Chapter 1 The Big Thief (Part 4) The two of them watched Pan Zhanyang go far away, and since Ma Nanxing ran away in the middle of the night in a daze last night, the "road" in front of them is no longer the one they stepped on when they went north with Uncle Jiu and others.
The surrounding streams were something I had never seen when I came north last time, and some of the short hills were completely different from what I remembered. But these were not a big deal in the young man's mind. The so-called roads were originally formed on the grassland by people's feet.
There is no road, as long as you keep walking south, you will eventually be able to see the Great Wall
"He used his horse to overwhelm the Turkic warriors last night!" Li Xu suddenly said in a confused voice as he walked.
"Now I understand how stupid you are!" Xu Dayan "attacked" his self-esteem mercilessly. "You are the only one who can believe that a guy who can kick a horse will fall under the horse's belly!"
"He was afraid that if he walked with us, he would be chased by Queyu's men! But he refused to say it directly, so he had to think of such a stupid way!" Li Xu scratched his head, not minding Xu Dayan's evaluation of himself among friends.
That's it. A person who talks bad about you when they meet may not treat you as a brother in his heart. On the contrary, a guy who smiles at you all day long and is full of praise will stab you when he turns around. This is because he is unwilling to accept Ashina's decision.
One of the reasons for Yu's invitation is that when you are in the company of such a "smart" and ruthless person, you have to be extremely careful to deal with every word and deed of the other person. Such a day, even if you are rich and powerful, I am afraid it will be boring.
Very
"I invited you with good intentions, but you burned down their camp!" Xu Dayan responded with a smile, "If I were Ashina Queyu, I would not be able to relieve the hatred in my heart unless I catch you and crush your bones and ashes!"
"Only if he can catch us!" Li Xu laughed and kicked the stirrup, inciting the black wind to run out. Ashina Queyu is not a person who is willing to give up. He will definitely use all his strength to hunt down his Xu Da
So Pan Zhanqiang found a reason to leave, which didn't make people feel resentful. If it were him, being forced to die by a stranger, he would have to find a way to escape.
"No matter what, it's always right to run faster!" Xu Dayan rode after him, and the young man's hearty laughter spread far away along the wind.
The camp has been burned. There is no point in trying to find out what caused the fire to get out of control. The first priority now is to escape back to the Central Plains. As for how to avoid military service after returning to the Central Plains, that needs to be considered after passing the Great Wall.
The problem
There are four horses for two people, and they can take turns to change horses and let the horses recover their strength while walking. After a whole day of wading in rivers and climbing mountains, when the sun turned west, they found another shady hillside.
Make a fire and cook. This time it was Xu Dayan's turn to go hunting. Li Xu set up the stove with stones and waited for nearly two sticks of incense. He hadn't seen the other party coming back yet. He was anxious when he suddenly saw Xu Dayan's
The figure flashed out from behind the rock not far above him. The horn bow in his hand was fully drawn, but the arrow pointed diagonally in the air.
"Squeak!" A clear bird song sounded in the air, and a black eagle the size of a goat flapped its wings and flew into the sky. The feather arrow in Xu Dayan's hand came out of the string and went straight to the belly of the eagle, but he ran out of strength halfway.
, the strong wind driven by the wings of the black eagle blew into the trees
"Hurry up!" Xu Dayan missed his shot, and immediately drew his bow and rushed to Li Xu, pulling him towards the war horse. Li Xu was also shocked, and without asking, he got on his horse and walked away. The two ran away along the hillside.
After more than ten miles, just when I was about to take a rest, I heard the piercing chirping of the eagles above my head.
"Grandma's is a flat-haired beast raised by Ashina Queyu. You shot its brother, and now it's looking for revenge on you!" Xu Dayan cursed with a smile, bent his bow again, and the black eagle on his head
But before the arrow could be nocked, it had already taken off three hundred steps away.
At a height of three hundred steps, there was nothing they could do even if their foster uncle was resurrected. Li Xu and Xu Dayan smiled bitterly at each other, and started their horses to continue running. They had just rounded the hillside in front of them, but the wilderness to the south was blocked by a few puffs of thick smoke.
