The Return of the King: A Generation of Prodigies

Meng San is also a smart person. Although he has never met Li Bin, he has gained a lot of experience by following Bai Qishan over the years.

Just by looking at the crane feather cloak on Li Bin, he guessed his identity. Moreover, the entire mountain was now occupied by Li Bin's people. The only person who could wander around the mountain without restrictions could be Li Bin.

Meng San nodded at Du Xiaohu. The tacit understanding developed over the years was not exaggerated, and Du Xiaohu immediately understood.

Seeing that Du Xiaohu understood what he meant, Meng San took two steps forward and asked, "Who is there?"

Hearing the voice, Li Bin suddenly felt like he had seen a savior and shouted at the top of his voice: "Here, here, come here quickly."

Meng San walked up and asked, "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

"It's me, Li Bin, the King of Jin." Li Bin, who was eager to escape, did not care about his identity at this time and shouted at Meng San anxiously.

Meng San pretended to stretch his head forward and look again and again, then knelt down and said, "It really is the prince. We pay our respects to the prince."

"No thanks, no thanks. Help me up quickly. And hurry up and send Uncle Tan down the mountain. He was seriously injured just now. Be careful." Although Li Bin was also injured, compared with Uncle Tan's injury, his injury seemed insignificant.

"Yes." Meng San went forward and helped Li Bin up, then turned back and shouted to the three people behind him, "You two go back and tell them to come up, and you and I will escort the prince down the mountain first."

The three men who received the order immediately took action. The two guards turned and went down the mountain. Du Xiaohu walked over to Uncle Tan, who was still lying on the ground. He placed his hand on his pulse and said after a moment, "This old man has been seriously injured and has damaged his internal organs. If he doesn't get treatment quickly, he will die."

Du Xiaohu took out a bottle of pills specifically for treating internal bleeding from his arms. His family had been doctors for generations, and before joining the army, he would help out in his own pharmacy every day. Although his ambition was not to practice medicine and save lives, he had learned a lot over the years. When he had nothing to do on weekdays, he would tinker with some daily medicines and carry them with him in case of emergency.

Du Xiaohu poured two pills from the bottle and fed them to Uncle Tan. "These pills can temporarily relieve the pain and reduce the rate of internal bleeding. We must rush to get him down the mountain for treatment."

Li Bin was completely terrified. He had never imagined that simply taking Uncle Tan up the mountain to see the scenery would lead to his death being seriously injured. He now deeply regretted not taking the initiative to see the scenery, and even more so, not bringing only Uncle Tan with him for the sake of peace and quiet, without even a guard.

"We can't delay any longer. I'll carry this old man down the mountain, and you carry the prince down the mountain." After saying this, Du Xiaohu carefully helped Uncle Tan up, carried him on his back and went down the mountain.

Meng San was initially reluctant to carry Li Bin on his back. So what if he was a prince? Wasn't he still a traitor? But he had a mission to accomplish, so he had to compromise, even if he didn't want to.

"Your Highness, please come up and I will carry you down the mountain." Meng San squatted down and waited for Li Bin to come up so that he could carry him down the mountain.

Li Bin was a person with extremely severe mysophobia. What he hated most was others getting close to him, but this time he did not hesitate and directly lay on Meng San's back.

The way down the mountain is not easy to walk on, not to mention carrying someone down the mountain, which is naturally even more difficult. Fortunately, Du Xiaohu and Meng San are not only in good physical condition, but also kung fu masters. Although it is not easy, they can handle it.

After hearing the news from his two personal guards, Yan Yu was certain that all of Li Bin's main forces were on Wuling Mountain, so he began to redeploy, determined to capture all the rebels this time.

Du Xiaohu and Meng San each carried Tan Bo and Li Bin on their backs. It took them some time before they finally met soldiers patrolling the mountains. With their help, they successfully sent the two back to the tent.

Li Bin was injured, and with Uncle Tan half-dead, the entire camp was in chaos, and no one cared where Meng San and Du Xiaohu came from.

Meng San and Du Xiaohu took advantage of the chaos to slip away, wandered around, and found out that this was indeed where Li Bin's main force was. They also found out the weak areas of defense, and then sneaked to the place where they kept their horses at the foot of the mountain, rode their horses and galloped back.

