Aggrieved Fish Sprite

The returning birds flapped their wings and landed on the branches, lowering their heads to comb their messy feathers.

Suddenly the ground trembled slightly, it sharply raised its head to look around, and then flew away in shock.

At the end of the sky, smoke and dust billowed, and a dozen or so fast horses were galloping along the official road nearby, and the horseshoes quickly stepped across the road, hitting my heart like a torrential rain.

The man on the horse, wearing a hood and slanting clothes, looked terrified, just waving his whip, wishing he could go faster.

"boom."

This act of whipping severely angered the docile horses, one of them let out a long growl and threw the man on the horse to the ground.

The others didn't even look at their embarrassed companions, and continued to urge their horses forward.

The man who fell off his horse rolled twice on the spot, yelling in pain, but the horse ignored him and continued to run away with the large group.

Looking at the backs of his companion and the horse, the wounded man twisted his face in anger.

Soon the anger turned into fear, and he tried to stand up, then sat back heavily, his right calf bent abnormally.

The smoke and dust behind the official road is getting thicker and thicker, like dark clouds that are slowly advancing, about to cover the entire sky.

"Help, someone here!"

The wounded man cried out in despair. He was wearing the clothes of a scout, and he was going to report to the city, but now he was thinking about how to save his own life.

A long winding bloodstain was left on the ground, and the abandoned scout used both hands to climb down the official road with difficulty, trying to climb into the forest by the roadside.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a hand supporting his shoulder, and before he had time to react, his whole body flew up like flying through the clouds.

"you you……"

The scout was stunned for a while before realizing that he had been rescued by someone who was very skilled in martial arts.

He couldn't see what the person who saved him looked like, and the trees in front of him were falling back in unison. He tried to speak, but he was full of wind when he opened his mouth.

The wind blew, and he even saw his companions running away. Some people turned their heads to look at him in shock, but the tall city gate was close at hand, but there was no sign of opening.It was the same in the beginning, when the battle situation was critical, the scouts had to climb back along the ropes lowered from the wall, and the city gate would not be opened for them.

If you don't move quickly, you may be shot to death by the enemy's sharp arrows.

Now that his legs are useless, how can he climb up?

Before he finished his thought, the tall moss-covered city wall came into view, as if it was about to hit it, and the scout closed his eyes in fright.

"Your right leg is broken, hold back."

The scout opened his eyes bewilderedly, and then sat on the city wall. A person in front of him picked up a discarded short spear beside him, and broke it into two pieces for bone setting.Severe pain rushed away like a tide, and the scout yelled and passed out.

"Who are you?" the soldiers on the city wall stammered.

Anyone who sees the rebellious soldiers approaching the city, when their own scouts are desperately fleeing back, suddenly a shadow that is too fast to see clearly joins them, without touching the ground, it traverses a distance of ten feet, and even the rope does not jump to the top of the wall The sight is too frightening to speak.

They dare not even come close.

"I'm a doctor."

Mo Li said without raising his head that the scout fell so hard that he couldn't wake up in a short time, and he didn't see how the man fell off the horse.

Although it was just on the way, it was impossible to watch a person die in front of his eyes—there was no way to climb the city gate, let alone escape.

After quickly wrapping up, Mo Li slowly raised his head, looking at the guards who were tremblingly facing him.

——There are only a hundred people in the entire city wall.

Gehalberds, arrows and spears can be seen everywhere on the ground, as if they were thrown down in a panic.

At this time, the rest of the scouts had just climbed up the city wall, and they were shocked when they saw the scene in front of them, and then someone roared and asked, "What's going on? Where are people?!"

No one spoke.

Mo Li also didn't find anyone who looked like a military officer in the crowd. After a long while, an old soldier with a white beard came over and said harshly: "They all ran away. Our Hua County used to be the capital of Nanping County. It's a distance from here. It's less than half a day away."

The city wall of Hua County is not high, and the city is not big. There are several cannons on the wall.

If the eight thousand soldiers guard the city with one heart, they may not be able to stop the Tianshou Wang's army, but the county magistrate does not intend to do so.

"There is not enough manpower. Since people from Nanping County transferred a group of brothers, there are less than three thousand left." The old soldier said sullenly.

Originally, the county magistrate expected Tianshou Wang's army to go around the city. As they did before, they could save their lives as long as they couldn't hold on. However, Tianshou Wang obviously didn't want to have to work hard when he was about to reach his destination, so he went straight to Hua County. up.

Mo Li turned around and looked into the city, where a lot of traffic was rushing towards the east gate - the gate in the opposite direction to the gate under his feet.

Regardless of rich or poor, they are all running away desperately.

"Are they crazy? Once the Heavenly Grant King's army marches around the city, they will definitely die!" The scout said, lying on the city wall, in shock.

Mo Li pursed his lips, but did not make a sound.

In fact, if it was to save their lives, the decision of Hua County officials was not stupid at all.

