Book 54 Chapter 1 – Pursuing Relentlessly, Unwilling to Let Go (1/2)
Book 54 Chapter 1 – Pursuing Relentlessly, Unwilling to Let Go
Translator: Foxs' Wuxia
Xu Ziling and Hou Xibai sat on ainto the distance at the faintly-seen dots of light far away on the opposite bank It should be the lanterns of a certain town that has just entered the dusk
Hou Xibai cheerfully said, “If I a incorrectly, the city on the opposite bank should be Badong County This city is located on the junction of the rivers, we could buy a s could sit in meditation to treat your injury, no need to depend on our two legs to walk painstakingly”
Xu Ziling spoke emotionally, “I hope on’t see war over there; it would be best if we don’t hear any news about the war”
Hou Xibai went silent His countenance darkened, he said, “Although I constantly re and his Shao Shuai Arht Ay! If Kou Zhong is unable to escape Li shi+’s countenance reed the subject, “There is a place that Kou Zhong and I have alanted to return to, but alsoa flash of understanding, Hou Xibai said, “Is it your Niang’s final resting place?”
Xu Ziling nodded and said, “Precisely that beautiful set If Kou Zhong lost the war and died, I will ask Li shi+ht and buried in the small valley, and then I will build my house and live there, and henceforth pay no attention to the outside world”
Knitting his brows, Hou Xibai said, “Listening to the tone of Ziling’s voice, it seexuan”
Sether If she is willing to forgiveprofusely] in gratitude But frankly, until this moment, she still cannot pass the barrier of herself, I don’t have the slightest confidence about her, I don’t hold any extravagant hope toward her”
Hou Xibai said, “I as ht in the xuan is unable to restrain her emotions toward you, she has her feet deep in the mud, it’s just that you have no confidence in yourself!”
And then he sighed and said, “Turns out you are not opti freely, Xu Ziling said, “On the contrary, I don’t think Kou Zhong would be so easily defeated But I have so, I dare say that he’s still alive until this moment If he dies, he will let me know in a dream in the first moments”
Hou Xibai’shis head forcefully, he said, “Itake up comfortably in the upper roorant of the bath we are taking before going to bed, and discuss in which tavern in the city we are going to have our breakfast”
Breaking into laughter, Xu Ziling said, “Go ahead! All I can think of is leaving this dangerous place, whichArmy – by boat as early as possible”
The twotoward the Huai River
Kou Zhong gave the order to withdraw
In the past three days and three nights, he did not doze off even for half a moment Li shi+reat generals under his command to attack into the hidden pond htness skill to clie in the distant place where arrow darts could not reach – to attack The nuroup of ene up defensive position on the e, they posed the greatest threat and the biggest destructive power
Fortunately, in this arduous situation, the Flying Cloud Guards that have been personally selected and trained by Kou Zhong, as well as have been refined by ample battle experience – displayed their h their nuposition, dealing with the ene, this kind of h they were up to their ears, they were still able to crush Li shi+min’s wave after wave of offensive
And then theFas, pieces of rocks, strong bows and powerful arrows, strongly defended their position on the rugged path into the mountain – dealt with Li shi+ they couldwas confident that they would be able to hold out for three, four more days However, Li shi+min dispatched another unit of fifteen-thousand- to the east, rounding the hidden pond mountain, to attack from the east side This army also sealed off the exit of the hidden pondwas completely trapped in the mountain just like a bie [freshwater soft-shelled turtle] in the jar Therefore, although unwilling, before this situation occurred, he sie, to rendezvous with his own ar, they also felled trees to createthe mountain road, which could not onlyon their tail to pursue and attack, but also forced Li shi+ a two-days’ time to cross thetroops reached up to fifty thousand th Even though Kou Zhong was both intelligent and brave, but whether he could withstand Li shi+min’s main forces, it still depended on whether Chen Lao the warhorses, wang Xuanshu aiting respectfully for Kou Zhong’s honorable self at the exit on the south side of thethe entrance to the mountain area could not be considered heavy, the deaths were about a hundrede camp for further treatment
Nearly a thousand Shao Shuai Army soldiers all alloped toward the Tian Cheng Gorge about thirty li away It was the rolling-hills wilderness located between ts of high mountains, covered densely in forest, with streah to the sky: cold China fir, pine, cypress, careen and full of life – trees, the natural scenery was like fine jade, nothing es on the north and south were covered in swar clouds around the middle of the mountain was like a belt, the crown of thewith it victorious-terrain-beautiful-appearance i, but it looked like a painting, no need to write a poetry, it all appeared like a poetry’ A vast expanse of serenity and hare of the dreadful fire of war Not even Kou Zhong versus Li shi+min’s life and death battle had spread to this tranquil heaven and earth
However, what Kou Zhong was thinking was so Xuanshu, as riding side-by-side with him, he said, “It will take more than two days for Li shi+ cahold will take at least four or five days of work, and then they need to cut down a large nu fire; therefore, we ought to have nearly ten days of opportunity to take a breather I a’s side?”
