of heaven."
"So, if I want to kill you, it means that it is God's will to kill you. This is clearly the truth. How can it be a lie?"
"... So arrogant!" Xu Zhengye's scarlet eyes suddenly showed a hint of excitement: "But it's good! It seems that you and I are on the same path!"
How could someone who could say such treasonous words as "I regard myself as heaven, and my will is the will of heaven" be a loyal and obedient person! Even if he died today, the country would never be stable in the future!
He suddenly laughed out loud towards the sky.
Then, he staggered forward two steps in the water, the knife in his hand almost reaching Chang Suining: "...I look up to you now, do you dare to fight me fair and square?"
"I dare."
Chang Suining smiled and said, "But I am tired today. As we are both military commanders, I am willing to listen to your last words. I am already giving you a lot of respect."
"And now I have a certain amount of prestige." She looked behind Xu Zhengye, "If I have to do everything myself, jumping up and down and fighting with others all the time, wouldn't it seem too unstable and lack the demeanor of a general?"
Of course, not being able to win is also a possibility.
Xu Zhengye did have some kung fu skills. If he fought her head-on with the determination to die, she would probably be no match for him in her current state.
Being taken hostage by him is a small matter, but being knocked down by him is a big and humiliating matter.
Nowadays, her face and life are very valuable.
While Chang Suining was speaking, he had already grasped the reins, moved one step away from Xu Zhengye, and the horse's hooves moved away from his side in a scattered manner.
Xu Zhengye gathered his strength, turned around suddenly, ran forward, and slashed at her back with his knife.
Chang Suining held the reins with one hand and raised the other hand to pull out the long knife from behind.
When the long sword was unsheathed, she had already lowered her body on the horse's back, controlled the horse, turned around, swung the sword, and swept away.
The knife flashes.
His eyes were cold.
The arm that Xu Zhengye was holding the knife was cut off, and the broken arm and the knife flew out together.
He staggered back a few steps in disbelief.
"I said I wouldn't fight with you, but you really took my bait." Chang Suining threw out the long sword and struck the handle with his palm force.
“Puff!”
The long knife flew straight out and pierced Xu Zhengye's chest.
Chang Suining turned his horse back and did not look back.
Xu Zhengye knelt in the water, moving with difficulty, but still unwillingly tried to get his knife back.
Dozens of arrows were fired at once.
His body trembled again and again as he was hit by arrows, and then his head fell limply, and everything finally returned to calm.
"General!" Captain Bai asked carefully, "Are you going to take away the head of the bandit Xu?"
After all, that seventy-three day...
Chang Suining nodded: "Take it with you."
Then, he gave another instruction: "Drag his body out of the water."
Water is living water, it circulates with each other. A corpse rotting in the stream will also spoil the nearby water. The person has already committed a heinous crime when he is alive, so he should not commit any more sins when he is dead.
There were also corpses in the Bian River, whether they were comrades or enemies, they all had to be salvaged and buried.
Previously, she told Coach Xiao that if they died they would be thrown into the river to feed the fish, but this was just nonsense she said subconsciously to calm herself down in the face of the impending killing.
A large number of corpses would destroy the water source and might even cause a plague. She had fought so many water fights, so it was impossible for her to let her nonsense come true.
But no matter how many nonsense words are spoken, it will not be able to soothe the shock of the killing.
The only way to truly calm all this down is to stop the war.
But in the current situation, these two words are no different from delusions.
But she will continue walking on this road called delusion. If one day she can get close to this delusion, she will use this delusion as a foundation and try to build an unshakable career for her people of Dasheng, so that this delusion can become as long-lasting as possible and stay on the land under her feet for a long time.
Chang Suining would rather drive his horse slowly and look forward.
The half-human-high weeds swayed in the wind, the green waves seemed to connect with the blue sky, and the breeze pushed the white clouds to roll and expand.
In the place with clear wind and white clouds, there was the sound of horse hooves like thunder, galloping towards them.
Chang Suining reined in his horse subconsciously.
As the sound of horse hooves approached, Chang Suining could slowly see clearly that it was Xuan Ce's army, Yuan Xiang, and...
He was someone she was very worried about.
The two sides stopped ten steps apart.
The young man sat on a horse, wearing a dark blue robe, with clear eyes and eyebrows, and looked at her in the breeze.
After a moment, he dismounted and walked towards her.
Chang Suining, who had just finished a great battle, had a tired mind and a brief feeling of being in a state of both reality and illusion.
It was not until that person walked to her side that she came back to her senses and immediately lowered her eyes to look at him: "Cui Jing, are you okay..."
Hearing this "Cui Jing" that had never been heard before because it was too subconscious, a smile more pleasant than the breeze appeared in the young man's eyes.
He nodded to her seriously: "Yes, I'm fine."
(Don’t say I’m out of context anymore. I wrote an extra hundred words to let Xiao Cui speak_(:з」∠)_)
Now that Xiao Cui has come out, it would be a waste not to use it. I will use it to ask for monthly tickets from everyone. I don’t know if it will work (*^▽^*)
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