Chapter 144: Chasing the Soldier, or Chasing the Soldier

Two black dots appeared in the morning light, and slowly the black dots stretched out, and two people riding horses appeared, namely Li Ke and Chen Qi. Li Ke and Chen Qi looked dusty on their faces, and their clothes were covered with a faint layer of frost. The blood on Chen Qi's body had solidified. In the cold winter morning, the armor on his body seemed stiff, wrapping him inside, like a mechanical armor.

Li Ke held his mouth and exhaled white breath, gasping slightly, and asked, "How far are we from Lingzhou?"

"If you continue to rest during the day and travel at night, it will take three days." Chen Qi said affirmatively. In order not to cause investigation by Turkic scouts, Li Ke and he specially chose to travel at night and rest during the day. Therefore, their speed has been reduced a lot. Today is the tenth day after Di Zhixun left, and they are still wandering in the north of Mo, and there is still three days away from Lingzhou of the Tang Dynasty.

"Dropping off the horse and rest!" Li Ke sighed, "Find a hidden place to rest, we will continue to rush tonight."

"No." Chen Qi agreed and began to look for water sources and camping places nearby, while Li Ke looked at the rising sun in the east, and saw a faint tear mark in his eyes. Because of his stupid intentions, he did not expect to encounter such a result. He did not complain about his experience in the Turks, but what about his 800 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty? And Qian Ning's 300 subordinates? Aren't these all sacrificed for himself?

If I could be wiser and consider more issues under the circumstances at that time, and properly handle the conflict between myself and Schroeder, then his eight hundred guards would not die in Mobei, and Qianning's three hundred cavalry would not die in innocent lives. As the saying goes, "The land of gentleness is a hero's tomb." However, I am not a hero, but I have killed more than a thousand Tang soldiers in Mobei for this. Am I not selfish? Am I not shameless?

"Turkish, Schroeder, if I, Li Ke, could return to the Tang Dynasty safely, the shame suffered by the Turks this time and the revenge of a thousand athletes in the Tang Dynasty, I, Li Ke, will definitely make you pay for your blood debts." As soon as I finished speaking, I saw the Yuanhong sword in Li Ke's hand brushing across his bun, and a strand of hair floated to the ground. Li Ke cut off his ambition and strengthened his determination to avenge his shame.

Chen Qi found a three-foot-square ice pond in a low-lying place. He then used a Tang sword to dig out a hole with a big head, took out a little water from it with his helmet, and handed it to Li Ke. Li Ke took the water handed to him by Chen Qi, glanced at the raw water of ice floating on it, and drank it with no time to think about it. Because he was afraid that the Turks would find out, they did not dare to make fire, and they ate cold horse meat along the way.

Drinking ice water. Then, Chen Qi took out a few pieces of horse meat and handed it to Li Ke. Li Ke took a few pieces of frozen and stiff horse meat and ate it with ice water. After Chen Qi finished eating, he swept away the remaining few pieces of horse meat. Then, he stood up and looked around for a moment, returned to Li Ke and said, "Your Highness, you can sleep peacefully, and you will go out for inspection."

"Chen Qi." Li Ke shouted, "No need to inspect, you should rest for a while. You are on duty for me during the day and even the iron man can't stand it. What's more, you are injured?"

"Your Highness's last general is fine. Your Highness's safety is important. The minor injury of your last general is not serious." Chen Qi refused. He knew that he had not yet left Mobei and was still within the sphere of influence of the Turks, so he must not be careless.

Then, how could Li Ke not know that Chen Qi had almost exhausted his energy at this time. His body had been seriously overdrawn. If he didn't rest in time, he would never stand up if he fell down. So, he said in an orderly tone, "What's wrong with you? Now that you have gained skills, I won't listen to my words. Let me stay honestly for rest."

"Your Highness." Chen Qi wanted to argue, but Li Ke flatly refused, "This is the coldest time in the morning. The frost on the ground has not melted yet. The Turks will not move at this moment. Just rest assured. I will keep an eye on you first. You can change me at noon and I will take a break."

"No." Chen Qi nodded fiercely, then covered his head and fell on the floor he had laid for Li Ke in advance.

Li Ke turned his gaze around and looked around. There was no trace of someone moving in his sight. Then he stood up and walked to the war horse that was searching for weeds on the snow-covered strata, turned over the horse, and disappeared from the rising sun.

It was about noon, and Li Ke returned to the station. Chen Qi was awake at this time. Li Ke said to Chen Qi, "There is no one nearby, you don't have to go too far. Just monitor it nearby. When it is Wu, we will set off immediately." Then, he fell on the floor where Chen Qi had just rested.