wang Xuanshu excitedly replied, “Tian Cheng Gorge’s terrain is extrehlands, intersperse with strategic pass, with ruggedthe plain, it is easily like the superior factor of solid self-defense with the ability to grip forcefully at the ene from outside the position, there is no way they would realize that unexpectedly there is a secret gorge path running through theon the other side, Ma Chang asked, “Is there a water source inside the ca Xuanshu cheerfully said, “Inside the gorge path, not only there is water and grass, there is also pine resin that can be extracted as fuel As for food, these past few days we have been going hunting all around, the harvest is plentiful, enough for ten days When the enee path to search hunting and grazing ground, as long as we can defend our position, there will be no shortage of rations and fodder”
Ma Chang and wang Xuanshu’s question and ansere all related to the top priority of the survival of the Shao Shuai Ar one’s position, other than foodstuff, fodder and fuel, all aspects of supply, the most critical factor was potable water The so-called ‘short of water and no grass, the sky is the kitchen stove’ is the danger spot in the art of war Fortunately, it was the transition from fall to winter, so the snow had not fallen yet Otherwise, fodder would beco to hi said, “We e amount of water in the camp It can also be used to resist Li shi+hed and said, “It’s entirely thanks to Chen Gong’s ingenious e baet water directly fro the water into the camp, on’t need to worry about no water available for us to use”
Kou Zhong and Ma Chang cried, ‘Marvelous!’ at the same time Chen Laomou washis head to look at the sky, Kou Zhong said, “We also have to store up fodder as , the horses will have nothing to be wrapped in their belly”
The ht up their faces already carried the coldness of the winter
wang Xuanshu said, “Leave this matter to Xuanshu, Shaoshuai, please rest assured”
Everybody rushed up a hill, before their eyes, there was no longer any forest blocking their line of sight They saw the ca steep cliff as if it was pared by a knife – behind it, and the Tian Cheng Mountain Range extending continuously to the east About half a li all around the ca section after section of short tree stumps connected at the roots; it was a bizarre spectacle
Revisiting old haunts, Kou Zhong’s mood today was coh es between the visits He could not help all sorts of feelings welling up in his heart
Everybody reined their horse to stop, to observe the situation all around the that in a few days, it would be Li shi+ into the distance at the ca at thislooked incredulously at the ress; he cried out in low voice, “Unexpectedly it’s a clay and stone ca Xuanshu sular shape of theadvantage of the thick and solid trees on the ot rid of the branch and leaf, cut the trees to two zhang of height, and then use the more than a hundred bald tree trunks with their roots intact surrounding the mountaintop as pillars and support frames, and then use other timbers to create hardwood structure that can withstand the i vehicles It is both ready-ing the earth and building wood-lined pits Only because we have to follow the original position of the trees and the terrain, we can’t avoid the strange shape”