I rely on the collapse of people to set my life in the hands of the male protagonist

Chapter 168

Huo Luo held the blade in his hand and put it on the neck of the head.

The head of the family was full of hostility, and looked at the two people in front of him viciously.

"It's you...it's you again..."

Without saying a word, Huo Luo directly knocked off the mask of the head of the family.

The head of the family showed panic in an instant, "Don't..."

An ordinary face with Chinese characters was revealed, and he looked very nervous and uncomfortable, as if he had been stripped naked and exposed in front of everyone.

Yuechen stepped forward directly, and said with a sneer, "So scared? Whether you wear a mask or not, your ending will not change, or will wearing a mask give you other comfort?"

The boss's face was ashen, never expecting the situation to turn so sharply, the fighting was so loud just now, his subordinates must have heard it, but no one came in to rescue, which meant that something went wrong outside.Coupled with the fact that the confidant who arranged the lead wire has never been seen, he has a faint premonition that the army will be defeated.

"Don't worry, we won't kill you for the time being. You have done so many evil things, and even colluded with people from Tianheng Kingdom. As the first offender, you will naturally hand it over to the imperial court." Yue Chen mocked: "What's more, you still What about the deserters from the bloody battle between pupils back then."

The head of the family trembled instantly, and immediately threatened: "You can't, unless...you want to die here with me? People from the royal family are still nearby. If you don't let me go, everyone will die together."

"Oh?" Yuechen curled his lips and said, "As a prisoner, I'm curious, how did you let us die together."

The head sneered, and was about to speak, when he heard Yuechen say: "If you are talking about Hong Tianlei, then I guess it can't be done, because the lead wire that is going to be connected here has been removed by us not long ago, you His confidant is also dead."

Hearing this, the head of the family breathed backward in an instant, almost choking himself to death, as expected.

The master's face gradually turned gray, and he had to face the reality. It was only a day. The second younger brother who was good at fighting died, and Hong Tianlei was not well arranged. The master was strangled at some point. Also called up.

Wuxinzhai, which had the upper hand, was torn apart and destroyed one by one. In the end, he was forced to have nowhere to go. He didn't even know why it became like this, and which step he started to go wrong.

Or every step is right, but there is always someone who is one or two steps ahead of him and controls the overall situation.

The head of the family was completely depressed, obviously he had been completely hit by the fact of failure.He is not Huo Luo's opponent, there are Huo Luo's accomplices outside, he can't contact other subordinates, and there are no hostages at hand, so the boss can't escape at all, it's a dead end.

Yuechen was about to say more, when the head of the family suddenly bumped into Huo Luo's blade, obviously wanting to give himself a good time.

But how could Huo Luo give him a chance and knock him down directly.

"Kill me, don't hand me over to the imperial court." The head of the family suddenly said: "It's a death anyway, let me die here."

"It's funny, do you think you can negotiate terms with us now?" Yue Chen sneered.

The head of the family could only turn to Huo Luo, "For the sake of being a member of the Huo family army, you can kill me."

"Just you, a deserter, worthy of mentioning the Huo Family Army?" Huo Luo looked at the head of the family with contempt in his eyes.

The word "deserter" instantly stimulated the leader, his face turned livid, and he said fiercely: "Even if you arrest me, I can't reach the capital alive. It's unnecessary for you to do so."

The head of the family already knows his fate very well. Once he steps out of this mountain and becomes a prisoner, many people will want his life. He will never wait for the trial, and he doesn't want to go back. He would rather die here like this.

"You mean someone wants to silence? Who?" Yuechen squinted his eyes and said, "People from Tianheng Kingdom? Or people from the court?"

"Hehe, Master is indeed from Tianheng Kingdom, but you all killed them all. We are just cooperating for profit. The people of the court..." The face of the head of the family became gloomy, as if there was still fear emanating from his bones.

"People in the imperial court will kill you because of what happened back then, because what you know is not in line with what you are preaching now, the truth in your hands is not tolerated by the world, right?" Yue Chen simply spoke out for him.

