Chapter 356: Righteousness and Death (I)
The rocket ignited the surrounding grass and trees, and the dark passages of the forest just now became clear, leaving a series of rutted marks on the rugged mountain road.
Chatai Dorton ordered his detachment of troops to conduct a search, and as soon as they found the whereabouts of the people who came to the dart bureau, they immediately reported it. Immediately, the Meng Yuan troops held Miao Dao shields, divided into several columns, and chased away in separate lanes.
Chatai Dordun was still standing in place, looking at the direction of the troops in front of him, and his eyes showed a thick murderous aura. When the guard next to him saw it, he couldn't help asking, "Prince, if you find someone who comes to the dart bureau, what should you do?"
Chatai Dordun paused for a moment, and then said in a cold tone: "Except for their young master Sun Yun, the rest of the people ...... No mercy!"
"Sun Yun - is that the young master of the Dart Bureau who always opposes us?" the guard asked again, "What do you want to do with the young master who wants to leave him behind?"
Chatai Dordun said in a murderous tone: "Sun Yun, if this son wants to kill him personally, I must personally cut off his head with a knife!"
Tchatel Dorton's words were alarmist and frightening. The guard beside him broke out in a cold sweat, and looked at Chatai Dorton, who was full of murderous aura, and didn't dare to ask any more words......
He Zibu hid in a hidden corner of the grass and saw the scene in front of him, and even Chatai Dordun could hear it clearly. After Chatai Dordun finished speaking, He Zibu understood that Chatai Dordun didn't know that Sun Yun didn't act with Lin Jing and them, but he also knew very well in his heart that Chatai Dordun had made up his mind to kill this time. Once the people of Chatai Dordun found Lin Jing and Zhu Xucong, they would definitely not be spared. In addition, the trucks transported are scattered and heavy, and walking on mountain roads is not a small obstacle. However, the Mengyuan troops of Chatai Dordun were converted from cavalry to infantry and lightly armed, and the speed of pursuit did not decrease, coupled with the fact that Chatai Dordun used tactics to block the intersections of various roads, if this continued, Lin Jing and the others would be caught up sooner or later.
Thinking of this, He Zibu decided not to sit still, and immediately rushed from his original position to the other side. I was going to inform the disciples of Mingjian Mountain Villa and others who were hiding from observation in several other places......
The Mengyuan troops were divided into several lanes, and they searched separately along the rutted marks on the mountain road, and so on. No matter how Lin Jing and the others disperse the convoy, after a long time, sooner or later they will all be caught. And Tatedolton was not idle, and continued to follow the rear of the troops. Take advantage of the rocket in your hand. The grass and trees on the ancient road were burned, and the view on the mountain was also clear, once the convoy in front was slightly sluggish, there was a danger of being discovered by the Mengyuan army.
Tatedoldun continued to fire his bow and arrows at the key road passes, and the jungle soon turned into a blazing thicket, and the burning grass and trees made a "crackling" sound.
"There's a rut mark over here, look for it—" "There's a downhill in front of you." They may have hastened their escape here—" And on the side of the Mengyuan army, the soldiers were still searching for their "prey" like hungry wolves. One can't help but feel dangerously suffocating in the flame jungle......
"What are you talking about, Meng Yuan's army is about to catch up?" Cheng Fu was surprised when he heard the news explained by He Zibu, who came to report.
He Zibu said eagerly: "That's right, that Chatai Dordun is really cunning, and he actually used a rocket to set fire to the grass and trees on the mountain. And the speed of their march is not slow, the search is orderly, it seems that they are all elite troops of the palace, and if this continues, our people will be discovered sooner or later-"
Cheng Fu thought for a moment, and then said righteously: "Without further ado, we must quickly inform Zhu Xucong and them and ask them to change their route-"
"But if we go and inform, who will stay here and continue to monitor the people in the palace?" Gu Xingkang asked again.
"Let me go-" Lei Zhengfeng, who has always been full of guts, stood up and said, "I, Lei Zhengfeng, am not afraid of anything, even if it is discovered by the people of the Chatai Palace, it will be a big deal to kill a bloody way, let me stay here!"
