Chapter 43: Pursuit

  Shame! Utter shame!

  Su Xiao-Yi felt an indescribable sense of shame every time he took a step forward, as the leader of the Jianghu figures in Chengnan, this was the first time he had been beaten so badly since arriving in Xuzhou. Even when he first arrived several years ago as a small figure and challenged the head of the Jianghu in Chengnan at that time, he hadn't fallen to such a state.

  Before coming here, he had always thought that the strength he possessed was absolute. In fact, the eighty or so people he brought with him were indeed the strongest forces in his hands. The reason for doing this is not to look down on Song Qing, but to plan to solve this matter once and for all, and let other merchants in the mule trough see Su Xiao's power, so as to prepare for the future to thoroughly conquer this place. Maybe by then, the merchants here will have already surrendered voluntarily.

  He never expected that such a powerful force would be defeated by his junior, Song Qing. What's even more humiliating is that he still doesn't know how he lost, and those seemingly ordinary and clumsy gun arrays turned out to be his nightmare. No matter how hard his subordinates charged forward, they couldn't break through, but instead were repeatedly pierced by mechanical thrusts, causing continuous damage to his troops, ultimately leading to the complete failure of this operation.

  As for the five small flags under Song Lao Hu's command, he really didn't take them seriously. Those people had fought him before and although they were quite capable, they were absolutely no match for him. Otherwise, Cheng Nan would have been taken over by Song Lao Hu long ago. It was just that at the time when he was the victor, he never thought that one day he would fall into the hands of Song Lao Hu's son.

  At this moment, Song Lao Hu's son defeated him and launched a relentless pursuit. This humiliation made Su Xiao Yi's body emit flames, but he didn't dare to turn back and fight. Now, only about ten of his men could run back, all with injuries, and their courage had been shattered. If they turned back, they would probably be knocked down by the enemy in one charge. At that time, no matter how powerful Su Xiao Yi's martial arts were, he would likely be captured alive by the enemy, which was unacceptable to him.

  He had no choice but to suppress the anger in his chest and continue running forward, believing that as long as he could escape back to the south of the city, he would be able to gather the remaining men and, relying on the geographical advantage and human resources, he would still be able to defeat Song Qing and even win back all that he had lost earlier, and the mule stable would still be his.

  With this feeling, Su Xiao Yi's speed began to gradually increase, even though he was already very tired, but had to continue accelerating, because Song Qing led people in a dozen or so yards away from him frantically chasing after him, if he couldn't keep up the speed, it would be difficult to return to the south of the city.

  However, there were also some places that made it difficult for him to understand. In the process of chasing, Song Qing obviously had several opportunities to catch up, but just at the most critical moment, Song Qing's speed suddenly slowed down, as if he was deliberately letting them escape. This point left Su Xiao very confused.

  He had thought that Song Qing was going to keep him dangling like this all the way, waiting for him to slink back to the south of the city in disarray, letting the people on that side take a good look at their own leader's sorry state, and then suddenly launch an attack, catching them off guard once again, and ultimately crushing the forces on the southern side with one blow.

  It's just that such an idea is a bit too naive, Su Xiao-yi is very confident in his position in the south of the city, he believes that as long as he can go back, even if he just shows up, he can inspire the morale of the Jianghu brothers in the south of the city, and then use this momentum to defeat Song Qing who is chasing after him, and it's even possible to directly kill his way back along the original route. The best outcome would be to take down Luoma Chuan directly, and at worst he can take back those shops that should have belonged to him, this is the normal development of the plot.

  The pursuit continued, with Song Qing's face relaxed and the soldiers not feeling much effort. The long run training over the past few days had already honed their physical strength to some extent. Moreover, they were not the ones fleeing for their lives, but rather pursuing with a sense of ease and confidence after their great victory. Adding to this was the excellent effect of their previous gunfire, which had transformed them from being slightly frightened at the start of the battle to being extremely confident now. After all, Su Xiao Yi, the famous general from the south, had been defeated by them not long ago.

  Song Qing's prestige also reached its peak at this time. Although he was very famous before, many people had not seen the nine bloody corpses at that time, and Su Xiao Yi's fame would be even greater than Song Qing's, with more people involved. Therefore, many people actually did not have much confidence, but because of Song Qing's strong fighting power and the joining of Wang Jian and others, as well as the support of the high-level officials in the Wei army, they came to fight with a hard heart. Who would have thought that it was unexpectedly smooth, so smooth that they themselves did not dare to believe it.

  "Sū Xiǎo Yǐ, you stand still for me! This cowardly act, what kind of leader of the City South Gang are you? The brothers who followed you have all gone blind!" Sòng Qìng ran and ran, his enthusiasm gradually rising, and he began to scold Sū Xiǎo Yǐ's mistakes, shouting in a loud voice: "I originally thought you were a man, but now dozens of your sworn brothers are lying on my side, all injured. You, as the leader, abandoned them and ran away. Can you be worthy of those brothers who shed blood for you? I, Sòng Qìng, look down on you!"

  Bastard!

  This is Su Xiao Yi's evaluation of Song Qing, and it's just a very common insult, similar to what was said later about Sunzi, the key being the word "thief". Song Qing's words almost completely stripped him bare, calling him a cowardly mouse, abandoning his brothers and running away with his tail between his legs, all of which is a huge challenge to his status in Chengnan.

  If he said Su Xiao Yi was really that kind of person, it would be more balanced. But Su Xiao Yi himself knew he wasn't that kind of person. Today's events were just unavoidable and a last resort. Even when Su Xiao Yi ran away, he hadn't thought so much about it. Now being shouted out by Song Qing in such a big way, he felt somewhat ashamed. He felt the gaze of his surrounding brothers seemed to have drifted away. Hurriedly, he shouted: "Don't listen to this thief's nonsense! We'll be home soon and then we'll let this surname Song see!"

  The idea was good and seemed convincing, the faces of his brothers around him finally looked a bit better. But Su Xiao-yi didn't know, nor did his brothers know that at this moment, the south of the city had become chaotic. The subordinates he left behind were relatively weak in combat strength and had no clear leader, they were now relying on their last will to hold on, but under Wang Jian's and Ding Kui's fierce attack, this defense seemed particularly futile.

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