The head suddenly raised his head, looking at Yuechen with struggling eyes, he didn't expect Yuechen and the others to think of this step.

Yuechen couldn't help stirring up his heart, "Tell me everything you knew back then, and I will let you die here. I know that you refused to return to the capital and wanted to die. It's not because you are fearless, but because you are worried about your relatives. Affected by this, right?"

The master's pupils shrank, and Yue Chen precisely pinched him seven inches. Even if he was greedy for life and afraid of death, betrayed the court, betrayed his comrades, and betrayed his brother, he still had his own persistence. On the premise that he knew that he would definitely die, he was unwilling. Involve your loved ones again.

That's right, they are deserters, but no one knows that there are still people left alive in the bloody battle at Tongjiaguan, so their family members have received the same compensation from the court as the relatives of soldiers who died in the battle at Tongjiaguan, which is why they have hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The reason why Brother Hao has been united is because they all know that once their identities are fully exposed, their relatives will also be implicated to death, so for the sake of their relatives and families, they cannot return to the capital, but can only stay here as bandits. The upper mask erases its own existence.

But if they can't escape now, they must all die here, and no one can leave this mountain alive, because no one will investigate the origins of a group of dead bandits.Only in this way can they save their relatives who are still alive.

For the head of the family who has no love in life, there are still some relatives in the capital, and he can't ignore it.

But recalling what happened at the beginning, the head of the family is also emotional, "You... really want to know? If you know, it may bring you a disaster..."

"Heh, didn't you always want to take revenge on us? Just to give you a way to deal with us before you die." Yuechen said with a contemptuous expression.

The head of the family couldn't help but grinned, "Hahaha, you are right. Okay, let me say."

Finally, one of the parties was willing to tell what happened back then, Yue Chen and Huo Luo couldn't help standing up straight, as excited as if they finally saw the exit of the maze.

They have always doubted what happened back then because they trusted Yuan Ran, and because Yue Chen saw some long-planned things from the clues of the changes in the court, so Yue Chen was sure that there was something wrong with Yuan Ran.

But what happened that year, they don't know.

Finally, in the slow narration of the master, they saw one side of the truth.

After several months of fighting, under the leadership of Yuan Ran, Tianheng Kingdom was finally defeated. Under the banner of a truce, they slowly withdrew from the border with the army. Once he was finally proud, every battle was won beautifully, everyone was celebrating, and the young generals almost all looked at the noble prince with god-worshiping eyes.

Some people who had never been to the capital and had little information did not know the prince's good name, thinking that when he came to supervise the army, he would just stay in the tent and give insignificant orders.Who would have thought that such a high-ranking person would come to the border, share weal and woe with them, charge into the battle, go to battle to kill the enemy, and he is not very old, but he is stronger than the experienced generals. Those who were lucky enough to participate in the camp meeting all came out and lamented the talent of the prince Resourceful, the thorns from top to bottom of the entire army were subdued.He has a natural charm that makes people surrender, and the courage of a strong man, so that everyone is willing to follow him to defend their home and country.

Not to mention others, even the two brothers who are in charge of the family are actually brought up with some enthusiasm and admiration in their hearts.

At that time, they all thought that the war was over and they could just wait for the peace talks. Some generals began to relax, but His Royal Highness was still cautious and sent people to watch out for patrols without any carelessness.

Soon, they discovered the anomaly. People in the villages on the border were missing as early as the beginning of the war. After all, it was a war-torn border, and no one would report the disappearance of people, only the people in their own villages would look for them.

It wasn't until the army patrolled over that they realized that something was wrong. Five of the ten villages on the border were empty. Based on the number of people, at least several hundred people were missing.

Yuan Ran immediately sent people to protect the remaining villages, and then began to look for the missing persons, but soon, the person who was watching the whereabouts of the Tianheng army reported that the Tianheng nation stopped retreating, and some troops are still stepping on the border.

