Legend of the Heroes of the Southern Kingdom

Chapter 466 Rising Flames
The barracks of the Xixia soldiers was set up by the river, and except for this small hill that seemed a bit abrupt, there were endless grasslands in other directions, and the terrain could be described as flat.There are several very tall arrow towers built in the barracks. As long as you climb up the arrow towers, you can have a panoramic view of the situation several miles away around the barracks at a glance, which can save a lot of effort for patrolling soldiers.And there were no other big nomadic tribes nearby. Even if they encountered some small tribes occasionally, their entire tribe would only have more than a thousand people in total, and they would definitely not be in a daze to have any friction with these thousands of regular troops.So here, everyone in the two barracks on the mountain and down the mountain, what they have to deal with is just the two people who are trapped on the mountain now. The barracks on the mountainside can be regarded as heavily guarded, as for the barracks at the foot of the mountain, it is loose. It was so extreme, no wonder, if Li Wenxuan and Mingzhu hadn't escaped from that underground river, who would have descended from the sky to plan their schemes?

Li Wenxuan and Mingzhu lay in the grass not far from the barracks, and searched with the help of the lights in the barracks. There were only a few guards that could be seen, and judging by the appearance of those guards, they were all slumped in place. The head and the pestle stood there motionless. If you looked closely, the guards might have fallen asleep standing up, but the guards on the two arrow towers were more energetic and kept walking back and forth without any slack.

There were only two people on the two arrow towers, and the range they could see was very limited after all. It was not difficult for Li Wenxuan and Mingzhu to avoid them. They sneaked into the barracks without any trouble, and then Acting separately, each chose an arrow tower, and the two of them touched it lightly, almost at the same time, raised their knives and dropped them, and the two Xixia soldiers on the arrow tower were killed in a daze.

The two of them went down the arrow tower without wasting time. They had already taken a good look at the terrain outside. The next step was for Li Wenxuan to order food and grass for the Xixia soldiers, while Mingzhu went to set fire to the stables, and by the way grabbed a few more horses to feed them. Do footwork.

Without the line of sight on the arrow tower, Li Wenxuan's actions went very smoothly, and he quickly found the food and grass of the Xixia soldiers. However, because it was discussed before, Li Wenxuan wanted to wait for the Mingzhu side to catch fire before making a move, so He prepared the torches for lighting the fire, and seeing that there was still no movement from Mingzhu, he waited for a while at the same spot, and conveniently packed a bag of millet with him for future use.

Li Wenxuan estimated the time, Mingzhu should have succeeded long ago, but there was no movement for so long, he felt a little strange, but the camp was quiet, if Mingzhu missed, there would definitely be some noise, so there would be some noise in a while. It's not good to leave casually to find her, lest Mingzhu's side catch fire later, and my side's response is too slow, maybe it will delay the rendezvous time of the two.

While waiting for Mingzhu's signal, Li Wenxuan also looked at the movement in this barracks. The tents were very quiet. It was presumably that the soldiers were sleeping with their heads covered. There was no movement everywhere, and most of the barracks had no lights. , but there is a tent that is more special, not only is there a lamp, there are two guards standing at the door, it is likely that some important person lives in it.

Li Wenxuan originally didn't intend to hurt anyone this time, as long as someone didn't bump into him, or was in the way like the guards on the arrow tower, he didn't intend to kill anyone, but when he saw the tent, he couldn't help improvising, Ordinary soldiers don't get this kind of treatment. If there is any important person here, killing him will make you feel bad.So Li Wenxuan touched the back of the tent without making a sound, and with a sway, he reached out to the two guards' hands without a sound, and went down with two palm knives. The two guards were knocked unconscious on the ground without saying a word.

Dragging the two guards to a dark place, seeing no one around, Li Wenxuan gently lifted the tent door and walked in. The tent was empty, only one person was lying on the soft bed in the middle, and Li Wenxuan raised his sword. He walked over lightly, wanting to cut this person under the sword, but just a few steps away, the person on the couch suddenly opened his eyes wide, staring at Li Wenxuan, that kind of gaze, like a butcher's knife, I can't wait to tear the person in front of me to pieces.

When Li Wenxuan saw this person, he was also taken aback, and then his anger rose sharply, because the person in front of him was no one else, but the veteran Juechen who had fought against him many times.

Li Wenxuan's first reaction was to have the horizontal sword in front, fearing that the old man Juechen would violently injure others, but after waiting for a while, he saw that Juechen was just lying there with wide-eyed eyes, struggling and shaking slightly, but then he realized that , Juechen's body seemed to be unable to move at all, Li Wenxuan suddenly realized that Juechen and Longji fell off the cliff together, and it was lucky to be able to save one life, but the muscles and bones of this body were probably useless anyway.

Li Wenxuan narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "Master Daoist, we meet again!"

Juechen's eyes were full of hatred, his eyes were about to burst into flames, his whole body was shaking with excitement, even his teeth were chattering, and it took him a lot of effort to hold back a sentence: "Why are you still alive!"

"Because I want to watch you die!" After saying that, Qingshuang Sword had already hit Juechen's throat.