Die to death
"They are people from Ashina Queyu. They are more familiar with the road south than us!" Xu Dayan analyzed in a low voice that Ashina Queyu seemed to be really angry. The evening wind blowing from a distance was full of anger.
Needless to say, the strong smell of burning wool must have been caused by the Turkic warriors who came to pursue them, causing harm to innocent people and venting their anger at the destruction of the camp on the heads of nearby shepherds.
Judging from the direction of the fireworks, the road going south must have been cut off by someone. Although the martial arts of Xu Dayan and Li Xu are not weak, neither of them can fight ten or a hundred. They have no choice but to stick to it.
Walking hurriedly eastward along the hilly terrain, I just hoped that the sun would set early. I could barely escape the damn black eagle above my head and ran for another twenty miles, but the ground beneath my feet slowly started to shake.
"Rumble!" The thunderous sound of horse hooves came from the treetops, causing the surrounding hillsides to rustle. The chirping of the black eagles above them became even more cheerful, as if they had already caught two prey under their claws. Li raised his head and looked around.
I saw a huge cloud of dust and smoke not far ahead, and I don’t know how many Turkic warriors rolled by like a torrent.
"Turn around!" Li Xu and Xu Dayan shouted at the same time, turning their horses to go west. To the south is the Yanshan Mountains and the Central Plains, to the east are the Khitan, Mohe and other tribes, but to the west are the Turks.
However, the two of them couldn't care less. They slapped their mounts desperately and ran wildly. As they ran, they found that smoke and dust were gathering in three directions: east, south and north.
"Why didn't this flat-haired beast be burned to death last night?" Li Xu said angrily. Previously, he was a little pity that the fire was too big, causing many innocent Turks to suffer from hunger this winter. But now, he only hopes that the bigger the fire last night, the better, the best.
Ashina Queyu was so burned that he couldn't gather enough war horses, so that his Xu Dayan would have a chance to get rid of the pursuers.
The reality was exactly the opposite of what he expected. More and more smoke was rising from the left and right sides. In addition to the sound of horse hooves, the horns of the Turks communicating with each other could gradually be heard in their ears. Almost the entire grassland was mobilized, one after another.
Waves, smoke and dust continue to join the pursuers.
Although the mount they stole from Ashina Queyu's stable moved fast, they could not escape the pursuit of the entire grassland. As they watched, two puffs of smoke in front of them came closer and closer, closing the circle tightly.
"Take the bow and shoot out a way!" Xu Dayan shouted loudly. The two of them took the bow at the same time. As they ran, they put the arrows on the bow string. Someone was already cheering loudly in front of them. Li Xu took a look with his eyes and raised his head.
The hand is an arrow to the person's mount
"Poof!" "Poof!" The two horses fell down in response to the string. The two shepherds, Xu Dayan and Li Xu, rushed out at the moment when the pursuers blocked the way. The shepherds who blocked the road cursed loudly. They gave up and were thrown to the ground.
Regardless of his wailing and struggling companions, he desperately mobilized his war horses to chase him.
"Seeking death!" Xu Dayan cursed in a low voice, turned around and fired back. The arrow left the string and hit a pursuer in the chest. The man's body suddenly stopped, and he screamed and fell to the horse. The horse, which lost its owner, rushed forward for five seconds.
After more than ten steps, he screamed and rushed into the boundless wilderness.
Li Xu bent his bow and nocked an arrow. When he heard the sound of horse hooves approaching from behind, he turned around and fired fiercely. The first wave to catch up with the two teenagers was a group of ordinary herdsmen. Although there were many people, they were not very skilled in bows and horses. The two fired arrows in front of them. The herdsmen
They chased after them, looking like they were taking the initiative to meet the arrow tip. After five or six people were broken, the pursuers gradually lost their courage. Although the reward offered by Ashina Choyu was high, it was not enough to let everyone
Even if they catch up with their horses before the quivers of the two Han Taozi are empty, no one will survive to collect the bounty.
The sun finally disappeared into the grass ahead, and the black eagle above them stopped neighing. However, Xu Dayan and Li Xu were not happy at all, because behind them, another fierce barking sounded.
