Three thousand miles in exile

According to the plan, Song Fenglin transported grain from Gaozhou to Peizhou, passing through the endless wasteland in Mashanyi.

There are people coming and going on the grain road, there are young and strong escorted by carriages transporting grain and grass, and cavalry guarding back and forth.

The team escorting Song Fenglin was mixed with the food team.

Suddenly, Zhao Qianhu, the captain of the cavalry in charge of security, noticed something was wrong, and he raised his hand to signal the cavalry to stop.

"There is movement." Zhao Qianhu is the personal guard of the King of Han, who has followed Liu Zhan in conquests for many years, and was specially left to escort the queen this time.

He has rich combat experience, and he was immediately alert when he heard the movement.

"This movement is wrong, there must be enemy soldiers!" Zhao Qianhu's heart sank.

Just when Zhao Qianhu was aware of it, a dense army of Xi Rong appeared at the junction of the wasteland and the sky, rushing towards them in an encircling manner.

"There are enemy soldiers!!"

For a while, the food team was in a panic.

The accompanying Zhang Xiaoman's face changed drastically, and he shouted immediately. "Protect the queen and leave!!"

"It's too late!" Deputy Chen was terrified.

The speed of the Xirong cavalry is very fast, they are numerous and spread out like a giant net, which is obviously prepared.

On the other hand, the Han army, in their team, only [-] cavalry are elite, the rest are infantry, and there are ordinary logistics soldiers, who are incapable of fighting against the large forces of Xirong.

"There is no way to retreat here! Gather to meet the enemy! Burning smoke to warn!" Song Fenglin's cold voice fell, and he did not panic or lose his composure in the face of the enemy.

"As ordered!"

Because of Song Fenglin's composure, everyone immediately organized to fight against the enemy after experiencing the initial panic.

The soldiers took out the shields bundled under the grain trucks and formed a defense line together with the vehicles. More than 2 people were divided into several groups, and surrounded by shields and vehicles to form a simple horse-repelling formation.

However, the Xirong cavalry is still emerging in the sky continuously, and the number definitely exceeds [-] by visual inspection, which is a multiple of the Han army.

When those Western soldiers saw the grain and grass, their eyes turned green, and they yelled nonsense, even if they couldn't understand the intention, they wanted to seize the grain and grass.

Xirong cavalry is good at riding and shooting, and arrows are flying all the time.

Most of the Han army were ordinary warriors and young and strong, without well-equipped armor, and people fell one after another under the arrows.

Behind the [-] Xirong cavalry was Pei Gongli in a black cloak.

He had already promised these cavalrymen that as long as they killed the queen of Han, they would share the food and grass, and set a reward, whoever could bring back the head of the queen would be rewarded with a thousand taels of gold.

Pei Gongli has pushed the greedy nature of the Xibing soldiers to the extreme, and the eyes of these people all reveal crazy greed.

The first wave of Xirong cavalry was the first to attack the defense line of the Han army grain team, crashing the iron shield and the carriage.

Chen Fuwei led Bu Yongding to fight with the Xirong cavalry at the front.

Of the [-] cavalry accompanying the Han army, one thousand were Modao cavalry, and four thousand were Lancer cavalry. These were all guards Liu Zhan kept to protect Song Fenglin.

"Zhao Qianhu, you and your cavalry go up to help." Song Fenglin instructed with a stern expression.

However, Zhao Qianhu and his cavalry surrounded him firmly.

"Please forgive me, Queen." Zhao Qianhu looked stern. "With Wang Ling at the end, even if the sky falls, I can't leave you half a step away."

The implication of Zhao Qianhu's words is that if Chen Fuwei is incapable of fighting, they will lead Song Fenglin to break through.

The number of Xirong cavalry was twice that of the Han army's grain team, and they quickly broke through the defense line and charged towards the rear. More than half of the Han army was killed or injured.

Today, there is a wind in the wilderness of Mashanyi, and the smoke from the wolf is blown in such a mess that it cannot be seen from a distance.

The current situation is very serious.

The cavalry surrounded Song Fenglin to fight, because the Han army was elite and powerful, the first batch of Xirong cavalry could not get close.

"Zhao Qianhu! We're afraid we won't be able to hold on anymore, let's lead the queen to break through!" Chen Fuwei was forced to retreat by the Xirong soldiers covered in blood.

Under the impact of 1 Xirong cavalry, the Han army plus cavalry had less than [-].

"That's the queen! Take him down!" At this moment, the Xirong cavalry rushed to the front and cheered, pointing the scimitar at Song Fenglin.

Pei Gongli repeatedly confirmed Song Fenglin's appearance with the soldier's leader, and he could recognize Song Fenglin at a glance as long as he looked at the overly handsome face without looking at the armor.

For a while, more Xirong cavalrymen came to kill Song Fenglin.