For Juechen, death may be nothing to be afraid of, because for him, a martial arts master who is almost a master, the most painful thing is not death, but the complete disintegration of his muscles and bones. A cripple, in comparison, might as well be dead.

Now that he saw Li Wenxuan, the hatred made him forget life and death. His greatest wish in this world is to take Li Wenxuan's life, or to watch Li Wenxuan being captured down the mountain and cut to pieces in front of him.But now that Li Wenxuan appeared in front of him in a good manner, it was really unacceptable to Juechen.

Why did he live a good life, but he ended up in this situation?

"why why why?"

Juechen was unwilling, and kept asking why. Li Wenxuan naturally didn't know what Juechen was thinking, but thinking about the crimes he and Mingzhu had suffered these days, he said: "We are going west, stupid fish, you people It has nothing to do with it, but what about you, how many times have you tried to put me to death? However, the heavens have eyes, and I am not afraid to tell you that you have not succeeded in these plots. When I come back tonight, I will Those who came to collect the bill, I will ask you to pay back the sins you have done these days!"

"You..." Juechen suddenly thought of something. Li Wenxuan appeared here suddenly, and he was able to walk into his recuperation tent as if nothing had happened. Regardless of his own personal grievances, he calmed down his anger a little, and warned: "Li Wenxuan, you have thought clearly about taking drugs. You are from the Song Dynasty. If you are obsessed and dare to do things that hurt my army, my prince only needs a document Send it to your emperor, and then you will have no place to stay!"

Facing Juechen's threat, Li Wenxuan smiled, thinking that if you allow you to kill me, why don't I kill you?Now that he feels that it is dangerous, it is too ridiculous to withdraw some Xixia prince to scare himself. This matter was the idea of ​​that Xixia prince from the beginning to the end. If Li Wenxuan has the opportunity, he would like to find that prince himself As for the settlement, Juechen used the prince as a threat, no matter what he said, Li Wenxuan naturally ignored him.

If the person in this camp is their coach Hu Yanlei, or other important people, even if the Xixia Prince himself is here, Li Wenxuan will give him a sword without hesitation, but now this Juechen old man, Li Wenxuan is in his heart Those who hate him, but seeing that Juechen's appearance is no different from that of a useless person, even though he wished to phlegm his flesh, this sword was a little bit hard to fall.

In the end, Li Wenxuan sighed secretly, and put his sword back into its sheath. Anyway, Juechen is a useless person, and he will no longer be able to pose any threat to himself in the future, and he may be more sad to live like this than to die, so no matter how much he croaks, He tapped Juechen's Ya acupoint directly, then turned and left.But when Li Wenxuan walked to the door, he heard a puff behind him. Looking back, it turned out that although Juechen was seriously injured, although he couldn't move his body, he still had the internal force he had practiced all his life. , but such a forceful exercise also caused him to be injured back, and he vomited a big mouthful of blood.

When Li Wenxuan saw this, he was afraid that Juechen would yell, so he hurried forward and wanted to hit him again, but before he could let go, when he looked again, Juechen's body was completely limp on the floor, his eyes were empty and lifeless , no heartbeat or breath, a generation of masters died in such a rage.

Li Wenxuan couldn't help shaking his head, this Juechen's cultivation is not low, and it's really embarrassing to end up in such a state.

Li Wenxuan left the tent, and after a while, he saw a fire suddenly broke out in the direction of the stables, but the situation was a bit beyond Li Wenxuan's expectations, because the fire spread too fast and burned too much...

The military horses of the Xixia soldiers were surrounded by a large fence, and there were thousands of horses among them. The fires that ignited at this time should all be near the fence, and they spread extremely fast. The first point spread into a semi-circular circle of fire, surrounding countless war horses in it. Seeing the raging fire, the war horses inside neighed endlessly and ran wildly, but because of the flames blocking them, they almost died. Among the frenzied horses, you can't leave the fence.

Li Wenxuan looked at such a huge fire and this horrific scene, secretly wondering how Mingzhu did it.

Li Wenxuan didn't delay here either, he lit the torches he had prepared in advance and threw them all into the haystack, and then quickly ran to the place where he and Mingzhu had long been better off.

At this time, a fire broke out in the camp, and the sleeping Xixia soldiers in the camp were soon awakened, and each of them hugged out of the tent before they had time to dress neatly, rushing to fight the fire.Li Wenxuan was wearing a Western Xia military uniform at this time, so he wasn't afraid of being discovered by them. Anyway, everyone in the army was flustered one by one, so there was no time to think about Li Wenxuan.

Li Wenxuan went straight to the other side of the stable, and saw Mingzhu carrying a bow and arrow, leading six healthy horses outside the stable, waving to him.

Li Wenxuan quickly got on his horse and asked, "Mingzhu, why is the fire on your side so big?"

Mingzhu was not in a hurry to answer, but bent her bow and set an arrow, and shot out with a whoosh, hitting the rope on the lieutenant general's flag, and the flag fell to the ground immediately.

"Good arrow skills!" Li Wenxuan praised sincerely.