"Woof woof, woof woof!" The shepherd dog's cry echoed in the dusk that had just begun to darken. The entire grassland was awakened by the noisy barking. Countless fire dragons gathered behind Li Xu and Xu Dayan, looking from a distance.
Go, like a burning peacock spreading its beautiful tail wings on the top of the grass. However, in this autumn night that is suddenly warm but still cold, the torch does not mean warmth.
"His grandma, this is not how Xiao He chased Han Xin under the moon!" Xu Dayan looked back and scolded him breathlessly. This was the third time he changed horses. The mount that had been rotated countless times was obviously not as good as the one he had just early in the morning.
After resting, I am so energetic, my steps become smaller and smaller, and the frequency of my steps gradually becomes slower.
"Xiao He doesn't have so many horses to change, and he doesn't have a rope or a knife in his hand!" Li Xu gasped, as if his heart and lungs were about to jump out of his throat. Two people, four good horses, everyone's wish last night
The abacus was brilliant, but no one took it into consideration that once the Ashina family became angry, half of the grassland would tremble.
The pursuers behind them were obviously not in the same group. Some were Turkic soldiers, and most were ordinary herdsmen. In their eyes, offending the Ashina family was tantamount to being the enemy of all Turkic people. From Wulieshui in the east to the west
The Tuhuoluo, thousands of miles of grasslands are ruled by the Turks
There was a weak horse's neigh from behind, and Taohuaqing, who had just been replaced by Xu Dayan, swayed, and stopped aggrievedly. She hadn't eaten for a whole day, and ran intermittently for more than three hundred miles.
The Turkic noble's mount has never suffered such a crime, and the horn sound behind it is like a call, calling it to stop to drink water, eat beans and eggs. At this time, the two masters who do not know how to pity are still dying towards the darkness and unknown.
If they run wildly, the stupid donkey will continue to run with them.
"Useless thing!" Xu Dayan cursed in a low voice. As soon as he finished his voice, the other horse, Taxue Yanyun, who was replaced by Li Xu, also left the team. Wu Tiezhai under Xu Dayan's crotch and Black under Li Xu's crotch
The wind neighed violently, trying to stop and wait for its companions behind it.
"Those horn sounds are weird!" Li Xu quickly determined the crux of the problem. When driving the blue and white mules at home, he was used to whistling while adding food and water. Over time, the blue and white mules formed a habit. As soon as they heard the whistle, they would immediately
Will squeeze into the barn
"Ashina Queyu is really showing off his skills!" Xu Dayan smiled bitterly and used his bow string to hit Wu Tiezui behind his mount's buttocks a few times. However, it was painful, so he had to spread his legs and continue to run away. Li Xu was reluctant to give up, but he had no choice but to do so.
He didn't use his legs to knock Heifeng's ribs hard, but while knocking, he said naggingly: "Heifeng, Heifeng, run, run, run and hunt a rabbit tomorrow morning, I will leave my thighs and back to you!"
I don't know whether it was because of the pain from being kicked in the ribs or because he understood his master's words. Heifeng cheered up and ran wildly. The two of them ran for more than thirty miles. The barking of dogs and the honking of horns behind them finally became quieter. Xu Dayan
He and Li Xu slowly slowed down their mounts and looked at each other through the starlight, only to find that the other person and the horse looked like they had just rolled through a swamp, and their bodies were covered with mud.
"If we continue like this, we will die from exhaustion if we don't get caught!" Xu Dayan gasped and laughed. The bright starlight shot down from the sky, illuminating his white teeth.
"The two Han Xin are about to be caught, but I don't know if the Turks have Liu San'er's heart!" Li Xu looked at Xu Dayan's dusty face and laughed. Since leaving the fortress, the relationship between the two has grown closer and closer.
We gradually became close friends, but we never thought that one day we would face death so close together like tonight!
No, there should be another time. That was when Brother Mao Gong commanded Ruoding and broke through the siege and interception of 28 people with the strength of six people when facing the pursuers on the bank of Crescent Lake. He could obviously stay in Xibu and continue to practice his art of war.
