Chang Suining looked around and saw two forked roads ahead, and the sound of horse hooves obviously came from the road near the river.

At this moment, the people she brought and followed along the river bank had also arrived behind her.

"General Ningyuan, there is something strange ahead!" Captain Bai dismounted his horse and looked at the men and horses looming behind the gaps in the grass on the fork in the road ahead. His expression immediately changed: "It's Xu Jun!"

You can see it in the military uniform!

"alert!"

Following Lieutenant Bai's urgent shout, the troops and horses behind him immediately stood ready, waiting for Chang Suining's order.

Chang Suining felt something was wrong, and looked steadily at the people and horses in front of him who had slowed down.

At the next moment, the first thing that appeared in their sight was Xu Zhengye and others who were retreating from the sword-wielding warehouse.

Captain Bai and others were shocked when they saw this.

What's happening here?

Xu Zhengye’s people rebelled?

…

Just now, Xu Zhengye was escaping on the water, but the hull of the boat was damaged. In his panic, he saw familiar soldiers and horses suddenly appearing on the shore in front of him!

That's his person!

It's his cavalry!

Sure enough, there is no end to the road... He knew that his Xu Zhengye's fate should not be cut off!

Facing Chang Suining and others who were about to catch up from behind, Xu Zhengye made a decisive decision and led his remaining twenty subordinates to immediately abandon the ship and go ashore.

But at this moment, they were forced back by those wearing Xu Army uniforms and riding Xu Army horses.

Xu Zhengye's eyes were filled with anger, but more of a look of panic and fear.

especially……

Especially when he saw the troops at the rear, they were no longer in Xu Jun uniforms, but...

There were nearly a thousand people coming in front, most of whom were in Xu Army uniforms. Yuanxiang could only barely catch a glimpse of the situation behind him, and then said with great certainty: "Ms. Chang, there are our people behind!"

At the rear are the horses and uniforms of their Xuance Army!

Lieutenant Bai was overjoyed: "It's Xuance Army?!"

Chang Suining's attention was elsewhere. She saw Xu Zhengye leading the remnants of his troops. Faced with a dilemma, he chose to throw himself into the dense vegetation beside the fork in the road and flee.

Why didn't the visitors kill Xu Zhengye and the others, but just forced them back here?

This matter was so weird that Chang Sui Ning didn't care to stay and investigate for a moment. She jumped on her horse and ordered a group of dozens of people headed by Bai Xiaowei: "... you will follow me to pursue Xu Zhengye!"

As he said that, he looked at the people in front of him: "Yuan Xiang stays here and carefully distinguish between ourselves and the enemy! If there is a scam, retreat in time and use the sound of fireworks as a signal!"

"Yes!" Yuan Xiang agreed, shouting at Chang Suining's back as he rode away: "Ms. Chang, be careful!"

Ordinarily, he should follow Mrs. Chang at all times, but there was a mix of people coming in front, which was indeed strange. With the presence of Xuance Army, he still needed to distinguish the authenticity of the situation.

At the beginning of March, the grass is growing and the orioles are flying.

The iron hooves of the war horse swept through the wild grass half a man tall, bringing up gusts of wind and startling birds and walking rabbits.

Chang Suining and Bai Xiaowei divided their troops into two groups, one group pursued them directly, and the other group surrounded them from the sides.

Two quarters of an hour later, Chang Sui Ning caught up with Xu Zhengye who was fleeing by a wild stream.

On the way to escape, Xu Zhengye first asked his men to divide into two groups, then even three or four groups to escape in different directions to confuse the sight of the pursuers behind him.

At this moment, he finally stopped in this shallow stream.

The horse's hooves stepped through the clear stream, walked around him leisurely, and then stopped in front of him.

The girl sat on the high horse, holding the reins in one hand, and looked at him: "General Xu, it's time to stay."

The voice of a girl of this age is clear, and at this moment, it blends into the sound of the flowing natural stream.

Xu Zhengye held the knife, bent slightly and panted.

The leader fought all night and fled on the water for half a day. He was injured by Chang Sui Ning on the way and hid here to escape. It can be said that he was always on guard.

At the moment he was stopped, he was almost exhausted.

At this moment, he raised his bloodshot eyes, looked at the girl sitting on the horse, and squeezed out an angry and ironic laugh from the deepest part of his throat.

"You are really a piece of shit that can't be shaken off..."

He had been hiding and escaping all this way. Even though he was unwilling to give in, he still thought he was not in a panic. He could still deal with it calmly at all times. But even though he tried every means he could think of, he still couldn't get rid of her!

"Being able to make this piece of dog skin plaster is also my ability." Chang Sui Ning said with a slight smile: "If you can't get rid of me and become the defeated general in my hands, it's because General Xu is not skilled enough."