However, He Zibu, who had been unable to calm down, stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "No, let me stay!"
"Brother He Zibu?" Cheng Fu looked at He Zibu with puzzled eyes.
He Zibu's eyes were full of determination, and he continued randomly: "I overheard Chatai Dordun give an order just now, if you see our people coming to the Dart Bureau, you will be killed-this matter has nothing to do with your Mingjian Villa, since the people from Chatai Dordun are clearly the people who came to us to come to the Dart Bureau, let us face it ourselves-"
"But Chatai Dordun is ruthless, if you leave it alone, Brother He Zibu......," Gu Xingkang said very uneasily.
"I don't care, I'm familiar with the mountain roads here, how to deal with them, I have my own ......way," He Zibu said resolutely, "You go and inform Zhu Xucong's seniors and Brother A Jing first, and keep going, if the speed is fast, you should be able to walk out of Liangzi Mountain until dawn tomorrow...... As long as Chatai Dordun can't find you, he will naturally collect his troops and go back, and then I will go back to the dart bureau, and you will escort Senior Zhu safely, and then go back to the metropolis......"
Although it is very dangerous to let He Zibu stay here alone, time waits for no one, and there is no need to hesitate at this time. Cheng Fu glanced at He Zibu's determined eyes, then nodded and said: "Okay, then let's rush to the front to inform the convoy first, Brother He Zibu, you must be very careful alone, since Chatai Dordun has ordered to take the lives of the people you come to the dart bureau, you must not be hard-touched-"
The flames gradually spread to the field of vision of He Zibu and the others, He Zibu looked back anxiously, and then continued: "Okay, I know, you guys hurry up and inform, it's too late if you don't go!"
Cheng Fu didn't say anything more, and after nodding with Gu Xingkang and Lei Zhengfeng, he split up and rushed towards the front with light skills......
After He Zibu saw Cheng Fu and the others away, he looked back at the burning flames behind him, and in his heart, he ran in the opposite direction, and then ran into the nearby jungle......
"Did you find it over there?" "No-" "There is no ...... here" The Mengyuan troops are still stepping up the search for the convoy ahead. But due to going into the depths of the jungle. The view gradually darkened, and here it was downhill again, and the rut marks were obviously not as clear as they had been on the previous uphill road. Naturally, the speed has slowed down a lot.
Chatai Dorton also rushed over at this time, and saw that the troops would stop from time to time, so he scolded loudly: "What's the matter, haven't you found someone from the dart board yet, why are you all stunned here?"
One of the soldiers ran up to Chatai Dordun and reported: "Master Hui, this is the downhill road of the mountain road, and some rut marks are not obvious. The brothers don't know which way to go......"
Seeing this, Chatai Dorton sped up a few steps and ran to the downhill entrance, and sure enough, he found that the rut marks here were not very clear. It is not even possible to tell the direction in which the convoy is fleeing. Chatai Dorton thought for a while, looked at the bumpy stone road in several directions of the downhill, and found several deep openings with different rules of large and small potholes, and after thinking about it, he said: "Go here - the cart drives downhill." It's going to be a bumpy ride. Even if it is to escape, it is inevitable to bump into it. Here and again, the wheels are bumpy and undulating, and they will go down from this place to chase them!"
Chatai Dorton's eyes are indeed pointed, and he will not let go of any clues. And Chatai Dordun didn't guess wrong, this direction was indeed the direction in which Lin Jing and their vehicles escaped.
He Zibu came back to hide on the side of the forest, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but be a little stunned.
Chatai Dordun immediately ordered his soldiers to rush down the slope to continue the pursuit, only to see that the lightly armed Mengyuan soldiers rushed down the slope at an alarming speed. Within a while, hundreds of people all ran down the mountain, which was not inferior to the speed of He Zibu's light skills just now. And He Zibu saw it. is even more nervous, if it continues at this rate, I am afraid that before Cheng Fu and the others can send the news over, Meng Yuan's army will already catch up. Thinking of this, He Zibu's heart broke out in a cold sweat again, but then he calmed down again, and a risky thought poured into his mind......
