Pan Zhanqiang (He Bulan) has been in the Turkic camp for some time, so he is very familiar with the layout of the camp. Now that it is important to escape, he can no longer care about fear, and leads Xu Dayan and Li Xu to the southeast, northwest
Wandering around, using the cover of felt bags and shadows, we soon arrived at the east gate of the camp.
The Turkic warrior Shidemi who guarded the east gate was a veteran who had fought with Ashina Choyu for many years. He was always alert. When he saw the fire in the city, he immediately thought that someone was trying to create chaos, so he immediately sent all his brothers to
They screamed and blocked the door. They planned to guard it tightly so that not even a grasshopper could jump out. However, the fire in the city was too strong. In a short time, the granary, horse feed yard, craftsman's workshop, livestock pen, and several places where lives were at stake were destroyed.
Thick smoke rose from everything. All around, war drums were beating to summon soldiers, and horns calling for help were blaring. As a last resort, he had to send out his brothers in waves to help put out the fire. Seeing that the remaining soldiers on hand could no longer raise enough fire (ten
(people), but suddenly heard the rapid sound of horse hooves rushing towards the camp gate.
"Who is it, stop!" Steve pulled out his scimitar and stood up to block the entrance of the camp. The remaining seven brothers also drew their swords at the same time and formed an attacking formation around him.
"Sir, please give me an order to put out the fire in the granary!" Three fast horses rushed forward. On the back of the front horse, a gray-faced Han replied in broken Turkic language.
"It's this guy!" Shitimi suddenly felt relieved. He had seen the rider on the horse before. This man was Lord Queyu's Han attendant. He was timid and cowardly. Almost all Turkic generals had bullied him, but he had never
Dare to fight back, but dare not complain in front of Queyu.
"Lord Queyu's stable is on fire. Everyone, hurry up and save him!" Pan Zhanqiang (He Bu Lan) put the blade of the dagger in the palm of his hand, with the handle facing outward, and shouted in a hoarse voice.
"Please show me the warrant first!" Shi Dimi took a few steps forward and said nonchalantly. The position where Hebu Lan (Pan Zhanqiang) reined in his horse was a bit far away from the camp gate, and the black gun in his hand was
The thing was just enough not to be illuminated by the torches in the hands of the soldiers. Out of caution, Smith decided to verify the authenticity of the warrant before making a decision.
"Here!" Pan Zhanqiang stretched his hand forward respectfully. At the moment when Shi Demi reached out to receive the order, he flipped his wrist and pierced the opponent's throat with the dagger.
"Ah!" Shi Dimi felt the cold wind blowing against his face and instinctively leaned back. Pan Zhanqiang's dagger missed the point and immediately pinched the horse's belly. The horse raised its front legs high and hit Shi Di Mi's shoulder.
"Catch the spy!" Steve shouted and fell down. Before he could get up, an arrow flying from the sky had already been shot into his chest.
In an instant, the situation suddenly changed, and all the soldiers were stunned on the spot. Xu Dayan was waiting for this moment. He slapped his horse and waved his sword, and rushed towards the infantry square that was damaged because of the lack of one person. How could the Turkic soldiers who had lost their leader be his opponent?
?In an instant, four of them were chopped down by him. The remaining three ran away for their lives. One was trampled by He Bulan with horse hooves from behind, and the other two were shot down by Li Xu with bows and arrows and fell by the felt bag near the camp gate.
"Brother Pan lowers the suspension bridge, and Zhong Jian seals the streets with bows and arrows!" Xu Dayan ordered loudly. He jumped off his horse and took off the city gate key from Shi Demi's waist.
Pan Zhanyang (He Bu Lan), who usually trembled when seeing blood, stopped trembling now. He picked up a bloody machete from the ground and went straight to the winch hanging the suspension bridge. He rounded his arms, gritted his teeth, and struck three times.
The winch was chopped into pieces. The suspension bridge that had lost its fetters swayed, and when photographed from the air, it hit the trench protecting the city with a "bang" sound.
