bestfiction Chapter 288 Ambush in the Forest
Chapter 288 Ambush in the Forest
"Li Gan misled me!"
Tuoba Rao slashed a Nanqi soldier who rushed forward with his sword.
"Pei Heng!"
Her eyes were bloodshot, and she was about to rush in that direction, but was stopped by the guards beside her.
"Marshal, let's go! Hurry! The people of Nanqi have a saying: 'As long as the green mountains remain, there's no need to worry about running out of firewood!' While we still have strength, let's head north. We will definitely find an opportunity to make a comeback!"
"Marshal, that cunning Prince Jing has already slipped away."
Although Tuoba Rao was filled with hatred, he saw that the situation was hopeless and had no choice but to follow his subordinates to break out.
……
"gentlemen!"
Lin Wanfu pulled the knife out of the enemy's chest, wiped off the blood, and ran to Su Yanzhi, unable to suppress his excitement.
"Sir, we have won a great victory in this battle. The Beimang witch has fled westward."
The special forces led by Su Yanzhi were all dressed in singlets, with white bands tied around their foreheads. At this moment, the white clothes of those still standing had long been stained with blood, turning a dark red, and the white bands on their foreheads fluttered in the wind amid the smoke.
"Sir, are you injured?"
Prince Su hurried over and saw Su Yanzhi covered in blood and asked quickly.
Su Yanzhi raised his hand and glanced at the wound on his arm.
"It's okay, just kidding."
"I used to only know you as a brilliant strategist, but I never thought you'd put down your feather fan and pick up your sword, and you'd be an expert at killing enemies! Sir, please accept our greetings!"
After this battle, Lin Wanfu's admiration for Su Yanzhi increased even more, and he immediately led the soldiers to kneel down together.
"Sir, you are mighty! His Royal Highness Prince Su is mighty! Daqi is mighty!"
Shouts of victory resounded across the north bank of the Wei River.
After the troops were reorganized, the morale of the army remained very high.
Su Yanzhi looked at the crowd who were cheering and jubilant, smiled and tore off a piece of cloth, simply bandaged the wound on his hand, and pulled Prince Su aside.
Just now, he led a special force to attack the Beimang camp from the rear and made an important discovery.
"Your Highness, when I led my men into the camp just now, I saw an old acquaintance."
"Who?"
Su Yanzhi's eyes were silent for a moment, as if he really didn't want to mention this name. After a while, he said:
"Prince Jing."
"Who?" Prince Su thought he had misheard until he saw Su Yanzhi's determined eyes. Then he was sure that the other party was not joking, but really saw the living Prince Jing.
"How is that possible? Wasn't he already dead?"
"I can't be wrong. He rushed out of the general's tent and fled surrounded by guards. Your Highness, he is not dead and is still in the Beimang people's tent. This makes a lot of things make sense."
For example, why did the Beimang people suddenly launch a war?
For example, why did the people of Beimang go south as if they were in a deserted place?
For example, the Marquis of Zhenbei...
"Your Highness, there's a mute over there looking for Mr. Su."
"Mute?"
Prince Su turned his head and saw that it was Liancheng who came out from the chaotic battlefield.
Su Yanzhi's heart skipped a beat, thinking that something had happened to Su Li.
"Liancheng, why are you here? But what happened to A'li?" Su Yanzhi jumped up and asked anxiously.
Liancheng had been traveling long distances for days, not daring to stop for a moment, and had killed several horses along the way. Now, with a scruffy beard, dusty clothes, and bloodshot eyes, he looked like he was about to faint, which frightened Su Yanzhi.
"No! No, no, no! General, don't worry, it's not the madam who is in trouble." Lian Cheng waved his hands quickly. He took a breath and gestured hurriedly.
After a while, when he finally finished his gestures, Su Yanzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't Ah Li who was in trouble, otherwise he really didn't know what to do.
He patted Liancheng on the shoulder and said:
"Thank you for your hard work. I have just seen the person you are talking about."
"General, the second young master of the Qian family in Lin'an Prefecture and Concubine Lu are both spies of Prince Jing. When I left, the second young master had already been captured by the Madam, and Concubine Lu was also imprisoned."
"That's good."
Su Yanzhi hadn't received any letters from the south for a long time. After hearing Liancheng's words, he realized that A'li had experienced so many things.
Fortunately, A'li is both wise and brave. She not only solved these problems, but also gave him a lot of help.
While Nanqi was cleaning up the battlefield, Prince Su and Su Yanzhi summoned the generals to discuss the next battle plan and sent a team of scouts to track the direction of the Beimang army's defeat.
Prince Jing fled all the way to Ganzhou under the escort of his guards, leaving his armor and weapons behind and looking extremely embarrassed.
He still hasn't figured out where the Nanqi special forces in white came from. It was like they were divine soldiers descending from the sky and appeared out of thin air.
"Your Highness, take a break. There are no pursuers behind us."
His subordinates helped him dismount in a wood. Prince Jing almost fell off the horse and sat on a stone by the roadside, his legs still shaking.
But before he could catch his breath, a leg suddenly flew towards him and kicked him directly in the chest.
Tuoba Rao was furious. He stepped forward and grabbed Prince Jing by the collar, cursing:
"Li Gan! Didn't you say Pei Heng was unconscious in the south? You fucking lied to me!"
"Tuoba Rao, what crazy things are you talking about!"
"Crazy talk? The man in white who led a sneak attack on my Beimang camp is none other than Pei Heng!"
"impossible!"
"How is it impossible? I warned you half a month ago that the defense of the South Bank was very much Pei Heng's work. You didn't believe me! But today, I saw him! He was wearing white clothes, a white cloth tied around his head, and holding a large sword. Although he didn't use his usual silver spear, I recognized his figure and movements at a glance."
Pei Heng has been her nightmare day and night these years. How could she not recognize his figure!
Seeing Tuoba Rao's confidence, Prince Jing's heart began to falter. He turned to look at his subordinates:
"Is there any news from Qian Jinru?"
The subordinate shook his head and said, "Your Highness, there has been no news from the south for a long time."
"Where's Lu Shiyuan?"
"nor!"
Both lines broke at the same time, and Prince Jing finally reacted.
"Pei Heng! Why are you still haunting me? Wherever you go, you'll ruin my plans. I have no kinship with you!"
Prince Jing was so angry that his face was distorted, the veins on his forehead were bulging, his fists were clenched and crackling, and he slammed them into the mud beside him with a bang.
"Somebody come!"
"Your Highness."
"Send a pigeon to Shengjing, asking him to find a way to report Pei Heng's secret crossing of Chencang to the old emperor. Doesn't the old emperor suspect Pei Heng? I will prove that he has evil intentions. I want to see if Pei Heng can escape death if the emperor is angry."
He just didn't believe that he couldn't kill this Pei guy.
"Humph!"
Tuoba Rao glanced at Prince Jing with disdain.
She was about to gather her remaining troops and take a short rest when suddenly, from deep within the woods, a sound of piercing air erupted. A dense barrage of arrows descended from all directions. Before the scattered soldiers in the woods could react, a barrage of arrows rained down upon them.
"There's an ambush! Uh..."
Before he could finish his words, the soldiers in the outer circle had already been shot by arrows and fell to the ground.
"Pei Heng! Get out here!"
Seeing the soldiers around her fall one after another, Tuoba Rao's teeth itched with hatred. Under the protection of the guards, she hid in the middle and cursed towards the deep woods:
"Pei Heng, if you have the guts, come out and fight me squarely. You're not a hero if you hide behind your head and tail!"
"puff!"
The response from the other side was a flying arrow.