She was also very tired. She might as well say a few more words to him at this moment.

Xu Zhengye never missed the trace of leisure in her eyes, which was the look of a hunter when facing an inescapable prey.

He gritted his teeth and glanced behind him.

Her people were seven or eight steps away, a row of more than ten people, sitting on horses, each holding a crossbow.

Not far away, the sound of horse hooves also began to approach, and those who she had chased separately met her here.

Xu Zhengye looked up at the sky for a moment, and a reluctant laugh rolled out of his throat.

Is he not talented enough?!

He has been able to reach today and achieve the previous momentum, how can he be mediocre?

How could he be a mediocre person trampled under the feet of a mere little girl!

The reluctance in his eyes swelled: "...you set up an ambush in Bianshui, and you only relied on cunning and deceitful methods, so what kind of skills can you count!"

But he saw that the girl was not irritated at all, and said to him calmly: "On the battlefield, except for the winner who lives and the loser who dies, where are the unchanging rules? Winning is the skill."

"You came to Luoyang this way. You thought you chose it yourself. In fact, the situation forced you to choose it. And this situation was created by me."

"From the beginning to the end, you were part of my treacherous plan."

He also boasted unashamedly: "So, I have a lot of abilities, not just cunning ambushes and plotting. It's a pity that General Xu is not lucky enough and doesn't have the opportunity to see more."

She was so mean-spirited that Xu Zhengye was angered by her.

The provocation method was useless, so he tried to find another way.

"...Do you really think that by taking my head to show your loyalty, you will be able to gain the respect and trust of future generations and protect the Chang family's wealth and glory for a long time?"

"You are wrong! Empress Ming was suspicious and vicious. She always treated Chang Kuo with suspicion... What's more, you had openly forced her to order the death of the Ming family's eldest son in the capital. No matter how hard you sacrificed your life for her, your Chang family would never

It won’t end well!”

When he said this, real hatred burst out in his eyes: "Empress Ming is not worthy of being the master of such a prosperous country! She is scheming, sinister and cold-blooded, ambitious, and stepped on the bones of a pair of children to ascend to the throne. However,

Her background has already determined her vision, and she has never been and cannot be a truly competent king!"

"A wise king should first love his people like his children! But he doesn't even have the heart to love his children, so how can he love his people!"

"Ever since she ascended the throne, she has been fighting against the nobles, with only the fight for power in her heart. To this end, she will do whatever it takes to use the world as a chess piece, causing the people under her rule to complain and make the world feel alienated!"

"I was just following people's will and trying to restore the right path. What's wrong with me?"

Faced with his increasingly agitated expression, Chang Sui Ning frowned slightly.

"When you were in Jiangdu, did you ever climb the city gate and look back at the scene in the city instead of looking at the mountains and lakes in the distance out of ambition? Whose hands destroyed the prosperity and peace of Jiangnan in the past? The emperor who lived far away in the capital, or you

The knife in your hand?"

"Is this how you conform to people's hearts and the right path in your heart?"

"May I ask whose heart you are following? What kind of righteous path are you following?"

"After tomorrow, you are not qualified to talk about loving the people, so are you?"

"You shouldn't ask me what you did wrong." She looked at Xu Zhengye, her eyes colder than the spring stream: "You should ask yourself what you did right."

Looking into those eyes, Xu Zhengye's clenched teeth trembled slightly.

"Furthermore, wasn't it precisely because of your support that Empress Ming ascended the throne?" Her voice was very calm: "In the final analysis, you and she are on the same journey, so why should you pretend to be righteous and deceive yourself and others when you are about to die?"

To put it more simply, the story behind this is just a story about burning bridges across rivers, unevenly dividing the spoils, parting ways, and resulting in resentment.

Xu Zhengye held the handle of the long knife inserted in the stream tightly with both hands, and suddenly asked one word at a time: "Who are you?"

If martial arts is a natural talent, how can we explain the attitude towards things and the silent oppressive aura that she displayed at the moment?

At this moment, the feeling she gave him made him feel deja vu, as if he had seen it in another person a long time ago...

Xu Zhengye looked at her steadily, as if trying to find the truth hidden in her eyes.

"Who am I?" She repeated his question and replied in a leisurely tone: "Didn't I say it in the memorandum, I am the reincarnation of a star, and I have come to kill you in accordance with God's will."

"God's will?" Xu Zhengye suddenly laughed and reluctantly stood up straighter.

Then, he suddenly drew his sword, and pointed it at her with murderous intent in the water droplets: "You are full of lies, what kind of destiny do you have?"

The girl still sat firmly on the horse and said with a faint smile: "I regard myself as God, and my will is God's will."
To be continued...