The monk who is going to cross me is bent

That year, Xiaochi was taken away after being knocked out by Mu Beixi, and rushed westward all the way.

Zhuang Yan heard about the fire in Lihun Xinglin that night, so he knew that something had changed, and someone came to report it at the port of Yuangang City. People patrolling the river saw the ferry boat leaving from the south, which made Zhuang Yan sure of the enemy who landed in a surprise attack. ——It was Mu Beixi from the south.

The alliance with Mu Beixi, who had been whitewashing peace for five years, was finally torn off by each other at this moment.

He immediately led the cavalry to help, intending to flank Zhuanghou's men.But he went all the way west, saw charred corpses all over the ground in the Lihun Xinglin that no longer existed, and captured Zhuang Hou's ten thousand infantry troops who had dispersed for interrogation, and finally confirmed his conjecture.

But what he never expected was that he also got a piece of news that he couldn't believe.

He ordered with difficulty: "Send the carrier pigeon back...and ask if my wife is at home."

The Jiangbei cavalry was excellent, and Zhuang Yan had chased Mu Beixi as far as he marched tens of miles away. Mu Beixi could not delay for a moment.

"So now, we are facing the risk of multifaceted warfare." Mu Beixi was fully clothed, and on the map of the military council, he pointed out several front lines where the troops were about to be divided into battles. Attack, our people can only last for five or six days. At that time, no matter what the west looks like, I will have to bring back troops. So...whether we can stay in Jiangbei and obtain a strategic fortress for the next ten or 20 years depends on What can we do in the past few days?"

"In addition, we have to fight against Zhuang Hou's old troops and Zhuang Yan's elite cavalry in Jiangbei. Under this situation, we are faced with an inevitable choice."

"Give up the Baili territory near Xinglin, hand it back to Zhuang Yan, and then continue to the west." Xiaochi lifted the curtain and walked into the military council.Mu Beixi didn't join the army with the army this time, he only brought generals with him, and no one knew Xiaochi. When he saw his voice, all eyes immediately turned to him.

Xiaochi's face was paler than before, obviously because the broken ribs were still hurting, he stared at Mu Beixi and said: "Let's go and occupy Yushui City, this city is in your hands, and you can easily cut off the communication between the east and west sides of Jiangbei. Now that Marquis Zhuang is in our hands, his old troops are in a mess, and he is taking advantage of the situation to pursue him. As long as you can take down Yushui City, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, you can sit in the north of the river for decades. I have a certain character of that city guard. Understand, the most important thing is to judge the situation and make a choice that conforms to the current situation."

When Mu Beixi spoke, he affirmed Xiaochi's qualifications to participate in the confidential meeting, "According to what you mean, you want to give up all the land within a radius of Yushui City and Lihun Xinglin to Zhuang Yan?"

"You can't hold it, you know how many people you have in your rapid march." Xiaochi sneered, "Instead of trying to divide the troops to defend, it's better to gather all the troops and fight all the way to Yushui City. For this city, Zhuang Yan can only return it for nothing."

"Oh, how can we take down Yushui City in such a limited time before Zhuang Yan arrives?"

Chi Wang replied indifferently: "This is the reason why you insisted on saving the life of Zhuanghou that beast before."

Mu Beixi smiled slowly, "Don't fight Zhuang Yan, fight to the west, occupy a city and slow down the north of the river... Your suggestion, I adopted it. Generals, let me introduce this new soldier. Yu Chi Wang, the son of the royal family of Luo E Kingdom, surrendered to me five years ago, you can trust him."

Two days later, the hurried march has reached the city of Yushui.

Yushui City was raining continuously, and the air was very humid and stuffy. Coupled with the current turbulent situation, it made people feel irritable and depressed.

Jiangbei's elite cavalry marched a hundred miles a day, and in one or two hours, Zhuang Yan would be able to rush to the rescue of Yushui City.

Mu Beixi's time is running out.

He handed Xiaochi a bag of snow lotus seeds.

"What does this mean?" Xiaochi asked with a frown.

Mu Beixi said flatly: "Things that can help you maintain your sanity may not be very effective, but there is no harm in eating some. If you lose control again and again, I will not help you every time."

Xiaochi took it, took out a handful of snow lotus seeds and stuffed it into his mouth.He looked back at the direction he came from, knowing that after a while, Zhuang Yan would lead the army from there.

"Let me see your ability, Mr. Yuchi, please."

The defenders of Yushui City did not dare to fight without Zhuang Hou's order, so they closed the city gate and refused to fight.

But when Zhuang Hou was pushed to the front of the battle, all the generals in Yushui City fell into panic.

Holding the two swords, Xiaochi walked up to the bound Marquis Zhuang, and raised his voice, "Guardians of Yushui City, take care, this is your master."

