The two watched Pan Zhanyang go far away, and then headed south. They ran around in a daze for half the night last night, and the "road" in front of them was no longer the one they stepped on when they went north with Uncle Jiu and others. The surrounding streams came north last time.
I had never seen anything before, and some of the short hills were completely different from what I remembered. However, these were not a big deal in the young man's mind. The so-called roads were made by people's feet. There were no roads on the grassland, as long as you
Keep walking south and one day you will be able to see the Great Wall.
"He used his horse to overwhelm the Turkic warriors last night!" Li Xu suddenly said a sentence without knowing anything while walking.
"Now you 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. Between Friends
That's how it is in time. A person who talks bad things about you when you meet him 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 why he is unwilling to accept it.
One of the reasons for Shinachoyu's invitation is that if 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. In such a day, even if you are rich and powerful,
I'm afraid it's also very boring.
"I was kindly invited, 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, instigating Hei Feng to run out. Ashina Choyu is not a person who is willing to give up. He will definitely use all his strength to hunt down himself and Xu.
Big eyes. So Pan Zhanqiang found a reason to leave, which does not make people feel resentful. If it were him, being forced to die by a stranger, he would have to do everything possible 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, and there is no point in trying to find out what caused the fire to get out of control. The first priority for the two of them now is to escape back to the Central Plains. As for how to avoid military service after returning to the Central Plains, that is to cross the Great Wall.
Issues that need to be considered later.
There are four horses for two people, and they can take turns to change horses, allowing the horses to regain their strength while walking. In this way, they waded in rivers and climbed mountains for a whole day. When the sun turned west, they found a shady hillside.
Next, he made a fire to 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, but he still hadn’t seen him come back. While he was anxious, he suddenly saw Xu
The big-eyed figure flashed out from behind the rocks not far above him, the horn bow in his hand was fully drawn, but the feather arrow pointed diagonally in the air.
"Squeak!" A crisp bird song sounded in the air, and a goat-sized black eagle 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 used his strength halfway.
Finally, 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 back his bow. He rushed to Li Xu and pulled him towards the horse. Li Xu was also horrified, so he mounted his horse and left without asking. The two followed.
After running for more than ten miles on the hillside, just when I was about to 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 set firmly, 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 away. Just after they rounded the hillside in front of them, the wilderness to the south was blocked by several puffs of thick smoke.
Died 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. Ashina Queyu seemed to be really angry, and the evening wind blowing from a distance was full of anger.
There was a strong smell of burnt wool. Needless to say, it must have been the Turkic warriors who came to pursue, causing harm to innocent people, and venting their anger at the destruction of the camp on the heads of scattered shepherds nearby.
Judging from the direction of the fireworks, the road going south must have been cut off. Although Xu Dayan and Li Xu's martial arts skills are not weak, neither of them has the ability to fight a hundred people. They had no choice but to stick to their guns.
He hurried eastward along the hilly terrain, hoping that the sun would set early and avoid the damn black eagle overhead. After running for more than twenty miles, the ground beneath his feet slowly began to shake.
"Rumble!" The thunderous sound of horse hooves came from the treetops, shaking the surrounding hillsides. The chirping of the black eagle above became more and more cheerful, as if it had killed two preys under its claws. Xu, Li Er
People looked up and saw a huge cloud of dust and smoke not far ahead, and countless Turkic warriors were rolling in like a torrent.
"Turn around!" Li Xu and Xu Dayan shouted at the same time, turning their horses and heading 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 all the Turks. There is a panic.
Among them, 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 towards where the sculpture was.
"Why didn't you burn this flat-haired beast to death last night?" Li Xu said angrily. Previously, he was a little pity that the fire was too big, and many innocent Turks would starve this winter. But now he just hopes that the fire last night will be as big as possible.
, it is best to burn Ashina Queyu until he cannot gather enough war horses, so that he and Xu Dayan 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, and a wave of
Wave after wave, smoke and dust continued to join the pursuers.
Although the mount the two men 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 were getting closer and closer, closing the circle tightly.
