Chapter 0018 Breaking through the siege
Soon, bursts of shouting and killing were heard in the darkness. The rear army was in chaos and flames filled the sky. Li Yu took advantage of the emptiness of the rear army and set fire to the camp. For a moment, the flames of Yuwen Shu's camp shot up into the sky, illuminating an area of more than ten miles.
"Chase them, you must catch up with them and kill them." Yu Wen Tianbao was shaking with anger. He took out a phoenix-wing gilded hammer from the side, pointed at the distance and shouted loudly.
"Stop." Yuwen Shu's voice came from behind. Yuwen Shu came out under the protection of several private soldiers. There was no panic on his old face, as if nothing had happened just now.
"Grandfather, my grandson is incompetent." Yuwen Tianbao lowered his head.
"It's not your fault. If nothing unexpected happens, he is Li Yu, the son of Li Zixiong. He is extremely brave and should not be underestimated. You don't understand him, so you lost to him." Yuwen Shu looked at the rebel camp opposite and said, "Li Yu only has a few hundred people. He can't do anything big. What's more important now is Yang Xuangan. We must not let Yang Xuangan escape. Now the camp is on fire. If things go wrong, something might happen. Gather the army immediately, charge into the rebel camp, and get rid of Yang Xuangan as soon as possible."
Yuwen Shu quickly understood the priorities. The most important thing at the moment was to destroy Yang Xuangan. As for Li Yu, he was nothing at all. His several hundred men and horses did not pose much threat. Only Yang Xuangan was the most important.
Li Yu finally led the army out of the camp. The camp behind was already a sea of fire. Li Yu turned his horse's head and looked behind him with a look of ecstasy on his face. He finally rushed out.
"Sir, we escaped." Li Gu came over on horseback, laughing. Pang Jue and others also surrounded Li Yu, with a look of surviving a disaster on their faces. It could be said to be a miracle that hundreds of people rushed out of the enemy camp.
"Young Master, what should we do now?" Pang Jue looked behind him. He heard bursts of shouting and screaming. Yuwen Shu's army was besieging the rebel camp. Although he didn't know how the war was going, he could imagine the cruelty of the killing at this time.
"Let's go immediately." Li Yu would not stay here any longer, and said, "Let's see if the brothers are all here. Hongnong is ahead, and we must conquer Hongnong. Only by taking Hongnong can we get food."
"Hongnong?" Pang Jue's face changed. He didn't expect that Li Yu was still thinking about conquering Hongnong at this time. There were only a few people around him now, only two or three hundred, and almost all of them were injured.
"Li Yu, do you want to die?" A delicate voice came, and Yang Qing'er looked embarrassed. She couldn't help but shouted: "Li Yu, there are thousands of troops in Hongnong City, and the governor of Hongnong, Prince Cai Yang Zhiji, is an important official of the royal family. Your father didn't even conquer Hongnong at the beginning. If we go there now, aren't we courting death?"
"If you don't want to go, you can stay. No one asked you to go." Li Yu's face turned cold, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes. If it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't take the risk, but now he had to take the risk. He fled the camp in a hurry and didn't bring much food and grass.
"You! Sister Yang, look!" Yang Qing'er saw Yang Ruoxi in the crowd and couldn't help but move closer.
"Master Yang can do whatever he wants. We will all listen to him." Yang Ruoxi took a deep breath. She glanced at the camp behind her, then gently patted Yang Qing'er's hand and shook her head slightly.
"Hmph!" Yang Qing'er could only snort coldly upon seeing this. Obviously, she also knew that she was alone and weak now, and was no match for Li Yu at all. In order to survive, she could only follow Li Yu.
"Brothers, now we have finally escaped from Yuwen Shu's siege, but we are not safe yet, because behind us, Yuwen Shu will definitely send troops to pursue us. In front of us is Hongnong, and the governor Yang Zhiji is also a powerful figure. Once he knows that we have broken through, he will definitely send troops to intercept us. We are all injured now, and we are no match for them. Now, while Yang Zhiji is still unaware of the situation on the front line, we will kill our way over and capture Hongnong to gain a glimmer of hope." Li Yu turned his horse's head, glanced at the hundreds of guards behind him, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, do you have the confidence to follow me and fight your way out?"
"My lord, you were able to break out of the encirclement with only 400 men. Even if Sun Bin were alive again, he couldn't do that. Now it's just a matter of capturing a small Hongnong. Isn't it easy? I am willing to follow you, my lord." Li Gu said, waving the hammer in his hand.
"Yes! Young master, we are now rebels and the court will not let us go. In this case, we might as well follow you and fight our way out." Pang Jue also nodded repeatedly.
After hearing this, the hesitation on the faces of the other private soldiers disappeared without a trace. They were all rebels. Once they joined the rebel army, they would be rebels for life. If they fell into the hands of the court, they would surely die. In this case, they might as well follow Li Yu and fight hard, just in case they could survive.
"Let's go." Li Yu didn't even look at the fighting behind him. He held a broadsword in his hand, rode on a thousand-mile yellow horse, and his figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.
Yang Xuangan behind him was the bait he had laid to help attract the troops of Yuwen Shu and others. As for whether Yang Xuangan was dead or alive, Li Yu did not care. In this war, whether it was Yang Xuangan or Yuwen Shu and others, they were all Li Yu's chess pieces. When did a chess player consider the life or death of the chess pieces? He only needed to consider himself.
"Young Master, Duke of Chu?" Yang Ruoxi quickened her pace, came to Li Yu, and asked with some concern.
"The Duke of Chu will undoubtedly fail. He is the leader of the rebels, and Yuwen Shu will not let him go. Don't even think about it. All you can do now is to live well. Later, I will choose a son to inherit your Yang family bloodline. That will be worthy of the Duke of Chu." Li Yu said calmly.
Yang Ruoxi is as beautiful as a flower and is proficient in medicine . More importantly, she is a descendant of the Hongnong Yang family. No matter what, she will definitely be of help to her in the future. Although Yang Xuangan rebelled this time, it was only Yang Xuangan's branch that was unlucky, and it did not have much impact on the Hongnong Yang family. This is the power of aristocratic family.
"You?" Yang Ruoxi's face turned red after hearing this, and a hint of shame and anger appeared in her eyes. In the end, she could only snort coldly.
"Hey, you are so arrogant. Who are you? Are you worthy of my sister Ruoxi?" Yang Qing'er heard it clearly and said with disdain: "Before, Duke Chu betrothed Sister Ruoxi to you for the sake of Minister Li. Now you are nothing, and you still want to marry into the Hongnong Yang family?"
"The same goes for you. From now on you will be my concubine." Li Yu retorted.
"You, let me tell you, I am a descendant of the royal family. I have long been betrothed to the son of Duke Tang. You, who are you?" Yang Qing'er was even more disdainful.
"Li Yuan's son? Li Yuanji." Li Yu was surprised. He didn't expect Yang Qing'er to be the little Concubine Yang in history. He smiled and said, "Then she should be my concubine. That's it. Go! We must reach Hongnong before dawn."
"Stinky carp!" Yang Qing'er's face flushed red, her eyes were full of anger. She didn't expect Li Yu to be so shameless. But she had no way out. She could only whip the warhorse and follow Li Yu closely towards Hongnong.