The two went back and told Yan Yu what they had learned. Yan Yu judged that because Li Bin was injured, the enemy would not launch an attack immediately, which bought them precious time, so Yan Yu immediately made new strategies and adjustments.

Ever since Li Bin and Tan Bo came back from Wuling Mountain, they have been busy and hurried. Although Li Bin's injury was not serious, he was very delicate. He had been pampered and carefully cared for by others since he was a child. Even a cut finger was a big deal, not to mention that the injury he suffered today was much more serious than a cut finger.

The worst-off was Uncle Tan. He was already an old man with poor physical functions. Not only was he seriously injured, but one of his ribs was broken and penetrated his lungs, which was almost equivalent to sentencing him to death. He could still breathe a sigh of relief, but he was just delaying time.

All the military doctors accompanying the army were summoned, and their diagnosis and treatment results were the same. Given Uncle Tan's current condition, there was no possibility of saving him. However, no one dared to tell Li Bin the truth. Everyone knew how important Uncle Tan was to him, and Li Bin had already said when they came that if they cured Uncle Tan, they would all be rewarded. If they failed to cure him, or if something went wrong, none of them would survive.

So now Li Bin is anxious outside, and the military doctors are anxious inside. Everyone is anxious and doesn't know what to do.

Li Bin, who had been waiting for a long time without any news, could no longer suppress his irritation and worry, so he sent his personal guards to inquire.

Faced with the guards' inquiries, the military doctors looked at each other in bewilderment, no one daring to speak first. Finally, the old doctor who was specifically responsible for Li Bin's daily physical conditioning stepped forward and said, "Please go back and report to the prince that Uncle Tan is seriously injured. The situation is quite complicated and will take time to treat."

"Also, I don't know what kind of holy medicine the prince gave Uncle Tan to stop bleeding and heal his wounds when he was injured just now. If you have any, please send some over. The medicine will be of great benefit to Uncle Tan's recovery." If it weren't for Du Xiaohu's medicine, Uncle Tan would have died on the way back down the mountain.

The personal soldier went back and reported Li Bin everything word for word. Li Bin then remembered the two young men who had sent him and Tan Bo down the mountain, but by then the two men had long since disappeared.

Li Bin immediately ordered the entire army to search and find the two men at all costs. However, looking for two people whose names and appearances were unknown in an army of hundreds of thousands was undoubtedly like looking for a needle in a haystack. The difficulty was too high. However, the commander-in-chief had already given the order, so he had to do it no matter how difficult it was.

While the search for someone on Wuling Mountain was in full swing, Yan Yu had already led his men to the foot of Wuling Mountain, fought with the guards at the foot of the mountain, and successfully took control of the overall situation.

After dealing with the guards, the soldiers began to dig a ditch at Yan Yu's command. These soldiers exerted their amazing strength. In less than half an hour, they dug the ditch according to Yan Yu's requirements. After the ditch was dug, they filled it with dry firewood that had been temporarily collected, and then poured kerosene on it.

That's right, in order to reduce unnecessary casualties and trouble, Yan Yu finally decided to set fire to the mountain, which is currently the most effective and simplest method.

There are only two ways out of Wuling Mountain. Yan Yu led his men to set fire to the mountain in the front, while Lieutenant General Li led his men to the back to wait and harvest those who were not burned to death and fled down the mountain.

It's not that Yan Yu is cruel and wants to annihilate Li Bin and the army he leads, but the nature of war is like this. If you are merciful to the enemy, you are cruel to yourself.

The battlefield is not a place for reason and mercy, it is only synonymous with cruelty and violence.

"Major General, everything is ready and we are just waiting for your order."

Yan Yu looked up at Wuling Mountain, thinking that this precious land with great natural beauty would soon become ruins, and he felt a little sorry.

"Set it on fire." Yan Yu waved his hand and turned his back, not wanting to watch this scene. He didn't want to bear it because he thought about how many people would be burned to death in the sea of ​​fire.

So even though he had been leading troops in battles in his previous life, he actually hated war deep down in his heart. Wherever there was war, there would be death and regrets. Making the world peaceful and free of war was something Yan Yu had not completed in his previous life and was still striving for in this life.

