When Kou Ying came to pass, Eighteen had already repelled the soldiers who approached, and Qi Sheng was still kneeling in front of Kou Ying.

"I fell into their ambush." Qi Sheng roughly described his trick of being lured deep by the Northwest Cavalry, "Their shields emit strange light, and there are ambushes everywhere, we fought desperately and killed many enemies, and when we evacuated, we were intercepted by the Northwest Cavalry!" ”

Kou Ying also roughly understood at this time that Qi Sheng's cavalry also suffered a big loss from the mirror.

Although he really wanted to cut Qi Sheng with a knife, he also knew that even if he killed Qi Sheng, it would be useless, and the five thousand soldiers and horses could not come back intact, but now that he was in a predicament, Qi Sheng was also one of his henchmen and cronies, so naturally he could not be easily killed.

"Second brother, now is not the time to blame the starling." Eighteen said softly: "Look at it, these soldiers and horses who have retreated no longer have the slightest fighting spirit, and they are bent on returning to Liaodong, if they can't solve the matter of going up the mountain as soon as possible, they will definitely make trouble." The food is running out, and when they come to their senses tomorrow, they are afraid that they will have it! ”

Kou Ying didn't need to be reminded by Eighteen, and he knew that the situation was critical.

"Second brother, is he not letting us go up the mountain?" Qi Sheng became smart at this time.

Kou Ying ignored him, but Eighteen gave a general explanation of the situation, Qi Sheng listened, and immediately said angrily: "It's good that he is useless, he dares!" Realizing that his voice was too loud, he hurriedly looked left and right, and then lowered his voice and said: "Second brother, if you go to see him alone, he will definitely kill you, if you apologize in public, I am only afraid!" ”

He didn't say anything more, but the meaning was understood by Kou Ying and Eighteen.

If he really apologized to the soldiers according to Mo Wuyi's words, Kou Ying did not die in the hands of the Northwest people, but was afraid that he would die in the hands of the Liaodong people.

Countless Liaodong cavalry died on the battlefield, if these defeated soldiers listened to Kou Ying's self-confession for their own selfish interests, and put the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers at risk, with the emotions of these Liaodong soldiers, I am afraid that Kou Ying would be torn to pieces.

After a period of silence, Kou Ying finally sighed lightly: "That's it, Mo Wuyi has to deal with me alone, if I use my life, I can really let everyone return to Liaodong safely, and it is worth it for me to give him this life." He said lightly: "You two stay here, the local northwest people call, I will go up the mountain on my stomach to see Mo Wuyi." ”

"Second brother, if you go like this, won't you die in vain?" Qi Sheng hurriedly said: "He will definitely not let you go." ”

Kou Ying frowned and said, "What if you don't go?" I can't just watch everyone die? The food is gone, the retreat is blocked, and the people in the northwest will be killed at any time, if they can't cross the mountain and are trapped here, even if the people in the northwest don't come over, I'm afraid that everyone will starve to death. ”

Qi Sheng couldn't help but say: "Mo Wuyi is ruthless and ruthless, since he is like this to us, if he really forces us to be anxious, let's go back to Chu Huan." He blurted out, and as soon as the words came out, he only felt that it was inappropriate, but it was difficult to collect it, and he couldn't take it back if he wanted to.

Kou Ying glanced at each other with Eighteen, Eighteen's lips moved, and he didn't make a sound, Kou Ying had already said softly: "Eighteen, we are old brothers, there are only a few of us left, so far, you can say whatever you want, and you don't need to worry about anything, what do you think in your heart?" ”

"Second brother, in fact, what the starling brother said is not without a little truth." Eighteen sighed: "If the electric marshal is alive, we will naturally work together, serve the lord loyally, and die, but the electric marshal has passed away, Mo Wuyi does not talk about brotherhood, and wants to cause the second brother to die, and he is ruthless, so there is no need for us to talk about brotherhood to him." The second brother just said that he only wants to deal with you, I don't agree with this, since Mo Wuyi has made the spearhead public, do you think he will let us people go? ”

Kou Ying shook his head and said, "That being said, if you want to take refuge in Chu Huan, you will never succeed." ”

Qi Sheng and Eighteen glanced at each other, and then said softly: "Second brother, we can't go back to Liaodong, Dianshuai has passed away, and we have to think about our future now." Looking at the world, where can we go? With this little bit of men and horses in our hands, not to mention whether they will follow us or not, even if they really follow us, we will have only a few thousand men and horses, no money and no food, and hey, what can we do. ”

"Then have you ever thought about what will happen to our family in Liaodong if we surrender to the enemy?" Kou Ying sighed lightly: "Liaodong and Northwest China have gone through this battle, and once we take refuge in Chu Huan, Mo Wuyi will find a justifiable excuse to attack our family." He frowned and said: "If we just lead the troops to fight him for control of Liaodong, he may not dare to attack our family, but once he takes refuge in Chu Huan, there will be no room for maneuver." ”

Eighteen said softly: "Second brother, do you think that if you are caught, he will let our family go?" Since he had already thought about closing the mountain and cutting off our way back, he was already ready to do something to us from the beginning, and since this is the case, he is bound to send someone to control our family as soon as possible! He sighed lightly, "No matter what we do, he will not show mercy." ”

Kou Ying's expression became more and more solemn.

