Chapter 529: People Under the Eaves (5,000 Words)

"...The man from Bran whom the Queen likes is none other than Ziyi, Ziyi, Ziyi..."

Xi Wei's roar echoed far and near in the mountains, with endless echoes. .The top of the mountain fell into a brief silence, silent.

The Queen likes Ziyi? Do you like the war god Bran who suppressed the tribe for decades? And he deliberately leaked information to kill An Shuai for the safety of his lover? Are you kidding...

The caravan masters who had never heard the secrets of the palace looked at each other in confusion and felt that it was extremely ridiculous for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he couldn't help but yell angrily,

"How dare you blaspheme the Queen..." "Is this the reason for your betrayal?" "Absurd! Ridiculous!"

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In the excitement of the crowd, Andre and Sydney looked at each other in a strange way, their eyes flashing. They knew the secret, although they were not sure whether it was true or not. But I have to say, if it is true, and what Xi Wei just said about Ziyi saying "come out to see me" three times in front of the imperial city, then this matter... well, it's really hard to say.

Lansha's expression returned to calm after a brief moment of confusion, and he seemed not to take it seriously. Of course, an observant person like Tang En could still see from the subtle movements of her naturally drooping palms and fingers curling up, relaxing, and curling up again... over and over again that Lansha's heart was not as calm as it seemed.

Compared with the complex moods and expressions of everyone, Tang En's expression was a bit strange, and his head shrank subconsciously a few times, like a thief on the lookout, quite wretched.

Of course he didn't know about Zi Yi's relationship with the Queen of Beihuang. Although judging from the current situation, combined with Lansha's identity, the importance she attaches to the jade pendant, and Ziyi's three "come out and see me" under the imperial city... a line connecting Ziyi and the Queen of Beihuang has been faintly formed. But from another perspective, this line is undoubtedly extremely fragile. After all, it is too early to conclude that this thing is true based on these few clues.

Of course, whether this matter is true or not, it has little to do with Tang En now. The only thing he can confirm now is that the Queen of Northern Wilderness did not deliberately leak information. Because, Angelos was clearly stabbed to death by himself with a dagger...

Little did Tang En know that the seemingly insane old man he stabbed to death in his rage could trigger the current internal strife in the Northern Wilderness... Yes, this sounds very fulfilling. But if this matter is exposed, Lansha will not hesitate to kill himself no matter how much he values ​​the jade pendant...

Thinking of this, Tang En couldn't help grinning, and then immediately decided to keep this matter in his stomach forever and not talk about it until death.

At this time, Lansha, who had completely regained his composure, narrowed his eyes and spoke again: "Is this the reason for your betrayal?"

"That's right!" Xi Wei raised his head, his excitement still lingering, "Shuai An has been on the battlefield throughout his life and has made countless illustrious military exploits for the tribe. But now he is being tricked like this..."

"Ridiculous!" A slightly sharp and cold voice directly interrupted Xi Wei's words, and Lan Sha's mouth curved with ridicule, "Just because of an untrue rumor, just because of the three words Zi Yi yelled into the city before he died, You automatically put all the blame on Mother? Haha, how ridiculous!"

Suddenly, he yelled loudly, and the valley echoed, "In this case, it is better to let those clowns from the War Lion Tribe directly admit that they have the intention to rebel, and let people take a good look at them!"

Xi Wei's lips trembled when he heard the words, and finally remained silent, but his head was raised high but he did not lower it.

Just as Tang En thought just now, neither side can confirm the ambiguous relationship between Zi Yi and the Queen of Beihuang. In this way, those who believe will naturally believe more and more due to their preconceived ideas. And those who don’t believe it, because of their preconceived notions, find this matter even more absurd.

But no matter what, there is no turning back when the bow is fired. Now that things have developed to this point, it is naturally impossible for both parties to back down.

Lansha naturally knew this, so he changed the topic: "So, you are here to kill me to avoid future troubles?"