Li Ke didn't sleep well and finally forced himself to fall asleep, but he and Chen Qi were surrounded by a group of Turkic men and could not escape. The Turkic people rushed towards him and Chen Qi like madmen. They killed one group and another rushed up, and they couldn't kill them no matter how hard they were killed. Suddenly, Li Ke saw a cold light flashing in front of his eyes. He felt his neck chill. When he touched his neck with his hand, he found that his hands were covered with blood.

"Ah." Li Ke roared and finally woke up, "Chen Qi, Chen Qi!" Li Ke shouted loudly, but he could not hear Chen Qi's answer.

Li Ke felt something was wrong, so he turned over and rode his war horse to the northeast to search for Chen Qi's trajectory. He felt that Chen Qi probably had discovered something suspicious or something went wrong, otherwise he would never leave him for so long, and he would not answer even if he called him. Li Ke rode a horse and saw a black shadow in front of him getting closer and closer. Li Ke raised his eyes and looked closely and it turned out to be Chen Qi. Obviously, Chen Qi also discovered Li Ke, and beat the war horse under his crotch hard, and at the same time signaled that there were Turkic cavalry behind Li Ke with his hand.

Li Ke understood Chen Qi's meaning, and was shocked when he was about to look northeast. He saw a black shadow appearing in the sky in the northeast direction where he could see. If it were Turkic cavalry, there would be 200 people. Just when Li Ke was judging the number of Turkic cavalry opposite, Chen Qi had already returned to Li Ke. His face turned slightly red and he said breathlessly, "Your Highness, there are 200 Turkic cavalry appearing in the northeast direction. Go quickly, I will give it to you the palace back."

After hearing Chen Qi's words, Li Ke rode on the horse without moving, his eyes fixed on the Turkic cavalry that were getting closer and closer.

"Your Highness, please leave quickly. There are many Turkic people. You and I will definitely not be their opponents." Chen Qi said firmly, "Chen Qi will also resist them if he sacrifices his life and buys time for His Highness."

"No need, we can't escape." Li Ke looked up at the sky and said lightly, "They are prepared, how could they let me go back to Tang so easily?" His tone was plain, and he could not see any fear because he was facing the danger of being killed.

Chen Qi followed Li Ke's gaze and saw the eagle circling in the sky, and immediately understood Li Ke's words just now. He looked at the eagle in the sky, turned his eyes to the Turkic cavalry whose facial expressions could be seen clearly. He held the Tang sword specially created by Li Ke for him with a look of aloofness on his face.

The Turkic cavalry stopped at thirty steps in front of Li Ke, and then a Turkic leader whose body was stained with blood and his face turned blue with cold but his eyes shining shiny took two steps forward, "Your Highness is walking too fast. If I hadn't been going day and night, it would have been difficult for you to meet your Highness."

Li Ke did not reply and quietly watched the Turkic who could speak Chinese.

"Your Highness must be wondering, why do I understand Chinese?" the Turkic leader smiled, "I have lived in the Tang Dynasty for nearly ten years, so it is not surprising that I can speak Chinese."

Li Ke was still silent, staring at the man in front of him.

"I admire your subordinates, and I admire such soldiers of the Tang Dynasty." The leader continued, "Four hundred people caused me to lose 800 Turks, and even I was stabbed several times by myself. I am worthy of being the real elite army of the Tang Dynasty. If they had another hundred reinforcements, it would probably be us who fell on the grassland." Then, he changed his subject, "However, Victory belongs to the strong men of the grassland, and they eventually died under our scimitar and iron hooves."

"Are you finished speaking?" Li Ke said lightly, his eyes showing disgust for the other party. Since he was destined to die in the grassland, why not die vigorously? Li Ke thought so, slowly pulled out his sword Yuanhong, and the murderous intent in his eyes was frozen on the face of the Turkic leader, "What else can I do? Come here if you are not afraid of death!"

"Go." The Turkic leader was stared in a panic by the cold murderous aura in Li Ke's eyes, and his smiling face suddenly became gloomy.

At the command of the leader, twenty Turkic cavalry rushed towards Li Ke and Chen Qi. Chen Qi rushed out before Li Ke and met the first Turkic cavalry rushing up. He raised his sword high with both hands and slashed at the Turkic cavalry in front of him. The Turkic cavalry stabbed straight and stabbed Chen Qi's chest. However, his sword stopped three inches of Chen Qi's chest. Because Chen Qi's knife slashed on his head, and his body fell off the horse's back in half from the center of his head. Chen Qi's speed was so fast that he didn't even have a chance to shout.

After Chen Qi killed the first person, he roared with a "ao" roar. The second Turkic man rushing up raised his sword and slashed at his waist. Chen Qi leaned back and spread his body flat on the horse's back to avoid the Turkic cavalry's knife. After the scimitar cut across his nose, he suddenly turned over. The backhand was a powerful and heavy knife. "Ah." With a scream, he saw that the other party was slashed in half by Chen Qi from his shoulder.
Chapter completed!