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第 30 章（第1页）

Chapter31—TheLastPursuit。

Theborderwasstillseveralmilesawayandbehindthem，thesoundofhoovesgrewlouder。

XieZhenglookedoverhisshoulder。TheYounisridershadsplitintotwogroups，onefolloweddirectlybehindthemwhiletheotherwascuttingacrossthegrassland，tryingtogetaheadandforcethemtowardtherockyhills。

"Theyretryingtoblocktheroad，"onesoldiersaid。"Iseethem。"

XieZhengpulledhisswordfree。"KeepSuyuanintheter。"

Thesoldiersclosedranksaroundhim。SuyuanwasbarelysciousagainstXieZhengschest。Sheheardthegeinthesoldiersvoicesandslowlyopenedhereyes。"Putmedown。"

"No。"

"Youneedbothhands。"

"Ihaveenough。"

Beforeshecouldargue，anarrowflewtowardthem。XieZhengturnedhishorsesharply。Thearrowpassedbehindthem。"Keepmoving!"ThefirstYounisriderreachedthemsteelstrucksteel。OneofXieZhengssoldiersblockedtheattack，andanotherridermovedinfromtheside。TheclashlastedonlyafewsedsbeforetheYouniswarriorfellbackbutmorewereing。

XieZhengdidnotstop，hisprioritywascleartogetSuyuansafelytotheborder。Then，aridersuddenlyappearedahead，cuttingacrosstheirpath。XieZhengpulledthereins，hishorserearedslightlybeforesettling。TheYouniswarriorraisedhison，XieZhengdrewhisswordinonesmoothmotion。

Theirbladesmet。

Theimpactforcedtheotherriderbackward。XieZhengstruckagain，knogtheonfromhisopposhand。"Move!"

Hissoldierssurgedforward，ftheremainingYounisridersawayfromtheroad。TheformationopenedjustenoughforXieZhengtopassthrough。Suyuanseyesflutteredopen，shesawtheswordinhishand。

"Youreallyarefearless"shemurmured。XieZhengglanceddown。

"Nowisntthetime。"

Afaintsmileappearedonherlips。"Yourequitetroublesome。"

"Andyourequitedifficulttorescue。"

Beforeshecouldanswer，hereyesclosedagain。

XieZhengsexpressiontightened。

"Suyuan?"

Noresponse。

Heimmediatelycheckedthatshewasstillbreathing。

Shewas。

"Keepriding。"

ThesoldierspushedtheirhorsesharderwhiletheYounisriderstinuedafterthem，butthedistaweewogroupswasfinallybeginningtowiden。Ahead，smallwatchtowersappearedagainstthedarkhorizonitstheXianborder。Oneofthesoldiersraisedhisvoice。

"General!Theborderpost!"XieZhenglookedahead。"Werealmostthere，dontyoudaretodieonme。"

Behindthem，theremainingYounisridersslowed。

TheykheycouldnotcrossintoXiaorywithoutfagairegarrisonsoonebyoheystopped。

XieZhengrodestraighttowardthewaitingsoldiersattheborder，Suyuanstillsafelyinhisarms。OnlywhentheypassedbehtheXianbannerdidhefinallylowerhissword。ThechasewasoverbutSuyuanremainedunsciousandXieZhengkherealfighthadonlybegun。