This is a rebellious provocation, and Yuan Ran, as the crown prince of the winning side, naturally wants to lead troops to deter and warn.

However, when the two armies confronted each other, they saw a jaw-dropping scene.

The hundreds of people who disappeared were bound and knelt down in front of the Tianheng Kingdom's army, and became their barrier. Because most of the adult men in the village were soldiers, almost all of the hundreds of people here were old women. And children, even babies in swaddling clothes, the soaring cries stained the eyes of every frontier soldier.

Such a despicable approach forced Yuan Ran and the others not to dare to fight easily, and could only confront.

The truce and peace talks are all fake. They threatened the people of Dazhou to force Yuan Ran and them to retreat, wanting to continue fighting.

It's just that the news of the truce and peace talks has been sent back to the court, waiting for the court's decision, but they don't know that the situation has changed.

So back then, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not eager for quick success and quick profit, so rejoicing in success, and pursued fiercely, but the other party kidnapped children and women on the border and wanted to massacre them.

After Tianheng Kingdom made the decision not to retreat and kill ten people a day.

Someone in the army lost control, crying and kneeling in front of Yuan Ran, begging him to save his family.Because in their view, His Royal Highness, the prince descended from the gods, will definitely solve everything.

And Yuan Ran did the same, he had to save his people.

Yuan Ran quickly re-arranged, contacted the imperial court, contacted the troops of all parties for supply and deployment, but he didn't know how many murderous intentions were hidden in the secret letters. , everyone will work together to solve the problem and save their fellow man.

Yuan Ran was fully prepared, and even General Qi, who had made a lot of contributions, was transferred here to participate in the operation, which shows that he attaches great importance to this matter.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Tianheng Kingdom's army had not completely converged at the border, the troops were divided into three groups to raid the enemy camp. According to the situation, there would be no problem with his decision back then. As long as everything went well, they would be able to rescue the people and completely Annihilate the remaining Tianheng army on the border and teach them a bloody lesson.

When the head master said this, his expression finally changed, as if he saw the scene of the past, his whole body couldn't stop trembling.

And Huo Luo and Yuechen also held their breath, their expressions were so solemn that they were almost hideous.

The Big Brothers are not high-ranking, so they were left at the end, and they always made up for the teams they needed. They thought that this battle would be the same as the previous ones. Under the wise leadership of His Royal Highness, it would be resolved without their presence. He also jokingly complained that they didn't have the chance to take credit for their heads.

But soon, the situation changed, and the battle reports were sent one after another, and the person who finally sent the battle reports died on the road.

The head of the family only knows that there are people who have been watching the movements of Tianheng Kingdom all the time, but it is wrong information.Their rear was ambushed by Tianheng's army, and the reinforcements that were supposed to arrive earlier never showed up.The places where the troops were divided into three groups must pass were also ambushed by Tianheng's army in advance, and they took advantage of the dangerous terrain to intercept and kill them. This obviously showed that the entire plan had been leaked.

The team of the head of the family was originally going to support the path where His Royal Highness was. When they rushed over, they only saw gunpowder traps all over the sky, and saw bloody scenes of siege and massacres. Tens of thousands of corpses piled up into mountains. Thousands of people are still fighting bloody battles, but the gate of hell seems to have opened under their feet.

From a distance, the head seemed to see His Highness the Crown Prince in armor, and he also saw the ten knights wearing different owl wolves who were guarding him, but at that time there were not ten people anymore.

The situation of being powerless to resist is as frightening as an elephant trampling an ant to death. The leader knows that the situation is over, and he has only 1000 people under his command. He dare not break through the tens of thousands of Tianheng army to save people.He is still afraid of death...

So he chose to give up, and watched Yuan Ran's team buried under the mountain of corpses. At that time, the leader was still a little clever. If you intend to find other surviving teams to join up, you will not be able to save His Highness the Crown Prince in time.