Zhang Xiaoman almost reflexively pulled Song Fenglin to the rear. "Queen, take off your armor!"

"The queen is offended!" Zhao Qianhu immediately understood what Zhang Xiaoman meant, and stretched out his hand to untie the armor on Song Fenglin's body.

"Swap the queen with someone of the same height!" Zhang Xiaoman shouted.

The situation was critical at this time, Song Fenglin didn't have time to react, so Zhang Xiaoman arranged it properly, and finally wiped a handful of mud on his face.

"Zhao Qianhu, you immediately bring the queen to break through!" Zhang Xiaoman said.

"I know!" Zhao Qianhu arranged immediately.

The Xirong cavalry surrounded them densely, and there was no gap in sight.

"Zhao Qianhu, I'll open the way, you protect the queen to break through!" Deputy Chen's eyes were firm, and his heart was full of death.

He rushed out first with three thousand steps of bravery.

"Brothers! Let's be brothers again in the next life! Today, no matter what, we must fight a way for the queen!"

The men of the Han army shouted and charged, and no one hesitated.

Zhao Qianhu held up the Mo Dao in his hand. "Brothers! Get out!!"

The personal guards surrounded Song Fenglin tightly, not allowing the Xirong cavalry to get close at all. Song Fenglin's eyes were red, he gritted his teeth, bent his bow and shot an arrow, killing one person with one arrow.

"I don't care, I can keep up."

In the melee, the cavalry of the Han army bravely exchanged their lives for their lives and forcibly tore a gap, fighting for Song Fenglin's life.

"Prime Minister! The Queen of Han has broken through!" A soldier came to report.

Pei Gong's lungs were about to explode. "How could we let him escape with 6 people!!"

The soldier was still terrified. "The long saber cavalry around the Queen of Han are very powerful, and those Han soldiers are desperate to open the way for him."

Song Fenglin's weight and popularity in the hearts of Han soldiers can be seen.

The more this happened, the more hysterical Pei Gongli became. "Hurry up!! Don't let him escape!! Tell them!! Add another five thousand gold for the bounty!!"

Zhao Qianhu, Zhang Xiaoman and all the cavalry surrounded Song Fenglin and fled all the way to Hengshanling.

The 3000 cavalry broke through the siege all the way and lost more than [-] people. The Xirong cavalry behind them were still chasing after them, and there were tens of thousands of them by visual inspection.

They can't fight at all.

Here is still far away from Peizhou. It is unrealistic to run all the way to Peizhou. We can only go in the direction of the mountains and forests. There is still a chance of life in the mountains.

Even though Song Fenglin changed his armor, they still stared at Song Fenglin's overly recognizable face.

"There are too many opponents, go into the mountains and fight and retreat."

Song Fenglin had already made up his mind, if he couldn't beat them with strength, all they would have was corpses!

Hengshan Ridge is a piece of hilly land at the westernmost end of Qiyun Mountain, connecting Hanzhong Wilderness.

Soon the first Xirong cavalry bite more and more tightly, and fought against the Modao cavalry at the edge of the mountain forest.

Because the number of Xirong cavalry chasing at the forefront is not large, they can still retreat while fighting for the time being. Seeing that more and more Xirong cavalry arrived.

"You can't just run blindly. The subordinates lead people to stay and fight against the enemy. Mr. Zhang, you and the queen go first!" Zhao Qianhu made a decisive decision.

Zhang Xiaoman was extremely decisive. "What's the use of taking me with you? It will only hurt the queen! You pick a few powerful ones and take the queen with you, and I will stay and fight against the enemy!"

"No! Xiao Man, you can't stop these Western soldiers!" Song Fenglin immediately objected.

"There's no time to argue!" Zhang Xiaoman gestured, and immediately dozens of cavalry came forward to pick up Song Fenglin and take him away.

"I will lead people and fight and retreat, you go first!"

At this juncture of life and death, it is very dangerous to save Song Fenglin, Zhang Xiaoman is very clear, how can he only care about his own life at this critical juncture.

Zhang Xiaoman is determined. "Zhao Qianhu, let's go!!"

"Please forgive me, Queen! We are the personal guards of the King of Han, and our duty is to ensure your safety!" Zhao Qianhu signaled everyone to leave with Song Fenglin without knowing why.

"Xiao Man!" Song Fenglin wanted to say something more, but the guards had already carried him to the woods behind.

There were too many Xirong soldiers chasing them. After all the way, they only had a few hundred people left, but they had to face tens of thousands of Xirong soldiers.

Even if the God of War is alive, it is impossible for hundreds of people to defeat tens of thousands.

How important Song Fenglin is to Liu Zhan, others may not understand, but Zhang Xiaoman naturally knows in his heart that for Liu Zhan and for the people, Song Fenglin can't die here!

