Book 53 Chapter 5 – Between Life and Death (1/2)
Book 53 Chapter 5 – Between Life and Death
Translator: Foxs' Wuxia
Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, Ba Fenghan, Yang Gongqing, Ma Chang, Chen Laoxin, Guo Shancai, Bing Yuanzhen, Duan Da, and the others,behind a thick bush on high elevationinto the distance at Li Yuanji’s twenty-thousand-, about three li away Three colu Are army’s location
Five supply shi+ps arrived from the Yi River to deliver food and supplies to Li Yuanji’s army
No one did not feel the excite out the siege and for being able to cohten the warhorses’ load, everybody abandoned their heavy ar the way, and because everybody was more or less wounded in action, due to blood loss and the weariness of rushi+ng about, their countenance was pale, so that there was some kind of path-exhausted-the-end-of-the-road i’s pair of eyes was flashi+ng, he fixed his gaze on the enemy ranks, and spoke ferociously, “When did Li Yuanji become this astute? We stop, he also stops Clearly he wants to hang onto our tail, to chip away at the task and not abandon it, yet to avoid fighting”
Ba Fenghan spoke heavily, “We should have traveled along the Luo River instead of the Yi River, at least ould know Li shi+ troops’ position”
Everybody was silent, they could not say anything The enemy’s brilliant tactics forced theht time, when their troops eary, their horses tired, they would launch an attack, to bring therave, he said, “We must try to break away from Li Yuanji’s pursuit, only then e have the hope to crash through Li shi+aze to observe the situation far and near, the Yi Luo River Plains’ fertile land ended here, the terrain was starting to undulate and change Directly to the south, a row of e extended continuously and expanded, to the east it reached the Yi River, to the west it connected to a wide expanse of pri to the west, with fast horse one could reach the Luo River’s east bank within two sichen
A strealed its way from the mountain area to flow into the Yi River The weary-and-unable-to-travel soldiers he was leading were resting and eating on either side of the brook, while the warhorses were eating grass and drinking water
Kou Zhong looked up to watch the sky, he said, “shi+fu! Could it be that the wind is changing?”
Other than Ba Fenghan and Xu Ziling, no one had any idea what he was talking about
Ba Fenghan looked up at the sky and exa correctly, the wind direction tonight will not change, it still blows northind If we set the dense forest on the northeastthick s that, Yang Gongqing and the others’ spirit was greatly aroused
Knitting his brows, Ma Chang said, “Traveling to and from Yi and Luo, ays took the forest road developed on the west side of the mountain area, but we never tried the mountain area itself”
“There is pathway across theXuanshu said
Everybody was stunned If this remark wasshi+chong’s ad at all; however, wang Xuanshu has always lived like a prince [idiom, but I believe in this case it is literal, he was, after all, a prince ], how could he know the situation in theXuanshu was obviously re his father and elder brother, his countenance darkened, he hung his head down and said, “Fu Huang, heay! Die had ordered me to survey the situation of the , hence I went in and out of the mountains many times There is an exit at the southern end of the mountain area, from there we can reach the forest area northwest of Yique”
Everybody had a flash of understanding wang shi+chong has always been greedy for life, afraid of death; he sent his son to survey the terrain, it was to reserve an escape path
Kou Zhong said, “In that case, Xuanshu should lead the way Noill send ourup the ruse, ill break away froht, and escape without a trace”
Voicing his concern, Shan Xiongxin said, “Although we couldinto thethe mountain area, there won’t be any way out even ht e Shou’an and Yique, two armies into one, and wait for us at the southern exit of the mountain area If we are trapped in the mountain area, it will be the end of the entire ar smiled and said, “If Xuanshu is not familiar with the situation on the mountain, ould dare to take the reed, he said, “Naturally they would abandon the mountain area and take the official road in the forest; it is both faster andacted as if he had a card up his sleeve, he cal-the-troops’-precious-wonder principle Because Li Yuanji is guessing that we do not dare to enter the , to let us to escape to the south via the official road in the forest, because Li shi+ troops at the exit on the other side, he has already completed all kinds of construction works for defense, ready to deliver frontal assault on us If we changed into different mountain path, ill definitely throw his disposition of troops into a great mess, and then we have an opportunity that we can exploit”
Ba Fenghan spoke indifferently, “This is called seeking victory in danger”
Yang Gongqing sighed and said, “Three exits, Li shi+uard two If we could leave thehis interception, naturally there won’t be any problem, otherwise, we should not pick the exit that Li shi+uard”
Everybody understood the reason he was sighing, because there was si Xuanshu said, “The exit close to the Yi River is extre his voice, Kou Zhong said, “Can we cross thewithout stopping, we still need half a day,” wang Xuanshu replied, “But if we do that, I am afraid the men and horses won’t be able to ain, his pair of eyes emitted a conteoing out of the ht This time it’s our turn to be in the dark while the ene in the air, it will mean that Li shi+min is not far from us!”