Hearing this, Xi Wei lowered his head subconsciously, as if struggling, and then suddenly knelt down on one knee: "Your Highness, we are unwilling to hurt you. As long as you are willing to follow us and leave, I will guarantee your personal safety as a warrior and with the honor of the tribe."

There is nothing wrong with this sentence, which fully reflects Xi Wei's respect for Lan Sha. But the subtext is undoubtedly asking Lansha to surrender. If he resists, the result will be unpredictable.

"Haha..." Lansha raised the corners of his mouth upon hearing this, revealing a cold and sarcastic smile, "Are you sure you can do this?"

"His Highness is the pride of the tribe and has extraordinary wisdom. Of course we are not as good as us." Xi Wei showed weakness frankly, and then Xi Wei slowly raised his head with a firm expression, "But now there are no soldiers available for His Highness, and we are here this time With more than ten thousand elite soldiers and generals... His Highness has no chance of winning."

"Damn it..." Andre clenched his fists subconsciously upon hearing this and gritted his teeth secretly. The expressions of everyone on the top of the mountain also became extremely ugly in an instant.

This is the truth. There is no need to elaborate on Lansha's power. But this strength does not come from the superiority of one's own force, but from the strength of tactics, strategy, and wisdom. This kind of power requires many soldiers to support it, otherwise it would be more threatening than a single force.

The current situation is undoubtedly the same. The opponent has more than 10,000 troops, but Lansha only has Andre and more than 20 caravan masters beside him. No matter how you look at it, there is no chance of winning this battle.

"We can mobilize more than 10,000 troops of the War Lion Tribe..." Lan Sha asked expressionlessly, "Is the commander in chief Uncle Malun? General Hua Meng? Or..."

"It's Marshal Anna." Xi Wei said.

"Ana?" Lan Sha raised his eyebrows when he heard this, seeming a little surprised, but then he suddenly understood and nodded, "So, you want to use revenge as a sign of revenge? You still have some brains. It's just a pity... It's a pity that An Shuai A teacher has a great reputation throughout his life, but in the end it is lost in the hands of his descendants."

Muttering to himself, then shaking his head slightly, Lansha narrowed his eyes: "So, you guys are also doing something in the imperial city?"

Xi Wei lowered his head and said nothing. At this time, he was also a little alert. He seemed to have revealed a lot of things without knowing it...

But I have to say that sometimes not answering actually represents acquiescence. Lan Sha nodded slightly and said decisively: "Xi Wei, help me bring a message to Anna - you can't succeed, whether here or in the imperial city!"

After saying that, he turned around and the group quickly disappeared on the top of the mountain.

The mountain peak Lansha chose covers a very large area, so it is naturally impossible for him to be surrounded by this large group of cavalry right now. And Xi Wei had no intention of pursuing immediately. His mission was to determine Lansha's position, send someone to notify the rear, and leave the rest of the work to the arriving troops.

After a while, Xi Wei slowly stood up from the ground with a sigh.

Although it was self-deprecating, Xi Wei didn't think His Highness Lansha could escape in this situation. So thinking about the last sentence just now, I just thought that His Highness was determined to die, and would rather die than surrender...

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The dusk is approaching, and the dark stars are hanging low.

Night is the best camouflage! The continuous mountains that seemed majestic and majestic on ordinary days took off their outer camouflage in the night, and became blurry, like giant beasts lying in wait, with ferocious faces.

The area of ​​this unknown mountain range is not large, but if it can bear the name of "mountain range", it is naturally not much smaller. At least if you're walking, you can't even think of running out within a few hours.

Therefore, almost as soon as night fell, the hunt for the big shot officially kicked off.

The roads in the mountains are naturally not easy to navigate, and it is also at night, so it is impossible for the cavalry to come in and search. Therefore, Lansha and his party took the upper hand and temporarily distanced themselves from the pursuers.

Of course, this advantage won't last long. It was impossible for them to know the complete topography of the mountains, so they just tried to ensure a straight route as much as possible. As a result, problems will ensue.

