"PS: Those book friends who bet 50 cents on their own yesterday that Xiao Luan will definitely escape, please be more conscious and send your chips over.~"

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"Damn bastard..."

When Xiao Luan cursed these words in his heart, he was on the way to escape.

He was defeated by the guard general Xia Yu.

He, Xiao Luan, the prince of the Marquis of Nanyan, had been surrounded by Zhao Yuancai, Zhao Yuanzuo, Zhao Yuanji and others all his life. He devoted half his life to the overthrow of the Wei State, and had stirred up troubles in the Wei State for more than twenty years. But now, he was actually killed by a guard.

Xia Yu, a guard general who was born as a ranger in Guocao Mang, defeated Xia Yu. Although Xiao Luan was sure that there must be an expert behind Xia Yu to advise him, he was unable to vent his anger and humiliation.

He was supposed to be an eagle soaring in the sky, but unexpectedly his wings were injured by a child's slingshot.

"General, just ahead is Maling."

Among the close followers following him, someone pointed ahead and reminded.

Xiao Luan reined in the reins and stood still, looking in the direction of Maling.

He knew very well that Maling was garrisoned by the army under the general Xia Yu of Prince Wei Yu, but he chose to go here.

In fact, after the fall of Fan County, Xiao Luan also thought about escaping to Dunqiu, but his intuition told him that a group of people was secretly targeting him, which forced him to change his original plan. After all, he only has four men now.

More than a thousand

Unfortunately, after he lost more than 2,000 soldiers in a sneak attack last time, he was no longer able to fight against Xia Yu's army. Even if he led the remaining defeated soldiers to escape to Dunqiu, it would be nothing more than a defeat.

Just sit back and wait for death.

The reason is very simple. Since the experts around Xia Yu are powerful enough to scheme against him, it is obviously impossible for the other party to forget to send people to ambush on the road from Fan County to Dunqiu in advance, preparing to intercept and kill him halfway.

His head, Xiao Luan, is still extremely valuable in the eyes of some people.

In this case, it is better to do the opposite, since the other party would not guess that he would flee to the place now controlled by the Eastern Army.

As for his destination, he planned to go to Puyang to seek refuge with Gongzi Jie.

There are more than 10,000 Puyang troops stationed in Puyang. With Gongzi Jie's trust in him, he may have a chance to make a comeback with the Puyang army.

Of course, the premise is that he can break through Xia Yujun's blockade and successfully escape to Puyang.

As dusk approached, Xiao Luan and his party finally entered the area of ​​Maling.

Even Xiao Luan breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

Although before fleeing, he and his followers put on ordinary people's clothes and pretended to be businessmen, but this did not guarantee that he would be able to pass through Maling under the eyes of Xia Yujun.

But now, they have finally entered the territory of Maling, which has complex terrain and dense mountains and forests, which means that Xiao Luan's possibility of escaping has increased.

However, just as he was relaxing, he heard a whoosh, and a crossbow bolt barely grazed his face and hit a tree beside the mountain road.

"Lulu"

Xiao Luan, whose expression changed drastically, immediately reined in the reins and glanced around with an uncertain expression.

At this moment, he suddenly saw dozens of figures slowly appearing in the forest on both sides of the mountain road.

"Xiao Luan, long time no see. How are you?"

The leader, a sturdy man, greeted Xiao Luan expressionlessly.

Xiao Luan squinted his eyes and looked at the person with the help of the afterglow of the setting sun. After a while, he called out the person's name with a complicated expression: "Are you... Wang Jian?"

It turned out that the sturdy man was Wang Jian, the chief of the clan guard of King Yi Zhao Yuanli.

Wang Yan looks much older now than before, but his eyes staring at Xiao Luan are still sharp.

"Xia Yu, the general of the guard, led his troops to encircle and exterminate your lair in Dunqiu, but he doesn't know you very well." Staring at Xiao Luan intently, Wang Juan said expressionlessly: "Xiao Luan, the prince of Nan Yanhou, has always been a handsome man.

Even though King Yu once praised him for his bravery, how could he be like an ordinary bereaved dog and flee to his lair in a panic after being defeated?"

"..."

Xiao Luan gritted his teeth secretly.

He was so familiar with Wang Juan. He remembered that in Daliang, he, Xiao Luan, had the best relationship with Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli. During this back and forth, he also developed a good friendship with Wang Juan. In terms of understanding of him at that time, after the death of Yi Wang Zhao Yuanli

, I’m afraid it’s just Wang Jian.

"You are really haunted, Wang Jian." Xiao Luan said through gritted teeth.

Perhaps to the world, including the current King of Wei Zhao Run, since King Yi Zhao Yuanli took medicine to apologize for his sins, his clan's chief guard Wang Juan has lost his whereabouts, but for Xiao Luan, Wang Juan has since become his unforgettable memory.

Compared with all the nightmares Wang Juan had done secretly over the years, Zhao Ying and her subordinate Nightingale assassinating Xiao Luan in the street were nothing at all.

Xiao Luan only needed to be on guard against the assassinations of Zhao Ying and his men Nightingale, but what Wang Jun had done over the years made him feel helpless even though he hated him so much that he could do nothing about it.

The army set up secret strongholds in various countries, destroyed Xiao Luan's business in various countries, and almost completely cut off Xiao Luan's source of money.

For example, in the salt fields of Qi State, Fu Weijun originally had a business of smuggling salt in Qi State. Although Bei Gongyu knew about this matter in general but not in detail, Wang Jian found it through the contacts of King Yi Zhao Yuanli during his lifetime.

, peeled off the cocoon to investigate the matter, and destroyed several strongholds of Fu Weijun in Qi State, which made Xiao Luan's life very difficult in recent years.

