Chapter 240 Enemies Meet
When Xiao Zhuo saw Shen Yuexi riding her horse after him, he was startled at first, then he waved at her and shouted, "Hurry up and catch up."
After catching up with Xiao Zhuo, Shen Yuexi looked back and couldn't help but gasp.
Perhaps they received some signal, and two more fire dragons rushed over from a distance. The three groups of people joined together, and there were probably hundreds of cavalrymen, like a swarm of hornets with torches, chasing after them aggressively.
She really couldn't understand it.
Xiao Beiheng, that bastard. He'd had plenty of opportunities to kill her and Xiao Zhuo before, but he'd refused. Now he'd suddenly made a complete 180-degree turn, sending people to kill them even though they were hiding in the corners of Longsheng Town.
"Whoever captures Xiao Zhuo will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and made a marquis of ten thousand households." Shouts came one after another from behind.
Xiao Zhuo shouted, "Yuexi, we have to get rid of them."
Shen Yuexi confidently shouted to Xiao Zhuo, "Don't worry, those idiots can't catch up with us."
She wasn't just boasting. After so many years of training, her riding skills had become superb. The horse she sat on was like an extension of her legs, and she controlled it with ease. She and Xiao Zhuo galloped at high speed, not losing out at all.
Shen Yuexi was feeling happy as she saw the two of them gradually putting distance between themselves and the pursuers, when suddenly a whistling sound was heard in the air.
This extremely familiar voice made the hairs on her body stand up.
It's a bow and arrow.
Seeing that they were about to lose them, the pursuers drew their bows and shot arrows, clearly intending to kill them.
"They are shooting arrows!" she shouted to Xiao Zhuo.
As soon as he finished speaking, the warhorse under Xiao Zhuo neighed, knelt on its front legs, and fell to the ground.
Shen Yuexi turned around and saw it, horrified. Although it was hard to see clearly in the darkness, she could guess that Xiao Zhuo's horse had been hit by an arrow.
It all happened so fast that she didn't have time to think carefully. She pulled the reins suddenly, and the warhorse under her neighed loudly, raised its front hooves high, and dug a few times in the air.
Xiao Zhuo's reaction was faster than she had imagined. The moment the warhorse fell to the ground, he had already leaped into the air from the horse's back. Shen Yuexi had just reined in the warhorse and the horse's front hooves had just touched the ground when he had already landed behind Shen Yuexi.
"Husband, hold me tight." Shen Yuexi shouted, turning sideways to look at the large patch of fire behind her.
In the bright firelight, the soldiers of the Dingbei Army followed on horseback, each holding a bow in their hands, continuously shooting arrows at her.
Fortunately, she didn't light a torch here, so the Dingbei Army could only shoot arrows based on the approximate direction, otherwise they would have been shot into arrow target.
Xiao Zhuo had just put his arms around her waist when she urged her mount on, and the four hooves flew, and she started running again.
She remembered escaping like this before, but she was just a burden back then. Unlike now, she could ride away with her husband.
The warhorse, carrying two men, was noticeably slower than before. They could barely stay out of the range of the arrows. Although the arrows from behind couldn't hurt them, the pursuers were gradually catching up.
"Husband, what should we do?" Shen Yuexi asked, "If we continue like this, we'll be caught up."
"That was the last checkpoint of the Dingbei Army, right?" Xiao Zhuo asked.
"Yes." Shen Yuexi didn't understand why Xiao Zhuo asked these questions.
Xiao Zhuo shouted, "We've just passed Zhangwu City... Those flames ahead aren't from the Dingbei Army. Let's run there."
After being reminded by Xiao Zhuo, Shen Yuexi noticed that there was a large flame in the darkness ahead, rushing towards them at a very fast speed, and it was obviously cavalry.
"Is that the Xiliang army?" she asked.
The Xiliang Army under Meipu had marched north to Nanping to help Xiao Beiheng capture the city, and then they seemed to have stopped between Nanping and Zhangwu without moving. If it was the Xiliang Army, then they were in a cooperative relationship with Xiao Beiheng. Wouldn't they have captured Xiao Zhuo?
"I don't know. Let's lure the pursuers over," Xiao Zhuo said. "Our horses can't hold on for much longer. We can only take a risk. Give me the reins."
Xiao Zhuo had a way of staying calm the more critical the situation. This composure profoundly affected Shen Yuexi, gradually calming her down as well.
She handed the reins to Xiao Zhuo, leaned against his chest, and hugged him with her hands behind her back.
