Chapter 494: Rescue Came Late

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A carriage was wandering alone in the woods. Yang Hong, who had always regarded himself as a celebrity, was now disheveled and sweating profusely. At last, dozens of people gathered around the carriage. After seeing the emperor Yuan Shu, they all found the backbone, so they all gathered here.

A group of dozens of people was driving in the deep forest when suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes behind them.

"Did Cao Jun come after him?" Yuan Shu had already been frightened into a bird, and immediately shrank into a ball when he heard the sound of horseshoes.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, most of Cao's troops are infantry, so they shouldn't be able to catch up." Yang Hong comforted.

"Aiqing, you, you, you, go up and have a look." Yuan Shu ordered.

Yang Hong said helplessly, "No."

After finishing speaking, Yang Hong jumped down from the carriage, and casually ordered two soldiers of Yuan Jun: "You two, come with me." Although there are not many of them, they are at least courageous.

"Who is waiting in front?" Yang Hong asked carefully.

"Is it Yang Changshi?"

A familiar voice suddenly came in from the depths of the dense forest, Yang Hong was taken aback for a moment, and then a burst of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"General Ji Ling, is that you?"

"Yang Changshi, it's Ji Ling!" A three-pointed two-edged knife parted the thick leaves, revealing a resolute face: "Yang Changshi, where is Your Majesty?"

"General Ji is here, so I feel relieved." Yang Hong laughed loudly: "Your Majesty is not far away, please General Ji come with me."

Yang Hong guided Ji Ling, and the two came to Yuan Shu's carriage.

"Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to forgive me for being late to save you." After seeing Yuan Shu, Ji Ling hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down on the ground.

"General Ji Ling, please hurry up." Yuan Shu was terrified by Cao Jun just now, but after seeing Ji Ling, he was relieved and hurried forward to help Ji Ling.

"If it wasn't for General Ji Ling, I would have died here." Yuan Shu held Ji Ling's hand, weeping.

Ji Ling's heart felt hot, and he said loudly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, Ling has one life, and he will definitely protect His Majesty!"

Although he couldn't bear to disturb the scene where the monarch and his ministers got along, Yang Hong still took a step forward: "Your Majesty, General Ji, the most important thing now is for me to escape as soon as possible, I mean to move to the prefect Liu of Lujiang County. I'm afraid Shouchun has already fallen into Cao's hands."

"En!" Yuan Shu nodded, and said to Ji Ling, "General Ji, please escort me and others out."

"Your Majesty, please get in the car."

When Yuan Shu returned to the carriage, Ji Ling brandished the three-pointed two-edged knife and shouted: "The whole army obeys the order, protect Your Majesty and go to Lujiang County!"

With Ji Ling personally protecting him, Yuan Shu finally breathed a sigh of relief. Ji Ling is highly skilled in martial arts and is loyal to him. He also has thousands of soldiers and horses by his side. With these thousands of soldiers and horses, at least his life is safe.

However.

Originally Ji Ling led an army of 10,000 horses, but was encircled by Xia Houyuan and Cao Cao's army. After a desperate battle, he was able to escape. After losing more than half of his troops, there were only more than 5,000 men left.

However, after marching for tens of miles, after falling asleep, Ji Ling felt something was wrong when he woke up the next day.

"What? More than 400 people escaped?" Ji Ling was furious.

"Yes, General." Yuan Yin said helplessly.

"Give me an order to form a night patrol team. If anyone escapes at night, they will be killed on the spot!" Ji Ling said without hesitation.

When grandson was training soldiers in Wu, the King of Wu handed over 200 court ladies to his grandson to train his army. As a result, the 200 beauties were laughing and indifferent when he issued a military order. After the grandson saw this, he ordered the two captains of the palace maids to be killed on the spot. The remaining 198 palace maids were shocked, and they didn't dare to laugh anymore. They could do whatever the grandson told them to do.

Therefore, when Ji Ling issued this military order, the purpose was naturally to deter deserters.

On the second day, the effect was really good. In total, only more than a hundred people escaped, and many escaped were killed by the night patrol team on the spot.

But on the third day, the number of escaped people suddenly rose to more than 500 people. It turned out that even the patrol team fled directly. Moreover, many soldiers of Yuan Jun used various methods to escape, such as the excuse of convenience during the daytime rest, but in fact they escaped.

When Ji Ling learned about it, he was furious. He personally led the patrol at night, and when he saw someone running away, he rushed up and stabbed him to death. Ji Ling originally thought that killing could stop the escape, but there were still deserters every day. After ten days, the original army of more than 5,000 had less than 2,000 left.

Although Yang Hong was worried, he didn't tell Yuan Shu about it, for fear that he would be worried. Even so, Yuan Shu was vaguely aware of the fact that the soldiers under his command kept fleeing, but he also didn't say anything, just pretending not to know.

One day, at noon, more than two thousand troops stopped to bury the pot for cooking.

"Your Majesty, it's time to eat."

A military cook with five seniors and three roughs came over holding a pottery bowl. Yuan Shu looked into the bowl and frowned.

"Corn and rice again?" Yuan Shu said dissatisfied, "All I eat in the palace are delicacies from mountains and seas, why can I only eat these things these days?"

"That's all." Yuan Shu stretched out his hand to push away the corn and rice, and said without interest: "It's so rough, don't eat it, let's drink a bowl of honey water."

When the cook heard the words, he gave a wry smile: "Your Majesty, do you still think this place is in the palace? There is only blood, where is the honey water?"

"What? The honey water is gone!" Yuan Shu's face froze, his throat twitched, and he couldn't speak.

"Hehe." Yuan Shu's face was sad, and he smiled wryly: "I thought I was the emperor, but now I'm so down, I can't ask for a bowl of honey water, hahaha, hahaha, hahaha!"

Yuan Shu's smile gradually went wild, his pupils grew bigger and bigger, and a sweet liquid suddenly gushed out of his throat.

puff!

"Cough, cough, cough!" A mouthful of blood spewed out from Yuan Shu's mouth, staining the clothes on his chest red. As Yuan Shu continued to cough, more and more blood spurted out, and Yuan Shu's breathing became short of breath.

The cook was taken aback for a moment, and then shouted: "It's terrible, His Majesty is dead!"

"Ah, no, His Majesty is dead!"

"What?"

Hearing this, Yang Hong didn't care about eating anymore, so he threw the rice bowl in his hand on the ground, lifted his skirt and ran towards the carriage with small steps.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty!"

Yang Hong rushed to the carriage and took a look, and was stunned.

Only Yuan Shu's body was covered with blood, and his body was motionless.

"Your Majesty?" Yang Hong asked tentatively, but Yuan Shu didn't answer him.

"Hurry up and inform General Ji Ling that His Majesty's funeral is coming soon!" Yang Hong was taken aback for a moment, and then ordered Yuan Jun's soldiers beside him.