It is true that some people escaped from the massacre, and they were followed by Tianheng Kingdom's pursuers. The big masters also saw it, and they were about to gather together to escape, but they saw the support team that should have arrived earlier in the distance.

That was the team led by Zhao Cheng. When the leader felt that they were finally safe, he saw Zhao Cheng shoot an arrow directly, killing his own people who were calling for help.

Then a massacre began, and the men led by Zhao Cheng not only killed the remnant soldiers who had escaped, but also killed the Tianheng Kingdom team that was chasing them, leaving no one behind.

Seeing this scene, the head of the family finally realized that something was wrong, and suddenly felt a chill down his spine, and immediately took his own people to hide.

The master understands that everything is a conspiracy, and those who know the truth will be silenced by the court, so they can only wear masks and become bandits.

Finally, not long after, they learned that the 20 troops that participated in the bloody battle at Tongjiaguan were wiped out, and no one survived. They also heard that the Tianheng Kingdom marched straight in, causing Da Zhou to lose three cities in a row. .

At that time, even if they fled to a city that hadn't experienced wars, they still lived in panic and chaos, as if the whole country was in chaos, until the Huo family came out of the mountains, drove away the enemies, and the new emperor ascended the throne and reorganized the mountains and rivers.

And the rumors outside put all the crimes on the prince.Because he was the one who took the initiative to pursue the enemy when he was supposed to be victorious, and he led an army of 20 to die, causing the border to fall and implicating millions of people.This kind of blood debt is all on the prince alone, and everyone hates the prince.

As for what the prince was doing in the first place, no one knew, but they all speculated.

for what?The face of the royal family?The crown prince's glory?Cruel and warlike by nature?Conceited?

It must be for himself anyway.

At that time, one sentence seemed to be heard everywhere in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"If it weren't for the dog thief Yuan Ran, how could we live such a life!"

Until later, everyone felt unlucky even to mention him, as if he was a hell Shura, and mentioning him would bring bad luck to themselves. Since then, Prince Yuan Ran has become a taboo topic.

What the boss said is what he knows and sees, he knows the most among all the deserters, no matter how many he knows, but just remembering these makes him exhausted physically and mentally, sweating profusely, he is just an ordinary As a soldier, he saw a cruel truth. He dreamed back to those scenes at midnight. He didn't want to face it, and he didn't want to go back to the capital.

Others thought that they were wearing masks because they were afraid of being recognized by others, but there was actually another underlying reason.

They are afraid of... facing themselves.

"Bastard!" Huo Luo rushed forward and knocked down the head of the house with a fist. With red eyes that stared like tigers, he vented his emotions that he was about to erupt. "Why did you escape! Why didn't you save him! You are a soldier, how could you escape! Why keep the truth secret, why let the whole world misunderstand him and wrong him!"

Every time Huo Luo said a word, he punched him. His hoarse voice filled the cave, revealing a deep sense of powerlessness.

The boss was punched several times, and finally couldn't take it anymore and shouted: "That is powerless, I am just a small person, I am not as good as you, I just want me and my brother to live! What is wrong with me! Could it be Do you want me to go up to die?!"

"You!" Huo Luo was furious, he couldn't restrain his murderous aura and turned to look at Yue Chen, as if he hoped that he would say something to make the big boss know his mistake and be ashamed.

And Yuechen was almost the same as him at the moment, his whole body was trembling, and tears were rolling in his eyes.Looking at Huo Luo with red eyes, she gritted her teeth and opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say.Because the truth was far, many, many times crueler than he imagined.

How did His Highness escape?How did he survive like this?What did he go through after he learned of his situation?

Yuechen suddenly didn't know how to face Chu Lishu after going out.

At this moment, the stone door opened.

There were three people standing outside the door, Lu Shi seemed to be recalling some painful memory, he froze all over and was supported by Lu Yi.Lu Yi's face was pale, but he still pretended to be calm.

Only Chu Lishu stood outside with a stern face, seemingly unresponsive.