Late Tang

"Who?" he hissed.Although his voice was harsh and hoarse, at least he could finally speak again.

Li Keyong still had a high fever and completely lost the concept of time.How long have you been asleep?He didn't remember at all, he only remembered waking up in a daze, and then fell asleep in a daze.He was too weak, unbearably weak.

"Who?" he yelled again, trying to be louder, louder, and more imposing.

The light of the torch overflowed from the dilapidated hole, finally giving this dark and damp cave some warmth.

A group of black shadows slowly walked towards him, and he couldn't help trembling all over.

Li Keyong used to be fearless, and started to go to the battlefield with his father since he was 12 years old. On the battlefield, he galloped and charged again and again, stabbing the enemy soldiers off their horses and trampling them into mud!But at this moment, in this completely nameless small cave, he was extremely weak, without his proud force, he couldn't even stand up.Loneliness and fear lingered in his heart. He didn't want to die in this broken cave, and he didn't want to die in obscurity and worthless.

He is the king of Shatuo, this is not what he should end up with!

The other party finally walked into the cave, and the brilliance of the torch illuminated the place.

"King, are you awake?" The man came dragging a lame leg, with a circle of dirty rags wrapped around his leg, exuding an unpleasant stench.Although this person was as stained and twisted as that rag, Li Keyong still recognized this person as one of his crow soldiers' personal guards. Geese flying across the sky.But right now, the best archer was standing in front of him with one leg dragging, his body was covered in blood, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face was pale.

"The wound on your face has healed!" Mi Rong exclaimed happily.The best archer is Mi Rong. Li Keyong remembers very clearly that he is not a real Shatuo, but a Sogdian who accompanied them from the Western Regions thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty.

Li Ke followed his gaze and reached out to touch his face, where there was a huge scar.From the left eye to the chin, through the already mutilated nose.The unfinished meat was turned out, and it felt warm to the touch. "This was hacked by Mo Dao's blade. If Lao Hei hadn't charged up and knocked that guy away at that time, this knife would have smashed my head!"

He remembered the source of this wound. After being ambushed that day, he led his troops to break out of the siege. Unfortunately, Li Jing set up an ambush on all sides. No matter where he went to break out, the Qin army would always intercept him.This knife was cut by a young Qin soldier who was only about sixteen or seventeen years old.That guy looked like a fledgling who had just entered the battlefield, but when he drove his horse and rushed over, he thought he would retreat and dodge, but in the end, that guy didn't dodge or dodge, but swung his knife and slashed fiercely, completely fearless His charge.

At that time, if another soldier hadn't knocked that guy away, Li Ke, the hero of his life, would have died on an unknown soldier in the end.Although the guy died under his horse's hoof in the end, Li Keyong still respected this little guy, and everyone in the Qin army should not underestimate him.

Mi Rong held the torch in one hand, and carried a few pieces of charred objects in the other.

"You are still following this king, and they, have they left?" Li Ke asked with a wry smile, but the wound on his face was affected by the smile, and he wanted to roll in pain.When he woke up from a coma last time, he remembered that there were a total of thirteen people around him, all of whom were his black crow guards.

"They went out to hunt and found out the news." Mi Rong replied, "Your Majesty was seriously injured and had a fever, so he needed some meat to replenish his health."

"How many days have I been in a coma this time?"

"Four days!" Mi Rong said, "Your Majesty burned so badly, thanks to Lao Kang picking an old mountain ginseng. It has been ten days since I met the ambush! Damn Qin Bing is still searching around."

"I won't die so easily! Damn Li Jing, I can't stop with him!" Li Ke yelled loudly, and touched the wound on his face, grinning in pain.

It's been ten days, and Li Keyong still doesn't want to think about the current situation outside.No need to think about it, it must be a mess outside.He was ambushed outside Zhigu Pass that day, so he knew without saying that Zhigu Pass must have fallen.He hasn't asked about Zhigu Pass, nor about his wife, because he is afraid of hearing the bad result of his guess confirmed.