The loud noise alerted the Turks near the camp gate, and a dozen herdsmen rushed over with torches held high, trying to capture the three "spies" who were busy opening the door. Li Xu bent his bow and arrow, and knocked the owners of the torches to the ground one by one.
Seeing that something was wrong, the shepherds shouted and dispersed. Li Xu turned his horse's head and followed Xu and Pan out of the camp gate.
"Zhong Jian is good at archery!" Xu Dayan praised while riding his horse.
"The enemy is bright and we are hidden!" Li Xu gasped and put away his horned bow. The few arrows just now were the result of his hard training for more than half a year. If he had encountered the same situation half a year ago, he would have been beaten to death by the herdsmen with sticks.
Meat sauce.
"Am I dreaming?" A strange thought suddenly came to his mind. The burning city, the burning sky, and all the memories of the grassland were as ethereal as a dream.
The sound of horse hoofbeats in my ears gave me the clearest answer.
It was now the middle of the night, the moon had disappeared, and the stars in the sky were so big that they seemed to be picked up with your hands. The three of them did not bother to appreciate the bright night on the grassland, and drove their horses on as hard as they could. It was not until dawn that they found a small valley to stop.
rest.
They fled in a hurry, and no one brought any dry food. Fortunately, it was golden autumn, and wild animals were getting fat all around. Li Xu squatted by the stream and drank a few sips of cold water, then walked into the woods beside the stream with his bow. After a while, he turned around again
When he came back, he found two sand grouse and a hare in his hand.
"I'll take care of it!" Pan Zhengyang, who was slumped on the stone and gasping for air, suddenly regained his energy and jumped up and said.
Over there, Xu Dayan had already built a windproof stove with stones. The three of them worked together and quickly roasted the sand grouse and hare. Although there was no salt, pepper, star anise or other ingredients, it was very satisfying to the exhausted people.
For travelers, this is already a delicacy in the world.
"Two heroes, where will you go from now on?" Pan Zhanyang asked vaguely, waving a rabbit leg.
"Of course you are going back to the Central Plains. Do you have anywhere else to go?" Xu Dayan put down the branch in his hand and answered seriously. Even on the way to escape, his eating habits remained elegant.
"Zheng, levy, you, you are not afraid!" Pan Zhanyang dropped the half-gnawed bone and reached out to pull the wings of the sand grouse. His riding skills were not very good, but his eating speed was top-notch. In the blink of an eye, three of them
Sandgrouse wings and two rabbit thighs were stuffed into his stomach.
"Change your name and hide it in a remote place! Is the government really going to the sea to catch documents for us little fish and shrimps?" Xu Da looked at the north and answered absentmindedly.
The fire last night was so intense that the three of them had traveled more than a hundred miles from midnight to now. But looking north from here, the sky over there was still dark, as if it had been smoky.
Judging from this situation, most of the Turkic camp was destroyed in the fire last night. Queyu is a veteran in marching formations. According to common sense, his carefully arranged camp should have fully considered fire prevention in autumn.
?How could the tails of more than a dozen horses tied with straw be burned so badly?
After setting such a big fire, the three of them did not dare to stay nearby for a long time. After hurriedly eating breakfast, they climbed on the horse and continued on their way. Xu and Li had gone through long journeys, and their physical fatigue could be easily recovered. Pan Zhanyang was a
The scholar didn't go far before he started swinging on the horse.
Li Xu was soft-hearted and hurried over to take care of him. Every time he went uphill or down the beam, he stretched out his hand to help. Even though he was so careful, Pan Zhanyang still fell off his horse several times. Before his eyes, his clothes were scratched by grass, revealing the light inside.
Clear and white skin.
"Two heroes, you, you go first. I, I can't drag you down!" Scholar Pan Zhanyang said intermittently behind Li Xu's help on the horse again.
"We came out together, let's go together!" Li Xu replied without any doubt.
"Don't, don't be like this, I, I'm a waste, no, I can't..." Pan Zhanyang was so moved that tears almost flowed out, and he begged with a cry.