As soon as the fire was ignited, it spread and burned immediately. In a moment, the flames shot up into the sky and were out of control.

It is early summer now, which is the time when trees are flourishing. Setting fire to the mountains is not the best option. However, there is very little rain this year, so the trees and weeds are not flourishing, and it is a blessing that they have not died.

Therefore, this special situation also facilitated Yan Yu's plan and made things go much more smoothly.

The people on the mountain who were completely unprepared were stunned by the sudden fire. By the time they reacted and wanted to escape, there was no way to escape.

The weather was already dry and there were dead leaves accumulated on the mountain for many years, so you can imagine how big the fire was. Under the attack of such a large fire, it would be difficult for people to escape.

"Your Highness, it's bad. There's a fire. The whole mountain is on fire." Li Bin is located at a relatively high altitude, so there is no major danger at the moment.

"What? How could this happen? Who did it?" Li Bin, who was already on the verge of collapse because of Uncle Tan's matter, now completely broke down and went crazy.

"Your Highness, let's go quickly. It will be too late if we don't leave now." Li Bin's men had no time and mood to care about Li Bin's madness. They lifted Li Bin and ran down the mountain. As long as Li Bin was alive, they had hope.

"Put me down, are you trying to rebel?" Li Bin struggled desperately and refused to cooperate, but no matter how he struggled, those who were carrying him remained indifferent and just carried him away.

"I order you to put me down. Where is Uncle Tan? Where is Uncle Tan? If Uncle Tan doesn't leave, I won't leave either." Uncle Tan was Li Bin's last bottom line at this time.

"Your Highness, please don't wait any longer. Uncle Tan can't be saved. If you insist on saving him now, it will only increase his suffering. Your Highness, please let him stay here. This way, he will suffer less. It will be better for both him and Your Highness."

The person who spoke was the war supervisor sent by Ainuer Xiong'an. He had only one task, which was to ensure that Li Bin was alive no matter what happened. The Xirong people had spent too much on Li Bin and would never allow Li Bin to die easily without getting any reward from him.

Upon hearing that Uncle Tan could not be saved, Li Bin fainted from anger.

After Yan Yu had people set the fire, he took his men to guard the foot of the mountain, and they had nothing to do after that.

Lieutenant General Li, who was guarding behind, immediately organized people to stop the crowd when he saw them rushing down the mountain.

Poor people, they had just escaped the fate of being burned to death, but were immediately met with killing by swords and guns.

Suddenly, screams were heard everywhere and blood flowed like a river. It was like a hell on earth.

When the people who were fleeing with Li Bin were intercepted at the foot of the mountain, they used their flesh and blood to fight their way out and rescued Li Bin.

By the time Lieutenant General Li realized something was wrong and led his men in pursuit, it was already too late. Having missed the chance to capture Li Bin, Lieutenant General Li was so regretful that he almost pounded his fists on the ground.

The battle lasted from the afternoon until the next morning. Except for a very small number of people who escaped, the hundreds of thousands of troops led by Li Bin were either burned to death or intercepted and killed by the people led by Lieutenant General Li.

The people brought by Yan Yu suffered only a small number of casualties and injuries. Yan Yu won an overwhelming victory in this battle without any surprise. If there was any regret, it was only one, that he did not capture the rebel king Li Bin with his own hands.

Everyone was extremely happy after the victory, and Yan Yu's position in their hearts had risen even further, almost to the same level as his father Yan Mingde.

Yan Yu was feeling very proud of himself here, but Ping An, who was guarding his tent, was in a terrible situation.

Not long after Yan Yu left, Yan Mingde, worried about his son taking charge of the situation for the first time, rushed over to help his son. However, he didn't expect that when he arrived, Yan Yu was nowhere to be seen. When he asked Ping An, Ping An just kept saying he didn't know. Yan Mingde was so angry that he couldn't help but want to hit him.

But Ping An really couldn't be blamed for this. Yan Yu sometimes only told him that he was going to get some information, but he didn't say what information he was going to get. It wasn't that he didn't want to tell him, but he really didn't know.

If someone else came to see Yan Yu today, Ping An could still fool them by pretending to be powerful, but since it was Yan Mingde who came, he had no way to deal with it.