, but ran into the ice and snow for himself, and then rejected Que Yu's kindness for his friend.
Thinking of this, Li Xu suddenly regretted taking Xu Dayan to escape with him. If he escaped alone, no matter what the outcome, he would not put his friends into this inevitable crisis.
"This, this time, Brother Maogong is tired!"
"That's nonsense. If I arrest you and go to see Queyu now, he can still let me go!" Xu Dayan's eyebrows raised and he cursed in a low voice. Fang wanted to teach Li Xu not to say such boring words.
I heard a barking of dogs, followed immediately by the sound of horse hooves coming from both sides like thunder.
The two men were frightened, and they hit the horse and ran away quickly several times. Both the man and the mount almost lost their strength, but the barking of the dogs behind him always seemed to be distant.
Kneel down
"Hold me!" Li Xu stretched out his hand and grabbed Xu Dayan's wrist. Xu Dayan stamped his feet fiercely. With the help of Li Xu's arms, his body jumped up at the moment Wu Tiezui fell to the ground, and passed a few feet away.
Landed steadily on Heifeng's back
A person suddenly appeared on his back, and Heifeng, who was already exhausted, was even more exhausted. No matter what hares, pheasants, or lambs Li Xu promised, he could not speed up his pace. After a while, the dog behind him barked loudly, and a dazzling dog barked loudly.
The fire dragon bit the prey's tail again
"If this doesn't work, you can escape by yourself and let me dismount!" Xu Dayan ordered in a low voice behind Li Xu.
"Live and die together!" Li Xu gritted his teeth and replied that it was for his own sake that Xu Maogong fell into a situation where he was being hunted. If he left Brother Maogong alone and escaped first, his conscience would never be at peace in his life.
"Bullshit! Both of us are dead, who will avenge us!" Xu Dayan scolded Li Xu but refused to listen. His legs were like two whips, kicking Heifeng's ribs.
The last bit of Heifeng's physical strength was squeezed out by his master. He hissed sadly, and tried his best to increase the weight on his back with his four hooves. However, the weight on his back was like a hill, which made him want to fall down again and again, unable to sleep.
"You stupid donkey!" Looking at Li Xu in front of him who was kicking and beating his mount like crazy, and then looking at the approaching torch behind him, Xu Dayan was worried. Suddenly, he remembered a plan.
"Good brother, you are fifteen this year, right!" Xu Big Eyes stopped cursing, leaned into Li Xu's ear, and asked in a low voice
"Yeah!" Li Xu replied smoothly. The barking of dogs behind him was getting closer and closer. He didn't know why Xu Dayan suddenly woke up at this moment.
"I am seventeen this year, and I am your brother!" Xu Dayan said with a smile, and gently took out a dagger from his boot with his right hand. The bright starlight illuminated the cold frost blade of the dagger, and also illuminated his eyes.
"There is a valley ahead!" Li Xu whispered, turning his head suddenly, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw something flashing in Xu Dayan's hand.
Before he could say a word, Xu Maogong's eyes suddenly lit up. With one hand, he flew off the horse's back. The moment his body was in the air, the dagger pierced Heifeng's butt.
"Hey--" Heifeng let out a long and harsh cry, and his whole body flew forward. Li Xu opened his mouth wide, and saw Xu Dayan falling into the grass behind him like a shooting star.
"Brother Maogong—" He was so frightened that his heart jumped out of his throat. He tried hard to turn the horse's head, but Heifeng, who was stabbed in the back, refused to obey. He spread his hooves and moved forward as fast as possible.
"Brother Maogong——" Li Xu heard his cry echoing on the grassland, and heard the barking of dogs and the sound of horse hooves coming from behind. Suddenly, he was heartbroken and took out a coat from the robe on his back.
Immediately afterwards, he took out the fire folding piece from his waist as quickly as possible and lit the silk robe on fire.
This was the gift given to them by the rescued Han hawker when he and Xu Dayan taught a lesson to two bullying Turks in Yuyang County last year. Lake blue is the favorite color of young scholars. Li Xu gave a piece to Tao.