"The ghost still lingers?" Wang Juan snorted, and then said expressionlessly: "Yes, I am the evil ghost who came to claim my life on behalf of the prince!" After that, he looked at Xiao Luan and said coldly: "When

It's getting late, it's time to send you off. The prince in Jiuquan has been waiting for you for six years, and he must be impatient..."

After hearing this, the close followers of Fu Weijun around Xiao Luan immediately protected their young master and looked at the people who appeared from the mountains and forests on both sides of the mountain road as if they were facing an enemy.

However, there was no fear or panic on Xiao Luan's face. After looking around, he said with a smile: "Just these people?"

It turned out that the people Wang Juan brought to ambush Xiao Luan were mostly elderly people over forty years old, and some even had gray hair on their temples. However, from their expressions and behavior, we could still see a bit of a team.

The shadow of the Chinese army comes to mind. These old soldiers are probably the guards of Prince Yi's Mansion, or the confidants of Prince Yi Zhao Yuanli who originally arranged to take care of business for him.

In terms of loyalty, these people are certainly impeccable. Even though King Yi Zhao Yuanli has passed away six years ago, these people are still obsessed with avenging the prince. However, it may be difficult to guarantee that nearly half a hundred of the old soldiers still have some strength over the years.

.

In comparison, most of Fu Weijun's cronies around Xiao Luan were young men in their thirties. Even if their numbers were slightly smaller than Wang Juan's, they would not necessarily be at a disadvantage.

Therefore, Xiao Luan laughed and joked: "Wang Jian, Wang Jian, you really haven't made any progress in so many years, you are still so stubborn... If you contact Zhao Run in advance and call in the green crow, the black crow,

Xiao will still be a little afraid, as for these old soldiers who are half buried in the ground, hahaha..."

Wang Juan looked at Xiao Luan and said calmly: "The grievances of the older generation can be settled by ourselves, the half-buried old men, so there is no need to trouble the new king... As for whether we old men are capable of killing you?"

Stay, hum, Xiao Luan, don’t underestimate the soldiers of my Prince Yi’s Mansion!”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at Xiao Luan, and said in a hateful voice: "My brothers from Prince Yi's Mansion, today is the day when we will avenge the prince's murder and kill the enemy with our own hands!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old soldiers on both sides of the mountain road showed cruel expressions on their faces and stared at Xiao Luan with fierce eyes.

"Kill them!"

Following Xiao Luan's order, both sides took action almost at the same time.

Although the veterans of Prince Yi's Mansion are all old, their fighting spirit is no less than that of the soldiers who accompanied Xiao Luan. Even if they die, they still have to support an enemy.

As for Wang Juan himself, he held a sword and rushed straight towards Xiao Luan.

"ding-ding-ding-ding-ding"

Following a burst of chaos, Wang Juan and Xiao Luan fought fiercely for more than ten rounds. Although Xiao Luan was superb in martial arts, Wang Juan was not inferior. The two of them fought back and forth for a while, but neither could do anything to the other.

But even so, Xiao Luan's heart still sank: because it was obvious that the sound of fighting here would alarm the guards near Maling.

"Sir, you can't stay here for long!"

A Fuwei sergeant took advantage of the opportunity to come to Xiao Luan's side and said urgently: "Young master, please retreat quickly. We will delay for your sake."

Seeing this, Xiao Luan didn't hesitate, waved the horse's reins and said, "Okay!"

Having said that, he would take the opportunity to escape.

Seeing this scene, Wang Jun's eyes widened, and his face showed a bit of ferocity: The matter has come to this, how can we allow you to escape?!

In a rage, Wang Juan risked being hit in the shoulder by an ambushed sergeant and pushed the soldier away with his body. Then, he slashed Xiao Luan's side with the sword in his hand.

In an emergency, Xiao Luan dismounted sideways and managed to avoid the attack, but his mount was hit by Wang Juan's attack.

I saw the horse scream sadly after being hit by the knife and run forward with all its might.

It has to be said that Xiao Luan's riding skills are also superb. Even if he lost his balance in a hurry, he still quickly balanced his body by tapping the ground with his feet several times and jumped onto the horse's back.

"Ha! Xiao takes the first step!"

When he was proud, Xiao Luan glanced at the frightened and angry Wang Juan with a playful look, but he never thought that Wang Juan's reaction was also quick. Seeing that Xiao Luan was not knocked off his horse, he flew towards him without any regard for his own safety.

, the huge momentum directly knocked Xiao Luan off the horse.

"This bastard..."

Quickly getting up from the ground, Xiao Luan looked at Wang Juan who was not far away in shock and anger, and said through gritted teeth: "Wang Juan, Xiao wanted to spare your life, but you are seeking death yourself. No wonder Xiao!"

After that, he took out his sword from his waist.

However, at this moment, a whistle suddenly sounded in the forest, from far to near.

Immediately, several men wearing black uniforms appeared one after another in front of Wang Yan, Xiao Luan and others.

"The new king (Zhao Run)'s black crow..."

Seeing these people, Wang Juan and Xiao Luan had a guess in their hearts almost at the same time.

Compared to Wang Juan's calmness, Xiao Luan's face finally showed a serious expression this time, and he frowned and glanced around.

At this moment, a scribe slowly walked out of the forest. After looking at Wang Juan and Xiao Luan for a while, he finally cast his eyes on Xiao Luan and asked coldly: "Is he Xiao Luan?"

As soon as he finished speaking, another scribe walked out of the forest. When he saw this scribe, Xiao Luan's originally only somewhat solemn gaze suddenly flashed with a hint of complexity, and he murmured in an undetectable voice: "Bei

palace……"

Yes, these two scribes are Zhang Qigong, the right captain of Tiance Mansion, and his deputy Beigong Yu.
To be continued...