Xiao Zhuo rode his horse close to the fire on the opposite side. When he was still within a shot's range, he turned his horse around and ran away parallel to the opposite formation.
Shen Yuexi looked across and shouted in surprise: "It's the Xirong cavalry!"
This large area of fire was the thousand-man cavalry of the Western Rong. They saw a fire in the south from afar, so they chased over to check it out, and happened to collide with the pursuing Dingbei cavalry.
The cavalry of the Dingbei Army thought that the people opposite them were the cavalry of the Xiliang Army, and they shouted, "We are the Dingbei Army under the command of the Prince of Qi, and we are capturing Xiao Zhuo."
What greeted them was a hail of arrows from the Western Rong army.
The Dingbei army was caught off guard and suddenly attacked, with dozens of horses shot down. But they were elite soldiers under the King of Qi, so they did not panic and flee. When they realized that they were facing the Western Rong army, they immediately drew their swords and engaged the Western Rong cavalry.
Shen Yuexi turned around and looked behind her through Xiao Zhuo's arm. The two armies were already engaged in a melee.
"My dear husband, the Dingbei Army and the Xirong Army have started fighting," she said happily, "They are not chasing us anymore."
Xiao Zhuo was indeed smart. Now that there were no pursuers, the two of them could definitely escape safely.
Xiao Zhuo poured a bucket of cold water on her head: "We have been surrounded by the Xirong army and there is no way to escape."
After Xiao Zhuo reminded him, Shen Yuexi noticed that there seemed to be dense flames in front of them and on both sides, all rushing towards the direction where they were.
Only then did she realize that they had actually rushed to the vicinity of the Xirong camp north of Zhangwu City. The Xirong cavalry was encircling them from all sides.
She couldn't understand the chaotic Xirong language they were shouting, but she could hear the two words that kept repeating.
Xiao Zhuo.
When the Western Rong people learned that the Dingbei Army was chasing Xiao Zhuo, they also came to chase them.
Compared to the hundreds of Dingbei Army chasing them before, the number of Xirong Army cavalry was now countless. Looking around, there were Xirong cavalry in all directions.
"Husband, does this count as a double whammy?" Shen Yuexi said with a wry smile.
Xiao Beiheng wanted to capture Xiao Zhuo, and the Xirong people also wanted to capture Xiao Zhuo. Although the Xirong army and the Dingbei army were fighting, it did not delay their cavalry from coming out to capture Xiao Zhuo.
"The Western Rong army must have taken advantage of Xiao Beiheng's southward advance to capture Nanping, and is now about to attack Zhangwu," Xiao Zhuo and his mount circled in place for a few circles, then ran towards the dark place without any fire.
After running for a while, the sound of rushing water gradually became louder.
"There's a river ahead, a river," Shen Yuexi patted Xiao Zhuo's arm and shouted, "Husband, stop now."
She can't swim, so don't let her fall into the river.
"It's the Benniu River," Xiao Zhuo galloped to a cliff more than ten feet above the river, "I didn't expect to be back here again."
Back then, in the north of Zhangwu, he led the Western Liang army to defeat the Western Rong. At one point, he blocked tens of thousands of Western Rong troops here and almost wiped out the enemy army.
The dense flames behind them had surrounded them, and the faces of the Western Rong cavalry could be seen clearly in the flames.
With no way to escape, the two men had no choice but to dismount. Xiao Zhuo drew his sword and protected Shen Yuexi behind him.
The Xirong cavalry stopped their mounts at the foot of the cliff. They neither rushed up directly nor shot arrows. They seemed to be waiting for something.
Shen Yuexi hid behind Xiao Zhuo, holding Xiao Zhuo's clothes tightly with both hands, looking at the crowded enemy troops below.
Behind them was the Benniu River, and in front of them were tens of thousands of Xirong cavalry. This was truly hopeless. If only she were as strong as Yang Cong... Never mind, the result would be the same. The two of them would have no chance of breaking out.
Xiao Zhuo had humiliated Xirong many times before, and now Xirong and he were enemies, and they were extremely jealous of each other.
It's really over now.
While she was thinking, the torches of the Xirong army below retreated to both sides, making way. Dozens of Xirong riders, holding the royal flag, escorted a person to the bottom of the cliff.
The man stopped his mount at the foot of the cliff, looked up at Xiao Zhuo, and said with a smile, "Xiao Zhuo, you didn't expect to meet me in this way, did you?"
Shen Yuexi heard the voice was familiar and looked over.
It was King Thomas.
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