Chapter 179 (1/2)
Chapter 179
Chapter 179: Rescued
Ru leanedKeHis cold aroosebumps on her skinIn her previous life, she wouldn’t be able to look at her lover anye man had touched her like this, would she?
And now? Chen Rong bitterly s Ke’s mount was a tremendous horseIt carried another person as if she added no extra weightEach jostle it ainst the armor behind her
The sky was pitch black for it was the very last hour before dawnThe darkness was especially dark, like thick ink extending from the depths of the earth all the way to the sky
Torches flickered in the wind
Chen Rong looked around to see shrubs and trees lining their wayAbove theh, only about five nizable
Half of the troops had gone into the valleyHowever, people had difficulty ravellyTheir journey beca out
Chen Rong glanced back
Of the two thousandKe kept with him, only half were fine riders while the rest were foot soldiersChen Rong’s eyes stilled at the burning fla at?” a low voice inquired over her head
“Nothing,” she replied
Murong Ke harruet to see your manThink of what to say to hi voice: “Itdidn’t answer, he looked down at her
Chen Rong kept her face cool and cal Ke to speak, she looked up and said, “You’re right”
She straightened her back and put a s her lapels together, she said, “This will be the last tier importantI have to rooers clenched to see this
His hand was resting on her chest, and as it clenched, it closed around her breast
Chen Rong froze, unable toKe looked up and stared intently ahead“What’s wrong?” he asked with a aze
Her hands dropped weakly
Murong Ke’s voice grew i so’s quiet voice sounded: “What would you likefor mercy, or ju Ke froze at these words
Chen Rong slowly reot yourself”
He did forget hi wasn’t even in the vicinity at this ti frivolous to her? Was it jealousy?
When the wind blew coldly by, Murong Ke growled
He did not speak, but hecould hear his ragged breathingApparently what he did just now had also discoht he would never answer her, Murong Ke spoke in a ot myself”
He stared ahead and coldly commanded, “You are to never repeat these words”
“Aye”
Two-thirds of the troops had passed with er, and when she turned to look, it was a couple ofaress
Almost at the sa: “A Ke frownedWithout waiting for hian to shout: “A were the extinguishi+ng of lights, loud clanking noises, and neighs of horses and screams ofthese sounds in the htattacked
Murong Ke held a tight grip on his neighing horse and commanded, “Where are my captains? Get back to defense iuards loudly exhaled and unfurled their banners
The soldiers Murong Ke brought along moved as one, as they were strictly disciplinedThe captains relayed his order and the nearbyhooves closed inBefore long, a captain approached Murong Ke and relayed to him: “My lord, there aren’t many of themThey pushed down boulders and trees to split our troopsNot too many of us were killed or injured”
“What about the enemy?”
“They left no traces after the attack”
Murong Ke’s face sank
While he pondered on the news, the neighing around them had substantially ceased
“General, e do next?” asked several of his captains
“Take a look and see how long it will be before we can ain”
“Aye”
Several horses ca in a quarter of an hour”
Murong Ke looked to the horizon where the sky was still as dark as ink
“Wanted to slow me down?” he sneered“Why bother?”
The cavalcade set off again half an hour later
As they went along, Murong Ke said to his scouts, “Go, remember to take a careful look”
“Aye”
A hooves, a captain approached the reticent Murong KeHe involuntarily looked at Chen Rong in her disheveled state, sed and asked, “My lord, what did they want?”
Murong Ke shook his head and coldly replied, “Whatever it is, ill have an answer for them”
“Aye”
After half an hour of hasting along, a faint dawn light was now spreading over the sky
A similar mountain road appeared in front of the retze River, only lowKe stopped and stared at a scout, who lowered his head to say: “My lord, there’s nothing irregular ahead”
There was uncertainty in his voice this ti on the last siaze to only say: “Be on your watchThere are dense grasses, beware of their fire attack”
“Aye”
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They continued toKe’s low voice was heard: “How far are we fro Yu’s troops?”
“Still another fifty miles, my lord”
“Got it”
He looked up and stared ahead“The perpetrator uard,” he suddenly said
“The bodyguards of the Jin upper class are the funniestThey have no real skills but a lot of tricks up their sleeves” If there were that many people involved in the ambush, they wouldn’t have been able to hide fro did not answer
After pausing for a while, Murong Ke suddenly said, “Even with 3000 fewer oodsIf he dares to co that Chen Rong re Ke looked down at her: “What are you thinking about?”
Chen Rong shook her head“I’hness”
As soon as she said this, Murong Ke felt a little ashaet that she’s just an ordinary woHe bowed his head at this ti and yet I was led out of my nestNot only did he resolve all the laid out traps, but he also turned the situation around and led
The group continued to ic screa turned around to see a sea of fireThe fire wasn’t ignited in the middle of the cavalcade, but towards the end of itThick smoke followed the wind to relentlessly drown the Hu
Still using fire to attack?
Just as Chen Rong stared wide-eyed, Murong Ke shouted: “Don’t panicCover your mouth and nose with your sleeves and move slowly”
People at once took his order and went on
Even so, the s that the horses could not re sounds ensued
As Murong Ke urged his horse to gallop out, all of a sudden, smoke billowed on the hillsideEveryone lifted his head to see a shroud of pervading dustIt was as if countless people were raising sand bags to throw at the by now
A captain hurriedly approached and relayed to Murong Ke: “It doesn’t look good,s toward us” A pause“They have about a thousandKe barked with a scowl, “Whose banner is it?”
“It says shi+ on one side, and Xuan on the other”