It’s a simple truth, not all roads are open! Furthermore, there is no way that there is a road that can go straight through both ends of the mountain range... Of course, even if there was, it would not have been hit by Lansha and the others by such a coincidence. Such a lucky walking method is naturally extremely normal when encountering unexpected situations such as the mountain road suddenly being interrupted, or the walking becoming more and more diagonal.

And every accident continues to lengthen the distance and waste everyone's time. In contrast, the pursuers behind him had no such problem at all!

There are more than ten thousand elite soldiers and generals, enough for Anna to choose to push forward domineeringly. Is the road here blocked? It's okay, there is naturally a team nearby that can get to the front. Is this path a roundabout? Think of a way to turn out by yourself, and then speed up to catch up with the team in front...

One moves forward cautiously and cautiously, while the other pushes forward forcefully without worrying about any mistakes. How fast? Nature is clear at a glance.

Around late at night, a brief battle finally started intermittently. It was at this time that Tang En saw Lan Sha's methods again...

The team can go the wrong way, take time to re-route, or even engage in a small battle of no more than five minutes with the pursuing soldiers. But the team was never surrounded, not once.

Naturally, this cannot be a coincidence, or even if it is a coincidence, it cannot happen again and again. Tang En's vision was so sharp that he quickly discovered the problem. That is, Lansha seems to know the art of prophecy, always leading the team to escape before the surrounding soldiers rush towards him.

This kind of running method is different from Tang En's precise control of a small area. Tang En's method is to use tricks and tactics. He is not afraid of stepping into any trap at all, because as long as he has enough intelligence, he can find every opportunity in the world around him. , escaped safely, just like they did during the siege by tens of thousands of troops in Tiu.

Lansha's escape was based on far-sighted predictions and decisions on a strategic level, and he ultimately avoided possible traps. This also requires intelligence, but more importantly, it requires a pair of eyes that can understand people's hearts and current situations, and a clear-eyed mentality. From this perspective, it was particularly important for Lan Sha to lure the pursuer's coach from Xi Wei.

One is inside and one is outside. One is fine control in a small area, and the other is perfect planning in a grand strategy.

The two fields are different, so there is nothing to compare. Or we can only say that Lansha is a born superior and a strategist. And Tang En was also born...well, an assassin, or a thief.

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After three hours of fighting and a whole night, the group finally walked out of the mountains at dawn. Then, when the first hint of fish belly white appeared on the horizon, the team took a short rest by a small stream. At this time, the nearest pursuer was about ten kilometers away.

The atmosphere was somewhat silent.

Lansha was sitting in the open space aside, his face still calm, holding a branch and scratching something on the ground, concentrating, serious and soothing.

Beside the stream, a miserable Sydney was leaning over washing the flannel that was the hem of her clothes. He looked a little tired, but he could see persistence in it.

Squeak... Squeezing out the water quickly, Sydney squinted her eyes and carefully wiped the blood on Andre's shoulder next to her. It's just a small injury, which doesn't affect walking and fighting, nor does it affect Andre's current movements of biting dried meat slices.

However, not everyone is as lucky as him. In fact, although they successfully walked out of the mountains and temporarily escaped. But the more than twenty caravan masters have basically failed, and there are even three whose whereabouts are unknown.

Anna and other officers who carried out the pursuit knew who the target was, but ordinary barbarian soldiers may not. However, after a night of fighting, all the soldiers naturally knew that they were chasing the pride of the tribe, His Highness Lansha, whom they had been in awe and admiration of before!

However, by this time, they had completely embarked on this treacherous path and could not turn back. Therefore, in response to the shuddering fear deep in their hearts, they became more and more crazy.

It was under this circumstance that the three caravan masters were entangled by crazy soldiers during their narrow escape, and were eventually drowned in the sea of ​​people...