Following the speed of the troops, Tatei Dordun also jumped down from the hillside with a light feat, and soon stood in front of the troops again.
"From this place, the rut marks are obvious again...... "Chatai Dordun continued as he looked at the car prints on the mountain road, "From here, the scattered car prints just now have begun to merge into one, and it seems that they have gathered again in this place...... The order was given to all the troops to continue to chase down the car seal, and if they saw anyone who came to the dart board, they would be killed!"
"Yes-" All the Mengyuan troops responded in unison, shouting throughout the dark forest, and as Chatai Dordun continued to draw his bow and arrows, the rockets came out, illuminating the mountain road ahead, and the Mengyuan troops continued to pursue forward......
There were several forks in the road, and the ruts on the road were also divided and merged from time to time, and it seemed that the convoy in front of it had also experienced several twists and turns when passing here. The marching speed of the Mengyuan troops did not slow down because of this, on the contrary, these Mengyuan troops were like well-trained, and they separated several roads again, and followed the rutted marks along the forks in the road......
The Meng Yuan troops passed through a slightly darker enemy, and the path here was very narrow, and every time they crossed a small pass, there would be a small intersection covered with dense forests on the left and right sides from time to time...... Suddenly, a Mengyuan soldier walked to a pass, and a pair of hands stretched out at the intersection and dragged the Mengyuan soldier over. Before the Meng Yuan soldiers could react, they only heard a muffled scream, and the Meng Yuan soldiers fell to the ground motionless.
The soldiers in front and behind noticed that something was wrong and quickly surrounded the place where the incident had just happened.
However, just as the soldiers were focusing on the place of the incident, another Mengyuan soldier was similarly assassinated in another part of the forest path.
The incident continued, and every once in a while, a Mengyuan soldier fell at an intersection. The severity of the matter quickly escalated, and someone in the formation suddenly shouted: "Attention of the whole team, there are assassins!"
Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, all the Mengyuan soldiers present raised their knives and became cautious, looking at the scene of the incident just now, and watching intently at every move of the grass and trees just now.
Chatai Dordun also came from here at this time, and after a general understanding of the situation, he immediately shouted loudly: "What a thief is so bold that he dares to sneak attack the soldiers of the imperial court!"
There is no response from the front, and the sneak attackers will naturally not respond.
Seeing that the people in front of him did not respond, and there was no sign of escape, he immediately took a bow and arrow from the soldiers beside him, and several rockets were fired in unison, aiming directly at the grass and trees at several key crossings of the narrow road ahead.
"Whew-" With the cold wind in the night forest, the flames of the grass and trees soon burst into flames. Illuminates the surroundings with a qiē. And the person who was hiding in the forest just now naturally did not hide any longer, and escaped from the burning forest - and this person was none other than He Zibu, who had been staring at the royal troops.
He Zibu originally wanted to slow down the march by assassinating the Meng Yuan soldiers. It's just that I didn't expect Chatai Dorton to come so quickly, and he didn't give himself a way to live at all, and he didn't have a chance to escape.
Chatai Dordun recognized He Zibu, his eyes were full of murderous aura, and He Zibu also looked at Chatai Dordun with jealous eyes, and he had already clenched the Miao knife in his hand, not daring to slack off in the slightest.
Chatai Dordun looked at He Zibu and said with a sneer: "Hmph." You're that little follower of Young Master Sun, right? I didn't expect to jump into the coffin by myself......"
Before the words fell, all the hundreds of Mengyuan soldiers had already surrounded He Zibu on this narrow road, and there was Chatai Dordun in front of him. Behind him, there were Meng Yuan's troops surrounded by water, and He Zibu himself already knew very well that he would not be able to escape tonight no matter what.
However, He Zibu was not afraid, he had long expected such a result. And in order to cover the convoy of men and horses continued to flee. There is no other way. With the heart of seeing death as home, He Zibu not only did not want to escape, but even pulled out the knife on his body, wanting to fight to the death with Chatai Dordun.
