In the past few days of running back and forth, people and horses were actually very tired, and many people's inner thighs were worn out. They were ready to rest, but they had to continue running, which led to a particularly strong sleepiness. But unprecedented tension and fear forced everyone to endure the pain and force themselves to fight for their spirits. They all understood that the real disaster might be right in front of them, and everything they did now was to strive for vitality.

The broken walls behind him gradually disappeared into the darkness and could not be seen; the road ahead could not be seen clearly, and he could only barely distinguish the thorny and dry grass that were growing in the deserted fields. So the cavalry team advanced along the winding road among the thorns, with a speed not particularly fast, and the sound of horse hooves was clattered far away in the quiet night.

Until the second half of the night, the moon occasionally came out of the clouds and scattered some dim light. I could see the road clearly, and at the same time, it also caused the danger of being discovered by enemy scouts.

Guo Jing urged the horse to move forward and galloped with Lei Yuan for a while. He said, "Little Langjun, after this journey, our people and horses are exhausted. If this continues, if they are chased by Cao's army, it will only be even more dangerous. I remember there is a hidden valley ahead, which may allow the brothers to rest there and take a break for a little horse?"

Lei Yuan was a little distracted at this time and had no answer.

What surged in Lei Yuan's heart at this moment was another strong sense of excitement. The feeling burned like a flame deep in his heart, reminding him: For the heroes in Huainan, responding to the Wu Hou's uprising this time was equivalent to extinguishing himself from Cao Gong; but for Lei Yuan, it may not be. Whether from the perspective of emotions or interests, Lei Yuan did not completely tie his destiny to these tyrants.

Lei Yuan vaguely remembers a saying that everyone has a cruel and violent beastly nature deep in his heart. Killing and death can best stimulate beastly nature, so in war, all kinds of terrible situations are often inevitable. Lei Yuan has already experienced this personally, so he suddenly thought: Many people are afraid of Cao Cao's cruel and bloodthirsty, but at the same time they have to admit that it was Cao Cao's re-establishment of order in this chaotic world, which brought rare peace to this chaotic world. So... if the cruel and bloodthirsty side is not considered, would Cao Cao be a hero worthy of service? Will the regime and army he established be a regime and army that can unify the world?

Lei Yuan often feels awe of these big names who have left their names in history. He understands that as an ordinary person, he has almost no capital to fight against these big names. After all, his father, who is between the rich and the bandit, obviously does not like his own father, is unreliable; the small methods he has accumulated in later generations of how to live in a company and wait for death are useless. Since this is the case, how can there be a future if this continues?

Therefore, he once seriously considered: finding an opportunity to surrender to Cao Cao, being a safe and safe little official, and passing through the troubled times safely, this should be a good choice... So, is this goal possible? What should we do to achieve this goal? To take a step back, if the situation of the Huainan Haoyou people cannot be maintained, can we prepare early and leave this broken ship that is destined to collapse?

"Young man! Everyone has to rest, otherwise they can't hold on!" Another call sounded in his ears. It was Guo Jing who saw that he had not answered for a long time and urged him.

Lei Yuan suddenly pulled his horse. He drove all kinds of random thoughts away from his mind, and then hid the complicated emotions. In an instant, he returned to an extremely calm state. He looked at the sky, and there was a faint grayish whiteness in the east, so he raised his hand to signal to everyone: "Stay for half an hour."

Looking around the surrounding terrain, he said again: "Start now, all the horses are tied, and people are not allowed to speak out anymore. Be careful to meet Cao's reconnaissance cavalry. In addition, everyone is armed and ready to take the enemy at any time!"

Everyone immediately followed Lei Yuan's instructions, and was quick to move, without any compromise. They followed Guo Jing and came to a hidden valley and entered one after another. In late autumn, the plants and trees gradually became sparse, revealing the rugged rock layers on both sides of the valley. Above the rock layers were large lush forests, which happened to become an excellent cover. As the cavalry entered, a group of crows flew away, and saw no other abnormalities, and slowly landed down.

In a very short time, the knights quietly hid. Thanks to the capture from Zhang Xi, they accompanied them with seven or eight replacement war horses. At this time, some people took off leather armor, helmets and other objects from the back of the war horses, helped each other to wear them, and some were also responsible for checking weapons such as crossbows, swords and other weapons.

These more than 20 knights are all Lei Yuan's team so far. Although the number of people is small, they are all talents that he carefully selected and then gradually won over.

Among these knights, the leader was Guo Jing. He was from Xia, Chen Guo, with a strong and decisive personality. When he was a young man, he was a cavalry general under the tent of King Chen Liu Chong. He followed Liu Chong to repel the Yellow Turbans. He was the first to fight and was very successful in killing the generals and snatching the flag. Later, King Chen was harmed by Yuan Shu and his troops were scattered. Guo Jing wandered around the Jianghuai for a long time, and had done a family robbery. Finally, he was moved by Lei Yuan's method of removing clothes and pushing food. For several years, Guo Jing has been loyal and capable in dealing with things, and is Lei Yuan's most important right-hand man.