"Take the bow and shoot out a way!" Xu Dayan shouted loudly. The two took off the bow at the same time, and put the arrows on the bowstring while running. Someone was already cheering diagonally in front of him, and Li Xu took a look with his eyes.
, raise your hand and shoot an arrow at the person's mount.
"Poof!" "Poof!" The two horses fell down in response to the string. Xu Dayan and Li Xu rushed out the moment the pursuers blocked the way. The shepherd who blocked the road cursed loudly, gave up and was thrown over.
On the ground, the comrades who were crying and struggling ignored him and desperately mobilized their horses to chase him.
"Looking for death!" Xu Dayan cursed in a low voice. He 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 under the horse. The horse lost its owner and moved forward.
After rushing for more than fifty 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 group of people who caught up with the two teenagers were a group of ordinary herdsmen. Although there were many people, they were not very skilled in bow and horse. The two of them fired arrows in front of them.
, the herdsmen chased after him, as if they were taking the initiative to meet the arrow tip. After losing five or six people, the pursuers gradually lost their courage. Although the reward offered by Ashina Choyu was high, it was not
It got to the point where everyone was risking their lives. And before the quivers of the two Han Yazis were empty, even if they caught up with their horses, no one would have the chance 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, fierce dog barking sounded again.
"Woof, woof, woof!" The cry of the shepherd dog echoed in the dusk that had just begun to darken. The entire grassland was awakened by the noisy barking, and countless fire dragons gathered behind Li Xu and Xu Dayan, far away
It looked like a burning peacock spreading its beautiful tail wings on the grass tip. However, on this autumn night that was suddenly warm but still cold, the torch definitely did not mean warmth.
"His grandma, this is not the way Xiao He chases Han Xin under the moon!" Xu Dayan looked back and cursed breathlessly. This was the third time he changed horses. The mount that had been rotated countless times obviously did not
As energetic as I had just rested in the morning, my steps became smaller and smaller, and the frequency of my steps gradually became 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 last night
The wishful thinking was clever. However, no one considered that once the Ashina family became angry, the entire 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. And from the east, the Wulie River
As far as Tochara in the west, thousands of miles of grasslands are dominated by Turks.
There was a weak horse neighing from behind, and Taohuaqing, who had just been replaced by Xu Dayan, shook her body and stopped aggrievedly. She hadn't eaten anything all day long, and she had run intermittently for more than three hundred miles.
As the mount of a Turkic noble, it has never suffered such a crime. The horn sound behind it is more like a call, calling it to stop to drink water, eat beans and eggs. At this time, the two owners who do not know how to pity are still dying.
Running wildly into the darkness and unknown, the stupid donkey will continue to follow them to escape.
"Useless thing!" Xu Dayan cursed in a low voice. As soon as he finished speaking, the other horse, Taxue Yanyun, who was replaced by Li Xu, also left the team. And Wu Tiezhai under Xu Dayan's crotch and Li Xu's crotch
The black wind roared violently, trying to stop and wait for the companion behind him.
"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 long as they heard the whistle
, and they will immediately squeeze into the barn.
"Ashina Queyu is really brave!" Xu Dayan smiled bitterly, and used the bow string to hit the back of his mount a few times. Wu Tiezui couldn't bear the pain, so he had to spread his legs and continue to escape. Li Xu was reluctant to give up, but
I had to use my legs to hit Hei Feng's ribs hard, and while doing so, he chanted: "Hei Feng, Hei Feng, run fast, run fast. I'll hunt a rabbit tomorrow morning, and I'll 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 continued to run. The two of them ran for more than thirty miles, and the barking of dogs and the honking of horns behind them finally became quieter.
.Xu Dayan 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, and 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.
, gradually became irresistible friends. But I never thought that one day we would face death so close together like tonight!
No, there should be another time, that was when facing the pursuers at the Crescent Lake. Brother Mao Gong commanded Ruoding and broke through the siege and interception of 28 people with the strength of six people. He could obviously stay in Xibu and continue to practice his
However, he 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 together. If he escaped alone, no matter what the outcome, he would not put his friends into this inevitable crisis.