Damn it, he hadn't suffered such a terrible defeat since he went to war at the age of 12.

"What is that in your hand?"

Mi Ronglie smiled, "This is a bat. There is a hole not far from here. There are many holes there. Lao Kang and the others went out yesterday and haven't come back yet. They said they planned to go down the mountain this time to inquire about the news. Some bats stayed."

Li Ke supported the hay mat with his hands, squirmed back a few inches, and put his head on the pillow, "Give me one too!"

After waking up this time, his fever finally subsided, perhaps because of the effect of the wild ginseng. Although he was still weak, he obviously felt that he was recovering.He really wants to eat now!

"Is Your Majesty hungry? Then I'll go boil water. When Lao Kang left, he left a rabbit for His Majesty. I'll go roast it now."

"No, just give me a bat." Li Keyong insisted, since he is still in danger, it is best not to set fire to it.

Mi Rong handed him a bat, and Li Ke took it and bit it directly. He sucked a big mouthful of blood first. Although the blood was ice-cold and extremely irritating when it entered his throat, it made him feel a little bit of strength. recover.After a pause, he began to bite the bat with his teeth, as if he was in a decisive battle with the bat's corpse.

Li Ke glanced at Mi Rong who was looking at him in surprise, "For survival!" Out of 3000 people, only thirteen people followed him to escape.

"There must be others who fled like us. If we can find them, we will have more strength to protect ourselves." Li Ke said.

"Old Kang and the others also said the same thing. At that time, you were seriously injured and passed out. The Qin army chased you around. We ran around in the dark to escape. In the end, only 13 of us were left to protect the king. General Shi died in battle. I saw with my own eyes that a member of the Qin army made a general named Tieqiang stab General Shi in the chest, picked him up, threw him on the ground, and was trampled over by a war horse in the end."

"Who did you see die?"

"A lot." Mi Rong said, "At that time, the Qin army suddenly rushed out. Although the brothers fought desperately, these ghosts had the strongest armor, the fastest horse, the sharpest sword, and those fierce bombs. This is not fair, Li Jing used more to fight less, not only ambushed, but also used firearms. If it is one-on-one, with the same equipment, we will never lose to them."

"War is all about unfairness. I've been fooled this time, and I'll remember my name once I suffer a loss. Next time, I will never give Li Jing such a chance again."

After chatting with Mi Rong for a while, Li Keyong fell asleep again.

It was already midnight when he was woken up again.

Of the 12 people who left to explore and hunt, five came back, and the rest have not yet returned.Those who came back brought back several hares and a wild deer, and also brought back a lot of news from outside.

"The Qin army is still hunting around. Many brothers who broke through that day were found, and the heads of the executed brothers were planted on the road below the mountain." Lao Kang reported with red eyes and clenched his fists.

"Any news about Lingqiu City?" Li Keyong asked.

"General Cheng Huaiyi led his soldiers and horses to abandon Lingqiu City on the second day after our ambush, and withdrew to Taixi Pass. I heard from the foot of the mountain that now the entire Weizhou has fallen into the hands of the Qin army. Lingqiu , Feihu, Black Rock Fort, Zijing Pass, and Zhigu Pass are all in the hands of the Qin army." Lao Kang replied.

Li Ke used to touch the flesh turned up from the scar on his face, his heart became colder and colder.Feihuxing and Puyinxing were captured by the Qin army as he expected.Although he didn't want to believe it, it was the truth.

"The soldiers and horses in Hebei are blocked in Yizhou, isn't it?" Li Ke said in a cold tone.

"Yes, the Qin army captured Zijing Pass first. I heard that Wang Jingchong and General Li Sizhao led troops to attack Zijing Pass for a few days, but they were unable to attack. Then Cheng De's army suddenly withdrew, and finally General Li Sizhao also withdrew to Yizhou."

Li Keyong sighed, "It is estimated that Li Jing's last move was launched, and the Qin army in Hejian was dispatched. Wang Jingchong's lair was threatened, so he retreated."