"If he dares to touch our family, I will cut off his head with my own hands." Qi Sheng clenched his fists.

Eighteen sneered: "Brother Starling, with our current strength, even if he really poisons him, how can we fight against him, and how can we avenge our family?" He looked around, lowered his voice and said: "If you really want to take revenge at that time, you must borrow the strength of others, the starling brother just said that we will go to Chu Huan, then we can use Chu Huan's power to take revenge." ”

At this time the sky began to darken, some people cut wood, and lit a bonfire, the weather was cold, hungry, not even a tent, but the soldiers at this time no longer cared about the threat of the northwesterners.

After a period of silence, Kou Ying seemed to be a little hesitant, and Eighteen said softly: "Second brother, look at these people, after the First World War, they are already scattered at this time, and they have no scruples, no food, no water, no tents, they may be able to survive tonight, but tomorrow, some of them will definitely rise up and make trouble, one is not good, and there may even be a mutiny!" ”

Kou Ying was actually worried about this, although these Liaodong cavalry were brave warriors on the battlefield, they were also rough and brave men.

Defeat, hunger, cold, suspicion, and other factors, but if someone takes the lead, the mutiny will be won, and the contradictions at that time will only refer to themselves.

At present, they have just withdrawn to the foot of Yanshan Mountain, and most of the soldiers have not recovered from the defeat for a while, and they can't think of making trouble for the time being, but if they don't go up the mountain for a long time, then things will be in trouble.

In fact, Kou Ying had already discovered that the eyes of some soldiers had become a little strange when they looked at him.

Eighteen's reminder at this time made Kou Ying's heart tighten, he suddenly thought that since Mo Wuyi was bent on putting himself to death, at such a moment, he might not send someone to sneak into the defeated army and stir up people's hearts, thinking of this, he looked around, and saw piles of bonfires lit, soldiers or groups of three or five, or ten or twenty people besieging the city, while roasting the fire, while whispering, looking at it, Kou Ying always felt that those people were talking about themselves in a low voice, whenever he saw someone looking at his side, Kou Ying's heart was even tighter.

In the past, some people would have come and made a bonfire for themselves, but now those soldiers are taking care of each other, and no one has come to pay attention to them.

Seeing that Kou Ying's expression became more and more solemn, Eighteen lowered his voice and said, "Second brother, I have an idea, I don't know if I should talk about it or not." ”

"It's all like this, what should I not talk about." Kou Ying said in a low voice, "If you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Eighteen leaned forward, leaned closer, and said in a low voice: "Since the second brother is worried that we will defect to Chu Huan and kill our family members for Mo Wuyi, I have a way to avoid giving him the truth." ”

"Oh?"

"We'll leave quietly tonight." Eighteen said in a low voice: "From now on, if we disappear, the second brother will neither have to see Mo Wuyi, nor do you have to apologize in public, and leave, without the trace of the second brother, Mo Wuyi will eventually let these people go over the mountain, and there is no truth, Mo Wuyi does not dare to do it to our family, after all, he still has to buy people's hearts, if he does it to our family for no reason, his reputation will be damaged, and it will be even more difficult to establish authority in Liaodong." ”

"Quietly leaving?" Kou Ying said: "Where to go?" ”

"Let's go to Chu Huan's side." Eighteen said softly: "We don't have to blatantly defect to Chu Huan, we can secretly take refuge in Chu Huan!" ”

Qi Sheng had already said: "We just killed you with the Northwest Army, although we have lost countless men and horses, but the Northwest Army has died a lot in our hands, you say Chu Huan will accept us?" ”

"Starling don't forget, Chu Huan is ambitious, but he is a man who wants to dominate the world." Eighteen chuckled and said, "Although we lost a game this time, it is not easy for him to attack Liaodong." ”

Kou Ying understood: "You mean that Chu Huan wants to use us to attack Liaodong?" ”

"We also used them to get rid of Mo Wuyi and save their families." Eighteen said softly: "As long as we secretly take refuge in Chu Huan and don't publicize it to the outside world, Mo Wuyi has no reason to do anything to our family, and when the time comes, we will assist the Northwest Army in attacking Liaodong, not only can we get rid of Mo Wuyi, but also rescue our family." In the Northwest Army, who is more familiar with the situation in Liaodong than we are? ”

"But!" Kou Ying hesitated slightly: "I always feel that it is inappropriate to go to Chu Huan like this." ”

"Second brother, it's not that we have to go to Chu Huan, it's that Mo Wuyi deceives people too much and forces us to do this." Eighteen sneered: "He cut off our way back and left us with no way out, are we willing to die here?" ”

Qi Sheng thought about it for a while, seemed to have made up his mind, and said to Kou Ying: "Second brother, what the eighteenth brother said is true, if we don't leave, tomorrow we are only afraid that we will be killed by our own people, it is Mo Wuyi who forced us to take this step, no wonder us." Liaodong is no longer the Liaodong of Dianshuai, let alone our Liaodong, second brother, make up your mind, let's take our cronies and leave overnight! ”