Before Li Xu could say anything to support each other, Xu Dayan suddenly pulled out his knife and put it on Pan Zhanyang's shoulder with a bang. "If you want to run away, just say so. Don't pretend to be dead in this way!" He glared.
He raised his eyes and shouted angrily.
"Uncle, uncle, if you have something to say, please speak slowly!" Pan Zhanyang's tears and nose immediately disappeared, and he suddenly became energetic. Li Xu, who found out that he had been fooled, flung his sleeves angrily and ran to the front of the team.
"Humph!" Xu Dayan sneered contemptuously and inserted the scimitar back into his waist. Pan Zhanyang cried sadly and followed him and begged: "Xu, Xu Yingxiong, I just ran out of the Central Plains, you, you are always so proud.
Well. If you have to let me go back with you, once the government officials come, should we kill the officials and rebel, or should we go to jail for a few months and then go to Liaodong to die?"
"Let's burn down the camp in Queyu. If you don't go back to the Central Plains, where else can you go?" Xu Dayan didn't want to be exposed to such a person, so he turned around and glanced at him, and asked loudly.
"I, several of my fellow villagers went to the Khitan tribe in the east. I heard that they were doing well." Pan Zhanyang replied, rolling his eyes.
"Is the Khitan tribe far from here?" Li Xu turned his head in front and asked in a low voice.
"No, it's not far. How about the two heroes come with me?" Pan Zhanyang heard the hint of permission in his words and asked tentatively.
"Go on your own and be careful on the road!" Xu Dayan and Li Xu looked at each other and replied in unison.
After an incident in the Su Chuan tribe, both of them have completely lost confidence in the enthusiasm of the foreign tribe. So what if they are doing well? When it is time to seek benefits for the tribe, you are the first victim to give up. Although the Khitans and the
The Turks don't have many interactions with each other. If Ashina Queyu asked them for the mastermind behind setting fire to the camp, they would definitely not risk war with the Turkic Khanate for the sake of two foreign boys.
"So, did you really say goodbye?" Pan Zhanyang asked hesitantly while sitting on the horse. Maybe it's because it's difficult to meet his own people on the grassland. Although they only met for a few hours, he still felt a certain feeling in his heart.
The two teenagers felt a little reluctant to give up.
"Let's go, try to walk through the valley. Find a small tribe to sell the horse as soon as possible, don't make it public!" Li Xu warned in a low voice. He opened the package he carried, took out a fist-sized jade and stuffed it into Pan Zhanyang's hand, "
After settling down, buy a few sheep to make a living."
"Well, what's the point? I'm so sorry!" Pan Zhanyang declined quickly and stretched out his hand towards Li Xu, but his fist involuntarily grasped the jade stone tightly.
Li Xu shook his head, packed up the package and got on the horse again. Pan Zhanyang carefully looked at Xu Dayan's face, then looked at Li Xu's bow and arrow, said a few words of farewell, and drew his *. As he walked, he kept looking back.
"You're such a generous person!" Looking at Pan Zhanyang's back walking further and further away, gradually accelerating, Xu Dayan cursed with a smile.
"Brother Maogong, are you talking about me? After all, he helped us!" Li Xu was stunned and asked hesitantly. In his impression, Xu Maogong has always been a person who regards money as dirt, so why did he pay for a piece of fine quality today?
Are you starting to care about the jade?
"That guy was afraid that he would be overtaken by the Turks as he walked with us, so he ran away alone!" Xu Maogong glanced at his good brother, who still had a green smile on his face, and reminded him in a low voice.
"Ah!" Li Xu felt remorseful and wanted to slap himself in the mouth. Time and time again, he was unprepared for other people's calculations. He had suffered so many losses and still didn't have a good memory. He really had a heart of stone!
"Forget it, this guy is a character. Although he is a little timid, he is very thoughtful and ruthless!" Xu Dayan looked at Pan Zhanyang's retreating back and commented in a low voice.
Only a small black dot remained on the backs of the man and the two horses, and the lonely sound of horse hooves still echoed in the empty and silent wilderness. (To be continued)