Zhang Xiaoman clenched the knife in his hand. "I will stay here to block the thief, even if I die, I will have no regrets!"

He has been content all his life, following behind his brothers to fight the world, earning the title even though he didn't go to the battlefield much.

Zhang Xiaoman took the lead and charged towards the enemy soldiers.

When he was young, he was not as good as his brothers. He learned boxing from Liu Zhan, and everyone practiced kung fu well, but he could barely protect himself.

Followed by Song Fenglin to learn to settle accounts, Wen Qingshan only learned it a few times, he had to memorize it over and over again, he didn’t know how many times he made mistakes, every time Song Fenglin checked and found mistakes in accounting, he didn’t scold him and just redid it for him in private.

But even if he can't help much, he has a share of the military exploits made by the brothers, he also has everyone's official title, and his family's honor.

This life is enough, Zhang Xiaoman told himself.

Today, he must stop these thieves!He has nothing to fear in his heart!

At this moment, Song Fenglin is facing the greatest crisis.

The soldiers of the Western Army searched the mountains to take him down, and the guards took Song Fenglin to hide in Tibet.

Cold arrows flew from behind from time to time, and Zhao Qianhu divided his troops to stay behind to stumble the enemy, but he couldn't hold back the superiority in the number of Xibing soldiers.

The further they went into the mountains, the steeper the terrain became. Xi Rong soldiers abandoned Masou Mountain and pressed on step by step.

Pei Gongli's reward was really effective. These Western soldiers who were chasing after him all came for 5000 taels of gold. They all wanted to cut off the head of the Queen of Han so that they could go back to receive the reward.

At this time, only Zhao Qianhu was left among the [-] cavalry of the Han army.

Song Fenglin cooperated with Zhao Qianhu to kill another person.

His physical strength has reached its limit, and he is running forward with a will.

However, as if God was joking with him, there was actually a cliff lying in front of the two of them!

Zhao Qianhu looked desperate.

Song Fenglin looked back at the enemy soldiers who were getting closer and closer, feeling unexpectedly calm in his heart, only one thing, he was afraid that he would not be able to grow old with Liu Zhan.

Even if he died, he would not leave his body to be insulted by these thieves!

Song Fenglin had a will to die in his eyes.

The next moment, he jumped off the cliff.

At this time, Li Futian led the cavalry from Jizhou to Peizhou, but the soldiers guarding the city of Peizhou said that the queen had not arrived yet, and Li Futian's heart sank at that time.

"Quickly dispatch all the cavalry to pick up the queen with me! The queen is afraid that she will be attacked by enemy soldiers!"

Zhang Yuan, the guard of Peizhou, was terrified, and immediately led [-] cavalry with Li Futian to look for Song Fenglin.

When they left the boundary of Peizhou, they saw the smoke in the distance at a glance, and the strong wind blew the smoke into chaos.

I searched all the way to the wasteland in Mashanyi in the direction of the thick smoke, and saw corpses all over the ground, as well as grain carts that had been burned with only their frames left.

Li Futian thumped and knelt on the ground on the spot, feeling weak all over.

The cavalry immediately searched for the corpses on the ground, and suddenly someone shouted tremblingly in front. "found it!"

Li Futian ran over rolling and crawling, but saw that the corpse wearing the queen's armor was burnt beyond recognition.

"Queen!!!" Li Futian fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

Zhang Yuan was stunned and fell to the ground.

Moments of mournful cries followed one after another.

In the midst of grief and anger, Li Futian hadn't completely lost his ability to judge. He saw the footprints of horseshoes all over the ground and listened carefully to the movement in the distance.

"There are Xirong troops here! You take the queen's body back first, and I will kill them for revenge!"

The traces left by the cavalry on the ground were very heavy, Li Futian chased after the traces on the ground fiercely, and was about to destroy this group of Western soldiers.

At this time, a day and a night had passed since Li Futian set off from Jizhou. When Li Futian led the cavalry to the Hengshanling area, he saw corpses all over the ground again.

Zhang Xiaoman fell into a pool of blood, his body full of wounds.

"AHHH!!" Li Futian knelt down and cried out in pain.

"Xiao Man!!!"

This battle is undoubtedly the biggest humiliation since the Han army went south.

Regardless of whether it was the Qiyun army back then or the Han army behind it, since the battlefields were all in northern Xinjiang, with Qiyun Mountain behind them, there was no need to consider the issue of food roads.

In this battle, Hanzhong is vast, and the grain team of the Han army needs to traverse the entire Hanzhong, and there are also many variables.

Pei Gongli took a fancy to this point, and was desperate to ambush Song Fenglin in the wilderness of Mashanyi.

The food team is not the elite of the Han army, so how can it withstand the Xirong cavalry.

Liu Zhan miscalculated.

Jizhou City.

The Han army spent two days dealing with the Xirong defenders, and today they officially launched a fierce attack.