Mingzhu smiled and pointed to the fence not far away, and said, "I'll show you a good show!" Following the urging of the mounts, the six horses galloped forward together, only to hear a rattling sound behind them, and the guard who circled the horses The fence cracked several openings about two feet wide.It turned out that the saddles of these horses were all connected to the fence with ropes. Mingzhu used a knife to cut off many piles of the fence on this side, and after being pulled by the rope, they naturally fell down row by row.

After the gap in the fence was broken, thousands of horses among them were already panicked by the sudden fire, but they had nowhere to go. Now that they saw the gap in the fence, thousands of horses went crazy. They all rushed towards the gap.

The hoofbeats, neighing, and trampling of thousands of war horses directly turned the barracks, which was already in flames, into a purgatory on earth.Those galloping and frenzied war horses ran aimlessly inside and outside the barracks. Countless Xixia soldiers who came to fight the fire were knocked to the ground by the horses. Some people dodged for a while, but then they were overtaken by war horses, or they were crushed to the ground, or their muscles were broken. But there was nothing he could do about it.In addition, many war horses were ignited by the fire to look at their fur when they were escaping. After running, the fire took advantage of the wind, and within a short while, the horses were almost covered in flames. The burning pain made the horses completely lose their minds. No matter what the situation is, just bump into it, and soon, almost all the military tents in the camp were ignited, and the originally quiet military camp turned into a sea of ​​flames in just a moment.

Li Wenxuan looked at this horrific scene and asked, "How did you do it?"

Mingzhu raised her eyebrows and said: "It can be regarded as their own fault. When they set fire to the mountain before, they prepared a lot of kerosene in the army. Today they are unlucky. I happened to find these kerosene. I surrounded the kerosene The stables have been turned upside down, and this is what it looks like when it is lit again."

Looking at the chaotic Xixia military camp, Li Wenxuan was worried that after setting fire today, they would send troops to chase him, but now he realized that those worries were unnecessary. Xixia soldiers suffered heavy losses this time. There were not a few casualties among the war horses. In such a situation, not to mention chasing him again, as long as they can return to the base camp safely, it will be fine.

The two looked at the sea of ​​flames in front of them again, then turned their horses and headed straight to the north.

On the way, Li Wenxuan also found that the horses brought by Mingzhu had many large and small bags and parcels. After asking, he found out that these were clothes and food that Mingzhu had found in the barracks, but the most thing among them was salt, because According to Mingzhu's plan, if the two of them went directly to Kelei's Ministry to find the whereabouts of the princess, they would definitely make people suspicious, so they took a lot of salt from the military camp, and then the two of them could pretend to be salt merchants on the grassland. Such an identity is not easy to arouse suspicion.

For the tribes on the prairie, all the salt is bought from the Central Plains through caravans, and it is also a precious thing. Ordinary tribesmen can’t afford it at all, so the salt brought by the Pearl is just You can chat with many wealthy nobles in the Kelei Ministry, and if you want to inquire about some news, or take the opportunity to sneak into some key places, it will naturally get twice the result with half the effort.

Mingzhu had been to Kelei's department before, so after the two of them got rid of the Xixia soldiers, the road was smooth, especially the six horses changed back and forth, and there was almost no delay in the middle.

After walking for less than three days, they arrived near Kelei's department. The road went smoothly, and the Xixia soldiers did not chase after them. Before Mingzhu took it out, he found the clothes and robes, and they changed them together. Mingzhu is still a woman Dressing up, but because she is naturally beautiful, if this appearance is shown in public, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary troubles, so in order to avoid being too conspicuous and not wearing a veil, Mingzhu had no choice but to smear some on her face. Green gray, this can be regarded as slightly covering up the handsome face, but upon closer inspection, the appearance of this face is still extremely beautiful.

As for Li Wenxuan, it's much more convenient. You just need to change into your clothes, and you don't need to dress up. When you meet people, you just need to say that you are a merchant from Central Plains, and others will not think there is anything wrong.

The Kelie tribe is considered one of the largest tribes on this grassland. They have always been friends with the Kingdom of Jin before. This time, the Kelie tribe suddenly cooperated with Xixia to raid the send-off team and help Xixia rob the tribe who was going to marry them. Princess Yilan, this matter is indeed a bit unbelievable.

When the two walked to the territory of the Kelei Department, Mingzhu whispered to Li Wenxuan: "It seems that something has changed here just now."

Li Wenxuan was very unfamiliar with these places, so he immediately asked, "What's going on?"

Mingzhu said: "The tribes on the prairie are generally poor, but the folk customs are strong, so no matter what time the tribe is, it seems to be relatively lively, but now...you see, many people are listless, deserted everywhere, It's so different from what it used to be!"

It didn't take long for the two of them to enter the tribe, because they looked at each other, and soon a big man came up to question him. Li Wenxuan followed Mingzhu's previous arrangement and said that he was a salt merchant. The big man seemed to believe it or not. Looking at Li Wenxuan, Li Wenxuan took off the bag of salt on the horse's back, opened it for the big man to take a look, the man believed it, and didn't ask anything else to embarrass the two of them.

(End of this chapter)