"You just came out to cover the people in front of the convoy and go first, right......" Chatai Dordun looked at He Zibu who was cornered, and continued to sneer and said, "Hmph, it was your young master Sun who ordered you to do this, right? In order to escape by himself, he can even leave his brothers and friends behind......"
Hear such a disgraceful statement. He Zibu immediately retorted: "Hmph, Brother Sun is not here at all. There's no convoy you mentioned here, just me, He Zibu!"
"Oh, what do you mean by a little follower who came to the dart bureau on such a night in this dark mountain?" Chatai Dordun continued to laugh contemptuously, "You don't have to pretend, this son has long known that when you were in the Longpan Chamber of Commerce today, you kid witnessed the assassination of Zhong Qishan, one of the Five Heroes of the Northern Plains...... You should know it yourself, let you witness Ben Gongzi's plan, how will your fate be ......" After the cold words, the cold Miao knife faintly appeared on the sleeve of Chatai Dorton, and under the fire of the dark night jungle, a sharp cold light was refracted.
But He Zibu's eyes still didn't have any fear, he lifted the knife in his hand to his side, and also looked at Chatai Dordun with murderous eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "Hmph, if you want to fight to the death, the deaths of my former brothers Fang Ke, Fei Nenghong and Ouyang Cong were all killed by you Chatai Doldun, and I, He Zibu, want to get it back from you!"
He Zibu, who knew that he was certain to die, faced the siege of Chatai Dordun and Meng Yuanqian's army, and showed a dignity that regarded death as home......
On Lin Jing and Zhu Xucong's side, everyone was still carrying the cart and continued to flee in the direction of the mountain. Just as they turned around another trailhead, they suddenly spotted the skyrocketing fire behind them—that was where He Zibu had just been found.
"The fire behind is on again, and these Mengyuan soldiers are really fast enough to chase after them-" Shi Changsong couldn't help but exclaim, "I don't know what happened to Abu and them now?"
"Someone's coming—" Zhu Xucong suddenly shouted, staring at the place behind him.
Lin Jing also stopped for a while to look at it, and saw three people rushing out from the bushes behind him.
"It's Brother Chengfu—" Shi Changsong was the first to recognize it, and couldn't help but exclaim. Sure enough, the people who came were Cheng Fu, Gu Xingkang and Lei Zhengfeng, who were observing the situation on the back road before.
The three of them quickened their pace, and jumped in front of Lin Jing and the others with light skills, and Cheng Fu immediately said: "Oh no, Chatai Dordun has accelerated the speed of the march, and it will be here soon, you should hurry up and change the way and run-"
"But it's all here, what other way can we go?" Lin Jing asked nervously.
Zhu Xucong looked at the surrounding environment and immediately responded: "I know that there is another road, although the road is more dangerous, but the people of the palace will definitely not be able to catch up!"
"Where is it?" Lin Jing asked again.
Zhu Xucong continued to reply: "Down this slope, there is a thorny ground along the dark passage in the north. However, the terrain there is very treacherous, and it may be more difficult to walk than the original escape route, but one thing is that there are no rut marks on the bush there, and the people of Chatai will not know that we are walking on that road......"
"Since there is this road, it is not too late, let's hurry up!" Lei Zhengfeng said impatiently.
Everyone nodded in agreement, and Lin Jing, who came to the dart game on the side, seemed to be worried, and continued to think about Cheng Fu and asked, "By the way, what about Abu, how is he now?"
"Brother He Zibu, he ......," Cheng Fu said in a slightly worried tone, "He said that he would continue to monitor the actions of the Chatai Palace, and told us not to worry about him...... He also said that when you leave Liangzi Mountain early tomorrow morning, escort the cars and goods safely, and then return to the metropolis, if you can't find us all night, you will definitely retreat and withdraw your troops......"
"That's right...... Lin Jing said in a secret voice, "It's just that I'm worried about Abuta...... Abu, you must not have any accidents......"
However, everyone didn't know that He Zibu was already on the verge of death at this time...... (To be continued......)