Liu Zhan stood on the cloud platform with his hands behind his back and looked at the battlefield. He could have attacked by force, but there will be a big battle in the future, so there is no need to waste troops at this time.

At this time, the sound of horseshoes came hurriedly.

"King of Han!!"

But I saw that the soldier who came to report the news was wearing a white belt.

Liu Zhan's dark pupils suddenly shrank.

"King of Han!!" The soldier fell off his horse, weeping in pain. "Queen... queen..."

Li Xiaolian immediately went over and grabbed the soldier by the collar. "Tell me more clearly, what happened to the queen?"

"The queen was ambushed by bandit soldiers in Mashanyi... and... died together with Mr. Zhang, and their bodies were brought back to Peizhou." The soldier broke down in tears.

There was a dead silence all around, only the sobbing and crying of the soldier.

Everyone was stunned.

In the dead silence, Liu Zhan strode down the platform, and suddenly stepped on the air and almost fell down.

"King of Han!" The guards flocked to support him.

Liu Zhan only felt that the world was spinning for a while, and his ears were buzzing.

He and Song Fenglin had known each other since they were poor, and they had been together for twenty years. After going through ups and downs, Song Fenglin could always arrange everything for him to go back.

They went through the trials of life and death again and again, and Liu Zhan never thought that there would be an accident this time.

No, not possible!

He doesn't believe it!

Live to see people, die to see corpses!

"Go to Peizhou..." Liu Zhan pushed away the guards who were supporting him, and then opened his eyes, which were already covered with bloodshot eyes.

"Take my horse!!" Liu Zhan yelled angrily, with full momentum, which made everyone frightened.

The personal guard hurriedly led the horse, Liu Zhan got on the horse involuntarily, and didn't even care about the battle situation in Jizhou.

"Cao Ming, you take [-] cavalry, no, [-] cavalry to accompany the King of Han to Peizhou! I will stay and host!" Li Xiaolian was the first to react and hurried to make arrangements.

"What are you doing stupidly, go!"

Cao Ming was also dumbfounded, he was woken up by Li Xiaolian's yelling and rushed to order soldiers.

[-] Mo Dao cavalrymen were quickly dispatched from the Han camp to follow the King of Han galloping away.

The road from Jizhou to Peizhou seemed to be endless, Liu Zhan kept whipping his horse, with an indescribable urgency in his heart.

He shouldn't have let Song Fenglin stay to supervise the transportation of food and grass, he should have thought of Xi Rong's cunning, he... Liu Zhan's heart was in chaos like a strong wind passing through.

Entering Peizhou City, the city is full of plain onyx.

The mourning hall is located in the high hall of the state government.

When the king of Han entered the city, the soldiers knelt down and wept mournfully.

The white banner outside the mourning hall is dazzling.

Liu Zhan dismounted and went straight into the mourning hall.

While the white flags were fluttering, there were two coffins placed one behind the other in the mourning hall.

"King of Han! The last general is ashamed of your instructions!" Li Futian kowtowed vigorously and was about to raise the knife, but Liu Zhan kicked the knife away from his hand.

Li Futian raised his head but was completely stunned.

I saw Liu Zhan's eyes were scarlet and fierce, brewing madness that almost collapsed.

He bypassed Li Futian and went straight to the first coffin outside, in which lay Zhang Xiaoman who was soaked in blood.

Liu Zhan looked up to the sky and closed his eyes, the veins on his forehead swelled.

Holding on to the coffin for a long time, he resisted the feeling of dizziness.

This coffin is really Zhang Xiaoman, but the coffin behind it?No one saw that Liu Zhan's hands were shaking.

It was only a few steps from the first coffin to the second coffin, but Liu Zhan was too heavy to move his legs.

He is afraid.

Pei Gongli really knew Liu Zhan very well, and he really caught his weakness.

Looking up to the sky and taking a deep breath, Liu Zhan opened his eyes and strode towards the coffin inside.

What came into view was the armor specially made for Song Fenglin by the Armory Workshop. The corpse was covered with a white cloth, and Liu Zhan opened it with his hand. The face was so rotten that no one could tell.

"King of Han?" Li Futian was startled when he saw Liu Zhan pulling the armor off the corpse.

Liu Zhan pulled out the inner garment from the armor and held it in his hand.

"No."

Li Futian didn't understand the situation at all.

"Where did you find Xiaoman's body in the end?!" Liu Zhan turned his head, and there was a sliver of hope in his scarlet eyes that was almost crazy.

"In, on the outskirts of Hengshan Ridge..."

"The whole army is searching Hengshanling!!" Liu Zhan roared with all his strength.

Song Fenglin's clothes were made of high-quality Jiangnan woven silk, and the body's height and shape were wrong. Others might not be able to see it, but Liu Zhan would never admit it!