The one whose status is similar to Guo Jing was Wang Yan, who was urgently sent back to the camp to report the news by Lei Yuan. Wang Yan was the first to follow Lei Yuan from the cavalry and the oldest among the knights. Lei Yuan usually respected him very much and often called him "Super Yan" without calling him a name directly. Wang Yan was once a subordinate general Cao Bao, a general of Xuzhou general. As an old soldier, he had fought with the Qingxu Huangteng, and fought with Cao Gong's troops in Yanzhou at the time. He even experienced the fight between the flying general Lu Bu and Liu Yuzhou. He had extremely rich military experience.

In addition, Fan Hong and Fan Feng, they are cousins, and their family is a small powerful man in a certain place in Lujiang County. Because Lei Xu is the sect leader of various powerful men in Lujiang, these two men have been fostered in the Lei clan since childhood, and they have some proton meaning. They grew up with Lei Yuan and have a close relationship with each other. They each have their own strengths and are familiar with the skills of bows and guns. Recently, Lei Yuan forced the two brothers to read some military tactics for their talent training, but I don’t know how much they can actually learn.

There was also Sun Ci, the one who was particularly clever among the people, but unfortunately he was dead.

The other knights also have their origins, such as Zheng Jin, Tao Wei, Wang Bei, Song Jing and others, are not mediocre people. Being able to gather these loyal and reliable subordinates little by little without being valued by their father, without power or status, requires extraordinary patience and continuous investment.

They represent the things hidden deep in the young Lei Yuan's heart, and the expectation of his future achievements. At this moment, they are the source of Lei Yuan's confidence and courage.

"The entrance to this valley is difficult to find and is just for hiding. Going eastward is mostly plains, so there is no suitable place. Let the war horses slow down, drink some water, and set off immediately. What do you think?" Guo Jing lowered his voice while adjusting the elasticity of the leather ribbon for Lei Yuan, and explained.

Lei Yuan laughed softly and patted Guo Jing's arm: "I understand, I understand, fortunately you have reminded me."

Guo Jing nodded, and then tried the tightness of the bowstring for Lei Yuan, and pointed the number of arrows in the leather bag on his waist. Lei Yuan's archery skills are very average, so he often ignores these. However, when Guo Jing has been traveling with Lei Yuan for a long time, he always thinks of every detail for Lei Yuan in advance. Perhaps because he is not far from the enemy, he is more careful than before.

Fan Hong, who was on the other end of the valley, suddenly held his ears on the ground, and then waved his hands repeatedly, making everyone beware: "There are cavalry coming to the northwest!"

Everyone in the valley was immediately alert. The people and the horses were silent. Everyone stood silently in the darkness with their war horses, holding their swords and guns in their hands, ready to fight violently at any time.

Not long after, the land was slightly shaken, and the dull sound of horse hooves could be heard. When the sound was heard, there were at least two or three hundred cavalry. The cavalry team advanced along the road to the north and across the valley without delay.

The number of Cao's cavalry teams was so large? They came so quickly? Everyone looked solemn.

Lei Yuan frowned: In this era, most people had insufficient meat intake, so they had more or less symptoms of night blindness. Those who could operate at night must be elite soldiers who were treated well in normal times. The elite scout cavalry who could send two or three hundred cavalry were definitely not small in size after that, but they didn’t know which army was under Cao Gong’s command?

He made a gesture to Fan Feng.

Fan Feng nodded understandingly. He stood up and moved his body slightly, then pushed his feet to the ground and exerted force, and flew over the rock formation on the side like a cat, quietly throughout the process. When he was about to stand still, he immediately pulled his brother Fan Hong with his hands. The two of them stretched out their arms to help Lei Yuan. The two of them seemed to have a unique talent in the way of rushing to the high ground. Lei Yuan asked himself that he was agile and could only be far behind.

The leader of Guo Jing was left on guard, and the three of them slowly sneaked out of the dense forest, about an arrow, and stopped when they arrived at the sparse forest where the moonlight could pass through the branches.

The terrain here is high, and you can see the Huai River as white as a pale white train, extending from west to east in a wide and narrow way. The gradually distant cavalry team is galloping among the withered fields on the south bank of the Huai River. Due to no maintenance, a certain section of the road is often separated by shrubs and swamps, and the cavalry team naturally diverted along the terrain, and reunited again to a distance. Even when they found that a certain road was unpassable and had to retreat and choose another direction, the knights were still calm and orderly, and the queue was not scattered at all. If you distinguish carefully, you can even find that the distance between the riders would hardly change drastically. Lei Yuan knew that this was because each rider had superb riding skills. When the horses ran, they could easily control the horse to avoid stones or depressions on the road, and the speed was not slow.

In the dim night, their black figures walked through the vast plains. The two sides were far apart, and Lei Yuan shouldn't have seen it so clearly, but the dim moonlight fell down and shone on the knights, occasionally reflecting the cold light.
Chapter completed!