With his sword, he cut off Zhuanghou's usual finger with a golden finger, and ordered the general of Mu Beixi's army to tie the severed finger, which was enough to prove his identity, to an arrow and shoot it into the city.

Ten fingers connected to the heart, the pain of severed fingers is excruciating, but Zhuang Hou resisted without saying a word. He knew that he was doomed today, and when he was about to die, he looked very calm, and he did not want to panic and lose his composure. That's decent.Seeing this, the sergeant behind him couldn't help sighing, Zhuang Hou was considered a legendary figure in his life, and it was really unusual.

The people in the city had obviously confirmed Zhuang Hou's identity from the golden finger, and they were obviously panicked.

When Zhuang Hou was in power in the past, his subordinates knew that he was abusive and feared him very much. Zhuang Hou relied on fear to lead the whole army, but in fact there were not many people who were truly loyal to him.Seeing him in trouble now, naturally he won't work hard for him.

Xiaochi's voice spread out, "Light some incense."

An incense burner was placed not far from Zhuang Hou, and a soldier inserted a thin stick of incense into the burner and lit it.

"Listen to me today, all the defenders of the city. I have prepared a total of ten sticks of incense, and this is the first stick."

"Every time a stick of incense is burned, I will cut off a finger of this beast. After a while we will go in, and all those who stand on the city wall today and resist us, I will cut off a finger of your living family members When the ten roots are burned, all ten fingers will be cut off."

The soldiers of Mu Beixi's army lined up and began to assemble the siege vehicles in the open space.

The incense burned in the incense burner is shorter than ordinary incense, so it burns faster.But even during the short interval of burning incense, Koike didn't wait.

He walked up to Zhuang Hou and asked slowly, "Ling Chi, what do you think?"

When the third stick of incense was almost burnt out, the soldier was inserting the fourth stick of incense into the incense burner. The thin stick of incense had already been splashed with blood, which extinguished the dying candle.

The soldiers were about to light the fire, but found that there was no need for it.

——The city guard of Yushui City surrendered.

Mu Beixi didn't delay for a moment, and immediately ordered the army to march into the city in a hurry, and before Zhuang Yan came, he would alternate the city defenses and completely control the city.

Xiaochi didn't leave, his body was already stained with bright red, and he was standing beside Zhuanghou, dripping hot blood from the tip of his sword.

He had already heard the sound of iron hooves from far to near, rumbling like an earthquake coming slowly.

Behind him, the gate of Yushui City was being slowly closed, and now only he and Zhuanghou were still outside the city.

A row of cavalry with small black dots appeared in the distance, and the figure of the leader rushed quickly from the border and approached. Xiaochi could see that it was Zhuang Yan.

Zhuang Hou also saw it.

He had never been so embarrassed in his life, but now he showed a faint smile.

This smile angered Xiaochi, Xiaochi stabbed the sword into his body again with red eyes, and said angrily, "What are you laughing at?"

Zhuang Hou, who was covered in blood, was bleeding from the corner of his mouth. He said softly, "I'm the person you hate the most in your life."

"Nonsense, I hate you and kill you in my dreams, and now I can finally kill the enemy." Xiaochi could no longer keep calm, his expression twisted, "For my parents, for my sister, for all my clansmen, for all Those who are wronged because of you will take revenge!"

"Seeing your expression just now, I knew that... Zhuang Yan has become your most important person, right?" Zhuang Hou, who was seriously injured, said in a weak voice, but his words could hurt people's hearts, "He has nothing for you. I came to you from time to time, protecting you and loving you like a wife. Now you have revenge, you can say that you are worthy of everyone...but you are sorry for him alone. Think about it, you used him and killed me, now How much should he hate you?"

Xiaochi gritted his teeth, "Shut up...shut up!!"

Zhuang Hou's eyes were already a little slack, but the words he said pierced into his ears so clearly, "I'm laughing because you ruined the life you love the most for revenge."

"You personally forced Zhuang Yan to become the next me... It's you! You turned him into the person you hate the most! Zhizi Mo Ruofu, just look at his future... Haha, ha, good fortune in this world It's so funny, how can I not laugh..."

He couldn't continue laughing, Koike's sword tip pierced his throat, so he couldn't make any more sound.

Blood flowed down and stained his hands, his eyes were red, and he tried to stay awake, and he stood there for a long time before pulling out the sword.

A horse stopped beside him.

He saw the familiar boots, the familiar halberd.

But he didn't dare to look up to see the face of the man.

He heard the hoarse and blood-filled voice of the person coming, and the unpleasant voice almost made him unable to recognize that this was the person he had been with day and night: "...why?"

Koike didn't answer right away.

