Chapter 18: Escape

Wang Mengyu looked deeply at the back of the man who disappeared at the city gate, sighed softly, and was silent for a moment.

He whispered: "Your Majesty, the territory outside the city is not the kingdom's territory. If we rashly send troops to pursue, it will cause misunderstandings among the elves. There is no good way at present..."

Li Haotian naturally understood this truth. He gritted his teeth and hissed: "One day, I will cut off Li Mufan's head with my own hands!"

With a sigh, Wang Mengyu said: "Your Majesty, I see that this man has been escaping all the way, and he is brave and resourceful. His planning and decision-making are no longer the same as before. This time he escaped from the kingdom, just like a roc flying in the sky and a dragon trapped in the sea. He may make a breakthrough in the future."

Li Haotian's face sank when he heard this, and said: "Oh? Do you regret it?"

Wang Mengyu smiled and shook his head, saying: "Mengyu never regrets what he does. Your Majesty is far more talented and wise than him, otherwise that man would not have fled in panic."

"Mengyu is just thinking, since Now that things have come to this, we might as well do him a favor and let him go. First, let him be careless, and second, we can test his intentions. "

"Let's see what he does next. The territory outside is all elves' territory. As long as we know where he is, we just need to add more tribute when the kingdom pays tribute next year..."

"Okay! Princess is really quick-witted. No matter how strong the rebels are, they are not as strong as the elves. We just need to borrow a knife to kill people. Why worry about Li Mufan!"

Li Haotian is not a stupid person. He immediately figured out the connection. He sneered and said, "Let's go, follow me to see my brother off."

"Retreat! Retreat quickly! Retreat to the direction of Yixianxia!"

Liu Long loudly commanded the guards. Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves came from a distance. He looked far away and vaguely saw the red cloak of the knight on horseback flying in the wind. He was relieved immediately.

He walked quickly to the side of Li Mufan's horse, clasped his fists, and said, "Your Majesty, General Fan is here to pick us up."

Li Mufan nodded and said, "Okay, retreat to the direction of Yixianxia according to the original plan."

A moment later, Fan Qingyue came with fifty soldiers from the personal guard camp, and behind them were more than two hundred war horses.

After entering the city, Li Mufan immediately asked Fan Qingyue to take people to disguise as horse dealers to send the war horses out of the city to avoid being too conspicuous. At this moment, with the addition of this group of fresh troops and war horses to ride, all the generals were relieved. After all, they had just experienced a great battle and everyone was exhausted.

"Fan Qingyue pays respect to His Majesty!"

Fan Qingyue jumped off the horse, knelt on one knee on the ground, and saluted.

She saw that although Li Mufan was covered in blood, he did not look injured, and a big stone in her heart fell to the ground.

Li Mufan nodded and said, "General Fan, please stand up. Is the ferry I asked you to prepare ready?"

Fan Qingyue blushed and whispered, "I went to find a ferry as you said. I found a lot of idle fishing boats of the elves at a dock in Yuncang River. I wanted to buy them with a lot of money, but..."

"But what?"

Li Mufan asked expressionlessly.

Fan Qingyue replied honestly, "It's just that those elves disdain to do business with our human race. I had no choice but to cut down the trees by the river and make dozens of bamboo rafts."

Li Mufan sighed and said, "You did a good job. The elves have always been arrogant. One day, I will let them know how powerful I am."

After a pause, he said to Liu Long beside him, "It's not advisable to stay here for a long time. Let everyone take the brothers who can't move and go to Yixianxia."

But Liu Long didn't move when he heard it, as if he wanted to say something but stopped.

Li Mufan was slightly stunned and asked, "What's wrong?"

Liu Long lowered his head, and could not see his expression clearly. He only heard his low voice: "Your Majesty, more than ten brothers have sacrificed..."

Li Mufan suddenly shouted: "Liu Long, I asked you to take the brothers who can't move on the horse! Didn't you hear? Follow the order!!"

"Yes!"

Liu Long responded loudly. He looked up at Li Mufan. On that expressionless face, he saw a faint sadness flowing, and in those determined eyes, there was a thin mist rolling...

"Your Majesty..."

Fan Qingyue called softly, she could also feel Li Mufan's mood at the moment.

Not only her, everyone, all the soldiers of the Royal Guard Battalion who survived the disaster, could feel that they loved the king, and the silent sadness...