"This, this time, I have dragged down Brother Maogong!"
"That's nonsense. If I arrest you now to see Que Yu, how can he let me go?!" Xu Dayan raised his eyebrows and cursed in a low voice. Fang wanted to teach Li Xu that he shouldn't say such boring words.
Another round of barking was heard, followed closely by the sound of horse hooves coming from both sides like thunder.
The two were frightened, and ran away quickly. Several times, the man and his mount almost lost their strength, but the barking of dogs behind them was always distant. As they ran, Wu Tiezhai suddenly let out a mournful cry, his legs went weak, and he slowly
Kneel down slowly.
"Hold me!" Li Xu stretched out his hand and grabbed Xu Dayan's wrist. Xu Dayan stamped his feet fiercely, and with the help of Li Xu's arms, he 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 make it move faster. After a while, the dog behind him barked loudly again.
A dazzling 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 replied through gritted teeth. It was for himself that Xu Maogong was hunted down. If he left Brother Maogong and escaped alone, his conscience would never be at peace in his life.
"What nonsense! We are both dead, who will avenge us?!" Xu Big Eyes yelled angrily. Li Xu refused to listen, and kept kicking Heifeng's ribs with his legs like two whips.
The last bit of Heifeng's physical strength was squeezed out by his master. He hissed sadly and tried to widen the span of his four hooves. But the weight on his back was like a hill, weighing him down time and time again, making him want to fall down and 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 at the torch behind him that was getting closer and closer. Xu Dayan was so anxious that he suddenly thought of 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 got 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 saw something flashing in Xu Dayan's hand.
Before he could say a word, Xu Maogong's eyes suddenly lit up. With one hand on his back, he flew off the horse. The moment his body was in the air, the dagger stabbed Heifeng hard in the buttocks.
"Hey--" Heifeng let out a long and piercing cry, and his whole body flew forward in the air. Li Xu opened his mouth wide, and watched as Xu Dayan fell into the grass behind him like a meteor.
"Brother Maogong—" He was so frightened that his heart jumped out of his throat, and he tried hard to turn the horse's head. Heifeng, who was stabbed in the back, refused to obey the order, spread his hooves, and moved forward as fast as possible.
.....
"Brother Maogong——" Li Xu heard his cry of grief echoing on the grassland. He also heard the barking of dogs and the sound of horse hooves coming from behind. Suddenly, he felt his heart skip a beat and took out a robe from the robe on his back.
Jacket, and then, as quickly as possible, he took out the fire zipper from his waist and lit the silk robe on fire.
This was a thank-you gift given to him and Xu Dayan by the Han hawker who was rescued when they taught a lesson to two bullying Turks in Yuyang County last year. Lake blue is the favorite color of young scholars. Li Xu gave it to them
After Tao Kuo took off the silk and asked Aunt Qing for advice, she sewed him a robe with her own hands. It didn't fit well, but it was very warm.
The robe made of silk quickly burned up, illuminating the long night. The barking of dogs and the sound of horse hooves were attracted by the sudden firelight. More than a hundred Turkic warriors mobilized their horses and looked at the firelight to chase them.
"I killed a wolf, a wolf, and fed the wild ass with its entrails. I killed a deer, a deer, and used its fur to sew war clothes. I didn't kill the leopard next to the felt bag. It was on my hunt.
Hunt deer for me. I will shoot the black eagle in the sky, which guides the jackals to attack my cattle and sheep..."
Li Xu waved the fire jacket in his hand and sang loudly in Turkic language. The meaning of the pastoral song was completely reversed by him, and every word violated the taboos of the Turks. There were tears in his eyes, but there was no hurt or fear in his heart.
"I killed a wolf, a wolf, and fed the wild donkey with his entrails..." The song penetrated the darkness and merged into it again.
"Boom!" During the song, the valleys on both sides burst into flames, and thick smoke billowed! (To be continued)