He heard the subordinates behind Zhuang Yan, those friends whom he had entertained with Zhuang Yan after they got married, and who used to chat and laugh at the banquet, at this moment they loudly warned with disgust: "Young Lord, stay away from that demon! Be careful! Assassinated by him!"

Zhuang Yan didn't pass by, he stood beside his biological father's body, waiting for an explanation from the person who shared the same bed for five years.

"He loves you like a wife... Think about it, how much does he hate you now?"

"It was you who destroyed him with your own hands, it was you who forced Zhuang Yan to become the next me, and turned him into the person you hate the most!"

Zhuang Hou's words before his death echoed wildly in his mind like a curse.His mood became more and more unstable, and the two swords in his hands were clenched more tightly, but he raised his face, revealing his blood-red eyes.

Then he saw Zhuang Yan, who was wearing a silver armor, standing quietly in front of him.

He thought, they were so close, but he spent the rest of his life, but he could never walk by Zhuang Yan's side again.

With the look in Zhuang Yan's eyes at that time, Xiao Chi understood that this was the punishment he had to accept in his whole life.

It is difficult to have both family and country and love. If he chooses one, he can only give up the other.

There was no warmth or light in Zhuang Yan's eyes, and he persistently asked, "Why...Xiaochi?"

"I'm not Xiaochi, I'm Yuchiwang!" His voice trembled with his body, "Yes—do you remember? Yuchi is the transliterated Chinese surname of the royal family. I am originally from the Luo'e royal family. After so many years, You don't even know who I am, yet you come to me and ask... 'Why'?"

"My father and mother were forced to commit suicide by your father, my younger sister died in a foreign land, and my companion was willing to be burned to death in my place, just to let me escape...my people...they..." Tears streamed from his hideously red eyes.

"I don't need your surname or name, and I'm not your plaything, even if you gave my young lady's name as a fig leaf... I was originally the prince of Luo'e, and I should have been the same proud son of heaven as you. ——!”

He was too emotional, his eyes were so red that they were about to bleed, so that his reaction was a bit slow at this time, he stretched out his hand and pulled the jade pendant around his neck a few times before pulling it off, "Ask me... Why should I kill him? Yes, I will kill him... how can I kill him alone, I will kill all his soldiers who invaded my homeland, and I will destroy everything he cherishes!"

Xiaochi's state at this time is frightening. He opened his eyes wide and was on the verge of losing control. He stared at the shocked Zhuang Yan, "What he cherishes most...is you."

The jade pendant handed down by the good lady, the token of love he always wore when he endured humiliation and became the young wife, was thrown far away by him, and when it fell on the ground, it made a crisp sound.

He didn't look back.

White Butterfly, Polygonum vine, Unwithered wood, Acacia vine, Lihun apricot.

The ardent hope of the good lady, Zhuang Yan's tenacious persistence, and the burning of the Lihun Xinglin and the extinction of Jiangbei finally became an absurd joke.

The promise of "White heads never leave each other" was smashed into pieces together with the jade pendant he once wore next to his body.

Now, he has nothing left to lose.He actually felt a strange relief in it.

The blood was red in front of his eyes, Xiaoyi's disorder eroded his mind, and he finally lost his mind.

"Kill...kill..." Xiao Chi murmured to Zhuang Yan, "Kill you..."

But the phrase "kill you" was not really said by him.Mu Beixi appeared behind him mysteriously, and knocked him unconscious with a palm.

Mu Beixi caught Xiaochi's body that was slowly slumping, and deftly put it on his shoulders, then turned to face Zhuang Yan and said, "There are some things that you can't say casually, even if he doesn't mean it, but when you're crazy, you say the wrong thing , it will also hurt deeply...he has been a little crazy recently, don't mind too much."

Mu Beixi adjusted Xiaochi's posture on his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Xiao Zhuanghou...or maybe he's called Zhuanghou now."

"Mu Beixi." Zhuang Yan looked at Mu Beixi, the hatred and coldness in his eyes was shocking, "When did you conspire behind my back?"

Mu Beixi retreated at an unpredictable speed, Zhuang Yan chased after a few steps, and was thrown off by a large part.In the blink of an eye, Mu Beixi, who was carrying a person, had already climbed up the city wall, stood on the city wall after a while, and shouted in the direction of Zhuang Yan: "Almost five years! Zhuang Hou , you came one step too late, Yushui City has been lost. With me here, you are destined to be unable to conquer the territory further west... Take your father's body, please go back."

The author has something to say:

Mu Beixi: Why is Kang Xiaochi so skilled?Because I dealt with him a few times when he went crazy, once he was a stranger and second time he was acquainted, so he naturally has experience.

Zhuang Yan: ...Madam loves me, it's not a year or two (ノ°Д°)ノ彡┻━┻

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