Hebei's reinforcements are now completely hopeless.

After a moment of silence, Li Keyong finally couldn't help asking, "Do you know what happened at Zhigu Pass?"

Lao Kang looked at Li Keyong, lowered his head, unable to speak for a long time.

"Could it be that Li Kening surrendered Li Jing?" Li Keyong asked, few of his brothers could shoulder the burden.

"No." Lao Kang said hesitantly, "In fact, that day, the Qin army sent a partial army to copy the trail, first broke through three military strongholds, and then raided Zhigu Pass from behind. The fighting power was captured."

"Tens of thousands of horses can't hold it for a day?" Li Ke said disappointedly.

"Actually, there were only [-] troops in Guanzhong at that time, and there were only [-] real soldiers, and the rest were young and strong auxiliary soldiers." Lao Kang said truthfully.

"What's the matter, Madam reinforced Zhigu Pass from Yanmen. At that time, the auxiliary soldiers in the pass should have been at least [-] soldiers. Where did those soldiers go?" Li Keyong was puzzled.

Lao Kang lowered his head and said softly: "The other 5000 troops were led out of the pass by the madam. When the Qin army attacked Zhigu Pass, the madam was not in the pass."

"Where is the lady now?"

"Madam led 5000 troops under her command to surrender to Li Jing." Lao Kang replied.

"This is impossible. Where did you hear the news? It must be false."

"We have been inquiring outside for a long time, and the information we have heard has been collected. It is more detailed that Madam led 5000 troops to ambush in the north of Zhigu Pass and wanted to ambush Li Jing. General Li Kening led [-] troops to stay in Zhigu As a result, Li Jing sent troops to attack the Zhigu Pass through the narrow path, and then Li Jing sent troops to block his wife in the valley and surrounded her. In the end, the wife did not fight Li Jing, but directly led the whole army to surrender Li Jing. Jing, Madam is now among the Qin army in Zhigu Pass."

"This is impossible!" Li Ke sat up with a roar, the scar on his face split open, and blood gushed out, making his whole body extremely hideous. "This must be Li Jing's trick, this is a scheming, this is a rumor, Madam will never treat me like this!"

Everyone in the cave was silent, they didn't know what to say, they were willing to believe Madam, but now the news spread outside was that Madam directly surrendered to Li Jing.Moreover, in order to prove this, Lao Kang took a special risk to go to that valley to check. There was indeed no trace of battle there, and near Zhigu Pass, he also saw the camp of his wife's women's army, which was next to the camp of the Qin army. .

After a long time, Li Ke calmed down and asked hoarsely, "Is there any news about Yanmen?"

"Yes." Lao Kang immediately replied, "We heard the news about Yanmen, which is good news. The Three Divisions of Datong took the opportunity to send troops to Yanmen. As a result, General Li Siyuan led his troops to arrive and set up a trick to defeat the three tribes." Not only did they defeat three groups of [-] soldiers, but they also captured the second Yunshuo prefecture of the Datong Army."

"Is this true?" After finally hearing the good news, Li Ke was greatly comforted and felt much better.

"There should be no mistake. The news also said that General Li Siyuan captured Shi Jingcun alive and beheaded him at the cockfighting platform in Yunzhou."

"Okay, that's great. Heaven will not kill me, Li Jing never imagined that the pawn of the third department of Datong has been broken by Siyuan, and he even captured the second state of Yunshuo in Datong. That's great!" Li Ke was excited! straight fist.

"Your Majesty, there is another piece of news."

"Say!" Li Ke said with a smile.

"General Li Siyuan imprisoned General Li Cunxin, and then he has been elected by the generals to be temporarily the commander of Shatuo, temporarily acting on behalf of Shatuo's affairs, and commanding Shatuo's troops!"

Li Ke's laughter stopped abruptly, the smile on his face froze, and gradually turned gloomy and cold, and that one eye shone with a frightening light! (To be continued.)