It can't go on like this... Tang En looked around, looking at the dead and injured, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

Tang En didn't know if Lansha had any good ideas to avoid this disaster, but it was obvious that it was impossible to escape for the time being. And the longer the time goes on, the more dangerous his life will be. After all, if it comes to a life and death situation, these caravan masters may not care about him, and he, the prisoner, will definitely be the first to be given up.

This has nothing to do with how much Lansha values ​​him. The lives of his own people are always more important than a prisoner!

Thinking of this, Tang En sighed secretly and decided to take the initiative. Although this is not conducive to negotiations, it is better to suffer a loss than to lose your life. The body bounced and began to struggle.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooch..." His mouth was still stuffed with the little tiger model toy, and he couldn't speak at all. However, this sound was enough to attract the attention of everyone present.

"Fuck! You're still causing trouble!" Naturally, everyone's mood was not much better after they were suddenly hunted down all night long. The nearest caravan master saw this and immediately swore loudly. He stood up and was about to come over and beat Tang En.

On the other side, facing Tang En's eager gaze that kept signaling, Lansha frowned and waved his hand: "Bring him here."

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"Ah..." After removing the little tiger toy that had been bitten and deformed from his mouth, Tang En suddenly felt relaxed and could breathe much easier. He moved his mouth and said directly: "Water, I want to drink water."

Lan Sha didn't care about this disrespectful attitude and turned to look at Sydney. The latter hummed softly and handed Andre's newly filled water bottle to Tang En's mouth.

"Gululu...ah, it feels so good! Thank you!" Showing a bright smile to Sydney, who had a smelly face, Tang En said again, "Have you got anything to eat? I'm so hungry."

This time Lansha didn't make any expression, and looked at Tang En calmly as if he didn't hear anything.

"Okay, okay..." Twain grinned and glanced at the messy map drawn in front of Lansha, "The situation is not good now, what are your plans?"

"Mr. Arthur, this is not an issue you should consider. You are wasting my time." With a frown, Lansha looked at the caravan master beside him, "Gag his mouth and throw it away."

"Nima...wait, wait..." This is what is called when people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. Tang En did not dare to neglect and said quickly, "Let's cooperate."

"Cooperation?" Lansha raised his eyebrows and glanced at the cold iron chains on Tang En's body. "Mr. Arthur, cooperation requires capital."

Regardless of the teasing tone, Tang En introduced himself: "You must also know that I am good at escaping. To be honest, my strength is much higher than your men. So if we cooperate, we can escape. Hopefully it will be a lot bigger.”

"Not bad capital." Lansha nodded and narrowed his eyes, "But Mr. Arthur, do you know that it is precisely because of these capitals that we are even less likely to cooperate."

"Worried about me running away? In fact, this is not a conflict, is it? At least we are on the same boat now. And if you are worried, you can impose some restrictions on me." Shrugging, Tang En said in a sincere tone, "All kinds of little things in you There are a lot of things, you can feed me poison. Well, of course, it’s best not to die immediately.”

Hearing this, Lan Sha's fine eyebrows moved slightly, as if she thought of something and became a little interested. After pondering for a few seconds, he raised his head and asked, "What do you want?" They are all understanding people. Since Tang En took the initiative to show off his abilities, Lan Sha naturally knew that the other party wanted something.

"Let me go afterwards."

"Impossible!" Without even thinking about it, Lansha narrowed his eyes and rejected it.

"Huh... if this continues, we will all die."

"Not necessarily." He shook his head, "And if that time comes, I can guarantee that you will die in front of me."

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The stream rushed by, so cheerful, never tired of running forward. But here, only a foot apart, the atmosphere is different. As the two sides looked at each other without giving in, the air was a little thick and stagnant, and there was silence for a moment.

After a while, Lansha, expressionless, broke the silence first: "If you really can help, I can give you a chance to surrender."

It's just a chance, not necessarily survival. But Tang En knew that this was Lansha's bottom line, and if he tried to force it any further, he would probably offend the other party. He sighed and said, "Okay, happy working together."

"hope so."

…………(To be continued.)