At dusk, the ht fire, which spread rapidly, the fire intensity was fierce, sweeping toward the southeast, bringing with it fire frag troops path forward
The e army was already concentrated on the mountaintop between the mountain area and the narrow path The ht, they started to quickly enter the mountain area, so that rasp whether they took the mountain area, or withdraw via the official road in the forest
With wang Xuanshu leading the way, all the officers and soldiers walked, while pulling their rides along, clih the forest, and wading in the creek, traveling quickly on the unbroken mountain area, until daybreak, when all the th exhausted, so they hid in a hidden gorge in the forest to rest, striving for some time to sleep
By this time they had entered forty li deep into the mountain area, only about ten or so li away fro, Xu Ziling and Ba Fenghan were used to this kind of arduous journey, after sitting in meditation for half a sichen, they have , the three clie, to look down to observe the situation around, only to see therocks stood in abundance on the high and tapered peak, thecontinuously, the boundless ocean of forests covered thethrough the forest It’s a pity that the three were heavy-hearted and were not in thestroked Wus and soar into the sky; he said, “Ha! It looks like we have really broken away frohan said, “Li Yuanji is not an idiot at all, he shouldn’t take risks to enter the mountain area When he ascertained that we had fled into the uard theinfor the fastest method, to tell him to seal off all the exits on the southern part of thee circle a few ti, should it?”
Ba Fenghan patted the Shooting the Moon Bow in his boso the Moon Bow as the protector God, who could harhed without restraint, he said, “The kid recovers his confidence that quickly, Xiaodi submit cheerfully, both with ’s feet was untied, Wu to her heart’s content
Seeing Xu Ziling was contehan suess: what is Li shi+ was the one who answered hi blankly, Ba Fenghan said, “Are you psychic? How could you see the secret in ’s pair of eyes was flashi+ng with terrifying bright light, he spoke heavily, “This is called heroes usually agree In the first place, I reuys worshi+p wolves, and Li shi+min is precisely a wolf; further; it would wait for an opportunity to devour its prey, it wants to hit the target in one strike The herd of cattle already knew a pack of wolves areback and forth all around them to intimidate them, to affect them mentally and physically, yet they are still unable not to be paralyzed with fear, and their allotted share is just to wait for death”
Ba Fenghan nodded and said, “Li shi+ the wolf’s tactics; compared to us, Tujue people, the way he put it to use has reached perfection evento be devoured, and Li shi+ back and forth in the vicinity, leading a pack of vicious wolves When the herd’s th exhausted, the vicious wolf charge into the herd to scatter it, and then when there’s a cow on its own, the pack of wolves will devour it! Although the cow is stronger than any wolf, but under such circumstances, the coay froet away”
Kou Zhong sh we are fully aware that this being the case, we are still unable to find a solution like the coaiting to be slaughtered”
Ba Fenghan said, “Theto score a victory relies on absolute focus, patience, chipping away at a task and not abandon it [idiom: perseverance] and dedication Every moment before your eyes is as important as a life and death matter, you cannot tze River, weolves”
Kou Zhong thought deeply for half a day, he asked Xu Ziling, “Ling Shao, what are you thinking?”
He did not really expect an answer, he just wanted Xu Ziling to offer his wise opinion
Who would have thought that Xu Ziling answered truthfully, “I was thinking that if this moment I axuan, one of thehan looked at each other; they nearly could not believe their own ears Unexpectedly Xu Ziling was so open about the secret in his heart, and it was such a personalspoke indifferently, “Fortunately, I will never have to ht choose to see neither one of the said, “Listening to Ziling’s words, there see separated in life and death I wonder if you don’t feel too optiht?”
Xu Ziling sighed and said, “You should know better than rasp fro out of theto abandon the others and escape alone, ill definitely die”
S said, “That is the cruel truth Lao Ba, what do you think?”
Ba Fenghan cast his gaze on Wuher; he replied casually, “There has never been a moment where I feel that death is so close and inescapable; even when facing Bi Xuan, I never had such feeling Frankly, I really enjoy this kind of the feeling and the pressure of death Brother! I wonder if we ought to call Wu the Moon Bow’s protection range”
Kou Zhong s to die, we are going to die beautifully”
And then he let out a shrill whistle to su back