Before the bag of Poria cocos cake was robbed, Meng Qi told Mo Li this way——

"When you arrive in Nanping County, you don't need to go to the capital city where King Jing is -->>

Go first... Let me see, it should be Hua County. "Meng Qi took advantage of the sand table of Fengxing Pavilion, looked at it for a while, and said solemnly, "The King of Tianshou has never encountered a tough battle on this journey, even if it defeated 15 Jingzhou army, it is not counted. It is that the Jingzhou army underestimated the enemy. They are all incompetent people.Now he was about to encounter the first tough bone. Nanping County Fucheng was not so easy to take down, so he had to find a place to rest for the night.No matter how bad it is, he must find a place to store food and grass, and if possible, he must also replenish soldiers, so he will not massacre the city. Killing all the people in the city will only make him more troublesome. "

Hacking and looting takes effort.

If the army held back a breath of hostility and released it in Hua County, how could they still gnaw hard bones?

Mo Li looked out of the city again, and the black and boundless army was still slowly advancing.

The footsteps of tens of thousands of people, horseshoes, wheels rolling... The tremors on the ground became more and more obvious.

"Strange, these dog thieves have slowed down?"

"Are we running too fast?"

The scouts breathed a sigh of relief, turned their heads to look again, and found that the advance of the "dark cloud" was not as terrible as imagined.

Only the ink carp knew it wasn't.

——What Meng Qi said was right. For the sake of "morale", the king of heaven has been restraining the main force in the middle, so that they have no chance to kill.

Naturally, the army will not be allowed to chase those people around the city, including trying to prevent those people from seeing the fleeing people in Hua County, so the speed must be slowed down.

Those who escape will put pressure on Nanping County again, and no matter where they go, they will be able to spread panic.

Mo Li closed his eyes, even if he knew it was useless, who could prevent the people from running for their lives?

"... Dog officer!" A scout yelled, while staring at the soldiers at the top of the wall, "Why don't you run away?"

The old pawn smacked his lips, looked at the crowd that was crowded out of the city, and showed a weird expression that he didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "Someone has to stand here for a while, isn't there any of your family there?"

"We... are single, we don't want to risk our lives for other people's families!" the scout yelled, scratching his neck.

"Leave if you want." The old pawn was not annoyed, and said directly, "Hurry up if you want to go, or it will be too late."

The scouts hesitated for a while, some left, and more remained.

"If you don't leave, just pick up a weapon on the ground. Hurry! It's about to be cleaned up, at least you can't let it get in the way!"

The old pawn yelled, while secretly looking at Mo Li. He had guarded the city for many years and knew that these high-ranking Jiang Hu people were not easy to mess with. He usually just pretended not to see them, but now the situation is critical, and the other party has no intention of leaving. The old pawn couldn't help but tense up.

Besides him, there were many pairs of eyes watching Mo Li quietly. After all, it was the first time they saw a person who jumped up a city wall several feet high just like in the storybook.

Mo Li lowered his eyes, in fact, in Meng Qi's plan, when Mo Li came, Hua County had already surrendered without a fight, and what he wanted to enter was a city occupied by the King of Heaven, which was easy for him.

Who is the most able to "recover" the people under the command of King Tianshou, and who is the one who "suppresses" the situation?

Holy lotus altar.

The army will not enter the city, only the food escort team and the holy lotus altar will be stationed in Hua County. If you are lucky, it is very likely that you will "block" the leader Luo of the holy lotus altar.

"Don't act rashly, the main thing is to find out how close the relationship between the King of Heaven and the Holy Lotus Altar is, who does the upper echelon of the Rebel Army listen to, which subordinate does the King of Heaven trust most, and who is the person in the Thunderbolt Hall in the Rebel Army?" Where are you waiting?"

At that time, Meng Qi was reluctant to let go of Mo Li's hand, and sighed, "We know too little about the Heavenly King. Only when we know ourselves and the enemy can we have a correct response. Ah Li, promise me, no matter what happens, I will wait for you." I'll do it again when I get back."

The memories gradually dissipated, and turned into the faces of the leaders and soldiers of Huaxian County who were afraid but held on, and there were the cries of the city fleeing for their lives in a hurry.

They don't know the art of war, they don't have the bravery to fight against a hundred, they don't know martial arts, they are ordinary people who couldn't be more ordinary.

It was the only thing Meng Qi didn't guess right.

——It’s not loyalty to King Jing, it’s not the integrity of swearing to the death, not fleeing even though you are afraid, defending a city that is destined to be impossible to defend.

He died for the relatives behind him, for the survival of the people in this city.

Mo Li unconsciously shook his fingers, just like Meng Qi was still holding his hand.

Then he opened his eyes and said to the soldiers who were watching him quietly: "I also have relatives in Hua County. They are a big family with four or five carriages. They are among the crowd at the city gate. I just caught up with them." , and can’t take so many of them away, now I can only do my best to fend off the rebel army. If the city gate is not broken for a while, they will have a chance to survive for a while.”

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard the words.

Especially Mo Li added: "We can leave when everyone is gone."

There is still a chance to live!All the soldiers were about to jump up, looking at the Tianshou Wang's army slowing down, and the fewer and fewer people in the city, their faces were filled with sorrow.

——They may not necessarily die!

The originally sluggish and dull atmosphere was swept away, and some people were even eager to hand weapons to Mo Li.

"This bow is very useful. It belongs to our little commander. His family is rich, and the bows he bought are also top-quality."

"Yes, there is also this spear. When he was running, he thought it was getting in the way and threw it away..."

"Get out of the way, no one is as good as my arrows, my grandfather is a blacksmith! I am worried that my arrows are not accurate, and I can't kill the thief leader, wasting good arrows!"